European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes faces no places Friday november 19,1993 stirs pm up from wire reports if manhandling the puerto rican Flag weren to bad enough Madonna now has aggravated australians by taking a Didgeridoo. The Didgeridoo is a Long tube like wind instrument that is traditional among the aborigines. Only men Are allowed to play it. Madonna received a 5-foot Didgeridoo on her arrival wednesday in Sydney. It was a gift from the promoter of the australian leg of her Quot Girlie show Quot tour. Quot the fact Madonna is a Westerner and the Didgeridoo is a gift does not change the fact she should not be Carf Wirig it around Quot said Badan Thun Annm Nayamin an aboriginal elder from the Northern territory. Quot in aboriginal culture women do not touch or play the  the elder said. Quot it is tribal Law that a Didgeridoo is Only played by . Madonna offended some fans last summer in a show in puerto Rico when she rubbed the islands Flag against her Crotch. Later courts in Brazil prohibited her from using the brazilian Flag in her shows and barred spectators younger than 14. Streisand ranch goes to nature a barbra Streisand is giving up her multimillion Dollar estate for the Good of the Birds and the bees. The Singer actress director has donated her 24-Acrc estate to the Santa Monica mountains conservancy for use As an environmental research Center and Retreat. The land is Quot the most valuable Ever donated to the Public Agency said executive  t. Edmiston. A. A a a t he estate is a mile up Ramirez Canyon from the beaches of Malibu Calif. It includes four Homes and a caretakers residence and will become the site of the Streisand Center for conservancy studies. The property had been on the Market for several years with a top listing of $25 million and the last listing at $19.5 million. The property which is bordered on three sides by Parkland owned by the National Park service ha3 Only been seen by the Public once in 1986 when Streisand used it for a democratic fund raising concert broadcast by a Cable network. Edmiston said Streisand who has owned the estate since the mid-1970s, plans to move her possessions by feb. 1.Cousteau has a cow Over clo a underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau has a sense of humor a lawyer insists though it docs not extend to a billboard featuring Quot Jacques Cost eau As a Dairy a seagoing sales cow. A Clover Stornetta farms inc. Portrayed its clo the cow logo in a wet suit and snorkelling gear on a Highway sign in Sonoma county Calif. The sign pointed the Way to nearby Marine world where the company a Clover Dairy products Are sold. When the Cousteau society complained in july the Madonna carries a Didgeridoo a Sho was to fans wednesday at Sydney Airport in Australia. Billboard was taken Down. Earlier this month Cousteau and his 300,000-member organization sued in . District court seeking at least $1.2 million in damages. The 83-year-old Cousteau whose Only commercial product endorsements Are for his diving gear and films was made to look like a Pitchman for Clover products and Marine we orld the lawsuit said. It said the billboard had endangered support for the nonprofit Cousteau society violated Cousteau a trademark and right to control use of his name and had exposed him and the organization to Quot Public ridicule and  not so said Barbara Gallagher an attorney for the Dairy. She said Quot Cousteau Quot was no More Likely to be mistaken for a human than Christopher Columbus one of clogs previous  award crowd goes wild Gore Vidal did no to show up to accept his National Book award but that did no to Dull the enthusiasm of the More than 500 people who gathered for one of the Premier events in american literature. They applauded wildly wednesday evening in new York when e. Annie Proulx of Vershure vt., won the fiction award for her second novel the shipping news. They clapped hard too when . Ammons who had won before took the honors in poetry for a collection titled garbage. And they cheered Long distance for Vidal who was at Home in rave to Italy As he won the nonfiction award for United states essays 1952-1992. But it was Proulx the Only one of the three who Hadnot been on the finalists platform before who seemed the most deeply moved. She told the crowd that she was  Quot there a a Point in your life when you quit expecting wonderful and delightful things to happen to you and i passed that Point a Long time ago Quot she said. Quot then this year some kind of cog slipped in the machinery of  her winning Book traces a third rate newspaper journalist who ends up reporting from Newfoundland and discovering himself. A Black tie audience including authors Stephen King and John Grisham enjoyed cocktails and dinner at the glitzy Plaza hotel. The National Book foundations 15 finalists survived a judging process that whittled a Field of 609. American citizens whose works were published since dec. 1,1992, were eligible for the awards which each carry a $10,000 prize. Vidal 68, a two time finalist won after a prolific career spanning  with Frank in Ledyard Frank Sinatra has introduced some Quot strangers in the night Quot to a new $240 million theater hotel and shopping concourse at the Mashantucket Pequot indians Casino Complex in Ledyard Conn. The crooner opened the theater wednesday night with the first of five sold out shows serenading the audience with favourites from the 1940$ and �?T50s, including come Fly with me and strangers in the night a a he a the Best. When he sings he can Tell you a Story and you just want to sit Down and listen to it Quot said John Costa a 32-year-old lifelong Sinatra fan from Coventry . At a formal ribbon cutting ceremony earlier in the Day for the 1,480-seat Fox theatre Casino officials said Sinatra a enduring popularity among big time Casino gamblers would put the Fox Woods Complex on the map with Las vegas and Atlantic City nj., As a gambling hot spot. A a he a the chairman of the Board Quot said Richard a. A a skip Hayward the Pequot so tribal chairman. Choose one or More of the following to color Santa Claus a snowman a Rudolph the Reindeer Gingerbread Man a Angel a Christmas tree the top prize a a bicycle a will be awarded to the first place Winner in each of two age categories. Honorable mentions will receive other special prizes. Please read the rules carefully and Happy drawing rules Junior family members of anyone entitled to logistical support can enter the contest children of stars and stripes employees Are not eligible. Contestants Are divided into two groups Ages 3-7 and Ages 6-12. Entries must be postmarked no later than dec. 7. 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