European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday october 10, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7strait wins top country music honors Nashville Tenn. Apr George Strait was voted entertainer of the year for the second straight time and the Kentucky headhunters won two honors monday night at the 24th annual country music association awards show. A a in a truly speechless a Strait said in accepting his award during the nationally televised show. A a it a a real boost ill Tell you a the 38-year-old Singer said backstage after the show. A it really gives you a lot of it Strait a favorite of president Bush a was a Surprise Winner of the award a year ago. Over the summer he had one of the biggest hits of his career a love without end amen a which was no. 1 on the country music charts for five weeks. The Kentucky headhunters a five piece band that has been together for 22 years but signed a recording contract just a year ago won vocal group of the year and Best album for a a picking on a thank you for letting us be a part of your town a Richard Young of the headhunters said. Clint Black was voted male vocalist of the year unseating Ricky Van Shelton. Kathy Mattea was voted female vocalist for the second straight year. Newcomer Garth Brooks won twice for his music video a the dance a and the horizon award for career development. Tennessee Ernie Ford 71, a the old pea picker a was chosen for induction into the country music Hall of Fame. A bless your Little pea picking hearts. Tonight in a a Happy Man said fora known for his 1955 hit a sixteen a when i Call your name by Vince Gill a weeper about a Man who rushes Home from work to find his Lover has left him was voted single of the year. A a in be been around for a Long time and in be waited for this for a Long time so in a going to stand up Here for a Long time a Gill 33, said in accepting the award. The judds a Mother daughter duo were chosen Best vocal duo for the third straight year. A i have just one More space on my mantel. I was really hoping for this a daughter Wynonna Judd said. Lorrie Morgan and her late husband Keith Whitley won vocal event of the year honouring performers who normally done to sing together. Their award was for a til a tear becomes a Rose a which Whitley recorded alone. George Strait was chosen As entertainer of the year. Morgan added her vocals after his death in May 1989 of an alcohol overdose. The songwriters award went to Jon Vezner and Don Henry for a a where be you been a recorded by Vezner a wife Mattea. The song is about a couple no endure years of marriage tribulations and then Are separated by illness. Fiddler Johnny Gimble won musician of the year. Other finalists for entertainer of the year were Black Mattea Van Shelton and Randy Travis. Travis who has sold More than 10 million records in just four years has Kathy Mattea won for the second straight year. Been a finalist for the Honor four times but never won it. Also competing for no. 1 female vocalist were Patty Loveless Reba Mcentire Morgan and Tanya Tucker. Other finalists for male vocalist of the year were Brooks Rodney Crowell Shelton and Strait. Mcentire and Travis hosted the show. Winners were chosen by the 6,000 voting members of the Cha mostly singers musicians songwriters record company employees and disc jockeys. The Hall of Fame honoree was selected by an Anonymous 300-member Beeper is final word in adult toys new York apr the seasons most popular Novelty in the big Apple is a pocket size electronic voice Box that at the push of a Button spews profane insults that Are suitable for use in locker rooms saloons and stockbrokers offices. This adult toy is called the final word and it delivers pre recorded obscenities in a shrill voice that sounds like an angry Brooklyn Chipmunk. A a they re flying out the door a said Joan Geisler owner of poster mat in Greenwich Village As she waited for a broker to pick up his order of 60. A people Are calling up and reserving them by the Uptown a Pye son Columbus Avenue reported Selling More than 250 of the toys in just two Days. The final word which Sells for $16.95, is a Battery powered pre programmed voice synthesizer that looks something like a Beeper and sounds something like Andrew Dice Clay. It is designed to Appeal to people who like the sound of dirty words but May be reluctant to speak them. The final word according to its manufacturer allows people to talk Back to a fall those obnoxious people in life such As nagging in Laws Pushy salespeople and All of whom no doubt have already purchased their own final word. The device comes in two versions one rated a a a a the other the former repeats these phrases a a you re an idiot a drop dead a a you re a dope and a stupid the Content of the other version cannot be repeated Here. Care to guess which of the two Sells better once buyers hear the stronger version a a they be got to have it a chortled Geisler who has taken to using the a rated version extensively Over the Telephone. A a few years ago no one would have bought something like this but now everything goes a she mused. Terri Boyle a spokeswoman for the manufacturer said the device has proved popular in elevators restaurants and cocktail parties. One example a Man shopping for a car was offered one by a dealer for an exorbitant Price. The shopper told the dealer head punch the figure into his pocket calculator. Under the calculator he held the final word which at the push of a Button produced a scatological response to the Price a much to the dealers Surprise. In six weeks More than a half million units of the final word have been sold and Banning enterprises Ltd. Of Farmingdale plans to ship out another million by a business is very bad in gifts and everybody a looking for a Winner a said Geisler who described the final word As one of the most popular novelties in her 30 years in the gift business. Displaying the a rated version presents retailers with a problem. One store in Cleveland demonstrates it in a Back room out of earshot of most customers. Geisler plays it for selected customers asking a have you heard the final word a the final word is particularly popular on Wall Street where these Days people Are eager for a laugh of any cameras focus on women s schools Boston up a Playboy is conducting its first search for women a College students who Are willing to pose for a Spring pictorial saying that it will investigate a common perception that such schools Cater to Short haired a dyed in the Wool the Chicago based adult Magazine sent a Crew to Boston for a week of interviewing and photographing students and alumni from All female colleges. A the idea was something we have heard from our readers saying that we go off to coed universities and fed Young women there but How about the myth about women a schools a said Jeff Cohen playboys managing editor for photography. _ a is it True they All Wear Short hair Are they All dyed a the Wool feminists we decided a Well lets see what happens a a he said. The Magazine targeted Boston because of the Many women a colleges in the area. It also said it would interview candidates from colleges that Only recently began accepting male students. Interested women from elms Emmanuel mount Holyoke Pine Manor Regis Simmons Smith Wellesley Wheaton and Wheelock colleges were asked to interview with Playboy and pose for photographs. The pictures will be reviewed later to determine which models will be used in the april 1991 Issue. A the initial polaroids Are normally fully clothed. We prefer a bathing suit so we can get a better idea of How they look a Cohen said. Applicants from the nations other women a colleges were asked to mail in their pictures he said. The Spring Issue will depict women fully clothed partially clothed and nude with models allowed to choose their preference Cohen said. Heidi Ellis a 1986 graduate of Mills College in Oakland calif., has already been selected to appear in the Issue. A i see nothing wrong with being part of a pictorial that features my physical Side because i feel confident about who i am intellectually a said Ellis who added that feminists a Glare at my Long hair As though it is a sign that i am buying into an idea of femininity that men have set Playboy spokeswoman Elizabeth Norris said some women have a a childhood dream of posing for Playboy As a an affirmation of their
