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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. Reactions vary over selection of Sen. 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William Cohen of Maine, who had been backing Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas for the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket. See related story, page 1 “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. 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