European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 21, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 take heart dad that ugly tie May be a Winner by 1sadore Barmash new York not this morning thousands or dear old dads will be beaming on the outside but grimacing on the inside As they open that All too familiar thin rectangular Box. Not another ugly tie but All of Hose fathers who think they have received inc ultimate in unsightly neckwear whether it be a sickly Gray Green or a throbbing Geometric design now have a Chance 10 prove it. The National association of men s sportswear buyers has joined with More than 200 mailers in 150 cities toehold a contest to locate the ugliest tie in the nation. Some 20 Ratai ices arc participating in inc new York metropolitan area  in is Oul of love or perhaps out of simple embarrassment but most dads do not seem tempted by the riches that their offspring s gifts might yield. Even though inc father with the most glaring tie will be. $500, and a boat of $2i local prizes Are also being offered retailers received Only 8,000 to 10,000entries As of Friday. The contest ended saturday. What does it take to win having a lie thai is a least four or five inches wide instead of he now popular Ihrcke inches is a Start. More important is a unhappy combination of color and pattern a startling Floral a giant Paisley a fluorescent on inc. Bet Ter yet is All four on the same tortured tic. Although most of the ties nominated so far have been machine produced retailers say the contest has drawn a smattering of both hand and homemade  Beauty is in the Eye of the beholder nobody  knows How Many hideous tics Are Purchase for father s Day. By the number must certainly be in Jhc tens of thousands some knowledgeable father estimate. Indeed tits arc the no. 1 father s Day  10 percent of the $900 million Worth of neck Wear that retailers sell annually will be Given today twosome 9.5 million dad. Only the Christmas season which accounts for 20percent of lie sales is a bigger Deal for the nation s 200 neckwear manufacturers. About 80 percent of the tics sold in the United states arc american made Italy is the largest foreign source if the Earty winners in some of the local contests around the country arc any guid unusual shades of Green have the Edge in being deemed inc ugliest in inc land. At Gary s in Gay. N.y., near Syracuse for exam ple the victorious entry was a 100 percent polyester five Inch wide combination Paisley and  tic on a multicoloured background of pea Green Orange White and rust. The judges big Mike Fiss a announcer for a local radio station and Melinca Johnson a lifestyle reporter for the Syracuse Herald journal found that lie a hands Down Winner according to William Silverman vice president of Gary s. Geiger a in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood selected an awful doily weave texture in an Odd Shade of Green a quite wide lie according to Charles Geiger he store owner. The tie was chose from to entries. If Green is Oul what s in for the last three years the Forward thinking have sported the Power lie a yellow silk number with a Small print. But its Shee pervasiveness May mean that the Cyl Law lie will he losing its favor. Victim s siblings open drive against Contra Aid Miami a the brother and Sis Ter of an american Engineer shot to death by rebels in Nicaragua have opened a Campaign to oppose further american Aid to the contras. My brother was killed by a policy hat begins Here John under said. It is Here the policy must be  he said eight foreign volunteers mostly europeans have been slain by contras in Nicaragua and Contra radio station shave warned Hal foreign workers have been targeted saying anyone with them risks death. Benjamin Linjer who was working Ala Rural hydroelectric project in the san Jose de Bocsy Region of Nicaragua was killed april 28 by Contra rebels who first said he was accidentally hit during a fire fight. However the contras recently told the new York times thai Linder was mistaken for a cuban adviser and shot Miriam and John Linder who claim their brother s death was an act of pre meditated murder distributed copies of an autopsy report by new York or. I Appolo Miriam and John under open their Campaign against . Aid to Nicaragua rebels. Chad Baden stating that the weapon thai killed him was fired from less than a Inch from his head. They issued a statement pointing coextensive . Economic and military Aid to the contras and calling the guerrillas simply hired  they also Hope to raise $200,000 for memorial fund to Complete the dam pro decl. Miami was the first City on the tour which could take the Linden Loas Many As Many As 50 communities before they return to Portland ore., Miriam Linde said. The tour sponsored by the american friends service committee and other local and National groups opposing con tra Aid features a nicaraguan made documentary about Linder s life and in project he was working on. The state department has refused to communicate with the Lindern about the Case other than to Send the family a autopsy issued a month after Linder s death and his passport John Linder said. Anti Khomeini protest draws 1,000 in . Washington a More than 1,000 people demonstrated Friday against Iran s Ayatollah Rhodah Khomeini lying up traffic As they marched through in downtown area near the White House the peaceful demonstration in sunny hoi weather was organized by the people a Mujahideen organization of Iran a Resis Tance group that the state department has accused of using terrorism and violence in Iran. Moi says the . Government s allegations about terrorism Are lies and says the group is the sole democratic and pop ular Alt Marive to Khomeini s Rule. The group claims Khomeini s regime has executed 70,000 dissidents and imprisoned 140,000 others. The March came on the sixth anniversary of the Day Khomeini s guards opened fire on demonstrators in Tehran killing some of them Moi spokesman Ali safa i said Moi is headed by Massoud Raja i who directs a fighting Force from his base in Iraq a country at War with Iran since 1980. Destroy Khomeini Hail Raja i demonstrators chanted As they walked sometimes 10 abreast Down a major artery next to the White House where at 1,100. Most of the men women an children were iranian americans and Many had come from Oul of town. Mohammed Soger 32, an Engineer fro los Angeles said tie paid for his wife and child to accompany him to the rally. Despite Moi s opposition 10 Kho Meini the state department says the group uses terrorism and violence to pro Mote its Aims. In the 1970s, the group was responsible for the deaths of seven americans in inn . Officials say. Golf awareness week proclaimed by Reagan Washington