European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september25, 19bb the stars and stripes 1 candidates count Down to debate Bush Dukakis rehearse for sunday encounter by the associated press George Bush took a turn at Bat As Reagan administration Diplomat and Michael Dukakis played catch Wilh a member of the Boston red sox on Friday As they loosened up Tor sunday s High stakes debate in the race for the White House. Neither candidate did much heavy lifting in Public preferring to spend most of he Day with aides preparing for the nationally televised 90-minute confrontation in Winston Salem. . The debate begins at b . Not each candidate staged an Early morning  television scene before retiring to the privacy of his debate class. The vice president goes into the debate holding a modest Lead in most Public opinion polls although the same surveys show that a substantial percentage of the voters remains either uncommitted or Only loosely committed to a candidate. Bush invited reporters Over after his breakfast meet ing with soviet foreign minister Edu Aruj Shevard adze and Secretary of state George Shultz. We had a substantive discussion on where things stand on the bilateral relationship Between the untied states and the soviet Union said the i president who stressed his involvement in . Diplo Macy. It is a pleasure for me to see or. Shevardnadze once again said Bush who occasionally has used diplomatic backdrops for his Campaign. We have met several  Shevardnadze said they had a very interesting a very substantive and a very profound discussion on problems of concern to both our  he said Bush has been involved in All High level discussions Here in Washington and our talks with the  Dukakis arranged a Media event of a different order Mike Dukakis plays catch Rith Boston s Ellis Burks. Outside his House in Brookline mass., playing catch in the Street Wilh Boston outfielder Ellis Burks. A Little warm up Here. Warm up the governor for the Campaign warm me up for the series said Burks whose red sox opened an important three game show Down with the new York Yankees Friday night bum one in there a reporter shouted to the governor. Not till sunday he replied. After 10 minutes Dukakis returned Louis House. What Are you going to do to get ready today Gover nor he was  just warmed up he replied. Not that that was the end of  had an entire roster of democratic politicians and strategists assembled to help his preparations including new Jersey sen. Bill Bradley. Aides said they would run through a mock debate during he Day although they did t say whether in would run 90 minutes. Washington lawyer Bob Darnell was on hand to be a stand in for  s advisers assembled at his official residence in. Washington. An aide said a mock debate was a possibility for later in the Day with former assistant trea sury Secretary Richard Darman to play the role of the Massachusetts  running mate Lloyd Bentsyn was the Only one of the four major candidates campaigning during the Day. He told workers at a Caterpillar factory in Decatur iii., thai the democrats would try to whittle away Al the Trade deficit piled up by the Reagan administration and promised not to resort to dumb embargoes that might Hurt american  said the Reagan administration did nothing a the . Trade deficit went from s36 million to $170  criticized a 1982 administration embargo against the Sale of american equipment destined for building natural Gas pipeline from the soviet Union to Western Europe. Don t you Ever put an embargo on another country unless you Hurt them More than you Hurt your self he said. It s just  vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle tended to Senate duties during the  presidential candidates Wilt have their second and final debate on oct. 13 or 14, and the vice presidential candidates Are scheduled to hold their Only debate on oct. 5. Ethics panel considers complaint against Wright Washington a the House ethics committee Friday took up a complaint against speaker Jim Wright for disclosing a purported Cia Covert operation in Nicaragua but Wright said Congress should investigate the Cia s activities instead. The ethics panel failed to reach any conclusion on How to treat the complaint against Wright who continued to Ham Mer away at the Reagan administration for what he called duplicitous conduct Wright said it was not his fault that the government s secret efforts to under mine the sandinista regime by promoting civil unrest had become Public. Wright in a luncheon Wilh reporters said the state department apparently chose to make the matter Public by encouraging leaders of the Contra rebels to leak his comments in a private meeting last week to a newspaper. Bui the speaker continued to refuse to specify the source of his information. He said that rather than investigating him. Congress should investigate the