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DAILY INTILLlGlNCtft Friday, Octobtr Attacks flare anew in Heinz Green debate Penniylyania'i U.S. Senate candidates made their pitch in televiaed debates Thursday, and it was clear the targets were independent and -undecided voters who could bring. victory to either side. Republican H. John Heinz lit of Pittsburgh and Democrat William Green of Philadelphia debated twice, first in Pittsburgh and then on a statewide public television hookup from Scranton.

Some commercial stations filmed and carried the Pittsburgh debate. Heinz and Green are locked in a tight battle to fill the seat created by Sen. Hugh Scat's retirement. Their polls show the candidates so close that no one is willing to discuss figures on the record. is why the bid for the un- decideds and independents a growing and possibly decisive block if the campaign strategists are to be believed was so important in the televised debates.

"Nobody is well served by voting a straight party line," Heinz, who doesn't mention he is a Republican in his campaign advertising, said 'Madman' conclusion doubtful WASHINGTON (AP) A medical authority who investigated the mysterious Legionnaire disease in Philadelphia that claimed 29 lives is casting doubt on a congressional report that said a madman using poisonous gas may have been responsible. Dr. William F. Sunderman Jr. of the University of Connecticut said he was quoted out of context and his interpretation was distorted in a report on the disease by Hep.

John M. Murphy, chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection. Murphy said Thursday "it is not inconceivable" that's demented person poisoned the American Legion meeting in Philadelphia in July by mixing nickel carbonyl with dry ice and distributing it through the air ducts of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel where the legionnaires stayed. Murphy, in a report that was labeled confidential, attributed the explanation to Sunderman. The study said that Sunderman supports a theory that "the exposure to nickel carbonyl must have been introduced willfully, because the quantity of nickel carbonyl found in the tissues of the victims could not otherwise be explained." Sunderman said he was "amazed at this quotation." He said, "I'm afraid that my remarks on the possible role of nickel as a causative factor of legionnaires disease have been overstressed.

I've always emphasized that our findings of increased concentrations of nickel in lung tissues of some legionnaires were inconclusive because we also found increased concentration of nickel in some of the control specimens sent to us by Pennsylvania authorities. "We out contamination from stainless steel autopsy knives or specimen containers. We didn't have any conclusive evidence that nickel poisoning was involed in the causation of the disease. "I think this article quotes my comments entirely out of context and changes the emphasis and meaning of my discussions." Octoberfest slated Saturday in Bucks A festive Octoberfest will be celebrated at the Bucks Country Vineyards and Winery, Route 202, New Hope on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Highlighting the event will be folk dancers in the Alps tradition wearing coloful costumes.

They will be accompanied by an "omp-pah" Bavarian Band. BERN IE KIRSCHNER FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE INTEGRITY UNDERSTANDING LEVER6A NOVEMBER 2 ft. far fw 71 Irm. State News Review during the Pittsburgh debate. "If I am elected, I will not hold slavishly to a party line, but will vote in the best interest of all of the people of Pennsylvania." Green hit time and again on the same theme he may have the backing of Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania, but he has acted independently in the past and will steer clear of entangling party alliances in the future.

"For a change, Pennsylvania really needs a Democrat senator," Green said in' Pittsburgh. "Pennsylvania needs. a senator who has fought against the oil lobby, the White House and his own Democratic leadership." At the same time they made their own appeals to independent and undecided voters, Heinz and Green tried to make one another look like pawns of corrupt politicians and special interests. "My a been anywhere near as independent as his advertising would like to have us believe," Green said. "Time and again the White House had his vote.

Pennsylvania needs a Senator who will stand up to special interests instead of standing in their corner." He also accused Heinz of trying to buy the election and of getting campaign contributions from the heads of corporations, bankers and stock brokers. For Heinz, the debates reflected a definite change in tactics. He was on the attack, abandoning the almost passive attitude he took during four earlier debates with Green. Charging there have been 64 indictments of employes of the Shapp administration, Heinz called on Green to reject the support of the governor. "He has refused to repudiate Shapp.

