European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Constantly changing coloured lights  1946 Wurl tier. Jukebox Jive by Joe Edwards associated press he Jukebox that brightly coloured merchant of music turns 55 next year. Generations of music lovers have pushed buttons to hear a Lew minutes of their favorite songs. Teen agers in Saddle shoes filter bugged at Iho soda shop 30 years ago White the Jukebox blared away and Teresa Brewer Sang put another Nickel in. In the  that Nickel is s1 now. H s three plays Lor a Buck and the Jukebox Industry says at Leas 76 million people in the Erma Bombeck Unildo states hear songs each week irom jukeboxes. Jukeboxes thrive n bars restaurants private clubs Bowling alleys pizza parlous Homes and Millary bases. The amusement and music operators association says there Are 225,000 commercially used jukeboxes and hundreds of others privately owned. The Jukebox is healthier than Ever and ready or the 21 St  says Walter Bohrer jr., president of the Chicago based Alioa. It was t so a few years ago. Pac Man and of her video games nearly chased the Jukebox out of existence. The video games Hurt our Industry a great  Bohrer said in an interview while in Nashville or a recent meeting. But a lol of people who invested heavily into it Are broke now. There were Loo Many games Loo fast. The Market got  at Corner Caos in the United states these Days you can still sit in a Booth and turn the frames pick your song from about �00 choices and sit Back and listen while the s3.500 Jukebox plays your selection. The Amoa says at least 49 million songs Are played on jukeboxes each week. It s an inexpensive Lori of entertainment and it fits anywhere said Bohrer the president of a Jukebox distributing company and a former clarinet and saxophone player in a polka band. The sound is  the tint Jukebox was made in 1934, held a dozen records and was housed in a wooden Cabinet according to Don Fairchild who runs the Juke Box Hal of Fame in Oklahoma City. Over the years there s been the 1938 Wurlitzer Tabt Elop Model a. 1946 Ami plastic Model and a round Seeburg that opened Tram the top. Down through the years the Jukebox has even been mentioned in song. Chuck Berry s or i n in the Usa has a line about Jukebox jumping with records in the  Rickey Lee Jones Chuck e. S in love has a part that says Jukebox Goin Doyl  Rock n Roll rhythm and blues and country Are especially popular music on jukeboxes. Afew located in upscale locations play Semi classical and classical. Others play jazz or Folk music and in some spots there s ethnic music such As German tunes in targe Northern cities with a Large German population. People play jukeboxes Lor an emotional response Bohrer said. It s sentimental and love that s Why music is sold. They want to hear about heartache or about falling in  Bohrer said the most popular songs played on jukeboxes during the past two years have been old time Rock n Roland twist end shout. Other popular selections Over the years have included now York new York Jailhouse Rock in the mood and Rock around the clock. Jukeboxes mainly used ones Are becoming Over More popular among the general Public. They Don t get demolished there s no Jukebox graveyard. Those made in the 40s, 50s and 60s ended up in Homes Bohrer said. The Home models also Are a Way to save Money because the coins put in them can be retrieved. Some people use the Money at the end of the year for vacation or Christmas  Bohrer said. There s probably a Jukebox collector in every major City in the country. A specialist in pcs Moines even takes orders Tor parts for the various models. They Are like antique cars. No one is throwing them away and they Ere becoming More valuable All the time he said. Charlie Hummel historian Lor the Amoa says the Jukebox preserved recorded Musk years ago. When Thomas Edison first started manufacturing phonographs they Cost Between $200 and $400, so nol Many people could afford them he said. But for five cells they could go to the local hotel Arcade bar or wherever and hear a song on a Jukebox. They really saved the whole Industry in the  jukeboxes have evolved with technology and prices Range accordingly. Although new Basic models Cost $3.500. Ones playing compact discs Cost More than $5.000. Others Are video jukeboxes thai play music videos rather than records. They Are a lol like Aulo mobiles Bohrer said. You can add a lot of goodies and extras and pay  forget Nancy Reagan s and Raisa Gorbachev s differences 3 the Summit in Moscow. My Chait goes out to Lidiya Gromyko the wife of soviet president Andrei Gromyko. She embodies every woman in 1r e world who lives near a major tourist attraction a d in the summer must play hostess to every visitor Virto drops in. I Lound myself nodding sym Alec  As i read whore she accompanied the first lady on a Lour of the Hermitage in Leningrad. We Don i cd aptly live in the shadows of the grand Canyon Unno the world s greatest wonders. In fact we re four hours away but summer visitors Wilt invariably ask. Do you suppose we could pop up and see the grand Canyon i pack the traditional grand Canyon picnic lunch fill up the traditional grand Canyon tour car Wilri Gas and ride the traditional 220 Miles to the site Only to have a guest stand on the rim and observe Back m Ohio we Call that a big ditch " How Many limes do you think Lidiya. Who is the Lisl lady of the soviet Union has been to the Hermitage 1 can imagine her reaction to going again sounded something like this Moscow Lidiya. How would you like to Lake a guest to the Hermitage tomorrow Lidiya you want another revolution i told you the last Lime you put a moving sidewalk in the Czar s Palace and i la take another visitor  Moscow you Don t understand. This is the first lady of the United  Lidiya Why does t Raisa take her Moscow she s been holding hands with her for two Days now. It s your  Lidiya Iii see that Diamond encrusted Blanket Tor Royal horses one More time i  Moscow Lidiya Darling. She won t tie there for More than an hour. Surely Lidiya one hour she s going to see 3 million Art treasures in an hour Why Don l you just let her hang out of the car with an instamatic As we go by i be got a better suggestion. Why Don t we Lour a Day Nursery and have 35 children sing the Farmer in the jail Moscow that s Dell " Lidiya whatever. Of i la go. But remember i m 77 years old. What does she look like Moscow she s 64 and weighs Aboul 90  Lidiya of god and while Lidiya was touring the Hermitage one More Lime i was saying to my guests you Are standing on the South rim of the grand Canyon which was discovered by Don Lopez de Cardenas in 1540. It has an Aiea of 1.900 Square Miles is Aboul 190 Miles Long and contains 277 Miles of the Colorado River please hold your questions until  Page 16 the stars and stripes monday june 20,1988