European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes tuesday june 21,1988 races n places Hoffman accused of smoking pot on plane from press dispatches activist Abbie Hoffman said sunday he was or dered off a Continental airlines plane at o Harc International Airport in Chicago after a Light attendant unjustly accused him of smoking marijuana in the lavatory Hoffman the 51-year-old former Yippie Leader said some very strange things happened to him in Chicago where 20 years ago he was a key organizer of the Augustl anti Viet Nam War protests at the demo cratic National convention. The incident occurred Laic Friday afternoon shortly after he had boarded a flight bound for Newark no. Afler visiting with Playboy Magazine editors. Hoffman said by Telephone from Northampton. Mass., where he was speaking at Ananti nuclear Power rally. Minutes before Takeoff Holt nun Hoffman said he went into the lavatory to take some prescription Medicine. Sud Denly fire alarm Bells started ringing. Then the stewardess pushes in inc door with her knee like a storm trooper and starts shouting youve been smoking marijuana " Hoffman said. I said like hell bring on the dogs. I m not smok ing anything " she s Lucky i did t have my pants  Hoffman said he was ordered on the plane and As he was gelling off some passengers asked for his autograph. He said he was briefly questioned by an official who did t identify himself and then allowed to Board Continental s next flight to Newark. Bui the airline lost his carry on bag he said. Ned Walker a Continental spokesman said it was company policy not to release passenger names but confirmed that a male passenger was ordered off the Newark bound flight. He said several Crew members and passengers Small cd a burning odor coming from the lavatory after the smoke alarms went off while the plane was refuelling. Smoking on the ground or in a lavatory is in violation of Federal aviation regulations and could conceivably put the safety of passengers and Crew members at risk said Walker. The passenger admitted to our personnel that he was in the lavatory smoking a cuban cigarette said Walker adding thai he did Noi know the cigarette s controls. The Man Ihen apologized and assured our personnel that he would conduct himself in accordance Wilshi claw he said. In his Northampton appearance Hoffman criticized actress Jane Fonda s recent apology for her 1972 trip to North Vietnam and called her a  Fonda last week expressed regret for her trip to Hanoi which has embittered Many veterans and conservatives for years. The limes were extreme and maybe whal we did was enter Csc but you need the generals to apologize for what they did Hoffman told a crowd of about 300. Concrete boats float results were hard and fast in the National con Crete Canoe race finals at i Ake Lansing in Michi Gan. The canoes were made by engineering students from mixtures of Concrete and glue. The team from the University of California Al Ber Keley won saturday s event which emphasized de sign principles Canoe Maneule ability and Speed in inc water. The 15 learns from universities nation wide also were judged on design papers and formal presentations about their project. Dense Concrete was needed to keep water from seeping into the Canoe. Some vessels were Only a Quarter Inch thick but weighed More than 100 pounds. Flotation foam was allowed in he Bow and Stern of inc canoes. The races were up to 600 Yards Long. The canoes demonstrated the versatility of Floc material said Edd Parker of master builders which sponsored the Evanl. You walk on it every Day he said. The Only thing some people feel about Concrete is that ii Crick Sand looks ugly. It can be folded in any number of forms and designed to fit any need. It s a simple material that can be Complex in its  Cal bar Kulcy Defeated teams from the University of new Hampshire the University of Akron port land slate University and the University of Alaba Maat Huntsville. The winners received 15,000 for Cal by Retey s undergraduate civil engineering program. A Nopp a Pecan pie Cov. Henry Tollman took the first bite of the famed Tom Olgur okla. Pecan pie and summed it up in six words it s very big and very Good he said at the City s festival saturday. And while bellmen arguably could be called biased in his opinion this was no Ordinary pie it measured 24 fee in diam scr weighed  pounds and contained More than 1,100 pounds of pecans. We used inc same recipe thai we be used for the past two years said Glenn sheaf. Baking instructor at the Oklahoma slate University technical Branch who supervised about 100 student volunteers in Bak ing the pie we took it from a smaller scale put in on a com Puter and just increased the ingredients As much As we needed Shoaf said. Okmulgee has been swapping win lost records for Pecan pie sizes with folks in Georgia for several years. Their latest Pic appears to outdo a recent 22 fool Effort presented by the Sunbelt agricultural exposition in Moultrie it i understand Georgia is talking peanuts Shoaf said referring to a switch festival organizers have made in their pie s main ingredient. Well go after them again if  str off and running two contestants balance glasses end Bottko on their Traci As they compete in the annual Paris waiters rate. The race which started and ended at City Hall took the racers past Paris landmarks including the opera Fin Back ground Saint go main Des pres and Norm dome. Parisian Mare Fabre wan lha Smth race while a japanese Waller Salta Osama was second in the Field of $00. Berlin on this edition of prime time Sample the shopping visit the infamous Wall step inside a cabaret for night life see the sights that make Berlin one of Europe s most fascinating cities superstition