European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday. December 17.1988 faces n o aces sure fhe Parrot can talk but he s no Stool Pigeon from press dispatches i ciry a stolen Blue fronted Amazon a Mil who sings i a Cal my heart in san Francisco chirped i love you i love you when he was returned Home unharmed. Inc Bird s owner said in Pat Chat site 1v,y, a woman called police and said an unidentified person had Given her the talented Parrot and a pedigreed pome Ranian Puppy that was also stolen froma pet shop. ". The $3,000 Parrot who has an Exten Sive vocabulary and also sings i to. I to it s off to work we go the dwarfs tune in the Wall Disney movie Snow White and the seven dwarfs seemed to be in Good health despite his apparent exposure la cold weather. The talkative Parrot was stolen last weekend from the animal House pet shop in Man mlle. The woman Whu surrendered the Pels is not a suspect inthe Case Busy Holiday weekend american Telephone &. Telegraph co. Said thursday it expects to handle More than 47 million Long Disiano Calls this Christmas a Holiday calling record that would be 3 million More than last year. Residential customers malic More Lonu distance Calls on Christmas than on any other Day of the year according o at to which serves about 70 per cent of the . Long distance Market. At to s night weekend discounted ales will be in effect All Day on Christmas eve and until 5 . On Christmas Day. From 5 . 10 11 .on Christmas Day tits evening discount will apply and night weekend rates will begin again at 11 . Miami to get ice millionaire Victor Pinner has or dered up a free snowstorm to whip up some traditional Christmas spirit among Miami s Palm Trees and Balmy winds. The Miami Deach industrialist volunteered to cover the $2,500 Cost of creating a 35-ton pile of Snow for Miami s annual Snow Day on dec. 20. Posner said he Learned that Royal Palm City ice was charging inc City for use of a Blower and Tec to make the blizzard. Give them the ice give them inc machine. Who cares said Posner who is estimated to be Worth More than $100 million. I give away millions of dollars a year. This is Picayune pen Nies. They Are no getting a  last february Posner paid a 17 Mil lion Fine including �3 million to Aid Miami s homeless in a tax evasion Case. Can f give if away Pennsylvania has $3 million in checks it can t seem to give away. Companies and residents across the state have not cashed thousands of checks Worth almost 53 million issued by the slate Treasury department in 1984, 1985, and 1986. Even governmental agencies have been lax. In 1986, for example about25 checks to townships boroughs cities and county governments totalling More than $30,000 were uncashed. The blame May simply lie in he foibles of human nature but for depart ment officials it s a serious problem they re trying to solve human nature being what it is they just put them in drawers or use them Asbrook Marks. Or kids find checks of their parents after they be died. We re just trying to get Money Back to the people one official said. Oscars on Fife Block auction bids arc being accepted by Hollywood Bookstore for two Academy award statuettes including inc 1956 Best picture Oscar pre san cd for the film around the world in 80  the 1956 Oscar awarded to  Mike Todd. Will eventually be awarded to the highest bidder in february said a spokesman for collector Bookstore. Kingo Kitsch Mark pah love does t wait Tor Christmas to play with his toys. The self styled King of Kitsch who owns a toy store la be Arlo if shown Hen demonstrating How to blow the steamy Storch from a potato gun after tooling a rubber Chicken while attired in Bug Eye Glaisa. Pavlov s ago wot nol revealed but to appears ally acty Young at heart. A 1941 award for Interior design Given for the film How Green was my Valley will be sold to the highest bid Der in january. The Bookstore set a precedent for auctioning Oscar statuettes earlier this year beginning with inc Sale in March of the 1951 Best picture Oscar awarded to the Mem musical Ait american in Paris. Since the Sale of the american in Paris Oscar for s15,760, the Bookstore has received 513,500 for the 1954 Best actor award Given to Marlon Brando for on Fie waterfront $10,648 for a 1938 special effects Oscar awarded to spawn of the North and $7,617 fora1961 animation Oscar Given to the yugoslavian film ersatz the Academy of motion picture arts and sciences has voiced its displeasure with inc bidding process. The Winner of an Academy award i required to sign an agreement not to sell the award to anyone but the facade my but the Academy admits that the Law is very Tough to enforce. Stars and stripes bookstores stars and stripes bookstores Ulic o of a flu �