European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 22, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 17 faces a no places heaven raising Graham honoured by broadcasters from wire reports evangelist Billy Graham was walking through new York on Friday when someone shouted a give Mem hell Billy a and he responded a a in a not going to give Mem hell in a going to give Mem Graham is in new York preparing for a big rally today in Central Park. At a luncheon of broadcasters and publishers at Abc Headquarters Graham received the Lowell Thomas award for a distinguished he noted that leather bound copies of his latest Book Hope for the troubled heart had been Given to All the guests and he remarked a if id known you were going to do this id have done a better Job with s View of life when word of his Young songs death in a fall from a Manhattan skyscraper reached guitarist Eric Clapton he believe it until he raced 10 blocks to see for himself. A i ran Down there and i saw paramedic equipment everywhere and ambulances and police cars a Clapton says in the oct. 17 Issue of rolling Stone Magazine. A and i thought a this is a Clapton a 4-year-old son Conor whose Mother is italian actress Lori Del Santo _ died March 20 in the accidental plunge from a window on the 53rd floor. Clapton was just blocks away in a hotel. Clapton said he received a tremendous outpouring of love and advice to help him through the crisis. A the first person i heard from was Keith Richards a Clapton recalled. A the wrote me a fantastic letter and i called him right away. He just said a Well in a Here you know if there a anything i can a Clapton 46, said conors death coming shortly after Friend Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash changed his View of life. A the death of my son the death of Stevie Ray taught me that life is very fragile and that if you Are Given another 24 hours its a Blessing a Clapton fair unfair Karen Copeland wont be allowed to defend her title As grand prize Winner for homemade Raspberry Jelly at the Houston Harris county fair and she shopping about it. So Are a number of other adults who have been eliminated from Competition in most events at the fair this year. Organizers said they arc trying to make the fair More youth oriented. But critics charged that the officials Are ignoring family interests by excluding generations from Competition. A a it a a lot of tradition that a been thrown out the window a Copeland said. A a it a kind of the fairs Home economics division a which includes food ceramics needlepoint photography dolls and artwork a Drew 500 entries last year half from adults. De Richardson fair chairman said he understands that some adults May feel offended. A a we re not trying to Stop anything. We re just trying to do some different things this year a he said. A your primary interest is for kids. That a what we re for and that a what we re All about. I done to think i have to apologize to anybody for the fairs five Man Board halted the adult Competition because of cramped conditions Richardson said. But opponents to the move said the 120-acre Fairgrounds should provide ample space. Sandy Haynes who led the food division the past two years resigned to protest the for bugs maybe they should Start calling Michigan a capital a Moscow on the grand for the past week state phone technicians in Lansing have been checking the telephones of every member of the Michigan House of representatives for listening devices. The sweep was ordered by House speaker Lewis Dodak a Democrat who apparently did no to bother to inform Republican party leaders. Steve Serkaian a spokesman for Dodak said the procedure is part of a a regular maintenance program intended to eliminate bugs from the phone system. A a it a a routine Check for bugs of All types that could include electronic gear a he said. Minority Republican leaders weren to told about the sweep until they questioned the speakers office about technicians dismantling their phones. Their reaction was predictably sceptical but they did no to Challenge Dodak a order. Elliot Smith director of the legislative service Bureau which maintains the phone system said House members phones Are routinely examined As part of periodic maintenance. The sweep ordered by Dodak was the first comprehensive examination since the system was installed six years ago he said. For the record Smith said no bugs have been found. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i am writing to you with a simple yet confusing question. Please Bear with me. My parents were divorced years ago. The divorce was final May 30, and my father was remarried june 5 of the same year. It was some time before i accepted his new wife after they had been married for about two years i was asked if i would mind sharing my birthday dinner with Donnas brother i said it would be just Fine. We had a joint birthday dinner on dec. 13 and had a super time. Ron and 1 went together to my fathers new years eve party. By March we were madly in love and we were married july 23. Ron is 10 years older than 1, and Donna is about 10 years younger than my father. Two years later Ron and i decided to have a baby. Now conies the Tricky part what is the relation Between our new baby girl and Donna is she her grandma or her aunt Donna prefers to be her aunt. What relation is my father to our child is he her grandpa or her Uncle is my father still my father or is he my brother in Law is Donna still Ron a sister or is she his Mother in Law my father and i have the same in Laws. The Only thing that seems quite Clear is that my in Laws Are the baby a grandparents any Way you look at it. However since they Are also my fathers wife a parents does no to that make them the baby a great grandparents when i Tell this Story i get confused looks. There a no incest involved yet people think we Are quite strange. Please help me sort this out before our baby can talk so we can explain to her who a who and what s what. Thanks for your help. Daughter sister in Law Columbus Ohio dear Columbus i done to know whether this requires an Effort of the left brain or the right brain but you lost me right alter your daughter was born. I know my readers pretty Well and a few million of them will cat this stuff up. So get out your pens and pencils folks and let me hear from you. Dear Ann Landers i Hope you wont think i am a snob As some people do but i need your advice about this. I do not like to shake hands especially before eating. It makes me very uncomfortable. I am a Friendly person and always smile and Greet people cordially but i never offer my hand. When someone offers me a hand and i refuse to grasp it they appear to be insulted. At parties when people have been drinking it has caused some Nasty comments. Am i some kind of nut what should i say to someone who wants to shake hands when i done to thank heavens i done to live in Europe where they kiss each other on both Cheeks. Please give me your thoughts. Careful in Indiana dear Indiana obviously you arc not aware that you have a mild phobia about germs. I suggest you try counselling. Meanwhile Wear gloves. C creators Syndicate dear Abby i had my eyes examined by an ophthalmologist who should have had his head examined. I am considering sending him a Bill for services inadvertently rendered. Let me explain or. Toad not his real name must think that his female patients Are so preoccupied with their eyes that they will not notice that the doctors knee Arm Chest or whatever is pressing against them with More than Ordinary pressure in this dark and very quiet examining room. Actually my knee was being sexually assaulted had i said anything he would have feigned unawareness of any undue familiarity and accused me of having a dirty mind. So i decided to handle this in my own Way. From now on anyone who treats me like a lady for hire w ill get my Bill in the mail. Any comment rubbed the wrong Way dear Abby dear rubbed yes. Anyone male or female who feels hat a professional is behaving a professionally should speak out immediately on arriving at that conclusion. And should it happen a second time a letter of complaint should be addressed to the county medical association. Dear Abby that snob who wrote to you fearing that her uneducated in Laws might corrupt her songs English was abominable. There Are Many More important things in life than Correct grammar. My late father the son of jewish immigrants had to quit school at 14 to go to work. He and my late Mother went on to become very successful business people who sweated blood to educate their children. 1 have always Felt that what my parents achieved with very Little education is far More impressive than what i have achieved. My fathers grammar May not have been As Good As mine but he was by far the better Man. He was a o highly respected in his Community. That snob should get off her High horse. Self people like her uneducated in Laws a and my parents a have a lot More to offer than some people who collect diplomas and degrees. I would give everything i own if i could hear my parents talk in their poor English for Only one More hour. You May definitely use my name. Charles s. Lipton m.d., Fox Boro mass. Dear Abby just a note to thank you for publishing information on How to find a Long lost relative through the salvation army. 1 did just that and they found my brother a not in this country but in Scotland lie and our Mother had a reunion after 3d years Abby its All because of your column. How can i thank von Lou Farthing in Washington dear Lou you just did
