European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 8 the stalls and stripes thursday. February 25,1988 election 88 editor s note this is one Oft seria of periodic imports compiled by asset baled press a Mius on How the . Presidential election pm test is i cwt in other min Sriri by the associated press As the presidential election Campaign s Pace picks up ii is coming More under scrutiny in other nations. Here is what some newspapers and com  said recently about the do Ion process in general and about super tuesday in particular. West germ any i  prom  Zeitung of Munich Liberal in a nation like the Federal Republic of Ger anywhere inc parties have extended their Power Inlo every Corner of society the drama Par excellence now occurring on the american map would be unimaginable. Not ii party but the primary determines who will enter the final mater on nov. 8. And the primary is close 10 the Ideal democracy imagined by Jean Jacques Rouseau. The contenders must meet the voters face 10  Tram Alabama to Wyoming in living mums schools and Thop Pinc centers. And a candidate can climb into the Rinn with or without tin Blessing of his party. Surprises Are  Japan political Olyn Pleat the Japan time of Tukyin English Lan . Independent the Strong  Hiji mine of inc Damn Calir Candida los will emerge As an unbeatable front runner after Suner tuesday or later. In this Case brokering will choose the candidate at the convention and wailing on the sidelines for just such a development is new York Civ. Mario Cuomo. What May be understandable but nevertheless regrettable is that campaigning so far resembles a political olympics with n concentration on percentage Points in pre balloting polls and in the results this tends to obscure . Particularly in the reporting by inc  Britain silly Wabun ii till the Independent of London Independent it locked on occasion Lasi year As u americas. Method of selecting presidential candidates was finally coming to pieces. There was speculation that nobody of any ability or self respect would subject himself and his family in inc intense Strain and scrutinizing involved in the race for Nomi nation. Such questions no longer dominate the Polit ical Agenda suggestions that the system is unable in throw up a credible slate arc rarely heard the political silly season is. Mercifully past. The main problem for tie United slates has turned out not to be the Caliper of the leading candidates. It is increasingly the Quality of govern ment in the final months of a lame Duck adminis  disappointing comment the times of London Independent questioned on his defeat by vice president George Bush in new Hampshire. Sen. Robert Dole s first response was to rebut the lies put about by m r. Bush ilium he wanted to raise taxes. Evidently the last thing or. Dole wanted to be associated with Wai i responsible fiscal policy which he believed had Cost him a significant number of Voles at a crucial stage in the presidential race. For the rest of inc world this is a disappoint ing comment an the nature of . Politics. But it hardly comes As a Surprise. The Shadow of the presidential election has for months Hung Over the struggle to rein Back America budget Defi Cit. Its influence can Only increase As president Reagan s term draws to a close a matter of manners Susan cropland wife of Llic former labor party Cabinet minister Tony Croslind the Sun Day times or London Independent. Writing in her weekly column on what the perceived As a backlash against Dole because he accused Bush of lying the said raised the question with a washingtonian living in London q. Why is Bush s insincerity preferred to Dole s frankness a. If you speak from the heart and say that someone should have lost you re seen As a dirty player. It s a Mallei of manners. Ai an example of american mores when i say How Are you i Don t really care How you arc. Noriega son in Law ticketed More americans held briefly Panama City Panama a panamanian police detained More than two dozen . Servicemen without charges after the son in Law of Panama s Mili tary strongman Wai held for speeding at a . Military installation. Two . Military personnel were stopped and briefly held tuesday a Pentagon official Saij in washing ton. On monday panamanian police detained is . Servicemen for two hours before releasing them with out filing charges said a . Embassy spokesman in Panama City. The servicemen were picked up while driving to . Military installations inside the former Panama canal zone. The slate Dopa Troen planned to protest the detentions said the Pentagon official who spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity. The official said the detentions came a Day after Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega s in in by was stopped in the canal zone. He declined to give the son a Law s name but he said Noriega s daughter and two other passengers were in the car when it was stopped sunday