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Show The Salt TRENDNOTES "Tvvo egg rolls, fried rice and fill er Carry-ou- t Chinese food at a up." local gas station Diversification, no matter how incongruous it may seem, can offer a small business new opportunities Laundry facilities with bars, restaurants and even tanning rooms have opened across the country to much success A florist, expanding on the romance theme, operates a horse and carriage business A record shop owner decided to stock beauty supplies when he discovered a demand, now more than half his sales are in cosmetics. Whatever reason these independent entrepreneurs have for combining services economic, con venience, a desire to experiment or to better serve their customers the method often results in making the small business more successful. Tht NaiSD'tt Group Washington DC John NaisDitt - ball. & Megatrends 1985 GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) Actress Palmer has been laid to rest without fanfare in a private burial, with two cemetery employees the only people looking on. Palmer died Jan. 24 at age 71, ap parently of a heart attack. Palmers husband since 1957, Carlos Thompson, returned to their home in Switzerland the day after she died, said Dick Fisher, a spokesmen at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. Tribune. Friday, January 31. Morrison, 80, was the only broadcaster reporting live on the landing of the Hindenburg, an enormous German dirigible, on May 6, 1937. Thirty-fiv- e of the 97 people aboard perished when the airship went up in flames Lake-hurs- t, just before it was to land at N.J. His landmark report on Chicago station WLS was repeatedly rebroadcast across the nation in the ensuing days, much like the televised replays of the space shuttle explosion. Morrison said Thursday that he cannot help but see parallels in the shuttle tragedy. "It was supposed to be a routine thing, just like the landing of the Hindenburg," he said "We were watching that day just like the people in Florida were watching The only difference is 1 wasn't talking. "When the flash came in the tail sections, it went from a beautiful picture to one of tragedy, just like the Hindenburg," he said. Morrison said he remained silent for a few seconds after Tuesday's explosion, unlike that day in 1937 when he told the world, "Its burst into flames" and then continued to give an account, at one emotional, first-hanpoint halting to choke back tears. "We saw things falling out of the Hindenburg. We had only a few seconds to have it dawn on you that it was a tragedy," he said. "Some of the things falling out were people." Morrison stopped his broadcast long enough to rush out and help rescue a falling man and assist another badly burned survivor. Then, he recalled, he returned to his microphone. The shock was great but not great enough to make me stop talking, he said. fashion-pla- o O A d USING THE BLUES As you I'M A3 Shuttle Explosion Recalls Fiery' Loss of Hindenburg The CHEAT LAKE, W Va (AP) explosion of the space shuttle Challenger was like a repeat of the tragedy almost 49 years ago when the airship Hindenburg caught fire and crumbled to Earth, said the broadcaster who was the eyes and ears for the nation that fateful day. It was similar to the Hindenburg disaster because of the suddenness and the unexpected nature of it," said Herb Morrison, who was in front of his television Tuesday as the Challenger vanished in an enormous fire- Actress Buried Without Friends, Relatives Lilli lake tJHO SHORtWEEKDAYS (ufcQQ3i rTiTT J ontrac ji msmiREDumom SERTAPEDIC n your best spring ever, make sure the & $2$ 202 blueprint includes this blue print. Our very new printed chambray dress by Dawn Joy DRASTI&REDUGTIONS ESIDENTIA is highlighted by a full half-elasti- wrap-fittec QUEEN; skirt, d SAV waist and notched shawl collar. In light blue with a white floral motif for sizes 3 to (3 13, $57 in Loft Dresses. We got the blues... just for you! $ 12? ' Extras make Excellence Wendy Warner DRASTICiREDUmONS Whitman, your ZCMI Personal AMOU BACktBESTin Shopper, provides Perfect Solutions for all fashion needs. Call her today at 321-666- 03? 3HL 12? 21102) SB?) i) (S 22 20TGreervlStT( 53rcf& 1 |
