European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 1, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 7mass quack up still reverberates in Ark. Town Stuttgart Ark. Apr they say it rained ducks Here one Day. Honest Hail knocked More than 100 ducks from the sky nov. 23, 1973, and several others were addled according to the local newspaper the Stuttgart daily Leader. The Story is almost too Good to be True for a town at the Center of the nations Rice bowl the self professed Duck capital of the world and Home of the annual world championship Duck calling contest. A a it a True. Its True a said Steve Dabbs owner of the Mallard restaurant. A it looked like a Well a like it was raining cats and  the 56th annual Duck calling contest was expected to draw dozens of competitors saturday from across the country and Canada. First prize is $5,000. Last year about 50,000 spectators came for the contest and related events. They spent about $2 million in the town of 11,000 about 50 Miles Southeast of Little Rock. A bigger crowd was expected this year. The a Ober aaa Aak. Ber aaa Aake of Duck Calls priced from $40 to $100, pierced the Crisp air last week along the Midway which covered six blocks of main Street. Duck Calls look like carefully crafted kazoos. They re made of Wood or plastic with one or two Reeds and Are considered musical instruments in Stuttgart. A a it a Duck Manet a said mayor . A Pete Quot Raines. A from almost the time these kids Are old enough to put one in their Mouth they re calling the ducks. Its an old tradition that s been passed on from generation to  this years contest will Cap a five Day wings Over the Prairie festival which opened the Duck season. Contestants Are judged primarily on How closely they sound like real ducks in various situations such As mating eating or calling fellow ducks from a distance. Johnny a a Boot Mahfouz is perhaps the Best Duck caller in the world. But he was sitting out the contest saturday. He competed against several former world champions last year and won the Champion of champions an event held every five years. The rules say winners of that event can t compete again. Quot it la kill me not to mix it up with those Guys a said Mahfouz 35, who called his first Duck at age 7 and competed at age 14. He pressed a Duck Call to his lips for an Impromptu demonstration on main Street. His Cheeks got puffy his face went red and his Duck Call quacked a Ober aaa Aak. Ber aaa Aak. Ber aaa Aak. Brak. Brak. Brak. Ber  Milli Vanilli member attempts to kill himself banking on warm Welcome a Young Bull Moose wanders through the parking lot of a Bank in Anchorage Alaska on monday. During the Winter Loose Moose Are a common sight in the City a environs because the animals Are often driven out of the mountains by snowstorms. West Hollywood Calif. Up a Rob pilatus who admitted to lip syncing songs As a member of the pop music duo Milli Vanilli was hospitalized saturday following a suicide attempt authorities said. Pilatus phoned the switchboard of the los Angeles times at 4 55 . And told the operator he had taken an overdose of pills and where to find a suicide note sheriffs Deputy John Ashley said. A the said that he d been harassed and  take it any longer a the switchboard operator said a and that his family in Germany also had been harassed and this was the Only Way  a times reporter called the West Hollywood sheriffs station which dispatched deputies to pilatus residence. The la Mondrian hotel on Sunset Boulevard. While deputies retrieved a pass key to pilatus room another Deputy watched the performers ninth floor window. A pilatus came out on the Patio and straddled the railing four or five times saying he was despondent Over his family a welfare in Germany a Ashley said. When the pass key did no to work deputies slipped into a neighbouring unit that shared a common Balcony. Deputies then telephoned pilatus room. When he went inside to answer the phone deputies took him into custody. Pilatus was admitted to Cedars Sinai medical Center in los Angeles for 72-hour psychological evaluation Ashley said. He was also treated for a Cut to his left wrist. Deputies later found a suicide note and a bottle of prescription pills in pilatus room. Hie Rock duo Milli Vanilli was stripped of its 1989 grammy award for Best new artist nov. 19,1990, after it was revealed that its two stars pilatus and Fabrice Morvan had not done any of the singing on their Best Selling debut album girl you know its True. The deception was revealed five Days earlier by the groups German producer Frank parian who said he hired the duo to create an image and had lip synced their songs in performances. Since then the braided duo has attempted to Cash in on the controversy lip syncing As opera singers in a chewing gum to  of Tulsa lands in costly dispute with county Tulsa okla. Apr a tax dispute Between Tulsa a City and county officials has allowed residents to buy huge tracts of municipal property for a fraction of the lands assessed value. Now the City is fighting to get it All Back. Tulsa county officials said they repeatedly warned their counterparts in City Hall that the properties would be auctioned because county property taxes were delinquent or because the City had failed to file deeds on the land. The City contends that Oklahoma statutes prohibit it from paying such taxes and is suing to reclaim the prop erties auctioned by the county. County treasurer John Cantrell said he sent notice to City Hall warning of the june 10 auction. Ron Payne the City a finance director said the county refused to take the land off the auction list until a solution could be worked out. Payne said he believes it will Cost millions to recover the land. Real estate investor Larry Williamson paid $400 for a one eighth mile stretch of the City a main North South thoroughfare Riverside drive. The City had paid $80,000 for that Section of the four Lane Road which parallels the Arkansas River. A i might build me a toll Plaza there a Williamson quipped. Williamson also bought a for $1 each a two tracts for which the City had paid $95, pm and $60, Kkt. At least nine City properties were sold at the june auction. The City already has lost some of its court Battles. In one Case a judge sided with investor Miles Davidson who spent $750 for a tract for which the City had paid $65,000. The City is appealing that Case to the Oklahoma supreme court City attorney Neal Mcneill  Call to White House Sparks probe Philadelphia a a professor who after a few late night Beers called the White House to complain to president Bush got a prompt response a a visit hours later from secret service agents. A a in Man Emily Dickinson scholar a Martin Orzeck said. A live never owned anything More dangerous than a Steak knife. Yet Here Are people accusing me of making threats against the highest Public official in the  Orzeck 40, is a visiting professor of literature at the University of Pennsylvania. His contract ends in june and he says his future Job prospects Are Bleak. After a few Beers monday night he said he decided to Register a complaint with Bush. A White House operator told him to Call Back during business hours and disconnected him. Orzeck said he immediately called Back and began to get angry after the operator Cut him off again. A in my anger i referred to Bush As a a racist nazi or a a nazi  but i threatened no violence against anyone a Orzeck said. He gave the operator his name address and phone number then sent a Telegram to the White House before going to bed. A have . Have Book. Have no Job. Where is my education president a the Telegram said. Secret service agents and local police arrived at 3 45 . Tuesday. They questioned him about reported threats against Bush. Ernest Kun who Heads the secret service Field office in Eastern Pennsylvania said the operator believed Orzeck threatened Bush. He said the investigation was continuing Orzeck was worried. A am i being watched now a Orzeck asked. A is there a file on me because called up the White House to vent my spleen Quot