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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                16 the stars and stripes faces a no places sunday May 29t 1994on the floor As show Rolls out from wire reports Arsenio Hall said goodbye Friday night. The Arsemio Hall show which debuted in 1989 As a hip Means to bolster late night television broadcast its last original show a a a a a a a. V a a \ a. ,. Quot �?o1 think five years is enough of anything Quot halt said during the shows rehearsal. A from Liz Taylor to rap band Das Efcy you name it we be done it All a he said a and in a going to miss it. Gosh i feel like in a moving on but its so hard to move on from something you  the last show opened with clips of notable guests including president Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton magic Johnson the Rev. Louis Farrak Han Michael Jordan and Madonna. Halls first guest was Singer Luther Vandross who had been the first guest on his first show. A i wanted to be the first one on to congratulate you All a Vandross said. A a in a sad to  you go. But in a Happy for you.�?�. At Halls request he Sang a Cappella a let me hold you tight if Only for one night. Let me keep you near. If Only for  Hall rolled on the floor with Delight. Whoops Goldberg came on later with a bottle of Champagne which Hall sprayed toward the cameras. Later still James Brown Sang the show off the air As Hall stood by his Side smiling. Hall said last month that he was ending the nationally syndicated show he co produced with Paramount Domestic television Toon creator Drew Early done to expect Joe barbra creator of the worlds most famous a modern Stone age family Quot to Trace his own history quite so far Back. But Barbara s autobiography my life in a Toons docs Lead readers to his artistic origins Back before he and partner Bill Hanna thought up the Flintstone family. As a fifth grader at holy innocents school in Brooklyn the Book said barbra was made the unofficial school artist by the nuns. When his Mother Learned he spent most of his time drawing on the chalkboard she decided he would be better off in Public school. Barbera went on to become one of the most successful animators of All time maker of such cartoon legends As Yogi Bear the Jet sons and Tom and Jerry. The Memoir was released with the Flintstones movie Friday. The 83-year-old makes a Cameo appearance in an animal skin Tux As a Bigshot entering Bedrock a Ritz Iest nightclub Cavern on the  boosts Singer self James Brown says new protege Jacqueline Boatwright has a lot going for her a him in particular. A her chances Are very Good because she knows James Brown a said the godfather of soul. A and in this business its not always what you know As much a sprucing up Winnie British sculptor Jon Douglas 83, cleans his life size Bronze of the Fate British prime minister Winston Churchill in the artist s Garden in Hen Don North London on saturday. Douglas first sculptures of Britain s world War ii Leader were sunk by a German submarine while in route to the United states during the War. In tandem with upcoming a Day ceremonies Douglas decided to put his Churchill up for Safe. Who you  and not Only does Brown know Boatwright a to talk show Host he recently became her manager. A a it a the biggest step in be taken so far in my career a she told the Savannah morning news in Georgia last week. A a. A a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a a  Brown said he liked Boatwright a former miss Black Georgia for defending Boxer Mike Tyson who was convicted of raping a contestant at the 1991 miss Black America pageant. Boatwright also a contestant Testi find on Tyson a behalf Wynette s husband charged Tammy Wynetter a husband posted $500 Bond and remains free on a charge of assaulting a television cameraman. George Richey requested a jury trial. A Richey and his attorney appeared thursday before City judge David Witherspoon in North Myrtle Beach so. No trial Date was set. Chris Collins a cameraman for Csc to in Charleston said in a complaint that Richey grabbed him and shoved him into a table in the lobby of the Alabama theatre where Wynette had been performing life of ashes Ann Landers dear Ann Landers my father in Law died four years ago and was cremated. At the time of his death my Mother in Law was unable to make a final decision about his remains and they wound up with my husband. We be had them in a grocery sack on the top shelf of our closet for four years. A. 0&Quot 1 v a Ann not Only do i want these ashes out of my closet but i feel this is disrespectful to the deceased. When my own dear father died he too was cremated. His ashes were interred in a cemetery and my Mother purchased Beautiful Marker for his grave. I cannot fathom How my husbands family can allow this matter to remain unresolved for so Long. My