AP881030-0001 AP-NR-10-30-88 2357EST r p PM-PresidentialHorserace Bjt 10-30 1138 PM-Presidential Horserace, Bjt,1100 Bush Moves Uneasily Toward Electoral Triumph as Dukakis Gains By DAVID ESPO AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) George Bush is the overwhelming yet uneasy leader in the race for the White House as the presidential campaign enters its final week, with Michael Dukakis making late gains that have Democrats dreaming of a comeback, according to an Associated Press survey of the 50 states. The survey shows Bush leading in states with 359 electoral votes, even though he has not yet locked up the 270 that would assure him of victory. Dukakis' total is far smaller _ 78 votes. Nine states with 101 electoral votes are tossups, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin among them. The AP survey indicates Bush has maintained Republican strength in the South and Rocky Mountain West, while Dukakis has failed to accomplish the same in the industrial states. The survey was based on polls as well as interviews with politicians and political analysts around the country. ``We're spending all our time in states that should be his (Dukakis') base ... and he's spending none of his time in states that should be our base,'' says top Bush strategist Lee Atwater. ``That's a campaign manager's dream.'' Yet Democrats said a late-campaign surge has brought Dukakis to within striking distance in states such as California, Ohio and Texas, and said he has gained elsewhere, as well. ``Dukakis is clearly behind. But I think he's closing the gap,'' said Michigan Sen. Don Riegle. ``There's still a lot of people who haven't made up their minds.'' Riegle is expected to win an easy re-election himself, and says, ``I think the Democrats can still win nationally.'' The candidates will spend much of the final nine days in states such as California, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and Atwater claimed, ``If we win any one of them George Bush will be elected.'' That assumes Bush holds Texas, where Democratic vice presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen is camping out in hopes of a home-state upset. Democrats in several key states say Dukakis' more aggressive late-campaign style presents opportunities for a turnaround, and has given lifelong Democrats a reason to take a second look at the race. ``There's a lot of movement out there,'' said Francis O'Brien, an adviser to the Massachusetts governor. Republicans and Democrats alike say Bush forged his lead on his ability to depict Dukakis as an unreconstructed liberal. Dukakis' recent improvement is attested to by private polling in both parties, and laid in part to Dukakis' recent populist campaigning and perhaps a process of loyal Democrats ``coming home'' as the Nov. 8 election approaches. In television interviews last week, Dukakis attempted to portray his views and his values while lambasting Bush and the Republicans for distorting his record as governor of Massachusetts. Bush confidently turned down network interview requests before agreeing to appear on morning talk shows this week. ``What Michael Dukakis failed to do after the (Democratic) convention was define who he is and what he was going to do,'' said Pat Shea, co-chairman of the Democratic campaign in Utah. ``The thing I fear most is complacency,'' said Keith McNamara, Bush's chairman in Ohio, a key state where Republicans have poured resources and staked Bush to a lead. Several nationwide polls, including recent private soundings for both campaigns, give Bush a national advantage in the range of eight to 10 points. But when translated to the Electoral College, Bush's advantage grows. The AP survey showed that Bush has built a solid core of support in the customarily Republican regions of the South and Rocky Mountain West. His lead in states such as Arizona, Florida and Nevada could be as high as 20 to 30 points. Bush also leads in several key battleground states _ including Ohio, Texas, California, New Jersey and Michigan _ but party surveys over the past several days suggest nationwide gains for Dukakis. Other key states are tossups, including Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Vermont, Oregon, Washington and Montana. Among more traditionally Democratic states, Maryland is tilting in Bush's favor. Dukakis appears to have a solid lead in home-state Massachusetts, although his campaign has decided to air radio advertisements to firm up his support. He also is rated the narrow favorite in Democratic New York and in Republican Iowa. Despite the improvement, the AP survey indicated that Dukakis has failed to establish anything resembling a solid Democratic core of support, and state after state that appeared strong for him during the summer and early fall has moved into or closer to Bush's column. ``I know Bush has got the inside track right now and I don't know if we can turn that around or not,'' said Kentucky House Speaker Don Blandford. Bush is running extremely strong in the South. ``It's well over,'' University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato said in words describing his own state but which also apply to the region. ``The Reagan Democrats have become Bush Democrats,'' said Louisiana pollster Susan Howell. ``Unless Dukakis and the Louisiana Democrats can call the Bush Democrats home in the last week, Louisiana will be won for the Republicans by white Democrats voting for George Bush.'' By region: _ Bush has been leading in California, the nation's biggest state with 47 electoral votes, although there as elsewhere Democrats claim late gains and a formidable organization designed to maximize their vote. Oregon and Washington are tossups while the remainder of the West is in Bush's column, according to the survey. However, Bush visited Montana and South Dakota last week in a bid to protect them from the Democrats, and Dukakis appears to have closed the gap in Colorado. _ In the Midwest, Iowa and Minnesota are leaning in Dukakis' direction, but are far from secure, while the Democrat has lost his edge in Wisconsin, now a tossup. Bush is highly favored in the remainder of the farm belt. The industrial Midwest includes states that figured to decide a close election. Bush's lead has narrowed in Ohio, where Democratic chairman James Ruvolo insisted last week Dukakis had a chance to win. The vice president also leads in Michigan. Illinois is close, while Missouri _ the weakest state for Bush in his Super Tuesday primary sweep _ is a tossup. _ The Northeast, traditionally a strong Democratic region, has the most close races, providing a good barometer on how well Bush has carried the fight. New York aside, both sides claim an advantage in Pennsylvania. Dukakis' home region of New England may even prove to be a land of opportunity for Bush, according to the survey. He is regarded as the prohibitive favorite in New Hampshire, and appears to be leading in Connecticut and Maine. Vermont is rated a tossup and Democrats say they will carry Rhode Island even though recent polls produce contradictory results. AP881030-0002 AP-NR-10-30-88 2357EST r p PM-Horserace-List 10-30 0448 PM-Horserace-List,440 With PM-Presidential Horserace Bjt WASHINGTON (AP) Here is a state-by-state look at the George Bush-Michael Dukakis matchup, based on an Associated Press survey. Electoral College votes are in parentheses. Alabama (9) _ Bush solid in Dixie. Alaska (3) _ Bush advantage. Arizona (7) _ Bush with a big lead. Arkansas (6) _ Bush advantage but one to watch. California (47) _ Bush has narrow advantage but Dukakis gaining. Colorado (8) _ Bush ahead. Connecticut (8) _ Bush leads in a close race. Delaware (3) _ Bush advantage. District of Columbia (3) _ Dukakis solid. Florida (21) _ Bush way ahead, Buddy MacKay fights for Dem Senate seat. Georgia (12) _ Bush advantage but Sen. Sam Nunn active for Dukakis. Hawaii (4) _ Dukakis advantage. Idaho (4) _ Bush leads. Illinois (24) _ A tossup in key battleground state. Indiana (12) _ It's Bush@Quayle. Iowa (8) _ Dukakis leads in traditionally Republican state. Kansas (7) _ Bush lead is soft in Dole state. Kentucky (9) _ Advantage to Bush, but tightening. Louisiana (10) _ Advantage to Bush, despite Bentsen efforts. Maine (4) _ Bush advantage. Maryland (10) _ Shaky Bush advantage based on gun control initiative. Massachusetts (13) _ Dukakis has moved to bolster his lead. Michigan (20) _ Bush advantage but Dukakis gaining. Minnesota (10) _ Narrow advantage for Dukakis. Mississippi (7) _ Bush solid; GOP Lott leads for Dem Senate seat. Missouri (11) _ Tossup. Montana (4) _ Tossup. Nebraska (5) _ Bush ahead; parties fight over GOP Senate seat. Nevada (4) _ Like Nebraska, Bush ahead; fight over GOP Senate seat. New Hampshire (4) _ Bush advantage in Dukakis' neighboring state. New Jersey (16) _ Bush visits often to protect advantage. New Mexico (5) _ Bush leads. New York (36) _ Dukakis leads narrowly; Cuomo vows Dem will win. North Carolina (13) _ Bush leads in Dukakis' best Southern state. North Dakota (3) _ Bush advantage. Ohio (23) _ Bush opened up big lead, now much tighter. Oklahoma (8) _ Leans Bush, Bentsen active in neighboring state. Oregon (7) _ A tossup in the Northwest. Pennsylvania (25) _ Tossup. Rhode Island (4) _ Dukakis territory, but not safe. South Carolina (8) _ Bush territory, and safe. South Dakota (3) _ Leans Bush. Tennessee (11) _ Dem governor says Bush leads. Texas (29) _ Bush leads, but Bentsen hasn't given up. Utah (5) _ Bush advantage. Vermont (3) _ Close. Virginia (12) _ Bush despite Dem takeover in Senate race. Washington (10) _ Tossup, both presidential and Senate. West Virginia (6) _ Dukakis gains make it a tossup again. Wisconsin (11) _ Dukakis lost his edge, now tossup. Wyoming (3) _ Bush. AP881030-0003 AP-NR-10-30-88 2358EST r p PM-NewYorkSenate 10-30 0445 PM-New York Senate,440 Moynihan Coasting in Senate Race Against Little-Known Republican By KIM I. MILLS Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan isn't running for re-election. He's walking. The New York Democrat is far ahead in the polls, has campaign money to burn and is facing little-known lawyer Robert McMillan, who has bare-bones support from his own Republican Party. If Moynihan is worried about anything in this campaign, it's breaking the record he set when he ran in 1982. That year, running against Florence Sullivan, a Brooklyn assemblywoman, Moynihan carried 50 of New York's 62 counties, the first Democrat to do so since Martin Van Buren. ``I lost Orleans County by just six votes,'' he said recently, still sounding galled. Indeed, Moynihan hasn't had a bruising campaign since the 1976 Democratic primary when he went head-to-hat with Bella Abzug, whom he beat by 10,000 votes out of 916,000 cast. Ask Moynihan today what he thinks of McMillan, and he says, ``Which one?'' At first, you think he's kidding. Then he reaches into his back pocket and pulls out his wallet, which contains a laminated card on which are typed the names of the six candidates running for his seat. Among them is a James P. McMillen, the candidate of the Libertarian Party. The others are running on even more obscure lines, ranging from the Independent Progressive to the Workers World parties. Asked again what he thinks of Bob McMillan, Moynihan says only, ``He's running a very negative campaign.'' McMillan has called Moynihan a liar and incompetent, accused him of being a lousy boss who presides over a chaotic office, and charged that the senator's morals are ``mixed up.'' Moynihan's response has been no response at all, a sober tactic he credits to his wife, Elizabeth, who is running his campaign. Moynihan heads into the final week of the campaign with a seemingly unassailable lead in the polls as he seeks a third term in Congress. A survey released last week by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion showed Moynihan ahead 67 percent to 20 percent with 13 percent undecided. ``His campaign is just the untouchable campaign,'' said campaign spokesman Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. ``There are several campaigns like that around the country and his is one. It can't be hurt by anything.'' Moynihan's overwhelming advantage has been virtually unchanged for months as McMillan's underfunded and underpublicized campaign has never really gotten on track. ``Where do we stand? We stand still under that heavy rock we've been pushing uphill for the past several months,'' McMillan campaign spokesman Robert Allen said. ``We've got only one way to go _ that's up.'' AP881030-0004 AP-NR-10-30-88 0015EDT r p AM-TimePoll 10-30 0132 AM-Time Poll,0134 Bush Reportedly Holding Steady Lead Over Dukakis in Time Poll NEW YORK (AP) Vice President George Bush has maintained a steady lead over Democrat Michael Dukakis, according to a report of a Time-Yankelovich Clancy Shulman poll. The poll results, scheduled to be published by Time magazine Monday and printed in early Sunday editions of The New York Times, showed Bush leading Dukakis by 50 percent to 40 percent. The poll was based on telephone interviews with 1,096 probable voters across the country on Tuesday and Wednesday and had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. The results were similar to a Time-Yankelovich Clancy Shulman poll conducted Sept. 27 and Sept. 28, which showed the Republican ticket leading by 48 percent to 41 percent. AP881030-0005 AP-NR-10-30-88 0017EDT r i AM-Nicaragua-Rebels 10-30 0204 AM-Nicaragua-Rebels,0211 Nicaragua Says Nine Killed By Rebels MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) Rebels ambushed a bus near the Honduran border Saturday and killed nine people, including two children and a pregnant woman, the Defense Ministry reported. A brief communique said a Sandinista army official was also among the dead and three civilians were wounded in the attack. It said 20 rebels, known as Contras, opened fire on the bus at 9:30 a.m. about 10 miles northeast of San Juan del Rio Coco in the northern province of Madriz. The report gave no additional details but other communiques said three Sandinista soldiers were killed in two rebel attacks and accused Honduran troops of firing at Nicaraguan army positions. A Third Army bulletin said Honduran troops fired machine guns and mortar shells at Sandinista positions in Murupuchi, 140 miles north of Managua and close to the border with Honduras. It did not mention any casualties but said that ``during October, Honduran troops have attacked military border installations on 21 occasions.'' The other reports said three soldiers were killed in two ambushes by rebels in Jinotega province more than 100 miles notheast of Managua. No details were given and the communiques did not mention rebel casualties. AP881030-0006 AP-NR-10-30-88 0027EDT u a AM-CourtScuffle 2ndLd-Writethru a0653 10-30 0336 AM-Court Scuffle, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0653,0342 Sharpton, Juanita Brawley Held Eds: SUBS 8th graf to CORRECT that adviser, aunt and eight others pleading innocent sted guilty. NEW YORK (AP) Two lawyers for a black teen-ager who claimed she was raped by six white men were released Saturday and the girl's adviser and aunt pleaded innocent to misdemeanor charges stemming from a courtroom brawl. Seventeen people were arrested after the scuffle broke out Friday at Brooklyn Criminal