Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 306, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 September 1988 — Page 3

People in the news 65,000 attend Amnesty show LONDON (AP) After a thunderous opening before thousands of fans in London’s Wembley Stadium, Amnesty International today takes its starfilled rock show on a global road that runs from Argentina to Zimbabwe. More than 65,000 people packed Wembley on Friday to hear artists ranging from Bruce Springsteen to Sting sing for human rights. The six-hour concert climaxed with Springsteen leading the cheering fans in “Chimes of Freedom,” a Bob Dylan classic highlighting the theme of the show sponsored by Amnesty International, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group. The show heads for a weekend concert in Paris and then to communist Hungary, the first stops in a sixweek journey to 20 cities across five continents. Organizers expressed delight at the sellout in London, launch pad for the tour being held to mark the 40th anniversary of the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights. “I couldn’t be more pleased,” said Jack Healey, Amnesty’s U.S. director and a prime organizer of the tour. “We’re selling out all around the world and we’re feeling quite confident about ourselves ... We have great artists, a great audience here and, I think, the greatest cause in the world.” Springsteen shares a bill for the entire tour with British stars Sting and Peter Gabriel, American folk singer Tracy Chapman and Senegal’s Youssou N’dour. Spectators in the grandstands rose as Gabriel rocked the podium with “Sledgehammer” and “Don’t Give Up,” and then went wild as Springstreen came on with his hit “Bom in the USA.” The organizers stress that the aim is not to raise funds, but to stir the consciences of the young people in the cause of human rights. Amnesty hopes the tour will break even. Thousands of fans signed slips of paper endorsing the human rights declaration. Amnesty officials plan to hand over the signatures at the U.N. headquarters in New York at the end of the tour. Ticket prices vary between rich and poor countries • SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Joe Cocker swears he’s no longer the wildman of rock. He says audiences expecting the wild exploits of the past when he arrives for appearances in Australia later this month will be disappointed. “There have been times when I’ve come to Australia and not been 100 percent,” Cocker said in an interview with The Australian Associated Press. “I still like the odd drink, but Im not half as crazy as I used to be. You can only do so much of it,” he said. And the reason for the change is none other than middle age. “I’m 44 years old now and you have to learn to pace yourself better,” he said. Cockers’ eighth Australian visit is part of a worldwide tour to follow up his latest album, “Unchain My Heart.”

Dear Abby

Anything else is just a bald-faced lie

DEAR ABBY: This is in response to the letter about baldness in men. I’m almost bald, and I refuse to let 10 strands of hair grow to the length of 3 feet and then swirl them around my head in an absurd attempt to cover my baldness. I wouldn’t get a hair transplant even if I could afford one, and if I were to get a wig, I’m afraid I’d keep checking to see if the darned thing was on straight, or about to fall in n)y soup. What you see is what you get! And now, ladies, how about those foam rubber falsies? If you wear them to attract men, don’t bother. If that’s all he can see in you, you don’t need this bozo! Sure, some men are hooked on big bosoms but there are plenty like me who are more interested in the whole package, which includes personality and bfains. I have never heard a man express anything but disappointment and annoyance when what he sees isn’t what he gets! RAY HOOD, SAN DIEGO DEAR RAY: Nobody enjoys being “hoodwinked.” (Sorry!) But most women wear falsies

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HOUSTON (AP) Moviemaker George Lucas, known for creating galaxies and planets far, far away, is getting into some down-to-earth city planning. Part of his vision for Houston is a globe-shaped “Lumisphere” covered with glowing fiber optics and housing a theater that would be the focal point of a SSO million downtown center adorned with giant TV screens. The project by Lucas of “Star Wars” fame and Century Development Corp. would transform the shell of the Albert Thomas Convention Center into “Luminaire Houston” a complex of restaurants, clubs, theaters and shops. “This is a city that always goes for something futuristic and something outstanding,” Mayor Kathy Whitmire, citing the Johnson Space Center, said Thursday. Completion of the project, which still requires City Council approval, is scheduled by early 1992. NEW YORK (AP) Lyricist Hal David known for such popular songs as “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”, “What the World Needs Now is Love” and “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” has married a music patron in a music room. David and Eunice Forester, a member of the Los Angeles County Music and Performing Arts Commission and a founder of the Los Angeles Music Center, were wed Friday in the music room of the Equitable Building in midtown Manhattan. David co-wrote the score for the Broadway show “Promises, Promises” and is a former president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. It was the second marriage for David, a widower with two sons. • THIS WEEK S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: Sunday’s a good day for radio commentator Paul Harvey, 70, as well as golfer Tom Watson, 39, and actress Mitzi Gayror, 57. On Monday, it’s No. 59 for comic Bob Newhart, No. 46 for actress Raquel Welch and No. 49 for actor William Devane. Adding a year Tuesday will be actress Jane Curtin, 41, and actress Swoosie Kurtz, 44. Wednesday’s cake-and-candle set includes actress Susan Blakely, 40, and actor Anthony Quinn, 75, while Thursday’s list has comic Sid Caesar, 66. Next Friday means No. 69 for unemployed Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder, No. 37 for actors Michael Keaton and Tom Wopat, No. 26 for actress Kristy McNichol and No. 63 for actor Cliff Robertson. Celebrating next Saturday are actress Fay Wray, 81, actress Amy Irving, 35, golfer Arnold Palmer, 59, and CBS newsman Charles Kuralt, 54.

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because they look better in clothes not necessarily to attract a man. * * * DEAR ABBY: I’m chairman of our 30th high school reunion. Yes, we will have a photographer there! One of your letters concerned a reunion organizer in Torrington, Conn., who decided to skip the class picture because the spouses would be bored while the class members were having the picture taken. That’s a pretty dumb excuse I think most spouses would be bored regardless. I know I’m bored at my

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spouse’s reunions. In my opinion, spouses should not be allowed to attend. We all had our high school sweethearts, and it would be nice to reminisce and have a dance or two but there sits the spouse, bored and slightly jealous, watching every move. Abby, is there a tactful way to tell my spouse to get lost that night? Please dnn’t suggest I make a deal and say, “I won’t attend yours if you won’t attend mine.” My spouse insists that I attend hers! REMINISCING DEAR REMINISCING: Some spouses wouldn’t go to a class reunion if you paid them. Others wouldn’t dream of staying away. It takes all kinds. But I know of no “tactful” way to tell a spouse to “get lost” without starting World War 111. * * * To get Abby’s booklet “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send a check or money order for $2.89 ($3.39 in Canada) to: Dear Abby, Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, 111. 61054 (postage and handling are included).

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