European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F \ Page 16 the stars and stripes faces a no places a sunday june 26, 1994 s letter reveals from wire reports John Lennon wrangles bitterly with Paul and Linda Mccartney Over who was to blame for the breakup of the beatles in a remarkable Handwritten letter made Public for the first time thursday. The letter offers an unusual firsthand glimpse of the beatles final acrimonious Days just As the surviving members of the group gathered to record new songs again. Three weeks ago Mccartney George Harrison and Ringo Starr recorded together for the first since 1970 at an undisclosed London studio. The finished songs Are set to become part of a to documentary on the history of the beatles the undated letter was written on stationery from bag productions the company Lennon formed with his wife Yoko Ono. The company a address was Lennon a Ascot mansion outside London. Lennon apparently wrote it in response to a letter from the Mccartney in which they tried to get John to Stop making disparaging remarks in the press about Paul and the beatles. A i m not ashamed of the beatles but of some of we took to make them so big a Lennon wrote. A i thought we All Felt that Way to varying degrees a obviously  Lennon who was murdered in new York City in 1980, acknowledges that the beatles music May have inspired sweeping cultural changes during the 1960s. But he taunted Mccartney for giving the group too much credit. A do you really think most of today Sart came about because of the beatles i done to believe you re that insane a he wrote. A did no to we always say we were part of the movement a not All of it of course we changed the world a but try and follow it through a get off your Gold discs and Fly a a copy of the letter was made available to new Day by autograph dealer Gary Zimt who obtained the original earlier this year from a Man he identified Only As an american Friend of Lennon a. Zimt is trying to sell the six Page Handwritten letter for $125,000. File the beatles clockwise from top left a Paul Mccartney Ringo Starr the late John Lennon and George Harrison a Are the subject of a recently revealed Tetter from Lennon to Mccartney comment. The production company would have no comment said its spokesman Rick Miramontz. Dunaway said she Learned late tuesday that the los Angeles production of the show would close tonight. She was preparing to take Over the Lead from Glenn close who is to take the role to Broadway. Dunaway defends singing Costner assails Tombstone a Faye Dunaway assailed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber As a a capricious Many for deciding to close St Sci Boulevard before her debut in the musical and denied that her vocal abilities fell Short. The Oscar winning actress said she was considering taking Legal action against Lloyd Webber but declined to  from the moment i Learned of his decision i thought quite simply this is yet another capricious act by a capricious Man a Dunaway told a news conference Friday the production would have been her first musical role. Dunaway 53, said her performance As the aging reclusive film Star Norma Desmond would have been some of her Best work and suggested financial concerns were the real reason the los Angeles production will cease. Lloyd Webber did not immediately return a Call for if Kevin Costner a new movie Wyatt Earp seems vaguely familiar a Well it is Earp a stale was told last Christmas in Tombstone which did solid Box office business with Kurt Russell As the Star. Costner said Tombstone was hard for him to watch the daily news of los Angeles reported Friday. �?o1 think the movie was made for strictly commercial reasons. I think the movie was designed to come out before us a he says in fridays daily news of los an gels. A it muddies the Waters. Because 1 really wanted Watt Earp to be a very virginal experience because we had t visited it in a Long time and we had worked very hard on it a says Costner the Academy award winning director of dances with Ivo ves. Costner a movie opened nationwide Friday irritating phrase buries it Ann Landers dear Ann Landers. What Ever happened to just Plain goodbye ? it used to be a perfectly Good word a contraction of a god be with be a but for reasons unknown goodbye has fallen out of favor. Hardly anybody says it anymore. In its place you get that canned pre packaged exit line a have a Nice  this meaningless hackneyed phrase is heard everywhere a even the supermarket. You Are in the checkout line entertaining yourself with tabloid headlines about the 79-year-old woman who gave birth to a litter of wolves and the checker rings up