European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday. January 11, 1990 faces n places a very Fammy Miliar name to most americans from wire reports virtually every american consumer knows by heart that Campbell soups arc Mumm Mumm while Mer cedes and Kodak stand for top Quality a study of Brand perceptions says. Total research corp. A Princeton Market research firm surveyed Consumers age 15 and older in households Lor attitudes on 91 brands. The study found that Campbell soup was the most recognized . Brand Wilh 98 percent of those surveyed hav ing some perception of the company s products. Hallmark greeting cards an Mcdonald s restaurants followed closely with 97 percent recognition. Coke and Pepsi were dead even in terms of perceived Quality but Pepsi drinkers seem More satisfied with their cola. Pepsi drinkers gave their cola a Quality rating of 88 to coca cola drink ers 85. Mercedes Benz and Kodak topped the list of perceived Quality each with an average rating of 84 from Consumers with a feeling about the brands. The ratings Are on a scale ranging from Zero for poor or unacceptable Quality to 100. For extraordinary Quality other brands rating at or above 80 in perceived Quality included Fisher Price toys. Hallmark Levi s jeans and ism personal computers. In the rank of perceived Quality among users of a Given Brand Volvo finished first Wilh a rating of 98, Mer cedes scored 94 and Toyota had 93. But among All Consumers who recognize the brands. Buick had a higher perceived Quality rating than Toyota. 69 to66. Kellogg s Corn flakes showed the classic signs of a declining Brand highly recognized but average in perceived Quality and rated Low in use satisfaction. Others Wilh bad Marks Nestle s crunch. Scars stores. Holiday inns Blue Cross Blue shield insurance. Schick razors and Lipton soup. A Small Token Randall Cunningham did t get his Philadelphia a Els to the super bowl but members of one Church think he s super anyway. The eagles quarterback stunned them by showing up at sunday s service with a $ 100.000 donation. They were said Elm Smith who has been a member of St. John Baptist Church in Camden n.j.,for 30 years. They started clapping Snow Goin with several inches of Snow creating slow going throughout the Phila Delphia area tuesday 2vi-year-old Michael Leahy resorted to his Bat Tery operated 4-wheel-drive big top to get around. And singing and praying and thanking the lord for someone being so Cunningham whose team lost in the first round of the National football league playoffs in t a member of the Church. He often attends services with team mate Cris Carter according to Melvin r. Primas sr., the Church s treasurer. More from Disney a bigger flashier Disneyland pos Sibly including an Indiana Jones stunt attraction and a i930s-Stylc hol Lywood movie lot arc on the drawing boards. Disney officials arc keeping a Light lid on the plans reportedly the most ambitious since the Park s opening in Anaheim calif., in 1955. Until Friday. Disney chairman Michael Eisner is scheduled to make an announcement then. Last week however Disneyland president Richard Nunis reportedly showed the plans to several Park employees. Employees quoted in local press reports said the plans include a stunt attraction based on the Indiana Jones movies. Employees said other attractions would be based on the muppet charac ters which Disney bought the rights to last year and the Roger Rabbit cartoon character. A new muppet movie is also a possibility the employees were told. List of no shows the electronic circus is coming to new Orleans next week. Consider some attractions. What a thei Cople of Beverly Hills is. Zsa Zsa Trump to a few game show revivals also will be there name that tune joker s wild and tic tac so will a former presidential candidate s debut in syndicated to Jesse Jack son voices of these arc but a few of the 100 new shows that broadcast executives will consider when the convention of the National association of television pro Gram executives starts monday. The City anticipates that 9,000 conventioneers will be on hand for this annual festival of show Selling to local stations. But convention officials Don t expect a return this year of what last year was inc big controversy at Nate Tab Loid the term refers to such syndicated shows As a current affair and Ger which report on and discuss talks of the tawdry the unseemly and even the somewhat salacious. That kind of overwhelmed the whole said Nate chairman ism c. Ice. Vice president and program manager of Abc owned Kunc to in Denver. I Don t think you la Sec that this you can t hide. A letter sent from Norway to Britai with Only the family name on inc Enve Lope was correctly delivered Only six Days later. We Are just full of admiration for the Post office but we can t imagine How they managed it said Marit Torkildson of great bad Dow 30 Miles cast of London. She said an elderly Friend wrote family Torkildson on the envelope and posted it on dec. J4 from Rukan in the telemark District of Southern Norway. It was delivered dec. 20, but the Story has Only just surfaced. Torkildson s husband. Tore said maybe the Post office in Rukan saw our Friend buy the stamp or Post the letter and knew it was for Britain so they put it in the British bag. An maybe some sorter in London knew the Torkild sons lived in Essex so he put Itin the Essex bag. The whole thing is a mystery to a Post office spokesman in London said the department knew nothing of the feat. Dear Abby Why do men go to topless and in some cases bottomless bar the Man i have been seeing forthe last six months is basically a Nice Guy. 1 am an attractive 27-year-old woman i m 5-foot-6 inches tall and weigh 120 pounds. He is 31, and we have a great relationship going emotion ally physically Etc. We see perfect for each other. What bothers me is thai he goes to these places during working hours and drinks Only Coffee. He is a police officer. He never goes to these places when he s off duty. It makes me feel like i m nol Good enough. He says trial s not it i m Fine and he does t com pare me to those topless girls. He says All police officers Slop in those places for Coffee while they re on duly. I know it s True because when i drive by. I always Sec two or three police cars outside. Once i counted five Why do men go to those places and should i let it bother me confused in Oregon dear confused they go because most men like to look. So do some women should you let it bother you try not to. Your Boyfriend was being honest when lie old you he was t comparing you Wilh those topless girls so you have no reason to feel insecure. However mature men do not need Peep shows. Per haps your police officer is still in a phase of arrested development. Dear Abby in regard to teacher in and the pain of unjust punishment meted out by teachers. 1 Lead a problem in High school when my dad was building a garage during Hunting season. He needed my help in bricklaying and i asked to be excused from two classes in order 10 help him. I received an of for that Day in each class while other students received a passing Grade when they went Hunting with their dads to Killdeer or whatever. I always Felt cheated for being punished for doing some thing constructive while others were excused to be destructive. Thanks for letting me get this off my Chest. Abby. It s been 20 years and i m still resentful. Jimmy in Portland dear Jimmy for some reason the hurts suffered in High school stay with us All our lives. It s not healthy to Harbor such negative thoughts. But it s Abby i have an interesting Story to Tell and it May Nelp got a Call in my office this is sergeant cum mings from the new York stale police. We got your name from the Church you belong to. We have an egyptian family Here in Newburgh . 1 am egyptian their car has broken Down on their Way Back to Boston from Toronto and because they just moved to the states the garage will not accept a Check from their out of country make a Long Story Short 1 offered my help. He suggested i Call Western Union and wire j424 to to the woman Al Western Union i was alerted that this May be a called the Barracks Al Newburgh and were told thai they have nobody there by that name. I then can celeb the order Al Western Union. The Man never called Back after we told him that we were going to verify his identity with the police. Please Alert your readers to this scam. You May use my name and Lown. Thank you. Talaat g. Kaddis , mass. Dear or. Kaddis thanks for the tip off. Forewarned is forearmed
