European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 12. 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 71992 bid under study Cuomo says new York a gov. Mario Cuomo said Friday he was considering seeking the 1992 democratic presidential nomination. A wok ill think about it a he said he told supporters. Cuomo who As recently As thursday scoffed at speculation he was considering a 1992 presidential run said the question arose at a morning meeting with political and financial backers. A they said a governor we be supported you a lot of years. People Are suggesting you should run for president a a Cuomo said during an interview to be aired sunday on in by television. A i said a that a very i said a of ill think about a Cuomo said the statement does not reflect new thinking on his part about the presidential race. A what i was saying is i will be respectful about the question and i will try to Deal with it intelligently As i always have a Cuomo said. Yet it comes at a time political operatives have been inquiring about Delegate rules and primary ballot deadlines leading to speculation by democratic party officials that the new York governor is seriously considering a 1992 presidential run. Also Cuomo is the subject of a glowing 16-Page brochure mailed recently to some party leaders and donors that touts his record and promotes his views on the 1992 race. A some of his people Are telling people not to commit to other candidates they want people to hold a said Lynn Cutler Bush takes 1 St step for re election bid new York gov. Mario Cuomo vice chairwoman of the democratic National committee. A clearly they re reminding people that he a a Cuomo adviser speaking Friday on the condition of anonymity said of Cuomo a the said he was inclined not to run because of being governor and All that but he thinks he has to take a look at the new wave of speculation comes just As most democrats were beginning to believe Cuomo a repeated disavowal of interest in the 1992 race. If nothing else the attention and interest the governor generates demonstrates his influence on the race even As a non candidate. A until Mario walks up to a microphone and says a no no no a thousand times no a there will be a Large group of people who will believe he a going to run a said one senior party official. Washington a president Bush took the first step toward his 1992 re election Effort Friday authorizing a fund raising committee and designating Texas businessman Robert Holt As his Campaign treasurer. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwa Ter said that necessary papers for a Bush Quayle 92 committee would be filed with the Federal election commission later in the Day. A although 1 am not yet formally declaring my candidacy for the Republican nomination. I am hereby authorizing this organization As my principal Campaign committee a said Bush in a letter to Fec chairman John Warren Mcgarry. A it is my Hope that this committee will allow those people who have encouraged me to seek a second term As president a Chance to express their support in a manner that fully complies with the Federal election Laws a Bush said. Fitzwater also announced Bush would attend two fund raising dinners in his behalf both in Texas a on oct. 31 in Houston and the next Day in Dallas. Some four or five fund raising events Are planned As is a massive direct mail solicitation expected to go out to All individuals who have contributed to Bush in the past Republican sources have said. Bush is expected to formally announce his candidacy for re election in january following the timetable established by then president Reagan when he ran for re election in 1984. Asked if the fact that the committee covers both Bush and Quayle rules out once and for All any possibility that any one other than vice president Dan Quayle would share the ticket with Bush Fitzwater said �?o1 think that a been ruled out since Day a there s never been any question Quot that Quayle would be on the ticket Fitzwater said. Federal Campaign Laws require a candidate to tile papers with the f1ic naming a Campaign treasurer and establishing such a committee once $5,000 has been raised. As of late morning the papers had not yet been received said Fec official Kent Cooper. Fitzwater said this amount has already been received most of it in the form of contributions received by mail. White House and Republican officials speaking on condition of anonymity have said that Bush fund raisers Hope to be Able to raise from $25 million to $26 million by the end of the year. Democrats have contended that under a recent Treasury department ruling Bush s fund raising Blitz might end up All but draining a special fund set up to provide Matching dollars to candidates for next years primary season. That is because the fund wont be replenished until after april 15 when receipts from the $1 political checkoff on income tax returns begin to be received. By virtue of the fact that Bush is getting an Early Start on fund raising and is better organized his Campaign might be Able to get most of the funds available for Matching a before the democrats have a shot at it. Bush docs not have any primary 50% of women received full child support by the Washington Post Washington Only half of the 5 million . Women with Legal orders for child support in 1989 