European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 8, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Gray eagles aiding third world nations new York not the thought struck Richard i. Stilwell after he re tired As an army general in 1976 hat Many old soldiers might like himself not do willing 10 fade away. Stilwell. Who Wen on to serve Forn Lime As Deputy under Secretary of de sense for policy suggested that pensioners from All branches of the Mili tary could be induced without pay to help train the armed forces of Friendly third world nations. Out of this grew a r or profit organization the Gray eagles. By Early this year the general had not Only convinced the government that his concept was workable,.but he also said 850 former members of the military not Content to receive their retirement checks and vegetate on the porch had volunteered. The total is now 2,500 everybody from a Buck sergeant to a major general and at least 20 countries have expressed interest in receiving a Cir help reports Herbert y. Schandl or a retired colonel who is helping to organize the Gray eagles. They re ready to go to says of the candidates we be got everything from mess sergeants to orthopaedic sur  about 2 percent Are women he says. We re still working Wilh the department of defense to pull some assignments together Schandler says. Those chosen will serve up to four months and the Host country will pay their expenses he adds. South and Central american coun tries some nations in Africa and others in the far East have told . Security officials that they Are interested in the program the colonel says. The Gray eagles now operating largely out of Schandler s Home in Mcuan va., is moving to establish itself As a permanent group Wilh its own of fice. A Board of directors has been named he says and a fund drive is just getting under Way. If party officials worry about getting out the vote by he associated fro Arkansas republicans arc concerned about voters who would rather Hunt Deer than go to the pelts. In California officials worry that the lengthy ballot will keep people away and Oil whomans think the negative tone of the presidential race has simply turned voters off. With Only half of eligible voters expected to turn out for tuesday s balloting when a president vice president 33 senators and 433 House members Wilt be chosen republicans and democrats alike arc keenly aware that getting people to vote will be their no i Challenge. We Slart Wilh the Assumption that there will be a Low voter turnout and then we build our program from that Point upward said Bonnie Campbell Lawa democratic chairwoman. In Iowa As elsewhere political parties unions and other group Are running phone Banks to reach ii 6 voters As Well As party faithful As usual workers will hand out leaflets arrange for babysitting and escort people to the polls. In Arkansas where he Deer Hunting season opened saturday republicans mounted a direct mail Campaign encouraging Hunters to get an Absentee ballot if they won t be Back from Hunting in time for the elec Tion. The National Rifle association has saturated a Kansas and a dozen other slates with ads depicting democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis As a gun control advocate who would disarm sportsmen a charge Dukakis denies. Coalition 88, a group of Gays and others who want two California aids initiatives Defeated will have hundreds of volunteers on election pay erecting human Bill boards in to major intersections in los Angeles urging voters Roget out and turn Down the two propositions. Both parties arc conducting massive drives for the slate s 13.5 million registered voters but worry about the dampening effect of a ballot with nine state Initia Tives and possibly hundreds of local measures i m very concerned that people Wil be confronted Wilh Long Linn at the polls get Early results from the East coast and Absentee ballots and say what the Heck. I won t vote " said Bob Naylor Ifica California gop chairman trial s not the Case in Utah however where three lax limitation initiatives Are seen As the biggest Hope of getting voters to the polls. A Maryland gun con Irol referendum that s the subject of an expensive aka Campaign is projected to increase voter turnout in thai slate by 2 percent to 3 percent. But nationwide Public interest groups predict that Only 50 percent or less of the eligible voters will turn out one of the lowest percentages this Century und Down from the 1984 figure of 53 percent. Electoral College votes by state 1988 elections reasons vary but Laws requiring registration several Days or weeks before the election Are blamed by Many critics. In other countries registration is done automatically through the mails. Many voters also May simply be uninterested in the presidential race and fed there is no inspiring Candi Date or compelling Issue. In slates such As Alabama where there is no race for governor . Senate or a major a Alehouse Post officials expect Many voters to slay Home. Oklahoma officials Are equally pessimistic blaming the Tenor of the presidential race. There is More negative campaigning than there was four years ago and 1 think it might affect the turnout says Lance Ward Secretary of the state election Board. Bill Bullard state democratic chairman says the presidential Campaign has been so negative a lot of people Are turned oft1," but parties and special interest groups Are still trying. " on election eve in new York City volunteers from Jesse Jackson s keep Hope alive voter registration Campaign will go to the places where they found some of the 330,000 new voters hospitals projects discos and remind them to vote the Al Cir will have 500,000 volunteers Oul on election Day a majority of  states with the most Union members which also happen to be states with big electoral votes. The Union has a computer information Bank that lets volunteers know How to reach 13 million members. In new Mexico the of Lucio is dispatching buses to meet Carlsbad Potash miners getting off work to take them directly to the polls. V in Arizona opponents of a proposed amendment to the state Constitution to make English Arizona s offi Cial language Are conducting a major get out the vote Campaign focused primarily on hispanic neighbor hoods. Couple s split ticket Yard May Cost husband a vote Cedar Springs Mich. Jaw mayor John Teusink and his wife. Cam Are divided Over who should be elected president and so is the front Yard of their Home. Their Yard is split Dawn the Middle into his and her halves. His Side on the Riihl. Is planted Wilh a Bush Quayle sign. Her Side on the left bears a Dukakis Bentsen sign. We have about three or four Lively discussions Aday and we re still married said longtime Republican John Teusink 4s, a biology professor at Aquinas College and a City Council member in this Community North of grand rapids. Cam teusink47, a Secretary and member of the City planning commis Sion said she abandoned her traditional gop loyalties this year i decided i was fed up with the re publicans and i was going to vote demo cratic this year she said. And 1 wanted it to be known that 1 was going to Vole democratic.". She said she knows democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis is inc underdog but i have a weak spot for the underdog y. What you lend to be is Gullible retorted her husband a staunch supporter of Republican Nomine George Bush that kind of talk could Cost John Teu sink at least one. Vote even though he s running unopposed for re election to the City Council. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. A .1948 president Truman refused an invitation from the Washington Post to attend a Crow banquet at which he would  Turkey while Topse reporters and pollsters who predicted Bis defeat would be served Crow. " 30 years ago foe a. Nov. 8. 1958 the 21 men marooned on an ice Island in inc Arctic Ocean were rescued from their scientific station by an air Force c-123 transport and taken to Ladd fab in Fairbanks Alaska. 7 20 years ago today.,. Nov. 8, 1968 Beate Klarsfeld a German bom French citizen was Given a one year prison sentence by a West Berlin court for punching West German Chancellor. Kurt  m a political convention in West Berlin. 10 years ago today nov. 8, 1978 officials of the army and air Force Exchange service denied implications of a major scandal in the organization s retail store operations As reported by la Dallas morning news