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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
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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.
Enron agrees to pay $35 million
to settle trading allegations
Now the bankrupt company is emulating its former
imitators in agreeing to pay millions of dollars to set
tle allegations of market manipulation.
However, the $35 million Enron has agreed to pay
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will go
to the back of the line behind thousands of other cred
itors — meaning the agency won’t pocket any cash.
If U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez approves
the proposed settlement as expected, Enron will join
more than a dozen energy companies and their part
ners or subsidiaries that have settled CFTC allega
tions of false price reporting, attempted manipulation
or both.
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