your Purchase hits you with a total equal to the National debt and says a have a Nice  a More imaginative clerk might say a have a Good Quot one a which could be interpreted As a have a Good Roll in the  is there an appropriate response to that timeworn line9 most common is the feeble a you  a Friend of mine who finds it irritating replies a i have other plans a Evanston ill. Dear  1 have no idea where a have a Nice Day originated but it seems to be a harmless albeit unimaginative substitute for a goodbye a if there is an appropriate response 1 done to know of it. 1 polled the women in my office and they suggested a thanks. You  i was going to Tell you to a have a Nice Day a but i think fit skip it. Dear Ann Landers what do you really look like 1 mean now. In be been seeing the same photo of you which appears with your column in the Lancaster a intelligencer journal for at least 11 years. You arc wearing a striped sweater and a White Blouse with a ruffled Collar. I consider it blatantly deceptive to run a picture that is at least 20 years old. How about something More recent in the name of truth in advertising longtime Reader in Lancaster a. Dear . The photo you refer to was taken in 1982.1 have sent two More recent photos to All my client newspapers since that time and if they do not choose to run them there is nothing 1 can do about it. 1 have a Brand new picture that was just mailed to ail my client newspapers and you should be seeing it very soon. The stars and stripes got it wednesday and started using it in fridays paper. Red 1 sent one personally to the editor of the Lancaster intelligencer journal. 1 Hope you like  tiers to Ann condors should be addressed to her Al . Box 1 562, Chicago i it. 60611-0552 creators Syndicate keep Church alive with donations dear Abby in a recent column a Reader complained about the amount of Money he was expected to give to the Church. Perhaps this piece will provide an answer to that question i regret 1 done to know who the author is but 1 Hope you feel that its Worth sharing. Bob Whitmore Eugene Ore. Dear Bob Whitmore i do. And Many thanks for sending it. Is the Church costing too much last sunday another golfer Sank the last putt on the 18th Green and received a Check for $50,000 for four rounds of Golf plus an automobile for himself and one for his wife. This week the papers reported that a certain popular Singer will receive $100,000 per week for her current singing engagement. Americans spend annually More on dog food than on Church contributions. It is not unusual for an individual to pay More for his country club membership than he gives to the Church. Is the Church costing too much let me share an experience with you. On june 2, 1940, a Little girl was born to us. She Cost us Money from the moment she was born. As she grew from Babyhood to girlhood she Cost even More a her dresses and shoes were More expensive and we had to have the doctor through All those childhood diseases. She was even More expensive during her school and teen years. She needed Long dresses to go to parties. When she went to College we discovered along with other parents that All College expenses Are not listed in the Catalon. Then after graduation she fell in love and married. She was married in a Church wedding and that too Cost a lot of Money. Then five months after her marriage she suddenly sickened and within a week she was dead. She Hasni to Cost us a Penny since the Day we walked away from her grave. As Long As the Church is alive she w ill Cost Money. And the More alive a Church is the More Money site will Cost. Dear Abby Only a dead Church like a dead child is no longer expensive. Think it Over. Is the Church costing too much dear Abby a my Boyfriend ill Call him George. A my neighbor i la Call him George a my Boss ill Call him George. A How Many letters do you gel that begin that Way frankly in a sick of this be orgasm. Whenever someone wants to complain about someone to you they Call him George if i were George id be feeling pretty bad right now. It seems As if everyone who knows George thinks be must be a two timing Couch potato Back stabbing cheating loser. I mean can to anyone think of a different alias for the bad Guy in their stones _ Abby please Tell your readers that if they want to disguise some Many a identity there Are alternatives to the name  not George in Tacoma Wash. Dear not George by George its Jake with me. 1, too am getting pretty tired of every Tom Dick and Harry becoming a a George in order to preserve his anonymity. Series for this co urn should a addressed 10 Deal Abby a . Bex 447. To Nna Orns. Ill 61064 c Ojni versa press Syndicate