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...other G.O.P. candidates nationally and is actually ahead of Dole in Arizona, where 39 delegates are up for grabs a week after the New Hampshire primary. For a time, the Dole camp was pleased that Forbes was crowding out the rest of the field. No more. Forbes' media blitz, which blasts Dole as a tax-loving Washington dealmaker, has prompted a fierce counterattack that only confirms Forbes' new status. Beware of Forbes' "risky ideas," says a new Dole spot running in Iowa. "Great," says Forbes' campaign manager, Bill Dal Col. "Dole's setting up a one-on-one race...
DIED. JAMES RESTON, 86, journalist; in Washington. Originally a sports reporter, Reston's grasp of global gamesmanship led him to the New York Times. His first job: correspondent during the London blitz. He went on to win a Pulitzer chronicling the birth of the U.N. and, in 1953, became the paper's Washington bureau chief. As a thrice-weekly columnist, he gained fame for his deft prose, solid reporting and enviable access, but the latter often came at a price. In 1961, at President John F. Kennedy's request, he withheld what he knew of plans involving an obscure Cuban...
...much money? And, some wondered, how come she still couldn't pay her bills? To beat the Democratic incumbent in her Salt Lake City district, Waldholtz spent $1.8 million in personal funds, more than any other House freshman, $1 million of it in a last-minute media blitz. Though she never gave a detailed account of where it came from, Waldholtz insisted the money belonged to her and her husband Joe, a political consultant from Pittsburgh who was also her campaign treasurer. "We've worked hard,'' she would say. "And we're very blessed...
...Iowa straw poll--a phony event that became news only when Dole didn't win. In addition, to boost his standing in Iowa and Florida, last week Dole finally deployed one of his most effective weapons, his relentless wife Liddy, sending her out on a nonstop, three-week blitz around the country...
...CHECHENS BLITZ RUSSIANS...