European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday november 27, 1987 end Ron mensa engineering news picks in the trivia from press dispatches did you khow that a rat Sheds 500,000 to i Mil lion hairs a year or that about 56,000 people 65 or older get mar ried each year and 10.00 1 get divorced or thai Rabid dogs bite 120.000 people each year in latin America and the Caribbean the people who read the environmental Engi Neering news know thanks to the newsletter distributed by the Purdue University school of Engi Neering. West a Afa Yelte. Ind. I us engineers Aren t the Only ones boning up on i hair environmental trivia says John m. Bell s editor since i9/1 and a professor Oien Viro mental engineering. The newsletter is of interest to people on Campus county agents health officials and others Bell said. It is entertaining informative and hell culls his unusual facts from journals and other publications then selects the Best of the lot for distribution to 5.500 subscribers. The newsletter is sent to every state and Many foreign countries. Ucli said. Those readers Are privy to some unusual statistics. Among hem the total weigh of All the snowflakes that have formed during the past 3 billion years would tip the Scales Al 50 times the weight of the Earth. Tokyo dumps about 2 million tons of solid waste into the sea each year. There arc More deals by lightning in Florida than in any other state followed by North Carolina and Texas. Salvador Star recovering actor James Woods whose intense portrayal of a photojournalist in the movie Salvador earned him an Oscar nomination is recovering from pneumonia his spokeswoman says. Woods was Hospital cd for a week before being released last weekend publicist Andrea Jaffa said tuesday. Work on his film. The boost has been halted for at least two weeks but resumes monday. The boost co Slars actress Sean Young As Woods wife. Woods plays a new York Hustler and tax shelter Salesman who Burns out and turns to drugs. Carreras doing Well Spanish Tenor Jose Carreras was Riding an exercise Cycle a week after receiving a Bone marrow transplant to treat leukaemia a Hospital spokeswoman says. He s doing Well. There arc no problems Susan Edmonds of Seattle s Fred Hutch son cancer re search Center said tuesday. The 41-year-old International opera Star underwent the transplant on nov. 16 and is expected to remain at the Center for one More month. He will undergo out patient tests when he is released. Edmonds said. Carreras first major test since the transplant will be monday when doctors remove a Small amount of marrow and test it for leukaemia cells and healthy cell growth. Pageant s ceo quits the Man who fired Bert Parks and weathered the scandal of a nude miss America says he has ended his .15 years As head of the miss America pageant. Aunt a. Marks or. Handed Over his duties and title As chief executive officer tuesday to the pageant s Legal counsel Leonard c. Horn who has been associated with the Atlantic City nj., show for 25 years. Marks a 74-year-old stockbroker said he decided to give up joint responsibility after some soul searching following the oct. 19 Stock Market decided you can t have split he said. Marks was the Man who replaced i arks first with actor Ron and then with the current Host Gary Collins. He also handled reporters when nude photos of miss America Vanessa Williams appeared in a men s Magazine. Oral Roberts transplant television evangelist Oral Roberts has received a corneal transplant and is recovering at his Home in Tulsa okla. A spokesman . James Winslow. A spokesman for Roberts said the evangelist received a new Cornea Lor his left Eye in an out patient procedure monday at City of Faith medical and research said the Cornea the transparent outer layer of the Eye had begun to deteriorate during the past few years. Picturesque Perch atop a Parit Tower overlooking the Seine River Tightrope artist Henry maintains a precarious balance on two legs of a chair propped on drinking glasses which Are set on the Edge of another chair also supported by glasses. % a i � get your you la save 25% or More on All children s Christmas books available at most stars and stripes bookstores Stop in at your stars and stripes Community Bookstore today and take advantage of our Holiday Bonus
