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University and U.S. officials said yesterday "encouraging" developments have increased the chances that a Polish dissident poet, who was invited to teach here more than two years ago but has been unable to obtain an exit visa, will be permitted to leave Poland...
Wiktor Weintraub, Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Languages and Literatures Emeritus, returned Wednesday from a visit to Poland and said the atmosphere had improved during the general easing of restrictions following the resolution of Poland's summer labor strikes...
...Kennedy-Nixon and Carter-Ford debates in 1960 and 1976 are equally irrelevant to this week's face-off. Those earlier debates occurred in series of four and three beginning early in September, giving the candidates ample time to polish their arguments between rounds and pound them home in later campaign appearances. This time Carter and Reagan have taken flie gamble of facing each other just once, in full knowledge that any mistakes they make cannot be repaired or retouched in the week remaining before the vote...
...Many Polish workers are restive about official foot dragging on the Gdansk agreement; they have threatened to register their displeasure with a nationwide work stoppage similar to the one that shut factories for an hour on Oct. 3. Walesa and others had argued against such a step, at least for the moment. Said Walesa: "We are aware of the economic losses another strike would entail, but, since this is our weapon, we cannot give up using...
...Roman Catholic Church, always a potent force in Polish affairs, could become a possible mediator between the workers and the authorities. Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, the Primate of Poland, told a delegation from Solidarity: "I am with you. You will last it out and you will win." Two days later the Cardinal met with new Party Boss Stanislaw Kania and discussed, according to the Polish Press Agency, "matters of great significance for the internal peace of the country...