European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday october 24,1988 demos Call Bush Campaign and racist by the associated press Lloyd Bentsyn and the Rev. Jesse Jackson accused Republican nominee George Bush s Campaign sunday of injecting racism into the presidential Campaign by pounding Democrat Michael Dukakis Over the Massachusetts prison furlough Issue. A Bush spokesman said the charge was absolutely ridiculous and stems from desperation politics Dukakis attended a breakfast in bos ton with Jackson and eight other Black political leaders who pledged to support inc Massachusetts governor s Campaign in the remaining two weeks before the nov. 8 election. Then Dukakis Lew via Wisconsin to California on monday for a full Day  for thai crucial slate s 47 electoral Voles. Bush and his running mate sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana loot a respite from campaigning at their Washington Homes. The Tenor and substance of the of ticket s Campaign advertising on television dominated the political dialogue sunday. Bentsen the democratic vice presidential candidate Lold a television inter viewer he thought the Bush Campaign was making a racist Appeal by focusing in Willie Morton jr., a Black convicted murderer who escaped in 1986 from a Massachusetts prison furlough. In 1987, Morton brutally stabbed a while Man from Maryland and twice raped his Fiancee. Morton currently is imprisoned in Maryland. In Boston Jackson avoided the word racist but he said the Horton Case was one of several rather ugly race conscious signals sent out by the Bush Campaign. The use of the Willie Horton exam ple is designed to create the most Horri ble psychosexual fears Jackson said. The furlough and with Black and Brown faces rotating in and out of jail the use of the Jackson Dukakis ticket Symbol ism which is distortion referring to me As a Chicago Hustler. There have been a number of rather ugly race conscious signals sent from that  but Bush Campaign spokesman Mark Goodin said that for Bentsen and Jack son to insinuate that the furlough Issue has racial overtones is absolutely ridiculous and stems from desperation poli tics Hurricane Joan switches oceans gets new name san Salvador Al Salvador api Hurricane Joan after killing More than 100 people in a six Day rampage across the Caribbean started moving up the West coast of Centra America sunday under a new name Miriam. Joan thrashed Nicaragua for 24 hours and left 300,000 people homeless As it crossed the coun try from Atlantic to Pacific its 125-Mph winds weakening to tropical storm strength along the Way. But when it reached the warm Waters of the Pacific it began to strengthen again and move up the coast past Honduras and Al Salvador. Forecasters gave it the new name from the 1988 list for Pacific storms and said it could become the first Atlantic Hurricane to gain the same status in the Pacific. Joan left a tremendous Trail of destruction through Nicaragua Costa Rica and Panama. At least 50 were dead in Nicaragua 21 in Cost Arica and four in Panama. Hundreds were miss ing. Repair from Page 1 said this weapon system is not fully mature so it is not valid to compare it to those that  he added that All but a few of the a lbs could be launched if a wartime crisis were to  but Aspin said the air Force says the by b has been ready to go to War for two Yean but when it comes to pinning the sender Down on some of the plane s prob lems the answer is the plane is still just a kid. Cfrank also said the service wanted to Fly the plane More but had been restricted by the democratic controlled Congress. In fiscal year 1938, Congress specifically Cut the a i flying hours by 30 percent Defrank said. The air Force flew All 19,000 lying hours allotted and could have flown More if they had been  the by program killed by president Carter 11 years ago after the first four by As were built was resurrected in 1981 by president Reagan who said 100 of the swing Wing planes were needed As replacement for the aging b-52s in America s Fleet of atomic bomb arc Keagan pledged that All 100 planes would be Pur classed by 19ss at a Cost of 126 billion. Pentagon from Page 1 army finance and accounting Center Indianapolis ind., 46246-0001. Phone . Civilian 317 542-3202 or Alovon 699-3202.navy la. Glenn Ware jag Navy code 12200 Stovall st., Alexandria. A 22332.2400. Phone . Civilian 202-325-97s2 or Alovon 221 9752. Marine corps copt Christo Vassiler he usic code Jal Legal assistance office Washington . 20380-0001. Phone . Civilian 202-694 3886 or Auto on 224-3886.air Force the air Force has not yet designated a single Point of Contact. Air Force officials said members should Contact their base accounting and finance Legal or personnel offices for further information. Wholes balk at using cleared Trail Barrow Alaska a two whales trapped by ice walked sunday at following a narrow escape route of breathing holes in the ice that Chain saw wielding eskimos had Cut. A National guard helicopter also hammered at the ice with a five ton chunk of Concrete but the whales were still More than three Miles from open water with a massive ice rid a in Between and a wind shift threatening to push tee around them and trap hem further. Rescuers said that even if everything went As planned it would be at least wednesday night be fore they could get the whales As far As the Ridge. While High