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Copyright 1991 The Washington Post  
The Washington Post

July 3, 1991, Wednesday, Final Edition

SECTION: STYLE; PAGE B3; PERSONALITIES

LENGTH: 633 words

SERIES: Occasional

BYLINE: Chuck Conconi, Washington Post Staff Writer

BODY:
First Lady Barbara Bush surprised a group of grade school children at the Davis Community Library yesterday in Bethesda. There was a stir when she walked into a room where some 50 children were attending a weekly story hour -- the children had been unaware she was coming. Mrs. Bush read them a story, "Too Much Noise," by Ann McGovern. Diana Pulupa, 7, said she was going to tell her parents, "I met Barbara Bush live." Sue Shaw, head of the library's children's services, had written a letter to the White House humorously inviting "Mildred" Bush to come and read. A note from the White House said that "Mildred," better known as Millie, would not be able to come, but that Mrs. Bush would substitute.
Before the reading, the First Lady visited the Montgomery County Special Needs Library in the same building. It serves patrons with disabilities. She told Harold Spencer, 16, who was being tutored in reading with a machine, that one of her children, Neil Bush, has dyslexia, affecting his reading abilities. While chatting, she noticed a magazine on a chair, made a face and turned it over. "Phoo," she said. "That cover is not my favorite." It was the Time magazine "Man of the Year" issue, depicting a two-faced President Bush. 
Out and About Mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon has achieved a new distinction: Today she will officially be named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1991." Adding to her uniqueness, Herhonor is the only politician to make the list in People's second special issue of the most beautiful. The listing is based on good looks and, as a spokesman for the magazine said yesterday, "people with some kind of heat about them" ...
Opera diva Frederica von Stade might want to start singing the blues -- a New York state appeals court ruled yesterday that she must share her marital assets with her former husband. In a unanimous decision, the court found that the career of the Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano was enhanced by the efforts of Peter Elkus, whom she divorced in September. Elkus argued that he had been her voice coach and teacher for 10 years during their 17-year marriage and had sacrificed his own singing career to hers. The court agreed and overturned a lower court ruling that von Stade's career and celebrity status were not marital property subject to equitable distribution laws ...
The yellow ribbon that Penne Laingen tied around an oak tree in the front yard of her Bethesda home while her husband was being held hostage in Iran is to go on permanent display at the Library of Congress. The wife of L. Bruce Laingen presented the yellow bow to Librarian of Congress James H. Billington yesterday. She had made it from 12 feet of yellow vinyl upholstery material shortly after her husband was captured Nov. 4, 1979, when the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was seized. The ribbon remained on the tree at the Laingen home until the 52 embassy hostages were freed Jan. 27, 1981, the day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president. Explaining that the library doesn't usually accept artifacts, Billington described the ribbon as "a genuine piece of folklore at its highest level." It will be on permanent display in the reading room of the library's American Folklife Center ...
Hospital Report: Sportscaster Howard Cosell underwent further chest surgery Monday for cancer. His family confirmed that the 73-year-old Cosell had surgery, but gave no other details other than to say "the surgery was successful and his prognosis is excellent." The opinionated Cosell, noted for his sports announcing career, had a malignant tumor removed from his chest June 10. He returned to the air on ABC radio a week later. Cosell had the first surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York while registered under another name ...

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