European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday. October 31,1988 \ Dulckis Camp filled with Confidence pos show demo closing fast on bus Bakersfield Calif. A democratic Nomi Nee Michane Zikakis brimming with Confidence in i surging can Jaid sunday he s got Republican rival George Bush on the run while the Senate minority Leader raised a, the vice president s Promise not to raise taxes. off a Daylong train loth through California s Central Valley Dukakis sounded Tyncie like a front runner than an underdog. She predicted he would overtake Bushuk fore the nov. S election and after weeks of being Hamer Teod by republicans for being a Liberal he defiantly declared yes. I m a Liberal in the tradition of Franklin Roost veil and Harry Truman and John recent Public opinion polls show Dukakis closing fast on Bush in several key Stales including California a must win stale where Dukakis aides said an 11-Pointbush Lead a week ago has shrunk to a virtual tie. Nationwide a time Magazine poll taken last wee showed Bush maintaining a 10-Point Lead. But Duka Kis aides said More recent tracking data showed the Gap has narrowed Loas Little As six Points. Assessing the Campaign and us issues on abcs meet the press sen. Robert Dole r-kan., suggested that Bush s hard and fast Promise nol to raise taxes May be unrealistic. Dole a former gop presidential primary Oppio of the vice president said he believes a Federal Oyer could be worked out next year that would avd in creases in individual income lax rates. But Ofle note that Bush has made a sweeping vow not to Faise Federal revenues. J thai s going to be a hard Iju off to accomplish said Dole a former chairman Torne tax writing Senate finance committee. Mayb Fie can do it. I Hope Pecan i want to help him Ajifu i la be glad to support him and Lead the Effort. But i would t say there s a 100 percent Chance wifi Jusn also wat asked whether Bush was continuing to news briefs Hirohito at lowest Point since beginning of illness Tokyo up1 i Pieror Hirohito s Condi lion deteriorated Sunc a to its lowest poin since the 87-year-old i Narch first fell seriously ill sin weeks ago an in Erial Palace spokesman said. A second blood Transl Tsion tale sunday led Toa slight improvement in he emperor s vital signs and lifted the tense atmosphere at the Palace. Early sunday court physicians battling Large overnight loss Oft Wood gave Hirono nearly three pints of new blood close to half his body s total blood Supply. Despite the massive transfusion the Emper or s blood pressure fell to 84 Over h its lowest level yet by sunday Nahl Palace spokesman Kenji Maeda said. F doctors gave the emf crop a second transfusion of nearly a pint of blood and his blood pressure improved to 12a Over 50. . Team in Best Germany to inspect missile Sites Berlin a a Icin of eight . Inspectors arrived in East Gerry tiny sunday to is Eccl missile Sites covered under a superpower treat scrapping intermediate Range nuclear weapons the state run Media reported. Communist East Ger Many s adn news Agency said the men arrive Dan Leipzig and would inspect former soviet nuclear missile Sites in the next few Days. Soviet inspectors Laveton ducted inspections at several . Missile Szces in West German since the treaty was signed in december. The soviet Union begat removing its missile from East Germany and of Czechoslovakia in february before the . Senie ratified the trealy. Under terms of the Welly the soviet Union and the United states acted to eliminate All land based inner mediate Range nuclear missiles which have a Range of up 1013,100 Miles. The treaty allows for inspections by both sides to verify us terms. Dodge questions which Dole had asked during his primary Campaign about the Iran Contra affair and . Relations with Panama s indicted military Leader Manuel Noriega. Well. I Don t know Dole said. "1 Don know what he docs know. Only he knows and maybe hell Tell us same Bush denied that the polls show him losing ground i Don t think they Are and i m not going to say thing More about it he Lold reporters during Awn to Philadelphia. Bush attended a private mass at Iha pc silence of Cardinal John Krol and Laler visited asian am incan orters in suburban Norris Tower a hic of staff Craig Hujter said the Bush Campaign in i final week on states where the margins close ind funding Ohio California and Illinois. Unlike his bostn41er did not dispute that the races narrow a graft he Sal Fitilis not a matter for concern. I thin Fps to be exp he As you get to the final Days a the Campaign that in Rise going to see some lightning in this race Fulfer Sami bul that s going in use us to work harder Well Nof How ourselves to i Fose the Edge we be had As a Campaign Leah at a boisterous Kickoff rally in Bakers Atni traditionally a conservative stronghold Dukakis id there s Only one train headed Down the right tra he referred to a Simitar whistle Stop tour in 1960 by sen. John f. Kennedy who narrowly beat vice presi