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A Ford stumps West By ELIZABETH WHARTON on election eve next Monday night. paign themes; that he has earned the United Prese International The Democratic candidate White House because he restored While Jimmy Carter followed his answered questions about his public confidence in the presidency usual weekend routine of church and religious philosophy and said he did after Watergate, “turned the rest, President Ford stumped not know why his Bible class is for. economy around” after recession, southern California and aired a men only or why his church is all "achieved peace and we are going to V , ‘V'. ’ >- television show with sports figure white. He said he assumed that if a keep the peace” and healed national Joe Garagiola which could become a black applied for membership, he divisions. mini-series for the windup of the would be admitted. GOP vice presidential candidate campaign. Carter said he had no way of Robert Dole attended a Billy Aides dubbed the 10-station, knowing if some of the biblical Graham crusade, and his statewide television program the stories — like that of the serpent in Democratic counterpart stumped the “Jerry and Joe show” Sunday night. the Garden of Eden — were literally northeastern area. [maB] Garagiola will stay with the cam true, but that much of the Bible is Dole was greeted with polite paign to air similar shows in Illinois, written in allegories. applause when he entereci the Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York For instance, he said, he does not stadium, but did not speak at the ral .ri:; and possibly one more state this believe the biblical view that the ly. Graham, who is not taking sides, week. earth has "four corners,” and doubts told reporters he invited all four can Ford spends today in the northwest the earth was created in seven days didates but only Dole accepted. He states of Oregon and Washington — it was more likely to have been said he received a phone call from before flying eastward Tuesday. seven stages, or seven time periods. the White House, a “nice letter” Carter, who broke his self-imposed Carter is taking today off as well, from Carter, but heard nothing from rule and chatted about religion and and embarks on his final campaign Walter Mondale. the Bible with reporters in Plains, swing Tuesday morning. Mondale spent a busy Sunday cam Ga., Baptist Church doorway early Ford attended a Catholic service in paigning in .ethnic neighborhoods Sunday, also spent time with the a mission church, then spent the from Cleveland, Ohio, eastward television cameras during the after afternoon telling enthusiastic crowds through Pennsylvania, winding up in noon. in Orange County that California is a Bangor, Maine, for the night. He Aides said he taped "fireside chat” “must win” state in his drive for the lashed out at Ford’s economic record programs which will be shown at presidency. and predicted the Democrats are (Herald photo by Pinto) different times on all three networks Ford sounded his familiar cam “going to win and win handsomely.” Sunday shoppers at department store P&WA will lay off workers Despite controversy and inclement weather, many East of the River residents took advan tage of the first Sunday when almost all of the major department stores opened for Sunday business. The Sunday hours were instituted in the wake of court rulings invalidating the so- but denies 800 are involved called “blue laws” banning most stores from doing business on Sundays. Shown above the cording to Murphy. Wednesday and expects to be making K-Mart store on Spencer St. near the Manchester-East Hartford line. EAST HARTFORD (UPI) - Pratt The layoffs are needed because of 15 of the aircraft a month by 1979. and Whitney Aircraft will lay off dropping commercial orders for P&WA’s FIDO jet engine is also used workers in its manufacturing divi P&WA jet engines, which have in the F15 eagle. Blue Laws no longer valid sion, but not 800 as reported by a resulted in "sharply reduced work The largest union at the plant, the political candidate, according to a requirements," he said. International Association of company spokesman. Murphy denied DiFazio’s charge Machinists, objected to vontract First District Republican con the announcement of the layoffs was provisions providing 40 per cent of gressional candidate Lucien DiFazio delayed to avoid embarrassing his the work on each F16 must be done in Many stores says sales good said Sunday he had been told a week opponent. Rep. William R. Cotter, D- one of the four European countries ago by two P&WA officials 800 Conn. which are buying 348 of the planes. layoffs were coming. The firm, the Robert Zaiman, Cotter’s campaign That includes 40 per cent of the on first Sunday opening state’s largest employer, has 33,000 treasurer and a P&WA public work on the $1.2-million engine in the employes in the state, down from 34,- relations man, said he did not do $6.1-million plane. By GREG PEARSON of D&L in the Manchester Parkade Addabbo, manager of Regal’s Men 400 a year ago. public relations work for Cotter and "We couldn’t have gotten 60 per Herald Reporter Shop in the ’Tri-City Plaza, used to The company is trying to minimize had nothing to do with the firm’s cent of the work, if we hadn’t gone said. the layoffs by reassigning the He said, "Business was fair to describe business Sunday. decision about the time to make a along with the giveaway,” said a employes within Pratt’s parent firm. Business was generally very good good. It was not as good as a Satur Ann John Gibbs, manager of K- public announcement of the layoffs. spokesman for P&WA's parent firm. United Technologies, according to Sunday as many local stores were day, but better than a weekday.” Mart on Spencer St., said that Sunday, Meanwhile, company officials said United Technologies. Frank Murphy, UT vice president for open the first time on the first day of A spokesman for D&L in the Ver in his store went very well. the startup of F16 manufacturing by The division which markets the the week. non’s Tri-City Plaza said that “We were satisfied. Being the first public relations. General Dynamics, a plane which engine in government planes was “Sales were better than an business was also good there. Sunday the store was open, I don't “In any event, the number of peo uses the Pratt FIDO jet engine, will moved to Palm Beach, Fla., taking ticipated,” Robert Swartz, manager “Booming” was the word Frank know how many people knew we ple laid off will be substantially not have much of an impact on Pratt. 600 jobs with it. The division which were open,” he said. lower than that quoted in media General Dynamics rolled its first manufactures it is still in Connec Gibbs would not disclose figures on reports,” he said. It is too soon to tell F16 off the assembly line last ticut. employing about 20,000 here the amount of sales made Sunday, how any people will be involved, ac and in Southington and North Haven. when the store was open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. He did say, however, "For those News summary hours, business was better Sunday White police, army control Compiled from United Press Internetlonel than those same hours on Saturday.” A spokesman for King’s Depart Conn., was dropped from his ment Store in the Manchester demanded by Premier Smith State Parkade said, "It was an excellent itinerary. decision of the British conference BRISTOL - About 2,300 day over-all.” GENEVA Switzeland (UPI) - room for negotiation,” he said. Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith said Black Rhodesian nationalists chairman. Ivor Richard. workers Sunday decided to return National King’s had been open last Sunday, Smith reiterated earlier categorically today that whites must attending the conference said exactly tof work after a weekend walkout and the spokesman said the sales this statements that he came to Geneva LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Famed control the army and police in an in- the opposite - that continued white over contract grievances at the week were comparable to the week on the basis of the six-point peace baby doctor Benjamin Spock, 73, terim government leading to black control of the two ministries is “ab- Hyatt Bearing Division plant of before. package put forward by Kissinger in Sunday married Mary Morgan maiority rule solutely” unacceptable. General Motors. The decison was Although business was good, at September. Councille, 32, who is young enough Smith told a news conference three Smith said that if the conference made at an informal session least a couple of the store owners The African nationalist leaders, to have been reared by the davs before the opening of the arrives at an impasse it may be a called after a wildcat strike by expressed dissatisfaction with the re claiming they were not consulted, precepts of his famous Ixlok on cent Court of Common Pleas ruling Rhodesia Conference that he is not good thing if Secretary of State third shift employes at the plant child care.