European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. April 14. 1933 the stars and stripes Page 5 administration reportedly outraged that Speakes made up Reagan quotes Washington a the while House said president Reagan was pwt and it was an outrage that former presidential spokesman Larry Scakes had. Made up quotes and Given them to reporters As Ria i tin s words. Everyone is a i  said spokesman Marin Filz water who re placed Speakes 1-4 i months ago. In his Book. Sneaking out,"1 published this speaker week. Speakes Dis closes that he made up a widely reported statement that was attributed to Reagan during his first Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. In another instance when a korean air lines passenger Jet was shot Down by the soviets in 19s3, Speakes says the president had almost nothing to say Dur ing meetings with the Cabinet and con Gressional leaders so he took statements made by Secretary of state George p. Shultz and attributed them 10 Reagan. Speakes said that he subsequently told the president what he had done and Rea Gan never  Fitzwater at a news briefing dominated by questions about Speakes reve lation blasted his predecessor who had boasted that in his is years Ai White House spokesman he had never lied to the press. It s a damned outrage that s what it is Fitzwalter said. Another while House official speak ing anonymously said the president is upset about the  James Brady the White House press Secretary who suffered brain damage when he was shot during the 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan said the Best writer for the president is the presi Dent  Speakes had no reaction to the while House statements. I d be better off not to comment he said in a Telephone interview from new York where he is vice president for communications at Merrill Lynch corp. However he offered of apologies say ing it s an honest  said the two instances of phony quotes he cited were the Only two that 1 specifically recall. It Wai a Cas of knowing the president Well and know ing How he Felt about the events taking place and knowing what he would  the Book. Speakes recalls it was Snulli who said the shooting Down of the korean Airliner was not a problem be tween the United states and the soviet Union but a  world prob , Speakes told reporters the president had said those words. He also attributed to Reagan some of Shulti suggestions about retaliatory action. My decision to put Shultz s words in Reagan s Mouth played we ind neither of them complained Speakes wrote. Discussing the Summit Speakes said he Felt thai Gorbachev was realty gel Ting the advantage Over us in his give and take with reporters while Reagan was very tentative and stilted in his  thai Reagan was losing the Media version of Star wars i instructed Mark Weinbert a White House press aide to draft some quotes for the presi Dent Speakes wrote i polished the quotes and told the press that while the two Leaden stood together at the end of one session the president said to Gorbachev. There is much that divides us but i believe the world breathes easier because we Are talking Here together " another Reagan quote which we manufactured thai received extensive play in the press was our differences Ore serious but so is our commitment to improving understanding " Speakes  retrospect in was clearly wrong to take such liberties he added. Fitzwater commenting on his policy said i Don t make up quotes and i Don l just write them and Tun them by the pre  the other hand the whole Busi Ness of communication is the drafting of material that the president May use in one form or another whether it s speech or a statement or quotes on a Var ious Issue that Tell what the president thinks fit7.watcrsaid. Five die in separate cos on with same Frain re Lago a amuck train no. 392 left accidents and no disciplinary action is planned or. White had already applied the brakes Rich Scag a amuck train no. 392 left Carbondale 111., at mid afternoon tuesday As usual but when it pulled into Chicago s Union station about seven hours Lacr five people were dead from two collisions with the locomotive. A Young Southern Illinois couple and two of their children died monday when i hair car turned off a parallel Road near eff Lenham and crossed the Frackt in front of the train about 30 minutes into its run police and at Nurak officials said. About 3 i hours later a 20-year-old woman was killed when her car skirted horizontal crossing Gates and struck the train near Kankakee about 60 Miles South of Chicago officials said. You Don t forget things like this you get the shakes said Engineer . Parker who was operating the train when the second crash occurred. None of the train s More than to passengers was injured said Amtrak spokeswoman Debbie Marcini  said the two train Drivers were not responsible for the deaths. They were powerless to avoid the accidents she said Marciniak said the Federal Railroad administration had