European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday november 10,19bb president elect Bush begins work from Page 1 the House for a 262-173 advantage there. In addition to designating Baker a successor to Secretary of stale George Shultz Bush chose his chief of staff Craig Fuller and his pollster Robert Teeter As co directors of his transition. Sheila tale his Campaign press Secre tary was Given the same role for the transition. The vice president predicted a major turnover in personnel from the Reagan administration which he said would re indigo talc the with a How to the Man he has served Tor eight years Bush said "1 Nole the obvious president Reagan is still the president of the United Stales and 1 will not be using the transition Loiry to maker unduly influence decisions that arc properly the presidents after a Campaign in which Many Vot ers expressed dismay Over their Choice Between Bush and Dukakis the presi Dent did vowed As soon As his Victory was Clear tuesday night to work for the respect of those who opposed him and moved to spell out some of his plans for his presidency. Bush was up Early wednesday despite late night celebrating and he went la St. Martin s episcopal Church in Houston with family and friends. Leaving his hotel he called out that he Felt just when a questioner suggested he would face problems in he Senate now More firmly in democratic hands he replied simply a few problems later wednesday he was returning to Washington to talk Over the election and the future with Reagan in the Oval office. Bush won the election convincingly the third straight Republican presiden tial Victory but he fell Short of the 49 state sweep by Reagan four years ago. That was Little Consolation Tor the democrats who now have lost five of the last six presidential elections. He will be our president and Well work with him Dukakis said tuesday night in a gracious yet unbowed conces Sion speech. God knows there s lots of work to do said the Republican president elect looking ahead to next january when he will succeed Reagan after eight Yean As Loyal understudy. The people have spoken he told cheering supporters in Houston. And with a full heart and with great Hopes i thank All of the people throughout Amer Ica who have Given us this great Victory. To those who supported me 1 wit try to be worthy of your Trust. And. To those that did not i will try to earn Bush became the first sitting vice president to win the presidency since demo crat Martin Van Buren in 1836. An Omi Nous note for Bush Van Buren was Defeated Cor re election. According to surveys of voters As they left polling places a big Factor working for Bush was the continued popularity of his Boss. Dukakis closed out his Campaign with an exhausting 48-hour race from state to state with no break for sleep. All the same he was out Power walking on elec Tion Day and when he appeared before supporters for his Concession speech they chanted 92. 92, 92, 92." the weary candidate looked not quit ready to plunge into the next presidential Campaign the Man he beat for the democratic nomination Jesse Jackson said wednes Day our next political season really docs begin Bui Jackson appear ing on lbs this morning quickly added it s much Loo Early to talk about1992 Bush and Dukakis ended their Campaign noteworthy for its bitterness with words of conciliation and cooperation. Bush said he had received a Call from Dukakis and 1 want you to know he was most gracious. His Call was personal it was genuinely Friendly and it was in the great tradition of american Dukakis also referred to the Conversa Tion and told his supporters this nation faces major challenges ahead and we must work together.". Dukakis returns to the where he has two years remaining on his term As governor. His running mate Lloyd bends in. Of Texas easily won re election to his Senate sea from the Lone Star slate. Bentsen said he and Dukakis waged Campaign that s worthy of the american people we fought fair and we never quiz vice president elect Dan Quayle told supporters in Washington you need never question the Devotion and Dedica Tion i will bring to this Bush s selection of the Indiana senator As his running mate was one of the most controversial acts of the Campaign and one that Many observers thought would Cost the republicans votes. But polls showed the Quayle Factor had Lille Impact on the results. Kohl leered by Young jews at synagogue ceremony from stuff and wire run non the car conv marked the Dav 50 cars Aeo when tank Dart of German history and he reminded 4fro staf wire reports Frankfurt West Germany West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Frankfurt wednesday tora pair of speeches commemorating the 50th anniversary of Kristal nacht was jeered by Young jews attend ing 11 ceremony Ai a City synagogue. Jewish leaders earlier had threatened to Boycott the speeches citing Kohl s 1985 visit to a Hilburg military Cem Ricsy where members of the Naii is arc buried alongside regular German army soldiers. Or. Chancellor what Aboul Tilburg one of two hecklers in the Balcony of Frankfurt s West end Syna Gogue called out As Kohl spoke of the future facing West Germany. Or. Chancellor Why Are you lying we want our rights both men shouted according tothe associated press. Other voices of protest also were heard coming from the main floor of the synagogue but it was not Clear what they were shouting. The first interruption lasted for about one minute followed by a Shorter interruption toward the end of Kohl s speech. News Brief Soldier involved in crash faces manslaughter charge Wurzburg West Germany is a . Army member has been charged with Man Slaughter in connection with a nov. 3 Accident thai claimed the life of a German Man Accord ing to West German police. The Accident occurred