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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday november in 1988. Vt"j.-.-,v i faces n places 3 Sisters 3 Brothers still married after 50 years from press dispatches the Ihrcke Bardill Sisters of Mondavi wis., were glad to grow up with the Smith family next door bul they had no idea they would at marry their neigh Bor s sons Florence bardic and Delton Smith slatted he tra Dilion on March 23, 1935. Eleanor Bardill and la Mininc Smith allowed suit on june 27, 1935. And finally. Myrtle Bardill and Wallace Smith made it Ahal trick on nov. 15,1938. We did l know this was going to happen Etc nor recalled. Myrtle always said she d be different thai she was t going to marry a Smith bul she  Wallace and Myrtle who celebrated their 50th wed Ding anniversary this week in pc nine children 21 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Florence and Delton have iwo children and two grandchildren. Lamoine and Eleanor have eight children 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Lizzie is an old Lizard Scotland s Only commercial Fossil Hunter has found a340-miliion-Ycar-old Lizard he Calls Lizzie and wants to sell it but said he has t decided on the Price. The natural history museum in London said the 8-Inch-Long Fossil found by Stan Wood is 40 million years older than any other known reptile Man is considered to have evolved about 4 million years ago. It is an amazing discovery remarkable Saidur. Timothy Smithson of Newcastle University who verified the find. The Fossil will be on display at the museum for two months then Wood will offer it for Sale. Lizzie docs not have a scientific name yet because the examination has not been completed. Questioned about the Price the 49-year-old Fossil Hunter said it s a million Dollar discovery and it s unique. I Hope it will slay in this country but Over seas museums Are sure to be after  painting fetches s3 million a woman s portrait by Thomas Gainsborough sold in in Inion on wednesday for nearly s3 million an auction record for the i8lh Century British artist. Gainsborough was a Brilliant Painter especially when he had Beautiful Sitters and his works Are Al ways in demand. The painting went to an Anonymous English Pri vate buyer and was said by descendants of sir Josep Robinson a South african mining magnate who lived in London and died in 1929. The previous Gainsborough record was $1,6 Mil lion in april 1987 for a portrait of an army officer. Five other Gainsborough were sold in the auction of British paintings. The auction made a total of Thomas Gill Borough i mom portrait of mrs drum nearly $14.5 million and saw record prices Tor Workshy eight other artists. Other sales included $1.18 million for sir Thomas Lawrence s Fuli length ism portrait of the Prince ref Britt Laler King George in. No Bill for final Farewell Teddy  has organized his own Fune ral to avoid bothering anyone with a mortician s Bill. The 72-year-old retired businessman is ready to meet Hia maker for a bargain Price of less than $ s id. A Carpenter knocked up a chipboard Box coffin for less than si25 and a Friend will take him to his final resting place in a station Wagon. Corbell Winder keeps dirty washing in inc coffin under his bed at his Home in a scr. England until it is  they will have to do is Roll me out of my bed and straight into the Box he said adding he was deadly serious about he whole thing lie has also written his epitaph Edmund Freder ick Corbell Winder. 1916-7 no rip  vice will not be Back Miami vice Abc to s stylish police series will not return for another season the show s executive producer said. It s the last year by our own election so we replanting for it Michael Mann. Sonny Crockett played by stubble faced Don Johnson and Ricardo Tubbs played by the suave Philip Michael Thomas will end their War against drug lords come Spring in a two hour episode that will tic up some of the show s Loose ends. Abc would neither confirm nor deny hat he show was going off the air. Miami vice made its debut in september 1984 As an mtg influenced update of the mod squad and police  it updated the police genre an spawned several imitators including Abc s failed Hollywood  big time embezzlement a credit Union clerk admitted she stole $7.8 Mil lion from her company in the largest embezzlement Ever reported in Japan a police official says. The 31-year-old clerk an employee of the Ournac credit Union in Tokyo said she had been sending Money to her Boyfriend for three years the official said. The woman transferred the Money to accounts a three major commercial Banks by manipulating the company s computer using her Boss s Seal and Forg ing payment slips the police official said. Benton s Home on the Block Barbie Benton who went from being a Playboy Magazine Model into an acting career is asking $4,5 million for her pcs fair mansion in Pasadena Calif. The former Girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and frequent photo subject in his Magazine wants to sell the estate she owns with her husband George Cracow so the couple can move into a Home under construction in Aspen Colo  
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