European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday August 20,1988 faces n places princes princesses of the wild Frontier Praise Davy from press dispatches Davy Crockett is More than the King of the wild Frontier to his descendants who Are meeting at a state Park in Lawrenceburg tenn., that bears his name. David was quite a Man in his time said Joy Bland of Paris tenn., a great great great great granddaughter of the Tennessee Pioneer. We think he made quite a contribution to our state in Many  More than 100 people who have traced their roots to Crockett began gathering at David Crockett state Park. The reunion coincides with David Crockett Days an annual festival. We want to keep the knowledge of him alive Bland said. I learn something different every run  to be a full member of the 4-year-old descendants of David Crockett organization people must Trace their lineage to one of Crockett s six children two stepchildren or two wives. Those who Are simply interested in Crockett can join As associate members. The Man who Histo rians say called himself David not Davy Crockett was born in Northeast Tennessee on aug. 17, 1786. He rep resented the Region As a state lawmaker and Parker then was a congressman in 1827-31 and 1833-35. He died in Texas defending the Alamo in 1836. Bland said Crockett s record of Public service often becomes lost in the folklore surrounding him but the frontiersman is partly to blame. He liked to Hunt and he liked to talk about it Bland said. He Only shot big  Walt Disney studios recently announced plans for a new television series about Crockett. In the 50s, the original Disney series starring fess Parker had every kid in America wanting to dress in Coonskin. I really Hope they will try to teach the Public something about the Man that he was said Bland. If children have heroes today it ought to be some one like  mansion fetches $22 million the largest House on Long Island has been sold for $22 million or a bargain $170,000 for each of its 130 rooms a new York newspaper reported. Developer Gary Melius sold the Otto Kahn Man Sion two weeks ago to an unidentified japanese Busi Nessman according to new Day. Melius confirmed the Sale but told new Day he had signed a non disclosure clause. The newspaper said it Learned the Selling Price from a source close to the Deal. Melius who bought the House in 1984 for $1.5 Mil lion and spent millions More restoring it said he was Selling it at the request of his wife dropping plans to turn it into condos a Tennis club or health spa. It was too much Money and too much time he said. It was consuming  the mansion built on 443 acres overlooking cold Spring Harbor was dubbed Oheka by its first owner Otto Herman Kahn. It was the second largest House in the nation at the time of construction. Thorn Rose problem a parking meter officer who accepted four base Ball tickets from Cincinnati reds manager Pete Rose has been Given a two Day suspension without pay. City officials decided that officer John Michael Begley violated a City code that prohibits workers from accepting gratuities if it prevents them from doing their jobs. City manager Scott Johnson announced Begley s punishment. Begley cited Rose for parking in a no parking zone on the Street named after him Pete Rose Way on june 29. Rose said he accepted the $29 ticket then afterwards offered the offi cer the reds tickets jokingly calling them a Rose bribe because the officer seemed like a Nice Guy. How about a peaces be Ben and Jerry who make ice Cream in Vermont for fun As Well As profit came to new York this week to push peace. The medium of their message was of course ice Cream a 4-ounce, chocolate covered bar on a stick that they Are marketing As Ben & Jerry s peace pop. The purpose of the pop is to promote peace Ben Cohen said at a news conference in Ralph Bun Che Park across the Street from the United nations. The partners said they will give i percent of the profits from the pops and the rest of their business to their recently formed organization 1 percent for peace. That will amount to about $50,000 a year said Jerry Greenfield the numbers expert in the partnership. He said the company will Crank out 12 /2 million peace pops a year in four flavors with a retail Price of about $1.75. Just a frustrated crooner Leonard Bernstein says he would Trade his consid Erable conducting and composing talents for a Good voice. If i could get up on the stage and sing one phrase of Verdi or Bizet or Wagner so that people would be moved i would give up everything for that the nation s Best known composer said. I can sing but i empty rooms he con fessed. The composer of West Side Story and candide held a rare news conference at the Tanglewood music Center in Lenox mass., to talk about the four Day extravaganza planned there next Bernstein week in Honor of his 70th birthday. Among those at the Celebration that starts on his birthday aug. 25, will be such friends As actress Lauren Bacall diva Beverly Sills and record producer Quincy Jones. Actress Elizabeth Taylor and pub Lisher Malcolm Forbes Are planning 19 arrive in a hot air balloon Tanglewood officials said. Sorry for being unpatriotic Aramco inc. Has apologized for ordering steel work ers to remove an american Flag the workers had Hung before japanese steel customers toured the company s Plant at Ashland by. We now realize that we were wrong in asking our employees to remove the Flag and that we have of fended Many people Aramco spokesman Bill Scaggs said Reading from a statement. For that error in judgment we  the company had said the Flag was Hung primarily to Embarrass the japanese not to show patriotism. Workers denied that. Scaggs delivered the apology to Michael Hewlitt president of United steelworkers local 1865, and to Charles Whitlock the vice president in a rare appearance by a management official at the Union local s Hall. Scaggs said that local and divisional company officials made the decision to apologize because the Inci Dent which attracted National attention Hurt relations Between the company and the Plant s 3,200 workers. 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