European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 18, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Quayle blends Good looks hard work new Orleans a sen. Dan Quayle says comparisons to Robert Redford Are a stigma he must Bear. But beyond the Golden Good looks the Man tapped for the no. 2 spot on the Republican ticket Aims to be taken seriously. George Bush announced tuesday before cheering crowd on the Mississippi riverfront that he had chosen Indi Ana s Junior senator As his running mate. Quayle stepped up and told Bush let s go get  an ardent conservative in his second Senate term Quayle has seen Little of the National spot Light and has not attained Quayle the level of peer respect enjoyed by his senior col league sen. Richard Lugar. Quayle 41, acknowledges that he was not exactly a household word when news came that he was a hot vice presidential Prospect. With his youth and movie Star looks he was quickly mobbed by the Media at the Republican National convention. He basked in the attention. A few More Days of this we can take it he joked at one Point. Quayle admits that life has been very Good to me. I never had to worry about where i was going to  tuesday sharing the stage with Bush Quayle told the crowd he was honoured and a bit humbled an went on to invoke what my Grandfather told me that there is nothing More important in this country  he added George Bush will keep the Freedom an peace of this  Bush for his part introduced Quayle As Freedom s Friend. A Man of the future. A Young Man born in the Middle of this Century and from the Middle  later Bush Campaign manager James a. Baker Iii told reporters that Quayle was a Man of the future a Leader for the future and an excellent  he said Quayle s youth and the fact that his wife had practice Law and had been a professional woman enhanced his value to the ticket. Born in Indianapolis j. Danforth Quayle is a Mem Ber of a prominent publishing family the  Grandfather was Eugene c. Pulliam publisher of the Indianapolis Star and news the Arizona Republican the Phoenix Gazette. Quayle s father James c. Quayle is publisher of the Huntington Herald press. He attended Depauw University which Many of his relatives attended joined the family s fraternity of Choice and waited tables at a sorority House for $40 a month. Quayle met his wife Marilyn at Law school and they were married 10 weeks after their first Date. Everything clicked perfectly said mrs. Quayle. Quayle was associate publisher of the Huntington Herald press from 1974 to 1976, when he was elected to the House. Five months into his second term Quayle announced he would Challenge Veteran incumbent Democrat sen. Birch Bayh. It was in the 1980 Senate race that much was made of the resemblance Between the Young congressman and Redford. At one Point the actor sent Quayle a Telegram telling him to Stop the look alike references in his promotional literature. Quayle replied that it waste fault of the Media not his literature. After he won he sent Redford an autographed picture of himself. Asked about the comparison this week Quayle sighed. His Blue eyes flashed As he brushed his Brown ish Blond hair aside impatiently. I be had that stigma since i first ran for the  s stuck Ever since he says. Obviously i d rather ". I d rather talk about what i stand for than what i look  sen. Dan Quayle talk about the issues. I think 1 have a feeling of what Jack Kennedy went through. I d rather talk about what i stand for than what i look  Quayle Defeated Bayh with 54 percent of the vote and easily won re election in 1986. When he first arrived in the Senate he was dismissed by Many As a blow dried Golden boy. But Quayle set to work to erase that image and carved out a Niche for himself on the armed services committee where he specializes i matters involving the nato Alliance. He supported the Reagan administration View that research for president Reagan s space based Missil defense system popularly called Star wars is permitted under the anti ballistic missile treaty. He was a proponent of the president s recent veto of the de sense authorization Bill which Reagan opposed be cause of various arms control restrictions. In the budget committee Quayle has been a hard line conservative speaking out to recommend More Money for defense. And he was a chief opponent in the Senate of Plant closing legislation to require companies to give workers Advance notice if a Plant was going Tobe shut Down. An avid golfer and vigorous campaigner Quayle is also a family Man who likes to keep separate his per Sonal and Public life. For the vice presidential nominee there Are 15,000journalists who want to grab him by the Ankles turn him upside Down and shake him until something bad comes out Quayle said. Surprise Praise Greet Choice of running mate new Orleans a George Bush s decision to choose Dan Quayle As his running mate both pleased and sur prised Republican