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University Daily Kansan, November 3, 1980
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Dole wants KO with Simpson on ropes
"Kansas," a reporter volunteered in mock instruction.
TOPEKA (UPI)—Two-term Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan, stepped in the news conference on rawn and stared in puzzlement at a map his campaign aides had propped in place, with dots the campus stop he or his wife had made.
Snickers swept the room, but Dole remained serious. The joke had struck the chief chord in the campaign strategy of Dole's opponent, Democrat Simpson, who alleges that Kansas "national senator has lost touch with the state."
For the past 15 months, Simpson has carried his litany of grievances against Dole around the state. He has hit repeatedly at the Republican incumbent's candidacy for higher office, his contributions from the oil industry and his decision to give up a ranking minority seat on the Senate Agricultural Committee for a slot on the Finance Committee.
Bob Dole
In the final days before tomorrow's
election, however, Simpson's strategy has not paid off as he had hoped in the heavily Republican, agricultural state. THE POLL SHOW, him a caring 40.
John Simpson
SIMPSON, A WEALTHY 46-year-old businessman and lawyer, was a Republican until May 1979, when he resigned from the state Senate and the Two months later he announced he was Democratic U.S. Senate candidate.
percentage points behind Dole, whose 12 years in the U.S. Senate were preceded by four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Dole favors the generous, Ronald Reagan tax cut; Simpson calls such a tax cut inflationary and instead advocates select tax breaks, specifically tax breaks that might encourage investment of alternative energy sources.
Dole voted against the windfall profits tax, which Simpson has called the "first necessary step in turning around our energy situation."
Simpson and Dole agree that Congress should balance the federal budget, but they disagree on how to do it. Dole advocates a constitutional amendment that would limit the federal budget; Simpson says Congress should not need a constitutional amendment.
Map of state House Districts
Polling places for elections in each ward are as follows: 1. Pinckney School, 816 W. Exit St. 1. 2. Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vernon St. 1. 3. Central United Methodical Church, 1501 Massachusetts Street. 1. 4. Central United Methodical Church, 1501 Massachusetts Street. 2. Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vernon St. 2. 2. South Park Recreation Center, 1141 Massachusetts Street. 2. 3. Cordley School, 1839 Vernon St. 2. 4. Babcock Place Apartments, 1700 Massachusetts Street. 2. Douglas County
3. 1. Douglas County State Bank, Ninth and Kentucky streets; 3.2. Hillcrest School, 1045 Hipiott Drive, 3.3. Lawrence School Administration Building, 2017 Louisiana St., 3-4. East Height Schools, 1430 Hassel Ave.
Map of precincts and wards
4. 1 National Guard Armory, 200 Iowa St. #1, 4.1 Allen Field House, 1900 Nassim Drive, #4, 3.entennial School, 14.1 Louisiana St., #4, 14.1 Kentucky Street, 100 D骏高 Drive, 10.1 Missouri St., 10.1 Tennessee St., 10.1 Indiana St., 2700 Harvard Drive, 2700 Harvard Drive, 281 Rusty's Fruit Center, 230 and Louisiana St., 5.4 Indiana School, 1701 E 23d St., 6.1 Washington School, 508 Eim St. #1, 6.2 Sunset Island School, 901 Schwarz Road, 63, Schwegler School, 2201
7. 2 American Legion, 3408 W. Sith St. L. 7-3, South Junior High School, 2734 Louisiana St. B. 2, First Presbyterian Church, 2145 W. 3rd St. B. 3, Valleview Care Home, 2518 Ridge Street
Presidential candidates' policies on issues
From Kansan Staff and Wire Reports
Not even the stauchest Democrats in Kansas are holding out hopes that President Carter will carry the vote. Republican state tomorrow.
Ronald Reagan, whose only Kansas appearance this election year was in Wichita before the primary, is expected to easily pick up Kansas' seven electors. He takes 270 of the nation's 538 electoral votes to win the presidency.
An Oct. 19 statewide poll showed Reagan with a projected 47 percent of Kansas' vote, Carter with 28 percent and Independent John Anderson with 8 percent. Undecided voters numbered 17 percent. The in poll showed Reagan in both urban and rural settings, by both sexes and all age categories.
There will be eight presidential candidates on the Kansas ballot, including a pair from Kansas—American Party candidate Frank Shelton of
Cherryvale and his running mate, Marian Ruek Jackson of Eureka. The ballot will carry the name of the party, but it won't necessarily even nominees for presidential electors.
The candidates and their running mates are:
*Republican: Ronald Reagan and George Bush*
*Democrat: Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale
- Independent: John Anderson and Perrick Lucce, of the National Unity Party
*Independent: Edward Clark and David Koch, of the Libertarian Party.
maintain tracking.
