European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. March 20, 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 7 arrests mount in protests across . By tie am Clitty press opponents of . Policy in Centra America continued demonstrations across the nation Friday in protest the sending of . Troops to Honduras and More than 350 people were arrested for blocking traffic and Mhor disruptions. I think it is a serious mistake. It s another example of where president Rea Gan is exaggerating the situation for his own  former president Carter Laid of the military action while address ing the Southern University conference a meeting of University presidents. In Minneapolis several Hundred pro testers marched on a military recruit ment building Friday evening and some hurled Bowling balls. A is and paint broke four windows Anil ripped up a uni formed mannequin. Scuffles broke out Between protesters and  tractors but there were no arrests or injuries police said. More than 250 people were arc sick a san Francisco 60 in Chicago and one in Liston on the second Day of protests police said. Twenty four people were arrested for blocking traffic in from of the White House and 2 s were arrested in los Angeles when they refused to leave a Federal office building when it closed for the Day. About so protesters were arrested thursday the Day ji.3cxi soldiers were sent to Honduras in what the White House called a measured response to nicaraguan forces reportedly crossing the Border into Honduras. Friday s arrests in san Francisco came when a crowd of 500 chanting pop c blocked traffic and the Entrance to the Federal building Helm Clad police at one Point blocked a Street rerouting Rush hour traffic. At least a half dozen violent confrontations erupted when demonstrators tried to grab police equipment including Batons. Some officers lashed Back Jam Ming Batons in demonstrators laces stomachs and chests those arrested were handcuffed with plastic tics photographed and booked on the Street then taken to the Hall of jus Tice. Police said they would be cited by Federal authorities ind a Celaurd. Many of those arrested had sat Down across the entire Width of the Street out  the building and refused to mow after police ordered them to disperse. Among them were several elderly people a woman Wilh a sleeping infant on her Back and Well dressed business people. About 600 Pruis stars participated in another boisterous Anarch through san Francisco streets in the evening. The demonstrators representing the Gay Community said the Money spent on sending troops would he belter spent on aids research. In Minneapolis. Deputy police chief demonstrators bum in american lag and Block traffic during protest in Minneapolis. Several arrests were reported. David Dobrotka said police believed that arrests would have just inflamed the situation. Col. Curtis Burg a Recruiter at the of fice that was damaged said it would be closed temporarily for repairs. I think most of them Are Radical ignorant people who Don t know any belter he said. On a smaller scale about 15 people paraded quietly in from of the Federal building in Orlando flu. Spokeswoman Beth rapps said the . Military pres ence in Honduras was an attempt by the Reagan administration to persuade con Giss to continue financial support to the contras fighting Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government. We should support the people Down there by reversing our policies and pro Viding Aid to the poor and the hungry rather than the contras she said. It was a different Story in the Nicara Euan immigrant enclave of swell Walcer kla., where More than 100 people marched with signs supporting . Policy and mutilated an effigy of nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega. In Washington d.c., 150 to 200 peo ple demonstrated outside the White House according to police. Twenty four people were arrested after the protest spilled into Pennsylvania Avenue. They were to have been fined $50 for blocking traffic but that was Cut to 125 for disorderly conduct because they did t use a vehicle police said. The Chicago arrests on Misdemeanour disorderly conduct charges came after demonstrators pasted 8vi-by-l 1-Inch Orange stickers on first floor windows at the downtown Federal building and sat in intersections police said. Many of the stickers bore Skult and Cros Bonc sym Bols and the message Stop . Intervention in Central America the 400 protesters also chanted Rea Gan sent the troops today get them out is what we  bring the troops Home. No Contra Aid no War the Boston protesters chanted. About so people rallied in front of a military recruiting Center in Boston blocking two tanks of traffic and interrupting the morning Rush hour and about 10 of them occupied the recruiting Center peacefully while the rest of the demonstration broke up police said. To believe our