conservatives who say his youth and Indiana roots will help the ticket. I was kind of stunned said sen. William Cohen of Maine. Rep. Jack Kemp r-n.y., whom Bush phoned to Tell he was not going to be the running mate said i told the vice president i m going to look Forward to campaigning for a Bush Quayle ticket in 1988," Kemp said. Quayle is a 41-year-old senator noted by his. Colleagues As conserva Tive with an aggressive debating style who could Appeal to younger voters. This May really put some spark and life into a Campaign that has been described As uninspiring Cohen said. It s risky said rep. Robert Dor Nan r-calif., an outspoken conserva Tive who called Quayle terrific on the issues but a total  Massachusetts Republican chair Man Ray Shamie who praised Quayle confessed that he did not even know what state he came from. But Iowa gov. Terry Branstad said the 41-year-old Quayle s obscurity can be overcome. Nationally nobody knew who Lloyd Bentsen was until he got tapped for the democratic ticket so what Dif Ference does that make Branstad asked. Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis Campaign was restrained in its reaction. This does not affect our Campaign strategy in any Way said Campaign spokesman Mark Gearan in Fitchburg mass. However democratic party chair Man Paul Kirk said Quayle was unqualified to succeed to the presidency. Quayle s counterpart on the demo cratic ticket sen. Bentsen of Texas said i m looking Forward to comparing our lists of accomplishments in . Senate and what each of us could do for his running mate if we were  sen. Lowell Weicker a Conn. Anda Liberal Republican praised Quayle As a Friend but stayed away from his stand on the issues. He s a solid conservative and by that i underline solid about three times said Weicker. While much of the Republican re action to Quayle was surprised or muted sen. Gordon Humphrey r-n.h., was lavish in his Praise. My heart is in this ticket i going to work my heart out and i think most conservatives feel the Safeway he said. Television evangelist Pat Robertson called Quayle a tremendous  another conservative rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois called Quayle right on the  sen. Alan Simpson r-wyo., who also was considered for the Post called Quayle a Young Good  conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly said she was pleased with Quayle s selection. I was supporting Jack Kemp but he sort of looks like Jack Kemp she said. Ticket of Bush Quayle elitist Dukakis Campaign contends Boston a the Campaign of Democrat Michael Dukakis seized upon the selection of sen. Dan Quayle As the Republican vice presidential candidate to characterize the gop ticket As elitist with aides referring to Quayle by his full name  Quayle. Dukakis aides already were fond of referring to George Bush by his full name George Herbert Walker Bush and they quickly adopted the same tack in talking about Quayle heir to an Indiana publishing Fortune. I think they d make better Tennis partners thana presidential ticket said Mark Gearan a spokes Man for the democratic nominee. Dukakis himself did not attack Quayle directly but was Quick to Point out the experience of his own run Ning mate sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and to imply that the 41-year-old Quayle would not be ready to be president should a tragedy befall . Bentsen has been seasoned experienced on issues of foreign policy defense space. That s the kind of stature that s the kind of strength the kind of Matu Rity i think you want in a vice president especially when that vice president May be president Dukakis , at a rally in fort Worth Texas called the selection of Quayle Good  m looking Forward to comparing our lists of accomplishments in the . Senate and what each of us could do for his running mate if we were elected he  vice presidential debate is tentatively scheduled for oct. 11 in Omaha neb. I be just had a debate with Dan Quayle and i shows again the Lack of sensitivity for the concerns and the problems of the average working Man an woman shown by the republicans Bentsen said. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 18, 1948 babe Ruth baseball s Home running died in a new York City Hospital at the age of 53 after fighting a Battle with cancer of the Throat. 30 years ago today. Aug. 18, 1958 America s first lunar probe rocket exploded 77 seconds after launch. The failure was tentatively attributed to a leak or rupture in the fuel line of the engine of the first stage of the three stage rocket. 20 years ago today. Aug. 18, 1968 Republican presidential Candi Date Richard m. Nixon met with California gov. Ron Ald Reagan and persuaded him to Campaign for him with special emphasis on nationwide television. 10 years ago today. Aug. 18, 1978 three americans completed the first trans Atlantic balloon crossing when they landed their balloon in a wheat Field in France after a six Day flight