European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes i election �?T92 sunday november 1,1992300 retired military officers Back Bush by the los Angeles times Washington More than 300 retired admirals and generals endorsed president Bush for re election Friday and said that democratic rival Bill Clinton was unfit to be commander in chief. Retired Navy adm. Thomas h. Moorer former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who organized the opposition to Clinton said he believed that the Arkansas governor was unpatriotic. A i am greatly disturbed by Clinton a claim that he is supported by the military a Moorcr said at a news conference. A this is a blatant lie similar to the lies he tells about his string pulling to get out of service to his country during the Vietnam  the counterattack came after Clinton won endorsements from a group of retired military officers led by adm. William j. Crowe jr., another former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The retired military officers who joined Moorer included army Gen. William c. Westmoreland who commanded . Forces in Vietnam and adm. Elmo r. Zumwalt jr., former chief of naval operations. Retired air Force Gen. James Doolittle who led an Early bombing raid on Tokyo during world War ii and retired air Force it. Gen. James a. Abrahamson first director of the strategic defense initiative popularly known As a Star war.,�?� also were on the list. Their language often was Blunt. As former Marine commandant . Kelley put it a i would follow president Bush anywhere a i  follow Bill Clinton around the  retired Navy adm. Thomas h. Moorer with other former military leaders in the background announces the groups endorsement of president Bush for re election. Weird polls put candidates through the wringer by Marcella s. Kre1ter United press International a group of non traditional polls indicates . Voters have not yet made up their minds about their Choice for president. But at least one poll shows Ross Perot a Campaign flushed away a and that could be a Good Omen for the Texas billionaire. An Iowa radio station asked its listeners to flush on Cue for the candidate of their Choice then measured the drop in water level in the towns water tank. Customers of a laundromat Chain came clean on their choices for president by selecting specially designated machines. A shoe repair shop asked customers to do some sole searching in making their choices. Hillary Clinton was among the customers who participated in a Jelly bean poll in Kansas. And new York bar flies left Perot on the rocks. Kemp radio in Emmetsburg Iowa staged its presidential toilet flush poll this week for the fourth time and More listeners flushed for Perot than Bush or democratic challenger Bill Clinton. The poll has been right two out of three times so far a picking Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Bush in 1988. A we were wrong in 1984,�?� station spokesman Brian Schmidt said. A Northwest Iowa went for  the results of this years a a Cess poll gave Perot 452 flushes to 339 for Bush and 226 for Clinton. A if a candidates Campaign is going Down the toilet its not necessarily All bad a Schmidt said. Clean duds inc. Of Des Moines Iowa which has 80 laundromats around the United states polled customers monday through thursday at its duds n suds operations. Washing machines were labelled with the candidates names. Every Load washed in a machine labelled with a candidate a name was counted As a vote for that candidate. To avoid making customers wait if no machine bearing the name of their preferred candidate was unavailable the laundromat allowed customers to use a different candidates machine a then advise the tally keeper to void the vote for the a a machine candidate and record it for their Choice. Clinton came away clean with 5,976 votes or 42.6 percent to 4,580 votes for Bush 32.6 percent and 3,478 for Perot 24.8 percent. A we can to say its a Wash. The results Arentt close enough a clean duds founder Philip g. Akin said. A a we re not quite sure what the spin doctors will say. We re sure its going leave Bush and Perot agitated but the candidates Arentt All washed up yet a shoe repairman Ron Asby of Cedar rapids Iowa asked his customers to a vote your soul with  Asby encouraged his customers to place a piece of shoe sole in one of three slots labelled for the leading presidential contenders. Perot sewed up the contest. Of the 99 pieces of sole placed in the slots 56 went to Perot. Bush came in second with 33 and Clinton was a Distant third with 10. A Lawrence kan., Candy shop asked customers to drop Jelly Beans in jars labelled for the candidates As of Friday Clinton had a five Pound Lead on Bush at be olde Sug Rosity Shoppe 16.85 pounds to 11.01 pounds. Perot trailed with 4 pounds Ana perennial candidate Harold Stassen had 0.89 pounds. Hillary Clinton contributed to the Jelly bean poll during a visit to the University of Kansas earlier this month dropping a red cinnamon bean into the Jar marked for her husband. A a swizzle stick poll of new York City pub crawlers finds that 46 percent of the big apples bar flies think Bui Clinton is headed for the White House while Bush tapped out at 33 percent leaving Perot on the rocks with 21 percent. Nude bar visit bared in California race los Angeles a Republican . Senate candidate Bruce Herschensohn an outspoken critic of Federal funding for Art deemed pornographic has been accused of frequenting a Hollywood nude bar and a nearby adult Bookstore. The charges by democratic officials came Friday As a new poll showed Herschensohn in a dead heat with democratic rep. Barbara Boxer. Last month Herschensohn lagged by 22 Points. Herschensohn acknowledged going to the nude bar once last year. During a Herschensohn Campaign appearance in Chico state democratic party political director Bob Mulholland began shouting and waving photographs of the seventh veil bar and the Centrefold International newsstand. A How can you ask the voters of California to elect you when you re out preaching religious values and family values and you go to places where women dance totally nude Mulholland said. Herschensohn 60, a former los Angeles television commentator and onetime assistant to Richard m. Nixon did not acknowledge Mulholland. But later asked by a reporter he said he had been to the seventh veil Only once and stops at a totally legitimate Quot Newsstands about three times a week. A my Girlfriend and i and another couple went to the seventh veil about a year ago a Herschensohn said a i Hope that a  he called the establishment a a cocktail place. Well you can guess. There Are girls who have on Short  asked if the women disrobed Herschensohn said a to the Best of my memory Thev did  a the seventh veil on Sunset Boulevard docs not serve liquor and features about a dozen a totally nude female dancers said the clubs Day manager Charlie who refused to give his last name. The manager said he had never seen Herschensohn in the club during daytime hours and added a i just called the night manager. He said he does no to know what Herschensohn looks  Centrefold manager Max Geller said Friday that Herschensohn was a regular customer. A the spends most of his time in the political Section a Geller said a but he has other interests  asked if Herschensohn bought adult publications Geller said a i have no idea. I Don t keep a record of what customers  the newsstand Sells both adult and mainstream publications. I he Rev. Louis p. Sheldon chairman of the traditional values coalition that is supporting Herschensohn As an a outspoken advocate for family values a described the incident As a a very laughable last minute smear orchestrated by the Boxer  a i personally know Bruce and to me it is not within his nature to visit pornographic bookstores. Bruce supports Strong anti pornography  the los Angeles chapter of the National organization for women issued a statement Friday claiming that employees of the seventh veil and several adult bookstores reported Herschensohn As a regular customer. The statement did no to identify the employees. Now has endorsed Boxer. Shortly before Mulholland disrupted  in Chico Herschensohn was asked at a news conference if he frequented adult bookstores. I he candidate did not directly re say my he was opposed both to ten worship and taxpayer funding of what be sons tiers pornographic  took dive at Public expense Houston a taxpayers paid for scuba lessons for vice president Dan Quayle his wife their three children and the family a secret service agents the Houston chronicle reported saturday citing government records. The expenses for the 1990 lessons included four dive watches totalling $1,529, and $977 for 10 Nike warm up suits the chronicle said citing records it obtained through the Freedom of information act. The records said each warm up suit was embroidered with the wearers Naine and the National oceanic and atmospheric administration Emblem the newspaper said. Noaa provided the training. Quayle spokesman Jeff Nesbit said the secret service had forbidden the family from taking lessons at a commercial school insisting that All equipment be bought by the government to prevent tampering