European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday september 12,1990 a a �?~s181ss�sstisim Monsieur commander Nicholson Jack Nicholson and companion Rebecca Broussard Are wined in  Call him from wire reports Jack Nicholson on monday was named commander of arts and letters Frances top award for excellence in the arts. Culture minister Jack Lang presented the 53-year-old Star of a one flew Over the cuckoos nest and a a Chinatown with the Grcen and White striped ribbon before a crush of photographers in Paris. A your angular eyebrows your ironic smile your taste for exaggeration have etched out characters who Are memorable sometimes satanic a Lang said at the ceremony. A the French Public and i share a great fondness for  Nicholson was in France to promote his most recent movie a the two Jakes a a sequel to a Chinatown a for which he is both Star and director. Accepting the Honor Nicholson said in halting French Reading from a note a i Hope that the Quality of my French will not make you take Back this decoration which i consider a great treasure. Thank you my friends for  in an interview with the television network la Cine Nicholson called France his a second country and said a a in be had such wonderful Luck Here. I done to think that happens too often. I had been working for a Long time As an actor before i went to Cannes the first time  that was in 1968, when the film a easy rider was first shown publicly he said. Asked which directors work he admired most he cited Orson Welles John Huston and Akira Kurosawa. A you have to borrow somewhat the techniques of the people who know How to make this kind of material stand up and Welles of course is one of the greats a Nicholson said. A i think John and Kurosawa have a lot in common about How they handle action not too Many Points of View. I remember How after John had made a the dead a he said a you know Jack in a very interested to see How the american Public will react to a film in which the most dramatic thing that happens is the breaking of a  i thought this Guy was very  Nicholson who played the villain joker in the blockbuster a Batman a said he had developed a new rapport with children since that film which spawned an entire Industry of spinoff goods from lunch boxes to bed sheets. A i worked in the theater in grand Grignol productions designed to Shock and horrify audience so i understand the mixture of the children and the adult audience a he said. A for instance a lot More children talk to me since Batman and they All love the joker they re crazy Over the joker which might worry someone a he a after All not really a Nice Man a he said. A but if you ask the same child who they want to be they want to be Batman which i think is the Way that form  attending the ceremony with Nicholson who also starred in such movies As a the shining and a the Border a was his american companion Rebecca Broussard. Winning move a retired Longshoreman and world War ii Veteran says his $16 million lotto winnings will enable him to move out of his Chicago housing authority apartment but its nothing to get worked up about. A a it a no use getting excited a said Jolly Bussie 70, who Learned monday the ticket he thought was a $76 third place ticket actually netted him sole Possession of the $16,087,121 grand prize. A people who get excited get a heart attack. A i thought i had won just four numbers so i did no to pay too much attention a he said. A but the woman at the store where the ticket was bought told me i had All six. I still can hardly believe  Bussie says the first order of business will be to move from his Cha senior citizen Complex. A after today i wont qualify to live there a he  Back on track musicians practice Verdi so a rigoletto monday after settling a contract dispute with the san Francisco opera that cancelled the operas opening night for the first time in the company a 67-year history. Opera officials rescheduled the seasons Start for saturday More than two weeks late. The orchestra Union tentatively approved a settlement late sunday night. A it was a vote so we could get Back to work today a said Joanne Eisler head of the musicians negotiating committee. A the orchestra wants to show the Public we re really committed to putting on the opera in san  she expected the players to formally ratify the three year contract wednesday even though its pay increases were less than what the Union sought. A a we re delighted to have the orchestra Back and beginning rehearsals. We look Forward to doing what we do Best a putting on opera a said opera spokesman Jon Finck. The operas Board of directors was expected to approve the  weds for 3rd time a a godfather co Star James Caan has married a third time to a woman who grew up a few blocks from his Home in new York City. But she Wasny to even born when Caan was attending is 150, the High school where they both graduated 20 years apart. Caan 49, and Ingrid Hajek 29, were married sunday aboard the yacht re gent sea in Marina Del Rey said Paul Bloch a spokesman for the actor. Bloch said Caan and Hajek who were raised in the same Sunnyside neighbourhood in Queens met two years ago when they were introduced by Mutual friends. It is her second marriage. Caan was nominated for an Academy award in 1972 for Best supporting actor for his role As Sonny Corleone in a the  his next film a misery a is scheduled for release in november. Rob Reiner director of a misery a and actor Elliot Gould were among the wedding guests. Chancellor recovers John Chancellor commentator for a in by nightly news a has recovered from heart surgery in new York City \ and will return to the show this week the network announced monday. \ Chancellor who underwent double bypass surgery in late june will return Ujj to a nightly news on wednesday and a will make weekly appearances through f september said Abc spokeswoman f Katherine Mcquay. \ a a he a reportedly feeling fit healthy \ and anxious to return a said Mcquay. Chancellor 62, will resume his Normal t schedule on oct. 2, with commentaries j on tuesday wednesday and thursday \ evenings. \ Chancellor began work at Abc in i 1950. \ dear Abby your recent article on knowing your own blood Type has prompted me to write. When i was pregnant for the first time at age 36, my obstetrician performed a routine blood test including blood typing. I was informed that my blood Type was o negative. I told the nurse that there must have been some sort of lab error because i knew that my blood Type was o positive. The test was repeated and to my Surprise my blood Type was in fact o negative. I had always carried a card Given to me by my Mother that gave my blood Type As o positive. My de patrician had tested my blood when i was a child ack in the Early �?T50s, and that card was part of my medical file along with my immunization records. I discussed this discrepancy with my doctor who informed me that although generally accurate for blood Type tests performed during the �?T40s and �?T50s were often incorrect for the re Factor. In fact an error rate of 10 percent or More in the re Factor was typical of the old blood typing tests. E dear Abby so Abby your readers should rely on Only the relatively recent blood typing tests. A Patricia weeks Long Beach Calif. Dear Patricia i am informed that when it comes to blood typing nobody takes anybody else sword for anything the blood is tested again just to be on the Safe Side whether a person is giving or receiving blood. Dear Abby when i saw the letter about blood types i had to write. Three years ago our son left our Small Kansas town to drive alone to California. He called us the first night the second night a but then nothing. My husband contacted the Highway patrol and one by one i was asked for a recent picture of our son his Drivers License number his blood Type and the License number of his car. Each question hit me like a physical pain. Some of the answers i did not know and in the condition i was in i could not even think logically enough to find them. Thirty six hours later our son showed up on our Doorstep. He had changed his mind about going to California and had returned Home. Now All of the information for each member of this family is safely tucked away in my desk a labelled and easily accessible. A Jane Hathaway St. John Kan. Dear Jane fortunately your Story had a Happy ending but there s a lesson in it for everyone. Thanks for sharing dear Abby when i was 18 years old i was raped by a Man i trusted. I never told anyone what happened to me. Now six years later i have fallen in love with a wonderful Man who has asked me to marry him. In a sure he thinks in a a Virgin and in a afraid that if i Tell him the truth he wont marry me. What should i do a suffered enough dear suffered Tell him that you were raped by a Man you trusted when you were 18 years old. Its the truth. If he decides not to marry you for that reason then you re better off without him. Universal press Syndicate