European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday june 13, 1992 panel slates four debates will probably invite Perot Washington apr three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate would be held during the fall Campaign under plans announced thursday by a panel headed by former chairmen of both major parties. Officials of the bipartisan commission on presidential debates told a news conference it was too Early to say if undeclared Independent Ross Perot would be invited to take part. But it appeared Likely that he would. Camit at a neither president Bush nor democratic candidate Bill Clinton has confirmed plans to participate in the debates. Commission officials said they have outlined the plans to both the Republican and democratic campaigns. The commission sponsored two 1988 presidential debates Between Bush and democratic nominee Michael s. Dukakis and one vice presidential debate Between then Indiana sen. Dan Quayle and Texas sen. Lloyd Bentsen. This year the commission proposed sept. 22, sept. 29 and oct. 15 As dates for the presidential face offs. Each would begin at 9 00 . Eastern time and last 90 minutes. One session would be devoted to Domestic issues and one to foreign policy. The last would Deal with both. The vice presidential debate would be oct. 4 and cover both Domestic and foreign policy issues. Commission co chairmen Frank j. Fahrenkopf jr., a former Republican National chairman and Paul g. Kirk jr., a former democratic National chairman outlined the panels criteria for selecting third party and Independent candidates for inclusion in the debates. Candidates will be Analysed according to criteria developed by Harvard University professor Richard Neustadt. They include evidence of a National organization indication of National newsworthiness and evidence of National Public enthusiasm. Kirk said that no one criterion would determine the eligibility of an Independent or third party candidate. He said a committee headed by Neustadt would make recommendations on specific candidates two weeks before the first debate. Cuomo Perot is a Good Fella by Todd s. Pic drum the new York times new York a gov. Mario m. Cuomo the Man who wont be president but can to Stop talking about the men who would be said thursday that Ross Perot could be but that Bill Clinton should be. Talking with reporters after a speech in Manhattan Cuomo alternately damned Perot with faint Praise for his studied vagueness and praised Clinton with faint damns for his calculated Cool. Cuomo also dismissed reports suggesting he had inadvertently helped Foster Perot a ambitions by urging the billionaire to spread his economic views when the pair struck up a Telephone acquaintance last fall. On Clinton a musical interlude with Arsinio Hall a i done to know. You see you show me Bill a and i said this to his people a with dark glasses playing a saxophone you know and Guys like me would Tell you i done to think 1 would vote for Belushi you know for president May he rest in peace. But who knows maybe there Are people who like the blues Brothers. �?o1 know that his Campaign is one of the most professional i be Ever seen. They re very Good at polling. I have never been much for polling. So their polls apparently Tell them that this outreach to the yuppies or whatever it is whoever it is that you reach is very Good for them and i assume they Are in a better position to make the judgment than  on Public dissatisfaction with government a a we re not Happy with the democrats because you re in Congress and you did t do it. We re not Happy with the republicans because you were president and you did no to do it. Unless the democrats and the republicans answer that Challenge Perot will be  on the other hand a emr. Perot is a Good Fella. I have no negatives to say about him. But Bill Clinton is going to be the president because Bill Clinton uniquely is Able to give you effective government Here. Perot cannot do that. Bush cannot do that. He cannot deliver the Congress. Clinton can. The american people will figure out that this is our Only Chance for effective government even if we done to like the  Atlantis Roll out the shuttle Atlantis sits on the launch pad at Kennedy space Center fla., thursday after being rolled out from the vehicle Assembly building. Atlantis is preparing for a july liftoff with an italian satellite that is to be released on a 12-mile Leash. Researchers want to see How Well a tethered satellite can be deployed controlled and  gets foreign policy briefing from Nixon Washington a Dallas billionaire Ross Perot visited former president Nixon on thursday and got a foreign policy briefing that lasted nearly two hours a Republican source said. The undeclared Independent candidate for president went by car from new York were he had appeared on the today show to Nixon a office at Wood Cliff Lake n.j., to meet with the former president the source said. Perot and Nixon then went for lunch to Nixon a Home in nearby Park Ridge. Perot requested the briefing according to the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said several weeks ago he needed to devote More study to the issues and would Cut Back on Public appearances while he did so. But he later said supporters were More interested in his principles than in the details of his positions. On the today show Perot spent two hours Fielding questions called in by viewers and declared that he was enjoying himself. He said there was a nothing More fun than talking to real people about real  Perot spokesman Jim Squires office said he would not be available for com ment immediately. Nixon who recently returned from a visit to the soviet Union had made it Clear that he stands ready to talk about foreign policy with any candidate. Earlier in the week the former president was speaking to former gov. John b. Connally of Texas who has announced his support for Perot. Sources said Connally told Nixon that Perot would like such a briefing. Nixon has said that he supports the reelection of president Bush because he has the greatest amount of experience in foreign policy. Perot was close to the Nixon White House and according to administration documents from that Era offered to spend millions of dollars on a Public relations Campaign to Rouse support for Nixon a Vietnam policy. Nixon said in a recent television interview that Perot never discussed that subject with him. Nixon said in the interview he expected Perot to be in the presidential race a right to the  a a it a going to be close but in the end. I think president Bush will win a Nixon  Republican to retire from House Washington a rep. David of a. Martin a six term Republican from upstate new York announced thursday he will retire from Congress at the end of the year. Martin 48, becomes the fourth member from new York to give up his seat this year. He is also the 70th member of the House who will not return in 1993, either by Choice or because of a lost primary. A having made the decision neatly a decade ago not to attempt to perpetuate myself in this Ottice forever the decision i announce today was one simply whether to Stop now or run one More time a Martin said in a statement. A i have often stated my opposition to mandated term limitations but have promised not to abuse the privilege and i  Martin did not give a Clear reason for his decision. He was out of his office thursday and not immediately available for an explanation. However in his statement he mentioned other congressional retirees who have lamented the frustrations of serving on Capitol Hill. Quot i Salute them All for their efforts to explain this frustration adequately and sympathize with their in ability to do so As i like them find the task All but impossible a Martin wrote. Martins announcement was dated june 4 but embargoed until thursday because of what he called a the machinations of the state government and the Federal and state courts attempting to draw new congressional lines for purposes of  new York is slated to lose three of its 34 House seats this year because of reapportionment but has yet to come up with a final redistricting plan. Martin of Canton was first elected in 1980 and has served on the House armed services committee. L