European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday March 31, 1992 computer artist Lillian Schwartz claims an engraving of English playwright William Shakespeare left is actually a manipulated portrait of Queen Elizabeth i. The two portraits Are superimposed at right. Famed portrait of Shakespeare is Elizabeth in disguise artist says Newark . Apr a famous image of William Shakespeare a the engraving on the first edition of his collected works a was based on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth i a computer expert has concluded. The engraver Martin Droeshout May have used the Queen As a Model to acknowledge her patronage of the theater and perhaps her inspiration for the playwright and poet computer artist Lillian Schwartz said. Schwartz who suggested in 1986 that Leonardo a Vinci was his own Model for the Mona Lisa used computers to compare the portrait on the 1623 first Folio edition of Shakespeare a collected works with other images of Shakespeare and other elizabethan notables. The photo matched the 1588 portrait of Elizabeth by her staff artist George Gower she said. She said the eyes Cheeks and nose match and the distance Between the eyes is the same. A with this it s so perfect that there a no doubt a Schwartz said. A you could take the two portraits scale them to the same size on a Xerox machine and Lay then on top of each other and see for  Rutherford . A the founder of fair Leigh Dickinson University shot and killed his wife who suffered from alzheimer a and then turned the gun on himself a prosecutor said sunday. A housekeeper found the bodies of Peter Sammartino 88, and his wife Sylvia 88, in their bed said John j. Fahy Bergen county prosecutor. Sammartino fired one shot into his wife a Temple saturday night then placed the gun in his Mouth and pulled the trigger Fahy said. Police found a .38-caliber revolver near the bodies. The couple founded Fairleigh Dickinson As a two year College in 1942 in Rutherford a new York City suburb. It now has More than 12,000 students on three Northern new Jersey campuses. Armada Mich. Up a there Are three valedictorians at Armada High school this year and they All have the same last name. Its no coincidence. The top students Are 18-year-old triplets Christine Catherine and Cindy Schoenherr. Each compiled a perfect 4.0 Grade Point average to share the Honor. That a not the end of the Story either. This years co salutatorian Are Melissa and Marla Schluentz. They re first cousins to each other and third cousins to the Schoenherr triplets. A a it a got to be in the genes. But they re also hard workers a said Armada High schools principal Dennis Kiel. Schwartz attributed the differences a Beard Mustache jaw lines and forehead a to an attempt by Droeshout to add masculine features for Shakespeare a like a child painting on a  Schwartz a consultant to at amp Tbell labs who has won an Oscar and an emmy for her computer artwork published her findings in the March april edition of Pixel Magazine. Shakespearean scholars disparaged the findings. A absolute garbage a scoffed Paul Bertram of Rutgers University in new Jersey who has written studies of Shakespeare a portraits. A a it a astounding a what is invisible to the naked Eye is Only visible to the  Bertram and Steven Rogel of Stanford University in California said there Are three authentic portraits of Shakespeare a the first Folio engraving a bust of Shakespeare in Trinity Church in Oxford and a painting known As the a a Flowers portrait. A there is a Standard physiognomy of Shakespeare through the three portraits a Rogel said. Peter Sammartino its president for a Quarter Century apparently was distraught Over health problems Fahy said. Sylvia Sammartino suffered from alzheimer a disease and her husband recently had a kidney removed Fahy said. Sammartino recently contacted several old friends and hinted that he might die soon said Fahy who declined to elaborate Gretchen Johnson a University spokeswoman said a i have never met anyone whose intellectual curiosity was so Sharp. He was interested in everything and whatever he was interested in he did something  last year Peter Sammartino published the Man who was William Shakespeare his 25th Book. Johnson said Sylvia Sammartino was a a True partner. She was involved in everything Peter  the triplets say sibling rivalry had nothing to do with their High Marks. We be just always worked hard and tried our Best a Christine said. All three plan to attend Macomb Community College in Warren this fall. Christine said she is thinking about studying business or agricultural technology. Cindy wants to study accounting and Catherine is interested in computer science. Their parents Clare and Diane Schoenherr credit the triplets self discipline and Rural background for their academic Success. A my husband and i were both born and raised on a farm and we wanted our kids to have the same upbringing a Diane Schoenherr said. Quot it produces a Strong work   spill closes stretch of interstate in Oregon from wire reports Jefferson Ore. A a Tanker truck spilled 1,800 Gallons of gasoline when it crashed into the median on interstate 5 on sunday prompting authorities to close the Highway in both directions and backing up traffic for Miles. The Trucl Driver Wasny to Hurt and the gasoline did no to ignite said state police sgt. Galen mires in Salem. Authorities did no to know what caused the crash 57 Miles South of Portland mires said. Interstate 5 is the main North South route through Oregon. Traffic backed up for about 10 Miles in each direction after fire officials suggested the interstate be closed As a precaution. Motorists were diverted to Side roads during the closure which lasted More than eight hours.1,000-Pound Man Dies Suffern . A Michael Edelman who May have weighed As much As 1,000 pounds died saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern where he had been hospitalized for several weeks. He was 28. Rockland county medical examiner or. Frederick Zugibe said Edelman died of congestive heart failure and pneumonia that stemmed from his excessive weight. Noah Weinberg commissioner of Rockland a department of social services said Edelman weighed More than 1,000 pounds when he entered the Hospital. Edelman became known in december 1987 when he slipped from bed in his Wesley Hills Bungalow. A Tow truck was used to get him up. The next year he was loaded by forklift onto a flatbed truck when he was  ticket bicyclists san Rafael Calif. A Park rangers Are turning their radar guns on Mountain bikers and issuing hefty fines to prevent enthusiasts of the increasingly popular sport from speeding and hurting themselves or others. Rangers at mount Tamal pais a state Park in Marin county North of san Francisco have ticketed 12 bicyclists this year for exceeding 15 Mph on Straightaway or 5 Mph on Switchback curves and when passing pedestrians. The Fine is $200. Marin municipal water District officials who govern the Park raised it from $75 recently rather than Banning the bicycles altogether. Chief Ranger Casey May said rangers tracked 30 bicyclists in three hours one sunday and found 28 were speeding. Rangers issued eight  views body Dies Dallas a a joint funeral service is planned for a couple after the woman died minutes after viewing her husbands body at a Church. Or. George Lee Shelton 69, died thursday of complications from diabetes. Services had been planned for saturday with a viewing of the longtime physicians body set for Friday evening at go Canale presbyterian Church. But Shelton a wife of 48 years Maxine Shelton 65, suffered a severe asthma attack shortly after seeing her husbands body at the Church. The former school nurse was rushed to methodist medical Center where she died about 45 minutes later. Family members cancelled the planned saturday funeral for their father and scheduled a joint service for the couple  counters probe Dallas a television evangelist Robert Tilton said sunday that he has converted his ministry from a non profit corporation to a full fledged Church in a Legal Man Euver to Stop an investigation of it. Tilton said during his televised service that the change was made to keep Texas attorney general Dan Morales from reviewing the word of Faith ministries records. The Texas attorney general and the Federal government have been investigating Tilton since abcs primetime live reported in november that he had a mail processing company for mailed in Cash contributions and ignored accompanying prayer requests. University founder kills wife self Sisters Good grades come in Triplicate