European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d services meet recruiting goals Page 2 n Kaiserslautern graduates hear Yeager Page 3 d 71,188 watch Detroit nip Cleveland 2-1 sports Page 21 d official upbeat on Trade picture Page 28 the stars and of clues Duth oiled unofficial pu1l.icatioh for the . Armid Pouch vol.47, no.56 sunday june 12, 1988 Good evening 08693 a Kennedy Calls Bush dead Duck by Richard l. Vernaci associated press writer sen Edward m. Kennedy pronounced George Bush a dead Duck m the presidential race even As the vice president s Campaign manager and former cop rivals said saturday they weren t alarmed by i weakness in inc polls. Bush Campaign manager Lee Atwater said he is not Yel worried about demo crat Michael Dukakis Lead in the polls saying thai Bush operates belter in the underdog  attn tar said he enjoys it More. I Don t care if we re behind. We May be behind All along Bush and Dukakis both of whom Are assured of winning their parties presidential nominations his summer stayed close 10 Home saturday the vice presi Dent look the Day off in Houston while he Massack Scols governor was in Boston for his Home state s democratic Conven Democrat Jesse Jackson also kept to Home turf saturday with a speech in Chicago. Aida tar was attending a Unity 88"conference in Denver where party Lead ers from Western slates heard Bush s vanquished cop rivals urge them to help defeat Dukakis. It is not for the vice president to win this election by himself. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole told the  task is Loo targe the stakes arc Loo High and the opposition too  dote the Winner of the Republican caucuses in Iowa said he has been War of polls since his own loss to Bush in the new Hampshire  he looks Al the Dukakis poll numbers. Dole said i think of new Hampshire and i think of my pollster. God bless his  remember coming into the hotel one Day whistling Hailo the chief but see Kennedy in Page 2b crops of As droughts parch much of safes by the associated press droughts Are marching pastures and cutting crop yields from the Northern Plains across the Midwest letting Wells go dry in parts of the Southeast and imposing rationing on Irr galore and homeowners in  be never seen Apple Trees will in May in my life. But 1 have this year said Hornli cult racist Mike Thomas of Paw Paw  has t been a drought like this since the 30s," North Dakota gov. George sinner said after touring scorched areas of his state. Well probably starve the Grasshoppers to death if we Don t gel rain. That s the Good part said Ken Solburg who owns a livestock auction Market in Rugby  unusually hot dry Spring is blamed for the Midwest drought and the West coast has had two dry Winters especially in the mountains where the Snow pack supplies much of the Region s water. In Georgia almost every Community m he Atlanta area hns restricted the hours during which lawns can be watered and cars washed. Communities in Indiana and Illinois also arc pleading for conservation. This is supposedly our Rai Niest season of the year said forecaster Al Morrison in Chicago where Only 1.77 inches of rain has Fillen since april 7, compared to a Normal 7.74 inches. Crop damage is showing up largely in Shiv Eling leaves and plants Stubbie than expected for this Lime of year but the total crop loss won t be evident until Harvest  his tour of North Dakota last week. Sinner Knelt in Dusty Fields and dug up wheat and Barley kernels that had never germinated. What crops had sprouted had grown just a few inches. In hard hit areas of Northwestern Ohio some Farmers have slowed crops under rather than face sharply reduced yields while still bearing the costs of fertilizing said Alan Brugler of the140,000-family Ohio farm Bureau federation. The effects of the heat and Lack of rain appear sooner in Early maturing Hay crops. Normally we have two to three cuttings of Alfalfa a year. The yield from the first culling was Way Down and there won t be much of a second culling said Don Kelcsof the Minne Sota agricultural stabilization and conserva Tion  pastures forced David Rundahl who farms 2,800 acres near Fillmore n.d., to let his70 cows Graze Clover he was planning to save for the Winter he said. Thai s supposed to be Jan uary Hay and i m eating it now he said. The department of agriculture is allowing Farmers to Cut Hay or ice animals Graze land that had been set aside for crop reduction or conservation in Montana the Dakotas Nebraska Iowa Missouri Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Indiana and Ohio in the Southeast Western North Carolina is inthe grip of a near record drought. Slate officials say the next two to three weeks will be critical although in May already be too late to save some crops. Com is jus lying there. Not enough Mois Ture to germinate it said Buncombe county,. Extension agent Bobby Peck. Tennessee Valley authority reservoirs Are dwindling said spokesman Richard Urban. Through May. The seven state Tennessee River Basin got 13.7 inches of rain compared to a Normal 23 inches. Small Grain production in South Carolina has probably been Cut by at least one third said Jake Barker the Anderson county Extension service agent. Most of our pastures Are burned or grazed out com is beginning to feel the pressure and soybean planting has t even begun drought leaves a shallow Pond in in Page River in Illinois. App nou concert for Mandela offers 10 hours of stars London a entertainer Harry Belafonte a Veteran anti apartheid campaigner saturday kicked off a 10-hour Rock concert honouring Nelson Mandela by calling on South Africa to release the Black Leader from prison. Beta font speaking to 70,000 fans at London s Wembley stadium gave a Brief but stirring message to Mandela on the imprisoned Leader s upcoming 70th birthday. Belafonte called Mandela a Symbol of South Africa s cruel and unjust system of apartheid and said we want to see you and your fellow political prisoners  cheers and a chorus of Happy birthday Rose from the mostly Youthful throng. British Rock Star sting then began the performance. Which organizers said would be seen on television by 750 million people in 60countries. Organizers said the concert modelled on the 1985 live id global Jukebox for african famine Relief launch Cha five week series of rallies and celebrations in Britain Lead Ingup to Mandela s 70lh birthday july 16. Mandela Leader of the outlawed african National Congress was among eight Anc leaders sentenced to life imprisonment 24 years ago for sabotage and conspiracy 10 Oppte the government. He has since become South Africa s most prominent political prisoner. About 40 pop stars and groups including Whit Ney Houston and Phi Collins were to perform on a huge stage at the North London stadium. Anti apartheid movement organizers say half the proceeds from the $45 tickets will go 1o seven Chil Dren s charities in Southern Africa and the rest will fund its activities in Britain. Scheduled performers also include George Michael Miriam Makiba Hugh Mackela dire Straits. Euryth mics. Simple minds Roberta Flack Natalie Cole the Bee gees Joe Cocker the Fai boys Ashford and Sim son Joan Amatrading Bryan Adams Paul Young Jackson Browne Al Green and Jerry Dammers. Among the hosts Are Singer meatloaf comedian whoops Goldberg actresses Jennifer beats Parry Hannah and Ali Mcgraw and film maker sir Richard Ellenborough