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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday july 21,1996 try to Spur Bush into m a from wire reports a Denver radio station was trying to give president Bush a preppy wardrobe the a act Dunn his scheduled Friday visit to Wyoming Rand instead Spur the Chap on to wearing Cowboy clothes. An offhand comment by a Denver radio talk show Host that Bush a clothes Don t lit the Frontier image started the search for the Perfett a a if imaginary a presidential Cowboy wardrobe. Steve Kelley of Koa am Denver Sall talk radio station which can be heard in Cheyenne noted on the air wednesday that Bush a looks a Little too by for the West at least As far As we re conc Emet the result of listeners suggestions and Kelley Scalls to Denver area Western clothing stores to find the most outlandish duds on the Market was a wardrobe that included the Gamut of Western Flash and trash. The list included a shirt Complete with rhinestone snaps a Silver Laid Mother of Pearl Bolo tie which a at 45 Bucks is not too cheap chaps and Ostrich skin Cowboy boots. The boots Kelley found Cost $499 a pair. Like most Western get  the presidents make believe outfit would be capped by a Belt buckle of grand proportions a we wanted to find one that was manhole sized because after All he is the president. But the Best we could do was dish sized a Kelley said. The hardest item to locate was a pair of chaps suggesting to Kelley that there might be a dearth of real cowboys to his amazement the talk show Host said he received a Call from a woman claiming to be from the White House who said the president wants to bring some spurs Back from his trip. Bush was scheduled to be in Cheyenne and Southeast Wyoming for a few hours on Friday and was planning to do some fishing in addition to making a speech marking the states Centennial plus Frontier Days a 92-year-old Rodeo and Western festival. Newton keeps singing a King of Las vegas Wayne Newton says he Isnit offended that a Las vegas hotel celebrated his 30th anniversary on stage 14 months late. Newton 46, first appeared at the Fremont hotel on May 16, 1959. In the 31 years and two months since he a played to 15 million people. He was toasted in the Elvis Presley suite at the Las vegas Hilton on tuesday night As he began a new show there. He also appears in a new movie a the adventures of Ford Fairlane a and has a new record a at this  Newton this week also is the first time the Wayne Newton International fan club inc., based in grand rapids mich., has brought together All its chapters for an annual convention. About 150 members planned to be in the audience for newtons shows this week. Are yes on endangered Rabbit a rare Rabbit found Only in the Florida keys and named after Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner was added to the Federal endangered species list government biologists said thursday Only about 200 of the lower keys Marsh rabbits s believed to live on a few islands of the archipelago that extends from the Southern tip of Florida. The animal is the Only Rabbit among 1,000 species on the endangered list said . Fish amp wildlife service biologist Michael Bentzien. The dark Brown Marsh dwelling rabbits were Only identified As a separate species in 1980, thanks to the work of the private conservation Agency and its president Janies Lazell he in turn was financed by the Playboy foundation and in gratitude the rabbits latin name is Sylvi Lagus Palu Stris Hefner after Hefner. The designation Means that no development project funded or authorized by the Federal government May threaten the rabbits habitat and no one May shoot trap or harass the animals said Sheppard the new kids remember the new kids on the Block repaid a favor to the group that helped make them stars. Two years ago when they were trying to break into the music business the new kids performed for 3,000 people at the boy scouts of America National Law enforcement explorer conference in Boston. At the time it was their biggest show said group member Donnie Wahlberg. Now the new kids single a step by step is on the top of the charts and they draw huge audiences such As the Wahlberg crowd of 50,000 tues Day night at Robert f. Kennedy stadium in Washington. The group flew to Ltd Boulder colo., after that show to headline a Star night Quot at this years explorer conference held at the University of Colorado. New kids performed for free at wednesdays conference which brings together Young people who plan careers in Law enforcement. Baron books in Trump s glory things have been looking up for John Baron in Denver since flamboyant Developer Donald Trump disclosed his favorite alias a John Baron. Barons Mother Calls him a the John a he says his children look at him with new respect and his business partners toyed with the idea of renaming their management consulting firm Greenberg Trump Simon amp Miller. Trump acknowledged during testimony in a civil lawsuit in new York last week that he has used the name John Baron on occasion. In a letter Baron wrote Trump that use of the alias has a my Mother very  a i ask Only that you consider inviting my Mother the estimable Betty Baron to lunch in new York