husband has broached the subject with his Mother and Sisters several times but it seems j that no one wants the responsibility of making a decision. Another problem is that my father in Laws death May have been a suicide and the family was concerned that the ashes might not be accepted in a Catholic cemetery. In my opinion this procrastination is obscene. My father in Law was a Good decent family Man who deserves respect. I Hope the family will see this letter and make a decision to move Forward. At this Point in a ready to Sprinkle his ashes in my Back Yard. Id appreciate some advice. Pennsylvania predicament dear Penn pm say four years in a grocery sack on your closet shelf have exceeded the statute of limitations not to mention the outer limits of decency. According to father John costello a Jesuit priest in Chicago current Catholic theology allows suicides to be a Price in Catholic cemeteries. I Hope your Clergyman is aware of this. If not get in touch with the local Catholic cemetery to make the necessary arrangements.  May that poor soul rest in peace. Dear Ann Landers in be been married 12 years to a wonderful woman but she has an irritating habit that drives me up the Wall. A a Quot a a when we Are with others i try to hold up my end of the conversation by telling a humorous Story or making some substantive comments. A a Emma invariably interrupts me to contradict some inconsequential detail and the listeners lose track of what in a saying. At that Point in a too embarrassed to continue. Stifled in California dear stifled  v a people who feel inadequate or inferior use this technique to chop others Down to their size. It does no to work of course. The a interrupter corrector invariably conies Oft looking competitive hostile and rude. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562. Chicago. Iii. 60611-0562. A c creators Syndicate Good of Days dear Abby a California woman wrote to say her Hospital Bill for a five Day stay came to $64.25. I can top her in a enclosing a Many a Bill from Pennsylvania Hospital dated 1869. It totalled $70, and the Cost per Day was $1. I have the actual Bill which has a 2-cent Revenue stamp on it Mary m. Wallace Horn Ell . Dear Mary 1 was surprised by the amount or mail which that letter generated a but yours was the Winner by far As the oldest Bill. Read on dear Abby i just saw your column with the Hospital Bill from 1948. I can sure beat that in a enclosing a copy of the Bill for my wife a delivery in 1931. She was born at Henderson Hospital in Henderson by. It Only Cost $25.50 a but she a Worth every Penny of it. . Mcalister Evansville ind. Dear Abby i am four score years old and i read you every Day. My wife and have been married three score years. Thought you might be interested in a copy of my mothers Hospital Bill from Spartanburg ., general Hospital dated 1922, one week $38. M David r Blakeley few travellers rest  X ref a dear Abby when our oldest daughter first child was bom in june of 1944, we paid polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg pa., $56 Fot a 10-Day stay. The Flat rate for 10 Days that show Long mothers stayed in the Hospital then including everything a there was no itemizing a was $70. As a Clergyman i received a 20 percent discount. Our physician a general practitioner charged $35 for delivery and pre delivery visits with 50 percent off for clergy a $17,50 who can beat that the Rev. Phares o. Reitz Allentown a. Dear Abby the letter from the lady about prices in 1948 prompted me to Send some for 1933. My older daughter was born april 17 of that year the total Cost for the Hospital the delivery room and 10 Days postnatal care dear Abby for both the baby and me was $50. The doctors fee for prenatal delivery and postnatal care was $50. In those Days we stayed in bed 10 Days. Rent on our Small furnished House was $8 a month. Before that when i was working in an office my salary for six Day weeks was $60 a month no deductions. The newspapers then had Many classified ads for used Model to sat $7.50 each. Gasoline was 18 cents a gallon. Cigarettes were 10 cents a pack for the cheaper brands.  when social Security started about 1937, my first deduction was 16 cents a month. Orvaleta h. Dodd Raymond Wash. Dear Abby in your column you included a 1948 medical Bill and commented a ooh those were the Days my friends a Abby those were the Days of salaries As Low As those prices. My first Job in 1944 paid $20 for a 40-hour week. That medical Bill would have taken nearly a months  and left me nothing to live on. It was Ever thus. Now. If we could Combine �?T40s prices and �?T90s earnings a Ash Jeanne Nelson Fountain Valley Calif. Utters for this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447. Mount Morris lit 61054. C Universal press Syndicate  
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