European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Walter Scott s personality Paradi q one look at Sadie Frost who. Played the sexually awakened Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker s Dracula and i was a committed fan. I know she s British and a redhead but that s about All. If you la execute the expression can you flesh out the portrait ? Daniel Goldberg Miami a actually Frost is a Brunette who wore a redwing in Dracula to set her apart from Winon Ryder. The illegitimate child of a British Painter and an actress Sadie grew up with 11 Brothers and Sis ters from her parents various marriages and liaisons. Now 25, she has a 2 year old son from her marriage to musician actor Gary Kemp 33. Offscreen Frost is neither Vamp nor Vampire. She describes herself As not very feminine and the closest she has come to skin puncturing is a Bird Tattoo on her ankle. Q during the . Invasion of Panama our troops blasted Rock music Over loud speakers As a psychological weapon to unnerve Gen. Manuel no Riega. Is it True the same tactic was employed wit for equal Success against Saddam Hussein s trips during the persian Gulf War Elton Van Nostrant of Wego,. A Rock music might sound like an offensive weapon to some ears but it was not used in the Gulf War. However a special team code named task Force Troy broadcast nightly recordings of rumbling m-60 tanks according to Brig. Gen. Thom As Draudy of the marines now retired. The tactic deceived front line iraqi troops and set the stage for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf s Surprise attack. Q jews of a fire at the Home of my favorite author . Salinger made me curious. Has he retired from rating if so How Doe he support himself Michael Dusek Salinas Calif. A according to his literary agent Jerome David Salinger 74 whose Hilltop Home in Cornish,n.j., was sever by damaged by fire last october has not retired from writing fiction. Though he has t published a Book in 30 years the reclusive author remains so popular that he can live quite comfortably on the royalties from his four volumes the Catcher in the Rye nine stories a raise High the roof beam carpenters and Seymour an introduction. Asked Why he write just for his own pleasure Salinger says i m known As a strange aloof kind of Man. But All i m doing is trying to protect myself and my q what can you Tell me about Suzanne Vega Best known for Luka her hit song about a battered child did she draw on painful personal experiences to write it Tracy Ricks Metarie la. A Vega 32, grew up on the mean streets of Newyork s Spanish Harlem where she Learned sur Vival skills and Cut her hair like a boy s. She also grew up believing her German Mother s dark skinned puerto rican husband was her father until one Day she discovered the truth her real father was a White Anglo. Vega recalls a constant feeling of battling Between her Mother and adoptive father but says she was never physically abused. The Singer will add Only that there Are just som parts of my life i keep to myself preferring4o talk about her latest album 99.9f, which was nominated for a grammy. Parade s special q a Friend Fust Back from England tells me that whereas it faces Diana remains everyone s favorite Royal Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York i extremely unpopular. There s even talk other mov ing to America. What does the father of her girls princesses Beatrice 4, and Eugenie 2 have to say about that Donald Smith Cape Coral flu. A strange As it sounds the Duchess of York biggest supporter and closest ally in the Royal family maybe none other than the Duke Prince an Drew. Despite their marital differences and of Hrgic topless exposure in the tabloids Andy has been a frequent caller at her reside acc in Chile outside Lon Don. He May be one of those husbands who can for give his wife anything a fact that leads some Royal watchers to predict a possible reconciliation. If you were president Clinton whom would vhf you be worrying about most As a Likely gop opponent four years from now Bob Dole at Buchanan Heide Fleischer Miami a at the moment none of those three is consid ered the front runner for the Republican Nomi nation. That person is Jack French Kemp 57 for Mer Buffalo Bills quarterback nine term congressman and Secretary of housing and Urban development. Described As a compassionate conserva Tive Kemp privately has told friends he intends Torun. But Don t expect any announcement until Bill Clinton has been in office for a while and presumably has had a Chance to make a few mistakes. Want the fact opinion truth write Walter Soott. Don 6001. Gran Central station new York . 10163-5001. Rourl nod by permission of Parade Magazine. C1993 Parade pub it Ealons inc. All rights reserved. Parade and waiter Scott s per. Bon Lity Parade Are trademarks of Parade publications inc. Intelligence report dressing for the oscars there s no Glamour left in Tinseltown. So says Nolan Miller 58, who dressed Joan Crawford Bette Davis and others from Hollywood s Golden age. The Oscar nominations come out in 10 Days and Miller was asked to be fashion consultant for this year s awards show on March 29. He declined. Solid other designers. Why there s no wardrobe Bud also does t think much of the current crop of stars. At last year s oscars he says dem Moore wore Girdle pants with a Chiffon skirt. It was pathetic. Geena Davis looked like she had Abed Sheet puffed up and dragging behind the Oscar presenters and the nominees must out fit themselves. It s a $5,000 night notes Miller and the dress is dead after that. You can never Wear it so some borrow gowns others accept freebies from designers. And everyone Waits to the last min Ute Miller complains. Last year Sharon Stone s stylist called the night before and said do you have anything she could Wear she s a size 8. So who in today s Hollywood comes closest to Crawford who worked at being a Star every minute of the Day there s Only one says Miller barbra Streisand. Knowing All eyes would be on her Las year when the Prince of tides was nominated for seven oscars Streisand ordered three gowns fro the designer Black White and Dusty Rose then tested them All on camera. She went with the Dusty s advice of dressing for the oscars this is not a night for Shock. Wear a simple elegant dress. Otherwise 10 years from now they la tul be showing clips of you like it s a think anyone will listen jobless rate May spar in Europe there s grim news in the Wake of the dropping of Borders in the european Community. Millions of european workers could lose their jobs in the next three pcs top companies expect to make cuts of barbra Streisand at the 1992 Oscar extravaganza. Nearly 7 percent according to a Survey by the euro Pean a London weekly. That Means some 300,000 workers will get the a if smaller businesses match that percentage 8 million More could be out of work by 1995. Money going Down Drain if you a paying More for tap water these Days you Are part of an International trend British Home own ers for example Are paying nearly 50 percent More for water now than they were five years ago Accord ing to a study by Britain s National Utility services. And belgians Are paying 47 percent More than they did just a year ago. That s a lot of Money going Down the average american pays 36 cents per cubic meter of water but Don t Camplan. Nine of the 12 countries surveyed pay More for water than we do. Herewith their average prices rank nation1 Germany. 2 australia3 Belgium 4 france.5 the Netherlands. 6 great britain7 Finland 8 sweden9 Ireland 10 United states11 Norway. 12 Canada. Per cubic meter $1.17 1.06 .96 92 .87 .81 72 68 .47 .36 .32 .27 watch that room key 1 frequent business travellers Are prime targets for crime says a study in corporate travel Magazine. And staying in a luxury hotel is no Safe of the hotel crime reported in the study 65 percent involved thefts from rooms and 69 percent were in Chain affiliated hotels. Only 4 percent of the victims were in Economy lodgings while 41 percent were in luxury hotels. And most 39 percent were downtown 17 percent were in the suburbs and an other 17 percent were along highways. The biggest Security mistake by hotel staffs was carelessness with room keys. A majority of the 227 people surveyed 57 percent said they got duplicate keys without providing identification 61 percent were Given a key to a room already occupied and 38percent said another person had been Given a key to their rooms. Reprinted by parm lion erf Parade to in. V 1993 Parade Pur cations inc. All right re waved. Parade and let la 8
