European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes monday july 23,1990faces a no places h 3. From wire reports with All the Jim Smiths reserving rooms for the National Jim Smith society a annual meeting the Sheraton Park place hotel in St. Louis Minn needed a Way to keep track. A a we re giving them All numbers. That show i can keep up with them All Quot reservations manager go Ann Shannon said As she grappled with 39 Jim Smith reservations. For example if you wanted to get to Jim Smith of Dayton Ohio you asked for Jim Smith no 2. The gathering which began Friday is an Opportunity for Jim Smith to talk with Jim Smith about the trials and tribulations of having one of the most common names in the United states. Jim Smith of Dayton remembered All the confusion when he tried to buy a House. A when i bought my House i had to sign affidavits saying that i was not the Jim Smith that was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison. And that i Wasny to the Jim Smith that a been dead for 10 years Quot he said. A things like that have really been a  Jim Smith of Braintree mass., said that a Sears store got him confused with another Jim Smith. A i used to keep getting these Bills for baby stuff. And i did no to have a baby he said the Jim Smith society4 founded in 1969, has 1,533 members worldwide including eight females. The annual convention includes the Jim Smith Golf tournament the All Jim Smith softball game Quot meet Jim Smith mixers and Jingo a version of Bingo. Jim Smith of Camp Hill pa., said he started the organization because he met so Many people with the name and because of All the teasing he got. Weigh station bugs Ross Singer Diana Ross is singing the blues Over a truck weigh station being built near her Home in the celebrity enclave of Greenwich Conn a i try to talk to people about the weigh station a and nobody listens Quot said Ross who added Friday that she did get a Good reception from democratic gubernatorial candidate Bruce Morrison. Morrison a congressman from Hamden agrees with Ross Ana some of her neighbors in the Belle Haven Section of Greenwich that the truck weigh station being built on interstate 95 probably poses an environmental Hazard Diana Ross Ting engines would pollute the air and that they argue that exhaust from idling engines would pollute the air and that fuel spills could make their Way into the nearby Long Island sound. After having lunch with Ross and 17 other Greenwich residents Morrison pledged to keep the $6 million weigh station from operating if elected governor. A the seems like a nitty Gritty Type of Guy Quot Ross said. A i want to have a voice and he listens. Dear Abby in responding to your Reader Quot floored in Florida a you indicated that taxpayers  for the Price of a fancy changes Quot in postage Stamps. The . Postal service has been functioning for two decades As a government corporation with a mandate to break even and with no appropriations from the . Treasury. Consumers  directly for the service they receive through stamp sales a not tax dollars. The Cost of new stamp designs is justified philatelic Cally As stamp collectors buy new issues and never ask for the service for which they paid. This Revenue source highly dependent on a fancy Quot issues provided $ 150 million last year which saved the mail user from paying that part of our operating expense. Furthermore our american cultural excellence and artistic diversity Are reflected in stamp designs that promote our heritage. Each year we receive More than 20,000 stamp proposals a direct indication of the High 2, Smith 39 Jerry Davenport of Sargent who let Fly with a spit of 30 feet 10 a inches successfully defended a it s in the air the air in Sargent neb., was filled with choke cherries saturday during the second annual choke Cherry spitting contest held As part of this Small Central Nebraska towns Chokecherry Jamboree. A Quot Fly with a spit defended Nis men s division title said Jamboree official Fred Meyer of Sargent. A the did no to beat the record he set last year Quot Meyer said. Davenport a Chokecherry spit last year of 33-6 is the record. A the did have one go 39 feet but it went out of Bounds so we  count it Quot Meyer said. Bob Travis of Sheboygan wis., was second in the menus division with a spit of 28-9 i. Mike Weverka of Lincoln was third at 28-5. In the women a division Bonnie Dixon of Napa calif., set a new record with a spit of 22-10vi. Janey Weverka of Lincoln the old record Holder was third with a spit of 19-4. Her Mother Lana Weverka came in second at 20-3. In the kids division Cory beavers of broken Bow spit a choke Cheny 19-1 to come in first. Second was Sandra Ware of North Platte 13-9 a and third was Charlotte