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2H - KVKMNC; HKHAU). Wed . Sept 24. 1980 Special football section inside today Political campaign 1980 Carter closing crevice HanrliPBtrr Cloudy in Michigan campaign Cloudy today with A T U C D <^hance of rain. Rain ending LANSING, Mich. (UPI) - Presi "I've watched Carter get closer Carter also has the fervent and un W t A I n t K tomorrow. Details on Page dent Carter is narrowing the gap in and closer,” said state Democratic shakable support of Detroit Mayor 2. feurninn strategically crucial Michigan, but Chairwoman Olivia Maynard. Coleman Young. V 0 he must overcome wide discontent “ If he is (behind) it may not even Reagan forces are banking on a with his economic performance in be a statisticaliy (significant) 30,000-member army of volunteers I Vol. XCIX, No. 304 — Manchester, Conn., Thursday, September 25, 1980 YOUR HOMETOWN ISEWSHAPER • Since 1881 a 20«, the state hardest hit by the national difference now," she said. and an intensive campaigning by the recession. Both parties agree the economy is former California governor and run The latest available poll — con the key issue in Michigan — where ning m ate George Bush — with ducted by the Reagan campaign — the auto industry slump has caused Milliken always at their side. shows Carter trailing 32 percent to 36 the nation’s highest Jobless rate. Milliken, a moderate, is a proven percent, with 16 percent backing in Reagan carefully courted blue vote getter among independents and dependent John Anderson. collar support in his Labor Day visit Democrats. His willingness to make But a colorful and persistent coun to Detroit and his operatives have an all out effort for Reagan, despite Iraq 20 miles inside Iran ty drain commissioner threatens to steadily worked the-state. their philosophiqal differences, will overshadow all three presidential “ I have said all along this is a be vital to the GOP campaign. candidates in the Michigan election pocketbook election where people An unknown factor is the impact of BAGHDAD, Iraq (UPI) - Iraqi refinery and downed at least 25 Iraqi They said the Iraqi defeat was each others’ oil installations, campaign. are concerned with Jobs and inflation Anderson's strong campaign in and Iranian warplanes fought air planes with anti-aircraft fire and in "reminiscent of the stranding of the thousands of Westerners streamed Robert Tisch, a gangly, outspoken and taxes,” said state Republican Michigan. It is generally anticipated duels and bombed each other's maJor dogfights. out of the war zone into neighboring U.S, helicopters in the sands of tax cut crusader from rural Chairman Melvin Larsen. a strong Anderson showing would oil installations in relentless attacks Kuwait and Jordan, including 300 ?vrl I Iraqi fighter planes hit Iran’s vital Tabas,” referring to the aborted Shiawassee County, has placed on the “The people are going to be hurt Carter more than Reagan. today and Iraqi ground forces ad Americans from the Lummus ^ I Enlarged \ Kharg Island oil terminal for a se April 25 U.S. raid to free the November ballot a California-style making their decision based on who There are no statewide contests, vanced to a point 20 miles inside Construction Co. of Bloomfield, N.J. IRAQ' IRAN American hostages, now in their tax proposal which has mobilized a they feel will best bring us out of the but Republicans are hoping to recoup Iran. cond straight day. Other Iraqi air 327th day of captivity. In Kuwait, officials said 2.100 bipartisan opposition team of fiscal recession,” he said. at least three of the five con strikes were reported at the Persian gressional seats they have lost in re I Strait o f ' The bitter fighting war has forced refugees, most of them from moderates. "Ths second most significant issue Gulf port of Bushehr and several On the ground, Iraqi troops drove cent years. Hormuz an exodus of thousands of foreigners, Western nations, had fled the war Critics — including influential Gov. in the campaign is Carter's economic cities, including Gazvin, Tabriz, Ker- 10 miles deeper into Iran, claiming including Americans, from the Per zone in southern Iraq and another 4,- William G, Milliken— say the Tisch record. It’s been miserable.” The GOP is keying on two outstate the capture of five towns, Qasr-e sian Gulf war zone and a cut off of oil manshah, Dezful and the besieged oil 500 were nearing the border. Tax Cut Amendment would be a Leaders of the United Auto districts lost to the Democrats in Shirin, Naft Shah, Mehran, Moham- President Carter says goodbye to Los “Town Meeting” in Torrance, a Los Angeles exports by the two warring OPEC refinery city