Court. Sixteen court officers and two demonstrators sustained minor injuries. The incident occurred after the Rev. Al Sharpton, the New York black activist who is advising Tawana Brawley, and several co-defendants and supporters refused to leave the courtroom following a hearing on contempt charges stemming from a Sept. 29 demonstration. At the hearing, Criminal Court Judge Michael Nadel denied a motion from Sharpton's lawyer to dismiss charges, despite a threat that the group would refuse to leave the room unless he granted it. The Sept. 29 demonstration, which tied up traffic in violation of a court order, was organized to protest a grand jury finding that Miss Brawley had made up her story of abduction and rape. Attorneys William Kunstler and C. Vernon Mason and five others were released Saturday. ``At this point, we have deferred prosecution pending a further investigation,'' said Glenn Goldberg, spokesman for District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman. Sharpton, Juanita Brawley and eight others pleaded innocent late Saturday to a variety of misdemeanor charges, Goldberg said. All except Ms. Brawley, the teen-ager's aunt, were released on their own recognizance at the arraignment before Criminal Court Judge Stephen Fisher, Goldberg said. Ms. Brawley was ordered held on $1,500 bond or $250 cash, he added. The next court date was set for Nov. 17. Sharpton faced charges of unlawful assembly and third-degree criminal trespass, said Goldberg. Juanita Brawley faced charges of criminal impersonation for allegedly giving a false name to police, he said. The other eight faced charges including disorderly conduct, harassment, third-degree attempted assault and resisting arrest. AP881030-0007 AP-NR-10-30-88 0033EDT u p AM-PresidentialEndorse 4thLd-Writethru a0649 10-30 0648 AM-Presidential Endorse, 4th Ld-Writethru, a0649,650 New York Times Endorses Dukakis, Bush Picks up Denver, Seattle Papers Eds: INSERTS 5 grafs after pvs 9th graf bgng ``It concluded: ...'' to add endorsements from three additional newspapers. By The Associated Press The New York Times and the Star Tribune of Minneapolis endorsed Democrat Michael Dukakis for president in their Sunday editions while Republican George Bush picked up support from the Denver Post and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press Dispatch, meanwhile, endorsed both candidates, saying its editorial board was divided on which would make the better president. The Times said the most urgent job for the next president will be ``getting America out of hock'' from the Reagan administration deficits. ``Who's likely to do it better? The answer tips a closely balanced scale _ to Michael Dukakis,'' the New York newspaper said. It credited the vice president with being the ``clear winner'' as far as running an effective campaign. But in evaluating the candidates' experience and personality, it said Bush's selection of Sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana as a running mate was ``a blunder that, for this test, forces a clear preference for Mr. Dukakis.'' On the issues, the Times said Bush ``merits the edge'' on foreign policy questions while Dukakis ``at least recognizes that national security depends on economic strength.'' The New York newspaper said both candidates are better men than the images that have been projected in a ``sour, superficial, misleading campaign'' and that ``America is likely to be well served if either man is elected.'' The Denver paper complained that both Bush and Dukakis were ``presenting their worst faces to the American people.'' It concluded: ``Americans are forced to choose between two good men running two bad campaigns. After wiping away the mud from both candidates, The Post believes George Bush is the better choice.'' Despite saying its enthusiasm for the Democratic candidate had waned during the campaign, the Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed Dukakis. ``Mr. Dukakis' shortcomings as a campaigner, to be sure, raise legitimate concerns about his ability to inspire people as president, which is why our enthusiasm has waned,'' the paper said in Sunday's editions. ``Even so, on the basis of who he is, what he's done and where he's likely to lead us, Mr. Dukakis remains the better bet.'' Meawhile Bush picked up backing from the Detroit News. ``He may not be an ideal candidate, but in our opinion, he's far and away the better of the two,'' the newspaper said. The Sunday Oregonian of Portland, Ore., the state's largest newspaper, also backed the GOP nominee. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote of the vice president: ``While we disagree with a number of George Bush's approaches to national problems, we believe him to be an intelligent and competent man who will work diligently on behalf of the nation's most vital interests.'' It said the high point of the Dukakis campaign was the Democratic nominee's acceptance speech in Atlanta in July, but ``since then it has been mostly downhill.'' The Star Tribune headlined its endorsement, ``For president: narrowly, Michael Dukakis.'' The editorial said ``questions about the presidential qualities of each candidate have grown. Voters are left to guess which, if elected, could provide better answers over the long run. Our guess is Michael Dukakis.'' The St. Paul paper, meanwhile, said that contributing to the dilemma of its divided eight-member editorial board ``was a sense of profound disgust about the negative tone of this campaign.'' ``It's not that both George Bush and Michael Dukakis are unacceptable,'' the Pioneer Press Dispatch said. ``What is closer to the truth is that we find ourselves divided on who would make the better president.'' Also Sunday, Kentucky's two largest papers, The Courier-Journal of Louisville and the Lexington Herald-Leader, endorsed Dukakis. In Florida, the Orlando Sentinel and the Miami Herald endorsed Bush while The Daytona Beach News-Journal praised Dukakis. AP881030-0008 AP-NR-10-30-88 0039EDT r a AM-VonBulow-Auction 10-30 0281 AM-Von Bulow-Auction,0290 Auction Believed to Be Von Bulow Collection Brings $11.56 Million NEW YORK (AP) English furniture, oil paintings and other furnishings reportedly belonging to Claus and Sunny von Bulow sold for a total of $11.56 million in a two-day auction that ended Saturday, Sotheby's reported. Nearly 500 people filled the auction room for Saturday's session to bid on everything from Old Master paintings to silver and rugs. Sotheby's had estimated the sale would fetch between $6 million and $7.5 million. On Saturday alone, bidders put up $6,718,350, establishing a new record for any auction of English furniture, said George Read, director of the English Furniture Department at Sotheby's. ``This auction was a classic example of a great collection achieving remarkable prices,'' he said in a statement. For example, the largest group of Samuel Dixon embossed paper bird pictures, circa 1750, sold for $630,100, exceeding the high estimate by more than $500,000. An anonymous American dealer bought a rare George III rosewood commode for $880,000. It was expected to bring about $500,000. In all, 93 percent of the items offered were sold. The auction had been advertised merely as ``Property from a Private Collection,'' but The New York Times reported that the material belonged to the von Bulows. Claus von Bulow has been living in Europe since he was acquitted in 1985 in a retrial of charges that he twice tried to murder his wife with insulin injections. Mrs. von Bulow has been in an irreversible coma since suffering a seizure eight years ago. The offerings were said to include furnishings from Clarendon Court, the von Bulows' mansion in Newport, R.I., and pieces from the couple's Manhattan apartment. AP881030-0009 AP-NR-10-30-88 0048EDT u i AM-Hirohito 10-30 0323 AM-Hirohito,0333 Hirohito Loses Large Amount Of Blood, Given Emergency Transfusion By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) Emperor Hirohito discharged the largest amount of blood through the night since he fell ill last month, forcing doctors to administer an emergency transfusion, a palace spokesman said Sunday. The 87-year-old emperor suffered his largest discharge since falling ill and received 2.94 pints of blood in a single emergency transfusion lasting until Sunday morning, Kenji Maeda, Imperial Household Agency spokesman, told reporters. ``What we had feared occurred,'' Maeda quoted chief court physician Akira Takagi as saying. But he added that doctors were able to deal with the crisis and had returned to normal procedures. Maeda did not say how much blood the monarch lost, but the discharge and transfusion are the largest since the ailing monarch vomited blood Sept. 19 and was given 0.86 pints immediately after. Maeda said the emperor began bleeding from his bowels at about 9 p.m. (8 a.m. EDT) Saturday, but that as of 10 a.m. Sunday (9 p.m. EDT Saturday), the discharges subsided. He added that the emperor's systolic blood pressure plummeted to less than 100 ``for a short time,'' but that Hirohito was not in shock and remains conscious. By Sunday morning the emperor was awake and resting, Maeda said. The transfusions brought the total amount of blood Hirohito has received in the 42 days that he has been bedridden to 30.7 pints. Maeda also said palace doctors believed that along with blood which had accumulated in Hirohito's abdomen, some of the discharge was from fresh internal bleeding from the area of the upper intestine, where he underwent bypass surgery last year. Palace officials have refused to confirm or deny news reports that the emperor has cancer. Hirohito, the world's oldest living monarch, is being fed intravenously and has not eaten any food except for a few spoonfuls of porridge since the onset of the crisis. AP881030-0010 AP-NR-10-30-88 0058EDT r a AM-GangSweep 10-30 0206 AM-Gang Sweep,0210 Police Hit Streets For Second Night of Gang Sweep LOS ANGELES (AP) Police combed the streets of the city's south side Saturday in the second night of a weekend sweep aimed at curbing rampant gang violence and drug dealing, officials said. The 200-member anti-gang task force made 156 arrests the previous night, including 98 suspected gang members, Officer Richard Dulgerian said. They also seized 21 vehicles and four guns, he said. Twenty-five adults and seven juveniles were arrested for felonies, Dulgerian said. Other arrests involved driving under the influence, curfew violations and outstanding misdemeanor warrants. Officers issued 171 traffic citations and conducted 583 field interviews during the night. The police sweeps began earlier this year following a Good Friday shooting in which one person was killed and 12 were injured. Police Chief Daryl Gates vowed to crack down on gangs and keep city streets safe for residents. ``The mission of the task force is to seek out and arrest gang members for any violation of the law, to serve as a reassurance to the citizens of South Central L.A. and to fulfill Chief Gates' commitment to eliminate gang activity in the city of L.A.,'' said Officer Don Lawrence, a department spokesman. AP881030-0011 AP-NR-10-30-88 0146EDT u a AM-MarcosArraignment 3rdLd-Writethru a0627 10-30 0787 AM-Marcos Arraignment, 3rd Ld-Writethru, a0627,0806 Imelda Marcos Says She Won't Flee PRECEDE Honolulu Eds: LEADS with 6 grafs to UPDATE with Mrs. Marcos arriving in San Jose. Picks up 3rd graf pvs, `Before leaving...' DELETES 13th graf pvs, `Government officials...' to conform. By CHRISTINE DONNELLY Associated Press Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos arrived here Saturday night for a brief stopover on her way to New York, where she is scheduled to be arraigned on racketeering charges. The private jet carrying Mrs. Marcos landed at 9:55 p.m. PDT at the San Jose Jet Center, a facility for private aircraft at the San Jose International Airport. Mrs. Marcos disembarked and was led away by a police motorcade to an undisclosed location. Earlier, government officials said they expected Mrs. Marcos to visit her daughter, Irene Araneta, in San Francisco. The jet was being refueled and was scheduled to depart at 3 a.m. PST Sunday, officials at the jet center said. Earlier Saturday in Honolulu, Mrs. Marcos had invited federal officials to join her on the borrowed luxury jet to prove she would not flee rather than fly to New York for arraignment on racketeering charges. Mrs. Marcos arrived at the Honolulu airport in a black limousine and got aboard the plane without any comment to reporters. She was accompanied by an entourage of about 10 people. Before leaving for the airport, Mrs. Marcos kissed and hugged her husband, former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, who was brought out of the couple's hillside estate in a wheelchair. Both were seen wiping away tears in the parting that was video recorded by Marcos aides. ``There are rumors that once airborne and out of radar range, I might flee out of the United States,'' Mrs. Marcos said in a statement issued late Friday. ``In order to assure everybody of our destination, I am inviting the FBI, Federal Aviation Administration and the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) to have their men accompany us in the plane.'' But a U.S. attorney said the government trusted her to appear for Monday's hearing. John Bartko, a Marcos attorney, flew to Honolulu early Saturday so he would be with Mrs. Marcos for her first trip out of Hawaii since being exiled here nearly three years ago. ``That's why I came, so we could do everything to assure the U.S. government she will be there,'' Bartko said. ``Any apprehension about her not meeting her legal obligation is totally unfounded.'' Mrs. Marcos and her husband were indicted Oct. 21 on charges that they looted more than $100 million from their country and used it to buy New York real estate, artwork and other objects. Defense lawyers persuaded U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan that Marcos, 71, was too frail to make the long flight. His arraignment was postponed at least until a government physician examines him. Marcos fled to Hawaii in February 1986 after a military-civilian revolt catapulted Corazon Aquino to power, ending Marcos' 20-year rule. Defense lawyers said Mrs. Marcos, 59, would plead innocent. U.S. Attorney Dan Bent said no federal officials would escort Mrs. Marcos on the private Boeing 737-300, in a luxury configuation for just 19 passengers, that tobacco heiress Doris Duke loaned for the 5,000-mile trip. ``Until she does otherwise, we must assume Mrs. Marcos will appear as summoned,'' Bent said. He refused to say how prosecutors would ensure her plane would not stray. In New York, suites were booked at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for the Marcos entourage, which includes a nurse, secretary, lawyers and several friends, Trinidad said. ``I am grateful to the members of the Filipino-American community in New York and surrounding areas for their concern for my privacy and security,'' said Mrs Marcos. ``At the same time, they insist I stay at the Waldorf Astoria at their own expense. To all of them, a million thanks.'' Although Marcos aides refused to detail Mrs. Marcos' plans in New York, an associate said she planned to shop and entertain old friends. As Philippine first lady, Mrs. Marcos was