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i r' frp mm vC-" -safe. if'si5-4K5i'i 1 4i Tuesday, July 19, 1988-BUCYRUS (OHIO) I'ELEGRAPH-FORUM Page Nine 'i Ohio Democrats put r- 1 1 "sS j-m. uu uispiay By LEE LEONARD ATLANTA (UPI) Sens. Lloyd Bentsen and John Glenn smiled and embraced Monday like the old friends they are, and often ornery Cleveland City Council President George Forbes said Michael Dukakis won the Democratic presidential nomination fair and square. Those were just two signs in the Ohio delegation to the Democratic National Convention that happy days may be here again in the form of a unified and enthusiastic Democratic party.

Bentsen, the Texas senator who aced Glenn out for the vice presidential nod, visited the Ohio delegation to make sure there were no hard feelings. There werent. Glenn held up a bumper sticker that said Dukakis-Glenn and joked that the producer, Rep. Douglas Applegate, D-Ohio, had misspelled Bentsens name. He said Applegate had 10, 000 of the collectors items left over.

Bentsen called Glenn one of the giants in the Senate, and wished him happy birthday. Glenn was celebrating his 67th birthday, and received a white, two-decker cake decorated with a space rocket, cardinals and carnations. Forbes, a black leader who can be caustic, preached unity following the accord reached by Dukakis and Jesse Jackson, whom Forbes supported for president. It had to be that way, said Forbes. Michael Dukakis won more delegates, so he is the nominee.

You cant change the rules. Forbes said the Democrats would try to solidify and persuade the white middle class that voted for President Reagan to support the Dukakis-Bentsen ticket. Forbes said any gains Jackson might have made out of the private negotiations would accrue to all Democrats, and to the poor blacks, whites and Hispanics whom he champions. The Cleveland council leader said voter registration drives must be financially supported by the Democratic party in order to be successful. Bentsen was the first to bring the ui umiy Ohio delegation the news, shortly after noon, that the sparring between Dukakis and Jackson was over and we have put it all together.

Calling it the politics of inclusion, the Texas senator and soon-to-be vice presidential nominee carried the word to the 183-member Buckeye delegation directly from the final negotiation meeting among Dukakis, Jackson and other top- level Democrats. We were meeting with Governor Dukakis and (the) Reverend Jack-son, said Bentsen in explaining his late arrival at Ohios Pierremont Plaza Hotel headquarters, and we have put it all together. A noisy and lengthy cheer erupted from the delegation, which was nervously optimistic about the apparent schism between the Dukakis and Jackson forces. This is the birth of a coalition of inclusive politics that is going to put it all together in 1988, Bentsen told the delegation. He furnished no details on the accord.

Bentsen termed the agreement a reaching out saying to some of the Democrats who voted for (President) Reagan: Come home. Bentsen ticked off a list of areas in which he said Republicans are deficient, including education, housing welfare and health care. We want to say that this country of ours is ready for a change, he said. With Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, its author, smiling in the background, Bentsen commended legislation on its way to Reagan requiring companies to give 60 days notice before closing a plant.

This nation is ready for a change from an administration that gives 30 days notice to (Attorney General Edwin) Meese and will not give 60 days notice to the American worker, he said. Glenn called Bentsen a man of great principle, integrity and accomplishment. Its going to be a great day when this tall-in-the-saddle Texan becomes vice president of the United States of America, said Glenn, who will introduce Bentsen to the convention Thursday for his acceptance speech. the precipitation may not have been welcomed by fairgoers, the 1.22 inches of rain was a welcome sight for local farmers and gardeners. Hope Fike, New Washington, and her grandson, Ryan McDiffitt, 12, son of Mr.

and Mrs. David McDiffit, New Washington, walk through Monday afternoons downpour at the Crawford County Fair. While R-A-I-N helps, but doesnt spell relief from drqught; more showers forecast Monday was the wettest day since early April for much of the state, according to the weather service. Generally, afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms produced one-half inch to one inch of rainfall across the Buckeye State. In many locations the rainfall was the most since Easter Sunday, April 3, NWS said.

While some areas got only light rainfall Monday, others got a lot. By United Press International Rain, glorious rain, fell on much of Ohio Monday, drenching parched crop lands and thirsty lawns and gardens and helping replenish water supplies of cities and towns in many areas of the state. But Mondays rainfall was not enough to end the drought that had left many areas nearly 10 inches short of precipitation since March, the National Weather Service reported. The greatest amount reported to the weather service was 2.7 inches at Reynoldsburg, an eastern suburb of Columbus. Only light rainfall was reported in the area of Wilmington, where a weather modification company hired by drought-stricken farmers remainded on standby Monday, waiting for proper cloud formations that could be seeded by pilots.

