European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 3, 1994 faces w places the stars and stripes Page 23 from wire reports for 70 years King Asp la stood among other nubian artefacts in Bostons museum of Fine arts with a Black Granite Cleft where his nose should be. Little did curators know that the missing Schnotz was right under their own. The museum acquired the 8-ton, 11-foot statue of the ancient african King from an archaeological site in Sudan in 1923. A last fall a student researcher and a curator discovered that a Palm sized chunk in the museums basement a among 40,000 other pieces of nubian fragments a was aspect a a missing nostril and Bridge. A we never had any expectation that wed find it let alone in our collection. It was just a Complete absolute Fluke a said Timothy Kendall the associate curator who determined the nose was aspect a a. V the nose had been mistakenly identified As a a polished  a a the King ruled Over a part of Northeast Africa from 600 to 580 . Kendall believes aspect a a nose was lopped off almost 2,600 years ago by egyptians who wanted to disfigure the statue after invading that territory. A a a a a normally they would break off the nose to keep it from breathing. They believed that statues contained the spirit of the person they represented so they tried to a kill it a Kendall said. Many of the museums other statues from the same period and area Are similarly disfigured. But Spelta looked so pitiful that the museum even used him in a Tongue in Cheek advertising Campaign in the 1960s. A if you find King aspect a a nose Call 2679377,�?� read posters tacked up across Boston. Restorers plan to reattach the nose in the next Saver a months. Rita freed curator of ancient egyptian nubian and near Eastern Art said its a Good thing the museum kept the fragments for so Long. A a it a like finding a Needle in a Haystack but at least we had the Haystack a freed said mrs. Letterman sentenced the woman who keeps dropping in on David letter Man got four months in prison for failing to visit her probation officer As required after a trespassing conviction. Quot a a a v a. Margaret Ray 42, of Crawford colo., has been arrested numerous times for trespassing on the talk show hosts property at new Canaan Conn. The obsessed fan was first arrested in 1988, when she was unable to pay a $3 toll and identified herself As Letterman a wite while driving his porsche to the Lincoln Tunnel in new York City. The four month term she was ordered to serve Friday follows her March 17 arrest for failing to report to Rita freed curator of ancient egyptian nubian and near Eastern Art holds the missing piece from the nose of King Spelta s statue at Boston s museum of Fine arts. Her probation officer in november and going out of Connecticut without permission. A a Ray was sentenced in August 1993 to four months in prison and two years probation for camping out on Letterman a Tennis courts Over the fourth of july weekend. Police say she sent Letterman daily notes and washed her clothes in his swimming Pool. Denver sings in Vietnam John Denver began his singing career with dreams of peace for a warring  it actually is a bit of a dream come True for me to sing Here a Denver said on arriving in Hanoi As the first american to perform in the City since the War ended in 1975.a i was just starting my career Back when we were at War with this country. I thought if i Ever go to Vietnam it will be to sing there a said Denver who protested against the War. Denver played to a mixed audience of vietnamese and expatriates sunday his last Stop on a six nation asian tour. Denver a performance included some of his Best known hits such As take acc Nome country roads and Rocky Mountan High. Several seats remained empty during the show possibly because the lowest priced ticket a $25 a was More than one tenth the average annual salary. It s been great Frankfurt Hospital closing Sal everything in the store except textbooks newspapers and gift certificates at the Frankfurt Hospital Bookstore last Day of operation May 13 stars and stripes bookstores 35% clearance discount includes our regular daily 5% discount