Conservative: John Rarick and
Robert Scales.
*Statesman: Benjamin Bubar and Earl F. Dodge.
Following are the stands of Carter, Reagan and Anderson on:
*American: Frank Shelton and Martin Ruck, Leigh
CARTER: Wants utilities to burn
ENERGY
*Independent: Gus Hall and Angela
Y. Davis, of the Communist Party.
coal to preserve oil supplies. Has proposed an additional 10-cent-a-gallon tax on imported petroleum to be used for gasoline and creation of a governmental bond would cut the regulatory red tape up bringing up important energy projects.
REAGAN: Bases his plan on incentives to industry to produce additional supplies without the emphasis on conservation that Carter has built into his program. Says conservation is no answer to the energy problem. Opposes Cap rate. Taxes will keep $227 billion for the Treasury to oil the companies otherwise would get because of decontrol.
ANDERSON: Would add a 50-cents-a-gallon excise tax on gasoline and would rebate the money in the form of lower Social Security taxes. Advocates decontrol of oil and natural gas prices to encourage conservation and would require stricter fuel efficiency regulations for cars.
CARTER: Proposes $27.6 billion in cuts
ECONOMY
REAGAN: Favors the Kemp-Roth bill, which would cut corporate and personal income taxes at least 30 percent during a three-year period. Also favors a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. Would cut federal spending more than $190 billion during five years.
ANDERSON: Has introduced legislation requiring the president to submit a balanced budget to Congress. Would limit federal outlays to 20 percent of the estimated gross national product each year. Supports tax incentives for research and development. Has proposed development of a federal manpower policy aimed at upgrading labor market skills.
Watkins and Winn for nuclear safety
Dan Watkins and Larry Winn, canidates for the 3rd U.S. Congressional District, were asked the following questions on key campaign issues by Kanans reporters Bill Vogrin and Ray Formanck.
1) What specific programs would you
2) put in the House to stop inflation
2) What is the best alternative to dependence on foreign oil, and how would you finance the development of alternatives?
3) Is nuclear energy a long-term solution to our energy problems? How would you propose we solve disposal storage problems for nuclear waste?
4) Would you support a constitutional amendment to give you a stand on federally funded abortions?
5) Draft registration was reinstated
6) The new registrant will hold on support or
    a parespective certificate
Dan Watkins, 33, is the Democratic challenger for the 3rd U.S. Congressional District. He lives in Overland with his wife Phyllis and two children.
A former Vista volunteer, Watkins has served as chief of staff for Gov. John Carlin. Before that, he was executive director of the Democratic Party.
Larry Winn, 61, is a 14-year, seventen incumbent and a KU graduate. Winn and his wife Joan live in Johnson County and have five children.
Watkins: At the cornerstone of my economic program is the restoration of productivity in America. Government must provide incentives to business and industry to encourage capital formation. This can be done through a government tax credits and by shortening the depreciation life of capital goods.
ECONOMY
I favor the enactment of 'sunset laws' designed to wear out those government programs and projects that are not cost-effective.
Winn: The most effective way to cut inflation would be an immediate cut in government spending. I would put a freeze on the hiring of federal employees for government agencies. It's important for the federal government to set an example for the states and the rest of the world as well.
ENERGY
Watkins: We need to begin immediately to provide increased tax incentives to both individual and corporate consumers of energy in order to promote efficient energy usage and industries in our homes, autos and industries.
At the same time, we must commit ourselves to developing those alternative sources, which will carry us into the 21st century. Congress' recent $20 billion synthetic fuel bill was a start. Development of affordable, efficient energy will be what as gasohol and new fusion technologies, must be speeded up to ensure a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.
Wann: The best alternative to foreign oil is our own domestic oil. We can increase domestic production by removing the shackles the government has placed on oil and gas companies. An example is the windfall profits tax. I would let the oil companies keep the profits they are entitled to, but I would require them to 'plow back' 10 to 12 percent of their quarterly profits into research and development to fund of increased domestic production would take care of itself. The plow-back provision would take care of that. We wouldn't need the $20 billion up-front commitment that the federal government had to make to encourage the development of synthetic fuels.
NUCLEAR ENERGY
Wattkins: We must improve the safeguards for existing nuclear plants and ensure that we have resolved waste disposal problems before more nuclear power plants can be planned and developed. Immediate new legislation
must be enacted to clean up these hazardous chemical dumps and create safe disposal sites for nuclear waste. I strongly support the creation of a Hazardous Waste Response Fund, financed by contributions from waste generators. We be used to pay for emergency containment and removal at dump sites.
