European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a d the stars and stripes tuesday february 4t 1992 faces no places bottle Cap crowns 100 years of existence on groundhog Day a 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. A modern society would not survive without the bottle Cap a said Richard Krzyzanowski executive vice president of Crown Cork and Sal 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 won Over sceptics by sending a shipment of Beer bottles capped with his Crown corks on a vessel bound for South America. When the ship returned with the seals intact the doubters were convinced and the rest is  father of twins 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 Gibson buys Beach House Mel Gibson bought a House along the same celebrity soaked Malibu calif., Beach that Sylvester Stallone and Goldie hawn Call Home. Gibson who stars in an upcoming film about slain lbs correspondent George Polk bought the Broad Beach Home for about $2 million said Bill Mason manager of Malibu realty. The rustic 2,500-Sauare-foot House next to a Home by actor milk. _ and has five bedrooms four bathrooms and 65 feet of owned by actor Emilio Estevez was built in the 1940s 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  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 Saidt the Heimlich Man Euver involves applying sudden Sharp pressure to the Abdomen just below the rib , Parton still pals 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 Ner for $3 million in assets but they settled by dividing businesses they operated together. Quot  re Fine a Wagoner said in an interview last week in Nashville Tenn. A when  were in litigation if you listened to the lawyers and All it sounded like  were fixing to kill each other. But  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  Gorilla behaviour Katie a Lowland Gorilla whose mate was  skiing Winter term graduates of Middlebury College in Hancock w., Alp deem the slopes at the College s ski area saturday before receiving their diplomas in an outdoor ceremony. More Effron 50 graduates took part in the annual event. Over the objections of animal rights activists got into a fight with her new Beau and ended up losing part of a toe. Oscar bit Katie on thursday and part of her toe had to be amputated the Cleveland metro Parks zoo said. Katie also was treated for a bruised Back. Zoo officials said ussling biting and hair pulling Are Normal Gorilla behaviour. A  feel there is a struggle for dominance Here a said curator Alan Sironen. Katie was separated from her old Beau Timmy in november after 13 Blissful months. Timmy was sent to the Bronx zoo in new York to mate with a Gorilla there. Katie and Oscar Are infertile. Oscar was sent from Topeka Kan. Animal rights activists had sued to keep Timmy in Cleveland saying it would be too traumatic for Timmy and Katie to be separated. O o to february and friends 12 books one Price a bugs Bunny and friends includes 12 Little Golden books. \j5t�tf&r Sale $8.95 $57 off a classic baseball cards the Golden year 1886-1956�?� with foreword by Yogi Bena. Usta Geftar Sale $22.95 save 25% and mow on selected titles almost  in Hopes bookstores