European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 20 the stars and stripes faces a no places sunday june 5,1994 Don Johnson enters Center for drug from wire reports actor Don Johnson checked Ritto the Betty Ford Center on Friday for treatment of alcohol and prescription drug abuse his publicist said Johnson is expected to stay at the alcohol and Chemi. Cal dependency treatment Center in Rancho Mirage calif., for up to a month publicist Elliot Mintz said. Mintz said Johnson battled his alcohol problem for six weeks As an outpatient with a doctor who prescribed drugs the treatment was unsuccessful and Johnson became addicted to the drugs Mintz celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor and Liza Minnelli have been treated at the Center since it was founded in 1982 in this desert City 100 Miles East of los Angeles. Johnson a wife Melanie Griffith filed for divorce March 11. Griffith asked for custody of the couples 4-year-od daughter and cited irreconcilable differences. Hours later the couple were together at their Colorado ranch and Mintz said at the time that they were giving their marriage a second try. Mintz said Friday that the couple have not recon Cilcy and have been living apart for a month. Johnson 44, and Griffith 36, were paired in the recent movies Paradise and born yesterday. Johnson also played detective Sonny Crockett on televisions of am vice and has starred in such movies As guilty As sin a boy and his dog and return to Macon county. Album sounds wedding Bells in love Tell the world. That a what Celine Dion did a on the cover of her latest album the Colour of my love. The French Canadian pop Star whose single the Power of love is a hit in both the United states and Canada says the secret was too much to Bear. A when you re in love you want to scream it to the world a Dion 26, says in the june 13 Issue of people Magazine. She announced the Romance in the liner notes of the album. Her manager and husband to be rent Angelil 52, was apprehensive. A i was afraid of what people would think a he said Angelil has been managing Dion a career since her younger brother sent him a tape. He mortgaged his House to pay for her first album. Dion who dropped out of school to concentrate on singing when she was 14, said their relationship went from business to Romance when she was 20, a the hugs just became better and his kisses moved across my Check a she said. They plan to marry next year. Gable Memorabilia sold a Clark Gables dressing Robe Golf clubs and an autographed photograph were gone with the highest bid at Don Johnson and me Anfe Griffith in happier times arrive at the White House in 1991 for a state dinner. An auction of celebrity items. The stars Robe bearing his initials went for $5,750 at the thursday evening Sale. The clubs and their Case sold for $9,200. A photo of the cast of the 1961 movie the misfits his last film went for $8,050. The movie was released shortly after Gable died. Other top Selling items at Christie s auction in new York included Orson Welles typed script for the 1938 radio play the War of the worlds which sold for $32,200, and a collection of Handwritten letters from Greta Garbo to her Hollywood hairstylist Sydney Gui Laroff. The letters sold for $10,925. A was or. Guilaroff photographs and letters indicate he. Held the very special position of confidant and Friend to Many of Hollywood a most legendary leading ladies a said Christie a entertainment Memorabilia specialist Nancy curb on. Garbo addressed the letters to a Darling Gilly and signed them a love Harry a referring to her alias Harriet Brown. Her final correspondence to him states Quot i am sorry but for the moment i can speak to no one 1driving contract sets right course dear Abby i have a daughter who will be 16 next month and she can to wait to drive. Some time ago you published a a a contract Between parents and their children who will be driving for the first time. I wish i had saved it but 1 did no to. Would you kindly print it again it could be very useful to parents and children in this situation. Thank you a Parent in Edina Minn. Dear Parent the contract was the brainchild of a proud parents Quot in 1988, and although i have run it Many times Here it is again for you a and others for w Hom it could be useful. Dear Abdy being the parents of a 16-Ycar-old who has just passed his Drivers License examination we feel that other parents such As we Are apprehensive about our child a newly found Freedom and perhaps w Ould like to ease some of that anxiety by drawing up a contract As we did As a reminder of the seriousness of this new responsibility. It has worked wonders for us. Driving contract Ion this Day do agree to the stipulations stated below rendering me the privilege of driving my parents cars. If at any time i violate the said agreement the driving privilege will be forfeited to the extent and degree of violation. 1. Should 1 get a traffic violation ticket 1 agree to pay for the ticket As Well As the difference in the insurance Premium for As Long As the Premium is in effect. 2. I agree to pay for damages that 1 incur not covered by insurance. 3. At no time will i Ever drink alcoholic beverages and drive at the same time nor will there be any liquor or Beer in the car at any time. 4. I will never transport More passengers than there Are seat belts and will not drive the car until All passengers Luwe buckled up. 5, will keep the car that i drive clean inside and out and be aware of its needs for Gas Oil etc., plus Wax the car once a month. 1 have read the above agreement and do sign this in accordance with the rules. Signed dear Abby a a it t m in Ann Landers dear Ann Landers please fix up my writing so this letter makes sense i Haven to slept in 57 hours. In a 25 and have above aver age intelligence. Eight hours after snorting cocaine for two Days and doing Crystal meth i went to a tanning Salon i believe i May have suffered some brain damage because it has taken me 45 minutes to write these few lines. This morning i tried to recite the abcs and do it. In a scared stiff. When i Lay Down on the Tan ring bed i Tensed up immediately and became paralysed. I just spent 10 minutes looking up that word in the dictionary lift the lid of the tanning Booth. It Felt like 500 pounds of weight. I managed to crawl out of the Booth with my heart pounding a mile a minute it took every ounce of Energy i could Muster to get dressed. Now 24 hours later my mind is still unfocused and soupy. Had i passed out on the tanning bed i might have died. Please warn people about the hazards of combining drugs and tanning Booths. I Pray that i will recover from this awful episode. A Joseph in Kentucky dear Joseph v in a terribly sorry about your frightening experience. For years in be been telling my readers to leave drags alone and stay out of tanning Booths. Drugs can mess up your head and tanning either by the Sun or artificial Light can ruin your skin. The combination of both could be extremely hazardous. Dear Ann Landers the letter in your column about people who walk around Wilb toothpicks in their Mouths reminded me of How a toothpick changed my life. I had a High school Boyfriend who always had a toothpick in his Mouth. My dad stand him. In fact he never called the fellow by his name. It was always a Are you going out with toothpick tonight a i kept going out with that fellow and pretty soon we got serious. When i was a freshman in College a a toothpick asked me to run off with him and get married. The night he proposed he had As usual a toothpick in his Mouth. Suddenly it hit me that i would probably have to look at a piece of Wood stuck Between his Teeth for the rest of my life. The thought of it turned me off. Three years later i married a wonderful Guy. On my fifth anniversary dad called to say a Welt a toothpick so picture is in the paper. He robbed a no Sig in Marshalltown Iowa dear Marshalltown your letter is enough to put the toothpick manufacturers out of business. Thanks for writing. Utters to Ann Landers should be addressed to Hor at . Boot 11562, Chicago Iii 60611-0562. A _ a a a a a a a a a a c creators Syndicate child Parent Parent Date submitted by proud parents dear Abby after Reading the letter from a curious in South Carolina a regarding the possibility of newspaper employees opening mail addressed to a dear Abby a i have another question what do you do with the letters you receive after they Are used or not in your column Are they shredded and discarded i Hope the latter most especially if the writer has included a name and address. Some of that information is highly personal and in a sure readers would feet better if they knew their revelations had absolutely no Chance of falling into curious hands. Would you care to comment faithful Reader in new York dear faithful Reader be assured that All a dear Abby Quot letters Are held in the strictest of Confidence. Those that have special significance Are kept a but All letters that could be potentially damaging Are promptly destroyed. Or a s a us should be addressed to dear Abb Al pm. Be 447. 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