w ir iianrhpatpr Irralii Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents Cops track leads on •4 i Weicker Bolton man .4-. SP-. By Nancy Concelman campaign Manchester Herald State police are looking for a Bolton man who has been missing ' i from his job at Wesleyan Univer­ sity in Middletown since Oct. 12. Bobby Wayne Clark, a spokes­ gets ugly man for Wesleyan, said today Arthur Pongratz, 41, of M Mount Bv Christopher Callahon us,” Lieberman said in a tele­ Sumner Drive, was last at work The Associated Press phone interview Friday. “And Oct. 11 and hasn’t been there 'V frankly it has increased support. since. Pongratz is the physical I: WASHINGTON — Three weeks There are a lot of people out there plant director at Wesleyan and ago, a confident Lowell P. who I think are not enamored of oversees maintenance and im­ Weicker J r . sat back on a couch in Weicker. Now that they see I have provement of the buildings on the his Senate office and talked about a chance.” more are willing to campus, Clark said. how he hoped his campaign would support the challenger. One of Pongratz's neighbors, be a model of the political high The Weicker camp responded Morris Silverstein, said he didn’t road, a signal of the beginning of with attack ads of their own know Pongratz personally but the end of negative campaigning created by Saatchi & Saatchi DFS had worked with him on the in American politics. Inc. Bolton Republican Town Com­ "I hope two things happen when In a 60-second spot, Weicker is mittee. Silverstein, vice chair­ the election votes are counted. featured attacking the state Se­ man of the committee, said he No. 1, Lowell Weicker would have nate attendance record of Lieber­ hadn’t seen Pongratz at the past won, and No. 2, it will be the first man, but the incumbent still tries several meetings. nail in the coffin of the negative to keep the high-road approach to Virginia Wickersham, commit­ campaign that has become the some degree. tee chairman, said shealsodidn’t vogue in America,” the Connecti­ Following his attack on Lieber­ know Pongratz well, but she cut Republican said in the inter­ man’s state Senate attendance thought he had moved to town view earlier this month. " I hopel record, Weicker tells viewers: recently and had been a commit­ P«trlcK Flynn/Manchesler Herald can handle it this way.” “Having fought back with the tee member for less than a year. He could not. record, I have to say I think this Pongratz was "very regular” in FRIE(MDLY CANKERSAURAUS - Kids of Bolton. The parade drew about 475 With polls showing Weicker’s kind of campaigning isgarbage.” his meeting attendance up until at the Downtown Manchester Associa­ children and their parents. Story on once sizeable lead virtually gone, Lieberman, however, defends before the summer, she said. tion's annual costume parade Saturday page 10. — the three-term senator now lyill his attacks, which have include " We ha ve not seen him for quite greet a “Cankersauraus,” John Liebler be more thanhappyjust to secure an ad depicting Weicker as a bear awhile,’’ Wickersham said. an Election Day victory, and to who sleeps through Senate votes. Pongratz told Wickersham that meet that end he has made a “His record is not above review he was interested in becoming an 180-degree turn on the second and criticism. He doesn’t own the alternate to the Zoning Board of Trick or treaters offered tips goal. Last week, Weicker un­ seat,” the attorney general said. Appeals, but she said no one has leashed a series of TV ads that, “I have a responsibility to the been able to reach him. for the first time, attack Demo­ people of Connecticut that I one, State police at Troop K in crat Joseph I. Lieberman, the talk about my record and two. Colchester said today they’re still to keep Halloween a ‘fun’ day state’s attorney general. talk about his record.” investigating the disappearance, Weicker said he did not want to The candidates accuse each but had no further information on By Andrew Yurkovsky Candy should be checked to teen-agers to make sure they’re respond to Lieberman’s attacks other of distorting facts in the TV the case. They described Pon­ Manchester Herald make sure that it hasn’t been not up to no good. on the senator’s voting attend­ ads. gratz as a white male with brown tampered with. Wood said that For the past few years in ance record, collection of out-of- In fact, about the only thing hair and brown eyes. He is 6 feet Halloween is supposed to be a candy in opened wrappers should Coventry, there have been large town speaking fees and other they agree