European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday tuesday december 25/28.1989 Coke remakes famed and with original cast new York a nearly 20 years ago Linda Higson was working As a Nanny in Italy when she was talked into playing a featured role in a coca cola commercial that showed dozens of Young peo ple singing on a Hilltop. I d like to buy the world a Home and furnish it with love the 19-year-old Blond briton Sang to open the 1971 Coke commercial that became an Industry classic. The and led to some minor modelling jobs but she eventually went Home to a catering business in England and got married. Now Linda Higson scary has four children. Early next year television viewers Are going to Sec her again this time with her 10-year-old daughter Kelly in prominent Roies in a new version of the and that reunites about 25 original cast members and includes dozens of children. Coca cola has been revving up its publicity in recent weeks to Stoke interest in the reunion and that will debut Jan. 28 on the lbs telecast of the super bowl. The company recently flew Neary 38, and Stepha Nie Roos another original cast member now living in Indianapolis to new York to talk with reporters about the commercial. In one illustration of How much has changed since the first and was shot the two women said they had each rejected an offer of a Flat fee for the new com Mercial and chose a compensation plan tied to How often the commercial runs. They each declined to say How much the one time buyout offer was Worth and noted they were Gam bling that the new commercial would be a hit in deciding to take a pay plan linked to air time. For the original and they had each been Happy to get the Flat fee of $50 and did not get any residuals based on How often it ran. The first one was shown so much that i said i wish i had a Penny for every time it was shown " Roos said. Atlanta based coca cola and its and Agency Mccann Erickson had to do some detective work to locate Origi Nal cast members for the new commercial. It was shot on the same Hill near Rome As the original and. Mccann got a break when a Box was found in its new York office full of photos of some of the Origi Nal cast members. But Many of them had Long since moved from Rome and several women had new last names by marriage. The search for the former Linda Higson was complicated by the fact that her name had been listed As hip  a detective Agency was hired to search great Britain for a woman with that last name to no Avail. As the shooting Date approached last fall the Agency took out a classified and in several widely circulated English language newspapers in Europe. Linda Hipson where arc you if you re Thelinda Hipson who was in a coca cola commercial 20 years ago please Call a Mccunn Erickson Tele phone number in new York. We d love to hear you sing again the and said. Scary missed the and but a Friend spotted it while Reading the International Herald Tribune in Stock Holm s Airport. He contacted scary who called the and Agency and agreed to go to Rome for the reunion. Altogether about 25 of the 40 principals in the original and appear in the new version according to Mccann Erickson executive Paul Cappelli. Pneumonia like illness afflicting crack smokers new York a doctors say heavy crack smoking is making addicts critically ill with symptoms similar to pneumonia according to a published re port. The condition which has been dubbed crack lung is not readily detected unless patients Tell doctors of their crack Addic Tion the new York times reported in sunday editions. If not treated properly it can Lead to death. The condition has been identified in four inner City hospitals in Detroit and the problem also has been recognized in new York and Baltimore the newspaper said. While giving outward signs of suffer ing from pneumonia the patients do not respond to antibiotics or other anti pneumonia treatments. Scientists remain unsure what causes the condition but some believe it is caused by a variation of any number of ailments that occur when poisonous compounds arc introduced into the lungs the times said. The condition also May be caused by other drugs used in combination with crack or used to pro Duce the cocaine derivative. Or. Dana g. Kissner a Detroit Pul monary specialist said crack lung patients suffer severe Chest pains and breathing problems and often have High temperatures and cough up blood. Kissner who with four other col leagues reported the condition in the journal radiology said the Young people he saw with the condition were smoking Between 15 end 25 pipes of crack a Day. One thing that makes the condition unique is the absence of an infectious organism a virus or bacterium an the ineffectiveness of antibiotics in fight ing it a issuer said. But the condition can be successfully treated with  which Are anti inflammatory drugs Kissner said. Or. James t. Kennedy an associate professor at the new York University school of Medicine said he has seen about 24 Young people with the Condi Tion in the last two years. Colombian cocaine fugitive extradited to . Washington a a fugitive convicted As a Leader of a cocaine smug to Ling operation was flown to the United talks on sunday after the colombian government turned him Over to Ameri can authorities. Victor Eduardo Mcra Mosquera 36, is the 11th person extradited from Colombia since that country began cracking Down on drug traffickers in August said k. Michael Moore director of the . Marshals service. Mcra Mosquera a colombian native fled the United states in 1984, just be fore he was found guilty in a new York trial of numerous cocaine offences Moore said in a statement. The fugitive was arrested in the colombian City of Cali on oct. 13 and turned Over saturday night to . Marshals who flew him Back to Newyork Early sunday. He was being held at an undisclosed location pending a hear ing to set a Date for his sentencing the statement said. According to the marshals service Mcra Mosquera fled the United states while awaiting trial in february 1984. He had been freed from custody in the mistaken belief that he had been ordered released. While still a fugitive Mera Mosquera was convicted in . District court i Manhattan along with 10 other people of the drug charges. The indictment charge that he was one of two Leaden of an organization that dealt in massive quantities of cocaine the marshals service said. The service carries out the extradition of people in foreign nations who recharged Wilh violating . Federal Laws. 1 Man killed 1 Hurt in butane Gas blast Casier Wyo. A leaking butane Gas exploded saturday at an Amoco Oil co. Refinery killing one worker and injuring another a company spokesman said. Amoco and Casper firefighters took three hours to put out the Blaze which began with a Flash of fire around 6 30 . Rick Nemitz 33, was killed when the Gas ignited As he was shutting Down an outdoor refinery unit and was either blown to the ground or fell from an upper deck according to spokesman d. Allen Miller. Kurt sides 31, who had been working on the ground suffered second and third degree Burns to his face and left hand Miller said. Sides was in stable condition at Wyoming medical Center. We Don t have any idea what ignited the butane Miller said. At this Point we Don t even know the extent of the  no one else was in the area at the time of the blast Miller said. The unit which combines butane and other gases to produce High octane gasoline will be shut Down until investigators can determine the cause of the Blaze. The leak occurred at the connection Point of two pipes Miller said. Miller said there must have been a very High concentration of butane before the blast because such Gas leaks usually dissipate into the air. He said he did t know what ignited the Gas. Amoco officials and the Federal occupational safety and health administration were investigating the Acci Dent the spokesman said. Amoco Oil is a subsidiary of Amoco corp. City of brotherly love cancer patient Jacek Dudkowski right got Bis Christmas wish this year to have his brother Lukasz second from left flown from Poland to Phil Adelphia where 13-year-old Jacek is undergoing treatment. The make a wish foundation granted the boy s request. Pictured with the Brothers on Friday Are their father Zbignew and Mother Boguslawa