European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday november 14,1987 Beer ads going to the dogs Thurmond says Washington Kupij sen Szrom Thurmond. . A Teet Taler barked it party animal spuds Mac Kunzic Friday growling Thul the Beer company Bull i crier with one Black Eye is luring Young people to alcohol. Spuds is inc Lead role in a television Campaign by Anheuser Busch to pro Mote Bud Light Beer and Thurmond charged hat the massive advertising and promotion Campaign encourages you Tho  a Large portrait of spuds with the heading original party animal rested on an easel behind Thurmond s shoulder As the 85-year-old senator criticized promotions Tor Bud Light and for wine coolers. Thurmond also had with him a stuffed toy version of spuds a spinoff from tile promotion Campaign along with to shirts and other items. The conservative said that despite protests Anheuser Busch has no in Tention of curtailing the marketing of spuds Mac Kunzic products. Toy manufacturers have been gearing up for what they expect to be record sales during the Christmas season he said that Michael Roarty executive vice president of Anheuser Busch contends spuds was created to promote Bud Light Only for those old enough to drink. The stuffed animals children s toys and to shirts Small enough 10 fit 12 year Olds indicate the real purpose of the Campaign Thurmond said. I am fully cognizant of inc free speech rights of the alcohol beverage Industry he added. However what is he Cost to society of this Freedom to advocate unlawful to can age  Thurmond said another example of the Lack of responsibility displayed by the beverage Industry involves wine coolers a blend of wine and carbonated fruit juice. The current advertising gives the impression that wine coolers Are a soft drink Thurmond said. They show people enjoying them after a jog or aerobics. Coolers Are often found in the soft drink Section of  Thurmond said he had no Confidence in the beverage Industry s ability to police itself and make the Public More aware of the hazards of alcohol. With 12-year-Olds drinking wine coolers and wearing spuds Mackun Zic to shirts there is no basis for such Confidence Thurmond said. In the past. I have advocated the placement of health warning labels on alcoholic beverages he said. Each Lime 1 introduce this legislation the full Power of the alcohol beverage Industry is exerted against  live bomb efs used in Navy cruise missile test by Norman Black a military writer Washington a successful lest last week of a land attack variant of the Tomahawk cruise missile was the first in which live bomb Lyls were dropped on targets the Navy said Friday. The nov. 3 lest conducted at san Csc Monte Island off the coast of Southern California was announced last week by officials at the Pacific missile test Cen Ter at Point Mug Calif the Navy released additional details Friday along with a videotape of the rial. The Tomahawk cruise missile resembles a flying torpedo with Short stubby wings and Tail Fin. The Jet powered mis Sile can be equipped with either conventional or nuclear warheads and skims the water or ground to avoid radar Detec Tion. It can be fired by either submarines or surface ships at Distant targets. The Navy As part of its development program has been working Tor some time on a variant of the Tomahawk that can drop clusters of Small bombs each about twice the size of a hand grenade on up to three different targets. According to spokesman Bob hol sap pc that variant makes the Toma Hawk More Cost effective since the si.5 million missile can be used against multiple targets instead of just one. The Navy previously had tested the new variant on four different occasions but each Lime with inert bomb Lyls. The test on nov. 3 involved loading each missile with eight packs of seven live bomb lets Holsapple said. The missile was launched from a sub merged submarine off the California coast and programmed to make separate passes Over three different targets on san Csc Monte Island ejecting packs of bomb lets against each target. The lest was extremely successful Holsapple said. The missile flew More than 500 Miles and destroyed each tar  the Navy ultimately plans to deploy various types of tomahawks on 107 sub marines and 91 surface ships. To Date the weapon has been deployed on 30 tub marines and 17 surface ships Holsapple said. The Tomahawk has a Range of roughly 750 Miles to 1,500 Miles depending upon the Type of warhead carried. The nuclear version of the missile he the greatest Range. Fra approves clot dissolving drug for heart Washington up the government Friday gave final approval to a heart drug that dissolves blood clots which cause so percent of the 1,5 million heart attacks that strike americans each year the nation s no. I killer. The genetically engineered drug known As tissue Plasmin Ogen activator or spa is made by gone tech inc. Of South san Francisco calif., and is expected to be the first blockbuster product of genetic engineering. Spa has been shown to dissolve clots in about 70 percent of patients when it is injected within six hours of the Onset of symptoms with improved heart function demonstrated if administered within four  said or. Frank Young commissioner of the food and drug administration. I is Only if you get help fast and not wait if you Don t waste Lime hoping against Hope that the pain will go away that doctors can use spa or other method ologies to increase the chances that you will continue to live an Active productive life Young said. Spa is produced naturally in the human body but in quantities too minute to extract for Ding production. Gone tech used gun civic engineering to isolate the Gene that codes for human spa and insert it into Bac Teria that mass produce the protein. The company found the drug dissolves clots that obstruct coronary arteries improves the functioning of the heart and reduces the incidence of congestive heart failure. The Cost of spa treatment is expected to be More than $2,000. Winning Duck stamp up Tom a painting of Snow Goose flying Over Mist shrouded Pond is the Winner in the 38th nationwide Duck stamp Competition. The painting by Daniel Smith or Eden Pru irk Minn will Idora the sump waterfowl Hunters Are required to buy. Fund go to Purchase habitat for Oitt fowl. Pm pushing Europe sales of american made cars Detroit up1 general motors corp. Said Friday it plans on doubling the number of is Nonh american made cars sold in Europe to More than 10,000 units for inc 1988-Mojel ear. Pm president Robert c. Stem Pel said the nation s largest car maker sold More than 5.400 of its North american cars overseas during inc l9u7-Modcl year. Our orders to Date indicate our volume can pass 10,000 in the new Model year through August 1988," he said. The pm president told visiting journalists from Sweden Denmark nor Way and Finland that american mod Els have become attractive buys in Europe because of the lower value of the Dollar. Cars and Light trucks from All pm car and truck divisions arc offered in most european countries through the Auto maker s franchisee dealers t ars expected to be sales leaders in Europe arc the Chevrolet Corsica Sedan and Beretta coupes inc Buick Century und the full surd Pontiac Bonneville. Both Ford and Chrysler have stepped up their plans to Export More american vehicle overseas. However Stem pc said pm has been Selling its american Model cars overseas for the past 75 years we did not pull out of the european markets Hen the Dollar s High Rale made american cars cry expensive in the Early i980s"hesjd