NEWS LITE : HIROSHIMA PILOT RECOLLECTS WAR.Paul Tibbets Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. (born February 23, 1915) is a retired brigadier general in the United States Air Force and was the pilot of the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. , pilot of the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb atomic bomb or A-bomb, weapon deriving its explosive force from the release of atomic energy through the fission (splitting) of heavy nuclei (see nuclear energy). The first atomic bomb was produced at the Los Alamos, N.Mex. on Hiroshima, Japan, says he has never second-guessed his historic role in World War II. It was his mission on the Enola Gay on Aug. 6, 1945, that hastened the end of the war, he said, and saved countless lives - although it killed up to 100,000 Japanese and injured thousands more. ``This bomb was the biggest thing in the world to save lives,'' Tibbets, 84, said Friday at a fund-raiser for a planned B-29 Memorial Plaza at the Great Bend, Kan., municipal airport. The arching structure, expected to cost $250,000 to $300,000, will span a 9-foot by 12-foot model of a B-29, commemorating the crews who flew the planes as well as those who designed and built them. Ricky calls himself the `spiritual' type Ricky Martin is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a little quiet after the roaring success of his hit song ``Livin' la Vida Loca.'' ``Silence is very important to me,'' he told fans in an online chat, according to this week's People magazine. The 27-year-old singer from Puerto Rico called himself a ``very spiritual'' person who is a student of yoga, Buddhism and meditation. ``I don't need much. I need my friends, my dogs, my family, my music,'' Martin said. ``Ricky Martin,'' his first English-language CD, has had the best-ever album debut by a Hispanic artist on the mainstream Billboard charts. Yogi Berra makes his own calls on art Yogi Berra turned up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of last week to celebrate the opening of an exhibit of baseball cards honoring Joe DiMaggio. The exhibit, which included seven DiMaggio cards, also included cards for Berra, Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Mickey Mantle, his teammates. On his way out of the museum, when Berra was asked who his favorite painter is, he said, ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. the painters. I look at the picture. If I like it, I like it. Then I ask who the painter is.'' Wedding retake re·take tr.v. re·took , re·tak·en , re·tak·ing, re·takes 1. To take back or again. 2. To recapture. 3. To photograph, film, or record again. n. 1. for Van Damme Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme, who has been married six times, remarried his third wife Saturday in a church service attended by Hollywood's glitterati glit·te·ra·ti pl.n. Informal Highly fashionable celebrities; the smart set: "private parties on Park Avenue and Central Park West, where the literati mingled with glitterati" . Van Damme and Gladys Portugues also held a civil ceremony Friday in the small northern Belgian village of Knokke, the hometown of both the bride and Van Damme's parents. The couple's first marriage ended in 1993. Several hundred people attended the church service, including Sylvester Stallone. He and Eddie Murphy were among the 150 Hollywood actors and producers invited to attend the reception following the wedding. The 38-year-old actor's movie career spans 15 years and includes such films as ``Sudden Death,'' ``Kickboxer'' and ``Double Impact.'' Brief bachelorhood ends for Murdoch Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former television executive Wendi Deng were married aboard the News Corp. founder's yacht in New York Harbor New York Harbor, a geographic term, refers collectively to the rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City. This is sometimes construed in the sense "the Ports of New York and New Jersey". . A 12-minute fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to display set to Frank Sinatra's ``New York, New York'' followed the wedding on Murdoch's yacht, Morning Glory morning glory, common name for members of the Convolvulaceae, a family of herbs, shrubs, and small trees (many of them climbing forms) inhabiting warm regions, especially the tropics of America and Asia. The family is characterized by milky sap. , drawing cheers from people who could see the ceremony from passing ferries and boats. Eighty-two guests attended the private ceremony on Friday. Among the guests were family members, including Murdoch's four children, and friends Michael Milken Michael Milken As an executive at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. during the 1980s, Milken used high-yield junk bonds for financing and corporate takeovers. While his personal wealth was enormous, he spent two years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of securities fraud. and Russian entrepreneur Boris Berezovsky. Thirteen-year-old Welsh singing prodigy Charlotte Church performed three songs at the service, including Puccini's ``Oh Mio Babbino Caro.'' Deng, 32, wore a cream-colored dress of satin, lace and silk made by Australian designer Richard Tyler. Murdoch's divorce from his second wife, Anna, was finalized June 8, ending their 32-year marriage. Murdoch, 68, controls 30.1 percent of News Corp., the international media conglomerate that includes the 20th Century Fox movie studio; Fox TV; the Los Angeles Dodgers "Dodgers" and "Brooklyn Dodgers" redirect here. For the American football team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). For the Eastern Basketball Association team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball). ; major newspapers in the United States Newspapers have declined in their influence and penetration into American households over the years. The U.S. does not have a national paper per se, although the influential dailies the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are sold in most U.S. cities. , England and Australia; and satellite TV networks on several continents. Police seeking dogs for unit Police in the southern Puerto Rican city of Ponce are taking up a collection to start a canine unit. That's a collection of dogs, not dollars. ``Already we've received three or four dogs and tomorrow we hope to have more donations,'' agent Nancy Maldonado said Saturday. Although state police already have canine units, Ponce's police want their own dogs to detect drugs. Puerto Rico's position in the center of the Caribbean, and its status as a U.S. commonwealth, have made it an attractive entry point for drug traffickers. Shandling to finish what he started A judge has refused a request by Garry Shandling and Columbia Pictures to postpone a breach-of-contract trial against Shandling's former manager. Superior Court Judge Ralph W. Dau refused Friday to allow the delay, which would have made it easier for Shandling to finish ``What Planet Are You From?'' for the studio. The trial, scheduled to begin next week, could run into the final weeks of shooting, which is scheduled to wrap in early August. Shandling is suing Brad Grey, his former manager and producer, for allegedly cutting more than $200 million in deals with ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. and Columbia Pictures and not sharing the money with the comedian. News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) EXCHANGING VOWS Jean-Claude Van Damme and Gladys Portugues leave the church in Knokke, Belgium, on Satuday. Yves Logghe/Associated Press (2) Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng celebrate their wedding aboard Murdoch's yacht. Tom Rollo/Grace Studio (3) TIBBETS (4) Washington wants you just wild about cherries Pacific Northwest cherry growers have launched an advertising campaign featuring Leonardo da Vinci's 15th-century subject holding a giant Bing cherry. The Washington State Fruit Commission is using the famous Mona Lisa painting to promote Washington cherries nationwide as part of its ``Fine Art of Northwest Cherries'' campaign. Washington State Fruit Commission |
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