European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday May 15,1990 Cess v i weird cartoonist gives weird College address from wire reports weirdness was the theme of the commencement address delivered saturday by cartoonist Gay Larson at Washington state University at Pullman. A i wish you much weirdness in your lives a said Larson whose comic panel a the far Side a is full of just that. See Page 20. Larson a 1972 graduate of Usu titled his speech a the importance of being weird and told the 2,600 graduates that when they come to a Fork in the Road of life they should always choose a the scary one the weird one. Larson also received the University a highest Honor a the regents distinguished alumnus award. Ready for marriage yet but Well take it Day by Forbes Forbes Magazine is going chinese says Malcolm s. Forbes or. Beginning in november the business Magazine will be published in chinese in Hong Kong in what Forbes said will be the first worldwide chinese language business Magazine. The chinese Forbes to be published in conjunction with capital communication clip. Ltd. Of Hong Kong is the first major publishing project undertaken by Forbes since he succeeded his late father As president and chief executive of Forbes inc. Tyne has daily workout seeing double 13 times Tyne Daly says singing the role of mama Rose in eight performances of a a Gypsy each week takes a toll on her voice and she goes to great lengths to protect her vocal cords. A i write letters now so i wont have to talk on the phone a Daly who was nominated fora Tony for her work told the new York times. A i drink a lot of water. I take any kind of Vitamin anyone says might work a lots of clots of b-12, Ginseng herbal teas of All descriptions. The vocal Cord is a very resilient Little muscle but using it As much As this is the same As a Pitcher using his throwing Over and Over. And you done to catch pitchers playing eight times a Daly will leave the role in july and those mentioned As replacements include Linda Lavin Shirley Maclaine Carol Burnett and Liza has a rival it sounds As if teen Ager Fred Savage who stars As the Earnest Young Kevin Arnold on a the wonder years a has a crush on one of his older co stars Olivia do Abo who plays Kevin a big sister. A a she a the most unusual most exciting and nicest person you could work with a Savage told people Magazine. A if i were 30, she would probably be my but even if Savage were 30, head have to contend with do Aboss real life Boyfriend musician Julian Lennon. But do Abo denies she and the son of the late Catle John Lennon Are planning to marry soon. A a we re just close a she says. A i done to think either of us is when Weymouth mass South High schools class of 1990 graduates next month there la be 13 sets of parents who Are doubly proud of their children 26 out of the 236 graduating seniors Are twins. Five of the 13 pairs of twins Are identical the other eight a including two boy girl sets a Are fraternal. Joel Busa 18, said he and his identical brother Jon have different interests unlike other twins who a a done to seem to Ever leave each a we be got pretty much different lives. I guess when you do that though people think you hate each other. We done to hate each other a he said. He admitted that he and his brother have a pulled a switch in a few classes but said a i done to think in a at Liberty to give that information out. We try to keep it As vague As although Busa and others realized there were several sets of twins during freshman year apparently no one realized there were 13 pairs until this year. A it was shocking a said Nancy Hawkes the twin sister of Ted. Or. David Acker an obstetrician and expert on twins told the Quincy Patriot Ledger the rate at the High school was about six times the robbed a Bride and Groom still in their wedding clothes were robbed by armed thieves who escaped with an estimated $ 13,000 Worth of wedding gifts police said. Anthony and Diane Rohr had just left Waltzing on the Riviera actors Arnold Schwarzenegger left and Sylvester Stallone dance a few Steps to the amusement of onlookers at Antibes on the French Riviera sunday. They Are attending the Cannes film festival. Their wedding reception in Brooklyn sunday and were stopped at a traffic Light in the Bensonhurst Section at 12 10 . When they were approached by two armed men wearing ski masks a police spokesman said. The thieves demanded their Money and then forced them out of their car the spokesman said. The couple complied and the thieves jumped into the car and drove off. The police spokesman said thieves had apparently been accompanied by two other men and it appeared the robbery had been planned. A if they re wearing ski masks you got to think that they had some kind of idea of what they were doing a he Illinois style contestants came to Memphis tenn., from around the world to compete for the title of Best barbecues and when the smoke cleared an Illinois group walked away with top honors. A this is the first time in the contests history that we be had a Winner from the North a festival spokesperson Dea Nie Parker said. Apple City Barbecue not Only took the title of grand Champion at the 13th annual Memphis in May world championship Barbecue cooking contest but also won for Best ribs in its first trip to the contest. The teams Hometown Murphysboro is at the Southern tip of Illinois farther South than parts of Dixie. About 150 teams from 20 states and five foreign countries participated in the three Day event that ended saturday of the times a Brattleboro vt., restaurants sign has lost some letters and gained some accuracy but still Isnit local officials cup of Tea. Officials in the Southeast Vermont town had been after property owner Michael Lacroix for months to remove a sign Over a restaurant and Motel Complex where he a the landlord. The sign which said a Steak $5.99,�?� violated the towns zoning ordinance and besides the restaurant changed hands went chinese and stopped Selling $5.99 steaks. One of the problems is now history at least a work Crew showed up at the restaurant last week and took Down the s and k and the $5.99 so the sign now reads Tea. Dear Abby when my daughter Karen was a child she caught the measles so 1 had her sister Kristine inoculated at once. I did no to get a shot myself because i thought i was too old to catch the measles. Well i was wrong. I caught it and became so sick i nearly died Karen who is now a physician in East Peoria 111., sent me a clipping from her local newspaper. It was about a 25-year-old Mother who had caught Chicken pox from her 6-year-old daughter. The Mother was not aware that when an adult catches a children a disease it can be fatal Well this Young Mother died of the Chicken pox a Abby Between 1960 and 1980, there were 60 million cases of Chicken pox reported in the United states. Fortunately Only 130 of those cases ended in death. Please warn your readers that childhood diseases can be fatal to adults. Perhaps if More people knew this they would be inoculated along with their children. A Betty Beil St. Petersburg Abby dear Betty thanks for a valuable warning. So out of 60 million cases of Chicken pox Only 130 ended in death. That May not seem very serious unless of course one of the 130 happened to be someone you love. Readers when your children Are inoculated for childhood diseases join them. Dear Abby in a glad you advised a Happy in Fresno to stay in Fresno. They were the couple in their Early 70s who were contemplating moving to another state to be near their daughter and son in Law some Chicago friends of ours retired sold their Home plus two rental houses then bought a House in san Diego in order to live across the Street from their son and his family. He was their Only child less than a year after they made the move their son was trans termed to Vermont now these friends Are living alone in a strange City with no fiends or relatives a and no House to return to. Also its Good to remember that people do not Al ways die in the order in which they Are bom. Thai a a Fresno couple May outlive their daughter and son in Law. Then what a just interested dear interested Many wrote to Tell similar horror stories of retired Wum we regretted having moved far from Home while some senior citizens adapt fairly Well to new locations most older people fare better in familiar surroundings. Dear Abby a Reader in san Francisco complained that he could not find the word a a humongous in his dictionary. 1 found it m mine but i failed to locate the word a thu a which you defined As a pigs outed triggerfish found in Hawaii. Just out of curiosity could it be the longest word in the dictionary i counted 21 letters a curious in san Diego dear curious no. The word antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest. I counted 28 letters c Universal press Syndicate