at i i t0 . When the 41-year-old Soldier s Saab 900, travelling improperly in the left Lane of the Mill err ring in Wal Ryburg collided head on with a i Iron 2cv, a Litzburg police spokesman Fritz Burner said. The Driver of that car a 21-year-old Man died while still at the Accident site. The . Soldier was visibly under the influence of Atco hol Bilmer said. / an army source said he Soldier is an officer. By incr said police arrested the Soldier temporarily to conduct blood tests then released him to . Military police. The Soldier who suffered no injuries in the Accident also is charged with driving White intoxicated. Birner said the victim lived in the Stuttgart area but declined to identify either the victim or the Soldier More precisely. German authorities have not decided whether 10 retain jurisdiction Over the Case or relinquish it 10 the army Bomer said. Both Drivers apparently were travelling alone when the Accident occurred Birner said. Police estimated that each car sustained $4,000 in damage. The ceremony y so year a nazi storm troopers chased jews from their Home shattered their possessions and set fire to synagogues. Heinz Galinski a West German jewish Community Leader and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration Camp delivered the main address in n service televised live nationwide. Even today the wounds of this conflagration arc not fully healed Galinski said. In an address at the opening of a jewish museum i Frankfurt later in the Day Kohl said it would be a late Victory for the National socialists nazis if the memory of jewish life in Germany were in the ceremony attended by Frankfurt mayor Wolfram Brlick and directors of jewish museums in Israel and the United slates Kohl said germans Musl live with inc fact that the past never can be reconstructed from the nibble. It is not the intent of the jewish museum to pre tend there is continuity in German jewish relations but to remind people of what happened the Good and the bad Kohl said. The Chancellor expressed Hope that the museum would be a step toward a new relationship Between jews and non jews. At the same time. Kohl said peo ple should be watchful of every form of intolerance. Kohl called the Story of jews in Germany an import. Tan Par d the audience of the jewish contribution to the Best traditions in German life. Following the speech Kohl made a Brief tour of the museum thai covers about 4,000 Square feet and includes such prize objects As a passover service boo dating from 1731 and a Gold and Silver menorah dating to the late 17th Century the horrors of the nazi regime and holocaust Are portrayed by a photograph slide show covering the years 1933 to 1945,. Elsewhere wednesday inc austrian parliament observed a minute of silence for Kristal nacht victims and american jewish activists re enacted the nazi practice of forcing Vienna jews to Wash City streets with toothbrushes the associated press the Shadow of Vienna s landmark St. Stephen s Cathedral rabbi ave Weiss Glenn Richie Rand of the new York based coalition of con Corn donned yellow stars like those the nazis Force jews to Wear v a. The three used a giant yellow Toothbrush to runaway a nazi Waldheim slogan they had scrawled on the sidewalk. Weiss said any commemoration of Kris Tal nacht in Austria would be false and form with out substance As Long As Kurt Waldheim is president Waldheim has been accused of participating in War crimes when he served with the German army in the Balkans in world War ii. He denies the allegations. Hijackers often changed clothes to cause confusion witness says byed Reavis staff writer. Frani Furt West Germany an american testified wednesday that the two men who Comman. Deemed Twa flight 847 in june l9bs often changed clothes to make passengers believe there were More hijackers on Board the jetliner Jimmy Dell Palmer 51, an air conditioning technician told the court that he was travelling with wife and son when the plane carrying Iso passengers and Crew was taken Over in route from Athens Greece to rom and forced to land in Beirut Lebanon. Mohammed Alt Hamadi. A lebanese shiite moslem is being tried for air piracy and for the murder of a . Navy diver Petty officer 2nd class Robert Dean Snethern. Hamadi has confessed to taking part in the hijacking but claims his partner identified by authorities As has san Ezzeddine killed Stethers. Palmer said he did hot witness the murder Bui did see the brutally beaten Sleigh pm during the 17-Day hijacking ordeal describing the hijackers trick with the clothing Palmer told the court i soon saw what the hijackers were up to when 1 noticed Hamadi wearing two pairs of during the hijacking the plane flew Between Beirut and Algiers Algeria twice. Secl him was murdered and thrown onto the Amway during the second Landing Al Beirut to Force Airport officials to refuel the plane. Women children and elderly passengers were re leased before inc final Landing in Beirut. After the Mur Der of. Stethem Hamadi and Ezzeddine were reinforced by members of the amal militia. The remaining 39 american mole passengers were held hostage in underground prisons in Beirut. Palmer said he feared death several times during his Captivity. At the outset of the hijacking passengers believed they would be killed because the hijackers expected an israeli or . Attack he said. J another time was when they look us into a Pilch Black garage under an apartment House in Beirut they suddenly turned on the lights and there were six men with machine guns facing us. 1 thought we were going to be executed he said. Hamadi s parents who testified tuesday sat in the press Section of the courtroom wednesday. Hamad sat in the Dock facing them throughout the session. On thursday the court was scheduled to hear Testi Mony by other american passengers
