European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday May 14, 1991lights luring japanese tourists by Dean Fosdick the associated press Fairbanks Alaska a the Northern lights have seen queer sights wrote poet Robert w. Service a but nothing quite so perplexing As the newest alaskan oddity the arrival of thousands of japanese to see the Aurora boreal is. Enticed by Aurbra features on japanese television Aurora travel posters in the Tokyo subway and Aurora packages of one of Japan a most popular cigarettes the japanese i have flocked to Alaska in recent years. A japanese cannot see the Northern lights from Domestic Japan so they think of them As mysterious fantastic. A major phenomenon that a very attractive a said Kojiro Abe of the Alaska division of tourism in Tokyo. 51 a. A we sent out a questionnaire asking which attractions Are most popular with japanese Consumers. The no. 1 answer a was the Northern More japanese make the trip to see the Aurora each Winter and As Many As 3,000 were in the Anchorage Fairbanks area in late april Abe said. The Northern lights Burn brightly and frequently during alaskans Long dark Winter. The Alaska Interior is a particularly Good Vantage Point located under a wide auroral Belt just South of the magnetic North pole. Depending upon weather scientists say residents of Fairbanks fort Yukon and Barrow Souid see the shifting spectral lights a Green Blue Crimson and Magenta a almost 200 nights a year. By comparison Chicago or Seattle might Sec the lights 25 times a year san Francisco five times and the Mediterranean and Mexico once a decade. The colors depend on the mix of nitrogen and oxygen turned into the equivalent of a giant Neon sign by electrically charged particles from the Sun. Carried by the solar wind and then picked up by the Earth s magnetic Field the particles create a Gigantic natural Generator producing up to 10 million megawatts of electricity that Ionizes the gases and makes them glow. The japanese As Well As americans from the lower 48 states spend thousands of dollars on airfare lodging and ground transportation so they can bundle up and stand outside in the cold to ooh and a at the natural fireworks. Woody Kobayashi a japanese tour operator in Anchorage said a seven Day package runs anywhere from $1,000 to $3,000 per person Tokyo to Fairbanks he pronounced it a a Good Deal for everybody. Its wintertime when airline travel and hotels Are cheap. It helps the travel Industry even out its a half dozen businesses around Fairbanks have begun cashing in on the Aurora. They be teamed with travel agencies to set up package Tours and hired interpreters to help explain the spectral sightings. They also print their brochures in English and japanese. Perhaps the ultimate Aurora capitalist though is Pam Mclaughlin who runs the old . Company Gold Camp resort 37 Miles Northeast of Fairbanks. She is nicknamed the a Aurora Queen a Quot the Aurora just dumps in our front Yard. Its pretty vibrant a said Mclaughlin who with her husband Larry is expanding the 1920s Gold Camp turned rustic resort. They be also teamed with a japanese investor to build a $500,000 log walled Glass domed a Gaur orium near the main Lodge. By fall the building should be ready to give observers an unobstructed but pampered View of the Northern lights. �?o1 still have two japanese Here and in a picking up another one tonight a Mclaughlin said. A we quit the Tours a couple of weeks ago when we had so much Daylight. But Well be going big time this fall when our aur orium is japanese tourist Ryoko Otsus stands at the old . Com pans Gold Camp resort after taking her first look at the Northern lights. Mclaughlin said her Camp played Host to Quot a Good 400�?� japanese this past Winter and Tours a where a Van makes hotel pickups in Fairbanks and brings visitors to a nearby viewing area a accounted for an additional 150 people auroras appear year round Day or night but Are visible onh in darkness. The Best times of. Year to see them in Alaska Are fall and late Winter when nights Are Long a 18 to 20 hours a and the weather is Clear and Crisp. But what nature gives nature often takes away. Quot the Aurora operates on a 22-year Cycle with an in year it speak Quot said Neal Brown with the geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks a a we re right at the top of it a scientists believe the Peak will last through 1993, but gradually the lights will fade. And the Industry that has been built around this spectral spectacular May fade As Well a a it a a Little scary to talk about an Industry that May die a Brown Caine learns of confined brother new York up a actor Michael Caine was amazed to learn last week he has an older brother who spent nearly a half Century in a mental Hospital a published report said monday. Caine s Mother Ellen Maria Burchull visited her son David for More than 40 years until old age and infirmity Topp cd her the new York Caine daily news reported. She died in 1989.a a what a really amazed me is that she managed to visit him All those years without anybody knowing Quot Caine told the news. But he said with the discovery some pieces of Bis childhood fell into place. �?o1 remember my Mother telling me when i was a teen Ager that she was going to visit a Cousin there Cane Hill mental Hospital Quot he told the news. A but even then she did a really Good cover up. She told me it was a woman Cousin who. Was mentally ill and that she had to go and see. That must have been my Caine Learned the Story of his now 6<5-Vear-old brother last week from a reporter with London people. The brother was born six years before Caine smother married his father Maurice Nicklewhite. When David was Horn the father was never identified. The baby was first Given up to Foster care but suffered from epilepsy and was placed in a series of institutions. He never Learned to read or write and a hip injury suffered in childbirth confined him to a wheelchair for mud of the time. At 17, he was placed in the Cane Hill mental Hospital South of London since his mothers death 18 months ago. He has been moved to a nursing Home the news said Bough Caine a the Oscar winning Star of such films As Quot Al St and Quot Hannah and her Sisters Quot a did not know Atao Tsi David. David would Tell fellow patients and staff about his famous brother the new Val. Quot i up love none of the people looking after David Ted me because my Mother insisted that they keep it a Caine told the new s. Caine has now vowed to take care of his brother. 1 am going to do whatever i can for him Quot Caine Suk. Quot i have the Money to take care of Houston cop says incident a King like setup Houston apr a policeman who said he was shot at and mobbed by 75 to 100 people when he tried to arrest a drunk claims the incident was a setup an attempt to goad him into an attack like the one videotaped in los Angeles. Houston police ate taking special precautions in a drug and gang infested Section of the City after two violent ambushes on Solo police in three weeks. Police say they have been ordered not to enter the area less than a mile West of downtown without backup. Police chief Elizabeth m. Watson said drug dealers in the area Are trying to push officers into doing something rash to arouse anti police feelings and divert pressure. A Hie precautions were ordered after officer j r. Do Eugenio was attacked by up to 1 h people May 4 while trying to arrest a Man who appeared intoxicated. He told the Man he would have to no to jail. T he Man refused turned around and pushed do Eugenio the officer said a at that time. 1 notice another Man standing behind me with a video camera til mine the whole he said. A it a its an i it Violis setup Quot d Eugenio said a crowd Sutherd. Bottles and rocks rained Down on to. Patrol ear. And he said he heard four or the shots before he drove Avi. I t think who the e Rodney r k inc Rule to the v k met a i to by s a i Vav e d i l a a to _ a. Beet h i i. I up to it my they w c re o a v i in thine wit h if Al it Lumen in s j a j. A a _. F a a o. H u l a tarsier two officers Riding cars were forced to leave is after about 50 people rocks and Sticks at them. Richard Ruiz spokesman for police patrolman Union. It end Ruiz card one per on dated because of a Lack of of officers worried a Root. 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