night for speeding and passing in n no pacing mine at Albrook As outside Panama City. The son in Law allegedly became abusive with the air Force Security policeman who stopped him. He could not produce identification the source said. At that Point inc policeman restrained him up him in Handcuffs and look him to the air Force nol ice nation for processing the source Laid. The son in Law was released about an hour after being slopped he said. On monday the . Embassy spokesman old the associated pros hat police slapped 25 servicemen. The spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity said most were driving motorcycles to installations inside inc former canal zone but two were driving cars and one Wai walking. Col. Lconidas Macias Chier of police for the Pana Manian defense forces said officers merely hopped the servicemen id Check for Driver s licenses and re mind them that . Personnel Are forbidden to Wear uniforms outside the former canal zone. The detentions marked the latest sign of deteriorating relations Between the United Stales and Panama since last june when demonstrations broke out in Panama demanding inc resignation of Noriega the armed forces chief. The Reagan administration has publicly called for Noriega to step Down following his ind Scimeni on drug inflicting charges this month by a Federal grand jury in Miami. Restoration work on Sphinx has been futile expert says a photo runner Shute Nunn of West Germany left discusses the restoration with Egypt Logist Chi Hunan Cairo up restoration work done on the body of the Sphinx during the past five years has been futile and unscientific and More parts of inc 4,500 year old statue could Tali out Egypt s culture minister said. In a report tuesday to parliament s cultural affair committee culture minister Farouk Hosni said the statue s left shoulder and the area below the Chin Are inc most vulnerable. Two weeks ago huge slab which Hosni said weighed More than 450 pounds fell oui of inc statue s right shoulder. The incident which officials blamed on wind rain and other erosion factors caused a juror in the nation Al press and Ted to the dismissal of Ahmed Kadry chief of the government s antiquities department. It also raised questions about the restoration work done on the statue for the past five years and on other monuments such As mosques and Sabin s Citadel. The Sphinx with the body of a lion and the head of a Man is located near the three pyramids of Giza Southwest of Cairo. It a Hwn in the Rock Al the orders of the pharaoh Chepren builder of the second Pyramid and the fourth King of the fourth dynasty that ruled Egypt around 2620 . In his report Hosni did a panel of egyptian and foreign archaeological expense has decided to restore inc fallen slab to its original position on the statue i right shoulder immediately Bui inc panel he said found that other parts such As the left shoulder and a huge slab below the Chin could fall  Man finishes Vietnam Friendship run Bangkok Thailand up american Long Dis Tance runner Stan col real arrived in Bangkok tuesday after completing � 485-mile Friendship run from Hanoi to a Nani As part of an Effort to normalize relations by to can Vietnam and the United suites. In addition to my running schedule of virtually 40 Miles a Day we had heavy timing schedule and incl Many people Long the  Cottrell said. Contr cell 44, started running on feb. 8 and finished feb. 19. We went route one and finished in a  he said. Police officers on motor cycles were on hand to escort Cottrell during the last is Miles of the run they Esti mated thata crowd of 50,000 people welcomed the Amer ican on his arrival at the finish line in Danang Cottrell said. Ai the end i was Given the to Chi Minh Peop t medal because of my contribution to peace Between our two countries and i was obviously delighted to receive thai Cotta cd said. I Donl feel in any Way that 1 Wai used or exploited or anything along those lines he said this i the year of the dragon and they Hope his will be the new year that will bring Aboul normalization Between the United states and Vietnam and that inc problems that we have had in the past will be  coi Irell who is from Atlanta did his initial apprehension about going to Vietnam was dispelled by the Overall warmth of All the people i  the vietnamese totally embraced inc concept of this Friendship run he did. In 19w. Cottrell ran 2,125 Miles across China from the great Wall to Guangzhou Cintli. A Calure Lens la documentary was made of the run and it is now being distributed in the United slates the american film director who produced the Fea Ture about co Treu in China so filmed inc runner on his trip through Vietnam. We shot enough film with a vietnamese Crew nip plied by the pre office that i was Able to bang out Over 40 hours Worth of raw film footage of All these different  Coltrell said. The film is to be processed and edited Inlo a tenure film in Dallas Texas