European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 26, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 Richard Gephardt birthrate Jan. 31, 1941 Birthplace St. Louis family wife. Jane children Matthew Christine and Katherine education Bachelor s degree in speech. Northwestern University 1962 University of Michigan Law school 1955 military service Missouri air National guard Captain and Legal officer irom 1965 to 1371 Job experience  House of representatives 1976 to present St. Louts Board of aldermen 1971-76 Allotey Thompson and Mitchell. St. Louis 1965-1976 Chicago Tribune graphic sources Campaign Imei lure Gephardt Campaign Gephardt May drop Campaign unless he wins big in Michigan by it audited pm Democrat Richard Gephardt who has fallen on hard limn since his Low Victory 43 Day ago will quit the presidential ran unless he scorn an up to Victory in Michigan Ihu weekend aide  Bush meanwhile was in Connecticut expecting to pad in huge Leadon the cop tide. Gephardt Laid he d made no decision to drop out declaring my Mother Al ways told me to Cross one Bridge at a  but the scramble Wai already onto pick up supporters who would be treed if he withdrew. There s no question there Are som Union Leaden who Are now supporting Dick Gephardt who would find Paul Simon die most attractive or the alter a  said Illinois sen. Simon at an appearance in Kalamazoo on thursday. Simon who is in fourth place in the democratic Delegate count. Just ahead of Gephardt spoke of getting Back in the  the Republican former transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole wife of hush s main rival. Sen. Bob Dole Laid a Oshkosh wis., that her husband now has merely a Long shot Chance but she added he s got the grit and determination needed to keep him in the  said neither she nor her husband have discussed the possibility that one of them might be Bush s running mate for the general election. I m really not seek ing 1o be on the ticket. Pm going 12 hours a Day just trying to carry Bob  she said. Vice president Bush holding a com manding Lead in the Battle for Republican convention delegates said he is Tak ing nothing for granted in the primary tuesday in Connecticut. However Public opinion polls give him a big Lead Over Dole in the stat where Bush grew up and where his father once served at a . Senator. Bush wid at a news conference that i would be premature to discus pardons for any of the defendants in the Tran Contra affair and that he did not think fallout from the Amu ror to slags Deal would Hunt Lii Campaign. If it Wai going to have an Impact i think it would have before now he said. A lbs new York times poll suggested thursday night that a general elec Tion matchup of Bush and Massachusetts nov. Michael Dukakis would be a dose race. In the poll with a 3 percentage Point margin of error 46 percent picked Bush and 45 percent chose Dukakis. Dukakis was in los Angeles campaigning in English and  denounced . Support of Nicara Gua s Contra rebels said he favored a one year Extension in the deadline for illegal aliens to apply for amnesty and said when asked about the possibility Ofa hispanic running male Tai Sci. Vamos a ver perhaps. Well Sec w. Virginia town becoming lab for health study Wellsbury . Api this Ohio River town will be the Laboratory for a 14 million study aimed at reducing heart attacks strokes and High blood pressure among Rural americans organizers said i be been Silling on this for about three months now and i m so excited i m about ready to explode said Wellsburg May it Anlthony j. Cipriani alter in announcement or the two year study. We have a lol of heart disease and cardiovascular problems in West Virginia and his will help educate people in Wellsburg and eventually nationwide on the risks and How 10 avoid  sponsors of the Pilot program said they chose Wells Burg because of its Small population 4,000 people and because West Virginia registered the highest obesity rate in the country at 24 percent in a 1986 Federal study Hal also found that 31 percent of West virginians smoke Cigan mics. 1 i stale is second Only to Iowa in the annual death rate from heart disease according to or. David hey Dinger West Virginia s health commissioner. Education especially health education is lacking in West Virginia said John a Bertram administrator for the Brooke county health department and a member of the program s advisory  have shown the lower the level of your education the More Likely you arc to smoke be obese and Lead a sedentary  Hope to turn that  the program one of the first privately funded pub Lic health education programs aimed Ai Rural areas i sponsored by the Bayer co. And Glenbrook laboratories the aspirin maker s new York based Parent. Aspirin recently linked to a reduced risk of hear attacks and strokes will Noi be pan of the program said Robin d. Mills president of the Bayer co. We already have ongoing research into Hal Mills said what we want to develop is a health program Hal we can offer la Rural americans. After All half the population of the United slates lives in towns of less than   the program will begin