European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 24, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 no. 1 Rule in debate avoid mistakes Washington a debate sex pens say that neither George Bush nor Michael Dukakis is any great shakes As a pub Lic speaker and he Winner of heir first fact to face showdown sunday nigh maybe whoever exceeds Low expectations. Veteran forensic judges also agree thai the presidential candidates will try their utmost to observe he Cardinal Rule of presidential debates avoid calamitous mistakes. That May be Good politics but it can make for Dull debating said members of the associated press presidential debate judges panel. James Junger executive director of he National forc sits Institute at Amer ican University in Washington and chairman of the judges panel said these High stakes debates Are exercises in error avoidance by the  headed a panels that in presidential debates in 1976,1 1984, said it is rare for a Candi Date to make a major Gaffe like Gerald Ford s in 1976 when he insisted that Eastern Europe was not dominated bythe soviet Union. Alloo often he added the Candi dates just sit there with their prepared answers desperately seeking out a ques Lehrer to moderate debate Boston a the presidential Tammi pm of Democrat Mac foul in Kaklis us Republican George huh on thursday settled their squabble Mathe composition of the panel of journalist for their sunday night  Brown i spoke Suomu for the commit in on president de baits Enop top by both major politic parties to organize the debate uld Jim Lynnr of Public the Leblon b the Mcneil Lefarr report Willmite m Moderator for the showdown in winstT-5�em,  the panel of Tunc Joo nullity will be Anchorman Peter Jennings of Abc Newt Anne Groer of the Orlando sen Linal and John Muhek of the at Lanta Constitution she did. The Campi have not nuked who will aerie on the panel Tor the second debate next month i los Angeles Brown mid. The Resolution came Day after the two Camps agreed thai the Cand Biea will use lecterns of different Heights for the debate. A for the panel of journalists in ital tvs aides had orig Ulaj  it consist of the anchors from Abc Abc. Lbs and can. The Bush Camp said that would be unfair to print journalist and it submitted to the comr Quilon n list of id report in it said it Rould accept As member of the panel. Lion to which they can attach the an  William soul Worth director of forensics and speech professor at the University of Rcd lands in California said i m not convinced either one of them ingoing to be dynamic confronting each other. A lot will depend on How will ing hey arc to Lake  Frank Sferra debate coach at  High school in Denver and presi Dent of the National forensic league said neither one is a terribly  i gel the feeling they re Loo programmed to be debaters. You bring up an Issue and they know where they presupposed to run and what to say said Sierra they re All so afraid they re going to say something  engaged in 21 debates during the primaries with his rivals for the democratic nomination and he once moderated a Public television debate series called the  Bush faced off with his Republican rivals seven times. He also has a 1984vice-presidential debate with Democrat Geraldine Ferraro under his Belt. Melissa Moxey Wade director of forensic at Emory University in Atlanta said that in the primary debates Bush demonstrated More Range positive an negative. He had very Strong persuasive responses when he was being attacked Dukakis was real consistent. He does t seem to make major goofs. He does t have big highs or big lows she said. The seven member panel will use a scorecard to determine a Winner of he sunday s Bush Dukakis debate to will also evaluate their second debate on oct. 13 or 14, and the oct. S encounter be tween vice presidential candidates Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsyn. Wright denies revealing any Cia secrets House speaker Jim Wright Washington not Jim Wright the speaker of the House. Thurs Day categorically denied that he had revealed classified intelligence information this week when he told reporters tha Congress had Clear testimony the Cen trial intelligence Agency was inciting opposition activities in Nicaragua. House republicans have called for a meeting of the intelligence committee to determine whether unauthorized disclosures had occurred. I did t say anything to you that was committed to me in any executive ses Sion of the intelligence committee Wright told reporters. I did no say anything revealed to me As classified information by a member of the intelligence committee and 1 did not say anything that was not already in the Public  Wright said he became aware in 1987 that elements of the . Government became involved in destabilizing or fomenting disruptions in Nicaragua aimed at provoking an internal crack Down by the sandinista government and providing an Csc use for withdrawing from he peace  his reference was to a regional peace plan put Forward at that time by Costa rican president