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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. October 9,1988 the stars and stripes a Dukakis says Bush tactic shameless gop nominee denies ignoring Quayle Nim Turpu i hair Annie. Hush accusing Dukakis of Sachs salts town saying her Brothers were inc Best review 1 Iby lit associated press Michael Dukakis temper rising As he recalled violence a paint his own family accused George hush on saturday of shameless use of crime victims to win votes. Bush meanwhile thu cd a police endorsement but round himself Sidel racked to another Issue denying thai he was running away from his running male. Bush defended Dan Quayle his Choice for vice president and said he was lived of erroneous reporting that he was trying to distance himself from the Indiana senator. Qua Etc was he duly one of the lop four candidates  the Campaign Trail saturday and Lloyd Mentsen. Still bask ing in he glow of his apparent debate Victory Over Quayle last wednesday said i m beginning 10 wonder where is Dan Quayle Dili he leave a Forward ing address when he left Omaha on Friday Dukakis attacked the re publicans for standing by while foreign ers arc buying up America but he chose a speech us ii Missouri Plant owned by italians to Makr that Point. He told the workers then it a were survivors in the International Trade Battles an aide later said he was not aware the owners of the Plant were italian. Bui on saturday. Dukakis hit the crime Issue lie had Cpl quiet in recent weeks As Republican Bush struck again and again at what he said was the Massachusetts governor s revolving door policy on weekend furloughs for danger Ous criminals but now Helash cd Hack. Bush was exploiting a human tragedy for political  Dukakis said m speech that aides Suid he wrote by hand the previous night after being told of the Bush Campaign s latest efforts to win Voles by using the Case of Willie Horton. Horton a convicted murderer failed id return from a Massachusetts furlough in 1986 and in Early i9s7 attacked a Maryland couple after breaking into thei House. Bush g astounding insensitivity toward crime victims described the attack at length on Friday and one of the victims Cliff bar nes flew to California to give Campaign speeches and make radio ads for Bush. Dukakis citing crimes against his father and brother told his audience sat urday at Bates College in Lewiston Maine. I Don t need any lectures Fromm. Bush on crime fighting or on the sensitivity or compassion we must sex lend to the victims of  unlike or. Bush i be been a chief executive on the Frant lines of fighting crime. Unlike or. Bush who will not take responsibility for anything i As chief executive look full responsibility for that tragic  Ion Case and acted to change that policy and or. Bush knows it. So let s look at the fuels and Slop this shameless playing of politics with the tragedy of a  Dukakis said his father was beaten robbed and left bound at age 77 and that his Broth or Stylian was killed by a hit and run Driver. The Democrat also said that when Runald Reagan was governor of califor Nia a police officer and schoolteacher were murdered by inmates on furlough. And he said thai under the Reagan administration the Federal prison system has granted thousands of furloughs to drug pushers and drug  Dukakis also cited Bush s role in sup porting a Halfway House in Houston where one of the inmates left the House and raped and murdered a minister s  he was joined by his 85-year-old Mother euterpe who offered her own impassioned comments. She accused Bush of mangling the truth of trying to Divide us of suggesting Haj As the son of immigrants Dukakis does not love the lag quite As much and of being behind idlers sent to residents of a Massachusett communists. Can anyone gel this Low she asked. Earlier saturday in Washington Bush kept his own focus on the Law and order Issue accepting the endorsement of the head of the National fraternal order of police. He made no mention of Quayle during the event. Bush was turning to leave bul came Back to say he Alcaly that he was gelling a Little tired of erroneous reporting thai has noted his relative Lack of com ment an Quayle since the debate in Omaha neb. This concept that i Sec in some of these reports that am not supportive of Dan Quayle Are absolutely ludicrous he said. They Are ridiculous. He did Well in thai debate. He has my full support. And t a inv a Good decision in selecting the Indiana senator As running mate. The police organi7alion s president Dewey Stokes said earlier thai he was endorsing Bush whom he called the Law enforcement  a news release from the Bush Campaign claimed the support of the 197,000-Pcrson membership of the organization but Stokes acknowledged he was giving Only his personal support no that