European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Walter Scott s personal i spa Kali q what s happened to Cher Why is it that we Haven t heard much lately about any new men in her life has chef turned a new Leaf a so Doe she have any new movies --&.h., Hanford Calif. A it Cher has a new Boyfriend she has kept him Btl a Well guarded secret. In fact at 48, the actress Singer seems to have reached a Point in her life where she puts business before pleasure. For the past year Cher has devoted most of her Energy to creating a mail order Catalon called Sanctuary which offers gothic style Home furnishings including everything from pillows to Candle holders As Well As other hems. So far about 350,000 Cata logs have Bee sent out. She also recently finished her first major film role in four years a comedy thriller called faithful the movie co stars Ryan o Neal As Cher s philandering husband who hires a hit. Man Chaz Palminteri to kill her. The wife then turns the tables and seduces her assailant. Incidentally while there arc lib reports about a new Man in her life Cher did have something to say about an older Man who once was a big part of her life. Asked about the recent election of her first husband Sonny Bono 59, As Republican congressman from California Cher re plied i have no belief in the system so Sonny imperfectly at Home there politicians arc one step below used car  % q please Settle an argument Between me and golfing partner. To says Greg Norman criticized Bui Clinton stax policies and condemned Lack Nicklaus for playing Golf with the president i say this can t be True who s right pjlt., Seattle your partner. In 1993, Norman who makes More than $1 million a year on the pea tour plus millions from endorsements lashed out against president Clinton for a retroactive tax in crease mostly on the wealthy. Clinton gets All my Money Norman complained the 39-year-old australian then teased his old pal Nicklaus for playing around of Golf with Clinton and former president Ford. Greg and Jack have been pretty close Over the years says a Nicklaus associate. They Needle each other a  q j have Beard that Jang Seymour went through great Deal of anguish during her third of Vorce. 1$ this True if so what was the cause m.f., san Diego Cher in a 1990 television performance. Cb3 a in a word Money. Seymour s 10-year marriage to her third husband and former manager David Flynn ended in 1991 with an acrimonious Bat the Over How much the British born actress would pay Flynn the father of her daughter Katie now 12, and son Sean 8. He was demanding $25,000 month in Alimony. Eventually Seymour real name Joyce Frankenburg agreed to give him 510,000 month for two years though she complained that it would put a serious Strain on her finances. , however things have improved considerably for Seymour 43. She now earns nearly $75,000 a episode for her popular to series or. Quinn medi Cine woman and she recently signed a five year con tract with lbs. And in 1993 Seymour married Hus band no. 4 actor director producer James reach,46, the younger brother of actor Stacy reach. Q what can you Tell us about the 19th-Centuryamerican composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk who is More famous in Europe the Caribbean an South America than he is in the United states was there a dark secret in his past that scarred his Rcpt tation in his native country Newell Cox Moore . A born in new Orleans in 1829, Gottschalk Wasa child Prodigy. He studied under Hector Berlioz and played for Freddric Chopin who predicted he would be a King of  Gottschalk was one of the first american composers to use Black folksong and Creole dance tunes in his compositions including his Best known work the symphony might in the tropics. His music often was overshadowed by his scandals however and Gottschalk s escapades would have been fodder for today s tabloids. A notorious Womanizer he had an illegitimate Sonby the actress Ada Clare. During one Cross country concert tour Gottschalk also carried on a Liaison with a student at the Oakland female Seminary in California. Disapproval was so severe that he subsequently fled to South America where he lived in exile until his death at age 40. Q l read that Ray Combs Host of tote new family feud was in a serious Auto crash. When will he. Be coming Back to the to show or is Richard Dawson going to be his permanent replace ment How is Ray doing Ruth Metzger Apache Junction Ariz. A Combs 38, was injured in an Auto Accident last a july in los Angeles. However plans to replace him with Dawson were already in the works As Longas a year ago. Dawson 61, one of the stars of the 60s sitcom Hogan s heroes had been the Host