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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday february 1, 1992kerrey s health care and angers rivals by John King associated press Manchester . A two democratic rivals accused sen. Bob Kerrey on thursday of misrepresenting their views on health care while gop hopeful Patrick Buchanan said president Bush is Only pretending to be conservative. Bush aired his second to and while democrats got in a Busy Day of campaigning before a nationally televised debate Friday. The debate could set the tone for the last two weeks before the crucial new Hampshire primary. Kerrey a . Senator from Nebraska set off a storm of protest among democrats with an and in which he said a the other candidates in this race have figured out that National health insurance is popular so they re talking As if they support it but they done to. A i Hope the people of new Hampshire in this Campaign will not accept a counterfeit  former sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts campaigning at the University of Maryland called on Kerrey to withdraw the and. He said it was a purposefully misleading of the Public and i wont allow  a the knows that in be had my health care plan out there since october a Tsongas said. A to suggest otherwise is not an  gov. Till Clinton of Arkansas said that he also has a health care plan and that Kerrey was wrong to Call his own version the Best Hope for Universal health care. A you might ask Hift if that is the Case Why his own fellow senator from Nebraska a Democrat Isnit a cosponsor a Clinton said. Thus far the Kerrey Bill has not attracted co sponsors and appears to be headed nowhere in the Senate even though democratic leaders Are searching for a Compromise formula on health care. Kerrey delivered a health care talk to students at Saint Anselm College and afterwards defended his and. He said his plan was the Only one to offer a government system that would involve actual National insurance. Addressing Saint Anselm students he defended the billions of dollars in payroll alcohol tobacco and other taxes envisioned by his proposal a one reason Why it has not been embraced on Capitol Hill. A a in a arguing for progressive taxes a Kerrey said. Meanwhile Buchanan told a rotary meeting in the seacoast Community of Portsmouth that Bush was merely masquerading As a conservative and not the real thing. Democratic presidential hopeful sen. Bob Kerrey meets with pupils at Kimball elementary school in Concord . A the is fundamentally what you would Call a big government Republican a Buchanan said. A the does believe like Many republicans that the welfare state is not All that bad if the right folks Are running  the presidents latest 30-second and called on voters to support his March 20 deadline for congressional passage of the proposals he outlined tuesday night in his state of the Union message. A new Hampshire and our nation have been through Tough times a Bush said in the commercial with soft music in the background. A and in be Given Congress a deadline of March 20 to pass my plan for economic  elsewhere sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa steered Clear of the health care squabble and said his Campaign is gaining momentum even though he is registering in the Low double digits in new Hampshire polls. And during a radio show Harkin appealed to environmental activists promising to push for More fuel efficient cars a although he is not a co sponsor of a Senate Bill that would do just that. A we have to make them get More Miles to the gallon a Harkin said. A we know it can be done. Other countries can do it Why can to we a Senate legislation by sen. Richard Bryan of Nevada would require automakers to reach 40 Miles per gallon efficiency by 2002. But Harkin is not a co sponsor according to Bryan a office. In South Carolina former Kun flux klan Leader David Duke filed for the March 7 Republican primary a the first in which he will face Bush. Duke also stopped at state Republican Headquarters flanked by about 40 supporters some of them with ties to the Kkt that Duke has  wins one ballot Battle but loses another Miami apr former Kun flux klan Leader David Duke lost a Federal court Battle thursday to appear on Florida a Republican primary ballot but won the same Battle in a Federal court in Rhode Island. In Miami . District judge Federico Moreno said Republican leaders had the right to choose whom they wanted on their ballot. A to Force a political party to accept As its Standard bearer an individual whose views Are not shared by the same party not Only violates the party a constitutional Freedom of association but would run contrary to the very reason for the existence of a political party a Moreno said. The american civil liberties Union which sued on Dukes behalf said it would Appeal but noted that time was running out for Duke to participate in the March 10 primary. Friday was the deadline for printing state ballots. Acle lawyer Bruce Rogow said Moreno a decision a allows the ballot to be censored by party leadership and that a what a unfair about  in Providence r.i., a Federal judge ordered the state to place Duke on the Republican primary ballot. Secretary of state Kathleen Connell barred Duke from the ballot for the March 10 primary because she said he was not a nationally recognized candidate did not have the required 1,000 signatures from registered Rhode Island republicans before the Jan. 7 deadline and was not nominated by state Republican chairman Robert Rendine. The Acle in Rhode Island said that Connellis decision was based on Dukes political ideology and that the Law governing her selection of candidates was unconstitutionally vague. . District judge Ronald r. Lagueux agreed saying Duke and the Acle had a established a violation of their constitutional rights on equal Protection and due process  Connell said state lawyers were reviewing the  bomber gets 20-year sentence los Angeles apr an aerospace Engineer who pleaded guilty to launching 13 bombs at one internal Revenue service office and trying to blow up three others was sentenced thursday to 20 years in prison. Dean Harvey Hicks of Costa Mesa also was ordered to pay a $45, my Fine and restitution of More than $335,000 to the irs. The Fri has said Hicks was angry because the irs  allow him to deduct an $8,000 donation he made to a mail order Church. A while he has a right of protest guaranteed under the Constitution. He does not have the right to conduct a reign of terror a said . District judge Laughlin Waters. North seeks concealed arms permit by the Washington Post Berryville a. A Oliver l. North has applied for a permit to carry three concealed handguns in Clarke county saying he still might be the target of assassination attempts because of his counter terrorist work in the Reagan administration. In papers filed with Clarke county circuit court North said he wants to carry a Smith amp Wesson .38, a Walther ppm and a 10mm Colt. North and his family recently moved from great Falls va., to the Rural county. North 48, served As a staff officer at the National Security Council and was a key figure in the Iran Contra scandal. He says in court papers that he was threatened with assassination by terrorist Abu Nidal in 1986 after he planned to capture members of Nidal a terrorist group. North was also threatened recently by a psychiatric patient in Palo Alto calif., court documents say. North could not be reached for comment. He is president of guardian technologies which makes Bullet proof vests and he Heads a conservative non profit group called Freedom Alliance. Circuit court judge James l. Berry said this week that he would consider North a petition feb. Ii. Three concealed weapons permits were approved in Clarke county in each of the last two years a court clerk said. North a application was filed shortly before his Fairfax county gun permit expired dec. 14. If his application is approved the permit will be his fourth since 1987. In response to a request from Berry North included in his petition a variety of character references including letters from former colleagues from the Cia Marine corps and the nicaraguan Contra organization. Most of the letters were written in support of North when he faced felony convictions for his role in the Iran Contra scandal which involved diverting profits from arms sales to Iran to the nicaraguan rebels. His convictions were later set aside by a Federal appeals court  
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