European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 a the stars and stripes sunday May 10,1992 faces no places miss Namibia is judged top miss in world from wire reports Michelle Mclean miss Namibia captured the miss universe Crown in Bangkok Thailand saturday morning. Miss Colombia Paola Turbay was the first runner up and miss India Madhu sap re was second runner up. Mclean is a 19-year-old Model from the Southern african nation. Turbay is a 21-year-old student and Sapre is a 20-year-old Model. After the names of the winners were read by master of ceremonies Dick Clark Mclean took a Victory stroll around the Queen sir kit National convention Center in Bangkok where the contest was held holding a bouquet and wearing a jewelled Crown. The contest went ahead despite several Days of political upheaval in which tens of thousands of protesters marched through Bangkok demanding the resignation of prime minister Suchinda Kra Prayoon. Namibia a former German Colony was later ruled by South Africa for 75 years As South West Africa until Independence in March 1990.murphy the gentleman actor Eddie Murphy showed up at a courthouse in Baltimore to film distinguished gentleman. Murphy plays a Small time con Man who gets elected to Congress then has a change of heart and crusades against corruption a production official said in an interview in fridays Baltimore Sun. Filming at the courthouse will continue through the weekend said movie publicist Steven  30 years late nearly 30 years after he splashed Down in the wrong place former astronaut m. Scott Carpenter said he was sorry. �?o1 want to take the Opportunity to apologize to you for the concern a Carpenter said Friday in Cape canaveral Fla., at a reunion of five of the Mercury seven astronauts the nations first space fliers. Carpenters capsule splashed Down 250 Miles from his recovery ship on May 24,1962, and Wasny to found for 33 minutes. But �?�1 knew where i was All along a Carpenter said at the 30th anniversary ceremony. Also present were John Glenn Alan Shepard Donald Slayton l. Gordon Cooper and Betty Grissom widow of Virgil a Gus Grissom who died in Michelle Mclean miss universe 1992. The 1967 Apollo i fire. Walter Schirra did not  s not fiddling in Tulsa advertisements said Folk Singer Theodore Bike would play the Lead in fiddler on the roof in Tulsa okla., next month. But his wife says he never received a contract and has no plans to come to the City. Rita Bikel who is also her husbands manager said Friday that she was a absolutely astonished dumbfounded to learn that a promoter had sold tickets to fiddler. Police said they were looking for the promoter Mike Crowley who vanished in april when police issued a felony warrant against him for a bad  Indian entertainment Tony Hillerman whose mystery novels about navajos have made him a Best Selling author says there a a big difference Between him and american Indian writers. A they write mainstream novels which turn on what its like to be a native american engulfed in a dominant culture. In a writing entertainment a Hillerman said thursday at Arizona state University in Tempe Hillerman whose novels Are set in the four Corners area of Arizona new Mexico Colorado and Utah received an honorary doctorate of human letters from the University. Dear Abby. My 37-year-old daughter Norma sent me this Beautiful testimonial for mothers Day. I was so touched that i wanted to share it with you. Dora Boyd Edgewater Fla. Dear mrs. Boyd your daughters letter is so touching that i want to share it with my readers dear Mother As i grew up. You fostered my Independence. You allowed me to decide what to Wear what friends to choose what boys to Date what foods to eat a and How much. You trusted my judgment even when it differed from yours. Although our views differ on women a issues fashion etc., you showed Confidence in my decisions. You never shamed me for being a bed Wetter until i was 6 a and for that ill always be grateful. You worked backbreaking jobs to give my brother and me music lessons religious school concerts plays and educational trips. You taught me about reproduction and birth control. In a very proud of you for that. I have no Friend dear Abby who can say that about her Mother. You admitted that you were not perfect enabling me to question your beliefs opinions and actions a and draw my own conclusions. And now that in a grown i want to thank you for always being there for me. You Are a wonderful role Model and i am Lucky to have you for my Mother. I love you very much. Norma dear Abby one of my sons a gregarious straight a College student takes Pride in showing his disdain for a Day set aside to Honor mothers. He says after All its How you treat your Mother every Day that counts i have raised three Bright teen age boys who think their successes scholarships and opportunities Are All their own doing. For the most part they Are Good citizens so i consider myself blessed. After All their happiness is All 1 really want. But their disdain of mothers Day is insulting. 