European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a the stars and stripes wednesday january 10,1990 a Oklahoma a May be state song but its not free w front ire reports Quot Oklahoma Quot May he the state song but that does t mean it s the slates song. Oklahoma tourism officials discovered that recently when they used the song in television ads. The tourism department paid More than $17,000 to play parts of he song in commercials to attract tourists from neighbouring states. When tourism director Glenn Sullivan Learned the state had paid to use its own state song in a non profit Endeavor he asked his staff to see if a refund was possible. A staffer uncovered a letter from lyricist Oscar Hammerstein ii that had been entered into the 953 legislative journal after a Simitar dispute. Quot Tell your readers and All the people of Oklahoma that not Only May hey play and sing it anywhere and every1 where to i ctr heart s Content but that we want them and urge them to do so Quot the letter said. His Only restrictions were that the song not be used in a play or Quot against any dramatic Bui officials from Alec Rico. Which now owns rights to the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Quot Oklahoma Quot said they would not Grant a refund. Alec Rico said the published copy of hammers tiits letter was not signed and is not legally binding. Tourism advertising manager Dennis Donaldson said it hardly seems fair Bat the slate should have to continue paying to use the song or change the ads. Quot after All. We let them use our state to do a not a sport the body slamming Behoc Moths of professional wrestling arc entertainers and not athletes according to the new Jersey legislature walking on water Joanna Stebbings the British under.21 women s water skiing Champion walks across Chelsea Harbor in a giant inflatable rubber Quot wonder the whoa is on display at the Tendon International boat show. The stale Assembly voted 44-4 to approve a Bill that would reduce the regulation on those growling scowling giants by removing professional wrestling Tram the jurisdiction of the state athletic commission. Supporters including the world wrestling federation say the measure will reduce the overhead of promoting a wrestling exhibition in new Jersey and therefore make it easier for fans to see warriors such As Hulk Hogan and Rowdy Roddy Piper but wrestlers paid a Price for the Victory by admitting the contests Are less than spontaneous. The world wrestling federation. Which asked for the Bill first admitted that professional wrestling was More entertainment than sport in a Trenton legislative hearing in Early 1989. The federation described wrestling As a an activity in which participants struggle hand in hand primarily for he purpose of providing entertainment for spectators rather irian conducting a bonafide athletic the statement was blasted by several pro wrestlers who insisted that theirs is not a Appeal forget them beatnik bongos and Cable car buffs says a band that insists the sound of an accordion Best distils the essence of san Francisco. Musicians Wii those darn accordions revival band serenaded mayor Art Agnos outside City Hall on monday As the City weighed a proposal to proclaim the Humble pleated Bellows the City a official musical instrument. Quot there should be an official City instrument because we have of Lucial City songs and we need an instrument to play them on ii should be the accordion because of its Rich history Here and because in was invented said Tom Torr Ifilla a band member leading the Effort. Besides said Torriglia of the instrument Quot its a Good Way to meet girls Quot Pilot buzzes Paris a masked Man flew an ultralight plane around the lighted landmarks of Parto then under the Eiffel Tower before Landing and escaping late sunday night. Police said two officers reported spotting the plane flying Low near the arc do Trio Mph and other Monu meals. Any unauthorised flights Over Paris Are illegal. The French news Agency Agency Francc press reported receiving a Telephone Call from a Man claiming to have made he flight who said he Quot wanted a unique sensation of Paris at night seen from above a sensation of the Agency said the Man who refused to give his name Sard he did not plan 10 repeal his feat or to Lake Over from a mystery Man known in the French press As the Quot Black for several months in 1988, a Pilot evaded police while making repeated night flights Over the French capital in a Small plane. Eventually. Albert Matt ret was fined $8,300 and had his Pilot s License suspended for a Low passover the champs Elysee on oct. 13, 1988, but Malta cd denied he had made the other Bighton xon Nof god the Rev. Jeb Stuart Magruder. A former a ii to president Nixon who spent seven years in prison for helping cover up the watergate