European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 b the stars and stripes faces of places Little House indeed daughter did it Book says from wire report Laura Ingalls Wilder s beloved Little House books about life on the american Frontier in the late 1800swere ghost written by her daughter a professor con tends. William Holtz a University of Missouri professor of English credits Rose Wilder Lane with everything that makes the children s books stand up and  i am saying the daughter substantially rewrote it excising parts writing dramatic themes changing Dia Logue. If this in t ghostwriting what is Holtz said i Columbia mo., on wednesday. In a forthcoming Book Holtz challenges the image of Wilder As a literary grandma Moses of the ozarks. Some of Holtz s colleagues dispute his conclusion saying that the two collaborated and that Lane was Sim ply an editor for the series published in the 1930s. " Lane s fingerprints Are All Over those books said William Anderson a Michigan author who has written books on Wilder s family. But i just Don t think it is fair to say she did 80 or 90 percent of the writing William Morris a spokesman for  s books said that if Lane had been a ghost writer the company would have Given her credit As co author. Harper Collins predecessor companies published nearly 35 million copies of the books. The books based on Wilder s experiences growing up on the Prairie were translated into dozens of languages and became the basis for the to series Little House on the Prairie. Gen. Douglas Macarthur had the books translated into japanese and distributed in the War ravaged coun try so they would know what real americans were like said Connie Tidwell curator of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Rose Wilder Lane Home and museum. Wilder who had the equivalent of an eighth Grad education began writing books at age 65 at her Daugh Ter s  she wrote for newspapers and a farm journal. She sat at a tiny desk at their Home in the Missouri ozarks and scribbled on paper tablets som of which Are on display at the Homestead in Mansfield. By the time she died in 1957, Wilder had published10 books. Another was published after her death. Lane died in 1968. Holtz s claims Are made in his biography of Lane the ghost in the Little House to be published in the Spring by University of Missouri press. Lane s heir gave Holtz Access to family letters diaries and manuscripts. Can t Check if out there s no sex at some Public libraries. City officials in Mesa ariz., cancelled an order for Madonna s sexually explicit Book after saying they received about 200 Calls tuesday from people protesting the Purchase. Mayor Willie Wong figured what you Don t have can Hurt you. We re not exercising censorship. We re not pulling it off the shelves he  Louis Rhodes director of the Arizona civil lib Field of dreams actor Kevin Costner wearing a Philadelphia Phillies uniform takes a swing in a batting Cage thursday during practice with american All stars in Tokyo. Costner on a tour to pro Mote his new movie body guard visited the indoor Tokyo dome to watch the big leagues who Are on an eight game Post season tour. Clear attack and said he erties Union called the cancellation Aon constitutional free speech rights planned to Contact Wong. Other libraries have decided against buying the $50book. Library officials in Colorado Springs colo., said last week that sex did not meet collection  is she or in t she sine and o Connor the controversial Irish Singer songwriter has been quoted by a British Magazine As saying she is through with the pop music business. She also was quoted by her publicist wednesday As saying she was  want to expand my education be Able to express myself in a Way i can t in this medium she was quo Tedas saying in an interview with Melody maker a British music  also quoted her As saying that Don t cry for me Argentina a single due for release next month will be the last record i la put  her publicist in new York Elaine Schock insisted that o Connor still wants to be part of music writing songs singing making her own  o Connor was criticized in the United states after she Tore up a picture of Pope John Paul ii on National television oct. 3 and was booed when she appeared at a tribute to Bob Dylan in new York on oct. 16. Black writers preferred filmmaker Spike Lee would rather be interviewed by Black journalists than White  journalists Aren t going to ask me Spike do you have any White friends what kind of questions Are those Lee said in an interview published in wednesday s new York new Day. The bulk of the interview should not be some White journalist trying to convince me How Liberal they Are How they Don t Nate Black  Lee said he asked some news organizations to assign Black writers to interview him about his new movie Malcolm x. Lee did not make any such request of new Day the paper said. You can go Down the line sports Media Whit corporate America the White Guys still run it Lee said. So i m in a position with the Little weight that i have to demand  super death not for keeps he s not even dead yet but Superman s resurrections already being planned next month in Superman no. 75 the Man of steel will die. But the writers of the four Superman publications owned by do comics met the week of oct. 12 to begin plotting How to bring Superman Back from the dead without losing Reader Confidence. He s definitely going to be killed do comics spokeswoman Martha Thomases told the Cleveland Plain dealer. The writers had some ideas about his return but after All the publicity about his death the wanted to make sure his return would be done right. Just with the pre orders the Issue with his death will Bethe Best Selling Superman comic in 50  sales of do comic no. 75, to be distributed nov. 17, Are expected to exceed 1.5 million copies. The comic will also be published in a deluxe edition Complete with a memorial Black armband. Do comics officials won t provide additional information about the resurrection which should occur in late january or Early february. Join the stars and stripes Home delivery Carrier team and receive $25. 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