European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes tuesday september 24, 1985 free vacation Otter is nothing to sneeze at from press dispatches a no Dic i is offering a free vacation to anyone willing to risk to dose of the common cold. A British doctor is seeking volunteers to spend 0 Days it the common cold unit at Salisbury about 80 Miles West of London to help in research aimed at fighting cold and influenza viruses. Visitor must be in Good health and Between 18 and 50. They Are Given centrally heated apartments meals and pocket Money of j2.35 a Day. A Well stocked Library indoor and outdoor games and pleasant country walks provide distraction for the human Guinea pigs said or. John Willman clinical administrator at the unit. It s a very painless Way to spend id Days and enjoyable particularly if the weather is Good will Man said. One lady has been 15 times and we have plenty of other Fielding other talents track and Field olympian Carl Lewis May be headed for a new career after hit singing performance in Tokyo. The quadruple olym Pic Gold Winner Mode hit singing debut Latt week Lew i wot in Japan to promote hit Long he it a Star and to participate in the ., soviet Union and Japan triple dual athletic Comet held Latt weekend. About half the volunteers never suffer a single a acc a. Willman said. Excuses excuses police officers in los banns calif., asked to recount the Mist outlandish excuses for illegal behaviour they have encountered provide this sampling Charles Martin police chief of los Banos 120 Miles Southeast or sin Francisco recalls finding burglars inside a store. We were just taking a walk when we fell through inc skylight one of them explained. A Motorist stopped by California Highway patrol Man Bob Arnold after driving about 80 Mph had a new twist to a classic explanation. The Guy said his wife was going to get pregnant and he wanted to be there when it happened Arnold said. Patrolman Doyne cafes stopped another Man who had been travelling 70 Mph on a Windy Day. He was going into 30-Mph headwinds and he thought ii would balance Cal said. Officer Clarence Simpson stopped a Man driving without headlights at night. He pointed at the Street Light and said he did t need them on Simpson said. Asked How he could see in Between the lights the Man said i just drive like hell until i gel to the a Cal and yet again no Chrysler corp. Chairman Law Iacocca has delivered another emphatic no to the question of whether he will run for president of the United Stales. No any other questions Iacocca replied when asked if he would accept a draft for a presidential nomination. "1 Don t want to sound selfish. I d pitch in. I would help out. But i m not a political animal and i Don t want to be in the political world he said in a speech to Canadian and Journalists in St. Clair Beach Ontario. He did not say How he would help out. Iacocca As the nation s Best known business Leader and a persistent critic of Reagan administration eco nomic policies was mentioned As a possible demo cratic presidential or vice presidential candidate in1984. Hill Street writer Back Steren Bochco he co creator of Hill Street blues who was dumped from the show last season said he has a 13-week commitment from Abc to produce a 1986 series about a los Angeles Law firm. In a Telephone interview from his offices in los Angeles Bochco said the show would have an ensemble cast and multiple Story lines in the manner of Hill Street it will be a full service firm taking on criminal and civil cases he said. Curt Block an Abc vice president said the still untitled project is scheduled to occupy the Hill Street blues thursday night time Slot next Spring when Hill Street goes into reruns. Bochco called that scheduling an unintended Haley to make Home famous Alex Haley who won a Pulit or prize for roots says his new novel Henning Tennessee is based on memories of his boyhood Home and will make the town of 635 people famous. Haley has asked Charlotte Wolf chairwoman of the department of sociology at Memphis state University to study Henning and its people to see How the publicity from his Book affects the town. Henning is a Small own with a fascinating warmth and diversity Wolf said. I think it s a wonderful Haley said that the idea for the Book came from stories he heard As a boy sitting on the porch of his grandmother s Home in Henning where he lived from 1921 to 1929. Yosco and son Yoko Ono the widow of John Lennon and ton Sean attend a party Given at the Japan society in new York for the movie Mithi the film it bated on the life and novel of Yukio Mathima. Sti Pes announcing the new customer dividend starting today you save 5% on purchases of $1.00 or More at stars and stripes bookstores visit your stars and stripes Bookstore today and see the difference this Means for you
