European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 15, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Good of boys yuppies to clash in Texas Austin Texas a hundreds of Pean Lasauce crazed Good of boys and quiche eating yuppies plan a showdown across 700 feet of River forthe Honor of heir Side of town. Rope will be he weapon in the Austin tug of Honor across the Colorado River the local Mason Devon line Between Beer drinking South Austin and wine sipping North Austin. Right now the South learn weighs about 11 ions the North team weighs about 8 tons said Charles. Candy a lobbyist and former stale representative who Hopes to have nearly 500 combatants on each  tar a total of 300 have signed tip for inc big tug april 25, which is a Benefit 10 raise Money for Ayoush Hostel in the Texas capital participants arc paving 115 for a Chance to pull heir Cross town ene Mies into the Colorado the two tides of Austin have a deep seated dislike for each other. The North considers the South the Auto parts capital of the world explained Candy who lives in South Austin. The South thinks of the North As a Bunch of Winc sipping quiche eating  Lisi of refreshments for the event is revealing. South Austi Nilcio will be munching hot dogs an drinking Domestic Beer and soft drinks while North Austin jes Wilt be nibbling Finger foods and slain their thirsts with imported brew and wine coolers. Leading the North will be former University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal. The South coach is John Kelso an Austin american statesman columnist who has overcome his Maine Yankee roots to become he quintessential South  has Given inc North team fodder for its pre game Pep Laflec referring to them in print As mean to their Mother Saab addicted North  he has glorified his own troops As "upstanding.shiner-drinking, Picante sauce crazed garage Sale holding i Pluto planting. South a Stinitus Shiner is a local Brand of Beer. Kelso also has been recruiting hard pulling troops. He s already signed up South Austin arcs Lucr Andreal estate agent Joe Bodnarski known in the ring As Ivan Pulaski and big Steve Halston a National Bench pressing Champ and owner of a gym. The South also boasts the heaviest entries of each sex a 360-Pound Man and a 190-Pound woman several people signed up Early so they could Slop dieting and beef up or the tug said Gandy. Plans Call for about 70 members of each team Lograbo each of seven ropes Strung across the Colorado. The ropes will be connected by an Iron Rod in the River the first 20 people per rope will be wearing life preservers. A team wins when 140 people from the other squad arc yanked into the River. The Champion neighbourhood will be he one that wins the Best  this is something thai Mere words can l de scribe said Candy. I be been thinking about this concept since i was in College  woman wins $3.5 million in racial anxiety suit Jacksonville Fla. A Ablack woman who wid she suffered a disabling anxiety attack because of harassment from co workers was awarded $3.5 million monday in a racial discrimination suit against Southern Bell. Mary Ann Vance 38, who had testified that one supervisor went As far As to place a noose above her desk was awarded $2,5million in punitive damages and about $ i million in compensatory damages from an Coors introduces american Beer to japanese Golden Colo. Not Beer drink Era across the Pacific got their first taste of Coon Beer monday As the Colorado base company introduced its product in Japan. The entry into Tokyo the world s largest metropolitan area followed the introduction two weeks ago of Coors into new Yor City those two areas represent More than 31 million new Consumers company officials said. Coors in Japan is brewed by Asahi breweries ltd., under License and supervision from Adolph Coore co. We re extremely impressed with Asahi ability to produce a Superb brew hat few. If any Beer drinkers would be Able to distinguish from american brewed Coors Peter Coors said. The agreement with Asahi was announced fast year and Marks Coors second brewing venture outside he United  1985, Molson breweries of Canada was licensed to brew Coors products. All while Federal jury."1 feel that the Justice system works Vance said adding that the ruling should help end  Felt by other Black employees at Southern Bell i Hope things get better for them and however Long it takes i will continue along with the struggle said Vance a 15-year Southern  Thompson chief of labor relations for he Atlanta based company said the damages award was excessive and unjustified. We were very disappointed to scythe least Thompson said adding that he is confident that he award will be overturned on Appeal. In her complaint Vance charged thata supervisor dangled a Hangman s noose from a Light fixture above her work Sta Tion. She also claimed that she suffered Dis Abling anxiety because of racial