European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday april 22, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 7 thirty Days hath september april. Nenana Alaska up a 71-Vear-Otd game i which participant try to pick the exact minute when the ire will break up on an Alaska River has -14 sure loser this year bettors who picked april 31, officials said the Lime Lickl sales mopped on april 5 Tor the Mcnana ice classic some 167,000 people had Bough tickets for 12 each and made one guess per ticket. The player guesses the Day and Lime the ice goes Outon the to Mann River will cancel $ 155,000. We have guesses for april l every year Contos manager Hob Coghill said but we seem to have quite a few More this bettors bought iwo april 31 ticket each select ing different times on Hal Dale bringing to 48 Ihen umber flick cos purchased with an april 31 guess. The guesses for the nonexistent Day come from allover Alaska and at least other state. I m one who picked Hal Date,1 Steve Stanchin admitted she misty. He is the manager or a Fairbanks accounting firm whose 20 employees pooled their Money to buy 65 tickets. He picked 4 27 . On that Dale what happened was this Stanchina explained everyone was selecting a Date and i picked Hal told me not to pick that Date but i forgot and did ii anyhow a tripod rigged to a clock sits on the River. When the ice begins logo out it trips an alarm and slops the clock Al the winning Lime. Selective service system unreliable resister says Madison i. A a Man on trial for refusing to Register with these elective service system vowed monday to show that its computer records Are so faulty he cannot be found guilty beyond reasonable doubt. That system is not reliable. It Isar from reliable Gillam Kerley old a jury chosen in . District Hundred thousand and per haps one half million men have registered but he selective service system has no race of the registration Kerle said in his opening court statement. Somewhere Between the Post office and the selective service computer those men slipped into oblivion a Crecy 26, is a first year Law student Al Lac University of Wisconsin who disappearing in court without an attorney and has represented himself throughout he Case. According to draft resistance groups he is the last of a series of vocal draft resistors indicted in the Early 1980s to Goto trial. . Attorney John r. Byrnes told the jury the government would show that the selective service computer system at thereat lakes naval training Center near Waukegan 111., is will not hear anyone from the government testify that the compute system is perfect Byrnes added. Kenneth l. Johnson 52, the selective service system s associate director of in formation management testified thai the system has received 2.3 million change of address forms since 19so, and has never been unable to locale the records of a Young Man in there have been several Hundred thousand cases in which a Young Man claimed to have registered but the Selec Tive service system could find no record of his registration Johnsen added Kerley faces up to five years in prison and a $ 10,000 Fine if convicted. He was required to Register with the selective service by aug. 3, 1980, during one of the mass registration periods that followed a institution of registration under former president then Young men have been required to Register within 30 Days of ihcir18th birthday. 672 soviet officials ousted by 54 nations in 16 years Washington apr a new stat department report says that 672 soviets were expelled from 54 countries from 1970to 1986, mostly for engaging in espionage. The list includes soviet diplomats an journalists As Well As airline Trade Union and . Employees according to the study. Titled expulsions of soviet officials,1986," the study says that about half of the expelled soviets 335 were based in Europe while 135 were based in the United states and other Western hemisphere countries. The report says that foreign govern ments most often have expelled soviet officials for engaging in activity has included attempted penetration of the Host country s Security organization Selling up illegal agent net works establishing local front companies for Lac re Export of embargoed Western technology to the .s.r. And bugging foreign embassies the report says. Appl to Maggie an entry to Drake bulldog Beauty contest shades eyes during judging. Ames bulldog named sir slug go to act As Mascot for Drake relays lbs Moines Iowa a sir slug go an 85-Pound bulldog from Ames was selected from among 45 panting drooling contestants As most Beautiful bulldog 1987 and became the official Mascot of the Drake sports teams Are known As the bulldogs. Dogs from 23 communities in Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Nebraska we reentered in the contest held As a lunch hour crowd watched in downtown Des slug go 616, is owned by Greg Lagan of Ames. A Reorg George owned by Vcra and Alex Jenkins of pcs Moines was first runner up and s i year old Elizabeth owned by Penelope Harkness of Des Moines won honors As miss congeniality and oldest senior citizen. Illinois governor bans outrageous aids song Springfield Iii a gov. James r. Thomp son has squelched a song called the condom rag that was 10 have been part of a state sponsored Campaign to combat the spread of aids. The Jingle which describes condoms and their proper use in rap music style was performed Here monday under the auspices of the Illinois Public health department and was to have been performed again wednesday in Chicago. It s outrageous the governor said monday nigh when told of the lyrics. Everyone will think we Are lunatics slate health officials had conceded the song might offend some people but said the Jingle was just one part of a new 1450,000 aids awareness Campaign. Thompson said is that the kind of song you want to listen to with your child after telling listeners that one size fits All an that condoms come in various colors and textures the song goes on to say and Don t be no dunce. Only use that condom once. Sec it s easy and fun and it Ain t a drag grooving and Doin the condom Young inventors solve Sticky Slippery problems Albany Ore. A problems ranging from Sticky fingers to Slippery soap have been solved by a group of Oak Grove elementary school pupils who gathered Here far their firs invention convention fifth grader Philip Livingood. Addressing the problem of washing one s hands on a car trip created Lac Pola Wash a self contained hand washing system in a cardboard Box that consists of an empty Coffee can funnel Cork plastic water bottle sponge and Towel. The user squeezes Walcer into the fun Nel which sits atop the empty Coffee can and is plugged with the Cork to form a Washbasin. After dipping a hand into the water the user scrubs Wilh the sponge and dries with the Towel. The Cork gels pulled and the dirty water flows into the Coffee can. I m going to get somebody to help rebuild it and make the Case out of Plas tic so it could be sold in stores living Ood said. He estimated that in might sell for about $20. Joe Siedl a 10-year-old fourth grader tackled the problem of the reluctant Ketchup bottle with a balloon taped to a soda so run. The user Slicks the de vice deep into the bottle and blows on the Straw. The balloon expands forcing the Ketchup out of the Battle. I thought of in when my dad said one night i sure wish i could gel Lac Ketchup out of this bottle Siewell said. Aaron Todd. A fourth grader eliminated the problem of losing one s soaping the Bathtub. He placed the soap in a Cotton bag and lied it to a Short piece of fishing line lopped with ii plastic Bobber. Since the bag is porous he leaves the soap inside and washes Wilh it. The soap sits in the Bottom of the tub he said and the Bobber lets me know where it
