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State, nation, world Jeff Bridges is a 'starman' Tuesday, July 12,1994 Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune B3 received the Walk of Fame's star on Monday. "It's a great feeling being next to my father," said Bridges, who made his acting debut as a youngster on his father Lloyd's TV series, "Sea Hunt." Bridges received Oscar nominations for his work in "The Last Picture Show," "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" and "Starman." Webber welcomes court battle NEW YORK (AP) Andrew Lloyd Webber to Faye Dunawav: Put up yer dukes! The impresario said he welcomes the chance to settle his "Sunset Boulevard" problems with the actress in court. Webber closed the Los Angeles production of his musical last month, short-circuiting Dunaway's debut as silent screen star Norma Desmond. He claimed her voice wasn't up to the demands of the show. Dunaway hired a lawyer Friday.

Webber said good riddance Monday. No legal action has yet been taken. "No sane man would close a show that in its last month was grossing an average of over $900,000 a week in LA, is the highest grossing show in London, is to open in Toronto and Frankfurt in 1995 and will open to the highest advance in Broadway history, unless there was a very, very good reason," Webber said. Tipper has the soul NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Al's got the juice, but Tipper is the Gore with soul.

Just ask Jesse Jackson. "You all know how square Al is," Jackson said Monday during a luncheon speech at a family conference moderated by Gore. "Tipper brings the soul to this combination. She dances, he observes. She moves, he cogitates." The vice president reddened, but applauded gamely.

Americans like his style MIAMI (AP) Andres Cantor knows the secret of his success with Americans newly charmed by soccer "Gooooooooooool!" "I guess they like the way I call the goals," says the Spanish-language TV announcer handling World Cup duties for the Spanish- language TV network Univision. Cantor's average audience for each telecast is more than 900,000 households. Many don't speak Spanish they just like soccer and Cantor's signature cry. His enthusiasm is likely to rocket right through the roof on Sunday, when he announces the championship game. "That's going to be great," he says.

"If we're emotional now, God knows how it's going to be the day of the final." Prince gives up his crucifix LOS ANGELES (AP) Prince Frederic Von Anhalt had to surrender his gold-colored, pope- blessed crucifix to Elke Sommer's lawyer. The crucifix was seized in court Monday after Von Anhalt failed to produce documents regarding his land holdings in Germany, said his lawyer, Ronald Jason Palmieri. A jury has ordered the prince and his wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor, to pay Miss Sommer $3.3 million in damages for calling her a Hollywood has-been. "If it's valuable I will apply it to the judgment, but if it's, not valuable I'll give it back to him," said Sommers lawyer, Richard Posell. The crucifix, a gift from Von Anhalt's mother, was blessed by Pope John Paul II, Palmieri said.

Clinton embraces Berlin Calls a united Europe 'our best partner' President Clinton gives the thumbs-up sign to U.S. service personnel prior to his speech at Ramstein Air Force in which he said U.S. troops would remain in Europe (AP photo) BERLIN (AP) President Clinton today called a united Europe "our best partner" for prosperity and peace for the 21st century as he enthusiastically embraced this once-divided city as modern Europe's vital center. At a news conference at the Reichstag, the restored parliament building the Nazis burned in 1933, Clinton also said it was time for the United States and its European allies to "put some meat on the bones of our efforts" to better coordinate policies. As an example, Clinton announced the formation of two U.S.-European task forces one to recommend ways to strengthen ties with the new democracies of eastern and central Europe and the other to coordinate the fight against organized crime, drug trafficking and money laundering.

These are problems that "know no borders, Clinton said. Clinton, the first U.S. president to visit reunited Berlin, met at the Reichstag with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Speaker of Parliament Rita Sussmuth, and European Commission President Jacques Delors. Later, he was to take another historic step, becoming the first U.S. president since before the Cold War to enter what had been the eastern, Communist sector of the city.

Clinton was to stand before the majestic 200-year old Brandenburg Gate just inside what had been East Berlin and speak to Berliners. Some 25,000 were invited to the speech, including many school children who were given the day off for Clinton's visit. "I believe our best partner as we look towards the 21st century for prosperity and for peace is a Europe united in democracy and free markets in common security," Clinton said at his joint news conference with Kohl and Delors. Kohl, at the news conference from a room in the Reichstag, noted that one needed to "just look out the window" to see signs of German unity. The building is adjacent to what had been the Berlin Wall.

