European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 24, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 7 tvs Bart Simpson drawing plenty of flak new York apr Bart Simpson the goggle eyed cartoon kid with a corrugated Hairdo is catching flak from educators who say his smart Lecky attitude on a the Simpsons gives children the wrong message. Bart with his overbite and Backtalk a a a done to have a cow Man a a is fast becoming an icon of american pop culture helped along by a multimillion Dollar Fox broadcasting merchandising Blitz. The scene stealer on the runaway hit to show also stars in butterfingers Candy bar commercials and there Are plans for a starring role in a Nintendo video game. Mattel inc. Promises Bart dolls and action figures among More than 200 Simpsons products entering stores. This summer Burger King launches a Simpsons based and Campaign. Bart s influence has reached Stanford University and Urcla where he won votes in student elections. He was disqualified in both races because he was not enrolled prompting student protests. In a Telegram from Fox to Stanford students ban told voters to be patient a i must Tell you i have set my sights on higher goals. Bart Simpson for . President in �?T92, Man a Bart is fast becoming the fictional youth american children identify with most. Not bad for a 10-year-old kid with Only eight fingers he but his attitude bothers some critical school officials. In april principal Bill Krumnow of Lutz elementary school in Ballville township Ohio banned Bart so underachiever and proud of it Man it shirt. A to be proud of being an incompetent is a contradiction of what we stand for a Krumnow said. A we strive for excellence and to instill Good values in  the show he said a teaches the wrong thing to  a the shirt also was banned at Cambridge elementary school in Orange Calif. Then last week in Kentucky principal Lonnie Watts of Taylor Mill elementary school declared the Bart shirt a dress code violation. A we feel like the Bart Simpson show does a lot of things that do not help student self esteem such As saying its of to be stupid a Watts said. A a Simpsons creator Matt groaning and Fox officials prefer to let Bart defend himself with statements like a i have no comment. My folks taught me to respect elementary school principals even the ones who have nothing better to do than Tell kids what to  the shows co executive producer Sam Simon said a i done to think its the Job of elementary school principals to pick the role models for their  the uproar caused . Penney co. Inc., which created Simpsons boutiques in its stores to remove the offending a a underachiever shirt and another that reads a a in a Bart Simpson. Who the hell arc you a even drug Czar William j. Bennett took a swipe at Bart. On a May 16 tour of a Pittsburgh drug treatment Center Bennett saw a poster of Bart and told recovering addicts they  follow Bart a Lead As an underachiever. A you Guys Arentt watching a the Simpsons a arc you that a not going to help you any Quot said Bennett director of the National drug policy office. That Wasny to lost on Fox. A we have great respect for or. Bennett a task and responsibility a said Fox spokesman Brad Turell. A but i am not aware of any one to program that will help teen agers kick the drug  Simon said the heat was the inevitable result of the shows Success. A in a matter of a few months it went from being a cult favorite to a critical hit to popular acclaim a Simon said. A i knew that the next step a because it always is the next step a is somebody stepping in and saying its  Hunter s. Thompson used cocaine did no to offer to share woman testifies Aspen Colo. Apr a woman who accused journalist Hunter s. Thompson of sexual assault levelled allegations of drug use against him during a court hearing tuesday. The testimony from Gail Palmer Slater 35, came during a pretrial hearing for Thompson who faces five felony and three Misdemeanour charges. The felonies include three drug Possession counts one charge of using cocaine and one charge of possessing explosives. The misdemeanours include third degree sexual assault third degree simple assault and Possession of marijuana. Thompson pleaded innocent to the three Misdemeanour charges on april 9. The charges Stem from complaints by Palmer Slater a former a rated movie actress that Thompson threw a drink at her twisted her breast and shoved her during a visit to his Home on feb. 21. Thompson 53, was charged after if the alleged sexual attack in february prompted a two Day search of his Home that turned up narcotics and dynamite. His defense is expected to hinge on questions about the Validity of the search. Palmer Slater of port Huron mich., testified