European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday april 2,1968 demos aim political fire at Meese Reagan ready too a Bush Campaign by the associated press the democratic presidential contenders arc training their fire an the Reagan administration taking panic ular am at attorney general Edwin a Csc 11 f mean while the White House say president Reagan May hit the Campaign Trail on George Bush behalf. The democrats headed into the final few Days of skirmishing left before monday s democratic caucuses in Colorado with 45 delegates at stake and she wis Consin primary the chowing Day with 81 is to gains up formats. Three of the democrats Albert Gore jr., Jesse Jackson and Michael Dukakis said Meese must go. We cannot tolerate a situation where the nation s chief Law enforcement officer is constantly operating under a Cloud of suspicion Gore told supporters at a fund raising even thursday night in co comr Grove Fla. The Tennessee senator pointed to the resignations of two lop Justice department officials this week which department sources said were aimed at protest ing Mecic s refusal to step Down amid to an Ling Lega difficulties. President Reagan and vice president Bush Lay pm. It s no big Deal. There Are resignations All the  said Gore. What insensitivity what contempt fur the american people Dukakis also said me Csc should step Down saying the Justice department was in turmoil i would Hope at Long last the attorney Genera would resign it s Lone overdue and the president would appoint somebody As attorney general we could be proud of the Massachusetts governor said at a news conference thursday Niam in Milwaukee. Jackson too said Melesc ought to quit because he cannot carry out his duties. It is not a question of guilt or innocence Fie simply cannot fulfil the requirements or the Job Jackson told a rally in Sheboygan wis. Edmee deserve due process. We deserve an attorney  although Meese Drew much of their Wrath the democrats were taking some digs at one another As Well Gore railing the two democratic Leaden has beet  All week on experience and cd Tabi Lity. On thursday he mapped Al Dukakis for railing to follow suit. Mike Dukakis is afraid id say a Tingle word about Jesse Jackson said Gore a Day earlier he Tennessee senator described Dukakis reluctance to spell out fail differences with Jackson As  Dukakis for his part said differences with Jackson would come out Over Lime and aimed his attacks atthe while House instead. This administration has walked away from the american dream he said in a Milwaukee speech thursday night. They be walked away from the Basic contract that says it you work hard and pay your axe Sand live within the Law you have a right to a Good Job and the right to a life where you Don t have to go 1 j bed every night worried about whether that Job will still be there in the  meanwhile White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water raised the possibility that Reagan soon would abandon his official neutrality in the Republican race prior to the party s convention aug. 15-18 in new Orleans. I simply want to open the door to this new Prospect Fiu water told reporters. Bush s main rival  dote of Kansas dropped out of the race monday. Former television evangelist Pat Robertson remains in the race bul concedes he has almost do Hope of winning the nomination. Bush Lead Robertson in delegates by a Hage margin 841 to 17, according to the latest a count to nominate 1,139 Are needed. Pat Robertson is still a candidate in declare sense but he Loo recognizes the realities of the Situa Tion fit water said. The White House spokesman said no Bush Campaign events featuring the president bad been scheduled and done was expected in the near future but he said he 77-year-old Reagan is ready at the drop of i hat to get out there of the  Core meanwhile celebrated his 40th birthday on thursday and expressed Hope the Milestone would Nave off questions about whether he s too Young to be president. Forty makes All the difference he said. You know. Jack Benny was perpetually 39. I be been doing a kind of rovers Jack Benny. I be been trying to turn Gore without a win to til name since super tues Day has been searching for a Northern Victory. But polls tugged Jackson and dul Calcii Ore fighting it out for the Lead in Wisconsin with Gore trailing. Core also ii Wen behind the two Leaden in the Delegate race. The latest a Delegate count puts Duck in Al 652.55 Jackson at 642.55 and 44.6 defecate in the uncommitted column. Core had 367.8 and Illinois sen. Paul Simon Lap with 169.5. A candidate need 2,082 democratic delegates to be nominated Simon nuking what could be a last hand in wis Consin campaigned in Madison calling himself an Georgia to Start controversial plan of testing