known for her lavish parties at the Waldorf and elsewhere in New York City, but Bartko said she now has other concerns. ``Her real concern is that she also hasn't left her husband's side for three years and she's very concerned about his health,'' Bartko said. ``She's going to meet her legal obligation, but I just don't see her having a gay old time in New York City.'' Indicted with the Marcoses was Saudian Arabian financier Adnan Khashoggi, who is accused of acting as a front for Marcos to help divert assets and hide his ownership of real estate and art. No court date for his appearance was scheduled. AP881030-0012 AP-NR-10-30-88 0221EDT u a AM-People-Field 2ndLd-Writethru a0657 10-30 0361 AM-People-Field, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0657,0368 Sally Field Aboard Merv Griffin-Owned Jet That `Totals' Other Planes Eds: SUBS 2nd graf to CORRECT Field's age to 41, sted 46. ASPEN, Colo. (AP) A private jet carrying two-time Oscar winning actress Sally Field and her family aborted takeoff and ran into two parked jets Saturday, but only minor injuries were reported, authorities said. Field, 41, was en route to Burbank, Calif., with her husband, film producer Alan Greisman, 41, her 11-month-old son, Sam, and her mother, Margaret O'Mahoney, said Pitkin County sheriff's spokesman Steve Crockett. The Challenger jet, belonging to entertainer Merv Griffin, aborted takeoff about 2 p.m., and ran into two private jets parked on a ramp at the county airport, Crockett said. The jet lost power as it tried to take off, never left the ground and veered to the right, said Jeff Lumsden of the sheriff's office. ``The plane skidded across a grass infield and struck two parked jets, ripping the nose gear out of one jet, a G-2, and coming to rest in the middle of the second jet, which is a Jet Star, pushing it back to the fence,'' said Crockett. The jet had flown to Aspen after taking Griffin and actress Eva Gabor to Griffin's Monterey, Calif., ranch earlier Saturday, said Warren Cowan, a publicist for both Griffin and Gabor. The jets hit by Griffin's plane belong to entertainment personality Burt Sugarman and Marty Raynes, the son-in-law of oilman Marvin Davis, said Cowan. ``According to Merv, his plane and maybe the others have been totaled,'' the publicist said. Field, who won Academy Awards for her performances in ``Norma Rae'' and ``Places in the Heart'' and whose latest film is ``Punchline,'' later departed with her family on a commercial flight to Denver, Crockett said. She and her husband own a home overlooking this mountain resort town. The pilot and co-pilot were treated for cuts and bruises at Aspen Valley Hospital, Crockett said. A flight attendant was not injured. Landings and takeoffs were delayed for 15 minutes until fuel spilled in the accident was mopped up. Crockett said National Transportation Safety Board investigators would look into the incident. AP881030-0013 AP-NR-10-30-88 0752EST u i BC-Hirohito 2ndLd-Writethru a0665 10-30 0253 BC-Hirohito, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0665,0262 Emperor's Blood Pressure Improves After Transfusion Eds: New thruout to UPDATE with emperor's blood pressure improving. No pickup. ^By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) Doctors administered another emergency blood transfusion to Emperor Hirohito on Sunday evening to battle an alarming drop in his blood pressure, a palace spokesman said. After the transfusion, Hirohito's blood pressure rose to 120 over 50 from the dangerously low 84 over 34 level in the early evening, the spokesman said. A systolic blood pressure of under 100 for a sustained period of time can cause permanent brain damage. The latest transfusion raised to 31.54 pints the amount of blood Hirohito has received since he fell ill last month. The Imperial Household Agency spokesman, Kenji Maeda, told reporters that doctors administered the transfusion to battle the drop in blood pressure. He quoted doctors as saying Hirohito's condition improved after the transfusion and that the 87-year-old monarch was conscious. Maeda would not say whether the emperor was in critical condition. The blood pressure reading of 84 over 34 was the lowest reported by the palace since Hirohito became ill 42 days ago. The emperor's blood pressure dropped to that level after he lost a large amount of blood in his bowels on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Hirohito, the world's oldest living monarch, is being fed intravenously and has eaten little solid food since the onset of the crisis. Palace officials refuse to comment on reports that the emperor has cancer. AP881030-0014 AP-NR-10-30-88 1039EST u a BC-MarcosArraignment 10-30 0224 BC-Marcos Arraignment,0229 Imelda Marcos Arrives to Face Arraignment Eds: Top Planned After Arrival in New York City NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos was greeted here Sunday by about 40 supporters, who said racketeering charges filed against her and Ferdinand Marcos represented a betrayal by the U.S. government. Mrs. Marcos, who landed in a private jet away from reporters' and supporters' views, immediately left for New York City, where she is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges she and her husband looted more than $100 million from the Philippines. It was the first time Mrs. Marcos had left Hawaii since she and her husband fled the Philippines nearly three years ago. Before leaving for the airport, Mrs. Marcos kissed and hugged her husband, who was brought out of the couple's hillside estate in a wheelchair. Both were seen wiping away tears in the parting that was video recorded by Marcos aides. Mrs. Marcos and her husband were indicted Oct. 21 on charges that they looted more than $100 million from their country and used it to buy New York real estate, artwork and other objects. Defense lawyers persuaded U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan that Marcos, 71, was too frail to make the long flight. His arraignment was postponed at least until a government physician examines him. AP881030-0015 AP-NR-10-30-88 1120EST r i AM-BRF--LongHop 10-30 0090 AM-BRF--Long Hop,0091 African Winds Reportedly Blow Locusts To Britain PLYMOUTH, England (AP) Locusts from the Sahara have turned up in southwest England after they were carried by storm winds, an expert said. The locusts were found in Plymouth, Truro and the Isles of Scilly, having traveled at least 1,500 miles from the North African desert, David Curry, keeper of natural history at Plymouth City Museum, said Saturday. Locust infestations in northern Africa this year posed serious threats to food supplies in areas already hit hard by drought. AP881030-0016 AP-NR-10-30-88 1121EST r i AM-MassWedding 10-30 0375 AM-Mass Wedding,0388 Wedding For 13,000 Members of Unification Church By KELLY TUNNEY Associated Press Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) More than 13,000 brides and grooms in the Unification Church were married Sunday in a mass wedding complete with matching bridal gowns and bouquets, a day after the couples were introduced. The ceremony matched 6,516 couples, 4,000 of them Japanese marrying Japanese and the remainder marriages between people from the United States and more than a dozen other nations. Many couples did not speak the same language. The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the South Korean-based church, matched the couples personally, a church spokesman said, and purposely chose to unite more than 2,000 Japanese and Koreans ``to heal and spiritually cleanse bad feelings left over from the Japanese colonial rule of Korea.'' Moon told the newlyweds: ``You will overcome international barriers to create one world of the heart and a blessed race for the future.'' In unison, the grooms lifted the veils of the brides and the brides and grooms took identifical gold rings from small silk pouches to place on each other's fingers. There was no kiss. The couples are counseled to live together 40 days without sharing the same bed. Yonhap, the South Korean news agency, reported that South Korean hotels were complaining they had no business from the wedding. ``The church feels a marriage is not just for personal physical satisfaction,'' explained Bernard Quandt, of Bad-Kreuznach, West Germany. Quandt was matched to a Korean woman and married in a mass wedding in 1982. This was the first mass wedding by the church since the 1982 ceremony, when about 6,000 couples were united. Only a few smaller group weddings have been held since, said Quandt, a teacher in the church seminary. The ceremony was held in a giant warehouse of a church-owned soft drink plant at Yong-in village, south of Seoul. The words of speakers were translated into Korean and Japanese. Ruka Nun-ira, a 31-year-old from Ghana, married Kurokawa Akemi from Japan. He said they will live in Seoul where he is attending school. Ruka isn't concerned they cannot communicate much, except in smiles. He said he ``made a choice and I trust the church. We'll figure it out.'' AP881030-0017 AP-NR-10-30-88 1121EST r i AM-StandsCollapse 10-30 0138 AM-Stands Collapse,0140 Grandstand Falls, 75 Injured LE CREUSOT, France (AP) A grandstand erected for a variety show collapsed, injuring about 75 people, police said. The cause of the accident Saturday night in this city 200 miles southeast of Paris was not immediately known. Investigators said they were not sure if the stand had been overloaded or improperly set up. About 20 people were admitted to local hospitals for treatment of broken bones and severe bruises. None was in serious condition. Another 55 were treated at the hospital in Le Creusot and released. About 3,000 people attended the show at Jean Garnier stadium, where two grandstands were built. One of the temporary grandstands collapsed about 10 p.m., before the appearance of singer Julie Pietri, the main attraction. The show was stopped after the accident, police said. AP881030-0018 AP-NR-10-30-88 1123EST r a AM-GentlemanBandit 10-30 0216 AM-Gentleman Bandit,0222 FBI Arrest Man Suspected of 38 Bank Robberies In Four States SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) FBI agents have arrested a fugitive accused of being the so-called ``gentleman bandit'' who robbed 38 banks in four states. Robert Hal Brame, 34, was arrested Friday evening after eight agents wrestled the armed man to the ground outside his girlfriend's apartment, the FBI said. Brame had told his girlfriend that he would never be taken alive, said Terry Knowles, special agent in charge of the FBI's Sacramento office. He escaped two years ago from the Durham Penitentiary in North Carolina where he was serving an 18-year sentence for kidnapping, attempted murder and assault on a law enforcement officer. Brame was arrested on suspicion of robbing seven banks in Florida, Arkansas and California, Knowles said. In all, he has been identified as a suspect in 38 robberies in those states and Georgia, Knowles said. ``There has been some consideration to putting him on the 10 Most Wanted list,'' Knowles said. The ``gentleman bandit'' earned his nickname because he usually wore a three-piece business suit, he said. The FBI had suspected that Brame was in Sacramento for about a month, Knowles said. Agents had been watching the homes of relatives and his girlfriend, whom Knowles declined to identify. AP881030-0019 AP-NR-10-30-88 1123EST r a AM-BRF--GracelandChristmas 10-30 0134 AM-BRF--Graceland Christmas,0136 Graceland Gets All Decked Out MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Elvis Presley's mansion, Graceland, will be decked out for the holidays with a $500,000 display including 40,000 lights and a 60-foot tree. Graceland operators say they hope the display will become a regional attraction. It will run from Nov. 25 through Christmas Eve, project designer John Brandano of Syracuse, N.Y., said last week. Organizers began with Presley's own traditional life-size Nativity scene and blue lights lining the driveway. They are adding horse-drawn carriage rides around the mansion grounds, animated characters, larger-than-life wire sculptures of Memphis attractions covered in white lights, bands, singers and Santa Claus, of course. The project is expected to pay for itself within two years and then generate enough profit for expansion, said Graceland executive director Jack Soden. AP881030-0020 AP-NR-10-30-88 1124EST r i AM-BRF--Britain-Dons 10-30 0158 AM-BRF--Britain-Dons,0162 Cambridge University Updates Rule Book To Remove Sexism CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) Cambridge University dons have voted to eliminate sexist language from their historic rule book. They voted 348-260 on Friday night to end the use of male pronouns to denote members of both sexes in the university's Statutes and Ordinances. The dons _ heads, tutors and fellows of the colleges _ voted that ``she,'' ``her,'' and ``herself'' be added to ``he,'' ``his,'' and ``himself'' entries in the book. A lobby of 92 academics led the call for the change. Opponents argued that traditional language should not be changed just to satisfy modern standards. They also objected to the cost of amending the 1,152-page book, which may be as much as $17,600. There were no women at the university when the Statutes and Ordinances was translated from the original Latin into English in the 1850s. Women now account for nearly half of the university's population. AP881030-0021 AP-NR-10-30-88 1124EST r i AM-BRF--AbortedTakeoff 10-30 0137 AM-BRF--Aborted Takeoff,0140 Jumbot Jet Aborts Takeoff After Hitting Animal NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) An Air Madagascar Boeing 747 carrying more than 200 people aborted takeoff Sunday after it apparently hit an animal. Robert Weller, an Associated Press reporter who was aboard, said the airliner blew tires when the pilot slammed on the brakes at Nairobi's airport. He said the passengers left the aircraft and walked to the airport terminal 100 yards away. Smoke was pouring from the brakes on one of the wheels and fire trucks went out to the plane to cool it down. No one appeared to be injured. Weller said crew members quoted the control tower as saying the plane hit an animal, probably an impala. The Boeing had flown in from Paris and was taking off for Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar. AP881030-0022 AP-NR-10-30-88 1124EST r i AM-Britain-Teachers 10-30 0375 AM-Britain-Teachers,0385 Teacher Doesn't Know LONDON (AP) Many British schoolteachers have trouble spelling, can't do a simple sum and don't know West Germany's capital, according to a survey published Sunday. The Sunday Times commissioned a general knowledge survey of 308 teachers in primary, junior high and high schools nationwide and reported three-quarters of them could not spell ``embarrass,'' ``satellite'' and ``harassment.'' ``Almost all made mistakes over the 16 simple questions on current affairs, geography, spelling, maths, science, history and literature,'' said the weekly, which commissioned the telephone survey from Market Opinion and Research International. ``The results of this survey would be laughable if they were not so devastating,'' said Peter Dawson, general secretary of the Professional Association of Teachers. The Sunday Times said a press officer at the Department of Education also had difficulty spelling