European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 a the stars and stripes sunday june 7,1992 Model Christie Brinkley says her swimsuit Days Are Over from wire reports Christie Brinkley a big breakthrough came when she appeared in sports illustrate do a 1979 swimsuit Issue but she says her appearance on the cover of the july Issue of ladies Home journal May be her last swimsuit shot. A i think in be done my last one a says Brinkley 38, who appears in a red zip up suit. A i done to want to do those anymore. Its gotten too hard to suck m my in fact Brinkley would like to get out of modelling altogether even though she recently renewed her contract with cover girl cosmetics. Quot in be Brinkley been planning to retire for the past 10 years a she said. A a modelling is a very empty Job. Its been a great career but i would rather be known As anything but a Model. I desperately need More one Avenue she wants to pursue is Wallet meanwhile Brinkley a husband piano Man Billy Joel is grateful to a postal clerk in Malden mass., who returned his missing Wallet. Phil Sica was going through a tub of mail when he spotted a Wallet that apparently had been dropped in a Mailbox. Inside he found Joel a Drivers License credit cards a number of fishing permits and his honorary membership in the police Force in his Hometown of East Hampton . Joel apparently lost the Wallet while in the Boston area for a recording session during the memorial Day weekend and he thanked Sica by sending him a card an autographed picture and a Promise for complimentary tickets the next time he performs in the area. No word on whether any Cash was in the and Brady actor Beau Bridges will be reunited with former White House press Secretary James Brady at a Bash being thrown monday in Washington for the Center to prevent handgun violence. Bridges strongly resembled Brady when he portrayed him in a Cable television movie about Bradys recovery from wounds suffered in John Hinckley a assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan in 1981.defending her career Nicole Kidman who co stars in far and away with her husband Tom cruise says the superstar actor Isnit responsible for her Success. A lots of people think i got Days of Thunder another cruise movie and far and away because of Tom a the australian actress says in the july Issue of Playboy Magazine. A a it a not True. The huge studios Arentt going to put me in a movie just to please Kidman who also starred in the 1989 thriller dead Calm married cruise in 1990. Good is Good the tonight show May be trying to attract younger viewers and guests. But Ray Charles expects to visit Jay Leno As often As he did Johnny Carson. A Good is Good a said Charles 61. Quot Beethoven a been dead for years. Chopin a been gone. Rachmaninoff. And yet their music is Stilt Charles whose hits include Georgia on my mind and hit the Road Jack was scheduled to perform today at Deer Creek music Center in Aren t better author Alice Walker told alumnae of Radcliffe College in Cambridge mass., that Black women Are not much better off now than when she addressed the school two decades ago. A i wish 1 could Tell you that things have truly improved for most Young women of color on the planet a said Walker who on Friday received the Radcliffe College alumnae association medal for literary contributions. Walker who has written 18 books won the 1983 pulitzer prize for the color quits group rapper Freedom Williams is leaving c c music factory and suing the groups producers for $10 million claiming they misled him about a Solo career and denied him royalties. Williams featured on the hits Gonna make you sweat everybody dance now and things that make you go hmm sued producers David Cole and Robert Clivilles on wednesday claiming breach of contract. He says they promised to promote him As a Solo act. An attorney for the producers did not return a phone Call Ford recovering actor Glenn Ford no longer needs a Respirator to breathe and was improving steadily after a serious bout with pneumonia said a spokeswoman for a Hospital in Santa Monica Calif. The 76-year-old Star of such films As the blackboard Jungle and Gilda was in stable condition Friday said Pat Kirk of St. Johns Hospital and health Center he was removed from the critical list thursday. A emr. Ford is making very dramatic improvements a said or. Carter Newton Fords cardiologist. Quot he is out of bed and in a chair now. He is still weak but is gaining Ford developed pneumonia May 28 while hospitalized for treatment of blood clots in his lungs and an irregular heartbeat. Faces n places dear readers 1 have just finished a paperback Book titled what you can do to avoid aids by magic Johnson. This Little Book should be required Reading for everyone who is old enough to read. Here Are some edited excerpts you be probably been hearing a lot about his infection and aids. What you be heard May have scared you. But being scared wont help you make Wise choices about your health. Being educated will. Let me Lay out the basics Here so you la understand what his and aids Are and How his is a and Isnit a spread. Ill Start with two simple definitions his stands for human immunodeficiency virus. Quot human Means human beings not animals plants or insects. A a immune a refers to the immune system which fights off diseases and infections in our bodies. Deficiency Means a breakdown or Lack of something so a a immunodeficiency