European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday june 30, 1991faces a no places from wire reports Paul Mccartney has gone classical. Soprano Dame Kiri the Kanaka was. Among hundreds of singers Friday who performed Mccartney a Liverpool oratorio a classical ode to the former cat let a Hometown in Northern England. More than 2,000 people in Liverpool a anglican Cathedral witnessed Mccartney a debut As a classical composer. The partly autobiographical eight movement ode to growing up in the port City was Sung by the Kanaka Willard White Sally Burgess and Jerry Hadley. They were accompanied by a 100-voice chorus a boys choir and the Royal Liverpool philharmonic orchestra conducted by Carl Davis. Davis collaborated with Mccartney in writing the 90-minute oratorio which the pop Star said he worked on during a recent world tour with band. Mccartney 49, cannot read music but has written hundreds of Rock songs. He called his move to. Clas Sical music a very Quot a i have been in the music business along Lime and even if i done to know How to write it Down you can to help picking up things along the Way Quot he for a while country Singer Larry Gatlin was reported in Good condition following surgery to remove cysts on his vocal cords. Gatlin was Alert Friday and a already writing notes in the recovery room at Vanderbilt University medical Center in Nashville tenn., said or. Robert Ossoff. The grammy winning Singer wont be Able to speak for two weeks and wont be singing for at least three months Ossoff said. Gatlin 43, will work with a voice specialist and a voice pathologist to retrain his voice which should be Back to Normal in 18 months Ossoff said. Ossoff said the cysts developed because Gatlin has Sung for 37 years often when he was ill with a cold or laryngitis. Gatlin announced earlier this month that the Gatlin Brothers which includes Brothers Steve arid Rudy Gatlin would break up at the end of their current tour. A -. A president terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to terminate any notion that he a aiming for political office. In a recent interview in los Angeles to promote the summer release of his new action film Termi Nitor 2, the bodybuilder turned actor said he has no political ambitions despite his muscular support for president Bush a physical fitness programs. A Why would i run for office a Schwarzenegger asked. A the most important thing for me right now Paul Mccartney right raises conductor Carl Davis Arm for cheers from the Audi ence following the performance of their Liverpool oratorio is to make America the actor who has supported gop causes said he enjoys politics but does t want to be a politician. A i do endorse people and help Campaign a he said. A we do that in a democracy. We have choices. And that a Why in a involved but not because i want to run for without Choice a set of horse racing Silks did no to get to the Gate at the track because it carried an abortion rights message. Stewards at Canterbury Downs in Shakopee. Minn., thursday disallowed the Silks or jockey shirt belonging to Minneapolis lawyer Stefan Tolin who owns the horse dats Ruby. Tolins Silks had a picture of the Earth Back and at its Center a coat Hanger with a slash through it. A the word a a choices appeared above and below the. Figure of the Earth the stewards said they allow the use of the Silks because Minnesota racing Law prohibits the wearing of symbols words or emblems that Are not in keeping with the customs of the turf or Are employed for advertising or promotional purposes. Liis horse finished sixth in an la horse Field. A dear Abby dear Abby my Friend and i read your column and discuss the letters and your replies. We usually agree with your answers. Now we have a question for you lets say that a a Mary was shopping and ran into a Young woman she had known in College a Well Call her Beatrice. Beatrice had her 2-year-old son in a stroller and when Mary looked at the Little boy she was t prepared for she got. The child a face was terribly deformed and disfigured what should Mary have said �?1 if anything my Friend said �?o1 would have ignored the abnormality and said something like a my what a Sweet child. How old is he a a i said a i would have been More honest and said something like a in a sorry about your baby but 1 hear they Are Able to do amazing reconstructive surgery a Abby what do you think a Parent of a facially disfigured child would want to hear my Friend and i Are hoping you will respond in your column. It helpful to Manv readers. A _ no name or City please dear no name i i think in be seen everything along comes a letter such As this one. Only a person who has walked that path is qualified to answer that question. I Hope someone who has will write and let me know. The. Answer