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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday september 17,1989 flying bottle injures miss America entry Atlantic City . A a miss America contestant was hit in the head by a bottle Friday night while Riding in the miss America Parade on the resort s Boardwalk. Miss Oklahoma Tamara do disc Toshiko Marler 26, was taken to the Atlantic City medical Center after the bottle struck her forehead. She has a concussion and has a slight Bruise on her forehead Hospital spokeswoman Sherry Spatz said. She was admitted to the Atlantic City medical Cen Ter for observation Friday night and was listed in Sta ble condition said the pageant director Leonard Horn. Pageant officials removed several Large bouquets of Flowers from the pageant Anchor station and delivered them to Marler s room. Several thousand pageant fans and tourists headlined the Boardwalk to View Friday night s Parade. The finals in the miss America pageant arc saturday. If everything is Okas we expect it to be Shell be Back tomorrow morning Horn said Friday. Her assailant he said was obviously some malicious Moron who hoped he could hit something and obviously  if Marler is Able to compete saturday doctors May depending on her condition ask her to refrain from wearing High heels Spall said. The bottle struck Marler but did not Cut her said Atlantic City police detective sgt. Sam Rando who was with her in the emergency room. She was very Calm he said. She was aware of everything that was going on answering the doctors who were asking her  later. Marler became dizzy when doctors asked her news briefs Mother Teresa undergoes removal of pacemaker Calcutta Dpi doctors on saturday removed a pacemaker they think caused the infection that has kept Mother Teresa Hospital izod in serious condition. The 79-year-old Nobel laureate appears How Ever to have Defeated the fever that has been aggravating her heart condition doctors said. The six member medical team tending the roman Catholic nun reported an Overall improvement during her 12th Day in the intensive care unit of Calcutta s Woodlands nursing Home where she was first admitted because of an irregular heart beat. Deng appears in Public for 1 St time in 3 months Beijing a senior Leader Deng Xiao Ping appeared in Public saturday for the first Lime in More than three months looking Tan and healthy despite recent reports he was seriously ill or even near death. National television news showed the 85-year old Leader laughing gesturing animatedly and walking steadily at the Start of a 70-Minutc meet ing at the great Hall of the people with . Lee a Nobel prize winning physicist from co Lumbia University in new York City. Exodus from Page 1 Varia and Romania disapprove of those reforms which have resulted in the formation of a non communist dominated government in Poland and Hungar y s plans to hold the country s first free elections in 42 years. The three nations also have criticized Hungary s part in the East German exodus. The czechoslovak communist party daily rude Provo on saturday lashed out at West Germany accusing the Bonn government of having coordinated the exodus. West German authorities the paper said were unable to hide their hatred of  pravda said it was unprecedented in International affairs that while West Germany recognized he sovereignty and Independence of East Germany it refused to recognize East German citizenship granting its own citizenship instead. Miss Oklahoma Tamara Denise Toshiko Marler to walk around the emergency room Spatz said. The incident occurred around 9 . As the open convertible Marler was Riding in passed Texas Avenue. Marler told the doctors that she did not Black out when struck by the bottle. Marler a University of Tulsa marketing graduate became a Likely top-10 finalist by winning a preliminary Talent Competition wednesday. She Sang since i fell for  Horn said he did not think a decision to switch the Parade from tuesday to Friday changed the mood of the crowd but he said he might reconsider the Parade s future after the incident with Marler. In past years some contestants have been injured in the annual Parade by slipping or falling but there has never been an incident As serious As the bottle throwing Horn said. Unlike past years the crowds were discourage from following the tradition of calling out show us your shoes in years past Many of the 51 contestants but not All would lift a leg to reveal a funny shoe some times even giant boots or sneakers under their fancy Parade costumes. The crowds would laugh and applaud. Pageant director Leonard Horn said that state pageant directors at their annual meeting in november asked the National pageant to drop the shoe tradition. They were concerned that some contestants utilized the tradition More than others he said. People were concerned that we treat everybody  some of this year s contestants were renegades How Ever. Miss Virginia Tami Crnec Elliott showed offer High heels. Miss West Virginia Lisa Lynn Bitting or held up her leg in glee. Before the bottle throwing incident Marler showed off a Bare foot. Moments later a cheering Section of slate fans showered her with confetti streamers an cheers. World s biggest Beer Bash opens Munich West Germany a the 156th onto by rfcs the world s biggest annual Beer fest opened saturday in Munich with a milk bar joining rows of Beer tents for the first time. As usual the traditional 12-gun Salute reverberate across Munich As mayor Gcorge Kronawitter tapped the first Keg at noon Sharp. City officials expected More than 6 million tourists from All Over the world for the 16-Day festival and authorities said most of the 32,000 hotel rooms in the bavarian capital had been booked months in Advance. Horse drawn Carls representing the City s seven major breweries paraded to the festival grounds known As theresine wisc Theresa s Meadow for the opening ceremony. The site is named after the Bride of bavarian King Ludwig i whose family staged the first festival in october 1810 As part of celebrations marking their marriage. The oktoberfest has been held every year since except in wartime. The traditional liter about a quart Stein of Beer costs around 7 Marks about $3.50 this year slightly up from last year s oktoberfest. After allowing alcohol free Beer in 1986, festival organizers finally gave in to a five year Campaign by bavarian Dairy Farmers to be allowed to set up a milk bar at the festival grounds. Also for the first time alcohol free Beer will be available in every tent Hugo from Page 1 posted from Martinique northward and Westward through puerto Rico including the British Virgin is lands St. Martin and surrounding islands. Tropical storm watches for the islands of Barbados and St. Vincent were discontinued and a warning for St. Lucia was changed to a tropical storm watch. Forecasters said Waves 10 feet above Normal could be expected near the Eye of Hugo and warned of heavy rain and flooding. In Guadeloupe and Dominica the first two islands directly in Hugo s path civil defense officials prepared to evacuate people to Rescue shelters. State radio said a heavy downpour set off a landslide Early saturday on Dominica s isolated Southeast Side which faces the Atlantic partly blocking a Road but causing no injuries. The Public works department deployed Earth moving equipment at strategic Point across the Island. In Guadeloupe which has a population of 340,000, heavy traffic built up in Poinc a Pitre the biggest City late Friday As people rushed to supermarkets and hard Ware stores stocking up on food bottled water and sup plies such As flashlights batteries Timber nails and tape. The government ordered All pedestrians and cars to be of the streets by 6 . Trade from Page 1 remain open once it forms a single Market in late 1992. He said there is no justification to believe the common Market will impose local Content provi Sions which refer to measures requiring that a cer Tain percentage of a product be produced domestically. Trier has been concern in the United states about several Community proposals that would appear to throw up protectionist barriers around the Europe wide Market in 1992. By that Date the dozen nations intend to remove the Many Trade barriers restricting the free movement of Money goods services and people. But after talks in five other european cities Hills said basically i m an Optimist about what will result from Europe s March toward a single Market. So i am of a More positive Frame of mind today than i was last saturday when i arrived in  still she reiterated her worries about a Community move to require that a majority of entertain ment programs shown on european television remade in Europe. The american to Industry says its european earnings would be seriously Hurt. Andriessen said however. I Don t think there is justification for being afraid that the . Interests would be seriously damaged in this  the two officials renewed their support for completing the Uruguay round of Trade liberalization talks at the end of 1990. Those negotiations Are being held under the auspices of the 96-nation general agreement on tariffs and Trade. The United states and the common Market key participants in the talks have been at Odds Over such issues As reducing government payments to Farmers. Hills was scheduled to return to London on sat urday before going to Rome on sunday and return ing to the untied states on monday  
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