Oscar Arias Sanchez and aimed at ending the fighting be tween the nicaraguan government and the american backed rebel forces known As the contras. It seemed to me intolerably two faced and i said so to our officials Wright said. Ample and abundant Testi Mony has been Given publicly and privately some from the Cia and some from other  he did not say what specific testimony he was talking about. Although Many members of Congress have speculated privately that the Cia was involved in fomenting internal Polit ical opposition in Nicaragua Wright Cre ated a minor uproar Early this week by publicly saying this was the Case and by reiterating in a subsequent interview with the associated press that the information had been acknowledged by Agency personnel under questioning from members of Congress. The latter Issue has provoked the big Gest outcry by Wright s political opponents in Congress and in the administration because of the implication that the speaker was referring to information obtained in a classified briefing. While much of the information about the Covert military operations the administration has undertaken against the nicaraguan government since 1981 was made Public As a result of the congressional investigation of the Iran Contra affair information on Cia support for infernal opposition groups and politicians in Nicaragua has remained Classi fied. Under current Laws governing Ameri can intelligence activities abroad the administration is required to Brief the con Gressional intelligence committees on Covert activities and As speaker of the House Wright would be entitled to a Cess to that information. Unauthorized disclosure of such information is a violation of ethics rules in the House and the Senate. House Republican leaders have Al ready written 10 the chairmen of both the House intelligence committee and the House ethics committee demanding an official investigation. And in a speech thursday on the sen ate floor. Sen. William s. Cohen of Maine the senior Republican on the intelligence committee called for a similar inquiry. House approves anti drug Bill with death Penally amendment Washington up the House of representatives overwhelmingly passed an election year anti drug Bill thursday that allows the execution of Mur Derous dope dealers strips drug convicts of Federal benefits and hits users with fines up to s10,000. By a 375-30 vote the House approved the get Lough measure which mucks both the Supply and demand Side of the narcotics problem by beefing up interdiction efforts and raising the costs for drug users who gel caught. Liberal democrats suffered a series of defeats Dur ing three weeks of sporadic debate on the Bill failing to preserve a waiting period for the Purchase of handguns and to prevent the death penalty amendment. One of the House s leading civil libertarians Don Edwards of California joined 29 other democrats in voting against the drug Bill saying the final legislation was a disgrace a shameful excessive election year  but Republican Leader Robert Michel of Illinois de fended the 375-Page Bill calling it a monumental piece of work on the part of the  the Senate has not begun debate on i own drug Bill but lawmakers Are confident a final version can be sent to president Reagan before they adjourn in octo Ber to Campaign full Lime. The House version carries a one year pric tag of j2.1 billion. On he last Day of debate the House voted 281-119 to use Federal Grants to Reward states that revoke driving privileges of convicted drug users. I d Hope Ever 1 state would go out and do it on their own said rep. Bill Mccollum r-fla., Backer of the tougher measure Bui we As a body owe in to the american people to put the onus on the states to say you do it. " but rep. Torn delay it Texas advocated the opposite tack saying state should be lured into the pro Gram with Money. You can blackmail the Stales for Abad purpose or you can blackmail them for a Good one he said but it s blackmail just the  Overall the Bill provides More Money to Stop drug from entering the country and to bolster treatment and prevention programs. It also contains a series of controversial penalties aimed As drug users. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today ,. Sept. 24,1948 army investigators seized 46,000 Cartons of illegally obtained american cigarettes from a truck Convoy being driven by French citizens along a West Gunnan autobahn. 30 years ago Fodoly. Sept. 24, 1958 in the midst of a terrorist Campaign launched by algerian nationalists in Paris French police discovered a powerful time bomb hid Den at the top of the Eiffel Tower. 20 years 090 today. Sept. 24, 1968 speaking to an european television audience by satellite vice president Hubert Humphrey predicted that the United states would re Duce its forces in Vietnam by 1969. 7 0 years ago today. Sept. 24, 1978 the California supreme court upheld the constitutionality of proposition 13, a revolutionary measure that sloshed property taxes and forced local governments to lighten their budgets