the three test words and could not do the percentage question. The Sunday Times said the results of the survey might help explain its poll two ago, which found that one in six British adults could not find Britain on a map, half did not know how to read a railway timetable and two-thirds could not spell ``embarrass.'' One in five of the teachers surveyed did not know King John signed the Magna Carta and 15 percent didn't know that ``The Canterbury Tales'' was written by Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry. Sixteen percent, including 22 of the 171 math and science teachers queried, were unable to answer when asked: ``What is 15 percent of 10 pounds sterling?'' (answer: 1.50 pounds) Eleven percent of the teachers could not say how many millimeters are in a meter (1,000) and one in 24 thought the Rev. Ian Paisley, the militant and much publicized Northern Ireland Protestant politician, was a Roman Catholic. One in five did not know Warsaw is the capital of Poland, 27 percent did not know that Bonn is the capital of West Germany, and 47 percent did not know that Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan. Forty-two percent got all three capitals right. The reporter who wrote the story got everything right except the one about the Magna Carta, traditionally regarded as the basis of English liberties. He said he had no idea who signed it. AP881030-0023 AP-NR-10-30-88 1125EST r i AM-Pope-Cuba 10-30 0179 AM-Pope-Cuba,0184 Vatican Appoints New Envoy To Havana VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope John Paul II has appointed a new Vatican envoy to Cuba amid signs of improving relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Marxist nation. Monsignor Faustino Sainz Munoz, 51, a senior adviser on the Vatican's Council for Public Affairs, was named Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Havana, according to a Vatican statement Saturday. He replaces Archbishop Giulio Einaudi, 60, who since August 1980 held the Havana post that has the diplomatic standing of an ambassador. The Spanish-born Sainz Munoz entered the Vatican's diplomatic service in 1970 and served in Senegal and Scandinavia. In 1983 he joined the Council for Public Affairs, equivalent to the Holy See's foreign ministry, and specialized in relations with Eastern Europe. During a visit to the Vatican by Cuban bishops in August, the pope noted ``positive signs'' in church-state relations in Cuba but said more needs to be done ``so the church can carry out its evangelical mission freely and effectively.'' Catholics account for about 40 percent of Cuba's 10.2 million people. AP881030-0024 AP-NR-10-30-88 1126EST r i AM-Carlucci-MiddleEast 10-30 0160 AM-Carlucci-Middle East,0165 Carlucci Discusses Arms with Jordanians AMMAN, Jordan (AP) U.S. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci wound up military talks with government officials Sunday on the first part of his three-nation Middle East tour. Lower-ranking officials usually represent Washington at the annual discussions of how the kingdom uses American military aid. ``The secretary wanted to come to Jordan to underscore to all how important we consider our relations with Jordan,'' said a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. This year, Jordan received about $26.5 million in U.S. military grants and $1.8 million for training. The figures have dropped from more than $100 million in credits and grants five years ago. Carlucci met Saturday with King Hussein and Sunday with Prime Minister Zaid Rifai. Details of the talks were not made available. The U.S. defense chief was due in Egypt on Monday for talks with government officials there. Israel will be the last stop on his tour. AP881030-0025 AP-NR-10-30-88 1126EST r i AM-NorthernIreland 10-30 0293 AM-Northern Ireland,0300 Woman Dies In Evacuation After Bombing of Police Station BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) An elderly woman died of a heart attack while being evacuated from her home after a bomb attack on a police station, police said Sunday. Four missiles were fired from launchers mounted on a truck at the heavily fortified Royal Ulster Constabulary station in the village of Roslea in County Fermanagh late Saturday night, but police said they believe only two exploded. A police spokesman, who by custom was not identified, said there were no injuries to police and the station, near the border with the Irish Republic, appeared to be only slightly damaged. The woman, who was in her mid-70s, collapsed as she was being evacuated from her house near the police station. She was not identified. The area was sealed off Sunday as police checked for further devices, and several families were not allowed to return home, the spokesman said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion fell on the Irish Republican Army which has carried out similar attacks on police stations. The IRA is fighting to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite the mainly Protestant province with the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Irish Republic. Elsewhere, army explosives experts defused two large bombs in Tyrone and Fermanagh. The biggest, with 700 pounds of homemade explosives, was found on a road between Pomeroy and Stewartstown in Tyrone, police said. The experts also found 330 yards of command wire, used by terrorists to trigger bombs from a distance. The second device _ 200 pounds of explosives and shrapnel inside two beer kegs _ was discovered on the Fermanagh-Donegal border at Belleek with a command wire stretching for 385 yards, the spokesman said. AP881030-0026 AP-NR-10-30-88 1130EST r a AM-People 10-30 0980 AM-People,1012 People in the News LaserPhoto NY44 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Randy Owen, lead singer for the country band Alabama, remembers the poorer days of his boyhood when all his family had to eat one winter was peas and okra. ``We grew a lot of gardens and crops,'' Owen, 38, said in a recent interview. ``One story my mother always tells me is that one year when I was small, all we had to eat was okra and peas. She'd canned a whole bunch of that stuff, so all we ate for lunch and dinner was okra and peas. ``We went to these people's house and they asked me what I wanted to eat. I said, `Peas and okra.' That's all I'd had that winter.'' Owen said the hard times of his youth make him especially grateful for the fans who pay to attend the band's road shows. ``Not a lot of rich people like country music,'' he said. ``As a percentage, most of the people that come to our concerts are women and, in a lot of cases, they're a single parent, trying to raise their kids, going to college, holding down a job and living on the very fringe.'' MADRID, Spain (AP) The four members of Irish rock group U2 received the gold medal of the city of Madrid from Mayor Juan Barranco in a ceremony before the premiere of their concert movie ``Rattle and Hum.'' Barranco on Saturday praised the group's musical ability and artistic sensibilities and described the medal as a ``symbol of the gratitude and friendship of the people of Madrid, who are always appreciative of altruistic causes.'' The group arranged for proceeds from the premiere of the movie at the Gran Via Theater to go to Amnesty International, the London-based human rights group. U2's frontman and singer Bono told the mayor the group chose the city as the site for the film premiere because ``Madrid is a very open city, musically interesting, and we all feel very good when we are in Madrid.'' EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Actor and former professional football player Charles ``Bubba'' Smith says acting is tougher than tackling quarterbacks. ``Football has never been tough. No, I don't think it has anything to do with size,'' Smith said. ``(Acting) is more of a mental drain. You go through the same process _ in football you remember the plays, in acting you remember your lines.'' Smith, 43, is now working on ``Police Academy 6,'' after starring in the original move and every sequel since. ``They told me they were going to do 10. I said `Please do,''' said Smith, who also has done some beer commercials. The 6-foot-7 defensive end-turned-actor on Saturday returned to his alma mater, Michigan State, which awarded him a plaque from the school's sports Hall of Fame. Smith led Michigan to the Big Ten football championship in 1965. ``You know I've been in Super Bowls, I've played in big games, but nothing has stayed in my mind like college,'' Smith said. ``It was the greatest time of my life. And most people, if they would drop their ego, they would say the same thing. College is the last time you can be away from home and not worry about bills.'' LONDON (AP) A single Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flew over St. Clement Danes church Sunday as Queen Mother Elizabeth unveiled a statue to World War II hero Lord Dowding. Dowding, who died in 1970 at age 88, was commander in chief of the Fighter Command throughout the Battle of Britain but was never honored with an official statue. ``It is a matter of surprise and concern or perhaps even shame that no memorial has been raised,'' said Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, chairman of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association. The statue, outside St. Clement Danes, the Royal Air Force church on London's famed Strand, was paid for by many former pilots and by a public appeal. ``But for his victory, the war would probably have been lost in 1940,'' Foxley-Norris said during the unveiling. ``If he had not won his victory in 1940, there would be no other statues or memorials in this capital city.'' The 88-year-old mother of Queen Elizabeth II, whose late husband, King George VI, had sought recognition for Dowding in 1942, agreed. ``He was a wartime leader to whom this country owes so much,'' she said as she unveiled the statue. NEW DELHI, India (AP) The king of Bhutan will marry his four wives in a public ceremony Monday, nine years after the union was consecrated in a private ceremony, the government of the tiny Himalayan kingdom announced. The marriage of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck to Ashi Dorji Wangmo, Ashi Tshering Pem, Ashi Tshering Yandon and Ashi Sangye Choden, all sisters, will take place at a Buddhist temple in Punakha Dzong, the seat of the ancient capital of Bhutan, Foreign Minister Dawa Tshering said Sunday in New Delhi. During the hourlong ceremony, the king's eldest son, 8-year-old Prince Jigme Gesar Namgyal Wangchuck, will be formally designated as heir to the throne. Only about 200 members of the royal family, senior Buddhist lamas and monks have been invited, he said. ``This is a national event,'' Tshering said. ``I can't imagine it would be of much interest to the outside world.'' Bhutan, known as ``The Land of the Thunder Dragon,'' is a picturesque mountainous country surrounded by India and China. The government has tried in recent years to limit its 1.5 million people to outside influence by imposing stiff tourist fees and granting only about 2,500 visas a year. The 35-year-old king and his four wives, ranging in age from 23 to 29, were married in a simple, private Buddhist ceremony in 1979. They have four sons and four daughters. AP881030-0027 AP-NR-10-30-88 1134EST r w AM-Ramstein-Medical 10-30 0565 AM-Ramstein-Medical,550 Study Praises Medical Response To West German Air Tragedy By NORMAN BLACK AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Military medical teams responded quickly and professionally after the August air show tragedy at Ramstein Air Base in West Germany, suggesting Pentagon efforts to improve readiness are working, a study says. A study team reported the first Army Medevac helicopter landed at the scene just four minutes after one of the Italian stunt team jets cart wheeled into a crowd, a study team said. Within less than two hours, more than 270 victims had been evacuated from the scene and were receiving medical care, the team said in a report to Dr. William Mayer, assistant defense secretary for health affairs. The accident occurred when three Italian jets collided during an air show Aug. 28, and one of them plunged into the crowd and exploded in flames. Sixty-nine people died either at the scene or later as a result of injuries and burns. All three pilots were among the dead. The study team lauded the medical response. ``To expect people to be suddenly faced with a mass casualty event _ most for the first time in their lives _ and completely clear a disaster scene within 96 minutes without any error is humanly impossible,'' the team said. ``But we identified no instance where anyone was harmed by negligence or error.'' The study team also lauded West German medical professionals and the manner in which American and German emergency teams worked together, saying any difficulties that arose were minor and ``did not affect the rescue effort.'' The team said it was ``highly impressed by the professionalism and effectiveness of the combined German and American response to the disaster,'' and added, ``It appears the victims were managed efficiently and effectively.'' Army Lt. Col. Thomas Hawks, one of six officers ordered by Mayer to study the air show disaster, said, ``Their performance was phenomenal.'' Last week, a special inquiry commission blamed the disaster on pilot error. The collision occurred as the team's ``solo'' pilot was trying to fly through a heart-shaped formation made by the other two planes. ``The cause of the midair collision between the solo pilot and two other planes from the Italian stunt flying team Frecce Tricolori has been determined to have been human error by the solo pilot,'' the report said. Mayer, who was recruited by former Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger to upgrade the military medical system, has worked for several years to improve emergency response times and to deploy more mobile and emergency medical gear in the field. He has demanded that commanders of medical detachments emphasize ``war-time readiness,'' not just the peacetime business of treating servicemen and their dependents. By coincidence, the medical personnel assigned to the base clinic at Ramstein had staged an emergency exercise just two months before the disaster, working with an Army helicopter unit from the nearby Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the study team found. Following those exercise procedures, the first casualties from the air show were taken to the Ramstein clinic by ambulance. When the clinic filled, about 70 patients were automatically sent by air to Landstuhl, the team said. When Landstuhl filled, German authorities smoothly directed the flow of patients to several civilian hospitals in the region, the study said. ``We identified no significant mistakes in the medical management of this crisis,'' the team concluded. AP881030-0028 AP-NR-10-30-88 1135EST r a AM-Brites 10-30 0386 AM-Brites,0398 Bright & Brief WARREN, Mich. (AP) Overweight and proud of it, members of the National Association to Aid Fat Americans are holding their annual Midwest conference and seeking to dispel the idea that pudgy people can't be happy. The association's events include a full-sized fashion show, a low-impact aerobics session, an indoor pool party, a hug therapy session and a Halloween dance. ``I never met so many fantastic ladies who are happy with themselves,'' said Lorrie Tabar, a Cleveland truck driver. She ended a lifetime of dieting and joined the group last week after seeing two spokeswomen on television. The founder of the association, William Fabrey, says full-figured people should have the right to enjoy themselves without being hassled about their waistlines. ``I felt there was crying need for some voice in the U.S. to say that your worth is not measured by the size of your waistline,'' Fabrey said. ``It has been an uphill fight because we live in a society that worships thinness.'' ``People who wouldn't dream of joking about ethnic groups or women think nothing of deriding fat people,'' said Sally E. Smith, the group's executive director. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) _ Halloween is Jayne Ware's time to howl, so to speak, because it's about the only time of year she finds a big audience for talk about her line of work: ghostbusting. The vanity license plate on her van says ``GHOSTBUS,'' and her business card says ``Granny Ghostbuster'' alongside `Parapsychologist.'' For most of the year, Mrs. Ware says she does serious investigation at the request of people who have ``unexplainable happenings'' in their buildings. But around Halloween, ``people usually expect me to make a fun thing out of it, so I go along with the idea,'' she said, laughing. ``These are about the only two weeks of the year I talk about `ghosts.' The rest of the year, during research and for lecture purposes, I prefer to call them `energies' or `vortexes.''' Monday night, she will be the most popular Halloween figure in existence to her 2- and 5-year-old grandchildren, as ``Granny Ghostbuster'' can tell spook stories to really make their hair stand on end. ``It's like a vacation from the serious work. I take time to enjoy the popular conception of ghosts and haunted houses,'' she said. AP881030-0029 AP-NR-10-30-88 1136EST r i AM-BRF--Greece-Blast 10-30 0099 AM-BRF--Greece-Blast,0101 Bomb Blast Damages Tax Office, No Injuries IRAKLION, Crete (AP) A bomb thrown by an unidentified man damaged a building containing this island's central tax offices Sunday but caused no injuries. Police blamed the attack on a left-wing terrorist group. No one claimed responsibility, but the group, the Revolutionary Popular Struggle, has taken credit for several hundred bomb blasts in Athens and other Greek cities in the past decade, and it often targets tax offices. The explosion Sunday damaged a two-story building where the tax office is located, said a police spokesman who demanded anonymity. AP881030-0030 AP-NR-10-30-88 1142EST r i AM-Hirohito 10-30 0209 AM-Hirohito,0216 Ailing Emperor Stable After Blood Pressure Plummets By TERRIL JONES Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) Doctors stabilized the vital signs of Emperor Hirohito on Sunday after the ailing monarch's blood pressure fell dangerously low, a palace spokesman said. Doctors gave the 87-year-old Hirohito nearly a pint more blood Sunday after he received three pints overnight, spokesman Kenji Maeda said. ``His fever, pulse and blood pressure indicate that his condition warrants a certain amount of concern,'' Maeda quoted chief palace physician Akira Takagi as saying. ``What we had feared occurred,'' Maeda quoted the doctor as saying about Hirohito's huge loss of blood overnight. He did not elaborate. He also did not say if the emperor's condition was critical. Another palace official refused to comment. Since Hirohito fell ill Sept. 19, he has received 31.5 pints of blood, about three times the normal amount in his body. The weekend transfusions were the heaviest the emperor has needed since Sept. 19. Domestic news media have said he is suffering from cancer of the pancreas, but palace officials have refused to comment on those reports. Hirohito, the world's longest-reigning monarch who took power in 1926, has eaten almost no food since he fell ill. He is being fed intravenously. AP881030-0031 AP-NR-10-30-88 1147EST r i AM-Italy-Bombs 10-30 0332 AM-Italy-Bombs,0344 Bombs Damage Church, School in Northern Italy BOLZANO, Italy (AP) Bombs exploded early Sunday outside a church and a school in attacks police blamed on German-speaking separatists in Italy's ethnically troubled Alto Adige region. No injuries were reported. Police said the explosion at San Giuseppe Church in Appiano, six miles outside Bolzano, severely damaged the main altar, windows and furnishings. The blast caused an estimated $740,000 in damage to the church, which dates back to 1800 and mainly serves the tiny Italian-speaking minority in the town of 10,000 people near the Austrian border. Police said the bomb was put on a window sill at the back of the church. It was the first time a church has been targeted in the separatist bombing campaign in the region, also known as South Tyrol. Police said they found a leaflet at the site signed by the Ein Tirol separatist group. The leaflet, written in German, called on local residents to demand a plebiscite for an independent Tyrol and criticized the bishop of the Bolzano diocese for favoring a mixed ethnic population. In the other attack, which occurred about the same time, a bomb went off outside a school for Italian speakers in Bolzano. Police said the device, hidden in a plastic container, severely damaged about a dozen cars and smashed windows of the school and surrounding buildings. Although no leaflet was found outside the school, police blamed the attack on the separatist movement. Sunday's attacks brought to 23 the number of bombings in the Alto Adige region this year. The attacks have caused considerable property damage but no serious casualties. The violence stems from tensions between the Alto Adige's 300,000 ethnic Germans and 125,000 Italians. The region was taken from Austria at the end of World War I. The German-speaking majority wants priority in obtaining government jobs and more control over local broadcasting. Another goal is the right to have trials conducted in German. Extremists want an independent Tyrolian state. AP881030-0032 AP-NR-10-30-88 1205EST u p AM-Candidates-ForeignPolicy Bjt 10-30 0964 AM-Candidates-Foreign Policy, Bjt,950 Campaign '88: Bush, Dukakis Differ on Reasons For Soviet Shifts Eds: Another in a series on the presidential hopefuls and the issues. By CHRISTOPHER CONNELL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Republican George Bush is running for president on his extensive foreign policy credentials and on the strength of the Reagan administration's triumph in signing a nuclear arms treaty with the Soviet Union. Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, who cannot match his rival's experience, instead attacks Bush's judgment and challenges the administration's right to claim any credit for the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan or the end of the Iran-Iraq war. Dukakis supports the negotiated ban on medium-range nuclear missiles and endorses the goal of a 50 percent reduction in long-range missiles in U.S.-Soviet talks at Geneva. But he attributes the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty to Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev's recognition of his country's economic failures, not to President Reagan's military buildup and get-tough stance toward the Soviets. Both presidential candidates would be certain to press ahead with arms control talks and try to build on the momentum achieved in the four Reagan-Gorbachev summits. Although Dukakis has accused the Reagan administration of mishandling Middle East policy and waiting until the twilight of its term to seek a breakthrough there, neither Dukakis nor Bush has spelled out any major initiatives to bring the Arabs and Israelis together. Both have assured Israel of continued U.S. support. Dukakis has endorsed shifting the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move that administration officials fear could undermine progress toward an Arab-Israeli settlement. But in such troublespots as Nicaragua and South Africa, Dukakis is committed to changing the policies adopted by Reagan and championed by Bush. Bush supports renewed aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Dukakis calls Reagan's Central-American policies ``a fiasco'' and vehemently opposes Contra aid, favoring instead the diplomatic peace plan of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. On South Africa, Dukakis promises to press for tougher international sanctions against the apartheid regime. Bush says further sanctions would only hurt black workers. Dukakis also opposes U.S. aid for the South African-backed rebels in Angola. The Democratic nominee says the United States should work with its allies and through international organizations rather than go it alone. He has said the NATO allies and Japan must bear a larger share of the common defense. Bush, a former ambassador to the United Nations, says, ``You've got to understand that it is only the United States that can stand for freedom and democracy around the world, and we can't turn it over to the United Nations or other multilateral organizations.'' Bush cites the INF treaty, the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and the tentative end of the Iran-Iraq war as vindication of the administration's ``peace through strength'' philosophy. For the vice president, that means pressing ahead with development and eventual deployment of Star Wars, or the Strategic Defense Initiative, which Dukakis once ridiculed as a fantasy. It also means pounding Dukakis for opposing both the mobile MX and Midgetman missiles. ``The Soviets are modernizing. They continue to modernize. And we can't simply say, `We've got enough nuclear weapons. Let's freeze','' Bush said. Dukakis favored a nuclear freeze in the early 1980s when the Reagan administration persuaded nervous allies in Western Europe to accept Pershing II and cruise missiles to counter the Soviet's own medium-range weapons. The governor has said the 13,000 nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal and the 9,000 stockpiled by the Soviets are enough to blow each country up ``forty times over.'' But Dukakis supports the Stealth bomber, which rolls off the assembly line in a few weeks, and backs the new generation of nuclear missiles for the Trident submarine. Bush has said his approach toward the Soviet Union ``would avoid swings between unjustified euphoria and exaggerated pessimism.'' Dukakis speaks of trying to ``drive the agenda with the Soviet Union'' instead of following Gorbachev's lead. Bush has visited 74 foreign countries as vice president. He was envoy to China and director of central intelligence as well as ambassador to the United Nations. ``I don't think we should risk turning over the leadership and security of this free world of ours to a man with literally no experience in foreign affairs,'' Bush told voters in South River, N.J., recently. ``It's not the length of your resume,'' counters Dukakis. ``It's your strength, it's your values, the quality of the people you pick. It's your understanding of the forces of change in a sweeping new world.'' Dukakis has questioned Bush's judgment in not trying to block the arms-for-hostages deal with Iran. He says Bush must share the blame for dealing with Panamana's military leader, Manuel Noriega, now under indictment for alleged involvement in drug trafficking. He criticized Bush for once toasting ousted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos for ``your adherence to democratic principles.'' Dukakis supports a mutual ban on testing and deployment of anti-satellite weapons and a prohibition of all underground nuclear tests. Bush supports the administration's controversial, broad interpretation of the anti-ballistic missile or ABM treaty, a move intended to leave room for testing Star Wars. Dukakis favors the original, narrow interpretation. Bush says he wants the world to adopt and enforce a total ban on chemical and biological weapons. Dukakis scoffs at that, saying that Bush cast tie-breaking Senate votes in favor of resuming production of chemical weapons. Bush has accused Dukakis of opposing the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983 and the 1986 strike against Libya. The Democrat denies the charge. Dukakis hedged his support on both occasions. He said the Grenada invasion was justified if the lives of American students were at stake, and the Libyan raid was proper if its aim was to hit terrorist bases and not to assassinate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. AP881030-0033 AP-NR-10-30-88 1209EST r a AM-ParkwayDeaths Bjt 10-30 0618 AM-Parkway Deaths, Bjt,0637 Deaths Of Two Woman Off Parkway Overlook Leads To Murder Charges By PAUL NOWELL Associated Press Writer LINVILLE FALLS, N.C. (AP) Chestoa View, a scenic overlook jutting out from the Blue Ridge Parkway in the mountains of North Carolina, has become the focal point of a murder case full of contradictions and intrigue. Did Jim Gibbs, a hardworking father of three, push his wife, Helen, and another woman hundreds of feet to their death Oct. 17? Or is Gibbs a victim in his time of grief, an innocent man charged with murder for an accident? ``I can't see a shred of evidence against him,'' said Gibbs' younger brother, Gerald Gibbs. ``He adored that woman. With God as my witness, I never heard a cross word between them.'' But authorities said Gibbs' account of what happened is full of holes. That includes his explanation that the three adults left five children alone at their motel and went to Chestoa View to take photos of the sunset. ``If he wanted a sunset picture he wouldn't be taking them facing east,'' said Howard Parr, chief ranger for the parkway for the National Parks Service. ``We also were suspicious how this guy was at a loss to explain what happened just before they fell.'' Sheriff Bobby Haynes said Gibbs, 37, of Fayetteville, was arrested after ``things didn't add up.'' The couple had been having marital problems and a $100,000 life insurance policy had been taken out on Mrs. Gibbs last spring, he said. Gibbs' lawyer, Ronnie Mitchell, acknowledged problems in the 10-year marriage but said that the couple had reconciled and that the insurance was Mrs. Gibbs' idea. ``I don't know who the beneficiary is,'' he said. Initial reports indicated Mrs. Gibbs, 31, and her friend, Susan Haire, 32, of Ladson, S.C., died in an accident. Their bodies were found 150 feet and 300 feet below the overlook. Gibbs, who also was found about 150 feet down, told investigators he had his back turned and was setting up his camera when one of the women apparently slipped over the two-foot wall and pulled the other one with her. Gibbs said he fell while trying to rescue the women and was hospitalized overnight, but Parr said he suffered only minor cuts and bruises. ``If he had fallen 100 feet like he claimed, he would have been hurt a lot worse than he was,'' the ranger said. Two tourists who were at the overlook that evening told a ranger they heard voices from the darkened gorge below. They said they heard a woman scream, ``Oh, my arm!'' and then heard a man's voice, said Ranger J. Russ Whitlock. After five days, police charged Gibbs with murder. The state will seek the