European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 6, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 Alf Casey holds his pet Crocodile Charlene bitten Retiree will keep Croc at Arm s length Sydney Australia a a 71 year old Retiree whose Pel Crocodile bit off his Arm was reunited with Chartine monday and said he d keep her at his other Arm s length. Its marvelous having her Back said Alf Casey. The separation has t changed  Casey Lold the Melbourne Sun newspaper he thought his 23-year Friendship with Charlene a 6 a fool Saltwater Croc was doomed when she bit the Arm that fed her. Wildlife officers had wanted to shoot the rep tile but Casey s family intervened and Charlene was exiled to a Crocodile farm in Queensland. It was my fault. 1 asked her if she wanted some fish and i put my hand in the bucket and did t give her a fish Casey said. All she could think about was the fish and with my hand being there she bit  despite losing his Righi Arm and spending three weeks in the Hospital after the november 1986 attack Casey said he always wanted comr ice Back. I must admit 1 do keep her at Arm s length now but i get in the pen with her and give her a bit of a scratch he said. Casey used to Lake Char Lonc on family outings and to the local pub until she got too heavy to handle the newspaper said. Reagan to push for Bush pet projects in Congress Santa Barbara Calif. A president Reagan is planning dual tall campaigns an overt political one on behalf of Geonise Bush and the other an Effort to wring a wish list of items from an election minded Congress. I m sure the president s philosophy right now is very much " so Little time and so much to do " said Kenneth Dubenstein Reagan s chief of staff but Reagan s i of lambasting democrats on the political slump and then seeking cooperation from them on Capitol Hill is not one that necessarily has produced legislative successes in the past. Some items however hold More Promise than others in the relatively Brief time before Congress adjourns to Start campaigning in october if lame Duck Means he s in his last year in office then he s a lame Duck but if it Means he can t get anything done it does t tit contended White Home spokesman b. Jay Cooper. Cooper said that among other things Reagan in tends to push for Senate passage of the  free Trade agreement and designation of a Cabinet level department of veterans affairs. With some fanfare the president also will sign the new housing Bill seen As an election year boost for both parties. The president also will look for the near certain approval of his two Cabinet nominees Nicholas Brady As Treasury Secretary and Lauro Cavazos to head the department of education. Included on the More contentious Side of the Ledger Are the renewal of Aid to the nicaraguan contras Wel fare Reform and passage of the remaining 11 appropriations Bills. When he signed an appropriation Bill in mid a gust Reagan old capital Hill not to repeat its past habit of sending him a single megabit., that wraps up the various appropriations Bills in a single Bill that spends $600 billion of the taxpayers  and in his radio address on saturday Reagan gave notice hell veto any welfare legislation Congress sends him if it docs not contain a work requirement. The Best Way to learn to work is to work the presi Dent said in his labor Day weekend radio address. On his Way Back from vacationing at his ranch in California Reagan planned two slops tuesday the dedication of the Gray communications Center at Nebraska s Hastings College and an address to the Ameri can legion in Louisville by. The Hastings Slop is viewed As a favor to a Long Lime acquaintance Washington Public relations executive Bob Gray who attended the Small midwestern Campus and worked As the director of communications for Reagan s 1980 election Victory. Reagan also is scheduled to appear briefly at a fund Raiser for sen. David Karns. R-ncb., the appointed senator in a Light race against the popular former Nebraska governor. Bob Kerry. To Louisville Reagan is expected toc lol his administration s record on defense and foreign policy and repeal his hardly veiled message thai the vice president will continue along he path he started if elected. Duberstein interviewed sunday on lbs tvs face the nation said it is a priority of the president to make sure thai George Bush is  Bush s role in Iron arms soles won t significant Book claims by the Ball More Sun Washington a new Book by two Sonatore cited by Michael s. Dukakis As ammunition against George Bush concludes that the vice president endorsed the Covert Sale of arms to Iran but played Little significant role himself in any of the Iran Contra events. To suggest much More than that is to misunderstand the confined role of a vice president Maine Sens. Wil Liam s. Cohen and George j. Mitchell indicate in men of Zeal the inside Story of the Iran Contra hearings being published this month by Viking. Cohen a Republican and Mitchell a Democrat do not spare Bush from Sharp criticism however for say ing he was out of the Loop when he attended Many briefing where the arms Sale and the hostage Issue were  the two senators members of the congressional Iran Contra investigating committee conclude that Bush s position on the arms for hostages Deal would