actions in Central America Are wrong said Lenore aia Roff 22, of some Rvilla mass. I believe sending troops to Honduras is the first step to another Vietnam the demonstrators in the recruiting Center were dragged outside at mid after noon without being charged and the doors were closed behind them said Robert Dove a spokesman for the pledge of resistance which sponsored the rally. Everybody s gone Home said a Man who answered the phone in the Navy Section of the building and would t give his mime. About 200 people gathered at Bales col lege in Lewiston Maine and at Augusta. Maine about i5 people quietly gathered at memorial Circle where the City s busiest streets converge holding up signs saying Stop the Reagan War machine and ". Troops out of  in Sioux Falls s.d., about 70 people opposed to the sending of troops to Hon Duras demonstrated outside the main Post office while about 15 people sup porting the Reagan administration shouted taunts through bullhorn. Three people were arrested. In Seattle about 40 cars circled the Federal building to show their opposition to the troop movement jamming streets for about an hour. The protest also attracted about 100 people on fool. In Providence r.i., a proc so attracted about 60 demonstrators. Demos key on Mich showdown Bush confident by the associated press Richard Gephardt promised Friday to defend Ameri can bus rather than foreign protectionism and Michael Dukakis attacked president Reagan s policy in Central America As the two democratic presidential hopefuls. Pointed toward the Michigan showdown. Vice president George Bush confidently enjoying the status of near nominee on the Republican  said Reagan did the right thing when he dispatched combat troops to Honduras. Rival Bob Dole s Campaign was reduced to skeletal remains with Only about a dozen paid aides remaining. Meanwhile the Man who directed president Rea Gan s investigation into the Iran Centra affair said he doubted the episode would damage Bush s bid for the White House "1 fully expect the opposition to use it on him said former sen. John Tower of Texas but he added the voters will tend to focus on the problems of the moment and not the past. The Republican Campaign was quiet appropriately to for a race that has been All but wrapped up by Bush. Democrats were running full till Wilh caucuses Prima Ries and conventions in Kansas te.\As, puerto Rico and South Dakota this weekend offering 169 Delegate and the 138-Dclcgalc Michigan caucus showdown a week away. I m the underdog today but that does t really matter cup hard said As he and in House democratic colleagues moved through Michigan to think you will see thai the Gephardt message about economic revival is going to get through to the Michigan voters Dukakis ahead in a new Public poll As Welt As his own countered with sen. Edward Mkennedy d mass., who agreed to appear at labor rallies in two Michigan cities. Looking ahead to other staes Dukakis also picked up an endorsement from rep. Sam Gejdenson of Connecticut sources said he would receive one from rep Jim Fiona of new Jersey. The governor dividing his time Between Michigan and Kansas hit hard against Reagan s decision to air lift 3,200 combat troops to Honduras the whole policy in Central America is illegal he said. Call Back the troops and end  Bush disagreed strongly with him on Central America. We did the proper thing he said in an interview with a puerto Rico television station conducted by Telephone. We arc for Freedom and  Gephardt was focusing almost exclusively on Michi Gan which poses a make or break lest for his faltering candidacy. He and Dukakis already have begun airing television commercials in the state even though the caucuses Ore a week away. Have campaigning in regions of the state where factories closed in recent years he said it s time we had president who defended american jobs rather than for eign protectionism. 1 reject tic notion that in order to move some of us ahead we must leave millions  Jesse Jackson won the endorsement of George Sal Lade who headed former candidate Gary Han s Michi Gan Campaign in 1984 and again this year. Sallade said he thought most of Hart s supporters would follow suit. I expect the racists if they cams to be outnumbered next saturday he said. Sen. Albert Gore jr., of Tennessee campaigned in puerto Rico looking for support in sunday s primary. He said he would consider a request from the popular democratic party to exempt the Commonwealth from Federal minimum wage Laws and said he favors letting puerto Picans decide whether to become a state. Dole s Campaign has been severely curtailed since tuesday s Illinois primary defeat at the hands of Bush. Spokeswoman Dale Tate said Only about 10 to 12 aides were left on the payroll although several other officials were volunteering their services. The Campaign once employed about 300 persons she said