European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 kit k the stars and stripes thursday july 26/1990 laces that a a one from wire reports George Gross got More than a few vegetables out of his Garden. He also pulled up a on Carrot Diamond ring. The retired Oak Hill n.c., High school biology teacher was pulling carrots when he found the ring which head lost about a year ago a with the Carrot he pulled growing through it. Gross said the ring a Cluster of Small diamonds was a Christmas gift from a Friend Ruby i Ford. Ledford presented him with another ring but Gross said he missed the original gift a because it was so special to  a Royal allowance in an attempt to end the annual budget Row Over the Royal allowance prime minister Margaret Thatcher has said that the Royal family will receive a fixed annual increase for the next decade. Such an arrangement was used for about 200 years before 1975. Then the government began granting the Royal allotment on an annual basis As part of its National budget. The civil list As the payment is known will now increase automatically about 7,5 percent per year for the next decade Thatcher said. Anti monarchists had used the annual pay raise announcement As a Chance to attack the expense of maintaining the Royal family. A tiring journey having just flown across the Atlantic Ocean dutch aviator Eppo iia Brink Numan Wasny to kidding when he said his arms were tired. Numan 49, claims to be the first person to Cross the Atlantic in an ultralight aircraft. A my arms were getting tired in the end a he said at Montreal s Airport in suburban St. Hubert after arriving from Northern Quebec. The motorized ultralight is mane Vered by use of a horizontal bar like a hang glider. Numan said he began his journey 11 weeks ago leaving the Netherlands for Northern Scotland then skipping to Iceland and Greenland before arriving on Baffin Island. The aviator said the trip was to Call attention to the environment. He sold his cafe to help raise $30,000 to finance his flight. Numan said bad weather kept him sat not car thigh and dry sixteen contestants participating in the annual world pole sitting Cham plans maps were perched 13 feet above the water on tuesday near the dutch coastal town of Noordsij merhout the Netherlands. The 10th annual contest is scheduled to end sunday at 4 . �?715 hours later. The record of 113 hours was set last year. The Winner gets 2f500 dutch guilders about $1,700. Accommodations for Relief Are provided through hoses in the poles. A plus for participants is a Lakeside restaurant where contestants can order their Choice of food from the menu which is delivered to them. On the ground repeatedly. The seven hour flight Over Greenland was the most spectacular part of his flight Numan said and the toughest was a 4 /2-hour trip from Kuujjuaq in Arctic Quebec to Schefferville que Bee where he encountered the worst turbulence of his  you be heard of pennies from heaven a would you believe enough to buy a new car that s roughly How. Much Money Robert and Mildred Eichstadt got for Selling a. 160-Pound meteorite found on their Wolsey s.d., property nine years ago. The couple won t say exactly How much they were paid by Marlin Cilz a collector from Malta Mont. But mrs. Eichstadt says it was a a Large amount Quot and agreed that comparing it to the Price of a new Small car was just about right. The meteorite about the size of two basketballs was found on their farm in Eastern South Dakota near Hurun. Their oldest son Bruce was working with a disc Harrow which snagged on it and turned it Over Cilz estimated that the meteorite fell on land that is now the Eichstadt farm about 2,200 years ago Japan work habits the government concerned that the one skill the industrious japanese have yet to master is How to relax is offering advice on How hard workers can become Happy campers. The health and welfare ministry this week released a 38-Page report titled a a study on How to take proper rest and recuperation Quoit suggests japanese forget about their jobs when they leave the office and take leisurely and lengthy vacations concepts Well rooted in the West but yet to take hold in Japan. According to government statistics japanese workers Are on the Job an average of 2,150 hours a year compared with 1,924 hours in the United states and 1,655 hours in West Germany. Japanese typically use Only half their allotted vacation  in Stone everyone there regarded Bedford ind., As the Limestone capital of the world. But no one told weeping water neb. A it did no to seem real Quot said Janet de mar be a Bedford resident who recently travelled to Nebraska and discovered that weeping water too claimed Limestone capital honors. The claim was right there in the South East Nebraska visitors guide that Demaree picked up at a Motel. A i read it and i thought a they re telling a  everyone knows its Bedford a Demaree said Kay Lindsey did no to know. The City clerk of weeping water a Fown of 1,100 about 30 Miles South of Omaha said she had never heard of Bedford let alone its claim to Limestone greatness. Bedford with a population of 18,000, is situated 90 Miles South of Indianapolis. Many older buildings in weeping water Are built of native Limestone and residents celebrate the for Tel of july with a Limestone a Independence Day Celebration. Five companies mine Limestone in weeping water and a a that a practically what the whole town is a Lindsey said. Dear Abby my grandson Greg now 21 years old developed fluid on the brain at the age of 14. Since that time he a had several operations. Last april while Greg was at the Hospital recovering from the last operation he took a turn for the worse during the night. I was called and told that his condition was critical. My Friend Barbara offered to drive me to the Hospital. In route her car broke Down on the Highway. Fortunately she had a a Call police Banner in the Glove compartment in her car. No More than five minutes passed from the time we displayed the Banner until a state trooper arrived what a Happy coincidence that last october i read about those a Call police Quot banners in your column and sent for 50 of them to give to friends and relatives As Christmas gifts. Barbaraus a Cali police Quot Banner had been a gift from me Little did i know that id be the dear Abby one to Benefit from it. The trooper told us that numerous cars have telephones these Days which explains Why the response to the Banner was so immediate. Greg a operation was successful thank god and he graduated from Boston College on May 21, 1990. Thanks again Abby. Deborah , Reading mass. Dear Deborah thank you for sharing your experience with me so that i can remind others to order Quot Call police Quot banners. To order write to . Banners . Box 66955, los Angeles Calif. 90066. The Cost which includes postage and handling is $4 for one Banner or $7 for two for Windshield and rear window. Make your Check or Money order payable to Wail banners. The Westside Center for Independent living exists to help physically disabled people live independently. Dear Abby i am the father of a Beautiful 2-year-old daughter. I enjoy taking her out for breakfast once a week for some special a one on one time with her daddy. The problem arises inevitably when one of us has to go to the restroom. I would t think of leaving her alone at the table when i go not in this Day and age when there Are nuts who would grab a child in a minute. But with her at age 2,1m not sure its Cool to take her into the menus room with me either. When she has to go a potty a i am unsure of which restroom she belongs in. Believe me Abby i have had some strange looks from women entering the restroom As i am leaving with my Little girl in Tow in Schalf of All of us fathers 1 am asking you what is the safest and most proper Way to Deal with this problem dear Seattle father Seattle eat a Little boys Are routinely taken into ladies rooms by their mothers so Why  Little girls be taken into menus rooms by their fathers better a Small girl in a menus room than a grown Man in a ladies room obviously if there is a Tail with a door in the menus restroom that is the one you should choose