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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, November 23, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes monday november 23,1987 a photo All ill Bujor democratic potty presidential Tope Fui ram left to tight. Gore Bibb let Gephardt Simon Bacton quid Dukakis get together at he new Hampshire Contention Babbitt at democratic show Calls deficit Cut plan Fli Flam Manchester , a democratic presidential hopeful Bruce Babbitt on saturday attacked the$76 billion two year deficit reduction Accord of the Reagan administration and congressional leaders Call ing the plan All gimmicks and  the former Arizona governor joined the five other major democratic hopefuls As they auditioned in new Hampshire at the state party convention. About 1,100 democrats attended the major political revue in the stale with the teat Luff primary next feb. 16. Babbitt said the negotiated package that Reagan announced Friday is n  you have to have the courage to make real reduction and raise real Revenue he said before his speech. It will Cost in the Long run. All they be done i outline it on a Napkin Missouri rep. Richard Gephardt said he would re serve comment on the package until after he reads the agreement. "1 think it s probably better than  Gephardt said referring to the Law requiring s2j Bil lion in automatic Federal spending cuts. But it took a couple of months to put together. I d like a Chance to read  Illinois sen. Paul Simon in his speech to the demo cratic Ballering said he has been criticized for sup porting expanded Domestic programs and a balanced budget. There is no Way thai you can be for those programs unless you re for a balanced budget Simon said. The senator said interest payments have to be brought Down but he provided no specifics on his economic plan. Aware of new Hampshire residents concern about the nuclear Power Plant at Seabrook Simon Promise to appoint a nuclear regulatory commission that will fight for the people and not the nuclear  Alt six aspirants were scheduled to address the Gath ering including Jesse Jackson Massachusetts  Dukakis and Tennessee sen. Albert Gore or. It s the biggest democratic show of the season. 1 think the race has been Dull enough that it s time the candidates Start Healing it up said Jim Demers state co chairman for Gephardt. On the eve of the convention a new poll of new Hampshire democrats put neighbor Dukakis on lop with 37 percent a drop from previous polls that gave the Massachusetts governor higher than 50 percent support fourteen percent favored Simon and ii percent supported Jackson while the other three hopefuls registered support in the single digits. The Telephone Survey of 300 registered democrats was conducted nov. 13-16 by Cambridge reports for Nev to. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percent. Earlier in a television appearance in Needham mass the six democratic hopefuls said Only the Media representatives not the general Public Are interested in their personal lives. Who Are you kidding if you think this Issue is the overriding Issue in this Campaign Babbitt said. Babbitt who along with Core has admitted to hav ing smoked marijuana in past years said there ought to be a statute of limitations on probing into private lives. And Dukakis said it does t seem to us to be what people Are really interested in. People Are inter ested in the future of the planet in the  stateside Jet makes emergency Stop Pilot Felt engine vibration Monroe. La. A a Delta air Linesdc-9 made an unscheduled emergency Landing at Monroe. Regional Airport on saturday eve m no after a warning Light went on in the cockpit authorities said none of the 43 people aboard right 592 from Shreveport to Birmingham ala., was injured said Delta spokesman Jim Lundy in Atlanta. The Captain got an indication that something was wrong with one of the  Lundy Wii the twin engine Jet landed without incident about 7 45 p.m., he said. He said the Pilot tit some vibration from one of the engines and an indicator Light showed Mere might be some problem with me eng tric a Oil level. He shut the engine Down and decided to Landin Monroe As a precautionary measure Lundy said Delta mechanics were travelling to Monroe 10 examine the aircraft he said. . Artist s stained Glass brings record $242,000 new York scuba divers pushing deep into the unexplored Depths of a Cave Spring have Dis covered an underwater world of intricate caverns Mastodon Bones and eyeless Al Bino crawfish. Spokesmen for the Pakulla project Cave up oration said they used stale of the Art diving gear and an unusual bends preventing underwater habitat to dive almost half a mile into the Wak Ulla Springs Cavern one of the deepest and least explored Springs in the world. Trial is More than three times farther than any human has Ever been in Theca pm. My inc possible exception of Stone if Cavemen who May have Usi the then Ili Cai cons for shelter. As expected lie divers found dozens of Fossil remains including most if not All of the Bones of a Mastodon littered across the Cavern floor. Earlier dives had uncovered some of the Bones. But divers had not expected to find the Maze of underground tunnels leading into the Spring. In less than two weeks of diving they discovered three major channels with several minor connecting tunnels and indications of even More. We were expecting to look at one maybe two major leads project spokes Man Paul Deloach said Friday before a got 1,100 feet in the Cave we knew there were More. We had no idea we would find so Many other major con Duits so  the divers also captured specimens Ofa rare eyeless Albino crawfish native Only to the area. The first specimen of the Albino crawfish known As the Woodville Blind crawfish was taken from Pakulla Springs by the last divers allowed into the Cavern in 9sb. That mysterious crawfish was exhibited in the smithsonian institution for years and was believed to be the Only one of its kind. It was not until the late 1970s when divers at nearby Springs outside the Small town of Woodville found More of the crawfish that the specimen was recognized As part of a rare  into the caverns has been a test of patience and technology. Divers have to Cope with Chilly Waters and pitch Black conditions using Only hand held lamps la guide them through the watery darkness. It a lot like looking Down a dark High Way at night with a single headlight said project Leader Bill Stone. Wherever you re not pointing it s Dork the toughest obstacle has been pre venting the bends a Posen Lilly halal malady that affects divert who resurface before their bodies recover from under water pressures. Stone overcame that problem by designing his habitat Parachute shaped chamber where divert rest in dry Comfort As they Are very gradually brought to the surface. The project is bring conducted by 20of the world s top Cave divers some of them also experts in underwater photog Raphy and Cuba diving  1300.000 in costs Are being Cov ered by Grants from the National Geo graphic society the explorers club and numerous corporations. The project is being filmed by the society and by the British broadcasting corp  
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