Candidates Debate

...New Senate WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1980 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint many's VOL. XV, NO. 45 Candidates debate Economy dominates CLEVELAND (AP) — President Carter and Ronald Reagan argued Iwar and peace in a climactic campaign debate Tuesday night, the ■president accusing his Republican challenger of “dangerous and all issues [belligerent” talk, Reagan retorting that the use of force should be ‘always and only a last resort.” by Anne Jane D regalia The 90-minute confrontation produced no dramatic collision; Staff Reporter I rather there was a persistent — sometimes — spirited exchange, I marked by frequent disputes over policies and programs. Reagan was As the 1980 presidential cam | especially aggreive in contradicting Carter when the president paign approaches its final stages characterized Reagan’s proposals. Carter, as usual, was the master of we are compelled to look at the detail. area of most marked contrast At one point, Reagan was discussing world troubles and he likened between the candidates, a con Carter to a “witch doctor,” who grows anxious when a real doctor trast so sharp President Carter appears with the right prescription. Carter also wielded a tart tongue has predicted it shall oblige the on several occasions, one time referring to Reagan’s tax cut plan as American people to vote. This "ridiculous.” area is the economy. All three Carter said that during the eight years before he became president, major candidates have recog U.S. military strength declined. He said the Democratic admin nized the economy as the first istration has reversed that. Reagan scoffed at this, saying the priority issue of this campaign, Republican presidents of those years had to try to get defense ing though each of their solutions through spending from Democratic Congresses, which often cut differ profoundly. appropriations. He also said the Carter administration has cut by 38 percent a five-year defense spending blueprint left by former President Gerald R. Ford. The second question turned on what the candidates would do i m w o about inflation and the responses brought a spirited give and take. Carter called Reagan’s 10 percent income tax cut proposal in each of the next three years one of the “ most highly inflationary proposals A commonly accepted defin ever submitted to the American people” and “highly ridiculous.” ition of inflation is “too much He also quoted his Republican opponent as having said that the money chasing too few goods,” minimum wage was a major cause of unemployment. as well as a decline in the value of Reagan said “we don’t have inflation because the American people the dollar. It is a problem often are living too well, we have inflation because the governm ent is living considered the greatest domestic too well.” threat facing our nation today. Reagan cited his experience as governor of California which The Republican Party has launched a serious attack against prompted Carter to say during his eight years as governor, Reagan Piaky the Penguin, mascot o f the hockey team prevailed during last President Carter in this area. submitted three of the highest tax increases ever enacted in the state. night’s game against Bowling Greenfphoto by Helen Odar) They have stated that Carter bears the blame for the devalu Hostage issue ation of the dollar and the de terioration of American savings. In recent radio and TV adver America fears tisements', Reagan has referred to the fact that not only has Carter carried inflation from 4.8 by The Associated Press sary of captivity, expressed its ligious holiday, but did not men White House” while Iranians are percent to an “outrageous” 18 Iran’s Parliament was set to irritation at news reports sug tion the hostages. It was the being killed in battle. percent, but he has fostered a 50 resume debate Wednesday on gesting their release was immi holiday that halted a series of Iran has accused the United percent increase in federal the American hostages after a nent. The White House said it parliamentary debates on the States of aiding Iraq in the war. spending and tax increases of one-day pause marked by re feared the reports could cause an hostages that began Sunday and Prime Minister M ohammad Ali more than 70 percent. newed uncertainty on their fate. Iranian backlash. are to resume Wednesday. Rajai this week said the debate on The Democrats, however, The Carter administration, Iranian Revolutionary leader The 80-year-old Moslem patri 52 Americans was less important blame the present situation on a moving toward a Nov. 4 presi Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini arch, who wields virtually com than the war that is taking recession inherited in 1977 from dential election that coincides attacked President Carter in a plete control