of Abadan. devastating $2 billion blow to the Workers, one of Michigan’s most po 1978 after long Republican .mup rJtn Jirrrr marah and Sar-e-Pole-Zahab. A total of 140 Americans arrived in Angeles Police officers as he leaves Tuesday suburb. (UPI photo) nations. One group of Americans was already strapped state government. tent political forces, wanted to dump dominance. Incumbent Reps. Donald Iraq said 44 Iranian planes were Amsterdam today and were expected on its way back to the United States. for San Jose, Calif. Monday. Carter spoke to a It would cut property taxes in half Carter in favor of Sen. Edward Albosta and Howard Wolpe face op shot down Wednesday alone and at Sar-e-Pole-Zahab is 20 miles inside to leave for the United States on Iran and marks the deepest reported — or more — and require the state to Kennedy. Even state AFL-CIO Presi ponents bolstered by national cam least 19 today, and both sides flights later in the day. They told of Reports of casualties were scanty. .r» ’- - reimburse local governments for lost dent William Marsall, a Carter paign cash — veteran state Sen. penetration so far by the Iraqis, who making an orderly dash from Basra, Both sides claimed killing or cap reported several enemy helicopters revenue. An increase in state taxa loyalist, has been critical of the ad Richard Allen amd millionaire claimed they captured 350 Iranian Iraq, to Kuwait in a caravan of turing more than 150 pilots whose shot down. *** tion, however, is virtually precluded. ministration's economic policies. department store heir James troops there. Iran charged Iraqi planes'attacked trucks, Jeeps and small cars. Ms. Maynard is nonetheless confi Gilmore. planes were downed in the last four M Ronald Reagan's lead has slipped Iran said its forces thwarted an at dent. with unions now solidly behind With the retirement of veteran ,S a n a n d a j days. Civilian casualties were a hospital in Abadan. They also told of leaving behind 1 . I / v / significantly from the 10-point bulge tack by a helicopter-borne Iraqi unit Carter, that unhappy blue collar Rep. Lucien'Nedzi, the GOP is bid reported in air attacks, but numbers An Iranian war communique said three fellow Americans who were he enjoyed at the close of the GOP at Shalamceh. national convention in Detroit. workers will return to the ding for a traditionally Democratic were seldom given. 50 Iraqi tanks were destroyed "after repoted missing in an Iranian air raid Democratic fold come November. district in Detroit and northern sub becoming bogged down in mud.” on Basra Tuesday. Republicans say the drop was One report from Tehran said 34 As the two nations’ planes blasted Workers will stick with Carter "or urbs. ~’ I Qasr-e-Shirin expected, but it has heartened iQ o m Iranians were “martyred” and 134 Democrats, come back to him,” she said. 1 ^ 3 wounded in recent fighting, but the' Csar-e-Pol- figures did not include any casualties e -Z a h a b in the bombing of the massive oil f \ . refinery in Abadan. Three Americans C urtis Mathes f # M e h r a n IRAN Iran" renewed its air attacks in i response to an Iraqi truce plan that called for Iran to recognize Iraq’s > Zut sovereignty over disputed border 1 0 0 regions and the ShatJt' Al-Arab missing in war waterway and the return of two IRAQ miles islands in the strategic Strait of Hor muz. WASHINGTON (U PI) - Three the company’s orders across the certainly concur that this withdrawal lA h w a z border to Kuwait City, Kuwait, a few is a prudent measure, given the air Iranian warplanes pounded the American workers are reported mis hours after the attack. raids that have taken place,” depart Iraqi capital of Baghdad as well as sing and feared dead in an Iranian [Khorramshahr ment spokesman Jack Cannon said. Basra oil centers at Kirkuk, Mosul and A1 bombing raid that apparently killed "We found 10 missing during the lA b a d a n 10 foreigners at an oil refinery. Hun In Kuwait, U.S. Embassy Shatt-ahArab- Dawrah. Iraq reported that Iranian head count in Kuwait City and there Jets, in the deepest air penetration to dreds of other Americans are fleeing were 10 bodies at the plant site,” spokesman Ray Peppers said 150 the growing border war by taxis, Americans fled Basra in taxis, buses KHARG day, struck a gas refinery at Ain Vogel said. buses and cars, U.S, officials say and private cars, and all had gone on Za^h, setting fire to parts of that The victims were being kept’ at the ISLAND to Copenhagen and Amsterdam in near the Syrian border. About 700 Americans were in Iraq hospital on the Basra site, where the special flights arranged by their T q M liM itifca i iiMw hoBtiM" Jiar dfltnpanies.