Tammy Bakker, Heeding Counsel, Has Looks Reborn

Hair today, gone tomorrow, in the world of cosmetic artistry, which reports that it has lured Tammy Faye Bakker into a new, more natural look. The TV evangelist whose fortunes have fallen in recent months gave herself a pick-me-up with her first trip to a beauty salon and her first makeup make-over, reports Lia Belli, wife of attorney Melvin Belli. Tammy Faye and husband Jim Bakker had been meeting with the Bellis in San Francisco for legal consultation in their battle over their lost PTL ministry when Lia Belli had the idea that Tammy Faye visit a beauty parlor. There Bakker had her makeup redone in such a way that “it truly brings out the gentleness of her eyes,” Belli said. Her hair color was also changed to a “honey tint,” Belli said, and the evangelist’s famed bouffant was remade into a much flatter style. “Her husband adores the look,” Belli said.

--And it was here today, gone tomorrow for a Detroit man who was sure he had won the lottery only to learn that he was holding a worthless piece of paper. William Currie, 62, bought five Lotto tickets at a store, inadvertently picking up a look-alike ticket stub listing the winning numbers when he returned to buy cigarettes later that day after the drawing. Currie checked his tickets the next day against the winning numbers and “went crazy” when the one ticket matched. His son, William Jr., 18, quit his job as a restaurant manager and the family prepared to celebrate. The next day, Currie, who has been unemployed since November because of a heart condition, went to collect his cash and was given the bad news. Son William then got the news that Ram’s Horn Restaurant owner Lou Livernois has no intention of giving him his job back. “He said he didn’t have to work because he was a millionaire,” Livernois said.

--And in Colorado, a case of look-alike cars took in a Denver woman, who was flabbergasted to discover that the white Ford LTD she had driven off in belonged to a Jefferson County sheriff. Harold Bray was puzzling at the audacity behind the theft of his car when he received a call from the distraught woman, who recounted how she had been able to use the key to her friend’s car to drive off with Bray’s Ford, not realizing the mistake until three days later. Bray said he knew the woman was telling the truth when he walked to the parking lot and found the friend’s car. “I put the key in and it roared right up,” he said.