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...polls show Ford running stronger than Reagan against Carter, though neither Republican could beat him at the moment. A nationwide NBC poll taken June 10-11, just after the Super Bowl primaries, put Carter ahead of Ford by a staggering 52%-37% and in front of Reagan by an even greater 55%-32%. The latest Gallup pairing, taken in late May, had a similar result: Carter over Ford, 52%-40%, and trouncing Reagan 55%-37%. An earlier Harris survey also showed Carter beating Ford by smaller margins than he would top Reagan. Says California Pollster Mervin Field...
Endorsements cascaded in. Indeed, the final rush to Carter began even before the Super Bowl votes were counted, and it was led by that shrewd old power broker, Chicago Boss Richard Daley. Carter had long been courting the mayor, often visiting him when he went through Chicago and phoning him every ten days or so. Months ago, Daley told close friends that "what we need is young, fresh blood in the party," and his cronies figured he would ultimately come out for Carter (TIME, March 29). At a press conference last Tuesday afternoon, Daley predicted that Carter would...
...tired." At least 1,000 people came from miles around, danced in the streets of the small town, hummed and clapped with a spiritual group that sang from the train platform and waited to greet Jimmy as he arrived at 1:30 on the morning after the Super Bowl. Then he got up on the train platform and spoke under a three-quarter moon...
...last week's Super Bowl primaries, Ford swept up 88 delegates in Ohio to Reagan's nine, though Reagan won 45% of the popular vote?more than expected. The President also captured New Jersey's 67 delegates. But Reagan won all 167 delegates in California's winner-take-all primary...
Married. Terry Bradshaw, 27, quarterback of the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, currently trying to score off-season as a country-and-western crooner (first single: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry); and JoJo Starbuck, 25, former Olympic skater now with the Ice Capades; in Los Angeles...