Atmospherics Inc. of Fresno, the Citizens of Ohios financial backers. Icard said their identities will be revealed possibly by Friday, when a public relations firm is hired. Last Wednesday in Detroit, Icard Raising, gas taxes, to cut deficit would also cut iobTGM executive says Casino gambling should be local issue, says former state treasurer candidate Tm.Finn nhin niPli Thp rWi- whom he identified as Nuclear He declined to reveal the names of predicted that plans for a cc TOLEDO, Ohio (UPI) The whom he identified as Nuclear He declined to reveal the names of predicted that plans for a COVER Dynamics director of investor relations. Icard, 24, said the campaign will cost between $1.5 million and $2 million.

WE 0 decision to allow casinos should ultimately be made by each municipality, says a former candidate for Ohio treasurer, who has embarked on a statewide campaign to legalize casino gambling. Brian Icard said Monday his Citizens for Ohio Committee planned to collect at least 48,000 signatures and present them to the Legislature -in an effort to making gambling a local option. If state officials refuse to legalize casinos, Icard said the group will gather 48,000 more names and submit them to the secretary of state to place the issue on the 1989 ballot. Our petition does not legalize casino gambling. What we would do is allow municipalities to legalize casino gambling, said Icard, who unsuccesfully ran for state office at age 21.

If Toledo wants casino gambling, then by golly Toledoans should have the right to determine for themselves whether or not casino gambling is appropriate for the city, he said. Icard, who said he is president of a venture capital company called Nuclear Dynamics Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, announced the campaign at a news conference. With Icard was Scott Reaume, man said. It would also affect different states and regions of the country very differently, falling particularly heavily on people who live in rural areas or areas unaccessible by public trans(oratation.

Whitman also noted that the concept of using gasoline taxes to cut the federal budget deficit, which is now as high as $160 billion, would go against the original purpose of the tax to maintain the nations highway infrastructure. Ironically, that diversion would occur at a time when many metropolitan areas need to upgrade or replace many aging highways and bridges while facing unprecedented traffic congestion, especially in the suburbs, she said. The public and special interest groups must no longer base their goals and perceptions on the ones which shaped national policies during the 1960s and 1970s, she told the annual Congress hosted by the weekly industry publication. If we do not demonstrate convincingly how conventional assumptions and perceptions need to be brought in line with the realities of a changed world, then the stakes, emotions, frustrations and risks in the public policy debate will only increase, Whitman said. By JAN A.

ZVERINA UPI Auto Writer DETROIT (UPI) A top General Motors Corp. executive said Monday that higher gasoline taxes aimed at reducing the federal budget deficit could mean a significant loss of production and jobs in the auto industry. Die basic problem is that in order to put a real dent in the federal budget deficit, any increase in the gasoline tax would almost certainly Kmra Ka rt a fKof nrnttlsl iui vu MV Ui a iiuigiutuuv wiMk vvuu cause disruptions in our particular part of the economy, said Dr. Marina Whitman, GM vice president and group executive of the public affairs staff. Whitman, speaking at the 1988 Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, said a 15-eent gasoline tax increase would result in the loss of nearly 500,000 units of vehicle production a year, with the bulk of that loss falling squarely on U.S.

car producers. That in turn would lead to a significant, short-term loss of Jobs and other tax revenues, she said. Such an increase in the tax would also discriminate against low income families, who must spend a greater portion of total income for transportation, Whit was hired to stimulate rain by a group of farmers in Clinton, Highland, Fayette, Warren, Greene, Clermont and Brown counties. But since crews arrived in southwestern Ohio Thursday, the right weather conditions for cloud seeding have not occurred. Forecasters said Ohio may get more rain this week.

The forecast calls for a chance of showers today through Thursday, with fair weather returning Friday and Saturday. concentration of casinos there will lead to increased crime and corruption. The mayors Casino Gaming Study Commission has recommended the Legislature allow 12 casinos to operate. OHIO KfOSPAMflS: BaESO! Source. Mark! Opinion Rfch Of Ohio Adults, Who Make Purchases Because of Advertising Purchased Products As a Direct Result of Advertising Read In The Newspaper 'In Past Two Weeks Have You Purchased Any Item Because of Advertising You Saw or Newspaper 74 FiyerDirect Mall 18 Television 9 Magazine 6 Radio 4 SWHtptv rtipwrm.

to mart Him 1(0 Farm Bureau officers meet Area Farm Bureau presidents gathered at a Council of Presidents meeting June 29 in Columbus to prepare for the upcoming program year and discuss selection of county program chairmen. Pictured, from left to right, are Dave Swurtz, Richland County president, Cloyse Ault, Morrow County president, Dak Shawk, Crawford County president-elect, and Kent Fisher, Farm Bureau organisational director for Crawford, Morrow and Richland counties. vl.