European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday october 7.1988 chileans reject Pinochet Power bid t 1 i. .44 Una inn pin Whf Santiago Chile a president Augusta Pinochet s Cabinet resigned Early thursday after chileans in a referendum thai cleared inc Way for demo cratic elections rejected Pinochet s bid to extend his 15-year Rule. Thousands of celebrating students marched through Santiago thursday and people in downtown buildings show ered streets with confetti. Pinochet the army commander gave no statement on the results of wednes Day s balloting and it was not known whether he would accept the resignations or shuffle his cab incl. The referendum Calls for open elections late next year and rejects Pino Chet s hid to slay in Power until 1997. With 99.6 percent of the Vole counted 54.7 percent Raj cycled Pinochet in the referendum inc Interior ministry said at midday. More than 7.2 million of Chile s 7.4million registered voters cast the first presidential ballots in 18 years the ministry said. Some wailed in lines up to a mile Long. The country delivered its mandate. And is on the Way to a transition to an authentic democracy Patricio Al win Leader of a 16-party opposition Coa Lilion told cheering supporters thurs Day. The entire 16-Membcr Cabinet submitted resignations Early thursday labor minister Alfonso Marquez do la Plata told reporters. He also said the assistant ministry officials resigned but gave no further details. Under the Constitution Pinochet who seized Power in a bloody 1973 coup re Mains m Power until 1990. If he had won the referendum he would have served until 1997 now the Winner of the 1989election in which Pinochet can run will Lake office in 1990. Police reported few incidents of Vio Lence and traffic was Normal later in the of the 16-party opposition coalition promised to pursue National Unitas they seek a speedy return to democratic government. Debate from Page 1 Cusco bunt san of having taken a cheap Shol against Quayle when Bentsen retorted during inc debate that you re no Jack Kennedy after Quayle compared his own experience with that of the late president John f. Kennedy. Bin Lson asked thursday about that Exchange in the debate said what happened there was Quayle kept comparing himself to Kennedy and he overreached himself and i got Ted up with the Texas senator said Kennedy was War hero and had run a nationwide Campaign before being nominated for the presidency. He said of Quayle sure As a Friend of Jack Kennedy i deeply re san cd his trying to Pul Kennedy s Manlic Over himself when he did t havea record that compared Wilh Kennedy democrats hoped the debate had dramatized their Contention that Quayle was too inexperienced to slip into the presidency on a moment s notice. In a 90-Minutc a Ting where neither candidate made any big mistakes the most electric moment came when the Boyish looking 41-year-old Quayle was defending his qualifications and said he As much experience As Kennedy had had when he sought the presidency. It was a comparison he has made often. Belsen shot Back senator i served Wilh Jack Kennedy 1 knew Jack Kennedy Jack Kennedy was a Friend of mine. Senator you re no Jack with an icy stare Quayle interrupted to say that was really uncalled or sen Alor bunt san replied you Are the on that was making the comparison senator. And i m the one who knew him after the debate Dukakis seized on the question of competence telling Boston rally. The most important qualification for inc vice president is that he Sready at a moment s notice to assume the presidency of the United states. Tonight Lloyd Bentsyn demonstrated thai he was the Only one on that stage who s in fort Worth Texas Bush said Quayle nil a Home ran right from the Start of the debate and was t fazed by the questions Aboul his fitness. Bush said that Quayle under tremendous pressure. Came through with Fly ing colors. Now people can Sec what i be seen All with just 33 Days remaining before the election Bentsen was learning up with Dukakis thursday at a rally in Longview Texas. Quayle was heading for stops in Missouri Honda and ten Nessee while Bush campaigned separately in Texas and Arkansas. The third and final debate of the Campaign will be held Lale next week in los Angeles when Dukakis and Bush Square off for the second and last. Time. In a presidential race that is virtually Glossup at this Point polls indicate thai Quayle is costing Bush support wit Many voters uneasy about his readiness for High office. It was the first question Pul to Quayle on wednesday night and he replied i have More experience than others that have sought the office of vice he said that on National Security and arms control education and jobs and inc deficit i have More experience than docs the governor of the 67-year-old Belsen was never challenged on his qualifications but he pointed out that he had served in com Bat and was a businessman and a Farmer As Well As a senator. What we Are looking at today is try ing to judge once again the breadth of experience and the maturity of someone taking on ibis kind of a task Bentsyn said. Bentsen accused the republicans of attempting to slash social Security an said Quayle voted eight times to Cut benefits. Quayle accused him of distorting the record and said the democrats were trying to scare the older people of this Bentsen said the Reagan administration had appointed environmental officials who were the equivalent of Bonnieann Clyde Quayle said Dukakis had Al Lowed a major environmental problem to fester in Boston Harbor. Bunt san assailed Quayle on his record on veterans issues. He said his rival had sponsored legislation to tax the combat pay and disability pay for people who Are lying in the Quayle did not reply to the