European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May 10. 19bb the stars and stripes be 5 student writer captures first for the worst san Jose Calif a the Best of the worst the tops of the lowest the most awful assaults on theart or writing were honoured sunday in the annual Bulwer Lytton fiction contest. The top prize the Creme de la Dree went to Rachel sheeley 20, a journalism Studym at Franklin College in Indiana. I d hate to say thai bad writing comes naturally but my creative juices Wen flowing that Day slice icy said in a Telephone interview sunday. You have to gel into a bad Frame of Stic said she if a would be novelist but i m pretty bad procrastinator so for now i want to go into newspaper writing and have a deadline to write whether a Boon or Bane for her career the prize came from san Jose stale University professor soil Rice founder and grand Panja drum of the liter Ary disgrace he Calls the Baltimore orioles of Litera tuve despite the humor thai surrounds its awarding Rice stresses thai the Competition is not a joke writing contest. It really takes a very Good writer to deliberately write the contest trashes the battered memory of 19thcentury English writer Edward George Earle Bulwer Lytton. His turgid style is captured in the opening line to one of his novels later enshrined by snoopy the erudite Pooch in the comic strip peanuts it was a dark and Stormy night. Rice notes that Bulwer Lytton also is remembered for such ringing cliche Ai the pen is mightier than lie sword and Trie great he said the contest is a gentle reminder to the world of letters thai in is of 10 lighten up forget the grammar books far a minute and have some fun to approach the language As Well this year s no ribbon panel of undistinguished judges examined More than 11,000 entries searching for the most miserable least readable and Roll Encl Lead sentence to the Crummies novel imaginable. This awful thing submitted by Seelcy brought her to the top or the Bottom of the Heap like an in pensive sports car Fine lunch and Well built Portia was sleek shapely and gorgeous her red jumpsuit moulding her body which was As warm of the sea covers in july her hair As dark anew tires her eyes dashing like Bright hubcaps and her lips dewy As the beads of fresh rain on the Hood she was i woman driven fuelled by a single accelerant and she needed a Man a Man who would t shift from his views a Man to steer her along the right Road a Man for her Effort Seelcy wins a word processor. Awards were also made in selected categories. Brian w. Holmes of san Jose calif., won in puns once a month when the Moon is full. Rev. Jim bleaker and i Lovely wife Teddi invite member of he Church to the parsonage Tor an evening of hymn singing followed by cookies Tea and a frenzied Onty on the Lawn outside making Jure of course to take All the usual precautions for Safe Joan Mazulewicz of Liverpool. N.y., won for purple prose the silent Snow Felt relentlessly unceasingly mercilessly from the sordid sullied sur reality of the sky As if same enormous ethereal diner were shaking grated Pamisan on the great saggy Meatball that was Michael Stratford Miles City mont., won for Sci ence fiction Shirley doubted that her alien escort composed As he was of vegetable matter seaweed and a thick coating of swampy muck would be a suitable Date for the inner galactic Keg Ger but he turned out to be a real fungi . Nelson Nottinghamshire England won for detective novel with the radio squawking that a 4711 was in Progress at 37th and 127th, Murphy knocked car 495 into 3rd and headed up 5th at 70,Little reckoning As he thumbed his .38, that this would be the Day when his number came phone Calls peace pleas Mark Mother s Day by the associated press americans celebrated Mother s Day with millions of phone Calls Home peace rallies in Minnesota and Nevada free meals for the needy in san Francisco an special treatment for mothers of new born. American Telephone & Telegraph predicted about 46 million Calls would be placed sunday lopping the old Mark of 44 million Calls placed Christmas Day 1981. Actual calling figures were not available ale sunday. About 750 people participated in another s Day protest it inc Nalion s nuclear testing grounds in Nevada and 323 people including actor Martin Sheen were arrested on trespassing charges authorities said. While Many families shared Mother Day privately in san Francisco More than 100 mothers from the impoverished tenderloin neighbourhood dined at a Fisherman s wharf restaurant while fathers and other men from the Community took care of their estimated 300 children. In Minneapolis Many of the 1.000people no the Mother s Day March for peace and Justice used the eighth annual event to show concern for the future of their children. We be Erit a world Here to pass along to our children and we d like to impress upon people that it would be Nice to have a world that s Safe for children said or. Phyllis got Din chairwoman of the min Neapolis chapter of physicians for social responsibility during saturday s March i think part of being a responsible Parent is taking responsibility for