European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 6, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 5 Driver on Way to safety award overturns bus Houston a a school bus Driver in route o an honors ceremony to get a Safe driving award turned a Corner Loo sharply and overturned inc bus carrying 29 other school bus Drivers. Lillic Baltrip and 16 of her Pas sengers were Lakin to a Hospital after the Accident but no one was seriously injured a spokesman for the Houston Independent school District said. Superintendent Joan Raymond noted Hie irony of the timing but was not amused. There is nothing funny about it she said. In Light of recent accidents involving school buses Raymond said the District will give More Effort to retraining bus Drivers and monitoring Driver performance. Only three candidates remain As Long primary season ends town assets May be lost to Settle suit Atlantic Beach. . A this coastal Community May lose its town Hall and other assets to foreclosure because it can t pay a $140,000 settlement to inc daughter of a Man killed by town police four years a�0. Domic Riggins 20, was shot at a restau rant in i981by a part Lime town police officer running to catch a suspect smoking a marijuana cigarette. The death was ruled accidental bul the town agreed last year to pay Riggins daughter j 140,000 in an out of Tourt settlement. The decision came just moments before a Federal court was to hear a wrongful death  town had no liability insurance at the time. After paying the first three instalments totalling j15,000, the town fell behind on a court mandated schedule. A $50,000 pay ment was due aug. 2, 1987, bul attorneys for Rijs gins daughter Tyanna m. Vaught aged 3 Al the Lime of the shooting said the town has no paid. Ids Orti in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. June 6, 1948 Gen. Lucius d. Clay marking the fourth anniversary of , said the task of occupation and reconstruction is an Effort to restore a peace Loving Germany under its own democratic government which could belong once again to inc Community of  30 years ago foday. June6,1958 actor Argrant Aid what really makes me furious is that peo ple mock and make fun of the people who slay fit and trim. Poke fun at them because they Don t smoke or  20 years ago today. June 6, 1968 sen. Robert of Ken Nedy by critically wounded from Bullet wounds la the head after being shot As he left a jubilant primary election Cele bration. To years ago today. June 6, 1978 the supreme court Lei stand the firs a . Decision that a statutory rape Law was unconstitutional because it punished males bul not females for having extramarital be with underage partners. By David Espo a political writer Washington the presidential primary season ends on tuesday in circumstances that scarcely seemed imaginable when it began four months ago. Michael Dukakis stands ready to claim the democratic nomination and George Bush is on inc defensive despite having the Republican nomination wrapped up. Democrat Jesse Jackson is the Only other contestant left of 13 would be presidents who started Down the Campaign Trail last Winter. Bul even Jackson s Campaign manager concedes Hal Dukakis is Likely to wrap up the party s nomination this week. For the record. New Jersey califor Nia. Montana and new Mexico arc hold ing primary elections on tuesday Wilh 366 democratic convention delegates at stake and 265 up for grabs on the Republican Side. Bush who is is unopposed As he has been for weeks has spent the last several Days trying to figure out How to end a downward spiral that has left him Trail ing Dukakis by double digit margins in some National polls. I be never Felt More relaxed never Felt More convinced we re on the right track he Lold reporters late last week after four Days of Skull sessions Wilh aides and outside advisers. The Only suspense left in the demo cratic primary Campaign is whether Dukakis expected sweep of the final four contests will give him the 2,081 delegates needed to Clinch the nomination. "1 Hope on tuesday we will have won the nomination says Susan Estrich Dukakis Campaign manager. The Massachusetts governor intends to Campaign extensively As the nominee in waiting in the weeks before the convention opens in july tic also plans to open serious talks with Jackson and to select a running male. The Hope among Dukakis Campaign aides is for a display of Unity from the other primary rivals including sen. Paul Simon of Illinois rep. Richard Gep Hardt of Missouri and sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee. The republicans have a Unity display lined up already. The vice president will make an appearance at a Unity 88" conference in Denver this week where sen. Bob Dole of Kansas rep. Jack Kemp of new York and television evangelist Pat Robertson All former rivals also will speak. Campaign manager Lee Atwater says Bush will use his trip to begin speaking out More forcefully against Dukakis and