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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, August 22, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Its o a first school getting fast food outlet  i  fit ii old rate Init no Klinl Nln few san Antonio up a a financially ailing private school is becoming the first High school in the nation to scrap its Standard fare for a Mcdonald a fast food restaurant on the cafeteria premises it was reported tuesday. Starting this fall holy Cross High school run by the roman Catholic Church on san Antonious West Side will offer those familiar hamburgers Fries and sodas served up by Mcdonald s Blue uniformed employees. The fast food giants corporate offices in California confirmed that franchise operator Richard Contreras is the first to open a Mcdonald a satellite restaurant in a High school cafeteria. A at first i thought it was a crazy idea Quot Contreras said in an interview in tuesdays  Light a but the More 1 thought about it the More i thought i could make it  Contreras who already operates three Mcdonald a restaurants in san Antonio is also the father of a holy Cross student. School trustees applauded the move As a Way to reduce a $50,000 budget deficit half of which could be blamed on the Cost of operating the school s Cate Leria said the principal brother Peter Mullet. The All boys school relied at one Point on Federal subsidies and surplus foods to pay some grocery Bills but that program was stopped two years ago after students complained about the food Mullet told the newspaper. The 350-student school tried to operate the cafeteria without any outside assistance last year and Dis covered that the students enjoyed wholesale food from cans even less. Workers compensation insurance Bills were also too High Mullet said. A we just  afford to feed the kids Quot he said a three or four people in the Kitchen Cost More in workers comp than the entire faculty of 22  but Contreras said he could distribute the insurance costs through his three restaurants and provide hot food through Mcdonald a expanded menu. Not that everyone was enthusiastic. A i done to think its going to be a junk food outlet but obviously there was some concern on the boards part and by parents a said the school boards president Larry Noll. But Contreras said parents reaction was positive when he handed out nutrition charts at a school orientation meeting last week. Casino Board approves bailout plan for Trump Atlantic City no. A the state Casino Board has approved a financial bailout plan for Developer Donald Trump staving off what his lawyers said last week could have been the collapse of his Empire. In a unanimous vote tuesday the Casino control commission granted Trump permission to use his three Atlantic City gaming Halls As collateral for a $65 million Bank loan that is the Center of the bailout. Trump attended the half hour meeting staring straight ahead unsmiling and with his lips pursed even As the plan was approved Quot this is a big hurdle and in a Happy Quot Trump told a throng of reporters and camera Crews. A maybe you can focus on someone else  during hearings last week Trump s lawyers told the commission that rejection of the plan or even a delay of More than a week or so could topple the first Domino in the celebrity developers Casino airline and real estate Empire. Although the vote to approve was 5-0, commissioner w. David Waters said he. Was concerned because the panel had not looked into Trumps Casino debt in greater detail. The commissions acting chairwoman Valerie Armstrong said Trump would have to return sometime in october for  on the Overall financial stability of his casinos and other holdings. Quot i do not View this restructuring As the total solution to the  Armstrong said a we must hold a full financial stability hearing As soon As  the loan allowed Trump to make an overdue $43 million Bond payment in june on the Trump Castle Casino. Earlier the slate division of gaming enforcement had reluctantly endorsed the plan but criticized the debt heavy state of Trumps casinos. The division added provisos to the plan requiring that Trump return three weeks from now with details of How he plans to make a $47 million Bond payment due nov. 15 on his new Taj mahal Casino resort. Trump is expected to return with a proposal to Swap some of his $3.2 billion in debt for equity sell assets perhaps the poorly performing Trump shuttle airline Developer Donald Trump signs copies of his new Book a surviving at the top a in a new it York City Bookstore on monday a Day before he was granted a $65 million bailout package to try to Salvage his Empire. Or negotiate reduced or deferred interest rates. De Tracy president of Trumps three casinos and one non Casino hotel in Atlantic City said the commissions decision to postpone ruling on the matter until tuesday did not cause problems with the Banks. The president of the Claridge Casino hotel Roger Wagner said monday that Trumps stated desire to keep All three casinos would prove difficult. A i think he would Quot like to do that Quot Wagner said. A but maybe that is a positioning he has to do to keep the value  Wagner who stayed at the Claridge after an april offer to become president at Trump Castle said there might not be much of a Market for the casinos because of a stagnant gaming Market Overall. He said the april 2 opening of the Trump Taj mahal Casino resort Hamstrung Trump by further taxing Nis already strained resources. Phony Cowboy branded a with his real identity Kansas City to. Apr a mysterious phony Cowboy suspected of stealing and Selling horses and saddles across the country has a name a and its not slim Tex or Buffalo Bill. The alleged thief had been using the name of a Man w to died in january and authorities say he used As Many As 35 aliases in the last seven years. He used so Many false names that officers who arrested him earlier this month  determine his real identity. That changed when an Anonymous caller who had seen his picture in a newspaper fingered him sheriff Jerry Cox said monday the mystery Man known for wearing outlandish Cowboy outfits and cull my everybody Quot pardner was identified As John Richard Brink a 39-year-old native of Quincy. 111., Cox said. Cox said that after Brink Learned his cover was blown he admitted to the name changes. A the said the done this for the last six or seven years a a Cox said. A the said this was the first time he had gotten caught and wanted to know Jiow i had done  Brink is in jail on $160,000 bail on burglary and theft charges. He also faces charges in Indiana and two other Missouri counties Cox said. Authorities in Tennessee and Pennsylvania want to question him. Investigators believe he travelled from new York to Texas stealing horses Riding tack and other goods to later sell. He was captured after he allegedly took part in a burglary near Kansas City. Two alleged accomplices led authorities to Brink known for wearing Gaudy ii Aid skin Bools a Black Stetson hat and Silver Belt buckle. Michigan Farmers Success May be linked to cherries Detroit apr after following his father into Cherry farming Ray Pleva figures tart cherries Are in his blood. They re certainly in his sausage. Pleva is negotiating to go nationwide with his award winning Cherry Pecan pork sausage. Such Success he Hopes could Rescue Michigan Start Cherry Industry from doldrums caused by production exceeding demand. Daughter Cindy the 1987-88 National Cherry Queen is credited with inspiring the sausage which prompts most people to make faces a until they try it. A a we a be talking about Cherry Industry problems at the dinner table and shed say a boy it would be Nice if we could have something  the idea just popped up Quot he recalled. 1 thought about it 7,500  finally he experimented. He hit on the recipe a 20 percent tart cherries 4 percent pecans the rest lean pork and spices a in february 1988. Lne former Cherry Farmer started Selling it at plevans meats a business he and his wife Marge run in Cedar in Leelanau county Northwest of traverse City. He says he is patenting the mixture which has Only a Subtle Cherry nut flavor. In 1989, the product received the Michigan new product award As featured on Cable news network Anu was honoured at the National restaurant show in Chicago. He said he Hax shinned the product to 49 slates  
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