European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 c the stars and stripes saturday february 15, 1992 democrats Bush criticized on tax health care plans Manchester . A democratic presidential contender Bob Kerrey on Friday called his rivals health care proposals a unpardonable a while president Bush Drew fire from candidates in both parties. The heat intensified As candidates pushed toward tuesdays Lead off new Hampshire primary. Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton said a controversy Over his use of a Vietnam draft deferment wont undermine his credibility. But Iowa sen. Tom Harkin predicted the end of the Clinton Campaign. Kerrey a . Senator from Nebraska continued to express doubts about Clinton a veracity and tried to inherit the a a electability Mantle. Former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas refused to be drawn into the debate. Kerrey visiting a senior citizens Center in Bedford . Faulted his rivals for failing to include coverage for Long term care in their health proposals calling it a an unpardonable Kerrey a plan for Universal health coverage to be paid for with a variety of new taxes would include Long term care. Republican candidate Patrick Buchanan meanwhile took aim at Bush s decision this week not to include his proposal for a $500 increase in the personal exemption for each dependent child in a package of Short Range proposals he wants enacted by March 20. A in retrospect or. Bush a state of the Union address appears to have been a giant political scam to hoodwink new Hampshire voters into believing George Bush favors tax cuts for working people a Buchanan said. Clinton too criticized Bush for backing away from the proposals in his speech. A this is More of just what we be been getting for the last 10 years. The Rich get the Gold mine and the Middle class gets the Shaft a he said. Clinton bought a half hour of statewide television time thursday night to try to regain momentum. Aides said internal polls showed he 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 determine in late 1969 a when he gave up his deferment a that he probably would not be 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 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 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 backed out. Kerrey who won the medal of Honor in Vietnam said thursday 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 then a recovering from wounds suffered in a grenade blast that Cost him half a leg. 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 Community voting assistance officer. Presidential state in voting Are urged to see their run off . . State primary primary if necessary sen. Rep. Gov. Alabama june 2 june 2 june 30 yes 7 a Alaska a aug. 25 a yes 1 a american Samoa a a Delegate yes Arizona a sept. 8 a yes 6 Arkansas May 26 May 26 june 9 yes 4 _ California june 2 june 2 _ yes 52 a Colorado March 3 aug. 11 a. Yes 6 a Connecticut March 24 sept. 15 a yes 6 a Delaware a 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 a Guam a sept. 5 Delegate a Hawaii a sept. 19 a yes 2 a Idaho May 26 May 26 a yes 2 Illinois March 17 March 17 a yes 20 a Indiana Mays May 5 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 a yes 6 a Louisiana March 10 oct. 3 yes 7 a Maine a june 9 a 2 _ Maryland March 3 March 3 a yes 8 a Massachusetts March 10 sept. 15 a a 10 a Michigan March 17 aug. 4 a a 16 a Minnesota april 7 sept. 15 a a 8 a Mississippi March 10 March 10 March 31 a 5 Missouri a aug. 5 _. 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 13 _ new Mexico june 2 june 2 a a 3 new York april 7 sept. 8 a yes 31 North Carolina Mays May 5 june 2 yes 12 yes North Dakota june 9 june 9 a yes 1 yes Ohio Mays May 5 a yes 19 Oklahoma March 10 aug. 25 sept. 15 yes 6 a Oregon May 19 May 19 a yes 5 Pennsylvania april 28 april 28 a yes 21 _ puerto Rico March 15 june 14 a _ z yes Rhode Island March 10 sept. 15 _ 2 yes South Carolina March 7 june 9 june 23 yes 6 t South Dakota feb. 25 june 2 june 16 yes 1 Tennessee March 10 aug. 6 _ 9 Texas March 10 March 10 april 14 _ 30 _ Utah a sept. 8 a yes 3 yes Vermont a sept. 6 a yes 1 yes Virginia a june 9 _ a _ 11 a Washington May 19 sept. 15 a. Yes 8 yes West Virginia May 12 May 12 _ 3 yes Wisconsin april 7 sept. 8 yes 9 Wyoming a aug. 18 a a 1 a z a puerto Rico elects one resident commissioner and does not directly participate in the election of the president and vice president of the United states. Tsongas pulls ahead of Clinton poll shows Concord . Apr 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 50 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 a 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 a heat your heart out Sam a Nancy does give him a hard time about the education Issue but that s 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, a always pretty much focused on the con Cerns of an impish Little girl and Story line Seldom stretch beyond one Days strip. In the new series Bush visits Nanc and slug go a school. Nancy at first Awe struck to be in the company of Someon who knows Arnold Schwarzenegger end up giving the president a tour Complete with a warning about the cafeteria food