activities of the Cia. Rep. John t. Myers of Indiana the senior Republican on the ethics panel said it probably would Lake at least one More meeting of the committee before decisions could be reached on How to handle the complaint against Wright there Are Security issues that make it difficult to investigate Myers said alluding to the need for lop secret Security Clear ances for any staff members who might be involved in a new probe of the  already is under investigation by the panel on unrelated allegations. The House intelligence committee also has been asked to investigate Wright s conduct. Its chairman rep. Louis Stokes a Ohio discussed the mat Ter with rep. Julian Dixon d-calif., women s Vietnam memorial of d chairman of the ethics committee. Wright s latest controversy Over Cen trial America began on tuesday when retold reporters he had Clear testimony from the Cia of its involvement in instigating civil disturbances in Nicaragua. He said he information had been Given in answer 10 congressional questions. House rules prohibit disclosure of classified information Given to the Intel Lig Cnoc committee in a speech on the Senate floor. Sen John Mccain r-ariz., said the ethic committee is obligated to investigate the speaker s remarks and determine whether they constitute a Security breach. But even More important he said is the effect that official acknowledgement of the Covert activity would have on political prisoners and Domestic political opponents of the sandinista regime including some 40 people arrested after violent july 10 demonstration what do you think the prospects of them getting out of jail Are Mccain asked. Every action they Lake now. The legitimate internal opposition has now been tarred by the Brush of Cia involvement and i to think it s a  Bui Wright. A Texas was unrepentant. He issued a new statement repeat ing charges of Cia subversion of the nicaraguan government and added Congress is not subservient to the Ciao to any other Agency nor dependent upon their permission to  in a prepared statement read to re porters Wright said the question of greatest importance is not what 1 said and whether 1 should have said it. The question is what our government has done and whether we should be doing the Reagan administration while publicly saying it favored diplomatic peace efforts in Nicaragua covertly sought to provoke the sandinista govern ment into cracking Down on its political opposition he said. Washington a the House passed legislation Friday authorizing a memorial in Washington honouring women who served in the . Armed forces during the Vietnam War. The Bill approved by voice vote is Simi Lar to one passed earlier by the Senate and differences in the two versions will have to be ironed out before in is sent to president Reagan for his signature. Final Senate action is expected before the 100th Congress ends sometime in october. The House Bill recommends but docs not require that the memorial be in the form of a statue located at the Vietnam veterans memorial on the mall. The sen ate version requires that the memorial be a statue and that it be located Al the existing Vietnam memorial Navy filers a eco before f-14 crashes Fallon Nev. A two Navy ground fms or to place any Resi Rillions fliers escaped with bumps and bruises on them Pritchard said. Despite the after they ejected from their s44 million f-14 fighter Jet moments before it crashed s5 Miles cast of Here. Thursday s crash was the third involving an f-14 in the past month and the 93th accidental loss of the supersonic Jet since its introduction in 1972, according to Navy records. Right now there Are no plans to number of accidents there appears to be no common  the Pilot was identified Friday As it. Cmdr. Jim Russel and the radar intercept operator As it. Chris Liptak. Their Ages and hometowns weren t available but both currently live in san Diego. It was not immediately known what caused the crash. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept 25 1948 after causing at least 13 deaths and an estimated j25 million in damage in Southern Florida a Large tropical storm spread out Over the Atlantic Ocean and threatened Bermuda. 30 years ago today. Sept 25 1958 after a series of clashes Between Christian and moslem factions in Beirut lebanese president Fuad Schab issued shool on Sig lit orders to his army to enforce a curfew. 20 years Ogo today. Sept 25, 1968 three major commercial airlines announced thai a reduced round trip rate of $225 would be available for military service members and their dependents when travelling Between Frankfurt West Germany and new York during the Christmas season. J 0 years Ogo today. Sept 25, 1978 California Angels outfielder Lyman Bostock one of the major league s highest paid players was finally Shol while Riding in a car with a woman. Her husband was charged in the shooting