European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a faces a no places the stars and stripes tuesday july 3,1990 1 a tall to amp Ita from wire report members of the new Jersey Moonraker a club hold their Heads High when they get together. They never meet in a place where they could bang Heads on door Sills and they done to have to endure corny comments about a a How a the weather up there a. The Moonraker a club is for tall pole who prefer not to raise the roof. To Elong women must be at least 5-foot 10 and men 6-2. Quot its a Chance to walk into a room and stand up straight a said Lin Damon club president 5-11.vi. �?o1 always slouched. It the club helped me gain new Confidence. Tall people become insecure at a Young age a she said. Club rules Are strict. If people done to measure up they done to get in. Amp a applicants Are checked in their stocking feet. No 5-7 women with 3-Inch spikes need apply she said. Once in though allowances Are made. A a we be had people shrink Over the years and they be maintained their membership a Damon said. A but you can to claim you shrank before you members share their Large size problems such As houses with Low ceilings uncomfortable airline scats and ditto be Only culty finding clothes that fit. A Why do stores think tall. Want to Wear polyester we will spend Money on clothes too a Damon said the 100-member Moonraker a club is part of tall clubs International a 50-year-old organization that ranks development of the King size bed among its biggest achievements. The Moonraker so two tallest women Duck stamp artist Minnesota wildlife artist Jim Hautman of Plymouth holds the cancelled first stamp presented to him during a ceremony sunday. Hautman 26, is the youngest Winner of the Federal Duck stamp contest. The 1990 stamp features his painting. Are Maureen Ahlers of Hackensack and Ann Riesenman of Butler both 6-3, she said. Bob Burke of Woodridge leads the men at 6-9. About the Only thing members of the Moonraker have in common is height. A we have different occupations different Levels of schooling and a lot of different interests a said Damon a purchasing agent for Williams and Watts a military procurement firm. There s another plus. A you can Start up a conversation at a bar with another tall person a a you re tall you might be interested in aids education for Del. Singer Dionne Warwick says aids education campaigns must target minorities and in words that Are understandable to those who do not have a High school diploma. The Singer told an International aids and ethics forum last week in san Francisco that health officials have reached the educated White male homosexual population. A we must develop new models that Are culturally sensitive and Community specific a Warwick said in calling for a bilingual Quot aids educators who also know the language of the streets. A having our health decisions made by caucasian males while it has never been satisfactory is no longer acceptable a said Warwick. Warwick and pop music stars Stevie wonder. Elton John and Gladys Knight raised $2 million for aids research with their recording a a that a what friends Are for but the Singer said she was dissatisfied with How Little ended up in the hands of minorities a because they did no to have a she has since established the Warwick foundation to raise funds for minority ads programs. R Pilot uninjured in crash Jeana Yeager who made history in the non Stop round the world flight of the voyager in 1986, escaped injury sunday after an experimental plane she was co piloting caught fire and crashed during an emergency Landing in Jackpot Nev. A a Elko county sheriffs Deputy James Neff said Yeager and Pilot Shirland k. Dickey were about four Miles from the Airport when the engine caught fire and smoke was detected m the cockpit. He said the engine quit while the plane was still a half mile out and Yeager and Dickey made a dead stick Landing a Landing made without any Power. On touching Down the plane left the runway my its Landing gear collapsed he said but the 38-year-old Yeager of Nipomo calif., and Dickey 48, of Chandler ariz., walked away. Neff said an unidentified Jackpot Volunteer firefighter suffered minor smoke inhalation while trying to douse a fire in the wreckage. ,. The Deputy said the pair were flying an experimental propeller driven plane in the 8th annual International a a air show and were on the final approach of a 120-mile race Between Jackpot and Wells Nev. Yeager and Tilot Dick Rutan set aviation history in december 1986 when they flew the voyager in a 9-Day a inc fuelled circumnavigation of the Globe. Zadora not homeless actress Singer Pia Zadora and her millionaire husband Meshulam Riklis have sold their Home in Beverly Hills calif., but they wont be hurting for a place to live. The five bedroom 6 Bath House once owned by jockey Willie Shoemaker sits on a one acre piece of property and contains 6,370 Square feet. Zadora and Riklis sold it to an unnamed italian industrialist for $4.7 million according to sundays los Angeles and her husband own the site of the legendary Pic fair mansion where silent film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks or. Reigned As Hollywood Royalty during the 1920s. That mansion has largely been razed to make Way for a new Home which will incorporate the fragments of Pic fair that Are still standing. Riklis and Zadora also own another House in the Beverly Park Section of Beverly Hills and Homes in Malibu and new York City. Williams weds Modet country Singer Hank Williams or. Has married a former suntan lotion Model Williams 41, wed Mary Jane Thomas of Daytona fla., before 50 family members and friends sunday at the University congregational Church in Missoula mont., said his manager Merle Kilgore. Williams met Thomas five year ago at. A concert in Washington Kilgore said. Thomas who is in her mid-20s, was a Model for hawaiian Tropic lotion. The couple will postpone their honeymoon in Africa until september when Williams finishes his tour Kilgore said. Williams won a grammy in february for Best country collaboration for a a there a a tear in my Beer Quot a Dyet with his late father. Dear Abby recently my Sisters son ill Call him Steve was in minor trouble with the Law and my Hus band who is an attorney represented him in court. It involved Only a few hours of his time but it took time away from other things he was working on. When my husband presented Steve with a Bill for $75, my sister was furious. She thought he should have represented her son for nothing because he was family. Normally my husband would have charged at least $300, but he gave his Nephew the family rate. Incidentally Steve is 20 years old and works full time. Now instead of appreciating the fact that my husband saved her son $225, she thinks he look advantage by charging him anything at All and they Arentt speaking to us. I realized that your opinion wont change things but in a curious. Who do you think is right in the Middle dear Abby dear in i think your husband was More than generous to have charged his Nephew Only $75. And if that Money does not come out of Steve s paycheck if its Only $10 a wee kit should he needs to learn that be is responsible for his own actions and his own Bills. For your sister and her family to Stop speaking to you and your husband because he did no to represent his Nephew for nothing shows them to be unbelievably ungrateful and Petty. Dear Abby last night 1 got a Telephone Call from a Man who said his name was a John a but he Tell me his last name. He said he was calling to Tell me that my husband had been cheating on me for quite some time and he thought i should know because 1 have three children. Its True 1 have John said my husband had Given this woman an engagement ring last Christmas and that she had Fol Lowed my husband to Florida so she could be near him while we were there on vacation Abby i believe i was getting this Call but i kept Calm and let the Man talk. He said he was mailing me some proof so 1 could get a divorce. Its True we did vacation in Florida last Winter should i file for divorce or wait Anuk see what the proof is should 1 Tell my husband about Johns Call and ask him to explain it i am All confused and upset. Please answer soon As i need to know How to handle this. All Shook up dear Shook done to accept anything As fact from an Anonymous Telephone informer who appears very eager to a a help you get a divorce first wait to see if a a John sends you the proof he promised. Proof or no proof however Tell your husband about an 8 be Chance to explain it. Confidential to . \ of know you re getting old when a lady you be never met before is seated next to you at a dinner party and she asks which is your Good ear. I c Universal press Syndicate /