that she saw Thompson Thompson plunge his nose into a pile of White powder during her visit to the authors secluded Mountain Home. She said he later boasted of having a ready Supply of cocaine. However she testified that Thompson never offered her drugs and admitted under Cross examination that she had no proof the White powder actually was cocaine. Thompson whose lifestyle and exploits inspired the character Duke in the a a doonesbury comic strip was fidgety during the morning testimony. At times he would lean Over to one of his attorneys to whisper loudly a Bull that a  Thompson claims lie never assaulted the woman. He told reporters the woman was drunk and was pressuring him to have sex with her when he pushed her away. Searches of Thompsons Home on feb. 26 and feb. 27 resulted from her complaint. Police say they found a Small amount of cocaine More than an ounce of marijuana 39 Ltd tablets the tranquil Izer diazepam four Sticks of dynamite and several blasting Caps. Thompson who lives in nearby Woody Creek could receive a maximum of 16 years if convicted on All eight charges. Shipbuilding costs concern Senate panel Washington apr the Navy a shipbuilding budget would have to remain at its current level of about $ 11 billion annually for the service to maintain a pared Down Fleet of 488 ships congressional analysts said tuesday. Members of the congressional budget office told a Senate panel that the Navy a publicly stated goal for 1990 is 547 ships including 14 aircraft carriers four battleships and 34 ballistic missile submarines. But recent published reports said civilian and military leaders drafted spending plans that suggest 488 ships including 12 aircraft carriers. The shipbuilding budget for 1990 totals $11.4 billion the co said. The Navy a proposed Cut in its Fleet comes in response to defense Secretary Dick Cheney a orders to the service chiefs to Cut spending by 2 percent below the rate of inflation in each year from 1992 to 1997. Reductions in the Fleet create a need for the Navy to reconsider its missions the co  smokers quit on their own study claims Chicago apr most smokers who quit do so on their own indicating Solo attempts to kick the habit Are More Likely to succeed than programs a new study says. But the results May be misleading because programs to Stop smoking tend to draw the most addicted puffers who May have failed previously and May be unable to quit without help said the study a authors and other researchers. Some 40 million americans have stopped smoking but More than 71 million Are still at it. And As Many As one third tries annually to quit researchers said in wednesdays journal of the american medical association. Fewer than 10 percent succeed at dropping the habit for a year or longer said the researchers who used data from a 1986 nationwide Telephone Survey of More than 13,000 adult smokers. Among those who had tried to Stop within the previous 10 years the researchers said 47.5 percent who had tried Solo succeeded. And 23.6 percent of those enrolled in cessation programs made it. About 85 percent of those who tried and 90 percent of those who succeeded did so on their own rather than in formal programs said or. Michael c. Fiore a professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and head of the study. Most people who try to quit alone a quit cold Turkey a he said. The researchers reported that those who succeeded tended to be older and More educated but were just As Likely to be heavy smokers a 25 or More a Day. A smokers arc different and some successfully quit on their own. But hardcore smokers appear to need the programs a Fiore said. More than 70 percent of people who tried to quit had been urged to do so by a doctor. This compares with 46 percent in the group Overall researchers said. American cancer society spokesman Joe Patterson supported the findings. The society offers self help material for smokers trying to quit including supporting the annual great american smoke out he said. Besides school health programs aimed at discouraging Young sters from taking up the habit the society also offers a a fresh Start smoking cessation program Patterson added. That program recorded a 14 percent Success rate in a recent study led by or. Harry a. Lando of the University of Minnesota who agreed with Fiore in saying such programs tend to draw the most nicotine dependent smokers. But a the Best group programs get 40 percent Success a that is for intense kind of treatment a Lando said in an interview. Smoking is blamed for 390,000 . Deaths annually. About 1.3 million smokers quit every year but their ranks Are being replenished by 1 million people annually a mostly Young people a who Start smoking Fiore said