European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 a the stars and stripes sunday february 2,1992 faces n places nervous albanian wins Beauty title from wire reports an unemployed 19-year-old on Friday night won the first miss Albania Beauty pageant Ever organized in Europe a poorest nation. The Winner Valbona Sel Mhari from the capital City of Tirana will receive $600, the title miss Albania �?T92 and a trip to Italy France and Germany. The prize Money is the equivalent of about three years average wage in Albania. Selim Lati acknowledged earlier that it a makes me scared to walk up and Down in front of people in a bathing suit and said her father refused to talk to her after she became a contestant. Entrants ranged in age from 15 to 23 and spent Days learning to walk gracefully in High heels and struggling to get a look at themselves in one of the three available mirrors. Cosmetics were hard to come by and 19-year-old Aida Hasani lamented a during Day rehearsals i have to be feminine and attractive. But at night i have to return to my Home where we have had no electricity for 10 Days and Only one hours but tickets quickly sold out for the Beauty contest finals at the Congress Palace a once the colourless site of communist party congresses but newly decorated for the occasion. Vera Gra Bocka director of the Competition for state television explained that after Little albanians Long isolation and hard line stalinist Rule a we want to show the world and even ourselves. That we can have a Normal does t faze Lee filmmaker Spike Lee says teaching at Harvard is no big Deal but hundreds of students apparently thought otherwise and stood in line for a Chance to hear him talk. A to be honest in a not really fazed Here at Harvard a the director told reporters later in Cambridge mass. A i think its an Honor just for me to teach Young students in Lee whose films include Mon better blues do the right thing and Jungle fever was invited by the african american studies department to lecture on Black film this semester. Students waited in line for More than an hour Friday before packing the 1,200-seat Sanders theater to listen to Lee. Harvard officials said 600 people were turned Aid concert planned country Singer Willie Nelson will team up again with Rock stars Neil Young and John Mellencamp for another farm Aid concert. The three musicians who started the periodic concerts in 1985 to help financially troubled farm families will perform in Texas stadium in Irving just outside of Dallas said farm Aid spokeswoman Beth Sanderson. They Hope to announce a Date for the concert on monday farm Aid officials said. Previous farm Aid concerts took place in 1985, �?T86, �?T87 and �?T90. Valbona Selim Llari an unemployed 19-year-old from Tirana was crowned miss Albania 92 on saves Cook s Day renowned chef Julia child says Parsley and chopped eggs can cover a multitude of cooking errors so there a no reason for Cooks to be shy. A Many people today not Only done to know How to Cook they re deathly afraid to try a said the woman who helped introduce America to French cooking with her television series the French chef. A but i say a just if you make an Melet and you be messed it up done to apologize. Just put a lot of Parsley on it and serve it up. Just remember Parsley and chopped eggs have covered lots of child was in new Orleans last week for the International conference on hires Liddy former watergate burglar g. Gordon Liddy is a a american a favorite sex Felon a says radio station Wjk in Washington which has hired him As the Host of its midday radio show. Liddy who masterminded the bungled watergate political burglary spent 52 months in prison for the reak in and other crimes. Since then he has become a popular lecturer and author. He was hired at the radio station after a successful we Klong tryout Wjk officials said. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i am writing in response to the letter that appeared in your column signed a one of the Lucky the writer spoke about the importance of intervening when a drunk wants to get into a car and drive. I am now in prison for doing just that. Here is my Story and just j in Case you want to Check with the authorities in Sheridan Ore., i will be Here until oct. 2, 1992. The drunk i tried to keep from getting behind the wheel was my wife. A neighbor unaware that my wife was intoxicated saw me struggling with her and trying to get the car keys. The neighbor called the police. My Wile was three sheets to the wind and there was an open Beer can in the front seat. Incidentally the registration tags had expired and the car should not have been on the Road. When the police arrived we were still struggling. Guess whom they arrested me. I tried to explain what the struggle was about but it was useless. I was arrested and charged with Domestic violence and fourth degree assault. My wife appeared in court and told the truth about what had happened but it made no difference. I had to spend 30 Days in the county jail before i was Able to go to court and plead no contest in the Hope that i could