harassment and said she was coerced by supervisors into dropping a previous claim of discrimination thai she had filed with he equal employment Opportunity commission. Vance said the harassment began when she was transferred loan office at a Southern Bell warehouse in 1984 an continued until she was placed on disability leave about a year ago sex Portland chief seeks Spokane Job Spokane Wash. A the for Mer Portland ore., police chief who quit after 16 Stormy months As the nation first major cily female police chief is a finalist to head Spokane s police depart ment the City manager said monday. Penny Harrington 45, is now a Pri vate consultant. As chief of the Portland department she directed 1,000 employees and a Bud get of j47 million. In Spokane she would direct 286 employees and a budget of $ 16.8 million. Her place on the list was announced by City manager Terry Novak. Harrington s resignation in june i9s6came after a special commission deter mined that she lacked adequate manage ment skills o do her Job. She said she Felt that the commission findings were unfair because they went far beyond their intended scope. The commission was formed by mayor Bud Clark to examine allegations that her husband police officer Gary Harrington tipped a drug suspect that he Penny Harrington up Pucio was being  commission also was to examine cuts thin Harrington made in police Vic and drug units. She has filed a civil rights complaint accusing the City of sex discrimination in connection with her . Spokane police department has had troubles of its own in the past 18months. The Washington liquor control Board ruled earlier this year that police officers engaged in lewd conduct with stripper Al an officer s Bachelor party. Last August a Corporal was suspended for possessing photographs of women who were victims of Domestic  same month a detective filed a $2 million lawsuit against the City saying his undercover work was responsible for his cocaine  december 1985, the City paid a for Mer female officer j195.000 to Settle asexual harassment Case. Police chief Robert Panther decide Din november o take Early retirement. Passengers find skies Aren t so Friendly new York not consumer complaint about the nation s airlines nearly doubled in March from the same month a year ago and increased by 52percent in the first three months of 1987, according to figures made Public by the . Department of transportation. More than a third of he complaints involved flight delays or cancellations mainly on recently merged air lines. Complaints about baggage Busy Telephone Reser vation tines and problems Wilh refunds also Rose substantially. The Rise in complaints re flex cd problems resulting from mergers and from discount Fores that have Gener ated huge increases in traffic during what is usually the slow season. The airlines have overburdened themselves by promising More than hey can perform said Christo Pher j. Witkowski director of the aviation consume action project a Washington group founded by Ralph Nader. The report comes while inc government is pressing the airlines to adjust their summer schedules to reduce delays. Legislation has been introduced in Congress to require airlines to make performance records Public. Four of the is airlines with the worst complain records in february and March Continental trans world Eastern and Northwest have recently Bee involved in mergers. Continental airlines which has suffered growing pains since it absorbed new York air and people express in february had the greatest ratio of complaints of any airline in each of the first three months of 987. The problems have been particularly acute Al comi Menlai s. New Hub at Newark International Airport. Complaints against he Houston based Carrier jumped from 8,6 per 00,000 passengers in january to 25.5 per 100,000 in March. I Don t think anybody could expect to undergo a operation of this magnitude without substantial rough spots said Bruce Hicks a spokesman for Continental. But there s been a quantum improvement especially in the operation at  Hicks said Continental s on time performance a Newark has increased from about 50 percent in february to More than 75 percent this month airline officials were Quick to try to put the transportation department figures into  Agency received 4,335 complaints against Domestic airlines in a three month period during which about 110 million people flew on the carriers we re not Cavalier about it we have a problem and we take every complain seriously said Redmond Tyler a spokesman for Northwest which merged wit Republic airlines last year. One problem though is hat we Don t know whether a complain received i March was a february problem or an october prob Lem. There s no  transportation department usually issues a monthly complaint report but because of compute problems the quarterly figures arc the Tah St compilation since december