European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes thursday March 29,1990 Estefany a up and walking but not quite rocking from wire reports pop Singer Gloria Estefan is a walking up and Down the hallway and making excellent Progress toward a full recovers from a Highway crash that broke her Back Hospital officials said tuesday. Estefan 32. Underwent spinal surgery at the Hospital for joint diseases in new York last week following a collision Between her tour bus and a truck Estefan trailer Rig on a snowy Highway in the Pocono mountains in Pennsylvania. Doctors implanted steel rods in the Back of her spinal Cord to help straighten Vertebra knocked out of position in the crash. A she s walking up and Down the hallway to o or three times a Day Quot Hospital officials said. A a she a walking Estefan and her band the Miami sound machine catapulted to prominence with the hit single Well wishers including president Bush and Diana Ross have called the pop Star to wish her Well. Hospital officials said Estefan could be released As Early As the weekend if her condition continues to improve. After her release Estefan would still need about six months of rehabilitation to fully recover from her injuries officials to Star in Turner film Media magnate Ted Turner announced tuesday that Diana Ross would Star in a movie for his Turner network television based on the life of entertainer Josephine Baker. Ross who in 1973 portrayed jazz great Billie Holliday in the feature film a lady sings the blues a will serve As executive producer on the project which is scheduled to Start production in the fall. Baker who died in 1975, was a major Star in Europe starting in the 1920s after emigrating from the United states where she was a Harlem nightclub Singer and Broadway chorus girl. Her provocative dance routines considered scandalous in the United states made her the rage of Paris and she went on to become the highest paid entertainer in Europe in the years before world War ii. A a in be always dreamed of playing Josephine Baker a Ross said. A a in be been researching and developing the project for Over 10 Turner said the planned three hour movie was the largest commitment his int network has made to a film can be Tough to Bare Sno plow Crews have gotten the City of West Yellowstone mont., into a scrape by doing their Job too thoroughly. The chamber of Commerce has complained to the City Council that Bare pavement is driving away tourists who want Snow packed streets in the town that Bills itself As the snowmobile capital of the world. The streets Are Snow packed most of the Winter but Are slowed Bare when the Spring thaw begins. And Bare pavement Means that snowmobiles can ruin their machines trying to get from motels and restaurants to the Snow covered trails in the nearby Gallatin National Forest chamber of Commerce president Lorraine Stoops said. Stoops and chamber Board member Glen Loomis asked the Council last week to develop a Snow removal policy that leaves some Snow on the streets and in alleys. The Council agreed to consider leaving some streets suckers came Back two youngsters in Bridgeport conn., found out that when Peoples Bank says a if you think its important we do too a it Means it a even when it comes to lollipops. Jessica Fuhr 5, and Shannon Fuhr 3, decided to take the Bank up on its advertising slogan after tellers stopped handing out free lollipops in january. The Bank eliminated the $12,000 spent on the lollipops each year As part of ban wide Cost reductions. The Sisters with the help of their father Alan wrote a letter March 7, telling Bank president David Carson that the lollipops were important from their perspective. Carson asked employees a to do something about this a said spokeswoman Jane Sharpe. Last week Bank officials found $5,000 in various department budgets enough to bring the treats Back to Peoples 74 branches in Connecticut beginning Jackson in labor Academy award winning actress Glenda Jackson has been chosen to run for a seat in the British House of commons As the labor party candidate for the constituency of Highgate and Hampstead in Northwest London. She said she would give up acting if elected. Jackson 53, beat three other women for the nomination. The seat is held by sir Geoffrey Finsberg a conservative. She will run in the next general election which prime min Jackson ister Margaret Thatcher must Call by 1992. Finsberg won the seat by 2,221 votes there Are 63,301 voters in Highgate and loses a decision a a Rocky fans have lost another round in their bout to return a Bronze statue of their hero to the a eager for the Ocean martial a 7-month-old Seal Pup scampers for the Atlantic Ocean after being released by former French movie Star and now animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot. The Pup separated from its Mother and found on a Beach at Bayeux in Northern France in september was treated in the Netherlands until it was Strong enough to fend for itself. Top of the Art museum Steps in Philadelphia where it had stood before the Skyline As Sylvester Stallone did in the movie. The City Sart commission voted 4-3 to prevent the statue from being placed permanently anywhere on the museum grounds. Under the City charter the commission has the final say about the placement of Art objects on Public land. The Art commission said it would consider a suggestion to put the statue in the italian Market the neighbourhood that was Home to the fictional Rocky Balboa in the award winning film. The statue commissioned for a Rocky Iii a had been moved Back to the museum Steps earlier this year to be used in the filming of a Rocky Rocky fans wanted the statue left there but museum president Robert Montgomery Scott said the statue is a movie prop a not Art a and demanded that it be moved. Dear Abby a widow wrote to say that she has never known such loneliness in her life and she does no to care what people Call her if they just please Call her so what a wrong with her dealing Finger where is it written that lonely people have to wait for others to make the first move during my husband s final illness i decided i would never let myself be lonely. I stayed in touch with friends and kept up As Many social activities As i could. Alter my husband died i joined a Church sponsored singles group and a widow support group. I made some wonderful new friends by volunteering to teach a senior citizens class in creative writing. I Call my friends and Chat cheerfully about things of Mutual interest. They also feel free to Call me. Very often i Call someone i know is alone and we go to lunch together a or just visit. I share the Good things in my life and keep the not so Good things to myself. Its said that the Best place to find a helping hand is dear Abby at the end of your own Arm. Its equally True that the Best Way to find friends is to be a Friend. Done to sit around waiting for others to end your loneliness a they May not be aware of it. Reach out to them and end it yourself. A Marian Oaks Acworth a. Dear Marian Hooray for you. Its easy to see Why you will never be lonely. Unfortunately not everyone has your drive and positive attitude but perhaps your Fetter will inspire some less aggressive people to reach out and end their loneliness. You Are a True Georgia dear Abby i have one for you and your readers on babysitting. My wife of 6 i years wants to go and live with her son and his wife and two kids to babysit clean Cook a and whatever. She says she will be my a weekend Isnit that the pits i guess in time she will want the Job full time. No pay we Are in our 60s this marriage is the second time around for both of us. I was married 36 years to my first wife a until the Good lord took her. Wife no 2 was divorced. Should i go for this or i a sucker to step grandchildren dear a a sucker done to go for it she married you for better or for worse a not for a a weekends dear Abby yes i know every child gets Cranky and acts up occasionally in a restaurant but one of the parents usually takes the child out of the room if the child does no to Calm Down within a few minutes. We were sitting at a table next to a toddler who was screaming at the top of his lungs. The Mother said to her husband just ignore it a hell quiet Well the child did no to quiet Down a so an elderly woman at the table across from them turned to the child and in a very loud and commanding voice bellowed a will you please hush up a the child was struck dumb the parents started to laugh and believe it or not the toddler laughed too. A gentleman was leaving the restaurant and As he passed the table where the a hush up woman a seated he smiled pleasantly leaned Down and Saia a Good for you a a also in the cheering Section c Universal press Syndicate
