European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday april 14, 1991faces a no places Man undergoing sex change wins Oprah look alike contest. From wire reports a Man who won the ladies Home journal Oprah Winfrey look alike contest said he did not misrepresent himself As a woman. He is undergoing a sex a change. A. A a in a not lying to the Public a Jocquin Stitt told a Flint television station on thursday. A you know because 1 am going through some neither Stitt nor wort disclosed How far along Stitt was in getting a sex change which can involve a lengthy combination of surgical hormonal and psychological treatment. The City water department worker sent a photograph and an essay to the journal which was running a nationwide contest to locate look alikes for the talk show hostess Winfrey pop Singer Madonna and four other celebrities. Stitt Learned several Days ago that he was one of the winners. The winners Are to travel april 22 to the journals new York offices for a photo session then go to Chi Stitt Cago. For the May 16 taping of an Quot Oprah program. In a report wednesday night wort identified Stitt As a woman. Asked about winning the contest Stitt told a reporter a a it a just coming so fast you know making my head swell the newscast wort said it received several Calls from people saying Jocquin pronounced Jeh keen Stitt was a Man. The station located Stitt at work thursday and got word of the Sert change from him and his supervisor Beverly Keller. A a we re the ones that probably pushed him into entering the contest because of people always saying a hey you look so much like Oprah a you know a Keller said. The director of the journals look alike contest at first told wort that Stitt would be disqualified. The director whom the station did not identify by name said later thursday the magazines lawyers decided it was probably illegal to disqualify a contestant on the basis of sex. Winfrey a production company told wort on thursday that Stitt was Welcome to appear on the program with the other contest Star shining brighter Diana Ross already was a Star to the 75 children in Weymouth mass., who recently sent her birthday cards. She became a superstar when she called their teacher to thank them a they clapped and cheered and looked at each other and said a wow a a said Bonita Corrie the kindergarten teacher at Ralph Talbot school who got the Call thursday. Gorrien a kindergarten class and teacher David Sheehane a fourth Grade class sent the cards to Ross for her 47th birthday on March 26. The students had studied Ross As part of the schools women a history month. She had a string of top hits with the supreme including a someday Well be together a and Solo hits such As a a ainu to no Mountain High in Europe by 92 the first phase of euro Disneyland will open to the Public april 12, 1992, Disney officials announced thursday. A Roy e. Disney the Nephew of Walt Disney launched the countdown to opening Day of the $3.8 billion amusement Park being built outside Paris. The first phase of the project will include the Disney theme Park and six hotels. Plans also Call for the construction of a business Center an Mem studio theme Park and housing with honesty a actress Sean Young who has gained a reputation for run ins with co workers says she a not mean a just honest. A people will always take advantage of me because in a willing to say what i really feel a Young said in the May Issue of details not mean and in a not malicious. A the Only time i tend to have trouble is with leading men who Are insecure and competitive a she said a and i just done to put up with it. And that causes great fear in the Young has appeared in such films As a the boost and a no Way she recently completed the film a a kiss before dying with Matt Dillon. Up Charles Bennett the writer of some of director Alfred Hitchcock a most popular films says Hollywood is not doing Young writers a favor by Rushing them along while ignoring the work of older people. A Many Young writers get Good ideas but they Haven to got the technical experience to put it Down on paper a the 91-year-old Bennett said. A you can t sit Down and say to going to write a screenplay without knowing How to do it. It is a highly professional Job. And a Young writer has to learn that Bennett whose collaboration with Hitchcock began with the 1929 film a blackmail a continues to work. He and producer Stuart Birnbaum recently finished the first draft of an updated version of a blackmail a which is in development at 20th Century Fox. Bennett a other films include a the 39 Steps a a secret agent a a foreign correspondent and a the Man who knew too president ill Yang Shangkuan the president of China was in a Beijing Hospital Reuters reported Friday., Rabbie Ramaliu the prime minister of Papua new Guinea said at a news conference in Beijing that his visit with the chinese president had been cancelled be-1 cause Yang 84, was ill. Me said he did not know the nature or severity of the illness. The foreign ministry said the meeting had been cancelled but did not say Why. The chinese embassy in Vwashington did not answer the phone Friday. A dear Abby i am a self supporting woman Well Over 21.1 mind my own business and i wish other people would mind theirs. I have a Good Friend male who buys my groceries. In return All he gets