Wim: It takes from five to seven years to build a plant. We should be able to deal with the problems by then.
Nuclear power is a proven source. I can understand the concern about it, but you can't progress. You have to improve it.
We should spend more money on research of new types of storage containers. We're doing a lot of research in this field. You know, we worry much more about this problem than do the French or Germans, who have been using this technology on a wider scale for a longer period of time. The entire world must work together to solve the disposal problem.
Dan Watkins
Larrv Winn
ABORTION
Wham: Only as a last resort. I'm not big on constitutional amendments of any kind. It's not working with the ERA, and I doubt whether it would work on the abortion issue, either. The Supreme Court decisions on the matter have been less helpful. The country is concerned, it's a 50-50 question. I voted for the Hyde Amendments, which prohibit federal funding for abortions.
Watkins: I am opposed to an amendment to the Constitution on abortion, and I do not favor federal funding of abortion.
Watkins: I do not favor a peaceetime draft. I support a strong commitment to a volunteer army. We should con- tribute to the volunteer army and equipment of the volunteer army.
PEACETIME DRAFT
Winn: I do not support the idea of a peacetime draft. I did vote for peacetime registration for men, but a draft as we know it never will pass during peacetime. I have been looking at the possibility that which would require some kind of service to the country by both men and women.
Low-key campaigning characterizes county races
By BILL VOGRIN
Staff Reporter
The races for the 2nd and 3rd District Douglas County Commission seats have been low-key, but the four candidates want to present an effort towards wins their offices.
Hayden Wood is a 68-year-old retired rural mail carrier who worked 30 years for the U.S. Postal Service. He is now a farmer and the Democratic challenger in the 3rd District race. He faces Republican incumbent Beverly
Bradley, 47, who is chairman of the commission.
Hemphill is a 68-year-old farmer and retired county employee. He is campaigning door-to-door and has said that he doesn't really care whether he loses the election, although he would be glad to serve if he wins.
In the 2nd district, Democratic challenger Herschel Hemphill came out of retirement at his neighbors' requests to enter the race.
Wood has criticized the commission for what he calls "weak-kneed decisions" and for occasional unresponsiveness to the public.
Bradley said she stands by her record.
HEMFHILL'S OPPONENT, incumbent Robert Neis, a 56-year-old Republican, is advertising instead of campaigning. He said he thought he
had done a good job in his first term,
despite a poor performance that forced him
to work another month.
Bradley offers experience and a record that includes handling the commission's business single-handedly during one period last year.
During her and Neis' terms, the county completed the construction of the Kansas River bridges, Clinton Lake and a resurfacing project on county roads.
Bradley listed an ambulance-housing project, the Lone Star Lake project and nursing home problems as important issues to be considered in the next term.
Wood has criticized the commission for not publishing an agenda at least a day before meetings. He also has said that commission business often was not made public until after action was taken.
WOOD PLEDGED TO supply published agendas before commission meetings and proposed some evening meetings.
in the Neis-Himphill race, Hemphill readily admits that he really didn't want to run, and Neis is not campaigning.
"I thought I was retired," Hemphill said, and chuckled.
Hemphill also said he had no big issues, nor does he want to "start a revolution" if he is elected. He said he was the one who brought in and a representative people could trust.
Nies said he considered the election an evaluation of his work during the past four years. That is the reason he did not campaign.
Hemphill said that he had no complaints about the commission and that he was not involved.
had never affected him personally. But his neighbors had complained that the commission had not been responsive to their needs.
Neis said he did not understand the charge of unresponsive leadership. He said the commission would listen to him and had never turned anyone away.
Nais said he had been given a clean bill of health, after he underwent a triple-bypass operation last fall. He also said his experience as a bank employee qualified him to compile complex budgets for the county.
FOR THE FIRST time in three decades, the Douglas County Clerk's office is assured of a new director. The office has also resigned, didate, and Barbara Vantyul, the Democrat, are running for the office that has been held by Delbert Mathia,
the incumbent county clerk, for the past 31 years.
Jaimes has worked in the clerk's office for 12 years, and she said her experience there would help her do a better job.
Vantbyl said her biggest asset was her ability to bring a fresh perspective to the office. She said it was time for some new ideas and office procedures, but she did not specify what she would change.
In the race for county treasurer, incumbent Democrat Ruth Vernynck is being challenged by Republican Margaret Todd. Vernynck has been on the ballot three years and said she had run the office efficiently during that time.
Todd has worked as a restaurant
and has lived in Lawrence for 30 years.