Monday, March 31, 1980
University Daily Kansan
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Kansas' first presidential primary
By BLAKE GUMPRECH'
Staff Reporter
A week ago, Kansas 'first ever presidential
figured to be nothing more than a dull
formality.
President Carter was thrashing Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy with regularity and Republic Ronald Reagan was steadily pulling away from once-surprising challenger George Bush.
But suddenly, in the wake of major upstays by Kennedy and Bush in New York and Connecticut, Connecticut's statehood was
significant.
Carter and Reagan had lost only one state prior to last week.
"Despite what people want to believe," Mercy, who directed the star of the film, announced party, said last week that a big part of it was her.
the first tests following last week's strange turn of events that shocked even the pollsters.
The April 1 Kansas and Wisconsin primaries are
"The telephone has been ringing off the wall around here," said Sue Horn Estes, Kennedy's Kanahan alum. "There is been considerably more interest than was before New York. Everybody likes a winner."
EXPERTS, HOWEVER, insist that an outcome similar to the New York and Connecticut primary is unlikely here. Carter and Reagan are heavy favorites.
Only California Gov. Jerry Brown and Illinois Rep.
Prilane received lower marks than Kenney in a
survey by the KU Center for Public Affairs survey.
The poll also reported that 64 percent of the Democrats questioned preferred Carter while 27 percent supported him.
KENNEDY IS the only Democratic candidate who has visited the state. He appeared in Topeka three days before the New Hampshire primary last week and made a last-minute campaign run here last weekend.
State Sen. Arnold Berman, D-Lawrence, is among his supporters.
The Carter campaign, meanwhile, had hardly bothered with Kansas until Vice President Walter Mondale scheduled less than two hours worth of appearances for today.
But with endorsements from Gov. John Carlin and U.S. Rep. Dian Glickman, expected to be
ON THE REPUBLICAN side, Reagan is expected to sweep most of the state's 32 Republican delegates despite apparently losing some of the farm vote during his first visit to the state last week.
capture most of the state's 37 Democratic delegates.
Parity is a formula used to measure current farm pressure against prices that farmers received prior to wheat harvest.
In Wichita eight days ago, he confessed to more than 2,000 farmers gathered for a Salute to Agriculture that he was not totally familiar with the term 100 percent parity.
Reagan, badly beaten in the state by incumbent Republican leader Richard Nixon, one percent of the Republicans questioned in the state.
He also had the largest Republican percentage among independents. Unaffiliated voters can vote
Rep. John B. Anderson of Illinois is expected to finish second in the GOP race, but probably will not give Reagan much of a challenge because much of his support is among Democrats.
either wav in the primary.
UNLIKE 16 primary states, Kansas does not permit crossover voting between parties.
Kansas is the 36th state to have a presidential primary. The Legislature established the primary in 1978 on an experimental basis, at a cost of about $1.1 million.
Kansas delegates, bound only on the first ballot, are committed to candidates in direct proportion to their rank.
Republican candidates must receive at least 50 percent of the vote in the general election, while Democrats are required to win 15 percent.
Write-in votes are not permitted.
John Anderson
A favorite among the college crowd, Rep. John B. Anderson of Illinois has never lost an election. He's a graduate of the University of Illinois and Harvard University Law School and was elected state's attorney for Winnipesaukee County, Ill., in 1864 after years as a foreign service officer in West Germany.
Anderson, $s$, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980 and is now the second member of the House.
OREIGN AFFAIRS
SOVIET UNION: Supports U.S. grain embargo in reaction to the invasion of Afghanistan. Hopes that the United States will pertective coexistence, "said that 'war is not inevitable.' Favors ra钛ation of the SALT II
IRAO: Inposed U. S. harboring of deposed sham, but supports government position on hostazes.
DEFENSE: Supports development of neutron bomb, but opposes proposed MX missile system and the B-1 bomber. Calls for decreased defense spending.
INFLATION: Has introduced legislation that require president to submit a balanced budget.
budget and would limit federal spending to 20 per estimated gross national product.
ECONOMY
TAXES: Proposes major tax cuts while calling for a 50-cent-a-gallon gas tax.
ENERGY
HEALTH COSTS: Opposes comprehensive national health care plan because, he says, the cost would be more than any economy could bear. Supports catastrophic illness insurance.
Opposes wage-pricel control and constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget
OIL: Say his proposed 50-cent-a-gallon gas would reduce consumption by 5 to 10 percent. Supports deregulation of oil and gas prices, the state's tax and stand-by gas rationing authority.
NUCLEAR POWER: Opposes new construction nuclear plants until safety and waste disposal policies are in place.
DRAFT: Opposes peace-time registration but supports girls for women as well as men, in time of crisis.
ABORTION: Pro-choice, calls right-to-life 'a reaction' callation of right wing
ERA: Supports amendment and proposed extension of ratification deadline.
