European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday july 21, 1988 faces n places Elton John plans super garage sole from press dispatches when most people clean out their Homes there s a garage Sale a one person Flea Market. When Rock Star Elton John empties his House there s an auction and the assortment of Odd and Garish items is expected to bring in $5 million. He said he wanted to have the House cleared and that was quite a project said Hillary Kay head of rotheby s collectibles department in London. It was a wonderful collection but it did t leave much room for him to hell have plenty of room now. Among the items taken from the Windsor England House were the 54-Inch boots worn by Elton in the film Tommy the statue of Liberty outfit he wore during his Bicentennial tour of the United states and 100 pairs of eyeglasses including models trimmed with feathers furs and Light bulbs. Rotheby s is estimating the 2,000 items should bring in More than $5 million. The auction is set for sept. 6-9 in London but the collection was on Dis play at rotheby s in Manhattan starting tuesday. Big ticket items include a Glass dome expected to bring up to $125,000 a carpet designed by William Morris estimated at $80,000, and a Magritte paint ing also estimated at $80,000. A world record for walking George Meegan went out for a stroll and walked right into the guinness Book of world records. Meegan appeared at the guinness world of re cords exhibit tuesday to receive a certificate Honor ing his walk through the americas a 19,017-mile Jaunt that he completed in 1983 after 7 la years. Meegan a resident of Kent England and the author of the longest walk an Odyssey of the human spirit walked from the tip of South Ameri Ca to the end of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska crossing 14 countries. On tuesday he gave his boots to the guinness exhibit. And he delighted the crowd by showing off the Tattoo on his leg a map of his route. Unusual patrol vehicle police officer Rick Flynn is Down in the dumps. Deadly Job Tahar the moroccan master tangles with an Alligator in the main act of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus during its appearance in san Diego. Tahar s act includes sticking his head inside the jaws of an Alligator and going for a swim with one in a Small tank. But that s easy to understand because he s patrolling in a dump truck. The Only police car in the Eastern Pennsylvania Community of Portage a Community of about 3,500 broke Down and officials were concerned about possible insurance problems if officers used their own cars. So officials gave police the Borough s dump truck. People who see me in the dump truck think it s funny Flynn said. I think it s funny unless i m driving it. That thing bounces a class enriches students Dick Howe paid out nearly $60 and a lesson in human nature to students in his remedial math class this summer. In return he got his students attention and that was Worth every Penny Howe Howe walked into his summer school class of fourth and fifth graders at Southside elementary school in Columbus ind., last month he knew that motivating 18 students in the heat of summer would be thought Why not pay them i m getting paid to be Here so Why not them " Howe said. The students were told they would be paid up to 20 cents per Day depending on attendance behaviour and was last Friday the end of the term and the students collected Between $ 1.70 and $4.70. No one qualified for the maximum $5 for the six week session. They left a Little Richer than they came in in one Way or another. If that makes a lasting impression then it was Worth it Howe said. Let us come to you stars and stripes is delivered to mailboxes Complete this form and drop it in most government housing areas for just off at your nearest stars and $7.50 per month stripes Bookstore or mail it to Here s what you can expect to receive when you subscribe to the stars and stripes the latest International and military news sports reports schedules and updates stripes Magazine each week an extra 20 pages of travel tips concert schedules Volks marching events food columns and More at no extra Cost sunday comics each week Page after Page of your favorite characters like Beetle Bailey Gar Field and in color too at no extra Cost and much much More stars and stripes Apo 09211 attn sales promotion accept my subs Nihon Losla s & slopes a name please print 1 Street bloc no Tel no 1 will pay the Home delivery Cahak in signal vhf City Apt no housing area
