European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday november 19, 1991 pol i watching Bush delays 2nd-term announcement by Helen Thomas up White House correspondent Washington a president Bush concerned that the nagging recession could further erode his popularity is accelerating White House strategy sessions for the upcoming re election Campaign but delaying an announcement for a second term until january or february. A White House aide who requested anonymity said there is a More of an atmosphere of concerns with Bush s political fortunes As a result of the continuing recession the recent upset of former attorney general Dick Thornburgh in a Pennsylvania Senate race and dissension among prominent conservatives. In recent weeks the vocal Secretary of housing and Urban development Jack Kemp has irritated some republicans by stepping up his Campaign for tax cuts to stimulate the Economy. There is also some apprehension Over the impending Challenge of conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan who could Siphon off support from republicans who blame Bush for deviating from the ant spending anti tax policies of predecessor Ronald Reagan. Bush is a not excited about having to gear up for another Campaign a before the end of the year the aide said. White House chief of staff John Sununu has been Boston apr there a a growing Hazard on the roads and in the neighbourhoods Dairy farms and sugar Maple Groves of new England too Many Moose. Their population is swelling As is their danger to humans five people in the Region have been killed this year in accidents caused by Moose that wandered onto roads. Three people died last year All in Maine. A people see a Moose just standing there a they think of bullwinkle they think they re gentle a said Steve Williams assistant director for wildlife at the Massachusetts division of fish and wildlife. A a they re not. They done to run. They stand their ground in most cases. And they Are  a mature Moose is 6 feet tall at the shoulders and weighs 600 pounds. Considered scarce in the Region for Many years except in Northern Maine the animals have multiplied to the Point where their number in some states could double every four years wildlife experts said. No one Lias any figures on just How scarce Moose became after euro pet settlers came to new England. But it Wasny to until 1981 that a Moose was reported accidentally killed on a Vermont Road. Last year 41 Moose were fatally struck so far this year 67. Vermont is considering allowing Moose Bunting for the first time since 18%. New Hampshire where four people have been killed in Moose related accidents this year has extended its Hunting season. And Massachusetts has put game officials on Alert to respond to the increasing number of sightings in residential areas As Young Moose Are pushed South by their territorial elders. A what we come Down to Here is sort of a local example of what ecologists Are worried about worldwide a said Mark Pokras a professor of wildlife Medicine at the tults University veterinary school. A when you have big animals they inherently need a tremendous amount of land to move around  Moose were prevalent in new England until White settlers replaced the thick forests with farms. Their comeback Nas been aided by Laws protecting them and of the gradual reforestation of the Region. A Moose were plentiful Here during the French and Indian wars Between 1689 and 1763 a More plentiful than Deer a said Cedric Alexander chairman of the Moose management team at the Vermont fish and wildlife commission. There Are believed to be 1,000 Moose in Vermont a an estimate based partly on the number of Road and Highway accidents they cause which have risen about 15 percent a year. Dairy Farmers complain that Moose push Down their fences. There also Are reports of damage to expensive tubing that collects sap from Maple Trees for sugar. Vermont has set up a task Force to consider How to holding regular weekly strategy meetings for the 1992 Campaign. The Washington Post reported sunday that last week Bush informed his aides he will form his Campaign team next month instead of january As originally planned. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher remains the Likely loyalist to head the Campaign. Others expected to be influential operatives Are longtime gop pollster Robert Teeter and Fred Malek one of Bush a key aides in the 1988 Campaign. Campaign image King Roger Ailes who bolstered Bush a ratings in 1988 by using attack ads also is expected to play an important role in the 1992 Campaign. Bush who has had one of the longest periods of Good will among presidents in recent history acknowledges this is a the political  he has watched his popularity drop in the polls from the 1980s and at the height of the persian Gulf War to around 55 percent now. Bush would prefer to follow Reagan s 1984 strategy of announcing his candidacy for