European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday february 21.1990faces n places Barr gets a wimps grumbles trousers a award from wire reports the National organization for men which says it is out to protect men from attacks by Quot Radical monday awarded to sitcom Star Roseanne Barr its annual Quot wimps. Grumbles and trousers Quot award. Sidney Siller the founder of the 10.000-member group said the award is Given Quot to recognize deliberate efforts to drive a wedge Between men and he said Barr the comedian who often pokes fun at Macho males has helped feed a the Media s do Struc Tuc image of Siller a new York attorney who writes Penthouse Magazine s Quot men s rights Quot column said Nom was founded is years ago to oppose what he Calls Power hungry feminists who he said were seeking to oppress men and dominate society. Runners up for this years award in order were to talk show Host Phil Donahue rep. Patricia Schroeder a Colo. Lael Rubin who prosecuted the Mcmartin preschool child so abuse Case in California. And new York acts outfielder Darryl Strawberry the other finalists were feminist Molly Yard sen. Ted Kennedy a mass. Actresses Zsa Zsa Gabor and Lily Tomlin and ousted panamanian Leader Gen. Manuel Noriega. Siller said the award judging took into account what he called insensitive sexist remarks about men in the Media support of Quot Ultra feminist Quot philosophies and participation in activities that demean and defame the role of men in society.007 not licensed to Speed actor Sean Connery a the first of four movie James Bonds the British secret agent with a License to kill a paid a s190 speeding ticket in Santa Barbara calif., after admitting he drove a rented thunderbird 82 Mph in a 55-Mph zone. Connery was stopped near the Southern California town of sol rang last dec. 23 by a Highway patrolman who ticketed him for speeding and for driving without a License. The latter charge was dismissed after Connery s attorney showed that he had a British Driver s License. Connery starred in Quot Indiana Jones and the last one of the lop grossing movies of 1989 with ji96 million. His newest film. Quot the Hunt for red opens next 341, Killjoy 94 mount Morris n.y., voters faced with choosing Between a Lime honoured slogan and Dean language opted for the time honoured slogan and by a 341-94 margin voted to retain signs that Greet motorists with Quot Best town by a a nearby dam was completed in 1952 to control flooding from the Genesee River. The Village of 3.400, 30 Miles South of Rochester had the slogan removed from signs last summer after some residents complained that it was distasteful. But other residents said they missed the slogan and wanted it restored. Quot i think it belongs there Quot said resident Pat Crowley. Quot it s been there for years and years and years and years and what s wrong with saying dam i say a lot worse than Dee turning in badge actress Stefanie Kramer who plays sgt. Dee de Washington letter Chariot Hamilton a handwriting Export and autograph dealer holds a letter written by George Washington that was recently discovered in an attic trunk in Cincinnati. The letter was sold tuesday for a record $55,000 to a Beverly Hills collector. Mccall on Abc s Quot Hunter Quot says it s time to turn in her badge. A after six years on Hunter i feel the time has come for me to expand creatively into other Levels of expression a Kramer said. Quot this will include focusing on my music career and future acting the show has yet to decide whether her character will be killed in an upcoming episode a or will just walk away at the end of the season. Quot Hunter also stars former football player Fred dryer As a Rick Hunter a policeman who behaves much like dirty . Finance is. British nobility lbs executive Laurence a. Tisch and publishing Mogul Malcolm Forbes head a corporate Bridge team taking on British parliamentarians As the lords of american finance meet real British nobility. Sir Peter Emery of London and the Duke of Atholl will co Captain the British parliament team in Friday s match in London. Kathy Wei of the american contract Bridge league one of the world s top Bridge players will be master of ceremonies for the event. The . Team also includes Alan Greenberg and James canc. Executives of Bear Stearns and co. Inc. