European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 17, 1991the stars and stripes Page 7flaky Stamps add to postal woes by the new York times the Parade of problems embarrassing the postal service has lengthened. In the latest incident the paper used for some of the most popular Stamps printed by the government is incompatible with the Ink causing the designs to Flake off if the Stamps Are soaked. But As a spokesman for the Bureau of printing and engraving was Quick to note wednesday the Stamps still serve their  the postal service said a an alarmingly High number of express mail shipments had gone undelivered in the last month because address labels fell off. A special dead letter office in Indianapolis was at one time handling 20. Such pieces a Day. And when a contract Printer used a porous paper for a 29-Ccnt stamp Honor ing the writer William Saroyan the a. Chine that punches holes Between Stamps stuck tearing the Stamps so badly that 150 million of them had to be destroyed said Frank Thomas a spokesman for the postal service. Destruction of the Stamps did not Cost the postal service any Money Thomas said and the stamp which was produced by american Bank note co., is due out wednesday. Since postal rates Rose on feb. 3, the postal service has been embarrassed by several incidents. These include having two Stamps printed in Canada and print ing incorrect biographical data on the margin of a stamp honouring former vice president Hubert h. Humphrey. But officials note that none of these problems has affected mail delivery. A you have to give the postal service  said Wayne Youngblood . Editor for Linn s stamp news. A a it a understaffed and it had to Deal with a rate change and there is enormous pressure from the unions. But the postal service does very Well with Basic mail handling Ira Polikoff the spokesman Lor the Bureau of engraving and printing said the Ink problem arose when the Bureau switched to a water based Ink on its multicolour gravure presses. The Ink and a special paper used with it gave the Stamps a sharper image a goal set by the postal service to attract More collectors. But said Polikoff Quot the Stamps were not designed to be soaked Tor 10 minutes 1 while the flaking Ink should not-.fnte.r-. Fere with postal operations it is crucial for stamp collectors because most collectors soak Stamps off envelopes before putting them in albums. The �9-Ccnt Wood Duck Booklet stamp. Suffers most from the Ink flaking which was first reported by the weekly Linn s stamp news. But Only the Bureau s version of the stamp is affected not the one printed by Kcf a a subsidiary of Banta corp., which prints the Stamps under contract. Joan Kennedy appears in a Quincy mass., courtroom with her lawyer William Sullivan left Joan Kennedy reportedly had open bottle of Vodka in car Quincy mass apr Joan Kennedy a blood alcohol level was almost twice the Legal limit and she had an open bottle of Vodka in the car when she was arrested on Drunken driving charges for the second time in three years newspaper reports said. The former wife of sen. Edward Kennedy pleaded innocent and surrendered her License wednesday. She remained free on $25 bail alter her court appearance. Joan Kennedy 55, was charged with Drunken driving failing to stay within marked lanes and having an open Container of alcohol. Police said they spotted her car swerving across All three lanes of an expressway tuesday evening. The Patriot Ledger of Quincy citing an unidentified source reported that her blood alcohol level was 0.18 percent compared with the Legal limit of 0.10. The Boston Herald on thursday quoted author tites As saying there was an open bottle of Vodka in Joan Kennedy a car. Her arrest came Days after her Nephew William Kennedy Smith was charged with raping a woman at the family a Palm Beach fla., estate. Smith has denied any wrongdoing and is free on bail. A i done to see How much More of a circus it could be a Joan Kennedy a lawyer William Sullivan said As reporters and photographers converged on the courthouse wednesday. Sullivan entered the plea for his client who stood silently before judge Albert Kramer. Earlier in the Day Sullivan tried to enter the plea without his client in court but  her to. Appear citing a state Law requiring that he explain to a defendant the right to Challenge a breath  arrived in the afternoon entering the courthouse by a rear door and w As ordered to return to court june 28 for a pretrial conference. She left immediately in a car driven by a Friend. A obviously we re go Fig to fight a Sullivan said. Kennedy who was divorced from the senator in 1983, has said she is a recovering alcoholic. She was arrested on a Drunken driving charge in 1 1988 after her car crashed into a Fence on Cape cod. She was placed on one years probation lost her License for 45 Days and was fined $677 after she did not contest the charge. A in 1974, a Virginia judge suspended her License for six months and fined her $200 after she pleaded guilty to Drunken  to spam it up As company Marks 7 00th anniversary Austin Minn. Apr Margaret Thatcher ate it for Christmas dinner in 1943. Nikita Khrushchev credited it with keeping the soviet army alive. It is still sold in More than 50 countries and remains the flagship product of Geo. A. I Lormel amp co. We speak of course of spam. On saturday spam will get its due when Ilo Imel holds its first spam Jamboree Day As part of the company a 100th anniversary Celebration. The much maligned canned luncheon meat will be featured at an a fall Omenn eat spam breakfast Lor $1,99. There la be spam sandwiches for 99 cents spam pizza and spam submarine sandwiches. A contestants in the spam eating contest will be timed As they Down a 7-ounce can of spam a lingers Only no utensils allowed a and drink an 8-ounce Glass of water. Artists will get their Chance at tame competing in the spam sculpture contest. There la be a spam recipe contest live bands bicycle and foot races and a 99-cent lunch featuring. Spam a spam King and Queen will he chosen to preside Over the events. Contestants must be Between the Ages of 5 and 8. But the real Monarch on saturday will be the i Lormel product created in 1937 when the company had several thousand extra pounds of pork shoulder. Jay i Lormel the son of the company founder developed the chopped pork shoulder and Ham mixture packaged As Hormel spiced Ham. Hormel offered a $100 prize for a Catchy name that would give its luncheon meat an identity and Clistine Guise it from other products. Kenneth Daigneau the brother of a Hormel executive suggested the name spam. A spam was christened and quickly registered As a trademark Quot said v. Allan Krecjci i Lormela a director of Public relations a in addition to the new name the readily identifiable Blue and yellow can and higly pro file promotions helped separate this Hormel product from the pack.�?T�?T, Hormel began National distribution of the. 12-ounce cans in mid-1937 and spam soon became an american Staple. Because it did no to require refrigeration it was widely used to feed Allied troops during world War ii and became the butt of jokes. Many soldiers dubbed spam a a ban that did t pass its physical and a a Meatball without Basic  but More than 60 million people still eat spam collectively consuming 3.8 cans every second. More than 4 billion cans have been sold since the product was introduced in 1957.novelist Myron Brinig Dies new York apr Myron Brinig a novelist who wrote about the development of Montana died monday of a gastrointestinal Haemorrhage at age 94. Brinig wrote about pioneers Copper miners frontiersmen saloons and settlers. His 1937 Best seller about a Montana family a the Sisters a was turned into a movie starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn the following year