European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday May 30,1990 faces to places nude night club a Success except for cold from wire reports patrons of a new nightclub in Mel Bourne Australia Don t have to worry about dressing to impress. In fact they Don t have to dress at All. The nude night club is the brain child of promoter Bill Ridley. It recently opened its doors for the first time on the coldest night of the year just before the Start of the Southern hemisphere Winter. About 100 people showed up and were kept warm by a roaring fire. Temperatures dipped into the 30s As Winter approached in the Southern hemisphere. Patrons remained dressed for the first hour in Case of a police raid that never came. They eventually Dis Robed and kept warm in front of a Roar ing fire. An All nude band played a latin tune to Start the festivities and encouraged participants to dance the brazilian Lam Bada. Ridley provided a bowl of cigarettes to solve the dilemma of where patrons would put their cigarettes and lighters. The night ended without incident although there were initial concerns about swinging doors and Sharp edged tables. A second Outing for the club is planned to take place soon. And Ridley heartened by response so far already is thinking ahead to opening a similar club in Sydney. I think Sydney would go for it straight away said Ridley 32, who dreams of in Anchises nude nightclubs around Australia someday. I think sophisticated voyeurism has finally come of a realistic Hofue there will be realistic touches to a statue of the late Muddy Waters sculpted for the Delta blues museum in Waters Hometown of Barksdale miss. His wife Marva Morganfield donated one of Waters suits and the likeness also will include one of his telecaster guitars. The statue sculpted by Ray and Mary Daub of Wilmington del., will be unveiled at the museum next monday. New Home for raisins the creator of the California raisins has grand plans. Will Vinton wants to transform a rail Yard in the old town District of Portland ore., into a motion picture studio and $70 million in Hong Kong All paddle a women s team paddles for honors in monday s Competition part of Hong Kong s dragon boat festival. The festivities Honor chinese poet and statesman Chu Yuan who drowned himself in protesting government corruption some 2,000 years ago. Text ailment Center. Vinton s plans reportedly Call for a mall featuring a mixture of shops and things like Heaters showing 3-d mov ies a conservatory with an aviary and perhaps a giant amusement Park ride along the lines of Disneyland s space Mountain. Vinton also wants to develop movie facilities there so he can move his Clay mation studios out of a converted Ware House in Portland. A Vinton representative emphasizes that the project is still in the Early planning stages. Acle head retiring when the american civil liberties Union supported the right of american nazis to March through Skokie iii., a largely jewish suburb of Chicago in 1977, 10,000 members of the Acle were so angered that they resigned from the group. But to Norman Dorsen president of the 70-year-old organization that was one of the Acle s most principled along with the group s Campaign to defeat Robert h. Bork s supreme court nomination its fight against restricting the authority of the Federal judiciary and for abortion rights it was a High Light of his term Dorsen said. After 14 years As president Dorsen has notified the organization s National executive committee that he will step Down in the fall a decision that he said was a very difficult and emotional moment for but the time had come the 59-year old lawyer said to spend More time with his family and As the Stokes pro Fessor of Law at the new York univer sity Law school. Bad stars for Summit it s a Good thing Barbara Bush does t have Nancy Reagan s fascination with astrology the upcoming Summit in t astrologically harmonious. At least that s what Joan Quigley White House astrologer to the reagans says. Quigley who claims she set the Takeoff times for Ronald Reagan s Jet the timing of his meetings with soviet president Quigley Gibson group actor Mel Gibson takes along a lot of baggage when he hits the Road to make a movie his wife and six kids. I could t concentrate otherwise the actor said. I get More done when they re around because i know where everyone is and i can relax Gibson said in the latest Issue of people Magazine. The youngest in the Gibson Brood is 5 months and the oldest is 9. Gibson 34, who stars with Goldie hawn in the romantic comedy Bird on a wire said his 5-year-old son will wants to follow in his acting footsteps. Gibson said he asked the boy Why and will responded so i can take your place when you die " he was quite serious Gibson said. It was rather Sweet and cracked Mikhail Gorbachev and the scheduling of White House news conferences now says that president Bush and Gorba Chev will not see Eye to Eye in the Way Reagan and Gorbachev did or get along As the stars also Tell her that agreements agreed to May not later be agreed to or something like that. Quigley does have a prediction from the stars for Reagan and his breakfast meeting with Gorbachev in san fran Cisco. Reagan might not be feeling Well at the time she says adding that he might even have a Small Accident on a Short journey. But if the meeting takes place Gorbachev will be glad to see Reagan and the old chemistry Between them will be unchanged she predicts. Duvalier s new Home former haitian dictator Jean Claude Duvalier has moved out of the luxury Villa on the Cote d Azur that has been his exile Home for four years to More spacious quarters a few Miles away sources said monday. Duvalier s new residence in Vallauri has Tennis courts a swimming Pool and is closer to the Mediterranean than the Villa in Moupins where he had lived since june 1986. It is owned by an Ivory coast Diplomat said sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Duvalier reportedly will pay a yearly rent of about $145,000. Duvalier 38, lives with his wife Michelle and their two children Nic Olas 8, and Anya 4. They arrived in France on feb. 7, 1986, after being forced to flee Haiti. The haitian government has pressed charges against Duvalier saying he absconded with $120 million of the nation s Money. The French government originally said Duvalier could stay one week. But no other country would accept him and he has remained in France with nuclear status. Dear Abby so slim and satisfied thinks no one would Tell an obese per son gee you re fat Why Don t you go on a diet Well it s happened to me dozens of times. Total strangers have stopped me on the Street and said you have such a pretty face have you Ever tried weight watchers opt fast nutria system Over eaters Anonymous tops diet Center Jenny Craig hypnosis or that wonderful doctor who does stomach stapling surgery i be had people come up to me in restaurants and say do you really think you should be eating that the that could be anything from a salad to dessert they Don t think a fat person should be eating any thing period hairdressers and makeup specialists have told me that it s pointless to bother about my hair or makeup weighing As much As i do. And buying clothes is a Nightmare. I either order mine by mail or have them made by a seamstress. 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I am learning to understand the connection Between eating and hunger which was lost in All those years of bingeing and dieting. I know i la never be thin because i m genetically programmed to be fat but i Hope to find my natural weight through a program of learning to eat from Hun Ger. I hate exercising but i do it every Day because i know it s important for both fat and thin people for health reasons. Abby you be done a terrific Job in educating the Public about obesity and discrimination against fat people. You have helped fat people Stop hating them selves and to understand that they have a physical problem not a Lack of willpower. I know this is too Long for your column and you la have to trim it but please try to print some of it. I speak for so Man people. Looking beyond looks dear looking i Haven t trimmed a word because every word you be written is essential to your message. Please write again when your Mission has been accomplished As i know it will be. 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