European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Coke claims Victory in soft drink space race Washington a Coke is proclaiming Victory Over Pepsi in the carbonated space the first soft drink enjoyed in space was a of Coke officials Are boasting in advertisements that say astronauts on the recent challenger space shuttle mis Sion tried then in the first use of soft drinks in space Agency officials confirmed that several High tech Coke containers were opened approximately eight hours before but that was because the coca cola executives were the first to submit an application to take their product aboard the the teams of Gordon Tony England and Story Musgrave zipped open the first on the Fol lowing astronauts Roy Bridges Johndavid Bartoe and Karl Henize popped the cokes claims didst seem to bother Pepsi its about As relevant As who first in the birth of Pepsi spokeswoman Becky Madeira said if they were first to be it was the new and you can be sure they had to Wash it Down with a National aeronautics and space administration spokesman Jack Riley said it was up to members of the Crew which product was opened the time for the testing was never on a time Riley said it was up to the discretion of the he said Coke containers were the first ones and that Means the liquid within them was the first cokes and included a gloved hand of an astronaut reach ing for a Coke against a starry for the first time in the and our Astro nauts carried soft drinks with them As they orbited the the first Choice in refreshment around the is now the first soft drink tasted in the astronauts completed an evaluation form on How the specially designed soft drink containers worked in Coke had a screw top Container Pepsi went with a snap the astronauts will reveal their evaluations of the new until Nasa officials Are keeping their lips the cok Pepsi race began when Max then vice president of Learned in 1984 that Coke was developing a space Container for the shuttle space prior to a Brief stint with Fried Casdorf had been chief congressional adviser to president a Post he resumed earlier this in a letter to Friedersdorf urged that Pepsi be taken aboard saying Pepsico is strongly identified with the Republican party and the support of president Reagan and his at the same coca cola was a very Strong supporter and advocate for presi Dent Carter and is closely identified with the democratic As it turned Coke and Pepsi each were allowed to place four cans apiece on the challenger flight that ended Coke said it spent More than to develop its space can Pepsi said it spent about million for its stopping ticket fraud a photo in new British airways executive Chris Gibley left listens to an explanation of Rand Mcnally tick etched from Vincent Heaton Rand Mcnally production while Tom of Rand Mcnally ticket looks the electro Nic system is designed to identify alter counterfeit and expired tick ets at airline checking first Black airmen fought enemies and discrimination Ohio a the Tuskegee the nations first Black military pilots and Hope their Monument Here will remind people of their role in fighting discrimination at Home As Well As fighting foreign enemies in world War allowing Blacks to train for segregated squadrons at Alabama Tuskegee army Airfield beginning in 1941 was definitely a Case of trying to put Blacks in where they would said Armour he is a Tuskegee Pilot who was shot Down and taken prisoner in world War ii and later flew in the korean the establishment did not want tried to discourage it Only made us stronger and More the Indianapolis resident said at the dedication of the 7foottall Granite Monument at the air Force a retired air Force lieu tenant colonel who is attending the 14th annual reunion of the Tuskegee said the Experiment worked in we achieved More than they intended us the Tuskegee airmen were pioneers who proved that when it comes to a mans Worth should be measured by the size of his heart and not by the color of his John the former said during the the Tuskegee memorial is among nearly 50 outdoor monuments at the museum near Wrigh Patterson the airmen comprised 966 pilots and thousands of Bombardier and Crew trained at Tuskegee before the armed forces were integrated in 1947 by order of president Harry about 450 Tuskegee fighter pilots fought Over North Sicily and sixty six were killed and 32 others were shot Down and captured As prisoners of the airmen 332nd fighter group never lost a bomber to enemy Mcdaniel said largely White bomb Crews Learned to rely on us and that a camera Derie we had a better record than the White said Bill a Tuskegee Pilot who flew from 1942 until retiring in who now lives in los Angeles and does Public relations for the Tuskegee airmen said its amazing the Igno Rance that thousands of men and women were trained under there Are a lot of including who didst know Blacks flew in world War said Walter of Aid to battered women okd despite plea by ant Gay i Washington a following a nearly two month delay forced by conservative claims that it would encourage the Justice department has approved a Grant to a group that aids battered two dozen conservative members of Congress had inter ceded with attorney general Edwin Meese Iii in june to Stop the award of the government Grant to the National coalition against Domestic they had claimed the Reagan administration should not approve a Grant to an organization that includes pro lesbian the which had been scheduled for award in mid june to coincide with a screening at the Kennedy Center of a movie about battered was pulled Back and subjected to further on Meese gave his and the Grant was said assistant attorney general Lois Haight whose office of Justice program will police How the Money is on Capitol a spokesman for Mark Leader of a group of self styled pro family re said Only that Siljander had asked the depart ment to review the proposal and that it did so before approving Robin Siljander chief of said they made their review and made their decision and there int much More to say after Frank said through a spokes i am pleased that the Justice department has seen fit to release Money to combat this is an important step for victims across the Lautenberg had led an Effort in the Senate to gain the release of the sending a letter to Meese on july 25 urging the attorney general to award the the letter had 22 Senate officials at the which operates 700 shelters for battered women across the could not immediately be reached for Herrington said that under terms of the the coalition by mid August will receive for the first year of the two year in the coalition would be eligible for another in the second for a total of its up to them to satisfy conditions for the balance of the Money the second Herrington said in a Tele phone on july she had sent a to Siljander pledging that none of the Money would be used for pro lesbian Herrington at the time also characterized As mis guided the allegations that Money would help causes which Are anathema to the Reagan Playboy Issue has Stanford All in a froth Palo a people who buy playboys girls of the pac10 Issue at Stanford University will get a message arguing that the Pic Tures Are part of sexist society along with a Chance for autographs from two students who posed University officials have agreed to a request by Stu Dent protesters to place a message against pornography in All copies of the october Issue sold in the student the Only place on Campus that Sells in Playboy announced it will set up an autograph Booth on Campus or As close As we can get with the Stanford women who modelled for Playboy photographer David Chan in chans visit to Stanford sparked a series of protests and the organization of Stanford students opposed to the group responsible for the Stop feels that pornography is part of a sexist society and promotes dangerous gender stereotypes and violence against the flier in the continuum of Penthouse and play girl boy As soft porn legitimize the existence of More obviously objectionable