death penalty, said Assistant District Attorney Mike Edwards. Gibbs, who is being held without bail, maintained his innocence when he was taken to jail. ``I swear to God I didn't do it,'' he said. ``I don't know what happened. You're all wrong. You're crazy. I didn't do it. I tried to help my wife.'' During a bail hearing Wednesday, about 30 relatives packed the courtroom in an unsuccessful effort to win his release. Mrs. Gibbs' mother, a sister and a brother also were present. They declined to be interviewed. Several of Gibbs' co-workers and friends said he was a dedicated and loving husband and father who never missed a day of work in nearly 19 years at a tire plant. Mrs. Gibbs was a nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital. ``Our families spent a lot of time together,'' said Debbie Baylor, who like Mrs. Haire attended nursing school with Mrs. Gibbs. ``They were a warm, loving family.'' AP881030-0034 AP-NR-10-30-88 1209EST r w AM-Congress-Indonesia 10-30 0283 AM-Congress-Indonesia,270 Nearly Half of Congress Signs East Timor Letters WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly half the members of Congress asked Secretary of State George Shultz on Sunday to use his influence in solving the 13-year armed conflict in the Indonesian territory of East Timor. Forty-seven senators and 182 House members from both parties signed letters drawn up by Sen. David Durenberger, R-Minn., and Rep. Tony Hall, D-Ohio. The letters cite continuing human rights abuses in East Timor, including the torture of Timorese under interrogation by the Indonesian military and the transfer of political prisoners to the capital of Jakarta. They also note that international human rights organizations have been denied access to the region and the Roman Catholic Church has been intimidated. ``By sending this letter now, my colleagues and I want to ensure that the East Timor tragedy receives increased attention, both from the Reagan administration and its successor,'' Durenberger said in a statement. The Senate letter, signed by 33 Democrats and 14 Republicans, praises Shultz for raising the issue of East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, with Indonesian officials over the past six years. But it adds, ``We believe the continuing military conflict in the territory and any renewed shortages of food and medical supplies warrant the careful attention of the United States.'' The House letter notes Indonesia's role in seeking an end to the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia and says, ``We believe it is appropriate for a similar effort to be made regarding East Timor.'' Indonesia invaded and annexed East Timor in 1975. Hall said about one-fifth of East Timor's original population of 700,000 have died as a result of the invasion and later military operations in the territory. AP881030-0035 AP-NR-10-30-88 1221EST u p AM-SecondGuessing Bjt 10-30 0730 AM-Second Guessing, Bjt,740 Democrats Already Second-Guessing Dukakis As Doomed Candidate By DONALD M. ROTHBERG AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Even as Michael Dukakis insists there is time to score an upset in the Nov. 8 balloting, many Democrats already are second-guessing his campaign strategy in anticipation of another national election defeat. ``After the election this may be the campaign considered the worst managed in this century,'' said Democratic Sen. Terry Sanford of North Carolina. Like many people in his party, Sanford insisted he thought Dukakis still had a chance to defeat Republican nominee George Bush, but he didn't sound overly optimistic. ``I'd bet money on it,'' he said of the chances of a Dukakis upset. ``But I wouldn't bet my law license on it.'' Other prominent Democrats have urged Dukakis openly for weeks to sharpen his responses to Bush's steady attacks. ``Dukakis has really got to take off the gloves,'' said Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia. ``He's got to defend himself. ... I wouldn't have been a punching bag on some of these issues.'' Democrats have lost four of the last five presidential elections, and current polls point to the likelihood that Dukakis will make it five of six. Even Dukakis recently conceded he didn't get his message out clearly enough and was too slow in responding to negative commercials from the Bush campaign. ``There's no mystery about why they put those ads on. They have done damage. There's no question about that,'' he said during an interview on ``CBS Evening News.'' He said he responded ``but perhaps more subtly than I should have or than (running mate) Lloyd Bentsen suggested. Why? Because I'm fundamentally a positive person.'' On the stump as he headed into the final week of the campaign, Dukakis proclaimed, ``There is time to do it.'' ``They're running a beautiful campaign right now,'' said Ed Martin, executive director of the Texas Democratic Party. ``But a proper campaign for three months has been compressed into three weeks.'' Among those in the ranks of the second-guessers was New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who told reporters he thought the Dukakis campaign had failed to figure out a general election strategy. ``They did so well by the end of the Democratic convention, they said, okay, now we'll take it easy, get some rest, take our breath,'' Cuomo said. ``The other guy started landing jabs and uppercuts and picking up points and then they look at the card with three rounds to go and now you're down six rounds to three.'' ``Every campaign has a jillion things go wrong with it,'' said John White, a Texan and former Democratic Party chairman who backed Jesse Jackson for the presidential nomination. ``And if you're behind, everybody points them out.'' To many Democrats, the biggest problem with the Dukakis campaign has been a lack of experience in national politics among his top advisers. The men running the Bush effort have experience dating back to the Gerald Ford campaign in 1976 and, in the case of media adviser Roger Ailes, to Richard Nixon's campaigns before that. They all played major roles in Ronald Reagan's 1980 and 1984 campaigns. By contrast, no one in the Dukakis campaign had a decision-making role in any presidential campaign prior to Walter F. Mondale's 49-state landslide loss to Reagan in 1984. ``Our timing has just been terribly off,'' said White. ``In August nothing happened, so we started August work in September, September work in October.'' He attributed that to inexperience. ``We do not have any historical memory,'' he said. ``Every campaign is a brand new one, we bring in brand new people.'' ``They tried real hard to re-invent the wheel, and when they ended up it wasn't even round,'' said Boston advertising executive Dan Payne of the Dukakis campaign staff. Payne produced some of Dukakis' commercials during the Democratic primaries. ``I don't want to do a post-mortem until there's a mortem,'' said Mark Siegel, a political consultant and member of the Democratic National Committee. ``I don't think this patient is dead. I think a little sick.'' Added Siegel: ``I don't want to be critical of the campaign (but) there were a lots of things some of us would like to have seen done differently. We would have liked the campaign to take the initiative from the outset, to define instead of defend, to put Bush on the defensive.'' AP881030-0036 AP-NR-10-30-88 1223EST r i AM-SexCharges 1stLd-Writethru a0689 10-30 0179 AM-Sex Charges, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0689,0179 Actor, Radio Manager Arrested In Child-Sex Probe Eds: CORRECTS to South African Broadcast Corp., sted Association, in 3rd graf pvs, ``The arrested...'' Pickup 4th graf pvs, ``The Sunday...'' JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) A well-known television actor and a program manager for the state-controlled radio have been arrested and charged in connection with a child-sex ring, police said Sunday. The men were arrested in Johannesburg on Saturday and were released on bail pending a court appearance Monday. The arrested men were Don Lamprecht, a leading Afrikaans-speaking actor who is a star of a television series, and Tinus Esterhuizen, program manager for the South African Broadcast Corp.'s overnight radio show. They were charged with sodomy, indecent assault and possession of pornographic material. The Sunday Times, a national newspaper, said Lamprecht provided the voice for an animated squirrel who, in government-funded television ads, had been urging South Africans to vote in last week's municipal elections. The newspaper said the arrests of up to a dozen other prominent figures in the entertainment world were expected. AP881030-0037 AP-NR-10-30-88 1234EST r i AM-BRF--Fire-USBase 10-30 0160 AM-BRF--Fire-US Base,0163 Fire at US Marine Camp, No Injuries Reported TOKYO (AP) A fire on a shooting range at a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa burned 30 acres of woodland before it was brought under control Sunday night, a Japanese fire office said. U.S. military officials were not immediately available for comment. But the Japanese official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there were no reports of injuries from the fire at Camp Hansen. He said the fire began Saturday night on the south ridge of the mountain in Camp Hansen, which is used for rifle and howitzer practice. The fire spread to adjacent ridges, but U.S. military helicopters dropped chemicals on the blaze and it had almost burned out by Sunday night, he said. The Kyodo News Service said a lack of rain had left the area very dry and the fire may have spread after it set off unexploded shells left on the range. AP881030-0038 AP-NR-10-30-88 1256EST u p AM-NegativeCampaigns 1stLd-Writethru a0694 10-30 0834 AM-Negative Campaigns, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0694,820 Nobody Likes Negative Campaigns, But It Works Eds: SUBS pvs 23rd graf bgng, The 1984, to CORRECT 2nd sentence to read two years instead four years later. By JILL LAWRENCE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) No one admits to liking it or even being influenced by it, but it works. That's why candidates from the presidency down are running negative campaigns. ``It's sort of like television. Everyone deplores it yet people watch it,'' says Andrew Kohut, president of the Gallup polling organization. ``They don't like negative campaigning. But they have to take their cues about these candidates from what's being offered.'' Negative campaigns are nothing new. ``I'm sure that in elections for the Roman Senate, people criticized their opponents,'' says Democratic pollster Harrison Hickman. What is relatively new is the television ``attack ad,'' a media tool that reinforces and magnifies a candidate's campaign rhetoric. These ads sometimes allow him to be a soft-spoken candidate while impersonal narrators trash his rival in 30-second spots on the TV screen. ``Delivering the message through television is much more effective than going out on the stump and calling the other guy a scoundrel,'' Kohut says. The memorable scenes produced by Republican George Bush's TV campaign include prisoners passing through a revolving door and a harbor filled with floating trash _ attack ads against Democrat Michael Dukakis about prison furloughs and Boston Harbor pollution. ``The endless images of prisoners coming through turnstiles into your living room are much more powerful than anything Bush can say on the stump in a 15-second news clip,'' says Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a University of Texas professor and specialist in political communications. Dukakis began fighting back only after weeks of leaving Bush's TV assaults unanswered. Political scientist Larry Sabato says Dukakis made a misjudgment that could prove fatal in an era when ``an attack unanswered is an attack agreed to.'' Besides his tough, negative TV ads, the vice president has attacked the Massachusetts governor personally for his membership in the American Civil Liberties Union and his veto of a bill that would have required teachers to lead their classes in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Bush doesn't sound damagingly strident because ``it all looks positive,'' Jamieson said. ``He frames it as a defense of the country against a dangerous enemy.'' The upshot is that in the battle between Dukakis and Bush to define the Democratic presidential nominee, the GOP candidate seems to be winning. Said Hickman: ``Last spring Dukakis was an empty vessel and the Dukakis campaign, through free press and paid advertising, was trying to pour crystal clear water into that vessel. At the same time, the Bush campaign was trying to pour ink into it. It obviously changed the color of the water.'' Moreover, he said, ``negative campaigning probably helped Bush overcome his wimp image, and not responding probably made people think Dukakis is passive.'' Negative campaigning, however, can backfire. Jamieson cites the classic case of a 1966 ad against Ronald Reagan in his first bid for governor of California. The ad said Reagan was a movie actor who had played many roles. ``This year he wants to play governor. Are you willing to pay the price of admission?'' it asked. ``What a stupid ad in a community that earns its living by entertaining,'' Jamieson said. ``The Republicans thought it was so effective they paid for time and aired it themselves.'' Negative campaigning is rampant on the Senate trail as well this year. The New York Times said in an editorial that the race in New Jersey ``has frequently looked more like mud-wrestling than a contest for the U.S. Senate.'' In Minnesota, Sen. David Durenberger and Democratic challenger Hubert H. Humphrey III are trying to negotiate a cease-fire after exchanging a barrage of TV attacks. Nebraska Senate candidate Robert Kerrey is scoring with an ad featuring an animated clay figure that attacks GOP Sen. David Karnes' assault tactics. Unlike academics and politicians who bemoan the sorry state of campaigning, Hickman says negativity is inevitable and not necessarily bad. ``Why shouldn't voters find useful information in this?'' he asks. ``Part of what you want to find out is, how does a candidate comport himself when he's under fire. ... An election is an adversarial proceeding. Voters understand that.'' But Sabato, a University of Virginia professor, says voters can reach their limits with negative campaigning, and register their protests in the polls. ``Once they do that, you'll be surprised how quickly the consultants turn to positive ads,'' Sabato said, citing two Senate races in North Carolina to prove his point. The 1984 contest between Jesse Helms and James Hunt was bitter and expensive. Two years later, the race between Terry Sanford and James Broyhill had a ``civilized, upbeat tone,'' Sabato said. ``Their polling kept showing that people were reacting strongly to the negatives that were run,'' Sabato said. ``They were hearing, `If I see one more negative ad, I'm voting against the candidate who airs it'.'' AP881030-0039 AP-NR-10-30-88 1256EST r a AM-BuildingExplosion 10-30 0243 AM-Building Explosion,0249 Eleven Slightly Hurt When Missouri Building Explodes JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) An explosion early Sunday leveled a downtown building and severely damaged two adjacent apartment