European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a the stars and stripes saturday november 24, 1990 faces a no places2 schools left $39 million each from wire reports a Birmingham ala., insurance executive left $39 million each to Samford University in Birmingham and Asbury theological Seminary in Wilmore by. Officials at the schools said it was the largest bequest to a . Educational institution since 1986. The gift was made by Ralph Waldo Beeson a retired executive with Liberty National life insurance co. Who died oct. 15 at age 89. He had Given Samford numerous gifts Over the last 20 years. A it is truly a transformational gift that enables us to leapfrog As an institution a said Samford president Thomas e. Corts. The gift to Asbury a 67-year-old Independent Seminary with about 700 students will More than double the schools endowment and provide Money for a new preaching Center professorial chairs and scholarships said vice president for advancement Bob Bridges. Samford is Alabama a largest private College or University and is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist state convention. The University has an enrolment of 4,164 students from 43 states Ana 39 nations. A quiet retiring individual who downplayed his philanthropies Beeson told friends a it s the lords Money. He gave me the gift of making it. I am not smart enough to make that much Money on my own. Its his Money and i am going to give it Back to pianist robbed a pianist for the Moscow circus has told Baltimore police that while he was performing in that City last 7riday, thieves broke into his hotel room and stole 6,000 along with two Gold bracelets he had bought for is wife an daughter investigators said. A the intended to use the Money to build a House in Moscow a said Mary Facella who served As an assistant translator while the circus was in Baltimore. The 41-year-old pianist Alexei Evsukov told the police that he left his Waist Pouch in his hotel room at the Days inn before leaving about 5 30 . For the Baltimore Arena. The Pouch contained the Money a $1,400 Gold Bracelet for his wife an $800 Gold Bracelet for his 8-year-old daughter a $700 Gold wedding band and his soviet passport and visa. But he said that when he returned to the hotel about 9 30 ., the Waist Pouch was missing. Dennis s. Hill the police spokesman said there was no indication of forced entry in Evsi kovy a hotel room which was cleaned in his absence. The circus troupe left Baltimore monday for Orlando fla., where it will perform for a week. The circus troupe is scheduled to return to Moscow before going on tour again Facella honoured Americo Paredes a Folklorist at the University of Texas in Austin and one of the states Best known mexican american authors has received the order of the Aztec Eagle the highest award Given by the mexican government to foreigners. The award was created in 1933 to recognize non mexicans for their services to Mexico or humanity and for their preservation of mexican culture. Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari an dog s Best mend Donald Ayles of Lynn mass., hugs his dog a a dowser Quot after the canine got out of the hos Pital. The pet which underwent extensive surgery after being hit last month by a truck is expected to make a full recovery. Bounced the award winners earlier this month in Mexico City. Besides Paredes they included Cesar Chavez the . Labor Leader who organized the United farm workers of America and Julian Zamora a Colorado sociologist. Due to illness Paredes 75, was unable to attend the ceremony in Mexico City. So a ceremony was scheduled for him tuesday in Austin instead. A Brownsville native he has written extensively about mexican american folklore and history. Paredes was the first director of the University of Texas Center for mexican american studies. He also designed initiated and taught numerous courses in mexican american studies Bicu Tural education and folklore at the University. Paredes is the third University of Texas professor to get the Honor. The others Are Nettie Lee Benson and the late Stanley out the marines when Cata Fulkerson needed a few Good men to fill out her wedding party she turned to the marines. Cata and her husband Erik wanted to have their wedding and reception at the Al Adobe restaurant in san Juan Capistrano Calif. There was one problem the restaurant required 150 guests and the Fulkerson had invited 110. The Mission Viejo couple considered donating the extra dinners to Charity but the red tape was too much. Military officials at nearby Camp Pendleton were More obliging allowing members of the marines 5th regt to attend. That unit awaits deployment to the persian Gulf. Forty marines in spiffy dress uniforms were sent off to the festivities staying for dinner and dancing. A it was a Beautiful wedding a said gunnery sgt. Humberto Gonzalez. The ceremony was the second for the Fulkerson who were married aug. 11 in an Indian ceremony in new Mexico but wanted to have a party with family and kiddy shows criticized Bob Keeshan televisions a Captain Kangaroo complains that Many kids shows aim at Selling toys not nurturing children. A a we done to have very much Quality in the commercial sector a said Keeshan 62. He was a guest at a fund Raiser held in Fayetteville n.c., by Cape fear Valley medical Center for children a Hospital services. Keeshan cited his own show plus a mister Rogers and a sesame Street on Public television As programs that nurture children. Many other children a programs especially cartoons jump from the toy shelf to television he arrived too late Florence Henderson says she regrets arriving in hoi Lywood about the time the studios stopped making musicals. A i loved those old film musicians a said Henderson Best known As the matriarch of a the Brady a i grew up in this tiny town in Southern Indiana where going to the movies was the biggest excitement of the week. I wanted to be Jane she even tried to break into show business As a Singer at a Talent show staged by band Leader Horace Heidt but the results were less than successful she recalled in a recent interview in Phoenix. A i was such a kid. I did no to know you had to bring your own piano player. I showed up with a Jane Powell record. On one Side she was soging a its a most unusual Day and on the other was a French song a she said. A a a what Are you going to sing a or. Heidt asked. A these two songs a i said. A whereas your piano player a he wanted to know. A of i done to have one a i said. That a what i did too. Of course i did no to amp writers party the poets amp writers organization is 20 years old not bad for a group whose main industries Are poetry readings publishing directories of writers and agents and maintaining an information Center for writers and an Exchange that brings Young poets and fiction writers to new York. To celebrate the anniversary there will be a gala Ball at the columns on dec. 6, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis writer William Styron and Leonard Rig Gio president and chief executive of b. Dalton books As hosts. Poets amp writers helps writers Early in their careers and the organization enjoys the support of Many established writers. Among those expected to attend Are Wendy Wasserstein Erica Jong Calvin Trillin and about 600 others. A poets amp writers is a saintly Little service organization for writers across the country a novelist . Doc Torow said. A it tells them where the jobs Are the Reading gigs the Grants the competitions and it brings them news of each 6 dear Abby i was bothered by the following which i recently read in your column a confidential to grieving in Arizona my heart goes out to you. A i can think of nothing More unnatural nothing that leaves god with More explaining to do than the loss of a Jean Harris a Abby what right do we mortals have to demand an explanation from god i offer the following from your column in which you respond to a similar situation. It was published 12 years ago and i think its much better than the quote by Jean Arris a dear Abby my sunday school teacher says that god is everywhere. Please put this letter in the paper and maybe he will see it. Dear god Why did you let my brother die when a a let him 2 years old dear Abby had to punish him that Way. 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