of the group which has not taken a position. In Houston on saturday Dentson was trying to keep the focus on Quayle. They have chosen a candidate that the image makers and the poll lakers thought could be packaged and sold tothe american people. That s supposed to be the very latest the most productive of tactics by these image makers and it just did t Wash the american people Are not buying in. You have to Nave More substance there than  noting president Reagan s defense of Quayle on Friday bunt san said i think the t received on the dub Aiwas from the Oval office itself when they brought out the great communicator to try to bring about some kind of dam age  Friday in Walls Lon mo., Dukakis attacked the republicans for standing by while foreigners Are buying up Ameri Ca but he mistakenly told workers at a Plant owned by italians that they were survivors in the International Trade  democratic presidential nominee used the Moog automotive co. Plant As the backdrop for a speech blasting Quayle s statement wednesday that he welcomed foreign investment in . Factories business and real  anyone asks you what s at stake in this election just remind them of thai moment in the debate wednesday night when sen. Quayle said he s Happy mat foreign owners Are buying up America Dukakis  be the Republican ticket wants our children to work for foreign owners pay rent to foreign owners and owe id future to foreign owners bul that s not the kind of future Lloyd Dent san and 1and Missouri representative Dick Gep Hardt want for  comments caused one executive at the Plant to ask another whether the democratic presidential candidate realised who the Plant s owners were the Moog family sold the company More than 10 years ago to if int Usa the american subsidiary of if of Turin Italy. If is owned by Ifie Agnelli family which also owns the automaker  adviser Kirk o Donnell said that officials at the Campaign Headquarters were aware of the ownership prior to the event. Another adviser Thomas her Man said thai Dukakis himself was not aware of the company s italian  Bush Campaign look Delight in what spokesman Mark Goodin called Dukakis Gaffe. Down on crack Jerry und Jennifer my Rucle Are to King action on thur own u shut Lon what they claim Are crack Adcul to in Iligir Detroit neighbourhood. The miracles say repeated complaints to police hate failed la him any effect. They Are posting handmade sikhs to Rouse Public support. Sands of time. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 9, 19-18 Secretary of stale George c. Mar shall reassured the scandinavian foreign ministers that the United Stales would nol pressure them Inlo joining a Western military or political Alliance. 30 years ago today1. Oct. 9, 1958 the soviet government ordered lbs to close its Moscow Bureau in retaliation for broadcasting a number of alleged anti soviet shows such As the plot to kill  20 years ago Roday. Oct. 9, 1968 Twenty Stales appealed to the supreme court to overthrow a ruling of a new York circuit court exempting servicemen from state sales lanes on cigarettes and gasoline 10 years ago Roday. ,. Oct. 9, 1978 tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists lined up outside the Turin Cathedral to gel a glimpse of the holy shroud the piece of Linen a incr aled As Christ s burial cloth on the last Day of its Public display. Talks fail to break submarine shipyard strike Washington al1 three Days of Marathon contract negotiations ended Friday night without a Resolution to the 3-month-old strike at the electric Boal shipyard in Croton conn., a manufacturer of Navy nuclear submarines. Labor and company negotiators met with Federal mediators in Washington for about 30 hours since wednesday bul could nut reach an Accord to end the wage Dis Pute. Saturday was Day 100 of the strike. Optic gals at inc Federal mediation and conciliation service said they would be in Contact with both parties but no negotiating sessions were set. Representatives from the sub building division of Genera dynamics corp. Said they Roff Rcd their previous proposal a four year contract with bonuses and a one Lime j percent wage increase. The Iclal trades Council an umbrella group representing All the striking unions had said it wanted a three year contract with 4 percent raises in at least inc second and third years. To a prepared statement inc company said ii appears thai his unnecessary and illegal strike will continue Indel mutely As will the hiring of permanent  the bargaining sessions with the Media Tion service were the first major negotiations since another round of federally mediated talks broke off in August without an agreement. More than 1,Soo of the original 10,000 sinking workers have crossed picket lines and resumed to work  
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