European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d communities join in cafes food program Page 2 g finding the Gold in Green Page 9 d doctors in uniform military is. Civilian practice Page 13 n lakers end Mavericks winning Streak sports Page 21 the St a and stripes hid unofficial Rutili Catloth p6a the w.�. Ambo to Cit vol. 16,no.323 tuesday. March 8, 1988 08693 a . Copters fired at in Gulf routine patrol reports no casualties Manama Bahrain Jap american helicopters on a reconnaissance flight escaped sunday after draw ing heavy machine gun fire from an Oil platform and several boats in the Central 1 Caslan Gulf . Officials said. Iran was believed to be behind the attack. No casualties were reported. The attack came about 25 hours after a . Warship on patrol farther North fired at what were believed to be iranian speedboats moving toward one of the Navy s offshore Supply barges. The two encounters shattered one of the longest periods of quiet in the Gulf since the so called Tanker War began tour years ago. There have been no reported attacks on shipping by either Iraq or Iran since feb. 12. But the two warring nations continued sunday to Trade Savage missile attack on each other s cities. The iraqi news Agency said Iraq fired five Long Range Rock ets into Tehran and Jet fighters bombed id iranian cities in retaliation for Iran s criminal attacks on iraqi civilian Iran said it launched two missiles into Baghdad and four into other iraqi cities including Basra in the South White iranian Warp Ancs bombed four cities or towns. Both sides reported civilians killed or wounded inthe missile and bombing attacks but gave no figures. The Navy did not say who fired on the . Helicon in on sunday but there appeared no doubt it was Iran which controls Many of the Oil platforms in the Central Gulf and uses some As Supply and staging bases for the armed boats that patrol the Waters and attack Neutral shipping.. Officials declined to identify the Oil platform involved other than to say it was in the Central they said however that it was not the Rosinam pint form the target of shelling by . Destroyers in octo Saa Gulf on Bach Page candidates make last minute drive for super tuesday by the associated press vice president George Bush barn stormed across Missouri an sunday invading Bob Dole s strongest super tues Day slate in an apparent hid to Nail Down a spectacular sweep. Michael Dukakis looked Strong in polls in Florida and Texas As the democratic presidential rivals blazed away with negative commercials. Related stories photos Page a one Day after Bush swept to Victory in inc South Carolina primary. Dole Campaign manager Bill Brock conceded the vice president holds a "2-1 Lead or a 3-1lead in virtually every Southern but Brock said his Man would win some delegates on tuesday and run belter in the midwestern and Western Stales that follow. Sen. Albert Core or. Of Tennessee insisted inc late democratic tide was flow ing his Way and he picked up one very important vote that of influential sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia. Nunn who was leaving for a week Long trip to the soviet Union said in a statement that he cast an Absentee ballot for Gore because his views come closest to my own aides to democratic rep. Richard Gephardt meanwhile already were artwork trying to minimize the Impact of a big super tuesday Success for Dukakis. It could be that hell come out of super tuesday the front runner con ceded one Nide to the Missouri Congress Man. But he quickly added that Gep Hardt will win enough delegates to remain a healthy challenger. Dukakis made the pilgrimage to inc Plains ga., Home of former president Jimmy Carter. Although Carter is remaining Neutral in the democratic presidential race he said i think there s a great Deal of Cappali Billy Between my Basic Altitude towards government and that of gov. the former Georgia governor noted that both he an Dukakis had executive experience knew How to balance a budget and How id Deal with a Jackson favored to win several Stales in the old confederacy said on Abc s this week with David Brinkley that his Appeal to while voters would last. More people Ore crossing lines of color and culture and old habits looking for economic Security he said. Super tuesday is the biggest night of this or any other nominating Campaign 712 delegates at stake in 17 Republican contests and 1,307 in 21 democratic primaries and caucuses with most of inc action in Southern and Border Stales. At tempting to cover such a Broad Region has led the contenders to pour millions of dollars into television commercials Over the last week and spend much of their own time zooming from Airport to see tuesday on Back Page tight Security for . Envoy american ambassador to Lebanon John Kelly leave he embassy s bulletproof car in the company of inned bodyguards is be Frires Al the residence of Lebanon parliament speaker Hussein Hussein in moslem West Beirut sunday Kelly was is. State Deport ment envoy april a bulk Lor talks with lebanese officials in renewed efforts id and the 13-year-old rivet War. Gibraltar police kill 3 Ira agents disarm bomb Madrid Spain a police in Gibraltar discovered a car bomb and killed three people in a shool Oul sunday inc Spanish National news Agency efe reported. The Irish Republican army said the three were on Active service in their organization. British news reports quoting unidentified Security sources said be three were shot and killed by police officers who had uncovered a plot to set off a car bomb tuesday during a military Parade in inc British Colony. Efe said inc gunfight started sunday afternoon on a Road leading to the Spanish Border. The news reports said bomb disposal experts later defused 440 pounds of explosives in a parked car near the official residence of the Colony s governor. Sir Peter Terry. In Belfast Northern Ireland the Ira said the Chr were attached to Active service units of its general Headquarters in Belfast. It said their identities would n withheld until relatives had been informed. The Ira in a statement released to news organizations in Belfast denied that the three two men Ando woman were armed and emended deepest sym Pathy to the families of the tie mainly Catholic Ira is righting to push the British out of protestant dominated Northern Ireland and join it with the Republic of Ireland in a socialist state
