European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday february 24.1990 no fat ice Cream scoops the Market new York a it s cold wet and creamy an Sweet or the Tongue. It s thicker than the top brands of Premium ice Cream and just a Little bit harder to scrape with your spoon. It does t taste exactly like Haagen dazs or Ben & Jerry a but what do you expect for a product with half the calories and no fat Nutgras acct co., the maker of Nutrasweet Low Cal sweetener is hoping for a Mouthful with simple pleas ures a super Premium ice Cream substitute with no fat and Low cholesterol. Its secret lies in Simplisse. A product made from egg Whites and milk protein that has no cholesterol and no fat. Simplisse eventually May be used As a substitute for other Dairy products like Yogurt sour Cream but Ler Margarine and cheese. Simple pleasures was unveiled for reporters thurs Day after becoming the first fat substitute product Towin approval from the food and drug administration. The real taste test will come this summer when it show sup in seven flavors in supermarkets across the country. Distribution in Europe is expected by the end of the year safety for babies president of the air transport association Rob Ert at own said thursday that his organization has petitioned the Federal aviation administration to require use of infant safety scats on airliners. The proposal by the group which represents the major air carriers would Force parents to buy tickets for children under the age of 2. Children that age May now ride on their parents laps. Said Simp less general manager David l. Morley. It s potentially very significant. This is the firs non fat fat. So to speak to be approved on the mar Ket said Harvey Stober a chemical analyst for Dean Witter Reynolds inc., who said sales could grow to $500 million or $1 billion a year in several years. Monsanto Stock jumped higher following the Fra simple pleasures could resolve the conflict Between eating healthy foods and indulging in what tastes Good. Approval finishing $4.37 i higher at $112.25 on the new York Stock Exchange. Simplisse is aimed at customers who want to Cul the amount of fat and cholesterol in their diet while satisfying their taste buds. It will be launched in an age of dieting and health consciousness when customers have lined their shelves with products such As oat bran recall ordered for Spray confetti Washington a the government recalled More than 1 million cans of Spray string confetti thursday because the propellants Are flammable. The consumer product safety commission recalled the Spray string because of several terrifying accidents that occurred when this Type of product was sprayed nearsighted candles on birthday cakes and burst into names said Jacqueline Jones Smith who Heads the panel. These accidents resulted in serious Burn injuries primarily to children she said. In a dramatic demonstration at a news conference commission staff members showed How a Flash fir could result from spraying the string near lit candles. Thursday s recall involved 1.13 million cans of the streamers from five manufacturers. The products Are 3.5-ounce cans of Streamer Spray distributed by Northeast imports inc. Of Central Falls . 150-Gram cans of masquerade crazy strings distributed by masquerade inc. Of Brooklyn . 3.5-Ouncc cans of goofy Hying string distributed by Franco american Novelty co. Inc. Of Glen Dale. . 3.5-Ouncc cans of Tricky fun string distributed by tops Lone industries of Danbury Conn. 3.5-Ouncc and 7-Ouncc cans of it s fun Tim string confetti distributed by fun world division of Carle place . Appalled Fla. Governor seeks obscenity probe of rap group Tallahassee. Fla. A gov. Bob Martinez called for a criminal investigation of a rap group because of its hot Selling album with sexually explicit lyrics. Martinez asked Peter Antonacci Florida s statewide prosecutor to conduct an investigation into whether Florida s racketeer influenced. Corrupt organization act and obscenity Laws have been violated by the wide spread distribution of records by the 2 live Crew and other rap  fort Myers judge ruled two weeks ago that there was probable cause to find that As Nasty As the Wanna be was obscene and ordered the album which has sold More than 1 million copies pulled from the shelves in Lee  after Martinez released his letter thursday a jury acquitted an Alexander City. Ala., record store owner of obscenity charges for Selling a sexually explicit tape of move som thin " by 2 live Crew. The circuit court jury look less than 1 a Iki Urs to decide in favor of Tommy Hammond who earlier was found guilty in municipal court in what the american civil liberties Union called the nation s first obscenity conviction for music. Hammond had appealed that conviction and was granted a trial in the higher court. In Martinez s letter he said he was appalled that music a judge has already determined May be obscene was