European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes tuesday August 20, 1991500 words win Best of worst Faulkner Oxford miss. Apr a track Down obscure adjectives use Little punctuation throw in a lot of country Wisdom inappropriately and have a couple of bourbons ahead of . Its the winning concoction for a Faux a Competition to write just like the late missis it i master a but badly. Gregory Sendi said he used a few Clandestine hours at his Chicago marketing office to pen his entry in the second annual Competition. A lifelong admirer of the late William Faulkner the 27-year-old Sendi bested More than 750 others and got a week Long trip to Oxford Faulkner a Hometown. A once i settled on the joke the prose came kind of easy a the fiction and Public relations writer said. A a it a just a matter of finding the right adjectives and stringing them into Long sentences until it just seems Sendio a 500-word spoof of a civil War colonel visiting Kentucky Fried Chicken goes like this a and so the old colonel used them the Only Way he knew How the spices eleven of them and the chickens themselves countless untold bucket and Barre Fuls the woman his wife. Waiting even until the Day Twenty seven years later when Ratliff would himself walk into the tiny Well lighted franchise and say a extra crispy to the girl behind the Register not because it was what he wanted nor because it was not original recipe a Sendi was honoured for his putrid prose at a conference in Oxford. Along with two tickets anywhere american airlines Flics he got to read his entry from the porch of Faulkner soak lined estate. A it was kind of daunting to stand on the porch and get to read my joke a he said. Dean Faulkner Wells Niece of the late author and a coordinator of the Faux Faulkner contest said Sendi and other bad Faulkner writers understand the 1949 Nobel prize winning author. A fall of these people really know their Faulkner Quot she said. A they have intelligence and wit. They have taken it to another Wells is editing a Book of write a like entries. The Best of bad Faulkner published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich will be out come fall. Sendio a the old colonel beat out entries such As the sound and the fury appendix ii and Abe s Saloon abets Saloon Faulkner s works include intruder in the dust the sound and the fury the a vanquished Light in August and Absalom Absalom. Sendi said he was challenged by the Prospect of imitating Faulkner who died in 1962. A i was trying to poke fun at something like Faulkner did a the ability to give simple Ordinary people great dignity. If you push that a Little too far it becomes absurd a Sendi said. Last year Sal Rosenberg of London won with Delta Faulkner. A it seems like Only a Yankee or an englishman can get Faulkner wrong enough to win a Sendi of Marcos awaits return to Philippines Ben Ortaleza a Security guard keeps an Eye on the crypt housing the remains of deposed philippine president Ferdinand Marcos near Honolulu Hawaii. Honolulu a the body of Ferdinand Marcos lies in an air conditioned shed High up on a Cool Steep Mountainside primed and ready for an imminent return to the Philippines. The casket which is reported to contain his favorite pyjamas and golfing hat was not buried after the deposed Philippines Leader died in exile Here in 1989 because supporters hoped to Lay him to rest in his Homeland. That time is drawing near. Philippine president Corazon Aquino a chief aide executive Secretary Franklin Drilon said last week that Marcos remains will be allowed Back before Aquino a term ends next june. A Marcos has a human right a divine right and a Legal right to be buried at Home a said Joe Lazo a longtime family Friend whose group friends of Marcos provided round the clock Volunteer guards for the crypt. The tin and stucco walled shed containing the refrigerated above ground crypt is nestled in the Valley of the temples memorial Park near Honolulu with a panoramic View of the valleys Lush growth and Ocean inlets. Philippine authorities had refused to allow the body s return out of concern that both rightist and leftist extremists would exploit the funeral to undermine the Aquino government Drilon said. Marcos was ousted in 1986 in a popular uprising that ushered Aquino to Power. Utah Louisiana abortion foes aim for High court showdown since his death there have been no reported intrusions at the crypt site. A Cool Breeze rustles tropical Trees that Shade the Sheds peaked roof and a portable air conditioner hums steadily. Above the Trees a tattered philippine Flag flutters beside its american counterpart. Green indoor outdoor carpet muffles footsteps across the porch of the shed. Inside Glass doors the Black and Bronze coffin sits in a plywood berth under the presidential Seal of the Philippines. Guards Are equipped with two wrought Iron benches and a television set sheltered by a Blue plastic Tarpaulin. One guard who said he came to Hawaii on Marcos Domestic staff believes the body would be better off Here. A people Here in Hawaii Are very Good not like the other place a if they go there i think there a trouble a Ben Orta Lez said. Imelda Marcos is expected to return to Hawaii from new York next month for celebrations marking the second anniversary of her husbands death on sept. 28, 1989, and what would have been his 74th birthday on sept. 11, philippine Consul general Pedro Chan said last week. A we got word that Over the weekend they changed the garment of the body to a barong a the philippine National costume a Chan said. At a similar ceremony last year Imelda Marcos led a chorus of 250 people singing a Happy birthday to the Corpse. Salt Lake City apr As the Utah anti Abor lion Law plods through the Legal system some want Louisiana a much stricter statute to make a dash for the . Supreme court. Drafters of the measures in both states have their sights on overturning the High courts 1973 decision recognizing the right to abortion. The two states Are on parallel courses but the methods of court action differ. The aim in. Utah says constitutional scholar Richard Wilkins is to offer the supreme court a Graceful exit trom the anti abortion is. Abortion rights Brawl that has raged since the landmark Roe is. Wade ruling. Wilkins a Brigham Young University professor helped draft the Utah Law and said a most civilized democracies have come to some Compromise however uneasy on the abortion in Louisiana the Law considered the most restrictive in the nation is a frontal attack on Roe. Quot what is the court to do Quot said Allen bares who sponsored the measure in the Louisiana Senate Quot will they overturn Roe and let states decide what they want to do that a what the majority of pro life states would like to the Laws in both states Are not in effect pending court action. The Louisiana Law would ban abortion except to save a mothers life and in promptly reported cases of rape and incest Utah a Law offers exceptions for a woman a life medical health rape incest and grave fetal deformity. In new Orleans . District judge Adrian Duplan tier struck Down the Louisiana Law aug. 7, declaring Roe is. Wade a still the Law of this attorney general William Guste an abortion opponent wants to persuade the supreme court to take jurisdiction bypassing the 5th . Circuit court of appeals. The Laws supporters said it did no to matter which Way Duplantier ruled because their goal was to get the measure before the supreme court. In Utah . District judge j. Thomas Greene is considering a pre trial motion in a lawsuit challenging the statute. Abortion foes including gov. Norm bang Crter want the lawsuit tried. A trial was expected to begin Early next year and could last for weeks. To Wilkins that a one reason the Utah statute is a More Likely candidate for the supreme court s consideration As a test of Roe is gets 2nd heart to replace wrong Type Portland Ore. Apr a Man who mistakenly received a heart of the wrong blood Type was showing Strong signs of recovery hours after a second transplant doctors said a t15 in of notified Oregon City Man was in critical but stable condition sunday at the Oregon health sciences University Hospital Normal for those who undergo transplants. Doctors said the heart was an excellent match. The Man who has Type o blood received a heart wednesday from a donor with Type a. 1 Here had been no sign that the Many a body was rejecting the incompatible Organ but fatal rejection could have occurred without warning said or. Adnan Coba Oglu the hospitals heart transplant director. Sunday s surgery lasted 4v hours compared with five hours for the first operation. Coba Oglu said the operating time was kept to a minimum because of the increased risks of undergoing two major operations in a Short time period. The mix up was caused by a miscommunication during the heart procurement process said Tim Goldfarb Hospital director. The patients family asked the Hospital not to release his name