children entering 1st Grade Atlanta map Cleomia s 93.000 Ron Meinhardt. Coordinator of the Sarv stress an oin children democratic i a i Michael Dakkak Terra Mil a senior Tinam Tofa i cupa Ign atop in Mph Watt. Underdog who fights Tor underdogs. Like Bis democratic opponent Simon bad harsh words for the Reagan administration he said Bush is Riding Reagan Coal Lails but won t Lake responsibility for the negatives men at cutting certain programs. Evidently the Pilot Viz Fri Reg one Way Aad the co Pilot was going the other snguon said. Jackson mean Wile won Tome Praise from former president Jimmy Carter. I think Jet it Cason has run As dear a perfect Campaign As e Bare Ever seen id this country Laid Carter who himself was a dark hone candidate in1976. Carter has not formally endorsed any of the democrats. A Georgia 93,00kindergarten pupils begin taking Manda tory tests next week thai will partially determine whether they will enter first Grade in the fall. Some parents and educators oppose the tests. Last week the National association for the education of Young children and the National association of Early child Hood specialists in state departments of education issued policy Blaich Ali opposed to such mass standardized testing . Such indiscriminate testing the group said Means Many kindergartens Are new highly structured watered Down first grades emphasizing workbooks and other paper and Pencil activities that Are Devil of Mcnally inappropriate for 3-year-Olds." Georgia is the first state to make such testing mandatory although individual school districts such As skin Neapolis have similar programs. Georgia education officials say those who ate outraged Over Standardi cd tests of 5-Ycar-Olds to measure their ability w acc t  sounds it Lars and Basic math con cents Are making mountains on of mole Hills. I think it s More important to focus on the entire process because there much More to it than testing said Sharo Meinhardt coordinator Georgia department of education Early childhood education program. Meinhardt said if a child does not achieve the required score education officials will use both the test and the recommendation of the child s teacher in deciding whether the child is ready for first Grade. There Are a lot of scared parents out there i m talked to them Meinhardt said. When i have had a Chance to talk to a lot of the parents and Tell them we arc going to look at More than the test there s not a Parent who left the conversation without saying i feel belter.1" the testing policy approved by the state Board of education in february is mandated by the Quality Basic Educa Tion act to identify children in need of special help and students who Are held Back will be placed in an alternative kindergarten program. But some educators say assurances from stale officials will not make them fed better about testing such Youn children. Our stale legislators fed that this test will reduce our relatively High first Trade failure Rale by weeding out those children who Nee not yet ready to attend first Grade said Marilyn b Coalman assistant professor of elementary education at the univer sity of Georgia. Instead the test wastes precious learning time and places unnecessary o our Ceil Deri. We Are very supportive of testing and assessing Young children but we Are against one 90-Rainutc assessment in a child s kindergarten year to predict read iness said Judy Jefferson  s coordinator of primary pro Grams and an official of the metro coun cil for Early childhood. Atlanta child psychologist Asa Milliard said the tests have a disproportionate Impact on those children who Nee school the most the minority  Stan bar Knopf. Director of the Ljuca tin department assessment program 4aid parental distress Over citing kindergarteners will not prompt the state Lachange the Law. Their anxiety for the most pan is probably misplaced Burl Knopf  expect Over 90 percent of the Stu dents to do very Well. There should be no great production made of it Meinhardt said. Ticac Mcnare feeling a considerable amount of pressure either from their own minds or from other people in their school system. There is no Way Tome of that pressure snot being transferred to the  the department of education s assessment department estimates that about 90 of the state s i 6 school sys tems will begin testing Noil week and the rest will Start the cod owing week. Fish tale taxidermist Jamie Lyons a a Eoo to vent by the tall in his san i top shop. Itit1 fish a potential stale re Cord Bass poses a mighty problem ectus of the in Pound Lea weight that found in Ili tto ouch. Officials Canom decide it the fish Cagto earlier this mooch in san we a try Sandy do Frisco fwu be it Damn a suite record. The ibo weighed ii pounds. It Duncan Irth the or Tutt