European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday March 6,1990 faces a it place people in glasnost houses throw stones from wire reports Mikhail s. Gorbachev May have dropped a club about one of his mysteries where he lives. After voting in local elections sunday. Gorbachev led a crowd of journalists and passers by to no. 10 Kosygin St. In Moscow a Pale yellow building perched on the highest Bank of the Moscow River with a magnificent View of the City and the Kremlin there guards turned Back the journalists the rest of the crowd blocked the View of Gorbachev and a motorcade of three Zil limousines May or May not have taken Gorbachev away. From the Street the yellow edifice appears to be just an unusually Fine apartment building. Next door is the Dull Gray building that was the Home of the late Alexei Kosygin when he was soviet Premier in the 1960s and 1970s, and for whom the Street is named. But from the River below Bay windows and balconies bespeak a Rich residence designed to take private advantage of a stupendous site. Neighbors who watched it being built several years ago say the five floor building extends another five stories into the Bedrock of the Lenin Hills. A few Hundred Yards away a metro line zips straight to the Kremlin Wall. The . Defense department claims the Lenin Hills arc laced with civil defense tunnels and rumours have Long circulated in Moscow that soviet leaders have a private underground train line from the Kremlin to bunkers in this virtual Cliff overlooking the or Devil loses Don Simpson did some Quick soul searching after finding a Wallet con Taining $1,900 in an interstate 44 restroom but decided it be right to keep the Money for himself. �?o1 heard the of Devil saying take it a but i just do it a a he said. Simpson 47, found the Money last week while cleaning the menus room at a rest Stop West of Joplin in southwestern Missouri. He turned the Wallet containing 18 $ 100 Bills and two $50s Over to Linda Dewitz his supervisor at Joplin workshops inc. The Wallet contained no identification other than a Bank slip from Boatmen s Bank of Carthage to the Bank tracked Down the owner who asked not to be identified and Dowitz returned the Money to him. Quot he was crying a she said a the had taken the Money out to a lawyer in another state Over a probate Deal. He said. There s just not honest people this is no. 10 Kosygin Street where Mikhail Gorbachev is believed to live. Like this left in the he said we were Angels sent. He was not too overjoyed he gave Simpson and Dewitz each a $25 Pooh bears Well the Pooh a Veteran male pop quartet won the san remo Italy festival sunday with a Tunc about male loneliness in their first try at the 40-year-old homage to italian song. Although the annual festival in the Flower growing Ligurian City of san remo is designed to promote italian singers and songwriting this years televised show banked heavily on the appearance of foreign stars who Sang translated versions of the contestants songs using the same melodies but often drastically changing the lyrics. The Poohs song. A lonely men a for example was also Sung by Dee Dee Bridgewater in English. Toto Cotugno who finished second for the fifth time in the festivals history teamed up with Ray Charles who turned the italian Singer s a a Morin love into a soulful rendition called a love gone bad that won him a standing ovation. The final night of performances saturday lasted into the Early hours of tight wire tribute Angel Wallenda said goodbye to the tight wire sunday night joining her husband and 3-year-old son for one last performance in Mansfield pa., before an operation she Hopes will arrest the cancer that claimed her leg. Steven Wallenda joined his wife and their precocious toddler Steven ii to the Tunc of a Angel of the morning on the tight wire that has brought the family Fame for decades. A you have to overcome a certain fear Quot mrs. Wallenda 21, said after the performance in Mansfield where the family lives. A and in be done that with both the wire and the in 1987, mrs. Wallenda was diagnosed with Bone cancer and doctors were forced to amputate her right leg and fit her with a prosthesis. The cancer spread to her lungs and she is scheduled to undergo further surgery March 20 at City of Hope National medical Center in Duarte Calif. A efm glad i got to do it a she said of sundays performance. This months surgery will end her career As an aerialist. Her husband said he and their son will continue the performing tradition. Ticket sales for the performance which Drew about 1,000 people to Mansfield University raised More than $3,500 for her medical Bills supplemented by some $4,500 from a local Vietnam veterans group. Steven Wallenda is a Veteran of that a Beauty Boycott one Day after her successor was crowned. Miss Usa 1989 complained she had t received All her prizes was required to work 12-hour Days during her reign and was refused permission to visit her sick grandmother. Last years Winner Gretchen Polhe mus said she considered quitting at one Point and advised the new miss Usa to get Legal help before she signs a contract. A i told her to get an attorney. There a a lot of things in that contract that arc unclear a Polhemus said. This years miss Usa Carole Gist 20, of Detroit said she Hadnot signed a contract yet and Hadnot talked to Polhe mus. Polhemus told the Wichita kan., Eagle in an interview published sunday that she threatened to Boycott fridays telecast of the pageant finals in Wichita unless she received the remaining $5,000 Worth of prizes. She said she Wasny to allowed any sick leave although she worked 12 hours a Day a schedule two or three times More demanding than promised by pageant officials. Polhemus said she Wasny to allowed to visit her grandmother in Arlington Texas As preparations were under Way for the pageant. A i just wanted to Tell her i love said Polhemus. The grandmother has suffered three strokes she said. Pageant spokeswoman Sara Meza said she did no to realize the grandmother was that sick. Is 1 dear Abby i laughed when i read your article dealing with the Yalta conference and the alleged Strong body odor of Joseph Stalin. How could anybody know who was responsible for the stench under those circumstances being fluent in russian i was there with a team of interpreters from the . Navy and i can verify that the accommodations insofar As cleanliness was concerned left a lot to be desired. What we americans missed the most were showers and bathrooms. Or. Churchill called Yalta a the worst Choice in the world a Good for typhus and lice which thrive in those he was right president Roosevelt was assigned the Only private bathroom at Yalta. All the others had to go Down to one of the minesweepers docked at the port in order to take a Shower. No comments were made regarding body odor As that would have been most impolite and inappropriate dear Abby in the diplomatic process. However if anything stank at Yalta it was Stalin sword a which proved to be worthless a Andrew Sawchuk la Habra Calif. Dear or. Sawchuk thanks for the interesting history lesson from an Eye and nose witness. Dear Abby am i the Only one who is bugged by this in a referring to kids from Little league 4-h, Pec wee hockey a you name it a setting up Camp outside the local mall or supermarket panhandling for donations. In a not saying that the causes arc not worthy but what kind of lesson is this teaching our Young people what happened to the Days when most kids groups earned their funds through paper drives bake and rummage sales etc.? in a the first to buy girl scout cookies when they ring my Bell and when there a a Benefit car Wash i usually line up. Perhaps in Mold fashioned but when kids expect a donation simply because they Are wearing a band uniform and thrust a collection can under your nose a sometimes without even saying a word a i respectfully decline. Abby i realize its not the kids fault. They re just doing what their leaders and coaches Tell them to do. Maybe this practice would be less widespread however if adults behind these kids knew there arc More people out there like me who disdain this practice. Arc there a bugged s have to dear bugged i see your Point and i agree with you. But times in changed. No Parent in his or her right mind is going allow his children to go Punsti Pervise from door to door except to their immediate neighbors to sell cookies or to collect for any cause. Dear Abby a a. What is the difference Between saying you will do something and promising to do it Itri a Muncie ind. Dear Muncie u if the persons word is Good there is no difference
