European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Faces n places Ann Landers he s doing the right thing with Malcolm a Lee says from wire reports what does director Spike Lee have to say about his new movie a film about Black nationalist Leader Malcolm a a it s better than the Simpsons or Batman a Lee said. A a it a a the artist whose films touch on sensitive social issues and stir the Public conscience talked to an audience of 4,200 for More than two hours at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Lee praised award winning actor Denzel Washington who plays the title role in the film due out next fall. A the transforms himself into Malcolm a the director said. Lee won critical and Box office Success with his 1989 film do the right thing. He said he always ask White viewers who compliment him on do the right thing if they saw the film in a theater or rented the tape. A White viewers stayed Home to watch it in the Comfort and safety of their living room rather than be confronted with an angry Black raging they feared would meet them at the theater Lee said. Lee wrapping up production of Malcolm a also repeated earlier criticisms of Black men who favor Black women with a a White features such As Long hair and Light returns to Alma mater Anita Hill whose allegations of sexual harassment against then supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas riveted a nation last fall revisited Yale Law school in new Haven conn., for the first time since graduating in 1980. A i remember the first time 1 walked into the Law school a she said in an address to students. �?o1 was nervous. Now in a also nervous but not because in a afraid in a going to be called Hill a Law professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman told her audience of a number of sexual harassment incidents involving women. A it is easier to blame the victim than to confront the depravity of the abuser and the Power the abuser often has Quot she said a the silence and denial Are part of the behaviour of the victim the abuser and the society at Hill did not mention her own Case. She levelled allegations against Thomas when a Senate committee was in the process of deciding whether to confirm him for the High Bench. Thomas denied the accusations and was ultimately approved As the newest Host May testify Geraldo Rivera May be called to testify in the kidnapping trial of a woman whose underground network for abused children was the topic of a 1988 segment of his television talk show. Superior court judge Michael Stoddard ruled Rivera is a witness in the trial of Faye Yager who claims her children a underground network in Marietta ga., has taken hundreds of abused children and mothers on the run. Rivera interviewed several children Yager claims director Spike Lee Speaks to students at the University of Michigan on thursday. To have assisted. She is accused of kidnapping the son of a Florida woman. The trial begins april 20. A Geraldo is a journalist not an Arm of Law enforcement. But done to take that to mean he come to the trial either a Rivera a spokesman Jeff Erdel said for Bush former hostage Joseph Cicippio gave president Bush a Good review on Friday after listening to him address the federalist society in Philadelphia. A it Wasny to a political speech a said Cicippio of nearby Norristown a. A i think he was just begging the nation that what we need is a whole new change new blood and new ideas in Cicippio was in Congress Hall where Congress sat while Philadelphia was the nations capital from 1790 to 1800, to hear Bush. The former hostage added some perspective on a Day the government reported the nations unemployment rate stayed at a 6v2-year High of 7.3 percent in March. A in Lebanon where i was held there is today 40 recent unemployment. Can you imagine that Ere wed be really in deep trouble Quot Cicippio said pausing to add k dear Abby my heart just broke for a Long islander Quot the woman who was overweight desperately unhappy and ashamed. You suggested she try Over eaters Anonymous. Thank you 1 Pray she takes your suggestion. Of has saved my life and the lives of countless other compulsive Over eaters. A Long islander needs to understand that she has a disease and she cannot fight the disease alone. By joining of and working through the twelve Steps along with the Fellowship of other Oas who understand exactly what she is going through she can recover and Lead a Normal Happy healthy life. Of asks Only that you contribute what you can. Of does not give you a diet but gives you the tools to understand what food is doing to you and your life so that you want to become a a abstinent Oaks term for not overeating and not eating your personal a a Binge foods. The program holds meetings across the country. There is an 800 number to Call that will give you time dear Abby and locations of these meetings 