buildings, injuring 11 people, authorities said. The explosion, about two blocks from the state Capitol, also broke windows in a number of downtown stores and was felt by residents several miles away. Police patrolled downtown streets to prevent looting. ``I heard a very big explosion and all the lights went out,'' said Joyce Kelley, who lived in one of the apartments and got out safely with her 10-month-old daughter. ``I started yelling `Fire!' because I knew there were other people in the building.'' Authorities suspected natural gas triggered the blast that blew out plate glass windows three blocks away and flattened the two-story building, which housed the Missouri Association for Social Welfare, a private advocacy group, said Sgt. Ralph Robinett of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Fires that broke out in small apartment houses on either side of the building were brought under control about two hours later. Police said 13 people occupied units in the apartment buildings. Eleven were treated at hospitals for cuts and other minor injuries, police said. Seventeen of 18 huge plate-glass windows in a Food Barn supermarket about three blocks away blew out. ``We just feel fortunate it wasn't in the middle of a busy day when there were lots of customers around,'' said store manager Russell Warson. AP881030-0040 AP-NR-10-30-88 1300EST r i AM-Soviet-Space 10-30 0291 AM-Soviet-Space,0302 Soviet Officials Won't Hurry in New Bid to Launch Shuttle MOSCOW (AP) Scientists will not rush another attempt to launch the Soviet space shuttle, which was grounded 51 seconds before blastoff because of problems with ground equipment, a newspaper report said Sunday. Komsomolskaya Pravda, quoting Air Force Maj. Gen. Vladimir E. Gudilin, said the next effort to put the craft into orbit would likely take place after the Revolution Day holiday Nov. 7. However, Gudilin was quoted as saying, ``We're ready to try again quite soon.'' ``You must not forget that our launch is experimental, that there hasn't been any other like it,'' he said. ``Does a child learning to walk not fall? ``In the situation that arose _ which of course was emotionally unpleasant __ there is a rational grain: accumulating experience.'' The launch of the unmanned shuttle, named Buran, was postponed Saturday after a computer sensed that an equipment platform had not pulled far enough away from the giant Energiya booster rocket. The computer automatically stopped the countdown. The Soviet official said all systems would be checked while technicians refill rockets with liquid fuel, the newspaper reported. Unlike the first flight of the U.S. shuttle Columbia in 1981, the Soviet craft will be unmanned, flying on an automated guidance system. Plans for its first flight call for it to make two orbits around Earth and return to a concrete landing strip eight miles from the launch site. The huge booster rocket, which can lift a payload of more than 100 tons, has been used only once before. On a test flight in May 1987, its payload failed to reach orbit. Soviet officials said the problem stemmed from the guidance system rather than the booster rocket. AP881030-0041 AP-NR-10-30-88 1313EST r i AM-Spain-Kidnapping 10-30 0211 AM-Spain-Kidnapping,0219 Basque Separatists Free Hostage MADRID, Spain (AP) Basque separatists released a businessman early Sunday after holding him hostage for more than eight months, police said. The separatists drove Emiliano Revilla, 60, a real estate investor in Madrid, 200 yards from his home and freed him about 2 a.m., police said. Revilla's daughter Margarita told reporters her father ``was exhausted but in good health.'' She refused to comment on Spanish news reports that the family paid a multimillion dollar ransom to win Revilla's freedom. Two men and a woman armed with guns kidnapped him near his home on Feb. 24. The separatist group ETA claimed responsibility. After the kidnapping the government suspended talks with exiled ETA leaders in Algeria. The talks were aimed at ending the group's violent campaign for independence. ``There can be no contacts as long as violence continues,'' the government said when it called off the talks. ETA, an acronym for Homeland and Liberty in the Basque language, has been fighting since 1968 for independence for three northern Basque provinces. The group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 600 people, mostly soldiers and police officers. ETA also has extorted what it calls ``revolutionary taxes'' from Basque businessmen and kidnapped them to win ransom money. AP881030-0042 AP-NR-10-30-88 1350EST r a AM-AlaskaQuake 10-30 0225 AM-Alaska Quake,0230 Strong Earthquake Rattles Alaska HOMER, Alaska (AP) A strong earthquake awakened residents early Sunday but no damage or injuries were reported, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center reported. The temblor measured 5.1 on the Richter scale of ground motion. It struck at 1:33 a.m. about 60 miles northwest of Homer, said Paul Whitmore, a geophysicist at the center. ``A lot of people felt it in Anchorage and Palmer,'' Whitmore said. ``That area that it occurred in is a farily common area for earthquakes.'' But since the quake was so early in the morning, the center received few calls about it, Whitmore said. ``I woke up sometime in the night because I felt my house shaking,'' said Stan Porter, a Federal Aviaion Administration official at the Homer flight service station. ``But that's just part of life up here,'' he said, adding that he rolled over and went back to sleep. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion as recorded on seismographs. Every increase of one number means a tenfold increase in magnitude. Thus a reading of 7.5 reflects an earthquake 10 times stronger than one of 6.5. An earthquake of 5 on the Richter scale can cause considerable damage in a populated area, 6 can be severe and a 7 reading is a ``major'' quake, capable of widespread heavy damage. AP881030-0043 AP-NR-10-30-88 1404EST r i AM-Tutu 10-30 0546 AM-Tutu,0567 Tutu Visits Blacks Threatened With Eviction With LaserPhoto PORT NOLLOTH, South Africa (AP) Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Sunday prayed with and encouraged blacks threatened with eviction from this fishing town, hundreds of miles from the nearest area where they can live legally. The church service concluded a two-day visit by the Anglican leader to a windswept, treeless plain outside Port Nolloth, about 400 miles north of Cape Town. About 500 blacks live in 90 tents in the remote town. ``God is on your side, and God cannot ultimately be defeated,'' Tutu told the congregation. ``That is why those who oppress you have already lost.'' The tent dwellers, who were served with eviction notices in January, are fighting the order in court. Under South Africa's segregation laws, blacks have no legal right to live in this sparsely populated region called Namaqualand, which stretches along the Atlantic Coast to the border with South-West Africa. The nearest official black township is in Upington, more than 300 miles east. Tutu arrived Saturday on his first visit to the desolate camp whose residents collect water in barrels and use portable outhouses. About 100 women, some with babies on their backs, led the black archbishop and his wife, Leah, through the rows of tents. While Tutu conferred with community leader Lingington Sonqishe in a corrugated metal shack, a crowd outside sang in praise of Tutu and Oliver Tambo, president of the outlawed African National Congress guerrilla group fighting apartheid. Under apartheid, South Africa's 26 million blacks have no voice in national affairs, which are controlled by the 5 million whites. Tutu, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign against the policy of segregation, said he was dismayed at the living conditions but impressed with the determination of the residents. ``I want to express admiration for the people here, at the extraordinary resilience and the strength of their commitment to stand for their rights,'' Tutu said. ``One is humbled, really, to see how people refuse to be manipulated and intimidated.'' Many of the Port Nolloth blacks, who work in mines or with the fishing industry, have been in the area for 10 years. Initially, they lived with mixed-race people in a shantytown that was demolished. The mixed-race population was given new housing, while most of the blacks fled to South-West Africa, which is ruled by South Africa. Authorities there forced them back into South Africa in 1986, and the blacks believed the government was going to allow them to stay permanently. A legal battle has been waged since then, with the next court session scheduled Nov. 9. ``They were given the promise that they would have houses built for them,'' Tutu said. ``The town council is reneging on that promise. Their only sin is that they have black skin.'' If the tents are demolished, Sonqishe said, the residents would live outdoors ``like monkeys and baboons. Then the whole world will see the suffering.'' Tutu's visit to Port Nolloth was covered by crews from Independent Television Network and Visnews, two London-based television news agencies. ITN's bureau chief, Mike Wills, said security police seized the film when it arrived at a small airport near Johannesburg Sunday afternoon. The officers said they were acting under state-of-emergency regulations, Wills said. AP881030-0044 AP-NR-10-30-88 1406EST r i AM-Vietnam-Storm 10-30 0154 AM-Vietnam-Storm,0159 Floods In Vietnam Killed 100 People, Radio Says BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) Heavy rains and flooding in central Vietnam this month killed 100 people and left half a million homeless, the official radio reported Sunday. The Voice of Vietnam, monitored in Bangkok, said the storm also destroyed 1.25 million acres of rice fields and heavily damaged 620,000 acres of other crops. It said 28 people were missing. Efforts to help flood victims were under way, said the broadcast, which gave no other details. Each year, tropical storms cause considerable damage to agriculture and loss of life in Vietnam, one of the world's poorest nations. Earlier Vietnamese radio reports said prolonged rains and flooding occurred in a 625-mile stretch from Thanh Hoa to Phu Khanh provinces, pulling down thousands buildings. Water levels of four rivers reached record levels before the rains stopped Oct. 18 and the floodwaters began receding, the reports said. AP881030-0045 AP-NR-10-30-88 1438EST r i AM-Iran-USEmbassy 10-30 0179 AM-Iran-US Embassy,0182 Iran Parliament Marks Day of U.S. Embassy Takeover NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) The Iranian Parliament voted Sunday to name Nov. 4, the anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Day of the Campaign Against Global Arrogance Led by the United States. The Islamic Republic News Agency did not give details of the vote. Islamic radicals took over the embassy Nov. 4, 1979, nine months after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage 444 days. IRNA, monitored in Nicosia, said Nov. 4 is an important day in the history of the Islamic revolution in Iran. On that date in 1963, Khomeini was exiled by the shah. He continued his opposition from abroad until his triumphant return Feb. 1, 1979. On the same date in 1978, an opposition demonstration by students and others at Tehran was put down violently by the shah's armed forces. The embassy takeover was described by the agency as ``the takeover of the espionage den by the Moslem Students Following the Imam's Line.'' AP881030-0046 AP-NR-10-30-88 1445EST r a AM-Lovers'Deaths 10-30 0392 AM-Lovers' Deaths,0404 Two Jilted Boyfriends Die Falling From Apartment Buildings By CHARLES J. GANS Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) Two jilted men died in separate weekend accidents in which they fell from apartment buildings while trying to climb in to see their girlfriends, police said Sunday. Dale Moll, 33, a North Side businessman, fell 16 stories Saturday morning while attempting to use television cables on the roof of a high-rise to rappel down to the window of his girlfriend's 15th floor apartment, said Detective Tom Johnson. Less than a half-hour later, Robert Harris, 25, fell from an eighth-story ledge while trying to get into his apartment after his girlfriend locked him out following an argument, said Patrolman Joseph Mescall. ``I don't think any girl is worth it to climb that high,'' Mescall said. Moll, who owned an artificial sun-tanning business, was pronounced dead on arrival at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Harris suffered massive internal injuries and died early Sunday after undergoing surgery at Cook County Hospital, said Aaron Cunningham, a hospital administrator. Police said Moll went to his girlfriend's apartment building after she did not answer his telephone calls Friday evening and Saturday morning. ``Their relationship had been in an estranged state for some time and she hadn't been seeing him,'' Johnson said. Moll went to the roof of the high-rise and tried to climb down television cables to gain access to his girlfriend's apartment. She wasn't home at the time, Johnson said. Police said Moll stopped at a 16th floor apartment and swung away when a woman inside screamed, and then the cable snapped. ``The woman became alarmed and started screaming,'' Johnson said. ``He (Moll) said, `I'm sorry I have the wrong apartment,' or something like that. Then she looked out the window and observed him lying on the ground. ``It appears that he was trying to climb down hand over hand and rappel, but the cable snapped because it was not made to support that weight.'' Johnson estimated the victim weighed at least 170 pounds. In the second accident, Harris' girlfriend kicked him out of his apartment at a West Side housing complex run by the Chicago Housing Authority, Mescall said. Harris then went next door to a vacant apartment and climbed out on the window ledge, then fell while trying to get into his apartment, Mescall said. AP881030-0047 AP-NR-10-30-88 1446EST r i AM-Iran-Executions 10-30 0216 AM-Iran-Executions,0222 Rebels Claim 20 Dissidents Executed In Iran NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) Iranian rebels said Sunday that authorities in Iran have executed 20 dissidents in recent days by firing squad or hanging. The Iraqi-based Radio Mujahed, run by the opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq, said three dissidents were hanged in the city of Zanjan, 160 miles west of Tehran. Three Mujahedeen members were hanged in the provincial capital of Hamadan in western Iran, the report said. Thirteen others were shot by firing squad in Mashhad in northwest Iran and one was shot in the western city of Arak, the radio report said. There was no independent confirmation of the report. But Iran's official media, monitored in Nicosia, has reported that scores of ``counterrevolutionaries and Iraqi spies'' have been publicly executed in the last three months. The Iraqi-based Mujahedeen, who seek to topple Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's fundamentalist government, claim that nearly 2,000 dissidents have been executed and thousands arrested since August. The radio said the executions and arrests were being carried out because the Tehran authorities ``fear