European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Leonard Kos Lalonde in 9th round Page 21 the stars and stripes publication for the a flawed Good Aiti Mingl vol. 47, no. 205 wednesday november 9, 198b a d 8693 a vice president George Bush and his wife Barbara Greet supporters in Houston left photo which challenger Michael Dukakis and his wife Kilty attend a rally in Las Angl is americans turn but to elect leaders Bush leads in polls Dukakis still predicts Surprise by Donald a a Othberg George Bush and Michael Dukakis joined millions of of her americans at the polls monday at the end of their Long presidential Campaign. Bush said "1 feel though pre election surveys showed him leading Dukakis continue to predict a Surprise Victory. Republican Bush and his wife Barbara voted in Houston shortly after sunup. Every. Lime 1 vote Here i feel Ner Vous he told reporters. No he replied when Ai cd about the outcome. Afler two Days of non Stop campaigning including predawn stops Mon Day in Iowa and. Michigan Democrat Dukakis returned to Boston. I think tonight we re not Only going to Surprise a few people but we re going earliest voters favor Bush 34-3 Nixville notch . A voter in Nixville notch favored he publican George Bush aver Democrat Michael Duka Ife 34-3, Early tuesday in he first ballots cast in the 198vpresidential election. The Lawn s 18 registered republicans six democrats and four independents one voter wrote in gop Kemp came out in Sony Windy weather to Tarry on the tradition of casting the nation s first idles just after Midnight town officials tallied the results immediately after the last ballot As placed in the Box inn room at the balsams resort. Located in extreme Northern new Hampshire Nixville notch incorporated Only for the purposes of voting and has been casting the first ballots since the Early 1970s. Before that div Lyle notch competed for the ear Lisl in the Lateon vote with i am location an even smaller Community in new Hampshire s while mountains. More often than not Dij Wilk notch Lias not been a bellwether for the nation although the town voted 29-1 for Ronald re8giuiarrrwblrermandiileiiil984. To be doing the he told sup porters who welcomed him at the air port. I voted far Mike Dukakis and Lloyd Ijen Tsyn and i m proud of it he said after casting his ballot later along with his wife Kitty daughters. Andrea and Kara and son John i come away from All of this even More optimistic about the future of his great country of ours than when started said it sleepless Dukakis who had 3,000 supporters turn out for a 3 am rally in Suberc Ching weather in pcs Moines spirits arc Bright the future looks Good. We re grateful to All of you he told several Hundred people who stood in the rain in Detroit initial reports from around the Coati sea leaders on Back Paga some jews b cd Reavis suit writer some members of the West German jewish com Muncy said they might Boycott wednesday s memo rial sen ice commemorating the both anniversary of Kristal nacht because of a scheduled speech by War German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. See related Story photos on pages 8 and 9. Services across Germany arc being held to Mark the half Century that Hai passed since nov. 9 1938,when Adolf ii Iller s storm troopers drove jews from their Homes shattered their possessions and set fire to synagogues. " ,. Before world War 11, there were 610,000 jews in Germany. About 3.2,000 jews live in West Germany today while the number of practising jews in East Germany is estimated at no More than 600 Kohl was to speak at Frankfurt s newly renovated synagogue. Kohl also was scheduled to open a my scum in Frankfurt that depicts jewish life before and during the holocaust. The source of discontent with his participation in the service at the Frankfurt synagogue is his visit i rec years ago to the military cemetery at Pitburg. West Germany where several members of the nazi elite is were buried along with regular German army members. Kohl and president Reagan too part in a ceremony there that marked the oth Anni pc ursary of German surrender in world War 11. Bit Buryj since has become a Symbol for the jewish Community for to the memory of the holocaust. University professor Micha Brumlik a spokesman for jews protesting Kohl s planned speech in Frankfurt said the ultimate insult is Mohave the same Helmut Kohl who bowed his head to is gravestones in Pitburg clean his slightly soiled Vest on National television while trying to present a different historical image Ignaz Bubis. A spokesman fur the jewish Community in Frankfurt said he was worried that groups opposed to Kohl s appearance might disturb the cer Emony. " ". The Kristal nacht comm Modalion has caused and. for the West German uproar in the bundestag Parira Mcnol was sparked when members decided not to Honor the request of the Green party and allow Heinz Gal i ski the chairman of the jewish Central committee. See speech Ori Back Page
