European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 10, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Bush Calls Dukakis stealth candidate up addresses gop platform committee new Orleans a George Bush teeing off on his democratic oppo nent during a rare pre convention plat form appearance monday accused Michael Dukakis of being the stealth candidate pushing policies that can be neither seen nor  Dukakis whose Lead in the National polls has triggered an Avalanche of Bush attacks in the past week told reporters in Boston he was not going to respond every Day to what some speechwriter has put in front of or.  George Bush has some of the highest negatives Ever recorded in the history of american politics and i think one of the reasons for it is people have seen his Campaign As an essentially negative Campaign Dukakis said. While the presidential contenders engaged in Long distance sniping the re publicans convention City turned much of its attention to weather reports concerning tropical storm Beryl which was near the Louisiana coast and forcing evacuations from Oil rigs on land and in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm was de scribed As moving slowly and erratically away from land. Bush flew into and out of new Orleans in a matter of hours taking time to Tell the Republican platform committee he wanted to Campaign on a Crystal Clear statement of party principles. Bush Campaign manager Lee Atwater said again monday that Bush is intentionally playing Coy on his selection of a running mate in order to build interest in a convention that promises no other sur Prises. He will have a maximum television audience. I m for doing anything that will help build up a to audience Atwater said. Bush has said he will withhold his Choice until the last Day of the Conven Tion and his Only comment monday was still working on  he was equally uninformative at a family dinner sunday night in Kennebunkport Maine where he had spent the weekend. We went around the table last night at dinner. Some popped off and argued. I sat silent like a Sphinx Bush said. According to his oldest son George w. Bush we bombarded him at dinner. Nothing. No expression on his  president Reagan warming to his role As Bush campaigner boasted of the accomplishments of the past seven years of Republican control of the White House vice president George Bush talks to platform committee in pre convention appearance. Though he stayed away from the specifics of the Bush Dukakis match up in a speech to the nation s governors in Cincinnati. Our states like our citizens have known the blessings of the longest peace time economic expansion on record Reagan said. In the last 7 /2 years we have broken the Federal government of its compulsion to control every breath the states  Bush and Reagan Are not scheduled to appear together at next week s Conven Tion but the vice president said a joint Airport appearance was possible on the second Day of the meeting. I think the grand planners Are work ing on it Bush said. Such a joint appearance would be Good for me. There Are no questions on where the president stands on his support for me  Bush stepped to Center stage in the City that will Host his nomination Trail ing Dukakis in the polls the week before the gop convention opens. He made an unusual appearance for a nominee to be speaking in person to the platform committee about what he wants in the document to be adopted Here next week. He dismissed the democrats plat form adopted last month in Atlanta As a document of  and he told the platform committee we need to make this Campaign a plan for the future a statement of solutions not an exercise in evasion. We should make our principles and 9ur policies Crystal Clear to the american  he missed no Opportunity to attack Dukakis. He s the stealth candidate the vice president said. For while he can t de cide about the stealth bomber he favors instead stealth policies they can be neither seen nor heard. His Campaign jets from place to place but no issues show up on the radar screen. Their nominee spoke for 50 minutes in Atlanta and failed to mention the most important Issue of our time How to make the world a safer place he added. The stealth bomber is a super secret Craft designed to evade detection. Duka Kis has said he supports development of the bomber but would not commit to deploying the Craft until he saw How Well it would operate. Touring the super dome where he will receive the party s nomination next week Bush denied that he was engaging in negative campaigning. No no. Very positive Bush told reporters. But he did say we be got to get these differences in focus As he toured a Large room where teen agers were making signs for the convention. Then referring to the democratic convention where he was a frequent target Bush said that was negative Cam  Bush had a Brown bag lunch a tur key Sandwich and potato chips with the construction workers who Are turning the giant football Arena into a political Hall. This is my life Man and i Tell you it s looking great Bush said As he looked around the mostly empty build ing. Members of the party s committee on contests spent monday trying to resolve challenges to As Many As 39 of the 48 delegates from Georgia. Bush won the primary there but supporters of television evangelist Pat Robertson made a run at taking Over the party machinery. Regardless of who is seated the delegates must vote for Bush. In Washington the House approved legislation to prohibit political contributions for state and local campaigns from being used for a Federal race a step critics say amounts to Protection for members of Congress. The measure was sent to the Senate by a voice vote. Flor idioms will vote on referendum to make English official language Tallahassee Fla. A proponents of making English Florida s official language got enough signatures with one Day to spare to put their proposed constitutional amendment before the voters this fall. They have made it Ethel Baxter assistant director of the division of elections said monday afternoon. The dead line was tuesday at 5 . Now that it s on the ballot we think it will pass overwhelmingly Pat Fulton a spokeswoman for Florida English the group behind the Campaign said in a Telephone interview from Miami. We still have More work ahead of us however she said. We overcame some Odds you know the last minute num Bers  the group collected 5,273 signatures in three Days to reach its goal Fulton said. The referendum will ask voters to Des Ignate English As the official language but will leave it up to the state legis lature to decide what if any government practices would be changed. Signatures of 8 percent of the Floridi ans who voted in the last general election Are needed to get an amendment on the ballot by initiative. Co lectors gather for Sale of Rose stamp in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 10, 1948 a briton and an american both officers of the United nations special commission on the bal kans were wounded by guerrilla gunfire near the greek yugoslav Border. 30 years ago today. Aug. 10, 1958 the dramatic Voy age under the Polar ice Cap by the atomic submarine Nautilus was hailed in West Ern capitals As a momentous achieve ment opening new vistas for both War and peace. Shreveport la. A collectors and Rose lovers came from All Over the country monday to buy a first Day cancellation of the postal service s newest stamp the director of Market ing said. The 45-cent stamp part of the love series features a Cluster of red and Yel Low roses against a dark Green Back ground said Mike Smith postal service marketing director. Tomorrow they go on Sale nation wide. Today they re Only available in Shreveport he said. Shreveport was selected for the firs Day of Issue ceremony because it is International Headquarters of the Ameri can Rose society. The 45-cent stamp is first class Post age for two ounces. It was designed specifically in min for wedding invitations graduation invitations Large greetings cards. It s perfect for Valentine s  said. He said he could not estimate the number of Stamps sold monday but it would be in the tens of thousands. Aug. 10, 1968 Richard Nixon re publican presidential nominee announced that he would be briefed by president John son at the lbs ranch in Texas. To years ago today. Aug. 10, 1978 the Dollar continued to fall on european foreign exchanges hitting a record Low of 1.97 West German Marks to the Dollar