font lock customization does not work for me

[rabbit50]

Hallo Group Members

To the end of file I added:


;; Local Variables: **
;; comment-start: ";; "  **
;; comment-end:"**" **
;; font-lock-keywords: '(("Wed" . font-lock-warning-face)) **
;; End: **


then saved and reopened file, but "Wed" strings in my file did not change their 
face.

>From within my buffer I have:
font-lock-keywords is a variable defined in `font-lock.el'.
Its value is 
'(("Wed" . font-lock-warning-face))

Local in buffer readme.txt; global value is nil

font-lock-maximum-decoration is a variable defined in `font-lock.el'.
Its value is t

global-font-lock-mode is a variable defined in `font-core.el'.
Its value is t

The:
;; font-lock-keywords: (("Wed" . font-lock-warning-face)) **
as well as:
;; font-lock-keywords: ("Wed" . font-lock-warning-face) **

also does not work

Did I overlooked something? have You got some ideas?

Regards,
Michal