European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 12 faces places the stars and stripes saturday october 15,19b8 new guinness records hits Newsstands from press dispatches fans of strange facts and weird records can get the latest on inc longest the biggest and the fastest with this week s publication of the 1989 edition of the guinness Book of world records. The annual edition is published around this Lime Cadi year to catch Early Christmas sales. The latest 312-Page volume lists milestones in sports business science nature and the arts. But the items that lure trivia buffs to the Book often fall into the More subjective category of the bizarre. For example among this year s landmarks arc the longest distance travelled while sleepwalking 100 Miles the Honor goes to 12-year-old Michael Dixon of Danville iii., who hopped a freight train to Peru ind. He was found Barefoot in his pyjamas wan Dering near a Railroad track. Another lists the rarest Breed of dog the Ameri can hairless terrier. At the list count in March. 68 of the known 70 specimens were owned by Willie and Edwin Scott of Trout a. An even rarer species was super frosty the world s largest snowman built Over two weeks last Spring by a team in Anchorage Alaska. The Snow giant stood 63. 56 feet. If musically inclined super frosty would Proba Bly want to play the world s largest and presumably loudest guitar at 1 4 feel 3 inches tall and weighing 309 pounds. It was built by Joe Kovalc of Ontario Canada. Other bits of information include inc oldest Sheen 28 years the longest Conga dance line 1 19,986 people most hands shaken 19,592 in eight hours the Best Best Man 408 marriages and the tallest woman 7 feet 7 inches. Tic guinness Book of world records was first compiled in 1955 by twins Ross and Norris Mew Hirst r As a depository of fact to become the final arbiter in All arguments. By 19bb, worldwide sales had reached nearly 60 million in 262 editions in 31 in a Story published thursday he said he forgot about inc bottled note until a letter arrived late last month from Bilbao Spain. The sept. 26 letter from Luciano Prada a reporter for the Spanish newspaper included an article by Prada about a Spanish boy who found Joey s bottle. The Spanish newspaper said Andron lain found he bottle aug. 6 while visiting the Seaside resort town of Perdigo cant Abrico in Northern Spain. Fonda Breaks nose Jane Fonda broke her nose in a bicycle Accident but she was returning Friday to the Toronto set of the movie Fonda collided with another bicyclist monday while peddling Down a Toronto Street smacking her head on the pavement her spokesman said thurs Day. She s Fine. It was no big Deal her publicist said. Boy s Nofe drifts to Spain nearly two years ago a boy on a fishing trip put a note into a Battle and threw it into the Ocean the Billle washed up in Spain and the boy Joey Edwards now 14, has attracted attention from a Spanish newspaper. La plus Racion de Castro s chronicler. Joey told the Alabama journal newspaper that he was fishing on dec. 8, 19b6, with his Uncle off the coast of Panama City flu when he became bored. The boy told the newspaper he scrib bled his name and address on a piece of paper stuffed it in the bottle and tossed it into the sea. The idea just popped into my mind Joey said whoops and Jesse actress comedian whoops Goldberg Sharol a laugh with the Rev. Jono Jaf Tion while filming Abc to s All Star Celebration tha 88 vote a music and Como Ify special. Tho program was scheduled to air in the slates on saturday. Fonda was treated at Toronto East general hos Pital and released. It was her Day off and she was going around a curve and she collided with another bicyclist the publicist said. Stud ends get cosh incentives about 300 High school students who were prom ised a free College education by multimillionaire Ewing Kane min have another incentive to do Well in school. Michael Herman president of the Kauffman foundation announced that members of a freshman class who Are enrolled in the College program called project Choice will receive so a semester for at tending classes regularly at Wai port High school in Kansas City to. If you re not in school then you can t become an academic Success Herman told several Hundred students and their parents at the school wednesday. Many of the families Are poor. Project Choice started last Spring and administered through the foundation guarantees a College education for members of last year s eighth Grade class at we sport Middle school who meet certain requirements. Kauffman 72, founder and chairman of the Board of pharmaceutical Maver Marion laboratories and co owner of the Kansas City royals recently made Forbes Magazine s list of the 400 richest americans. His net Worth was listed at $740 million. Elvis offered of fight drugs former president Nixon once suggested that Ems Presley record some Jailhouse Rock at what is now a Federal prison in an Effort to discourage drug use. Ninon made the suggestion during a secret visit the Singer made to Nixon on dec. 21, 1970, when Presley offered to help Ninon protect America from drugs Esquire Magazine reports in this month s Issue. A staff memo from Nixon listed five suggestions for Presley among them were record an album with the theme get High on life at the Federal narcotic rehabilitation and research facility at Lexington the facility became a Federal prison in 1974, the same year Nixon resigned in disgrace. By then pres Ley had a badge declaring him an honorary Federal agent. 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