European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Thomas Miller As Eugene Mccarthy i tried to stick to the de Kropidlowski As Nelson Rockefeller Bob Hyde As Richard Nixon i think everyone Learned a our speeches plus their ideas teen presidential Campaign school kids elect to learn at convention it was pure pandemonium when the winners were announced by Mary Neth Femina editor Jeff Hering As Robert Kennedy. We each gave about seven Adam Hull As or. Communism i knew no one would give me a the presidential candidates weren kissing babies there weren t any around but they were doing every thing else you d expect eager politicos to do. They were giving lots of speeches shaking lots of hands making lots of there were posters and banners signs a big Campaign was underway. And there scene was Heidelberg Germany High school and the students were putting on a mock . Presidential idea s that to participate in a democracy you really need to know about it How it works explained Christine Miller president of the dram club and one of the masterminds be Hind the teen of the kids Don t have civil governing classes until their 12th seniors thought a pseudo election would add up to better understanding of what s happening in the states right now All that could occur during the 68 presidential election. The Campaign managers More than fulfilled the Promise. Ii Ever an election presented a ten Sion fraught Triumph of the unexpected the kind of political happenings that dear any voter out of apathy it was the Heidelberg ingenuity and everything in the text books the teens kept interest of student body voters at fever pitch. Every problematical Issue that could conceivably happen did happen. Examples a student Adam Hull collected enough signatures to get himself on the ballot As a representative of the communist party. He used his speeches to air background on current even staking place within the soviet bloc several students came up with a lat entry in the Campaign Everett dirkson. When they could t get him on the ballot they did their Best to turn the rep can convention into an uproar m shouts of unfair delegates of Texas abstained from the vote in Pathy. The big issues of the Campaign those being debated Back Home i Vietnam War poverty civil Olgh crime government spending. As far As possible candidates co the platforms of the men they repro i was t always easy said Tine. We began Early. Some of platforms were still a � you re so right echoed Bob who hit the Campaign Trail As Nixon. When i started Dick Wasing it Cool. He had t really Ravae stand on the Candida to representation of the Caw themselves there was quite j of across the party Les slim spam fore things firmed up. De Kropidlowski who was Rockefeller intended to run a son then Johnson Ujj couple of weeks Tor Thomas played Eugene Mccain thy who he d be. His other of Glace maybe or hum � to. W Felt a bit More decisive a the Robert Kennedy Roe. I w right accent he said i with a when it came to the dig mentions they were Dat Heidelberg h go it Ujj Jyner tories for Kennedy and the run off be Ween 1 1 come off so Clear Cut Ken j a put in school election there Theoff and Roky won an happened for real oni american history
