European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars Ano stripes monday. June 18.1990 \ faces in place beleaguered Trump celebrates birthday belatedly fran win reports a smiling waging Donald tramp was honoured saturday at a birthday rally attended by employees of his three Casi no hotel properties in Atlantic City no while negotiators met with Bank creditors in an Effort to hold his Empire together. Tramp has a i 0-Day Grace period which started at 12 01 Arm saturday to make Good on the More than $42 Quot million in interest and principal payments he owes on Bonds for his Trump s Castle Casino. He defaulted on the payments Friday bringing him a step closer to Bank pc the morning Coffee and danish party on the Boardwalk outside the Taj mahal was organized by hotel management a was an expression of support for or. Trump Quot according to Casino spokesman Korea Tasso. It was attended by about 2.cod people mostly employees who were not on duty and their spouses and children. Quot Happy birthday. Donald Quot and a we love you Donald Quot were the rallying cries of the faithful As Trump joined Quot the Parr about to hours after it began. A band struck up a Happy birthday a As he inspected a 12-Page birthday card and moved through the crowd shaking hands Wuh employees and Well wishers including Peter Allen. Joe Piscopo. Pat Cooper. Robin Leach and Buster Poindexter. Trump s family and close friends held a More lavish birthday Bash saturday night at the Trump Castle organized As a Champagne dinner. The real estate Developer was 44 on thursday but celebrations were deferred until saturday due to frantic activity by the Trump organization to persuade Banks to loan the real estate tycoon another so million. The missed payments on junk Bonds issued to finance Trump Castle marked first time tramp was unable to obligations on the $1.3 billion in publicly traded debt that has underwritten the growth of his casinos and various new y Ork City real estate holdings. Acupuncture vet is fido fee Hng feeble 1 moms miser Abie "1 conventional cures can t Correct .�?�1 take your suffering pet to the acupuncture vet. After spending 120 hours in Florida learning the ancient chinese Art of acupuncture. Ellen Paul has brought her skills Back to Urbana. M., to improve the health of ailing dogs and cats. Donald Trump Waves to the crowd offside the Taj Mejai Casino in Atlantic Oty n.j., where he was celebrating his birthday saturday. Iat i Ake Divot for example a a dog with More than the usual canine aversion to cats. She a allergic to them and when her skin itches she tugs at it with her Teeth leaving scabs behind. For the cure. Divot stood atop a table her paws sliding on stainless steel while Paul stuck Needles into her coat. A this is the worst said Paul. Quot once the Needles Are in. They get bored and want to a Divot who started treatments Early this month was Calmer when she returned for her second round of treatments last week said her owner Bob Heister. A she does no to seem to be biting herself As Heister said. A it seems to acupuncture is not a cure All. Paul said. Quot but it does a Good Job for the things it is indicated for and is better than some she said. The aim is to treat specified pressure Points. These known nerve pathways in humans have analogs in other animals Paul said which share Many health problems with humans. The 3,000-year-old Art seems to boost the immune system and ease tension. Said Paul who is doing the work without charge while she perfects her techniques. Brown to testify the South Carolina judge overseeing Singer James Browne a work release program was asked to let the godfather of soul testify at the Rev. Ai Sharp ton s fraud trial. Quot or. Browne a testimony. Is relevant. Material and necessary to the Case a attorney a Vernon Masco wrote last week to circuit court judge Rodney a. Peeples. The judge would have to approve Browne strip to new York. Sharpton. A flamboyant civil rights activist who recently led protests in the racially torn Benso Horst Section of Brooklyn is on trial in state supreme court m Manhattan on charges he stole 5250,000 from the non prom National youth movement. He once worked As Browne a Hairdresser. Brown was released to a Halfway House for the work program earlier this year after serving 15 months of a six year sentence for aggravated assault the defense in Sharpton Scase begins on tuesday but there was no word on whether Peeples would allow Brown to take the being a Granddad he May be known As a ladies Man but country music Star Lee Greenwood says he a also quite a family Man. In fact the 47-year-old Greenwood is a proud Grandfather a three times Over. But he Wasny to always thrilled with his a a grandpa status. A it was a negative to me until i saw an and some years ago with Tom Jones carrying his grandchild a Greenwood said recently in Nashville Tenn. 1 said. A Man he looks Cool with that Little a Greenwood who has been married four times and is considering marrying miss Tennessee Kim Payne says he does try to stay out of his off Springs lives. W a my Mother and father were divorced when i was quite Young and there was a big Battle Between my Mother and grandmother to raise me. A too much input from grandparents i think is not Good. I done to want to overshadow my children a Greenwood is known for his Gram my award winning 1983 hit �?o1.0.u�?� and his Chest pounding 1984 Anthem Quot god bless the for Home videos funniest Home videos has increased its payments to Amateur video makers. Instead of a single 5100.000 grand prize the television program will offer three 5100,000 awards m the fall season. Entertainment president Robert Iger announced thursday in los Angeles during the networks annual affiliates convention. While the sunday night program has become enormously popular it also has drawn criticism for showing videos of children and animals in potentially dangerous situations. This years s 100,000 grand prize Winner went to footage of a Man losing his trousers while trying to catch a baseball. Dear Abby a concerned Mother Quot wrote to say that her 21-year-old son was racing a felony conviction for buying some electronic equipment that turned out to be stolen. She said. Quot he thinks if he a convicted hell be branded a failure and his life will be ruined because nobody hires a then she asked if there were any convicted felons who had turned. Their lives around and became successful. Here a my Story in my Early 20s. I was convicted of delivering a controlled substance marijuana. 1 was not a dealer i did it As a favor to a co worker. It was the Only time i had Ever done such a thing it was a grave mistake a i was guilty of a felony a but i lived through it. And will soon Complete a 10-year probated sentence. I was depressed and Felt like a failure at 24 until a Friend told me that he believed in me but in order to succeed i had to believe in myself and pull myself up by my Bootstraps. And that a exactly what 1 did. I sent out resumes and had Many interviews in search of a Job that paid better than minimum wages. I dear Abby got Many polite Tum owns when my conviction was discussed but i never let it get me Down. I finally got a Job and worked my Way up the corporate ladder. I be proven myself to be a valuable employee and refused to let one mistake ruin my life. I continue to grow because i believe in myself. Today this convicted Felon is a very successful businessman. In a close with some inspirational words from Ray Kroc the founder of Mcdonald a Quot press on nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. A Talent will not nothing is More common than unsuccessful men with Talent. A Genius will not unrewarded Genius is almost a proverb. A education will not the world is full of educated derelicts. A persistence and determination alone Are no name no City no state please dear no name i was overwhelmed with Success stories from convicted felons. Read on from Arizona what constitutes Success is it a High school dropout w to got his . Two years later i did that. Is it a Man who went to prison twice and is years later earned a presidential Pardon and became a police officer 1 did that. Is it a Man who married a wonderful woman and raised five great children a no drugs no jail no problems i did that. I la always be an sex con. But i Don t have to be a failure. Successful from Oklahoma at the age of 18,1 was convicted of murder armed robbery and spent 15 years in prison. I Learned a Trade in prison and now in a one of the Best electricians anywhere. People do hire felons. But they Don t hire quitters. Today i own my own business and i made 5125,000 last year. A Felon but not a failure dear readers tomorrow More Success stories from sex felons who Are fir from failures
