European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse A Jed 18 b the stars and stripes faces in places Friday january8,1993 s from wire reports the engagement of Crown Prince a Ruh to to Masako Owada a 29-year-old foreign ministry official without a Royal Bloodline evoked expressions of Relief thursday from japanese weary of Naru Hitous frustrating search Quot i am so pleased a said a Rush hour commuter. Quot i had been worried because it took so Long to come the 32-year-old Haruhito attended a memorial service with his parents emperor Akihito and Empress much Leo to Mark the fourth anniversary of the death of his Grandfather the late emperor Hirohito. Meanwhile Owada nursed a cold in her posh suburban Home which was besieged by journalists and photog a a Ide. Peers outfit her engagement to Haruhito the heir to the Chrysanthi a made Public wednesday night As Japan a month mum throne was Media abandoned their nearly yearlong blackout on Naru Hitow a search. Sources said the engagement has been approved by the emperor and Empress and Wilt be made official at a meeting of the 1m-Pcria household Council on Jan. 19. The wedding could be held As Early As May. The engagement generated excitement nationwide. Every major television station dropped regular programming even popular soap operas for nonstop coverage. Prime minister Tichi Miyazawa said he is Yery pleased by the Princess decision to marry Owada daughter of vice for sign minister Hisashi Owada. �?�1 can think of no news More Joyful and brighter than this during the Early Days of the new year a said foreign min ister Michio Watanabe. Noting that the japanese had Long awaited the emergence of a Crown Princess Watanabe said the engagement was a splendid example of the Post world War ii openness of the Imperial House in which Royal marriages Are the result of the wishes of the couple compared with the arranged marriages of the past. Owada a Harvard University graduate in economics who also attended Oxford will become the second commoner to marry a Crown Prince following the present Empress Tom slips in ratings Abc tvs critically panned series Jackie Thomas show starring Roseanne the upcoming montage of Japan s Crown Prince Haruhito and Masako Owada was announced to a relieved nation wednesday. Owada s picture was snapped As she walked to work at the foreign ministry in Tokyo on Doc 28, 1992, Haruhito was photographed during his 31st birthday Celebration feb 23, 1991, Arnold a spouse Tom was Down to no. 20 in this week s Nielsen ratings. _ a the show was the no. 2 series in its dec. 1 debut appearing in the time Slot following Roseanne tvs top rated show that Wick. Its been downhill since. The dec. 8 show dropped to 18th dec. Is was Back up to no. 4 dec. 22 dropped to 18th and last weeks show fell two More notches and on tuesday night Jackie Thomas lost a third of the Roseanne audience finishing with a 16,8 rating and a 25 share while Roseanne had a Strong 23.9 rating and 35 share. One ratings Point equals 931,000 to Homes or 1 percent of the 93.1 million Homes calculated by Nielsen Media search share is the percentage of to sets tuned to a show in its time period. Steve Auerbach an executive of Dewitt Media inc., a National advertising buying service said the show is doing As Well As or better than any other show that a followed Roseanne. That shows that it might be Able to stand on its own i think abcs real Happy with the show and they should be.�?�. Other shows have done much worse and lost More audience from the powerful Roseanne Lead in including duds like anything but love room for two and the much awaited Flop Chicken soup. Even coach a Success for Abc averaged a 5 share Point audience loss. Nixon Elvis honoured Richard Nixon a presidential Library in Yorba Linda calif., will offer free admission this weekend to Honor the birthdays of Nixon and Elvis Presley. Photographs of the 1970 White House meeting Between Nixon and Presley Are big Sellers at the gift shop appearing on to shirts and the face of a Wristwatch. The Library a $4.95 admission will be waived today which would have been Presley a 58th birthday and saturday Nixon s 80th birthday and again sunday. Visitors can have their photos taken alongside Lif size cutouts of Nixon and Presley. On a videotape played for visitors Nixon describes his meeting with the King a a Well he was very flamboyant. My daughters knew him and heard him. I did no to know that much about him except what i read. But As i talked to him i sensed that basically he was a very shy Man. A a flamboyance was covering up. The shyness. He was also a very sincere Man. He wanted to be an example to Young Oscar Odds posted a Las vegas Odds maker has picked a few Good men and unforgiven As his favourites to be named Best picture in the Academy awards Competition. Lenny Del genl who Bills himself As a Odds maker for the oscars a issued his annual list of Odds for March a oscars on wednesday picking the Jack Nicholson Tom cruise courtroom drama and Clint Eastwood a Western As even Money picks. Malcolm x was listed at 6-5, with the player at 3-1 and scent of a woman at 5-1. Del Genio who claims a 64 percent Success rate Over the last 10 years and an 80 percent rate last year said Shirley Maclane used people and Emma Thompson Howard Send were the favourites for Best actress. Tit classified activities it starts monday Jan. 11. Charge it. Call today Civ. 06155-601349 or 06155-601447 or ets 348-8349 or 3488447fqr Sale i is a it Rys r.,to a if s s Ltd Hob information srnn6l.vehicles." v z St ifs. 5 v Ivy
