European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. February 26. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5new Orleans carnival season off in full swing new Orleans up a postcard perfect weather saturday Drew hundreds of thousands of revellers to downtown and the French Quarter to celebrate a four Day carnival meltdown to tuesday s Mardi gras. The preferred dress was to shirts and shorts As temperatures hovered around 70 degrees under a cloudless sky. Some hard Core revellers however jumped the gun on masquerading. Thai s the order of the Day Only on Mardi gras itself the Quot fat tuesday Quot of revelry before the beginning of the penitential Christian season of Lent. Crowds awaiting the afternoon parades a the first of seven scheduled a lined the Parade routes or milled about the French Quarter soaking up Sun and alcoholic beverages. Out of town tourists mixed with sailors from seven nato Alliance ships to began their Street parties after catching a few hours sleep. This is Pagan fast �?T90.&Quot said Lisa Penna of Miami a Florida state University student who arrived with schoolmates Racquelle Garcia of Tallahassee and Kim Robidous of Seattle. Quot it s the pit of sin. And we love it Quot said Garcia standing with her friends at a Bourbon Street Comer. A Block Over fitness guru Richard Simmons headed up the Street blending into the crowd in his White shorts and color splashed Short sleeve shirt. Quot i m Here to do the Toth Parade tomorrow Quot said Simmons a new Orleans native. A i m helping my brother  a new to Shirl. Taking off on a popular anti drug a a Parade makes its Way Down St. Charles a a. Television commercial illustrated the mood of the City. Under the words a this is your brain Quot was drawn a Normal Gray coloured brain. Under the words. Quot this is your brain at Mardi gras Quot was drawn an upside Down brain wearing sunglasses coloured from chartreuse to Orange with a Green iguana crawling Over it. A shot Glass and a can of a Lobotomy Quot Brand Beer completed the picture under which was written a any questions Quot strict Corner preachers with bullhorn scattered about the French Quarter appealing to the single minded throngs to abandon their wicked ways. Most people ignored them but some were angered by their presence. Quot listen people. I used to be a drug dealer. I used to be an addict. But there s another Way Quot a preacher shouted. A Why Don t you go Back to Mississippi where Vou came from Quot returned a shout from a nearby Balcony. Several blocks away Black Grafitti on the Wall of the old absinthe bar proclaimed Quot Bacchus saves Quot a reference to the roman god of wine and the name of one of the most popular carnival parades. Actor Dennis Quaid arrived in the City Friday to reign As King of the Bacchus procession on sunday John Goodman the hulking husband to Roseanne Barr on television was Riding saturday night As the King of the Crewe of endymion. Another crowd favorite. A i like this. This is really different Quot said March Lloyd a Canadian Sailor from Halifax Nova Scotia who look a break from the crowds in one of the Many Bourbon Street bars. Smoking Domestic air travel no longer mix _. A a a 1 to la nor Salenti in kor in Tanh rent Wal Washington apr a ban on smoking that applies to most Domestic rights went into of acct sunday. One Connecticut smoker says she fears she will never Sec her grandchildren in California. And new York stockbroker Art a conc says the expanded airline smoking ban will turn him into a Grouchy passenger willing to break the a for his nicotine. Quot i would probably go into the bathroom and smoke a  said Lochne. Who has smoked since 1958. Tampering with an automatic smoke Detector is a Federal of Ense punishable with a $2,000 Fine. The 55-Ycar-old Wallingford Conn. Resident was formerly arrested and fined $40 for lighting up on a non smoking commuter trains to new York. The airline smoking Law. An Extension of the two hour ban sen. Frank Lauten Berg d-n.j., and rep. Richard Durbin Dell. Won at the end of 1987, exempts flights abroad and those longer than six hours headed to Alaska and Hawaii. Lautenburg says the ban will protect passengers and flight Crews from gases and smoke particles recirculated in Cabin air. Quot a new report just issued by the department of transportation proves once again that our concerns were Well founded that study found that Long term exposure to tobacco smoke in air planes represents a significant risk of premature  Lautenburg said. Non smoking frequent fliers applaud the measure. Quot it definitely will be much More  said Kimberly Smith a 30-year-old Washington computer Consul Tant who travels on business several times each month. Quot i won t feel As though my