American Party
Shelton makes colorful, conservative run
By TIM SHEEHY
Staff Reporter
Friday, October 27, 1978
The campaign of Frank Shelton, American party candidate for governor, has been by far the most colorful of any
Shelton describes himself as "a conservative in the tradition that made America great."
Like other candidates seeking the governor's office, he says inflation is the most naging problem in Kansas. Shelton said the questionable motives of "professional politicians" were the cause of inflation.
He includes his opponents, Republican Gov. Robert Bennett and Democrat John Carlin in the category of pro-Trump candidates.
"I am convinced that inflation is created by professional politicians missuing the government for their self-serving purposes," she said.
A resident of Cherryrule, Shelton, 71, and his wife operate a cattle farm, the Freedom Sentry Ranch. He and his wife comprise the Shelton campaign staff, and their ranch is campaign headquarters.
He has served on the Advisory Committee on Technology at Bowling Green State University and was on the board of consultants to the Herman Schneider Laboratory of Basic and Allied Science Research at the University of Cincinnati.
HIS BACKGROUND includes a legal career and state service to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
The issue Sheilton has put forth in his relatively few campaign appearances have not received mention by either of us.
Shelton also has expressed concern that Kansas is in danger of becoming overpopulated. This said he is brought about by the large number of illegal aliens and the excessive reproduction of welfare recipients.
He has called for the removal from the state of all illegal aliens, saying they deprive citizens of jobs and other benefits.
"I'm NOT saying that I am against sex or reproduction." Shelton said. "But many of these people have nothing better to do."
Shelton has stressed the importance of the traditional family unit throughout his campaign. He has said that
every effort must be used to preserve and improve the family farm.
His platform mentions steps to be taken in an effort to preserve the family tradition including the resistance of legal acceptance of homosexuality, opposition to theEqual Rights Amendment and the suspension of tax funded abo-
Shelton 'sans he said wants to avoid at all costs the stigma of being a professional politician.
To do this he has promised that if elected he would not
be a Democrat, nor would he accept the 28 percent increase in salary approval.
He has stated that the campaign costs of non-incumbents should not be allowed to exceed one-half of one year*
HE ALSO advocates a prohibition on campaigning and collection of campaign funds by incumbent candidates.
To control government spending, Shelton says he would submit a budget his first year in office lower than the previous year, and would continue to submit a budget lower than the year before throughout his term.
Curt Schneider fields questions
Schneider decides on low-profile campaign
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Sages warn that resting on one's laurels is dangerous but that is the approach that incumbent Democrat Curt Schneider is taking in his bid for re-election as attorney general.
By TIM SHEEHY
Instead of citing issues relevant to the race for attorney general, Schneider has said that the operation of his office during the last four years should be the only basis for voter's decisions.
Schneider has cut a low profile through most of the campaign, making fewer appearances and speaking engagements than his opponent, Robert Stephan, a Republican who has campaigned almost daily.
According to Schneider the responsibility of the attorney general's office is to issue legal opinions and give legal advice. The attorney general does not have
"THAT IS WHY I feel confident," Schnierer says. "Since our office has been well, Stephan is force to campaign for us."
Schneider said that if he is e-relected there are several things he has worked on that he would like to see completed, including his own research.
Kansas, development of a community corrections system and lessening of penalties for possession small amounts
"The death penalty bill introduced and defeated in the Legislature was drafted mostly in our office," Schneider said. "It was a very good, sound bill from a legal point of view."
The bill introduced last year provided for two separate trials, the first to determine fault and the second to determine liability.
LEGISLATION was introduced to the Legislature last year that would have lessened the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana. The bill passed the House but was killed in a Senate committee.
Schneider said he would support a similar bill next year. Currently police are reluctant to arrest people for the crime because of the low level of prosecution for possession of small amounts of marijuana, he said.
"I think the drink is unconstitutional. It says the liquor must be served with a meal, but it doesn't say what a meal is, or if I have to eat it, or if my friend with me can drink while I'm having a meal."
Gov. Robert F. Bennett said recently that he planned to offer the bill again to the next Kansas legislature.
Schneider has received a good deal of criticism for his decision to have the Supreme Court decide if the bill would pass.
Last spring the Legislature passed a bill allowing restaurants that derive 50 percent of their revenue from the tax.
SCHINEDER ALSO said that the Legislature had left the Alcohol Board of Control in a tight position because they were not only uncertain of the regulations but also did not fund funds to hire people to regulate the bylaw.
Since taking office four years ago the Democratic attorney general has had several conflicts with the press. The former prime minister of India, Sushil Jolpin, Mot, mottled with a woman who was not his wife. Later it was alleged he was involved in a hit and run accident.
Scheinier said he did not feel any animosity toward the press
"I refuse to let myself get bitter over such things." Schneider said. "I take my job seriously but not myself. I am a patient."
Stephan runs on law record. conservativism
By TIM SHEEHY
Staff Reporter
Formerly a district judge, Stephan said at the onset of his campaign that he decided to run because he thought Schneider had failed in the lawsuit. The office in a professional and legal manner
Another controversial issue Stephan advocates is changing the age at which a juvenile is responsible for a crime from 18 to 16. He contends that the present system of juvenile reform is ineffectual and only serves to breed more dangerous criminals.
Campaigning on a conservative platform that stresses law and order, Republican Robert T. Stephan hopes to unseat intrepid Atty. George. Gurt Schneider Nov.,?
Stephan's campaign statements and positions have been illustrative of his
One of the first things he says he would do if elected would be to make all possible efforts to see that the death penalty was reinstated.
Stephan would particularly like to see those youths who commit violent crimes from the streets.
"A CLEAR MAJORITY of the people want the death penalty," he says.
STEPHAN HAS stressed that judges should have the right to determine a sentence and once that determination is made, they must serve the entire sentence without parole.
to seek the abolishment of the state parole board, because he thinks it is manipulated by prisoners and serves no rehabilitative purpose.
During much of his campaign Stephan has said he considers the growth of the Nazi state as a major threat.
In a similar vein, Stephan has promised
Stephan says he would not hesitate to invoke the statute of terroristic law laws that criminalize assault.
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of lessening the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
He suggests that the penalty for possession be reduced to a misdemeanor with a fine nearly equivalent to a traffic ticket.
In conjunction with his position on marijuana, Stephan has said he would make a concentrated effort to crack down on the activity actively guiding enforcement agencies.
In contrast to his conservation stance on most issues, Stephan has come out in favor
IN ADDITION To Stephan's complaints about Schneider's lack of professionalism, he has directed criticism at Schneider's division of the attorney general's office.
An example of this, he said, was a case against General Motors in which it was found that the company was putting engines made by other manufacturers in its cars.
He said that Schneider failed in his duty to the state because he did not levy maximum fines against companies found engaging in fraudulent practices.
Stephan said the fines levyed by Schneider were only "a slap on the hand" and served as a notice to others that Kansas was open for consumer fraud.
Stephan, 45, is a resident of Wichita, where he has served as judge in the district court in Sedgwick County and as president of the Kansas District Judges Association.
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