European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes faces in places 1 tune sunday january 31,1993 raising a from hire reports a protest song by former beatle Paul Mccartney about governments failing to curb world pollution has been banned from the airwaves on both sides of the at Antic for. Being too dirty. After the British broadcasting corp. Banned the tune big boys bickering the mtg network followed axing it from a special scheduled for broadcast this week. Two of new York City Stop Rock stations also have banned the song. Mccartney whose lyrics usually Are squeaky clean used the of word seven times in. The song that blasts world governments a the Bush administration especially a for failing to develop a common policy against global pollution at the Earth Summit in Rio do Janeiro Brazil last june according to a spokesman Mccartney considered cleaning up the song  against it. A a thought about singing the governments Are mucking if up for everybody. But that did no to fit How 1 feel about the fact there is a big Holeton the Ozone layer and no government appears to be doing anything much about closing it a he said through the spokesman. The language left mtg fuming and the Cable station wont air the Tunc during a Mccartney special wednesday. A it does no to fit in with our standards a said mtg spokeswoman Tina exarhos. Big boys bickering is on Mccartney a off the ground album scheduled for release feb 9. Inaugural poet popular Maya Angl our a inaugural poetry Reading seems to have turned a Page in her popularity. In the week since Reading her inaugural poem in Washington sales of her books particularly f know a Why the caged Bird sings and Maya Angelou poems a a 4jht"1 have increased Between Al. 300 percent and 600 per a cent said Stuart Apple Baum a spokesman for her publisher Bantam books. Bantam has ordered 400,000 additional Angelou paperbacks printed. The 64-Ycar-old author has been a Madam nightclub Singer civil rights organizer and an actress. Her five volume autobiography i know Why the caged Bird sings was _ first published 33 years ago and is no. 8 on the Ingram mass Market paperback bestseller list Maya Angelou poems is no 11/ Angelou a inaugural work on the pulse of morning echoed themes of Hope diversity and the Richness of America. Free thinking first lady when it comes to Freedom of speech Frances first lady Danielle Mitterrand thinks herself a Champion. She described herself As a probably the first lady with the greatest Freedom of thought expression and  in u.s., . A for instance her human rights foundation France Liberts crusades on behalf of dissident groups even in countries having close ties with France. Mitterrand whose husband Francois has been president since 1981, said some conservative legislators were advocating restrictions on her right to speak freely. A we wont tolerate that a she said thursday. Vampire movie planned Neil Jordan will write and direct a film based on the Best Selling Anne Rice novel interview with the Vam Pire. A i think its one of the Best pieces of fiction in be read a Jordan said in an interview in Burbank Calif. Jordan will work with producer Stepheh Woolcy. The two teamed up for the crying game Mona Lisa and the the company of wolves. Geffen films will begin production in the next few months. Warner Bros will distribute the film. A Warner spokeswoman had no comment Friday on terms of the Deal. Actor Heads helmet Effort Gary Busey used to think nothing of Riding a motorcycle without a helmet but now he wants people to Wear helmets when they go near almost any Mode of transportation. V a the Issue is not just motorcycles. Its tricycles its skateboards it s snowmobiles a Busty said. The 48-year-old actor has recovered from a serious head injury he received in a 1988 motorcycle wreck and is now a spokesman for the National head injury foundation. On tuesday he helped dedicate the Southeastern comprehensive head injury Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A a there a no use in other people going through what i had to when it can be changed by the use of a safety requirement like a helmet Quot he said. Kiwanis honors Hepburn a actress Audrey Hepburn who died Jan. 20 of cancer has been awarded the 1992 kiwanis world service medal the organization announced Friday. Hepburn was honoured by the Indianapolis based service organization for her efforts As a Volunteer for the Unicof. The fund works to protect children from disease starvation and natural disaster. This is the first time the award has been Given posthumously said William lib or president of kiwanis International he said Hepburn had been chosen for the award before her death and the Board of trustees did not want to consider a second Choice. A representative of Unicof will accept the medal in Honor of Hepburn at the kiwanis International convention in Nice France. The award will