European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday january 10, 1990 dating service has hands off philosophy Chicago a some holdouts from the sex Ual revolution have banded together in the National chastity association a group that believes abstinence is the Best Way to find the perfect mate. The group is the brainchild of Mary Meyer a 37 year old Mother of two who says. I love sex but thinks it s not the Best route to forming an everlasting Happy Meyer who has been married and divorced More than said monday she Learned the hard Way that sex before marriage can Lead to unnecessary pain in relationships. I did not save sex until marriage in All of my she said. But after a lot of soul searching Meyer said she developed 19 concepts Ofa desirable relationship that form her group s ideology the group is a kind of dating service to help peo ple meet others who share their values. Members Don t have 19 follow All the "19 desires but they must agree with most of them Meyer said. Members pay $15 a year and get their names published in a group directory with Brief self descriptions. After being in operation for just nine months the association has managed to attract about 270 Mem Bers from the United states and c Anada Meyer said. Desire no. 15 has prompted the most controversy. It says. I want to save landholding. Kissing Caress ing and sexual Intercourse until i m actually mar that s certainly talked about a Little bit More than any of the other 18 she said. Some say it would make it impossible to know if a Date is or. Or is. Right. But Meyer responds i have no doubt that i can determine. If we re meant for each other without being romantically another possible stumbling Block is no. 11. Which says being free of drugs alcohol smoking and anxiety for at least two years before marriage is desirable. It s the first group that i be really run across where people really had a very positive Altitude to Ward said David Dismore. A 43-year-old self described Virgin from los Angeles who s says he s still waiting to meet the right person. La d be Nice if we d met a lot earlier in said Dismore. A women s rights activist. If you want it to be special. You should wait for the right per Lavina. A 46-year-old divorced Mother of three who joined in september defended the group As better than the regular dating scene because prospective mates know right from the beginning. Where you Meyer said that s the idea behind the National chastity association. I love landholding 1 love kissing i love Caress ing i love sex she said. But even More than 1would love to experience these things right now i want to be Able to have a relationship where i can experience them forever. Grac Elcid turns cold shoulder to giant replica of Elvis head stateside Memphis. Tenn. A on the Day Elvis Presley would have turned 55. Two disc jockeys brought a 15 foot replica of the late Singer s head to Graceland. His former residence. Graceland managers were not pleased. The head which had been pan of a float in the tournament of roses Parade in Pasadena. Calif., briefly joined fans gathered outside the White columned mansion on monday. About 1.500 people representing 40 Presley fan clubs from around the world came to Memphis to Mark the birthday said Patsy Andersen fan club Liaison for the Graceland division of Elvis Presley enter Prises. Some fans Cut a cake and Sang Happy birthday. The disc jockeys who brought the replica head Brian Phelps and Marc Thompson of station Klos in los an Geles were permanently banned from Graceland last Yea for using hidden microphones to broadcast from inside the residence Graceland spokesman Todd Morgan said. Carey Curelop. Program manager for the radio Sta Tion said the disc jockeys brought the head to Mem Phis As a peace but Graceland managers told them to take the head and move on. Morgan said the Parade float had been a Beautiful tribute to Presley who died of heart disease at Grace land on aug. 16. 1977. They be taken that and changed it and turned it into something distasteful Morgan said. It s really the disc jockeys took the flatbed truck carry ing the head to a nearby parking lot and broadcast for about an hour Curelop said from los Angeles. The head was part of a float sent to the Rose Parade by the state of Mississippi. It was taken to Jackson miss., after the Slop in Memphis Curelop said. Presley was born in Tupelo. Miss. Rock Singer lilt is Presley who would hate turned 55 on monday. New Texas code Aims to change courtroom manners of lawyers Dallas a lawyers and judges concede their profession probably won t set any standards for social graces but they re giving Good manners a shot nevertheless. A new lawyer s Creed the first such statewide code in the nation was recently approved by the Texas supreme court and the Texas court of criminal appeals. It asks the slate s 52,000 lawyers for Kinder litigation. No More obnoxious ass. No More til for Tat unprofessional behaviour. No More stalling tactics. And no Allu Sions to personal peculiarities or idiosyncrasies of opposing counsel will be allowed according to the and judges say the its by civil Creed is overdue. It s kind of like dieting Texas supreme court Justice Eugene Cook said. It s a Battle that we can win but it s not going to be done Cook said the Creed was initiated by Dallas and Houston Legal associations to fight bad behaviour and needlessly aggressive courtroom tactics. Some people think that it s the Way to practice Law to be rude and abusive and try to intimidate the other he said the problems have become increasingly com Mon in the last five years. . District judge a. Joe fish said part of the problem May be the increase of lawyers in the slate s largest cities. I think the rambo tactics arise out of the feeling that i m never going to see the other lawyer again " he said. Dallas bar association president Al Ellis said financial woes also have increased courtroom problems. As the Law firms have gotten bigger and the Economy has gone Down there s been a lot of pressure on younger and Middle management lawyers to produce and some have responded with this kind of behaviour he said. The 34-part lawyer s Creed developed by a committee with representatives from 18 Legal associations relies on voluntary compliance and includes no specific penalties. The Creed includes requirements of civility toward Peers and judges and a ban on antagonistic or obnoxious some judges have copies of the Creed pasted to their courthouse doors Cook said. They Tell the Law yers go outside and read it and Don t come Back in until they learn How to act dog s electric Blanket starts Blaze but he s of Tulsa. Okla. Up All Amos Eugene Taylor wanted was to make his old dog More comfortable. What he got was a fire that caused $375.000 in damage to his said the Blaze was started by an electric Blanket used to help Dobie. A 13-year-old Doberman pins Char. Keep warm on the Back porch. Fire capt. Jim while said Taylor s son was Awak ened by a smoke Detector and the family including Dobie escaped said he put the Blanket in an outdoor Box for Dobie who once slept indoors with a Dachshund but had refused to enter the room since the smaller dog s death last dog May have had an Accident on the Blanket and caused a Short White said. I know electric blankets weren t meant to be used that new drug approved for obsessive disorder new York a the . Food and drug administration has approved the drug Clomis praline to treat obsessive compulsive disorder. The Fra determined that Clomis praline Wasa new kind of drug that advanced treatment of the condition. Although the drug is Only now being approved for routine use. It has been available for use in severe cases of obsessive compulsive disorder or old. It is made by Ciba Geigey corp. And w ill be marketed under the Trade name Anaf Ranil. Anaf Ranil has proved to be effective in controlling old symptoms in Many patients said or. Michael Jonike of Massachusetts general Hospital in Boston. The symptoms of the disorder include obsessive pre occupation with dirt or contamination and the fear among its sufferers that they will act on violent thoughts. They develop such compulsions As excessive cleaning hand washing and counting. Another approved drug called flux Tinc or prozac also appears to be effective against obsessive compulsive disorder researchers said. Reader s digest agrees to buy american health new York up the publisher of Reader s digest Magazine said monday that it will buy Ameri can health Magazine for $29.1 health founded in 1982, has a circulation of i million and is published 10 times a year. It won the National Magazine award in 1986. Reader s digest association inc. Of pleasant Villa n.y., plans to make the Magazine part of its special interest Magazine group which now includes the fam ily Handyman travel Holiday and new choices for the Best years a spokesman s digest is the largest circulation Magazine in the world. Some 28 million copies arc sold around the Globe each month including 16.4 million in the United states. Last month Reader s digest association said h in tended to made an initial Public Stock offering of 21 million think Reader s digest is a natural buyer said Owen Lipstein a co founder of american health. He described the Magazine As an owner s manual for the body and
