European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday january 3,1995chipper Clinton greets new year by Phil Mccombs Washington Posi Hilton head . A a hello folks How you doing a exclaimed a Chipper and relaxed president Clinton As he strolled onto the Beach sunday afternoon for his first publicly recorded acct and a acct of the new year. A a a a a Quot. A a ,. A a Clinton was wearing Golf clothes and had his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea with him As he headed to the beachfront Villa the first family had borrowed from a local businessman for an overnight visit with friends at the annual Renaissance weekend. The event is a Retreat for leaders in government education science and other Fields. After schmoozing with friends until 2 30 a.m., the president was up and jogging through the ritzy Palmetto dunes resort four hours later. Then he played 18 holes of Golf and by noon was Back at the Hyatt Regency attending a Renaissance session titled life 101 what i la do differently in 1995. According to Renaissance founder Phil Lader who in Washington Heads the Small business administration Clinton did t speak at the session but appeared a deeply engaged listening intently and laughing  a /. V Quot in the mid afternoon Clinton and his family gathered up their stuff at the Villa so they could Fly Back to Washington. They ambled past the hotel Pool where supreme court Justice Stephen Breyer had been swimming laps earlier in the Day and Down to the Beach where sat urday night live comedian a1 Frankyn was tossing a tiny Orange football around with a child. Clinton turned toward a group of tourists who had gathered to  him. A Chi Hillary i Chelsea a someone shouted. A Happy new year to you a the president said skin ing and shaking hands. A a a this has been a great Day for me a he said. A i went jogging and then golfing. I shot an 88, not very Good for me  46 and 42, but i was sleepy i did no to have but four hours  it was also a great Day for Marilyn Ludin of Rome ., who had waited at various strategic locations for hours on the Chance of meeting the president. Suddenly there he was enthusiastically shaking her hand and listening to her new years greetings and telling her Quot bless you Happy new year a ooh it was wonderful Quot she said to her husband Bill a retired physician. A it was Worth every hour of waiting. Look it was this hand a Hillary Clinton dressed in a Black pantsuit went ahead Down the Beach with Chelsea. Only a few people showed interest in them. Finally the president followed and soon the first family disappeared into the Villa. They left for Washington within an hour and a White House spokeswoman said they were to travel to Little Rock Ark on monday for a couple of Days of visiting friends and some of the president s favorite restaurants. A a a a. A a -. A  a a  a a a a when Clinton spoke briefly saturday night said Sandra. Willett head of the peace corps operation in Hungary it was a in a very personal Way. He told of his Pride and Joy in representing not Bill Clinton but the United states of America. It was deeply  in the stars and str res 10 years ago Jan. 3,1985 a a new Reagan administration policy encourages Federal agencies to hire temporary employees because they receive fewer benefits and Are easier to dismiss the new York times reported. 20 years ago Jan. 3,1975 a a Washington Federal court jury convicted four of former president Nixon a closest White House and Campaign aides of conspiracy in the watergate coverup. 30 year Sago Jan. 3,1965 a helicopters removed a steady Stream of . And vietnamese dead from Binh Gla Vietnam after Viet Cong guerrillas withdrew allowing government troops to reoccupy the most discs i Trout Battlefield of the War. 40 year Sago Jan. 3,1955 president Eisenhower issued an order cutting off for new recruits a substantial amount of veterans benefits granted after the outbreak of korean hostilities. 50 years ago Jan. 3,1945 a the . Drive Between Bastogne and St. Hubert into the German bulge in Belgium gained another two Miles As the enemy was pulling Back his Armor c world War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 3 1 a 9 4. Warplanes irom three . Navy Carrier. Groups open two Days of attacks on japanese forces in Formosa and the Ryukyu islands. In Burma British commandos and Indian infantrymen land on Akaab Island an important naval and air base off the a akan Peninsula. German soldiers press an offensive in the Alsace Region of France forcing Allied troops Back toward the Vosges mountains. Source 2194 Day of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. Tha world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1961 map pair finds a match made in email Lackawanna  A Little did Charlene Mirabella know that a trip on the information superhighway would Lead to a walk Down the aisle and a move to Australia. But after nine months of corresponding a and courting a on the electronic mail system known As internet Mirabella married australian Robert Boot. Next month Mirabella a reference librarian at do Youville College in Buffalo plans to move with Boot to Australia and begin a new life although the pair met face to face for the first time on dec. 12, they say they know each other Well. Convincing people of that fact Isnit always easy. A we Are having some difficulty in getting people to understand that we know All about one another a Boot told the Buffalo news. A but email is the resurgence of correspondence a which has essentially died out. It was the Way Many people used to get to know one  on March 9, Mirabella was surfing the internet and became aware of Boot a 50-year-old health science librarian at the University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia. 1 responded to a rather impertinent response to a rather arrogant librarians posting a Mirabella said. A basically. Was telling him i agreed with  the original correspondence Between the two led to four or five within the week and Mirabella be. A a away from the profes-20 messages a Day was not unusual. By the end of March we were talking about picture  Boot did no to wait for Mirabella a picture to arrive by old fashioned mail before popping the question a via the internet of course. Quot i responded a yes immediately a she said. A we had already discussed where the relationship was going. We shared so much a we had the same professional interests and the love of language wed read a lot of the same  the two met face to face for the first time on dec. 12 at greater Buffalo International Airport when Boot arrived from Brisbane. Mirabella met Boot alone and said she gave her family strict orders to stay away. Her family was wary at first about her marriage plans but after meeting Boot they have accepted her decision she said. The two married in a civil court ceremony four Days after boots arrival. Robert Boot of Brisbane Australia and Charlene Mirabella of Lackawanna ., pose with the computer that brought them together. 1 St wife of sex beatle Ringo Starr Dies Seattle apr Maureen Cox Star key Tigrett the first wife of former beatle Ringo Starr has died after a Bone marrow transplant to treat leukaemia. She was 47. Tigrett of los Angeles died Friday at the Fred Hutchinson cancer research Center 63 Days after the transplant said Center spokesman Jerry Vanderwood Starr and the couples three children were with Tigrett when she died As were her current husband hard Rock cafe co founder Isaac Tigrett and their 7-year old daughter Augusta said Vanderwood. Part of to Gretle a treatment involved a transplant of Bone marrow from her eldest son musician Zak Starkey. A she was a great lady a said family Friend Bobby Zarem of new York Tigrett was born Mary Cox in Liverpool England where the beatles got their Start in the Early 1960s. She changed her name to Maureen shortly after starting work As a Hairdresser. She was 15 when she met her first Hus band Richard Starkey a better known As Ringo Starr a at Liverpool a Cavern club on 1962. They married in 1965. To Lyly were divorced in 1975. The couplers children arc Zak 29 Jason 27 and Leigh 24 All of London. She later married Tigrett who now is developing music clubs and restaurants in new Orleans Cambridge Mas. And los Angeles. Starr later. Married actress Barbara Bach