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Economic, domestic issues to lead > ■ii'ter, tai sa ther than; in athleli )und tkli te attorn ity couHti ) sell •ms s •inks. Ik on or sale! i campoii re policy, has shon udent iensel h It has i having mpus-wi ig alcoki ally volil tent mow v the do® i rii_ lj/~v i i /-v , v! WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 197. Candidates prepare for TV debates Associated Press On the eve of the Great Debates, President Ford is holding dress re hearsals at the White House while Jimmy Carter is resting and studying issues after offering his first detailed suggestion for reorganizing the gov ernment. Their first nationally televised de bate, on economic and domestic is sues, will be held in Philadelphia tomorrow night. Two more Ford- Carter debates, on other issues, will How. Presidential advisers say Ford is rehearsing with his aides acting as reporters who fire questions at him. Aides say the exercise is aimed at honing his responses to questions likely to be asked before the national television audience. Ford aides say he is hoping to dis pel doubts about his intelligence and ability. “He wants to appear in formed, decisive and experienced while picturing Carter as the oppo site,” one aide said. For his dress rehearsal, Ford planned to perform before videotape cameras that would allow him to re play and refine his responses. Carter’s aides said the Democratic nominee planned no special prepa rations for the debate other than to rest and read briefing books de signed to keep him abreast of the issues. Although Carter aides said the Democratic nominee planned no dress rehearsals before the debate, he does plan to visit the site of the debate to familiarize himself with the setting before he actually arrives to face Ford on tomorrow night. Meanwhile, the sponsors of the debate, the League of Women Vot ers, denied that the second debate, which is set for Oct. 6, will be in San Francisco’s War Memorial Veterans Building. The president of the board that operates the building had said the debate would be there. But a spokesman for the league said that while San Francisco is being consid ered along with other cities, the vet erans building has been ruled out for technical reasons. Both Carter’s running mate, Sen. Walter Mondale, and Ford’s run ning mate, Sen. Bob Dole, planned to campaign today. As Carter relaxed at home in Plains, Ga., his campaign organiza tion issued the first details of what the Democratic nominee has prom ised would be an overhaul of the fed eral bureaucracy. In a statement, Carter said he would abolish four existing agencies that now deal with energy questions, replacing them with a Cabinet-level department. He said he would abolish the Federal Energy Admin istration, the Federal Power Com mission, the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Energy Resources Council. Such a move, he said, would eliminate “the overlap, duplication and inconsistency of the present structure.’ There are 20 agencies concerned with one aspect or another of energy policy now, but they have no central plan, creating a “jumble,” he said. He added, “I will give the develop ment of a coherent energy policy . . . the highest priority.” Streamlining the government has been a major theme of the Carter campaign, and the candidate carried out a similar project when he was governor of Georgia. Abolishing, consolidating or creat ing federal agencies or Cabinet de partments requires congressional approval. Former President Richard M. Nixon proposed some reorgani zation plans to combine depart ments, but the Democratic- controlled Congress ignored most of them. Carter often has been criticized for being imprecise on his plans for federal government reorganization. Carter’s press secretary, Jody Pow ell, said the announcement of the energy plan had nothing to do with the fact that the debate is Thursday and that Ford may raise such criti cism of Carter. Meanwhile, Ford spokesmen brushed aside published reports that a lobbyist for U.S. Steel Corp. paid for golf outings for Ford while he was a congressman and that the Watergate special prosecutor has subpoenaed records from the Re publican party in Ford’s home county. About the golfing, White House spokesman Ron Nessen said Ford was twice the guest of William Whyte, the lobbyist, at the Pine Val ley Golf Club near Clementon, N. J. “If the President thought there was anything wrong, he wouldn’t have done it,” Nessen said. He said Ford considered it nothing more “than going to play golf with a friend of long-time standing.” Columnist Jack Anderson re ported the golf outings, saying Whyte had said U.S. Steel paid for them. Edward Magee Jr., manager of the golf club, said Ford stayed at Laurel Ridge, a lodge owned by