European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 11, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Dukakis says Bush would raise taxes by the associated press apparent democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis said saturday a plan by his Republican rival vice president George Bush to boost fees for some government services amounts to raising taxes something the Republican vice president has said he would not do. I understand yesterday he had some difficulty distinguishing Between certain kinds of taxes and other taxes Dukakis said. Back where i come from if it looks like a Duck and walks like a Duck and quacks like a Duck it s a  Dukakis was referring to comments by the vice president that he favors higher fees including higher payments for med icare recipients who choose to accept catastrophic health care coverage under terms of recent health legislation. I Don t know if or. Bush has prob lems trying to distinguish Between taxes and premiums but i think we d better read the Fine print in that insurance p9li by very very carefully before we sign on Dukakis said in opening remarks at a los Angeles news conference. Republicans meanwhile holding a rally in Atlanta attacked Dukakis on his search for a running mate and his fiscal policies. Lee Atwater National Campaign Man Ager for Bush said Dukakis search for a vice presidential candidate to join him on the ticket was making Hamlet look Campaign 88 like the Rock of  Atwater also said the Massachusetts governor s decision to raise taxes in his Home state while running for president was  if you re under taxed vote for Duka Kis. If you re overtaxed. We want you in our party said rep. Jack Kemp r n.y., a one time candidate for the gop presidential nomination. Dukakis speaking to a group of about 250 students at the Evans Community adult school a Public school for Immi Grants in downtown los Angeles reminded them of his own immigrant heritage and said you Are the future of this  Dukakis who will pick up the demo cratic presidential nomination next week in Atlanta again found himself faced with repeated questioning on his deliberations about the vice presidential pick. He said he had not made a decision and would meet with senior aide Paul Brountas after returning to Boston Sun Day to discuss the Choice. At a later appearance in Portland ore., Dukakis toured a Navy ship being refitted at the port shipyard and cited the investigation into alleged fraud on Pentagon weapons contracts and blasted the Reagan administration saying it not Only does t believe in Public service it s contemptuous of Public  Jackson denies walkout plans los Angeles a Jesse Jackson on saturday denied reports he and his delegates might stage a walkout at the democratic National convention in Atlanta but promised the convention would feature Lively debate. It will not be sterile he said. We can deliberate and debate with out being  although democratic rival Michael Dukakis is assured the party s presidential nomination Jackson gave no sign saturday of backing Down. Some people have made unreasonable requests like if we would just surrender we would have a prime time speaking place he said. My name will be in nomination he said. We will have platform planks on the floor those that Are not resolved Between now and that time and that should be a reasonable sex  but he added that he does not plan to Lead a walkout of his delegates. It would not be to our advantage to walk out Jackson said. The threat is not that we re going to walk out. The threat is that we re going to stay and expand and build and grow and make a  i Don t know what the True nature is of this breaking scandal Over the Penta gon. I Don t take any particular pleasure in it i think it s a very sad Day Dukakis said. But i la Tell you this i m going to do everything i can As president of the United states to Stop that revolving door Between the Pentagon and de sense contractors that often hire former military  Dukakis was accompanied throughout his California Stop by sen. Alan Cranston who sat with him at a los an Geles dodgers baseball game Friday night. Cranston said he believed sen. John Glenn of Ohio remained the most Likely vice presidential Choice and that Tennessee sen. Albert j. Gore or. Would pose a problem if selected because he did not run As Well in the presidential race As did Jackson. I kind of doubt that it will be some body who ran Cranston said. Unless they pick no. 2, and that s Jesse Jackson it s a Little awkward to go to somebody who ran third fourth fifth sixth or Sev  a photo police and . Customs service agents struggle with a member of the peace Convoy at Laredo Texas. Goodwill Convoy on hold again Laredo Texas up the veterans peace Convoy which has been trying for almost a month to deliver vehicles food and medi Cine to Nicaragua was halted again saturday by Federal inspectors Short of the mexican Border. A customs service spokesman said Convoy members and vehicles gathered about 50 Yards from the Bridge Between Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo Mexico forcing Federal officials to route South bound traffic to another Bridge. About 100 Convoy members and supporters and 75 uniformed and plainclothes officers held what one witness termed a mexican stand off each Side waiting for the other one to make a move until the Convoy pulled aside. Texas protesters mar visit of top soviet military officer Norman okla. A the soviet Union s top ranking military officer saw traditional Indian dancing and an old fashioned Cowboy shoot pm up sat urday on a whirlwind visit to Oklahoma after protesters in Texas told his delegation to go Home  soviet marshal Sergei f. Fakhr Omeyer and his group also got to see cattle Rop ing trick roping and Square dancing As the state provided the visitors with a taste of Western heritage. This is the first visit of the ranking soviet military Leader to the United states. The we Klong tour of several Cit ies is designed to give the soviet officers the Chance to see typical american life in addition to the military aspects. Saturday morning when the soviet delegation was at the Alamo in san an Tonio two demonstrators told Fakhro Meyer that he did not belong at Texas most famous shrine. But Fakhr Omeyer s visit there was More peaceful than the greeting he received upon his arrival in san Antonio on Friday night. About 50 demonstrators chanted go Home murderers when Fakhr Omeyer and several other soviet officers showed up at the Institute of texan cultures. I feel it s really a crime to invite these killers Here when they Are committing genocide in Afghanistan and terrorism around the world said saved Nasir a mechanical Engineer from Afghanistan. During saturday evening s entertain ment Fakhr Omeyer was presented with an Indian headdress. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. July 11, 1948 Winston Churchill speaking before a conservative party rally in London warned that if the Western allies were to yield to soviet pressure in Berlin they would risk War with Russia. 30 years ago foday. July 11, 1958 five of the nine . Airmen shot Down ovum soviet Armenia in june disclosed they had suffered brutal beatings and threats of hanging when Cap tured by peasant mobs. 20 years ago foday. July 11, 1968 or. Benjamin Spock was sentenced to two years in prison and was ordered to pay a $5,000 Fine for conspiracy to Aid abet and counsel Young men to avoid the draft. 10 years ago foday. July 11, 1978 two of Moscow s most Active dissidents Anatoly Schmansky and Alexander Ginzburg pleaded innocent to charges of anti soviet agitation and propaganda at the opening of their trials