provide a pretty Good taste of the flavor of the Campaign for the summer the last act of the primary season Means an end to months of non Slop California presidential primaries june 7,1988 registered voters Aso january 1988 12,313.848 total democrats 50.7% republicans 38.4% 0hers2.1% declined to stale 6,6% 1984 primaries democratic Hart 38.4% mandate 35.4 Jackson 20.0 Glenn 2.2 others Republican Reagan 3.2 100% 84 presidential election Reagan 57.5% Monente 41.3% others 1.2% Chicago to Bune graphic source California Secretary Al slate s Soltice campaigning for Jackson bul not an end to the Campaign. He has pressed Dukakis on issues ranging from inc budget to policy toward South Africa in recent weeks in an apparent Effort to influence the drafting of the party plat form. On the topic of the vice presidential nominal Ion Dukakis and Jackson take turns probing and fainting. Jackson has t said he wants it but says he s entitled to consideration. Dukakis under intense pressure from Many party regulars to look elsewhere for a running male but aware that he needs Jackson s followers to support him in the fall praises his rival lavishly and agrees that he is entitled to consideration. But he says the results of the primaries do not entitle Jackson to a Teg up on any other potential running male. Whatever follows the final Days of the primary Campaign seemed almost be calmed. Jackson s aides said they were spend ing about 1700,000 on television in Cali fornia and would limit themselves to radio advertisements in new Jersey. That was about one Quarter of the Cali fornia budget envisioned three weeks ago when Jackson dreamed of ambushing Dukakis on the final Day of the season. Dukakis spent nothing on advertising in new Jersey and less than $250.000 in California. What Money he did spend went to air a commercial Hal seemed a preview of the fall Campaign. It touted his efforts to reduce crime in Massachusetts and said he forged his accomplishments with hard work integrity leadership. We could use some of thai. In inc White House said the announcer. Bush spent no Money at All on Adver Tising in he final primary slates. He also curtailed his travel schedule wary of bumping up against the 127 million spending limit for pre convention campaigning. Thai Laid Back Type of campaigning particularly in inc slate that will provide the largest single Block of electoral Voies in the fall was a marked contrast to the frenzy of Early contests. Several of the contenders spent roughly $750,000 in Iowa alone on the feb. B caucuses that opened the season. Bush finished third in Hal opening event Well behind Dole and Robertson. Bul he dusted himself off Defeated Dole and the rest of the Field in the new Hampshire primary and Llic rout was on. The vice president effectively locked up the nomination a few weeks later in a super tuesday sweep of 16 primary states on March 8. One by one his rivals dropped from the held and the vice president gained a mathematical lock on the nomination when Pennsylvania voted on april 26. Dukakis finished third As Well in Iowa behind Gephardt and Simon. Bul he rebounded to win the primary in new Hampshire next door to his Massachusetts Home. In inc turbulent weeks of campaigning that followed Dukakis car ried five primary slates on super tues Day As did Jackson and Gore. I m Izui Iii ii ii Uil. 3u1iih1l1. Chi Tenori 10 inn enc m trailing 01 me campaigning mat Lou Owea uni cake Cai t part Ric tues o inc Day Colombia cargo Jet seized by . After agents find cocaine aboard Miami a an Vianca airlines from Bogota which earned 2,000 boxes received its planes Back cargo jul was seized and the colombian of assorted Flowers 30 of them listed As including saturday s find Cus a l a Carrier fined nearly so million after . Customs agents found 490 pounds of co Caine slashed in a shipment of red roses. This is the 14th time since january 1986" thai drugs were found aboard an Vianca flight said customs spokesman Michael she Nan. Vianca is a source of great concern for the customs  Vianca is the National airline of Colombia the cocaine was found on flight 16% fro Carrie off the containing red roses Shechan said. Eight of the Rose boxes were packed with cocaine he said. Sheehan said no arrests were made. The Carrier s Boeing 747 was seized at Miami International Airport 10 ensure payment of fines levied for saturday s Cache. Vianca must pay $16,000 for each Pound of cocaine or us plane could be auctioned off said Sheehan adding that the airline has paid its Pas fines Ana receive it. Including customs agents have turned up a total of about 5,000 pounds of cocaine on Vianca flights often hidden in such perishable shipments As Flowers or food. Vianca offices in Miami were closed and its Airport agents said company officials were not available for comment. Besides seizing the Jet Shechan said Hal customs agents also confiscated the 22 real boxes of red roses and sent them to Baptist Hospital in Miami