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...bloc from any state, and even before it voted the former Vice President's lead was a daunting 1,212 delegates to Hart's 644. Hart is running out of time and states in which to pare it down. Hart did run slightly ahead of Mondale in Louisiana, which apportioned 57 of its total of 68 delegates in a primary Saturday, but it did him no good-because both ran far behind Jackson. The fiery preacher put on a stunning performance, inspiring blacks to vote at a rate about double that of whites. Final figures showed Jackson winning...
...Jackson's second victory of the campaign-and the week- and by far the more significant. On Tuesday he took 67% of the vote in the Washington primary, but blacks constitute two-thirds of the capital's electorate, vs. only about a quarter of Louisiana's. Jackson evidently benefited from apathy and confusion among white Louisiana Democrats. Governor Edwin Edwards, miffed because a federal court ordered Louisiana to hold a primary rather than a caucus, urged a boycott of the polls; so many whites heeded his advice that the total turnout was only about 14% of those...
...make a plausible delegate challenge, Hart needed a win in Texas and one in either Tennessee or Louisiana, not only to get within hailing distance of a convention majority but also to back up his boast that he has a better chance than Mondale of beating Reagan. But after last week's rebuffs, Hart may have little chance of winning over the party faithful in San Francisco. On Thursday, when he left Texas to campaign in Ohio and Louisiana, it seemed more like a retreat than a strategy. Gibed Mondale: "He ought to stick around and get his delegates...
...landlocked disposal sites around the nation. Others object to toxic wastes being trucked to and stored at dockside facilities. Says John Vaughn, a Lake Charles, La., municipal official: "We know there is a problem with hazardous wastes, but we don't want to solve it for all of Louisiana, Alabama, Texas and Mississippi...
...solution to the mounting piles of toxic wastes, the EPA is expected to approve burning at sea by the end of the year. The agency is now recommending four test burns totaling 3.3 million gal. to study efficiency and resolve uncertainties about environmental impact. Attorney Peter Arnow, a Louisiana department of justice official who is critical of the EPA, sadly notes that ocean burning seems inevitable. Says he: "On land you have neighbors. But there is no political opposition from the fish." -ByJ.D. Reed. Reported by Jay Branegan/ Washington, with other bureaus