European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 5 Don qua Etc addresses a City club of Chicago. Bush s son repeats Pearl Harbor slip los Angeles a George Bush s son defended his father s error on the Date of Pearl Harbor Day bul in the process got in wrong himself during a radio talk show thursday. Dush the Republican presidential candidate said during a speech to the american legion wednesday thai the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on sept. 7, 1941. Ii occurred on dec. 7, one of he Best known dates in . History. George Bush jr., during a discussion about the Campaign with Michael Jackson a syndicated talk show Host lamented on thursday that the problem is hat so much of what we see in presidential politics is the 15-Sccond sound bile on to. Last night for example the 15-second sound bite on my dad on the National networks was the fact that he slipped for 45 seconds on whether Peart Harbor was on Cpl 9 or dec. 9. And they made a big Deal of that on to. I did t quite get the Point because he you know corrected himself. Jackson did not note the younger Bush s mistake during the interview. Vice president Bush said wednesday i wonder How Many americans remember. Today is Pearl Harbor Day. Forty seven years ago to this very Day we were hit and hit hard at Pearl Harbor. We were not ready. In a Bush administration thai lesson would not be  within a minute or so after prompting from the audience and from others on the speakers platform Bush corrected himself. Bush Dukakis approve 2 proposed to debates by the associated press tentative agreement was reached thursday on sept. 25 As the Date for the first of two presidential Campaign debates Between Democrat Michael Dukakis and Republican George Bush. While top aides were working out details the rival candidates were emphasizing defense policy during appearances in Texas and Kentucky. Dukakis told the american legion that a Moun Tain of debt built up while the Reagan administration was endangering National defense while Bush observing the fiery destruction of . Missiles to comply with a new treaty hailed the Day we began to reverse the arms race. The tentative debate agreement was announced by Dukakis Campaign chairman Paul grounds who said the iwo candidates would meet on sept. 25 at Wake Forest University in Winslon Salem . Brontus said the second presidential debate would be oct. 13 or 14 depending on the base Ball playoff schedule. Vice presidential nominees Lloyd bends in and Dan Quayle will debate during the first week in october we Are still discussing format staging and the length of the debates and we will continue to carry on those discussions Brountas said after meeting with Bush s Campaign chairman James a. Baker Iii. Dush was at longhorn army ammunition Plantin Kamack Texas to join other . And soviet officials in witnessing the demolition of two per Shing missile engines. He called the occasion one of those unique moments in the career of Man a moment when the tides of history turned that a new future  the engines were among about 850 weapons to be destroyed by the United states under the .-Sqvi to treaty that eliminated medium Range missiles from Europe. The soviets have destroyed several of their missile. Sheila tale Bush s Campaign spokesman said the vice president now favors an increase in the mini mum wage which has been $3.35 an hour for the past eight years. In line with Reagan administration policy Bush had opposed an increase in the past. Tate did not say How much of an increase Bush would favor. Dukakis has made a Call for a higher minimum wage a Central theme of his Campaign. The nation s largest teachers Union announced its endorsement of Dukakis for president and called for an end to eight years of teacher bashing under the Reagan administration. Mary Hatwood Futrell president of the 1.9 Mil lion member National education association said the Union would mobilize at least 500,000 volunteers for the Dukakis Campaign. 4 of 5 flights were on time in july Washington a despite heavy summer travel major . Airlines reported that belter than four of every five lights arrived on time during july the transport lion department said thursday. Two carriers serving the Sun Belt America West and Southwest airlines had the Best on time performance with More than 91 percent of their flights arriving on time. Pan american world airways had the worst arrival record among the 13 airlines monitored with Only 68,8 percent of its july flights arriving within 15 min utes of schedule the government s on time Standard. Pan am also had the highest consumer complaint Rale during August the latest month for which those Statis tics were provided. Overall 81.5 percent of the More than 441,000 flights during july arrived within 15 minutes of sched ule slightly Iwer than the 84.3 percent during june the transportation department began monitoring air line arrival rates last