European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday june 9,1988 faces n places opera inquirer makes hit in Hoosier country from press dispatches a new tabloid aimed at encouraging hons cars to spend u night at the opera Imi cad of a night Al the basketball game features screaming headlines and by narc talks of Hoffman. According to the debut edition of the Indianapolis opera inquirer an avid opera fan supposedly gave birth to a boy during the last act of a performance of talks of  three Ushers and a cast member received a standing ovation for helping with the delivery. Another Story tells the Tongue in Cheek talc of a teen Ager who took off from his personal stereo for the first time in three years to hear the opera  he washed the Green and Pink Dye out of his hair put on clean clothes and helped me set the table his thrilled Mother was quoted As saying. The inquirer will be mailed to sub scribers and about 20.000 non sub scribers. A ticket order form is included. I love it because you re definitely going to read it and it has the Confidence to have humor. It says that opera is for everyone Indianapolis opera an Isi in director Robert b. Driver said. Opera has always been viewed As Hie fat lady with the dig voice As stodgy and Only for inc elite. Hut that s nol at All True said Vaughn b. Slickman president of Hickman and associates and Vafi Isong Agency and he brains behind lie i nit ire Campaign. Two years ago Indianapolis opera had 900 subscribers. Last year after an of her Hickman promotion there were1.300. Hickman and opera officials said the numbers indicate How difficult it is to sell opera in sports Loving Indiana. They believe the tabloid will help change attitudes. Just like sports opera is recreation enjoyment and fun said Donna Nob tilt marketing and Public relations director of Indianapolis opera. The unknown is always a Little scary but we want to excite people and get them to try  Elvis jewelry Sells thirty one pieces of jewelry that Earls Presley gave to a former Girlfriend were sold tuesday at an auction that Drew fans and collectors from around the world in new York. The jewelry which included lavish Gold pendants and rings and bracelets made of diamonds emeralds or opals fetched a total of 182,000, surpassing its Periale estimate of $50,000. Many pieces sold for to to 10 times inc estimate said Robin Ahrons spokeswoman for Christie a the auctioneer. An unidentified lawyer from Tosca Loosa ala., purchased nine items for $28,000. They inducted a 22-Caral Opal and Diamond ring which sold for $4,400. The Rin was a gift from Presley to inc unidentified woman in 1974. The entertainer believed opals possessed a magical Quality said Ahrens. Other of lots included a Black Onyx Diamond and Gold Choker which fetched 15,270, More than twice the Preslac estimate. Wind sequel sold a French de ilor paid a record $ 1 Mil lion for the rights to publish the French version of the sequel to the american classic gone with the wind inc Edi Ting company said tuesday in Paris. Pierre to fond of editions Belfond said it was the largest sum Ever paid for translation rights by a French publisher. In the United slates Warner books is paying novelist Alexandra Hipley nearly $5 million to write the sequel to Margaret Mitchell s Only novel. These Quel which has Sci to be named is to be released in 1990, said Warner spokeswoman Theresa Waltz in new York. The French firm outbid six others in an auction last week to acquire the rights from the William moms co. Of new York which controls overseas different gloves forme baronet became the sett referee in South Africa to Wear Anh aids protective Glovaci during a fight monday in Durban. The sex Boxer gained the of of the boxing Board before wearing the new gloves. Rights to the Book Belfond said. Mitchell s novel enormously successful when it was published in 1936, was the basis for the him classic Star ring Clark Gable As Rhet Butler and Vivien Leigh As Scarlett o Hara. Bal find has published translations of other Best Selling american novels including Jacqueline Susann s Valley of inc  French publisher Galliard which raked in millions with the translation of Aurant in Importe be vent gone with the wind when it was published Here in 1939, did not take part in negotiations for the sequel. A Galliard spokesman said $1 Mil lion was an Chor Bilal amount to pay for a doubtful  Belfond acknowledged the Purchase was a Gamble. The French edition is expected to be on Bookstore shelves Byich end of 1990. Honey of a problem worshippers at Trinity episcopal Ca thedral in Omaha neb., to search of inc biblical land of milk and Honey need Only look 1o the rafters. Al least that s where the Honey along with an estimated 50,000 bees is hiding. The Rev. John Fricke said the bees took up residence in the cathedrals rain gutters and under the roof about 10 years ago in. They never caused a problem he said except for the occasional dripping of Honey Down an in Side pillar. But when a contractor said he would t do some needed painting because of Thebes Fricke found himself a beekeeper. Working on a 40-foot scaffolding Mon Day Roger Miller of Bellevue estimated Here is a Colony of 50,000 bees and the honeycomb contains As much As 1,000 pounds  Church had hoped to save inc honeycomb and bees Miller said but the targe size and location extending under me roof made it  scraper pole will be used to break the honeycomb into pieces remove in and collect inc Honey. The worker bees will be killed using aerosol Spray after Miller locates and removes the Queen. 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