European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 14, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5democrats vow to revive Economy Detroit apr the six major democratic presidential hopefuls on tuesday portrayed president Bush As callously indifferent to the recession s toll and each painted himself As the Best Hope for economic revival. The Economy and health care were the dominant issues in the first major debate of the late starting 199? Campaign. The candidates agreed in Many areas but also revealed some of the lines of attack they will use As the Campaign evolves. The 90-minute forum was sponsored by the Al Cio for delegates to its National convention. The National federation is unlikely to endorse a candidate during the primaries but local Union leaders will probably pick sides. Their support could be crucial to the candidates in key primaries. At the same time it could pose a danger to the Independent outsider images they Are trying to build. Iowa sen. Tom Harkin who demonstrated Early Appeal to labor made the most direct bid for Union support brushing aside any potential liability of a close association with labor. A there Are some who say you re the problem a Harkin said. A a in a Here to Tell you you Are part of the  Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey and Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton harking a chief rivals for the nomination at this Point appealed for labor support while trying to explain their position on Trade with Mexico. They were almost apologetic about having supported Bush a request for fast track authority to negotiate a treaty which labor strongly opposed on grounds it would Cost americans jobs. Kerrey won applause when he said the president elected to Lead the nation into the next Century must a be willing to put it All on the line for the  Clinton boldly told the Union leaders that a whether you like it or not a Many rank and file workers were voting Republican in presidential elections because they thought the democratic party had shopworn economic policies and had abandoned the Middle class. A you should accept As democrats the Challenge to change so All of us can be part of an economic revival a Clinton said in depicting himself As a change oriented outsider ready to re energize Washington. He vowed he would a give you an America that can and will compete  Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder joined Clinton on the outsiders Bench telling Harkin and Kerrey that As presidential candidate Bill Clinton left shakes hands with Paul Tsongas after tuesdays democratic debate. Also pictured Are from left Bob Kerrey Jerry Brown forum Moderator Paul Duke l Douglas Wilder and Tom Harkin. Senators they must share the blame for inaction on economic growth plans and National health care. A George Bush Isnit the Only person responsible for this a Wilder said. A you were there  he did no to spare Clinton either. The Virginia governor said democrats had been Hurt by those who decided after Walter Mondale a 1984 loss that the party was too close to labor and minorities. That was a shot of the centrist democratic leadership Council headed until recently by Clinton. Presidents Reagan and Bush had used a agreed and prejudice to Divide America Wilder said and democrats who distanced themselves from the party were a playing into the hands of those who want to Divide  the two former officeholders in the Field former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas and former California gov. Jerry Brown renewed their Calls for Campaign finance Reform and urged the democratic candidates to Lead by example. Brown said that a working people have to take this country Back Quot but added they would do so Only when special interests were prevented from buying favors in Washington. Tsongas reiterated his demand that candidates return donations received from political action committees. Harkin and Kerrey Are the Only ones taking the donations. The candidates asserted in their opening statements that working americans were suffering because of Bush administration economic policies a or the Lack of them. Quot the president of the United states just does t seem to understand that there is a life and deals struggle going on in America today a Kerrey said. Harkin won applause when he promised to rebuild americans infrastructure and said a i mean to do it with american steel and american products and american labor in our own  he won laughs later when he referred to Republican trickle Down economies by saying Quot you can to fertilize a tree from the top  in the. Stars and stripes10 years ago nov. 14,1981 a More than 200,000 Coal miners and Farmers ended their strikes and returned to their jobs dramatically easing Poland s labor tension before talks Between the communist government and the Solidarity Union.20 years ago nov. 14,1971 a a Cairo newspaper said Egypt set a deadline for . General Assembly debate on the Middle East and demanded either an israeli commitment to withdraw from occupied Arab territory or the imposition of punitive measures against the jewish state.30 years ago nov. 14,1961 a Walter Williams director of project Mercury operations announced that . Hopes of putting a Man into Earth orbit before the years end were fading because of the postponement of an Orbital flight by a chimpanzee.40 years ago nov. 14,1951 a the . General Assembly voted to postpone consideration of any proposals to exclude nationalist China or to seat communist China in the United nations. . Secretary of state Dean Acheson described communist China s International conduct As being far below the Quot general level of  official wants judge to weigh plan to Check weight watchers Scales Evansville ind. A a state official who regulates commercial Scales says she is tired of fighting weight watchers International to ensure that its Scales done to make clients pay for pounds they have already shed. Loretta Townsend a supervisor for Indiana a weights and measures department said tuesday that she wants a judge to Rule that weight watchers Scales Are subject to the same inspections As butchers Scales. She has the support of a county attorney who plans to ask a judge for such As ruling. Townsend whose agents make sure commercial Scales and gasoline pumps in Vanderburgh county Are accurate said she has received nearly 30 complaints in the last five years from weight watchers clients. A we got a few Calls from people who say weight watchers wont let them see the Scales when they re getting weighed and wondered if wed Ever gone out there to Check their Scales. Then the Calls started increasing so i decided wed better take a look at this a Townsend said. Under weight watchers lifetime membership agreement clients who reach their weight goal can attend weight watchers meetings for free. If they exceed that weight by More than 2 pounds they must pay to attend the meetings. County attorney Jeff Wilhite said the practice amounts to a commercial use of Scales that is subject to state Laws placing such gauges under the jurisdiction of the weights and measures department. Weight watchers attorney Richard Emmett disagreed. Quot it comes Down to what constitutes a commodity. In our Reading of the state Law we find it comes out to things like meat and oranges. We d hate to think is. Townsend thinks of clients of weight watchers As meat a said Emmett of Louisville by. He denied that weight watchers hides the readings from clients. Quot the Only people we hide that from is third  he also said he knew of no complaints about the policy. He said weight watchers had been willing to discuss the Issue. Townsend said it is hard to understand Why weight  would not let her Check its Scales. She said two other local weight loss businesses a Nuri system and tops a invite her inspectors to Check their Scales. A i think its a matter of an International conglomerate saying a we done to have to answer to some Little county inspector somewhere out in Indiana a a a she said. Hunt for rescuer ends after nearly 2 weeks by the new York times new York the determined and laborious search for a rescuer whose helicopter ditched in a violent storm at sea two weeks ago formally ended tuesday when the air National guard concluded that he had not survived. The air National guard had continued to Hunt for tech. Sgt. Arden r. Smith even after the coast guard and the Navy called off their searches thursday. Smith a member of the 106th air res Cue group stationed in Westhampton on Long Island was declared a casualty at i . Tuesday. Afterwards col. David b. Hill the group commander visited his family to notify them. Smith a 32-year-old Rescue specialist lived on Long Island with his wife Marianne and three daughters. The last time any planes looked for the flier was saturday. Bad weather prevented searching on sunday and monday. On oct. 30. The helicopter Smith was Riding in with four other Crew members was returning from a Rescue Mission in a brutal storm when it ran out of fuel and ditched into 40-foot Ocean swells 60 Miles South of Westhampton Beach. The other Crew members were picked up after they scrambled aboard a life raft but Smith drifted away. For 10 Days Phines cutlers and helicopters from the coast guard Navy and air National guard searched for Smith covering More than 33,000 Square Miles of sea Between Long Island and Virginia