European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday August 27,1988 Bush Calls Dukakis soft on crime by the associated press George Bush and Republican ticket mate Dan Quayle depicted Michael Dukakis As weak on crime on Friday an the vice president said his democratic rival s criticism of Reagan administration anti drug efforts were an  Dukakis spent the Day working in his governor s office in Massachusetts and offered no immediate rebuttal to the latest Republican Campaign blasts. Democratic vice presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen called forbore spending on Rural health care pro Grams As he toured Mississippi. Bush behaved More and More like a Man who Felt the controversy surround ing his running mate s service in the in Diana National guard was fading. The vice president talked with Quayle by Telephone for the first time in two Days and reporters were told that Bush advised his running mate that things Are going very  Bush attacked Dukakis As he spent his second straight Day trying to firm up sup port in his and Bentsen s Home state of Texas. He is the governor who vetoed the mandatory sentencing for drug dealers. He opposes capital punishment for drug Kingpins. And he fought tooth and Nail to keep that outrageous furlough program that lets murderers rapists and drug dealers out on Appeal the vice presi Dent said of his democratic opponent. Bush also fired Back at Dukakis Sharp attack thursday on the Reagan administration s War on drugs., Dukakis said parts of it were criminal and added the Enterprise was a failure. That is an insult Bush said adding that his democratic rival should have noted that Many Federal and local Law enforcement personnel have lost their lives trying to Stop the illegal flow of narcotics. His press aide Sheila Tate denied the vice president was shifting his position instar wars. Bush said three weeks ago he favors deployment of the missile defense system As soon As  in an inter View with the new York times Bush noted that full deployment would be very expensive and said any decision would have to await further research. Quayle. Campaigning in Billings mont., criticized Dukakis for supporting gun control during his tenure As governor of Massachusetts. Americans would be much better off if our opponent believed in crime control rather than gun control he said. Bentsen on a swing through the South went with 87-year-old sen. John stems to a Hospital Ward where Prema Ture infants Are cared for. He later said he will continue to seek increased spend ing for Rural health care programs including those dealing with newborns. News briefs Man threatening to kill Reagan indicted in . By the associated press a 38-year-old Man has been indicted by a Federal grand jury in Syracuse ., on charge that he threatened to have president Reagan and other top Federal officials killed while a second Man was arrested in Maryland after making Sim Ilar threats. Craig o. Copley of Herrings ., who has criminal charges involving violence on his police record dating Back to the 1970s, also is accused inthe indictment of threatening three Federal judges a magistrate and a . Marshal in two letters. Meanwhile in Baltimore police and the secret service said Friday that a Man was taken into Cus Tody thursday evening in Frederick my. The Man who claimed to be from fort Wayne ind., made threatening statements against the president to police officers and he was subsequently taken into custody by my agents said Joseph r. Coppola special agent in charge of the secret service m Baltimore. Formal charges were expected to be brought against the Man later Friday Coppola said. Protesters halt train air service in Rangoon Rangoon Burma a strikers de manding democracy Friday halted All train and air service in the capital and rioting prisoners set several buildings ablaze in Rangoon s jail. Most government offices were deserted. Government control is eroding but it has not disintegrated said a Western Diplomat i Rangoon. He spoke on condition of anonymity. The influential daughter of Burma s late Independence Leader spoke before 400,000 cheering protesters and demanded an interim govern ment to bring about democracy and end 26 years of authoritarian Rule. Aung san Suu Kyi said this alone could ease weeks of unrest that has toppled one president and killed at least 112 people. In another development retired defense min ister Gen. Tin of wrote a letter to presiden Maung Maung calling for an interim govern ment an end to one party Rule and condemned the ruling party for resorting to Force. . Senator recovering from surgery on Colon Fargo . A sen. Quentin Burdick should make a full recovery from an operation in which part of his Colon was removed As a precaution against cancer aides and his doctor said. The 80-year-old North Dakota Democrat has served in the Senate since 1960, when he won special election and is running for re election this year to a fifth full term. He faces Republican Earl Strinden in  18-Inch Section of Burdick s Colon was re moved during a 2 /2 hour operation at Bethesda naval Hospital in Maryland and the procedure was a Complete Success said or. Charle Blankenship who performed the surgery. No cancer was apparent in the extracted Colo tissue but tests will determine if any was pre sent the doctor said in a Telephone interview. Quayle from Page 1 his Campaign , however Quayle spokesman David Prosper called the revelation of the error by the Plain dealer of Cleveland a cheap  was hired As an