European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes monday. August 31,1987 faces places political mudslinging is really Good clean fun from press do Pulche politics was never dirtier than the mudslinging and vote buying that marked the selection of an honorary mayor in Fillbrook Calif in tact the candidates used real mud. The rules of Friday s fund raising event were simple candidates pro March and Robert Olds were placed Back to Buck and told to March is paces then turn and throw their mud at will. Where else can candidates literally fling mud at each other asked Al Diede Rich manager of the chamber of com Merce there s mudslinging in politics ail the time but never with real the dirty political Competition held annually for 14 years was a fund Raiser for the chamber which has netted As much As j8.000 from past events. Candidates sell votes in the form of tickets for 11 each. The loser of the mud fight has 25 votes subtracted and the one with the most Voles remaining becomes honorary mayor Fallbrook lacks a real mayor because it is unincorporated. Facing off at High noon. Marsh 60, and Olds 34, stood with their pails of mud which were a consistency of their own choosing. Marsh garbed in a yellow rain Slicker valiantly tried to cover Olds with Sticky muck. But Olds dressed in Pseu do Western gear was declared the Vic Tor with his Sou pier concoction and by virtue of his ticket sales he also won the Overall contest for honorary mayor. I must say that Pearl put up a Good Lennon Bathtub Mart Hayward of London Titt in a flu Lar Bathtub one used by John Lennon and Yoko Ona while holding a photo of the former Ballf and bit wife fitting on the tub in their Home around 196�, Hoy Ward a dealer in rare phonograph record paid $815 for the rub at a London auction. Fight but she s got mud All Over her did Rich said. I feel Olds a Cabin maker said afterwards. A Little Gritty in the Teeth but Good. Forget the Shower. I m ready for so vie t to oin . Wife a soviet Man who has waited eight years to join his american wife in the United Suic said saturday that he will be allowed to leave Moscow. Miry Winket said officials have told him that he will receive forma per Mission this week to go to the United slates to be with his wife Susin or him of Spokane wash., and their in Fant daughter. At least two other soviet citizens married to americans sve Laiu Braun and Sergei Petrov. Have been promised fresh reviews of i hair cases according 10 members of a group thai has been working to reunite the families. Members of he group said soviet officials have also begun for the first time to discuss the Case of Calina Goll nun Khelson who has been de Nied permission to join her husband since he defected More than 30 years ago. In meetings with american Diplo Mats soviet officials have refused to even talk about that Case reflecting he Strong resentment that surrounds defectors from the soviet Union. The moves appear id be the first Ges Tures in a pc Summit meeting ritual. Soviet officials have customarily made concessions to american demands about human rights in the months be fore High level meetings. Finkl said he presumes that the per Mission he is to receive is intended to warm the atmosphere before Secretary of stale George p. Shulti and soviet foreign minister Edund a. Shevardnadze meet in the United Stales next month to discuss a Summit meeting. Grabbing for do ars some people will do just about anything for a Chance to grab a handful of 100 people showed up Allyc auditorium of Tusculum College in Greeneville Tenn in the Hope they would be among 12 chosen at random to compete for a Chance to spend a few seconds in a Booth containing Cash kept in motion by Swir Ling air. The contestants in a night reminiscent of the old to game show beat the clock had to do such things As cram their Mouths full of marshmallows burst balloons with a lilt pump and push their faces through Cream pics in search of bub ble gum Jody Pugh of fort Myers fut emerged the Winner and grabbed �61 in he 30 seconds he had inside the Booth. Mike Adkins exchanged some earlier prizes for a 15-Sccood shot at the Money grab. He came away with j56. The night of fun was sponsored by the school 10 relieve Homes Knessi by new students and Foster relations with the Community school officials said. Music for to ton s is a pianist has devised a Way of realizing the performer s dream of a captive audience if los Angeles Rush hour traffic is heavy enough. Sand Tsung Loh plans 10 take Street music to a new venue by serenading motorists gridlocked on a downtown free Way playing an amplified nine foot while Stem Way atop a four Story garage while wearing a formal evening gown. Her Art mirrors Southern cull Omi life in which cars and driving define he Quality of individual existence. I be spent a lot Lime in la sitting in Rush hour she said and some of my Best ideas come scheduled to begin at 5 . On sept. 4, Lett s 90-Minuie show will be part of 24 hours of Art sponsored by fringe festival los Angek a a Ihrcke Weck Cele bration of non conventional an forms. Site selection was an exercise in com Promise with the stale department of transportation she said. I wanted to do it right in the Middle of the Highway said Loh 25. But Cal trans California department of transportation said no Way so since the downtown Harbor freeway is my favorite i chose a place next to it where the buildings put me close to comm lob s staging Choice seems bold in Light of the rash of freeway shootings in South pm Cal Ifoma this summer. Maybe i la Wear a bulletproof veil she quipped. 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