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* state Battalion/Page e September 2/, Candidates sling political mud Warped by Scott McCullai Clements, White debate issues United Press International AMARILLO — When the often virulent debate between Gov. Bill Clements and Demo cratic gubernatorial candidate Mark White came to an end, the two men shook hands in a brief show of congeniality. Then, standing almost toe to toe and surrounded by repor ters, they railed at each other once again. “For nine months, you have been saying the most ugly things about me,” Clements told his opponent. “I hope you’ll stop the muds- linging, Governor,” White re sponded. The brief exchange exempli fied the tone and content of the hour-long debate, which was broadcast Friday by Amarillo TV station KVII. The candidates clearly fo cused on each other as major issues in the 1982 gubernatorial race. White was particularly rank led by a recent article in the Texas Spectator, a Republican- backed newspaper that printed a story about his 19-year-old drunk driving arrest while a law student at Baylor University. “I regretted it then and I re gret it now,” the attorney gener al said, angry that Clements made an issue of the arrest. Accusing the governor of taking an “ugly turn” in his campaign, White called the Spectator a fake newspaper. “This is garbage and that is where the people of Texas will throw it,” he said. “This is the lowest quality campaign stunt I’ve seen.” Clements responded that he reads the Spectator because it is interesting. “Everything in there is a fact.” In his summation, White ac cused Clements of siding with business interests, including utility companies, and the rich. He noted that Clements signed a bill allowing 24 percent interest rates on credit cards and de veloped a plan to employ Mex ican alien guest workers at the expense of Texas workers. “He has said the state’s in crease in unemployment is un important,” White charged. “There are 500,000 Texans out of work tonight. He has sided with the rich against Texans in every case.” White said Clements was soft on environmental issues and re called Clements’ remark that a 1979 Mexican oil spill that stained Texas’ beaches was “much ado about nothing.” White said that as attorney general, he blocked the Depar- ment of Energy from test drill ing nuclear waste disposal sites near Palestine and that he opposed similar test drillings underway in the Panhandle. Clements constantly refered to White as incompetent, charg ing that a state suit against Gen eral Motors was “a classic exam ple of ineptness and incompe tence in the attorney general’s office.” White said he filed to suit be cause GM failed on its promise to give Texans $2,000 rebates on new cars. On other issues, Clements cited his involvment in getting federal disaster relief payments for Panhandle farmers, his crime policy and war on drugs, his work to improve relations with Mexico and policies giving Texas its positive business cli mate. White said he would support paramutual wagering if legisla tion guarded against organized crime, work for stronger en forcement of drunk driving laws, support research for re medies to West Texas’ water shortage and support higher salaries for public school teachers. Although Clements claimed victory, telephone calls to the station gave a slight edge to White. 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