European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday. March 3d. 1988 Lincoln s $1,500 Home fixed up for $2 million from press dispatches Abraham Lincoln paid just ,500for he Only Home lie Ever owned but nearly 15 1 years later More than 12 million has been spent i fit it up More ils reopening to the Public this summer Lack Ai that time he got n Good buy for h  Sard Gentry Davis of the National Park service in Spring Field lit to was a earner lot and a prime local inn with easy Access 10  a three year Runov Ailinn of Lincoln two Story Frame House will in scr its Una phase this week when workers re move n Vinyl polyester shroud thai cloaked the Structure and allowed Resto ration work to continue through the to Init. Workers then will put the fish Ink louche an the Cilerio and begin Grad ing and landscaping. Ai this Point we re on budget on Lime and on  said Richard a. . Maintenance chief for the project la will be ready for the grand re opening on june 16. Park service officials expect a tourist room when the House is reopened with lie numb it of Iii ors swelling from the 500.wjo average of past years to As Many at i million annually. Lincoln was 35. A prosperous lawyer Mil n former stale legislator consid ering a hid for Cong i when he moved his family into the Home in ik44. Five Yea Natter it was built. Me Ami his wife and four sons lived in i he House until he moved to the White Hume in i pm. Tin fiume administered by the Park service since 1972, has undergone seven renovations Niom recently in the 1950s, but the current Effort stresses historical accuracy. Singer improving Singer a Ennis a is out of the in Tensive care unit at the Santi Monica Tulion Hospital where he was admitted earlier this month with a head injury but remains in serious condition a hos Pital spokesman said monday. Day s vital signs arc stable and he is showing some response to visitors and members of his family the spokesman said. Day 71, was hospitalized March after falling at his Bel air Home. He underwent immediate surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. A second opera Tion for the same problem was per formed March 19. Pay was diagnosed last july As suf Fering from Amy trophic lateral sclerosis. The progressive nerve disorder also known As Lou Gehrig s disease causes a loss of a muscle control. Day who was bom in new York City began his career with comedian Jack Beany in 1939, playing the inno cent foil to Benny s character on television and radio and breaking into song to counter Benny s anger or tricking him into letting him sing. Thumped found the voice of thumped the Bunny who befriended Bambi in the Disney film  has been found in a Mountainside Village. I eur Bechn of Warren it. Was the voice of thumped in the animated film. First released during world War ii. His voice was preserved on film in the Dis Ney studio vaults in Burbank. Calif., hut Helm was for Guiton until a few months ago. As Disney was preparing to release Ramhi again word eventually readied Bechn that Disney was looking for the voice Oft Humper. Fly Hal now 53, has been living in ver Mont since pm Selling real estate and designing and building Homes. As a buy. Bechn brought the lovable character to life tie says he Only vaguely remembers going to the Disney Stu Dios with his father who produced films for Howard Hughes. Derm s father thought he would be Good for the voice of Bambi. But casting him As thumped was smart said i lofted Green the publicist who Siance the search for Bechn. It is considered one of the absolute marriage revealed Deal Otto Mai who took third saturday in the world skating championship l in Hungary told monday that she and Brian Vanden Logoi wed on March is in Boulder cola but kept in secret even from her Mother Janice pictured with the Coupal until after the championships. Busl voices we have done  he said. Magnum team loses actor Tarn Selleck popped out at his first at Bat and his magnum  team Winlon to do something his Tele vision character Seldom docs lose. It s life or death. There May be no tomorrow Selleck said before Sun Day s baseball game in which he played shortstop dressed in a Detroit tigers uniform. His to character private investigator Thomas magnum often wears a Tiger to Cap Sci Lack s team Whitfi included co Star Roker Mosky played its tradition Al rival the Columbia inn round table All stars composed of members of the news and sports Media to Benefit athletics at the Universal y of Kiwaji. The All Star team won the game 8-7, but the crowd at the University s rain Bow stadium in Honolulu was treated to More than just a Good game. There was a Bench Clearing drawl hat included the use of a breakaway baseball Bat. Super savings with super savers re 5j a  shoulder strap & reference Bible Ive 25% off or More on these and other super savers titles at stars & stripes shopping Center bookstores