European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May. 20. 1968 the stars and stripes Page 3 candidates count on secret service Jackson main Magnet for assassination threats Washington the Semi service i keeping with its name docs l like to discuss death threats against Jesse Jackson Michael Dukakis or George Bush. Neither do Ike presidential candidate Sand their staffs. Cd the inc Clur of the candidate As b target is o fact politics in America. And As a charismatic candidate and a Black Man with a ground breaking presidential candidacy Jack son has become a Magnet far death threats. There arc certain Givens 1 must face every Day Jackson sail. Anxiety and ear can become Paralez ing. 1 cannot let myself become paralysed with  the secret service has been protecting most major presidential candidates in addition to the president since ordered by Congress following the assassination of sen. Robert f. Kennedy in 1968. On the night he won California s democratic primary. Kennedy s brother. President John f. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and there have been attempts on he lives of presidents Reagan and Ford. By his own count Jackson was he object of 314 recorded threats on his life during i first presidential Campaign in i9m. In 14 of those eases people vac arrested. So far in this Campaign ii re have been about 100threats, according to Jackson press Secretary Delmar in Cobb. Secret service agents told the suit the threat shave increased in the past month she said. Federal agents in St. Louis said this week they had arrested a self described White supremacist and his wife on charges of conspiring 10 kill or harm Jackson lond Cir Williams 30. Of Washington,mo., and his wife Tammy 26, Are being held with out hand. Authorities recovered a semiautomatic Rifle said to belong to the couple. An agent quoted Williams As saying Jackson is gelling too close to being president Fine United  Jackson campaigning in California thanked these Cret service on wednesday and said we Wii not surrender to the  Dukakis who Tor a Long time spurned secret service Protection also praised the Agency and acknowledge threats he has received. All of us in Public life have these threats Sai Dukakis the Massachusetts governor who is he from runner for the democratic party s nomination. I Nehad them not recently to the Best of my knowledge these things happen to you.". Sterei service spokesman William j. Cornell said it is against Agency policy to discuss the Protection a Undell we Lllan corded any of he candidates the methods that reused Orinc nature of threats. The More hype we put on it the More potential there is id Plant the seed in other people s mind he said. We go out four Way to downplay  he said the secret service works closely with other agencies and stale and local police to Monitor potential threats including the possible threat posed by terrorists overseas. While Only a few threats result in arrests All Are viewed with seriousness and pursued he said. The secret service a part of the Treasury depart ment also is responsible for protecting . Currency from counterfeiting and has Field offices around the country. Dukakis did not accept secret service body guards until last week preferring the Freedom of move ment and ability to circulate with crowds despite the urging of some staff member and even his wife i think Dukakis fell he wanted to run As close a Campaign a he could to the voters and Felt Comfort Able with the kind of support he Wai getting from local police As he travelled said Leslie Dach Dukakis com Timmy Williams App Olih service near Normal after Illinois Bell fire Mun cations director. Other candidates particularly those struggling Early in inc race welcomed the Protection. It meant a travel ing entourage of agents As few As four or As Many at nine or 10. It lends an air of professionalism to Campaign and it helps la pay for the air plane As former democratic candidate sen. Albert Core tronce quipped. The . Government pays for each agent s Seal on candidate chartered plane. But the seriousness of the duly is often apparent. During inc new York primary Campaign agent remained extremely close to Jackson. One agent con tided he would be greatly relieved when the  the stale. As with the president the Tho Light that some Violini act could erupt 11 always present with a presidential candidate. My Mother tells me not to stand too close to Jack son said Cobb adding it was mean in a somewhat joking manner. You have to basically believe that nothing s going to happen. You can t operate in  Chicago a a spell of Coo dry weather has helped Illinois Bell restore Tele phone service to thousands of customers in is suburbs West of Chicago whose phones went dead after a fire ravaged a switching Conler a company spokesman said. Illinois Bell has advanced its target Dale from mid june to Early june for restoring Normal service to the 35,000 customers who loss All service after inc May 8 fire spokesman Larry cose said wednesday. Illinois Bell expects to Start connecting subscribers to a new digital Call switching system being installed at its Hinsdale Center by May 26, instead of the original june i target Dale cose said. It normally lakes to weeks to install such equipment under phone company guidelines the weather has been our Friend thelast couple of Days cose said. A Long As it slays dry and Cool it s great for us if in was wet and humid out there we d probably be seeing More problems than we Are seeing now. Hinsdale s weather with daytime temperatures in the 60s and nights in the 40s under Clear skies has been goo for the 250 employees working 24 hours a Day to repair or replace old equipment and install the new switching jail can. The Cool dry weather has reduced prob lems with corrosion of old switching equip ment badly damaged in the fire. As a result cose said Bell officials Are using the old equipment 10 restore partial service to customers until inc new system is installed. By thursday inc company had re stored partial service to 31,000 of inc 35,000 customers whose service was cutoff by the fire. Cose said. By the end of the week All 35,000 sub Scriber in the Hinsdale area should have limited service with irregular dial tones and crackling on the lines. Cose said. The technical problems will continue until the customers Are hooked up to the new switching equipment he said. As partial service is restored Many would be callers have encountered de lays because of heavy demand. It s like a Jam gelling in the expressway during the Rush hour cos said but the situation i Beuer than in was yesterday be eur Eccli that regional and Ion Dis Tance lines and special business line transmuting computer data thai were routed through the Hinsdale Cente should be functioning normally by the end of the week. Cose said. Global population growing by 150 a minute . Says London up the global population is growing by 220.000people a Day about Iso every min Ute and the increasing human de mands Are damaging vital land air and water a . Report said wednesday. There is urgent need for  population now Over 5 billion will be 6 billion by the end of the Century said the United nation population fund Repon. The slate of world population 1988." nearly All of this growth is in developing countries by definition those least capable of absorbing in the annual study said. Nafis Sadik. Executive director of he . Population fund warned at a news conference that environmental resources could become seriously out of balance unless we do some thing about it the report said thai in Many areas Joun dealer is being used faster Thaniel is being replenished and the amount of land available for agriculture is shrinking tropical forests Are shrinking by 11 million hectares 27.18 million acres a year. Topsail is being loss at inc Rale of 26 billion tons a year. Me deserts Are appearing Al the rate of 6 million hectares 14.b million acres year the study said. About 1 billion people Are being added to inc world population every 12 years with the fastest growth i latin America Africa and South Asia. Every minute inc global Popula Tion grows by Iso every Day by 220,000, every year by Over 8u Mil lion. By the turn of the Century the world is expected to have 6.1  by the year 2000, half of inc world will be living in Urban areas. One fifth of these people will live in Mega i pics of 4 million. Up to 75 percent of latin Ameri Ca s population 42 percent of Africa s and 37 percent of Asia s will be living in Urban areas by the year 2000. Urban growth eats up arable land which can be disastrous in a country such As Egypt where Only 4 percent of he country is cultivable 1 in said