European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday november 25,1988 faces n places Church members in Nebraska give half ton of lard to lord from press dispatches _ members or two Western Nebraska churches arc lighter As a result of a competitive dieting Derby in which they offered up lard to he lord sixty parishioners lost a half ton in the monthlong Effort 10 get slim for him said the ret. Nil Hau nicknamed near ton Neal. Hail admits that his team the first fatties of Scotts blunts first Assembly of god lost the conies after a weigh in with the Northfield porkers of Northfield Church in owing tie 41 members on the team from Gering Tost a total of 665 pounds for an average loss of 16.2 pounds per person. The  squad was a bit behind although exact figures were not available. Hail himself tool 17 pounds and some members lost 20 pounds or More. Tiv winners Are to be treated sometime after Christmas to an Alt american pig out with the losing team As hosts. It s grandmother Aquino president con on Aquino of the Philippines be came a grandmother for the third time when her eldest daughter Maria Elena in gave birth to a 6 Pound 9 ounce boy. The infant was born tuesday at the Makalu medi Cal Center in Manila. Aquino said. Mother and son were Fine she said. Michael in Money a pct Michael Reagan the last of the presidential family to enter show business is involved in a dispute with a game show Host that has All the makings of a feisty soap opera. Reagan has filed i claim against the producers of the syndicated series Lingo alleging that Ralph Andrews productions has fail to pay him More than 120,000in Back pay rerun fees pension and benefits. Bad butter not Art a a Pound sculpture made out of butter that has gone rancid is not Art a court has ruled in Dassel Dorf. West Germany. The court rejected a claim for $29,000 filed by Johannes Stull gun who alleged thai the work titled Comer of fat by his Leacher Joseph buys was ruined when it was dropped by a cleaning Crew at the slate Academy of Art in  object of rancid Butler was for laymen not recognizable As artwork the state civil claims court for North Rhine Westphalia said in explaining its rejection of Stuettgen s claim. Medal fetches $180,000 a Victoria Cross won by the first Pilot to shoot Down a world War i Zeppelin Airship was auctioned tuesday for $180,000 and the proceeds will go to Ward a new leukaemia Charity. William Lethe Robinson downed the Schuttz Lanz Airship so 11, Over Cuffley 10 Miles North of Lon Don in september 1916. The medal Britain s highest military Honor was bought by a private English collector for 1180.000, along with a selection of Robinson Memorabilia including a Lucky Coin Bent by a piece of shrapnel that deflected off it saving the Pilot s life. Robinson died at 23 of influenza in december 1918 shortly after being released from a German prisoner of War Camp. Here s a name you can t spell fans of the Kidderminster harriers soccer team will have the Chance to win a bottle of bubbly when their team plays in the Welsh cup saturday. All they have to do is pronounce the name of the opposition  . Kidderminster which plays in the Welsh cup de Spile being in England hosts the semipro team which hairs from a Small town on the Island of Anglesey in Northwest Wales. Drunken fans who go for the prize will be wasting heir breath however. The game is sponsored by the Charity alcohol concern and the prize will be alcohol free Cham  brings record Price an i Bih Century italian violin was sold in London wednesday night for More than i million in auction record for any violin the auctioneers rotheby said. ,.  the instrument which was made by Joseph guar nerl Del Gesu was bought from the estate of the late president of he Swallow air plane co., Sam Bloom Field of Wichita kan., for $572,000. It was purchased by an unidentified buyer the violin is known As the Baron Heath after an Kalian Consul general in London Huron John Inja where s the sled Timothy o. Youker allot Santa clout it in a hurry to leave staph on International Airport in Denver. A t headed for Hie High country Tomp to with my and Luggage. Min Heath who owned it just Over a Century ago. 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