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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 25, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday May 25, 1992arkansas proud of Clinton s persistence Little Rock residents turn out to cheer for Hometown hero by William Booth the Washington lost Little Rock Ark. Gov. Bill Clinton paraded Down Center Street on saturday stopping every few feet to shake hands and Call out a Chi Peg Quot and a they Boh Quot and a Delbert is that you a after months of campaigning for president As a stranger in strange lands Clinton returned Home to Little Rock a Little Eity where As Clinton puts it a every third person including your enemies Calls you by your first  at a hot and Sticky rally alter the Parade in Clinton a Honor sen. Dale Capac in ii bumpers d-Ark., portrayed Clinton As a kind of gubernatorial Rocky a bloodied but lion hearted Gladiator who keeps picking himself off the floor. Again and again and again. When Clinton needs to return to his Corner to regain his strength he comes Home to Arkansas and Little Rock a beguiling and Lush City where Southern Charm collides with a kind of stubborn hillbilly Independence. It is a City with a Chip on its shoulder but almost proud of its heritage of poverty and its reputation As ground Zero for play dumb rubes who know far More than they say Many people in Little Rock even those who say they will not vote for Clinton in the state s primary election tuesday say that they Are proud of Clinton. T hey Are proud not Only for his accomplishments at Home but for surviving a string of punishing body blows a from charges of infidelity with a lounge Singer to draft dodging to smoking marijuana but failing to inhale. A considering All that a been thrown at him i think he a done us All proud a said Jane Mack an owner of a woman a clothing boutique who is Active in Little Rock s social swirl and who in the past voted for presidents Bush and Reagan. A look the Man and his wife have some class anybody can see that. You can to Lake that away from them a said Terrell Smith of Little Rock As he watched the Parade move Down Center Street a platoon of Baton twirling High school girls in sunglasses and red shorts preceding Clinton his wife Hillary and 12-year-old daughter Chelsea wearing braces and looking a bit embarrassed. A we All seem rather surprised that we can produce this Nice Bright shiny presentable couple. We re tickled to death a said Paul Greenberg a pulitzer prize winning editorial Page editor at the Arkansas Democrat Gaza Etc and longtime Clinton critic. A this is a couple who have not forgotten their roots Quot said sen. David Pryor d-Ark., As Hillary and Bill Clinton sat beneath a giant american Flag at the rally next to their Friend Mary Stec Bur gun an actress and fellow arkansans who won an Academy award for her role As Melvin a wife in the 1980 movie Melvin s Howard. Clinton told the crowd he could not have made it this far without them a that the Arkansas people were his source of strength and knowledge. The Hometown crowd was filled with Black and White faces. An 8-year-old girl Sang the National Anthem. Women wore a Clinton for president stickers on the seats of their Blue jeans there were boy a Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton walks to a rally in downtown Little Rock on saturday accompanied by his daughter Chelsea 12, and his wife Hillary. Scouts in uniform and the hot Springs t Rojan band playing enter Sandman and people hoisting signs Pra sing Jesus Christ. Clinton thought he was coming Home for a weekend of Hometown parades and celebrations but was also greeted by a poll reporting that 75 percent of arkansans think he should resign As governor if he succeeds in winning the democratic party a presidential nomination. The poll was conducted by Mason Dixon political Media research for the Arkansas demo crat Gazette. Two years ago when Clinton was elected governor he pledged to serve a full four year term. When he decided to run for president Clinton went Back to voters and asked that they free him from his Promise but Many in Little Rock feel he Only asked his die hard supporters who might have said yes to anything. �?o1 think a number of people Felt betrayed when he announced and miffed by his running a said Mahlon Martin a former Clinton aide and now head of win Throp Rockefeller