would he helpful to Many readers a As Well As to this columnist. \ dear Abby i have a Friend who insists he is not addicted to to. A Bacco because he does no to smoke cigarettes a he smokes a pipe he says Quot i done to inhale so a pipe can to Hurt . Meanwhile his wife inhales his secondhand smoke All Day and it must Hurt because she has a respiratory problem and a chronic cough. This Man claims he does no to have a habit yet he is never seen without some kind of pipe a which he constantly is lighting packing with tobacco tapping into an ashtray or fiddling with in some manner. He has a very impressive collection of pipes As Well As a variety of fancy blends of tobacco so it s apparent that he is not just a casual smoker. He brags that he could quit his pipe tomorrow and no or miss it because he really does no to have a habit. Abby i wonder who lies kidding a an observer Ann Landers dear Ann Landers Tver heard of people who wish to be cremated and have their ashes kept in an urn on the mantel which seems Odd to me. I am also aware of individuals. Who wish to donate their remains to a medical school a Noble gesture to be sure but 1 could never bring myself to do that. I am 79 years old. As time goes. By i become More and More convinced that people should do As they please and not concern themselves with what others say. This is where i need your counsel. My dear departed husband was a Beautiful person. We were married for 60 wonderful years. He passed away several months ago it is my wish that when i die his casket he brought up from the grave and opened his body turned on its Side and my body placed in his arms so we could lie in Loving embrace until eternity. I am a very private person and do not wish to discuss this with anyone is my request legally possible thanks for your help. Somewhere in Michigan dear somewhere my office spoke with Jules Furth of Furth amp co., and Rose Lamb of Blake Lamb funeral Homes. This is what they said. Burial regulations vary from state to state. Most funeral Homes Are quite flexible arid do their Best to accommodate their clients. Cemeteries Are another Story. Catholic and jewish cemeteries will not allow caskets to be taken out of the ground so that two bodies can be buried together. They May however permit a casket to be brought up so that a second casket can be placed next to it provided there is Ariple space in the plot. I suggest that you Contact the funeral Home that took charge of your husbands burial and ask for guidance. Dear Ann Landers i am writing in response to your reply to a lost in a Cloud of smoke a concerning marijuana smoking. I was surprised that the medical expert you quoted was the american bar association. According to studies conducted at Urcla it marijuana would be beneficial to 80 percent of asthmatics and 90 percent of americans suffering from glaucoma. Marijuana also is report cd to be the Best agent for controlling nausea in cancer chemotherapy. Studies at the medical College of Virginia found that instead of possible Quot . Problems with a smoking marijuana great tumor reduction successes were recorded. A of course smoking anything for a healthy person is not advisable. Unfortunately for hemp it seems that the bad aspects True or false Are what people dwell on when the benefits if legalized and properly regulated would help us All. A. / m.t., Loomis Wash dear Loomis t have Long supported the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. It has indeed proven helpful to asthmatics As Well As cancer and glaucoma patients. Marijuana can and should be made available to physicians for these purposes. But legalize it no. We do not need any More stoned zonked out people on our streets and highways or anywhere else for that matter. C creators Syndicate dear observer himself. Dear Abby i he heartwarming letters you have published about people doing kind deeds impulsively for strangers prompts my first dear Abby letter. A every saturday night no matter what my husband and i did we would always wind up at Baskin Robbins Tor ice Cream Cones. The same Young girl always waited on Bob while i sat in the car a a�?T66 to Bird. A one night with no w Arning whatsoever my husband died of a heart attack. We had been married for 45 years and i was devastated. About two months after my husbands death i. Stopped by Baskin Robbins for an ice Cream Cone. The Young girl remembered me a because of the car and said i y e missed you. Where is your Nice husband Quot i told her that he had died suddenly. A ooh in a very sorry she said. A please wait a then she Hur newly packed a quart of our favorite flavor and handed it to me. No charge she said softly. A your husband was such a Tine i was so touched i cried. Virginia dare Ludwig Tustin Calif. C a Versal press Syndicate