Means the immune system is dam aged and can to fight off infections or diseases. A virus is dear Abby a tiny germ Able to cause diseases. Certain viruses such As his can enter the cells Olour body and prevent the cells from doing what they re supposed to do. His can be spread from person to person and cause an infected persons immune system to break Down or collapse. His is the virus that causes aids. Aids stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome what do those words mean a acquired Quot Means you re not born with it but can develop it later. A immunodeficiency Quot Means your immune system is damaged and can to fight off infections or diseases. A a syndrome Means a combination of physical signs and symptoms. Lets look at this like a War. The main soldiers in your immune system Are White blood cells. They attack the viruses bacteria and other foreign agents that invade your body. Normally your White blood cells destroy these invaders and keep you from getting infections or diseases. When his enters your body it destroys the White blood cells. When this happens you become a target for diseases and infections that healthy Ann Landers dear Ann Landers its time someone told the world what its like for a woman to be widowed or divorced. I Hope your female readers will find this letter useful. In a 45. People say in a very attractive and that i look 35. I am financially secure have a Good Job own my Home and have two children Ages 20 and 22. I became a widow three years ago. Here a the True picture eligible men Between 40 and 55 Are virtually non existent. Your Pool of a a prospects will be in singles bars Parent groups and singles organizations. The ratio of women to men is about 20-to-l. So if you Are contemplating divorce and Are 40 or older take another look. Is there any possibility that your marriage can be salvaged the Quality of available men will Shock you. If your spouse is an Ordinary run of the Mill Guy he will be snatched up immediately. You will not be so fortunate. Available women Are a dime a dozen. If you re not aggressive or gorgeous you la spend a lot of time alone. 1 invested $2,000 in a vacation and All i got out of it was the knowledge that id better learn How to be single again. When you become a widow everyone wants to be your Friend a for about three months a then you re on your own. Its not that people Stop caring they just need to get on with their own lives. My experiences with singles groups have been disastrous. The widows Are depressing can to Stop talking about what a Saint their husband was and Are desperate for male companionship. The divorced ones Are bitter and angry and talk of nothing but their sex husbands How difficult it is to get child support and How badly they were treated. The prognosis is dismal. Once you be been married its Lousy to be alone. Sign me not bitter just realistic dear . True widows and divorcees Are not in great demand but to suggest that they Are destined to be lonely and miserable is a truly sour and inaccurate projection. Moreover it would be sheer lunacy to suggest that being married no matter How flawed and inadequate the relationship is better than being alone. Over the years in be received thousands of letters from women who freed themselves of alcoholic abusive or unfaithful spouses and found genuine peace and Contentment once they gathered the strength to throw the bum out dear Ann Landers have you lost your mind what in the world were you doing when you replied to a depressed in new England the Guy who let his wife Vera Date his Boss in order to save his Job were you maybe bungee jumping off the Wrigley building generally you re right on target but you really blew this one. Ill bet if the shoe were on the other foot you would have said a unload the you should have told the Guy to Tell his Boss if he wants Vera he can keep her. And if there is any suggestion that he might be canned he should get a smart lawyer and sue the pants off of or. Boss for discrimination harassment and mental anguish. Granted Ann the Case May not be winnable but because of the potential embarrassment or. Boss in All likelihood would be Happy to Settle out of court. Steaming in san Juan dear steaming you weren to the Only Reader who thought my answer was a Turkey. Pm eating my words. Gobble gobble. Chomp chomp. C creators Syndicate people can usually fight off. These a a opportunistic infections include pneumonia tuberculosis and yeast infections. You Are also vulnerable to certain cancers. When you have his and have developed certain infections doctors say you have aids. People do not die of aids. They die because the virus makes their bodies too weak to fight off infections. Being infected with his does no to mean you automatically have aids it Means that you will develop aids sooner or later. The virus can live in your body for 10 years or longer before you show any symptoms. During that time you May feel and look healthy but you can infect others with the virus. In other words you can pass it on to others without you or your partner knowing it. In fact most people who have his done to even know they Are infected the Only Way a doctor can diagnose he infection is by a blood test. There is no cure yet but if you re diagnosed Early and get into treatment your chances Are better because there Are medications to keep you healthy and Post Pone the development of aids. C Universal press Syndicate
