European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday february 11, 1992 Democrat hopefuls woo primary voters with last ditch Appeal by Walter r. Mears the associated press Nashua . A Paul Tsongas climbing in the new Hampshire polls said Campaign Success wont change him and dismissed a Middle class tax Cut As a the democrats version of voodoo  sen. Tom Harkin asked Iowa to give him a smoking Send off into the opening presidential primary. Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton was returning monday to Hunt support in defense of his leading status for the feb. 18 primary. He was slowed by the flu and two weeks of controversy first Over a woman a unsubstantiated claim that she had had a Long affair with him then Over his Viet  Era draft status. A the established electability As a very important Issue and that is being called into question a Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey said campaigning sunday at a Manchester Road race a country store a Church Sale and a Nashua Bowling Alley. Harkin took a crack at Clinton too. A we really done to need a nominee who is oing to be in the tabloids All the time a be said As he campaigned in Iowa for monday nights democratic caucuses. A if the democratic nominee becomes the Issue Well  two new polls of Likely democratic voters in new Hampshire showed Tsongas the former Massachusetts senator gaining on Clinton to climb into a statistical standoff. In each Survey the margin Between them was about the same As the margin of error. The los Angeles times reported sunday that Clinton had 33 percent to 28 e percent for Tsongas in a poll taken monday through Friday. Its margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage Points. A joint Boston Globe and Wiz to poll taken wednesday through Friday with additional interviews on saturday showed Clinton slipping and Tsongas gaining. That poll made it Clinton 28 percent Tsongas 25. It had a sampling error of 5 percentage Points. But the surveys also reflected uncertainty not Only in the undecided Block a 11 percent in the times Survey a but among prospective voters who said they might switch candidates before primary Day. Kerrey Harkin and former California gov. Jerry Brown trailed the leaders with shares smaller than the undecideds. In Nashua Tsongas ran 90 minutes overtime answering questions from a standing room crowd at Daniel Webster College. A you see All the attention in a getting these Days a he said. A look at what a poll will  Tsongas cautioned he wont change his approach. A if you take it seriously you begin to change and the change is not going to be  he talked economics his major theme. A forget the Dogma a Tsongas said. A what works a he said a capital gains tax Cut for productivity investment would work and democrats  shrink from it. And he again rejected a Middle class tax Cut like the one gaining democratic headway in Congress an idea Clinton and Kerrey both favor. Tsongas said it would add to the deficit without boosting the Economy and without giving any individual taxpayer enough of a break to make a difference. Eric Johnson 2, helps his Mother Alisa Campaign for democratic presidential candidate Paul Tsongas outside a town meeting in Nashua ., Over the weekend. A a that a the democrats version of voodoo economics a he said. A a it a Kinder its gentler but its still voodoo  Kerrey disputed Tsongas claim to be better prepared to Deal with the Economy after seven years in private life including his service on corporate boards of directors. A a he a a lawyer i mean please a Kerrey said. A a he a a lawyer and he a sat on some  Tsongas said he understands business from the inside because of that experience. Harkin was Back Home telling democrats he needs to a come out of Iowa smoking with solid support in their precinct caucuses the first Delegate selection voting of 1992. A a we re going to win the caucuses i know that a he said. A but i need to do it  the other democrats yielded the state to the Iowa senator and the Only question left was the margin of his Victory he is seeking at least 60 percent backing. The questions were turnout and the number of democrats who opt to remain  abused on return to Haiti u. N. Says new York apr haitian refugees have told . Officials that they were beaten or abused after returning to their Homeland an advocate for the refugees said sunday. Reports prepared by the United nations about the refugees remarks show they and others were a arbitrarily detained mistreated or disappeared when returned to Haiti a said Arthur Helton executive director of the lawyers committee for human rights. The interviews were conducted last month at the refugee Camp set up by the United states at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Helton said the . Reports would be included in a request monday to the . Supreme court to Stop the forcible return of refugees to Haiti. The court on Jan. 31 cleared the Way for refugees to be sent Home. A the reports Are sufficient reasons to halt the repatriation policy until such time they can be fully investigated by the . Government and the haitians can return in safety and dignity a Helton said. . Officials interviewed 41 refugees called a double backers who returned to Haiti in recent months and then fled a second time Helton said. The 41 refugees after being interviewed by the . Immigration and naturalization service had been granted entry to the United states for Asylum consideration. Helton said he believed the . Findings indicated that . Government officials in reports to the Public and courts had played Down the risks refugees faced after returning to Haiti. The state department said no one was available sunday night to comment on the refugees claims of abuse which were reported monday in the new York times and the Washington Post. An ins spokesman Duke Austin questioned the reliability of the interviews. A if you took everything in their interviews that was said As a fact then every haitian would be waved in a Austin told the times. Ford motor goes to trial Over Church bus crash Carrollton by. A Ford motor co. And a Motorist convicted of killing 27 people in the nations worst Drunken driving Accident faced trial monday in a lawsuit brought by two victims families. Two couples Are seeking unspecified damages in the deaths of their daughters Patricia Susan Nunnallee 10, and Shannon fair 14. They were killed when a pickup truck going the wrong Way on interstate 71 crashed head on into their Church bus. Twenty four children and three adults died in the fiery Accident in 1988. The truck Driver Larry Mahoney 38, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for manslaughter. Ford manufactured the Chassis of the 1977 bus whose fuel tank was punctured in the crash. The plaintiffs a Lawrence and Janey fair of Radcliff and James and Karolyn Nunnallee of Clovis . A were the Lone holdouts when out of court settlements were offered to families and crash survivors. The Case was to be heard by a judge without a jury. Ford offered the Nunn allies a $700,000 settlement but they offered instead to Settle for $1 and Fords Promise to modernize 19,000 school uses. The Nunnallee claimed Ford failed to respond and they sued. A door to door search launched for rat Poison Chicago up a dozen Chicago health department inspectors Are going door to door searching for a Brand of deadly liquid rat Poison being sold illegally on the West Side. Officials said the Poison which had been dyed purple to resemble grape juice commonly is poured on crackers or Small pieces of bread left As bait for rats. The Poison sodium  was banned in Illinois in 1976. A fast food restaurant owner gave a pint size Gin bottle containing the Poison to a City inspector Friday. The Sample was tested by the Illinois department of Public health and identified As an illegal rat Poison. The Poison is highly dangerous and deadly and would kill any animal including a human child or adult a health department official said. There is no known human antidote. The Poison was being sold door to door by an unidentified Man. A the greatest problem is its being sold in unmarked containers that done to indicate what it is a said health commission spokeswoman Sheila Lyne said. A in Short if you find a substance that you think May be this deadly Poison done to touch it sniff it or taste it a she said. The Poison attacks the heart lungs kidneys and Central nervous system causing vomiting convulsions hallucinations twitching of facial Muscles swelling of the heart and death