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...Stanley Cloud, Tuesday's primaries ended nine months of almost constant travel with Jimmy Carter. Looking back, he finds that two episodes stand out. There was a night last September when Carter was stranded at a deserted airstrip in rural New Hampshire. The man who was to become his party's nominee waited in the silent dark 30 minutes for someone-anyone-to give him a lift. The other episode also occurred in that crucial early primary. Says Cloud: "A status test for reporters in the Carter campaign is whether or not you were on the 'white...
TIME Washington Correspondent Stanley Cloud, who has covered Carter for several months, reports: "Another problem for Carter?and one that will probably persist as the Republicans zero in on him?has been his reputation as a steel-hard, ambitious man for whom winning is the highest value. The description is by no means complete, but there is some truth in it. Carter is a man of striking contradictions. He tirelessly invokes love but can be a tough political infighter. He speaks movingly of the need to help the poor and downtrodden, but he suggests that the solution is to change...
...cloud of documents also surrounds Pound's claim that he attempted to leave Rome via the last diplomatic train to Lisbon in 1942. A report in the Library of Congress refers to the "possibility of the development of a misunderstanding between Mr. Pound an a consular official which might have unintentionally aborted Mr. Pound's 'attempt' to leave Italy." Heymann has unearthed documents showing that the U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Rome had called Pound a "pseudo American" in late 1941; he also found anonymous testimony gathered by the FBI stating that Pound "made very undignified remarks" about...
Some people may be getting laughs out of the situation, but there is no doubt that the candidate has a serious problem with fuzziness. TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud, who has covered Carter since late last year reports...
Hays' drive could also cut into Carter's moderate and conservative support, which would benefit Udall. To further cloud the primary, there are four other favorite-son slates running in selected congressional districts and a statewide uncommitted slate headed by Favorite Daughter Gertrude Donahey, the state treasurer. The popular Donahey is a stand-in for Senator John Glenn, who backed away from running as a favorite son when he was named the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention...