European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes monday july 2,1990 gets a to Call its own a until 1997 from wire reports in the Sunset years of British Rule Over the last outpost of a colonial Empire Hong Kong finally has a Baroness to Call its own. Quot the title goes to Dame Lydia Dunn who was Awa a life peerage in the Queens birthday Honor a list a key adviser to the colonial governor and Tel Ding businesswoman she becomes the first ethnic chinese the first Hong Kong woman and the second Hong Kong representative in the House of lords. A a a As with everything that happens in Hong Kong these Days the Honor is being evaluated in Light of 1997, when Britain will hand Over the territory of 5.7 million people to communist China. Dame Lydia 50, be Dunn lick is her seat in the lords will provide the Colony another Avenue to press Hong Kong Scase to the British. A i do not look at this in terms of a personal Honor Quot she said during a recent interview at her posh downtown office. Quot i this As a major gesture to Hong Kong by the British government. To give Hong Kong every Chance to air its voice in a More direct in particular she has been arguing that London has a moral duty to Grant British residency rights to millions of Hong Kong people As an insurance policy of last resort in Case of calamity with the chinese takeover. Although the British government has proposed offering citizenship to Only 225,000 people Dame Lydia believes a a that a not the end of the Road. One Hopes that the door is still others believe the life peerage will ultimately work against her effectiveness As a local Leader. They note that Britain a influence in Hong Kong is waning and that the new masters in Beijing have shown Little inclination to work with residents with Strong tics to London. Quot i done to think Lydia Dunn has any future As far As China is concerned Quot said Norman miners an instructor of political science at the University of Hong Kong. A she has no future after 1997.&Quot Dame Lydia educated at the University of California at Berkeley is an executive director of swire Pacific ltd., one of the Colony a venerable trading songs plus a direct roof Hong Kong a Premier Bank Ana airline. She also is chairman of the Hong Kong Trade development Council and has travelled the world drumming up business for the territory. Business As usual for Hope comedian Bob Hope says he planned to do two of his favorite things when he visited Charleston s.c., on monday a play Golf and Tell jokes. A this week i Haven t played Golf out Here on account of the heat and its changed my whole Way of life. I think in a slowing Down the 87-year-old entertainer said during a Telephone interview from his Hollywood Home. The 112-degree heat prevented him from playing on course which is five minutes from his Home and i a Hope said. When you can to play Golf he said you just have to do the things you re supposed to Hope will give a Benefit concert with Peter Nero on tuesday to Benefit the Carrier Yorktown which is part of the patriots Point naval and maritime museum in mount pleasant. Retired Gen. William Westmoreland who commanded american troops in Vietnam and who is a Friend of Hopes plans to introduce Hope at the Benefit. Hope said he does no to know whether he played on the Yorktown during its service in world War ii and Vietnam. Bul he said its hard to remember after one does so Many shows. Actress defends conductor actress Ruth Warricks intervention into the firing of symphony conductor Ulf Bjorlin could have come off the pages of a soap opera script. Warrick who plays gracious but vindictive Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on the soap opera a fall my children Quot flew into Palm Beach fla., to defend the dashing White haired Bjorlin recently fired As conductor of the greater Palm Beach symphony. Warrick told reporters at Palm Beach intimation Al Airport that she had commissioned Bjorlin to compose a symphonic work based on the medieval love Story of Abelard and Heloise. Bjorlin was fired in May after the premiere of his composition a portrait of Raoul Wallenberg Quot which premiered in april in Palm Beach and Boca Raton. Warrick co starred with actor Cliff Robertson in the swedish born conductors production which honoured the swedish Diplomat credited with helping 100,000 jews escape the nazis during world War ii. Princess family evicted Princess Michaela von hapsburg a granddaughter of the last emperor of Austria Hungary and her family have been evicted from their posh Manhattan Penthouse. The eviction became Public when a City marshal announced an auction of the furnishings in the apartment. The Princess lawyers Are trying to save the family a possessions which reportedly include the Seal of the hapsburg dynasty. Thursday was the anniversary of the 1914 assassination of von hapsburgs grandfathers great Nephew Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife whose deaths signalled the beginning of world War i. A leaking roof started the dispute according to a new York daily news report on saturday. Von hapsburg and her husband Duke Eric do Antin complained to the landlord about the leak which later was fixed said Arthur Birnbaum lawyer for the landlord Blair Tower associates. But Birnbaum said the family did not make a March deadline for paying $108,000 in Back rent after the roof was fixed. They were Given several weighing a Libertado balance master Gabriel Antonio Sanchez compares a to ounce mexican Libertado Silver. Bullion Coin with 70-Pound Silver ingots being weighed on a scale at the 450-year-old Casa de Moneda. The 12 bars will produce More than 13,000pure Silver coins. More chances to pay before the landlord took Over the apartment by changing the locks he said. The Royal couple and their three children moved from the 5,000-Square-foot Penthouse with panoramic City views to a hotel. New Start for Allman Singer guitarist Gregg Allman says he is at peace these Days with a new wife and a new band. Allman 42, on the Road with a new Allman Brothers band said his trouble with drugs and his Brief Stormy marriage to Cher Are definitely behind him. A my health and my peace of mind Are Good a he said recently. A a in a very happily married a i got married last october a and my wife Danielle and i Are making a new life Allman a band minus two founding members who died has a new album a seven turns scheduled for release tuesday. Allman and other surviving founders of the band known for hits As a a rambling Many and a statehouse blues Quot regrouped last year. A music in the �?T80s got kind of strange a said Allman a former Macon a. Resident. A there were electronic Drums synthesizers heavy Metal Punk a stuff like that. But then these classic Rock stations started really catching on and we decided maybe it was time to try it a dear Abby please address the problem of people who steal shopping carts. This is a National disgrace we can to blame on Russia the drug pushers or Congress the elderly use them instead of walkers kids use them for carrying their books to and from schools residents in affluent neighbourhoods keep them in their private garages or in the parking lots of their expensive condominiums or in their laundry rooms. Some Are just abandoned at the curb or in an Alley. No one seems to take this stealing seriously yet is this any different from picking up someone a unchained bicycle and taking it Home in Oamer a own use Abby you reach millions of people pm please print a column about this alarming Thiery going on daily right under our noses. Two wheeled carts Are available at nominal prices. They Are sturdy fold Flat easy to store and hold a lot. They also go up and Down stairs which supermarket dear Abby carts May have trouble doing. I bought one for about $ 10 four years ago and its still going Strong. For once lets Point the Finger Al a a us and clean up our own garbage. Ruth Freund Encino Calif. Dear Ruth thanks for an important letter. According to the food marketing Institute in Washington cart theft in California alone costs the grocery Industry about $14 million a year a and that Cost is passed on to the consumer. The worst offenders Are often the elderly or the poor or College students who done to drive and live in apartments within walking distance of the stores. There is a solution. If people did As you did a and bought their own carts a the problem would be solved the grocers would pass the savings on to their customers and we would be a Kinder gentler and More honest nation. Dear Abby i am writing in desperation. My problem is the plague of computerized telemarketing Calls. I know that i can hang up if i am at Home but believe e it or not i have missed several important messages this week because the cassette on my answering machine was filled with Long winded offers for cruise bargains free gifts marvelous prizes Etc. I am realty outraged that my answering machine has been abused to the Point that it is rendered almost useless to make matters worse i then have to listen to these idiots All the Way through in order to use my machine again the next time my Telephone company tells me there is no Law against it and advised me to write to the Federal communications commission but i doubt that one letter will do it Abby with your wide readership if you were to publish this letter you might see what kind of response you get from others. In a sure in a not alone in this suffering. Who knows if there Are enough of us we might even get some Relief from this harassment. The message i missed because two of these Calls filled my entire machine cassette one afternoon was a life and death matter. Can you see Why i am outraged a furious dear furious i hear you a loud and Clear. If anyone has a solution to this problem ill share it. Readers Universal press Syndicate a
