European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 2 the stars and stripes monday May 3, 1988 president. Contender Jse Jackson state saturday in the Bayview Ulerv paint area Ofsan Francisco. Jackson seeks hispanic vote proposes amnesty revisions san Francisco a demo cratic candidate Jesse Jackson appealing Tor the support of California s Large his panic population on saturday proposed a lending inc immigrant amnesty Law Tor a year and moving the eligibility dead line from 1982 to january 1987. The presidential contender also said the employer sanctions in the new Immi Gration legislation should be repealed As discriminatory against workers and a Burden to employers. Meanwhile Jackson s chief rival for the party nomination Massachusetts Cov. Michael Dukakis look a break from campaigning to work on gubernatorial business and Nave a private weekend Wilh his wife Kitty. Vice president George Bush who has sewed up to Ltd Republican nomination also spent the weekend at Home in the nation s capital. Bush continued to come under fire from Jackson for calling the preach or tunic to politician a Hustler from Chi Cago despite assurances from inc vice president s Campaign staff thai there was nothing derogatory in his comments. I do not know Why he would lash out at me Jackson said wore marching in inc Cinco do Mayo Parade Ai the event s grand marshal. He has a tendency when he panics to reach out and attack. Bush told a group of republicans in Lincoln neb., on Friday i m not going to be out hulled by the Hustler from Chicago or from that traditional Liberal Democrat from Stephen Hart a spokesman for Bush said the vice president was talking about How hard he Jackson has Hus Jackson later saturday addressed a homosexual rights rally of about 4,000 peo ple outside the state Capitol in Sacra mento and lashed out at a California ballot measure that Calls for o quarantine of aids victims. In Illinois backers of Jackson and Paul Simon called a truce in their Squab ble Over the stale s at Large delegates to the National convention As party leaders elected a Unity slate of 47 delegates for the Illinois senator and 13 for Jackson. Simon who received the bulk of the stale s it Large delegates with his Victory in Illinois March 15 primary suspended his presidential Campaign last month. Overall Simon has 148 of Illinois 187 democratic delegates while Jackson has 41. In Wyoming Dukakis gained two delegates Al the slate democratic Conven Tion for a total of seven delegates while Tennessee sen. Albert Core or. Held on to his m delegates despite the suspension of his Campaign. Jackson picked up three delegates and two delegates remain uncommitted. At the stale convention in Nevada. Dukakis gained three delegates for n total of 12, Jackson gained one Delegate for a total of four and Gore lost one Delegate leaving him with six. One Delegate remained uncommitted in Alabama democrats h old an dec univ a committee meeting to finalize delegates to the National convention in at Lanta july 18-21. Questions put official to the test Washington a mow Many states Are in the Union who was the first president Musi the pc Donl be a citizen officials Al the immigration and naturalization service say these Are the types of questions that ins examiners will ask people granted amnesty who want 10 seek permanent . Residency. A person is eligible to seek Parma Nam Orcsi Donl status 18 months after applying for amnesty. The one year amnesty pro Gram expired at Midnight wednesday so some legalized aliens will become eligible for permanent residency Starling in no commissioner Alan Nel son was Pul on he spot Al a news Confer ence when a reporter told him critics of the ins say that inc Iasi questions arc not As simple As Nelson suggest. What right is provided in the Isih amendment to the Constitution the reporter asked Nelson. "1 Don t know Aboul the 15th Amend ment responded Nelson. I be seen a list of questions and i Haven t seen thai one on when the reporter asked Nelson inc Dale of the Start of the american revolution Nelson answered i m not Here logo through testing the Lily Amend Mcnol passed during reconstruction gave Blacks the right to vote. The revolutionary War began on april 19. 1775. When British redcoats clashed with Massachusetts militiamen at Lexington. Ins spokesman Acme Jervis said that the questions asked by inc reporter Aren t on the current list and that the questions asked of Nelson Mischa Racle a Ltd the whole testing process. It s mis leading loan alien who May fear thai he s going to have to answer a question like is p Abc correspondent Bill Greenwood who asked Nelson the questions said he was Reading from one of four versions of the ins lest supplied by the Federal Agen at the network s request. Jervis said the questions sent to Abc were Assem bled for schoolchildren nationally As part of the Bicentennial Observance of the writing of the Constitution. Ins officials clearly upset by any impression that immigrants arc being asked questions that even . Citizens cannot answer made the following Points applicants Don i have to answer the questions but if they Don to they Muil enrol in a course teaching history civics and English in order to gel a permanent residency card. The ins cart Ifird courses currently available to More than 250,000 people a year who seek to become naturalized citizens arc Given through local school districts and non profit organizations. The test itself is an Oral a am not a written one and we Only ask each applicant half a dozen to a dozen questions out of a list of 15 or 20, enough to satisfy the examiner Jarvis said. News updates Askew officially out Orlando Fla. A for Mer gov. Ruchin Askew confirm ing earlier published report officially gave up his bid for a us. Senate scat on saturday even though he was leading the race. He said it s a isl not right that Candi dates must spend 75 percent of their time raking Money. Askew said he also was motivated by a desire to spend More Lime with his family. He sold in would support a fellow Democrat rep. Buddy Mackay of Ocala for the Senate. "1 found myself increasingly concerned about the extraordinary Cost of running a statewide Campaign in Florida today Askew said in a statement released by his Campaign Headquarters. Soviet space shuttle Moscow a the first flight of the soviet Union s Pace thu tie which official previously have said would be unmanned probably will carry two Crew Mem Bers the official soviet Cwi a Estaa said saturday. The soviet reusable space Thip will probably be carrying two per sons on its Maiden flight just u the . Ipao shuttle did on its test minion Tats quoted chief of cosmonaut training Vladimir Shatalow As saying. Tasi said Shamalov spoke in m interview with the weekly Publica Tion arguments and child abuse Case Crown Point ind. Jap a woman whose 9-year-old diet pc tar lost her lower ices to Fml Bitt after being trapped Tor Dayi in u unheated apartment has pleaded guilty to felony child neglect Darlwin Brill who he been held in the Lake county jail since her arrest Jan. 20, agreed to pad guilty to one count after prosecutor said they would drop two other felony counts of child neglect under the plea agreement Brill 25. Would be sentenced to u years in prison. Lake county Superior court judge Richard maroc who has the option of suspending part of the sentence will make Deci Sion at a my 27 hearing. Court orders retrial Chicago a the murder conviction of a teen Ager charged in the i9b4 death of High school basketball Star Ben Wilson has been overturned by a three judge stale appellate court panel. In a unanimous ruling the appeals court said circuit judge James m. Bailey had violated the constitutional rights of Omar Dixon by refusing to try him separately from another defendant William Moore. The court ordered a retrial for Dixon. The 17-Ycar-old Wilson one of the country s leading prep Basket Ball players was gunned Down near Chicago s Simeon High school Durine the school lunch hour on nov. 20. 1984. Dixon then 16, and Moore 17, were convicted of murder and at tempted armed robbery in october 19b 5. Dixon was sentenced to con Curry no terms of 30 years for Mur Der and 10 years for attempted armed robbery and Moore wis sentenced to 40 years for murder and 10 for attempted armed Rob Bery
