European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 22,1988 the stars and stripes pages Dukakis stresses need for exposure Bush vows of produce chemical weapons ban by the associated press with 18 Days until the election Democrat Michael Dukakis said on network talk shows Friday that he is counting on More to exposure to give voters a Bel Ter sense of to 1 George hush declared that he wants to be remembered As the president who helped ban chemical , who has been campaigning for More than a year and a half said voters arc Only now beginning to focus in and make their decisions. He said he was cautiously optimistic about his chances though we re behind a Little polls have shown him trailing the Republican vice president. He has been striking Back harder at Bush s allegations in recent Days and he complained anew Friday on lbs this morning that i be been subject to attacks and american people Are not Happy with this Campaign he said on Abc s Good morning Hope Ihra ugh interviews like this people will have a better sense of who i am he said on , he delivered a Tough anti drug message in a Church in Harlem saying our determination to win this War should know no bound. But that in t going to happen with an administration that has fought and loss the has repeatedly called Bush ineffective As head of the Reagan administration s Elbrt to reduce inc flow of drugs into the United Friday the Dukakis Campaign said in would begin airing two new television ads hat accuse Bush of distorting Dukakis record on prison furloughs and defense. In Toledo on Friday Bush spoke out strongly against this terrible Scourge of chemical weapons said they had been used in the Iran Iraq War and spelled out Ste she said could Lead loan effective ban. He proposed making nations guilty of chemical warfare pay a heavy Penally. The censure of All he called Foron site inspection of suspicious facilities or plans and lightening controls on the Iran Leroy chemical Inch ology and weapons. If i m elected president if i m remembered for anything it would be this a Complete and total ban on chemical weapons Bush his speech Al the University of to Ledo. Bush also put i n a plug for the strategic defense initiative a space based system designed to shoot Down ballistic missiles and made a slap at do Kajj saying the last thing we or Pur allies need at a Lime when ballistic missiles Are proliferating is someone who regards strategic defense As a fraud or a elsewhere Friday president Reagan returned to the Campaign Trail on behalf of Bush saying in remarks prepared for delivery in Bowling Oreen ky., that Rush has shown How to keep a Cool George Bush and Michael Dukakis Greet Eart other under the eyes of Cardinal John a o Connor at the annual Alfred e. Smith dinner in new York. Head in hot democratic running mate Lloyd Bent sen was Back in his native Texas trying to secure that stale s 29 electoral votes and mixing pro education appearances with re Marks attacking what he called gop distortions of Hal he and Dukakis stand for. Peace broke out briefly thursday nigh Between inc two presidential Candi dates who appeared jointly at the Alfred e. Smith Charity dinner in new York a stale where republicans said Dukakis once Strong support is shaky. Bush travelled to the new York cily Borough of Queens on thursday to receive police endorsements and to Campaign m a democratic neighbourhood. Along with the badge of a slain officer came the endorsement of about 30 police organizations including the 40.000-Mcmberpolice benevolent association of new York cily. In s time for America to take Back the streets Bush said. An orbiting Denver Wou in f just sing cosmonaut says Washington a american Singer John Denver is Welcome to Fly aboard a soviet spacecraft but the cosmonauts Hope he will do something besides bring his guitar and sing. Cosmonaut Alexander Alexandrov who has made two space journeys and spent a total of310 Days in Orbil says that it is the practice of the soviet Union to Fly representatives of Many countries on Board the Mir space station. That he said would include someone from the United Stales including Denver. Denver announced recently that he soviets have said he could Fly aboard a soviet Craft and spend time on the Mir space station if he would pay a fee of $ id million and undergo training. Alexandrov was on tour Wilh Apollo astronaut Russell l. Schweickart to promote a Book for the association of space explorers. Family of Mia gets $632,000 for distress caused by air Force Bills to Benefit veterans await Reagan s approval Pensacola Fla. A a Federal judge awarded $632,000 thursday to inc family of a missing Vietnam War officer shot Down in Laos ruling the air Force caused severe emotional distress for mis identifying Bone fragments As his remains in 1985. La. Col. Thomas Han Iii was shot Down on a Mission in december 1972. After a search in 1985, the air Forte told his wife Anne that it recovered her husband s re Mains. She refused to accept the identification which was based on Small Bone fragments. She battled the air Force to win an Independent evaluation. The probe found the fragments were insufficient to prove the identities of most of the crash victims and mrs. Hart successfully sued the government. She is pleased this Case is going to serve As a precedent for the families of other Southeast Asia War veterans said her attorney fran Frick. It will afford them some Protection against the same thing happening to Money has never been the Issue said mrs. is no amount of Money that can undo the damage that has been done to my family. But we might keep the Sands of time government from doing this again to another in january senior . District judge Winston Arnow ruled mrs. Hart suffered severe emotional Dis Tress but delayed the Issue of damages until this month s he awarded mrs. Hart her daughter Gillian both of Pensacola and it. Col Hart s Mother Vera Lee Hart of live Oak 1632,000, saying distress was attributed to government misconduct Frick said. Gillian Hart and Vera acc Hart will get j 125,000 each. Arnow said Anne Hart suffered 1500,000 in emotional distress but reduced inc award by 25 percent saying not All her problems were linked to the military. Mrs. Hart was working thursday As a Volunteer Al the local veterans facility Frick said. This has never been a win or lose situation for her the attorney said. What the government has done has ruined her life. No amount of Money is going to give her Back what she s Hart was one of 16 people aboard the ac-130 gunship shot Down Over Laos. Two crewmen survived bul Hart was listed As missing in action. Washington a the Senate sent a pair of Bills providing new rights and benefits for veterans to president Reagan thursday. The Bills Grant veterans the right to have courts review denial of Benefit Deci Sions and provide a series of Cost of Liv ing increases in a variety of veterans administration payments. A third veterans Bill sent to Reagan this week would elevate the veterans administration 10 Cabinet status. The department of veterans affairs would be the 14th seat in inc Cabinet. The review Bill permits veterans forthe first time in 170 years to have Feder Al courts review a denials of benefits. The Bill creates a new . Court of veterans appeals and abolishes the cur rent Board of veterans appeals that panel is part of inc a and is now the last resort for veterans unhappy Wilh decisions rejecting their claims. The legislation increasing benefits pro Vides that 2.2 million veterans Wilh serv ice connected disabilities and 310,000 widows and orphans will receive the same 4.1 percent Cost of living increases paid social Security recipients. The Senate s action came on voice Voles. The House cleared the Bills wednesday. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 22, 1948 a new York bound dutch Airliner hit a High voltage Power line in an Early morning fog near or Siwick Scotland and burs into flames killing 39 of the 40 people aboard. 30 years ago today. Oct. 22. 1958 the supreme court declared unconstitutional a Louisiana stale Law requiring separate Public recreation facilities for Blacks and whiles. 20 years ago today. Oct. 22, 1968 a Vatican spokesman announced that Jacqueline Kennedy would be Cut off from the sacraments of the Catholic Church because of her marriage to Aristotle Onassis a divorced greek orthodox. 10 years ago today. Oct. 22, 1978 arriving in Moscow Secretary of state Cyrus Vance said he was optimistic thai the United Stales and soviet Union would conclude a strategic arms limitation pact by inc end of the year
