European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes faces a no places tuesday december 22, 1992christmas, and another mystery Coconut for de from wire reports de Clinch got his usual Christmas present this year a a Coconut dressed in Rouge lipstick and a wig. Me still does no to know who sent it. Every Holiday season since 1948, someone has delivered the prank gift to Clinch at his Home in Peoria Iii one year it was an Fri agent. Another year two ambulance Drivers hauled the Coconut to his door on a Stretcher. Twice it has been delivered by the mayor. This year three singing cowboys pulled up in front of clinches House in a mule drawn Hay rack full of caroling children. They disembarked saturday burst into song and handed him a Small Brown package. No one has Ever admitted being responsible for the gifts to the 77-Ycar-old retired Park worker. Clinch believes the Coconut conspiracy began with a group of his boyhood friends but expanded to take on a life of its own. His suspects arc the son and daughter of one of the original pranksters. Clinch suspects the Choice of a Coconut might have something to do with his world War ii service in the Philippines. But he a not even sure of that. In any Case Clinch said he s tired of just being the recipient. Quot in a the kind of Guy who wants to be doing this to someone else a he for the deaf deaf actress Marley Matlin says she a looking Forward to working with country music sensation Garth Brooks at next months super bowl in Pasadena Calif. Brooks will sing the Anthem and Matlin will provide sign language along with it before the Jan. 31 pro football championship game. A a it a my Way to show How the National Anthem can be expressed in a different Way a Matlin said. A a it a just a pretty Way of looking at this very traditional Matlin she won an Oscar in 1987 for her role in children of a lesser god and co stars with Mark Harmon in Abc tvs reasonable doubts. She met Brooks this years country music performer of the year on the tonight show a year about world supreme court Justice Harry a. Blackmun told students graduating from Shippensburg University in Shippens Burg pa., that they were entering a world of deteriorating moral values and of weak leadership. A do you share with me a concern about our standards professional and otherwise these Days a Blackmun asked the graduates saturday. A Are you concerned about violence and racism and indeed the emergence even of the old nazi approach Here and there in this world that is supposedly at peace but is pockmarked with strife and terror and dying a Blackmun 84, said the country faces a a seeming Lack of outstanding leadership a and blamed the inability of families schools and religious institutions to influence liked it the new Steve Martin Debra Winger movie leap of Faith got a two thumbs up from the folks in the Texas Panhandle where much of it was filmed last summer. About 200 people packed the Cinema 6 theater in Plainview this week for a preview of the movie about a crooked evangelist who cleans out the pockets of Small town believers along the revival circuit. A a it Sas Good As the Bacon and eggs at the Quick lunch a said Punkin Laird a frequent diner at the cafe featured in the film. A i would give about a 9 out of 10,&Quot said Plainview a a buddy Oakley. Many of the Panhandle scenes wound up on the cutting room floor but the Quick lunch cafe and the outdoor revival tent scenes in nearby Groom remained. A i had read the script so i knew what was going to happen a said Juanita Mceloy owner of the Quick lunch. A but it was still real exciting More exciting than i thought it would honoured by University at Gen. Colin l. Powell left stands with israeli president Chaim Herzog Center and Yeshiva University president or. Norman Lamm before Powell was Given an honorary doctoral degree from the jewish University sunday at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in new York. Powell chairman of the . Joint chiefs of staff in his dinner speech condemned Israel s expulsion last week of hundreds of suspected Muslim activists. He said he saw Quot genuine real proposals Quot being discussed at Mideast peace talks in Washington but that the talks Quot have a very Long Way to Magazine praises sol if you like televisions saturday night live you re not alone. Entertainment Magazine named the shows cast and performers its entertainers of the year for 1992. A in a year brimming with Ripe comic targets their masterful marksmanship has earned a million laughs a the Magazine said. Among the highlights were Sinead of Connors tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul ii celebrity appearances by Madonna Roseanne Arnold and barbra Streisand and Dana Carvey a impression of president Bush that was so Good the president invited him to the White House. Among the other people the Magazine likes Are Garth Brooks Madonna whoops Goldberg Juriy Seinfeld Spike Lee Sharon Stone Joshua Brand John Falsey Vanessa Williams the red hot Chili peppers Terry Mcmillan and Clint Eastwood t Odayl a Best writers for less. Memories a a a the f r. U m i n i s t r a t u n chief available at most stars and stapes bookstores if. 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