easily available to Florida children. He said he was horrified by reports that seventh graders can recite some of the  of the four member band s lyrics include de and Spring water. Simp less cannot be used in frying or baking How Ever because it conceals at higher temperatures. An the company has yet to come up with a Vanilla flavor of simple pleasures that meets its  Robert Shapiro Nutrasweet s chairman and chief executive said simple pleasures could resolve the conflict Between eating healthy foods and indulging in what tastes Good. Americans reduced the fat in their diets by 3 percent from 1982 to 1988 but still ate an average 5 Gallons each of ice Cream last year according to Nutrasweet. A 4-ounce serving of Strawberry flavor has 120 calories and less than 1 Gram of fat compared with 250 caloric Sand 15 Grams for super Premium ice Cream. Simple pleas ures uses sugar not Nutrasweet although the sugar and fat substitutes could be used  spokesman Jeff Nesbit in Washington said no trash act would have to seek separate Federal approval for other products containing Simp less such As Mayonnaise salad dressing sour Cream and Frozen Yogurt nevertheless Nutrasweet already has agreed to sup ply Simplisse to Kraft general foods inc. For its Mayonnaise and Miracle whip salad dressing. Stateside Law professors protest Aba s abortion stand South Benu ind. A Law professors at University of notre Dame have voted to end pay ment of their american bar association dues to pro test the association s vote supporting abortion rights. The school traditionally has paid the $1,900in dues to the Aba for each of the 30 Law faculty members. However they voted to end that prac Ascriptions of gang rapes sex acts and  spokeswoman for sky Walker records the Miami record company that produced the album referred inquiries to the company s lawyer who was unavailable for comment  said he did not think the state should try to censor the kind of legitimate Public expression protected by the first  he claimed that 2 live Crew s album does t meet that  state Law the penalty for distributing an obscene record or tape is a maximum five year sen tence and a $ 1 ,000  state racketeer influenced corrupt organizations statute which includes obscenity violations car Ries a maximum prison term of 30  the Sale of the recording apparently has numbered in the tens of thousands the pattern of racketeering activity is arguably present Martinez wrote Antonacci. But Charlene Carres a Tallahassee attorney for Thea Clu said works with literary artistic political or scientific value were not covered by the obscenity  Washington people for the american Way. A civil liberties watchdog group issued a scathing statement noting Martinez s failure last year to pass an anti abortion statute. First governor Martinez tried to Rob women of their reproductive  said Elliot Mincberg Legal directory the organization. Now he s advocating censorship and taking aim at the first amendment. One onders what fundamental right is next on his hit Parade. Opposite position said Law Dean David t. Link referring to a bar association vote opposing govern ment intervention in a woman s decision to end a  just should t be in this when you think of the division that still exists Amon members of the bar association and in the courts he said thursday. Governor suspends aide for sexist comment Montpelier it. A gov. Madeleine Kunin has suspended her press Secretary without pay for two weeks for making a comment of a sexual nature to a woman  suspension was ordered one Day after Peter frenc made the comment which he said was a joke. The remark came when Betsy Lile of the Burlington free press asked him for a preview of the governor s Revenue forecast. Frenc s reply if you took off All your cloth Sand performed a lewd act might Tell  he paused then added even if you did that i would t Tell  Exchange was overheard by another re Porter and a Kunin official both of whom con firmed the comment. It came to Kuhn s Atten Tion when a reporter for the Rutland Herald asked her about it for a Story. Apparently homeless Man slain in scuffle with police Washington a a police officer shot an apparently homeless Man to death in a scuffle just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White  Park police officer Katherine Heller came across a Man in Lafayette Park on thurs Day evening who had been assaulted said it. Reginald l. Smith spokesman for District of Columbia  then radioed a description of the alleged attacker and another Park police officer Scott Dahl spotted a Man fitting the description of the suspect Smith said. Dahl approached the Man who began fighting and managed to take the officer s pistol away from him Smith said. At that Point Heller approached and shot the Man in the Chest he  wounded Man who was not identified was pronounced dead at George Washington University Hospital. The officer was treated for minor injuries and released