European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday March 30,1sb8 the Pun a so rises in Hemingway contest san Francisco a kwai now morning and he was in the bathroom shaving shaving for the first time that Day hut not the Ian to never the  with those words Gordon Satch Carlson an English teacher and news paper column ii from Anchorage. Alas Sta won the Lith International Zimila Tion Hemingway Competition on monday at where else Harry s bar & american Grill. The hairs Kepi coming his entry continued tiny hairs and Black and there was nothing for it nothing for it a All but shaving Carlson s winning parody or the late novelist Ernest Hemingway s prose went on and on Cor 350 words Dis cussing the hirsute portions of a Man s body then an estranged woman the More shaving drinking wine and then drinking More wine. The dozen judges fortified with Iligir own Liana of wine muttered things like holy cow As they pored Over the entries then argued spirit edly and after some mysterious process decided upon the Winner Amon the 21 finalists. Author Barnaby Conrad one of the judges said Carlson s entry contained qualities lacking in others namely a beginning Middle and an end the Hemingway cliche and the  the punny last paragraph of Carlson Spiece read As follows she turned lifting her thin american lip Over those thin while perfect american Teeth and Ihm thin american sneer. It s Only a  Adams she   Adams was a character in Tome of Hemingway s Early stories Carlson gels a round trip for two to Italy with dinners Al another Harry Sbar in Florence. In a Brief biography provided to judges Carlson claimed thai he was  thrown Oul of Reading class and that he moved id Alaska about 20 years ago for reasons that remain obscure to him. He gave his profession As so Cial  Carlson who was not present for the judging did not immediately return a Telephone message monday. At the Anchorage Dally news where Carlson writes a weekly column on state and local issues City editor a Doughterty said he can be both very funny and quite acerbic and opinionated. He basically is a humor col  Carlson who Doughterty guessed is41. Also writes a column for the nation Al Magazine Auto week and teaches English at Bart Lull High school in an chorale. He and the other 20 finalists were among 2/32 entries from All to stat Sand More than a dozen foreign coun tries. Despite the author s Globe hop Ping exploits none of the entries bore foreign postmark. Tie judges were to include Jack Hemingway son of Ernest but. Because of illness he did not attend Oiler judge were newspaper columnist Herb Caen authors Ray Bradbury and Cyra me Faddin and poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The entries went the rules of the Comal had to sound like Heming Way. Read like Hemingway. They know that funny u Good and very funny ii very  entrant 66 wrote there were manycows but no bulls. 1 re spec this place  said ii is an honest place. This could be. The capital of  to entry 366, the president looked Al the woman he oiled Nancy. A other men also called her Nancy. It was a Gem of a paperweight that jumbo size Blue Sapphire Blue Ridge. A. Up an a Ray technician thought the hunk of Crystal he found during a Gem Stone search made a neat paperweight for his desk but it May do More for his Bank account than for his papers. Steve Meyer and his fellow Gem Hunter Craig pc Den coi ild own the world s largest Blue Star Sapphire possibly Worth a Fortune according to a Texas gemologist. Meyer 32, and pc Dan both of Chattanooga tcnn., found the Crystal corundum near Canton n.c., shortly before Christmas while searching for gems once. He was using it for a paperweight Al his Hospital office until a patient suggested he have it looked at by a Mcmo Mogul. The Erysal it now in the hands of one of the nation s of Gem Cullers John Robinson of Dallas who said sunday in could be the world s largest Blue Star Sapphire. I m polishing it now and it s looking prettier everyday said Robmson. What s it Worth i can t say. How do you place a value on the largest of anything Meyer and Peden friends since childhood became interested in gom Soncs after hearing about a Sapphire Cut by Robinson the Star of America. Robinson said the owner of the Star of America was offered 2,8 million uncut and $4 million after Robin son Cut it but rejected both offers. He said Meyer s Star Sapphire should weigh More than the Star of America. In the rough it s a Little Over 3,500 carats with a Beautiful Cobalt Blue to Grav with the predominant color Cobalt Blue said Meyer. It was a Little Over 4inches Fay about 3 i inches and 2 inches in  the finished Sapphire with its six radiating lines of Light should be 24 inches in diameter and i it Inch sin depth and it should weigh More than 1,500 carats he said. Meyer and pc Den who will share the wealth when they sell the Stone said some Crno Logiste they spoke Toby Telephone were sceptical about it because of m size so he contacted Robinson and described it to him. I suggested he Send it to me by registered malt Andi d Lake a look at it said Robinson acknowledging some initial scepticism Meyer and pc Den decided to deliver it. Late in february they walked into Robinson s of fice. Meyer pulled the Crystal from his pocket an tossed it to Robinson think this will at least pay for my plane trip