DATE=7/18/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-200397
TITLE=DOLE/PLANE CRASH (S ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=DETROIT
CONTENT=
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INTRO:   REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOB DOLE SAYS 
AMERICANS  STAND UNITED IN THE FACE OF TERRORIST THREATS FROM 
ABROAD. THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE-TO-BE WAS IN DETROIT,
MICHIGAN, FOR A FUNDRAISING DINNER LATE THURSDAY.  V-O-A 
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE IS TRAVELLING WITH THE DOLE 
CAMPAIGN.

TEXT:  MR. DOLE SAYS HE IS PRAYING FOR THE FAMILES OF THE VICTIMS
OF TWA FLIGHT 800.  AND THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 
SAYS IF IT TURNS OUT THAT TERRORISM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 
MIDAIR EXPLOSION WHICH BROUGHT DOWN THE PLANE, AMERICANS WILL PUT
ASIDE THEIR POLITICAL DIFFERENCES AND WILL COME TOGETHER.

                        /// DOLE ACT. ///

         I MUST SAY THAT AS I SPEAK TONIGHT, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD
         THE NEWS, BUT THERE IS NEWS OF WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO
         TWA FLIGHT 800. THERE ARE (HAS BEEN) NEWS ABOUT THREATS 
         IF WE DO NOT WITHDRAW FROM SAUDI ARABIA (REFERRING TO 
         RECENT BOMBING IN SAUDI). WE DO FACE CHALLENGES IN 
         AMERICA AND WHEN WE DO, WE ALL MARCH TOGETHER. NOT 
         REPUBLICANS, NOT DEMOCRATS, WE ARE AMERICANS. WE ARE NOT
         GOING TO STAND FOR TERRORISM IN AMERICA WHETHER WE ARE 
         DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS OF WHATEVER IT IS. (APPLAUSE)

                      /// END DOLE ACT. ///

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SAYS IT IS NOT RULING OUT  
TERRORISM BUT ALSO SAYS THAT IT CANNOT SAY FOR SURE WHAT CAUSED 
THE EXPLOSION AND CRASH AT THIS TIME.

MR. DOLE WILL WIND UP A THREE-DAY CAMPAIGN SWING THROUGH THE 
MIDDLE WEST ON FRIDAY IN OHIO WITH YET ANOTHER SPEECH SHOWCASING 
HIS PLANS FOR EDUCATION REFORM. (SIGNED)

NEB/JM/KL

18-Jul-96 11:05 PM EDT (0305 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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