European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse D of putting emphasis on officer performance Page 2 n support pledged for women s memorial Page 3 d punters fear colourful usage May be dyeing Page 5 d nicaraguan government Contra negotiators meet Page 28 vol. 46. No. 345 d 8693 a first gis Back from Honduras fort Bragg . A More than 700 Mem Bers of the army s 82nd airborne div parachuted Inlo heir Home base monday in a flamboyant end to 12 Days Foci cruises in Honduras where they were sent Ina show . Might. As family members commanders and a military band wailed seven c-i4i transports arrived at 5 moments later. The first of the paratroopers dropped in o the base s Sicily drop zone bringing loud cheers from the spectators. I am glad you Are Lioma do lore i incr old her husband. Stall sol. Charles Piper As their two Young daughters Clung to their father s legs. Piper said it was Good so be Home. Honduran ground is Loo hard to sleep on he said. It. Gen. John Foss commander of the if Lih air borne corps at fort drags welcomed the paratroopers who had been dispatched to Honduras on March 17 to counter a reported incursion or nicaraguan forces int thai country. The s2nd div is part of the 18th air borne corps now 12 Days later there arc no nicaraguan forces in that country and a exists Foss said we were watched by everyone in the world and everyone was impressed. 1 want you to know i m very proud some 2,000 soldiers from the 82nd airborne div were part of the 3,200-troop Force deployed to Honduras by president Reagan. The others were from the 7th Light in div in fart Ord Calif. The rest of the american troops arc expected to return by wednesday. The Mission ended just in time for isl la Steve Swimly who said he was becoming bored. We were doing the same stuff Over and Over he Sas gis on Back Page Jackson takes Lead As demo Field Narrows by the associated press Jesse Jackson says he cup cos demo cratic leaders to embrace him As the nominee Chc wins the most pc Conven lion delegates because i would have earned in from the pc Opte Democrat Richard Gephardt ended his candidacy and Republican sex candidate Jack Kemp climbed on George Rush s bandwagon. As dam Coralic leaders wrestled with the implications of Jackson s Over whelming weekend Victory in Michigan go plural left Ibe race for the democratic presidential nomination at a Capitol Hill news conference. It s been said the on a in t Oyer unlit inc fat Ady sings Gephardt said. Last saturday in Michigan i think heard her walking to the Mici Abc news meanwhile reported that Republican Bob Dole was set to dropout. The report cited Campaign sources and could not be immediately con firmed. Dole has acknowledged Bush is inc almost certain nominee and had been circe cd to withdraw soon. One consequence of Gephardt s withdrawal was to Edge Jackson ahead of Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis in the Al Delegate count by one vote. Most of Gephardt s delegates were shifted Inlo the uncommitted category with his withdrawal. Rut Missouri part rules mandate that the at Large and pub Lic official Delegate Are redid Rufed Amon the Active candidates when u contender drops out that gave Jackson at least sin More delegates. Jackson now Lias 606.5dukakis 605.55. Tennessee sen. Albert Gore or. Jesse Jackson is surrounded by Nell Nisben and bodyguard in Middle Ken Conn. 362.8, sen. Paul Simon 168.5 and uncommitted 515.6. According to the a count Gephardt was pushed q withdraw by a third place finish in Michigan s caucuses far Short of the Michigan Mira Cle he sought to revive a candidacy that blossomed in Iowa s Lead off caucuses but was trampled in the South. Jackson and Dukakis both campaigned in Connecticut on the eve of its primary Gore campaigned in new Orkand was joining Jackson and Simon at a debate monday , Ibe governor of Massachusetts was hoping his neighbor stale would provide a Victory sufficient to ease the pain of his loss to Jackson in Michi Gan a loss that raised questions about his candidacy and his abilities As a campaigner. Al a Junior High school in East Hart Ford a Black student asked Dukakis Why she should vote for him Over Jackson. I am not running again i him and he is not running against me we Are run Ning for the Dukakis responded his answer running so Long that lie concluded by apologizing. I m sorry i m making a speech in Stead of answering your question he said. "1 Hope i be persuaded you. I Don know gop front runner Bush confident of winning in Connecticut the state he Gre up in began a three Day Campaign swing through Wisconsin the next Battle ground with primaries next week. Polls in both states put Bush decisively of the Best things that happened to me was getting my brains kicked out see Jackson on Back Page opposition each ers newsmen defamed in Panama Panama City Panama a soldiers firing into inc air burst into a Panama City hotel monday and detained opposition leaders and foreign journalists after an Ami government demonstration was smashed by authorities. The military confiscated the film of foreign television Crews at the Marriott hotel which has been used As an informal Headquarters by reporters and leaders of the National civic crusade. Opposition spokesmen said nearly 20 of their Lead ers were detained. Eight foreign journalists including Richard Cole of the associated press were held for about three hours and Ihnn released. The civic crusade a leading anti government coalition staged the afternoon protest March in an Ait met to Force the ouster of strongman Gen. Manuel Antoni Noriega. The violence coincided with the beginning of the second week of a Genera strike thai has closed Down an estimated 90 percent of Panama s Industry an Commerce. Gunmen dressed in civilian clothes but believed to be members of the defense forces s slate Security Force and Helm died soldiers carrying assault rifles swept into the hotel about three hours after the Street demonstration was put Down and forced their Way Imo temporary offices of Abc lbs Abc and can among others they ordered employees out of the suites then starched the rooms confiscating film of the earlier demonstration. Cole said the reporters were packed in police vans sea Panama on Back Page