Dent Richard Nixon for the presidency thai year. This train like John Kennedy a is ticketed All the Way to the while Dukakis said. Dukakis said his populist economic Appeal is catch ing tire. Or. Bush is coasting we re righting Dukakis s Reading the polls. We re taking our Case to the american asked to Enola Irlis recent surge in inc polls Duka Kis said Coph offic being turned off by Bush s negative and arc turning on to the democratic a message. Top a Are beginning to respond and they feel re the ticket. The democratic ticket their Side and cares very deeply about them their Hopes and their dreams and aspirations he said. We re going to be charging ahead All Over this country and we re going to be taking our message to people everywhere. About jobs and Good schools an drug free schools. About Good health care and housing and about a clean Dukakis held Bush responsible for Republican Campaign literature being circulated in Maryland that Pic tured Dukakis standing next to Willie Horton jr., murderer who raped a Maryland woman and slashed her Fiance Afler he did not return from a Massachusetts prison furlough. The fund raising letter asks am for 1988?" Bush Campaign chairman James a. Baker Iii appearing on the lbs tvs face the repudiated the flier and said it is totally out of Bounds and totally Baker said it was not Bush s fault. You cannot control every party organization a Trouboul the coun try he said. Bush plans to make several television including taping an interview with abcs Tom or Kaw on monday and appearing live on the enc Tow show thursday said spokeswoman Sheila tale v Baker said the Campaign also is considering invitations for Bush and his vice presidential running male. Sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana to be interviewed by lbs Anchorman Dan rather. 2 bombings in North Italy blamed on German speaking separatists Bolzano Italy a bombs exploded Earl sunday outside a Church and a school in Italy s Ethni Cally troubled Alto adige Region and police blame the attacks on German sea Flag separatists. No injuries were said the explosion at san Giuseppe Church in Appiano is Miles outside Bolzano severely damaged. Windows furnishings and the main altar. The blast caused an estimated 1740,000 in damage to the Church which dates Back to 1800 and mainly serves the tiny italian speaking minority in the town of 10,000 people near tie austrian Border. It was the Fin time a Church has been targeted inthe separatist bombing Campaign in the Region also known As South Tyrol. Police said they found a leaflet at the site signed bythe Ein Tirol separatist group. The leaflet written in German called on local residents to demand a plebiscite for an Independent Tyrol and criticized the Bishop of the Bolzano diocese for favouring a mixed ethnic the other attack which occurred about the same time a bomb went off outside a school for italian speakers in Bolzano. Mrs. Marcos from p and hugged v husband who was brought out of the couple in a wheelchair. Both were seen nuking away tears in a parting that was video recorded by Marcos aides. The Jet landed at Newark International Airport in was set. Nearby new Jersey where reporto Sand about 40 sup porters remained behind a game out of sight from mrs. Marcos. Orsome people of Philip Fine background wailed close to two hours on Alf Windy morning saying they were there to shy Reneir loyalty to the Marc oses. Indicted wifi the Marc oses was saudi financier Adnan Kofl Scoggi who is accused of acting As a from for Macias to help divert assets and hide his ownership of for estate and Art. No court Dale for his appearance 50 sow pp0festers arrested Jast 30 peo i on sunday people whoa inc Hospi l beliefs a Moscow a police a Refl. Pie who gathered in Moscow and Leoto demand Freedom for several Tob _ they say remain in prison Camji find Syb Las where they were sent Muse of dissident source said. A the protests tested official tolerance just docs after soviet official Reloj Felly promised to release remaining political Ufi sonars and some members ovens supreme soviet or National parliament broke to tradition for me first Lime in memory and Vot against tougher measures to combat demonstrations. Yuri Mai Yundov a spokesman in Moscow for the democratic Union said Leningrad police arrested 36 protesters who gathered near Kazan Cathedral along Nevsky were arrested for holding candles and Reading poetry,1 said mily nov whose group Calls itself a alternative to the soviet communist party. At least 14 people were arrested in Moscow he violence was reported in either City. A new paramilitary Force formed to control demonstrations Bas violently broken up several Decem protests by the demo cratic Moscow several Hundred people buffeted by wind and Snow milled around across the Street from Pushkin Square. Uniformed police and members of a new paramilitary Force urged the crowd to move on but they did not interfere in the heated political Dis " missions that broke out