1 have written a poem to express my feelings. If you think it is worthy you May print it. And what the Heck a you May also use my name. Jan Martin Nogales ari2. Arm Landers dear Ann Landers a while Back 1 read a letter in your column from a woman who loved her Mother dearly and  Bear to face the fact that she was growing old. Your answer showed a great Deal of Wisdom. You pointed out that the natural order of the universe demands that everything have its season a that we must gracefully accept the inevitable. My Sisters and i have been experiencing the same feelings of anxiety about our dear Mother who is 70-something and slowing Down. If our thoughts can be of help to others Ann please feel free to use them. K . In Colorado dear . What a heart Wanner a a perfect piece for this special Day. Here it is Mother at 50 in my mind Mother is always 50 a healthy and robust cheerful and supportive. When i Call her Long distance or write her a letter that is the person i am conversing with just like always. Ever since my fathers death at a Young age Mother has been the head of the family. She worked Long hours and came Home exhausted but she always found the strength to see that we had our Homework done. Mom was the one my Sisters and i ran to with All our problems. She was never too Busy to listen. And no matter How muddled things were she always came up with a logical solution that was acceptable to everyone. Now when i see my Mother slightly stooped clasping the Banister tightly before she attempts the Challenge of the next step bringing one foot Down to join the other i turn my head. It pains me to see the irrefutable evidence that she is truly getting old. I run to the phone in times of crisis to Call my 50-year-old Mother for advice or Comfort and when my 70-something Mother can to quite follow what in a saying and asks me to repeat because she can to hear Well i become annoyed Ana impatient because i know she is different now and May not be Able to give me the magic solution that i have come to expect. Then a Lance of guilt pierces me. Where is my Mother i know she a in there somewhere. If Only i could break through to the real 50-year-old person that i see so clearly in my minds Eye everything would be Fine again. Why does my mothers aging bother me so Why done to i accept the reality that is clearly before me because to do so would be to acknowledge the fact that one Day i will lose her. One Day i will dial her number As in be done a thousand times before and she will no longer be there to answer. I refuse to accept the thought of her not being there for me. It is too frightening and painful. I can to Bear it. Who will i go to when she is not there she is the one i always could count on no matter what a never judging me always ready to listen and Send me in the right direction. So i go on pretending deceiving myself seeing her As 50 forever. If i admit that my Mother is really getting old and that one Day she will no longer be Here it Means that finally i am the grown up. It Means i will move to the top rung of that ladder and be that Mother to my daughter a and i am not ready for this. Where did the years go i cannot answer that question. It has been asked a million times by others and nobody knows. The Only thing i know for certain is that i am very Lucky to have had her. Cd creator Syndicate mothers Day Mother dear Mother i really love you or at least i guess that i do a cause whenever i need you you always Are there but mom in the meantime a stay outta my hair. Thanks for the Money for the Field trip today. Ill be Back late if there a no delay. To pay you Back ill vacuum the room can to say for sure when but i Promise real soon help with the dishes gee mom not tonight. Got a ton of Homework from that Bear or. Wright. Three chapters to read a test draw a map which i plan to tackle a right after my Nap. In a so awfully tired from the dance done to you know where All of my friends and i wanted to go. So i m bushed and can to drag myself from this chair. You should know mom a a cause you drove us a there i m so awfully Busy mom when will it end so Busy with school my Job and my friends. When it All settles Down mom ill work really hard. Can you give me a Buck for a mothers Day card c Universal press Syndicate