Edwards of Ravenna 13-0. Less nude sunbathing municipal officials at St. Tropez France said saturday they have widened a ban on sunbathing in the Buff on the shores of the Chic Cote do Azur resort to include tourists using Rocky coves As Well As its Sandy beaches. City fathers already had banned nudity at the six Small Sand beaches of St. Tropez. But the new regulation dated july 17, extends the ban to a integral nudism on the Public beaches of the commune Quot meaning rocks Are out of Bounds to Skinny dippers As Well. Tourists flouting the ban risk having to  a 75 franc $13 Fine. The new measure was necessary a to assure the Security Hygiene and respect for morality As Well As the Liberty of others Quot said the Council Resolution introducing the regulation. Most people in the St. Tropez area who want to Bare All go to the nearby nudists Beach at Pampe Lone which is located within the boundaries of the less strict m municipality of ram Tuelle. Maggie s Day at the races British prime minister Margaret Thatcher took a rare afternoon off saturday and went to the races with her husband Denis Quot it is nearing the end of the parliamentary session and i am Here for sheer enjoyment a there is no other motive Quot she told reporters at the Newbury race track in Berkshire about 55 Miles West of London. She watched lord Rotherwick a 1 -2 favorite Brav foot nipping Queen Elizabeth is runner self expression by half length in the first race and then went to congratulate dear Abby level of interest that the mailing Public takes in its stamp program. Just As with any american corporation postal costs of doing business do increase in our inflationary Economy. The proposed rate increase is necessary to cover our operating costs while maintaining the service our customers want and have every right to expect. Gordon a Morison assistant postmaster general dear or. Morison thank you for setting me straight. You May be pleased to learn that the . Postal service profited handsomely from my off the Wall response to Quot floored in Florida Quot it generated several thousand letters. I also Learned much about the . Postal system philatelists the reason for issuing ail those fancy postage Stamps and who pays for them a the stamp collectors. Read on dear Abby with reference to a a tooling for new postage Stamps our China Burma India veterans association representing some 300,000 men who served in world War sly Fiancee a italian designer Gianni Versace presents Amer lean Model Jennifer Lavin wearing a multicoloured beaded jumpsuit during the showing of his fall Winter collection saturday in Paris. Lavin is the Fiancee of actor Sylvester Stallone who attended the show jockey Julie Carson on his Victory. Cage explains change it was James Dean in Quot East of Eden Quot who persuaded Nicholas Cage to try acting but it was Hollywood attitudes that persuaded him to try it without using his family a famous last name Coppola. Cage a Nephew of director frauds Ford Coppola says in gentlemen a quarterly a August Issue that he opted for a new last name to help remove the pressures and perceptions of his family. A i can to deny he a helped me a lot and in be Learned a lot from him Quot Cage says of his Uncle who directed him in a Peggy sue got  a but when i was first starting out there was this weight of 25 years of someone rises history and that did color people s perceptions of me Quot be added. Sometimes it was a weight i really did no to  his adopted last name comes from comic Book hero , and it took a Little getting used to said Cage who also starred with Cher in a Moonstruck Quot a a i went through about six. Years of waking up and cracking up. It was funny. Its a funny name too i mean Cage what does that mean Quot ii has lobbied for years to get a stamp with a pict of uen. Claire Chennault commander of the Fly tigers. We finally succeeded so now after 45 be such a stamp will be issued in september. A 4q-c stamp now you ask Quot How could the government expect come out financially on a postage stamp of that nomination Well i would estimate they will Sel least 5 million Stamps the first month stamp collectors will grab them and most of the Stamps will never be used As postage thus making enormous profit for the postal system dear Abby Denver stamp collect please be informed that when the postal sen pc pm state Stamps it makes r ions of dollars. Collectors from All Over the world 1 them in singles blocks of four and sheets. I these Stamps Are Seldom used they end up in it lectors books or vaults and the Post office does he roiled any service it which is what you he Pon r. E Payag 25 cells for therefore her a huge profit in every new Issue. Robert c. Loper House uni Waal fits Syndicate