European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. December 29, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 Grade Bush Low on test. Washington apr in midterm grades on president Bush a performance a panel of conservatives Marks him Down for accepting tax increases and one of them suggests that the president might flunk out at re a Lection time. The a Sophomore slump a report card or Bush was issued by the conservative heritage foundation which lined up seven figures from the right to Grade the presi Dent his Cabinet and top aides. They also rated vice president Dan Quayle and gave him better Marks than Bush. Their critique released thursday is to be published in policy review the foundations quarterly Magazine. A a year ago in a similar exercise i ush got grades ranging from a a by to  this time one Rater gave him an a of a and three said a cd Quot in judging his Domestic policy performance. The budget Deal and lax increase were their common complaint., i. Martin Anderson a White House adviser to former president Reagan w to now is a senior fellow at the Hoover institution said Bush rated a a a a minus Overall _ at the other end of the scale Edward h. Crane pics ident of the libertarian Cato Institute gave Bush an v a a a a a a George Bush will go Down As one of the worst presidents in american history a wrote Crane. A the re publicans were the anti tax party and now they Are the dumb  \ James c. Miller Iii a Reagan budget director now chairman of citizens for a sound Economy said a cd Quot because of Bush so incredible Blunder on taxes. A this credibility has suffered a mortal blow a said Miller. A can he Promise anything in the 1992 Campaign without evoking giggles from the audience a the conservative panel gave Quayle four a a a so and two a a by so praising his loyalty to conservative tenets As Well As to Bush and saying head tried to talk the president out of the budget and tax Deal. But Crane said a cd plus a with Points off for loyalty. The conservatives gave White House chief of staff John h. Sununu Low grades. One marked him a of a for a meekly surrendering to and becoming an eager captive of Washington a permanent  other items on the conservative report card a Jack Kemp Secretary of housing and Urban devel a a Ozment got the highest Cabinet grades including five  a a a a a Back on taxes and the budget budget director Richard g. Darman was called a the Milli Vanilli of the Bush White House and a the lip syncs what Are actually the economic policies of the Carter  Darman got an a of or pc s j f is j a \ r v soviet bound care package pallets loaded with 205,000 pounds of medicines medical supplies and nutritional supplements for the soviet Union Are put aboard a plane thursday in Windsor locks Conn. The shipment which will he distributed in the Moscow area is the single largest shipment sent by Amer cares a Connecticut based Relief group. Pipe Carrier . Bank Charlotte . Apr a robber put a sizzling pipe bomb on a Bank counter thursday sending workers and customers running for cover then fled with a bag of Cash before the bomb exploded the masked Man walked into the Bank with the lighted bomb in one hand and a Black gym bag in the other. He placed the pipe of a counter and ordered a Teller to a fill it up a said police capt. Randy Johnson. The robber threw a second similar bomb at a custom or who chased him into the parking lot of the first Union National Bank Branch. That bomb also exploded by t caused no damage. No one was injured in the Holdup a the robber counted backward from 10 As the Teller gave him the Money then fled. P about 10 people in the Bank ran out about 45 seconds before the bomb exploded said Paul Daly an Fri special agent.  it sounded like Thunder a said Brent Peters a Salesman at an Auto parts store next door to the Bank. A it got real quiet then it  the blast inside the Bank shattered a window and created a Large Hole in the counter. Debris was strewn on the floor. Police said the robber ran behind the Bank and through a Woods to a White four wheel drive vehicle. No arrests were made by late thursday. �?o1 saw All the Bank employees running out of the Bank and into our store a said Belli Allen manager of a camera shop next to the Bank. A they weren to screaming but they were in a hurry to get  the Holdup was taped by Bank surveillance cameras. Massachusetts adopts air Laws Boston apr state officials have moved to make Massachusetts safer for plants animals and people with Laws ordering Protection of wildlife habitat and a drastic reduction in automobile air pollution the measures were sighed thursday by gov. Michael Dukakis who leaves office next week. The wildlife measure provides Protection to More than 200 threatened species of plants animals and invertebrates by controlling the alteration of wetlands and other areas where the wildlife reside. A this is the most important Environ. Mental legislation for wildlife Ever passed in the Commonwealth a said Christopher Leahy the Massachusetts Audubon society a conservation director also thursday Dukakis signed a clean air Bill that goes beyond new Federal requirements in restricting Auto emissions. The measure is based on standards recently adopted in California and supporters say it makes Massachusetts Only the second state to establish pot Lution controls stricter than the Federal governments. Massachusetts air Quality failed to meet Federal health standards on at least 40 Days Over the past three sum a a mers. V \ a a this Law will help reverse that trend a said Jenny Carter of the Massachusetts Public interest research group. The Law orders automobile manufacturers to Cut smog causing hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions from 50 percent to 75 percent beyond what is required by the Federal clean air act. V the Law Calls for the new emission standards to be phased in beginning in 1993, new York a g Asol Ine pump prices Felt during the week before Christmas by nearly 9 cents a gallon the biggest weekly drop in prices since Iraq invaded Kuwait the. American automobile association said thursday self serve unleaded gasoline Cost $1,282 a gallon an aaa Survey of stations nationwide showed. That a 8.9 cents lower than the Price Oil dec. 18, and the lowest since a gallon of Gas Cost $1,273 on sept. 5. A a Quot a. Oil and gasoline prices have been volatile since Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2. Persian Gulf countries produce a substantial portion of the worlds crude Oil and any disruption of supplies often causes prices to soar but prices have been moderating since mid october on increased prospects for peace in the Gulf. Oil buyers also have been worried about a glut of Oil because users have reduced consumption and Oil producers have accelerated their output to make up for the loss of Oil from Iraq and Kuwait aaa said prices also Felt for higher grades of gasoline. The average Price for a gallon of mid Grade unleaded was $1,368, Down 9.8 cents from dec 18. The since . Gas prices j average . Gas prices for Christmas week self serve unleaded $1,28 mid Grade unleaded $1.37 Premium a $1.45 regular $1.29 source american automobile Assoc Ahon. A and compute Petroleum corporation. A amps graphic average Price for a gallon of self serve Premium was $1.45, Down s cents. The average Price for self serve regular Gas was $1,287, Down 7.4 cents. The aaa fuel gauge report is based on a weekly nationwide Survey of stations conducted by computer Petroleum corp. Of St. Raul Minn. Aaa is based in Gran do Fla