European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. September 12, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 Moss for mass of couples Marks 50-year Milestone Chicago a after living through Romance and reality falling in love and then making it work.773 couples gathered sunday at holy name roman Catholic Cathedral to celebrate 50 years of marriage. The theme was the More the merrier As about2,000 children grandchildren and great grandchildren packed into the auditorium of the Cathedral s school to watch closed circuit television showing the mass celebrated by Cardinal Joseph Bcrnardina. Sometimes you feel like it in t Worth it sure said Samuel Smith of the City s South Side who will have been married for 50 years in november. But you say you re together for better or worse and Deal with  Marsha Ross a Volunteer for marriage encounters for family ministries. Said that for the Cardinal to be the main celebrant is an extremely powerful moment for most of these  but the main focus of the mass which has been celebrated for the past 12 years was to balance some of the negative publicity about marriage and divorce. Ross added. This balances that with a real vision of the commitment thai you Sec 773 times 50 years rep resents Ross said. I mean it s a very powerful witness to. Well  Catherine and Joseph Bergthold. Also from the City s South Side were married sept. 9, 1939, an now have 10 children 25 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. They say the secret to a Success Ful marriage is to concentrate on family and working together to solve  certainly keeps you together mrs. Her Thom said. The by is to get mad at each other and get Over  and Charlie us Francc married on june 24 More than 50 years ago say their advice for future and present marriages is having a give and take  just have logo 50-50." mrs. La Speranco said. You win and he wins. You give in once in a while and he gives in once in a  and Bruno Wicker seemed to sum up the feel Ings of Many  Hope the not 50 arc As Nice As the first 50." mrs. Wicker said. Fight Over House reads like Jane Austen novel London a one half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other Jane Austen wrote in the Vil Lage where she spent her last years. Her brother s descendants arc living those words 175 years later squabbling Over a House she loved. The fiction writer was a keen observer of families misunderstandings and Money and the Tiff has thrown a bit of Vintage Austen into the peaceful world of her devotees. One Austen scholar said the author would have been amused. On one Side is Richard Knight presi Dent of the 1,200-Mcmbcr Jane Austen society and owner of the 50-room chaw ton House inherited by the writer brother from the Knight family who had adopted him. Richard Knight plans to offer chaw ton House where he was born for Sale next week on a leasehold of up to 90years. The British system of leasehold permits the Sale of property for a specified amount of time after which it re verts to the original owner. Henry Rice a Distant relative and his supporters had hoped to make the House in the Village of Chawton into the world s first Center for research on the author of Pride and prejudice Emma and other novels. They have raised nearly $1.5 million to buy the House which Austen visited from her nearby Chawton cottage but they say Knight refused to consider the offer. Rice and his supporters Hope to collect $6.2 million More for repairs and other work but cannot meet Knight s Price of $2.3 million for the House. We were very  said Rice a retired Farmer who is the Garcal great great grandson of the author s Niece and chairman of the Jane Austen Center Trust formed to set up the re search Center. We had hoped particularly As he s president of the Jane Austen society he would give serious thought to our offer Rice said. Knight said he wants to keep the House in the family and does not mind the idea of the Center but must must sell because he cannot afford the Upkeep. He said Rice s group did not make the offer until after the june 30 deadline he set. I have to Bear two things in  he said. I want to help Jane Austen and on the other hand. I have to look after my House and my  Chawton cottage which Austen brother Edward gave her after inheriting it from the knights is a museum run Bya private Trust not connected with the family. The Trust refused to comment on the affair. She lived in the cottage for most of thesis years before her death in 1817. At age 42. There she either wrote or rewrote her major novels which Combine witty insights into human nature and family life with social criticism and Sharp satire. Some contemporaries criticized her work As limited but the Oxford com Panion to English literature says she has been venerated since 1870. She was a minister s daughter the sixth of seven children and the com Panion says her life is notable for i Slack of  it notes that she never married and travelled Little. Most of her life was spent in Hamp Shire the county Southwest of London where Chawton is located. Brian soul Ham an expert on her work and a member of the Jane Austen Center Trust said he thought she would been pertained by the ruckus. She would be amused because shews amused by All sorts of mercenary mailers and doubly Aniu cd because i looks like a difference in inc family he said. Rice also saw irony in inc situation bul said he Houghl it would Sadden aus ten As it did him. "1 think she d be disappointed to Secher brother s descendants scrapping Over the last piece of inheritance he said bul Ihnn managed a laugh and added maybe she d while a Good Short Story on inc  cheese please  China s martial Law stands beside a Soldier guard ing Beijing s Tiana men Square. He did t want to pose for the picture but could i la this Post. Attacked woman sues Rich Winner of California lottery Ventura. Calif. A a woman is suing the Man convicted of sexually attacking her and is de manding a Large share of the $5.86 million he won last year in California s Sale  Wilson 20, a fast food worker from los Angeles has admitted he at lacked Becky Rasnick 28,while she jogged near her Home on Jan. 21. Police arc sick him at his Santa Monica apartment on feb. 10.Wilson pleaded guilty to Attim plod rape on june 12, but he insists he never meant to rape or harm  aug. 10. Ventura Superior court judge Charles Mcgrath Sennen cd him to five years probation Al a laugh inc prosecutor had asked for up to six years in  ordered Wilson to get therapy As a Condi Tion of probation to Register with the slate As a sex offender and to serve one year in  and her husband Ben. Were outraged by the Short sentence especially after Wilson used the proceeds from the lottery he won last oct. 12 to hire an expensive defense Ali Orney and a  Rasnick Are seeking $234,400 a year from Wil son s winnings they say icy would use most of Shemoney to fight abortion and pornography. A smaller amount would be used to pay for  s continuing i Crapy and reimburse her for lost earnings As a Church teacher inc couple  Victory for the Rasnick would Dev Stalc Wilson said his lawyer James Farley of  could totally wipe out everything Ray has Leav ing him broke and unable to pay for inc therapy he needs he  to court records Wilson was sexually abused by a male baby Siller when he was 4 or 5 Yea sold and has been obsessed with sex since i feel sorry for them Bolh Farley said of Rasnic Kand Wilson. They both have their burdens to tote