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...North Carolina Jesse A. Helms (R) North Dakota Ohio Too Close to Call Oklahoma George Nigh (D) David L. Boren (D) Oregon Victor Atiyeh (R) Mark O. Hatfield (R) Pennsylvania Richard Thornburgh (R) Rhode Island J. Joseph Garrahy (D) Claiborne Pell (D) South Carolina Richard W. Riley (D) Strom Thurmond (R) South Dakota William J. Janklow (R) Larry Pressler (R) Tennessee Lamar Alexander (R) Howard H. Baker Jr. (R) Texas Too Close to Call Too Close to Call Utah Vermont Richard A. Snelling (R) Virginia Too Close to Call Washington West Virginia Jennings Randolph (D) Wisconsin Lee Sherman Dreyfus...
...wonders whether to be more surprised at the blatant hypocrisy of Strom Thurmond in going after the black vote in South Carolina [Oct. 16] now that they have some power, or the naivete of the black voters who intend to support a man who, for most of his public career, considered them a political pariah. If the blacks in South Carolina truly seek justice, let them begin by distinguishing, on election day, between true concern and absolute cynicism...
...millionaires won victories in this year's gubernatorial primaries: Democrats Robert Graham in Florida and Jake Butcher in Tennessee; Republicans William Clements in Texas and Jack Eckerd in Florida. "I am not a lawyer," boasts ex-Wall Streeter Charles ("Pug") Ravenel, who is running against veteran Republican Senator Strom Thurmond in South Carolina. Candidates who have never met a payroll, Ravenel argues, are not equipped to balance budgets. "I think we have a crisis of management in government. To solve public problems, we must energize the private sector and encourage it to take the initiative...
...string of cosmetic admissions in the '70s by public figures. Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire, for one, issued a press release about his hair transplant and may have had an eyelift too. There has also been news of hair transplants for Frank Sinatra, Roy Clark and Strom Thurmond, a facelift for Jackie Gleason, face and breast architectural work for Cher, an eyelift, facelift and breast reduction for Phyllis Diller, and there is a growing national tendency to regard cosmetic surgery as a badge of sophistication, rather than of vanity...
...Thurmond's willingness to change with the times helps keep him the front runner in the most recent polls, even though Ravenel has benefited from appearances on the hustings by some prominent out-of-staters: Jimmy Carter, his mother, his son Chip, and two Cabinet Secretaries. Vows Thurmond: "I'm gonna whup...