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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 a the stars and stripes saturday june 13, 1992 faces n places finally Oklawaha is Ocklawaha again a Rose is a Rose a unless it s a hat Lynn Hudson models a Floral creation featuring Vine creepers and Inglish Garden Tea roses thursday in London the hat costs 275pounds $500 and is intended to be worn at Ascot next week for the horse racing season. From wire reports it s official in the eyes of the . Government the original spelling of the Ocklawaha River and the town of Ock Lawaha fla., has been restored. The . Board on geographic names voted 4-0 on thursday in Washington to restore the a a cd to the spelling of Ocklawaha a town of about 400 people Halfway Between Orlando and Gainesville and to the River. Roger Payne executive director of the Board said the change will be reflected in the National geographic names database in about two weeks. A anytime a map is reprinted or revised the name will be changed accordingly a he said. The towns first Post office opened in 1884 with the spelling Ocklawaha. But in 1892, for reasons lost to history the . Board voted to change the name of the nearby River deleting the  in 1902, the Post office followed deleting the a a cd from the towns name. Charles Baker 54, a general contractor and a fourth generation resident led the Battle to restore the spelling. He filed 300 pages of documentation with the Florida Board of geographic names and the Federal Board to restore the original spelling. A a it a fantastic that its been changed a Baker said thursday. A the Way i feel about it they took away part of our history part of our heritage when they did this and now we be got it  funny stuff in naked gun 2ra, Leslie Nielsen a character pushes a Barbara Bush look alike off a Balcony but the actor behaved himself when he met the first lady at a recent White House reception. A Barbara was in the receiving line and when she saw me she rolled her eyes a Nielsen told Parade Magazine. Nielsen says a script is being written for a third instalment of the naked gun series in which he plays incompetent investigator it. Frank  to advise olympic Gold medallist Mary Lou ret ton was named special adviser to the presidents Cound on physical fitness and sports. Council chairman Arnold Schwarzenegger said in Washington on thursday that her a commitment to creating More healthy and Active americans makes her a great role  Retton 24, won the All around Gold medal in women a gymnastics a the first american to do so a at the 1984 olympic games. She lives in  aids to fight Elizabeth Taylor donated $150,000 to fight the resurgence of tuberculosis which poses a special danger to people with aids. A after Many years to is Back and deadlier than Ever Quot Taylor said thursday in los Angeles. A a what a not yet Back is the same government response we saw decades  the american foundation for aids research which Taylor founded next week plans to begin a Campaign to raise Money to fight to. To which can be fatal was virtually wiped out decades ago. It has made a resurgence in recent years preying largely on people weakened by the aids  does t love . Sidney Lumet is still fuming Over a threatened Union work stoppage in new York City during last years filming of a stranger among us and says he wont make any More movies in the City for a while. The filmmaker sent mayor David Dinkins a letter thursday saying he was especially bothered Given his Long support of the City a film Industry. Lumet said members of local 52 of the motion picture studio mechanics claimed their contract entitled them to 10 hours of pay even though the Job required Only four hours work. Lumet said the Crew went Back to work after he said a i have a picture to do. I done to  but he said that did no to rectify the a a insulting incident. The Union and the City a film office would not comment. Lumeta a new York based movies include twelve angry men dog Day afternoon and  beckons Mstislav Rostropovich the soviet born Maestro who has been music director of the National symphony orchestra for 15 years will retire in two years and the former soviet Union will be the beneficiary. At that time he will become a lifetime conductor laureate a committing him to conduct the orchestra for at least four weeks each season orchestra officials in Washington said. No replacement has yet been considered orchestra spokeswoman Patricia of Kelly said thursday. A a there a no Short list there a no Long list there s not even a committee a of Kelly said. The 65-year-old Rostropovich said in a statement that the political and cultural changes a in my beloved russian affect him and his wife Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya a in the profoundest  Quot we cannot pretend not to hear the Calls for help from our Mother country a he said. A therefore i must have More flexibility during the next few critical years if i am to fulfil the obligations imposed by my  Rostropovich a renowned cellist As Well As a conductor who insisted on being called a Yslava a said he wanted to spend More time in Russia without feeling he was neglecting his responsibilities Here. However he said a in the future i will continue to spend at least four weeks in Washington in order not to lose any human or musical Contact with my dear  Washington is my Home in the states and i done to intend to change  the late soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev banished him in 1974 for refusing to renounce his principles and to denounce his Friend exiled author Alexander Solzhenitsyn  
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