from me is Home cooking a believe it or not. He a divorced and hates to eat out and i think its a Goud Deal for both of us As i love to Cook. He usually sleeps Here on weekends because he likes wine with his dinner so do i and he does t like driving Home after he a had wine because it makes him sleepy. Some of my neighbors have slipped insulting notes under my door. In be done nothing to be ashamed of is it fair to be judged by appearances unjustly judged dear judged no but your neighbors can to be blamed for thinking dear Abby there a More cooking place than Home cooked meals. If you Don t want to be mistaken for a Duck done to walk like a Duck quack like a Duck or leave yourself open for fowl rumours. Dear Abby with the increase of foreign adoptions in our country perhaps its time to introduce some a adoption etiquette to the general Public. My husband and i adopted a Beautiful child from Korea. Since she is asian and we Are caucasian it is obvious that we Are not her natural parents but we Are constantly approached by strangers who ask these questions a is she your real child a when our child hears this she May wonder if she so a real or a unreal a which could confuse her a a done to you have any children of your own a she May wonder that if she Isnit ours a whose child is Ann Landers dear Ann Landers in a 23 years old and have a wonderful Boyfriend who treats me great. He is also my brother a Best Friend. My brother is dating one of my Best friends which makes it Nice. We All went to College together and enjoy being a foursome. The problem is marijuana. My Girlfriend and i done to like to smoke pot. My brother smokes every night and my Boyfriend smokes every weekend. Neither of them thinks he has a problem. I thought this behaviour would Stop once they graduated from College but they be been out of school for More than two years and both Are working at very Good jobs that require a High level of concentration. My Girlfriend and i have expressed our disapproval Many times and done to want to turn into nags but we Are very worried about these terrific Guys. Please respond soon with any advice and information you May have on the effects of prolonged marijuana use. Y lost in a Cloud of smoke Morristown . Dear Morristown your brother and your sweetheart Are working from an old script. These Are the facts. The american bar association has reversed its stand on decriminalization of marijuana because it is a far More powerful drug today than it was in the �?T60s when Flower children were mellowing out and a expanding their the August Issue of the american bar association s Law and National Security intelligence report had this to say a Long term use of marijuana can damage the immune system and affect the genetic Structure of new Ceils. It can produce memory loss interfere with body coordination impair speech and vision and cause a dramatic change in mood. It can also do serious damage to the respiratory system. A researchers estimate that smoking three to five joints a week has the same carcinogenic effect As smoking 16 tobacco cigarettes a Day seven Days a week. Marijuana also affects the heart raising the blood pressure and heart rate As much As 50 percent after Only one in a series called a spot inc.,�?� Paul Weingarten and James Coates of the Chicago Tribune reported that a potent and expensive form of marijuana called since Mill a is up to 18 times More powerful than the marijuana of the 60s. It is being grown in Clandestine greenhouses on farms and in attics and basements. The Potency of pot today is staggering. One Veteran san Francisco smoker said a we used to take a few Tokes and everybody would Giggle and roil around on the floor. Now you take a Toke or two and you re completely blasted.�?�. In one study of 1,023 patients admitted to a Maryland trauma Center after serious car and motorcycle accidents nearly 35 percent had significant Levels of 1hc, the Active ingredient in pot indicating recent use. It is unlikely that America will Ever return to the Days when an ounce of marijuana could bring 30 years in prison but the debate is much More heavily weighted against the use of pot than in once was. Why because we now know that pot is not the harmless recreational fun thing give thought it was 25 years ago. _ i take no Small amount of personal satisfaction in this verdict. I took a lot of heat for speaking out against pot air the late �?T60s on the grounds that we did no to know enough about the Long term effects. It turns out that i was right. A creators Syndicate a a much did she Cost a this question is Van Fenste. Adopted children Are not purchased Legal for adoption differ vastly 1 Yon ,any0ne go it i away Sud it a Beautiful cd else a chill Asp ,pe0pic to take in some else s child. When our daughter hears this she Sumes she Wasny to wanted so we took her in a bet you get pregnant now a if the painful infer to Issue applies How rude to bring it up what happened to her a real parents do to super act and p p up e link we would stand stranger a ass such a pers0"al matter i has by Klei Iswulf old in much but i think Leniun a Wel Fishers should confine their c compelled to s f. No is and g00d Luck Quot if they a rept Houv my of Yth no a a All of Yea priv a this of adoptive parents will thank you. A parents of a real cd to Universal press Syndicate
