European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 c the stars and stripes sunday november 3, 1991 a Virginia gov. Douglas Wilder right gets a Little makeup for a televised forum while two fellow democratic presidential Hope feds Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton Center and former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas look on. Democratic hopefuls say Bush should see economic casualties Manchester . Apr three democrats campaigning for the White House accused president Bush on Friday night of botching the Economy and challenged him to come Back to new Hampshire himself to walk the streets and face the jobless. In a warm up debate As they campaigned for support in the sendoff presidential primary gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas former sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts and gov. Douglas Wilder of Virginia bickered about their own campaigns. But the three agreed that the faltering Economy is the number one Issue. They said that there should be a jump Start programs including emergency unemployment compensation and that the United states should have a National health care system. They also concurred on a political Potshot at an absent rival saying sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa should give Back contributions from political action committees and accept no More. Tsongas said a special interest Money is among the reasons americans have lost Faith in government and the democratic Field for 1992 should be free of it the two candidates with him said they weren to accepting political action committee contributions. Former California gov. Edmund g. Brownjr. And sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska also have forsworn Pac contributions. Tsongas said if Harkin also would a we can be free. We can be Washington apr Jesse Jackson announced saturday that he would not run for president in 1992, saying he could better serve by working to Register voters and open the political system to the needy neglected and uninvolved. A we Are not campaigning for an office we Are campaigning for a country the two time presidential candidate told cheering supporters at a troubled housing project. A it is not a Campaign for a season but for a Jackson so picked what he Calls a a Point of challenges for saturdays announcement a Potomac gardens a housing project near the Capitol. Frank Watkins an aide Saia the idea was to a dramatize the result of the disinvestment policies of the Reagan Bush �?o1 stand Here today to get the nations attention a Jackson told More than 100 supporters. �?o1 want to continue to put Light in dark places bring heat into cold places and show some human concern where there is now Gross indifference. 1 focus Here because this is the Urban crisis personified the epitome of National neglect.�?�. Jackson cited the Strain and danger that a Campaign would place on his family As reasons for not running. A they Nave absorbed More death threats in two campaigns than any candidates family Ever has a he said. Clinton said there also should be a lid on Campaign spending and a requirement that television stations provide Public service time for forums like the hour Long session on amur to. The three candidates met on the eve of the state democratic convention. Harkin and Kerrey were scheduled to join them saturday in separate staggered 20-minute speeches to about 2,000 party delegates. Brown wont he had sought to appear on the television forum but the state democratic chairman said Brown at first rejected the invitation As a a cattle show and changed his mind too late to be added. A a Jerry Brown locked himself out a Chris Spirou said. Wilder Tsongas and Clinton spent their hour restating Campaign themes. Wilder said head save $50 billion in government waste defense spending and Low priority programs. He said he would use the Money for Middle income tax cuts and Aid programs to Spur the Economy. Clinton stressed National health care and urged a Middle income tax Cut along with tax incentives for investment. Tsongas recommended a capital gains tax reduction for investment that would offset by higher taxes for the Rich. Two other missing faces at the forum were new York gov. Mario Cuomo who still says maybe about 1992, and Jesse Jackson. Jackson said he will embark on a Campaign to Register a million new voters and organize workers politically across the country. Jackson first ran for president in 1984, galvanizing the Black Community with a historic candidacy that garnered nearly 3.3 million votes. In 1988, he made inroads with enough White voters to win primaries and caucuses in 14 states. He finished second and strongly influenced the democratic convention that the Jackson announcement culminated a weekend of meetings with friends and supporters for what Jackson described As private discussions on his political plans and 1992 goals for his National Rainbow coalition. Some associates wondered whether Jackson could match his 1988 performance in a third consecutive bid and advised him that failure to do so could damage his Long term political prospects. At 50, they said he had plenty of time to run for president again at a later time. In addition Jackson was considering an offer to be the Host of a Cable news network talk show. The network said the offer would be withdrawn if he ran for president. Jackson a absence from the Field a creates a Large Pool of free agent voters primarily Black but not exclusively who Are now open to others a said David Axelrod a Chicago based democratic consultant. zoo counting on Timmy the Gorilla from wire reports new York a Timmy the Gorilla who became a cause cd Lefebre in a dispute Over separating him from his infertile mate arrived by truck Friday at his new Home at the Bronx zoo. He a Here. He arrived Safe and sound Quot said Peter Glankoff a spokesman for the new York zoological society which operates the Bronx zoo. The 33-year-old, 500-Pound Gorilla left Cleveland zoo on thursday after a Federal judge dismissed Anegal Challenge by animal rights activists who Felt Hie move could harm Timmy emotionally. Timmy and Karibe Katie his longtime Cleveland zoo mate had been living peacefully in childless Bliss until Timmy was tapped for a Transfer in attempts to increase the endangered Lowland Gorilla population. The Bronx zoo has four Fertile females but they wont get to meet what zoo officials Are hoping will be the Gorilla of their dreams until sometime Between thanksgiving and Christmas. Timmy will remain quarantined a in a very quiet secluded spot for 36 Days and then be gradually introduced into the 20-member Gorilla troop including his prospective mates Glankoff said. . District judge Alice Batchelder had dismissed a request to Block Timmy a Transfer saying the zoos arranged it according to Federal statutes pertaining to endangered advocate arrested Winnsboro . A the featured speaker of a March to encourage the legalization of marijuana was arrested on the Way to the rally. Jack Herer founder and National president of help eliminate marijuana prohibition was arrested on charges of marijuana Possession and intent to sell and distribute Ltd. He and three others were jailed under $50,000 Bond each. Herer was in a car when he was stopped in Winnsboro. Richard Wentzler president of the Carolinas hemp chapter was following Herer in another car. Wentzler said the marijuana that Herer is charged with possessing was a Jar of sterile seeds used for Bird feed a one of several marijuana related products the group displays. Wentzler said he was unaware or the lad son held Greensburg a. A the 33-year-old son of . Rep. John Marthd was arrested on charges of dealing crack cocaine. He already has a record for burglary and robbery. John Mark Murtha remained jailed in lieu of $20,000 Bond after his arraignment thursday. Earlier thursday he was arrested at his Greensburg Home on charges of possessing and Selling crack cocaine said John Driscoll Westmoreland county District attorney. A dec. 8 hearing was set. The younger Murtha was sentenced in 1980 to up to five years for burglary and in 1985 was sentenced to four to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery. Driscoll said he did not know now Long Murtha served. A a he a struggled with a lot of problems for 15 years a said the elder Murtha a Democrat who represents Pennsylvania a 12th District. The congressman said he and his wife Joyce feel a terrible about they have two other children. The younger Murtha was among nine people charged with drug bites Man Cypress Fla. A a Man is hospitalized in an intensive care unit after being bitten by a Rattlesnake at a Garden Center. The 18-Inch Snake bit Barry Mcglamory 56, on the right forearm. Mcglamory a produce Salesman from Pompano Beach is in Senous but stable condition at Humana Hospital Cypress officials said. A Barry was looking at one Plant and a Rattlesnake in another Plant bit him while he was doing that a said his wife Linda. A the seems of but his Arm is stir real a a a up Dye at die Wal Mart Garden Center killed the pygmy Rattlesnake police reported. Jackson won t seek nomination
