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DAILY WORLD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1983 3A Dukakis has chaotic day WIS! SilMIE Bush docked by workers in shipyard By GERALD M. BOYD New York Times Sews Service PORTLAND, ORE. Vice President Bush got far more than he gave Tuesday as his message of economic prosperity was engulfed by a wave of boos and obscenities from rank and file union members at a shipyard here. The heckling was the most persistent and severe Bush has encountered in his campaign. Workers expressed concern over job security and pay levels under a Bush administration.

While the Republican presidential nominee called the confrontation a "good challenge," some supporters said the event had been a mistake. Sen. Mark Hatfield, the Oregon Republican who introduced Bush, said "I would not" have recommended that he appear there. Bush was visiting the Northwest Marine Iron Works a shipyard that repairs and refurbishes civilian and military vessels. It employs 1,300 people.

Hatfield tried to warm up a crowd of about 500 workers by crediting the Reagan administration and Bush, in particular, with changing regulations to allow civilian shipyards to bid on repair work previously performed at Navy facilities. But he did not sway the crowd, whose hostility was evident even before Bush appeared on the stage. The first mention of Bush drew boos and the thumbs down sign from workers, and the reception slid downhill from there. The vice president had to shout over jeers as he asserted that the economy was strong and was growing stronger. "In the last year alone, America has added 473,000 new manufacturing jobs, close to half a million," he said at one point.

"And compare that from the last time the liberal Democrats were in power." Voices from a sea of hard hats repeatedly challenged him to explain what he would do about the federal deficit or whether the 18 million new jobs he said had been created under Reagan paid a decent wage. His answers drew taunts from workers who called him a "union buster," and shouted, "Bush go home!" Anti-abortion protesters get testy By ROBIN TONER New York Times News Service NILES, 111. A speech by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis turned into an angry confrontation between anti-abortion protesters and members of the audience Tuesday, with bitter chants and counterchants and repeated outbreaks of shoving and scuffling.

The outburst came on a chaotic day for the Dukakis campaign, which saw the candidate's plane held up for a surprise FAA inspection, which turned up problems that kept the Democratic candidate from a scheduled afternoon of campaigning in Columbus, Ohio. "Yesterday was a very good day," Dukakis said Tuesday afternoon. "Today was interesting." In his speech Tuesday, Dukakis continued his effort to paint the Republicans as the party of privilege. "Those Republicans in Washington love to blame American workers first," he said. "They don't understand that Solidarity isn't just a beautiful word in Polish; it's also a beautiful word in English," he told an audience that included many Polish-Americans.

"That's why they've spent the last seven years trying to break unions and pit management against labor." But the abortion disruption began the moment Dukakis rose to speak Tuesday morning at a social hall in this community outside Chicago, where he was campaigning among the ethnic voters central to hopes of a Democratic victory this fall. From a small number of abortion protesters scattered around the hall rose an instant chorus of, "What about abortion?" and "Abortion is murder!" Dukakis tried to control the outburst, telling the protesters, "I would hope you would respect my right to speak." But the heckling persisted, triggering an angry reaction from the crowd. Several members of the audience forcibly ejected about six of the protesters, amid shouts of "Get 'em out!" and chants of "Let Mike speak!" i 4 -I Saving effort AP Photo As helicopters make water drops on a forest fire closing in on Silver Gate, Mont. Tuesday, fire trucks and equipment stand by to save the buildings if the fire jumps buffer lines. Bogus gold mines latest swindle Reagan lashes at liberals LOUISVILLE, Ky.

President Reagan told the American Legion that Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and other Democrats would jeopardize national security with a "Disneyland defense policy" that he likened to the programs of former president Jimmy Carter. Fort Worth, Texas billionaire Robert M. Bass, pictured here in a 1987 file photo, has agreed to acquire American Savings and Loan of Stockton, Ca-liforia for $550 million in cash.

Legionnaires rebuff Fonda LOUISVILLE, Ky. The American Legion says it's too soon to forgive or forget Jane Fonda's visit to Hanoi during the Vietnam War despite her recent apology to veterans on national television. Legionnaires "do not believe her apology was in any way sincere and was only stated on the TV program as a ruse to further enhance her many commercial undertakings," said a resolution adopted Tuesday at the veterans group's 70th annual convention. Ms. Fonda offered the apology for her excesses as a 1960s anti-war activist on ABC-TV's "20-20" news program this summer.

During the Vietnam War, she made a much-publicized trip to North Vietnam, where she called on U.S. servicemen to quit fighting. Take up fast NEW YORK Actress Kelly McGillis and Kerry Kennedy, daughter of slain Sen. Robert Kennedy, are the latest in a series of celebrities to carry on the anti-pesticide fast of United Farm Workers President Cesar Chavez. By fasting for three days each, the celebrities are supporting Chavez's boycott of California table grapes in protest of allegedly dangerous pesticides used on the fruit.

Chavez began the water-only fast in Delano, on July 16 over the dangers allegedly caused to workers and consumers by five pesticides: captan, dinoseb, methyl bromide, par-athon and phosdrin. Hot school is damaged ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. School maintenance workers hiked the heat to 120 degrees hoping to get rid of a pesky mold, but the heat ended up killing plants and lab animals and sending students in search of cooler classrooms. Officials arriving at Lake-wood High School Tuesday morning walked into a stifling heat that had been simmering for three days in the school's science wing.