be accompanied by a $10,000 Grant from the kiwanis International foundation that will be used by Unicof Ann Landers dear Ann Landers do you have any idea How Many people you insult on a daily basis with your Jude chistian based a problem solving there Are thousands of specialists in this country who help people with problems a psychologists psychiatrists social workers As Well As government and private agencies. So Why do you insist on telling your readers to consult ministers priests and rabbis. When you Dole out such advice you Are insulting 10 percent of the population. A Survey 13 months in the making revealed that More than 23 million americans Are by their own admission atheists. There Are Only 1,186,000 agnostics and 29,000 humanists in some states the percentage of atheists is even higher Oregon 17.2 percent Washington 14 percent Wyoming 13.5 percent California 13 percent Arizona 12 percent Vermont and Colorado 11.4 percent and Montana 10.2 percent. Your systematic ignoring of atheists is an insult. The counsel you give should reflect reality not your own personal Bias. If you Ann Landers wish to take advice from a rabbi feel free to do so but done to assume that a your readers want advice from a representative of organized religion. Every time you write a consult your Clergyman a atheists Alt Over the country write to haul you up Short we get copies but you ignore them. I find it incredible that you have gotten away with your Bias and prejudice for so Many years. Its High time you woke up and smelled the Coffee. Madalyn Murray of hair founder american atheists inc. Dear Madalyn i knew before i read the signature that the letter had to be from you. Hello again. You and i have had correspondence before. My column is read by 90 million people every Day. By your logic 10 percent of my readers Are atheists. This Means 90 percent or 81 million Quot Are believers which gives them a fairly healthy majority. The advice i give is strictly on a take it or leave it basis. 1 do not expect everything 1 write to get the approval of every Reader. It is Only natural that what appears in this space reflects my own biases my own heritage and my own philosophy. When i suggest to a Reader that he or she Check with a physician i do not get pounced upon by Christian scientists so Why am 1 hearing from you again with the same old complaint Why can you not accept the fact that we arc coming from totally different places if you do not believe in god Madalyn its perfectly All right with me. 1 am not trying to Force religion on anybody. But i la be darned if 1 will Stop advising my readers to seek help from their spiritual leaders just because some atheists Don t like it. Letters Loann Landers should be addressed to her at . To 11662, Chicago 111, 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate someone s in need of your forgiveness dear readers did you know there is an International forgiveness week Well neither did i until five years ago when Alice Parent of Fresno Calif., wrote to Tell me about it. And this is the week. If you Are a card carrying member of the human race there is at least one person in your life who needs your forgiveness. Or perhaps its you who needs to be forgiven so hop aboard the Mea culpa bandwagon let go of those grudges and give your ulcer a Chance to heal. Robert Muller former assistant Secretary general of the United nations wrote this Lovely piece especially for International forgiveness week decide to forgive decide to Forgie for resentment is negative. Resentment is poisonous resentment diminishes and devours the self. Be the first to forgive to smile and to take the first step. And you will see happiness Bloom on the face of your human brother or sister. Be always the first do not wait for others to forgive for by forgiving you become the master of Fate the fashioned of life the doer of miracles. To forgive is the highest most Beautiful form of love. In return you will receive untold peace and happiness. A a Here is the program for achieving a truly forgiving heart Quot o sunday forgive yourself. Monday forgive your family. Tuesday forgive your friends and associates. Wednesday forgive across economic lines within your own nation. Thursday forgive across cultural lines within your own nation. Friday forgive across political lines within your can nation. Saturday forgive other nations. Only the Brave know How to forgive. A Coward never forgives. It is not in his nature. Now dear readers if you w ill forgive me for repeal ing a portion of the Lovely poem titled forgiveness by re Emisch Here it Isa forgiveness is the fragrance of the Violet that clings fast to the Heel that crushed  so if perchance you Are the a a Heel that crushed a Violet this is the week to seek forgiveness. Or co ukr should be addressed to deaf a Fly at . Mount Morns i. 6tq54. C Universal press Syndicate Ihl dear Abby