I don't want to be a machine candidate. I don't want to be in- debted to Shapp," Heinz said. "If there is a Republican machine in the state of Pennsylvania, I'd like to find it. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg are all in Democratic hands." Shapp buys ads HARRISBURG (AP) Gov. Shapp has spent $28,000 of his own money to buy newspaper advertising which he hopes will swing the undecided vote to the Democrats.

The advertisements ran today in 30 newspapers across the state and in the New York Times. The ads urge readers to vote for the Democratic ticket. "They're not an attack on the candidates," Shapp said at a press conference Thursday. "It is an etack on, the antipeople attitude all governors have to deal with in the Ford Administration." He said that attitude resulted in the impounding of -federal funds meant for projects such as day care centers and nursing homes. "I think most of the (voter) apathy derives from the fact that the people don't feel they are getting Ihe services from the government in relation to the taxes that they pay to the government," Shapp said.

Montco youth sentenced NORRISTOWN, Pa. (UPI) A 17-year-old high school student was sentenced Thursday to 8 to 20 years in a state correctional institution in the slaying of his 15-year-old girlfriend last May. Jeffrey Scott Wicker of Narberth pleaded guilty last month to strangling Marion Shopa of Bala Cynwyd in the basement of his home during an argument. Wicker escaped from Norristown State Hospital earlier this month. When he was captured, he said he had fled because he was afraid of going to a state prison.

A consent decree negotiated by government lawyers and representatives of Kisling terminated a complaint filed Wednesday charging the i i operating under conditions that contaminated their products, Marston said. The government said Food and Drug Administration detectives had found insect parts samples taken from fermenting bins at the plant in midSeptember. 7 counties defy Kane HARRISBURG (UPI) Seven counties will defy Attorney General Robert controversial directive to permit voting Nov. 2 by registrants who just missed the Oct. 4 deadline.

But Kane said he will not make a court attempt to force officials in Sauerkraut firm COmplieS Armstrong, Bucks, Cambria, Jeffer- son, McKean, Tioga and Westmoreland counties to obey his Ocl. 22 opinion. "Sixty out of 67 counties accepting the ruling isn't bad," Kane said. "Our reasoning in not bringing suit against the seven is two-fold. PHILADELPHIA (UPI) The A.C.

Kisling sauerkraut company has agreed to modify its operation to conform to federal sanitation standards, U.S. Attorney David W. Marston said Thursday. On Election An iiriportant message to voters i or ffennsylvania from Milton J. Shapp Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians have a clear choice next Tuesday.

We can allow the "anti-people attitude" in Washington to continue, or we can vote for a change. I believe so strongly that the incumbent President and the Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania don't care about people that I'm personally paying for this message to you. Today, millions of able-bodied people are out- of-work, other millions of elderly and poor Americans live in daily desperation, and nearly every American family is fearful about its security. These "people problems" won't be solved by a President whose main answer to any creative, forward-looking solution is a veto.

America will remain great only if our President is willing and able to provide new leadership. Jimmy Carter can provide that new leadership. He is a humane, compassionate man. But he is also a practical businessman and. as Governor of Georgia he demonstrated that he could motivate people in the search for solutions to complex problems.

Jimmy Carter is a fresh face, not a member of the Washington crowd. -He has real solutions to our problems-- solutions which build upon the great Democratic traditions of Roosevelt and Kennedy. In the U.S. Senate, the choice is just as clear. Bill Green has been a highly effective Congressman--for all Pennsylvanians.

Bill Green hasn't taken any corporate contributions from special interests or giant oil companies. He has fought them-- and won. There is no doubt in my mind that Bill Green will represent the people, not the special interests. Jimmy Carter and Bill Green can provide new leadership. But, they must have support from committed Democrats both in Washington and Harrisburg.

Al Benedict, Bob Casey and the Democratic cahdidates for Congress, the State Senate and State House of Representatives can provide that support. Protect yourself and the best interests of your family and friends. Elect Carter President, send Bill Green to the Senate and elect Democrats to Congress and the State Legislature. MILTON J. SHAPP Governor Vote for all the Democratic candidates on November 2nd Paid (or personally by Millon I Shapp Not AulhoriKd by my Cindldne.