European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday october 20,19bb Dukakis vows to generate Trade surplus United press International Michael Dukakis mining for critical midwestern Voles As the presidential Campaign entered its final three weeks promised tuesday to turn the huge , Trade deficit into a surplus during his first term. Toughening his warning that Republican George Bush it elected would Aid the Rich the Democrat said we be got to end the Republican Rainbow coalition of red Ink for our children Pink slips for our workers Green mail for Sharp operators on Wall Street and Golden Parach utes for top corporate  Bush now running As Many As 17 Points ahead of the Massachusetts governor in the latest Abc Wal Street journal poll also campaigned in the Midwest and cautioned against gop overconfidence Between now and nov. 8. The vice president praising the trend in .-soviet relations under president Reagan at Westminster col lege in Fulton mo., said the Iron curtain Over East pm Europe that Winston Churchill described in a 1946 speech on the same Campus is a rusting  shafts of Light from the Western Side Bur Side the free and prosperous Side Are piercing the gloom of failure and despair on the other Side he said. The Peoples of Eastern Europe the Peoples of the soviet Union itself Are demanding More Freedom demand ing their place in the  he also said that despite his Lead we re going to Light Tike an undergo and any Campaign aides who get cocky and overconfident will be fired. We re not going to lighten up Bush said As he news briefs officer s killed in a Jefe 2 others Ion car crash mrs. Rutledge was Active in programs. She forms baked Cool helped on a com on Foster care. She also was scout chapter Ai of defense Ofeldman said. A . Wednesday British of crashes Florenne a Belgium is the wife of a Florenne a officer and two belgians were killed late Satui Lay in a iwo car collision an air Force spokes Man said tuesday Norma j. Kuledge 35, was pronounced dead at St. Vincent s to Ileal in Dinant Belgium after the crash of lift car she was driving on Highway n-97, capt Jura Feldman said. The passengers in attic Rul Lodge vehicle Cape. Daniel c. Rutledge and 12-year-old daughter Jennifer also were i Ken to St. Vincent s. Rul Lodge was treated an released and his daughter was listed in Good o edition tuesday Feldman said. Ruic dec is chief if disaster preparedness for the 485th tac Missi Wing. The names of the belgians and other details concerning the Acci Lent were not immediately available. Native of Bloomington 111., of air Force Volunteer stripes for airmen s uni for night Shin workers Ity Chili Wagon and worked Vot cd Wilh the local Girt Rte cities at the department ends school at Florenne was scheduled for 3 30 the base. Fighter Jet bring training West Germany a a Iet crashed during a routine Day and the two Man Crew Ries after bailing out officials phantom Jet plunged i near Polle about 120 Miles hol Mindl British f-4 fight training flight to suffered minor inlaid the Royal Aii into a wooded a Northeast of Fra they Are under going medical examination in a German Hospital now but we believe their injuries were not serious a spokeswoman said. There were no casualties on the ground according to both British and West German police spokesmen. Police said the pilots were taken by helicopter to a nearby Hospital. The British military spokeswoman said the Crew look the usual precautions to steer the troubled Jet away from residential areas before bailing out the plane was not carrying live ammunition she said. She said the Jel was not on a Low level training flight and apparently developed engine trouble. Departed for Fulton. We re going to slay right Down to the wire. I remember coming out of the feb. 8 caucuses in Iowa when i was Down fought Back and i m going to Fth just exactly like that every Inch of the Way and in find anybody telling up in my Campaign they re  monday Dukakis disputed the findings of the poll which showed Bush leading 55 percent to 38 percent arguing there Are other polls that say very different things about where we Are and where the race is. It s very tight and it s a real horse  Dukakis at Western Michigan University in Kala Mazoo told about 1,100 students that he and sen. Lloyd Bentsyn of Texas would reverse the trend that has taken the United states from the world s largest creditor to the world s largest debtor in the eight Yeara of Republican leadership. In the first four Yean of the Dukakis Bentsen administration Well turn that Trade deficit Back into a Trade surplus and reclaim those jobs for american workers Dukakis said. Student Lisa Minott cheered by other students interrupted Dukakis with her own words to prod the Democrat to toughen his approach. The difference Between George Bush and me boils Down to Dukakis said and Minolta shouted you re real and he s  Dukakis began i m Here today and Minot shouted to take your gloves Oft and hit  in a related development Jesse Jackson Dukakis chief rival during the primaries defended himself against suggestions that be has Only lukewarm support for the democratic ticket. On cbs1 this morning,"1 Jackson said the Massachusetts governor can count on Blacks the party s most Loyal voting bloc and hispanic be cause our civil right Are  air Force Jet crashes near in Curlik a by the Stan and stripes an aft Force f-16 crashed tuesday in a Field about 27 Miles fun Host of in Ciurlik a near Adana Turkey a base spokeswoman said. The Pilot list it. Charles Corey from the 613th tac fighter so Torrejon a Spain ejected and was not injured in tit la 30 . Accident tech. Sgt Marty Davis said. The