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NORTH CAROLINA. Republican James E. Holshouser would be the last to deny that he owes his upset victory in this textile and tobacco state to the vote-pull-ing strength of Richard Nixon. A youngish (38), G.O.P. moderate who has been notably liberal on racial matters, Holshouser also had some campaign assets of his own, among them a record as a can-do state legislator and an endorsement from the Charlotte Ob- server. But he was outspent 2-to-1 by Democrat Hargrove ("Skipper") Bowles Jr., 52, an ebullient millionaire businessman who lavished $1.3 million on a slick statewide media...
...were it not for the Nixon landslide apparently building in North Carolina. Opponent Jesse Helms, 51, is a Raleigh television commentator who never before has run for office and, indeed, switched to the G.O.P. only two years ago. Arch-conservative Helms, who also broadcast over an 80-station radio "tobacco network" in eastern North Carolina before he took a political leave, criticizes even Nixon as too liberal...
...McGovern vote-it reflects not so much conservative ideology as an "I'm all right, Jack" attitude among the many voters whose tunes have improved during the exuberant upturn of the past year. "The farmer is going to vote Nixon." declares William L. Lanier, who raises soybeans and tobacco in Georgia. "For the first time in years, the farmer is making profit." Indeed, the Administration in the past year has lifted from subsidies by $1 billion, to $4 billion, helping increase fam income by 15%. Alex Harkness, a construction worker in Knoxville, Tenn., says complacently: "I have...
...soon will. Rupert has just set up a holding company and bought control of all his nine tobacco firms in Europe and Australasia for $345 million in securities. The new company, Rothmans International, is the world's fifth largest tobacco company and has assets of $539 million and annual sales of nearly $2 billion (Rupert companies in South Africa and North and South America, not yet consolidated, ring up another $ 1 billion in sales yearly). The main advantage of the new arrangement is that Rupert can now promote and sell his many brands of smokes through a unified distribution...
...Rupert started out as a university chemistry lecturer and got into the tobacco field out of a vague desire to "manufacture something." In 1942, with only $30, he opened a tiny tobacco shop in Johannesburg. After World War II he borrowed enough from friends and banks to buy an unused flour mill and two cigarette-making machines. Soon he was nearly broke. Rupert staved off disaster in 1948 by persuading London's Rothman of Pall Mall to allow him to make and market its brands (Pall Mall, Consulate) in South Africa. Five years later he bought out Rothman...