charge. Quayle criticized bin Lson the chair Man of the tax writing Senate finance committee for setting up a Klas club for lobbyists willing to pay $10,000 in Campaign contributions. I m sure icy weren t paying to have cornflakes Quayle said. Belsen said there was nothing illegal in what he did but said the breakfast club was a doozy of a mistake. He said Quayle has collected Over a Quarter of a million dollars in Honor aria much of from special interest groups and that Quayle could spend the Money on Golf club dues if he wants. An Abc news poll conducted immediately after the debate found Bentse the Winner Over Quayle 51 percent to 27 percent. The 617 voters polled favo Redbush Over Dukakis by a margin of 50 percent to 45 percent before the debate and by a margin of so percent to 48 afterwards. The margin of error was 4.5 per cent. All six debate judges who scored the Conlest for the associated press picked Belsen As the Winner by an Overall mar Gin of 148-125. A perfect score was Iso. Families from Page 1 cant amount of time thinking Aboul whether or not Pecan gel our family members out. There is no compari son in my estimation in terms of the divergent relative importance of these two programs. I Don t think we could convince anybody thai we re really Senous about noncombatant evacuation in the future Spurlock said management of those morale support programs no directly linked to Readi Ness probably would be centralized either under in Exchange service the Community and family support Center or some similar entity those kinds of thing should not be taking up command time he said. At inc conference wednesday the army s personnel chief said the incidence of disciplinary problems among soldiers has dropped dramatically in the Pas decade primarily because of a push by the army to gel and keep better Quality soldiers. It. Gen. Allen a Ono said that in 1980. Roughly half of the army s new recruits had not completed High school and roughly 57 percent fell into category in the lows so Entrance lest score category eligible to Ihnn the percentages of High school Grade alas enlisting has steadily risen. In 19bb, 93 percent of recruits had finished High school Ono said. At the same Lime the incidences of drug use being absent without leave and criminal activity dropped 1 y i la a Vilh " Tso i from 89 per 1,000 soldiers to 12 and the number of property and violent crimes dropped by officials also Are taking actions to beef up inc enlisted Force from the Middle directly linking promo Tion to schooling beginning next year. The action re quires completion of the primary leadership development course Tor promotion to sergeant and the Basic no course for sergeant first class beginning in octo Ber 1990 and those soldiers who Don l or can i meet the increasingly rigid physical and mental standards Are being forced out through the army s qualitative management program. Among other issues addressed at the conference the army is studying the air Force method of paying its members according to maj. Gen. James w. Crysel. Commander of the total army pe"0"T1 by. The study should be finished by november and could be implemented within a year if adopted. No specific were available. Usa eur May open two new arrival Point for inbound soldiers and their families said big. e. Brooks commander of 1st personnel come. All incoming soldiers now arrive at Frankfurt and frequently face Long bus rides to their said. With about 65 percent of Europe bound soldiers coming Wilh pinpoint assignments flying them closer to their final destination would Benefit the Soldier and the army. If adopted arrival ports Are slated for Stuttgart an Nurnberg. Such a move also would help take some or the Load off the already congested Frankfurt Airport he said. Although the free trip Home for soldiers volunteering for an in place consecutive overseas tour was cancelled by Usa eur it could be revived if a study underway shows that in affected soldiers decision to slay overseas. Brooks said. The free trip which still applies for those Volunteer ing for a consecutive overseas Lour at another location is paid for from army funds not the local command. Singh from Paga 1 leased the others would not be there now said the source. The special . Stale department team which flew id West Germany on wednesday spent a second Day questioning Singh thursday according o a source close to inc .team, the officials talking to Singh Are members of a Standard debriefing team used to question released hostages. Asked if learn members included Fri or Cia officials the Souter would say Only you re nol Oul of the the source told the associated press that Singh has been speaking with the special team iwo to three times a Day for Aboul an hour and a half in each sitting. He s very willing to talk very Happy 10 talk Wilh people said the source. He talks then gels Lii cd and goes to bed the source said. He said the . Team Hopes to be a Leto learn Aboul conditions of the three americans who were being held will Singh. They the learn members have a Lotof raw information. It s always helpful to know under what conditions he was held the source told the a. Then it s possible to gel a general idea of conditions other hostages held in Lebanon Are facing said the source. The source also reiterated thai during Captivity Singh had no Contact Wil american hostages other than the three abducted Wilh him the i rec americans held with Singh were Jesse Turner 41, a native of Bose Idaho Alann Steen 49, of Boston and Robert Polhill 54, of new York to Hie source Singh has Given no indications he was abuse during his ordeal Singh s comments have also indicate thai the three americans who were held with him Are nol in a life lure Aleong situation said inc source