september amid growing complaints about flight delays and poor service. Since then the carriers on Lime performance has improved. The figures do not include delays caused by mechanical problems but do include those that Are due to poor weather. Airlines that have a concentration of flights in the South West have consistently performed Well. Delta air lines which earlier this year struggled Well Down the list in on time performance among the 13 carriers posted the third Best arrival rate in july with 86.1 percent of its flights on Lime in addition to pan am the airlines with the worst record were Piedmont airlines and us air both of which reported arrival rates of slightly better than 74 percent Piedmont is a subsidiary of us air corp., although it operates independently of us air. Salt Lake City had the Best arrival rate of the 27 airports monitored with 92.3 percent of its flight arriving on Lime. The other two airports with arrival rates of better than 90 percent were Phoenix and Las vegas. The three new York City area airports Laguardia John f. Kennedy and Newark International As Well As Philadelphia had the worst arrival rate with about one third of their flights delayed reflecting often poor weather and heavy air traffic in the Northeast. Meanwhile complaints from air travellers to the transportation department s office of consumer affairs continued to decline compared with 1987, As the have steadily during the year. During August the department received 2,363 complaints from air travellers two thirds fewer than the 7,337 received during the same month a year ago. Pan am had the worst record with 17.14 complaints for every 100,000 passengers flown followed by hawaiian airlines with 13.18 and Twa with 10.7s. The August complaint statistics were released along with the july on time statistics. A new poll done by Louis Karris & associates for business week Magazine said Bush had a so percent to 44 percent Lead Over Dukakis among Likely voters. The Survey of 1,299 people was taken sept 1 through sept. 6 and had a margin of error of 3 percentage Points meaning the possibility exists that the two candidates could be in a dead heal. However David Krane of the polling firm noted that the results were a reversal of a Survey taken a month earlier and said we feel he s Bush ahead at this Point Dukakis addressed the 70lh annual convention of the american legion in Louisville ky., and he said the budget deficits of the Reagan years were Hin Dering efforts to build up the nation s military forces. Bush and Reagan addressed the legion Conven Tion earlier in the week and used their appearances to denounce Dukakis views on defense. After eight years and $2 trillion we still Don t have an anti tank weapon that can Slop modern soviet Lanks Dukakis said. We cannot build a Strong National defense on a Mountain of  the Massachusetts governor also backed continued research on Star wars the space based missile defense system and said he would support deploy ment if it were proved the system would be effective and was in the National interest. However when questioned by reporter he also said deployment would violate the 1972 anti Ballis tic missile treaty and that he wanted to keep that agree mint. I think it is in our Best interest to observe that  Dukakis said. For our own Sake we have to continue with  Republican Quayle touted Star wars known officially As the strategic defense initiative in a speech to the City club of Chicago. The next president should make every Effort to determine whether he or his successor could develop and deploy a second red Button not just the Button of retaliation but the Button of Protection said the Indiana senator. Bunt san followed Dukakis Lead in attacking the Reagan budget deficits. During this election you re going to hear a lot about a five year economic Boom he told a Busi Ness audience on Long Island n.y., referring to the current expansion. But he said accomplishing that was no trick when the government was writing hoi checks with deficits of More than $150 billion a year. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 10, 1948 russian soldiers fired into a crowd of some 250,000 anti communist demonstrators in the British sector of Berlin after the protesters hauled Down a soviet Flag and stoned a soviet jeep. 30 years ago today. Sept. 10, 1958 Secretary of stale John Foster Dulles hinted that the . Was ready to offer conces Sions to the chinese if they would renounce the use of Force in the Formosa Straits 20 years ago today. Sept. 10, 1968 a South vietnamese brigadier general and an american colonel were killed when North vietnamese gunners shot Down their helicopter along the cambodian Border. 10 years ago foe a. Sept. 10, 1978 in a letter to the United nations the soviet Union proposed an International agreement whereby nuclear nations would not use atomic weapons against those not possessing their own nuclear arms