privacy or space is being invaded against my  Juliette d. Lenoir National vice president of the association of bight attendants. Said the policy is welcomed by me nation s 90,000 flight attendants. A we received tremendous support nationwide because flight attendants and the american Public said it is not unreasonable to demand a healthy workplace and a smoke free travel  she said. The american lung association has reported that some airlines will exceed the Law. Virgin Atlantic airways is offering smokeless flights from new York to London and us air is Banning smoking on its flights to the Bahamas and Bermuda. The association has passed out Wallet sized cards suggesting ways smokers can Quot make it through non smoking trips with flying  they include breathing exercises stretching drinking non alcoholic and caffeine free beverages and napping. Ahron Lichtman president of citizens against tobacco smoke a coalition of 100 anti smoking groups that lobbied for the ban says the key is to treat smokers with compassion while safeguarding the health of non smoking passengers. Airlines have been making some preparations for the change. Sara do Mackor a United airlines spokeswoman in Chicago said the airline has agreed to make refunds or accommodations for smokers unable to handle Long hours on smoke free planes. By switching direct flights to flights with interim stops they can dash into an Airport terminal for a Quick cigarette. Claim to Story spices Trump dispute. R or of Kent tic Nehrin new York up a the Battle of the Trumps took another twist when a Man who claimed to be Ivana Trump s sex husband offered to sell his Story Quot to the highest  the new York Post reported saturday. Alfred Wink Mayr. 44. Married Ivana in 1971 so she could obtain a passport and flee her native Csc Chosta Akia. The Post said. The marriage lasted just two years and was apparently never consummated. Quot yes. I was married to Ivana Quot said a Man who telephoned the Post claiming to be Wink Mayr. Quot i m confirming that. I la be Selling my Story on the open  the austrian businessman who said he lives in Sidney. Australia with his wife declined to say How much he would ask for the rights to his Story but said he hired a lawyer to negotiate for him. A Post Story last week headlined Quot Ivanas dark  reported the former Model and competitive skier hid episodes of her past that could have tarnished the Trump image. The article also said her estranged husband was Quot stunned Quot at Ivanas deceptions. Ivana on wednesday publicly revealed for the first Lime her earlier marriage. Michael Kennedy. Ivana s lawyer sent a letter to Post editor Jerry Nachman accusing the newspaper of printing inaccuracies about his client s upbringing parents educational background and romantic history. Kennedy said the Story published Friday was a false and malicious Quot and called for it to be corrected immediately but the lawyer did not threaten Legal action. A your failure to Correct this damage to mrs. Trump s character will be dealt with accordingly Quot Kennedy said. Nachman dismissed the letter As a Public relations ploy and defended his newspaper s reporting As fair. Meanwhile a local television station reported that Donald Trump has dashed Hopes of a reconciliation by invoking the terms of a Well publicized pre nuptial agreement that provides Ivana with s25 million and a Connecticut mansion. Trump has sent his wife at least two maintenance checks As called for in their pre nuptial agreement a television report said Friday. But Ivana became distraught when she received the checks and returned them to the billionaire real estate magnate the station said. It was not known How much the checks were  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 26, 1950 a the Senate foreign relations committee Nat cd a five member inquiry group to investigate charges that communists held High Ollices committee named a five member inquiry group to investigate charges that communists held i in the state department.30 years ago today. Feb. 26, 1960 a two planes collided Over Ciurana Bara Bay in Brazil and plunged into the sea killing 67 of the 70 people aboard them. A two engine commercial Airliner crashed into a dc-6 that was carrying . Navy band musicians to an appearance at a dinner with president eisenhower.20 years ago today. Feb. 26. 1970 a West German Chancellor Willy Brandt said his government would do everything in its Power to ensure that the United states maintained us military presence in europe.? 0 years ago today. Feb. 26, 1980 a soviet and afghan troops and bands of heavily armed civilians patrolled the afghan capital of Kabul but president Babrak Karmal s soviet backed government appeared to have virtually broken Down