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- - >n irt ' aioddj^ institution ^ey ‘an ill.) de post -> in a cquire tiu ns for retat, tal dissolute n Congress 6 ampaign in South Carolina pleats up among candidates las soonasl P BATTALION Page 11 ^Ty MAflCH 6. 1980 ampaign ’80 Baker backers unsure By JACK KNEECE United Press International COLUMBIA, S.C. — George i ioceed the campus walkways at kcsmanforij , University of South Carolina, ruling wjllj p ea g an criss-crossed the -ircuitCoufl, (e speaking to supporters. At 5 'tot(Jolumln n John Connally trudged in the Hon want- iwto talk to textile workers. 0 Populatii From the rolling hills of the upper ? illegal alifl dmont to the antebellum planta- d residentstk n country of the coastal plain, Re- apportionnn ili^' 1 presidential candidates are ^^lerishly courting South Carolina, right candidates are running in ith Carolina’s first GOP presiden- primary Saturday. At stake are 25 pgjfes — and momentum leading primaries three days later in Borgia, Florida and Alabama. \\7€i iome natives feel the state has not [ y ^ e ived this kind of national atten- a since Citadel cadets fired on Sumter and touched off the * ^^1 jl War. And that is exactly how L I e GOP officials planned it. 1 ) n Saturday, voters will name Republican choice in a non- ding primary in which the state- e winner will get seven delegates the winner of each congression- Fhe actual district will get three, not be finisln lecent polls show Reagan with a ter the effectn stantial lead. Reagan finished t. The effect® almost 50 percent in a seven- i contest in New Hampshire last k, and his state chairman, Rep. >ed the setti roll Campbell, R-S.C., feels ifhe largest consul s convincingly here, the former m agreement ifornia governor could ride the commission"! nentum all the way to the nomi- first. Asimila on in Detroit in July, greement pn lampbell, a popular freshman with the Fa gressman, is expected to help ®gan take the Spartanburg- sement settl*enville textile corridor. CM dealers no s when owedi “possessed a g with a write ow the amen iker withdraws from race ter poor Mass, showing d have to be scretiontoi ay Suber, Connally’s chief egist, said the former Texas gov ernor will do well in the coastal and Piedmont area, but that Bush and Reagan probably will beat him in the urban areas around Columbia. For Connally, who has done poor ly in previous tests, a bad loss in South Carolina could doom his pres idential dreams. As of last week, Reagan had spent $300,000 of a planned $387,000 and Connally had spent $265,000 of an expected $325,000. Although his opponents enjoy saying South Carolina is do or die for Connally, who finished fourth in Iowa and fifth in New Hampshire, Suber said the former Texas gover nor is in the race to stay. “He has the staying power and the money,” said Suber. “The other can didates are running out of money. Two Popular South Carolina Re publicans, Sen. Strom Thurmond and former Gov. James Edwards, have been stumping ith Connally. “He’s a good fellow and he’ll make a good president,” Thurmond tells the faithful. Harry Dent, co-chairman of Bush’s state steering committee, is boosting Bush in television ads, cit ing his “heroism in the war” and his experience as director of the CIA. Bush plans to spend about $200,000. The contest to date has been more like a free-swinging, old fashioned South Carolina gubernatorial slug- fest than a presidential primary. It has come complete with mud- slinging, and charges and counter charges of dirty tricks. Early in the campaign, a leaked Bush staff memo alleged Connally was soft on gay rights. Then a Bush staffer charged Connally had paid $76,000 to black leaders for 100,000 black votes. L nited Pre»» InternabooaJ LITTLE ROCK — .Arkansas dele gates cast adrift by Sen. Howard Baker’s withdrawal from the pres idential race Wednesday said they probably would go to the COP con vention uncommitted to any candi date, although Rep. John Anderson, R-Ill., may have picked up a sup porter. Elijah Coleman of Little Rock, an uncommitted delegate who had said he was leaning to Baker, said Wednesday he would have to “find out a lot more about Mr. Anderson” before he makes up his mind. But, he said, “I’m extremely opti mistic on his stated philosophies ab out the economy, inflation, minor ities and taxes." Baker picked up four delegates in the Arkansas caucuses, and at least two uncommitted delegates were known to be leaning toward him. He came in second behind Ronald Reagan with seven delegates, mak ing Arkansas Baker’s most successful venture in his campaion. Baker delegate Odell Pollard of Benton said he was stunned to hear Baker had dropped out of the race. T don’t think that Baker was ex pected to do well in Massachusetts or Vermont,” he said. “I think he should have waited until we got to the Southern primaries." Phil McClendon of Crossett, also committed to Baker, said he had not expected the decision this soon, but he was "not tremendously sur prised’’ Baker had to drop out. Committed Arkansas delegates are not bound to vote for their candi date on any ballot at the national con vention. 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