get out of jail go Back to work and support my family. But the system Wasny to done with me yet. I had the bad Luck to be on Federal parole when All this happened. So alter the state released me the Federal parole commission issued a warrant for what was deemed a new criminal the whole thing hinged on my honest response when asked if i physically restrained my wife from getting into her car. I said for that i was Given 16 months. My wife and i have no problem. We love each other. In fact she was the one who sent me your column. We both feel that 1 was right to try to keep her from driving in that condition. One last bit of information Ann. Three weeks after i was placed in custody my wife was arrested for Drunken driving. She was Given probation and a Fine. Isnit it ironic that i should get 16 months while she gets probation the one Good thing that came out of this bizarre Case is that my wife has stopped drinking. You have my permission to use my name. Richard Klages Sheridan Ore. Dear Richard thank you for sharing your astonishing Story. I m sure that Many lawyers in my Reading audience could raise some interesting questions but it does seem to me that you ran into some Tough Luck and in a sorry. Dear Ann Landers a woman wrote recently to ask if it was legally possible upon her death to be placed in the arms of her departed husband so they might lie a in Loving embrace until your response supplied by a mortuary executive was misleading. The truth is found in the poem by the English poet Andrew Marvell in to his Coy mistress the Graves a Fine and private place but none i think do there embrace. Neil in Shepherdstown . C creators Syndicate dear Abby i read in your column in the St. Petersburg times that you Are fascinated with the subject of the american presidents so maybe you can answer a few questions. I read somewhere that there was a president who was in office for approximately 24 hours. He had never been a vice president. I believe the acting vice president was out on a yacht or somewhere and be reached. Anyway this happened on a weekend. I would like to know the Many a name a also when and How it occurred. Also who was the president he replaced and Why in All the listings of the . Presidents i have never seen anything about this �?o24-hour�?� president. I am not even sure he would be listed As a Bona fide president. I have tried to get the answer to my question Many times but could not. I even asked at the Hall of presidents in Disney world in Orlando Fla., but nobody there knew anything about it. I have enjoyed Reading your column for Many years and Hope you can come up with an answer. Ralph c. Geisler St. Petersburg Fla. Dear or. Geisler aha i found the answer to your question in the dear Abby Complete unabridged super trivia encyclopedia no kidding. The author is Fred l. Worth and the Book is published in paperback by Warner books. The �?o24-hour�?� president was David Rice Atchison. And this is How it occurred when James k. Polk our 11th president ended his term in office on sunday noon March 4, 1849, he announced that he was a worn out a which was the reason he had had no desire to run for a second term. As it turned out he was very Wise he died three months later polkas vice president George m. Dallas had resigned As president of the Senate on March 2, 1849. So on March 4, David Rice Atchison the president of the Senate pro tempore became the president of the United states for 24 hours until March a when Zachary Taylor was sworn in As our 12th president. Polk was one of six presidents who fathered no children. The others were George Washington James Madison Andrew Jackson James Buchanan and Warren Harding. Buchanan never married. He was engaged to marry Anne Coleman the daughter of a Well to do socially prominent Lancaster pa., family but because of Buchanan a reputation As a Carefree Man about town Anne s parents disapproved of the match. Anne reportedly died of a broken heart though it was rumoured that she had committed suicide. Buchanan was crushed and vowed that he would never marry. Harding was the sixth president to die in office but he did a lot of living before he died. An extraordinarily handsome Man he married a Beau Tirril wealthy Divorcee who was six years his senior. Her name was Florence but he nicknamed her see How much Fri you can have when you Start nosing around in the lives of the american presidents thanks for asking Ralph. Dear Abby i recently became aware that handicapped stalls in women a restrooms have Hooks for hanging Coats bags Etc placed near the top of the door. I fail to see How these Hooks can be utilized by anyone confined to a wheelchair. I have observed this in Virginia North Carolina Pennsylvania and new York. I done to know How widespread this May be but thought you might be the proper one to address this oversight. By the Way i am not handicapped. Lynne Kannan Richmond a. Dear Lynne going Public with your observation May inspire the offenders to Correct this oversight. And it Hurt to mention it to the management. Thanks for a helpful suggestion. C Universal press Syndicate
