European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Bomb found where Gore was to speak fort Collins Colo. A a secret service spokesman said it was not known who planted a bomb in a High school gym were a1 Gore was to speak. The explosive was discovered tuesday under wooden bleachers at Rocky Mountain High school in the afternoon several hours before the democratic vice presidential candidate was to speak secret service spokesman Carl Meyer said. The speech was cancelled. Ordnance teams from the secret service and the military dismantled the bomb. When Gore arrived at the fort Collins Airport on tuesday evening he made Light of the incident saying he had planned to give a a a dynamite speech and a blow the roof off the gym. Fort Collins is about 70 Miles North of Denver. Meyer said the bomb containing Black powder was a a very crude elementary Type of device incapable of causing structural damage but could have caused injury to people in the however he said Gore would not have passed by the bomb and probably would not have been Hurt had it gone off. Principal Karen Dickson said a bomb threat had been telephoned to the school but Meyer said the secret service was never made aware of any threat. A there were no threats. No one claimed responsibility and we have no suspects a Meyer said. Students described the bomb As two cylindrical objects taped together with a clock attached and wires protruding. A it was right under the bleachers. It was easy to see but it did no to look like much to me a Heather Kopp turnout this year May be harmful for Bush Washington apr four months ago analysts suggested that disillusioned voters would sit out this election. A lot can change in four months and now pundits Are talking about a relatively big turnout tuesday. That May be bad news for president Bush. Historically during bad economic times a the party in Power in the White House gets Hurt a said Curtis Gans director of the committee for the study of the american electorate. A part of the motivation to turn out now is change fear and anger read my earlier this year conventional Wisdom said that a Low turnout was expected nov. 3. Voting in the presidential primaries was at a record Low of 19.6 percent in states that held both democratic and Republican primaries. The next lowest year was 1984, when turnout was just More than 22 percent. For 30 years voters have been staying away from the polls in increasing numbers. Turnout in the 1988 presidential election was 57 percent Down from about 60 percent four years earlier. But registrars nationwide have signed up thousands of voters this year thanks to efforts like a tvs so Rock the vote a geared toward younger voters and Jesse Jackson a swing though states with Large Black populations. Gans said it was premature to forecast the size of the turnout. But he added that he expected a boost although higher registration totals a do not necessarily mean an increase in but Dave Rohde a political scientist at Michigan state University in East Lansing said registration is the Best predictor because new registrants Are the most Likely to go to the polls. A Why would they otherwise bother registering a he said. The big question is who benefits most from a higher turnout a we do a said a1 Gore the vice presidential running mate of Democrat Bill Clinton. A those who have lower incomes and Are traditionally less Likely to go to the polls Are supporting the Clinton Gore ticket much More strongly than average voters and i think a Large turnout is very much to our votes a fourth grader Jason Darnell campaigns outside a Felton calif., grocery store last week with his 4-h project a Puppy named bouquet that he a training to be a guide dog. Jason 9, is running As a write in candidate for Santa Cruz county supervisor. He has been spending his after school hours stumping throughout the aide asked police to conduct sting paper says Dallas apr a Security aide to Ross Perot asked Dallas police to run a sting operation against the head of president Bush a Campaign in Texas last summer according to a published report. The aide James Siano also offered air planes and other equipment to help the Dallas morning news reported. The newspaper said Dallas police chief Bill Rathburn listened to Sianos secondhand allegations that republicans were planning dirty tricks and bugging operations against Perot and referred the Perot aide to the Fri. Perot has said he was told that gop operatives planned to wiretap his Dallas office distribute altered photographs of his daughter and disrupt her wedding. A the Laid it All out and said a what do you think a a Rath bum told the paper. A i told him i believed strongly that it was something Dallas police ought not the Fri subsequently did run a sting against Bush a Campaign chief in Texas Jim Oberwetter and concluded there was no evidence to support the allegations. Ober Wetter has said he sent packing an undercover agent who offered to sell him for $2,500, a purported audio tape and documents from Perot a office. Rathburn said he met with Siano on aug. 4, at Perot a request. Clay Mulford the Perot campaigns attorney denied that Perot offered to pay for such an operation. A the never Ever said anything a hinted suggested or gave any kind of indication a that head Ever pay for a sting operation a Mulford told the morning news. After the meeting Siano called Rathburn to say Perot had agreed to Contact the Fri Rathburn told the newspaper. Perot in a monday news conference insisted that he did no to want cd so a 60 minutes program to run a Story about his allegations concerning gop dirty tricks. But in wednesdays Washington Post the executive producer of 60 minutes Don Hewitt is quoted As saying that for nearly a month before the show aired Perot had been urging him to obtain a piece of evidence Perot said gave credence to the purported plot a a videotape of a meeting Between Oberwetter and Scott Barnes who told Perot that republicans had hired him to wiretap the office of the Texas billionaire. However Hewitt said a i can to say he was egging us on. He said i done to want you to do the Story but then he said you ought to get the tape. He protested but said if you get that tape you la Don t mess with mom Clinton say Quayle gaffes again Only much worse by the Kansas City Star Springfield to. Could this mean dissension in the Republican ranks no just another entry in the Dan Quayle Book of gaffes. A we have been pushing the idea that George Bush is going to make matters much much worse a the vice president told viewers of lbs this morning on tuesday. Apparently unaware of his Blunder he finished his sentence without missing a beat by saying president Bush would hold the line on taxes and push for a balanced budget amendment. In speech after speech on the Campaign Trail Quayle has said that democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton would make life in America a much much worse a and a second Bush Quayle administration would a make things better in Virginia Kelley by the new York times Tampa Fla. A Bill Clinton has a powerful new weapon with which to smite president Bush his mom. In american politics As in american culture most things go. A candidate May attack his opponents most cherished beliefs his livelihood his class his schooling his background his character. But mothers it has Long been known Are out of Bounds. So it was like a gift from god when the news came last week that somebody in the state department had ordered a search of the passport files of Clinton smother Virginia Kelley. The searchers were digging for information on any trips Clinton might have made As a minor travelling on his mothers passport but no matter the thing still sounded terrible. In every speech Clinton Speaks of a political Hacks rifling through my mothers files trying to find the audience invariably Boos and hisses the Mother snooping republicans. Taking his Cue from their response Clinton has expanded on his outrage. When the investigation into Kelley a files was first reported last thursday in the Washington Post Clinton made one reference in his first speech of the Day. Now he finds occasion to Rise to his mothers defense As Many As four times a speech. On tuesday in downtown Tampa he got excellent mileage. One Sample a a it a like a comedy a he said. A at 6 of clock at night after the government offices have closed Down these three political appointees fairly senior officials in their expensive suits sneak into this Little government document room and bang around with each other for four hours looking for dirty information on my
