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Claude M. Hill North Augusta...
...situation was bizarre. In a minor incident whose initial form was to be echoed large half a world away a few hours later, a lone driver had rammed his truck through the gates of Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club, site of the Masters Tournament. Reagan had been playing the par-three, water-guarded 16th hole under cloudy skies with two Cabinet officers and a former Senator. Now he was seated in a Secret Service car parked near the 16th green trying to talk by radiotelephone to the driver holding hostages in the famed club's pro shop...
...full-time volunteers canvassed the state's two congressional districts for 2½ months. Mondale himself stumped for ten days. According to rivals, he spent $200,000, or more than $100 for each of the 1,849 party pros who cast straw poll ballots at the caucus in Augusta. And all that for a contest in which Glenn made a token effort. Mondale's chief opposition came from Cranston and South Carolina Senator Ernest Hollings, who were desperate for a victory that might win some press attention. Results: Mondale 51%, Cranston 29%, Hollings 11%, Glenn 6%. So Mondale...
Former Vice-President Walter Mondale and defeated 1972 Democratic nominee George McGovern are also scheduled to speak to the 1500 to 2000 expected delegates today at the Augusta Civic Center. The candidates' scheduled 15-minute spiels are set to begin promptly at 10:21 a.m., followed by the non-binding afternoon straw vote...
Another Democratic contender, former Governor Reuben Askew of Florida, will not appear in Augusta, although his name will be on the straw poll ballot