a second term at the Start of the election year in 1992. The aim is to continue to look a a presidential rather than a a political As Long As possible. But the challenges Are growing As pressure builds for Bush to focus on Domestic issues particularly economic Relief and health care. An outcry erupted in september when this Moose wandered into Natick mass., and was killed by police. Control the Moose population. A there is actually no biological reason not to have a very limited Hunting season in Vermont a said Warner Shedd a Vermont Hunter and former new England regional director of the National wilderness federation. A the Only reasons Are emotional or moral  when Maine resumed a Moose Hunt Quot there were predictions by at least some people who opposed Moose Hunting that the Moose would disappear and of course they Haven to Shedd said. A a they be continued to  some residents of Natick mass., a Boston suburb were delighted when a Moose a one of an estimated two dozen that have roamed South from new Hampshire and Vermont a wandered through their neighbourhood sept. 22. An outcry erupted when state environmental police sharpshooters killed it and gov. William f. Weld asked that in the future Moose be Tranquili Zed and moved not shot. U.s.3 die in Sailboat fire off Southern California from wire reports san Diego a a Sailboat caught fire off Southern California killing three people. Eight others who jumped overboard were rescued the coast guard said. The 52-foot la Gitana left san Diego Early saturday for a Daylong pleasure trip and was reported burning about 2vi Miles off the coast of Point Loma during the afternoon said it. Wayne Brown. A Man found alive on the boat died before coast guard and Navy rescuers could Fly him to the University of California san Diego medical Center Brown said. After the charred vessel was towed to Harbor two bodies were found in the Cabin said Petty officer Julie Ellis. The eight survivors were rescued by a private boat. They were All treated for Burns Shock and smoke inhalation and four were hospitalized Brown said. The cause of the fire was under investigation.2nd crash kills teen Pompano Beach Fla. A a teen Ager was killed in a crash at an intersection where a Man had deliberately crashed his truck into a pole police said. Utility workers were Clearing severed electric wires at the crash scene when Fernando Gers Berg 19, drove through the intersection and was hit by a truck driven by Curtis j. Peppers 32. A Eolice officer yelled in vain for peppers to Stop before the truck hit Gersberg a car killing the teen Ager. Before the fatal crash Willie Wright 46, had driven his truck into a Utility pole stumbled out stabbed himself in the Chest behind a nearby Church and then tried to drown himself in a baptismal Pool said police spokeswoman Sandra King. Wright who was found near the Church by officer Dennis Van Haitsma said a i did it on purpose a King  Rolls to arrest Cromwell Conn. A a construction worker was arrested on charges of reckless endanger ment for allegedly driving his steamroller within inches of an off duty police officer hired to direct traffic at the site. When the machine got too close officer Louis Tobias Drew his gun and ordered the worker to Stop. The arrest came after the two men argued about How to drive the machine so it would not interfere with traffic police  writes foreword new York a the Rev. Jesse Jackson has written the foreword for a Book in which James Earl Ray asserts that he was an unwitting Scapegoat in the assassination of the Rev. Or. Martin Luther King or. Jackson who was at the Motel in Memphis where King was slain on april 4, 1968, has said that he thinks Ray could not have acted alone and that the Federal government took part in a conspiracy to kill the civil rights Leader. Ray now 63, pleaded guilty in 1969 to first degree murder and is serving a 99-year sentence at the Tennessee state Penitentiary at Nashville. National press books publisher of rays new Book who killed Martin Luther King said in a statement that Ray and Jackson a Call for the appointment of an Independent special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute government employees and Fri agents who were involved in the conspiracy to kill or. Martin Luther  dances cancelled Elkhorn wis. A Elkhorn s schools have cancelled dances until the state attorney general decides just How much slow dancing or kissing can occur before teachers must report it As sexual Contact. State Law requires educators to report to county authorities any sexual Contact Between students under 16. Walworth county has asked for a report every time two students dance too close or a boy has his hand in his Girlfriend s Back pocket. Teachers in the Elkhorn District said that was going too far and the District on Friday suspended dances until it receives clarification from the state. Multiplying Moose menace safety conscious new England