European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday March 25.1989 faces n places czechs Peel Swallow their Way from wire reports a czech has set a world record in swallowing swords putting six Down i Throat at a show in North Bohemia czechoslovak to stale run new spa pc essay. At inc same event former restaurant worker mar tin Stehlik Holder or the czechoslovak record for potato peeling peeled 2.86 pounds of potatoes in five minuses Ibe dailies and a witness Sai Denck Zahratka who use the artistic name of Den Ghan Tor his act of playing with fire and Swal lowing a or Blades and other Sharp objects Swal Lowed six swords thai were Between 22 and 40 inches Long arid an Inch kids the dailies Mlada Fronta and Svobodny Slov said this week. His act took place during what was described As an evening Al a cultural cell r in us i Nad latent a Industrial town some 72 Mies Northeast of Prague a Rich Slovakia. 2a ,34. Put each of the six swords some 6 to x inches Down his Throat before retrieving to lick said Libor Zai dral who i he act. The previous record was set in december by West Germany s Rudolf Gail in Lucerne Switzerland us ii s local daily Priboj said. Gaunt swallowed five Long swords the paper said Price of awoke there s nothing funny about a 5 percent jump in the Cost of a Good Yuk according to the Man who compiles the annual Cost of laughing Index. The Tab for rubber chickens Groucho Man glasses Arrow through the had novelties and copies of mad Magazine remained stable during the past year but prices of some humorous singing telegrams Nave gone up is percent and admission to some comedy Duhs has climbed Malcolm Kashmir said this week from Santa cow Calif. The Boxi news is rubber Chicken prices have Sta Bili cd after jumping 23 percent Between 1986 and198s," said Kushnir the bad news is they re still Loo expensive to come Home to rubber chickens Cost $48 a dozen wholesale froma supplier in new York state and Groucho classes run us adoian he said. Kushnir said he s found on average 6.9 percent jump in comedy club admissions. While la comic strip in new York is holding the line Al $12, the punch Linn in Atlanta went ii 12 to $10, the laugh factory in jux palettes and Jed s2.to its s6 charge and the holy City zoo i n san Francisco went up s1 to $8t he said. The Al Lorincy turned Hummon Suttan give speeches and seminars on How to use humor in Busi Zdenek Zahradka swallows one of six swards. Ness. Whether or not you think the world needs a humor consultant he said it can definitely use one less attorney.". Sonny Bono wins pm Over Palm Spring Calif., mayor Sonny Bono s former critics Are speaking Well of him after his first year in office. V i ? "1 give him an a for Effort former Mayo Frank Bogert. I criticized him to beat the band be fore he got in because he did have any experience but he s Learned real fast and has a lot Osgood my earlier views changed because he is work so hard said Rose Mihata. Businesswoman and founder of a self appointed watchdog group that has clashed with Bono., ,. The i4-Ycar-old actor and Singer conceded the test was t winning the election. The True lest was pelting the various groups to Trust me. Bui therein More Confidence now because no one is question ing my motives Bono criticized by those who called his mayoral bid an attempt to resuscitate a lagging show business career cashed in on his celebrity status to promote tourism and secure corporate sponsors for events in the financially strapped Oasis. It was the same kind of Energy he used to help vault the pop duo Sonny & Cher to stardom in inc 1960s. Mickey mouse no. I Mickey mouse and his fellow Disney cartoon Char actors have edged out the Bible Vladimir i. Lenin and Agatha Christie in one measure of world popu Larity Enesco reports from Paris. The Magazine Enesco sources drawing on the 1,181-Page Index translation us prepared by the Paris based . Educational. Scientific and cultural organization said in its March Issue that Watt Disney s cartoon illustrated stories have taken the Lead for the first time in a list of most often trans lated Disney stories were Iran Laid into other languages 284 times in 1983, the latest year for. Which full statistics have been drawn up the Magazine said. Lenin founder of the soviet state was second with 276 translations followed by 262 for Agatha Christie the late British mystery novelist. The Bible ranked fourth with 219 Iran Lai ions. Chiung returning to lbs Abc correspondent Connie Chunc is jumping to cd and Cable news network Anchor Mary Alic Ewilliams is joining Abc in the latest round of big name network hopping. Chung will be sunday Anchor of inc lbs evening news and in studio Anchor for a revamped version of lbs struggling weekly prime Timi a statement issued by Abc news president Michael Gartner in new York said we Are sorry to Sec Connie leave the Abc news team. We made what we believed was a fair and attractive offer to Connie i re Rel that she was unable to accept our offer but i wish her Well in her new role at ,.chung was a Washington correspondent Wilh cd from 1971-76 and Anchor at , now Kobs to the lbs owned station in Lus Angeles until 19s3. Before joining can Al its inception in 1979, Wil Liams was an Anchor and reporter for in by to the enc owned station in new York Williams Wil be a co Anchor and reporter on anew prime time Abc show. Yesterday. 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