European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes sunday september 10,1989 Marilyn Monroe letter Sells for record auction Price. I. I. I Ift n main Priit i a Itu Nair Urh Irh he it Ami Flinoil from wire reports a Handwritten letter by Marilyn Monroe was sold for $7,150. Setting a record for an auction Price  letter by a movie Star according to a specialist in autograph auctions. .,.,1.1.1.the auction thursday in new York City broke the old record of $6.600 paid in september 1987 for a Handwritten letter by actress Greta Garbo said her Man Darvick who stages autograph auctions six times a  record docs not include one movie actor balance a worker balances himself with the help of  of the world s tallest Bronze statue of Buddha being constructed at the to Lin monastery on Hong Kong s lantau Island. Tho $7.6 million 109-foot statue is due to be finished in october. It weighs More than 200 tons. The one who became president. A Handwritten letter by Ronald Reagan praising Frank Sinatra sold for $12.500, but his White House connection made a Large difference Darvick said. The Monroe Teller in an envelope postmarked Jan. 17, 1945, is actually signed Norma Jean Mon Roe s Given name. She was 18 when she wrote it. Also during the Sale a Black and White photograph from the 1952 Molion picture Niagara signed in red Ink to Jack love and kisses Marilyn  sold for $2,750. Darvick said he did not know who Jack  highlights of the Sale were $4,400 for a two Page letter from Abigail Adams the first first lady to live in the White House $6,050 for a photograph signed by All seven Crew members of the ill fated challenger space shuttle $3,575 for a letter by Adolf Hitler and $ 11.000 for a document signed by George Washington ordering the execution of a spy. Darvick said the Sale shows people will always be fascinated by Marilyn  the letter was written by Monroe while she was working at the radio plane co. In Burbank calif., As an inspector on the Plant s Assembly line. She was transferred to the line apparently because her typing Speed was considered insufficient and she indicated in the ice scr she wanted to improve her Sec Carial skills. Thank you so much for sending the Book of Busi Ness English and for the encyclopedia she wrote. Idin t have an encyclopedia and i really did need one so i am most grateful to  far cry from miss America former miss America pageant Host Bert Parks will be master of ceremonies at a Beauty contest this week. Bui it s a far cry from the Atlantic City version he helped make  miss America contestant stroll Down the run Way in Allan tic City. Nj., Chubby beauties will chug into new York Harbor for the tugboat Beauty contest. About 10 tugs will compete in wednesday s con test said coordinator i Auri Masur. They will be judged on How Well they Are dressed their irim sparkle Maneule ability Charm and Overall appear Ance she  will introduce them bul skip singing there she  miss tugboat will not receive a Crown but Shell gel a Flag to run up her line proclaiming her inc Winner Masur said. The tugboat Beauty Conlest is part of Exchange place Day and will coincide Wilh the opening of anew commuter train station. Judge s wife on jury Mary Kathleen Kaufman won t have to ask her Hus band How his Day at work went for a while she s a juror in a malpractice Case Over which he is , i m your wife mrs. Kaufman responded wednesday when Wayne county circuit Jud Echarles Kaufman asked if she was related to anyone in the Detroit . Kaufman was among prospective jurors selected randomly from lists of licensed Drivers. Nei ther attorney struck her name from the list so she was scaled on the jury. I did t really know what to do with her said Euel Kinsey the lawyer representing a Man suing Over a wrist injury. But As the judge handled the questioning it developed that she could be fair and impartial. It was cute him asking her questions he already knew the answers  seemed like a Nice and conscientious lady defense lawyer Kenneth m. Malison  la be wonderful. She s very fair the judge allowed. A change of heart radio and television talk show Host Larry King told a Magazine interviewer he would t mind meet ing the right woman and getting married again. And he did just that before the mag ii Zinc hit the  Don t think i m suited to marriage he said in an inter View published in Good House keeping s october  i worry i m too selfish to have a  m not  but that interview was con ducted months before his engagement last month to Phila Delphia businesswoman Julie Alexander whom he plans to wed oct. 7. They met july 11 and he proposed after their first Dale aug.  anyone who reads the Good housekeeping article should know that All that changed when 1 me Julie he said by phone Friday from his Virginia Home. They should put a Banner on the cover of the Magazine thai july 11 changed my world. King 55, has been married three times twice tothe same woman. King seen on the can Lel vision no work an heard on the Mutual radio network told the mag Azine he though he d stay single for a , i Only know i would have loved to have fallen asleep and then Woken up this morning with my arms around a woman i love rhe said. I feel something is missing in my life. Some woman who would keep me excited Aboul her about us about life. Yes i d love to find a woman who can do All that and at the same time still nol Bug me he said with a laugh. I think i m going to be sleeping alone for awhile a Long  Cut Tco stars and stripes bookstores stars and stripes bookstores super savers for september of m / la q. 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