Clinton is the first American president since Harry Truman in 1945 to visit the eastern part of the city. Other presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy visited the western side of the city and peered over at the East when the Cold War kept the city i divided. In his Brandenburg Gate speech, Clinton had some hard acts to follow in terms of presidential addresses in Berlin. "Ich bin ein Berliner," John Kennedy declared on June 26, 1963, identifying the United States with West Berlin, an island of democracy surrounded by the Berlin Wall and communist East Germany.

And Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987, stood before the Berlin Wall and declared: "Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." Kennedy spoke at the Berlin City Hall. Clinton's speech is near the spot where Reagan spoke except that Reagan stood in West Berlin facing both the wall and Brandenburg Gate behind it.

The Berlin Wall has been torn down, the city is united and Clinton later today was to deactivate the U.S. Army's elite Berlin Brigade, which once confronted the Soviets and East Germans at Checkpoint Charlie. That ceremony marks the end of the U.S. military presence in Berlin. Clinton began the day jogging through a park near his hotel with seven members of the Brigade.

The Brandenburg Gate, meanwhile, was a center for Hitler's storm troopers and later the greatest symbol of divided Germany. Now it is part of the new, united and democratic Germany. Clinton at day's end makes a brief visit to the Jewish Community Center, thereby stirring memories of the murder of 6 million Jews by Germany and its collaborators. German court reverses policy Troops can be sent abroad BERLIN (AP) Germany's highest court today ruled that German troops can be sent abroad on U.N. missions, reversing a postwar policy adopted -to keep the country from ever again becoming a military threat.

The decision, reinterpreting a section of the constitution which had been said to mean Germany could only act in defense of itself or a NATO ally, is one of the most important for Germany since its unification in 1990. Chancellor Helmut Kohl's efforts to craft an effective foreign policy have been hindered by his inability to help the United States and United Nations keep peace. "I'm very happy with this," Kohl told a news conference. "I've always held this view that deployments like this are allowed by the constitution." President Clinton, visiting Bonn on Monday, urged reunited Germany to adopt new roles befitting its size. "I do hope that we wifi have, the benefit of the full range of Germany's capacities to lead," Clinton said.

In its decision, The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruled that troops can only be sent abroad with parliamentary approval. "Every case will have to be individually examined," Kohl said. "We are members of the United Nations. If we have our rights, we have our Germany's constitution, called the Basic Law, was written in 1949 with a provision stating that "except for self-defense, the armed forces can only be deployed in so far as that is made possible by this Basic Law." That section of the constitution was written with the Nazis' carnage in mind. Since 1949, every Bonn government has interpreted that clause as limiting Germany's military to either self-defense or helping North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies that are threatened with invasion.

Wednesday, Thursday, Si July 13th July 14th July 15th" July 16th' 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. mmtm wi July 18th Hail hurts some crops WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Dry conditions worsened over southern Indiana during the past week, while the northern half of the state received additional rainfall, the weekly crop report said. Monday's report for Purdue University said some hail and ponding of water was reported over the northern and central counties, while Japanese beetles were reported statewide.

The winter wheat harvest continued as farmers made good progress in the south. The second cutting of hay was becoming more difficult with the rains, the report said. Cultivating, spraying, baling straw, seeding double crop soybeans and 4-H fair preparations were other farming activities last week. Corn condition was rated 72 percent good or better. Last week, the corn condition was rated 62 percent; last year it was rated 69 percent.

By region, corn was reported 54 percent good or better over the south, 79 percent good or better over the central counties and 76 percent good or better over the south. Corn is averaging 61 inches in height, 11 inches taller than the five-year average and 15 inches higher than last year, Soybean condition was rated 67 percent good or better compared to 58 percent last week and 63 percent last year. End Tables Bar Stools Odds Ends Loveseats Dinettes Rooms Bedroom Pieces Headboards Night Stands Examples of the savings Retail List $659 Everyday Low Price $399 188 END TABLES Retail List $249 Everyday Low Price $99 28 PICTURES Retail List $199 Everyday Low Prlc S78 ODD DINETTE CHAIRS Retail List $299 Everyday Low Price $118 LAMPS Retail List $99 Everyday Low Price $36 IN THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY IS RIGHT HERE IN KOKOMO! MasterCard VISA 9 or Check KOKOMO 1101 N.Washington 454-9810 Hoiiib Tluusd.iy, Friday, Satiiftkiy Monthly 10 a.m. to p.m..