European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 faces n places the stars and stripes saturday August 18,1990 Saddam songs big hits withju.5. Disc jockeys from wire reports. Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein is catching heavy play on Rock v Roll radio these Days. Disc jockeys nationwide Are dubbing Over pop songs to produce parodies aimed at Saddam. It evoked memories of the time when radio station blasted Iran s taking of american hostages with the song bomb Iran set to the Beach boys to the strains of the Marv Lettes please ," we la pm in Boston lambasted Saddam on wednesday for his country s March into neighbor ing Kuwait. The song changes the original lyrics from Stop of yes wait a minute or. Postman a a a it or. Postman to of yeah wait a minute or. Hussein Kuwait in t yours or. in Philadelphia Wmk pm aired i am Iraq to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel s i am a the song blasts Saddam with the lyrics i am the chosen Leader no i m not insane it s right and just because i am Hussein i am Iraq i am a tic pm in Hartford Conn., played blame Iton Hussein to the tune of Milli Valli s blame it on the the song was part of a station promotion wednes Day in which disc jockeys dressed As Arab sheiks and a service station offered Drivers Premium gasoline for 96 cents a gallon about 30 cents cheaper than most Gas stations Are charging. Traffic tie Force Dan Early end to the event. Why pm in Montgomery ala., caused a traffic Jam tuesday when it held an insane Hussein party. There were no song parodies. But the station gave away 5 Gallons of Gas to the first 102 cars in line and had a dunking Booth with a person dressed Ashe iraqi Leader. Following in the footsteps of history Rush Lim Baugh s nationally syndicated radio talk show set bomb Iraq to Barbara in Dallas Kmic pm dubbed Over the Finyoung cannibals she drives me crazy with the lyrics Hussein is crazy ooh ooh so Call his Bluff ooh ooh Hussein is crazy and things could really get rough. Ooh ooh. " in Salt Lake City serenaded its listener with Iraq Iraq based on new York new York and Hussein Sung to Eric Clapton s country and Western stations arc also getting into the act. Disc jockey Ken Cooper at in Bur Bank calif., came up with several parodies such As twist on Hank Williams or s All my Rowdy friends Are coming Over tonight that goes ally saudi friends Are coming Over Sheik gambles with gusto a saudi Sheik known for his Fervour at the Gam bling table lost More than $18 million in recent weeks at clubs in Cannes France and Monte Carlo the French press reported. Sheik Ernani described As a Counselor to Prince chernobyl kids two boys from the Ukraine Aleksyi Davydiuk 7, left and Vladimir Mal Siemko 6, pal around happily at actor Paul Newman s Hole in the Wall gang Camp at Ash Ford Conn. Dubbed Cherno Byl kids they Are among seven soviet youngsters who have spent the past week As guests at Hie Camp for sick children. Faisal reportedly lost $12.4 million Between june 15and july 15 in Cannes then lost $5.7 million in Monte Carlo. The reports said Ernani was Able tomake immediate payment of Only 60 percent on the debt. Gibson s lethal View Mel Gibson Star of such violence studded films As the Road Warrior and lethal weapon is choosy about what he lets his six children see. Gibson finds the level of violence in lethal weapon acceptable but would not let his children watch the Road Warrior which is set in a violent Post apocalyptic world. It would seem however that the Canadian Pennis in no immediate danger similar to the situation in the United states where there also has been anti Penny grumbling. Singer Mayfield recovering rhythm and blues Singer Curtis Mayfield remained in critical but stable condition in new York thursday three Days after being hit by a lighting Tower at a concert a Hospital administrator said. Mayfield 48, suffered head and neck trauma Mon Day when the Tower landed on top of him As he took the outdoor stage at a Brooklyn High school authorities said. A nearly worthless Penny a 2-Stafe Driver s Nightmare w. -. To today the Canadian Penny literally costs More tomake from 1.2 to 2 cents than it s Worth. The Canadian cent unlike its . Counterpart which has slightly higher value is 98 percent Copper. It also contains 1.5 percent Zinc and 0.5 percent american Penny is More than 90 percent Zinc and is coated with Copper. In Canada you can t even take perverse pleasure i clunking Down a Lackful of pennies in payment of a distasteful debt. Under the currency act More than25 pennies is not Legal tender. It s bad enough when out of states confuse Charles town an Eastern Panhandle town in West Virginia with the state Capitol of Charleston. Now 14 new Road signs direct Drivers in West Virginia Down the Road to Berrysville va., instead thanks to a spelling error by the state division of highways. But Berryville should be used to such mistakes. Itis the county seat of Clarke county va., named for the Lewis and Clark expedition. The Virginia Assembly spelled Clark wrong when it incorporated the county. Nous dear Abby after Reading the letter from fun the person who wrote about the Many computerized Tele marketing Calls filling up his or her answering machine i phoned the local Federal communication commission office and was Given the following Complete address for sending complaints Federal communications commission com Mon Carrier Bureau complaints and investigation Branch washing ton . 20554. I too am furious about the abuse of my unlisted Telephone number and my answering machine. I in vested the Money in a phone machine to record Mes sages from friends and family when i am not Home. I can t Tell you How infuriating it is to Call Long distance to Check in for my messages and have to pay to listen to those lengthy idiotic sales pitches that 1 can at least hang up on when i answer in person. And what about having to Stop what i am doing at the office to answer the phone Only to have a recorded sales Spiel on the other end vow should not have to Cor nor do in /km1 the dear Abby time for such interruptions fellow readers write to complain about this expensive disruptive intrusion into our Homes and our offices. And those of you who work for telecommunications marketing spare us your we Are Only trying to make a living Spiel. Junk mail is bad enough. At least that does Cost the receiver Money and does not rudely interfere with our lives. Thanks Abby for printing the letter from i have been wanting to initiate a letter like that one for months. Against recorded sales Call dear Abby on the subject of those answering machines having two out of state daughters we have three Way calling on our Telephone. I called daughter no. 1. She an swered. But when i called daughter no. 2, 1 reached her answering machine so i left a Short message Hung up and went Back to speaking to daughter no. A we talked for nearly an hour. Imagine my Surprise when 1 got a Call from daughter no. 2 the next Day saying the entire conversation with daughter no. 1 had been left on her answering machine it did t occur to me that after i Hung up it did not disconnect her machine luckily we had not said anything that we regretted. Gabby in Bloomington Gabby thanks for a valuable bit of Abby two women in our office were pregnant the first Mother to be was due about 2 /2 months before the second Mother to be. The office had already made tentative plans to throw each of them a , the Sec Ond Mother to be lost her child. We Don t know How Lon she will be out but it looks like she will be Back before the Shower planned for the first Mother to be. My question is this what is the Best Way to handle this situation should we have the Shower for the expectant Mother before the other woman returns to theoffice or should we carry on As planned and have the Shower when she is Here we Don t want either Wom an s feelings Hurt. Concerned dear concerned our concern says much about your sensitivity and compassion. Have the baby Shower before the woman who lost her baby returns. F in 8 i
