European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 b the stars and stripes faces a no place British Royal family Marks Holiday without Diana Fergie from wire reports Britain a Royal family celebrated Christmas on Friday without two Royal wives Diana Princess of Wales and Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York. Queen Elizabeth ii nearing the end of what she has called a horrible year smiled As she arrived for traditional Christmas services at Sandringham Church on her country estate in Norfolk 95 Miles North of London. Her four children joined her at the service heir to the throne Prince Charles 44 Prince Andrew 32 Prince Edward 28 and Princess Anne 42, and her new husband cmdr. Timothy Laurence. But Diana who officially separated from Charles this month after years of speculation about a Loveless marriage spent Christmas with her brother Charles the ninth Earl Spencer and his family. The family spent the Holiday at Althorp House in Northamptonshire 75 Miles Southwest of Sandringham. Diana and Charles children princes William 10, and Harry 8, chatted cheerfully with their father and Grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh outside Sandringham Church where about 600 had gathered in the cold Mist. The Duchess of York who separated from Andrew in March and later was photographed smooching topless with an american Man was staying on the Sandringham estate with her children princesses Beatrice 4, and eugenic 2. But she did not attend Church or the Royal family a traditional Christmas lunch. Also Friday the Queen told millions of her subjects around the world of her Christmas Hope that 1993 would bring More happiness than the a a difficult year about to end. Speaking in her traditional Christmas message broadcast on radio and television the Queen said the Royal family had a lived through some difficult Days this  Gilligan to report weather Gilligan was of Little use aboard the minnow when it got caught in a storm and wound up shipwrecked. But maybe Gilligan s Island Star Bob Denver can make up for it by filling in As a Weatherman. Denver has agreed to appear on chs to in Charleston w.va., during the february sweeps period. Denver first appeared As a to Weatherman in a july stint on Ovva in Bluc Field near his Southern West Virginia Home. Denver said he uses such appearances to promote a miniature Golf course he is developing. The profits from the course will Benefit the disabled he said in fridays Charleston Gazette. A a in be found Over the years if you want to promote anything do it on the weather spot because everybody watches it a he  spooky Jimmy Holla s daughter was awed by Jack Nicholson a portrayal of her father in Hoffa. �?o1 thought the acting was tremendous and i thought the appearance was spooky a said Barbara Ann Crancer a St. Louis county circuit judge. A my dad was kind of Short and wide and he never walked. He just charged into a  the movie which opened across the United states on a Britain s Queen Elizabeth ii delivers her Christmas Day message from Sandringham England on Friday. Friday depicts the career of the Tough teamsters Boss from his Days As an organizer in the mid-1930s through his disappearance in 1975. Hoffa was directed by Danny Devito. Country making a comeback Garth Brooks and Billy Ray Cyrus Are leading a resurgence of country music on network television. Network television had five country music specials in 1992, and three More Wilt be broadcast in Early 1993. Programs showcasing the Nashville Tenn., sound Are commanding Strong ratings and drawing solid support from advertisers. Brooks had his own High rated special on Abc last january and also appeared on Abc on dec. 10. Cyrus was on Best of country �?T92, and his own Abc special is scheduled for broadcast in the United states in february. He is under contract for two More specials. A country music Celebration a two hour special will air on lbs in Early 1993. _ sunday december 27, 1992luggage-handling horror stories dear Ann Landers Are you crazy it sure sounded like it when you told your readers that the Best Way to avoid baggage pilfer ing is to carry their Luggage aboard the plane. If you Are a frequent flier in a sure you be opened the overhead compartment to put a coat in and found absolutely no room. Why because there were so Many suitcases up there. You then have to go up and Down the aisle and find a place to stuff your coat in. When you get off the coat looks like you be slept in it for three Days. Why did no to you suggest that airports beef up their Security so passengers can Check Luggage without fear of looting you re going to hear plenty of horror stories from your readers on this one Annie. Upstate new yorker dear up you re right on target. Here a a sampling of what my week has been like. Interesting yes. But i was unprepared for the anger. Read on from Pompano Beach Fla if its so easy for baggage handlers to open suitcases and take things out it seems plausible that they could also put things in a like a bomb. Those employees should be carefully screened before they Are hired. Manhattan Beach Calif we solved the problem of missing and messed with Luggage two years ago after our Luggage disappeared somewhere Between Dallas and Knoxville Tenn. We had purchased gifts for our family but there was no room in the bags so we sent them United parcel service. The gifts arrived. Our bags did not. The airline gave us a pittance for  since that time we have sent our Luggage  and have never had a minutes trouble. Its expensive but its Worth it. Southfield Mich baggage handlers Arentt the Only ones who steal. The . Postal service has some Light fingered people too. On two occasions i sent my granddaughter a package one containing jewelry another a portable phone. Neither was received. Like a fool i failed to insure them. Montreal. On june 6, 1992,1 flew to the holy land on a Catholic Church pilgrimage and checked my Luggage at Chicago so Hare Airport. The flight was delayed several hours. My fellow passengers Luggage was sent Down the conveyor Belt while mine was placed Over to the Side which made me uneasy. I arrived in Tel Aviv but my Luggage did no to. Five Days later i was told my Luggage was found. It had gone to Moscow i opened it to find nothing but three Large Bath towels. Did the airline make it right of course not. Dear readers my advice is Send your Luggage ahead by  or carry on what you can and have insurance that covers the rest. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chicago 111.60611-0562. C creators Syndicate Ann Lander Finger Licking no major threat dear Abby please comment on what seems to have become a National bad habit a people Licking their fingers to turn pages pick up papers open plastic bags and countless other daily activities. 1 have seen people wet their fingers with saliva to pick up coins and before typing on a keyboard in be been grossed out More times than 1 can count Abby please Check with your medical experts to find out just what these people Are spreading with their saliva colds herpes Etc am i being too sensitive or Are these people truly a health menace to themselves and others if they Are please print your reply As i would like to Send copies to some of the offenders. Sick of l1ckers in California dear sick moistening ones Finger to turn a Page etc., is in much the same category with the mom who tastes the soup then puts the spoon Back into the scup. Assuming the soup taster or the Page Turner does not have highly contagious diseases i  worry too much about it. According to or. Gary Richwald of the los Angeles county department of health services most viruses Are too fragile to be transmitted by people Licking their fingers before turning a Page or picking up a Coin. Cold viruses Are most easily transmitted but even they would most Likely not be transmitted in that Way. A virus usually requires a warm moist surface to survive and sexually transmitted viruses require much closer personal Contact than the behaviour about which you Are concerned. Dear Abby i am a senior citizen on a fixed income. Three months ago a Friend came for a visit. He weighs More than 300 pounds. Always before he has sat Down on my Couch very gently. This time however he came in and just fell Down hard on the Couch. He proceeded to laugh and make a joke of it when he discovered that he broke my Couch the Couch was Only a year and a half old and there was no reason for him to plop himself Down that hard. I asked him to replace the Couch. At first he agreed then he changed his mind and said he had spoken to his lawyer and was told that he was not responsible for replacing it. I then talked to a lawyer myself and he told me that i had grounds to take the Man to Small claims court because guests Are responsible for damage As they Are obligated to show reasonable care for other Peoples property. Abby what do you think i should do take him to Small claims court or forget it ticked off in Tennessee dear ticked off ordinarily id advise you to take your lawyers advice but if you value your friends Friendship you would be Wise to forget it after taking a Friend to Small claims court your Friendship would be history. Letters Tor this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris Iii. 61054. C Universal press Syndicate dear Abby