European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sling tuesday november 4. 1966 the stars and stripes Page 5 ing mud and making promises campaigners reach 86 election showdown by the it York Tine on the Campaign Trail around the nation sunday there were exchanges Between football players Over who Ibous be the senator from Wisconsin argument Over transcendental meditation in Pentyl Van and impassioned speeches at sunday morning Church services in the South. There were As Well the debuts of some new negative political commercials. Approaching the elections tuesday some underdogs continued harsh attack son front runners while others turned sweetly positive. Republicans sowed messages from president Reagan while some democrats sought to firm up their political base by relying in he old values of compassion and fairness. Seeking to stave off a democratic takeover of the Senate Reagan took to the airwaves for five minutes on the three commercial television network sunday night urging voters to reject democratic candidates who would re turn us to the failed policies of the  Reagan portrayed the election of tuesday As one of Choice and direction As he urged the electorate to vote Republican for a better  winding Down his campaigning with the political commercial for the Republican party Reagan told viewers that he needed their hip tuesday to realize the dreams our critics said were nol  Reagan s plea came As while House political advisers predicted Republican successes 0,1 tuesday including the re Tention of a Senate majority. But democratic leaders sounded far More confident than republicans when they assessed the election sunday. Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas the Republican Leader predicted that his party would keep the Senate. Bui there Are a Tat of Dicey races out there he acknowledged. On the Abc news program meet the press Frank j. Fahrenkopf jr., the re publican National chairman said any one who stands and tells you definitely that you re going to win Here and lose Reagan goals . Senate races for november gun int election i i cd Esq to cum a Apoc Sofia combo Traw smut at there in t really being True and  but sen. George Mitchell of Maine who Heads the Senate democratic Campaign committee predicted flatly that the democrats would have a 53-47 Seal Senate majority after the votes Are counted. On the Campaign Trail itself perhaps the most Peculiar new debate took place in Pennsylvania. The democratic candidate for Gover nor Robert p. Casey began airing commercials that discussed among other things the past involvement of his re publican rival with transcendental medi tation a relaxation technique drawn from Eastern mysticism. Casey said his opponent. It. Gov. William w. Scranton Iii was one of the key promoters of transcendental medi tation but Scranton called this unquestionably a smear it s the lowest kind of political advertising  the lieutenant governor said he had approached stale officials to discuss the possible use of transcendental meditation in drug rehabilitation programs. In the California Senate contest which has set the tone for a Campaign carried out almost exclusively through television commercials sen. Alan Cranston produced a final and. The subject television commercials. Along with a summary of previous at lacks the Cranston and says that his re publican opponent rep. De Zschau believes that All that counts a the commercials say what works today change your mind  Cranston coupled  with a new a in which a woman named Bonnie Reiss literally credits the senator with saving her father s life by sponsoring a Bill Cre j nationally coordinated emergency Cal services. For Bis part Zschau continued disown attacks on Cranston comparing his record with the incumbent s on trending and a constitutional amendment to bal Ance the budget but Sig roped the re publican s Media consultant said a Chau s heavy ratio of negative to positive ads bad been Cut Back. In Wisconsin the debate on the sen ate race came Down to a argument among football players. The democratic candidate Edgar vey ii the former executive director of the National football Lewie players a soda Tifin arid sen. Bob Kasten he to pairing a commercial in which two nil player sharply criticize garvey1 stewardship of the player Union. The Democrat struck Back sunday with advertisements in the Milwaukee journal and the Green Bay press Gazette a Hometown paper of what mos Wisconsin voters believe is the world s greatest football team. The and was signed by 70 current and former nil player including about dozen Green Bay packers. De Harvey has guts and integrity they said. Hell Light for the people of Wisconsin just like he fought for  perhaps the most important personal campaigning sunday especially in the South took place in the churches. For democrats a High Black turnout is crucial in several important Senate races notably in Georgia Alabama and North Carolina. At the same time a key to re publican Success May be turnout among White evangelical christians. How strongly ministers urge their congregations to flock to the polls could be decisive in the View of some political strategists. At the Bethel african methodist Epis Copal Church in Atlanta the Rev. Mckoley Young answered Wyche Fowler sunday morning prayers when he lamented the fatalistic nihilistic View of the electoral process among the Young and urged members to Man phone Banks and provide rides to the polls. If we get the vote we can put con Gressman Fowler in the Senate the Pas Tor said of the visiting Democrat who is challenging sen. Mack Mattingly. In my mind he s the Best person to be  late poll showed Fowler closing the Gap with Mallin Gly. The Survey of 1,000voters, taken for Waga to of Atlanta Over the weekend showed haltingly Wil h 48 percent to 44 percent for Fowler. Mattingly in the meantime toured the stale and kept to his program of at tacking Fowler s attendance record and Liberal positions. Several embattled democrats including Fowler and Cranston sought to reinforce their base by speaking Rotthe benefits that have flowed to voters from government  Are not just cold calculating figures Fowler told a rally in Atlanta they can be instruments of mercy and  Cranston visited two Monu ments of the Benefit programs he helped build a child care Center in Sacramento and an emergency medical facility in Fres in another closely contested Senate race Colorado rep. Tim Wirth began airing final commercials designed to soothe an electorate tired of the eard hit tiny Campaign he and rep. Ken Kramer luvs  one commercial Wirth the demo crat promised to keep working As Hardas i know How to repay the enormous debt i owe to each of you and to Colora  in another his record is praised by his wife. Wren for Many republicans the last be Hope of the Campaign remained Ronald Reagan in Nevada fully 25 percent of All the commercials being run this weekend by Jim Salini the Republican who is a decided underdog to rep. Hirry Reid Are of Reagan telling voters to support his Man for the  if Reagan is the hero of the final Republican commercials. Sen. Edwardm. Kennedy of Massachusetts is the no lain in North Carolina sen. James , a Republican running behind is telling voters that his opponent for Mer gov. Teiry Sanford would be on the team that includes Ted  belter he said to vote for the Rea Gan  in Idaho Reagan tells voters flatly Over and Over in a commercial beat aired heavily now i need Steve Symns in the . . In a very tight race against gov. Of i it Evans has pulled All his neg Ativo in Merciall off the air and one of Bis Creni ads portrays the Senato against backdrops of Majetic Mountain and Amber Waves of Grain with the re Frains of his Campaign theme song i proud to be Idaho at  at the end of a Long and bitter Campaign voters might even be grateful of this particular 60-Iecond commercial. Not a single word ii spoken. Sands of him1 in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 4, 1946 an International migration service official in new York said about 12.000 wartime marriages Between . Soldiers and foreign women have broken up. He said most of the Bridei were abandoned when the Goldien were sent borne. 30 years ago today. Nov. 4, 1956 president Eisenhower altered $20 million in us. Food int medical supp us to the hungarian people a Day after russian troops and tank invaded the hungarian Countryside blocking the Highway from Vienna to Budapest. 20 years ago today. Nov. 4, 1 966 a Titan 3c rocket in rocked from Cape  he ant unmanned flight of the manned orbiting Laboratory Tell program the Titan letter gemini heat yield and sent four satellite into orbit 1 0 years ago today. Nov. 4, 1976 Democrat Jimmy Carter Defeated president Gerald Ford m dote race for the presidency