actually received the full amount from the absent father the census Bureau reported thursday. The Survey showed that despite years of Federal and state efforts to strengthen child support enforcement against absent fathers with Strong support from Many women a groups the proportion receiving Only partial payments or no payments at All had declined Only slightly since 1978. Health and human services Secretary Louis w. Sullivan called the report a a striking alarm for our children and our society. Not living with ones children is no excuse for ignoring the financial and emotional support that a child needs to Sullivan said that from 1979 to 1989 the number of children without a father present had increased from 7 million to about 10 million. The census Bureau report said $11.2 billion was paid out in child support in 1989, about $5 billion less than specified in court orders and Legal agreements. The 2.5 million women who did not get full support a were about equally divided Between those receiving partial payments and those receiving nothing a the Bureau said. The mothers receiving child support averaged $2,995 in 1989, slightly lower than in 1978 after adjusting for inflation. The Bureau said that in addition to the mothers who had court orders More than 4 million other women had no child support orders or Legal agreements although two thirds wanted them. Reasons included inability to locate the absent father or pursue All the Legal Steps needed. A we see a Lack of enforcement of the Laws a very Good Laws Are on the books but the local child support enforcement agencies Are backlogged and maybe one in ten who go in the door actually get services a said Geraldine Jensen president of the association for children for enforcement of support a nationwide organization with Headquarters in Toledo Ohio and a member of the . Commission on interstate child support. Houston residents fight Back three would be robbers shot Houston up a residents fed up with Houston a surging crime rate opened fire on three would be robbers in one Day killing one of them. A if it comes Down to people having to take the Law into our own hands to Stop this stuff then we need to do it a said Suzanne runner whose husband shot a suspected purse snatcher. A everybody is tired of it. We just can to take it her husband shop owner Eddie runner shot a suspected purse snatcher who tried to run him Down in a stolen car thursday. The Man allegedly had just stolen a purse from an elderly woman and runner was trying to Stop him from escaping. John c. Mitchell 22, who was shot in the head was on life support systems Friday at Ben Taub Hospital and not expected to live a Hospital spokesman said. An investigation of the shooting will be referred to a grand jury said detective Wayne Wendell. A they will have to decide if there will be any charges a he said. Later thursday an unidentified Man was shot and killed while trying to Rob Dennes designs Jewely store police said. The Man walked into the store placed a watch on the counter and while the owner was looking at it pulled a gun. The men struggled for the weapon until the owners wife fired at the suspect with a .38 pistol. The suspect turned to run but found he could not get through electronically locked Glass doors. As the jeweler took the gun from his wife and resumed firing the Man jumped through the doors. He collapsed on the store parking lot and was dead on arrival at a Hospital in the third incident a woman wounded a 26-year-old Man she found trying to steal a bicycle from her garage. Students at Kentucky state seize administration building Frankfort by. A students took Over the administration building Early Friday at Kentucky state University saying they were trying to safeguard its status As the states historically Black University. The Campus has been in turmoil for weeks because of a Battle Between the Board of regents and Usu president John t. Wolfe jr., who faces a removal hearing next month. The student statement did not mention Wolfe but the students have demonstrated on his behalf in the past. The students demanded through a spokeswoman to talk with gov. Wallace Wilkinson. Wilkinson consented to a meeting if the students would leave the building Hume Hall said Mary Smith special assistant to the University a Board of regents. The number of students inside the building could not be determined. The Hoard filed charges of incompetence neglect of duty and misconduct against Wolfe on monday and set an oct. 18 hearing to consider his removal. Wolfe who has been in the Post a Little More than a year is accused of spending too much on the presidents official House mishandling some personnel matters and giving himself a 9.5 percent pay raise without Board approval in violation of his contract. Wolfe appeared outside the building Early Friday but declined to talk to reporters. Student spokeswoman Sandra Bassett a senior from Detroit read a statement shortly after the 2 . Occupation that the students had entered the the building a because we believe in Usu and want to preserve the original Mission of Kentucky state was established in 1kk6 As the states Only University for Blacks. As part of a state and Federal desegregation plan Kentucky slate has been assigned the role of a Small integrated Lih eral arts University that preserves its Black heritage
