European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes. Saturday december 8,1990 i us Uit a w a wow Quot a a Quot t a Quot Feu a m a a a a a Ltd a a a a ? a Quot a up to acis a a a a. It for. A. ,.�?�> to Jtj Vijo i-1&Quot x res Aji it won her a from wire reports her car was never mistakenly towed. She was never charged with someone else a unpaid fines never billed for a ticket shed already paid. But Barbara James has won the Competition for new Yorkus Quot worst parking  Quot you re kidding Quot the 33-Ycar-old advertising consultant from Clifton n.j., said thursday when informed she had won the $100 grand prize Here a her Story eight years ago Barbara was single living in the City and dating Bob Janies who would become her husband. He was living in new Jersey where she refused to go and drove a a snazzy sporty  she persuaded Bob against his better judgment to drive into the City for the last night of the san Gennaro festival in Little Italy a cramped old neighbourhood. Bob and Barbara found what looked like a parking space just two blocks from the festival. There were other cars parked on the Block none were ticketed and a sign said Quot no parking until 6  it was 5 55. V they asked a policeman standing on a the Corner if they could Park there and he said go ahead. The couple giddily walked off Here a the rest of the Story according to mrs James a we came Back stuffed with cannoli and almost threw up when we found a $35 parking ticket on the car a issued at 5 59, not 30 seconds after the cop As surd us it was of to Park Quot Bob wrote out a Check smeared the ticket with Marinara sauce and mailed both to the City. Other Drivers with a claim on the $100 included a a a a v a Michael Cutrone who had to pay $8,240 in parking tickets even though copies of the tickets showed they were not issued to his car. He paid after the City s parking violations Bureau obtained a Lien on his House. A Carlos Gonzales whose Nissan was seized while he was in Church because the Bureau claimed he owed about $5,400 in fines and interest. But the car to which the tickets were issued was a Pontiac belonging to another Carlos Gonzales Holiad the same birthday As the Nissan owner James said she feels sorry for them but she will take the $100, Shell also take her free copy of the parking Cal endur even though she never drives into new York a Jve Learned my lesson Quot she prize a said. Quot i take the  in a Bathtub a country music fan was in hog Cha yen after a Bath with steaming noodles and a 6-month-old pig won her tickets to see her favorite Star. Quot in a a big Chat Black fan Quot said Karen herring 38, who wallowed in a Noodle filled Bathtub for 30 minutes with a pig named Clint. I just wanted to go see  herring 38, came up with the idea for the stunt after Jackson miss., county music station we do held a contest of faring free tickets to see Black thursday. Night at the Mississippi coliseum. An elderly widower in Plattsmouth neb received an unexpected gift on his 86th. Birthday a a Wallet stolen from him last year and returned in the mail with $40 a four times what was in it a and a note of apology from the Anonymous thief. Rud Zajic 86, said thursday the Billfold was gift wrapped like a birthday pre sent when it arrived at his Home on nov. 29. Quot. The Wallet was stolen while Zajic Wasin Clarkson Hospital in Omaha recovering from a broken hip he said. This Bird squealed Frankie Ladel was sitting pretty until Coco the Cockatiel blew the whistle on him authorities said. _ Ladel 20, was arrested on charges of breaking into a Home in fort Walton Beach fla., and taking Coco $100 in Cash and $4,715 Worth of camera gear electronics equipment jewelry snoes and food police said. A after the break in Ladel left Coco with the owner of a Tattoo parlor asking him to keep the Bird. But Coco  keep his beak shut when police officer Jim Walker stopped by the parlor. / a fall of a sudden the Bird started singing and i remembered the burglary a Walker said. R r it was the theme. Song from televisions a the Andy Griffith show a Walker recalled that Phillip Blankenship cd co a owner had told an investigator his Bird could whistle the tune from the old comedy show about a Small town sheriff. A a a Quot Bogart s boats the truth tame out in Frankfurt Germany when a picture from the movie Casablanca Quot was displayed. Yes Humphrey Bogart wore platform shoes so he could look into the eyes of co Star Ingrid Bergman. The Dos play can be seen of an exhibition Quot dream factory Hollywood Quot at the Frankfurt film museum. The Tattoo parlor owner told police where Ladel could be found. The Case was a first for the officer a a in be never had a Bird squeal on somebody a Walker said. A. Presley Parade the displays of sparkling jumpsuits Gold records and shiny motorcycles at Elvis Presley a House Are about to get a bit flashier managers of the Memphis tenn., estate said thursday. Quot it Tom Parker who directed Presley a career for 30 years has sold his Persona collection of Rock a no Roll Memorabilia to the residence known As Graceland. Gave Parker As a present. His body racked by drug abuse pres Leaf died at Graceland in 1977, he was Sylvester Stallone whose a Rocky a a opened last month has purchased a House in the Beverly Hills calif., area it for $5.7 million sources Sayfi Stallone a personal Fortune has been estimated at More than $100 million made primarily from his a Rocky Quot and a a rambo films. He is working on a Oscar a a Walt Disney comedy directed by John Landis about an affluent 1930s Hood trying to go straight. V the actor bought less than a third of Kirk Ker Korlann a 31-acre parcel which the financier had listed at $25 million. The two Story Spanish style Home with a Pool has five bedrooms and five Baths in about 8,400 Square feet the House is one of five owned by Stallone he also has Homes in Malibu and hid Den Valley calf Kauai Hawaii and Maryland. J dear Abby. I am engaged to be married in the Spring. 1 am 31 years old and my future husband is 30, we both have successful careers and Are responsible adults. After much thought and discussion we decided to live together after we became engaged. The problem is my Mother. She strongly disapproves of our. Living together for religious reasons. She has taken no interest in our wedding plans w in fact she hardly a a. Speaks to us. She says she will attend our wedding but i am worried that she May show her disapproval at our wedding. Abby this should be a Happy occasion but i feel she is ruining it for us. I respect her beliefs but As an adult to quite capable of making my own decisions. 1 am fully aware that i am accountable for my actions. How can l make peace with  Bride to Bedear Abby dear Bride to be l Ean relate to where your Mother is coming from because she and i were brought up in the same school of morality however her obvious Unin Terest in your wedding plans plus Here a hardly speaking Quot to you and your Fiance is her Way of punishing you which is childish and mean spirited have a private talk with her and let her know that you Are aware of How she feds but it would be so much More pleasant for All concerned if she could find it in her heart to be a Little More tolerant and a Little less condemning. Perhaps Given the Opportunity to talk it out and verbalize her anger and disapproval privately Shell no longer feel the need to give you the cold silent treatment in Public dear Abby. I know you have addressed the Issue of punctuality in the column but How about the a Overly prompt Quot they can be just As annoying As people who Are always Date. I refer to the individual who arrives at your desk half an hour Early for a luncheon Date and punks himself Down a to wait Quot while you try to finish the work you wanted to Complete before the lunch hour. Or the Cou pie who offered to pick you up at 8 . Arriving at 7 so you answer the Doorbell wrapped in a Towel or the guest who arrives 5 minutes Early for your party while you Are feverishly tiding to get the Hor do oeuvres ready a hat a wrong with these people Abby please print this maybe  recognize themselves frustrated dear frustrated a a i agree that people who Corse Early can be As much a or More a of an imposition than those who Are per pet rally late. But if you a drop everything to entertain them you Are contributing to the problem if you cannot confront these Early Birds continue to do what you were doing before the interruption and if that Means putting them in front of the television set or handing them a Magazine do it without a second thought and done to let it give you an ulcer. Universal press Syndicate