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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g never judge a spy by his cover Case studies reveal traits Page 2 d teams were All geared up for Rodeo contest Page 3 o Pope urges plan to Cut joblessness Page 9 d dodgers within one game of no Pennant. Sports Page 21 the  authorized unofficial full Catton Fob the . Ahmed Force algerian president promises reforms vol. 47.no. 177 word woday october 12 d 8693 a Algiers Algeria a president Chad i band Jadid promised political a rms in Algeria hours after troops fired machine guns into a crowd of More than 10,000 in the capital. Witnesses said 25 to 30 people were shot to death. Making his first Public appearance since violence erupted a week ago the president said monday night he was bitterly sorry for the material and human losses in he Street violence. My duty As the person with supreme responsibility for this country was to make the decisions necessary to protect the nation whatever the circumstances and whatever he difficulties the president said in a National radio and television speech. We have the courage to recognize our mistakes and to restore the situation. I would like you to help  hours before band Jadid s speech was broadcast troops machine gunned a crowd or More than 10,000 in the Algiers District of Bab cd ouch. Witnesses estimated that 25 to 30 people were killed. Dozens of others were wounded some very seriously. One witness said there were bodies lying around everywhere. The soldiers were piling them into trucks one body on lop of another he said. Surveys show Bush Dukakis virtually even Washington a two surveys re leased monday show republicans George Bush and Dan Quayle in a virtual dead heat with democrats Michael Dukakis and Lloyd bunt san. Related Story Page 4. Quayle was seen in both surveys As having a negative Impact on the results but the Survey by the los Angeles times also showed that Dukakis had a comparable negative rating. The times Survey showed the Republican ticket leading the democrats 441. But when Bush and Dukakis were pitted against each other without their running males Bush led 4 8-39.in an Abc news Washington Post poll Bush had 50 percent to 47 percent for Dukakis. The times poll found that Dukakis had a 45percent unfavourable rating compared with 40 per cent unfavourable rating Tor Quayle. The Abc Post poll in an Effort to assess the Quayle drag among the electorate found that 1 percent of All voters supported Dukakis Only because of their negative feelings about Quayle and 6 percent said Quayle was the major Rea son Tor supporting Dukakis. The Abc Post Survey of 600 Likely voters was conducted nationwide by Telephone from wednes Day through sunday. The times Survey of 893 registered voters was conducted Over the weekend. The times poll was split into two groups to ask the questions about the ticket and the individual presidential contenders. The times poll also found that Bentsyn fur outperformed Quayle in last week s vice presidential debate. Both surveys had 5-Point margins of error. The government has provided no casualty figures but reliable reports from police hospitals and other sources indicate that As Many As 300 have died in the week of unrest. Monday s demonstration was to be a peaceful pro test March organized by the islamic fundamentalist movement for algerian renewal. The organization has demanded that the government resign. It was not immediately Clear How the violence began. Alg Eric Prusse service the official news Agency which has had Little to say about the disturbances reported monday night that the presidential speech had been favourably welcomed in several algerian cities. The Agency said spontaneous marches started in Oran Algeria s second largest City with citizens chant ing Vive Chad i and Chad i the people Are with  aps said there were similar demonstrations in Sidi Bel Abbes and most Ganem in the West and in con slanting in the cast. The Agency reported that cars honked their horns in the streets and people waved flags and shouted from balconies. The demonstrations or approval could not be con firmed but journalists noted in arc was no such move ment in Central Algiers where the atmosphere re see reforms on Back Page suspected terrorist a greek policeman nand cuffs Mohammad a solid 39, wanted by the is. On charges of bombing a Panama jumbo Al in 1982. The blast killed Japa Nese teen Ager and injured is. Story on Page 2. Security tight As tories gather at site of 84 Ira bomb attack Brighton. England a four years after the Irish Republican army blew up her Seaside convention hotel. Prime minister Margaret tha her and her conservative party gathered monday in the same place with the political fundamentals unchanged. Arriving in Brighton on the Csc of the four Day convention Thatcher gazed at the repaired facade of the grand hotel and said her strongest memory from the i oct. 12, 1984, bombing was that the convention started on Lime the following Day and people flooded in. They weren t going to be  Thatcher said she chose to return to the Graceful old victorian hotel because after the incident last time we could not possibly have stayed anywhere  the Ira in a statement to the Irish Media said it sea Security on Back Page police patrol past a Brighton England pier on the Ere of Britain s Cortti Ratlae Parry convention  
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