European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday Juno 16,1988 Bush says Dukakis wrong twice by the associated press Democrat Michael Dukakis declared in a speech on defense tuesday that Wedon t need ski while Republican George Bush retorted that Dukakis is wrong wrong for opposing the strategic defense initiative and the my  s wrong twice the vice president told reporters in Washington Bush concentrated on education pro posing a 1500-Miuion program to Reward school thai improve their performance in educating disadvantaged , the Boston lawyer in charge of Dukakis search Tor a running male conferred with democratic con Gressional and party Leaden and a new poll indicated the Massachusetts Gover nor still holds a big Lead Over Bush Ashe summer conventions near Dukakis in a speech id the Atlantic Council in Washington called for a shift in emphasis to conventional Fortes As the key to defense of Europe and said that i president Reagan can reach an agreement with the soviet Union on Long Range Nus Siks "1 strongly urge the Anu nitration to go for it education was the topic Tor the Republican vice president who called for a j500-million program to Reward school that come up in innovative programs to help disadvantaged students. Also tuesday a new Gallup pol found 52 percent support for Dukakis and 38 percent for Bush the tame Polla month ago gave Dukakis a 54-38  other recent polls had single digit leads for Dukakis 49-44 in har Ris poll conducted june 1-6 and 45-39 in Ausa today can poll june 14.the newest poll was conducted by Gallup for the Boston Globe and bos ton television stations wee and a cab june 10-12 among 1.003 registered voters. It had a margin of Sam pling error of four percentage Points. Bush spoke to a Washington lunch Eon honouring. 139 presidential schol ars some of the natron s top High school seniors. I believe the Best thing we can do i invest in our Young people said the vice  called for rewarding schools that significantly improve their performance serving disadvantaged Stu  to the Atlantic Council meeting at the state department Dukakis said we an know that the de sense budget in t going to increase unreal terms unless an emergency arises no matter who the next president  time has Cone to make Tough choices on  dont need my missiles run Ning around on Railroad can. We need an anti tank weapon that can Stop soviet tanks he said. Referring to Reagan s proposal for space based missile defense system Ink aus said. We Don t need ski wended Gid the conventional defense initiative begun by leaders of the con Gress to apply advanced technology to the Challenge of lighting and winning conventional War. Dukakis also said he did not believe the recently approved treaty to remove . And soviet medium Range missile from Europe meant i lessening of the . Commitment to defense of the continent i Don t buy that at All he  commitment to Europe goes tar beyond a Lew Hundred  he also called for european allies to pay a greater share of the Burden of maintaining military strength in Europe. Smaller Trade deficit Sparks Wall Street rally Washington a the .Trade deficit shrank to $9.89 billion in april its Best showing in More than three years the government said tues Day in a Beltjr than exp Clad report which sparked a big rally on Wall Street. The Commerce department said that inc april deficit narrowed by 15.5 per cent from a seasonally adjusted Marc deficit figure of is 1.70 billion with All of inc improvement coming from a Steep drop in imports. The Trade figure which has often rattled world financial markets was greeted As exceptionally Good news by investors who rushed to bid up the Price of . Stocks and Bonds. They also sent the value of the Dollar surging on foreign Exchange  Dow Jones average of 30 industrials jumped 25.07 Points to close at2.124.47, a Post crash High. Many economists had been braced fora widening of the deficit to around is 2.2 billion based on an Assumption thai exports could Noi hold at the record level Sel in March. Exports did Edge Down by2.5 percent but the Small drop still left them at $26.22 billion the second High est level on record. Meanwhile imports plunged 6.4 per cent to $36.11 billion reflecting big drops in american purchases of foreign care and capital equipment including  analysis said the string of bet Ter Trade numbers virtually assured that president Reagan would win his veto Bailie with Congress Over Trade legis lation. The argument for protectionism i fast disappearing As our Trade deficit improves said Frank Mccormick senior economist with Bank of America. For the lint four months of the year the Trade deficit Bas been running at an annual rate of $141.8 billion a big improvement from the record $170.3 Bil lion deficit suffered in 1987.while Many economists had been expecting a decline to around $150 billion some said they were now revising their forecasts to show even More of an improvement this year. Zabaro Sofianou senior economist forthe Boston co. Economic advisers said she believed the Trade deficit would ditto Between Sijo billion and s140 billion this year As exports continue to Lea Overall . Economic growth. For the past year american manufacturers have been enjoying an Export Boom As a weaker Dollar has made their products competitive again on overseas  Trade report came at a particularly Good time for Reagan who will leave sunday for his eighth and final economic Summit in Toronto. The administration Hopes to use the Summit As a forum to promote Reagan s free Market philosophy and Cement gains made in the past three years on closer International cooperation. Soccer fans riot again Dusseldorf West Germany up several Hundred soccer fans including britons riled for the second consecutive night tuesday in the run up to wednesday s european soccer match Between England and Holland. Although police intervened repeatedly to break up the fighting considerable damage was caused As several groups of fans noted on the run through the Center of the City. Hours before the fighting broke out Many bar and restaurant owners in Dusseldorf s late night District of alts Tadt announced that they would remain closed wednesday night for fear of Vio Lence after the England Holland match. Police who expected 7,000 English and 22,000 dutch supporters for wednesday s match took Strong Security measures with almost 2,300 officers scheduled to be present during the game,500 More than originally planned. N. Dakota voters reject lottery Virginia by the Asick North Dak olans rejected Lime in 18 months tuesday Democrat . Payne or. Asand a conservative heiress House nomination from Mai Wilh 63 percent of the lottery was opposed by 32, and favored by 22, 1 73 or -1 1 it would seem to me theion of the will of the people proponents would accept in North Dakota said former Bui backers said the l