European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday january 22, 1992harkin Renews attacks on Clinton s record by Dan Balz the Washington Post Manchester . Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton a record at Home came under fresh attack monday from Iowa sen. Tom Harkin who charged that in five terms As governor Clinton a did to Arkansas what Reagan did to this  continuing a theme that he launched in sunday nights televised democratic presidential debate in Manchester Harkin accused Clinton Leader in polls taken in new Hampshire of giving tax Breaks to big corporations and wealthy individuals and a stick it to the Little Guy increases in sales taxes. Harkin also claimed that Arkansas is a last in just about everything a citing the environment workplace safety and children a issues. A this is the legacy of reaganomics a he asserted during a news conference outside an abandoned storefront in Manchester. Clinton deflected the original charges late sunday saying a your state has done very Well considering where we started from the enormous obstacles we had to overcome and the fact we had no help from the fed King rally turns violent in Denver Denver a police at a rally in Honor of Martin Luther King or. And his legacy of non violence had to use tear Gas Mace and nightsticks to quell demonstrators who hurled rocks and bottles at Kun flux klansmen. Police said they moved in on the 5,000 anti klan demonstrators monday As some were readying Molotov cocktails. Twenty one people six of them juveniles were arrested most for disturbing the peace. Five people including a police officer were treated at a Hospital and scores were treated at the scene. Mayor Wellington Webb said the my acc a brought some disgrace not Only to Denver but to or. Kings  the klansmen had held a rally on the state Capitol Steps while about 10,000 people look part in a King Day Parade. About 400 police had maintained a distance Between the 125 klansmen and anti klan demonstrators but As the Parade wound to a close the demonstrators began throwing snowballs and rocks. As officers in riot gear routed the crowd other officers led klans men through tunnels in the Capitol to a waiting bus. Bush would lose to any Democrat poll says Washington apr a democratic candidate would beat president Bush by a slight margin if the election were held now according to a lbs new York times poll released monday. Forty three percent of those surveyed said if the presidential election were held today they would probably vote for an unnamed democratic candidate while 38 percent said they would vote for Bush. When asked As of today who they would be More Likely to choose in the fall 49 percent said a democratic candidate and 42 percent said they would vote for Bush. The poll conducted Jan. 14-19 in a nationwide random Sample of 2,897 Telephone interviews had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage Points. Less than two weeks ago 41 percent said they would vote for Bush if the election were held today while 38 percent chose an unnamed Democrat. Bush was Given a 45 percent approval rating in the poll identical to the rating he Nad in an Abc news Washington Post poll released last thursday. Nearly half 48 percent said the National Economy was getting worse while 43 percent rated the Economy a fairly  eral government. There May not be an a Arkansas Miracle but there a a terrific amount of  George Steph Nopoulos Clinton s Deputy Campaign manager said a Tom harking a been part of the problem in Washington for the past 17 years. During the �?T80s, he voted to raise taxes by Over $100 billion and capped it off in july by voting himself a $23,000 pay raise at  but As the two campaigns traded charges former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas warned that attack politics were the wrong Way to gain support in new Hampshire this year. As front runner in new Hampshire polls Clinton a Campaign has been anticipating an attack from his rivals. Harkin s tactics appeared part of his Effort to get Back into the fight in new Hampshire where the nation s first primary will be held Fen. 18. A Boston Globe poll published sunday showed har Kin in last place behind even former California gov. Jerry Brown. The poll showed Clinton leading among democrats in new Hampshire with 30 percent. Tsongas was next with 17 percent followed by Kerrey with 16 percent Brown 7 percent and Harkin 3 percent. A bus Canning Kun flux klan members is wreathed by tear Gas As Denver police break up an anti klan demonstration on  urged to help poor kids get vaccines Washington apr states could save millions of dollars and provide immunization for hundreds of thousands of youngsters eligible for medicaid by buying vaccine in bulk and distributing it free to physicians a children a advocacy group said monday. A single measles shot in a physician s office can Cost $50, the children a defense fund said in a report adding that medicaid reimburses Only part of the fee. Because of the Low reimbursement some physicians have stopped vaccinating Low income patients referring children to Public clinics that often cannot meet the demand according to the report written by Joseph Tiang Yau Liu and Sara Rosenbaum. In 1990, nearly a fourth of All children a 5.3 million youngsters under the age of 6 a relied on the medicaid program for health care the report said. A was a consequence fewer and fewer children receive Protection against preventable disease a Liu and Rosenbaum said. For example the number of cases of measles Rose dramatically in the 1980s, from fewer than 1,500 in 1983 to More than 27,000 in 1990. The medicaid program in Ohio one of 20 states that buy in bulk saved $3.3 million Over the last three years by taking advantage of the discount prices available to states and the Federal government the report said. A in theory every state could a and should a buy and distribute enough vaccine at the least for its medicaid eligible children rather than reimbursing physicians to buy vaccine at far higher prices a the report said. For example the fund said the bulk Price for one dose of mumps measles and rubella vaccine is $15.33, compared with the retail Price of $25.29 for a private Purchase. The average medicaid compensation for that vaccine is 72 percent of a doctors usual fee it said. The United states the report said ranks behind 16 nations in the proportion of infants immunized against polio. When the proportion of non White infants adequately immunized is compared with other nations the United states ranks 70th, according to the report. Other than Ohio the states that buy and distribute vaccines directly either for medicaid eligible children or All children Are Alaska Connecticut Hawaii Illinois Kansas Kentucky Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Nevada new Hampshire Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Vermont Washington and Wyoming