aircraft do temporary duty at in Ciurlik from the401st tac fighter Kwing at Torrejon Spain was on a training Mission a rfcs Trie Accident occurred. No one on the ground was injured and there was no damage to per Sonal property Davis  plane was the seventh us. F-16 to crash in Europe this year. All the others were in West Germany. One crashed on oct. 12 while on approach to Hahn a two collided near Minz on june 29, killing one Pilot one crashed near Karlsruhe also on june 29 one crashed near  80 Miles Southwest of Frankfurt on april 18tbnd one crashed on March 31 in the Village of Farst a fear Karlsruhe killing the Pilot and one Man on the ground. Congress from Page 1 endorsed last fall by i in 1981 pledging to arts ends of Energy Erans affairs was next Reagan who came to Washin abolish two Cabinet posts the and education. With a s28 billion budget Sacco behind the department of defense the veterans adminis Lvalion employs 250,000 people and oversees rtt hospitals and hundreds of other clinics and nursing hates. The congressional budget office Efcic rated thai it would of that converting the a into a Cabinet Dep Cost $33 million Over five years the Bif Gesi Cost going for changing signs on a building the Cabinet addition received Little sup part in a study last year by experts of the National Aca my of Public administration. In but each chamber gave the Bill overwhelm Proval reflecting the lobbying Power of the Maji tonal veterans organizations in an election year. Veterans will no longer have to go through the door of the White House to focus the press attention on their problems said rep. . "5. Montgomery d-miss., chairman of the House Reler ans affairs committee and a Champion of Tal status for Xheva. Both the Cabinet measure and the Biltof nailing veterans limited Access to the courts and a Tom Eye were hailed As historic and Long of due instatement by leaders of the three Maiorff Wertans organizations the american legion the Peprans of for eign wars and the disabled american Vrans. The judicial up View provision subject to the expected concurrence of the House would repeal civil War Era statutory prohibitions thai have denied Veter ans Access to Ibe courts to Challenge the bureaucracy final decision affecting their welfare a right Given almost Alt other  repealed in part would be a limit of $10 on the fee that lawyers can legally charge veterans to represent them Bijj re the  fee ceiling which has effectively barred Veter ans from obtaining the service of lawyers to prosecute their f Aims stemmed originally from the View that Purlous lawyers would overcharge successful is. Denying them the full benefits due them for f to their  the Senate Bill veterans could pay  Pecl reasonable attorney fees for Legal representation tin appeals Only. Contingency fees to lawyers who win retroactive benefits for Veteran clients will be limited to 20 percent payable directly by the new veterans f department. The veterans administration has Long opposed lining either ban contending that is procedures for working out claims Are non adversarial mid favor veterans. Recent congressional testimony however has Dis closed that under pressure to Clear benefits cases quickly has caused thousands of veterans claims to receive no action or to be prematurely denied sometimes without notice to the claimant of available appeals. The a s appeals procedure also came under criticism As violating due  judicial review Bill would create a court of veterans appeals with three to seven judges appoint by the president for 1 5-year terms and authorized to new veterans Benefit rulings Only after they have cleared the Agency s own Board of veterans a Fleet from Page 1 / lion is who will Clear them. Ichrist 57. Has been both dip mat and military offi cer during his three year tenure at the Central come based at Maidul fab in Florida the command began As a one time ready reaction Force and now adminis ters . Military affairs in 19  area also encompasses the Gulf where danger to shipping from the eight year Iraq Iran War prompted last year s massive naval buildup by the United states and live european  said the commitment to protect ships has enabled Washington to establish belter diplomatic ties and closer cooperation and coordination militarily with Gulf Arab governments. We be moved  he said. They were absolutely convinced we were going to Cut and run. We did to most Arab states Are cod toward Lite United states be cause Ofui pro Israel stance and rarely Praise . Policy. But Crl said Washington had won friends in the Gulf. The Judon t wont the russians in. They like the America. We re not colonial we re not overbearing he mid. In working with americans they be gained a loft Giorc Confidence in their own capabilities that they disc t have before he added. Although musing to allow . Bases on their Terri tory Kuwa immedi Arabia Bahrain and Oman quietly have  support facilities for the Navy which Crist said a could not have done without. The Navy recely ended close escort of the kuwaiti tankers. But Cut bid its ships will have traditional Protection As Long to Kuwait complies with . Maritime and tax Laws. Crist said the mine threat is serious to the Northern Gulf where both belligerents sowed mines. Other . Officers have said there May be As Many As 200 left. He said six . Mine sweepers were probably the last capability be would remove. Some european Nav ies already Are withdrawing theirs and it s unclear whether the United states Wol wind up with the mine Clearing task he said. That decision May fall to army it Gen. Hnorman Schwarzkopf who is scheduled to succeed Crist at the Central come on nov. 23