European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday july 31,1988 Reagan asks for full support of Contra Aid Washington a president Reagan appealed for bipartisan congressional support of renewed Aid to nicaraguan rebels saturday noting that one of its Strong supporters has been named the vice presidential candidate of the democratic Reagan s reference to sen. Lloyd Bentsen a Texas came in his weekly radio address delivered from the presidential Retreat at Camp David in the Cato tin mountains of Maryland. Bentsen has supported Aid to the rebels in past votes. The democratic presidential nominee Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis is against it. Reagan coupled his plea for renewed assistance with an attack on Nicaragua s marxist led government. In Nicaragua a renewed attack on political dissent is being led by the head of the secret police Tomas Borge a dedicated communist and grim hardened re Presser of human rights whose office according to our commission on organized crime has also been actively engaged in the organized drug Trade he said. Sandinista police and Goon squads have brutally broken up a peaceful demonstration by 3,000 nicaraguans the president said adding that political and religious liberties have been curtailed and the opposition newspaper la Prensa was refused permission to publish for almost two weeks. As he has before the president expressed his dismay at the decision of Congress in february to Cut off Aid to the Contra rebels. And yet while the cutoff of Aid to the Freedom fighters was a dreadful mistake getting the cause of peace and Freedom Back on track not recrimination must now be our goal he said. There is a Chance for a real bipartisan consensus in support of Contra Aid. Indeed one of its Strong supporters has been named to be the vice presidential candidate of the democratic Reagan then repeated his support of legislation being proposed by the Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas calling for $27 million in humanitarian assistance with an additional $20 million in Mili tary Aid to be held in readiness. Final details Are being worked out Reagan said. I urge members of the Senate to support the Aid pack age and i also ask the House of representatives to move speedily and favourably on the Senate legis 2 die in freight train collision Des Moines Iowa a two freight trains collided head on saturday Northeast of Desmoines killing two rail workers and injuring two others and prompting the evacuation of area Resi dents authorities crash near the suburb of Altoona also started a fire and caused at least one tank car to overturn said a spokesman for the Polk county sheriffs office who refused to be began evacuating a Rural area near the wreck but it was not immediately Clear How Many people had been of the tank cars contained denatured Alco hol the sheriffs official said. Bunny Bye byes two bunnies at the Playboy club in Lansing Mich embrace at closing time on the last night of regular business Friday. The Lansing establishment was the last Playboy club to operate in the United states. The waitresses were to Don ears and tails one last time saturday night during a Charity auction. 14 flyway states face Compromise in rest Rich on on Duck Hunting Baton Rouge la. A representatives from 14 states along the Mississippi River disagreed Friday on How to restrict Hunting to ease pressure on a Duck Popula Tion crippled by years of habitat destruction. Droughts this year and last added to the problem that wildlife services and Hunting organizations in the United states and Canada have battled for years said Hugh Bate Man chief of the game division of Louisiana. The Mississippi flyway Council which represent three Canadian provinces and a corridor of states stretching to the Gulf of Mexico is meeting to decide on season and bag limit recommendations it will pre sent on aug. 3 to the . Fish and wildlife service. Less than a decade ago Many states had seasons of 50 Days or More. Last year seasons averaged about 40 Days in the flyway. The so called upper flyway committee of the North Ern states Friday decided to go along with Federal suggestions for a 30-Day season ending Jan. 1, and a four Duck bag limit. The lower flyway committee of the South went along with the 30-Day season but wanted to continue the Point system on the number of ducks taken each Duck Worth so Many Points with the Point limit at 100 a Day. For example a Mallard would be Worth 35 Points. The real sticking Point is the season s end. There is no Way i can go for a january first Date said Bateman chairman of the lower flyway commit tee. In North Louisiana in Mississippi if you Don get the right weather you have no Duck Hunting until Christmas. You re talking about a week s his panel agreed proposing an ending Date of Jan. 15. Both committees were to report saturday to the full Council for a Compromise. Federal wildlife experts say the flight population of ducks is expected to be 66 million this year the lowest since the record of 1985, when 62 million were Esti mated to have moved through the flyway. Moreover agriculture activities continue to re move nesting and Brood Breeding habitat from the landscape said the report. Upper flyway panel states Are Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa and mis Souri. The Southern states in the Council Are Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arkansas Tennessee and Kentucky. Trapper mauled by Alligator shot by deputies North fort Myers Fla. Up i understand that it was pretty Man the Gator moved several feet into a while medics performed first doctors worked saturday to save the led Durling said. Field and the trappers began attempting onlookers said deputies fired six More left Arm of an Alligator trapper who was the incident began in North fort to. Capture it when the Gator moved revolver shots into the Gator but finally mauled by a 10-foot Alligator and shot in Myers at at out 10 20 . Friday when a
