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...Macon's blue-collar Southside, the Sandwich King is a friendly, family- owned eatery where folks slurp coffee and talk about bass fishing, layoffs at the local textile mills and, once in a while, politics. Most of the whites at the cafe describe themselves as evangelical Christians who support a strong military and a balanced budget. A real Reaganite bunch? Think again. "I don't always like the Democrats who run for President," says Bill Morland, 36, a burly telephone lineman, "but it was pretty clear to me from the get-go that Ronald Reagan was out to make...
That working-class unity crumbles when it comes to Jesse Jackson. "I really don't think it's a racist thing between Jesse and the whites, at least not here," observes the Sandwich King's white proprietor, Dewey Lawing, 60. "He's just too radical, and we don't trust him." A black machine operator in his late 30s takes a pragmatic approach to Jackson. "Don't think that we're such fools that we don't see the same faults in Jesse that white people see," he says. "But we're going to vote for him anyway. And then...
...figure that if we stuff enough food down [a man's] gullet between Thanksgiving and Christmas that he won't bother us for a sandwich in July," Lenoadded...
...Petersburg, Fla., where rookies must be at least 74 to don the white Good Humor man uniform and black bow tie. The team has its own special rules, Harry Rylee told TIME Correspondent Michael Riley. "You've got a couple of guys there that you could eat a sandwich while they're running to first base," muses the outfielder, whose brothers Morris and Michael play shortstop and infield. "But you can't tell 'em they can't play. That'd be like sticking a knife in them...
Melting in a warmth toastier than a chinook was a child-labor flap ignited by cross parents of the gala's youngest stars. In rehearsal, the youngsters worked up to twelve-hour days on short rations (sometimes just hot chocolate, a ham sandwich and a butter tart), although David Roberts, 12, reacted cheerfully: "Practice makes perfect. What I'll remember is the glory...