technology equipment poured into Barrow during the weekend eskimos using chainsaws and Strong backs made the most Progress at freeing the California Gray whales from the tiny natural ice Hole where they have been stranded since ice moved into the water two weeks ago before they could Migrate South. About two dozen natives hacked 34 breathing holes saturday for a total of about 60 holes extend ing More than Ivi Miles from where three whales were stranded. The smallest and youngest of the whales named Bone disappeared Friday night and was presumed dead. Jusi As the tedious Hole cutting hit its stride the whales walked advancing Only a few Hundred feet past a Large opening where they spent Friday night and most of saturday. While Marine biologists called the whales Bone crossbeam am Donnel the eskimos have named the two survivors sikh or ice and put ice Hole. The vanished whale they named Knik one of 28 Eskimo words Tor Snowflake Justice o Connor recovering Washington up . Supreme court jus Tice Sandra Day o Connor remained in Good condition sunday two Days after undergoing breast cancer sur Gery at Georgetown University Hospital court spokeswoman Toni House said. House said it was not known exactly when o con nor would be released from the Hospital but added my impression is she s going to be in the Hospital for a few More  o Connor 58, the Only woman Ever to serve on the highest court said after the operation Friday that her prognosis is for total recovery and i do not anticipate missing any Oral  the nine member court is in the Middle of a two week recess and Oral arguments Are scheduled to re sume oct. 31. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women the american cancer society says with about one in 10 women developing the disease most often in their 40s and 30s, o Connor was selected for the supreme court by president Reagan in july 1981 to replace the retiring Justice Potter Stewart who has since died. She was sworn in sept. Is 1981. Hostage from Page 1 Ibrahim Rizkallah 36, was charged with carrying ,000 in counterfeit . Bills and so Grams of he Roin police said. She was jailed in Milan the Rome daily la rep Botica said Ang Hussa had ties to the . Drug enforcement  . Embassy refused comment on the report. Police were still checking sunday to see if the photo graphs of Terry Anderson Alann Steen and another Man were originals said Finoli. Police also asked . Authorities Tor samples of seen s handwriting to authenticate the letter bearing his name Finoli said. The third photograph originally was believed to be of hostage Thomas Sutherland. However authorities later decided they were unsure and were still examining the picture Finoli said. The identification of Ang Hessa added a new twist to the Case which police first described saturday. Italian Media speculated that an Ghessi May have been acting As a go Between in efforts to free hostages held in Lebanon. Police refused to comment on his role. Ang Hessa 44, who has dual Swiss italian nationality was arrested a year ago following the seizure of a lebanese cargo ship off ban in Southern Italy. Police said the ship was carrying drugs and weapons for use by the mafia and Middle East radicals linked to pales Tinian terrorist Leader Abu Nidal. The Case was dubbed Italy s Ira Gate scandal by italian Media after investigating magistrates said the cargo was part of a ring that also delivered italian mines to Iran via Syria. Ang Hessa was charged with organizing groups for illegal Export of weapons International drug Traffick ing and organizing an armed band for terrorist Pur poses. However the charges were later dropped. Rizkallah said she was a courier and denied knowing anything about the photos the letter or other documents written in italian that were hidden in her suit Case police said. Authorities were still Irving to decipher the documents which appeared to be m code Finoli said. The letter bearing seen s name was written in English and expressed thanks to everyone who was working for his liberation Finoli said. The lebanese woman arrived at Milan s Linale air port on thursday on a Middle East airlines flight from Beirut she told police an italian Man was to receive the photographs and documents. Police traced Ang Hessa through a Telephone number in the woman s purse newspapers said. Newspapers also said the woman told police the heroin was to be delivered to a different Man. Finoli said the woman Lold them she was a Maroni Dechristian guerrilla until last year. She has a lebanese passport but was bom in Jordan police said. Maronite Are a Western oriented group that opposes pro iranian fundamentalist factions like those holding the . Hostages. Anderson and Sutherland Are held by islamic jihad while Steen s kidnapping has been claimed by the islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine. Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press is the longest held foreign hostage i Lebanon. He was kidnapped on March 16,198s. Sutherland acting Dean of agriculture at the Ameri can University of Beirut was abducted three months later. He is from fort Collins Colo. Steen. Of Boston was kidnapped on Jan. 24,19s7, at Binil University College where he taught. There Are nine americans held by pro iranian extremist factions linked to Hezbollah or party of cod. Others believed held Are three britons an irishman and an italian