over the govern Iranian lives. the Republicans. President with the hostages’ first anniver broadcast speech marking a re ment, said Carter is “sitting in the In Tehran, sources said the Carter boasts many accomplish parliamentary discussion was ments in this area, such as indi likely to continue at least several Nuclear radiation more days because of conflicting vidual and business tax cuts, air views on the demands that line and banking regulation re forms, and an 11.8 percent in should be made on the United States for their release and crease in the Gross National D.O.E. slow in Product. Carter blames inflation whether all hostages should be on higher oil prices, higher in by Norman Soloman ments of the spread of radio Las Vegas. “It didn’t stop at freed together. terest rates, and tighter controls Pacific News Service active gases from the test. Lathrop Wells,” he speculated. The sources said many depu on consumer credit. Reagan ac The Department of Energy “It kept on going.” ties favored trying some of the cuses Carter of “blaming every EDITOR’S NOTE: A 12-hour (DOE), which supervises the Utah and California health Americans as spies and have one from OPEC to the American delay in notifying ground moniatomic testing in Nevada, ori authorities say they learned of pledged to drag out the debate as toring stations following theginally said that the radiation the radioactive leak from the long as possible. people themselves for inflation, Septem ber 25 nuclear test leak was “ not expected to leave the media, four hours after the In Hamburg, West Germany, everyone that is except his own Administration and it’s policies in Nevada may have resulted in Nevada Test S ite.’’ EPA was notified and 16 hours the ARD television network, which are the true cause of in inaccurate measurements op after it occurred. quoting “informed circles,” said flation.” off-site radiation. PNS corres “There was an obvious Iran might demand live televi A sharp contrast exists be pondent Norman Soloman, whoWEDNESDAY communication screw-up over sion time in the United States to is co-authoring a book on tween these two candidate’s pro at DOE,” said Chuck Costa, argue its case before the Amer radiation victims, looks into the EPA deputy director for nu posals on this problem. The ican people as a condition for controversy. —FQC(/S clear radiation assessment. Democrats maintain that “ fiscal releasing some of the captives. “They should have called us policy remains a flexible eco An Iranian parliamentary Because of the delay in much earlier than they did.” nomic tool,” in other words the spokesman denied the TV re SALT LAKE CITY- Following official notification of the inci A spokesman for tne DOE, government should keep a hand port. “This is not true,” said an detection of radioactive leakage dent, neither federal nor Cali Dave Jackson, responded that on business. Carter opposes a official who identified himself as from a Sept. 25 nuclear bomb fornia officials were able to set “We feel that they were noti plan to balance the budget in Mr. Manafi, at the parliam ent’s test in Nevada, the Department up monitoring equipment in fied in what we considered to 1981 and supports large deficits public relations office. of Energy delayed 12 hours time to measure the possible be a timely manner. That was to curb recession. Most econo before alerting the Environ drift of the gas into California. In Bern, Switzerland, Denis the way it was, and I have no mists agree that at this time any mental Protection Agency, “Unless you’ve got a big Feldmeyer, a spokesman for the further comment.” plan which involves a deficit is which is charged with off-site wall there, the gas just kept The Director of the Califor Swiss, who handle U.S. affairs in rediation monitoring. moving,” said Dr. Leonard nia Department of Heal the Iran, said, “I have no inform ation bound to perpetuate inflation. In view of the impending $60 The delay, some officials and Storm, a noted geneticist and Services, Beverlee Myers, in a on the conditions of a possible million deficit in this year’s fed- scientists believe, may have expert on nuclear test activities release of the hostages...I cannot prevented accurate measure at the University of Nevada at (continued on page 6)confirm any condition (continued on page 5) Wednesday, October 29, 1980 — page 2 Inside Wednesday Saudi Arabia severed ties with Libya yesterday in a dispute between the oil-producing giants over the Saudis’ acceptance of four special American radar planes to Papers grow obsolete monitor the Iraq-Iran war. Exxon Corp., which receives oil from both Arab countries, said in New York that neither nation Newspapers and magazines will be obsolete had advised it of any changes in the oil company’s operations as within the next seven years.

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