European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4the stars and stripes saturday november 1,1985 demos scoff at Reagan s stumping Washington Reagan s full Conn press Tor Republican candidates is showing Only marginal re turns in he Battle for control of the sen ate and May prove a mistaken strategy democratic pollsters and party leaders maintain. His attempt to personalize the mid  Campaign is inc the. Kid in the cos time on Haitow a night said demo cratic National committee chairman Paul of rec. People answer the door and inc arc Niiva but behind the mask there is reality if this is their last bit Hope said democratic pollster Peter Hart it s not  Campaign they be got  election As a last Chance vote Tor him is acknowledged b democrats As broadly popular and the greatest weapon the gop has yet democratic pollsters contend that previous Reagan visits a produced Only Small jumps in popularity for top candidates and that those boost last several Days at Best. You get a 48-hour Blip hut in the end to footprints Rio fingerprints no odor. It All evaporates said Hart. And they maintain that in the final Days before the election Reagan  pact is both Smalt Erand of Shorter Dura Tion. The president was campaigning forthe issues in each Campaign Hac Al top Sens. Slade Gorton in Washington read been drawn fewer Olirs remain and Ste a Symms in Idaho on Friday it v.,. Berb re weekend events in California. He earlier slumped in Nevada Colorado South Dakota and Indiana in his second Campaign trip of the week and third in the last two weeks. H is a hitch by visible Effort to tip i balance to the gop in close races for the Senate and keep control of that chamber. Reagan who has cast this midterm faulty clutch caused fatal copter crash new York a a helicopter crash in which a radio traffic re Ponce died during a live broadcast was caused by a faulty clutch that was not designed for the Craft according id a National transportation safety Board official Frank Ghiorso chief of the regional office of the mob said thursday hat the clutch malfunctioned interrupting transmission of Power Between the in Tine and Rotor Blade. A abcs Janedare Nackord died in the oct. 22 crash and the Pilot was critically injured it was the. Third crash this year involving spectrum helicopters of Ridgefield n.j., from which in by rented the 1931 Model f-2sf Enstrom. New Sony reported Friday that Enstrom helicopters have been in 63 trashes in the past five years resulting in 12 deaths. The Nosb cited Pilot error As the cause for 44 of the accidents. Improper maintenance and mechanical failure were blamed for the remaining 19. Robert Jenny an ens rom vice presi Dent told new Sony that "1 think our track record is better than  Ghiorsi said records indicated the helicopter was fitted with inc wrong clutch sometime before it was bought by spectrum in july 1986. But there is no indication that the previous owner Mode the change either he said. Undecided and in Many Stales Reagan s visit is his second or third the repeat visit is seen As Urel partisan and diminishing returns can by expected. Democrats say. Now the thrill is gone said Paul Mastin a pollster for democratic Candi dates it s very Clear to me his Impact is minimal to May be a 24-hour phenomenon and i hat it he said it s no sur prise Ronald Reagan supporting the re Pablita u 5 no great shakes " in Georgia White Reagan campaigned on behalf of sen. Mack mul Tingry on tucs Daj a Roll taken wednesday night indicated matting s Lead car demo cratic rep Wyche Fowler moved to 1.0. Pyrc Cal i from 3 percent a week ear Lier a new York times lbs poll released Friday indicated Reagan s personal popularity 67 percent of the 1,409 registered voters surveyed nationwide approved of i Job performance but 5$percent said  not be much Ofa Factor in their congressional Voic. If Reagan s visa Are to be Felt in any races it will Likely be m those i ruled in the last Day or two where the effect will last until tucs Daj said de Lazarus who also polls for democratic candidates. Yet that Impact too Wil be minimized because the number of undecided vote Sis reduced. Those still undecided this close to election Day arc less Likely to a to and not strongly motivated he said. It Means he s having a marginal Impact on a marginal number of voters in a marginal number of places Lazarus said democratic pollsters say reagans chosen i us such As his Star wars Luikar defense system Siren t Gong to turn Raiciu and that local Cio nomie ii will Reagan s appearances generally Nave been targeted in areas of traditional pc pub can strength indicating he to Iryma to rally the gop base Ond enhance turn out rather than Appeal 10 new inters in North Carolina campaigning for appointed sen James Brt Nhill Reagan cd Charlotte a republicans Otting regional Imanual Center in Nevada Colorado and South Dakota he also visited cop strongholds. Lazarus said if he does hav some Impact on Tunt out in wac  thai might make some differ Etc la Aries said in South Dakota though it might cause democratic voters to turn out against him. If he epics in a state where we be gota 4 or 5 i Xxiii Lead pm a few us to have a 3 to Point Kad when lie Kauv Lai ants said if it s a dead heat and 20percent undecided now in u another Story unbearable dentistry exam Apparao. The Louisville by zoo s Polar Bear i bound and blindfolded so zoo officials Sieve Taylor and Mary to Stearns can examine his Teeth. The Exun revealed Zaleska is in need of same rout canal work. Staff director of civil rights commission resigns Washington apr the . Commission on civil rights already rocked by budget cuts is now losing its staff director who charged Friday that Congress crippled the Agency As n punishment for its conservative views j. Al Latham jr., 35, who has held the $68,700-a-year Job since last december wrote president Reagan that he was leaving Friday to return Kopriv Sielaw practice. But in an interview Latham said he could not accomplish what heeds to be accomplished under the sharply slashed funding level and crippling ,., restrict  a number of projects planned for next year Are now in jeopardy he said Congress Lias reduced the commis Sion s appropriation from $11.8 million to $7.5 million forcing wholesale staff reductions involving some of the Agency s most experienced personnel. Lawmakers also dictated the manner in which much of the Money must be spent restricted the hiring of consultants and political appointees and limited the time the eight part time commissioners can Bill to the government. Voluntary resignations have reduced the commission staff by nearly half from about 190 10 some 100, Many of w ice report this year that severely criticized the Agency s personnel and record keeping Traci ices lawmakers said. Latham s Job was to run the Day to Day operations Oluic commission. The Perma nent staff director who preceded him was Linda Chavez who became a top presiden tial aide and currently u the Republican , Senate candidate from Maryland Susan Prado a top assistant to la Tham will be acting staff director until a replacement is named.----, Man of whom j n it s Jeitler in Reagan. Latham said qualified for Severance pay. The Staft certainly 1 am disappointed and sad must be reduced to about 50 to meet a Al. Budgetary requirements Latham said. Much of the congressional direction resulted from a general accounting of denied that contrary to your budget proposal Congress has hobbled the commit Sion with a sharply slashed appropriation and extensive budgetary earmarks and restrictions. Notwithstanding various pretext that have been cited As the reasons for this action it is Clear that the commis Sion is being punished for its principles Independent positions and scholarly studies on such issues As racial preferences and comparable  rep. Don Edwards d-calif., chair Man of the House judiciary subcommittee on civil rights and a supporter of the budget cuts said our Job is not to appropriate Money for. Agencies that dont comply with the Law. The civil right commission Nas been anti civil rights Laws and did t run a very Good  was a Lack of reports dismay in Field offices and dismay in Alt of the civil rights