European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday november 7,1986r, con gets away in stolen copter Pleasanton. Calif. Up a con Urt it who escaped Federal prison a week ago flew bade in a hijacked helicopter wednesday plucked bit Bank robber Girlfriend from a recreation Yard and swept away be fore startled guard could prevent it authentic hid. A fellow inmate described the escape As death defying feat they were Boyfriend and Gui Friend in prison Deputy us. Manhat Dick Bippus said it sounds like something out of a to  the helicopter swept Over a wire Fence at the Low Security Federal correctional institution in Pleasanton and hovered while the woman climbed aboard. The woman was identified to a Puniha Dortin Calopez 37, serving so Yean for a Jacksonville. Fla. Bank robbery and kidnapping and the Man As Ronald. Mclntosh 42, who vanished oct. 28 when be was Given a bus ticket to Transfer from Pleasanton to another minimum Security prison in Southern California. Convicted of bilking $18 million from 2,500  my notch was described to a Model prisoner. Mclntosh rented the helicopter from Aris helicopter limited in nearby san Jose. Once in the air Mclntosh pulled a gun on Pilot Peter Szabo and ordered him to land on a Peak near Danville. Soviets propose conference in Moscow on human rights Vienna. Austria not soviet foreign my ister Eduard a. Shevardnadze in a Effort to defuse criticism of he country s human rights policies pro posed wednesday that an International conference on human rights be convened in Moscow then met with Secretary of state George p. Shultz. Shevardnadze Laid the conference should consider human contacts cultural and educational Issue and information policies. In the speech Shevardnadze was critical of Ameri can accounts of the Iceland Summit meeting last month saying that the United states was deliberately ignoring soviet Concession on arms control. The proposed human rights conference for which Shevardnadze did t suggest a Dale could provide an Opportunity for the soviet Union to nuke its Case inhuman rights but would also enable the West to Pur sue its  told the 35-nation East Weil meeting one of the review conferences of the 1975 Helsinki accords that violation of fundamental human rights arc of a massive and systematic nature in the United states. Shultz later told the forum we continue to see a tragic human rights situation within the nations of the East the list of continuing human rights abuses is All too  he mentioned in particular the soviet Union s decision in 1980 to banish Andrei d. Sakharov the physicist and rights advocate to Gorky i City dosed to foreigners. Shevardnadze expressed disapproval of ten Tan but distinguished Between the terrorist acts of individuals and the policies of nations. Only by joining our efforts can we succeed in rid Ding Europe of terrorism the plague of the 2fth Cen Tury " he said. Those who unleash Street warfare i european cities and shed the blood of innocent people Are our common enemies. But in our collective wis Dom we should not identify the criminal actions of immoral irresponsible assassins with entire coun  last week Britain broke relations with Syria Hyin git had conclusive evidence of syrian involvement in the attempted bombing of an Al Alie liner at Heath Row Airport in London in april. The soviet Union denounced the British decision to break with Syria. Waite from Page that s the reality of the Middle East Waite returned to London wednesday night in a Ikus conference tuesday. Waite had decline to comment on reports of a Deal Between Iran and the United states in which aircraft parts and other Mili tary hardware reportedly were exchanged for the lease of Jacobsen. On wednesday however Waite sing of alleged iranian us. Nest Iwho my work is done Independent Owenj flow Waite said Juja a Neho Slages remains very very difficult. But i am committed to them he said. I m com milled to getting them  Waile said tuesday there is a slight Glimmer of Hope on some new leads on other hostages being held in the Middle East but slight very slight. I won""5"_want to get anyone s Hopes  _ Picans this Herb Laustin Nottre Frank and Edward the past two r revolutionary Justice organic holds Cicippio and Tracy. A group calling itself Tai. Arab revolutionary cells Omar Moukhtar forces says it kidnapped Reed. But there Are a lot of other people being held Waite said. There Are a lot of lebanese people and others and when i get leads on those 1 follow  said he believes Ruli officer at  taken a a no thave proof positive but i by belief is that he is dead he said. A jihad said but year it killed Buckley but he body has not been  air Force spokeswoman said late wednesday that medical tests on Jacobsen were Complete and that he had no specific health problems stemming from his 17 months in  doctors recommended routine Fol of up sex. Or. Jacobsen returns to the slates Jacobsen  wednesday afternoon Louring Wiesbaden she Saia i a she bad no information on we leave Germany. Reagan lost the Battle but defined Battlefield from Pago 1 floating voters that they were not the captive of minority groups the elderly and the trendy. On