European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 28, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9name of the game is Fame new York apr everyone knows Denver is the mile High City but did you know that Hoboken ., is the  City that fluoride Rich Hereford Texas Calls itself the town without a Toothache that Sheboygan is known across Wisconsin As the City of cheese chairs children and churches from Boston the Athens of America to Fairbanks known simply As frostbite Alaska thousands of american communities have a nickname that boosts a dominant Industry touts a tourist attraction or celebrates past glory. V now april a american heritage Magazine has come up with a Handy list of these monikers most of them informal Many of them anachronisms and almost All of them incredibly corny. Farmington Maine Calls itself the Earmuff capital of the world commemorating the invention there 118 years ago. Crystal City Texas is the spinach capital of the world and anyone who doubts that should Check out the statue of Popeye erected by the City in 1937. Many places claim to be the Athens of something although Only Beantown has the temerity to claim to be the Athens of the whole country. Lexington ky., is the Athens of the West Waco the Athens of Texas Fayetteville the Athens of Arkansas. Leonia is the Athens of new Jersey a nod to the Columbia University professors who once commuted across the Hudson River Pullman 111., which everybody associates with railroads is the City of Brick. New Haven Conn. Synonymous in most minds with Yale is the City of elms a a name that predates the spread of dutch Elm disease. Radium  Built in the 1920s with the first system of suburban Cul de sacs was dubbed the town for the motor age a a motto somewhat dated by the Advent of the space age. Many nicknames betray a civic identity crisis. Lake Placid  thinks it is America s Chester n.y., is both snapshot City a reference to Kodak and the City built by hands As opposed to what. In addition to the aforementioned frostbite Fairbanks also is known As the Kansas City of Alaska. Economies change but nicknames live on. Holyoke mass., is the paper City although that Industry Long ago moved South and neighbouring West Field remains the whip City a despite a drop in demand for buggy whips. Paterson ., is still known As silk City even though the local textile business is a memory. Paterson could just As truthfully been dubbed a strike City Quot so regular and contentious were its labor disputes. This tradition in fact helped inspire the motto of neighbouring Garfield City of Industrial peace. Today however Garfield styles itself City of champions a switch that reflects the trend away from Gritty specific nicknames to Bland platitudes. Among the most mind numbing of the new Breed is the one adapted by Klamath county Ore. A known popularly As the Center of the great Western Market in Southern Oregon a finest  says he s running for president Des Moines Iowa apr former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas says hell run for president. He is the first Democrat to announce such intentions although he has not officially entered the race. Tsongas said a visit to Iowa whose caucuses will be the first test of the 1992 Campaign helped him make up his mind. He met with party activists and legislative leaders monday and tuesday. A i needed a live audience in a state that was new to me to get the reaction a he said. A last night was i guess in my head the last major obstacle now its just a matter of just going through the procedural  his similarities to Michael Dukakis another greek american Liberal from Massachusetts Are a liability Tsongas acknowledged. He said he also expects questions about his health. Cancer forced him from the Senate in 1985 after one term but Tsongas said he was fully recovered. A i have a lot of baggage that other candidates do not have a he said. Tsongas 50, a partner in a Boston Law firm described himself As a pro business Liberal. He Tsongas vowed to build voter Confidence in the democrats ability to handle the Economy. A if i do nothing else in a going to Force my party for the first time to get it to drop some of its old Dogma a he said. He said he supports a Strong Bond Between government arid business and legislation to limit and reduce the deficit. Former sen. George Mcgovern of South Dakota who lost in a landslide to Richard Nixon in 1972, is the Only other Democrat to say he is seriously considering a bid. Sen. Albert Gore jr., d-tenn., said he is thinking about it. Visitors leave the White House on tuesday a the first Day Tours resumed after being cancelled because of the persian Gulf  House doors reopen to tourists Washington apr Public Tours of the White House Are doing a brisk business again after being suspended because of the persian Gulf War. The Tours of the Public rooms in. The mansion were discontinued Jan. 16, they were resumed in Bright Spring weather tuesday. A this is the busiest we have been since probably october a said Ranger Tim Kelley at the Booth where tourists pick up free tickets. About 3,500 visitors a Day More than a million a year usually take the Tours. Officials suspended the Tours on grounds they provided would be terrorists with Access to the mansion even though visitors Are required to pass through Metal detectors and have bags  Meg Leffel said the Park service received Many inquiries As to when Tours would resume but a not  �?o1 think the american people understood Why the White House had to be closed a she said. Many of those who lined up for the resumption had come to Washington not knowing that they would be Able to make the tour. For instance High school teacher Bob Warmack of Idaho Springs colo., who brought his  history and american government students on a five Day visit to the capital said he did not learn until monday night that the tour was definitely on. Sandra Alley a Park service spokeswoman said the Tours had last been discontinued from 1948 to 1952, when the White House underwent major renovation during the Truman administration. They also were stopped in 1903 and 1904 because of. Repairs made to the building during Theodore Roosevelt a administration. The Tours were stopped from april 1917 to March 1921 because of world War i and from june 1941 to november 1946 because of world War ii. The Gulf War shutdown was by far the shortest of the  Seattle apr two cocktail servers fired by a restaurant Chain for trying to talk a pregnant woman out of having a Strawberry Daiquiri say the want the state to bar restaurants from serving alcohol to pregnant women. Danita Fitch 21, and . Heryford 22, were fired from a red Robin restaurant in suburban Tukwila when they tried on March 13, to talk a Patron Heryford. Described As a very pregnant a out of having a drink. A Daiquiri contains a shot of rum. Jim roths red Robins director of operations issued a statement that said Heryford and Fitch were fired because they did not treat the customer with a respect and  Heryford said tuesday he first tried to Stop the woman from ordering the Daiquiri by insisting on identification. A i was hoping she did no to have it a he said. A then i could legally refuse her  he went to assistant manager Mike Buckley after finding out the woman was 30. Buckley ordered him to serve the drink. Instead. Heryford told Fitch about the situation and she approached the woman. A i went up to her and said a May am Are you sure you want this drink a a Fitch said. A and she got really mad and said a its past due it had its Chance a a then Fitch peeled from a Beer bottle the government warning against alcohol consumption by pregnant women showed it to the woman and said a this is in Case you done to  the woman complained to Buckley who fired Fitch immediately. General manager Bob Rossi fired Heryford the next Day. Heryford said Buckley told them their Job was not to lecture customers or offer opinions on prenatal care. Fitch and Heryford say they Hope to urge the state to set a policy on serving alcohol to pregnant women