European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page b the stars and stripes sunday december 11,1988 Kansas the band still in a state of rocking by Dave Diehl . Bureau it has been More than a decade since the Topeka based five some known As Kansas broke into the charts with anthems like dust in the wind and carry on wayward son and. If the group latest album and current Uso tour arc any indication not much has changed in the ensuing years. Behind the throaty lonesome sounding vocals or Sieve Walsh Kansas continues to produce convincing an Rock with an enthusiasm that belies the group s 16 years and 13 albums together. The band is basically the same drummer Phil Ehert said during a recon Cert tour or Raf Alconbury last week. As Long As we have Steve s voice it will stay Prilly much the also unchanged is Kansas commit ment to inc United service organizations sponsors of the group s 13-Day tour or seven stops in live countries. Ehart in fact has turned out to be one of the biggest supporters of tic organization in the five years since Uso and Rock v Roll joined hands in a serious Way. The son of a retired air Force colonel Ehart said he volunteered the band for the hours because 16 years As a military dependent taught him firsthand about the hardships endured by overseas. One of Ehart s first moves was put Ting together what is considered the most popular Uso Lour since the end of the Vietnam War a Rock v Roll extravaganza featuring Kansas cheap trick the Doobie Brothers and Crosby stills and Nash. Beginning in 1984, the show poured the military circuit three straight years. But even without superstar trimmings Kansas in concert is Worth seeing. At Alconbury the band mixed a flurry of past hits with cuts from in inc spirit of things its latest offering of what Ehart Calls classic Kansas stuff. Still if stand by the Wall and one big sky arc any indication a chorus Casl Trien belts out a tune with Steie Walsh the Lead Singer of Kansas during a concert at Raf Alconbury. Kansas has grown sweeter with age. New releases aside the band s base tour and concert at Alconbury suffered from Short fuse publicity local Uso officials did t hear about the tour until thanksgiving and an audience Loo Young to remember the Kansas heydays of the mid to Lale-70s. A morning Lour of several shops around the base yielded Only a handful of autograph seekers and some uninspired Chat at some of the maintenance shops. More than a Tew airmen gave inc band and its Crew Odd looks and whispered who Are those Guys nevertheless inc couple of thousand fans who turned out for inc 50-Minulc concert showed no Lack of enthusiasm making up 10 some extent for inc few Hundred empty scats. Airman a Law enforce ment specialist with the.0th Security police so at Alconbury said he was one of the first to Volunteer to stand guard at the band members rooms. When i saw the sign up thai said Kansas was coming i could t believe it the 20-year-old native of Houston said. I thought that can t be the real Kansas but when i saw Sieve Walsh s name. I said wow " in Nam la Shea Juht to pity in weal Gonny on Sun Day u Ottun and on monday it a. A some of Santa s friends arc asking him for More than the just the usual toys and games. In addition to a Book on unicorns and a computer runic Kennedy writes that she really wants a baby sister named Pau icltc.". Others arc less choosy. Katrina Gibson tells Santa just Surprise me with and she reminds Santa be careful up in the sky and i love others who have written to Santa at the newspaper and can expect answers arc Lincul in i. Ana Mahart to i a Rhar it. A drab Morgan a King Eric men qty Katie Hattalu Ramdohr Canada . 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After tru cling from state to stale in a mailing tube with a special pen the Parchment proclamation suf. Of Rcd Only a Small wrinkle in the upper right hand Comer said Joseph Forsee general manager of the Ini emotional circulation managers association in Reston. A la honors the Young men arid women who accept inc responsibility of distributing the daily Force said More than 700,000 news camera deliver morning Anil afternoon dailies across the country Wilh about 70 percent of them children who Cam from j20 to $45 a week among those honoured in the Carrier Hall of Fame Are president Eisenhower sen John Glenn a Chuio. And Texas billionaire h. Ross Perot world today in arid Oman rain Calls for Celebration Day off Muscat Oman a Syllan taboos bin said gave Oman s civil service a Day off sat urday because it rained hard the night before in the desert sultanate. The ruler declared the National Holiday for his armed forces and thousands of other government employed after heavy storms swept the North coast. Friday bringing 1.12 inches of rain More Ian a Quarter of the. Normal annual precipitation. The official announcement of inc Holiday said in was ordered because the torrential rainfall throughout the sultanate was a Good omen.". Residents in the capital celebrating inc holi Day said the decree also kept commuters off flooded roads. Lionesses escape Cage kill caretaker Helper Gallarate Italy a a pair of lion esses Kepi in a farmhouse in Northern Italy escaped from their Cage and killed their caretaker and a Helper Esmerina Scot i 62, was looking after Ibe Ani Mals that belonged to a brother while the brother was in the Hospital police retired railway worker was fond of wild animals and had kept Lions for several Yean. Bui when his sister noticed Friday thai the Lions were not in their Cage she telephoned an Friend Marcclo Cerulli who had a lion of his own for help. One of the Lions hidden behind a car attacked the woman then hurried Oft the Young Man. The Lions were later captured. Police said Many people in the Rural area near Milan raise wild animals