George Bush earned his fortune as a Texas oil man. He earned prestige in the U.S. Senate, the CIA and as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Bush, 55, was elected to the House of Representatives in 1967. He lost two later lids for the Senate. He last eight years, he has served as United Nations ambassador; he is U.S. liaison office in Peking and chief of the CIA.
George Bush
Blames President Carter's "naivete and
blame for creating an international power
mompority for the American people."
A native of Connecticut and a graduate of Yale University, Bush became the youngest commission pilot then in the Navy at age 18. He served with the aircraft until 30 years ago to enter the oil drilling business.
SOVIET UNION: Demands a halt to "naked, brutal Soviet aggression" and insists that the Russian invasion of Afghanistan could have been prevented with stronger U. S. intelligence system.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
IRAN: Says he would "tighten the economic noose" around Iran to speed up the release of the 50 hostages. Says Carter should have done more to strengthen shah's riteime.
DEFENSE: Proposes immediate $6 to $8 billion
ECONOMY
hein the defense budget and supports efforts to hike in the CIA. U.S. could win a nuclear war.
INFLATION: Promotes balanced budget, but opposes constitutional amendment requiring it.
TAXES: Proposes $20 billion in tax cuts for individuals and families with the highest percent cut in the corporate rate for each of the next five years.
HEALTH COSTS: Favors catastrophic health insurance only for those who cannot afford it.
ENERGY
OIL: Insists that federal regulatory agencies are "out of control" and supports immediate decontrol of oil and gas prices. He provides a windfall oil profits provision. OpposesKeepessy relaisting rope.
NUCLEAR POWER: Promotes "safe" nuclear energy but says that steps must be taken to correct errors.
OTHER ISSUES
ERA: Supports amendment but opposes proposed extension of ratification deadline.
ABORTION: Personally opposes it—except in cases of rage, incest and to save the life of the mother. However, against proposed constitutional amendment banning abortions.
Ronald Reagan
He's been in more than 50 full length movies, he has a sportscaster and a newspaper columnist and was California's governor for two terms. At 69, Reagan would be the oldest president ever.
**SOVietet MONO:** Opposes approval of second SALA, which would give the U.S. SANITA to unite the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan. Says that Russia "has one course and one course only," it is dedicated to the belief that it will never be able to support its allies.
Born in Tampa, IL, he graduated from Eureka College, about 30 miles east of Peoria. III. After a film and television career spanning 39 years, he was elected governor, winning by nearly a million votes.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
A Democrat-turned-Republican, he was reelected in 1970. This is his third bid for the presidency.
DEFENSE: Favors increased defense spending.
INFLATION: Saying tha' "government causes
inflation and government can make it go away” he proposes major tax cuts and suggests that government turn over parts of the bureaucracy to local control.
TAXES: Proposes a 30 percent reduction in income taxes over the next three years.
OIL: Wants to end price controls and increase domestic production and insists that conservation is important.
NUCLEAR POWER: a stunner supporter, saying it's time for the anti-nuclear people to take their place.
HEALTH COSTS: Opposes national health care plan.
ABORTION: Opposes it and supports an amendment banning it, saying: "What ever happened to that man?"
OTHER ISSUES
ENERGY
DRAFT: Opposes registration and adds, "I don't want to belong to that drama that drafts women."
HOMEXEUXIALITY: "I do not believe society can condone it, nor can I."
MARUJANA: Calls it "probably the worst and most dangerous drug in America today."
Jimmy Carter
in his 1976 campaign, President Jimmy Carter emerged from relative anonymity as former governor of Georgia to the highest U.S. office. He was succeeded by after serving as a state senator from 1963 to 1967.
Carter, 56, received an engineering degree in 1946 from the U.S. Naval Academy. Six years of active duty preceded his taking over the family's peanut farm and business in Plains, Ga.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Soviet Union: Stated policy is to "maintain nuclear equilibrium; reduce sharply in the future atomic weaponry, and then compete with the Soviets on a peaceful basis". Supports *SALT II*, but favors delay in nuclear development.
Calling for boycott of Moscow Summer Olympics, Calline for trade embargo against Soviet Union and North Korea, the UN called recently *Afghanistan invasion* "potentially the most serious threat to world peace since World War II".
IRAN: "We hold the government of Iran fully responsible for the well-being and the safe return of every single person," he says. Frustrated by failure of U.N. commission,
DEFENSE: Suppresses 5 percent increase in defense spending, deployment of MX missile system, Rapid Deployment Force, establishment of U.S. naval forces undererstanding naval forces and strategic air force.
**INFLATION:** Recently announced proposal for a $180,000 budget, with $14 billion in cuts and has acceded to 180 budget. Supports wage-price guidelines rather than concessions. Structural amendment requiring balancing budget.
