European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Kennedy says demos need new ideas new York not Edward who for Many years has symbolized democratic party has summoned his party to search for new approaches to the needs of the country if it is to win Back the Faith of the in a speech at Hofstra University on Long Island Friday and in remarks to a group of other democratic senators sat urday in West Kennedy apparently sought to shift both his party and his own political image toward the one thing is he said in the Hofstra we cannot and should not depend on higher tax revenues to Roll in and redeem every costly those of us who care about Domestic Progress must do More with the Mere existence of a program is no excuse for its perpetuation whether it is a welfare plan or a weapons he too much of the Public housing that was built in past too Many of our Public service jobs and Public assistance programs have done too Little to break the Cycle of poverty and and too often they have proved to be counter pro it was Kennedy first policy address since Walter Mondale crushing defeat in the 1984 presidential and it reflected continuing debate within the party Over How the democrats can Best recover from that in an interview from where he joined 36 other Senate democrats meeting to assess their party Kennedy said his views should not be seen As an abandonment of traditional lib eral concerns for compassion and assistance for the we cannot aban Don the fundamental he but in several including welfare Hospital and he you could get More value for the in programs like educational training Are helping to Cut welfare he and such programs should be As he took a break from the democratic Kennedy said he hoped that the Fri Day address he gave on Long Island had out useful paths for the democratic party to guide them in debates before Congress and in winning Back Public in that speech he asserted that some of his party programs had he called on the party to reinvigorate itself with new ideas and shed its image As the captive of constituency groups such As women and we must understand that there is a Dif Ference Between being a party that cares about labor and being a labor he there is a difference Between being a party that cares about women and being the women and we can and we must be a party that cares about minorities without becoming a minority we Are citizens first and constituencies he said to sustained a he also warned democrats against Sim ply imitating Republican we must offer new but they must be More than retreads of the reactionary nostrums of this the senator our truest Challenge is not to abandon our but to be what we have been at our Best an agent of ready to refine our anxious to refresh our Faith and unwilling to Retreat from fundamental Prin he told an audience gathered at Hofstra to study the administration of his slain John with speculation already beginning about who might run for president in the senators remarks reflected his determination to be at the forefront of the debate Over the party Kennedy has been keeping open the possibility that he might seek the presidency again and aides said that regardless of whether he he in upset Over Speed smoking ban California kids flunk test out of spite up Chico High school students Cost their school District in state funds when they deliberately flunked a state achievement test be cause school officials refused to remove parking lot Speed bumps and allow smoking on education services director Bill Mulhol land said saturday he did not know How Many of the schools 333 seniors deliberately failed the the extent of it we dont but it certainly must have been he the state gives school districts in incentive funds when achievement test scores improve from one year to the he but results of tests Given in december put Chicos class of 1985 in the Bottom third of californian High schools and made the District ineligible for the incentive Chicos 1984 class had been in the top school officials said student leaders presented their demands a few Days before the examination was besides on Campus smoking and removal of Speed they asked that part of the state incentive Money be used for a school party in Santa a California coastal Community 40 Miles South of san Francis when principal Roger Williams rejected the students circulated leaflets on Campus urging seniors to fail the the state achievement test does not affect students or status in applying for entry to tends to help shape the party Kennedy remarks were welcomed sat urday by Robert who is the Senate minority i think everybody knows some programs have he said in an but the democratic party has always been willing to expert George echoed that sure i agree with he said of reflecting the growing Consen sus among democrats that the party must be seen As standing for something other than protecting popular spending Mitchell is there anyone who Hast said that in the last six months Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today april 1945 stars and stripes was not published on this 30 years ago today april 1955 on the waterfront won eight including Best picture and Best actor for Marlon Grace Kelly was honoured As Best actress for the country three coins in the foun Tain was named Best 20 years ago today april 1965 embassy personnel in Saigon returned to their offices after a car bomb attack with Security drastically tight Only about half of the staff was at work and Many of those were heavily 70 years ago today april 1975 South vietnamese marines mutinied aboard two ships carrying refugees from fallen a forcing the Crew members of the Pioneer con tender to barricade themselves in a terrified passengers reported a rampage of murder and Garn says shuttle delays Aid his Nasa evaluations Cape a Jake whose space shuttle flight has been postponed five said saturday the delays have helped him bet Ter evaluate the space Agency performance in difficult if everything had gone perfect and we had launched 20 As originally i  have been Able to see the entire Garn while we would have liked to have gone on it has been helpful in my oversight role to see How Nasa handles the Utah Republican and his six fellow Crew members talked with reporters after completing a successful count Down test for their now scheduled for launch april they were aboard the space shuttle discovery for the final two hours of the we had a great countdown it went very said astronaut Karol the Mission com with a Little brushing Well be ready to the other Crew members Are Pilot Donald Williams Mission specialists Margaret Rhea David Griggs and Jeffrey and payload specialist Charles during the five Day the Crew is to deploy two commercial communications conduct medical experiments and operate a drug processing the originally scheduled on the shuttle Challenge has been plagued by the most recent occurred March 8 when a work platform fell in a breaking a Workman leg and washing one of discovery cargo Bay doors in two Garn is flying As a congressional observer in his role As chairman of an appropriations subcommittee that oversees Nasa he said that after the flight he will submit a written report to Congress on his observations of Nasa asked if the delays had helped quiet some of the criticism and ribbing he encountered when he was first named to a space Garn i Haven been concerned t a v s senator Jake Garn left and Crew member Charles Walker meet the press after practice a photo about that at some of the ribbing came from Garry Trudeau doonesbury which termed barfin1 a Man and his it was a reference to Garns statement that he would undergo medical tests in flight that might make him after saturdays session with a reporter asked Garn to sign a paper on which All six of the doonesbury strips were he signed it Baffin Jake