European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday May 2,19b8 bubbling with enthusiasm what belter Way away your time on Sci Init it for years to entertain yourself than bubbling a warm Spring Day kids have been swirling Neon coloured plastic blow ers in the Sticky liquid that mothers love. Nicole Han son 6, of Chocorua , despite her solemn express Ion is enthusiastic about her fragile creations. Requirements for Trade Bill signing noted Washington up Treasury Secretary James maker sketched the conditions sunday under which president Reagan might sign a stripped Down version of the landmark Trade Bill he plans to veto in the Days ahead. Against a backdrop of election year politicking. Baker said Congress would have to remove two provi Sions a requirement that Many businesses give 60 Day notice of Plant closings or massive layoffs and restrictions on exports of alaskan Oil before Reagan would sign a follow on Bill. There Are several other things and the president will speak to what has to come out in his veto Mes Sage Baker said on the Abc television news program meet the  the Senate gave 63-36 final approval to the Trade Bill wednesday despite a vow by Reagan to veto the measure. How and when Reagan will veto the Bill is not Clear. The Bill is expected to arrive at the while House this week and the president will have 10 legislative Days to veto it. Some democratic congressional leaders saw Politi Cal gain in the fact that Reagan chose to base his veto on the Plant closings and they predicted that the Issue could be successfully used against republicans this fall. Echoing that Iheme House democratic Leader Tom Foley. Interviewed Wilh Baker on Abc called the requirement for Advance notice of Plant closings and firings a simple and equitable thing for a company to do and one supported by a bipartisan majority of Congress. It seems to me very strange that the president would veto a Trade Bill which has Many Many things that both the administration and the Congress and both panics in the Congress have agreed on on this kind of an Issue an Issue of simple  Bush remains mum on possible running mates Washington a there in t a Short list there in t a Long list yet of possible running mates hut George hush indicated Wilh some understatement that he wants to use less frenzy in the selection than Ronald Reagan did eight care ago. "1 Hope i la make As Good a Choice but i la use a different method the vice president says. Bush clinched enough delegates last week to put a lock on the Republican presidential nomination. Bush was an 11 id hour Compromise at the 1980 convention after a chaotic few Days during which Rea Gan toyed with the idea of sharing the ticket with for Mer president Ford. With the luxury of time. Bush insists he has t begun to consider a vice presidential Choice or to Sci up a selection process and Likely won t pick a run Ning mate until after the democratic National convention in july. The Only list of names is the one he s got in his mind and he in t telling anybody spokesman Peter Teeley said. But that does t Slop the speculation. As Bush travels around the country1, he is bombarded with questions on the subject. More often than not the queries have a Clear regional flavor. Campaigning in Buffalo n.y., Bush was asked if he might pick vanquished rival rep. Jack Kemp of new York. In her shy pa., reporters wanted to know about former Pennsylvania gov. Richard Thornburgh. I Philadelphia it was new Jersey governor Tom can in Evansville ind., it was sen. Richard Lugar of Indi Ana. I really have not sat Down Wilh advisers or set out the procedures to follow Bush told reporters last week. Of course i m going to do  conventional political Wisdom suggests that the nominee can do Best by selecting a running mate from a different Region of the country from his own. For Bush that would Rule out a lot of potential contenders since he claims links to Texas where he maintains a voting residence Maine where he has a Home Connecticut where he grew up and Massachusetts where he was born. That appears to leave the West and Midwest. An among those frequently mentioned As possibilities arc California gov. George Duck Majian Illinois Gover nor Jim Thompson or one of the Doles either former rival sen. Bob Dole of Kansas or his wife Elizabelh. Bui Bush has downplayed geography As a crucial Factor. We arc in a new communications age. These Geo graphical things arc important but far less important than they used to be he said recently. The vice president has denied reports that he has already set up a search team claiming thai no on authorized by me is involved in any such activity. Bush aides have said he will exercise More caution in picking a ticket mate because As vice president himself for eight years he is extremely sensitive to the nature of the Job. Bush has said he wants to make sure he picks some one who s on the same wave in Glt As he is As Well As person he is careful to say Man or woman qualified to Lake Over As president should anything happen to him. Along with Elizabeth Dole Ihrcke other women arc mentioned prominently in speculation former  canc Kirkpatrick supreme court Justice Sandra Day o Connor and Kansas sen. Nancy London Kassebaum. But Bush in t giving put hints one Way or the other. Agreeing thai there in l much  on the Republican Side of the presidential race Bush also hints that withholding the name will provide an cd Mcmeni of suspense that might pass As . Still Bush says Suggs Lions keep coming to him unsolicited Over the transom under the door in Plain Brown  Al one news conference he told reporters that he had in fact just received one Palling his shirt pocket. Group charges exaggeration in Cereal ads Washington a a consumer group contends thai Quaker Oats co. Advertisements overstate the Benefit of the company s Cereal products in reducing the risk of heart attacks. The Center for science in the Public interest filed a complaint seeking a fed eral Trade commission order to halt a Magazine advertising Campaign for Quaker oals and Oal bran. A Quaker spokesman said the company has ample evidence to support its claim thai eating oat Cereal helps reduce cholesterol a major cause of heart Dis ease. Scientific research documents the effect that Oats can have spokesman Ron Boll cell said. We re confident Wilh the claims thai have been  the ads which feature actor Wilford Brimley recommend lowering fat intake and adding Complex carbohydrates and fiber to the diet. The Center objected to one Section say ing that clinical studies show scrum cholesterol dropped an average of nearly 10 percent among people who ate Quaker oals daily As part of a Low fat Low cholesterol did. Quaker is grossly  said Bruce Silverglade Legal director for the non profit advocacy group. The brim Ley ads make the Reader believe that Quaker Oats arc some Type of magic  fact most of the improvement in the health of individuals who cat Quaker Oats was due to also eating a Low fat Low cholesterol  said oat Cereal by itself accounted for Only a 3 percent cholesterol reduction and a corresponding decline of 6 percent in the risk of heart disease a modest to minimal improvement. Of borderline  heart disease specialist at the National heart. Lung and blood Institute in both Coda md., said he had not seen the ads and did not want to take sides. Nobody would gel Loo Xci cd if you reduced the risk by thai amount or. Basil Rifkind said. On the other hand if you look at it in population terms we usually say thai even Small Rcd Lions in cholesterol could be  spokeswoman dec Elli son said the Etc had no immediate comment on the complaint