European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday August 31, 1991 faces no places Elvis love letter from Germany bitty fetches $7,700 from wire reports a private collector paid $7,700 for a love letter Elvis Presley wrote nearly 33 years ago. The letter written when Presley was in Germany with the army was. Auctioned thursday at Christie a Fine arts auctioneers in London. The winning bid fell Short of the $10,000 it was expected to fetch. The letter was dated oct. 28, 1958, and addressed to Anita Wood Brewer of Vicksburg miss. It begins a dear Little  the 5-foot-2 Brewer said Elvis often called her Quot a Little because of her Small Frame. The document was sold As part of what Christie a called a pop Sale featuring items that once belonged to various entertainers. The Sale also included a Robe worn by Elvis in one of his movies. The Robe sold for a Little More than $9,000. In the Handwritten three Page letter Elvis wrote a i Haven to dated a single girl since i have been Here. 1 have never and never will again love anyone like i love you sweetheart. Also i guarantee that when i marry it will be miss Little Presley. A Brewer s3, said she had no idea How the letter got to London. �?o1 got rid of All that stuff before i got married a she said. �?o1 done to really know where it All went or who has just  Brewer said her relationship with Elvis ended shortly after he returned from Germany. She said she was ready to Settle Down but he wanted to pursue his career. In 1964, Brewer married Johnny Brewer a University of Mississippi football Star who played with the Cleveland Browns and the new Orleans saints. Christie a representatives said they negotiated with a private collector to get the letter. Also auctioned was a homemade Christmas card in which a teen age John Lennon wrote a dear can i love you. I love you like guitars a which fetched $14,780. The card among a collection of Lennon Memorabilia auctioned off by his first wife Cynthia was purchased by an unidentified japanese buyer. Lennon sent her the card More than 30 years ago when he was 18 and they were dating. Other items included Gold records a diary she kept of the beatles a first . Tour in 1964 and a letter Lennon sent her during another tour in 1965 in which he told her How much he missed their son Julian. He said it was difficult for her to part with the collection. A a they re All personal things but at the end of the Day i feel so responsible for them and 1 want someone else to enjoy them a she said. Lennon was shot to death by a fan in new York in 198q.Kennedy gets conviction John f. Kennedyjr. Got his career As a prosecutor off to a winning Start gaining a conviction in the first Case he took to court As a Deputy District attorney. A winning is better than losing a Kennedy 30, said after a jury returned a guilty verdict thursday in the burglary Case. Jurors convicted David Ramos 33, of burglar izing a new York woman a apartment nov. 1. According to testimony the woman came Home from work and found Ramos asleep on her bed his pockets stuffed with her jewelry. President Kennedy s son who took the bar exam three times before passing joined the Manhattan District attorneys office two years  encourage kids Garth Brooks Charlie Daniels Barbara Mandrell and Kathy Mattea Are among More than 50 country music stars lifting their voices up to keep children from dropping out of school. The singers recorded. Lets open up our hearts which encourages children to stay in school. The song and accompanying video were released this week. Proceeds from the project Are to be donated to cities in schools inc. Of Alexandria va., a nationwide non profit dropout prevention program. A country music Speaks to this country in a Way nothing else does a education Secretary Lamar Alexander said thursday predicting the song would be a hit. Dallas beggars face Fine Dallas City Council members getting Tough with panhandlers who wont take no for an answer have decided to Fine beggars $500 if they become too  Jim Buerger said the ordinance passed this week is aimed Only at so called coercive begging but the american civil liberties Union Calls it unconstitutional because it takes away the right of free speech. A was any reasonable person can see this proposed ordinance goes off the deep end a Acle lawyer Joe Cook told the Council before it approved the measure unanimously. The panhandling ordinance is the latest of three measures passed to curb Street crime in downtown Dallas. A curfew aimed at teen agers is under Challenge in court. The other new ordinance tries to rid Friend s funeral Princess Diana offends the funeral of her mend Adrian Ward Jackson the former governor of the Royal Ballet. Ward Jackson also an Art dealer was 41 when he died from aids on aug. 23. The City of Public  revealed pop Singer Gloria Estefan will receive $8.5 million in damages from a March 1990 bus crash which left her with a broken Back and forced her to cancel an International concert tour. Estefan her family and two staff members received the Money in a settlement of a Federal lawsuit Over the crash on a Highway in the Pocono mountains in Eastern Pennsylvania. A tractor trailer rammed into the Back of her bus which was stalled in  european stars and stripes Deborah Absher news editor As the news editor Deborah is responsible for determining the Content style and layout of the daily stars and stripes newspaper. She also selects the staff produced and wire service stories and photos to be published and draws Page Layouts for the news pages deciding which stories go on each Page. A native of Paducah ky., Deborah came to stripes two years ago from Arlington Heights iii., where she was the assistant news editor for the daily Herald. Prior to that Deborah also held the position of editor for the Pulaski county journal in Winamac Lnda a before joining the editorial staff of the daily Herald in 1978 where she started As a municipal reporter and Rose through the ranks to assistant news editor in 1988. Along the Way her skills and professionalism have earned her numerous awards in reporting and headline writing. An avid traveler and collector of Teddy bears from around the world Deborah has already visited More than 10 european countries in the past two years and never travels anywhere without her favorite Teddy Bear  Little Bear. If you have an idea or a comment for the stars and stripes news desk give Deborah a Call during Normal duty hours at German civilian 06155-601216 or ets 348-8216