have been the same if he had been in the cockpit with president Reagan rather than on the Periphery As he said. The vice president endorsed the weapons Sale to Iran either out of loyally to the president or because he Loo was consumed by the passion to obtain the Freedom of Floc hostages the authors say. Dukakis the democratic presidential nominee cited the Cohen Mitchell Book last week in seeking anew to make the Iran Contra scandal a Campaign Issue. The question of what the vice president knew and thought about the Issue remains a major Factor in Bush s quest for the presidency the Maine senators write. They add exactly whal were his thoughts on the propriety of the coven action itself and whal Steps if any did he take to satisfy himself about the potential consequences to the United states if it went Forward they Grant As an important Point that Bush must have known enough to warn the president. In that regard Dukakis asked last week How Bush could sit there and do nothing while we traded arms to a terrorist  political ads expected to be most negative Ever Washington a the most negative political advertising Campaign Ever is Likely this fall from two presidential candidates who Are close in the polls close on the issues and far from shy about going on the offensive. Students of political advertising say Media drives by the George Bush and Michael Dukakis campaigns Are Likely to begin on an upbeat note. But viewers should t expect Sunshine and roses on the air. Critical ads ranging from mild comparisons to outright blasts Are planned by Independent groups and the two parties and the candidates arc expected to follow suit later in the season. Ultimately the race will be the most negative in the history of to predicted Kathleen Jami son a University of Texas professor and author of two books on political communications. Democrat Dukakis and Republican Bush both scheduled traditional labor Day week Media assaults with at least one of them employing a soft sell As the Campaign season formally begins. Our plan is to be on the air with ads about Michael Dukakis record said Dukakis spokesman Leslie Dach. The major thrust of the first wave will be Cut Ting taxes balancing budgets putting people to work cutting crime and taking charge of our economic future. Those arc ads that George Bush can t  Dach would not say How much Money will be spent on the first wave but he said it will hit a lot of states. We intend these ads to be seen by people not just to be read  the Bush Campaign is More close mouthed about its plans although Lite been reported that a three week j1 million to Campaign will Start this week in California. We re firm about not discussing any Media buying strategy or any creative  said Sig Rogich Bush s director of advertising operations. The democrats will Tell you their plan Sand we appreciate it he added. Rogich refused to comment on a report from Campaign sources that Media adviser Roger ales has taped ads attacking Dukakis defense ideas and interviewing a Maryland couple victimized by Willie Horlon a Massachusetts prisoner furlough cd under a Dukakis program. Al least one Independent group plans a month Long $540,000 assault on Dukakis via National Cable net works Starling tuesday according to the Washington Post. The two 30-Sccond ads produced for americans for Bush charge that Dukakis is soft on crime and criminals. One cites the weekend prisoner furlough program and Dukakis opposition to the death penalty the other focuses on Horton. Dach says Dukakis plans to counter such attacks with ads touting his effective crime culling record in Massachusetts. But he said plans could change de pending on what comes out of the Republican Camp. Some relatively negative ads Are coming from the democratic and Republican National committees which Are running multimillion Dollar generic Media campaigns designed to promote party themes and accomplishments As Superior to the opposition. The gop just completed a 14 million to and Campaign that involved three spots running for two weeks in every stale. The ads claim americans Nave known Only peace and Prosperity under republicans so Why change inc spokesman Beth Brainard said plans for the Lim ing and Content of the next wave were up in the air but things Are in place for another hit if in is needed. We re going to wait and see the Tenor of the Campaign she said. There May be a need to Issue specific ads of some kind that incorporate our message of peace Prosperity eco nomic growth and seven years of  the dec financially equipped to run is first major generic Campaign this year bought 575,000 Worth of Texas anime for a Quick counterpunch to the initial gop ads and this week embarks on a 11 million plus generic and Campaign in seven to 12 swing Stales Likely to include California Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania Missouri new Jersey Iowa Wisconsin and Texas. The dec ads entered on the theme of bringing Prosperity Home Are two pronged. Some Deal with competitiveness world debt and the deficit making America no. I again. Others talk about economics on a More personal scale health care child care the ability to buy Homes and cars. The Point said Dach is that if you re a family that s working harder to stay in place you can t afford to Vole