European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes thursday november 29,1990 faces a no places Rome ready to Greet Trevi s pigeons with an unpleasant Shock Winter fun recent heavy snowfall in the Calgary Alberta area provides for great sliding action As Dan Manship 10, front Keith butt 9, and Stacey Kootenay 10, rear make the most of cited up Snow behind their school in Canada. From wire reports toss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain and if you believe the myth you la come Back to Rome some Day. But that does t apply to the City a pigeons. A Low voltage electronic Field to repel pigeons has been installed at the Fountain following its two year Long $2.8 million just completed scrubbing. The wires done to harm the Birds but Emit enough current to discourage them from settling on the baroque Monument. A similar system has been used successfully for several years on Milan a spire topped Cathedral. According to Rome a superintendent of Art and antiquities restoration of the Fountain will be completed in Early 1991. Trevi receives its water via the same Aqueduct that supplied roman Baths in the Days of the Caesars. But that water is heavy in Calcium which forms crusty deposits on the monuments. Restorers Are now working out a treatment system to reduce the debut the nations savings and loan debacle is now a King size problem. All Shook up about the hunk of Money taxpayers Are shelling out to resolve the mess Elvis Presley Impersonator Nicholas do Ambra debuts this week As a is amp Lvisa at a Union rally in los Angeles. Its being dubbed the a is amp a spectacular a his first song is a tax break coming soon he says is a bailout the los Angeles actor who has impersonated the King for three years at Small shows and private parties Hopes that his appearance will launch him As the King of the a amp Lvis impersonators. Do Ambra 23, was asked to appear ass amp Lvis at the rally outside the Hyatt Wilshire hotel by members of local 11 of the hotel employees amp restaurant employees International Union who Are in a lengthy contract dispute with the Hyatt corp. Chains owners the billionaire Pritzkur family of Chicago. The Pritzker bought a failed savings and loan in 1988 in a government assisted transaction. The Deal for the Illinois Thrift is one of a Host of purchases that critics now say were generous giveaways by the former Federal Home loan Bank Board at taxpayers expense. In a tax break hotel a do Ambra sings a the Deal the Bank Board gave them was too Good to be True for every Dollar they put in there a 15 from on Block Gene Autry wants to sell the last 10 acres of his Home on the Range the Melody ranch in Placenta Canyon calif., for $975,000. The former Cowboy movie Star and owner of the California Angels baseball team decided to give up what was left of the ranch after the death of his horse. Autry 83, bought the 110-acre ranch in 1952 and it was the site for his a Melody ranch theater television show until a devastating 1962 no. 1, too Janet Jackson was named the years no 1 rhythm and blues artist at the billboard music awards in los Angeles and her album a rhythm nation 1814�?� was chosen Best pop album and Best ramp a album. The 24-year-old sister of Michael Jackson picked up five other awards monday night the years no. 1 ramp a albums artist ramp a singles artist hot 100 singles artist dance artist and dance singles artist. A the most rewarding thing for me was to actually meet kids who had dropped out of school had been hooked on drugs or had even tried to take their own lives but were inspired to change through a rhythm nation a a Jackson said. The awards Are Given by billboard Magazine and Are based on the artists record sales. Other winners included . Hammer for top pop and rap artist and Sinead of Connor for the top ranking worldwide hit single a nothing compares 2 Phil Collins won three awards top adult contemporary artist adult contemporary single for the song a do you remember and worldwide album for a a. But won t quit Stacy Arthur who posed nude for the january Centrefold of Playboy Magazine says the photographs have caused problems with her fellow contestants in the mrs. America pageant. A some of the other girls Are very upset about it. I have gotten a lot of flak a Arthur said in an interview with Lima Ohio radio station Wima. A but the pageant system is not going to Stop me from competing. They Are going to let me compete a said Arthur who represents Ohio. The mrs. America pageant is being held in the soviet Union in conjunction with the mrs. User pageant. Winners Are to be selected dec. 4, with the pageants to be televised in the Spring. Arthur and her husband James live in Sidney about 30 Miles North of Dayton where they operate a ceramics relative wins the Duchess of Yorkus sister was awarded $234,000 in damages when a Sydney Australia jury decided that three newspapers had defamed her in 1988. The damage award against the newspapers publisher nationwide news ply ltd., will be increased by interest in an amount yet to be determined. It also was ordered to pay the Legal fees for the plaintiff Jane Makim. Makim 33, is the sister of the Duchess of York the former Sarah Ferguson who married Prince Andrew second son of Queen Elizabeth. The supreme court jury of two women and two men took just Over 90 minutes to find that Makim had been defamed by two articles in the daily Telegraph and one each in the sunday Telegraph and the australian. The daily Mirror was absolved of similar allegations. The jurors found that the articles in the Sydney based newspapers implied that Makim had an adulterous affair with Argentine Polo player Horatio Lanusse and wrongfully attempted or threatened to remove her children from Australia. A my reputation has been totally vindicated a Makim said. A Mother of two she married Alex Makim in 1975 and lived with him on his cattle ranch until they separated 11 months ago. She now lives in Sydney. Dear Abby my husband chose to be a nurse because he truly loves to care for sick people and no health professionals spend More time with the people they care for than nurses. He anticipated some kidding and even some possible discrimination from the female nurses he works with but we never expected what we be heard from Complete strangers. Someone said a ooh what a Sissy Job for a another person had the nerve to ask if he had flunked out of medical school Abby he is very Good at his Job. The patients and coworkers have raved about his competence and caring. Nursing has come a Long Way since Florence Nightingale and because of dedicated men like my husband it will Progress even further. Proud nurses wife dear wife male nurses Are not As rare As most people might assume. According to or. P. Rosenfeld of the National dear Abby league for nursing there Are currently More than 67,000 male nurses in the nation and the number is growing each year. This year at Columbia University a school of nursing one third of the students Are male. Dear Abby i read with interest the letter from a baffled in Vancouver a whose 49-year-old husband began acting peculiarly. She said he went outside wearing Only his Boxer shorts to turn on the Lawn sprinkler in full View of the neighbors. Then she came Home from work to find him preparing supper in nothing but a to shirt. She said such conduct was totally out of character for him. Thank god you advised her to get her husband to a doctor for a Complete examination from the neck both ways. My 47-year-old husband also began acting peculiarly i wasted a year being angry at him because he refused to see a doctor. When his judgment became visibly impaired i practically dragged Hon to our family physician. I had told the doctor in Advance about the alarming changes in my husbands behaviour the physician referred him to a neurologist and after extensive testing it was discovered that my husband had a rare form of dementia called a a pick a disease a which is similar to alzheimer a but strikes people at a much younger age a Between 40 and 60. Inappropriate behaviour and poor judgment Are Early symptoms and like alzheimer a there is no known cure. Abby i done to want to frighten Quot baffled a but if her husband has either alzheimer a or picks disease the set her she gets involved in a support group the easier it will be for All concerned. Can Ann Bee there dear Abby a it a ia7-t0 ugh when i read the letter from Dan in Lula Vista. He told How he had made a tape recording neighbors Barking dog then played it for the neighbor the next Day. Nine did the same thing. Only he Recordon his neighbors shouting and cursing with his wife in the wee hours of the morning. Then he played it Back under their bedroom window at 6 . Matches was ent Ose late night noisy shouting Donna from Albuquerque Universal press Syndicate
