European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday october 18, 1977 makers of premixed booze Eye . Drinkers May soon face a powder Washington a the ultimate in the dry Martini May be headed for the american Market powdered booze. The Treasury department s Bureau of alcohol. Tobacco and firearms is studying powdered alcohol developed by a japanese firm and being considered for Sale in premixed cocktails. The actual alcohol still in liquid form is in tiny particle suspended in a powder that looks like a Gelatin dessert mix. And in fact the first sales of the product in Japan have been As a Rose wine Gelatin. But cocktails in Small cans or foil packets Are being studied for the american Market. Global marketing of Seattle said distribution in this coun try depends on How the Treasury department decides to tax the  Treasury department spokesman who said the product s safety will be checked noted that officials were having som problems deciding How to apply tax Laws written for liquid Al Cohol to a  Hill of global marketing said initial plans if the government approves Call for cocktails that could be made by simply adding water to the product. He noted that there Are premixed cocktails on the Market As Well As powdered mixes to which the Drinker adds his own alcohol to make a cocktail but said this powder would be less Bulky and easier to use. With the powdered product for example a customer could tear open an envelope add water and have a whiskey sour Daiquiri bloody Mary or other cocktail Hill  government spokesman said the product could have a substantial effect on alcohol use notably by campers an others carrying food into the wilds. Iaac holds a of a Humphrey corresponded Price hikes to 2.7 per cent Detroit ten tiny Tauti Blue lories smuggled into the . From the South Pacific Are under protect live guard after being confiscated by Cus Toms  rare Birds of the Parrot family were delivered to the san Diego wild animal Park last  Law requires that All Birds smuggled into the . Be put to death to prevent the possible spread of disease but a Stop order to prevent destruction of Blu tones was issued earlier by the . Attorney s off ice at the request of Bird experts Tahiti Blue lories Are so rare that there is a very real threat they will be extinct Ina matter of a few  said or. James Dolan curator of the san Diego  Blue lories Are deep Mauvis Blue with a Patch of White Over their throats ears and breasts. Their Bills Are Orange and their legs yellow Orange. They Are found Only on a few Pacific islands. 6-month cancer fight ends for Kansas teen Wichita. Kan. Up a sixth Mont Battle against cancer which included a nationally televised birthday party a Walka Thon and a letter from sen. Hubert Humphrey has ended for Amy lies. The pretty. 17-year-old High school senior died Early monday at St. Francis Hospital. In april her doctors determine she had cancer of the ovaries and the Dis ease soon spread to other parts of he body forcing her continued hospitalize  few weeks ago. Amy wrote to Humphrey and told him she knew what he was going through with his cancer. Humphrey wrote Back telling her to keep hoping an fighting. The letter which nurses said she cherished was on the Wall of her Hospital room. Amy s brother Danny worked for the Gong show an offbeat television Talent show and on her birthday the show pro claimed aug. 10 Amy lies Day. Host Chuck Barris and her brother came on stage with a cake and Sang her Happy birthday. Amy s friends in the Small South Centra Kansas communities of Haven mount Hope and Andale have supported her through the illness. Sunday 100 of he friends held a Wal Kathon to raise Money to pay for her Hospital Bill. About $5,000 was pledged toward the $35,000  Amy s stay at St. Francis nurses said she developed a special Friend ship with a teen aged boy who also has a special disease. Nurses said the boy visited my briefly sunday night. The two cried some together but spoke Little the nurse said. Hire a fire mob broken up in mass. Boston up policemen firemen lawyers and businessmen were roasted from bed booked and fingerprinted monday As state police began rounding up 33 persons allegedly involved in the largest Urban fire for hire scheme in the . There have been three deaths linked to this investigation said Stephen Delinsky an assistant state attorney general. That is not White Collar . Gen. Francis x. Bellotti said the arson arrests follow a lengthy investigation by a special unit of his office into 35 Boston area fires which rang up property damages of More than $6 million. Bellotti termed it the largest arson ring Ever uncovered in the United states and said the Case disclosed corruption within the state fire marshal s office attached to the Massachusetts state police in the Boston arson squad and in the Chelsea fire  those arrested were Leo Weisen Taner retired Captain of the Boston fir department arson squad John Fother Gill a retired Captain of the Chelsea fir department and James Defuria of Revere mass., a retired sate police trooper assigned to the state fire marshal s office. Others arrested included attorneys real estate dealers and businessmen. Charges against them Range from murder to arson and include burning to de fraud submitting fraudulent insurance claims conspiracy and  least 21 persons had been taken into custody by midday  least 18 of the suspects pleaded inno cent during arraignment in Suffolk Superior court. Nicholas Shaheen a Dedham real estate executive was charged with two counts of second degree murder in connection with two fires in Boston s Back Bay area. Hews ordered held on $25,000 bail. While heavy Rains swept the greater Boston area an inventive Little Sparrow a Beaker full with a feeling for the Art of sculpture Marble quenches its thirst at the rams jaw White memorial in aeon Street. On Bostons a photo