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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 3, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7bush urges daily workouts for everyone Washington apr president Bush urged americans on Friday to make physical exercise a part of each Day. But he had to pass up a Chance to test his prowess against the likes of Muhammad Ali Chris Evert and Florence Griffith Joyner. A fitness can really enrich the human mind and body by lowering stresses blood pressure and cholesterol a Bush told hundreds of athletes attending the a great american workout at the White House. A we also have to act on another front by putting new emphasis on Quality physical education in our schools Bush said. Last year on the second a great american workout a the president put on a warm up suit and took part in exercise events set up on the South Lawn. But Friday he was on his Way to a meeting with Federal officials and Community leaders on the rioting in los Angeles. So he showed up in of business suit. Barbara Bush however was dressed for the breakfast time workout. The president said the go a of the workout was a making exercise a part of american fitness and fitness a part of each americans  Arnold Schwarzenegger chairman of the presidents Council on physical fit Ness introduced the president. Bush said the body builder turned actor had told him that Only one state Illinois gives daily physical education courses in grades from kindergarten through the 12th Grade. A a we be got to change that a Bush said. A a let a make it 50.�?� the White House South Lawn More often used for official state welcomes helicopter landings and the occasional Barbecue was turned into a giant outdoor gym for the workout the annual Kickoff for National physical fitness and sports month. The theme this year is family fitness. The Harlem globetrotters the dancing grannies Ringling Brothers clowns and or. Potato head were among other participants. Evert the retired Tennis Star was a House guest. The other participants included Joyner Winner of three track Gold medals at the 1988 olympics and Ali former heavyweight Champion. Football player Marcus Allen and Mary Lou Retton a Gold medal Winner in gymnastics also were on hand. The five workout stations set up on the Lawn were a school fitness station one for Home exercise one for aerobics one for sports and one for special olympics. President Bush talks with actor Milton Berle As fitness advocate Jack Lalanne his Muscles at the White House on  to Russia could be wasted experts warn Washington a the . Portion of a $24 billion Western Aid package for Russia should be redesigned to help Russia resolve its huge foreign debt Burden financial experts say. Karen Lissakers of Columbia University told a Senate hearing Friday that the assistance plan that president Bush and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl unveiled april 1 a will be completely wasted unless there is a simultaneous Resolution of the debt  estimates have put the debt inherited by Russia and the other republics of the former soviet Union at $62 billion to $70 billion. Two thirds of that amount is owed to governments the rest to commercial Banks. While foreign governments agreed to defer principal repayments late last year on part of the debt Lissakers said the interest payments and principal payments that were not deferred would total $24 billion this year. Roger w. Robinson jr., an economics specialist at the National Security Council during the Reagan administration said that without major debt Relief a significant portion of the $24 billion in Aid the West is offering would be siphoned off to repay Western creditors. A not one dime of that $24 billion should be appropriated prior to a multiyear rescheduling. Otherwise that Aid package will become a fiasco a he said. Robinson and Lissakers testified before a Senate finance subcommittee on International debt headed by sen. Bill Bradley . A ecu in  me ice in  maims. Nance subcommittee on International aeon Neanea while foreign governments agreed to defer principal sen. Bill Bradley . Texas governor hails Clinton right Man for presidency Rthur Texas up a gov. Ann Rich Chael Dukakis then governor of Massachusetts. Mph Rill plantan for Nrec Ihunt Prihar Carinn in a Enol r port Arthur Texas up gov. Ann Richards endorsed Bill Clinton for president Friday saying the Arkansas governor stands for issues that Are near to her heart and to the hearts of texans. A i done to think Bill Clinton or anyone else is going to make miracles a Richards said. A but i think Bill Clinton has the Wisdom and the passion and the courage and the experience to led the  before endorsing Clinton Richards touched on the rioting in los Angeles that was sparked when four White current and former police officers were acquitted of beating Black Motorist Rodney King. A a we be seen a lot of Hydro cosy and indifference and indecision and its brought us to the place where Willie Horton and Rodney King symbolize Polar opposites of the very same thing a that the Law cannot protect us and that our government wont do it a Richards said. Horton a murderer fled while on furlough from a Massachusetts prison and went to Maryland where he raped a woman. His Case became an Issue in the Campaign of 1988 democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis then governor of Massachusetts. Horton is Black and democrats charged that George Bush a use of Horton a photo in Campaign ads was capitalizing on Whites fears of Blacks. Richards and Clinton expected to capture the democratic presidential nomination appeared at a news conference at the Jefferson county Airport. Afterwards they attended the annual port Arthur news Homecoming roast where Richards was the target of Good natured barbs. A people wonder How Bill can keep on going after he has been battered and bruised and assault he by everything in sight a Richards said. A the still wins one state after another and i think that it shows a toughness and a tenacity that this nation needs in the White  after thanking Richards for her endorsement Clinton turned to the los Angeles situation. A one of the things i Hope will come from this terrible tragedy is that it will remind us All that politics must not cannot dare not be just a sideshow in 1992. Already too often it has been that a he said. Brown seeks most in Matching funds Washington apr despite several straight primary losses democratic presidential hopeful Jerry Brown requested the most Federal Matching Campaign funds Friday surpassing president Bush and Likely democratic nominee Bill Clinton. Brown requested $1.6 million while Bush asked for $1.3 million and Clinton submitted a $1.1 million request the Federal election commission said. However the amounts that Bush and Clinton actually raised for the month of april were Likely to be much larger because the commission matches Only the first $250 of each contribution. Both Bush and Clinton accept donations up to $1,000, so the Matching funds they request do not equal the amount they raised. Brown however accepts Only $100 or less so everything he raises can be matched by the taxpayer backed Matching funds Pool. Brown thumped in recent primaries in new York and Pennsylvania has conceded that he has Little Chance of denying Clinton the nomination. Still he said the $1.6 million he raised in april was a sign that his anti insider message a which he a pushing for a Lon term political movement a has taken hold. Bradley who has been pushing for debt forgiveness said american taxpayers would be shocked if they knew that the . Support for Russia was going to Quot bail out governments and International Banks that made bad Loans to russians communist predecessors rather than helping Russia in its difficult transition to a Market Economy. Because of its enormous economic problems Russia has All but stopped making interest payments this year on its government and commercial Bank debts. The Bush administration and commercial Banks have rejected Calls for the old soviet debt to be either forgiven or reissued under More favourable terms insisting that such an action would prevent Russia from getting new  charged with killing do Over song dedication from wire reports Danbury Conn. A a 16-year-old has been charged with killing a bar disc jockey with a Shotgun in a dispute Over a song dedication. Michael Johnson 23, was dedicating songs to women at Marvin a cafe Early thursday when he was shot through the neck in front of dozens of patrons. Yvonne Watts turned himself in at police Headquarters about five hours later and was charged with murder. Witnesses said Watts cursed Johnson apparently because he objected to one of Johnson a  ordered to pay wife Nashville Tenn. A James Earl Ray serving a 99-year sentence for the murder of the Rev. Martin Luther King jr., has been ordered to give his wife $3,000 of the proceeds from a Book he wrote about the slaying. Anna Christine Ray told probate judge James Everett that she would lose her House unless she receives Money from Ray. Anna Christine Ray has sued Ray for divorce and he has counter sued. Both suits Are pending. The rays were married oct. 13, 1978. King was murdered in 1968 in Memphis. Rays attorney Andrew Hall of Wartburg said Friday that Ray expects to receive royalties a any Day now from his Book who killed Martin Luther King jr.? published last november by National press books  
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