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,, . , ■awHnaNHHBMMHHKMHHBi nation THE BATTALION ^1 ■' 9A Thursday, April 29, 2004 Kerry ends bus tour by promoting Jfnew technology in the Rust Belt By Nedra Pickier HE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLEDO, Ohio — John ry, on the final leg of his bus tour of industrial states, on Wednesday called for new (technology investments to revi- tal ze the Rust Belt and create “a i economy that is based on people and products not perks and privilege.” HSpeaking at a United Auto Workers union hall, the De nocratic presidential candi date said President Bush has a responsibility to help people out of vork, even if he's not entirely tonlame for some job losses. ■ “I’m not going to tell you that ■hevery job lost is his fault,” Kerry sal 1. “I'm not going to say that eTto you. But you know what, at leap come out and look the peo ple in the eye who've lost their job and say we’re going to give yo the job training, we’re going topive you the health care.” ^[Kerry’s bus tour took him by mines of West Virginia, the steel communities of Pennsylvania and Ohio and the auto plants of Michigan. All four states have lost manufactur ing jobs under Bush, and all four are up for grabs in the presiden tial race. Kerry prom ises voters that if he is elected, he would create 10 million jobs dur ing his first term. “I want an economy that is based on people and products not perks and privi lege for the wealthy and the connected Kerry said. Since Bush took office in January 2001, some 1.8 million jobs have been lost, according to government figures. In March, the economy added 308,000 jobs. Among the initiatives Kerry was proposing Wednesday is a guarantee program that would help small- and medium-sized manufacturers get credit to invest in new technology. He also said he would increase fund ing for military research and direct the Defense Dept, to invest in broadband, biotechnology, nan otechnology and energy independ ence. To prepare the work force, Kerry pledged to improve math and science education and enhance job training. ‘‘The bottom line: I believe that the best days of the Rust Belt aren’t behind us, they’re ahead of us,” Kerry said in text prepared for delivery Wednesday afternoon at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Mich. I want an economy that is based on people and products not perks and privilege for the wealthy and the connected., — John Kerry Democratic presidential candidate NEWS IN BRIEF d|t0 Je :.! Third party candidates hope keep ads out of campaign 'ASHINGTON (AP) — Two Texans in a pitched bat tle for the same U.S. House seat are sending letters tojhundreds of third-party groups, telling them their “[■rertisements are not wanted in the 32nd congres- skr al race. ■jBemocratic Rep. Martin Frost and Republican Pete “JjBsions, both of Dallas and up for re-election in . ilvember, signed an agreement to bar unapproved th|d-party advertising from the contest. They pledged to dthe letter to local, state and national organizations, he two incumbents ended up vying for the same seat because Texas' Legislature redrew congres sional district boundaries last year, carving up Hsfs former District 24 so that a Republican ‘“uld be heavily favored. he candidates pledged to “publicly disavow” any ertisement of any sort that has not been author ed by one of the campaigns. They also asked third parties already advertising to cease the ads. “It is very unsocial. I've never heard of anything like it before,” said Quin Monson, assistant director for the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University. 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