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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, October 31, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday october 31,1990 faces a no place digging at Root cause of Virginia poaching from wire reports prices Are up wages Are Down and it sounds like nothing but trouble in the Middle East. With things going from bad to worse who could be surprised that Ginseng poaching is on the Rise no one in West Augusta va., where the trend has been apparent for months. Legal and illegal Hunting of Ginseng a the bitter Root coveted for its legendary recuperative and aphrodisiac Powers a is thriving. The main reason according to Hunters and state officials is the nations weakening Economy. As Layoff notices Are issued and work hours trimmed the Small Brown Root growing in the wooded hillsides a and recently bringing $220 a Pound from Export dealers a is looking better All the time. Let the debate continue Over whether Ginseng can actually Calm the nerves or heighten libido no one disputes that the Money is real. A if it Wasny to for this Ginseng id be in bad shape a said Mike Hiner 34, a Waynesboro construction worker who has suffered As the building Industry has hit the skids. A whenever the Economy goes Down we see More people getting involved in Hunting and digging Ginseng a said Marshall Trammell chief of Virginia a office of Plant Protection. Preyed upon for an Alert Eagle it was fast food Alaska style. After a morning of unsuccessful Hunting near Juneau Gary Gunstrom finally dropped his first  of the season. As his Golden retrievers dashed after the Bird a mature Eagle swooped Down and stole it. A the just snatched that thing and did no to even pause a Gunstrom said. A the one dog  believe  it was the Only  Gunstrom saw All Day but he does no to begrudge the Eagle an easy meal. A no he can have it a said Gunstrom a biologist with the state department of fish and game. A it was Worth the trip just seeing that happen. The sort of thing that can Only happen up  a amps. Jim dark Sim this Model takes a push Start Dean Wright 2, gets a push Start from his brother Robert 6, As the two try out a smaller version of the Volvo that their father. Chaplain capt Keith Wright and his wife Mehta Are checking out at a Dealership Nea Hanau Germany. Topping everyone taking a quack at the state title was Kyle Fleming 33, a steel Mill supervisor from Valparaiso. He came in first with the five judges with his 90-second routine of  Calls and will Advance to the world championships in Stuttgart Ark. A once you learn competitive  calling you can really Call ducks Down and improve your chances for shooting them a said Ray Wright a former Indiana  calling Champion. A any Damn fool can plug a  from 20 Yards away with a Shotgun but it takes a Good Hunter to Call him Down from the  Indiana quack ups music for All time Donald and Daffy weren to there. But there were plenty of quacks made by everyone from the pros to the Hacks. Dressed in Hunting jackets and Caps 20 competitors from five states gathered in the parking lot of a Portage ind., plumbing company for the Indiana  calling championship. The impressions Ike and Tina Turner Wilson Pickett the Byrds and others Are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame officials have announced. They will be inducted at a banquet at the Waldorf Astoria in new York on Jan. 16, said Ahmet Ertegun head of Atlantic records and chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame foundation inc. In the Early influences category the single inductee is howling Wolf who died in 1976. Wolf wrote a sitting on top of the world a popularized by the group Cream. Producers Dave Bartholomew and Ralph Bass will be inducted in the nonperforming category. Bartholomew headed the new Orleans rhythm and blues movement in the 1950s. He discovered fats Domino and co wrote Many of his hits. Bass discovered James Brown and helped to Start the platters on their career. Talking Turkey its time to talk Turkey again. The Butterball Turkey talk line in Chicago is Back in business for its 10th year of answering sometimes Wacky questions with serious advice. In 10 years the experts who answer 1800-323-4848 have heard just about every question and disaster that can befall the preparation of that thanksgiving Turkey. Some questions Are simple. A How do i turn my oven on a asked a caller from Lawrence Kan. Some Are Odd. A do you Baste under the turkeys armpit a a fledgling Cook from Mankato minn., wanted to know. Judging by some questions some Cooks might have been better off if they had not figured out How to turn that oven on. A Baltimore woman said no one told her to remove the plastic wrap before cooking the Bird. A i called my Mother and asked her How to fix a Turkey a said an Indiana Cook a and she told me to Call the Butterball Turkey  Rogers recovers Cowboy Star Roy Rogers is Back on his feet after surgery to repair a weakened artery his son says. The 77-year-old actor got out of bed in Appel Valley calif., on monday and walked without assistance for the first time since the operation oct. 21, said Roy a a Dusty Rogersjr. A this oxygen Hose Only went 15 feet and he said a this is Boring going out Only As far As your Hose will take you a a the younger Rogers said. Rogers starred in 87 westerns 35 with his wife Dale Evans. He was hospitalized at St. Mary desert Valley Hospital after complaining of stomach pain. He underwent surgery to Correct an aneurysm or weak spot in his Aorta. Boob tube critic filmmaker Ken Burns creator of pm so acclaimed documentary a the civil War a blasted american television for offering a nearly the same thing everywhere. On dozens of clone like  bums told the National press club in Washington d.c., on monday that a a kind of cultural peerage has been conferred on a Small group of to commentators. A issues and ideas Are merely pushed around the plate never digested by the same people a he said. A in the worst of our television we Are addicted to personality to the breathless embrace of celebrity ensuring As we go a tyranny of the televised Over the great mass of the  dear Abby this May be a first for you. I am a Man in my late 50s, divorced living happily alone by Choice and am Well respected in my Community. I have no problems. But society has a tremendous problem. If i found a hungry homeless dog along the Highway and brought it Home fed it and provided for it everyone would say a what a kind generous Man you Are. God bless you a but if i found a hungry homeless human being along the Highway who happens to be a Middle aged native american woman and i brought her Home and fed and provided for her gave her a bedroom of her own and tried to find a Job for her i would be called a a dirty old Many this is precisely what happened to me. When dirty tongues wag and they will How do i respond should i put her Back on the Highway and say a sorry lady but our society does not approved dear Abby this is for real Abby but please done to print my name or address. Just sign me society a problem dear society a problem unless your friends and neighbors Are told something about this woman who is living in your Home they will be naturally curious. There Are Many unanswered questions Here. The most obvious what was this hungry homeless woman doing walking on the Highway is she an amnesia victim is she mentally competent is she running from someone is she a a missing person is she a fugitive from Justice stick to the truth a but done to Tell anyone More than you want to. Dear Abby you May smile at our baby Coo at her compliment her but please do not touch her our daughter is 6 weeks old and she accompanies us on outings to the grocery store or the mall where Well meaning people come up to her and without warning grab her Little hands like most babies our daughter is a world class hand sucker and whatever was on your hands gets on her hands which go directly into her Mouth. Babies immune systems Are just developing and the last thing they need is some unknown person spreading viruses and bacteria through touching the baby a hands. Would these strangers expect us to allow them to put their fingers into our daughters Mouth of course not. So the next time you see a Darling Little baby please done to put the parents in the position of having to say a please done to touch the baby a keeping it clean dear keeping Vou make an excellent Point. I am reminded of a Campaign the Mayo clinic launched some years ago in an Effort to remind people to Wash their hands. They posted enormous signs with the following message a the 10 greatest spreaders of disease a then portrayed a pair of hands. C Universal press Syndicate  
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