on is that the race is, in tall and weighs about 180 pounds, fun time for the young and be carefully examined. He ad­ gatherings of teen-agers in the issues. Weicker contended that Weicker’s words, “up for grabs.” police said. not-so-young. vised taking the candy to Man­ Coventry Hills section of town, voters were “sick” of that style of “In my mind, this race is too Clark said he believed that a And the spooky day being chester Memorial Hospital for and police have confiscated abrasive campaigning. close to call, and it’s going to be friend had filed the missing celebrated today can stay that X-raying if it appears suspicious. knives, pipe bombs and other But the Lieberman ads, the decided in the next week and a 4)ersons notice with police. State way if trick or treaters follow For the pa St couple of yea rs. the weapons from youths. creation of Carter Eskew, media half.” Lieberman said Friday. police in Colchester referred some simple rules, local police hospital’s radiology department "We would urge parents to consultant at Squier-Eskew Com­ Since the Courant poll in questions on the case to Bolton and hospital officials say. To has offered to X-ray Halloween check with their teen-agers, that munications in Washington, ap­ mid-October, Quinnipiac College Resident Tropper Richard ensure a safer holiday, Manches­ candy free of charge todetermine they know where they’re going to parently struck a responsive released a survey showing Walsh, who could not be reached ter Memorial Hospital is again whether it contains any metal be and who they’re going to be chord with Connecticut voters. Weicker with a 6 percentage point for comment this morning. offering to X-ray candy to make objects, hospital spokesman An­ with.” Doughty said. Just days after Weicker spoke lead. Wesleyan University is not sure it does not contain any metal drew Beck said. Beck said that Doughty said that tonight po­ so confidently — dismissing the Weicker campaign manager Itr Hwald participating in the investigation, objects. the radiology department is lice would be extensively patrol­ state attorney general’s cam­ Jay F. Malcynsky said internal Clark said. One rule that applies to trick or again offering that service, from ling Coventry Hills, which is an paign as a well-financed ad campaign polling shows the sena­ he treaters of all ages is never to go 6 to 9 tonight. area just east of Skungamaug machine with no substance — a tor with an 8 to 10 point lead over sir 'Clark described Pongratz as a out alone, said Gary J . Wood, the Beck cautioned that the X-rays River Golf Club. poll published in the state’s Lieberman, while the challenger "valued and highly able adminis­ d. spokesman for the Manchester will show only metal objects in In Bolton and Andover, patrols doifiinant newspaper. The Hart­ said his polls show him ahead by trator," but did not have any Police Department. the candy and cannot identify any will be beefed up. and resident ford Courant, showed a 14-point about 5 points. imformation on Pongratz’s re­ Until they are beyond the fourth non-metal foreign objects. troopers will be working the night Weicker advantage had vanished Meanwhile, both camps con­ cord. He said Pongratz has grade. Wood added, trick or “It shows nothing else,’’ Beck shift with constables, said and that the race was deadlocked. tinue to collect and spend money worked at Wesleyan for eight treaters should be accompanied said. "So we strongly, strongly, Trooper Edward T. Rarely has a single poll so at a rapid-fire pace, mostly on the years. Clark said Pongratz was by an adult or older person. They strongly suggest that parents Rzeznikiewicz. drastically changed the face of a TV ads. The Weicker-Lieberman manager of building and grounds i-on-one should stay in lighted areas and inspect the candy for any foreign Homeowners, for their part, campaign. race is already the most expen­ before becoming physical plant go only to homes that are objects before the candy is should not put lighted candles in The Lieberman camp is burst­ sive in Connecticut history, with e puck director in 1986. s goal- obviously passing out candy. eaten." jack-o’-lantems to avoid fires. ing with confidence, and the the incumbent spending $1.9 and Clark said he didn’t know It’s also a good idea for all trick Lt. Ronald C. Doughty of the Wood said. tightening of the race has had a Lieberman spending $1.8million. where members of Pongratz’s or treaters to carry a flashlight. Coventry Police Department ad­ tangible effect on fund-raising. Ferraro family lived. breaka- Wood said.