European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday february 15, 1992 Clinton tries to Stop draft deferment Flap from burying Effort by Fohn King associated press Manchester . Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton says a Vietnam draft controversy wont undermine his credibility. Rivals of the Arkansas governor either attacked him or ignored the juror thursday. Iowa sen. Tom Harkin predicted the end of Clinton a Campaign. Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey continued to express doubts about Clinton a veracity and tried to inherit the a  Mantle. Former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas refused to be drawn into that debate but swapped Snipes with Harkin Over nuclear Power. Former California gov Jerry Brown targeted president Bush. Clinton bought a half hour of statewide television time thursday night to try to regain the momentum before the campaigns first primary is held tuesday. Aides said internal polls showed the Arkansas governor indeed had halted his slide and moved up a bit. But As Clinton was being frustrated in his attempts to discuss Public policy the new York times reported that it was easy for Clinton to have determined in late 1969 a when he gave up his deferment a that he probably would not have been called. President Richard Nixon had announced that draft eligible graduate students like Clinton could finish the school year. Clinton has said he had no idea whether he would be drafted when he gave up his deferment which he received by arranging to enrol in an Roth program at the University of Arkansas. He said on the stump that he gave up his deferment because he Felt morally obligated. In a 1969 letter to a Roth commander released this week Clinton said he gave it up to a maintain my political viability within the  Clinton Jones a retired University of Arkansas Roth Recruiter kept the letter for 22 years and gave it to Abc news on wednesday. Jones said he kept it because he was angry that Clinton had committed to the officers training program and then backed out. The Clinton Campaign released a document thursday that aides suggested showed Clinton had no illusions about missing the War. In a june 6, 1970, memo to Oxford University Clinton Only said that he a a perhaps might be returning to the school. A if not will be entering Yale Law school or getting drafted a the memo said. A i done to think its undermined my electability a Clinton told one of 12 round table participants a a group of undecided voters the Clinton Campaign brought together. Quot if you say in a electable on tuesday by definition in a  Kerrey who won the medal of Honor in Vietnam said thursday that he was still not convinced that Clinton was telling the entire truth about the draft Flap but added a i do not want to reopen the wounds of  later he said a i know the anguish that governor Clinton must have gone through in 1969. I was in the Hospital  Kerrey was wounded by a grenade blast and lost half of a leg. Harkin said Clinton a letter spelled the end of his Campaign. A it seals his Fate a Harkin said. Clinton said harking a attack was a sign of desperation and Tsongas too said it was too soon to write off Clinton blaming the a Media  a issues get lost in the shuffle a he said. Brown campaigning in Portsmouth ., accused Bush of a bureaucratic neglect by failing to break a deadlock within the army corps of engineers Over redeveloping the port into a major shipping Center. Schedules for primaries runoffs these Are the dates for upcoming presidential and state primaries and run off elections in the United states Guam american Samoa puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Those interested in voting Are urged to see their Community voting assistance officer. Presidential state run off . . State primary primary if necessary sen. Rep. Gov Alabama june 2 june 2 june 30 yes 7 _ Alaska a aug. 25 yes 1 a american Samoa a a a a Delegate yes Arizona a sept. 8 a yes 6 Arkansas May 26 May 26 june 9 yes 4 a California june 2 june 2 a yes 52 Colorado March 3 aug. 11 _ yes 6 a Connecticut March 24 sept. 15 a yes 6 _ Delaware sept. 12 a a 1 yes District of Columbia May 5 sept. 15 