European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5clear cola tested to add fizz to sales new York apr roses Are red violets Are Blue and Colas Are Brown. Or Are they Pepsico inc. Confirmed monday that it is considering whether to Market a Clear version of its flagship Brown Pepsi cola. Industry analysts had a mixed reaction. Some said it could provide a spark to a slow growing segment of the $46 billion annual soft drink Industry. But others said they doubted the proposal would make it out of the Pepsi research labs. Pepsi spokesman Andrew Giangola said that the idea was Only a one of several projects we Are working on and that the company is not ready to go to Market or discuss any details about his comments came in response to a report Mon Day in the Wall Street journal that the company is developing a Clear version of Pepsi cola which could be sold Side by Side with the regular Brand. Pepsi is the nations no. 2 soft drink after coca cola classic the report said the Clear cola could be on the Market As Early As next Spring if Pepsi decides to proceed with it. It said colourless versions of other soft drink flavors Are also under consideration. Industry analysts said a new variation of Pepsi could create some excitement among Consumers and get Pepsi More space on grocery shelves. Although most Consumers probably identify Colas As dark the color does no to occur naturally soft drink makers add a Caramel color. There have been Many examples of smaller companies marketing Clear Colas Over the years but none has caught on. Marketeers also have tried several variations on the Basic cola flavor the favorite of soft drink Consumers. Meyers said Colas will account for 68 percent to 70 percent of this years $46 billion in soft drink sales. There have been Colas with added caffeine and Colas without caffeine Colas with Calcium or juice and Colas without Salt. The most successful variation on the Basic flavor has been sugar free cola. But Emmanuel Goldman beverage Industry analyst for pain Webber inc., said a it is not Clear to me no Pun intended that Clear is better than unclear. A can a cola be a cola if it does no to look like a cola that is the injury was t in script wrestling ref charges Atlanta apr a professional wrestling referee who broke his neck in an Accident in the ring has filed suit claiming that the bout did no to follow the Thomas m. Machlay a referee for 20 years said in his Fulton Superior court suit that wrestler Thomas Richardson a known in the ring As a a wildfire Tommy Rich a mistakenly tripped him during the match at Center stage in 1989. Machlay is seeking More than $25,000 in damages from Richardson and from Center stage. Machlay said in his lawsuit that the a a script for the world championship wrestling match called for wildfire to push the referee seeming to divert Machlay a attention so that wildfires opponent could throw wildfire out of the ring. Instead the suit said the lights on the ring blinked out about the time wildfire was to have pushed the referee. Tripped up by the wrestler and unable in the stars and stripes to see the suit said Machlay fell headfirst into the ring ropes suffering a serious spinal and other injuries and Thomas Lee Ford Machlay a attorney said the referee has been unable to work. Richardson could not be reached for comment said world championship wrestling spokesman Barry Norman. An attorney for Center stage had no comment. Asked whether wrestling matches Are indeed a scripted a Norman declined to answer. A a it a the age old question of a is it fake a and nobody in wrestling including me is going to give you a straight answer on that a he said. But Norman said he was surprised to learn of the suit. A a it a very unusual to have someone file a suit a Norman said. A whether its scripted or not people get Hurt doing these things. Its part of the sky Bonanza John and Darlene Sharp part time Farmers from Havre mont., pose with the states governor Stan Stephens Light at a news conference in Helena. Darlene Sharp won a $47 million lotto America Jackpot last weekend and will receive $1,762,500 a year for 20 years. The winning combination a 1,9,15, 17,34 and 52 a was based on numbers connected with the couples cattle Herd. .10 year Sago nov. 27,1981 a a Federal appellate court ruled that military officers can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of their enlisted personnel. A government Appeal appeared likely.20 years ago nov. 27,1971 a a confidant of president Anwar Sadat said Egypt should take the Arab israeli conflict to the . Security Council before resorting to military action against israel.30 years ago nov. 27,1961 a american and British delegates arrived in Geneva to reconvene talks on a nuclear test ban declaring it was up to the soviets to get the Long stalled conference off the ground and produce a new initiative.40 years ago _ nov. 27,1951 a yugoslav Delegate Milovan Djilas told a special . Committee that the soviet bloc nations were building an army of nearly 1,000,000 men and threatening military Maneu vers near Yugoslavia a frontiers. Funds for women vets memorial falling Short of $15 million goal by Stephanie Griffith the Washington Post Washington a a group planning a memorial to women who have served in the military says it has fallen behind in efforts to raise funds. The women in military service for America memorial is supposed to Cost $15 million. Fund raisers had hoped to have the entire sum by this month but have generated Only about $4 million since they began accepting contributions almost three years ago. A the fund raising is going not nearly As fast As we would like it to go a said Sally Pritchett of the women in military service memorial foundation. The organization was set up to oversee planning and construction of the memorial. Pritchett said there is no fixed Date for opening the memorial but the group has been Given a two year Extension by Congress to raise the remainder of the Money. A a we be got to have All the Money free and Clear in the Bank before we re allowed to Start building a she said. The memorial honouring women who have served in the military from the revolutionary War to the persian Gulf War would be erected at Arlington National cemetery. It would include a memorial Gateway and a registry of women who Nave served. Officials said they Hope that All women who have served in the armed forces will come Forward so that their names can be included in the registry but so far Only 65,000 of the estimated 1.2 million women veterans have done so. Some 400,000 women now serve in the military. Fund raising efforts suffered a setback in february when a raffle for a $1 million House that had been expected to bring in millions of dollars for the memorial barely broke even. Court rejects claim of illegal aids test Washington a a Federal jury monday rejected a Washington Many a claim that an insurance company illegally tested him for the aids virus and refused to Issue a policy when the result was positive. John m. Mele Iii seeking $25 million in damages for emotional distress appeared stunned after the six member . District court civil jury announced its verdict. Melees attorney Calvin Steinmetz said an Appeal would be considered. Mele had accused the first Colony life insurance co. Of violating a District of Columbia Law in 1988 that barred insurance companies from requiring policy applicants to be tested for the aids virus or from denying insurance because of a positive test result. The Law has since been repealed. Mele told the court last week that he was devastated when he discovered he had been tested for the human immunodeficiency virus after asking not to be tested. He was found to carry the deadly virus that causes aids. The lawsuit contended that first Colony based in Lynchburg va., tried to circumvent the Law by asking him to sign policy application forms outside the District of Columbia and having his physical performed in Maryland. Mele said he Learned he had been tested for his after the insurance company rejected his application. First Colony a attorney . Gromel jr., said that Mele took the physical in connection with his previous application to another insurance company and that a first Colony form was accidentally substituted. Also Gromel said Mele signed a form authorizing the his test