entry level research assistant by the Indiana attorney general s office in 1970, after he returned from six months of Basic and advanced training for the Indiana National , a 1969 graduate of Depauw University was attending Indiana University Law school at the time. M. Stanton Evans then an editor with the Indiana Polis news helped arrange Quayle s Job interview with the state. Evans worked for Eugene c. Pulliam Quayle s Grandfather and publisher of the news. At no Point in any of this did Dan Quayle ask any favors or use any influence said Evans now with the National journalism Center in Washington . He would t have been hired As a chief investigator. He was hired in an entry level Job and was promoted to a whole Bunch of jobs on his merits Evans said. Theodore Sendak the attorney general at the time recently had surgery and is unable to comment according to his son Timothy Sendak. The consumer Protection division was created by the Indiana legislature to res9lve complaints Over defective products false claims in ads faulty speedometer readings and mail order fraud. In 1980, Quayle referred to himself As a Vietnam Era Veteran in Campaign literature when he was running against three term incumbent Birch Bayh in a Senate race. Quayle who enlisted in the Indiana National guard dropped the reference after objections by some Vietnam combat veterans. In that same election which he won Quayle said he was on Active duty for several periods during his ten ure in the National guard. The statement referred to periods when Quayle was in Basic training and 15 Days of Camp each summer. Trial of 20 n. J. Mob figures ends with acquittals after 21 months Newark . A a Federal jury Friday acquitted 20 reputed mob figures of racketeering charges ending what is believed to be the nation s longest fed eral criminal trial and handing the government a stun Ning defeat. The jury which had been selected 21 months ago read 77 separate innocent verdicts As the courtroom erupted in pandemonium. The defendants and their attorneys hugged and gave a standing ovation to the jury which had deliberated just 14 hours. What s there to say assistant . Attorney v. Grady o Malley said. Apparently the jury just resented the length of the trial and the breadth of the  the government had charged that Anthony sumac Accetturo of Hollywood fla., and his co defendants controlled a powerful new Jersey faction of the Lucchese organized crime family that had illegal gambling loan sharking drug dealing and fraudulent credit card operations. The defense tried to discredit government witnesses Many of whom had serious criminal records. The government contended that Only such insiders could Tell the Story of the organized crime family. Defense attorney David Ruhnke said the verdict was a Complete rejecti9n" of Long government racketeering prosecutions against numerous defendants. After cautioning the defense team to remain Calm . District judge Harold a. Ackerman thanked the jury saying i commend you in the highest terms for your dedication your patience your  the panel began deliberating thursday morning with a record to consider that included 40,000 pages of transcripts testimony from 89 witnesses and 850 exhibits including 400 tapes. The government s Star witness was Joseph Alonzo a diagnosed schizophrenic admitted drug addict and Al Coholic and convicted criminal who had shot one of the defendants his Cousin five times. Defense attorney Robert l. Brown elected mayor of Orange during the trial criticized the government for calling liars thieves Crooks and criminals As witnesses. American jurors realize that s not enough under our Constitution he said. The government had alleged the defendants charged m an indictment unsealed in March 1986, operated out of the Hole in the Wall Luncheonette in Newark where pictures of gangsters Al Capone an Meyer Lansky hang on the Wall. Witnesses testified about kisses of respect for the Boss tribute payments and mob  . Attorney Samuel a. Alito or. Said before the jury deliberations began thursday that he considered the Case costly but worthwhile. I Don t think anybody would say we can t go after organized crime just be cause it s too expensive he Sak soviets inspect base at com so Comiso Sicily a ten soviet experts Friday began inspecting the . Ground launched cruise mis Sile base in Sicily under the superpower treaty to eliminate medium and Shorter Range nuclear weapons . And italian officials said. The soviet inspectors who arrived in Rome on wednesday flew by . Military aircraft to the naval air station in Simonella then travelled by helicopter tothe Comiso missile base on the Southeastern Edge of the island.. And italian officials say 112 cruise missiles Are deployed in  the treaty the soviets have 24 hours to in Spect the missiles launchers and related equipment at the base. They can request an eight hour Extension which . Officials can Grant or refuse. The soviets were escorted by 11 american official Sand four italian representatives. The soviet team was led by Gennady Mikhailovich while the american were headed by col. John per chief of the on site inspection Agency in Europe. Comiso is the last american missile base to be visited by the soviets in the two month inspection period ending at Midnight aug. 29. They have inspected bases in West Germany Belgium Britain and the Netherlands. The treaty signed in december Calls for the elimination within three years of All . And soviet land based missiles with ranges from 300 to 3,000 Miles