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway inc. George Gillespie Iii of the Law firm of Cravath Swaine and Moore and Milton Petrie of Petrie stores. The britons include Kenneth Baker a senior Cabinet member socialist parliamentarian John Marck lord lever lord Smith and Baroness Sally joins elite group Tom Schulman. Who wrote Quot dead poets society Quot said he is stunned to be in the company of Woody alien and Nora As a nominee for an Academy award for Best original screenplay. A Woody Allen is one of my idols. I m really proud to be a part of that Schulman who hairs from Nashville Tenn. Said in an interview from his its Angeles area Home. Allen was nominated for Quot crimes and misdemeanours Quot and Ephron was Nomia cd for Quot when Harry met others nominated for the writing award arc Spike Lee for Quot do the right thing Quot and Steven Sonderburg for Quot sex lies and , meaner Geraldo Geraldo Rivera says hcs changing his ways to include More investigative stories on social issues for his television talk show. A a it a not a Kinder gentler Geraldo. It s More like a leaner meaner Geraldo a Rivera said in an interview in Charlotte . A on a Geraldo a you re not going to get the of Vaks. The nuts and sluts will be on other people s said the 46-Ycar-old talk show Host. A i done to want people to associate me with the Freak show. I want them to associate me with a program that does righteous populace issues and a once in a while a has still recovering from film Faye Dunaway s portrayal of a driven abusive Joan Crawford in the movie Quot mommie Dearest Quot was Quot career suicide Quot and a film she still is recovering from the actress says. Dunaway. 49, has spent the last six years in a self imposed exile making Only one movie the critically acclaimed a barfly Quot which was not a big Box office Success. In an interview published in the March Issue of ladies Home journal Dunaway says Quot that film was career suicide. It turned into an exploitation movie that verged on Camp and i m still recovering from she said she spent most of her time away from Hollywood in England with her now sex husband photographer Terry o Neill and their son Wapner made her do it a 68-year-old woman who shoplifted four packs of cigarettes said a comment by television s judge Wapner led her to commit the crime. The woman admitted she stole the cigarettes and said she got the idea from an interview that late night talk show Host Pat Sajak had with Joseph Wapner said Larry Ankrum police spokesman at mount Lake Terrace a Seattle a retired judge presides Over the syndicated television show Quot the people s Ankrum said the woman quoted Wapner As having said in the interview that a everybody steals at least once in their the woman was cited for shoplifting and ordered not to return to the store he said. Dear Abby i am a . Marine stationed in Okinawa and enjoy your column in the stars and stripes. Here s my problem i m Loo big. I m 6 feet 5 inches and weigh 260. I have never lifted weights or worked out. But i look like a Jock. The truth is. I m Lazy As a dog. What s my complaint i Don t fit into Small cars or air plane scats and i have to have my clothes specially made. The average person assumes that i was a great football player. The truth is. I hated football but was forced to play. No matter where i go some Small Guy wants to take me on because he has to prove something. If 1 fight him and lose he a a hero and i m a wimp. If i win. I m a bully a even if he started it. I m sick of being told i resemble a a the Hulk a Quot Frankenstein Quot Quot Herman Munster Quot or some other big lout. I could go on and on about How most people think All big Guys Are Clumsy insensitive and dumb a dear Abby which they arc not. I m big but i m human. I get thirsty hungry and tired a just like a smaller Guy. I can to Bench press a bus but i have feelings. I bleed when i m Cut. I love music poetry puppies and children. When i was 12 years old the kids gave me a nickname that has stuck with me Ever since. Sign this. Tiny dear tiny read on for a letter from a woman who shares your King sized Burden dear Abby i have a complaint that has bothered me for years. Its size discrimination. I am a tall big woman. All my life in be suffered humiliation because of my size. When i d go out with kids my age on halloween adults would say a a rent to you a Little too old to be out trick or treating a id go Home in tears and when i was 10 years old the cashier at the movie theater accused me of being More than 12 and trying to get in with a child a ticket. The discrimination did t Stop when i became an adult. In my office Job i m expected to lift heavy things help move furniture get supplies Down from the top shelves and do chores Only a Man would be asked to do because i m 5 feet 11 inches Broad shouldered and husky. Because in a big people assume in a Strong As a horse and never get tired. Meanwhile the Petite women Are constantly being helped and treated with Courtesy and consideration. Abby please print this so others will realize that big women need As much consideration As smaller women. In fact because big women have been discriminated against All their lives they Are even More sensitive and in need of kindness than their smaller Sisters. Big and battered in Tulsa dear big and battered and tiny thank you for pointing out a form of discrimination practice by Many with no malice aforethought. Freud was right when he said Quot Anatomy is destiny a perhaps a few readers will reflect on this and act accordingly. I know i will
