Lowell Sun (Newspaper) - August 27, 1976, Lowell, Massachusetts METRO edition Carter Ford negotiators fail to agree on debates WASHINGTON UPI The first round of negotiations between representatives of dent Kord and Jimmy Carter failed to produce agreement on the proposed presidential debates but Carter's spokesmen pledged the debates take place The two sides met for three and a half hours Thursday on neutral ground provided by the League of Women Voters which wants to sor tlie first face-to-face confrontations by presidential candidates since the historic debates of 1960 Lowell Mass August 27 1976 32 Pages 3 Sections 15 Cents Sticky see Page 13 Index People In The Crossword Hurricane takes sharp turn north MIAMI AP Hurricane Emmy its an-hour winds and heavy rains far out in the tic Ocean took another sharp turn early today and began moving north forecasters said At 6 EOT Emmy was centered near latitude 30.5 north and longitude west or about 700 miles east-southeast of Bermuda After moving toward the east for two days Emmy began moving north today at 10 Forecaster John Hope National Hurricane Center said the season's third hurricane might turn toward the west later today as it slows and possibly strengthens Meanwhile forecasters were watching a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic about midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles They said that weather system was moving toward the west at 15 and might develop into a tropical depression by tonight Emmy was on a generally westward track Sunday when it became a tropical storm after its winds reached 39 But it began veering north ing past the Leeward Islands before moving into open waters Emmy began drifting toward the northeast early Wednesday and turned more toward the east later in he day It was upgraded to a hurricane at noon Wednesday when its highest sustained winds ex- 74 Korea U.S agree to hold new talks SEOUL South Korea AP North Korea and the United Nations Command agreed today to con- vene the joint armistice commission on Saturday for another exchange over the killing of two U.S Army officers by North Korean guards the Command said The meeting was set for 5 p.m 4 EDT Saturday at the truce village where the slaying took place The Command had re- quested it for today but agreed to he one-day delay asked by North Korea Two Carters Democratic Presidential nominee Jimmy Carter sitting next to hit mother Lillian waves to tourists after his news briefing Hi Plains Georgia yesterday Carter clarified his position on exportation of grains to foreign nations saying that he would Impose embargoes In the case of catastrophic crop failure In the U.S President Ford held a strategy sion with a trio of top Republicans In Vail Colorado to plan for the fall Strategy session election campaign From left former Texas Gov John B Connolly Ford Sen Robert Dole of Kansas Ford's UPI running mate and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller Health officials term nickel poison theory for Illness a long shot PHILADELPHIA City and federal health officials liave termed inconclusive and a possibility a report that poisonous nickel carbonyl gas might have caused the mysterious legionnaires disease Dr F William Sunderman Jr who headed a research team at the University of Con- suggested highly toxic gas as a possible cause when he reported finding fala levels of nickel in tissue samples taken from five victims of the disease Dr Lewis Polk acting city health Thursday called it an interesting but only a possibility at best If it was nickel carbonyl gas in the air as the Connecticut study postulates they why didn't all the thousands of other persons in city at that time get asked Dr Polk They ah breathed the same air In Atlanta a spokesman for the federal Center fur Disease Control called the findings inconclusive Tests similar to those done by Sunderman were conducted by researchers at the center said Don Some tissue samples showed higher than normal levels of nickel he but others did not Meanwhile two persons who died after tended the International Eucharistic Congress at Philadelphia have been added to the list of disease victims The sickness has stricken 177 persons in- 28 who died All hut seven were con- in some way with a state American Legion convention headquartered here at the Bellevue Stratford hotel July The latest deaths were the first attributed to the illness among persons who had attended the Kueharislic Congress a worldwide ing of Roman Catholics held here Aug Stanley Kuczek 62 of Munster Ind became ill Aug 11 after returning home from the con- gress and Sister Mildred Trzil 71 of Cedar Rapids Iowa became sick at her home Aug 12 Their deaths were reported Thursday Afterwards both sides said they agreed on some issues disagreed on others and were ing a number of proposals back to the They declined to discuss specifics and said they would meet again Wednesday for further talks There is no doubt in my mind that we will have presidential debates this said Jody Powell press secretary Nothing came up that we felt couldn't be worked out There was no screaming and shouting Former deputy attorney general William Ford representative said there had been agreement on a lot of but he would not name them because then we would highlight those areas we don't agree on Powell said The fact that we have agreed to meet again is encouraging but it does nol mean there is a commitment on But he also said nothing came up that 1 felt it would not be possible to work out Newton Minow the former Federal Com- Commission chairman who is helping the League of Women Voters set up the debates said the two sides were nearing agreement on important matters and hope to have it wrapped up in he very near future In a joint statement the three parties said they all agree the debates will serve the public interest and enlighten the voters As they entered the meeting Powell told reporters Carter did not accept Ford's proposal that the first debate be held the first week after Labor Day and he said he did not want each debate restricted to a specific tion If you want to be President of the United States you ought to be able to take a question on anything under the sun at any said Powell Ford has proposed four debates of at least minutes each on military domestic foreign and economic policy in that order starting soon after Labor Day Carter has not an- his preferences but Powell said he liked the proposal by the League The League has proposed three debates and one between the vice presidential candidates The first presidential debate wold be in St Louis Sept 28 and the other two in tober in other cities around the country While the parties worked out the format the Federal Election Commission sought to remove legal barriers that could block the