European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday. December 31. 1988 stateside . Surrogate Mother plans tour of promote Book new York Ai j surrogate Mother Mary Beth Whit Clil and on Jud h Prog Nail with her fifth Thiol and is planning a in Tity promotional Lour in March of a Book she co wrote about the baby m Case her lawyer and publisher said thursday Whitchead Chou id s unsuccessful Legal fight to. Keep the child she agreed to Bear for another couple spa Rcd nationwide debate on surrogacy contracts. The Hook a Mother s Story was written with Pennsylvania investigative journalist Loretta Schwartz Nobel and published by St. Martin s the 31-Vcar-old Whitchead Gould lives in Bayport ., with lick second husband and three of her children Ryan. 14, tuesday 12, Anil Austin 7 months. While Chad Gould gave Binh in 1986 to the girl originally known in court papers us baby m. At the time she was married to Richard while cad. When she refused o give up the child she had agreed to hear under a 1 10,000 contract for William and Eli a Betti Stern of Tenafly nj., a landmark court battled ensued. Stern eventually granted custody of the girl by lire new Jersey supreme court had Irod to Stop we in Chad could from writing the Book arguing it would exploit the child named Melissa. Trucker killed in crash of 2 rigs in California Baker Calif. A two tractor trailers one loaded with Hutter collided and burst into flames on interstate 15. Hilling one Driver and greasing the desert Roadway with Mcl cd Butler officials said. The Accident thursday night occurred in a northbound Lane reserved for trucks ascending a Grade of interstate 15, said Highway patrol spokesman Antonio Gonzalez. One Rig rear ended the other 17 Miles North of this desert Community and 150 Miles Northeast of los Angeles according to Gonzalez. The Highway made Slick by butter melted in the tire was. Closed about i 5 minutes. One tone was reopened and state department of transportation workers coated the other lanes with Sand. The name of to Driver killed in the Accident was not immediately available. Japanese Novelty puts some pop into ice cubes los Angeles up Akk. Corp a Japa Nese steel and Engineer no company Hopes to Export to the United states a party favor it has developed which has become a popular item in Tokyo Novelty shops loudly popping ice. The crackling ice dubbed Exice by the japanese puts out a 65-Decibel pop when water is poured Over it the pop gets louder roughly is decibels when the ice is covered with an alcoholic drink. Few support higher taxes to Cut deficit poll finds Washington a nine percent of americans would be willing to pay a higher fed eral income tax to reduce the National deficit according to a newspaper poll released thurs Day. The nationwide Survey of 6 1 1 adults con ducted for Usa today also showed that 75 per cent said president elect George Bush is some what or very Likely to seek the higher lax however higher percentages of americans would favor raising taxes on gasoline alcohol and tobacco if the Money were earmarked solely to reduce the government s red Ink. Fifty six percent would favor a higher gasoline tax and s3 percent a higher lax on alcohol and tobacco. Most of those surveyed 72 percent said the Way to pm the deficit is to reduce govern ment spending with defense spending singled out by 50 percent As the category. Most easily targeted for cutting., the poll conducted dec. 1 4 1 6, had a 4 per cent margin or  Reagan joined by i Alm Spring mayor Sonny Dona Waves to onlookers upon Ultra in the City. Reagan flies to Palm Springs for traditional new year s fest Palm Springs Calif. Up honouring a More than 20-Ycar-old tradition president and mrs. Reagan arrived at the desert playground of the Rich and famous thursday to ring in 1989 at the estate of publisher Walter Annenberg. Having spent a relatively quiet Christmas in los Angeles with family and friends the reagans Dew to Calm Springs to visit Annan Borg and his wife Lenore who hive entertained presidents and royally Over the years. -. No Public appearances were planned in Palm Springs consistent will the Low profile the reagans have maintained since the Start of their Christmas new year s vacation almost a week ago. Before leaving los Angeles however Reagan broke his  the bombing of pan american right 103, vowing to bring the perpetrators of this Savage and tragic thing to Justice. He added we re going to have to have More de tails and we re doing everything we can to find them and working with other countries on  when British authorities announced wednesday thai a bomb had downed flight 103, the White House reaction was delivered not in Reagan s name but in that of a Deputy press Secretary. The Intel has been to Dampen speculation about possible reprisals and pre vent he Reagan Era from ending on a note of crisis or weakness. " ,. White terrorism is described by administration officials As a working Assumption of . Investigators the question of who planted the bomb one that would guide any eventual . Response either by Reagan or pc Sidcot Clcil George Bush remains a mystery. Suspicion is focusing on renegade palestinian radicals. For the next few Days Cagan will Divide his Lime Between dinner parties and perhaps an infrequent round of Golf As he enters the final three weeks of his presidency it is an annual social ritual Thol this year May evoke More than the usual dose of nostalgia with the Rea Gans being joined by Hollywood pals longtime friends and close political associates to Toast the end of his eight year stay in the while House. With Bush s swearing in on Jan. 20 approaching this visit to California also has been a time of transition for the reagans who spent most of the last week settling into their new House and preparing Tor their return to private life. Labe a Malee fhe Beer. Corps discovers Denver a coca cola co s snafu with new  what happens when you change ingredients in a Lime honoured brew. Now Adolph Coors co. Has found out what happens when you keep the ingredients but change the Label. After the brewery slapped a new original draft Label on its. Flagship Beer last summer some Long time Coors drinkers mistakenly thought the Beer somehow had changed. "  at a cons and liquor stores in Elpaso Texas and Southern California two Coors strongholds sales slowed As cans and bottles bearing the old banquet Beer Label gave Way 10 the original draft. -. V. We thought the change would help us. But it kind of backfired Mark Martinez of the Coors distributing co. In 0 paso said thursday. We were talking to the brewery to try to Tell them How much it was hurting  Coors an up and coming contender in the Beer wars too Knolice ii a ,.next week Coors will begin Selling the Beer under its. Old banquet Beer Label again in Al paso and Southern California alongside its original draft Label. We were faced with a Choice argue with the customers and say it is the same Beer or give them what they. Wanted Coors spokesman Doyle Alyce said from com Pany  in Golden a Denver suburb. V Coors experience recalls coca cola s Experiment in 1985, when the soft drink giant replaced its original cola flavor with a new formula. Consumers demanded the old flavor. Coca cola brought it Back three months later renaming it coca cola Coop introduced the original draft Label because Miller brewing co. Was having Success with an and Campaign that emphasized its draft Beer Albec said. He said Coors wanted Consumers to know Coors has been putting draft Beer in bottles since 1959.we also found that new graphics could attract perhaps a younger Drinker in the 2 l-to-23 age group he said. The brewery began bottling inc Beer under inc new Label last july this fall Coors officials were surprised to learn they had some disgruntled customers. We never in our advertising Campaign sail this is the same Beer in a new package. Perhaps that added to the Eon fusion Albee said