European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday March 28,1983 Reagan jabs Bush in Gridiron club spoof Washington apr president Reagan delivered a nostalgic valedictory to the Gridiron club annual dinner saturday night poked Tun at vice president George Bush s Many Home slates and jokingly applauded his wife s Surprise pm stage performance with the quip Raisa top  the president traditionally the last speaker on the program at the press organization s satirical banquet also took shots at some other presidential aspirants. I was the eighth year in a raw thai Reagan had attended the show and Din Ner and it was the last he will attend As president. He is the i7lh consecutive president to attend the event and Sec Ond Only to Franklin d. Roosevelt for the number of dinners attended. But it was Nancy Reagan who stole the show with her unexpected Solo 10 the tune of thanks for the  one verse referred to that soviet Mona Lisa otherwise known As Raisa. Who said would you like to see my Mastercard and visa " when her husband Fob owed her to the podium he did before 1 refuse to take questions i have an opening statement i thought Nancy s performance was absolutely wonderful. Raisa. Top that. Raisa Gorbachev is the wife of soviet Ceder Mikhail Gorbachev. Reagan later observed that if re publican presidential hopeful pal Rob Truon made it there d be no More Hail to the chief it would be when the saints go marching in " referring to Bush s Mace of birth Mas. Lae Husu hit state of family connections connect Kuti his elate of political activity Trews and the state where he spends a lot of Lime Maine Reagan said Bush could win the presidential race if he carried his " looking out Over the too guests the men wearing White lie and tails and the women formal attire Reagan said he had not seen such a Dressy group since the Crosse Pointe Republican caucus a reference to the affluent Detroit suburb. Before the reagans took uie stage at a downtown hotel. New York gov. Mario Cuomo delivered uie traditional speech for the democrats and sen. Al Simmon r-wyo., spoke for the re publicans. Cusmo t is minute recitation of one line quips concluded with a fond remembrance of president Kennedy and a warm expression of Best wishes to Reagan wishing him health and happiness and Many  earlier. Cuomo brought the audience to rapt silence when be referred to the Issue of whether Reagan should Pardon i. Cot. Oliver North and former National Security adviser John m. Poin Duxler for their roles in the Iran Contra affair. One option Cuomo said would be to Swap poin Citer and North for panamanian strongman Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega and a dictator to be named Bur Simpson said that people who take the High Road of humility in this town Are not bothered by heavy  he also said it was to cold in Casper Wyoming. The other Day i saw i lawyer going Down the Street with hit hand in his own pocket duri rib the show a chorus of Washington journalist thanked Reagan for the memory the memory of Stockman and Jim Watt the Tran con tra plot of Ollie and Bill Casey 1he diversions you  of thank you so much Sang Gridiron members in a musical Spoor that also took aim at democratic and Republican presidential candidates administration officials and television evangelists. Organizers allowed no live Gnu Catt of the event by radio or television. The 103-year-old club also presented a spoof to the tune of to All the girls i be loved before by show Meffle bin playing former sen. Gary Hart and television evangelist Jim Bakker. Responding id the tune were Snow members playing the parts of Donna Rice and Jessica Hahn. They Sang our men Are on the ropes and they Ray we re the  Dod s latest Star wars plan would shield Only military centers Washington a the defense department has scaled Back its plans to develop a massive space Security shield and i Sicad has settled on a far less ambitious immediate goal of protecting . Military installations the Washington Post said in sunday s editions. The newspaper said the department five years and 112 billion Afier president Reagan launched the strategic defense initiative ski program has Ahu Doril d plans to try to protect . Cities As Well As military centers from a soviet attack. The Post quoted senior . Officials As saying thai the decision to  on a limited defensive sys 1cm reflects Broad agreement within the administration that the president dream cannot be attained. The threat of a ballistic missile attack will not be diminished in the foreseeable future the officials told the Post which did not identify them. The re orientation of Reagan s ski program also known As Star wars was revealed in part by a 1987 joint chiefs of staff classified document calling for developments and deployment of a defensive system to Stop Only 30 percent of the nuclear warheads in u mauve soviet first strike the Post said. The four Page secret document accepted the View of ski officials that even this limited defense would help deter a soviet attack the paper said. However if this american View turns out to be wrong and the soviets initiate a massive first strike the system the Pentagon now envisions May Stop Only 1.500 nuclear warheads allowing As Many As 3.500 Ollices to penetrate and wreak devastation on . And Allied territory the Post said. The newspaper said ski officials believe this limited