European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday March 10, 1991 faces a no places Home alone reaches no. 6 on All time Gross Money list from wire reports the smash hit a Home alone Quot already the most successful comedy and non summer film Ever has become the sixth highest grossing movie of All time Topping the 1981 action adventure a raiders of the Quot lost  a Home alone moved into sixth place on thursday with $218,028 in ticket sales at 1,669 screens i giving it a Gross of $242,565,253 after 112 Days in release. That gave a Home alone $190,799 More than the final Gross for a raiders Quot which took in $242,274,454. 7 a a. R a raiders Quot a homage to the fast moving old time movie serial spawned a Host of action adventure films including two sequels. The film released by Paramount also brought together three of Hollywood a biggest names George Lucas who was the producer Steven Spielberg who directed arid Harrison Ford who starred As Indiana Jones. \ a Home alone Quot still grossing about $5 million a week is Likely to reach fifth place on the All time list later this month when it passes a Batman a which grossed $251.2 million after its release in 1989. A Home alone will probably also pass a jaws Quot which grossed $260 million and a return of the Jedi which grossed $263 million to reach third place on the All time list by the end of april. But the top two movies  and a Star wars a Are probably out of reach at $399.8 million and $322 million respectively. The 10 top grossing movies year of release total Gross Are a 7. A a 1. . A the extraterrestrial a 1982, $399.8 million 2. A Star wars Quot 1977, $322 million 3. A return of the Jedi a 1983, $263 million 4. A jaws a 1975, $260 million 5. A Batman a 1989, $251.2 Mil lion. A a a a a a 6. A Home alone Quot 1990, $242.6 million 7. Quot raiders of the lost Ark a 1981, $242.4 million 8. A Beverly Hills cop a 1984, $234.8 million 9. A the Empire strikes Back,�?T-1980, $223 million 10. A Nghos busters a 1984, $220,9  earn Irish honors actress Maureen of Hara and Paul old Wyer new York commissioner to the unit cd nations Are the highest ranking Irish americans in a list compiled by a Magazine in the spirit of St. Patrick a Day Irish american Magazine named them to the Irish american Hall of Fame a Quot new category alongside the month of Hara Lye Stop 100 list. Among those cited were Mccaulay Culkin the 10-year-old Star of Home alone a actors Helen Hayes Bill Murray Ryan of Neal Angelica Huston and a Mother daughter pair a of Sullivan and Mia Farrow. Sports Field honors go to Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly and new York giants coach Bill Parcells. In the political Arena sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska Chicago mayor Richard Daley and Senate majority Leader George Mitchell of Maine were cited. A reception in Honor of them All will be held thursday in new  expecting baby when Chris Evert retired from Tennis two years ago she said she wanted to give up rackets and balls for diapers and baby formula. In a few months the transition should be Complete. On Friday she and her husband Andy Mill an a bounced in Boca Raton fla., that they Are expecting their first child in october. Evert 36, and Mill 38, who live in Boca Raton were married in 1988. Evert retired from the proves. Signal circuit the next year. Mill is a former olympic skier. A.  �7\ a in love with underwear there a no accounting How some people get their thrills. For Madonna it was the mundane task of cleaning lint from the dryer after lovingly folding her sex husbands underwear. A a a the subject of laundry duty and former husband Sean Penn came up in an interview in which Madonna said she missed being married. A a a when 1 was married i did the Wash a lot a she said. A a i liked folding scans underwear. I like mating socks. You know what 1 love i love taking the lint out of the lint  Mabell gets no respect at Ronald g. Webb a farm in Pitts ton Maine Dairy cows Are trampling All Over Mabell. Webb a 130 cows go through outdated phone directories at the rate of 6 tons a week. The books Are ground up by Webb and used As bedding for the cows As part of a state sanctioned recycling Experiment. The scheme gives businesses and schools an Iri exp pensive Way to dispose of directories and other waste paper while supplying Farmers with useful materials. Webb 36, a third generation Farmer who owns two farms totalling 360 acres near Pittston in Central Maine also combines the waste paper in a manure pit with discarded produce from supermarkets and a restaurant. The compost is used to enrich the top soil in which he grows Corn Hay and  thought counted the mayor of Albany n.y., thought he had hit on a Bright idea when he asked residents to Greet returning . Troops flying Oyer his City Early Friday with a dramatic Light display. Problem was the plane was late and missed Albany by 70 a titles. Mayor Thomas Whalen along with state officials had asked residents to turn on their outside lights from 4 15 to 4 45 . When a pan american 747 flying in from Germany was scheduled to Fly overhead. State buildings in the massive Empire state Plaza Complex were lit to Honor the occasion including the 42-Story Corning Tower the tallest building in the state outside new York City. Windows from the 37th to 41st floors were arranged to spell out a a thanks on the North Side. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers our son who is an infantryman has been in the persian Gulf since Early december. His father arid i As Well As his sister two Brothers grandparents aunts and cousins have All written to him at. Least twice a week. He phoned last sunday and of course we were thrilled to hear his voice but we were shocked when he told us that he has not received a single letter from  has he received any oif the five packages i have sent. A Why is the military doing  a Lousy Job of getting mail to our soldiers does no to the military understand How important mail from Home is to the morale of our people in uniform our son told us that mail addressed to a any service person is All Over the place and that you Ann Landers Are responsible for a lot of it. Even though they enjoy that mail a great Deal letters front family and friends Are what they really need. A a Wui you please look into this and let us know what is going on if we can Send a Rhian to the Moon it seems like we should be Able to get mail into the hands of our men and women in uniform who need this boost to their morale. Thanks for whatever help you can give us. Memphis mom dear mom a a a the problem you describe is serious and there Are no easy answers. Here is another letter on the same subject7-7 a a / dear Ann Landers i am a Navy wife whose husband is serving on an aircraft Carrier in the persian Gulf. He is pleased that the american Public is so supportive but the mail from school kids and service clubs has gotten but of hand. He writes a because of the tons of mail from kindergarten children arid other Well meaning strangers we Arentt getting any mail from our families. The servicemen and women on the front lines done to have time to answer letters from strangers. I Hope the Public will find a better Way to support the  Ann what can be done about this please Tell us Why this is happening. A a b.r., Michigan dear Eric Schmitt who is now in Riyadh saudi Arabia fit the new York times wrote an informative piece on this subject. The following information is from that piece 7 maj. Michael h. Whitaker postmaster for the United states forces in the persian Gulf is responsible for delivering nearly 300 tons of mail a Day to More than 500,000 troops scattered from warships in the red sea to isolated army encampments near the iraqi Border. One of the problems is the troops done to stay put. Sometimes the mail is waiting for them when they arrive at a new Post and sometimes its chasing them after they have left. ,-7777, Quot 7 -7-7 a every Day a dozen military planes Fly mail to four distribution centers. Large parcels Are a Rayed. Trucks helicopters and everything Short of camels Are used to get the mail to the front. The military knows How vital mail is to the morale of the soldiers. Before the War broke out the mail was delivered in eight to 10 Days. Now delivery takes anywhere from two weeks to a  dear readers All 1 can Tell you is that the armed services Are doing their Best to get your letters and packages into the hands of the men and women who Are fighting this War. Be patient. Keep praying. We must let them know that we Are proud of what they Are doing and that we Hack them every Inch of the Way. A a a c creators Syndicate dear Abby someone told me he had recently read in your column that if a Man or woman has lost a family member in the War that person is automatically exempt from Active duty if a War should break out. Please clarify this in your column. I need this information immediately in writing a a Baltimore mom dear Baltimore mom i published the information in november 1990. But for anyone who might have missed it who now needs it according to the Public affairs office of the department of the army if a member of the armed services has lost an immediate family member father Mother brother sister or child in a designated hostile fire or imminent danger area the loss May be due to death missing in action or from a 100 percent physical or dear Abby mental disability the service member can apply for exemption. It is not . The service member initiates action by contacting his her company commander. For an immediate family member to make application a request must he made in writing to Aqda Dap epo a Alexandria a. 22331-0400. And the service member May waive a request initiated by an immediate family member and still serve in the hostile fire area. Dear Abby i am an 88-year-old woman and although i have read your column for years this is my first time in be written you a letter. A on a cold Friday evening before Christmas i went grocery shopping. I took a pie out of the Freezer then i carried it to the cashier and asked her How much it was because it Wasny to marked and it was the Only one of its kind in the Freezer. After 1 Learned the Price 1 put the pie Back in the Freezer because i thought 1 should not be eating too Many sweets. As i turned and started up the aisle a tall elderly gentleman approached me and handed me a folded $20 Bill. He smiled and said a now please go Back and get that  then he walked Down the aisle and out the door a a a. A. I was so shocked i  utter a word. He must have been near the checkout stand and heard me ask How much the pie was and when he saw me put it Back in the Freezer he thought 1  afford to buy it. Abby that was one of the nicest things that has Ever happened to me. R a a Little old lady in Little Rock dear lady and yours is one of the nicest letters in be Ever received today when we hear so much about Many a inhumanity to Man learning about an Anonymous kindness does the heart Good. Thank you for sharing it with me so that 1 May share it with others. A c Universal press Syndicate