1-800-743-8703. All those who cannot control their eating Are Welcome. Oas might be anorexic or bulimic a anywhere from 10 pounds underweight to 200 pounds overweight. We Are All there for the same reason. Thank you for alerting a Long islander a and others to of. Compulsive eaters done to have to isolate themselves any More a they can recover. It can be done. I did it i am giving you my name so that you can verify this letter. But since of is an a a Anonymous program just sign me. Gratefully recovering dear recovering thank you Tor thanking me. May i toot my own Horn a Little in my office stands a 24-Inch-Tati Statuette of a Skinny person holding a Large of insignia. On the base of this Statuette is inscribed a who cared enough who sent the suffering multitudes to recover in Over caters Anonymous dear Abby did 1973.�?� dear Ann Landers my 23year-old sister has been divorced for three years. She has been going with about four different Guys and is pregnant. She is not sure who the father is and says she does no to care because none of the Guys she has been sleeping with is Worth a Hill of Beans and she marry any of them. The problem is that a a Tracy thinks she is in Good shape with her pregnancy because she has Given up All drugs. She wants to keep the baby and is anxious that it be 100 percent healthy. I am glad Tracy has Given up drugs but she has not stopped drinking. This worries me a lot because she a a heavy Drinker. Can you put something in your column to educate women who Orink while they Are pregnant we read plenty about babies born to crack and cocaine addicted mothers but very Little about those born to alcoholic mothers. Thanks for your help. Her sister in Topeka dear Topeka i Hope your sister will read this column and take it seriously. Last november a 24-year-old woman was jailed in Wayne Svitic mo., and charged with second degree assault and child endangerment when her child was born intoxicated. Every year about 40,000 babies Are born damaged because their mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy. Babies who Are born with fetal alcohol syndrome have flattened facial features their eyes Are widely spaced and they have hooded eyelids. Almost All these children Are learning disabled and have varying degrees of mental retardation. They Are usually Small and Short and remain that Way throughout their lives. 1 urge Tracy to make every Effort to Stop drinking at once. If she is unable to do it on her own she should Contact alcoholics Anonymous. Its listed in the phone Book and costs nothing to join. If she is not seeing a doctor she should do so immediately. Good Luck to her. She is going to need it. . You were a Loving sister to write on her behalf. I Hope she appreciates you dear Ann Landers the woman i married two years ago was rubenesque or should i say in be always been interested in Large women a in a one of Many males in this country known As a Chubby chasers a a a Isabelle went on a strict diet last year at the instigation of her girlfriends and she is now As Skinny As a rail. I am no longer interested in her sexually. She knew when i married her that i liked obese women so in be concluded that she is More interested in pleasing her girlfriends than me. Isabelle weighed 180 pounds when we married and looked fabulous. Now she weighs about 105 and looks As if she has tuberculosis. I gave her an ultimatum that unless she gains at least 50 pounds i am leaving. She is shocked Ana angry. Please put out the word that plump women Are very desirable to some men and if a woman is heavy when she gets married she should stay that Way. Love those love handles in Philadelphia dear Philadelphia the Only mention of love in your letter appears in the signature and that reference has More to do with sex. Full figured women will be delighted with what you have written but i wonder about a relationship based solely on weight. It sounds pretty Light to me. C of galore Syndicate dear Abby. Recently two teen age Sisters in our Community were killed in a tragic car Accident. Apparently neither Speed nor alcohol was a Factor a the prime Factor was unfamiliarity with the Road. It seems there had been a sign to warn motorists of the approaching dead end but apparently someone decided it was More important to decorate his or her bedroom with that sign than to warn Drivers of impending danger. Abby please Alert parents that by allowing their children to display stolen Street signs in their rooms those parents Are condoning behaviour that is costing us taxpayers Money a but More important it May also Cost us precious lives. Jeanne m. Murphy St. Joseph to. Dear Jeanne in be been writing this column since Jan. 9, 1956, and yours is the first letter i have received containing this important message. Thank you for a letter that can make the difference Between life and death. C Universal press Syndicate
