European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday july 15,1988 faces n places Howard Baker planning to go on lecture circuit from press dispatches former White House chief of staff Howard h. Baker jr., who said he never would write a kiss and Tell Book about his experiences is going on the lecture circuit instead. A spokeswoman announced that Baker has signed an exclusive contract with the Harry Walker Agency a new York based lecture management firm that also represents former president Ford former Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger and Baker s predecessor As chief of staff Donald t. Regan. Baker s first speech will be tuesday at the institutional investors Confer ence in Asheville n.c., on the subject what the next president of the United states needs to  Sweet sour for djs Indianapolis disc jockey Steve Stiles had Good news and bad news. The Good news was that Stiles morn ing show co Host Melody Owen has said yes to his on air proposal of marriage. The bad news came hours later when both he and Owen received word that their Steve and Mel and the morning music Crew no longer will be Broad cast on Wapl pm. Ugly is Beautiful Hollywood fla., has gone to the dogs and so has Glamour. Glamour Magazine that is. Its search for the ugliest dog in the land led to a 53-Pound bulldog named Dewey. His owners Ellen and Bob Durfee think their Pooch is a peach. His looks Are his personality Dur fee said. But they won t turn Down the $50 prize that goes along with the Honor Glamour bestowed on Dewey. The dog was the unanimous Choice of the Magazine s ugly dog Competition judges beating out canines decked out in sunglasses and bikinis. It was his face executive editor Rona Cherry said. You look at it and say of my that s an ugly dog " Mandela rates High seventy seven percent of britons can identify Nelson Mandela the jailed South african Black Leader making him a More familiar figure than most Mem Bers of the British Cabinet according to a new Gallup poll. Apart from prime minister Margaret Thatcher Mandela scored a higher recognition rating in the poll than did any British Cabinet minister in a 1986 poll by Market opinion and research inter National. Even so Mandela serving a life sen tence imposed in 1964 on sabotage charges emerged far ahead of the All White 22-member Cabinet. In the 1986 poll Thatcher scored 99.05 percent. The Gallup poll concerning Mandel la was commissioned by the London based anti apartheid movement to Mark the Black Leader s 70th birthday. Garner recovering emmy winning actor James Garner is recovering from artery surgery postponed three months ago after doctors decided he needed an immediate Quin Tuple heart bypass. He is doing quite Well said Ron Wise spokesman for Cedars Sinai medical Center in los Angeles. He is up out of his bed and walking around in his  the surgery for Garner 60, corrected an aneurysm or weakness in the Aorta the main artery carrying blood from the heart. The operation routinely requires a lengthy Hospital stay but Garner has healed rapidly Wise said. His recovery is remarkable. He is going to be released probably by the end of the week much earlier than previously expected said Wise. Garner also has recovered Well from the five hours of heart bypass surgery headed for trouble a photo the final hurdle of the dominant grand National steeplechase in Mel Bourne Australia proved too much for just return and jockey Bill Ion Dregan. The jockey was taken to the Hospital with a broken foot and a broken Collarbone but the horse was unharmed. On april 21, Wise said. Scouts split it up How do you keep 45 Gallons of ice Cream in a 167-foot-Long banana split from melting on a sunny Arkansas afternoon you  167 hungry cub scouts with plastic spoons. The lengthy dessert is a tradition at the annual fort Smith boy scout Jam Boree. Day Camp director Kay Morris has forgotten the first year of the Long split but remembers the length. We started with 50 feet and have increased it every year she said. We try to break our old record each  Camp staffers created the split from 45 Gallons of ice Cream three Gallons of chocolate syrup two Gallons of cherries 15 cans of whipped Cream and a Case of bananas. Meet Bob Spear Bob Spear fifth degree Black Belt in Hap Kido and author of survival on the Battlefield will be appearing at select stars and stripes bookstores to autograph his Book and answer any questions you May have. His appearances include Stuttgart Robinson bks saturday 16 july 11 .-1 . Vogel Weh shopping Center sunday 17 july 12-2 . Augsburg shopping Center tuesday 19 july 4-6p.m. Bad Stoelz thursday 21 july 4 6 . Fuerth shopping Center saturday 23 july 11 . -1 . Frankfurt shopping Center sunday 24 july 1 3 . Survival on the Battlefield a handbook to military martial arts offers men and women in the Mili tary effective tools and techniques for personal combat. Bob Spear