European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes tuesday february 6,1990 faces n places bus Ness can urging Send a Buck to Gorbachev from wire reports a Medford. Ore., businessman who s worried thai Pyrc Stroika might fail wants americans to Send soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev a Dollar in care of the Kremlin. I m asking the Public to spend the Price of a lot or Robert Forrest said last week. This is i he biggest lottery in the world. I m asking people to Lake a Chance on Mikhail Forrest an Oregon mortgage broker who is presi Dent of a Gold mine in California is promoting his Campaign with bumper stickers emblazoned Send a Bucklo i think people All Over the world arc saying. This could go either Way " he said. If we could get an outpouring of support All Over the world we might influence the outcome. The intent is to write a letter even if you Don t Send any Forrest already has sent his Dollar to Gorbachev. I want you to use that is to buy soap or bread or milk. Meat butter or shoes or whatever it is that your people need that will help you succeed in your reformation of the soviet society and Forrest wrote in an accompanying letter. 8 Down 2 of go David Letterman. Who says his popular late night television show has two years left says he s not Likely to replace Johnny Carson on the tonight i see this show lasting 10 ocl Lorman said in an interview with the Indianapolis ind Star. The show has been on the air eight years. Replacing Carson seems unlikely because they re very Happy with Jay Leno. I Sec him As being picked for that Job so i fully plan to end late night and probably make a had movie or said let Lerman. Who has a film Deal with Disney is the regular guest Host on the tonight groundhog on the Lam Arnold the groundhog apparently did t see much of a future in weather forecasting. With newspaper television and radio reporters Gath ered around at the Henson Robinson zoo in Spring Field Iii. The 9-Rnonth-old Rookie weather prognosticator failed to see his Shadow Friday meaning an Early Spring Ihnn made his break climbing Over a Fence and a Stone Wall to Freedom. He has not been seen since said 700 director Mike Janis. Janis said Arnold can be easily distinguished from other groundhogs because he has a Bare Patch on his left rear leg. Which was caught in a trap last year. Zoo officials nursed his broken leg Back to health so he could be a weather forecaster. And fhe mayor contest an Albuquerque , radio station s find the a or contest led about a dozen people to the office of Low profile mayor lauds Saavedra. Who posed for photographs with panic Ipanis hoping to win a free dinner. The station offered a meal at a restaurant to any one who could get his or her picture taken with the Don t try this at Home Chiyoto contortionist Sun Jiayin spins colourful carpet squares on her hands and feet while Balanc ing on a flexible pole held Between her Teeth. The 8-year-old s act was one of Many presented at the 13th world festival of the circus of tomorrow held at the Winter circus in Paris. Mayor Between feb. I and feb. 15. Browna Martin promotions director for karst pm and sister station Kurzy am said that listeners had complained they Seldom see the mayor. Saavedra. Who took office in december Learned of the contest thursday when camera earning visitors began stalking the waning area outside his office. Peggy Clemmons. The mayor s personal Secretary said Saavedra was t upset about the contest. I be had some visitors who broke up what would have been an otherwise Dull and hard work ing Saavedra snid. About a do in people came in took some pictures and visited a bit. They did t get in the Rocky bout a sellout fans lined up by the thousands outside the Phila Delphia civic Center and some spent the night wait ing for a Chance in gel tickets to be in the audience for the climactic fight scene in Sylvester Stallone s Rocky within an hour they grabbed up 16,000 of the 20,000 tickets for two Days of filming in Stallone s latest instalment of the Rocky Balboa Saga. Ten thousand people arc needed for a boxing match audience each Day of filming on wednesday and want to be in the movies said Doug , 18. Of suburban upper Darby who stood in line with his brother and three friends. Psychological slavery Greensboro n.c., journalist Tony Brown told a predominantly Black audience that american Blacks Are crippled by a self imposed psychological slav Ery " that keeps them from achieving Success. Brown said Blacks Are held captive by a myth if while America does t provide an Opportunity for them they won t have you arc psychologically dependent on someone else Brown Lolini about 500 people at the annual fund raising dinner of the stale chapters of the National association for the advancement of coloured i Cople. Brown Host of the Black affairs television series Tony Brown s journal said the civil rights move ment has brought changes in Laws that were needed Logue Blacks an equal footing. But he said it takes More than legislation to re verse a 200-year-old mind set of inferiority that plagues Many in the Black Community. He urged Blacks to take Pride in their african identity. Dear Abby 1 am in a Pickle with my Mother. My first wife and i were divorced 13 years ago. I remarried 8 years later. My former wife remains close to my family especially my Mother. My Mother has continually invited my former wife to fam ily get together Christmas dinner. Thanksgiving Etc. When she knows full Well that i. My current wife and our children will be there. This has been a problem since my divorce. I have talked to my Mother and sex wife about this and they refuse to Budge. My current wife is very uncomfortable in that situation so i declined Mother s thanksgiving and Christmas invitations for 1989. Abby. I must remain firmly Loyal to my wife and considerate of her feelings or my marriage vows arc meaningless. She is. After All. My lifelong partner now. And has done nothing to warrant the cold shoulder she receives at these family get together. Am i taking the most appropriate stance since diplomacy has failed my Mother s nose is still out of join. Had it in Florida dear Abby dear had it i m sorry about your Mother s nose. I m All for family Unity but if your wife risks pneumonia by the reception she gets at your family get together she has every right to avoid hem. And so have you. Dear Abby my son recently married his live in Girlfriend. It was a very private wedding with Only their attendants. They sent no invitations or announcements. The reception following the ceremony was a quiet family dinner. I am very Hurt because not one Friend or relative who has known my son since he was a boy sent a present. I gave expensive presents for their Chil Dren s second and even third marriages. Am i wrong for feeling this Way Hurt in Vermont dear Hurt you need never Apo Logue for your feelings Only your actions. Since no announcements or invitations to attend the wedding were issued your friends and relatives May have Felt ignored. Rare is the person who upon learning thai a Friend or relative has recently married. Hill Rush out and buy a gift apparently those to whom you sent gifts for their second and third marriages fell no obligation to reciprocate since there were no festivities to attend. Dear Abby i am married with two teen age sons. My Hus band s business requires a great Deal of travel sometimes overseas. When i Tell people that Jim is in Japan. Ger Many or Hong Kong they ask Why did t you go with him Abby. I can t just dump the boys with friends every time Jim goes to a foreign country. Teen age boys arc involved in so Many activities and i have my own commitments including a part time teach ing Job. Furthermore although Jim s travel expenses arc paid for by the company mine would not be. Would any of these people like to pay my air fare Abby i Hope you find my letter Worth printing. Having a travelling husband is lonely enough without having to respond to this thoughtless question. By the Way folks How about having us Over for dinner sometime i m sure other wives of travelling husbands have been asked the same alone a lot dear Home alone the Why did t you go with him question is asked by Well meaning but thoughtless people. Per haps after this hits print Many will think twice before they speak. Me included. Universal press Syndicate
