European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday january 19,1990 faces a no place esd. Flush to astronauts did the potty work from wire reports things have come a Long Way since that Day in 1961 when Alan a Shepard or. Wet his space Sun As he sat helplessly strapped in his Freedom 7 capsule Alop a Redstone rocket waiting to become the first american launched into space. When the shuttle Columbia returns to Earth Friday. Scientists will spend weeks debriefing the astronauts. Bui an Engineer dubbed or. Flush will be interested in Only one thing How did the toilet work Don Rethke a mechanical Engineer at Hamilton Standard in Windsor locks conn., for 27 years is hard at work refining a space toilet that lie says will solve the delicate problems that have plagued astronauts since the Early Days or space exploration How to Cope with Zero Gravity limited storage and. Well the smell when answering natures Call in space. The National aeronautics and space administration has already Given Rethke a design its preliminary approval. The five Columbia Crew members will be quizzed when they return and their reports passed on to Ruthke so he and his assistants can further refine the commode. A we be put the Best minds in the country together on this new potty so i think it should work out pretty  said Eugene Winkler of Nasa s shuttle support team at the Johnson space Center in he us ton. Hamilton Standard which has been designing space suits for Nasa since the 1960s, last year won a $35 million contract to design a toilet that will meet the demands of larger Crews and longer missions. Rely pc s commode will be installed on the Quot extended duration orbiter Quot shuttle to be launched in March 1992 for 16 Days but is ultimately headed for the space station Freedom an orbiting Laboratory where astronauts will live Tor months at a time later this  Mayflower manners Sydney Biddle Barrows new Yorkus Quot Mayflower Madam who was busted for promoting prostitution imparts some of her carnal knowledge in her new etiquette Book. Quot Mayflower manners etiquette for consenting  the 221-Page Book written by Barrows and Ellis Weiner includes advice on How to ask a Date about aids whether condoms should be left where they can be seen How to conduct an extramarital affair and when it is of to make a pass. It also describes How to approach an escort service. A when inquiring As to which Young ladies Are available for that evening done task crudely a what Daya got tonight a Quot she wrote. Instead she said clients should Wail to be Barrows asked what sort of companion they would prefer. Barrows who ran three escort services pleaded guilty in july 1985 to a Misdemeanour charge of promoting prostitution and paid a $5,000 , Crystal feuding apparently there a bad blood Between Eddie Murphy and Billy Crystal the two former Quot saturday night live Quot stars who worlds longest Ferrari the Driver and fix passengers wave from an automobile billed As the world s longest Ferrari at on automobile show in Stuttgart West Germany. The 30-foot tar which has eight individual seats was constructed by Jay Ohrberg of Hollywood Calif. The stretch convertible which started life As a Ferrari gt40, has five axles and is powered by a v-8 engine. Hath moved on to bigger things in the movies Don t talk to each other. People Magazine says because of some things Crystal said about Murphy in an interview with Playboy Magazine in 1988. Quot i Don t think he s a Good comedian Quot Crystal had said. A when he came Hack and hosted a saturday night live during my season it was an uncomfortable  Murphy was angered by the remarks and would t accept when Crystal tried to apologize. People says. As a result Murphy did t appear on a saturday night lives Quot i5lh anniversary show last year because Crystal would be there and despite his killer imitation of Sammy Davis jr., Crystal was left off the guest list for a television tribute to Davis because Murphy was hosting the event the Magazine  they remember guitars Are still thrashed and Arenas trashed but one thing has changed on Motley Cruc 5 latest tour the heavy Metal bad boys remember what they do. Quot we Only remember bits of past Tours Quot Lead Singer Vince Neil says in people Magazine booze drugs and More drugs left the band members memories As fuzz As their guitar sound until bassist Nikki Sixx nearly died of a heroin overdose in 1987. The entire critic Crew checked into a drug rehabilitation program and now a drug Counselor follows them around on tour to help them stay on the Wagon the Magazine said. But concertgoers Haven to Jet mistaken the group for advocates of Temperance Quot we done to just play Rock a no Roll we live it Quot six said. Quot we go on tour and get broken Bones diseases the crowd leaves bloody. It s More like going to  Hugo for baby Boom Gaslan county in in Rah Carolina is due for a baby Boom in june and Early july a about nine months after Hurricane Hugo hit. Doctors say. The storm knocked out Power and essentially shut Down the county when it struck in september. A any time there is a natural disaster or snowstorm or anything that keeps people at their Homes this  said Deborah Hudson business manager for Gaston gynaecology and obstetrics one of two prenatal centers in Gastonia. By mid january the Center already surpassed the number of new patients that showed up in december. Hudson expects to have 90 to 100 new patients this month compared with about 50 for a Normal january. Many of the expecting mothers Are due in Early summer. Quot that s a pretty Good indication that Hugo had something to do with it a she  to seek divorce actor Tom cruise and actress wife Mimi Rogers Are calling it quits after nearly three years of marriage. A we have decided to file for  the couple said in a joint statement from publicist Andrea Jaste. Quot White then hat e been very positive aspects to our marriage there were some issues which could not be resolved even after working on them for a period of Lime Quot the couple s statement said w without elaboration. Cruise. 27, and Rogers 33. Were wed may9,1987. Dear Abby we arc celebrating Quot Nader s raiders Quot 20lh anniversary by issuing the consumer s guide to toll free hotlines. This directory contains the toll free Telephone numbers to Call for free informal Ion concerning treatment for cancer. 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Dear Abby a a in a recent column Quot wondering in Oak Park 111.,&Quot you said Quot i have tried to persuade my husband to get a Vasectomy but he is a  Why did Jou let her get away with that stupid statement without challenging her unless there was More to her letter than you printed we have heard Only her Side of the Story. Where is it written that a Man must get a Vasectomy because his wife wants him to Many letters in your column seem to indicate that since it s easier far a Man to get a Vasectomy than it is for his wife to get a tubal ligation he should have the operation. Baloney neither tubal ligation nor vasectomies Are Ito percent reversible. What if the marriage is dissolved a or the spouse Dies and the remaining mate wants to have children with another mate calling one s partner Quot Chicken Quot because he does no to want to Nave a Vas Colomy is not an indication of a Happy marriage. It reminds me or the old joke about lady Astor and Winston Churchill. She is reputed to have said Quot sir if you were my husband i would put Poison in your Tea. A he replied. Quot and if you were my wife Madam i would drink  a Pink Pinkerton Pico Rivera Calif dear Pink to answer your question a what if the marriage is dissolved or the spouse Dies and the remaining spouse wants to Hare children with another mate Quot _ 1 he husband could easily ensure having More children by staring his sperm in a sperm Bank. According to the repository far germinal Choice in Escondido Calif., semen that has been Frozen in liquid nitrogen has a half life of More than 1,000 years