European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday february 8, 1992democrats attack Bush s health care plan Exeter . A the democratic presidential candidates turned their rhetoric on each other thursday but agreed on one thing that president Bush a health care proposal is an election year ploy. Overshadowing a Day of frenetic campaigning As new Hampshire a feb. 18 primary nears were questions a Ana criticism a about Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton a use of a draft deferment during the Vietnam War. Clinton campaigning before a packed House at the Phillips Exeter Academy said Bush a response to the health care crisis unveiled thursday was merely a Way my Mew a a to a paper it Over with a Promise and a photo a George Bush does no to want to fix the health care system. He wants to fix the election a Clinton said calling the plan a classic Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey called it a medical darwinism survival of the Rich once a we have been waiting in George Bush a waiting room for 12 years. There Are lives at stake. Its time to say to or. Bush a you re guilty of malpractice and we re going to revoke your License a a Kerrey told students at Keene state College. Iowa sen. Tom Harkin and former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas also assailed Bush a plan because it provides no Cost controls. Former California gov. Jerry Brown in los Angeles for a fund Raiser called the plan a a cruel hoax that will bust the Federal budget. The heart of Bush a plan is a system of tax credits and deductions to help poor and Middle income people pay health insurance costs of up to $3,750 per family. The presidential hopefuls also criticized one another. Harkin criticized Clinton and Kerrey for their records on children a issues. The Iowa senator released a child care proposal that Calls for creating a family leave Law subsidizing More guidance Counselor for elementary schools and expanding nutrition programs for women and children. Kerrey promptly counter punched saying harking a child care proposal a is like painting a barn for the sixth time because it expands current programs. Much of new Hampshire a Campaign action entered on a published report that said Clinton avoided being drafted during the critical two months in 1969 that his draft Board told him to expect to be called up. The Wall Street journal reported that he agreed to sign up for a Reserve officers training program but never joined. Clinton denied he tried to avoid the draft saying he Iowa sen. Tom Harkin Lell greets an employee of the James River Cascade Plant in Gorham ., thursday. Gave up the deferment after two months because a i did t think it was right to keep two rivals wasted no time in responding when asked about it by reporters and voters. Kerrey a medal of Honor recipient who lost part of a leg leading a Navy unit said Clinton a explanations a just done to have the ring of �?o1 Hope he a telling the truth but in be got some doubts a Kerrey said. A the last thing Bill Clinton needs now is another Story questioning his veracity and integrity a said Harkin who served As a Vietnam Era cargo Pilot based in Japan. Clinton declined to respond to his rivals comments. A similar Issue arose during the 1988 Campaign regarding Dan Quayle a use of family influence to enlist in the National guard and avoid the draft during the Vietnam War. The draft controversy arose just As the Clinton Campaign was recovering from unsubstantiated accusations by an Arkansas woman who said she had a 12-year affair with the governor. Clinton denied the charges. At his Exeter appearance Clinton outlined his plan to Lead America s recovery from a decade that has valued a wealth Over work greed Over greatness. And the fast Buck Over the Long Tsongas did no to touch the Clinton draft controversy saying he wanted to stick to economic issues. He did release a new to and that dismissed election year tax Cut plans a which Are supported by Clinton and Kerrey a As a a gimmicks that wont help the Economy. Harkin also had a new and out thursday. It shows pictures of pro democracy demonstrators in China a Tiana men Square and rails against american companies use of chinese labor to keep prices Low a practice that reduces the number of american jobs. President Bush meanwhile had his top surrogate campaigning in new Hampshire. His wife Barbara criticized Congress for not enacting Bush a economic proposals saying the president a has had three of the most frustrating years of not getting the Congress to act on jury tampering charge raised in beating trial s1m1 Valley Calif. A possible jury tampering by an a act member m the racially charged assault trial of four police officers spurred a secret meeting Between attorneys and the judge thursday. A the court was in its second Day of jury selection in the trial of the los Angeles officers charged with the videotaped beating of Black Motorist Rodney King. Lawyers said the meeting was called after the Star news of Pasadena quoted James h. Smith a member of the National association for the advancement of coloured people As saying he introduced himself to seven Black prospective jurors who were among 205 panellists called wednesday. Smith 66, told the newspaper that he spoke with the prospective jurors before Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg told them not to discuss the Case with anyone. When court convened thursday Weisberg summoned attorneys to secret talks. He ordered the record of that session sealed. Ecu git firm a mud Llu amp Ludl Lilg Caiz it u1 Iii Gnu hug Zijic to saying he by an Arkansas woman who said she had a 12-year of on state of emergency declared to Repa spewing san Diego sewage pipeline san Diego up a gov. Pete Wil beaches As Well As the Entrance to Busy 600-ton son declared a state of emergency thurs san Diego Bay begin Ali inn to inn lit Ann Tsih Rvin a it or Slinn tin inv. I a san Diego up gov. Pete Wilson declared a state of emergency thursday in san Diego where a broken underwater sewage pipeline is spewing 180 million Gallons a Day of contaminated effluent into the Pacific. As Many As 19 sections of the pipeline separated from one another releasing the treated sewage from the Point Loma Wastewater treatment Plant. The Breaks were discovered monday. They forced the immediate closure of four Miles of Beach and threatened other beaches As Well As the Entrance to Busy san Diego Bay a to protect Public health the repairs to the pipeline must be made As soon As possible a said Wilson a former mayor of san Diego. His decree allows county and City officials Access to state funds that will help with a repair Job that is expected to Cost about $10 million and take two months. The City Council approved the hiring of two engineering companies to Tow a 600-ton Barge from Long Beach and begin the Long process of sorting out the disconnected pipe with the barges Crane and rebuilding the foundation of rocks that supported the pipe. It is believed that heavy surf this Winter caused the pipe which rests on the Ocean floor about 35 feet below the surface to Roll Back and Forth until the foundation was worn Down and the pipe collapsed. The outfall pipe is made up of steel and Concrete sections wide enough to drive a car through. Defense witness says Tyson made come on Indianapolis a a Beauty pageant contestant testifying in Mike Tyson a rape trial said thursday that the Boxer made aggressive sexual advances to her and other contestants. A a a i know you want me. I know you want me a a Parquita Nassau quoted Tyson As saying at a rehearsal for the miss Black America pageant last july. She also said he grabbed her buttocks. The defense called Nassau and three other contestants on thursday to try to show that Tyson a flagrant come on should have tipped off his accuser that he was interested in having sex. Tyson 25, is charged with raping an 18-year-old contestant in his hotel suite Early july 19. If convicted he faces a 60-year prison sentence. His attorneys said the woman consented to sex and viewed him from the Start As a potential source of wealth. Another contestant Madelyn Whittington quoted the accuser As saying after Tyson asked her for a Date a you see what Robin Givens got out of Tyson and actress Robin Givens divorced in 1989 after a Rocky eight month marriage. Neither Side disclosed settlement terms. But lawyers said Givens kept Jewely several cars and Cash. On Cross examination the 20-year-old Whittington said she merely had the impression that Tyson a accuser wanted to be like Givens but that the woman never actually said so. Nassau said she heard one of the accuser s friends say of Tyson a there comes your husband but he can to talk too Well Quot she said Tyson a accuser replied a a he la make All the Money and ill do All the
