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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1976 Programs will raise taxes, says Ford THE SENTER-PIECE Back by popular Demand Doz. Long stem Red Roses Arranged & Delivered $12.95 Doz. All Week Long BUNCH FLOWERS Fresh cut flowers by the Bunch: Mums, Daisies Statice & Baby’s Breath LARGE ASSORTMENT (Continued from Page 1.) taxes.” Ford has claimed in the past that programs named by the Demo cratic platform, such as health care and various job-creating plans, would cost $100 billion. Carter has said he would delay new programs until revenues are available and in relation to his plans to balance the federal budget by 1980. Carter also has called for low ering taxes for low-and middle- income Americans by closing loopholes available to those in the highest income brackets. Both vice presidential candidates. Democratic Sen. Walter Mondale and Republi can Sen. Bob Dole, were on the road Monday. Mondale was in New Jersey where he said Ford has refused to support programs that he said help those who are unable to help themselves. Dole was in Pennsylvania where he said he had reservations about fighting in World War II, which he has charac terized as a “Democratic war.” Meanwhile, a Harris poll of 1,503 persons with some college educa tion shows a large switch in senti ment from Carter to Ford among better educated Americans. In July, the college-educated backed Carter 62-33 per cent, Harris said. Harris said the new count, taken before the third Ford-Carter debate, showed the group backing Ford 51-38 per cent, representing a shift from a 29-point Carter lead to a 13-point deficit. Harris said those in the sampling felt by 57-32 per cent that Carter ducks issues; a 53-27 per cent major ity felt that he no longer seems inde pendent of the party “establish ment;” 56-35 percent felt “uneasy” about the kind of man Carter is, and 46-28 per cent believed that Ford is the man they can best trust. In Portland, Ore., yesterday. Ford said all 50 states should de velop nuclear energy programs, and that the use of nuclear energy is “an important, significant part of our over-all energy program.” Before leaving Portland for a late night flight to the East Coast, Ford said, “We re very optimistic. We think the momentum is going with us and we re going to surprise some people.” While in Portland, Ford had been scheduled to meet with a group of Oregon labor leaders, but noe of them showed up. Asked why they hadn’t appeared at the appointed time, Ford said, “I understand for various reasons they were not avail able. You’ll have to ask them.” Earlier, Ford told Seattle aero space workers at a Boeing plant that new noise standards he has ordered for U.S. airliners will create 250,000 jobs in their slumping industry. Ford said noise restrictions he an nounced last week will strengthen the aircraft industry by requiring construction of “a fleet of quiet, new airplanes.” That, he said, will pro duce “almost a quarter of a million useful, productive jobs for Ameri cans.” The work force at Boeing’s Seattle plant fell from 101,000 in 1968 to 44,800 today. Ford indicated concern Monday for the number of voters who are expected stay away from the polls next Tuesday and a Carter spokes man said the Democratic nominee is planning to appeal in the final days of the campaign to those who now have no plans to vote. Carter spent a quiet day at home yesterday. He looked over the family peanut business early in the day, then returned home to read and prepare for the start of today’s trip. Although he did no campaigning. Carter headquarters issued a state ment in the candidate’s name criticizing Ford’s record on en vironmental issues. The statement said the adminis trations of Ford and Richard Nixon “have shown no serious concern for our environment.” And, it said, “Too many federal agencies are insensitive to environ mental concerns. Agencies which should be serving the public interest are instead serving narrow special interests. They must either be got ten back on the right track or abolished. “We need a president who is sen sitive to environmental concerns and who will work hard for environmen tal quality. I intend to do that,” the Carter statement said. Carter aide Rex Granum said Car ter will avoid personal attacks on Ford during the fianl week, adding, “What Jimmy Carter is trying to do is to demonstrate to the nation what kind of president he would be, that he is knowledgeable about issues of concern. That will be the subject of the last week.” Mondale was sharply crit* Ford’s opposition to social prog pointing to Ford vetoes ofs lunch programs and Medicaii grams, his opposition to exte unemployment benefits andl, forts to limit increases in Socii curity benefits. “We know there are limitstoi the country can do,” Mondale “You have to live within a pm budget. ” But, he said, “Westill time to be decent and cari«j| those in our midst who new help.” Dole, who said during his with Mondale that World Warllj a “Democratic war,” said in vidence, R.I., that he had < reservations about thewar. Hei seriously wounded in action ini and his right arm was rendered! less. Asked if he felt he was figtaj the Democrats during World™ II, Dole replied: “It was more that, but I think probably I hads: reservations about it at the time once you get involved in ilia course, everybody does it.” >00 >50 Bu. 315 Texas Across from