European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday March 20,1989 soviet students in the swing a excl Ivan whose Golf swing is not up to Par rets help in Florid from Pine Oaks pro Joel Inez under the watchful eyes of soviet classmates. The lesson at the Ocala municipal Golf course was Given during a 12-Day visit of nine Stu dents taking part in a u5.-u5.s.r. Exchange program. Spring break Means lots of Bucks As firms woo stud ends a efs Daytona Beach Fla. A companies ranging from breweries to Playboy enterprises to at to now View the world s most famous Beach through Green tinted glasses. Instead of seeing 500,000 tanned and sunburned College students in town to party until they drop they Sec Dollar signs lots of Dollar signs. Students spend big Bucks on their an Nual excursion to the Sand surf and bars of Daytona Beach a fact increasingly recognized by entrepreneurs Large and Small. During the period by twin March 4and april i Spring Breakers Here will spend an estimated $100 million on such things As hotels food and Beer according to Evelyn Fine director of the mid Flor Ida research and business Center in Daytona Beach. And since fort Laud Crdal cracked Down on the merrymaking in that Sun capital a few years ago Daytona Beach has become a Mecca for students from All Over the country. We re the biggest Spring break Desti nation in the world Fine said. For Lauderdale bitterly regrets losing the Spring break  and if the College students arc Here can businesses be far behind Playboy Magazine which featured the women of Spring break in its april Issue is one of the companies Withan Active Beach presence bringing in a couple of 1986-Vintage playmates of the month to sign autographs and handing out samples of products advertised in the Magazine including con Doms. Playboy is Here because we re no. 1 in the College Market. It s a great party said Cindy Rakowitz a spokeswoman for Playboy enterprises. The majority of our readers arc in the 18-to-34-Ycar old Range and that s the Market that s  while Playboy was using sex to push its products at to was trying to Appeal to minds. A 10,000-Square-foot, open air 7-foot High plastic contraption known As the at to Maze sits on the Beach challenging students to use their wits and legs tomake it through in record time and Inci dentally to Sec at to advertising posters As they go through it. Lots of people arc vying for the Atten Tion of the College students and i feel this is a healthy and positive event a compared to some of the things Spring break is known  Gail Piccirilli in charge of College marketing for at to said from basking Ridge . She added that she had t come to Daytona Beach As a student because my father would t let  it s easy to understand Why parents might not want their sons and daughters at the annual rites of Sun sex and  alcohol is not allowed on the Beach or streets there s plenty flowing in the local bars and at hotel Pool decks. On the Penrod Pool deck Bikini Clad Young women in the Shadow of a giant inflatable spuds my Kunzic. Serve draft Beer to Long lines of students. Nearby daily wet to shirt Bikini Best buns and belly Flop contests take place. Independent condom Salesman Loy Piatti of Oklahoma City was Selling rub Ber Ducky condoms from the Back of his Van along with to shirts and mugs Dis playing the rubber Ducky logo. Piatti said he has sold a few $ 15 to shirts but very few condoms. Other products plugged during Spring break Here include Plymouth Pontiac Miller Beer Coors Light Parker Broth ers coca cola Reynolds aluminium Chrysler certs and Crystal Light. Iran s bid for chemical giving . A headache by the los Angeles times Washington the customs service is fighting what May be a losing Battle to halt what it says is an attempt by Iran to obtain about 286,000 pounds of a currently scarce rocket fuel ingredient from an Ameri can company enough to make fuel for about 300 military missiles. The struggle now the subject of a court Case and internal squabbling within the Bush administration illustrates the difficulty that . Officials still face in constructing a leak proof Barrier Between the regime of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and sensitive Mili tary supplies. The bid for the shipment was considered particularly significant because it came at a time in februaryi9gg _ when the Iran Iraq conflict was in the phase called War of the cities in which the two sides fired soviet supplied Short Range ballistic missiles at each other s population centers. The dispute Over the chemical May reach its Climax monday in a Federal court in Houston where the judge has already issued a temporary injunction requiring the government to release the 1,144 Drums of ammonium Perch Oral an indispensable component of the solid fuel in rockets ranging up to the giant my missile. If that order stands the chemical will be returned to the Small Tampa Fla., company that customs officials be Lieve was involved in the original attempt to ship it to Iran. And according to govern Mcnol sources inc Case has become such a headache that the administration has not yet decided if it will continue to fight As the customs service wants to do or give up a course with Strong support in the department of Justice. The conflict began Jan. 28, 1988, when Gir Indus corp. Of Tampa shipped the chemical from Houston to Europe with a Bill of lading showing that it was bound for a buyer in Basel Switzerland. About a month later the cargo was seized Asil was being loaded on an iranian freighter in the Dulch port of Rotterdam. The company maintains that it never intended to sell the chemical to Iran. . Dis Ricl court judge Sim Lake ruled two weeks ago thai the customs service had no Legal auth oily Loneize the shipment because ammonium perchlorate in its pure form was nol on the list of weapons related items requiring a special License from the state department. . Officials concede that the chemical was nol Onishe munitions Lisl in february 1988, although customs maintains it has since been added. Regardless of when her the chemical is now covered by state department enforced munitions control Law a fuel Grade version of inc chemical is clearly covered under the missile technology control regime established in april 1987 to keep ballistic missile components away from Iran Iraq and other pot Colial third world combatants. The company maintains that inc pure form of the chemical is nol the same As inc compound covered by missile control Rusl Rillions. Bui an air Force official said inc chemical Ai Issue in the Case could be used m Rockel fuel prelim much As  62% of americans polled want abortion to stay Legal los Angeles a a majority of americans overwhelmingly oppose any  Amend Mcnol outlawing abortion Wilh 62 percent a Amsl such a move and 28 percent for it according to a nationwide poll. The Survey published in sunday s editions of the los Angeles times found thai a majority of americans think abortion is immoral but they also firmly believe Hal each woman should be free to make her own Deci Sion about abortion. The poll was taken As anti abortion groups prepare for a series of protests this week with pro Choice groups plan Ning counter demonstrations. The poll no cd however that Ameri can Public opinion has been largely a swayed by the intense and often unruly debate Over abortion showing that opinion is about the same As a decade ago. Sixty one percent of 3,583 people surveyed by the times poll said they believe abortion to be morally wrong while 22 Percini said in is morally  an other 24 percent were unsure. Fifty seven percent said icy fell abortion is murder while 35 percent disagreed with that judgment. But 74 percent agreed with a key statement i personally feel that Abor Tion is morally wrong but i also feel thai whether or not to have an abortion is decision thai has to be made by Ever woman for  the poll showed 21 per cell disagreed Wilh the state Mcnol and 5 per com were unsure. Overwhelming majorities favored abortion when a woman s life was in real a cd by her pregnancy 88 per cell when the pregnancy resulted from incest 84 percent and when a serious birth defect was detected 74 percent. But most opposed abortion As a Means of birth control 80 Percini and when an unmarried woman docs i want to marry the father 51percent. Only 49 percent opposed abortion when the family is poor and can l afford More children