scandal said his life Botlo Mcd out when he started Tara Ling Nison like god. Mugruder. Executive minister of the first Community Church of Columbus Ohio was a special assistant to Nixon and Deputy Campaign director for the committee for the re election or the president in 1972. A Garter 1 left Washington my life was a shambles. My marriage fell apart. There was so much pain Quot Magruder 54, told 100 worshippers monday at Westminster College. Watergate came about because Quot we started to treat Nixon not As president but As god Quot he said Magruder said its possible to come Back after a crisis but it s not easy. Quot i am reminded of one of the shortest speeches Winston Churchill Ever he said. Quot when Churchill was asked How England would survive the German threat he told them in six words never never never never give that is a philosophy i live by and it to reunite Dun Henley and Glenn Frey have reportedly settled a decade old feud and will reunite the eagles the popular band that epitomized California Rock music in the 1970s. The Singer Songer Ilcus will regroup this Spring to record an album the Hollywood reporter said monday. The album Likely would be followed with a concert our. It was t Clear if other former eagles members would reunite with Henley and Frey. Joe Walsh Don Felder Ana Timothy a Schmoll were in the band when the eagles broke up in i9s1. Dear Abby i am a Petite trim attractive i be been told60-Ycar-old widow with a pleasing personality. 1 have been going with a successful Nice looking widower for is months. At the end or the first month he asked me not to Date anyone else and 1 agreed not to if he promised me the same thing. He said he painted glowing pictures of cruises he planned to take me on. 1 even went out and bought cruise clothes but those trips never materialized. I finally pinned him Down and asked him Why he made such big promises but never delivered. He said Quot frankly Mere Are so Many lonely women out there who would not Only pay their own Way to go on a cruise with a Man a they would pay his Way too Quot Abby this Man brags that he has a net Worth of j2 million now after i to years of this affair i have realized that he is never going to offer me anything More than his bed. He says he does t want to marry me because he does t want to be tied Down yet he expects sex daily in a Lovely wifely fashion. I finally told him i want out because 1 wanted a Man who would love and cherish me As i did him. So we could grow old together. He said that at least we had companionship a someone to cat and dance with. Abby this Man wants a a Good Quot woman by his Abb yet he offers a Good woman nothing in return. I have a name that is highly respected in this Community. I have never had an affair in my life outside of this one. 1 truly fell in love with him. He professes to be a Good Christian. He has several pictures of Jesus in his Home an open Bible on a stand and a praying hands Quot on a stand. He wants me at his Side every sunday in Church. Abby do you think this Man is using me and what should i do feeling used in Texas dear feeling used of course this Man is using you a but not without it our cooperation. He spake of cruises then Laid you of the a lonely women who would gladly pay his Way As Well As their own. This Man is a cheapskate. He is also a hypocrite pretending to be a Good Christian but acting otherwise. Say goodbye to this Man. He s a user. You want the respectability of marriage a lie just wants to Quot play dear Abby i was a widow for Many years. Four years ago i married a widower. His wife had a Long bout with lung cancer and he never stops talking about it. It gets on my nerves at limes and most of his friends Are also tired of hearing about it. It saddens me the Way he dwells on it. Another thing every Holiday he goes to the cemetery and takes Flowers. At Christmas he placed a Large Spray on her grave. Me i had to go out and buy my own Point Celia Plant. At easter there is always a Large pot of Spring Flowers on her grave but i done to even get one Carnation. This makes me sad because 1 am alive and can enjoy Flowers but i get none. Yet he continues to take Flowers to her grave where nobody can enjoy them but it looks Good to the family and friends. Abby i had a Happy marriage and my husband was a wonderful Man out 1 done to spend every Holiday at his grave nor do i talk about him All the time Why can to my husband leave the past in the past and get on with the future this has created a Barrier Between us. By the Way from what in be heard from neighbors and close friends their marriage was not All that great. So what is he living with a married but so alone dear married but alone possibly guilt. He May be trying now to make up for what he failed to do far his late wife White she was jiving