out Here he asked Robinson s jaw dropped Meyer said. Robinson said he Cut the Star of America from a1,905-Carat Crystal to 1,194 Carat with b wonderful Star on it and it s in the guinness Book of world records As far As i know Steve s is the largest Star corundum Crystal there is and has the potential to be larger than the Star of  Meyer said he and Peden had Only looked for Gem stones maybe four or five limes before their final some people i Pond their lives looking for Tern stones and never come near something like this Sai Robinson. It s a find Ofa  passengers panic evacuate plane Detroit a passengers apparently panicked Al the sight of flames on the Wing of a Northwest air lines Jet and evacuated the plane without waiting for instructions from the Crew officials said monday. The plane did not actually catch fire sunday night but the incident closed Detroit metropolitan Airport for 20 minutes and four passengers were Hurt sliding Down the emergency chutes authorities said. "1 think the unfortunate thing Here is that the Pas sengers in confusion initiated the escape exit without being ordered to do so by the Captain Faa adminis Trator t. Allan Mcartor said. And of course we d like to set that the Captain be Able to Call the shots in this  the plane was carrying i -14 passengers and seven Crew members from san diced Calif. It appears at this Lime that in was a spontaneous evacuation by passengers at the time of the Flash Laid Northwest official William Wren. Wren described the fire at a Flash caused by residual fuel. It occurred in the right Wing and probably lasted Only a cond or less he said. The plane resumed to ervice monday he added. Such a Ilar Eup is not unheard of and it s not As Deroui As rate might think if handled properly Laid Mcartor who was in Detroit on monday for a speech. Wren said that Northwest had not interviewed Crew member but that the passengers rather than the Crew apparently initiated the evacuation. That needs to be the Call of the Captain Mcartor said. We simply would like the Crew to be Able to initiate that sequence of events. Naturally we would Liker to find out More about Tab Faa spokesman Mon Edelstein said the Pilot was alerted about the flare up and triggered an automatic device that extinguished the Flash a 64-year-old woman whose name was not released was listed in Good condition monday Al William Beau Mont Hospital in Royal Oak suffering from trauma and knee and Elbow injuries the other injured passengers were trotted Al another Hospital for cuts and bruises and were released. Passenger Mike Young of Toledo said he popped open an emergency exit As panic spread through the plane and be and his wife climbed onto the Wing. We thought about jumping but when the flames died Down we thought it might be too dangerous Young said. Other passengers said flight attendant jumped up to help with the evacuation. They helped Calm everyone Down Carolyn Reinhardt of marhon n.j., told the Detroit news. Stateside Graffiti on synagogue of stay through passover West Palm Beach Fla. A Graffiti will remain on the Wilh of a synagogue through Pau Over As a reminder Tinl anti jewish attitudes remain wide spread a rabbi said monday. Some of the red crawling at Temple 8elh-et was partially erased sunday but some will remain through the Holiday which begins Friday and Marks Jorith deliverance from slavery said rabbi Alan Cohen. Meanwhile police have assigned in investigator to the vandalism at Temple bulb a and Temple Beth David in Palm Beach gardens hut there were no loth and no arrests sol. Michael Fulk said. The temples were defaced Over the weekend. Acts of vandalism against jews their institution Anil property Rose nationally in 9987.but declined in Florida and Palm Beach county according to the anti defamation league which Monitor racist Inci dents. Sixteen Ami semitic acts were reported in Palm Beach county last year Down from 17 the year before. Railroad buffs take train on a three mile Joyride Chicago a two Railroad buds Wen charged monday with taking a locomotive on a three mite Joy ride Al speeds of up to so Mph before it derailed and lipped Over police said James Schroedl. 20, and Eric Hoyem. 17, were charged with burglary and criminal damage to prop erty said detective Richard berm air. Police locate them through a pair of eyeglasses found at the Hornc he said. We visited optical stores until we found one thai remembered Selling them to scr Wal Bermal Essaid. They were a unique prescription. The kid Al most  they Are Railroad buffs. All their lives they be talked to Railroad Guys and they Learned enough to Start the engine and get to rolling he said. 270 Homes evacuated after chemicals spilled Beltsville my. A about 7d Hiwana were still evacuated Early tuesday More than 10 hours alter a Tanker truck overturned on interstate 95 near wait Ringlon and spilled a variety of chemicals authorities said. The Accident which occurred just before the afternoon Rush hour on monday and caused Al feast 100 Homes to be evacuated also forced Maryland authorities to close part of the Highway. No injuries were reported. Prince George s county fire department topics Man Tony Destefano said Crews were trying to Rcpt rate Ine contents of the truck which mint be Don before the cleanup is completed and the str club of interstate can be opened