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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, February 18, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes tuesday february 18, 1992candidates fire final shots in . Voting today in nation s Lead off contest Manchester . A five democratic presidential contenders fanned out across new Hampshire on monday making final appeals to the Lead off primary states volatile electorate. President Bush made morning Rush hour pitches through a series of radio interviews. The democrats went to work the morning after a debate that restored civility to a race that had turned a bit cantankerous in the closing Days. Joining them in making direct appeals to voters was gop challenger Patrick Buchanan. At stake in today a vote for the democrats is momentum heading into a crowded primary Calendar. For Bush new Hampshire s results will determine whether he faces any serious bumps on the Road to renomination. Iowa sen. Tom Harkin ignored new Hampshire polls showing him in a fight with Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey for third place behind former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas and Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton. Harkin told volunteers there was a an undercurrent of something building very strongly and i think we re tapped into  a this president has finished his Mission a Clinton told a morning rally at Nashua City Hall. A the is yesterdays Man. He offers us no real Hope and vision for the  Buchanan was hoping not to tap but to slam the president in the state that saved Bush a Campaign four years ago. His goal Quot convince or. Bush to stand  Bush made a weekend foray into new Hampshire a turbulent politics and was Back at the White House on monday. He told Fea radio Quot i done to know How to sort it  Bush said he Wasny to sure How successful he had been in piercing the criticism of the democrats and Buchanan. A i guess ill know tomorrow a he said. The Only concerted attacks in sunday nights democratic debate were directed at Bush and new Hampshire front runner Tsongas for his support of nuclear Power. Democratic presidential candidates from left in Back Tom Harkin Bill Clinton Bob Kerrey Paul Tsongas and Jervy Brown appear sunday night at a debate in new Hampshire. Moderators Are foreground Ken Bode Bernard Shaw and Susan Lederman. The 90-Minutc debate televised live on can and co sponsored by the league of women voters was held at St. Anselmus College in Manchester. A handful of polls show Tsongas on top followed by Clinton. The polls Are consistent in showing Harkin and Kerrey just into double digits and former California gov. Jerry Brown trailing. A write in Campaign for new York gov. Mario Cuomo is drawing the support of roughly 5 percent in most polls. In a sunday interview with the associated press Cuomo expressed regret that a state budget crisis forced him to drop plans to enter the 1992 race. A if i had a budget i would be in new Hampshire right now a Cuomo said As political supporters from new York ended to new Hampshire to help the write in Effort. Tsongas entered sunday nights debate expecting attacks and was the favorite if infrequent target. A a we re not trying to gang up on Vou we re not saying that you re wrong All the time but i think you Are on this particular Issue a Kerrey said As he took Issue with Tsongas support of nuclear Power. Harkin and Brown joined in that chorus. Tsongas countered that nuclear Power was Low on his list a but preferable to relying on Fossil fuels. And he stressed that he has the most backing among new Hampshire environmentalists. For Clinton the debate offered a Chance to shift attention to his message after weeks of questions about his personal life and Vietnam draft status. Neither controversy came up sunday. Instead Clinton Secl his time to push policy proposals ranging from an apprenticeship program for High school graduates who opt against College to a mid Man sought in rampage surrenders dle class tax Cut he said would be a a Down payment on tax  when the candidates discussed big City problems an Issue that has received Little attention in the Campaign Harkin invoked the name of Cuomo. A did you have to mention gov. Co mods name a Kerrey asked. A now More people will write his name  for his part Kerrey called deficit reduction a moral obligation and on several occasions termed Bush a massively indifferent to average americans and their problems. A we have seen the american dream wiped out a he said. A i will fight to put the people of new Hampshire and the people of America Back to  Harkin has been the spark behind much of the acrimony in the campaigns final Days criticizing Clinton Kerrey and Tsongas in his ads and Public appearances. Irvington Ala. Apr a Man who killed four people in a shooting rampage after his sex wife refused to see him surrendered at a phone Booth in Mississippi where he told police he would be waiting authorities said. Jason Oric Williams 23, was returned moriday to Alabama and was to be charged today with capital murder said sheriffs spokesman Gardner Wilcox. Williams was accused of killing a Man with whom Williams had been staying for two weeks and three members of a neighbor family. Williams had a Date with his former wife Sandra on Friday. Early saturday she told him Over the phone that she would not see him again Wilcox said. Jason Williams who had been staying with Gerald and Claire Paravicini picked up a Rifle and wounded the couples 16-year-old son left Carr authorities said. Gerald Paravicini rushed Williams and received a fatal shot in the Chest Carr said. The gunman then went to the Home of Freddie Barber 50, and his wife Linda 46, and shot them several times authorities said. Their son Bryan 23, was killed with three shots to the head As he slept investigators said. Another son Brad Barber 16, was shot in the hand. He and Carr were listed in stable condition. Williams fled in the Barbers Van. On sunday he called his former wife and she persuaded him to talk to sheriffs deputies who were at her Home. A the told us about where he was and said he had thrown the Rifle away a said sheriff Tom Purvis. Williams was arrested at the phone Booth at a truck Stop in Mcneil miss., about 75 Miles West of Irvington a Community of 450. A the came out of the phone Booth with his hands on lop of his head and gave himself up a said Mississippi Highway patrol spokesman Dan Tackett. School suspends 2 girls Over tylenol Hamilton Ohio apr two 14-year-old girls were suspended from school for five Days because one gave the other two tylenol. School officials said Dana Meny and Michelle Wiles of Wilson Junior High school violated a policy that bars students from taking drugs even non prescription medication without adult supervision. They were suspended Friday. A we can to be sure that a bottle of tylenol really contains tylenol and what happens if someone has a reaction to it a said Ron Ellis director of student services. Merry said she gave Wiles the pain relievers after her schoolmate fell on an ice Patch and complained of a head ache. A they treated her like a common criminal Quot said merry smother Anne Wilkins. Quot they made her empty her purse and pockets. In a surprised they did no to do a strip search  Meny appealed the suspension to the Board of education. Wiles planned no Appeal. Her Mother said the girl will Transfer to another school. A they Are wasting their time when there Are serious problems with crack and other drugs in their schools a said Laura Wiles Michelle smother. A i done to want my daughter in a school that can to get its priorities  scouts petition backs Gays atheists Berkeley Calif. Apr members of a cub scout Den earned citizenship badges by challenging the boy scouts of America ban on homosexuals and atheists. A cub scouts is supposed to be for everyone a said Max Wentler a member of Rebelos Den 1. The cubs sent a petition to boy scouting Headquarters in Irving Texas asking leaders to overturn the ban. They also wrote to two agnostic Southern California boys banned from the cub scouts and to a Gay former Eagle scout from Berkeley who is suing the boy scouts for rejecting his application to be a scoutmaster. The boys Den leaders awarded them citizenship badges for their efforts last week. Two weeks ago a boy scout troop in san Jose was threatened with loss of its charter after proclaiming it would accept Gay members. The Berkeley cub scouts Arentt going that far. A we like cubs too much to want to leave it but when something a wrong you have to take some sort of action a Den member Daniel Greenman said. The director of the mount Diablo scouting Council which oversees Den 1, said the Council would take no action against the boys. A a it a pretty obvious to me that it was some adults who had a personal belief about this and unfortunately chose the kids to Cany out their message a Quentin Alexander said. A a they re being very Berkeley about   
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