European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24o the stars and stripes Friday March 11,1988 Rhino party Horning in on super tuesday vote Boston a while the rest of the nation chose among democrats and republicans on super tuesday about 100 people crowded into a sports bar to vote Rhinoceros. As epic Clad former major league baseball Pitcher Bill spaceman Lee emerged As the favorite Tor the presidential nomination of the party that promises never to keep its promises. Lee 41, will be the candidate of the Rhinoceros party a satirical political group founded in Canada in 1963 that now is officially registered with the fed eral elections committee. Rhinos Are an endangered species humans arc an endangered species said Lee who earned his nickname be cause of his off the Field antics such As claiming to Sprinkle marijuana on his we cuties they just Haven t gotten around to realising it  Fth photo Bill spaceman a in voting tuesday night at the Bench a bar in Lowell mass., North of Boston let received j9.7 percent of Flor votes according to Rhino party spokes Man Gregg Duin. The bartender he added gots7,2 percent. Last month the parly held its new Hampshire primary in Vermont. The Alaska Oregon primary ii set for May 17 in Philadelphia. From there it s on to the convention to be held in conjunction with the hobos of America meeting in Drill Iowa Lee won t appear on any ballots in november but the party is mounting a write in Campaign Lee said voters can write 337 upside Down i they forget his name. The rhinos were formed by a group of dissatisfied Canadian in Honor of a Hippopotamus that won a local election in Sao Paulo Brazil in the 1950s. They named the parly after a Rhinoceros in a Quebec zoo. The Rhino is our Symbol because he s myopic thick skinned stupid loves to Wallow in the mud and flees at the first sign of trouble the perfect politician said parly janitor and Campaign director Charlie Mckenzie. The rhinos claim about 1.000 Mem. Ben in the United states Faut More than 33,000 in Canada where the party is the fourth largest and has finished Sec Ond in four Federal elections. Rhinos advocate the Power of Posi Tive Absurdity in the face of absolute idiocy and Hope to bring world vision to the planet in the year 2029. Party numbers encourage the press to misquote them and propose lowering the boiling Point of water to save Energy. Bush from Page 1 he Bush could1 be so Strong said Robertson. He said the vice president had run a fabulous race and added the Mantle of Ronald Reagan has passed to George  on the democratic Side Gary Hart was apparently poised to quit. He put travel plans on hold and scheduled a news conference on Friday in Denver. A Denver to station Kusa said Han had Iqal his staff he would abandon his bid for the nomination. At the White House chief of stuff Howard Bilker said Reagan would remain Neutral in the race for a while longer. But then he added that it would Lake a major event to deny Bush the nomination. He s certainly got the  said baiter. If anything the democratic race looked like it was just beginning. Delegate Leader Dukakis stood Only about a Quarter of the Way toward the 2,092 Conven Tion votes needed to be nominated. Jackson was the Early favorite to win the South car Olina caucuses on saturday White he and sen. Paul Simon looked like favorite Ion front runner for next tuesday s Illinois primary. Jackson said he fas overcome with a sense of Bis Lory and Joy after winning Primario in Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and Virginia and Post ing second place finishes in Massachusetts Rhode is land Maryland and elsewhere. Core said Dukakis was the embodiment of the same old formula that has led democrats to 49-Naie defeats in two of the last five presidential elections and Laid he was the Man to gain the allegiance of Independent voters. This is a Battle for the future of the democratic parly said Gore who won his Home state of Tennes see As Well As Arkansas Kentucky North Carolina and Oklahoma and Nevada s caucuses. Dukakis the Leader in National convention delegates with 455, said polls show him running ahead of Bush in Florida and Texas the Massachusetts governor said he had won a National Victory and pointed to wins in every Comer of the country As evidence. He won primaries tuesday in Texas Florida Maryland Rhode Island and at borne m Massachusetts and was the Winner in the Idaho caucuses and the Leader in Hawaii s caucuses. Ai has t won a primary outside the Souli he. Saidof Core. Dukakis said he was the Man with the message for the voters in the Industrial slates voting yet ahead. "1m a chief executive. I be balanced budgets i look a state that was in desperate shape 12 years ago and today it s one of the great Success stories he said. Simon who Sal Oul super tuesday wailed for his rivals in his Home stale. He said he fully expects to win both die popular vote and the plurality of the stale s 187 National convention delegates even though he won t be advertising on television. Simon who sat out super tuesday wailed for his rivals in his Home stale. He said he fully expects to win both the popular Vole and the plurality of the slate s 187 National convention delegates even though he won t be advertising on television. If he fails to win he said he will be reassessing his Campaign. Rep. Richard Gephardt who won Only his Home stale of Missouri on tuesday insisted the race is on As he attacked Dukakis and Gore on Trade issues Dur ing a Campaign Stop in South Carolina. Despite i vow aides said Gephardt would make a minimal Effort in Illinois and hoped 10 conserve his resources for a major Bailie in the Michigan caucuses on March 26. Press from Page 1 of an exhilarated Bush waving to sup porters. