European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Barry s . Parade draws cheers jeers Day after sentence monday october 29, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 by the Washington Post Washington a he May be bound for prison but mayor Marion Barry shed no tears saturday. Instead he staged a Parade for himself. From morning to night a honking caravan rolled through Washington a streets with Barry in the Lead winking and waving from the Sunroof of a car. It was billed As a Campaign tour in his bid for an at Large seat on the . Council. But Barry who was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for possessing cocaine looked to be As much in search of compassion As of votes. Almost everywhere he went the mayor got a sympathetic reception. Inside a Coin operated laundry mothers yanked their sons from video games to meet Barry. Pedestrians flocked to him to ask for autographs one teen Ager even had him sign a Dollar Bill. A Florist gave him a balloon that read a a world a greatest mayor a and Barry carried it for blocks. On it went so Many cheers that Barry said he hardly noticed those who weren to so thrilled to see his motorcade. Such As a woman at a bus Stop who politely waved As Barry passed then flashed an obscene hand gesture. Or the two men on a Street Corner pretending to sniff cocaine As Barry waited for a Green Light. Or one boy no More than 10 years old who chased barrys car Yelling a you smoked crack Man a Barry spent Little time saturday talking about his sentence. At a luncheon for senior citizens Barry said that he was a victim of a unequal Justice a and he pleaded for their votes. A i recognize that life is not fair and people Are not fair but in a not going to dwell on it a Barry said. A a we re going full steam ahead with this Council then he Lead the group in a chant a vote Barry first a he made dozens of stops during the Day startling customers inside Beauty shops diners car washes and clothing stores. In the afternoon he spent several hours atop his car hands aloft flashing a peace sign occasionally. He brought an elderly woman Flowers. He bought $3 socks from a merchant. He watched intently As teen agers a who did no to bother to say hello a played a video game called a pit Bull All the while he touted his bid for a Council seat in the nov. 6 general election saying he believes that the six month prison term that . District judge Thomas Penfield Jackson handed him will Benefit his Campaign. A i think it heightens my support out there a Barry said while shaking hands. A a in a seeing More enthusiasm for me today than i have in the last two weeks a he added. S is. It. 25 years old the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi lion the 630-foot Monument has at River in St. Louis marked it 25th Anni tracked some 64 million visitors and has Ersary sunday. Since its comply Chiton become the nationally recognized sym on oct. 28, 1965, at a Cost of $30 Mil Bol of the ads Muddy Calif governor s race Sacramento Calif. A the California gubernatorial Campaign is Rushing into its final Days on a tide of negative advertising As Democrat Dianne Feinstein and Republican sen. Pete Wilson jockey for the Lead in the neck and neck race. Feinstein is lashing out at Wilson a performance in Congress. Wilson a ads accuse Feinstein of negative campaigning in her attempt to succeed retiring gov. George Deukmejian. A new Feinstein and describes How Wilson was wheeled into the Senate on a Gummy after a 1985 emergency appendectomy to cast the deciding vote to freeze social Security benefits. The audio portion of the and has Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., equipping that Wilson votes better a under a Wilson Calls the add the ugliest and most mean spirited commercial of 1990.�?� his staff Calls it a a sign of desperation by Feinstein. Wilson a commercials feature segments of earlier Feinstein commercials accompanied by news stories that describe them As fraudulent and dirty. The los Angeles times poll reported Feinstein ahead by 41 percent to 39 percent in september. In Early october the times found Wilson overtaking her 42 percent to 41 percent. Mervin Fields California poll reports a 47-42 advantage for Wilson now up from a 45-42 Lead in september. Pollster Steve Teichner found a 37-30 Wilson Lead in mid october compared with a 37-35 Edge Early in the month. Wilson who won re election to the Senate in 1988, had been harshly criticized by some for campaigning at Home while Congress had important unfinished business. The two have portrayed themselves As political outsiders despite Wilson a 24 years As a state legislator mayor Ana . Senator and Feinstein a 20 years As san Francisco supervisor and mayor. Wilson and Feinstein both say that raising taxes would be a last resort but both have refused to take a no new taxes pledge which is a significant acknowledgement of the dire fiscal problem that the next governor faces. They do disagree on which taxes they might raise with Wilson leaning to a higher sales tax and Feinstein to a higher top income tax bracket. Sex klan Leader pulls out of Jesse Jackson to show Sands of time new Orleans a state rep. David Duke has cancelled a television appearance on a the Jesse Jackson show because Jackson would not agree to do a one on one interview a spokesman for the legislator said saturday. Jackson was scheduled to interview Duke the former Kun flux klan Leader who was elected to the state House last year on wednesday in Washington. The interview was to be broadcast nov. 3 on Jackson a nationally syndicated show. Dukes spokesman Marc Ellis said that producers of the Jackson show told Duke that instead of a Solo interview he would be part of a panel discussion about president Bush a recent veto of new civil rights legislation. A the Jesse Jackson David Duke debate that we had agreed to earlier was to have been much More Broad ranging a Ellis told reporters. A spokesman for the Jackson show said that As of late Friday afternoon Duke had not informed the producers of his decision to pull out. A most of Jesse a interviews Are panel discussions a Valerie Scott added. The theme of the nov. 3 episode will be racism she said. Duke who disavows his White supremacist past but campaigns against such programs As affirmative action was unsuccessful in his candidacy this fall for a . Senate the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 29,1950 a two . Columns broke through Strong communist defense lines on the Northwest front in Korea and plunged toward the manchurian Frontier without further opposition.30 years ago today. Oct. 29,1960 a the Nobel committee of the nor Weigen parliament decided not to award a Nobel peace prize for 1960. It was the 14th time that the group found no candidate worthy of the prize.20 years ago today. Oct. 29,1970 a the . Embassy announced that the soviet Union had turned Down its request for a second meeting Between . Envoys and the army officers being held in Armenia. The embassy recalled the envoys to Moscow but said that it would continue to press for a second meeting with the captives.10 years ago today. Oct. 29,1980 the a a doonesbury cartoon strip was temporarily dropped by several -----------1---------f a a i a a a a fantastic voyage. Through the brain of newspapers because of a Story line involving Ronald Reagan a a
