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World and Nation
American workers get reprieve
KUWAIT (AP) — Two Ameri
can oil field workers flew from
Kuwait on Tuesday after they
were reprieved from a 40-month
prison term for violating Kuwaiti
liquor laws, according to sources
in the Persian Gulf state.
An oil industry consultant in
volved in the case said Vice Presi
dent George Bush helped get the
two Americans out of the Kuwaiti
prison by persuading Kuwaiti
leaders to ask the Emir to pardon
the two men. Liquor is outlawed
in the Islamic state.
The two Americans, S.L.
“Sam” Gilley, 52, of Kilgore,
Texas, and Dean Gillette, 47, of
Daniel, Wy., are oil well engineers
emploved hv international oil well
servicing company Anadrill
Schlumberger. Company officials
said the two men left for London
where their next moves would
then be considered.
Frank Simmons, managing di
rector of Universial Oilfield Serv
ices, Ltd. of Daventry, England,
said he was involved in efforts to
get the two men released since
June 19.
He said the two men were sen
tenced to five years in prison on
charges of selling home-made
whiskey and that the U.S. Em
bassy in Kuwait had concluded
they did not receive a fair trial but
had been unable to secure their
release.
Barton discusses ATV controversy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.
Joe Barton says lobbying may
have backfired on the manufac
turers of all-terrain vehicles who
are fighting legislation that would
make them give refunds for the
“inherently unsafe” three-wheel
AT Vs.
Barton says a “slipshod” letter
writing campaign to Congress re
veals “really how desperate the
ATV makers are and to what
lengths they’d go to defeat my
Barton’s staff said the Ennis
Republican received about two
dozen letters with identical mes
sages. But when the congress
man’s office contacted some of
the senders to respond, six knew
nothing about the mailgrams or
did not remember authorizing
the use of their names.
Dukakis attacks Reagan’s speech
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) —
Michael Dukakis on Tuesday re
turned President Reagan’s “facts
are stubborn things” line in a
counterattack which blamed the
administration for rising interest
rates, budget and trade deficits
and several foreign policy deba
cles.
“Iran-Contra, Noriega, Beirut;
facts are stubborn things,” Duka
kis told reporters a day after Rea
gan used the same refrain to list
his accomplishments in an ad
dress at the Republican National
Convention in New Orleans.
“This is a nation that eight
years ago was the largest creditor
nation in the world,” Dukakis said
shortly alter the administration
released figures showing a sharp
increase in the U.S. trade deficit.
“Today we are the largest
debtor nation in the world,” Du
kakis said. “That’s the conse
quence of eight years of borrow
ing and spending and borrowing
and spending. Facts are stubborn
things and these are the facts we
are going to be debating ... It will
be Mr. (George) Bush who will
have to respond to those facts.”
The Massachusetts governor,
wrapping up a visit to central
Massachusetts, said he expected
the vice president to cut into his
lead in the polls because of the
usual convention bounce.
Shortage of offshore workers develops
WASHINGTON (AP) — A
shortage of offshore oil wor kers
has developed in parts of the Gulf
of Mexico, and the problem could
become severe if drilling in
creases, industry spokesmen said.
Zapata Gulf Marine had to
mothball a few of its 98 supply
vessls working in the Gulf be
cause of a lack of sailors and mar
itime engineers, Zapata spokes
man Barney White said Monday.
“We’re really having a man
power crunch,” he said. “Last
month we had three boats that we
couldn’t work because we didn’t
have crews.”
Zapata’s recruiters have been
working to locate maritime per
sonnel, vv nne saiU. i tie company
has maintained enough workers
for its six Gulf rigs by recalling
former employees who had
worked on the two dozen rigs it
operated in the Gulf several years
ago, he said.
Most offshore drilling compa
nies have enough roustabouts,
tool pushers, drillers and rough
necks, said Ed McGhee of the In
ternational Association of Dril
ling Contractors. But if drilling
were to increase sharply, the need
for labor would be great, he said.
Ocean Oil Weekly Report re
ported Monday that some off
shore companies could double
their work load if they could find
enough skilled workers.
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tively unknown Midwestern senator,
as his running mate pleased conser
vatives and surprised other Republi
cans.
“I was kind of stunned,” said Sen.
William Cohen of Maine, who had
been backing Senate Minority
Leader Bob Dole of Kansas for the
No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket.
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“He doesn’t have the stature of a
Dole ... or the following of Jack
Kemp,” Cohen said, adding that
Bush may have been looking “to do
something bold and different and
surprise all the pundits and the ex
perts.”