tues Day they succeeded. A majority of All voters cast their House Voles for the democrats As did a major Ity of Middle income workers a majority of those who tall themselves moderates and a majority of those who characterize themselves As independents. Perhaps even More important among those who said they had cast their votes at least partly because they wanted someone who cared about the Middle class almost twice As Many voted democratic As voted Republican. The Fot Gollen Middle class has been a major target of the so called Reagan revolution in the last us Yean. Another part of Reagan s Long sought partisan realignment has been the Effort to put the Republican party on a truly equal footing with the democrats inthe South. On that front As Well the news was bad on balance for the president against Strong Republican gains in the governorship contests with Victo Ries in Florida Alabama Texas and South Carolina the democrats could Point to larger successes. Democrats ousted first term Republican senator in North Carolina Alabama Georgia and Florid and held the Louisiana seat from which sen. Russell b. Long is retiring. They gained House seals i North Carolina Virginia South Carolina and Mississippi and lost Only one in Louisiana. Then were also democratic successes in the West another area when the republicans hive had most of the Good Fortune of late. Democrats won closely fought Senate campaigns in Nevada California col Orado and Washington when Reagan had nude per haps i biggest Effort and lost Only in Idaho one of the nation s most conservative Stales. Locally important issues National la character but concentrated geographically played a significant role in the democratic capture of the Senate and in democratic gains in the House. Among the factors were these social Security especially in the South which has a disproportionate number of elderly people the democrats were Able to play on voters fears of Cubin benefits under a Republican Congress. Democratic candidates used the Issue Bothin Georgia and in Louisiana to counter Republican contentions that they had poor Atten dance records. Trade in North Carolina resentment Over textile imports and their Impact on jobs helped the democrats produce several winners. Terry Sanford a 69-year-old former governor who had to mortgage his farm Topay for a final television Blitz was elected to the Senate. Swaw North Carolina democrats picked up two possibly three seats in the House. Arms control rep. Timothy e. Wirth in Colo Rado and sen. Alan Cranston in California emphasized the reduction of nuclear weapons and Bot won. Wirth Defeated a Republican rep. Ken Kra Mer who waged a spirited defense of Reagan s strategic defense initiative popularly known As Star  farm prices republicans who convinced the voters thai they bad worked to change or defeat the administration agricultural policies won by and Large those who did not often lost among the Vic Tims were two Sanaton from the Dakota. Democrats took an lows seat that includes Waterloo where Faim in Kment factories have been devastated and they May have ousted rep.  of Minnesota one of the authors of the unpopular farm act of 1985. Nuclear waste in two of the three slate on the Short list of potential Sites for the National nuclear waste dump the republicans lost Senate seats. Both winners rep. Harry Reid of Nevada and former transportation Secretary Brock Adams of washing ton made opposition to the dump their principal Issue. There was no contest for the Senate in toe third stale on the Short list Texas. Democratic gains did not constitute a sweep their pickups in the House were Well below the average for a party out of Power in the sixth year of a presiden tial term and they Tost eight governorships including several such As Texas and Florida that could be important in 1988. Ticket splitting was Rife no fewer than 11 states chose a senator from one party and a governor from the other. In addition a transformation of seismic proportion in the Senate s partisan composition was wrought by Only a relatively Small number of votes. Many race were very close change of about 50,000 votes in five tale Nevada. Colorado Washington South Dakota and North Dakota would have made the lineup so so instead of 55-45and thus maintained Republican control through vice president George Bush s vote. Finally As rep. Jack f. Kemp r-n.y., pointed out Many of the democratic senatorial Winner sounded a lot like Reagan adherent on the Tump and on television stressing fiscal responsibility Strong National defense and to on. Only Cranston and rep. Bob Edgar who lost in Pennsylvania ranas out and out liberals. So if Reagan lost the Batik he at least defined the Battlefield to a important and perhaps lasting degree. Nonetheless he has Little to show for the Yean of the Reagan partisan revolution. When be cum to Power the Democrat held 277 Home seals and 19 Senate seat when he leaves the Democrat Willbold something like 260 House Seal and 55 Senate seats. Not much of a change and a brusque Rewo coff the very real limits of presidential Power even for a president who May Well be the most popular of la Century