European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes tuesday March 27,1990 faces in places my Young lovers find privacy in China a movie houses from wire reports movie theater operators in Beijing have revived a time honoured american Means of drumming up business in a City where privacy is at a Premium encouraging Young couples to cuddle in Back of the Balcony. Eight of Beijing a 17 film Heaters have installed More than 400 special double seats since 1988, All at the rear of the to Heaters balconies to allow couples to be affectionate and alone the state run newspaper China daily reported sunday. The flocks of Young lovers who regularly fill the scats arc known As a mandarin ducks a and the English language daily said the special seats a with High backs and High arms that shield the View a Combine with the darkness of the theater to help a guarantee some the special movie scats capitalize on the general absence of places for couples to spend time alone. With cramped apartments often housing entire families. Many Young lovers resort to finding quiet spots in dark Corners of Public Parks. Liu Hong eng manager of Beijing a capital Cinema told the China daily his theater a 69 special seats produce an important source of steady Revenue. The lovers seats Cost 85 cents about four times the Price of the cheapest single ticket. A the Money from lovers seats is equivalent to the Money from 400 single scats and the ducks rarely fail to show up Quot he buffs Honor Freleng at age 83, Friz Freleng the Man who helped create a stable of Warner Bros cartoon characters could have Long ago said a a that Sall folks a and retired. But Freleng is still Busy tickling americans funny Bone. Freleng was honoured by about 60 cartoon buffs saturday at a reception sponsored by the Kansas City mo., museum in conjunction with a cartoon animation exhibit. Freleng a Kansas City native said his lat Freleng Cost project is a Pilot television series starring one of his most popular characters the Pink Panther. Among his creations were Porky pig named after two Chubby childhood playmates Yosemite Sam Sylvester the cat tweety Bird and speedy Gonzales. He was among those who contributed to the creation of bugs Bunny and Daffy gets cats she can visit in the end All Karen and Robert Elliott could agree on was that they cared about their two cats. They cared so much in fact that they made the pets part of their divorce settlement. Davidson county probate judge Jim Everett in Nashville tenn., granted the divorce last week on grounds of irreconcilable differences. The agreement includes cat custody and visitation rights. Dear Abby in be read your column for years but in be never seen this problem addressed before last week 1 went to the Beauty shop to get my hair Cut. I am a very conservative person and done to like unusual haircuts so i gave my beautician he Calls himself a a a stylist a few instructions on How i wanted him to Cut it. Well he did t seem too pleased with me and my instructions then he turned my chair so that my Back was to the Mirror and 1 see what he was doing. After he finished and 1 saw what he had done i nearly cried. My hair was so Short i looked like a Man this is not the first time i have been a sheared Quot by a beautician. After talking to my friends 1 Learned that every one of them has had a similar experience. Abby Why do beauticians do this and has anyone Ever sued a Barber for a Lousy haircut a sheared standing tall Alexander Filonenko of Kui Bashev .s.r., who stands 7 feet 11 inches Tali poses with a child during a press conference in Moscow Friday. Filonenko 32, became the tallest Man in the world when Gabriel Estavao Montane of Mozambique listed in the guinness Book of world records at 8 feet three Quarter s of an Inch died. The Elliotts had no property to Divide according to court documents that awarded Robert Elliott custody of the Quot two feline Pels. Of great sentimental Karen Elliott was granted Quot reasonable visitation rights a As Long As she Calls peanuts in a conch Linda Spanky Gray gave a Lively rendition of the dizzy Gillespie jazz tune a Salt peanuts Quot to win first place in the 24th annual conch Shell blowing con test in key West Fla. Gray 37, who is trained in trumpet slide trom Bone and French Horn earned top adult honors in Quot saturday s contest. A total of 38 contestants teased tunes from the tightly coiled Mollusk including selections such As a sentimental journey a a a yellowbird a and Ludwi. Van Beethoven so code to 8latest in trading cards Manuel Noriega. Augusto Pinochet. Ferdinand Marcos. Mohammed Ziaul Haq Pav. Botha. Efrain Rios Mont. Francois and Jean Claude Duvalier. Alfredo Stroessner. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Those names some familiar and some not have two things in common. They All belong to people who Are considered dictators and at one time or other All of these people enjoyed the support of the . Government. The names and the history behind them Are the subject of a new series or trading cards called a Friendly dictators 36 of americans most embarrassing allies a published by eclipse books in California. Each card has an illustration of a dictator on the front by artist Bill Sienkiewicz with a text on the Back written by Laura Sydell Bernstein giving a summary of their ruthless often bloody rules and their relationships with the United states. William Nericcio an assistant professor of latin american literature at the University of Connecticut in Storrs is using the cards in his class to help his students understand the Complex relationship Between the United states and the third world particularly latin America. Dictators in the series who have been assassinated overthrown or a a neutralized As in the Case of Noriega have the word a cancel eds stamped across their cards. Col. Hugo Bazar of Bolivia appears to have been cancelled and Uncan eled several , he s not dead yet legislators in Boston passed a Resolution in memory of a former colleague Only to learn that former House member William Longworth is still alive. At the request of state rep Larry Giordano the House adjourned last week with a Resolution honouring Longworth a legislator from 1949 to 1968. Rep. Joseph n. Hermann who presided Over the session said he was surprised to hear his Friend was dead since head spoken to Longworth about a week ago. When he got Home Hermann called Longworth s Home to offer his condolences to mrs. Longworth. A would you like to talk to Billy a mrs. Longworth asked. A there he Hermann said he told Longworth Quot you re supposed to be Longworth 75, joked that he had been reincarnated. A i got a kick out of it a he said. Giordano said he filed the Resolution after Reading an obituary of a relative of Longworth and thinking it was the former lawmaker a a Larry a intent was tremendous a Hermann said. A a Larry a a big hearted Man. He thought he was doing the right thing a dear Abby dear sheared some beauticians get scissors Happy for a variety of reasons. First they Cut off a Little too much then they try to a even it others get carried away or want to give the customer his or her Money a Worth. I doubt if anyone has Ever sued a Barber for a Lousy haircut. By the time the Case would get on the court Calendar the plaintiffs hair would have grown Long enough to sit on. Dear Abby my wife insists on total privacy when she gabs on the Telephone. None of her conversations Are less than 45 minutes and a two hour gab est is All too common. If i want to talk to her 1 must wait until she hangs up the phone. This waiting has irritated me for Alt 27 years of our marriage. Am 1 selfish to think my wife should put her Telephone gabber on hold while i steal a minute of her time to Tell her something before i forget it altogether or is she rude and inconsiderate for ignoring my need to talk to her i signal for her to please hang up. But she just turns her Back on me. I know she reads your column. Which one of us needs straightening out the most Abby please help. In a signing my name but if you print this Call me a frustrated husband dear frustrated your wife is indeed rude and inconsiderate but you be been putting up with it for 27 years you have m profound sympathy. Next time try slipping your Wile note while she stalking. Also make a note to your Seit remind you of what you wanted to talk to her about. Dear Abby in response to letters about discrimination and humiliation suffered by exceptionally tall people l reminded of a 6-foot-7 acquaintance of mine. He a so tired of people he hardly knew asking him n played basketball he got a shirt on which is inn a no. Do you play miniature Golf Quot a . In Lakeland. Fla
