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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 19, 198b the stars and stripes Page 5 electoral vote to make it official for Bush washing Jon Al j More a Tutt 48 million people cast ballots for vice president George Bush for president six weeks ago. Hut the sj8 who really Mailer will Voie monday. Thai s when the electoral cortege meets in an antiquated and much maligned constitutional ritual that has sur Vived for two centuries. Expect no surprises Rush should do feat Democrat micmac Dukats 426 votes to 112 give or take a faithless  in state capitals around the nation on monday the electors will meet to Casl their votes and sign several do cum Nis swearing they be done their duty. This sets the stage for the final Cere gunman kills a bystander in la. Mall los Ane Isles a a gang member aiming at a member of a rival gang opened fire inside a crowded mull fatally wound ing a i 6-Ycar-okl he slander police said sat urday in other gang related shootings a reputed 27 year Neil gang member was kilted while walking with his Girlfriend and two 17-Ycar-Olds were wounded near the los Angeles memorial coliseum. Sergio Alpuche id. Was shopping at a mall in 1 Panorama City 15 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles on Friday when he will hit by a build intended for a san Fernando Valley gang member police detective Paul Stewart said. Alpuche died at holy Cross medical Centerton saturday. The intended victim was filing with a rival gang member among the crowd of hol iday shoppers when one of inc rival s1 friends fired a handgun Stewart said. The gunman was in his carry 20s, he added no arrests had been made by saturday. Meanwhile a. Reputed gang member strolling with his Girlfriend was gunned Down by rivals at 11 20 . Friday said sheriffs Deputy Roger Horn. The Girlfriend was unharmed two carloads of gang members con fronted turn inc Carl Kennedy As he walked late Friday night in a Southwest los Angeles neighbourhood and one Man shot Kennedy three limes sheriffs Deputy Roger Horn said. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 min Etc Stiller.  wounded in the shooting near the coliseum were hit by the same Bullet As they Rode in the Back scat of a car police said. They were both hospitalized in stable condition. The Driver and front Seal passenger were unhurt. Many in a Jorn session of Congress on Jan. 4, when Bush As president of inc Senate will open the ballots and announce inc results then formally declare himself the president elect. The political panics in each stale pick prospective electors one Tor each con Gressman and senator the slate has. While voters on nov. 8 May have thought they were voting Tor one of inc presidential candidates they really were casting their ballots for the Republican or democratic slate of electors in their state. The party that wins a stale sends its electors to the meeting set by Law for monday. Among those who have inc Honor and duty Are some of the vice president s Rel Alivn son Neil flush in Colorado and brother 1 re scout s. Bush or. In connect Cut. I think it was a Nice Honor to get to cast vote for my Dud Neil Bush a Denver oilman said. It la be Nice to be a Small footnote in  among others selected for duty Are Bush s designated White House chief of staff. New Hampshire gov. John Sununu. But most Are stale parly workers or insiders rewarded for their labors an state officeholders such As California nov. George Deufem Chian and Alabama gov. Ouy Hunt. In the id slates and inc District of Columbia that were carried by Michael Dukakis democratic electors Wilt vote. Electors Are expected to Vole for their party s presidential nominee and vice presidential nominee. Bui in this unique. American system. Icy Don t have to. Therein lies the potential for mischief or intrigue. In nearly 200 years eight electors have broken their pledge and voted for some one else. The lure of making some dramatic Point and gaining widespread if fleeting notice endures. A Minnesota elector. Bill Davis treasurer of the stale democratic farm labor party has said he May Casl a symbolic vote for Jesse Jackson for vice president instead of sen. Lloyd bunt san a Tsas the democratic party s nominee. Lines if anti nuclear protesters and police face off As the first Trident 2-Cquippcd submarine is commissioned. First Trident 2 sub commissioned new London Conn. A the Tennessee the first nut car pow Rcd submarine equipped to fire the powerful new Trident 1 missiles was commissioned into the nation s Fleet saturday America s ninth Trident submarine was hailed As a weapon listed for the demands of Modem peace by former sen. Howard Baker r-tenn., who along with other Tennessee and Navy dignitaries and a crowd of about 1,200 braved bitter cold to celebrate the submarine s formal entry into the Fleet. Nearly 100 anti nuclear weapons pro testers gathered outside the Gates of the naval underwater systems Center where the commissioning was held. No protesters were arrested police said. More than 80 new London officers were assigned to police inc ceremonies. The Tennessee is the Faircl nuclear powered submarine designed to fire to Tom Trident 2 missiles. The missiles have a Range of 6,000 Miles and each multiple warhead can strike up to 10 targets. The Tennessee also is inc first vessel to be assigned to the Navy s newest Trident. Submarine base Al Kings Bay naval sub Marine base Georgia. The other Trident base is the Bangor naval submarine use Washington. Ohio class submarines such As the Tennessee Are 560 feet Long and Dis place is,700 tons when submerged each has 24 missiles and a Crew of More than iso.1 in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 19, ims a new Rhine River Bridge was opened Between Mannheim and Ludwigshafen West Germany replacing one blown up by retreating nazi soldiers in March i9. 30 years ago today. Dec. I a 1958 in a communique issued at the end of a nato ministerial meeting in Paris nato foreign ministers affirmed their will to use nuclear Rotalia wry forces to repel aggression. 20 years ago today. Dec. 19, 1968 Henry Kissinger i reside it Lecci Nixon s top foreign policy advisor suggested that Hanoi and Washington Mecl to discuss troop withdrawals but leave the question of South Vietnam s internal Structure to Saigon and the National liberation front. ". J 0 years ago today. Dec. 19,1978 following the decision of the organisation of Petroleum Export ing countries to raise Oil prices the Dollar fell in european Exchange markets closing at 1.8572 Marks in Frankfurt. A. Y. College puts Kibosh on Ellie s big speech fee Buffalo . Up Iran Contra defendant Oliver North s obscene fee for a Short speech Al Canisius College caused a faculty student outcry thai cancelled his talk College and student officers said sat urday. -. North a former Marine lieutenant Colo Nel under indictment for his role in the Iran Centra scandal charges $25,000 per speaking  Miller vice president of student affairs Al the 4,600-Stuacnl Liberal arts col lege operated by the Jesuit order said Fri Day that objections to North s fee and to his Legal problems flooded the school s administrative offices last week they Felt it was obscene that this Man who would do coming to Campus Tor a few hours would be getting More than half the employees Here make year Wilder said. Mike Sippel a senior who spent week arranging the talk by the former National Security Council aide for this coming Spring said he was disappointed. Some of the professors and a lot of the alumni were saying i can t believe you re going to pay that amount to someone who s under Federal investigation Sippel said. I Don l think any of us Here realized what the reaction would be said Brian Smith assistant director of student activities and adviser to he Campus planning Board. We were looking Al it As an educational  to have someone this current would be a real coup Smith added but based on the objections and the intensity of the objections i think it would do Man damage to the College Community if North   
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