European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday february s. 1987 Ces n places Palm Springs forecast Sonny every Day from press dispatches entertainer Sonny Bono says he wants to make Palm Spring the French Retra of Southern califor Nia so he s going of run Tor mayor i like it Here. I m a businessman said Bono who owns a restaurant and Tennis Complex. Bono who has lived in Palm Springs for 13 years will seek the office now held by Frank Bogart who does t plan to run Tor re election. Bono said he s no aware of any other candidates. There s an old guard Here who has passed on the belief that this is a sleepy desert town. It in to said Bono who gained Fame teamed with his then wire Cher in he 1960s. Noted capital author Dies c. Fred Bush who with the help of a ghost write authored an unusual Book about life in Washington , is dead at the age of 13. C. Fred was the Cocker Spaniel pet or vice presi Dent stat of Bush and his wife. Durbar. In 1982, mrs. Bush wrote a. Fred s Story under the dog s byline giving his account of romping with the family und greeting dignitaries. Susan Porter Rose a spokeswoman for mrs. Bush said c. Fred died of a stroke Jan. 20. The Bushes had owned the dog since he was a Puppy. Pair betting big steaks Caddo Parish la., commissioner Owen Mcdon Nell and Deputy Dan Lajure have wagered Steak Din ners on who can shed More weight Over a two Mont period. The loser will treat both the Winner and his i , who weighed in at 275 pounds wants to tied 75 pounds. Majuro who hurl his knee about year ago and was unable to exercise until recently wants to lose 60 of his 305 pounds. Y Ali Don t come Back scores of Rock stars have made the pilgrimage to Elvis Presley s Graceland mansion in Memphis twin., but boy George probably won t be invited Back. Graceland spokesman Toad Morgan said the British pop Singer who visited Graceland in 1984,was the worst Tieh aved Star to Ever Slop in at the tourist attraction. He was so rude and difficult Morgan said recalled a lot of attention to himself not far behind George Morgan said was Comedi an Jay Lena. Among he More gracious visitors he said have been Dolly Pirlon the Beach Hoys Alabama Phi cell i in and members of the band Don Jovi. Morgan said Bruce Springsteen who had just had his picture on the covers of both time and Newsweek magazines made a memorable trip to Graceland in 197s jumping the Wall and run Ning up the driveway in Hopes of meeting Presley Elvis was in Lake Tahoe net., at the time. No photos please a ski instructor Waves away photographers at Sho escorts the wife and children of de posit haitian president Jean Claude Duvalier on the slope near Isola Franco. Philip plans visit to . Prince Philip the husband of Britain s Queen Elizabeth 11, will visit the United slam in april on be half of the world wildlife fund and to dedicate t new Telescope in Hawaii Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Philip president of world wildlife International will visit St. Louis sin Francisco and Honolulu be tween april 23 and april 29. Soffion pulling or. Ruth a television station in Colorado Spring colo., is pulling Ruth West Wieimer i sex advice show ask or. Ruth off the air because Many viewers said the found it offensive. We re going to la c it off Ordo general Man Ager Nell Slock islam said. I do no fee it s  for this time  show which had been on inc Abc affiliate at 9 . Daily since last month might find a place Ink do s late night schedule he said. I m not going to jump every ionic i have it Loi of criticism on programming blocks icon added. But i take into consideration everyone s input and also the Content of the show which i feel is ill placed for this Lime  letting sleeping bats lie Thomas French was in his Clement  at this a Nice Pipistrelle and a Nice keen he whispered As he espied the objects of his desire iwo Liny sleeping bats hanging from the icy Walls deep inside a pitch Black Cave where the Mineral Emery once was mined. French a naturalist with the Massachusetts stat division of fish and wildlife was one of several researchers who forded foot deep underground streams and picked their Way Over open shafts in the abandoned mine for the state s annual count of sleep ingals. The state has counted the bats every year for nearly a decade to Check their comeback in Massachusetts. Several species were nearly devastated by Dot and other pesticides and such species As the Indiana Bat Haven t been sighted since 1939,French said. French and naturalist Ellie Horwalt listed 46 lit Lebrown bats 24 Pipis Rulles 103 keens and 25 unidentified bats in a 100-foot Long Cave june Cordoza a wildlife biologist said the population appears to be stable although the number were lower than lost year. He said the count fluctuates from 100 to 300, per haps because some of the bats Winter elsewhere or hang in nooks where they can t be seen. Of Black history month Sale wars robot two Lliel inn to Nao Alle Ricaut v at most stars and stripes shopping Center bookstores