European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pas 6 the stars and stripes wednesday March 25,1987 Bush tells rally he won t fun away from Reagan Hickory . A vice president George Bush told o Republican gathering monday night he will continue to stand by president Reagan because loyalty is not a character flaw. You know a lot of people have suggested that i runaway from the president Bush told about 1,200 peo ple attending the Catawba county Lincoln Day dinner on the Campus of Lenoir Rhyne College. I m not going to do that said Bush considered he leading gop presidential candidate Tor 1988, i dont consider Loyal 1 to be a character  comments were Bis Only reference to the Ira Nian arms Deal and his role in inc initiative. Most of his speech dealt with . Education with Bush calling on teachers and parents to make America s education Al system second to none by the next Century. On Friday Reagan said through a spokesman hat Bush had expressed reservations about the arms sales but had supported it fully the Issue of whether Bush had supported the plan came out at the end of the president s news conference one night earlier. Asked by a reporter if Bush had objected to the plan Reagan answered  vice president has maintained thai he expressed to the president certain reservations about the plan but had always supported the president Bush returning from a trip to earthquake ravaged Ecuador spoke earlier monday in san Antonio Texas where he said americans must support their Souther neighbors because they arc just Ike  Bush speaking to the Texas daily newspaper association said democratic governments in Central an South America Are surviving but they Are suffering militarily and  said he has encouraged hankers to tend More Money to the financially plagued governments debt is a tremendous problem that weakens these new democracies and also prevents them from buying our products which in turn would help our Trade deficit Bush  said the Reagan administration has failed to educate the american people on the dangers of therond Jenista regime in Nicaragua. Bush criticized the . Home for wanting to turnips Back on the Contra rebels fighting the nicaraguan  said that congressional appropriations for fiscal year 1987 required that the . Economic assistance to latin America and the Caribbean be Cut 20 percent losi.2biluon,"either we re going to support the democracies that exist and those who Are seeking democracy or we redoing to turn our backs economically and strategically Bush said. We cannot continue to say we support democracy in latin America but then do  Bush said Ecuador is trying to retain democracy while it works out economic and military problems. The earthquakes March 5 and 6 claimed hundreds of lives and destroyed an Oil pipeline carrying All of the country s Oil which provides for 40 percent of the government s revenues. Overweight no suing air Force to Holt discharge offer 17 years Newington . Up an air Force no who founded an Over eaten Anonymous program at his base and is now being discharged because of alleged obesity has filed a lawsuit challenging the military action. Clifton Peters 36, filed the lawsuit against the air Force in . District court in Concord seeking an injunction to prevent the discharge. Peters an aircraft Mechanic at Pease fab. Has served in the air Force for 17vi Yean and would like Oserve at least the 20 Yean needed to qualify for a pension and continuing medical benefits according to court documents in his lawsuit Peters contends the air Force enlisted him in 1969 even though he weighed 25 pounds Over the maximum weight allowed at thai Lime. He served in Viet Nam and Thailand and Wai allowed to re enlist three limes without meeting weight standards i Jesuit said. If Peters is discharged he would not receive his Jisoo a month pension medical benefits for himself and his family and commissary privileges the suit said. Both Peters and his lawyer Susan Denenberg of Portsmouth declined comment sunday on Peters weight and other aspects of the Case. It s hand enough the Way things Are Peteit said. . Attorney Richard Wiebusch also declined com ment on specific of the Case a spokesman for Pease fab was not immediately available for comment Denenberg who said Peters bad once rounded Anover eaten Anonymous chapter m Pease wrote in the lawsuit that his obesity does not and he not in any Way interfered with his Job performance she charged Peters was being discriminated against for a perceived  the lawsuit also said Peters has consistently earned High performance ratings and i included statements from three fellow sergeants who praised his abilities Asan aircraft Mechanic and supervisor. In one statement sol. Robert Olson said that Al though Peers has recently been under constant pres sure to meet the air Force weight standards he has continued to display a Good attitude. In my minion his retention in the air Force would be  parents arrested after girl tells of Flowerpot with marijuana Nashville Tenn. A a 14-year-old eighth grader s parents were arrested on drug charges after the teen lipped off police. Officer there s a Flowerpot in he Back Yard with marijuana growing in it police quoted the 14-year old girl As telling the two officers who answered her report of a family argument. The girl and her 9-year-old brother led the officers to drug paraphernalia m the House police said. The boy walked Back and said officer my parents use this and he showed us the Scales officer Danny Dri Secli said. The girl pulled out the Iray from under her parents bed with the paraphernalia on  police said they confiscated two marijuana plants a bag of White powder pills and paraphernalia from the Home of Kevin and Vickie Campbell both 31. The co Pic was arc sick monday on charges of cultivation of marijuana Possession of a controlled sub stance and Possession of drug paraphernalia. Both were released sunday on $ 11,0