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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday january 15,1990 faces a no place this pole knows the score a and lots lots More seeing double judge Ralph Archbold right asks the audience to vote on Carl Gaiter during the Ben Franklin look a like contest at the Franklin Institute of science museum in Philadelphia. The contest was part of a birthday Bash commemorating Franklin a birth on Jan. 17, 1706. From wire reports Agnieszka Klich of Houston does not particularly love school and is like Many other students who hate getting up Early in the morning to attend classes at the University of Houston. But that has not stopped the 22-year-old student who came to the United states from Poland in 1986 from getting ready this Spring to be awarded four bachelors degrees a radio to Levi Sion journalism history and russian history a from the University and an associate degree in economics from Houston Community College. To accomplish her feat. Klich will take seven classes a four is considered Standard a at the University this Spring and one at the Community College. Of yes. She also has a part time Job at Texas paralegal  Zipper even new York police Are having trouble believing this one the trouser Zipper that stopped a Bullet. Angel Santana is. Was reportedly shot with a ,357-Calibcr magnum pistol Friday during a struggle with one of three men holding up the store where he worked. The robbers were so shocked to Sec the Bullet lodged in Santana s Zipper that they fled and dropped their gun said officer Fred Weiner a police spokesman. Quot maybe they thought they were outnumbered by the  Weiner said adding that while the Story was a kind of hard to believe it was double checked by officers. The gun and the spent Bullet were found in the store he said. Santana was treated for trauma at Lincoln  gains Grin of. Mercy a grinning Bob Dylan kicked off an International tour at a new Haven conn., nightclub with old standards and cuts from his latest album. A i never saw him smile before a said Joel Evans after watching Dylan s first set Friday night at toads place to promote his critically acclaimed album a ooh  Dylan 48, known for an extremely aloof stage presence surprised the crowd with Broad grins and extend Bob Dylan de Eye Contact. Backed by a three piece band he played such classics As a Rainy Day women nos. 12 and 35�?� and Quot one More cup of coffees As Well As new  texan winning $10 million in sweepstakes Money was t enough for Bob Castleberry. Now he s out to be mayor of Denton Texas. A i had thought about it for years a Castleberry said Friday. A i grew up watching my father giving everything to the Community. Now i just want to do what i  Castleberry 60, announced thursday that he is entering the race for mayor of Denton a town of 50.000. His father served on the City Council from 1929-30 and then again in the Early 1950s. Castleberry attracted attention in March after winning $10 million in the publishers Clearing House  Champ again Susan Butcher a three time Winner of Alaska s id Tarod sled dog race saturday won the 475-Milc John Bear grease sled dog Marathon by knocking More than 10 hours off the record time. Icy Trail conditions contributed to the fast sledding. Butcher of Manley Alaska crossed the finish line in Duluth Minn with nine dogs. The race from Duluth to grand Portage and Back began tuesday with 23 teams of dogs and Musher. Nine teams dropped out. Butcher won $12,000 of the $50,000 in prize  a loser comedian David Letterman did t gain a new fan by having 78-Ycar-old Gabriel Raba of new Underwood s.d., As a guest on his late night talk show. A a he a a silly Guy a said the rancher who appeared on Abc tvs Quot late night with David Letterman Quot to discuss a 13-month Calendar he created and has copyrighted. Raba s idea would bring order to the current Calendar. His Calendar would have 13 months each with 28 Days for a total of 364. He a soliciting suggestions for what to Call the 13th month. To keep the revised Calendar in sync with the 365-Day year Raba would have a 48-hour new years Day and a 48-hour leap year  new goal former Boston celtics Star Dave Cowens found that becoming a Republican May have fouled up his chances of running for Secretary of slate. Cowens 41, director of the net England sports museum and a Democrat until last month put the word out to Republican party leaders Friday that he would run for office. But the former Center and player coach was unaware of a state Law that says a candidate for statewide office in one party cannot have been enrolled in another political party during the year prior to the filing deadline. Paul Mccarthy the Only Republican candidate for Secretary of slate to have filed thus far said Quot ill fight him into the state convention March 10, and maybe ill slam Dunk   Cowens a a lot of people have  goes on everyone in the room knew Buck Pyle had been dead for two months but that was no reason to cancel his birthday party Friday. Quot head be flattered Quot said Wayne Christian of the colourful Texas cattleman who became a local legend after moving into a downtown san Antonio hotel and staying there for almost four decades. The absence of the guest of Honor did not Stop the 20 people gathered in an upstairs party room of the Gunter hotel from laugh Quot and shaking their Heads Over  and food at some of the stories they were trading about their old Friend. Yes. Christian insisted the Story about Pyle once Riding his horse through the hotels main lobby was True. Quot it was 1928, during the american legion convention. He had a Little firewater under his Belt a he recalled. The Gunter hotel had been throwing birthday parties for Pyle since he re tired and made the hotel his full time residence in 1951. Pyle whose West Pyle cattle co. Once controlled 960,000 acres and More than 20,000 head of cattle died in san Antonio nov. 3 at age 93. He was buried in Lubbock. Texas next to his songs grave. His Cowboy hat was placed on his Chest and his spurs were Laid on the  helping hand an offer of a cigarette and a Job from mayor Frank x. Graves of Paterson n.j., May have saved a Man from jumping from a sixth floor ledge last week. Saying he wanted to shake hands to Clinch the Job offer Graves clutched the right hand of Robert Hamway and held on for dear life. Two firefighters lunged Forward grabbed the 24-Ycar-old Many a arms and pulled him to Safe a. After the incident thursday Graves said he was trying Quot to open a door Quot of Opportunity for Hamway. He said the Job ofter was legitimate but carries no guarantees if Hamway fails to perform. Authorities said Hamway told them while on the ledge that he had an outstanding arrest warrant and had recently missed an appointment at a cocaine detoxification Center. Dear Abby my Girlfriend and i have been living together for 19 years and have a 16-Ycar-old son. He was bom in Wisconsin and therein lies the problem. His Mother cannot get a birth certificate for him. It seems that Good old Wisconsin has an archaic Law that forbids issuing birth certificates to unwed mothers at the time of our songs birth i acknowledged that i was the boys father but that did no to help. We live 2,000 Miles away and can to seem to get a satisfactory answer by mail. We have had several occasions on which we needed a birth Curti Fiche. I would like to know what is so awful about a Moth dear Abby or having a birth certificate whether or not she is  baffled in Everett Wash. Married. Thank you. Dear baffled Don t Knock a Good old  America s Dairy land exuded the milk of human kindness when i contacted sen. Herbert Kohl s office. The senator s assistant Peter Lewis advised me that there had been such a Law but it no longer exists so it s now possible to obtain a birth certificate for your son. Write to the department of health and social services vital statistics . Box 309, Madison wis. 53701. Enclose a Check for $8 made out to the Doss. State the child s name Date of birth and the county in which he was born. Also give the Mother s full name at the time of the child s birth. You should then receive some forms to fill out. The boy s Mother must clearly state that she is requesting her son s birth certificate otherwise her son would have to wait until he is 18 to make the request on his own. Dear Abby a. I recently read a letter in your column about quitting smoking. It made me think Back to when i finally quit after at least 20 attempts. I was the Mother of two very Small children and i desperately wanted to quit. I had to. For my health a Sake what finally made me quit a 15 years ago last new year s a was a Little clipping i Cut out of the new Pap or. It read Quot you pay for cigarettes twice once when you get them and once again when they gel  a i stuck that clipping on the front of my refrigerator and read it every Lime 1 wanted a cigarette. It helped me and i Hope it will do the same for others who sincerely want to quit. Finally made it  
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