European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday april 19, 1986 doonesbury fans Bury papers with mail from press dispatches protests arc pouring in to newspapers that pulled this week s doonesbury car Loon strip which has Satiri de Reagan administration officials who have left their jobs Over Legal or ethical questions. At least five newspapers pulled the strips temporarily some pointing to the potential for libel lawsuits and others say ing cartoonist Garry Trudeau was unfair in the cartoons or looking for publicity. But readers arc outraged. The i of Angeles times received More than 840 com plaints including 164 subscription cancellations. More than 300 Santa Barbara Calif news press readers telephoned or wrote to complain about the pulling of the strip and three people cancelled subscriptions. Trudeau so Here it is character Mark Slack Meyer a fictitious radio talk show Host says in the first strip the definitive list of backs catchers till dippers and con science cutters the unabridged 1986 sleaze on Parade " the list includes Raymond p. Donovan Anne Burford Clarence Pendleton Rita Lavelle William Casey Richard Allen and James Watt. Trudeau based the strip on a report prepared by staff members of the House civil service subcommittee about Reagan administration officials who left office Over Legal or ethical questions. The thing was unfair said William f. Thomas editor and executive vice president of the los Angeles times. The times said it decided not to run the strip because it makes felonies out of misdemeanours and lumps together the miscreants with those who arc not wrong doers the Ding Dongs with the real bad Guys on wednesday two More papers the Seattle times and the Omaha neb world Herald dropped the rest of this week s cartoons after Universal press Syndicate sent word the wednesday strip inaccurately depicted the resignation of James r. Harris former director of the Federal office of surface mining. The Syndicate which distributes the strip to More than 800 newspapers sent out that correction notice after the Washington Post notified it that Harris was depicted inaccurately. Once is not enough one of the investors in an unsuccessful venture to sell a Beer that features models with scratch off Bikini tops has unveiled plans to remarked the suds. Eugene Pace an attorney and presi Dent of the Golden beverage co., said he plans to introduce a new and improved nude Beer with revamped labels at a Beer wholesalers convention in san Diego on wednesday. Pace said six packs should reach most stores in Southern California within six weeks. He said the Label on each bottle features a photograph of a woman whose clothing can be scratched off. Pace 45, bought the rights to nude Beer last year from a group headed by William Boam a Tustin calif., business Man who said he got the idea in 1979 when he went into a store to buy a six pack of Beer and a Playboy Magazine. Going nude having fun and drinking Beer really go hand in Boam said in a 1983 interview. The plan was met by criticism that the product was sexist and Boam also encountered beverage licensing problems with the Federal Bureau of Al Cohol tobacco and firearms. The Beer eventually fell Flat because of poor sales. Pace one of Boam s backers thinks he can avoid the same Pitfalls. He said he has invested about $700,000 into devel Oping a formula for the Beer to be brewed by Mexico s Cerv Ceria Cuahtemoc. We be spent a year working out All of the production kinks and the array of seemingly simple things that Aren t so simple when you re doing something Dif Ferent Pace said. One More time Singer Frank Sinatra says he has sent a Telegram to president Reagan congratulating him on the . Bombing of Libya. Sinatra said his Telegram read simply encore encore encore. Francis i loved it when our president said til do it again " Sinatra said who gave a Benefit concert at Arizona state univer sity on wednesday night. Cops Are seeing red the tops of about 700 parking meters were painted red in downtown Santa Rosa calif., and police think More than one person was involved. They did a pretty thorough Job com Mew partnership Tor Iacocca a photo Chrysler corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca 6 a and advertising executive Peggy John son 34, were married thursday at st. Patrick s Cathedral in new York City. The Rev. Edwin Broderick officiated at the private ceremony in the Cardinal s Chapel a corporation statement said and the couple then left the City on a wedding trip Iacocca and Johnson Are pictured at a party last september. A lately covered the dome on some me ters said Bill Gallagher the City s administrative aide for transit and parking. City workers were Able to Salvage Many of the meters with solvent he said. The vandalism was done tuesday night or wednesday morning and will Cost the City $1,250, officials estimate. Consid ering the number of meters probably More than one person did the painting said police it. Rodney Sverko. Market sewn up there May not be a lot of demand for suits of Armor nowadays but Jay Johnston has the Market sewn up. Johnston owns Annandale armoury in Ann Arbor mich., and makes custom pieces of Armor and full suits for fellow members of the society for creative anachronism a nationwide group dedicated to the Good old Days of 1,000 years ago. Most of his products Are used just As intended bashing about on the Fields of Battle for glory Honor and chivalry. I make stuff specifically fitted to the people who buy it said Johnston 27. A full suit can Cost Between $800 and $1,000, depending on How much Decora Tion it has and can take up to a year to make. We try to recreate an idealization of the Middle Ages he said of the society. But some society members still have a Way to go. A lot of it Armor is a bastardization of hockey equipment said Johnston who studied Mola working and other crafts at the University of Michi Gan. Although welding speeds up the pro Cess Johnston said it takes months to turn out a single suit of Armor. 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