European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 a d the stars and stripes thursday april 16,1992 faces n place postal service beefing up its Lawn care from wire reports the . Postal service is switching from mowing to mooing by bringing in cattle to Graze on the grass at its main Post office in Louisville by. Four steers or cows or maybe even Bee Falo will Graze on a 2�?T/4-acre Grassy area in Early May. A Post office memo says officials cannot scientifically predict a How effective the cows can be toward reducing the number of times we have to Cut the grass.�?�. But that did no to Stop bureaucrats from being decidedly precise in their forecast a savings of 210 employee hours or $4,130.01 a year. That assumes of course that neither rain nor sleet nor traffic noise will stay the trusty bovines from the Swift depletion of their appointed grounds. If the Experiment works it might be expanded to other Post offices officials is left $25 million a former Greenwich conn., civic and charitable Leader has left More than $25 million to the Greenwich Library in her will. Library officials said tuesday that they believe the gift from the estate of Clementine Lockwood Peterson is one of the largest Ever to Benefit a Public bequest is dedicated to the Library a business Section in memory of her late husband a Whitney Peterson a former president of the Greenwich based . Tobacco co., who died in 1959, said Philip Drake an attorney for the Peterson estate. The Money is also dedicated to the recorded music department in memory of her Only child Jonathan Peterson a music devotee who was killed in a car Accident in 1957 while serving in the armed forces Drake Peterson who served As a Greenwich legislator and was Active in several Community groups died april 7 at age 88 in Kennett Square radio signals sold a collection of 85 radio signals sent to and from the titanic was sold for 66,000 pounds $115,896 on tuesday the 80th anniversary of the liners sinking in the North Atlantic. _ auctioneers at Christie a auction House in London said the collection included the most famous signal of the disaster a sinking wants immediate assistance a when another vessel the Baltic was alerted by the titanic a last signal that it was going Down after striking an iceberg. More than 1,500 people drowned on the titanic s Maiden voyage and the signals exchanged by Morse code in the Early Days of wireless telegraphy have holdout tenant Dies a Brownstone built in 1865 fits from the base of a 31-Story office Tower in new York City. The Brownstone s apartment Dweller Jean Herman had turned Down a $750,000 buyout offer and forced reel estate developers to build the skyscraper around her in 1988. Herman called the Quot ultimate holdout Quot died last month. The building s owners said they have no plans for the Brownstone adding that the building probably will remain where it is. Been treasured by survivors and collectors. The Price for the 85 signals paid by an Anonymous Telephone bidder was a world record for titanic Memorabilia the auction House said. The pre Sale estimate for the collection was 10,000 pounds $17,560. The previous record for the liners Memorabilia was 8,250 pounds then $14,850 in 1988 for a Watercolour of the liner. The 85 signals were part of a collection of 448 signals belonging to John Booth a British titanic enthusiast that has netted a total of 95,700 pounds $168,000. Some of the signals were used during the official inquiry into the disaster in 1912. A Diamond still shines a Mother daughter team of music reviewers found Nell Diamond As thrilling As Ever after a 16-year hiatus Between his last concert tour of Australia and his current sellout run. When the 51-year-old Diamond appeared in Sydney on monday the daily Telegraph Mirror sent staff Rock critic Kathy Mccabe Ana her Mother Trish who last saw the Sager song writer in concert in 1976. A Diamond unleashed his unmistakable vocals sending obvious tingles Down More than a few backs with his immense control a the younger Mccabe observed. Her Mother judged diamonds voice a slightly deeper but just As Strong and he plays the audience like a violin at times Neil Diamond seemed surprised at his reception from the crowd a almost As though he just believe he could still be this Welty honoured writer Eudora Welty celebrated her 83rd birthday and was celebrated in turn As Winner of the $25,000 Rea award for the Short Story. A i was amazed. It came out of the Blue sky a Welty said from her Jackson miss., Home on monday. A a in a delighted. How could i not be a Welty a tales of Small town Mississippi characters brought her acclaim within years of her first published Story death of a travelling Salesman in 1936. Past accolades include the pulitzer prize the National medal for literature and the presidential medal of Freedom. The Rea award was established in 1986 by Book and Art collector Michael Rea. 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