European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 6. 1991the stars and stripes Page 7bush Victory Likely in 1992, poll finds new York a almost two thirds of americans questioned in an associated press poll think it is very Likely that president Bush will be re elected in 1992, a reflection of the political strength the president Drew from the persian Gulf War. An additional 29 percent said a Bush Victory was somewhat Likely making a total of 93 percent who expect the republicans to keep the White. House Only 4 percent doubted Bush would win. The Telephone Survey shoved the Challenge that democrats face in the 17 months remaining before the election. And it pointed to the importance of Domestic issues in the Campaign still to a come. A  a. /.  those interviewed said the Economy education and health care costs were the issues most important in deciding How they would vote in 1992. S. A the poll of 1,003 adults was conducted May 29-Junc 2 by ice Survey research group of Media a. Most respondents said it would t make much difference to them whether a Democrat or Republican occupied the White House. Only one in four said he or she would be better off in future years if the republicans won the 1992 presidential election. One in five said he or she would be better off with the democrats. Most of the rest 55 percent said it would t matter much. Even among people who said they were democrats Only two laths said they would be better Ott with a democratic president. Three fifths of. Republicans said they would be better off with a gop Victory. Respondents were asked Quot to chives. Irom among eight issues that could be presidential Campaign material. About one m tour or 2b percent said the Economy was the most important Issue. Education ranked second at 17 percent followed by health care costs 13 percent drug abuse. 11. Percent crime 10. Percent and the environment 7 per cent. A a a a a. A -. A a a a a a foreign policy. Bush a generally acknowledged Strong suit ranked second to last at 5 percent. Civil rights the Issue Bush and the democrats were pummel ing each other with w Hen the poll was taken ranked last at 4 percent. The rankings among registered voters were no different but some variations occurred among those who identified themselves with a political party. Democrats ranked health care costs .-.second, at 20 percent. Republicans put crime third at 11 percent. A. It a a onto. 53 percent said they agreed with the statement a George Bush has shown he really cares about people like  and 39 percent disagreed. The percentages were almost identical among registered voters. Contrary to past signs that republicans sul tved a a gender Gap on compas. Siou. 5 v percent 0 the women and 50 percent lit the men agreed with the statement that Bush a a really cares Quot the margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage Points Tor the full Sample. People who gave Bush thumbs Down on the a really cares question made up four filth of the 2 v percent who did t want him Tii run Tor re election. A 64 percent  said they wanted Bush to run in 1992 texan stung in killer bees first . Attack Brownsville Texas a a Brownsville Man became the first person attacked by Africani Zed killer bees in the United states Federal officials confirmed tuesday. A. The . Department of agriculture said its research lab in Beltsville md., confirmed that Jesus Cenobio a a Sonny Diaz was stung on May 20 by the killer bees so called because of their tendency to launch mass attacks on perceived threats to their colonies. Diaz 35, was treated at a Hospital and released. O. A Diaz said hews mowing grass at a Mobile Home Park in Brownsville when the bees a a came by the hundreds a stinging him is times around the head and arms r c a i was cutting fodder with a Small tractor when i hit that nest in the Earth they Farmed out of there and they kept going after me. They chased me for about 250 feet a Diaz said. A Many of them were swarming around me. I Cut some branches and tried to Chase them away. They kept coming at me Many settling on the place that was  exposed a my head. I kept squashing them with the Palm of my hand a a Diaz said. Quot y a. V. A a samples were sent to the us a lab. A swarm of Africani Zed bees trapped last october near the Border City of Hidalgo was the first trapped in the United states. The bees crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico. They Are descendants of african Queen bees that escaped from an Experiment in Brazil in 1957 and began Breeding with the More docile european bees normally used for agriculture in the americas. The hybrids have spread through much of South America Central America and Mexico. Y a. A. A i Iii Iii Vii Iii Vine lit \ r a i ii m 111 i a a. Released tapes of watergate bring drama to Public s ears by Harry f. Rosenthal son. And presidential counsel Dean who switched by Harry f. Rosenthal the associated press Washington a out of the echoes of Long ago conversations taped by an a discriminating robot system come More of the Maneu Werings in Richard Nixon a White House. And the words Are just As earthy As they were years ago and just As fascinating. Here is the president Vintage 1973, talking about John Dean his chief accuser in the then boiling watergate scandal a i think lies out to save himself. He a going to play every card that he can and a desperate Man he May want to bring the president Down  a no other Choice than to tight like hell. This is an evil  and at another Point in that dinner hour conversation with chief of staff . Haldeman on april 25, 1973 a i always wondered about that taping equipment but in a Damn glad we have it Arentt you a As the whole world knows it was that taping equipment with its ubiquitous microphones that did Nixon in. The famed watergate tapes All 4,000 hours of them have languished in the rot proof vaults of the National archives As it they were in a Pandora a Box waiting to opened. 