European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 09, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday. February 9.1990 faces n places fat Drivers in Georgia blubbering to the state from wire reports some Georgia Drivers issued License Plalos with the prefix fat arc blubber ing in the stale and the slate is weigh ing the problem. About 900 of the Plalos. From Fatiori to fat999. Have been distributed in the Athens area As Georgia changes ils License plate design this year. The thought of driving around Wilh the word fat bolted to the Tail end of the family wheels has irked some motorists i had one lady who said she was literally sick Over it because she s Over weight and she had such a hang up about it anyway and having to go out with a tag that says fat on her car would he just  said Nancy Denson. Clarke county lax commissioner and License tag agent. She said about 50 people have complained. Denson said the slate has agreed to take Back the fat Plalos from motorists who Are willing to pay $2 to $8 for replacements. Clint Moye. Director of the state Rcv clue department s motor vehicle Divi Sion said fat May join Aboul 100 other letter combinations already Black listed but not until a new plate is issued again in 1995. All still the main Man police responding to a report of a Street disturbance in South Bend ind., on wednesday found former heavy weight Champion Muhammad All in the Middle of the crowd. When the officers arrived they found it was just a group of juveniles talking to a a club  Cape.  Genck be said All. Who suffers from a ram Dis order had Floyd Bass. Grounds keeper of All s is Lale near Berrien Springs mich., As his spokesman. Bass explained Ali was asked Sev eral weeks ago to Isit the West Side Home of a teen age girl who has cancer. After Risling the girl s Home tuesday evening. All decided to mingle with youngsters in the neighbourhood said Bass. Ali and officers who responded to the disturbance report then agreed to Pla a practical joke on those at the Central police station. Cpl. John Collins brought a into the station in Handcuffs claiming he had arrested the sex fighter. After everyone had a Good laugh it was handshakes autographs and photo graphs for the police officers. Discord in the offing singers Willie Nelson John Mellen Camp and Nell Young arc preparing for the fourth farm Aid concert in Indiana polls april 7. But their reception from the farming establishment May not be great. The three met with the press tuesday and attacked corporate interests slow to change government farm policies and the use of chemicals in agriculture. We re Here to Call attention. To the fact that in order to farm these Days before you can get a loan you have to Poison your  said Nelson the chairman of farm Aid. I. Gov. Frank o Bannon the state s commissioner of agriculture joined gov. Evan Bayh in appearing at the news conference but said most Hoosier Farmers Don t share the musicians views on getting rid of farm chemicals. Most of our production Farmers have to look at the Bottom line to slay in  o Bannon said. Stray dogs cars seals As a municipal animal control officer in Shelton Wash., Dave Opfer has plenty of experience rounding up stray dogs cats. Now. A stubborn Seal has been added to the list. The first two times it was herded into a Creek and Back into Oakland Bay an Arm of puget sound. The third time the Seal was spotted near the Library eight blocks from the water and heading Uphill. Attempts to move it were met by bared Teeth and ominous growling. The Seal eventually was captured in a net and taken to the Point Defiance zoo in Tacoma. Sex principal s advice former principal Joe Clark whose Bat wielding cleanup of a new Jersey High school became the subject of a motion picture says America could be come the first fully developed third world  Public education is institutionalized child  Clark told 200 Lowndes county High school students at Valdosta ga., on tuesday. American education is in the absolute doldrums of stagnation he said. Clark told the cheering students they Carmen on ice former world Champion Iee skaters Brian Orser of Canada and Katarina wih of fast Germany pose in front of a film placard in Dresden East Germany wednesday prior to the debut of the film Carmen on ice in which they Star. Must make their own Way in life. If you want something out of life you have to go out and work for it he said. If you end up a nothing blame yourself because that s just what you wanted to be a  woolite was one of a number of products used to help Junior Lamb show entrants look their Best at the exposition where empty bottles of Ivory palmolive and Dawn Dis washing liquids also were found lying Aboul. Nyc Home Ess get help Peanut butter nuts comedian Robin Williams has presented a $227.000 Check to new York City for the homeless from comic Relief. He signed the Check Over to mayor David Dinkins sunday at St. Vincent s medical Center. The Money comes from the $9 Mil lion that was raised by comic Relief a telethon that featured Williams. Hoo i Goldberg. Billy Crystal and other top comedians. Woolite sheep Wash dirty sheep Wash pm in woolite. Says a Man who knows his livestock grooming. It s designed for Wool and they re Wool said Marshall Eaton an agriculture teacher in Tuscola. Texas As he used a blow dryer on a Lamb at the 94th South Western exposition and livestock show and Rodeo in fort Worth. The popularity of what 100 years ago was a protein substitute for the tooth less has spread into the nation s most popular Sandwich filler consumed by an estimated 40 million americans in an average Day. Peanut Butler conceived by an Anonymous St. Louis physician in 1890 As a soft edible for his toothless patients turns 100 this year. The Peanut advisory Board has designated March i As National Peanut Butler Day. And has planned Centenary celebrations throughout the year. It has the staying Power that Doc Sam exist in Many products in America said Milch head the group s executive director in Albany a. The secret to Peanut butter s popu Larity it s inexpensive convenient and relatively healthy. Americans consumed a record 800 million pounds of it last year or about 3.3 pounds apiece. Dear Abby the following incident just happened and it occurred to me that Sou could Puli Ciuc it to warn others one acc Cal afternoon a Man phoned and asked if i was mrs.  living at my address. I verified the facts then he said he handles my account at the Bank and asked me if i would be so kind As to gel my visa and Mastercard so he could Check the numbers and expiration dates As the Bank is issuing new cards and he wanted the information to be Correct. I laughed and told him he must be out of his mind to think i would give that kind of information Over the  hangup. After thinking it Over. I wondered How Many people would giu1 out such information without stopping to realize thai Banks Don t operate that Way. I called the police department and reported the incident and i was transferred to the bunco squad who happily took All the information and said i was a smart lady because since the caller had already had my name address and Telephone number All he needed were my credit card dear Abby numbers to make purchases by phone. Now thai is something i sure Don t need Abby please let people know that if they Ever get a Telephone Call supposedly from a Bank employee asking to verify their credit card numbers they should get the person s name and Call the Bank to verify it. June g. In Del mar Calif. Dear june a you Are indeed a smart lady and thanks for a valuable tip you deserve a lot of credit. Dear Abby As a longtime Reader of your column 1 often clip letters i want to reread. I am enclosing one i be saved for years which is even More timely now than it was when it was published. If you agree please run it again. Catherine Field. New port Richey Fla. Dear Abby in response to former Reader and All others who insist that what they do with their bodies is their own business yes. It s your business provided n9 one else has to pay financially emotionally or otherwise for your rash Ness. So Long As your parents Are footing the Bill your body is their  foul it up and they must pay to straighten it and you out. Even after you sever parental ties if you foul up your body with alcohol drugs or some other foolish Ness someone else the Public your spouse or your children has to pay in Money hardship or mental anguish. I am fed up with paying taxes to support was and children of alcoholics and drug addicts and i m tired of paying for Public sponsored medical and psychiatric treatment for people who have chosen to wreck their lives. I am fed up with paying High insurance rates because of Drivers who arc addicted to alcohol or drugs and with supporting enormous police forces to combat crimes resulting from such addiction. The Only person whose body is absolutely his or her own to treat foolishly is one who is self support ing has no relatives no friends no dependents and is completely exiled from civilization. An old Square in Cincinnati dear Square i m in All four of your Corners. C Universal press Syndicate