creating a world of peace and Justice said Mary Benrud a 26-year-old Mother of three. A group with the we goals the women s action for nuclear disarmament used a Mother s Day Ball gather ing in Boston to Honor astronomer Carl Sagan and his wife author Ann Druyan for their efforts to reverse the nuclear. Arms race. Hospitals got into the Mother s Day spirit in Connecticut and Baltimore. The Hospital of 51. Raphael in new Haven hired limousines to Lake new mothers Home while babies at mercy medical enter in Baltimore were Gin wrapped with Flowers and Pink or Blue ribbon before being taken to their mothers. A baby with a new heart was the gift Tor an Arizona woman whose two other children died of heart ailments. The 6-Monlh-old child Anthony Lopez was discharged sunday from Loma Linda University medical Center in California where he underwent the five hour surgery on april 19, said a hos Pital spokeswoman. The spokeswoman said the Mother Liza Lopez 22, of Glen Dale ariz., called it die Best Mother s Day Gin she Ever 13 Hurt in fire Iowa student festival faces review on cruise for after the Raj night of Drunken rioting Mother s Day � Louisville. By. Api a Smoky fire broke out during a Mother s Day cruise sunday on the Belle of Louisville Steamboat and at least 13 people suffered minor injuries. The fire of origin scorched a Wall on the second level of Fth Steamboat s starboard Side we could t gel downstairs at firs because of the smoke said Mattic Swope who wus on the Ohio River cruise with her Mother. Kevin Mullen the by Lac s alternate Captain steered the boat to Shore at a Park Cut of downtown where fishermen helped Moor it to Trees Crew members put out the fire and Volunteer firefighters helped evacuate about 570 passengers said harrods Creek fire chief Leonard Hydl. Firefighters knocked out a Large Sec Tion of the boat s outer panelling. There was no damage estimate sunday said Mike Fitzgerald the Belle s Captain who was not on Board Al inc time of the said the boat would not carry Passen Ger again until after a coast guard inspection. A woman with asthma was hospitalized for smoke inhalation four others were treated Al hospitals for smoke Inha lation and bumps and bruises and the rest were treated at the scene officials mid. Early sunday eight Law officers were injured and 45 people were arrested As student celebrations coinciding with Sci Shea concluded. There were two arrest Early Friday and nine saturday. This certainly Mars what has been a very Good weekend for Sci Shea. But we re going to have to reassess the whole Sci Shea activity and the amount of time students have off said Thomas Thielen University vice president of Stu Dent affairs. Ames Iowa a after sparking three consecutive nights of violence the annual Spring festival at Towa stale uni a Miry faces an overhaul in order to curb excessive drinking school officials and student festival organizers said. We re looking to work with the University and City to see what changes Pecan make said Curt Ford a Sophomore from gun Csc 111., who is on the com Mittee for inc Vei Shea festival an annual Long weekend of student activities. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 10, 1943 Czechoslovakia s parliament adopted a new Constitution patterned on the soviet Model by a unanimous 240-0 vote. 30 years ago today. May 10. 1958 peruvians praised the courage of vice president Richard Nimby who braved jeering Stone throwing communist cd demonstrates in Lima offering to talk with their leaders. 20 years ago today. May 10,1968 democratic presidential contender sen. Robert of Kennedy and his wife Ethel the parents of seven boys and three girls ranging in Aje from 13months to 16 years announced they were expecting their uth child. 10 years ago today. May 10, 1978 the body of italian politician Aldo Moro was found in a car parked in the heart of downtown Rome. He was on the scene Early sunday a raucous students set tires in streets and pelted officers and police vehicles with rocks and bottles. Student organizers of inc 66lh annual Tishea festival disavowed the rioting saying it was not connected with any for Mal activities thai included a Parade on saturday that was followed by he fool Ball team s Spring game. We be been trying to promote thenon alcoholic aspect of Sci Shea this year Ford said we Don t know Why things got out of the name a Nishca was coined by Tak ing the first idler in the name of each of Iowa stale s original colleges. Kcal meted police clashed with an Esti mated crowd of 2,000 Early sunday in he heart of Campus where bonfires were fed by sofas Ana other furniture carried by Beer drinking revellers. Nightly disturbances at the annual Spring festival started thursday and grew progressively worse before the festival ended sunday. Like the previous two nights the latest disturbance appeared to Start with private parties. It was pretty ugly for a while Sai Dames police chief Dennis Ballantine. Frankly i Haven t seen anything like this since the Early 1970s and the Viet Nam War protests. The Only difference is those people had a legitimate Gripe. These people did t. They were just