foundation a local non profit group. Clinton said Friday that he would not resign As governor saying that by the democratic party a convention in july the race would be 75 percent Over and that he has not forgotten the business of being  passes up Perot Campaign Post Baton rough la. Him a Texas billionaire Ross Perot a offer to let a Washington political consultant manage his still undeclared Campaign for the presidency was turned Down a newspaper reported saturday. A it would be very difficult to run a Campaign for Perot he would Call All the shots a Ray Strother told the advocate. Strother also discussed a a Days of meetings with Perot aide Tom Luce before meeting personally with Perot two weeks ago. A my meeting with Perot was very Short half an hour a Strother said. A one gets the impression that meetings with Perot arc always very Short. But he was very congenial. A normally we charge a fee and a commission and the Perot people were not willing to pay a commission a Strother said. A Perot said he  pay people a Premium to spend More of his Money. My answer was the fee would have to be very High and he said  he could handle a fee and not a  Strother described Perot As a unusual a adding a a there a nothing political about the Man. He does no to fit into any political Niche in be Ever seen. In be done 230 political campaigns and he a not like any candidate in be Ever seen. In fact he a not a candidate. He a a  a leading Factor in Strothers decision not to work for Perot was the consultants fear of alienating officials of the National democratic party since Strother specializes in handling political campaigns of democrats. A basically i turned it Down for party reasons a he said Strother 51, is a port Arthur Texas native who graduated from Louisiana state University. He joined a political advertising Agency in Baton Rouge before moving to Washington in 1981. Inmate sues new Jersey Warden after artificial Arm is confiscated White township . A inmate Joseph la pan says he can to live without us Arlin Ocial Lei Arm which ends in a two pinged Metal Hook. T he Warden confiscated it. Citing so Cut it y reasons. I a pan is suing to get it Back. Mike Tyson they did t take his  and they re deadly weapons Quot i i p.i11 said in an Matei new Lii Dav. Alter his Leb. 2<> Aires on kidnapping and sexual assault charges Warren it i Rita la 11 of i u i a is Emit n i a Ted die limb. I a pans. Of  t its. Mul isaid or i Al the it 11 .1 he pm ice Nain it in trim 111 u a 11 11 he. Tiling a a 1 i i11i i i u ,. M i i i. 11 a i i v 111 111 i n t  a i in i painkiller prescribed by the prison doctor does no to help. A that Hook is me a la pan said. A a that a part of me. In be Luul it almost 20 ears a he a suing Warden Leonard Mcghee m Federal court in t Renton to get it Back. A in this facility if the item is not need d ii exc ulay use and survival they done to get it a Mcghee said. A a i he safety of the Oilie Eis and inmates comes a Cion c i. \ i \  i .1 pall u i 1-. My Dice s Contention that in pro 11ien i. D my tons lie  la it it lie a a a a ill at u us a Ini i u i -4 i 1 a state corrections department spokesman Jim Stabile said stale policy normally lets inmates keep their artificial limbs provided they done to use them As a weapon or to hide contraband la pan pleaded guilty in april to Haig is that he forced a 17-year-old boy to perform Oral sex after kidnapping him irom his Home in Knowlton township. I aider a Pica bargain la pan faces 15 u Nis in state prison. His hearing in fed-ci.11 com t is set for june 8. His sell aim was amputated just below the Elliot a ill n /2 after he Cicci cd a i a i i a in u. K hmm a Quot a d u no i 11.1 i i e a 111 Job u p 11 o 11 e one4th set of twins has mom seeing double Mankato Minn. Apra Guillen gave birth to her fourth set of twins and is about ready to throw in the diapers the teething rings the bibs and the bottles. A a that a enough already. No More a the Mother of nine said Friday one Day after delivering it a Pound Ivanna and her 7-Pouiul sister Yvette at Immanuel is. Joseph a Hospital in Mankato. Guillen 20, Ami her husband Jesus who live in Mountain l Ake about 100 Miles Southwest of mimic Apolis say i Hoy conceived All then children without Lei Tilitz dings i heir lust a i to year old xxx 11 Only single. T he lie a Isicc a aces 0 Ami  
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