being overthrown by the Iranian opposition.'' Over the last 18 months, Iranian authorities have publicly acknowledged that the opposition force was becoming a problem. Some Iranian leaders publicly have called for the execution of all Mujahedeen prisoners without trial. AP881030-0048 AP-NR-10-30-88 1453EST r a AM-WhalesLetter 10-30 0221 AM-Whales Letter,0227 Third-graders Thank Gorbachev For Freeing Trapped Whales LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) The plight of whales trapped by Arctic Ocean ice got worldwide attention, and the part played in their rescue by two Soviet icebreakers got the special attention of members of a third grade class. ``I feel sorry for every living creature that has to go through this,'' said Lisa DeLack, a third-grader at Centennial Elementary School in Loveland. Lisa convinced her teacher and school principal that the Soviets deserved some thanks for their help in freeing two California gray whales off the north coast of Alaska. A third whale disappeared and was presumed dead. ``I saw the whales and the Russians helping and I thought it was very nice of them to do it,'' Lisa said. So she and her classmates penned their appreciation on blue-lined school paper, some illustrated with drawings of whales. Their letters were sealed in an envelope and mailed to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow. Centennial principal Sam Simonetta says it's natural for the children to respond to animals, be they pets or wild creatures thousands of miles away. `They like them and they're concerned about them,'' Simonetta said. ``When someone came in and was willing to help our country, it made these kids feel real good about it,'' he said. AP881030-0049 AP-NR-10-30-88 1436EST u a AM-AccidentalLaunch Bjt 10-30 0700 AM-Accidental Launch, Bjt,680 Defense Contractors Support Nunn Proposal By BRYAN BRUMLEY Associated Press Writer SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) Defense contractors are eagerly studying Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn's suggestion for a ground-based system to protect against an accidental missile attack. At least two major California contractors ran to their drawing boards after Nunn, the Georgia chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, broached the idea last January as a limited alternative to Star Wars, the Reagan administration's proposal for a space-based anti-missile system. Nunn's proposal, the Accidental Launch Protection Systems, would resemble the Anti-Ballistic Missile defense system dismantled in the mid-1970s. Although the proposal has some support, the Pentagon's Defense Science Board placed little emphasis on it in a report last May and Nunn himself appears to have concluded that deploying a limited system would cause more problems than it would solve. Nunn has acknowledged that for the system to be effective it would be costly and may not be possible within the Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty. Nunn's plan offended those opposed to Star Wars, or the Strategic Defense Initiative. They argued any deployment of an anti-missile system would abrogate the 1972 treaty. But many defense contractors and other SDI backers support Nunn's plan because they think it may open the way to a more extensive anti-missile system, including space-based weapons. Congress has frozen Star Wars funding at about $4.1 billion. Edward Teller, the physicist credited with planting the idea for Star Wars with President Reagan in 1983, calls ALPS ``a valuable first step to show that we can put up something, to show what a system will cost.'' Some major defense contractors agree. They say a system to protect the continental United States from a limited ballistic missile attack could be deployed for about $10 billion. The Pentagon spends about $300 billion a year. Bob Willwerth, an engineer at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. in Sunnyvale, said the entire continental United States could be protected from a limited attack if 100 anti-missile missiles were based at Grand Forks, N.D. The United States dismantled a similar system in Grand Forks in the mid-1970's because it was deemed ineffective. The Soviets have a 100-missile anti-ballistic missile system around Moscow, permitted under the ABM pact. Engineers at Lockheed and at the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co. in Huntington Beach say existing surveillance, tracking and command systems are nearly adequate to operate a 100-missile anti-missile system. ``Roughly two-thirds of what you need is already in place,'' said Willwerth, pointing at a chart that shows satellites and communications links already used to warn of a Soviet attack. Lockheed has a contract to develop the Exoatmospheric Reentry-Vehicle Interceptor System (ERIS) that would strike enemy warheads before they reenter the atmosphere to begin their final descent. The system has been designated by the Pentagon as the one most likely to be used in the first phase of Star Wars should the United States decide in the 1990s to go ahead with the space-based anti-missile system. McDonnell Douglas has developed another system to intercept warheads after they entered the atmosphere. Although the system has not been accepted as part of the first phase of the Star Wars project, McDonnell Douglas engineers are pushing it as a possible key component for ALPS. McDonnell Douglas's system is known as High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor (HEDI). Dean Hofferth of McDonnell Douglas estimates it would cost about $10 billion to build an ALPS system of 70 ERIS and 30 HEDI missiles at Grand Forks. But Hofferth said a single-site system such as one at Grand Forks could not protect the continental United States from an accidental attack, especially by submarines. Instead, McDonnell proposes five or six additional sites spaced along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts with 60-70 ERIS and 60-70 HEDI missiles apiece, costing an estimated $3 billion per site. That would violate the AMB treaty, which limits each superpower to a single site with 100 anti-missile missiles. A single site, said Hofferth, would be overwhelmed by an unauthorized launch by a single enemy commander. Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles are deployed in batteries of about 10 missiles, which in the case of the heavy SS-18 missile, could carry 100 or more warheads. AP881030-0050 AP-NR-10-30-88 1457EST r i AM-Soviet-Deficit 10-30 0674 AM-Soviet-Deficit,0692 Chronic Soviet Deficit May Be a Surprise to Them An AP Extra By ANN IMSE Associated Press Writer MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet government's ability to slide budget deficits past the legislature for years could have been a result of simple ignorance. The huge bureaucracy that sets prices irrespective of supply and demand, and the virtual absence of any accounting system in state-run businesses, may have hid the size of the problem until Mikhail S. Gorbachev began implementing his economic reforms. Government officials acknowledged during a two-day session of the Supreme Soviet on Thursday and Friday that the budget has been running in the red for years. The $795 billion budget for 1989 passed Friday by the legislature contains a deficit $55 billion at the official exchange rate. But that may be just a guess. The Soviet Union has only recently discovered the concept of accounting for profit and loss. Finance Minister Boris Gostev said Thursday that ``so far, accounting is not yet reliable'' because many administrators don't understand modern management. Until recently, prices in the Soviet Union were set by the government, without regard to costs. The massive attempt to determine the real cost of everything in the country started in January. Actual price reform is still in the planning stages. Politburo member Alexander N. Yakovlev, Gorbachev's closest adviser on the Politburo, said last week that the economy turned out to be in worse shape than the leadership thought when it began the policy of perestroika, or reconstruction, three years ago. For decades, the Soviet Union has tried to ignore the law of supply and demand. The government set prices that were designed to nearly give away the basics of life _ a roof, heat, a bus ride to work, bread and cabbage _ and to charge a fortune for most everything else. An apartment could cost 25 rubles, or $40, a month. At the same time, a video cassette was priced at 70 rubles, or $110. The government was building expensive apartments, virtually giving them away, and losing money on each one. In factories, all prices were fixed by bureaucrats, and generations of managers didn't dare breathe the word ``profit.'' The result, according to Gostev's calculations, is 24,000 bankrupt businesses and a budget deficit. Now, he said, ``We have to learn how to live according to our incomes.'' Soviets also are discovering that capital has a cost. ``Enterprises functioning at a loss don't feel they are,'' Gostev said, because they are using funds generated by other businesses. Without market interest rates to ensure that capital investment is used either efficiently or not at all, the Soviets wound up with hundreds of half-finished construction projects and mounds of modern equipment lying unused in factory warehouses. State planning chief Yuri Maslyukov gave a hint of the problem when he said Friday that the government is giving up on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of unfinished farm buildings. Those projects, he said, will be written off _ another alien concept in the Soviet Union. Publicizing the deficit is a natural outgrowth of Gorbachev's policy of glasnost, or openness. But it clearly aids his program of perestroika by telling the public that waste, inefficiency and subsidies have a cost. That lays the groundwork for an expected reduction in those subsidies and for his newest drive, a demand for stringent cost-cutting in government agencies and the state-run businesses that still make up 99 percent of the economy. Even if the deficit estimate was accurate, translating it from rubles to dollars has little meaning. The ruble is not freely convertible to dollars. News stories typically use the official Soviet exchange rate, set at $1.61 to the ruble by the government. The black market rate is 20-25 cents to the ruble, which is closer but probably lower than a free-trade rate would be. At that rate, the Soviet deficit would be only $6.8 billion to $8.5 billion, but the entire Soviet government would be operating on only about $100 billion to $120 billion a year. AP881030-0051 AP-NR-10-30-88 1448EST u p AM-Canada-US Bjt 10-30 0709 AM-Canada-US, Bjt,0727 EDS: Retransmitting a0679 to fix category code. Heated Election Deflects Attention from U.S. Campaign An AP Extra By SOLL SUSSMAN_ Associated Press Writer_ TORONTO (AP) Canadians caught up in debate over a free trade pact with the United States are following a heated political race of their own and paying less attention than usual to the U.S. presidential campaign. What they do see south of the border is often dismissed as an excessive amount of media handling and too much superficial treatment of the issues. Canadians congratulated themselves after the debate series among the leaders of their three major parties by comparing the breadth of the discussions with the debates between the U.S. candidates. ``Canada's leaders were much more forthright, articulate and revealing of themselves than the candidates for the White House in the U.S. debates,'' the independent Globe and Mail newspaper said in an editorial. ``Issues received far more vigorous airings here within the limits of television.'' Six hours of debates between Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of the Progressive Conservative Party, Liberal Party leader John Turner and Ed Broadbent of the socialist New Democratic Party crystallized the free trade agreement with the United States as the campaign's dominant issue. Before Mulroney dissolved Parliament Oct. 1 to call the election, some concern was voiced that a November election could be complicated because voters might be distracted by the U.S. campaign. Instead, a once complacent political race, in which Mulroney appeared headed for easy victory, now is becoming among the most electric in memory. A survey by the Environics polling firm found that 74 percent of Canadians either watched the debates here or followed news reports about them. Polls have concluded that Turner easily won the debates, in which he accused Mulroney of selling out Canada in the free trade agreement. Anything less than a majority government for Mulroney in the Nov. 21 vote places in doubt the future of the agreement, which would eliminate tariffs and trade barriers between the two countries over a 10-year period. The U.S. Congress easily approved it this year, but Canada's Parliament has yet to act on it. If passed in Canada, the agreement would take effect Jan. 1. Some political analysts say the U.S. campaign between George Bush and Michael Dukakis is simply considered boring. They note that the contest slipped off the front pages in the United States in its middle weeks. ``There's no clear favorite for Canadians,'' David Eirikson, a political science professor at the University of British Columbia, said in a phone interview. ``They (Canadians) are busy with domestic affairs.'' A Gallup poll published by the Toronto Star in early October said 56 percent of Canadians were for Dukakis and 44 percent for Bush. The question asked the 1,039 Canadians surveyed was: ``Just suppose for a minute that Canadians were allowed to vote in a U.S. presidential election. If the U.S. election were held today, would you cast your vote for Republican George Bush or Democrat Michael Dukakis?'' The cornerstones of Canadian public opinion about government generally are based on such issues as health care, social services and other policies that would be to the left of the Republican Party. Dukakis also is known to provincial leaders from eastern Canada because of of his participation in regional forums. Quebec's premier, Robert Bourassa, has spoken well of the Massachusetts governor. Both U.S. candidates have pledged they would make improvements on acid rain, the other key issue troubling U.S.-Canadian relations. Michael Perley of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain said in an interview that either would be an improvement on the Reagan administration ``by a considerable margin.'' He said Dukakis' plan ``is the more detailed and the more savvy, if you like,'' while Bush is ``vaguer.'' But he added, ``We don't feel it's our place as a Canadian interest group to endorse anyone.'' Canadians often express dismay at the low voter turnout in the United States. ``Almost half of eligible American voters are expected to sit out next month's U.S. elections, putting the multimillion-dollar show-biz political campaigns in the category of a couch-potato sport,'' wrote Norma Greenaway, a Canadian Press correspondent in Washington. Canadian voter turnout has averaged 75 percent in the nine federal elections since 1962. AP881030-0052 AP-NR-10-30-88 1511EST r i AM-Israel-Election 10-30 0574 AM-Israel-Election,0596 Israeli Campaign Winding Up With Sharp Attacks With AM-Israel, Bjt By DAN HORN