European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes faces n places Friday november 18,1994 s musings on earn from the associated press a surgeon s meditation on death won the National Book award for nonfiction wednesday beating out four other finalists including a controversial boo about supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas. Or. Sherwin b. Nuland said winning the award for How we die reflections on life s final chapter was inconceivable. I d never thought of myself As a writer Nuland said at a news conference. I just did hot know i could in any Way come close to a literary William Gaddis won his second fiction award for frolic of his own an account of the problems after a history professor contemplates two lawsuits. Gaddis who previously won the award in 1976 for or said he spent six years working on a frolic of disown including1vs years of research. I just got immersed in the whole thing language and the Law Gaddis said he said he wrote the boo entirely in dialogue to break away from typical narrative Structure and oblige the characters to draw each other James Tate won the poetry award for the worshipful company of Fletcher. Tate whose poems capture the everyday and the otherworldly said he sometimes rewrites poems 50 times but other times is satisfied after a single draft. Igo into my study without a clue he said. I m on a Mission though. Poet Gwendolyn Brooks received the 1994 National Book foundation medal Given for distinguished contribution to american tetters at the annual even Tat the Plaza hotel in new York City. Each Winner received $10,000. .-,.- ". -.-. / top Gynor Nasus engaged Nadia coma neck must have flipped when fellow olympic gymnastic Champion Bart Conner gave her a engagement ring for her birthday. Comanici who won three Gold medals in the 1976olympics, turned 33 on saturday. Conner won a Gold in 1984. A wedding Date has not been set. The couple plan to compete in the world team gymnastic championships next week in they la head to Romania for Comanici s first appearance in her native country since she defected in1989. Jackie Liaison reported Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her brother in Law Robert f. Kennedy became lovers after president Kennedy s assassination according to an author whose sensational biographies have been criticized a inaccurate. In an updated edition of his 1989 a woman named Jackie c. David Heymann describes her relationship National Book award Winner Tor fiction William Gaddis left greets fellow winners str win 0. No land Centera surgeon who won for nonfiction and poet James tafe after the awards ceremony inner York on wednesday. With Robert Kennedy As an of again ,/.-" \. V. It began after Robert Kennedy moved from Washington to new York in 1964, the year after his brother s slaying in 1963, and lasted until his own assassination in 1968, the Book says. During that time Robert Kennedy was married. The president s widow married Aristotle Onassis in october 1968, four months after Robert Kennedy s death. The books cites As sources Robert Kennedy chauffeur a woman who said she saw the pair emerging from a hotel room in 1965 and a socialite who nodded yes to whether the two spent nights together at her Home in Jamaica in 1966. None of the sources was identified by name. Heymann also suggests that Jackie Onassis hastened her own death with morphine and seconal rather than continue fighting an untreatable cancer. Onassis who died at Home May 19, had signed a living will asking that no extraordinary measures retaken to extend her life. Burger King holds no grudge even though Philadelphia accused his Burger Chain of the ultimate heresy Dave Thomas does t have beef with Philly. Last month City inspectors threatened to Fine Wendy s $98,400 for 984 underweight Quarter Pounders. They backed off after finding out the burgers had left the Plant at the right weight then lost some water weight through evaporation. Thor Bias accepted a citation from the City wednesday for his work promoting adoption and said he wants to open six new Wendy s in town. Things happen. Mistakes happen Thomas said. As far As we re concerned we just want to go on mayor Edward Rendell denied the meeting was arranged after the Burger Brouhaha. Thomas who was adopted is a major contributor to the National adoption Center in Philadelphia. November is National adoption month. Wes the combined Federal Campaign Csc overseas salutes volunteers across Europe who make a significant difference in our communities and in our lives. This mailman always Wilson volunteers More than 40 hours a week As a postal worker a Ramstein air base Germany. Always Brush and floss. Otto Carrizo volunteers 35 hours week As a dental hygienist at the Patrick Henry Village dental clinic in Heidelberg Germany. For More information on the Csc Call their 24-hour hotline number Dan 480-2423
