European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes . Tuesday 4, october 4,1994 democrats dredd Low Washington a alarmed by Prin iary trends and the defensive tone of their campaigns democratic officials Are increasingly worried that Low turnout among the Parry s Core voters will tip close contests in favor of an energized Republican party. The worries have persisted and even grown despite an $8 million plus nation Al party Effort aimed at boosting demo cratic turnout on election Day. As a re suit party strategists find themselves still searching for ways to motivate democrats to vote in elections less than six weeks away. This past week party leaders settled on two facets of the strategy steering president Clinton to More Black churches to implore this. Vital constituency to vote and warning the elderly that he House top Snew platform  Lead to tax Breaks for the Rich and devastating social Security and medicare cuts something republicans deny. This is not the time to turn the clock Back to reaganomics said the director of the democratic senatorial Campaign committee Don Foley. He is urging candidates to adopt this theme for the Campaign s last weeks. Also democratic National committee chairman David Wilhelm has asked his finance staff to try to raise Money beyond that committed to Campaign and state party assistance. This Money would be used for National party advertising in the Campaign s closing Days. Still Many National party leaders and operatives say one of their biggest ene Mies As they try to motivate Core demo cratic voters is the party s Oun Candi dates. Spooked by Clinton s sagging poll numbers and Republican efforts to Frame the elections As a referendum on the president most democratic candidates Are aggressively distancing themselves from the White House something Many in the party believe has Hurt morale and begun to affect fund raising. It is seen As cowardly and not genuine Foley Saidi there s no Way for these democrats to run far enough Republican pollster Bill Mcinturff said. What they end up doing is cutting off the intensity and the motivation to turn out among their Core  republicans on the other hand pro fess to have no intensity problem. They Are beneficiaries of major turnout efforts planned by allies such As the Christian coalition and those pushing proposals for term limits on 10 statewide ballots. A glimpse at the turnout in primaries offers evidence of trends favouring republicans. Nationally gop turnout was up slightly from the 1990 midterm elections and up significantly in several states with major contests. Democratic turnout on the other hand dropped from 1990 lev Els particularly in the Southern and Bor Der states where republicans Are poised for major congressional gains. This year s Low turnout is Likely to Hurt the democrats said Curtis Gans whose committee for the study of the american electorate compiled the data. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago oct. 4,1984 president Reagan responding to increasingly harsh at tacks assumed the sole responsibility for policy in Beirut Lebanon at the time of the deadly attack at the . Embassy. 20 years ago oct. 4,1974 lawyers for Rich Ard Nixon asked . District judge John j. Sirica to excuse the former president from having to testify in the watergate cover up trial. 30 years ago oct. 4,1964 the Fri arrested the Neshoba county sheriff the for Mer sheriff and three other Law offi cers in Meridian miss., on charges of violating the rights of Blacks. 40 years ago oct. 4,1954 Nino Western pow ers signed momentous agreements enlisting the arms and might of 50 million germans who were once enemies into the free workers North Atlantic treaty organization against communist aggression. 50 years ago oct. 4,1944 the round the clock Aerial assault continued As More than 1,000 . Heavy bomb ers escorted t y about 750 p-38s, a. 47s and p-51s, pounded a variety of targets in Southern Germany. Ira night attacks Britain s Royal air Force blasted targets in Western Germany world War ii 50 years ago today oct. 4 1 9v4 4 German tank forces counterattack in an attempt to close the Gap in the Siegfried line North of Aachen but american troops hold them off. Canadian soldiers Clear the germans from Themer sem Ekeren sector North of Antwerp the key belgian port. In Yugoslavia soviet troops capture Pancero Northeast of Belgrade. British forces take Yaza Gyo and push near Tiddum in Burma. Source 2194 Days of War Vav h. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of i War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a Cuomo rival clash on lottery funds by the new York times. The leading new York gubernatorial candidates escalated their Battle Over the budget sunday with gov. Mario Cuomo accusing his Republican oppo nent of planning to lip off the lottery. Cuomo was responding to a new Tele vision and by state sen. George Pataki in which the Republican announced an unspecified plan to reduce local prop erty taxes by using state lottery  campaigning sunday in the Albany area Patak proposed phasing in a plan to funnel the state s lottery proceeds to local school districts solely to reduce local property taxes. 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But he said the diverted funds could similarly be replaced by savings and cutting the growth of state spending figures he has  to enumerate. Cuomo seized on the lottery proposal Sun fray a san example of what he called Pataki s willingness to make popular sounding proposals without the ability _ to enact them. That shows How absurd his position is How reckless it is How cynical the governor said speaking at a Campaign appearance in Long Island City. For one thing Cuomo said even if lottery funds could be diverted from education he said they would be taken from the area that needs them the most. To add to the debacle of his plan Cuomo said the statement that he s going to take a billion dollars Worth of lottery Money lottery Money which the Constitution says you must leave for education but he would rip that off to somehow Salvage this absurd tax Cut  r currently lottery proceeds go into new York state s general fund and the state allocates an equivalent or larger amount for education. Pataki proposes to separate the lot Tery funds and then Divide them among localities after the state has already set each school District s amount of Aid