21 - EVENING HERALD, Wed., Oct B. 1980 Interest in political Americana parallels campaign Portions of the collection including 19th Thursday through Sunday. WEST HARTFORD- Interest in the College of Education and Allied Services In recent months, Sullivan has appeared University of Hartford's DeWitt Collec­ and curator of the collection, has century political cartoons and statuary, are on display in the National^ Portrait as a guest on radio talk shows emanating tion of political Americana apparently is appeared as guest speaker three times in Galley at the Smithsonian Institution in from Billings, Mont.j Boston, Chicago, paralleling that in the increasingly three states, “Right now enthusiasm and interest in Washington, D.C. Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle. Manrlipatpr frenetic political campaigns this fall. Dr. Sullivan, of Suffield, is author of political Americana is very intense,” A part of the collection will be exhibited Edmund Sullivan, professor of at the Stonington Community Center, “Collecting Political Americana.” educational philosophy in the University's Sullivan said. Clear TURNPIKE TV & APPLIANCE Clear and cold tonight. WEATHER Details on page 2. J Carter gains 5 HOUR SALE Vol. C, No. 6 — Manchester, Conn., Thursday, October 9, 1980 YOUR HOMETOirN ISEWSRAPER • Since 1881 • 20(i in Virginia LOOK FOR OUR AD No third arrest RICHMOND’(UPl) — President Carter is gaining on Ronald Reagan in the only southern state he lost in 1976, IN TOMORROW’S and experienced politicians say the race is so close that Virginia could go either way. A recent newspaper poll shows Reagan leading Carter HERALD 40 percent to 34 percent, with independent John Anderson receiving 8 percent. Another 18 percent are either un­ Tremendous savings on all Television and Appliances. due in bombing decided or state no preference. Check Thursday’s Herald for details . But the Richmond Times Dispatch telephone survey of than as a fellow suspect, Lannan in­ Both teen-agers have been charged 519 registered voters statewide Sept. 17-23 had a margin By MARTIN KEARNS I Herald Reporter dicated. with first degree arson and face of error of 4 points, plus or minus. This means Reagan Bailey today avoided comments on possible life sentences for attacking could have been ahead by up to 14 points or trailing by MANCHESTER— Police will not why a third arrest would not be a residence. Following arraignment, two points. seek the arrest of a third suspect in sought. Instead, the state’s attorney the two were transported to the Hart­ Polls by the GOP and Democrats show Reagan leading, MANCHF-STVR last week's firebombing of a black said only that a warrant for an ad­ ford Correctional Center to await an but they also show Carter gaining and point to enough un­ 273 W. MIDDLE TPKE. family's home. Chief Robert Lannan ditional arrest had not been Oct. 28 indictment on the arson decided voters to swing the election. An August MANCHESTER disclosed today. presented by Manchester Police. charges. Republican poll showed Reagan leading by 12 points in Ike (Next to Stop & Shop) Lannan yesterday had called a Bonds were set Wednesday for two Bailey said the indictment would Virginia. third arrest imminent, saying a white youths being held by police in set a time for a hearing before a Carter's and Reagan's campaign chiefs in Virginia are warrant might be issued today. connection with last week’s firebom­ grand jury. planning accordingly. 9 bing. While referring to the state Bill Romjue, state director of the Carter campaign, Charles N. Metheny, the 18-year- procedure as lengthy — due to the But after meeting this morning , » I' -H,;’'■ •*<»/’ said, "It's close and we're gaining. We plan to-go to our , with an agent for the Hartford old West Virginian accused of number of cases before the courts — strengths, the traditional Democratic voting areas. District State's Attorney’s office, throwing a firebomb into a local Bailey suggested federal prosecutors We're going to hit Reagan hard on his statements and his Lannan reversed that statement. family's home, was held on $100,000 could take action before the state. record." Lannan said the decision of State’s bond. Federal courts have fewer Bob Hausenfluck, Reagan's state director, said "If Attorney John N. Bailey Jr. to Eugene R. Gilliland Jr., 17, whom criminal cases before them, Bailey we're just six points ahead, then we need to do a little withhold the third arrest appeared to Metheny had been visiting at his said. In addition, the feds can order a % more work at the grassroots level. We want to pull in the be a prosecution strategy. A third parent's Manchester home, was held suspect’s appearance before