European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Berlin mayors in Germany . Connect on Call in Page 6 d lakers whip warriors 116-101, Lead series 2-0 sports Page 21 q the Dollar through monday buys 1-t7 Marks rates Page 27 Utho Mied unofficial publication for the . Ahmed Pouch vol.40. No. 22 saturday May 9, 1987 0 8693 a Hart quits race Denver a a de it Gary Hart abandoned the race for the 1988 presidential Nomi nation Friday declaring i refuse to submit my family and my friends and innocent people and myself to further rumours and clearly under present circumstances this Campaign cannot go Hart told a news conference referring 10 the firestorm of criticism that followed the revelation of his relationship with a Miami Model. I m not a beaten Man. I m an angry and desk Atman he declared. With his wife. Lee at his Side. Hart announced the end to what was once far and away the front running i be made some mistakes i be said so. I Sard i would because i m human and i did. Maybe big mistakes but not bad mistakes Gary Hart Campaign Tor the 19ss democratic nomination. He withdrew Only 26 Days after he formally entered the race. See rental stories on pages s and 10. His decision left the Field without any front runner Only a pack of Little known lie hopefuls. Hart admitted mistakes in his actions referring this relationship with Donna Rice without Ever naming her. I be made some mistakes i it a so. I said 1 would because i m human and i Iid. Maybe big mis takes but not bad mistakes Han explained. And he insisted again that issues Are More important than personalities. The voters Are smart enough10 know who you Are without you telling them. You look them in the Eye you talk to them and they decide whether you re telling the Ruth or not Hart said. So i Haven t spent a lot of Lime and Effort trying to create an image. I am who 1 am take it or leave the former Colorado senator began his appearance on National television by saying he intended to do More than simply read a Short statement of withdrawal. After frankly lossing and turning at night As i have for the last three or four n Ignis 1 woke up about 4 or 5 this morning with a Start. And i said to myself hell no " there was a gasp from his supporters thinking height not be withdrawing after All. But he went on to make the end of his Campaign official. Hart said he thinks he could have won the Nomi nation and the presidency. Gary hut announces his decision to withdraw. I believe i could have been a successful 1 know i could have been a very Good president particularly for these times Bui apparently now Well never know he said took ing drawn after one of the Loughes weeks any presidential candidate Lias eve faced. The former Colorado senator decried the emphasis on his private life. In Public life some things May be interesting but that does t mean they Are important he said. I Don t want to be inc Issue. And i cannot be the Issue because that Breaks the link Between me and my voters Hart added. He said that in the final analysis the american people will decide what qualities Are important to gov Ern the country in the National interest. Hart said the disclosures about his relationship with Rice had Hurt his family. Frankly the hardest part about making this Deci Sion has been my children he said. They re both More angry and confused than i be Ever seen them i their lives. And very frankly they re angry at me their father. They Don t want me to gel out of his race. And you know. I believe that there also arc a lot of angry and confused voters out around this country. So what 1 have to say Here is both for my children and for those Hart condemned the scrutiny he a j received. I guess i be become some kind of a rare Bird some extraordinary creature that has to be dissected he said. And he said Media actions were excessive. We re All going to have to seriously question the system for selecting our National Leader that reduces the press of this nation to Hunters and presidential candidates to being hunted that has reporters in Bush is. False and inaccurate stories printed photographers pecking in our windows swarms of helicopters hover ing Over our roofs and my very Strong wife very close to tears because she can t even get into her own Houseal night without being harassed. And after All thai some ponderous pundits won Dering in mock seriousness Why some of inc Best peo ple in this country choose not to run Abr h High he said that the events of the past week should no deter Young people from continuing to enter Public service to follow the Torch of idealism Hart has said has inspired him. The Washington Post reported in Friday s edition that Hart had made his decision after the paper presented his staff late last night Wilh documented Evi Dence of a recent Liaison Between Hart and a washing ton woman with whom he had had a the Post quoted a senior Hart aide As saying he Post s information accelerated the inevitable withdrawal of Hart from the race. It was just sin Days ago that the Hart Campaign was staggered by a Story in the Miami Herald saying he the 29-year-old Model overnight in his Washington townhouse. Both Hart and Rice denied they were having an affair but they admitted they also had made an overnight cruise aboard a yacht to a Caribbean Island in March. There Hart said the slept on separate boats. Hart subsequently refused to answer question about whether he had Ever committed adultery. Criticism of Hari grew As scepticism about his ver Sion of events overshadowed questions about the completeness and correctness of the newspaper s Story. His standing in the polls where his no. I position had not been threatened by the pack Oblong shot Hope Fuls began to drop. And democrats began to ques Tion whether he could continue in the race. He had scheduled a full Day of campaigning thurs Day in new Hampshire but a aptly cancelled All the events and flew to Denver with his wife. In a statement released staff in Groveton n.h., Han said that while running for president i important right now my family is More some of those in the crusade were crushed by Hart decision. I feel betrayed said m. Jerome Diamond co chairman of Hart s Vermont Campaign. Working for Hart was a labor of love. There was a Small group of us who Way Back in 1983 were just taken with my his intellect his vision. And to have All of that wasted All of those hours months and years by hundreds and thousands of people it is Jusi belgian town honors american As fallen son by Mark Walsh Blob org Bureau Beri Menil. Belgium in a Little Square sits a modest memorial inscribed with the names of Village residents who died during world War ii. The last name on the memorial belongs to an american flier whose plane was shot Down near the Lown by German fighter when someone Dies in War we do Noi distinguish Between belgians and said Joseph to tact 80, who was mayor of Beri Menil from 1933to 1964. He died fighting for All of us therefore sergeant Young is a fallen son of Boris on april 13, 1944, staff sol. James Young was a gunner on a b-17 returning from an aborted combat Mission in Schweinfurt Germany. The 10 crewmen on the plane were on their Way Back to their base in Britain when German planes caught up with hem at 21,000 feet. Voun was killed by gunfire before the plane crashed in flames in the Woods outside other nine crewmen survived. Mayor Model knew As soon As the plane hit in ground that he bad two things to a. As mayor his first responsibility was to fight the firkin the Woods tit resulted from the crash. The villagers were required to Supply the German occupies with continued on Page 3
