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...exercised his leadership sooner, but they question his approach. "The Cabinet dismissals are signs of a siege mentality," observed Robert Wildau, an Atlanta attorney. Such views are by no means universal, however. "I sense people still have faith in Carter's leadership," said Joyce Peters, Democratic chairwoman of Bexar County in Texas. "I believe he is stronger in the country than is being perceived." Agreed Texas State Democratic Chairman Billy Goldberg: "Carter is still seen as the guy who sticks with a tough problem...
...criminal trials a year in Bexar County (San Antonio), only half a dozen attract enough spectators to make judges even aware of their presence. Another 15 or so attract from two to eight people. As Judge Brown sees it, empty courtrooms adversely affect jurors. Concluding that no one cares, "a juror may be tempted to lay on a heavy sentence." Conversely, "he may decide that no one thinks the crime is serious and then assess a light sentence." Judge Brown is troubled: "When a man's liberty or life is at stake in my court, I like to think...
...this seemed "like a slap in the face" to Staff Sergeant James R. Mabry, 27, who entered the Air Force from Wisconsin. Like most non-Texan servicemen in Texas, Mabry did not vote by absentee ballot in his home state. Moreover, he has been stationed in Bexar County (San Antonio) since 1959, owns a home there on which he pays taxes like any other resident. Yet last January, when he and his wife paid poll taxes, Mabry's receipt (unlike his wife's) was stamped "not eligible to vote." Precisely the same thing happened to his friend...
Goode, who was Bexar County's Republican chairman from 1956 to 1961, was handicapped by a flat speaking manner that was no match for Gonzalez' Latino effervescence. But his unabashed conservatism appealed mightily to many voters...
...pace. He stopped off in Gettysburg for a modest $10-a-plate fund-raising dinner staged by Adams County Republicans. At week's end, he would move on to San Antonio to jump into a key congressional race. Battling for a vacant House Seat representing big Bexar County are liberal Democratic State Senator Henrv Gonzalez, 45, and conservative Republican John W. Goode Jr., a 38-year-old lawyer and former county chairman. Ike hoped to drum up enough support for Goode to add a third Republican to Texas' congressional delegation. For, as he said last week...