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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 17, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. May 17, 1933 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bush pushes end Ron Menf on River Outing by Evans Witt a Jill toil writer on the rogue River Ore. The close up is a simple picture of quid relaxation a Man wearing a . Forest service hat casts his line into Ilie water in Hopes of hooking a Spring Chinook Salmon. Bui the wide Angle View is different vice president George hush fishing with rafts kayaks and boats full of Sec Rel service agents reporters Cam Era Crews and High tech communications gear Trail ing him Down the rapids. And above on the Cliffs is the motorcade limousine police cars and ambulance moving slowly Down the Road sunday. For presidential no minces up by. Almost nothing is simple. Add 1hc complications of being an incumbent vice president and the entourage grows c such a break in inc Middle of a wet Wong West Ern Campaign swing is not just a matter of deciding to rent a boat. Bush s so Van Iii Ile Nde Dawn this Southern Oregon River involved nearly 100 people on the River and on the  trip a Choc inc environmental themes hush is trying to emphasize in Advance of the Oregon primary Tucklay and to Lay the groundwork for the general election Battle in the Pacific Northwest. Bush is scheduled to visit a tree research lab near Seattle and give an environmental speech later in the  vice president spent much of sunday out in the Brilliant Spring Sunshine. One bile one strike Bush said As he climbed into the 14-foot fishing boat to Start the Day ducks and Osprey flew overhead As Bush floated past other fishermen and Small dredges used to mine Gold from the River. Three hours later Bush had to admit to a Little boy on Shore that the bite never came. No but we sure had fun Bush replied smiling just being out on that Beautiful River we had a most relaxed morning Clearing the mind. 1 fed Reju  at a Campaign rally later in Seattle hush joked that his fishing exploits were not just bad Luck. They had All the fish Chaste of away so we did t get a bite he said. Four separate zip Odilion companies provided the rafts and boats for the journey. Nineteen watercraft in All were used. The main Bush flotilla included seven boats rang ing from .1 kayak to a Jet powered sheriffs patrol Bush was in a 14-foot fishing boat rowed by a vie president Bush left enjoy he rope Kim rapids Wilh guide Mel Norrick Rasht and n Setrel sen guide and accompanied by a secret service agent. Several other Hoath and rafts carried More agents members of the Bush staff. Bureau of land manage ment executives and communications gear. One piece of equipment sported a complicated Antenna that can and did communicate through a satellite while in the River Valley near Grants pass Ore. Two targe rafts held 12 news people including two television camera Crews. Bush stopped along the Way to talk to several peo ple standing on the Shore and frequently waved to onlookers from the Woods and the Cliffs. The River trip was not a Campaign swing in the usual sense but it had an environmental emphasis in step with the themes Bush is hitting in Oregon and Washington. Bush has said he wants to Uke the environmental Issue away from the democrats that he wants to be remembered As Teddy Roosevelt was a president who cared greatly for the environment and worked hard to preserve n. Thai s a Republican constituency Bush told about 1,000 supporters at a Seattle rally late sunday. "1 want to leave a legacy of unspoiled land and water to our children and our children s  on saturday Dush visited a . Forest service tree Nursery where 25 million seedlings arc being grown for ref resting the Oregon and California Hill after the trip. Bush was asked if he could fish better than Likely democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. I think so. I be done it Ull my life. Fishing requires experience Bush said. And the gop heir apparent was asked if he had seen any Piranha in the River a reference to an image tie used earlier in the week. No but i saw some on the Bridge Bush said. When Iacre were questions about the cd int of president Reagan s Fervour in endorsing him Bush blamed it on the pundit and the Media. This is what i Call a Piranha circling in the water Over what they think is a drop of blood. They re going to starve to death because there is nothing there nothing Here he said in Albuquerque . It s totally  later reporters covering Bush sported buttons saying Piranha i voracious. Tape shows Prepp a Ker faking Frangu Afons new York a the pc Pic killer who stranded a Young woman in Central Park was videotaped at a party shortly be fore his trial frolicking with several scantily Clad female friends and acting out two strangulation according to a television news program. The videotape obtained by a current affair a nationally syndicated news pro Gram was made at a late night party in a Manhattan apartment last december about the time a jury was being selected for Robert Chambers anal said Rafael Abramovitz a reporter producer on inc show. The tape shown to several reporters Sun Day was to be used in a two pan Story on the Chambers Case scheduled for broadcast Kondayan tuesday. A current affair is produced by a new to in new York and distributed nationally by 20th Century Fox Syndicate. Abramovitz and senior producer Peter Brennan would not say who provided the tape or if the program paid for it. They also declined to identify the Young women in the Tnp but said they were friends of both chair la Bersand his victim. Chambers 21, pleaded guilty to first de Gree manslaughter on March 21 while the jury was deadlocked on murder charges. He said he lulled Jennifer Levin Accident during a rough sexual in Coli Central Park on aug. 26,1986. The prosecution had claimed he knowingly strangled the Young woman. He is serving a five to 15-year prison sentence. In one of the most bizarre sequences of the approximately 40-Minulc tape Cham Bers is seen sitting with his Back to the Cam Era facing the Young women and playing with Adoll suddenly a grinning Chambers looks into the camera and twists the Small doll s head. My name is ,.," Chambers said in a i a by falsetto his voice trailing off. Oops i think inter in i be killed it Bolh of its eyes Are like.," he added before his voice trailed off again. At another Point. Chambers performed in a game of charades by grabbing his neck in a Light grip with his right hand and col lapsing Loine floor. Death of a Salesman one of the Young women guessed correctly. The tape features four Young women who at various times Wear casual clothing Paja Masor bras and panties. Chambers wears a to shirt and Slacks throughout and is the Only male present Dur ing most of the parly. Another Young Man arrives late in the filming. Throughout the taping. Chambers was aware of the camera and at limes appeared to hold in himself. Gun linked crimes up in Fla. Since Law changed As of May 5, the stale had granted 8,Lio gun permit in the county compared with about 1,300 before the Law changed while rejecting Only 21, to m1am1 Dpi police statistics show gun re lated crimes in Florida have increased 13 percent in the first six months of a liberalized gun Law that critics say lets just about anybody gel a gun. Loopholes in inc Law which took effect oct. I mean thai Many applicants with felony arrest re cords have Little trouble obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon the Miami Herald reported sunday. Those deemed guilty of a felony can still gel a concealed weapons permit if Al judge withholds adjudication meaning they have never formally been convicted. Those who have been arrested Bui whose trials still Are pending also May obtain permits and no mechanism exists for revoking that permit after a conviction. This is the worst thing i can think of in my 20 years of Public service attorney general Bob but Torworth said of the new Law in one county one of 15 applicants for a concealed weapon More than 570 people had been arrested at least once for a felony police re cords show and about half of those arrested were allegedly involved in gun related crimes. Police records also show that one of 10 Appl  
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