a grand independents and unhappy Democrats. Carter was an un­ party, appearing before the court on $80,000 bond for his involvement in jury, while the corresponding state known in 1976, but he's known now and that should help would be more credible as a‘'witness the incident. procedure is more lengthy. us." State's attorneys had asked that Both sides will woo what seems to be a big chunk of un­ both youths be held on $200,000 bond. Two bikini-clad women sun-bathe on the decided or independent voters in the contest for Manchester police, on the other of the gulf. According to Israeli reports, Virginia's 12 electoral votes. The Times-Dispatch poll m Israeli side of the Gulf of Aqaba while several about 36 freighters have docked at Aqaba hand, had requested $100,000 bonds showed 50 percent of the respondents identified for each suspect. freighters wait their turn to be unloaded at with relief supplies and weapons destined for themselves as independents or without party affiliation. Gerald Klein, who was appointed the Jordanian part of Aqaba on the other side Iraq in the past two days. (UPI,photo) Carter only lost Virginia to Gerald Ford in 1976 by by the judge to represent Gilliland, about 22,000 votes, and many of them came from asked the bond be lowered to $35,000, Northern Virginia, a major battleground in any Virginia the amount of real estate equity election. Reagan and Carter forces believe the key to vic­ available to his client's parents. tory in the area is the region's high concentration of Klein said the affidavit authorizing federal employees, BOLD Iran to bring case the arrests says Metheny threw the Romjue said federal employees will vote for Carter Sale Today thru Tuesday, October 14. molotov cocktail into the home. because he's known — he's been their boss for four years. Although the allegations involve Hausenfluck said they will vote for Reagan because his Gilliland in conspiracy to commit the ideas about cutting M eral spending would allow federal ^ T crime, they also have him 75 feet employees to do their jobs “more efficiently — they're to Security Council away from Metheny when he threw taxpayers, too,” were wounded in Wednesday night's the bomb, Klein argued. BAGHDAD, Iraq (UPI) - Iranian revolutionary and Moslem coun­ The heart of Democratic strength lies in the Iraqi missile attack on Dizful and the The judge, however, sided with Prime Minister Mohammed Ali tries" to give a detailed explanation southeastern labor, military and farm areas and the city’s air force base. It said many Roslta Creamer, deputy assistant Rajai said Iran hopes to put its case of Iran’s stand on the war “to coun­ southwestern coalfields of Virginia. The Republicans’ state's attorney general, who con­ tries whose hearts are with us and houses were destroyed and four strength is up the middle of the state, from the farmland against Iraq before the U.N, Security ','giant rockets” were used in the at­ tended Gilliland was a principal Council and Iran announced that 60 have appreciated our Islamic bordering North Carolina through Richmond's financial suspect in the case. Bond was set at Revolution." He gave no date for the tack belt and northwest into the Sheandoah Valley. people were killed and 300 wounded The communique warned there $80,000. in>an Iraqi missile attack on the city mission and did not name the coun­ In the middle of the usual partisan charges is an issue was a probability of more missile at­ Cornelius Shea, assistant state's of Dizful. tries to be visited. many Virginians care about because it is a major in­ tacks and urged the people of Dizful attorney general, said Metheny's ef­ Rajai, in an interview on Tehran Rajai conceded that some foreign dustry in the state: defense. Gillette to use air raid shelters. It said the TRACIE forts to leave the state might have Radio Wednesday night, did not give nations had urged Iran to accept a The world’s largest Navy base is in Norfolk. The New­ long-range rockets were launched CARTRIDGES led to his higher bond ($100,0001. any date when Iran would appear cease-fire and said the United States port News Shipbuilding Co., the state's largest private Metheny was arrested early and the Soviet Union, which he from the Iraqi border, and that the employer, last week won a $1.2 billion contract for the S's WITH FREE RAZOR WALDORF before the Security Council, which Wednesday as he attempted to leave has passed a resolution urging both alluded to as "two great super­ rockets had a range of 35 miles. Diz­ Navy's newest nuclear aircraft carrier. It was the largest BATHROOM TISSUE the state on a Greyhound bus bound powers” had made contacts with ful is more than 35 miles inside Iran.