in May when 1,000 volunteers will be checked for High blood pressure High cholesterol obesity and other cardiovascular risk  must be at least 21 Yean old and willing to return for checkups every three months Over a two year period. Health professionals will attempt to Tower the weight cholesterol and blood pressure of participants and eliminate other risk Factor?.some aspects of the Siudy including nutrition sem Inars weight reduction techniques and smoking clinics will be available to All of the town s residents Mills said. If people listen it will be n Good thing said nor Hartley 46, owner of Nora s nov Liy Nook As she smothered a cigarette in a full  d go crazy if i had to quit smoking and i Don t have Tolose weight but i la probably Check it  cardiovascular disease the Cadi Rig cause of death in the United states kills nearly a million Ameri cans each year according to the National Center for health statistics. Student claims Puppy burning threat was prank Madison wis. A a philosophy student who outraged people with his threat to publicly kill a Puppy to demonstrate the brutality of War said thursday the whole thing was a prank. Ii was a Frankish threat to kill one mythical animal said David read. But he said his threat to Burn to death a 10-Wcek-old dog at the University of Wisconsin Campus Here monday served its purpose in getting attention. The threat Drew proles Calls to the Dane county humane society and local radio stations. 1 people panicked to save the life of one mythical Puppy while thousands of people were dying elsewhere read said. The Slid Cut said he opposed cruelly to animals and never intended to carry out his threat despite earlier claims he was serious prompting humane society officials and University police to investigate. Police said wednesday they would consider seeking an injunction against read s plan to kill the Pup. Earlier read said burning the Puppy would be an exhibition of what suffer ing and cruelly is All about he said. I mane societies and police said wednes Day they were flooded with Telephone Calls. Read said lie anticipated the  m quite pleased he said. I m the most reviled character in  he said he had Nicaragua in mind when he conceived of he idea of burning the dog to demonstrate suffering. He said people living in the United states Lead sheltered comfortable lives and avoid thinking about the horrors occurring in other nations. I want them to get Down and wallowing the filth which is Rulh he said. Motorola agrees to pay . $ 16.7 million plead guilty Washington a Motorola inc s electronics group has agreed to pay the government j16.7 million and to plead guilty to a criminal information accusing ii of Misc hanging for labor and materials on Navy satellite and missile contracts the Justice department announced thursday. In documents hied in . District court in Phoenix Motorola s government electronics croup in scouts Dale ariz., was accused of inflating costs for a component of a Navy satellite communications and Misc hanging 12.5 million in labor Materi als and other costs. The Money actually was spent on other work the government said the defense department relying on the inflated amounts paid some 53 million More than it should have on a second con tract for the satellite communications sys tem said the government Motorola one of the nation s top 50 de sense contractors agreed to plead guilty to three counts of making false statements. The firm said in a statement from Moto Rola Headquarters in Schaumburg iii., that it is now Clear in retrospect thai the electronics group s systems were not adequate to ensure total compliance with applicable Laws and  under the agreement which still Mustbe approved by a court the government has agreed not id prosecute the company further on the contracts but reserves Eberight to prosecute individuals. Think Pur altitudes about War and human suffering arc complacency and numb Ness. This is one thing that will combat Hal  read 26, ii chairman of the nihilist workers party a Campus organization the University said docs not have its offi Cial recognition. He said the group organized to years ago has about 12 Active member who advocate nihilism a belief that existing social institutions need to be destroy Edlo make room for a new order. The group announced the Puppy Bur Ning plan tuesday. Radio stations he Sands of iimi2" in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 26. 1948 president Truman called Tor an immediate truce Between arabs and jews in Palestine. He also urged a temporary United nations trusteeship for the holy land. 30 years ago today. March 26, 19s8 the general motors corp. And the United Auto workers started 1958 contract bargaining with the Law demand for a share of any profits above the company s 10 percent return. 20 years ago today March 26, 1968 Panama president Marco a. Robles ignored a notional Assembly vote to oust him from office and former president Amulfo Arias called for nationwide civil resistance ? 0 years ago today. March 26,i �78 coat miners  strike that began dec. 6, voted 10accept a new contract with the soft Coal Industry