European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 26, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 candidates meet vocal opposition Dukakis heckled Over abortion of Elisal in n 6 f s Bush on Fie Era by the associated press George Bush the Republican Candi Date for president and Michael Dukakis the democratic nominee both faced vocal opposition As they hit the Campaign Trail sunday. Bush was Busy wooing women voters with an ambitious child care proposal As yet another poll pointed up his need to close the gender  Dukakis and run Ning mate Lloyd Bentsen visited the last of five states on their first Campaign swing As political partners. Bush won Praise for a $2.2 billion child care plan he unveiled before a group of professional women. But when he finished speaking Many in the Audi ence broke into chants of or a a reference to the equal rights Amend ment which the vice president opposes. Dukakis who supports abortion rights was heckled by anti abortion pro testers in St. Louis where he attended Church services with Bentsen. Bush accompanied by former transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole addressed the National convention of business and professional women s clubs in Albuquerque n.m., where his proposal on child care was favourably received even though his stand on the Era was not. The proposal initially affecting Only Low income families would eventually apply to All families with children younger than 4 in which at least one Parent worked he said. This is one of his first Concrete Ges Tures toward women the group s presi Dent Beth Wray said afterwards. As Dukakis and Bentsen entered a Church in downtown St. Louis about 100 demonstrators held up signs and chanted from across the Street in protest of Dukakis support for a woman s right to have an abortion. They asked in uni son hey Mike How Many babies did you kill today although anti abortion protesters have sprinkled the crowd in previous Dukakis rallies Over recent Days it was the largest and most visible opposition he has faced since becoming his party s nominee last week. Dukakis did not acknowledge the protesters but later told reporters his position on abortion has been consistent for 25 years. It s a difficult very serious very important ethical and moral judgment Dukakis said at a news conference inside protesters carrying signs opposing his stand on abortion shout at Michael Dukakis outside a Church in St. Louis. The Church building. But in my judgment it is a woman in the exercise of her conscience and religious beliefs that has to make that judgment. The question is who makes the Deci Sion and do we go Back to the Days when we branded a woman a criminal for Mak ing that decision. I believe the vast majority of americans Don t want to go Back to those Days. They think in the last analysis this is an Issue of  other democratic party members meanwhile looked Back with satisfaction on their National convention which ended last week while the republicans looked ahead to theirs three weeks away. Mario Cuomo new York s democratic governor said democrats came out of their convention Well positioned for a big win in the fall. It will be one of the great defeats in modern history for the republicans he said sunday on lbs s face the a  the governor who got More Atten Tion As a non candidate than some of the democratic candidates did said he would Campaign for Dukakis wherever he wants  Bush s Campaign manager Lee Atwa Ter promised at least one piece of gop convention drama pledging that the vice president would not unveil his Choice of a running mate until next month in new Orleans. He s going to keep his own counsel on it and he s going to let us All know at the convention Atwater said sunday on face the  i think that will be very exciting and very  the republicans say their convention preparations Are proceeding on schedule but local fund raisers in new Orleans acknowledged they would have to work hard to Hunt up the Cash for facilities and services the City has promised to provide during the gathering. Ron Jones heading the convention City s fund drive said fund raising was running maybe a Little behind but that the Money should be on hand before the convention opens aug. 15. One gop Leader took a Cue from the democrats and began asking party delegates to work for Unity. Pat Robertson Bush s one time rival for the gop nomination urged his sup porters to rally behind the vice president. The television evangelist also said his flock was t out to Start any floor fights at the Republican convention. However Robertson told a Republican rally in Charleston s.c., on saturday that he would like to see a Plank calling for the nomination of conservative candidates at All Levels of the Federal Judic iary. Dukakis and Bentsen got off to a run Ning Start in the first weekend after their nomination. They visited five states including the big battlegrounds of califor Nia and Texas. Dukakis returned to Boston on Sun Day night where he was welcomed by about 150 people at Logan International Airport. Bentsen meanwhile flew Back to Washington. Bush returned to Washington on Sun Day night after a five Day Campaign swing that took him to eight states. Reagan ready to address drought woes Contra Aid Sands of Tarjie in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Washington a president Reagan returned to the nation s capital sunday after a we Klong vacation at his Mountaintop ranch in California and prepared to Deal with the drought Aid to nicaraguan rebels and the fall Politica Campaign. The president and his wife were joined on the trip Back to Washington on air Force one by Secretary of the Treasury James a. Baker i. An administration official dismissed speculation that Baker s presence Sig naked any immediate announcement of his resignation to run vice president George Bush s presidential Campaign. The president has summoned Republican congressional leaders to the Whitehouse on tuesday for a meeting that officials say will focus on plans for the remaining six months of the Reagan presidency including discussions of assist Ance for the rebels against Nicaragua s marxist led  m. Duberstein the presi Dent s chief of staff told reporters Infanta Barbara Calif that in addition to the congressional leadership meeting Reagan will be consulting with administration officials and Reagan supporter outside government during the week. Fitzwater said Secretary of agriculture Richard Lyng will report to the president during the week on a trip to 10 drought stricken states that he and other govern ment officials have completed. July 26, 1948 sixteen Jet fighters landed at Furstenfeld Bruk air base Ger Many completing the first Ever flight from the United states to Germany by Jet aircraft. Total flying time for the 5,000-mile flight was 12 hours and 10 minutes. 30 years ago today. July 26, 1958 seven members of a West Virginia family drowned when a Flash flood swept through a Rural area uprooted their Home and swept it away. 20 years ago today. July 26, 1968 Cleveland mayor Carl Stokes ordered 250 National guardsmen Back into the City s violence torn East Side after White businessmen complained that Black looters were operating with impunity. J 0 years ago today. July 26, 1978 the Dollar took a dive on world Money markets falling to postwar Low of 199.05 yen in Japan to 2.0395 Marks in Germany and to 842.50 lire in Italy. In Britain one Pound Cost $ 1.93