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...When Heinz-Georg and Maria Treyz submitted the name of their newborn son to be officially registered in the Bavarian town of Erding (pop. 11,500), they were greeted with a mixture of perplexity and horror. In 27 years on the job, the town registrar informed them, he had never been presented with the name "Che." Even in Argentina, he noted, it is not a proper first name but translates roughly as "hey, you." Also, he added, one cannot tell whether the name refers to a boy or a girl. Acting within his powers under German law, he rejected...
...counter the complaint about sexual confusion, the parents gave the baby a hyphenated name, Che-Michael, and went back for another try. Still the registrar would not accept the name. Angered, the Treyzes decided that they would fight it out in the courts. Explained Heinz-Georg, an electronics technician: "I'm against ideologies. It's Che as a man, a human being, who impresses us. Someone who gave up all material comforts and devoted himself to help the poor and was willing ultimately to pay with his life...
...largest bubble was a perfect cube, its sides impeccably straight. The cartoon was dreaming about its platonic ideal. If Saturday morning TV cartoons dreamed, the feature in the top bubble would be The Aristocats, the latest full-length feature from the Disney fun factory. Other animations, such as Heinz Edelmann's Yellow Submarine, may show more audacity. The melodies in Disney's earlier efforts have been richer. But for integration of music, comedy and plot, The Aristocats has no rivals...
Protected Criminals. The man who commanded the division, SS Brigade-führer Heinrich (Heinz) Lammerding, became a successful building contractor in Düsseldorf after the war, even though a French military court in Bordeaux condemned him to death in absentia in J951 for the Tulle hangings. Lammerding is one of about 1,000 war criminals who were convicted in absentia by French courts after World War II but are still free in Germany...
...question should have been addressed to Stan Freberg, the Los Angeles advertising impresario, and the Heinz Company. The soupmaker was unhappy about running second to Campbell's ad campaign. Freberg's advice: "Put all your money in one spot." Heinz gave Freberg the job. Just producing the commercial cost $150,000-probably the largest sum ever budgeted for a one-minute commercial and more than the cost of many 30-minute programs. Never one to do things by halves, Freberg will stage a premiere for the commercial next week at the Beverly Hills Theater, where spotlights will roam...