Ramada Inn 846-0153 Breaker, breaker, c’mon good buddy CB, gab; appeal still growing Ni tive Time spee tome Tv clubs Trip versi be h< Dent Ther tice i immi Si? musi will Rude Folkl tatior A&A able ; for $! PREVENT BROKEN HEARTS USE TOUR SEAT BELT friendly Governor's Office of Traffic Safely Associated Press With all the interest in CB’s, one must wonder just what causes con sumers to plunk down anywhere from $50 to several thousand dollars for a set which gives them the exclu sive right to speak with strangers. It’s an intriguing psychology. There’s no question that talking with strangers on CB has a wide ap peal. When Betty Ford greeted radio buffs with “Hello, First Momma here,’’ she became the most famous speaker on the nation s chattiest party-line. The citizens’ band radio is the fas test growing communication medium since the telephone. Half of the 15 million sets now in opera tion were bought within the past 18 months or so. By the end of 1976, the industry expects sales to rocket over $1 billion. One explanation for the rage, no doubt, has to do with our imper sonal society. The fact is, we don’t BEmHnnn THE WORLD SERIES OF AUTO RACING NDY CAR RACE 200 MILE STOCK CAR RACE SSiilBk i 1 <0? OVERNIGHT CAMPING AND LIVE ON STAGE CONCERT RACE ACTIVITIES II AM FOR TICKETS: Student Discount Tickets on sale at MSC Box Office. New From BERNARDO Style C95L $30 Style C77W $33 ^^uth's^-ashions 3616 E. 29th "Where Fashion Begins" have the relaxed, easy manner of re lating face to face with others which we enjoyed 50 years ago. We all need such human contact yet our attempts at it are often awk ward and forced. Most of us avoid such confrontations if we can. Maybe it’s a paradox that in a nation which prides itself on freedom of speech, the average man still doesn’t have much of a chance to express his ideas and feelings to others. The CB radio is a forum for the little guy who seeks such expres sion. He’s after “talk power, and he doesn’t have to risk losing face to people who argue him down. His anonymity is his shield. The new camaraderie of the air waves verifies that a CBer will readily speak to strangers about the most detailed minutiae, even when in a hurry to get through traffic. These, ironically, are the same strangers he might not say more than five words to in a bus, coffee shop or hotel lobby. In addition, willingness to help emerges more quickly toward a CBer who is broken down on a highway than it does toward some one who, like Kitty Genovese, is imperiled on a city street. She was murdered in a celebrated case in which more than 40 New Yorkers heard her screams and did nothing which simply proved our fear of in volvement coupled with a feeling that somebody else will help. But somehow on the highway it’s differ ent. The new CB ethos gives us op tions we don’t enjoy elsewhere. Where we CBers are implored by a stranger in trouble, we feel indi vidually linked w’ith him, yet we can choose involvement without iden tity. Most CBers use only their handle. Anonymous Samaritan acts are not only valued but respected. We can relay a message for help, then tune out if we wish. CB radio is a kind of fantasy “trip” in which we hear what the world is saying, eaves-dropping, as it were, on humanity at large. We are risk ing that we may be bored by the drone of its chit-chat, but on the other hand, we may possibly profit from its practical wisdom. farmer or stock clerk of any™ creed, color or educational leve enter into conversation. It’s an electronic lottery through which all may speak regardless of their status in life. It’s the first communication leveler in history. A flick of the switch and “Breaker 2, Thus, despite the drawback the conversational graffiti wli crowds the 23 channels andch that CB jams television and I sets, the contagion of chatterc tinues unabated. And muchtoi benefit of the public. breaker 2. What’s your handle, good buddy?,” invites any banker. It’s hard to predict if theCBst vanish as fast as the hula hoop,l one thing is certain, it doessatii need in many to relate toother! Ai tere< has r tratic cinct to se not, statii vent card Texa get t who shou in w Mock election results listei The Political Forum ran a mock election on campus last week. Par ticipating students voted for candi dates in the Presidential, Senatorial, and U.S. Representative races. The results are as follows: President-Vice President Republican: Gerald R. Ford Robert Dole Democrat: Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale Eugene McCarthy Socialist Workers: Peter Camejo Willie Mae Reid American: Thomas J. Anderson Rufus Shakleford Other (Write-ins): Libertarian: Roger McBride Dave Bergland Ronald Reagan George Mahon Jerry Brown Barbara Jordan Morris Udall Gerald R. Ford Walter Mondale No Confidence Total in Presidential Race: Senator Republican: Alan Steelman Democrat: Lloyd Bentsen Socialist Workers: Peter Camejo American: Marjory Gallion No. 1421 ii’ 379 9)1 ‘F Irani ferec Prog and date are solic fice 410. F abse tion fron tere the com regi vote 1878 1207 610 31' 20 ) J Write-in votes: Phil Gramm No confidence Total votes cast in Senatorial race U.S. Representative Democrat: Olin E. Teague 1852 Republican: Wes Mowery Write-in votes: Mickey Mouse Joe Smith No confidence Total votes cast in Representative race Straight ticket voting Democratic: Republican: 1703 185 9.9 1 464 ’ll! 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