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole was shown rubbing his brow in a photo graph captioned feeling the  by a stunning series of triumphs grinding i rivals to dust beneath his Chariot wheels in the super tuesday primaries George Bush emerged Al most invincible As the next presidential candidate of the Republican party the Standard rhapsody sized. In West Germany the Bonn based newspaper die Well said George Bush s impressive Victory s without doubt the most important event of the primary elections. This was not just a Victory for George Bush in was a Triumph for Ron Ald  in Greece where the Dukakis Campaign has been followed closely the Media trumpeted his victories in five democratic primaries. Dukakis Triumph All consider him a certain president said a ban Ner headline in the conservative daily Meiji Morini. A front Page article in the soviet Union s government newspaper Ives Lia said super tuesday appears to have decided the Republican contest but Only rated More questions about who will emerge As the democratic contender in november. Dukakis Jackson and Gore practically split up among themselves the slates where elections were held the newspaper said. Izvestia quoted a prominent demo cratic figure who did t want Bis name used in speculating that i party might run a ticket pairing Dukakis with Jackson. In contrast with past coverage re ports issued this week by the official Tass news Agency were notable for their balance add clarity. Both Tass and Izvestia noted the poor showings by republicans Jack Kemp and pal Robertson who bad been conducting their campaigns from extreme right  but the French leftist daily be Monde in an editorial summed up the whole process this Way it will Lake hundreds of millions of dollars thousands of Kilometres count less hours of television to realize that Hope have Beta disappointed Careen destroyed and contestants hopelessly plunged into debt before there is the slightest idea or the vaguest program put Forward by the candidates. Be Monde said there Jan ideological vacuum on the democratic Side with the exception of Jackson and Hii out of Date  Rome s moderate ii mess Aggro said in its headline Bush did it. Beat ing Dole he has become the political heir of  Crews from Page 1 wreckage of each helicopter wednesday school said. School wid the crash occurred on the Western Kentucky Tennessee Border during a routine night Mission and left no survivors. Obviously there s an element of risk in every thing we do. We train up to a Standard that reduces that risk o an absolute minimum school said. Yesit can be but ii s not necessarily More danger Ous to Fly at  the helicopters were flying at 92 Mph air Speed and about 250 feet from the ground when they collided Choc said. One of three helicopters flying in formation was hit by a fourth said William Kar Rahon Deputy Public affairs officer at la fort. There were three aircraft in formation if you will to say ducks in a Row headed East and another who was flying Jolo hit one of those said har Ralson. There can be 10 or 12 battalion sized groups working at fort Campbell at one Lime we have been told by the Tower that the weather was Good he said. The Tolo helicopter carried four servicemen the 13 others were in the other aircraft. One helicopter crashed on the Tennessee Side of the Border the other in Kentucky. Although the soldiers were carrying personal weapons such As m 16 Rifle the helicopters were not armed Schoel said. One of the other Black Hawk helicopters resumed to the Airfield the other landed at the crash site. They witnessed the Accident. They were provid ing statements to the investigators and the decision was made not to make hem Fly it Back Schoel said. The army identified three of the dead As staff sol. Charlesl Shirley 21, of Arkansas sol. Dennis Sabot 28, of Iowa and spec. 4 Samuel a. Hindi 23, of Luo All from the 2nd in 502nd inf. Hometowns were not provided. Names of the other victims were withheld pending notification of relatives. The army s Fleet of 820 uh-60a was grounded twice in May 1987, once for inspection and once because of a design flaw. The entire Fleet also was grounded in april 1985 and March 1984 after fatal entities. In 1985, the army identified a defect in he main Rotor Assembly and ordered in corrected. Army undersecretary James r. Ambrose Laid in november that he had Confidence in the Black Hawk. Noting news reports that radio and Micro wave Lowers on the ground can interfere with the aircraft s electronic control systems he said no tafe to Hazard had been found. The Black Hawk has a safely record Al least four times belter than the aircraft it replaced said Bob Stangarone a spokesman for Sikorsky a division of United technologies