defensive system could be deployed beginning in 1996 at a Coil of up to si50 billion in current dollars double the expense they predicted last year. Many scientists and military experts however ques Tion whether the defensive weapons being pursued in the ski program will be Able to achieve even the scaled Back goals the paper said. The Post cited . Officials As saying the soviets May have Tensed the course of internal american Deci Sion making Over ski and predicted that Reagan s dream would be abandoned causing them 10 tone Down their Public criticism of ski in recent months and tolerate More aggressive ski research under a potential new arms pact. Indian candidate for judgeship found murdered in n. Carolina Pakulla . A a lumber Indian activist running for Superior court judge in his racially troubled county was found shot a death saturday at his Home. Julian t. Pierce who had complained to a Friend about death threats was shot three times at Point Blank Range with a Shotgun. Sheriff Hubert Stone said. Ujust looks like he was actually  the sheriff said Catling it one of the worst murders he had investigated in his 33 years As a Lawman. Gov. Jim Martin appealed for Calm in Robeson county where two indians were charged with holding a newspaper stuff hostage in february. He said the stale had offered a �5.000 Reward for information Lead ing to the killer s arrest and conviction. Pierce 41, was an attorney in nearby Pembroke. He had resigned As director of lumber River Legal serv ices which provided Legal representation to Low in come county residents to seek a newly created Superior court judgeship. He was running against District attorney Joe free Man Brill in the May 3 democratic primary. Pierre was found lying face Down in his blood spattered Kitchen near a door which had several Glass panes broken. Stone said the murderer either forced his Way inside or broke the Glass stuck the gun through the opening and tired. Stone said he knew nothing about threats against Pierce. Pierce was tilled by a. He had no enemies thai 1 know of the sheriff Laid. It look a very mad person to commit crime like  Fri agent Paul duly said the Fri and the state Bureau of investigation Are assisting county investigators. We will look into in from the aspect that in could be a potential civil rights violation said Daly in charge of Fri operations in North Carolina. He had a real Good Chance to be elected said the Rev Elbert Chavis. I Don t think he had any enemies. He was a Fine Man. He would have been elected. All we want now is a thorough  Robeson county s population is 37 percent White 37 percent Indian and 26 percent Black. Blacks and indians Long have alleged racism and corruption in the local criminal Justice system. Brill known for the number of death Penally verdicts he has won Tun been a frequent target of the complain is. A crowd of about 60 people mostly lumber Indi ans stood outside Pierce s one Story Brick ranch House saturday afternoon. Many said they believe the slaying was politically motivated and added they did t have much Faith that the sheriffs department would investigate the killing adequately. Stateside Jesse James Tombstone Section is found intact Liberty. To. A a targe Section of Jesse James Tombstone which historians think was chipped away decades ago by souvenir Hunt ers has been found intact and will be delivered to the outlaw s old Missouri Home. The Section of the Marble Tombstone is about in indies High and contains James name and the a if april 3, 1882, when he was shot to death by Robert Ford in is. Joseph mo., officials said. The Tombstone was originally about 8 feet High. Pc thought it disappeared 60 years ago but it showed up recently said Mill Perry curator of historical property for Clay county. Perry said he found the Section of the Tombstone in Kansas City but refused 10 give details. The Tombstone disappeared from mourn Oli vet cemetery in Kearney a town of about 1,400 people 15 Miles Northeast of Kansas City where James grave was moved in 1902. 5 killed As Driver tries to beat train to crossing Indianapolis up a freight inti slammed into a car at a Railroad crowing Early saturday As the Driver tried to beat the locomotive through the intersection and All five in the car were killed. The Engineer of the Conrail train Taw the car approaching the crossing just before 5 40 �.m, and threw on the brakes but ii look the to car train a half mile to screech to a Hall police said. The eastbound train was travelling at 38 Mph when it slowed into the car police said. Several other fatal accidents have occurred it the same crossing which b equipped with warn ing lights and Belu. But no crossing plea Polke Taid the lights and Belli were in working order it the time Ottic Accident. Marine who tampered with copter discharged Tustin Calif. A the Marine corp has discharged a Mechanic who Taid he crafts connected instrument switches on a helicopter to prove that Pilot were flying aircraft even when they appeared to be unsafe. Cpl. Kirk Hill agreed to the discharge Nelber than face a special court martial for allegedly tampering with a ch-53d sea stallion Heli copter before an oct. 26 night night Cpl. Joe vein a Spca Ocsman for the Marine corps Eltoro air station said. Hill 22, was demoted one rank u Lance Cor poral and received an administrative discharge under at bar loan honorable conditions Velez said