If—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Oct. 23, 1386 Clinger vs. Wachob Continued from Page county to a smaller workforce com peting for the same number of jobs. Clinger said at a press conference after the debate that the incubator, though not yet filled, was designed to improve the success rate of new small businesses. When referring to recent advertise ments detailing Clinger’s votes in aid of oil and gas interests and contribu tions from those groups, Wachob told his opponent: “I stand by what we put forward in regards to your race.” Wachob compared his actions with those of a private citizen with ques tions about Clingcr’s record. All in formation, he said, came from the Congressional Record, the Library of Congress and Federal Election Com mission records. “The Federal Election Commission reported (Clinger) number five in receiving PAC money from Texas oil and gas money,” Wachob said. Wachob, Clinger countered, “was number one in terms of challengers receiving PAC money. Being accused of taking PAC money by you is like being called ugly by a frog.” The recent Rejkjavik, Iceland, talks between President Ronald Rea gan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorba chev drew discussion centering around the issue of the Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as the "Star Wars” defense program. Clinger described SDI as “the ma jor reason the Soviets came to Rejk javik” and said the talks provided the hope of “a real breakthrough” in nuclear weapons treaties. Wachob replied that the program kept Reagan from “looking seriously at the Soviet proposal.” “The Soviets were willing to reduce Casey vs. Continued from Page 1. Casey said Scranton’s defense was misdirected, adding that the question should be asking rhetorically whether a public official should be able to withdraw his record from public scrutiny. “If the day ever comes that a candidate can withdraw his public record, the fact that he didn’t go to work, that he wasn’t in his hometown at the time of a flood ... if this information cannot be communicated to the voters, we may as well abolish elections,” Casey said. Scranton, 39, and Casey, 54, also fielded questions concerning funding for basic and higher education, agreeing that a tax increase was an inappropriate solution to helping the state provide the 15 percent of state public education funds required by the federal government. “We spent too much time and worked too hard to cut the taxes to the taxpayer, to start raising taxes again,” Scranton said. “I believe one of our fundamental and most impor tant investments is in basic education and higher education.” Scranton said re-orientating the present tax system and continuing to direct portions of this and next year’s state budget surplus would help ease the responsiblity of local govern ments in funding education. - “Education and local government must be one of our top priorities and will be under my administration,” Scranton said. TAKING A WRITING COURSE NEXT SPRING SEMESTER? If you are taking Technical Writing, Business Writing, Writing in the Social Sciences, or Writing in the Humanities, you should know that course numbers have recently changed. English 201, Writing in the Social Sciences, is NOW ENGLISH 202 A. English 211, Writing in the Humanities, is NOW ENGLISH 2028. English 218, Technical Writing, is NOW ENGLISH 202 C. English 219, Business Writing, is NOW ENGLISH 202 D. . with Special Guest Friday, Oct. 24th, 8:00 p.m. HUB Ballroom ALL SEATS $5 ‘(Wachob) was number one in terms of challengers receiving PAC money. Being accused of taking PAC money by you is like being called ugly by a frog.’ U.S. Rep. William F. Clinger (intercontinental ballistic missiles) aimed at us in exchange for keeping SDI in the laboratory,” Wachob said. “That’s a favorable proposal for all Americans and one I would agree to.” The program should be compared to the space program, Clinger said. “When we targeted research and Scranton The administration of Gov. Dick Thornburgh raised taxes by over $5 billion in the last eight years, Casey said, adding recent tax cuts near an election were “a la the old politics. .. but the fact of the matter is that this administration’s commitment to pub lic education has not been a valid strong commitment.” Casey said funding for public edu cation must be. approached gradual ly, looking at what the budget surplus will be several years in the future and adding, “we have to look at what our costs are which will make it possible for the last eight years to be rewrit ten.” While Casey said he was opposed to abolition of the state-owned liquor system and called such an action “fiscally irresponsible in the long term,” Scranton favored eliminating the current system through a referen dum. Casey mildly opposed putting the question to a referendum vote, saying “most things in a democracy should be decided by elected representa tives.” “I can’t think of two other issues which show the fundamental differ ence between Bill Scranton and Rob ert Casey than on the liquor issues and the issue of initiative and referen dum,” Scranton said. “I am not afraid on any issue, whether abolition of the control board or whatever, to be brought before the people. We need some opening of this state.” mm b presents in concert FEELIES Tickets available at City Lights Records and Arboria Records the ‘The Federal Election Commission reported (Clinger) number five in receiving PAC money from Texas oil and gas money.’' Bill Wachob, Democratic challenger development, we really got the space program going,” Clinger said. “It created lots of new jobs. .. The same thing is going to happen with the SDI program.” Wachob termed the use of SDI funding to create new jobs “ludi crous” and said the main emphasis mk ' ' > ’53Pj. , iS* jfe ‘Education and local government must be one of our top priorities and will be under my administration.’ William W. Scranton 111, Republican candidate for governor should be on the basic research funded at a lower level, which was begun during the Carter administra tion. The two also opposed each other on sending $lOO million in aid to Nicara guan Contras, who are fighting a guerrilla war against a Sandinista government deemed oppressive by President Reagan. “We’re not directly involved in Central America but it is necessary to take a direct and personal interest in it,” said Clinger, who supported the Contra aid package. “Supporting aid for the Contras avoids the possibility of sending American troops in,” Clinger said. “The only way to bring the parties to the Contadora table is to bring mili tary pressure.” Wachob said he has visited Nicara gua and talked with both proponents and opponents of the Sandinista gov ernment, all of whom opposed U.S. assistance to the Contras. “Surprisingly, every person I met said, ‘We don’t need Americans to come down here and tell us what to do,’ ” Wachob said. Providing aid to the Contras “pushes the government of Nicara gua into a closer sphere with Cuba and the Soviet Union and just contin ues to prolong the conflict,” Wachob said. The debate was held at the WPSX TV studios in Wagner Building. Duke is the host of Washington Week in Review, which airs on that station. The debate, sponsored by the Centre County League of Women Voters, was structured to allow the two candidates to counter each other immediately rather than during set rebuttal periods. ‘lf the day ever comes that a candidate can withdraw his public record, the fact that he didn’t go to work . ..we may as well abolish elections.’ Bob Casey, Democratic governor candidate The standard of excellence against which all others are judged. JOSTENS THE OFFICIAL PENN STATE CLASS RING s§Qw