European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 12 a a a the stars and stripes monday december 31,1990hope believes troop morale is sensational prom wire reports it ii Llope who Only seems to have been visiting i lie hoops at c Hristina since the civil War has pronounced morale of american forces in saudi Arabia a just sensational.1 t he 87-year-om. Enlil Joiner told reporters at Andrews fab md., on his return from saudi Arabia a my opening line in lire last week has been Are you really a Quot Ami Man stood up with a list and said a we re ready a Quot Hope was asked How morale of today s forces com pared with those lie entertained during the Vietnam War. A a they know More what they re doing,�?T1 he Lopen Christmas appearances in the. Past noted for scantily Clad Young women jul off color jokes were drastically toned Down this year for fear of offending the strict saudi hosts. Except for his wife Dolores women on the Lour were based in appeared Only on . Ships in the persian Pfilf. Reporters were not permitted to attend the shows. Appear Nemit irom Camps in saudi Arabia and from the ships will4>c spliced together in a single television special next month. I Lope s first overseas tour was in world War ii almost 50 years ago and he recalled servicemen in 1983 telling him their grandfathers had seen him. Lie added a so if anybody tells you i was in the civil War in a denying a a Hope has said recent trips such As his 1089 Christmas tour in Europe were his last. He repeated that again Friday night Quot i Loneski this is my last trip Quot meanwhile in London the Pointer Sisters in route Home after visiting troops in the Gulf praised the dedication of forces stationed there. The Sisters Anita june and Ruth performed for servicemen aboard Navy ships and appeared with i Lope at a Bahrain army base during the visit. A they Are All homesick but they Quot arc very serious about doing the Job they were sent there to do Quot said june. A a Quot the Guys seemed really excited to see someone from Home Quot said Anita. Quot it helps the morale of All the troops to see people Are supporting them a the Sisters were unable to visit saudi Arabia with Hope because that country objects to female entertainers a a a a / a Bill arrives 50 years late Franklin Roosevelt was president when Anne bras Tensky Orapollo pa., subscribed to woman a household Magazine. She paid half of the $2 subscription fee. To a Salesman and w As told shed be belied later for the other did t realize How much Lavict. The Bill arrived in the mail 50years later. A i did t oven know what it was when i got it Quot said Brestensky 77. Quot where has it been a this Trev the Bill was mailed March 6, 19411, a it just goes to Slung that a piece of mail no matter Bow old it is still is important to the postal service Quot a 1 comedian Bob Hope says . Troops in the persian Gulf Are ready to fight Iraq. Said Rill Zaken communication manager for the , postal serv ices Pittsburgh office. A we Zuken said the postcard which bears a new York postmark and metered postage for 1 cent probably was caught in a piece of machinery or a delivery knocks out Rocky set fire has destroyed a Dormer Philadelphia meatpacking Plant used for a scene in the first Quot Rocky Quot movie. Firefighters fought the flanges fuelled by a Large amount of paper and boxes stored inside for five hours in freezing temperatures before bringing the Blaze under control fire commissioner Roger Ulshafer said. The two Story building was occupied by the cosmopolitan advertising co. And a veterans of foreign wars Post. At the. Time of the Quot Rocky Quot filming it was owned by Cross Brothers meat packing co the scene in the 1976 movie showed character Rocky Balboa played by Sylvester Stallone using a Side of beef As a punching bag As he trained for his big fight against Champion Apollo Creed. Reviewing Siskel and Ebert the reviews Are in and movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert give each other thumbs Down i the syndicated critics sat Down for a joint interview for the february Issue of Playboy and did no to bother to hide their jealousies and ill feelings. A a weakness of his Quot Siskel says of Ebert a is Tifrit sometimes he goes with the first draft too easily. His thinking is a Little glib u Little Sloppy Quot Ebert countered by saying that he a simply More prolific than Siskel w Hom he accused of spending his time a spinning his w heels Quot later Ebert said it irked him that people often mis dear readers my new year s column has become an annual tradition since 197.1, these new years resolutions Are based on the original Credo of alcoholics atom nuts weuve taken the Liberty of using that theme with some variations of Iny own. Just Tor today will live through this Day Only and not set far teaching goals to try to overcome All my problems at once. I know 1 something for 24 hours that would Appal me if i Felt 1 had to keep it up for a for today i will be Happy. Abraham Lincoln said a most folks Are about As Happy As they make up their i Wujs to he was right. I will not dwell on thoughts that depress tie i w ill Chase them out of my mind Quot and replace them w Ith Happy thoughts. Just for today i will adjust myself