European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 11, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Grace and Marks 1 oth Ann Ersary of Presley death Memphis term. A the gyrations of an Elvis Impersonator displays of homemade Elvis Art and piles of Elvis trinkets diverted pilgrims arriving to Mark the Lola anniversary of Elvis Presley s death. This is not a nine Day Wake. This is a nine Day party. The fans arc Here to have a Good time said Todd Morgan a spokesman Tor the company thai runs Tours through Graceland. Presley s former residence. Elvis International tribute week officially got under Way saturday and runs through aug. 16. Up to 50,000 people Are  to Lour Graceland during this year s Celebration visitors id Graceland View artwork created by Elvis of is to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death. Presley died of heart Iwase aug. 16, 1977. He was 42. Morgan said the major portion of fans Wili arrive tuesday or wednesday hut motels near Graceland were beginning to i love the weekend with people planning to stay the entire we. Velma Pierson of St. Louis said she and her Daugh Ter Andrea younger Plain cd to our Tirac Cland and also visit Tupelo miss where Presley was born. Sitting under a painting of Presley on Black velvet the women attended a saturday night show by in Elvis Impersonator Al a Moid near Graceland. Pierson said she was worried Aboul getting an Earl Start sunday on the Mississippi excursion. I m just too keyed up in it t to sleep she said. Elvis Impersonator Sturges daily performed in a White jumpsuit graced front and Back with Blue and Gold eagles formed out of sequins. If i had a Hil record fial would be Nice  daily. I would prefer Phil but i Don t and there s a Market for this. We work when we  the anniversary which will involve Elvis trivia con tests dances and musical shows memorial services a Charity Foo Trace and a karate tournament also includes a display of Presley an created by his fans. The 27 works Are displayed at Graceland s 36,000 Square fool shopping Center which is devoted to Elvis souvenirs Lanita Murphy of Garland Texas said she was timed off by most of the portraits and by the commercialism of Graceland. They re not showing any respect she said. They re just trying to make Money off of  she said she came for the Khz anniversary because she believes Presley s Only child. Lisa Marie 19, will close the House to outsiders when she inherits it at age i think he meant More to her than this she said. Graceland brings in up to j9 million a year to pres Ley s estate. Cuba defector reportedly has agents names Washington a a High ranking cuban intelligence agent with information on the activities at cuban operatives around the world has defected to the United slates Accord ing to officials from radio Marti. Florentine Azpillaga 40, crossed the Border from Czechoslovakia into Austria on june 6, nine Days after the defection of Brig. Gen. Rafael Del Pino Diaz a ranking member of the cuban armed forces ministry and his family. Azpillaga s defection became known publicly Friday when he was interviewed by radio Marti the voice of America broadcast operation to Cuba. Radio Marti officials said Azpillaga is pre pared to identify 350 cuban agents in a number of countries. They said he will temporarily withhold the identities of the agents to give them an Opportunity to return to Cuba. The state department had no comment on the radio Marti report. Azpillaga who held the rank of major told radio Marti he was a member of a group of officer who have been conspiring against Castro for the past three years. Azpillaga said he and his co conspirators believed that the government was spending a Dis proportionately Large amount of Cuba s re sources on intelligence activities. The officials said Azpillaga was especially upset Aboul this waste of resources at a Lime when austerity measures were forcing Ordinary cubans to loner their living standards Azpillaga s duties were said to have included deciphering communications of foreign enemies and learning the whereabouts of Clandestine radio operations used by Judi comr Nurmi rebel groups abroad. He was reported to have been awarded 13 medals for his service to the revolution. He has told american officials that his Politi Cal activism begun at the age of 10 when i ran errands Tor the rebel movement that eventually deposed the Nahlin dictatorship in 1959. Gadgets gimmicks on display at world s largest hardware show Chicago a a motorized wheelbarrow and a Hammock for treeless Yards were among the newest gadgets examined sunday by the hardware Industry at he opening of the world s largest hardware show. More than 75,000 buyers and other representatives of businesses ranging from the Comer hardware store to giant chains were expected at the National hard Ware show running through wednesday organizers said. It s the Premier even in the Industry said Wil Liam p. Fan Ell executive director and chief operating officer of the american hardware manufacturers association the show s sponsor. More than 3,000 exhibitors from across the United slates and to foreign countries filled nearly 800,000 Square feet with hammers saws Drill bits grass seed brooms and other traditional hardware stoic Staples. They also brought new gadgets such As an extendable mop for washing windows a folding rechargeable Power screwdriver a Squirrel proof Bird feeder and self cleaning Gas grills with timers Sun Pax products Ltd. Displayed a portable yellow Hammock for a Yard without Trees while soil builder wiggle worm Haven inc. Showed a bag of ill soil builder made of pure odourless earthworm castings Bill Hoover was showing off his Utah company s latest Gadget a motorized wheelbarrow called the  the Basic Mode mails for j750 and is equipped with a mechanism thai lifts the bucket to dump its contents like a dump truck Remington products inc. Showed off a new fuzz away Shaver not for the face but to remove lint from clothes upholstery and drapes. Hardware is everything in your Home that you Don t Wear and Don t eat with the exception of your Basic furnishings Farrell said in an interview. He said this year s show at Chicago s Mccormick place convention Center Complex is the largest yet and reflects the hardware Industry s growth into . Retail sales of about ii30 billion a year. Cross burned in Black sheriff s Yard Holly Springs miss. A a Cross was set on fire in the Yard of Marshall county s second Black sheriff since reconstruction Days after he lost a Pri Mary election and announced he would Challenge the results. I think somebody wanted me to Back off and leave in like in is said sheriff Bobby Joe Adkins on sunday. Adkins said that Early saturday morning he received an obscene phone Call at his Home. The unidentified caller told him to look out the window to see the Cross which was burning in his Yard. Adkins said his office is investigating the incident Hul had made no Arr Sis by sunday i be always promoted racial Harmony hic. But i had no Jedi a Ihal people were 5.0 Billr the sheriff said. It s racial. Fora longtime 1 did t believe it but f do  Adkins was elected sheriff in a special election after the 1986 slaying of sheriff Osborne hell the Nonh Mississippi county s first Black sheriff this Century. Bell was killed alter an Al ctr mall drug Tirron. But Adkins lost inc in Imi cratic primary last tues Day to formers Laie Highway Algol officer Jinni dalt Green who is while. Adkins and his support announced that they would meet Wilh co univ democratic party officials monday to contest the results. The sheriff alleged that voters from neighbouring Benlon county cast ballots and Ihal names were incorrectly purged from the voter Rolls Shipwreck Salvage delayed port Townsend Wash a dangerous currents have halted diving operations at the 66-year old wreck of the luxury liner is governor but Mari time pc lures officials say they Hope to resume explorations in september. Spokeswoman Yvonne i pin said a dive saturday night was Cut Short As tide drip n currents grew mixing or near the wreck which is under 240 feel of water in admiralty Inlet. While the expedition tin1, paid for itself with the a ii Mclinn of a pair of Diamond rims. Silver and  Ware More profit is Ekic Cid m a pair of Ute n. A wine cellar and other artefacts Sirij Pepin. The Purser s Safe was thought to contain $1.5 Mil lion in Cash and valuables. The 421-fool, six deck cruise ship Sank april i 1921, less than an hour after it was rammed by a freighter leaving i Ort Tutu Wenj