European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d coupons making cents in commissaries Page 2 d Renaissance Man in combat boots stripes Magazine q Swaggart reportedly to preach despite suspension Page 5 q Byrd wants Meese to step Down Page 24 the a and stripes x��uts25 vol. 46, no. 316 thursday March 31, 19b8 Good morning d 8693 a Michael Dukakis celebrates hit Connecticut win at i new York Benefit tuesday. Robert Dole and Wile Elizabeth after announcing that he is quitting the race. Dukakis Bush win in Conn. Dole quits gop Campaign by the associated press Michael Dukakis wednesday thanked the people who know mi1 Best for his decisive win in the Connecticut primary which puts his democratic presidential Campaign Back on track Tor aiming con tests. Jesse Jackson chalked the result up to the Massachusetts governor s regional tics. George Bush with the gop Nomi nation All hut in hand called on Republican to keep together and get to  Dush Wun overwhelmingly in Connecticut Ashi had been expected in do even before principal rival Dob Dole dropped out of the race on primary Day. Dukakis celebrated the 2-1 Victory As a Good win for  we won with a big big margin but it s not the first of my victories he said on Abc to s today show. I be won in the South. I be won in the Northwest i be won in the Midwest i be won up Here in the Northeast and i m very pleased. But this is a Marathon and it s going 10 be All the Way to the finish line. I m just very pleased that people who know me Best were so  Jackson who has beaten Dukakis in two states Michigan and Illinois in Trie last two weeks congratulated the governor but suggested that Geog Raphy and Campaign finances played a key role. You did Well with your Home held  said Jackson who also appeared on  sen. Paul Simon who barely con tested Connecticut made the same Point tuesday night. We assumed this was Dukakis Terri tory he Laid. Sen. Albert Gore jr., no spent 575,000 in the state called the connect Cut results a total  Dukakis however insisted that his win was no less important for coming on Home ground. It s As absurd to say those results should be discounted As it is 10 say Jesse s should be because it s Neit to Illi Nois he said tuesday night. With 100 percent of the Connecticut precincts reporting Dukakis had 58 per cent to Jackson s 2& percent. Gore trailed with s percent and Simon had 1 percent. That restored Dukakis Lead in he National Delegate race. The latest a count put Dukakis at 647,55 Jackson at 634.55 and uncommitted at 500.6. Gore had 364.8 and Simon i69.s. Jackson swept the Black vote and won see Campaign on Back Page new sanctions considered against Panama Washington api the Reagan administration said wednesday it is considering new sanctions against Panama to farce the ouster of strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega but it appears no action is imminent. Other sanctions Are being actively considered said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. However an administration official mid nothing s  on Capitol Hill meanwhile two Republican lawmakers introduced legislation that Calls on president Reagan to renegotiate the 1 Anama canal treaties to allo i . Troops to remain in Panama past the year 2000. The canal treaties negotiated with Panama in 1979 provide for the Transfer of the canal id Panama on dec. 31, 1999. The legislation introduced by rep. Robert Walker of Pennsylvania and new York rep. Jerry Solomon would allow Independent . Action to defend the canal As Well As permit . Troops to remain in Panama past the year 2000. Beyond applying new sanctions the administration is raising the Prospect that the . Military May be used to protect the estimated 50,000 american citizens in Panama against possible harassment by that coun try s Security forc. Fitzwater appeared to open the door to that possibility tuesday after an incident the previous evening in which panamanian troops confiscated the tapes of four . Television networks and briefly detained several american journalists. A Story photo. Page meanwhile Panama s three largest supermarket chains reopened their stores wednesday signalling a major rupture in a 10-Day general strike aimed at top. Pling Noriega. Trie government announced that the nation s Banks closed since March 3 because of a Cash shortage brought on by . Economic unctions would reopen thursday with limited service. It announced tight restrictions on withdrawals from savings and checking accounts. All Europe prep basketball teams Page 17