to w hat is twill face reality. I will Correct those things that i can Correct and accept those things i cannot Correct. Just for today 1 will mind t will not be a dear Abby mental Loafer i Willieree myself to read something that requires Effort thou Jet and concentration. Just for today i will do something positive to improve my health. If pm a smoker i la make an honest Effort to quit. If pm overweight Tel eat nothing i know to be Tati ening and i Vav Jef Force myself to exercise a even if it s Only Quot walking around the using the stairs instead of the elevator. Just for today i la do something l be been putting off for a Long time. I la finally write Olvat letter make that phone Call clean that closet or straighten out those a Dresser drawers. A. Just for today before i speak 1 will ask myself a is it True is it kind Quot and if the answer to either of those Quesi ions is negative i won t say it. Just for today i will make a conscious Effort to be arc Catyce. I will Quot look As Good As i can dress become ugly talk softly act courteously and not interrupt when someone else is talking. Just for today Ell not improve anybody except myself. Just for today have a program. I May not follow. It exact Hubut i will have it thereby saving in self from took him for Siskel and he proclaimed himself to be j the More intellectual half of the duo. Siskel responded by saving ,1 lighten up. You be got a great mind a lean Back enjoy it. I m no threat to you. Big Guy. With some prompting from the interviewer Ebert said lie admired Siskel. Who admitted that Ebert can be an a exceedingly Good challenged the National coalition of television violence wants to deflate Arnold Schwarzenegger. The group is asking president Rush to rescind the Muscleman s appointment As chairman of the presidents Council on physical fitness and sports on the grounds that his action movies Fromolc violence. Quot while president Bush a and or. a concern for physical fitness is commendable their Lack of respect for the psychological and mental health of our children is disturbing Quot said a ctr spokesman Brian Sullivan a for those who advocate peace and non violence in our society or Schwarzenegger a work in promoting violence in his movies makes him an inadequate Choice for a role Model for our Young people. The harm of teaching and promoting violence Lor which or. Schwarzenegger is responsible overrides any contributions to the promotion of physical1 fitness in our the a ctr issued a statement saying it has Chal longed Schwarzenegger to debate the effects of movie violence but Lias received no response. Mcmahon wedding halted de Mcmahon of the a a tonight show and his fian Cec Joanna Ford have called off their Jan 12 wedding. Ford 48, former maitre do at the fashionable a Munson restaurant in los Angeles is being treated for cancer of the Lymph nodes after undergoing a Mastectomy during the summer Mcmahon 67, who began dating Ford after filing for divorce from his second wife Victoria had been quoted in people Magazine last month As saying Quot weve going to marry on schedule even if we have to have the ceremony in her Hospital filmmaker honoured a filmmaker George Romero an idol of horror film aficionados has been selected As Pittsburgh magazines Pitt Burgher of the year. The Magazine hails the director of the Culf classic a night of the living dead Quot As a the Man who got us into the movies on the cover of its january Issue. Romero 50, invested $600 to make the 1968 Black and White original and was involved in an expensive color remake of that film this year both films were shot in the Pittsburgh area and the remake premiered in the City last fall. He currently is directing Timothy Hutton in Quot the dark half Quot a film from the Stephen King novel of the same name. The movie is being shot in nearby Washington county., re Romero is credited with making Pittsburgh an alternative site . Nine movies were made in Pittsburgh in 1990, bringing in $30 million to the local Economy a a people used to Call me crazy when i said Well we u make these movies right in Pittsburgh Quot Romero said Quot and now. There arc More and More films being made Here and now i can t get out of Here it a. A. A. Two posts hurry and indecision just for today i will have a qui of half hour to relax alone luring this time i will Rel Tel on my behaviour and get a crier perspective on my life. Just for today i will be Unal raid a Wili gather the courage to do what is right and take the responsibility for my of n actions i will expect nothing from the world but i will realize that As i give to the world the world will give to me have a Hap healthy new year a and to ensure a Happy new year for everyone else if you re driving don1 drink and if you re drinking Don t drive love Abby . God bless our men and women in uniform not Only in the persian Gulf but in Kara Okinawa and in every Corner of the win id when Oil is flying. And let us not forget those patriotic Amein an who Are serving their country in the peace grips. Addendum the late or annul 11 a Miner a longtime cherished Friend told me that in Hud this column Tal a to his bathroom minor so he Tuum read it every morning while shaving. \ a a. C a in real plies i a a a
