European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. December 22, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 a year of Celebration for Reba Mcentire by Joe Edwards Assoc cd press Eba we Rirl. Who gave up Rodeo work la sing can hardly behave she any Voled the lop entertainer in country music in my mind i still Haven t achieved the award she said until t m Selling a certain amount of tickets and. Records i m Stilt aiming at in sellouts Aie Nice. Platinum Rico Iier i million Sollors Are Nice nevertheless it s been a your of celeb ration Lor a Venliro who in 1966 was the most highly honoured Singer in country music. To 31 year old performer won the country music association s entertainer of the year award in october on a nationally televised awards show she won an accolade that superstars such As Kenny Rogers and Ifie Oak Ridge boys never won. She also was voted country music s female vocalist of the year Lor the third straight time a feat equalled Only by Tammy Wynette Ghoul 20 years ago Mcentire became a regular performer on the grand Ole opry the 61 year old program Hal has showcased All the country greats soon. Two of her albums will be certified Gold or Selling 500,000 copies. Whoever sin new England and her most recent what am i Gonna do about you All that in t enough Lor this third generation Rodeo performer who quit barrel racing seven years ago Aller a decade on the Rodeo circuit. She initially wanted to be an elementary education teacher but was sidetracked by the Rodeo and music. I want to make it a year in country music Hilory that islands Oul i m working to improve my show and my records she said Imol Withy producer yesterday looking or better songs a bettor blend i m trying to be Mysell so the people can say that s More like you than the last one " for Iho first Lime in her career Mcentire has hired a lighting expert and a Slage consultant to improve her concerts she i videotape her show Ihen review it Well Lake out what s not Good and add what s better she said though she does t want to be Loo Slick. Perfection to not entertainment she said i like goo ups the Blooper shows Are my favorite shows on to the Bullet shaped trophy she won As top entertainer sits in her office in string own okla., where she lives with husband Charlie Battles a former world Champion steer wrestler. When she goes Home she puts on her boots and Heads to the barn. There she saddles up eggs a Quarter horse Sho bought from her husband. He asked $3,000, but we bartered and bargained he said he got  men lire was the third of Lour children who grew up in Chockie okla., while mixing ranching Rode oing and singing. She remembers singing to keep awake White shepherding Callie Home at night. She also recalls singing Jesus loves me and earning a Nickel from an impressed observer to 1976, she married Battles and instead of going on a honeymoon they spent the next Day visiting disc jockeys promoting her first single i Don t want to be a one night stand. They travelled so much thai Hoy lived Mcentire won 1he country he talc Asto Catlon n entertainer of the year award. In a camper pickup truck for the Tirol Ihrcke months of their marriage. Her compelling country voice has been heard on hits such As whoever s in now England. There Ain t no future in this. How Blue. Little Rock somebody shoud leave and Iho current what am i Gonna do about you her current album is mostly songs about Heartbreak. The whoever s in now England album also used sad themes my songs Are usually about True everyday lie she said. They Are aimed Al women because they buy her records and go to her shows. To Selec Hng songs to record she uses her instincts. I know it when i head it. It s like a dress you know you like it when you Pul it on she said. Sha lists her Mavorite song As the Slat spangled Banner which she Sang in Kansas City at the 1985 world series1 it s a great song and has ally he qualities of a great song Emolion tradition and  occasionally someone requests it at one of her concerts. Despite her Success As a country Singer she does t miss Rode oing do you want to see my shins " she asks pointing to her leg injuries hot stuff from Disney by Bob Thomas associated press Twenty years alter his Doalph Wal Disney would scarcely recognize the doings at the studio that bears his name the one time la Clory of animated family fantasy has turned to racy to sitcoms and an occasional a rated film in an Effort to survive. American Tail this year s new feature length animated film comes not from Disney s Buena Vista studios but from Steven Spielberg s ambling productions. Disney re released its 39-year-old movie song of the South. What s new from Disney Are such r rated movies As the color of Money a solid Money maker with Tom cruise and Paul Newman. Disney s most recent efforts in the Lainily theater Market  9b5. Return to of and the animated the Black Cau Dron were failures. For television the company that onco brought viewers the wonderful world of Coto now co produces the Golden Girts a Frank comedy about Lour retired women in Miami Down and ouf in Beverly Hills from Disney s Touchstone films was the first film in the Disney family to earn an a rating what would Walt say about Hal Waller Elias Disney died of ung cancer on dec. Is. 1966 astonishingly Walt s death resulted in a 10-Poinl climb in the company s Slock apparently because investors suspected the Empire would be absorbed by a big corporation and its assets sold. Bui his brother Roy declared the company was not for Sale. He carried out Walt s plan Tor a second Iheme Park in Florida and insisted that it be named Wall Disney world so people will always know that this was Walt s  with Roy s death in 1971, leadership fell to a Veteran Disney hand card Walker. Walt Disney s son in Law former pro footballer Ron Miller oversaw production. For a Lew years Disney prospered from the Many projects Walt had conceived. But the film Market changed in the 1970s and tha Disney trademark con notated kid s stuff to the increasingly sophisticated teen agers who dominated the theater audience. Disney tried to meet the new Market with space adventure such As the Black Hole i tech action in Afton and suspense in something wicked this Way comes. All were expensive failures. Seeking escape from the kid Stull tag. Disney inaugurated a new Label for More adult films Touchstone and had initial Success with the saucy comedy splash1, in which a Mermaid s Bare Bottom was exposed. But by 1985. The weakened company was threatened by corporate raiders. A takeover was forestalled by a Palace coup. In Lato 1985, Roy e. Disney son of his co founder namesake combined with the Bass family of Texas which owned 25 percent of Disney Stock to oust Miller and bring in outside leadership. The new regime pumped up the production schedule and provided two hits Down and out and ruthless people and one medium Success 7ougrt Guys. This year Captain to. A 12-minute extravaganza starring Michael Jackson attracted new excitement to the theme Parks. A Disneyland outside of Paris was announced and new television ventures ranged from the hit Gowen or is to saturday morning cartoons in november the Walt Disney co. Posted record revenues and profits or its fourth Quarter and fiscal year. For the Lull year earnings Rose to $247.3 million compared to $173.5 million a year earlier. Roye Disney who has become overseer of animation admits the company s shift in emphasis has Hurt morale but adds we re giving a Teg push to animation and we plan to release a feature every 16 months instead of every three years "