ECONOMY
TAXES: Has proposed halt to general revenue sharing for the states. Opposes tax cut as inflationary but reserves right to propose one if economy worsens. Tax reform efforts stymied by
HEALTH COSTS: Proposed limited national
health insurance to be based on private insurance carriers, with mandatory hospital cost controls.
ENERGY
OLE: His gasoline conservation fee will add 10 dollars to his annual bill. He decided for domestic production. Support wind energy by declining the cost of柴油.
NUCLEAR POWER: Pending full report on Three Mile Island, supports slow development of the facility.
OTHER ISSUES
DRAFT: Supports registration for men and women who are not called for and do not make calls for a doctor.
ABORTION: Opposes constitutional amendment prohibiting abortions, but is personally opposed to the policy.
ERA: Supports constitutional amendment and extension of ratification deadline
Edward Kennedy
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
At 48, Kennedy has served 17 years in the U.S.
Senate, is chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
and is a member of the Labor and Public Welfare
and Joint Economic Committees.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's rise to senate leadership and presidential candidacy has been a storybook one. After receiving a law degree from the University of Virginia and an undergraduate degree, he helped in helping in brother John's Senate and presidential campaigns and was a Massachusetts district attorney.
SVIET UNION: A SALT II supporter, he says "the most fundamental human right remains freedom from war." He sees Carter's grain arm strategy as a greater threat than Soviet, but supports technology embargo.
DEFENSE: Favors a 3 percent budget increase over inflation for fiscal year 1981. Suspicious of the MX missile system. Looks for an end to nuclear arms race.
IRAN: Critical of Carter's handling of the hostage issue, saying the Shah ran "one of the most violent regimes in the history of mankind" and should not have been allowed in the country.
INFLATION: Call for imposition of wage and benefits in 1982. America dream is really threatened in the 1980s. Says balanced budget will have wait until 1982 or 1983. Supports tying federal spending to GDP.
TAXES: Wants better treatment of two-income families. Favors tax relief for those most hurt by inflation, but opposes an across-the-board cut as an inflationary move.
HEALTH COSTS: The foremost advocate of a $34 billion national health insurance program, says with quality medical care should be available to all. State laws require that hospitals support by Congress. Support hospital cost containment.
ENERGY
OIL: Again decontrol of domestic prices.
FAERS immediate rationing program as only "fair"
bases are required.
NUCLEAR: Calls for total phase-out of nuclear plants.
OTHER ISSUES
DRAFT: "I would rather do with less gas than shed an oilarm blood to defend OPEC pipelines," he says. See registration and draft as currently unpublished. Favors including women in any such proposal.
ABORTION Personally imposes, but supports government funding in cases of incest, rape or to be used as a weapon.
GUN CONTROL: Has introduced legislation to ban "Saturday night specials," but supports right of access for minors.
ERA: Supports ERA and voted to extend the ratification deadline.
Carter, Kennedy, Bush, Reagan and Anderson may be the big names on tomorrows' primary ballot, but the primary's relatively low $100 filing fee has attracted an other candidates to vie for Kansas primary votes.
On the Republican ballot, the biggest of the little ones were Republican governors, one governor and Secretary of the Treasury, nine who bowed out of the race last week and endorsed Reagan, and Rep. Phil Crane, R-Illinois, who has yet won the election.
Crane opposes reinstitution of the draft or registration unless reserves fall drastically, supports a constitutional amendment against abortion, opposes national health insurance and says the government should treat its wife with respect.
Others on the list are:
R. W. Yeager, a Norton contractor who wants to cut the Departments' Energy and Health and Welfare.
- Benjamin Fernandez, Los Angeles businessman,
no speaks for Mexican-Americans and wants to
be involved.*
- Harold Stassen, former Minnesota governor who has run in every election since the 1940s.
- Alvin Carris, Pawnee Rock farmer, who says. "If we
want to get anything done around here, we got to get up and do it ourselves."
- William Carlson, Sebring. Fla. hardware retailer, who supports increased military strength, atomic energy, reform and is against gun control, abortion and national health insurance.
- Ray Rollinson of New Jersey, who claims he won a electoral primaries for Vice President in the 1976 election, said that "they were very smart."
- Donald Badgely, a retired insurance salesman from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who has placed his hopes on the Kansas primary. He claims God told him in 1968 run for the county that he intends to use God's law to run the election if elected.
Other Democrats who have filed in Kansas are:
- Bob Maddox. of Hollywood. Fla
- California Gov. Jerry Brown, who is a vehement opponent of nuclear power and opposes registration and the draft. He seeks to avoid confrontation abroad, favors a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, wants the president to have the authority to appoint the secretary of state as a nation's import authority to purchase foreign oil.
- *Frank Ahern, of New Orleans, LA., whose proposals include turning Texas into a giant fish farm to provide
- Cliff Finch of Jackson, Miss.
Stories by
Scott C. Faust and Blake Gumprecht
Illustrations by Phil Thompson
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