European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday. December 29,1989 faces n places roof s secret admirer is the talk of Illinois town from wire reports each month Jim a Raj a s robot Toby receives a love letter full of yearning from a mysterious girl Friend As she travels the country. Nobody has seen the Girlfriend called Jodi but her letters arrive about once a month in Christopher iii., bearing postmarks from All Over. Sometimes she even takes the robot along. Barclay a practical joker himself does t know who s behind the elaborate scheme that began with the robot s arrival last Christmas at the Rea clinic in this Southern Illinois town of 3,000. I Don t want to know whose doing it he said. I m having a Ball out of  Barclay a Printer and maintenance worker at the clinic said he came to work one morning and found the foot High Gold toned plastic robot in his chair. An accompanying note read Jim maybe Toby can work the second shift and help catch up.  in fact Toby has More entertainment than work value. Toby walks and plays a programmed message but does t do much else around the shop Barclay said. Barclay said his wife Margene and each of the clinic s so employees denied any involvement. So began the string of 19 love letters gifts and even Toby s temporary disappearance. The postmarks give clues about Jodi s travels but the gifts and disappearances have confused him. Barclay came to work one morning and Toby was gone replaced by a note saying the robot was with Jodi. A week later. Barclay arrived at work to find Toby Bac along with a note saying the robot and Jodi had enjoyed a trip to Wisconsin. The Wisconsin cheese in the refrigerator was for Barclay the note said. As Christmas approached the Barclays nearly decided to take Toby Home because of concerns that Jodi would take him away for Good during the holi Day weekend. They decided against it. We Don t want to interfere with their love life Barclay said. Their Trust was rewarded. In a Christmas card with the usual confessions of love from Jodi came a message for Barclay to look Inan old car at his Home. Inside the car was a plaster elephant painted Gold Barclay collects toy elephants and a 15-Pound Ham with a tag wishing the couple merry Christma from Jodi and Toby. Marlene Dietrich is 88 film legend Marlene Dietrich observed her 88thbirthday wednesday As she has celebrated her birth Day for years in seclusion in her Paris apartment. She does t want anyone to Sec her publicist John Springer said. I can understand it. She s on crutches or uses a Cane because of an injury to her leg several years ago. She likes to have people think of her As she used to  a Flushing Marathon a work Crew Christmas weekend was assigned 10do nothing but flush the 503 toilets at the Gator bowl to prevent a freeze up at the stadium before the annual new year s College football game. A freeze in 1983 caused about $400,000 damage in broken water pipes at the Jacksonville fla., stadium so when record cold headed for town last week officials hired a crack brigade of toilet Al Ushers to keep getting ready artist Jane Gammon putt the finishing touches on a giant Sombrero part of the port of Miami s float for the Orange bowl Parade on new year s ave. Water moving through the plumbing. From dusk Friday until noon on Christmas the 23-Mcmber Crew flushed toilets. Each person was responsible for an average of 21.8 toilets each. Everything went Fine until a Power outage shut Down stadium water pumps on saturday and Sun Day. The stadium sustained about $5,000 damage to plumbing. When the pumps weren t working and the water pressure was bad there was t much you could do said Complex manager Richard Fagan. Go Den Globe announces born on the fourth of july glory and when Harry met Sally All films released in the Latte half of the year Drew five Golden Globe Nomi nations apiece wednesday from the Hollywood for eign press association. Earning four nominations apiece for the 47th an Nual Golden globes were dead poets society do the right thing and the Little  the Golden globes often serve As bellwethers for the Academy awards. Both the nominations and the awards arc featured prominently in movie advertisements. The foreign press unlike the Academy of motion picture arts and sciences divides films and Star performances into two categories drama and musical or comedy. They also nominate to programs for trophies. The Golden Globe voters paid Little attention to some of this year s Box office blockbusters including Honey i shrunk the kids look who s talking and  ii which received no Nomi nations. Batman and Indiana Jones and the last crusade earned Only one each. In the foreign press to nominations the leading nominee was la. Law with eight. Cheers and lonesome Dove followed with four each. The Golden globes will be presented at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California Jan. 20. Gorbachev s no. 1 with All the awards and honors including time Magazine s