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■^"Republicans beating selves inex 10'-| 0'-$3( 10 PON ivn yk EAK WASHINGTON — Ronald Re gan and his backers are employing me dangerous and divisive tactic in keclosing phase of the battle for the lepublican presidential nomina- ion. They are playing sectional poli- ics in a party that needs no further plintering. At last weekend’s Iowa Repuhli- an convention, the Reagan forces listributed a flyer claiming “Reagan issthe strength where it’s needed in November. (President) Ford has arriedonly the northeast states, the tales least likely to go Republican in be November general election. Re- has carried the South and the Vest, which we must have to heat mmy) Carter, and which are most kely to carry the GOP to victory in lovember.’’ Accompanying this was a map flowing the northeast quadrant as 'ord country, except for Indiana, there Reagan won the primary; and he other three-quarters of the coun- ry for Reagan—except for blocs of Ford support in Florida, Kansas and Iregon. Reagan himself has made the same irgument in recent speeches. It is lisway of re butting Mr. Ford’s claim bathe is “more electable’ than his California challenger. But it is an ar gument that distorts reality, dam- iges Reagan’s own interests and de troys the already fragile hopes for reserving Republican unity after his nomination fight is finally settled in Kansas City. The truth of the matter is that, by sirrent measure, neither Republi- an contender is electable against probable Democratic nominee jimmy Carter. The latest Gallup Poll puts Mr. Ford 14 points behind the former Georgia governor and shows Reagan trailing by 23 points. When they start that far behind, only way either man can hope to ivercome Carter is by convincing raters across the country, in the mirse of the general election cam paign, that Carter is less qualified to be President than they now suppose. Any successful Republican campaign will have to be a national tampaign—aimed straight at Jimmy Carter. Instead, Reagan appears to be ar- iing, for short-term gain, that Re- iblicans can win with some sort of 'armed-over version of the [Goldwater-Nixon “Southern itegy.” Not only is this implausi- ile, it is self-destructive. If the Ford campaign committee rere smart, it would take Reagan’s iwa propaganda sheet and see that into the hands of every Repub- San delegate in Maine, New York, lennsylvania, West Virginia, wda and Kentucky. These all n to be states where Reagan is trying to break off “soft” Ford dele- or woo the uncommitted dele- Ate>\o\hs coYumn. SIGHT^L ili 3 HOW LARGE A POPULATION MUST A TOWN HAVE BEFORE IT CAN BECOME A CITY David S. B voder One wonders what their reaction would be to the news that Reagan’s forces are writing off their states as “the least likely to go Republican” in November. Second, one must wonder what the Republican nomination would be worth if the premise of Reagan’s propaganda should be true. He appears to be writing off seven of the big ten states — New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey and Massachu setts. The biggest states that would leave in the Republican column are California, Texas, and either Indiana or North Carolina. Translated into electoral votes, that would put Carter ahead 188 to 84, and leave the Republican with an almost impossible burden to over come. Reagan does have one valid point to make in talking about the geog raphy of the presidential race. He clearly has demonstrated a strong regional base in the West— the only area of the country where Carter failed to win a single presidential primary. Except for Oregon, where he finished a close second to the Presi dent, Reagan has won every primary and state convention held in the West. His sweep is likely to be com pleted in New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. At this point, he appears to be a better bet to carry his home state of California against Carter than Mr. Ford would be of beating Carter in Michigan. But to go beyond that and suggest that Reagan holds the key to November victory by his strength in the South is a substantial distortion. Mr. Ford might have a hard time holding much in the South against Carter. But so would Reagan. The new Gallup figures show the Georgian leading Mr. Ford by the landslide proportion of 61 to 32 per cent in the South, with 7 per cent undecided. But the same poll puts Carter ahead of Reagan in the South by an even wider margin, 65 to 30 per cent, with 5 per cent undecided. With that kind of showing, there is no reason for Reagan to play divisive sectional politics inside the GOP. His propaganda writing off seven of the ten major states to the Demo crats is a disservice to his party and himself. 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However, there’s more chance that a person not wearing a seat belt will be knocked unconscious in an accident and will thus be unable to escape at all. Also, seat belt releases have a reputation for being reliable and easy to use. Nelson said. “Good vehicle maintenance is another thing drivers can do to pre vent accidents, ” said the Texas A&M University System engineer. “Don’t put off making repairs. Make sure all vehicle parts are in good working condition and have your car tuned-up at least once a year.” The engineer also puts the blame of some traffic accidents on errors in the design of vehicles and highway systems. “More standardized equipment, such as the location of various switches, and safer design of high ways would cut down on traffic acci dents,” he said. 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