Kemp, a New York congressman
whom Bush phoned to tell he was
not going to be the running mate,
called the two men “a very strong
ticket for the Republican Party.”
“I told the vice president I’m
going to look forward to cam-,
paigning for a Bush-Quayle ticket in ’
1988,” Kemp said. “I told him, ‘Mr.
Vice President, I want you to know
my support is unconditional.’”
Quayle is a 41-year-old senator
described by his colleagues as con
servative with an aggressive debating
style who could appeal to younger
voters.
“This may really put some spark
and life into a campaign that has
been described as uninspiring,” Co
hen said.
“It’s risky,” said Rep. Robert Dor-
nan, R-Calif., an outspoken conser
vative who called Quayle “terrific on
the issues” but a “total unknown.”
Massachusetts Republican Chair
man Ray Shamie, who praised
Quayle, confessed that he did not
even know what state he came from.
But Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad
said the 41-year-old Quayle’s obscu
rity can be overcome.
“Nationally nobody knew who
Lloyd Bentsen was until he got
tapped for the Democratic ticket, so
what difference does that make?”
Branstad asked.
Democratic nominee Michael Du
kakis’ campaign was restrained in its
reaction.
“This does not affect our cam
paign strategy in any way,” said cam
paign spokesman Mark Gearan in
Fitchburg, Mass.
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good looks, the man tapped for the
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He attended DePaul University,
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George Bush announced Tuesday
before a cheering crowd on the Mis
sissippi riverfront that he had cho
sen Indiana’s junior senator as his
running mate. Quayle stepped up
and told Bush: “Let’s go get ’em.”
An ardent conservative in his sec
ond Senate term, Quayle has seen
little of the national spotlight and
has yet to attain the level of peer re
spect enjoyed by his senior col
league, Sen. Richard Lugar.
Quayle, 41, acknowledges that he
was not exactly a household word
when news came that he was a hot
vice presidential prospect.
Born in Indianapolis, J. Danforth
Quayle is a member of a prominent
publishing family, the Pulliams. His
grandfather was Eugene C. Pulliam,
publisher of the Indianapolis Star
and News, the Arizona Republic and
the Phoenix Gazette. Quayle’s fa
ther, James C. Quayle, is publisher
Quayle met his wife, Marilyn, at
law school, and they were married
10 weeks after their first date. “Ev
erything clicked perfectly,” said Mrs.
Quayle, also a lawyer.
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Quayle was associate publisher of
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1974 to 1976, when he was elected to
the House. Five months into his sec
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would challenge veteran incumbent
Democrat Sen. Birch Bayh.
Quayle defeated Bayh with 54
percent of the vote, and easily won
re-election in 1986. When he first ar
rived in the Senate, he was dismissed
by many as a blow-dried golden boy.
But Quayle set to work to erase that
image, and carved out a niche for
himself on the Armed Services Com
mittee, where he specializes in mat
ters involving the NATO alliance.
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NEW YORK (AP) — With each month, evi
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important a role in the economy’s performance
as more traditional factors, such as interest rates'
and inventories.
Perhaps the clearest manifestation shows up in
the widespread belief that the expansion cannot
be sustained much longer, simply because it is al
most 69 months old and is “due” to expire.
The factor shows up in the latest quarterly eco
nomic survey by the National Federation of In
dependent Business, which found that small-
business optimism lost ground, mainly because
fewer companies expect continued growth.
“The longer the recovery goes, the larger the
proportion of economic agents becomes which
believes that the expansion cannot be sustained,”
said Professor William C. Dunkelberg, who regu
larly interprets the findings.
“Apparently many believe that the law of grav
ity applies to economic statistics as well as
apples,” said Dunkelberg, dean of the graduate
business school at Temple University.
He noted that companies have become “decid
edly less optimistic about future expansion each
July, with 60 percent expecting growth in 1983
compared to 16 percent in 1988.”
Nevertheless, he declares in a report released
today, “There is no sign that the economy is
poised to enter a recession.”
Reviewing detailed responses from 1,834 com
panies, Dunkelberg noted that the decline in the
survey’s small-business optimism index resulted
as much from disbelief' about the likelihood of
further growth as from strong negative views.
In some parts of the country, he said, ‘busi
nesses just figure it can’t get any better, so no im
provement is expected.”
The survey’s small-business optimism index
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istered 99.5.
Over the past 14 years, the index — compiled
from responses in 10 business categories, includ
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earnings, and plans to hire — has anticipated
conditions six months away.
Reviewing these categories, Dunkelberg said
imbalances that precede recession, such as rapid
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price pressures. Worldwide, there are few if any
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