European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 i the stars and stripes faces no places Friday May 20.1994 off from Gay kiss on from wire reports the much talked about Gay kiss did no to make the air in wednesdays episode of Melrose place. 7 the scene As filmed by Melrose place producer Dar run Star had shown series regular a Flatt Fielding actor Doug savant kissing another Man. But As it was broadcast on Fox they Shook hands gave each other a meaningful look and moved toward each other in slow motion. Cut to Billy Campbell Andrew Shu looking through the blinds of the Melrose place apartment Complex with a shocked expression then Back to the couple As they moved apart. The object of Matt s affection is Rob to Miller Billy sold College Friend and Best Man at his wedding to Allison Parker Courtney Thorn Smith. A Star said his intent in including the kiss was to show a Gay Man who has a a Well rounded  whether the scene would air intact was Fox broadcasting  decision Star said. A winning prose rises like scum a it was the Best of prose it. Was the worst of prose. Well actually it was just the worst of prose. And the worst of the worst included such phrases As a a shattered computer terminal lying there like a Silicon armadillo left to rot on the information  it was the 1994 Bulwer Lytton fiction contest an annual tribute to Lousy literature named after sir Edward Bulwer Lytton the British author who opened his 1830 novel Paul Clifford with the immortal a or undead a line a it was a dark and Stormy  this years winning entries were no better said Scott Rice an English professor at san Jose state University who announced the results tuesday in san Francisco. Hacks from every state of the Union entered along with alleged writers from Canada Britain Germany Australia Switzerland and Ghana. There were nearly 9,000 entries. A considering its a contest without any standards we be held to our standards a Rice said. The Winner is Larry Brill an Anchorman for Khan an Abc affiliate in Austin Texas. Brill said he had an unfair advantage because he writes television hews. His entry a was the fading Light of a dying Day filtered through the window blinds Roger stood Over his victim with a smoking .45, surprised at the serenity that filled him after pumping six slugs into the bloodless tyrant that had mocked him Day after Day and then he shuffled out of the office with one last look Back at the shattered computer terminal lying there like a Silicon armadillo left to rot on the information  Madonna behaves with Leno maybe it was the calming influence of the Ever Affa ble Jay Leno. Maybe she had just gotten it out of her system. Whatever the reason Madonna was a perfect the tape. During her March 31 appearance on late show with David Letterman Madonna tossed around four letter words. A. Question Burns up Manilow Barry Manilow writes the songs. Not the jokes. Got a problem with that As the Singer arrived wednesday at the Airport in Adelaide Australia he was prodded by a to reporter for his favorite Manilow joke. Manilow made an obscene suggestion and told the woman a a done to you talk to me like that. Come on Welcome me. That san insulting thing to  Are you sick of the ridicule you get a the reporter asked. -7". A 7 a a a a a 7. A Are you a Manilow retorted. A a that a a Nice interview. Thanks for welcoming me like that  Manilow is on a tour designed to shake his image As a 1970s Schmaltz Meister known for such tunes As i write the songs. A a 7. A a Diana assists Man of Blue eyes a White american Alligator with Only its head above water looks cot from its exhibit at River Banks zoo in Columbia 5.c., on wednesday. The White Alligator on loan from the Audubon zoo in new Orleans is one of Only 18 that exist in the world. All were discovered by cajun fishermen in 1987. The cajuns say that anyone who gazes into the Blue eyes of a White Alligator will be blessed with Good tuck for the coming year. Lady during a Surprise visit to the tonight show. As Leno finished up his monologue during the Early evening taping wednesday Madonna walked on stage and they started chatting. A a it a so Nice to have a real gentleman in new York City a she told Leno. The show normally taped in California is in new York for a week. 7 unlike Madonna a visit with Leno a rival David let Turman there was no need for the censors to clean up Princess Diana helped Rescue an Irish vagrant drowning in a Lake in a London Park a newspaper reported thursday. 7 7 7 the London tabloid the daily mail said the incident happened sunday. Diana 32, the estranged wife of Prince Charles had been jogging in regents Park and was being driven Home the Story said. A group of tourists flagged her car Down As it was leaving the Park saying someone had fallen into a narrow Lake nearby. Diana still in running shoes and shorts told her chauffeur to Call police on the car phone. Then she dashed to the Bridge where she was joined by Karl Kotila 29, a finnish student living in South London the paper said. Kotila followed by Diana climbed Over the Bridges railing onto the Bank of the Lake. Kotila passed his Backpack and Wallet to Diana then plunged into the 7-foot-deep Lake swam to the unconscious Man and towed him to the Bank. 7 Diana and other people who had joined her at the Waters Edge pulled the Man out. Diana helped turn him on his Side As Kotila checked his Mouth for blockages the paper said. Kotila gave him Mouth to Mouth resuscitation until police arrived and officer Derek Caldwell took Over. It quoted Caldwell As saying a the heartbeat was very very faint. The Princess was there taking a keen interest in attempts to revive  the paper said Kotila told police that the Man identified As 42-year-old Martin o Donoghue had been in the water about eight minutes. The paper said Diana thanked Kotila and spoke to a Friend of of Donoghue a. It said the Friend was under stood to have told police that he and of Donoghue had been drinking. Lets wish Justin us cd is a meet Justin Helphenstine the 1994 european Congress of american parents teachers and students Eca pts spelling Bee Champion. Justin will be flying to the United states on May 29 to compete in the grueling Scripps Howard National spelling Bee. Hell be joined by Mother Rebecca father Paul and his younger brother Dakota. Round trip tickets for Justin and his Mother Are provided Courtesy of Delta air lines Justin will receive the 32-volume 7he new encyclopedia Britannica for winning the March 26 Eca pts contest and will compete in june against hundreds of other . Students for top honors. We re very proud to sponsor Justin this year and Hope you la join us in wishing him and his family Good Luck. Sponsored by the St i a an stripes Delta air lines a . Encyclopedia Britannica 1994 Winner Justin Helphenstine