As a Way of thanking her. After All it was she who came up with the name by which we both have prospered a he wrote wednesday. A Queen Mother gala Queen Mother Elizabeth Sang with gusto thursday As a Star studded cast took her Down memory Jane at a gala celebrating her 90th birthday. The show at the London palladium highlighted the changing face of entertainment throughout the Queen mothers nine decades from the edwardian music Hall to pop music and the hit musical a phantom of the  the 2,298-seat theater was packed and millions of britons Are expected to watch the telecast of the gala on bbl to on aug. 4, the Queen mothers birthday. From a ooh Tell me pretty Maiden by Queen Mother Flora Dora a hugely successful musical first staged in 1900, the year of her birth the show swept on nostalgically through the music of the 1920s. The Queen Mother wearing Pale Green and Gold and a Diamond Tiara was flanked by her daughters Queen Elizabeth ii and Princess Margaret. Eleven service and Allied charities including the Royal British legion the army and Royal air Force benevolent funds and the British red Cross society Are to share the More than $1,82 million expected to be raised. A real Tunnel Celebration the presidents of Italy and France celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Mont Blanc Tunnel that runs through the Alps and connects their countries. Tiey said it symbolizes european Unity. About 100 environmentalists demonstrated at thursdays Celebration to protest a proposal to double the capacity of the Tunnel under 15,000-foot Mont Blanc the highest Peak in the Alps. French president Francois Mitterrand with italian president Francesco Coss a at his Side said no decision had been made on expansion. Annual traffic through the Tunnel has More than tripled since it opened. In 1989, 1,821,698 vehicles passed through compared with 592,450 in 1966. An estimated 29 million vehicles have made the 7.2-mile passage Between Chamonix France and Aroste Italy. Reebok books Madonna Reebok has dropped Madonna As spokeswoman for the shoe company before she filmed a single commercial. The company and the pop Singer had agreed to but not signed a contract that would have paid her nearly $6 million the los Angeles times reported last year Pepsi signed a $5 million contract with Madonna. But the soft drink maker took her commercial off the air because some people confused it with her a like a prayer music video which contained religious imagery some found offensive. Dear readers did you know a that the junk mail received by americans in one Day could produce enough Energy to heat 250,000 Homes and if we recycled our sunday newspapers we could save 500,000 Trees every week a if every commuter carried just one More passenger we d save 600,000 Gallons of gasoline and keep 12 million pounds of Quot greenhouse gases from polluting the atmosphere Ever a Day a if we All installed Quot Low flow faucet aerators in our kitchens and bathrooms we could save 250 million Gallons of water every Day a that there Are More chemicals in the household cleaners in the average american and Canadian Home today than there were in the average chemical Laboratory 100 years ago a that americans produce 154 million tons of Gar dear Abby Bage every year a enough to fill the new Orleans super dome from top to Bottom twice a Day every Day and that 50 percent of this trash is recyclable a that in the United states we throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour and Only a Small percentage Are recycled # if you throw an aluminium can out your car window it will take approximately 500 years to decompose during a Beach cleanup along 300 Miles of Texas Shoreline in 1988, 15,600 plastic six pack rings were found in three hours. These rings a used for canned Beer soft drinks Oil Etc. A have become an Ocean Hazard to Birds and other Marine life. They re left on the Beach by Sun lovers and Wash into the Ocean or they re dumped into our Waterways along with tons of other garbage and gradually make their Way into the oceans or they re dumped into Seaside landfills and erosion or wind propels them into the water. Once they re floating in the sea they re potential hazards to Marine life. If you really want to help save our planet but done to know where to Start buy the paperback Book titled �?o50 simple things you can do to save the  its a 96-Page Book written in Plain English by the earthworks group and tells you everything you need to know about what to buy and what not to buy what to save How to save it and Why its important to know All of the above. The Book is published by the earthworks press if our Tavonte Bookstore is out of it ask the store to order it. Or order it direct Send $4,95, plus $1 for snipping and handling Check or Money order to the earthworks press 1400 Shattuck ave., no. 25, Berkeley Calif. 94709. This Book should be required Reading a everyone entering the 2 i St Century. Confidential to whom it May concern the elderly population is growing older. In 1986, 41 percent of the elderly population was 75 or older. By 2uou, halt of the elderly population is projected to be 75 or older. J c i tit  
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