European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes faces a no places sunday december 20,1992 penguins on Parade King penguins at the zoo in Munich Germany go for a Winter stroll with one of their keepers to the Delight of the few visitors undaunted by the cold weather. Madcap auction held in . From wire reports leave it to Alfred e. Neuman to turn a venerable auction House into a mad House. Dozens of bidders from around the country jammed Christie a in new York on Friday and others bid by phone to claim their own twisted piece of mad Memorabilia As the anything for a laugh Magazine put its archives up for  laughs May have been cheap but the prices weren to. An Artsy Tarzan and his gorillas from an old Issue of the Magazine got top Dollar the four panels of Frank Frazetta a Early one morning in the Jungle estimated to be Worth $5,000 to $7,000 a went for $30,800. The big ticket items a original cover Art most of it featuring the Gap toothed a what me worry a smile of freckle faced Alfred e. Neuman a went on the Block in mint condition after being stored in a vault since their creation. The second highest Price $10,450, was paid for a Norman Mingo cover of Batman and Robin Mingo covers of Neuman disguised As a guru and a Soldier fetched $9,900 each to tie for third place. Of 322 works offered 308 went for a total of $636,625 including a 10 percent buyers Premium that will go into made a  North heralded Oliver North a 15 minutes in the spotlight May be fading fast but they re not quite Over. He was Given a heroes Welcome when he went to Allentown pa., to help the City raise Money for the bulletproof vests that his company guardian technologies is Selling to the City s police Force. North the former National Security aide made famous by his role in the Iran Contra arms for hostages affair received a key to the City a proclamation and a standing ovation from some 250 people attending his speech Allentown a former police chief David Howells who Heads the Effort to buy the vests told the crowd that North a exemplifies the highest ideals and attributes of an american citizen such As honesty and integrity and loyalty and  off to Hollywood no More smashing those cheap phony miniatures of Tokyo. Godzilla appears bound for Hollywood and will wreak havoc with the Aid of the latest in expensive High tech special effects. A a we re really eager to see How a Godzilla film made by americans will turn out a said Takashi Nakagawa of Toho studios the maker of Godzilla a 19 japanese films. A a it a great news for All Godzilla  Toho is negotiating with Trisler pictures a Hollywood studio owned by Japan a Sony corp. Although no final contract has been signed Toho would receive about $1 million plus part of the profits Nakagawa said. Ann Lander promotional Deal is Slick but Legal dear Ann Landers there ought to be a Law against this sort of thing and maybe if enough people get mad there will be. Yesterday my elderly neighbor rang my Doorbell. He was so excited he could hardly speak. A Bob a he said a i can t believe it i have a letter Here that says in be won $10 million a i replied Quot Howard Jet me see what you have  sure enough in great big letters it said Quot a a us re the one Howard Smith. You be just won ten million  and then in Small print it said a a if you return the winning number. A but they be been looking for _ me a Howard said excitedly. A a it Sall right Here in this  and sure enough it was in the letter As Plain As Dav a a we be found you Howard Smith you re the missing Winner of the ten million Dollar prize a next i read the Small print a the qualifier a a if you return the winning  i find this despicable. Many senior citizens Are not capable of Reading the Small print nor do they understand it. In a sending you a copy of the letter my neighbor received. This Selling technique is heartless. As i said Ann there ought to be a Law. In a signing my name and you have permission to use it. The Rev. Robert b. Marr Suffolk a. Dear the Rev. Marr i agree that it is Slick and misleading but unfortunately it is Legal. You can be sure some very astute lawyers went Over that language with a magnifying Glass and nothing in that promotion is illegal. Too bad. Dear Ann Landers our neighbors son recently died and this Christmas season will be very difficult for them. Last december you printed a letter from a woman who had suffered a similar loss and who was finding the holidays too stressful. Would you please run her letter again Chicago fan dear fan Here it is. I Hope it helps. Dear Ann we lost our daughter two years ago. Christmas is not a Happy occasion for us. Just a simple note saying a thinking of you is Fine. Cards telling us to a be merry Are painful. How can we have a merry Christmas or a Happy new year when our daughter who had so much to live for is lying in the ground dead we be gone the grief therapy route but the Only ones who understand Are people who have lost a child. The others Are Well Meang but they have no idea what the pain is like. Their words Are empty and meaningless. No merry Christmas or Happy new year for us letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562. Chicago. Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate where some were when Juk was shot dear readers i recently asked my readers to Send me postcards telling me where they were when they heard the news that president Kennedy had been shot. The response was overwhelming 1 received an estimated 300,000 responses a mostly letters saying a a postcard can to possibly contain All i have to  dear Abby l we were living in Karlsruhe West Germany when Juk was assassinated. My husband was a career army Man. The news came Over air a radio at 7 30 . We turned on the to and watched it in German. The next Day i walked to the grocery store and on the Way i passed our army Chapel. There was a Large picture of president Kennedy on the Church bulletin Hoard a draped in Black a and the entire Lawn surrounding it was covered with Floral arrangements All from German families i met Many germans on the Street who stopped me to express their sorrow with tears in their eyes. I shall never forget it. . Gray Elpaso Texas. 1 was in the third Grade with other 8 and 9-year-Olds waiting for the 3 . Bell to ring so we could go Home for the weekend. Suddenly Over the Public address system we heard Walter Cronkite say a i regret to Tell you that president Kennedy died this afternoon at 1 05 .�?� i had planned to go Home with a classmate for a Sleepover but we were both so heartsick we decided it would be better if we both went to our own Homes. Tammy in Duluth. My wife and i and our two teen age sons were in Izmir Turkey. I was co director of the turkish air Force Academy where 16 american men and women taught English to turkish pilots and air controllers. When the awful news came our turkish friends offered condolences with tears in their eyes. Eldon Shupe Melbourne Fla. Dear Abby. I was a on the air doing music and news at a major Annapolis my radio station when the sports director came into the control room Laid Down a piece of paper without uttering a word and left. A few minutes later i looked at it. It read a Flash president Kennedy shot a i slapped on a tape and recorded the rest of the Days broadcast. I spent a cult of the time weeping in the menus room. Bill Turkington Northridge Calif. I was in Hollywood filming a sequence from room and the seven hoods with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis or. When our producer Howard Koch got a Telephone Call from his wife who gave the terrible news about president Kennedy. We broke Early and on Ime Way Home i heard Bells tolling from Loyola High school. Joe Jackson los Angeles a. We were in Dallas watching the Parade. We w nested the whole Nightmare later can you imagine the Shock to discover our faces in december s joiners Magazine the Claude Becks Henderson Texas plotters Lor this column should to addressed to dear Abby at  mount Morns Iii. 61054. C Universal press Syndicate