European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Faces n places bottle Cap crowns 100 years of existence on groundhog Day _. In can Hinn i Chin mint of i from wire reports maybe someday the world will celebrate feb. 2 As More than the Day a groundhog comes out of its Hole. Maybe someday they will Call it bottle Cap Day. Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the device that at least one person ranks up there with the combustion engine and Remote control television As the worlds greatest inventions. Quot modern society would not survive without the bottle Cap a said Richard Krzyzanowsky executive vice president of Crown Cork and Seal co. The Philadelphia based company has been making bottle Caps since their invention in 1892 by William Painter. Painter who counted among his 85 patents a counterfeit Coin Detector and a Railroad car seat invented the bottle Seal precursor to the bottle Cap in 1885. But Painter was not satisfied with the bottle Seal a Flat rubber disk covered with Canvas that was pushed into the bottle neck onto a retaining Groove. After seven More years of experimenting he patented the Cap that remains virtually unchanged a Century later. Painter called it the Crown Cork. The Cap consisted of a Metal disk with a pleated Flange and was covered on the underside with Cork and a special Waterproof paper to keep the liquid away from the Metal. Painters newfangled Caps weren to immediately accepted by everyone in the bottling Industry. But he Bremerhaven Pov pickup list editors note a if your name is on this list your car has arrived in Germany. You can use this list As the written verification the Pov contractor requires before a pickup appointment can be scheduled. The list is issued to the stars and stripes by the Bremerhaven terminal. The numbers Are the final four of your social Security number. 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Gibson buys Beach House Mel Gibson bought a House along the same celebrity soaked Malibu calif., Beach that Sylvester Stallone and Goldie hawn Call who stars in an upcoming film about slain lbs correspondent George pork bought the Broad Beach Home for about $2 million said Bill Mason manager of Malibu realty. The rustic 2,500-Square-foot House next to a Home owned by actor Emilio Estevez was built in the 1940s and has five bedrooms four bathrooms and 65 feet of private Beach Mason said. The Sale includes plans to build a southwestern style House with a swimming Pool and Waterfall. Other celebrities who own Homes on Broad Beach include Sharon Gless Danny Devito Dustin Hoffman Jack Lemmon and Steven Spielberg. Trooper saves governor West Virginia gov. Gaston Caperton choked on his supper but luckily for the 51-year-old Democrat a state trooper posted at the governors mansion in Charleston was summoned to perform the Heimlich Man Euver a and it worked. Caperton is a vegetarian but spokesman George Manahan said he did no to know what caught in the governors Throat thursday. He reportedly was eating Rice at the time. As a precaution Caperton was taken to Charleston area medical Center where he was examined Given a Glass of water and sent Home a spokesman said. The Heimlich Man Euver involves applying sudden Sharp pressure to the Abdomen just below the rib Cage. Mortar Board skiing Winter term graduates of Middlebury College in Hancock it zip Down the slopes at the College s ski area saturday before receiving their diplomas in an outdoor ceremony. More than 50 graduates took part in the Annuel event. Gation if you listened to the lawyers and All it sounded like we were fixing to kill each other. But we never had a Cross word All that Wagoner has been a grand Ole opry Star since 1957. His duets with Parton include the last thing on my mind. Wagoner Parton still pals Hornsby father of twins country Singer Porter Wagoner said he and former duet partner Dolly Parton Are friends despite litigation after they split up in the mid-1970s. Wagoner gave Parton her career breakthrough when he hired her As his singing partner in the mid-1960s. After they parted he sued her for $3 million in assets but they settled by dividing businesses they operated together. A a we re Fine a Wagoner said in an interview last week in Nashville Tenn. A when we were in Liti musician songwriter Bruce Hornsby and his wife Kathy Are parents of twin boys. The twins were born thursday night at the medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond a. Russell Ives weighed 6 pounds 1 ounce and Keith Randall weighed 5 pounds 10 ounces. Mother and babies were Fine. A Williamsburg native Hornsby and his wife moved Back from los Angeles last year. Hornsby is known for the Way it is and mandolin rain. 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