DATE=7/18/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-200372
TITLE=DOLE THURSDAY (L)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=MILWAUKEE
CONTENT=
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INTRO:   REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOB DOLE SAYS HE IS  
PRAYING FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF T-W-A 
FLIGHT 800.  MR. DOLE WAS CAMPAIGNING IN THE MIDWESTERN STATE OF 
WISCONSIN THURSDAY, AND V-O-A POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE 
WAS THERE.

TEXT:  THURSDAY'S THEME WAS EDUCATION REFORM.  BUT BEFORE MR. 
DOLE LAUNCHED INTO HIS FORMAL SPEECH, HE SPOKE ABOUT THE TRAGIC 
LOSS OF T-W-A FLIGHT 800 WHICH EXPLODED ENROUTE FROM NEW YORK TO 
PARIS.

MR. DOLE SAYS HE IS PRAYING FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED IN
THE INCIDENT AND FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE RECOVERY EFFORT IN THE
HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH.  
HE THEN ASKED FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FROM THE CROWD AT A SMALL 
COLLEGE IN MILWAUKEE.

IN HIS SPEECH, MR. DOLE UNVEILED A NEW PLAN TO OFFER EDUCATION  
SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME STUDENTS.  HE ALSO PLEDGED 
TO GIVE PARENTS MORE LEEWAY IN CHOOSING WHICH SCHOOL THEY WANT 
THEIR CHILDREN TO ATTEND -- BE IT PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR RELIGOUS.

                         // DOLE ACT. //

         THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT ONE DAY
         WE WILL HAVE SCHOOL CHOICE IN EVERY PART OF AMERICA.  
         BUT WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED VOTER'S CHOICE, AND
         THERE IS GOING TO BE A CLEAR CHOICE COME THIS NOVEMBER. 
         PRESIDENT CLINTON IS ON THE SIDE OF THE  TEACHER'S 
         UNIONS, THE BUREACRATS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO 
         FIGHT FOR THE STATUS QUO.  I AM GOING TO BE ON THE SIDE 
         OF THE PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN -- TODAY, TOMORROW AND 
         WHEN I ASSUME THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
         STATES.  (APPLAUSE)

                          // END ACT. //

MR. DOLE WAS IN MILWAUKEE IN THE MIDDLE OF A THREE-DAY SWING 
THROUGH THE MIDDLE WEST PROMOTING HIS IDEAS ON EDUCATION REFORM. 
ON WEDNESDAY IN MINNESOTA, MR. DOLE BLASTED PRESIDENT CLINTON AS 
A CAPTIVE OF MILITANT TEACHERS UNIONS AND SAID EDUCATION 
STANDARDS HAVE DECLINED UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.

ACCOMPANYING HIM ARE TWO FORMER REPUBLICAN EDUCATION SECRETARIES 
-- WILLIAM BENNETT AND LAMAR ALEXANDER.  MR. ALEXANDER WAS ALSO A
RIVAL OF MR. DOLE'S FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.

MR. DOLE HEADS TO MICHIGAN AND THEN TO OHIO ON FRIDAY, TWO 
CRUCIAL MIDWEST BATTLEGROUND STATES IN NOVEMBER, BUT TWO STATES 
WHERE THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO LEAD HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER 
IN THE LATEST PUBLIC OPINION POLLS.  (SIGNED)

NEB/JM/CF

18-Jul-96 12:26 PM EDT (1626 UTC)
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