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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o Irish mob kills 2 British soldiers Page 2 d youths have ideas on National debt Page 3 o Detroit s Battle against crack. Pages 14-15 d Foreman wins again in boxing comeback Page 27 the St trs an tripes vol. 46, no. 339 06693 a Reagan Renews califor Aid blames Congress for Honduras incursion Washington a president Reagan blamed Congress saturday Tor the nicaraguan Border crossing Inlo Honduras and said the Contra rebels lighting Nicaragua s marxist led government must have assistance  in his weekly radio address delivered from he Oval office Reagan made his first substantial statement on Central America since he ordered troops airlifted to Honduras on wednesday. He said congressional rejection lust month or renewed Aid for the contras was giving the communist dictators. A Chance to smash their  because of Congress Aid cutoff last month the sandinista have mounted their major Cross Border incursion into Honduras he said. The Freedom fighters Art in desperate need of sup port. If they Are to remain a viable and effective Force they must have assistance  the president spoke is administration officials were saying that honduran president Jose Azcona Hoyo had asked that . Helicopters be used to ferry Hon Duran troops to the fighting zone. The officials said no decision had been reached but one said the request was Likely to be approved. However the new York times citing a senior administration official reported sunday that the admin isl ration already had rejected the request the urgency or the honduran request which never was made formally diminished As he saudi see Reagan on Bach Pogo Honduras beefing up troops on Border Tegucigalpa Honduras a president Jose a Ona Hoyo said sat urday that he is reinforcing his troops along the Border with Nicaragua in order to oust sandinista soldiers. Azcona. Who said he expects the pres ence of . Troops in Honduras to prompt a nicaraguan Retreat echoed . Assurances that the americans would not be involved in any fighting. Azcona also said he would t hesitate to seek More american help. . Officials who have sent 3,200 sol Diers to Honduras in recent Days said they expect approval for n honduran re quest that . Helicopters carry its troops to areas near the fighting. The United states helped Honduras move troops to the Bonier in december 1986, alter nicaraguan forces attacked Contra Camps in Honduras. No Ameri cans were involved in combat then. Nicaragua said later saturday that honduran warplanes had bombed Mili tary positions inside Nicaragua. The nicaraguan defense minis Unis sued a statement in manage flying the honduran planes  at tacks in the Boca Region where Honduras said Sandip hta troops crossed into  last week to attack .-Jjaefed Contra rebels. The ministry said two american made f-5 jets staged the 10-minute attack is. Troops Lill canteens at Palmeroy air due to Honduras. Other pictures Page 9, about 65 mites Northeast of Managua dropping four bombs against army positions. It said there was no damage the ministry said two f-5s also flew Over sandinista positions in the Frontier sectors of Muku Vas san Andret do Boca Baniwas and Way awas. Those incursions were repelled by anti aircraft fire it said. _ Azcona had_jililmkrwsiragu3 who by would be restricted la la positions inside Honduras a few hours of tar Azcona made his statement the honduran armed forces said the nicer Nguan were pulling Back. Col Mnnuel Suarez bin Avidus the armed forces spokesman said in a Tele phone interview thai the troops were withdrawing. About 600 sandinista sol arc still inside our country and the of tic abandoned the area during the past 2fnovff," he said meanwhile la Giragus president Dan Iel Ortega said he it appealing to the International court Sotito tick in the Hague for an injunction to Fri vent action that would heighten  the nations Ortega also asked the United nations to investigate the dispute and the . Agreed to Send a team of observers to Nicaragua. Meanwhile the soviet Media accused sea Honduras an Back Page Dukakis chalks up 16 delegates in Kansas by the associated pims democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis captured he Kansas caucuses saturday and Richard Gephardt won a major share of the delegates in South Dakota As thai stale went the Way of us earlier Pri Mary earlier Story Page 7. With 15 of the Kansas caucuses reporting Dukakis had 278 local delegates. Jesse Jackson had 235, sen. Albert Gore or. Had 125 and Gephardt had 12. Also 114 uncommitted delegates were elected. No democrats turned out in Gracley and Wichita counties in far Western Kansas reducing the number of caucus Sites from 117 to 11 i and the number of local delegates selected from 76s to 764. It s terrific Dukakis said at the Jefferson Jackson dinner in Detroit where All the democratic hopefuls except Jackson gathered saturday night. We be had a major Victory in Kansas and feel Good about it. Now weve on to Michigan and Here we Art asked about the significance of the Kansas win Dukakis said i think it s the tint farm and agriculture stale thai i be won and won decisively. I think that s a very Good sign for the  Dukakis picked up 16 of the 39 National delegates at slake in Kansas added to the six delegates he gained earlier in the night in South Dakota Dukakis maintained his democratic Lead in the Delegate race with j03.5, according u an a Survey. Jackson garnered 14 delegates in Kansas for a total of 483.55 and Gore gained five for 361.s. Four of Kansas delegates were uncommitted raising the National total to 276.65. A total of 2,082 delegates arc needed to nominate. Gephardt who captured nine deletes in South Dakota for a total of 154, said he was t concerned about Kansas and that hit Campaign s focus has been on Michigan for the last couple of weeks. I m concerned about doing Well in Michigan and 1 think we will said Gephardt. Michigan holds caucuses nest saturday to decide 138 delegates. Illinois sen Paul Simon who has 171.5 delegates said he expects the party to go through a bitter Conven Tion fight to. Select us nominee. I m just saying that s a reality Simon said. Even the current Leader Dukakis would have to win about 50 percent of the remaining delegates to wrap up the nomination on the first ballot Simon said milling thai just in t going to  but Gore rejected thai View saying some things that people think arc inevitable Lurn Mil not to be. The race for the nomination is wide open. Anybody who thinks otherwise. Is going to be surprised in South Dakota which has is delegates at stake democrats honoured the results of the feb. 23 primary in which Gephardt received 44 percent of the Vole and Dukakis 31 percent. This is a Good demonstration of democratic Unity in so Iii Dakota said Rick Haulta the newly named executive director of the state co uralic party. It s going logo Uphill from  in a poll conducted for the Detroit news Jukaku garnered the support of 33 percent of the 365 people who said they probably will vote in the Michigan caucuses. Jackson received 31 percent and Gephardt was a Distant third with 10 percent said the Survey which was published sunday former Colorado sen. Gary Han who has dropped out of the race received 7 percent of the Vole while Gore had 5 percent and Simon had 2 percent. In Texas Jackson held a slight Lead Over Dukakis with 2,035 of the 5.233 slate delegates chosen in conventions and caucuses held around the stale. Jackson had hj2, Dukakis had 68�, 250 were uncommitted see Dukakis on Back Paga  
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