Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.life From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 11:28:29 EST Message-ID: \SE E;LIFE;MERRIE-GO-ROUND \BY Merrie Morris \CR THE WASHINGTON TIMES CHANGING TIMES: The Willard Inter-Continental announced yesterday that, as of the election, all Evian water has been pulled from its bars, restaurants and rooms and replaced with Mountain Valley Spring Water from Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas. (For history buffs, note this is not just crass commercialism. The water was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson and Dwight D. Eisenhower.) * As the '80s become just a distant memory, Donald Trump faces the possibility of losing the Plaza Hotel. The hotel will be out of bankruptcy next month. But the Donald is using it to get better terms for the rest of his debt, estimated at $550 million. And one of the conditions of the deal is if the price is right, his lenders can sell the Plaza. Looks like Ivana got out at the right time. * Yeah, we've heard the taunts of "annoy the media," but this is not the way to do it. ABC News reporter Gary Shepard was severely beaten in his Malibu, Calif., home by an intruder, police said. He suffered a skull fracture and was in serious condition, said Ted Braun, spokesman at Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center. The motive for the beating appeared monetary rather than political. Gary has been a correspondent since 1984 at the network's Los Angeles office. ROYAL WATCH: The Togetherness Tour continues to fizzle. As Prince Charles and Princess Di trudge through their tour of Korea, British tabs are saying this is their last such trip. Their British stiff upper lips are no match for their animosity. With pictures of the pair staring resolutely in opposite directions, both the Sun and the Daily Express yesterday reported that Diana will have no more of these treks. "The problem appears to be the couple now accept their personal relationship is dead and attempts to form a working partnership are being sabotaged by the deep ill-feeling between them," said the Express. Palace officials, always levelheaded, said next year's agenda was still being planned and they won't release details until next month. LATE-NIGHT HOUSE CALL: Howard Arrington, retired plumber, will be on "Late Night With David Letterman" tonight. It's not bathroom jokes he'll be telling but tales of the White House. Now retired and living with wife Margaret in Selby on the Bay , Md., Howard worked for seven presidents from 1946 to 1979. His favorite first families were the Eisenhowers and the Nixons. "The Nixons were wonderful to me," he recounts. "They were like everyday people, very close to the staff." He has been preparing for tonight for about a month now, ever since Life magazine interviewed him for a piece on the White House's 200th anniversary. Mr. Letterman's staff called him and wanted him immediately for the show, but he needed a day to get used to the idea. A friendly, gregarious sort who now helps out in his son-in-law's garage, Howard has little bad to say about his past employers. "They were all wonderful. I don't have any scandal," is how he puts it. But he has found enough to talk about to do 12 radio interviews. In fact, he seems to be getting a real kick from all the media attention. "Yes, I am," he concurs. "I've never been on TV before." This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM