European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes faces a no paces sunday november 1,1992 Rushdie cancels appearance As word leaks out from wire reports author Salman Rushdie who has spent three years hiding from a death sentence proclaimed by islamic militants cancelled a planned speaking engagement in Pittsburgh when word of the trip spread. Rushdie was to have spoken nov. 15 at the Carnegie music Hall with authors Norman Mailer and William Styron said the Carnegie Library which arranged the appearance with article 19, a Rushdie support group. The Library announced that the appearance had been cancelled because word of it had leaked in England. A this cancellation further illustrates the shocking circumstances in which or. Rushdie finds himself a said Robert Croneberger the Library a director. Rushdie has been in hiding since 1989, when Iran s Ayatollah Khomeini called Tor his execution saying Rushie s Book the satanic verses blasphemed islam. Rushdie has made several speaking appearances in the United states always under heavy guard with no Advance notice. Loren to visit East Africa italian actress Sophia Loren will visit Somalia and Kenya in november As a United nations Goodwill ambassador. She will help focus world attention on the refugee crisis in the Horn or Africa the Geneva based . High commissioner for refugees said. Loren will travel in East Africa for six Days starting nov. 21. She will visit hospitals feeding centers and an orphanage said High commissioner Sadako Ogata. A Sophia Loren has expressed great concern for the situation in the Horn of Africa a Ogata said. Tribal warfare anarchy and famine in the Region have created one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory. About 1 million somalis have fled the chaos in their Homeland and millions still risk starvation. Batman wins Rodeo prize Batman Star Michael Keaton won $3,500, a Saddle and a Belt buckle by finishing first in a Rodeo style a cutting horse contest in los Angeles. Keaton took the top prize in the winning $20,000 Amateur category for horses that have won less than $20,000, said his publicist Paul Bloch. The sport is a Rodeo style Competition in which riders guide their horses As if they were herding cattle. Ranchers use cutting horses to Cut animals out of the Herd for branding. Keaton has been involved in the sport for two years. Bloch said. Stern s fans retaliate done to Cross Shock Jock Howard Stern. Presley grandson Lisa Marie Presley daughter at the late Elvis Presley and her husband Danny Keough pose with their second child a 7-Pound, 8-ounce Bey bom in Florida on oct. 21. The couple s 3/b-Yoar-old daughter Danielle is at right. The boy s name has not been revealed. You could get death threats by the hundreds from his fans. That a what happened to tabloid televisions hard copy producer Audrey Lavin. At last count to guide reports Lavin had received 250 such threats.  because Lavin produced an oct. 2 hard copy segment critical of irreverent Manhattan based disc jockey Stern. Afterwards Stern called Lavin at her Home and demanded an on air interview with her on his nationally syndicated radio show. After berating her he. Announced Lavinus private phone number on the air. It was then that the threatening Calls began to flood her phone. Lavin was then told by her superiors not to answer the phone or return Calls to answer questions about the matter at hard copy a los Angeles Headquarters. A we want this behind her a executive producer Peter Brennan said. Brennan also would not release a transcript of the hard copy segment. On oct. 5, Lavin reported a trespasser at her Home. Los Angeles police department detective Paul Richardson said that those making threats could face Misdemeanour charges. A you try to laugh it off a Lavin told to guide a but when 250 people say they Are going to kill you you Start to feel every Guy in a pickup truck is trying to kill you. Its made me very  old Only a state of mind dear Abby who changed everything when i Wasny to looking in be noticed lately that everything is farther away than it used to be its even twice As far to the Corner a and they have added a Hill in be Given up running for the bus it leaves earlier than it used to. It seems to me they Are making the stairs steeper than in the old Days and have you noticed the smaller print the newspapers Are now using and there a no sense in asking anyone to read aloud anymore As everyone Speaks in such a Low voice i can hardly hear them. The material in dresses is so skimpy now a especially around the Waist and hips a its almost impossible to reach ones shoelaces also the sizes done to run the Way they used to. The 12s and 14s Are so much smaller. Even people Are changing. They Are so much younger than they used to be when was their age. On the other hand people my own age Are so much older than i am. I ran into an old classmate of mine the other Day and she had aged so much she did no to recognize me i got to thinking about my poor dear Friend while i was combing my hair this morning and in so doing i glanced at my own reflection. Really now a they done to even make Good mirrors As they used to Rose la Monica Phillipsburg n j dear Rose Beauty fail its healthy to accept with Good humor the fact that we can to kid Mother nature a new can we fool father time dear Abby our unmarried 23-year-old daughter had a routine physical that included a Pap test. We were shocked to learn it revealed cervical cancer. It was frightening but Sara was treated and her checkups since then show no recurrence. Abby she was fortunate Many women do not have Pap a a a a tests because they think they Are too Young or Are not sexually Active but Thev do need a Pap test. If Sara had not had this test i shudder to think what would have become of her please Abby urge Young women to have Pap tests ree ulary. 5 a Kentucky Reader f Jiann Landers Clinton supports family leave Bill dear readers several Days ago i printed a letter from president Bush. He wished to respond to a Reader who was in support of the family and medical leave act i gave president Bush the Opportunity to express his views. Now in the spirit of even handedness i am giving gov. Bill Clinton equal time. Here is Clinton a letter dear Ann Landers i read the letter from a a working Momy on Why president Bush should have supported the family and medical leave act. The presidents failure to heed this advice is a tragedy for All of us. Jim Censullo of Hudson n.h., went to the Hospital to be with his wife Kathy and their infant son Tony who was having open heart surgery. Jim a Boss called him and Tola him to it Back to work because As Jim remembers being told a if your baby Dies at least you la still have your  Jim stayed with his family. He saw his son through his recovery. But he was fired for leaving work. Americans working women and men should be Able to care for their children help ailing parents or be by the Side of family members with disabilities in times of crisis without the fear of losing their jobs their incomes and their ability to make ends meet. The Way the rules Are now 82 percent of american workers cannot do so. It does no to Nave to be this Way. There Are 72 countries in the world that already Grant their people reasonable family and medical leave. A1 Gore and i support family and medical leave that would give americans up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in times of family crisis exempting Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Some people just talk about family values. We need a president who will value families. Sincerely gov. Bill Clinton dear Ann Landers i am a Security guard at a Detroit Airport. I screen baggage and help people get through the Metal detectors. You would not believe How Many airline passengers become rude and use profane language when Security guards ask them to remove their belts earrings barrettes keys and other items that set the Buzzer off. How Are we supposed to know that these people Arentt carrying a gun a knife or even a bomb ninety percent of the people we see Are great but the other 10 percent Are a pain in the you know what a this includes a few pilots and flight attendants. Please pass the word Ann. Frustrated in Lincoln Park Mich. H0uw Der mid t0 her a p 0 Box 11562, Chi c creator Syndicate dear Reader your message is Well Worth space in my column. A Pap test should be a routine part of a gynaecological examination. Dear Abby we hear about How terrible teen agers Are but i want to share what i saw this afternoon. While looking for some greeting cards i noticed two Quot out 14 or 15 Quot a Quot a  one boy you looking. To get a card for my  the first boy asked a How come its Nof mothers a my mom is having a bad Day a his Friend re phed and i want to find something to cheer her up a Abby i could have hugged that kid he must have been raised by someone very special to have turned out that Way. . Reeves Brighton Mich. Dearal. What a heartwarming scene you observed. You re night children learn compassion and sensitivity at their mothers or fathers knee a a  show be addressed to dear Abby at  Box 447, mount Morris Iii. 61064. 4 c Universal press Syndicate