Floors buckled, students' plants withered away, tanks of tropical fish perished, as did a turtle, a snake and at least one favorite lab rat Lakewood Principal Barbara Broughton said she feared computers, films and other materials also may have been damaged by the heat. Condoms case believed a first ST. PAUL, Minn. The federal government has gone to court to try to confiscate nearly 50,000 condoms it says are defective. The case is believed to mark the first time the federal Food and Drug Administration has sought to seize a batch of condoms for destruction.

The seizure from a warehouse of Mentor Corp. of Minneapolis would include about 44,350 condoms from a batch of contraceptives made for Mentor by an East Coast factory, said assistant U.S. Attorney Foylene Champeaux. From the NYT News Service and the Associated Press i Set fT Commission takes pay cut BATON ROUGE New members of the Amite River Basin Commission approved a series of financial control measures and cut their pay. The commission also heard reports Tuesday night on requirements of the state ethics code and public meeting laws.

The changes in how the commission will spend its money come in the wake of a series of reports on the expenditures of former commission secretary John C. Fore, including one that he did business with his own firm. Raise rescinded NEW ORLEANS -A revised Causeway Commission has voted to rescind a controversial percent pay raise that was approved last month but never given to workers. The commission also agreed Tuesday to give the general manager of the 24-mile span complete control over hiring and firing. The meeting was the first since Bennett Powell and Chuck Miller of Metairie and former board member James Erwin of Folsom were named to the board by Gov.

Buddy Roemer. Erwin was elected chairman Tuesday. The other board members are Charles Hayes Jr. of Metairie and Ogise Richardson of Bush. Oil spill minor AVONDALE A misaligned valve dumped about 10 barrels of palm oil stearine, a substance used to make candle wax, into the Mississippi River, the Coast Guard said today.

"Lt. Pat Galvin, the Coast Guard response officer at the Marine Safety Office, says the substance is generally solid, that it floats and is basically harmless," said Petty Officer Bob Morehead. Tax collector's work criticized LEESVILLE Vernon Parish Sheriff Frank Howard has been criticized by the legislative auditor for the sheriff's performance as parish tax collector. In an audit report released Tuesday, Joe Burris said the sheriff did not comply with state laws for seizure and sale of movable property to collect delinquent taxes. Howard's tax collections were audited for the period of June 5, 1987, through June 12, 1988, and as of June 12, there was $42,033 in delinquent taxes on movable property, the report said.

However, in a letter dated June 13, Howard said there were no delinquent taxes at that time. Woman uses vacuum defense ALEXANDRIA A woman wielding a vacuum cleaner scared an intruder away by hitting him over the head with the machine, according to Alexandria police. A suspect, who was arrested Saturday in the case, was released under an $8,000 bond Tuesday from the Rapides Parish Jail. Joe L. Booze, 26, was charged with aggravated burglary, criminal damage to property and resisting arrest, an Alexandria police spokesman said.

Delhi junior high burns DELHI Richland Parish School Superintendent Arlan Adams was scheduled to meet with state fire officials Wednesday before deciding where to hold classes for the students of Delhi Junior High, he said. Fire swept through Delhi Junior High School Tuesday, doing heavy damage and forcing the cancellation of classes, authorities said. No one was in the building when the 5:24 a.m. fire broke out. No one was injured, authorities said.

Lawyers fees cause for fuss NEW ORLEANS A federal appeals court has ruled that it's up to the U.S. District Court of Eastern Louisiana to settle the squabble between the United States and the private parties that sued over the renewal of shell dredging leases as to who pays the lawyers. By GREGORY A. ROBB JVeif York Times News Service WASHINGTON State securities regulators warned Tuesday that investors could lose an estimated $250 million this year to telephone sales pitches for investments in bogus gold mines. The market collapse of last October has led indirectly to an increase in the these schemes because many investors are wary of "paper" investments like stocks and bonds, fornia, was convicted in a New Mexi co state court on charges that he defrauded 2,000 investors out of $20 million in a gold mine scheme.

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The association represents state securities regulators. Criminals have discovered that they can easily mislead investors by offering them rights to fraudulent "tangible" investments, like precious metals. "These deals are a rip-off from the word go," Meyer said. In one instance, Ed Barbarra, a former furniture salesman in Cali format." Baker and Brountas said they would talk again Wednesday. Both sides said they still needed to settle the exact dates, locations, format and sponsorship of debates.

It has generally been understood that if the problems over presidential debates cpuld be resolved there would also be one debate between the vice presidential candidates during the same period. Bush's campaign has offered to debate anytime from Sept. 25 to Oct. 17, a period when every night except one Friday is already busy with Olympics, Monday night football, baseball playoffs and the World Series. Fridays are generally a low night for television viewership.

"If they want ultimate exposure they're not going to get it in this time period," said Joseph Angotti, producer of special events for NBC. The network has rights to the Olympics and the World Series. NBC informed the two political parties a year ago that it would not preempt the Olympics for presidential debates, Angotti said. By MICHAEL ORESKES New York Times News Service WASHINGTON The Dukakis campaign gave ground Tuesday in the debate over debates, grudgingly agreeing that there might be only two, instead of three or four, debates between the presidential candidates. But the other crucial question when the debates would be held remained unsettled, with the Bush campaign offering a set of dates in the midst of the Olympics and the World Series, when many television viewers will be otherwise engaged, and the Dukakis campaign arguing for at least one later debate.

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