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Tennessee's Fourth Congressional District is brand new, and so are the candidates. But it is old family ties that dominate the electoral showdown between Republican Cynthia ("Cissy") Baker, daughter of Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr., and Democrat James Cooper, son of former Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper...
...Cooper, 28, a preppie-looking graduate of Groton and Harvard, cannot match Baker's family clout. Only elderly constituents remember his father, who in 1938 snatched the Governor's seat from Baker's grandfather Howard Sr. ("This is Round 2," quipped an aide to the majority leader), went on to serve three terms and died in 1969. The former Rhodes scholar has countered Baker's hard work with a little shoe leather of his own-literally. Since his campaign began in July 1981, Cooper has worn out three pairs of walking shoes and logged...
...Baker name works magic with campaign contributors. As of June 30, Cissy Baker had a cache of $498,000, some of it gathered at out-of-state fund raisers, including one at which her father was host. At the same point in his campaign, Cooper had $258,700. Both scions benefit from strong national party support. Former President Gerald R. Ford will drop into Tennessee on Baker's behalf; former Vice President Walter Mondale will stump for Cooper...
Sophomore Jenny Stricker took first in 18:15, Classmate Kathy Goode followed close behind to finish third' with a time of 18:36. Ellen Gallager, who took last semester off from running, finished fourth. Placing sixth for the harriers was freshman Leslie Cooper, with a time...
...players seem to fit the usual classifications. There's an assassin (Keith Cooper), an animal (Carey), a boot (Joe Kanecht), and a hoss (Hassan Riffat). They dress in the traditional fashion, too Bandages, crutches, stitches, broken noses and black eyes are de rigueur Florence Nightingale would feel right at home attending to the players over the post-practice...