debates altogether The FEC was in general agreement that the debates should go on but bogged down in finding the legal language to allow them The commission meets again Monday and is ex- to approve the debates The main problem is whether the the League wants to spend on the debates is a political contribution and would thus be il- legal since the presidential election is financed entirely with federal funds Economic indicators show slight rise WASHINGTON UPI Sparked by a slight increase in building permits The ment's composite index of leading economic indicators rose a sluggish 0.5 per cent in July the Commerce Department reported today The index which represents a cross-section of the nation's available goods and services and is supposed to forecast future economic went up for the 17th consecutive month Carter plans campaign through Bay State next month FROM THE SUN'S WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON Democratic Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter plans to make a railroad campaign swing through Massachusetts next month Massachusetts coordinator Patty Knox of Detroit Michigan told a group of Massachusetts congressmen including Senator Edward M Kennedy of the campaign plans at a meeting in Washington Thursday Although Carter's schedule remains flexible to allow for last-minute revisions il appears unlikely he will make an appearance in Lowell during October's Regatta festivities as Paul E Tsongas has been unable to elicit a commitment from the Carter for an appearance at a scheduled raiser October 16 Knox told the legislators that Carter will travel by train through the center of the state from Springfield to Boston stopping at Worcester and other points along the way THE swing wilt be Carter's major New England appearance Since Massachusetts is considered a likely Carter win surrogates including vice presidential nominee Walter Mondale are ex- to do all of the campaigning in October in his place Carter will be Mondale stresses jobs tax reform ing through states considered marginal Massachusetts Democratic representatives Tsongas Michael J Harrington Gerry Edward Joe Moakley and Thomas P O'Neill Jr meeting yesterday in s at itie capitol Knox was by Carter's liaison Frank Moore Tsongas said the congressmen warned the Carter campaign officials against taking for granted and said Carter must develop a strategy for helping the economy of the Northeast to assure victory in the region Carter's main Massachusetts campaign headquarters will open at 120 Tremont St Boston after Labor Day according to an O'Neill staffer SYRACUSE AP Sen Walter F Mondale said today that a new Democratic ad- ministration would emphasize jobs and tax reform we need to have a policy in America Speaking at a breakfast meeting of over 700 local Democrats Mondale the Democratic vice-presidential nominee The first thing we're going to do is make certain that Americans have work We have to put a president in the White House that is willing to stand behind the American people in their need for jobs He said the family structure is threatened by high unemployment and by an inequitable tax system Mondale spoke at the breakfast after an ly morning slop at Chrysler Corp gear plant here to greet arriving workers He was scheduled later in the day to visit another tory outside Syracuse and then travel to Milwaukee The Minnesota senator on a nine-day to-coasl campaign swing spent Thursday ing New York City from its outdoor Italian and Spanish meat and fruit markets to the heart of the Wall Street investment com- munity SEN WALTER MONDALE Viking scoops another sample of Mars soil Calif AP The mechanical arm on the Viking 1 lander has scooped out another small trench on the surface of Mars taking in a fresh sample of soil for new detecting tests Viking 2 meanwhile continued in its red planet Thursday photographing the surface where its lander is scheduled to cend Sept 3 a point miles from Viking 1 The robot laboratory already on the planet began to analyze the new Martian soil in the third run of the pyrolytic release experiment Twice already that test has yielded results that seem to indicate life in the Martian soil But scientists haven't ruled out the that reactions in the experiments were not biological The new tests will be completed in about one week Some of the dirt collected Thursday will be used in another biology experiment beginning Saturday That experiment also has yielded data that are indicative of life but may be due to a nonliving chemical process The 0.5 per cent rise over the June index while only half of the 1 per cent considered solid by the department's Bureau of Economic Analysis further supported President Ford's campaign theme that the economy is steadily improving The July index stood at on a 1967 base of 100 and the increase compared to a revised 0.9 per cent hike during June the Commerce Department said Six of the 11 available indicators rose during July and the biggest hike was 0.2 per cent in building permits a category which has been unpredictable in recent months Building mits had dropped 0.2 per cent in June Slock prices also went up in July along with increases in the layoff rate net business formation contracts and orders or plant and equipment and money balance Five of the eleven indicators decreased They were average workweek new orders in 1972 dollars vendor performance change in sensitive prices and change in total liquid sets The later two increased at a declining rate The composite index has not gone down since il decreased by 0.8 per cent in February of 1975 While the preliminary July increase represented a sharp drop from increases of 0.9 and 0.7 per cent in May and June the July figure could be revised upward later The preliminary June increase was reported to 0.3 per cent but was revised upward sharply day It's said a Commerce Department spokesman of the July rise But it's sluggish compared to what we normally consider a good increase While building permits showed the biggest increase new orders in manufacturing and for consumer products and materials recorded tne buggest drop for the month at 0.17 The index of 500 common stock prices was up 0.15 for July Lebanese Christians OK new peace plan BEIRUT Lebanon UPI Christian militia chiefs today accepted a new Arab League peace plan as a base for tne dialogue we hope will end the a spokesman for the rightist Phalangist party said The leaders of Lebanon's rightist in- Phalangist chief Pierre Gemayel former President Camille Chamoun and rightist army commander Col Antoine 1 Barakat met for more than an hour with Arab League envoy Hassan Sabry El at Phalangist headquarters in Beirut's port battle zone Weare Gemayel said after the We can now begin thinking about the reconstruction of Lebanon the future of Lebanon
