European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse 8 sunday july 25,1993 faces n places the stars and stripes Page 15 \ .1 \ in ise. Kidman adopt without Media tagging from wire reports Tom cruise and his wife Nicole Kidman sneaked into the Palm Beach county fla.,. Courthouse and when they emerged 10 minutes later they had a new daughter. The couple refused to answer questions Friday about the latest addition to their family. Kidman cradled the baby in her arms and bailiffs and deputies rushed the couple into a waiting elevator. Cruise Star of the movie the firm shielded his daughter from a photographer and pleaded leave us alone will you please the couple was outraged in january when tabloids reported they had adopted a baby girl in Miami after they cancelled plans to adopt a child in Palm Beach county because of the publicity. The couple s attorney sent an angry letter to the chief judge and demanded an How the adoption plans became Public. However Friday s 10-minute hearing in Palm Beach county was a closely guarded secret and court person Nel refused to disclose any details citing a Florida Law that bars the release of any information about adoptions. Smile or. Letterman just like any new lbs employee the network s $14 million a year David Letterman showed up at the Black Rock Headquarters in Manhattan last week to have a picture taken for his id card. Unlike other new employees however Letterman was intercepted thursday by webs am journalist Art Athens who tagged along to make an audiotape of the earthshaking event for subsequent broadcast and posterity. Letterman s taped reaction to his picture i like it because it makes me look magic Johnson wins ruling a judge ruled that former basketball Star magic Johnson did not intentionally inflict emotional distress on the daughter of a woman who says Johnson gave her the aids virus. . District judge Richard a. Enslin s ruling in Kalamazoo mich., on thursday dismissed part of a Law suit brought by Waymer Moore who accuses Johnson of infecting her with the human immunodeficiency along virus. The rest of the lawsuit in which Moore claims John son knew or should have known he had the virus when the two had unprotected sex in june 1990, is scheduled to go to trial in March. Enslen said even if a court ruled that Johnson did infect Moore it could not be proved that the former los Angeles lakers Star wilfully harmed her 5-year-old daughter. Johnson announced in 1991 that he had the aids virus. He has admitted having Intercourse with Many women including Moore but denies infecting her. Pyramid scheme Singer Julio Iglesnas lift and Moet Cham pagne s Patrice your Dan Christen a 24,000-Glass Crystal Pyramid Friday in lot Vega. The Pyra mid which will be entered into the guinness Book of records took five Days to build. No Justice of Fri enter � one of the nation s showcase movie theater complexes has refused to show poetic Justice this weekend saying the inner City love Story will attract the wrong audience. The decision by Cine Lex Odeon to bar poetic jus Tice from its Universal City Calif Cinema was immediately assailed As Columbia pictures the film s producer and distributor was incredulous Over the ban. More than 1,270 the aters across the country debuted the film Friday. Poetic Justice stars Janet Jackson and tupac Sha Kur both Black. It was written and directed by John Singleton whose first film Boyz n the Hood was linked to theater shootings and stabbings nationwide. Ann Landers debate rages Over american products dear readers Van recent column i urged my readers to buy american.1 the responses to those two Little words were unpredictably passionate. Here Are some samples of what i be been hearing from All Over the . Dear Ann Landers buy american you say i will when . Automakers can produce a really Good car at a decent Price. I now drive a 1988 Subaru. It has Over 91,000 Miles on it to Date i have Over hauled the brakes and replaced the tires a tailpipe and two pairs of wiper Blades. Every thing else is original factory equipment from Japan. What maintenance is required for this astonishing dependability an $80 dealer tuneup once a year. I m not anti american. I m a 43-year-old, self employed american businessman who can t afford to continually re pair the things i buy. If my car winds up in the shop every 90 Days for service by a 17-year-old Kidi lose Money when american companies straighten out their act Iii go Back to them. Until then i la continue to buy from foreign manufacturers who strive for perfection. Arlington Heights ill. Dear Arlington the song you Are singing is not a Solo. But most readers Are singing a different tune from Detroit i m a single mom who purchased a 1986 Ford escort at the new car Dealership in my town. It now has Over 150,000 Miles on it. My four children Learned How to drive in it got their Driver s licenses with it and took it on dates to proms and fishing. I drove it to work every Day As Well As on out of state trips. In All these years i be put a total of $650 into re pairs mostly during the past two years and All were routine worn out parts. If i were in a position to buy the most expensive foreign luxury car i would still stay with a Ford. St. Louis my daughter buys cheap telephones. They Are junk. The Mabell i phones will outlive us All. My at to 6300 computer from 1984 is still perking right along. I would t dream of trading it in for one of those flashy barn Burner machines that Burn out when you need them most. Charlotte . Buy american Why my Mercedes is 15 years old and runs like a dream. Ditto my wife s Toyota and my son s Honda. Wake up Annie. Passaic . I bought a new Buick Skylark in february 1984.1 turned it Over to my granddaughter in a gust 1992. At that time it had gone 152,000-plus Miles. I kept maintenance records from Day one and the up keep was almost nothing. My granddaughter uses that Buick to travel to the University of Maryland in College Park and she says it s the Best gift she Ever received. And now dear readers tomorrow s column is a blockbuster. It deals with another aspect of the same problem. Tetters to Ann Landers should a addressed to her at . Bom 11562, Chi Cago. Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate adoptive parents Are Yea enough Vipar Abby i was adopted when i was 3 weeks old. My parents told me that was adopted i be always known hear so much these Days about adopted adults who want to find their real mothers. I May be unusual because i be never had any desire to find mine. My Mother gave me up at birth for my own Good and hers. I am grateful to the parents who raised me have Given me a wonderful believe that most adopted adults who Start searching for their birth mothers must be unhappy with their parents or their lives. I feel sorry for paint who have adopted children and Given them a Good Home Only to have them Start searching for their real Moth ers. I would never do that. So to All you adopted people appreciate your Good Fortune and Don t go Pok a around trying to find your real Mother. The one you have could t be any More real. Please believe me. Dear Luck Many adopted adult desperately need to know about their roots regardless of How wonderful their adoptive parents Art. However i have heard from Many adopted adults and have known some personally who share your feel Ings. Read on dear Abby May i comment on the letter from the woman who raised three children whom she adopted at birth and is now a grandmother none of her Chil Dren wanted to locate their birth mothers and she asked if her children were unusual. I can answer that. They Are not necessarily unusual but they Are Lucky. I am adopted and have always known it. I am now 40 years old and have no de sire to find my birth parents. When you told the Mother that it was a wonderful compliment to her and her Hus band you could t have Given a better answer. in Wichita Kan. not a my readers agreed with me. I can understand dear Abby that and some birth mothers prefer not to be found which is their right however in every adoption the medical histories of both birth parents and their ancestors Are enormously valuable. Dear Abby what is it with people who cannot close a car door refrigerator door Cabinet door or any other kind of door without slamming it two of my close friends Are door slammers. I Don t know if they Are aware of their noisy obnoxious habit but when they Are in my Home i jump a foot when they close doors. I would like to ask them to close the doors More gently but i Don t want to offend them. Any advice would be appreciated. George in Shelton Wash. Dear George asking a close Friend to please close doors More gently should not offend a habitual door Slammer but you know your friends better than i so simply show them this column and say i cannot Tell a lie. I am the George who wrote that id Tor to this of Turiw should a add eased to Dar of by at . Boa 447, ,ul10s4. C or a i pres Syndicate