Man of the decade soviet Leader Mik Hail Gorbachev probably never expected to be selected As the top religion news maker of 1989. But that was the decision of the religion news writers association which also picked the extraordinary meeting of Gorbachev and Pope John Paul ii As the no. I religion news Story of the year. It was the first meeting Between a Pope and the Leader of the government that for decades spurned religion. Comanici s in hiding lost in All the news coming out of Romania former romanian gymnastics Star Nadia coma next and her companion Consantin pan Alt have dropped out of sight. They reportedly have been avoiding family and friends and even fellow romanians who want to help. Panait s wife Maria and their four children Haven theard from the couple. I thought at least he would Call for Christmas she said tuesday but  nudism activist honoured a photographer who led a fight to legalize nudity on private property and spurred Kodak into return ing snapshots of naked subjects has been inducted into the nudist Hall of Fame. De Lange 69, was utterly delighted with the american sunbathing association s decision to place him on the 25-year-old honors list said Chris Moran spokesman for the Elysium Fields nude resort that Lange founded in Topanga calif., just West of los Angeles. It is a great Honor from his perspective Moran said tuesday. He has basically stuck his neck out for some 20 Odd years risking everything he had to prove a Point that being Freedom of  Lange was credited with persuading Eastman Kodak in the 1950s to change its policy of refusing to return pictures of nude people that were sent in for devel Oping. Lange whose photos have appeared in time life Vogue and Harper s Bazaar opened Elysium Fields in 1967 and battled los Angeles county to overturn its anti nudity Law. In 1968, a judge ruled that the Law prohibiting disrobing on private property violated the right 01 self expression free association due process and equal Protection under the Law. Dear Abby i Hope you can help me and others with my problem. 1 am 22 years old. 5 feet i and weigh 135 pounds. My problem is the size of my breasts. When i was 16 years old 1 went to a doctor to get surgery for breast reduction. I went through All of the embarrassment of having pictures taken and All sorts of doctors and nurses talking about sizes. It was very upsetting but i truly wanted to have this sur Gery. I bought books and read Magazine articles to make sure i understood everything such As where the would Cut where the stitches would be what problems might happen Etc. I should mention that i also have scoliosis and was having Back problems which i still am having. I was turned Down by my insurance com Pany for cosmetic reasons. I recently signed up for an aerobics class. I had to quit earlier than everyone else because jumping made my skin pull too hard and i began to Hurt. Because i want to continue these classes i went to a store to get a better  was absolutely in tears when the clerk told me they did not carry my size. I was thrown into a 34dd the 34 was dear Abby Fine the do was too Small. I have worn this Bra one Day and already 1 have shoulder cramps. Abby sometimes i get so depressed i think of Sui cide. It s too much for me. I am always very uncomfortable and at night i can t even lie on my Back be cause there is too much pain. I really can t afford to just pay for this surgery. If any person Ever had a dream it s me. I be been waiting for six years now and i m told in a year i might have my answer. It is very hard for me to Wail one More year. Every Day 1 get More and More de pressed. Please help me with some advice or just some cheering up. Thank you. Needs help in Pennsylvania dear needs from your description of your physical problems what you desire is not cosmetic surgery. It is vital for reasons of physical and mental health. Ask your Ortho Peist to prescribe the surgery to relieve some of the pressure on your Back and a mental health professional to write the insurance company about the de pression you have suffered due to the physical pain. Definitely try again. Dear Abby you re getting old when you know All the answers but nobody asks you any questions. You get winded playing checkers. You need a fire permit to Light All of your birthday candles and you need oxygen after blowing out the candles. You order geritol on the rocks. You sink your Teeth into a thick Steak and they stay there. You feel like the morning after and you Haven t been anywhere. You Stop to think and sometimes forget to Start again. You sit Down in a rocking chair and can t get it started. You Don t need an alarm clock to get up with the chickens. Your pacemaker opens the garage door whenever a cute Gal goes by. The Only whistles you get Are from a Tea Kettle. A Fortune Teller wants to read your face. You finally get it All together but can t remember where you put it. You Pray for a Good prune juice Harvest. Old timer in Santa Maria Calif