of family feud in glory Days 1976 to 1985. His re turn was an attempt to boost the game show s Anem in ratings under Combs. It did t work the ratings have dropped under Dawson As for Combs he was temporarily paralysed in both arms and legs after the Accident. He has nearly recovered however and his agent says Combs is Busy working on new  q /5 it True that movie director Ron Howard who played Richie Cunningham on Happy Days has named his children after hotels what Are their names and Ages Rhonda Rusyniak Phoenix Howard 41, and his wife Cheryl 40, gave each of their children Middle names that commemorate the place where they were conceived. Their eldest daughter Bryce Dallas 13, is named for the City in Texas. Twin daughters Jocelyn Carlyle and Paige Carlyle 9, Are named for a hotel in Manhattan. And son Reed Cross 6, is named for a Street because Howard explains he was conceived in the family Auto and Volvo in t a very Good Middle  want to Lacu opinion truth Writt wait Scon Box 5001, grand Ortr a Sion new York . 101w-5001. It profited by pm Milton of Parade a gum. C1906 Parade pub Chat want inc. All Rthur wed. Parade and it Law Scoti j pm Nafty Phaoe it Udow act of Parade pubic Tiona inc. Parade s special  Lik lil out what if we abolished Federal income tax the new . Congress May not put it on the Agenda but rep. Bill Archer a Texas 66, new head of the House ways and Means committee says he wants to abolish the Federal income tax and replace it with a Broad based tax on  How would it work Archer has provided no Specif is but the simplest approach would be a National sales tax. Food and Medicine would be exempt. Everything else would be taxed at the Cash Register. Tax credits could be worked out for Low income Consumers the wealthy who buy luxury items would pay the most. _,._. Much of the irs bureaucracy could be eliminated As citizens would no longer file returns. There would be no loopholes that Benefit the few. And with no in come tax the irs would no longer be a victim of the underground Economy Urc ported income to taling As much As $200 billion year. Archer has said privately that he thinks the whole Federal tax system should be switched overnight. He called the 17 percent income tax proposed by rep. Dick Armey a Texas Hetter than what we have now but he added it does t get at the under ground  Archer said he s looking at All sorts of options to get the irs out of our lives but in t sure he has the Power to fight the special inter ests who Benefit from the current system. He s right. This change in t Likely because there will be a Wall of opposition including the irs accountants and attorneys corporations and other Spe Cial interests favored by the current tax rules. Only a groundswell of Public opinion can break through that Wall  ". What do you think  Are strongly for or against a tax system based on consumption rather than income write a letter or simply Send a note saying yes i am in " favor of abolishing the Federal income tax and re placing it with a tax on  or no i am riot in favor of replacing the Federal income tax with a tax on  mail it to taxes Box 4719, new York n.y.,10163-4719. Parade will tally the results and pass the letters to Archer your opinion could make a difference. Running on empty Don t head to Hawaii the average Price for a gallon of unleaded regular Gas self pumped is $1,638 in Hawaii the most expensive state for a fill up. That s 27 cents higher than in Nevada no. 2 at 51.365. Next come alas a $1.343oregon $1.337 and Montana $1.312for the cheapest Gas head to Georgia where a gallon is just $1.0.17. Next come Missouri $1.029south Carolina $1.050indiana $1.066 and a Kansas $1.094. These Are the latest figures from Runzheimer International a consulting company. Who Are the . Peacekeepers with All the attention on . Peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia where they have become tar gets americans Are concerned about us. Military involvement. Who serves As . Peacekeepers r. Around the world and How Many Are ours the number of peacekeepers worldwide has swelled from 11,500 in 1992 to More than 70.000 today. As of . 30, Pakistan led the list with 9,005 troops most of them based in Bosnia and Somalia. India was second with 5rl01 troopers mostly in so Malia. France was third with 4,904, mostly in bos Nia. Bangladesh was fourth with 3,999jroopers, and. Britain was fifth with 3,813. The United states was 33rd on the list with just 754 . Peacekeepers. Five Are now stationed at . Headquarters in Sarajevo Bosnia. Allocation of troops is based on offers by member countries.  by por Masslon of Parade Magazine. C 1w5 Parade put ii Auona inc. Ait rights reserved. Parade and let