U. S. Steel. At the same time, Watergate spe cial prosecutor Charles Ruff sub poenaed records of the Kent County Republican party, headquartered in Ford’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich. Another subpoena went to the Marine Engineers Beneficial Associ ation for its campaign contribution records. The union made the largest single contribution to Ford’s cam paign in 1972, the last time he ran for Congress. Last night, David Gergen, special counsel to Ford, said there was no indication in the White House “of any overriding concern” about the investigation in Michigan. And White House Counsel Philip Buchen said the Watergate prose cutor’s investigation probably in volves the Maritime Union and that everything regarding Ford was brought out during Ford’s vice pres idential confirmation hearings. In Columbus, Ohio, Dole said Carter’s top priority is “to get elected, at any cost, with any state ment,” and Dole accused the Demo cratic nominee of switching his posi tion for political expediency. “All we have from Mr. Carter are promises that change every day, Dole said in a speech to the Ohio Republican convention. Mondale was riding a train on the Democratic campaign trail through Ohio and Illinois en route to Chicago. The Democratic vice presidential nominee declared the whistlestop tour a success, saying in Gary, Ind., “We’ve gone through the heartland of America and spoken to thousands of people.” OPEN DAILY 9:30-9:30 CLOSED SUN. beveraji adminisb allocate ed. dence it Govi roposi e its a fit’ & rowings ’t the ocl : yell pi Studeif idling l'! e namej ! per Imoutltf body, re the.'! it rei Cadets J | re jusl»| nd r . hose?®! urea rgie p| the !f«| ino"’ ■ UN. General Assembly begins 31st Associated Press UNITED NATIONS, N Y. The31st annual session of the U.N. ace to hs General Assembly began business today after a smooth opening meet ing in which the Korean question, one of its most troublesome issues, was set aside. Today’s program called for elec tion of vice presidents and commit tee chairmen to sit with the assem bly president on the steering com mittee. Acting at North Korea’s request, 34 supporters of the Communist government withdrew their annual resolution calling for dissolution of the United Nations Command in South Korea and the withdrawal of the 40,000 American troops there. Japan, the United States and 19 other allies of South Korea then withdrew their agenda item calling for “constructive dialogue and negotiation toward a peaceful set tlement of the Korean problem and the reunification of Korea.” Neither of the Koreas is a member of the United Nations. Some observers speculated that the North Korean regime was preoccupied with economic prob lems and rivalry among would-be successors to President Kim II- sung, who is reported ill. Others thought the North Ko reans feared that the cool reception given them at the nonaligned sum mit conference last month indicated a smaller vote this year for the reso lution favoring them. The 1975 As sembly adopted both Korean reso lutions, voting 59-51 for the South Korean one and 54-43 for the North Korean. Sri Lanka’s ambassador, Hamil ton S. Amerasinghe, was elected president of the Assembly and said in his inaugural speech that racial session discrimination and repression by the white minority governments in Rhodesia and South Africa “have brought the world to the brink of disaster.” He called for “honest, resolute and united action on the part of the entire United Nations membership, especially the countries best placed to influence these offending and of fensive regimes.” Secretary of State Henry A. Kis singer addresses the Assembly next week and is expected to report on the progress he has made in his cur rent attempt to set up negotiations between the blacks and whites in Africa. Amerasinghe criticized the U.S. decision to veto Vietnam’s applica tion for U.N. membership, saying the Vietnamese had “established beyond cavil their credentials” for membership by “achieving thier un ification through the free will of their people.” He also complained of “caustic and even offensive criti cism of the U.N. majority,” a clear reference to the outspoken former American delegate, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Moynihan’s successor. Ambas sador William W. Scranton, ignored Amerasinghe’s criticisms and told the Assembly he was pleased to see “so distinguished a statesman pres iding over this great gathering.” Two can ride cheaper . : gm. than one. COPPER PLANTS 24-OZ.* SPRAY ’N VAC® DAISY® FLOOR SWEEPER FOAM RUG CLEANER Our Reg. 1.84 4 Days Only Foam rug cleaner. Just spray Handy cleaner with two-way Spray on, sponge in, let dry. on, let dry, vacuum away. sweeping action, large dustpan. 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