contacted Amtrak operations personnel tuesday about the accidents. An Agency spokesman in Washington said he was unaware of any inc Saiga lion but that his Agency might have called to make sure no Federal Railroad Laws Nad been violated. Slate police identified the victims of the first Acci Dent As Cecil Kay Chandler 26, of la Clyde his wife Brenda 25 their 4-year-old daughter Kerry and 3-year-old son. Carl. Parker said fireman William White 55. Was driving when the run began. They both saw the Chandler car turn off a parallel Road and head slowly toward the  said he did not believe the family saw the train at the crossing marked with a crossing Symbol but no Gate or lights. I could see the female occupant of the car and she never looked at us. I thought i saw the woman hold Inga child. Or. White had already applied the brakes. He started blowing the whistle. Then we put the brakes in emergency but it was too late he said the engine had been travelling about 76mph and came to a halt one third  track. The car exploded on Contact. The train was delayed about an hour and then headed North again with Parker taking the controls about Halfway through the 300 mile run a routine switch. The train passed through Kan Kakac after dark at the maximum 79 Mph when the railway men saw a car approach rapidly from inc West Parker said. The crossing signals were working the Gates were Down and we were blowing the whistle he said. But the car moved into the left Lane As if to bypass the Gates Parker said. The vehicle struck the train s front wheels causing what he described As a minor Jolt that destroyed the compact car. Annette Hanshew who lived outside Bourbonnais died in the crash. Arizona court cancels Mecham recall election Phoenix Ariz. A the Arizona supreme court ordered the Hay 17 gubernatorial recall election cancelled be cause its target former gov. Evan much Ani has already been removed from of fice. The 4-1 decision Means the new governor. Democrat Rose mofford would serve out Mcchamp s term through 1990. The former Secretary of stale be came governor on april 4 when much am a Republican was convicted on impeachment charges by the Senate. However a Republican candidate in the recall election. Jack London. Said he would consider appealing the decision to Federal court on grounds his due process rights were violated. I m shocked lome in said adding that he believes the Constitution allows voters to recall a governor and choose the Neit one. The supreme Louii took it upon themselves to tale away half the right he said. Mofford was in route to Phoenix from Washington d.c., but her spokeswoman said she was pleased with the decision because it saves tax payers Money and permits her to move Forward with her own. Icam in a permanent manner 1 former rep. John Rhodes also a re publican candidate in the recall election said that he was i Jip pointed but was willing to support Mol bal. Like the Little boy Hal Abraham Lincoln told about i m too old to cry but it hurts too much to laugh " said Rhodes the supreme court in ordering the acting Secretary of slate to cancel the election said the order of succession Afier removal of the governor lakes precedence Over the stole constitutional pro vision on recall. Men and Relief. I m a Little bit disappointed because i think a recall election would have Given us the Opportunity to put Evan Mecham behind us once and for All Buck said because Evan Mecham would have received so few Voles that he and his sup porters would Sec How weak Evan Mccun no really  Mecham spokesman Norman Martin said the former governor would nuke a statement on the decision later ibis week. Saying in would Issue a formal opinion i did not give further explanation in Isi later the recall was challenged by iwo taxpayers who contended in was no longer necessity and would be a waste of Money. Their attorney Andrew Gordon told the court the purpose of the recall has been fulfilled. Re Call is the people s alternative Loim  Mecham recall committee foundered Buck who had favored holding the election said he Felt both disappoint in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 14, i94s Secretary of stale George c. Marshall blamed International communism for the uprising that Shook Bogota. Colombia and claimed 11 followed the same pattern of provoked strikes in France and Luly. 30 years ago today. April 14, 1958 West German traffic officials reported the lowering of Speed limits seven months earlier had resulted in at least 30,000 fewer injuries. Wes Germany s traffic Accident Rale was the world s highest. 20 years ago today. April 14, 1968 Black Power advocate Slok Cly Carmichael said in would have been belter if the Assassin of or. Martin Luther King or. Had killed him instead Ofa Man who preached love forgiveness and  10 years ago today. April 14, i97s the United states decided to relocate the in residents of Bikini Island against their will because of radioactivity on the Pacific atoll