a Delegate a Florida March 10 sept. 1 sept. 29 yes 23 a Georgia March 10 july 21 aug. 11 yes 11 1 a Guam a sept. 5 a Delegate a Hawaii a sept. 19 a yes 2 a Idaho May 26 May 26 a yes 2 a Illinois March 17 March 17 a yes 20 _ Indiana May 5 May 5 a yes 10 yes Iowa a june 2 a yes 5 a Kansas april 7 aug .4 a yes 4 a Kentucky May 26 May 26 yes 6 a Louisiana March 10 oct. 3 a yes 7 _ Maine a june 9 a a 2 Maryland March 3 March 3 a. Yes 8 Massachusetts March 10 sept. 15 a a 10 Michigan March 17 aug. 4 a a 16 _ Minnesota april 7 sept. 15 a a 8 a Mississippi March 10 March 10 March 31 a 5 _ Missouri a aug. 5 a yes 9 yes Montana june 2 june 2 a a 1 yes Nebraska May 12 May 12 a a 3 Nevada a sept. 1 a yes 2 a new Hampshire feb.18 sept. 8 a yes 2 yes new Jersey june 2 june 2 a a 13 _ new Mexico june 2 june 2 a a 3 _ new York april 7 sept. 8 a yes 31 a North Carolina May 5 may5 june 2 yes 12 yes. North Dakota june 9 june 9 yes 1 yes Ohio May 5 May 5 a yes 19 Oklahoma March 10 aug. 25 sept 15 yes 6 a Oregon May 19 May 19 a yes 5 a Pennsylvania april 28 april 28 a yes 21 a puerto Rico March 15 june 14 a a z yes Rhode Island March 10 sept. 15 a a 2 yes South Carolina March 7 june 9 june 23 yes 6 South Dakota feb. 25 june 2 june 16 yes 1. A a Tennessee March 10 aug. 6 a 9 Texas March 10 March 10 april 14 a 30 Utah a sept. 8 a yes 3 yes Vermont sept. 8 a yes 1 yes Virginia june 9 a a 11 Washington May 19 sept. 15 a yes 8 yes West Virginia May 12 May 12 a a 3 yes Wisconsin april 7 sept. 8 a yes 9 a Wyoming a aug. 18 a 1 a z a puerto Rico elects one resident commissioner and does not directly election of the president and vice president of the United states. Participate in the Tsongas pulls ahead of Clinton poll shows conc Ord . A Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton s support in new Hampshire has fallen 12 percentage Points in the last two weeks according to a new poll of new Hampshire voters. Among Likely Republican voters. President Bush was favored by so percent commentator Patrick Buchanan had 33 percent support. Seventeen percent were undecided. The poll conducted by political Media research and reported in thursdays Concord Monitor showed that former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas had 32 percent support of Likely voters in the feb. 18 primary up from 24 percent in a poll conducted by the same group two weeks ago. Clinton had 25 percent Down from 37 percent two weeks ago. Democratic hopeful Paul Tsongas is mobbed by the Media during a swim at the Myca in Concord mass. Nancy gives president a grilling in comic strip series Phoenix apr president Bush is about to become the first real person to visit the Nancy comic strip and the reaction of the Spike haired heroine is anything but reverent. Its a bit of a departure for the girl in the polka Dot dress who a spent More than 50 years worrying More about Homework and her sometime Beau slug go than about affairs of state. The two week series of strips which begins monday takes a few digs at Bush but it Isnit intended to be political cartoonist Jerry Scott said. In one panel Nancy trips Bush up with a question about his Promise to be the a education president and then gloats to herself  your heart out Sam  a Nancy does give him a hard time about the education Issue but that a because someone of Nancy a personality would enjoy seeing him squirm a the Phoenix artist said. A she would have treated Yasser Arafat the same  Scott inherited the United features strip in 1983, following several artists who kept it going after the 1982 death of its creator Ernie Bushmiller. It appears in about 300 papers in 36 countries and is translated into 23 languages. Scott said the Bush strips Are the most topical Ever for the girl who first appeared in 1933 As the Niece of Fritzi Ritz. Nancy who got her own strip in 1938, has always pretty much focused on the concerns of an impish Little girl and Story lines Seldom stretch beyond one Days strip. In the new series Bush visits Nancy and slug go a school. Nancy at first awestruck to be in the company of someone who knows Arnold Schwarzenegger ends up giving the president a tour Complete with a warning about the cafeteria food