European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes tuesday May 16,1989 i  tit a Britain s Iron lady considers honest Abe a great precedent from wire reports prime minister Margaret Thatcher of great Brit Ain has been compared to Elizabeth i Queen Victoria and Winston Churchill but she says her historical counterpart is actually an american. You go Back to the person who really had to fight for what he believed in and i could t begin to compare myself with him it was Abraham Lin Coln she said in an interview in the june Issue of vanity fair Magazine. The daughter of a Small town grocer Thatcher married and had twins while studying to become a i lawyer. When her children were6, she was elected to parliament for the first time and went on to Lead the conservative party. Now in her third term As prime minister she has a reputation for toughness that has earned her the nickname Iron i lady.". I i m driven to be confront j a tonal she told vanity fair. I i /. Ujj have had to icam to be combat Thatcher Ive to get it across. Of course when you re a woman and you re combative they say you re an Iron lady. Let me Tell you if you had t got a spine which was Strong and firm and a will which was Strong and firm we would never have got  attack. It is of course the necessary Beverly Hills Post office address. According to the los Ani Eles times Johnson who has lived in Florida for the last five years while he starred in Miami vice has bought the 1941house once owned by cowardly lion Bert Lahr. Johnson reportedly paid More than $3 million for the 5,847-Square-foot House which sits on 1.3 acres of land with gardens and Tennis courts All of course behind imposing Gates. Honors for China Beach the american association of critical care nurses will Honor the Abc to series China Beach for what it considers the program s realistic depiction of Vietnam War nurses. Linda d. Scarle president of the nurses group said China Beach was chosen because of its Sensi Tive portrayal of nurses in an episode tilled  which cast nurses who actually served in Vietnam. It is very encouraging to Sec a prime time television show communicate such intelligence and accuracy in their portrayal of nurses without compromising the dramatic Impact and entertainment value of the show she said. Representatives from the show s cast and Crew were to accept the award monday during the Aacen s 16th an Nual National teaching Institute in Atlanta. Conner As Bond s father Macl Aine helps out Academy award Winner scan Connery had no problem playing father to Harrison Ford in the up coming Indiana Jones and the last crusade and he says if the studios paid him enough he d be will ing to play the father of James Bond the role he created in 1962. Connery who spoke Over the weekend to members of the Hollywood press by satellite from his Home in Spain said he thinks the Bond series could go on forever adding. Maybe i la end up playing Bond s  the actor joked that he was Only eight months older than Ford although he in fact is 58, and Ford is 46. Connery insisted that he was never Trou bled by the idea of playing Ford s father. In fact what i really wanted to play was his sister from Miami of la actor Don Johnson is said to have his heart set on conquering the Silver screen and it looks As if he s found a Little place to live in while he begins his thanks to actress Shirley Maclaine a Young girl who has successfully battled leukaemia is having a dream come True. On saturday Katie Culshaw of Monu Sano wash., went to mid Crest farm near Auburn South of Seattle. To pick up a gift from the film Star two purebred arabian marcs that will be hers to care for As Long As she wants. For 9-year-old Katie the gift Means a lot of work As she feeds and grooms the Mother and daughter pair and As she trains the younger of the two horses for show. There s stuff you need to do every Day said the shy fourth grader As she got acquainted with her charges. Katie s Mother Connie Hanson said the unexpected present will help her daughter forget the Dis appointment she Felt when she could t exhibit he Pony at a 4-h fair three Summers ago because she was undergoing chemotherapy. After a summer of Hospital stays and lengthy ther apy the disease subsided and has been in remission since. Katie s spirits never flagged despite All the endurance Champion seventy six year old Elvira Warisse puffs on her pipe in route to her 15th Victory in the annual pipe smoking endurance contest in Saint la France. She managed to keep three Grams of tobacco burning for 1 hour 59 min utes and 7 seconds to defeat 166 other contestants 41 of them women. Pain and she never thought of leukaemia As anything More than an inconvenience Hansen said except for missing the 4-h show. The donation was arranged by Mel Clapp of Grcic Briar stable where Maclaine has kept four arabians for years. Maclaine has a Home near Gra Ham South of Tacoma and is currently filming a movie in the Tacoma area. Maclaine had hoped to do some Trail Riding up Here but Between the movie and the Book circuit and everything else she has t had the time Clapp said. So Clapp suggested that she donate the marcs to a deserving owner through a 4-h club and a doctor he knows suggested Katie. Super savers for the month of May Ata Stii of America Tho  the Jar Price i 2our Price su.95you Milt 10.00 american regional 1 the i in Doo Riga Den Book 2jjoun-Hkqokms Effii e si6.95j our1 r1ce$12.70 Jet ruler Price $16.95, Spur Price $10.95i 25% off or More at most stars & stripes bookstores