1 heir Public release has been argued and delayed by litigation. On tuesday about 60 hours of recordings that had been used by watergate prosecutors to build their Case were released. Now a listener can hear the broken incomplete sen fences spoken by Nixon and the other characters of the watergate drama Crew Cut taskmaster Haldeman Bushy bowed no. 2 lieutenant John d. He Rychman Nixon pal John h. Mitchell ruthless aide Charles Gol Nixon  presidential counsel Dean who switched to prosecutors. A 1 he scandal involves a break a at the democratic National Headquarters at. Washington watergate Complex in june 1972 a live months Belore the presidential election  efforts to conceal a a a a r a. 1  a the connection Between break in and the White House. It one did no to know the Story these transcripts would make no sense. I hey Are Tif Tiuli to follow even it you were prone a in Nixon s phrase a to Wallow in watergate. On april 12, Colson assured Nixon that the Man in the Street a just does no to give a Damn about watergate. A a it a the elite a said the president. A a it a with the elite Quot Colson agreed a but the worse place it is is with the party  said Nixon a a i hat s what 1 mean by the elite. I mean the finance contributors and All those obscenity Quot on sept. 15, 1972, when the watergate burglars were indicted a Dean Anil Haldeman ruminated about How they were going to use the internal Revenue service and the Fri to get the democrats alter the election a and Knock Ott a tax commissioner too. A a in la look Forward to the time that we have the Entrance to the department of Justice and irs totally Iuler our control Quot the president said. Dean mentioned he had approached irs c commissioner Johnnie Walters about getting the tax tiles of a political enemy. A a Quot throw him out of the Oil ice Quot Haldeman said. A a Dean a in control. A. Haldeman said that alter the Campaign they should go after their opponents and a let the democrats stand there and  i he plotters went on to work out How they would turn charges of loopholes in the tax Law Back on the democratic accusers by pulling their tax Iles and reviewing them. A a we la boy a just we re ext Gonna do it. Well they re Gonna get it sure. We be just got we be got to do it even it we be got to kick wallers obscenity Mil lust and gel a Nian in . Angers . Citizens study says Washington a americans arc a mad As the Devil at a political system they believe ignores their needs and desires the sponsor of a new study said tuesday. David Mathews president of the Kettering foundation said the Survey also demonstrated,.that the widespread belief that americans Are apathetic toward politics a widely misses the  the study a citizens and politics a View from main Street America Quot found people Quot frustrated and downright angry about the state of the current political  a. The findings were based on opinions voiced during interviews held Over the last 13 months in to cities. The 10 Tocus groups of about 12 people each were formed to include a Cross Section of age race income and education. Richard Harwoo president of the firm that conducted the focus groups told a news conference that a people feel Public meetings with elected officials Are a hoax. They Are a Public relations charade a. The study sponsored by the Kettering foundation said people a want to participate. But they believe there is no room for them in the political process they now know a a people said they Felt a pushed out Quot of the process by a lobbyists political action committees special interest organizations and the  As a result a Citi Zens do not believe they can make a difference in politics a the study said. Mathews said people want to be a . A the diagnosis that the Public is apathetic widely misses the Mark Quot he said. A it is a most ill informed diagnosis. What it misses is a deep seated anger Lithe part of the Public about the political system and the Way it  a a it a not that people no longer have a sense of civic duty Quot said a Man in Seattle a but it s that they Don t have a sense of  a people do care very much but they can t see How they can do anything about ,�?� said another. People faulted the Media for spending too. Much time on personal .wcakness.cs. And not enough on issues. Quot a they say that Quot Quot we  More about leaders personal lives tragedies and scandals than we do about How we might handle  Public Challenge Quot said . A athe focus group interviews were conducted in Richmond a. Philadelphia Des Moines Iowa Dallas los Angeles Seattle Memphis Tenn.  Boston and Indianapolis. The sessions lasted about two hours and were led by a trained Moderator. The sessions in Memphis. Denver Boston and Indianapolis were conducted after the persian Gulf War. But the study said a the. War had absolutely no effect on their thinking about