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It was the da: changed poli tics. Before it, olit' ians had looked had changed the balance of an elec like politicians: nd o;;ses were still tion, and the power was so great bosses; after '! nothing was the that sixteen years later no two same: the bosses were on their way Presidential nominees had ever downhill and the candidates looked again debated, though the entire different, the tailoring was better, nation wanted more debates. There cut tighter at the waist, the hair was simply too much to lose. The was a little longer because televi PRESIDENT big winner that night in 1960, of sion diminished normal-length hair. course, had been television, more Even the smells were different, the VIDEO specifically the networks. From old smell of cigars replaced by the by David Halberstam then on, television sets were that smell of cosmetics, though, in def much more respectable and manda erence to the macho of the candi tory in homes, and television was dates, some networks, like CBS, How television that much more legitimized as the had an iron rule that no photog became:.qurmost powerful main instrument of political dis raphers were allowed in the room political machine course. It was a great night for the where a candidate was putting on networks, something they had makeup. Afterwards candidates wanted for years, and, indeed, in~ , and their managers planned sched 1952, Frank Stanton, the presiden~ ules not so much by cities or states of CBS, had broached the idea t6 but by television markets, that was Dwight Eisenhower, asking him to the television word, and, fittingly, debate Adlai Stevenson on televi they were there to- sell themselves sion. Ike, who always deferred to in markets. It changed the entire staff expertise, asked if Stanton balance and nature of political ex had checked with Ben Duffy of posure; in the old pre-television B.B.D.&O., hi~. principal media ad campaign, perhaps fifty thousand viser. Stanton said he had. "And people might view a Presidential what did he say?" asked Eisen candidate .in a given city on a very hower. "No," said Stanton. "Well, good day, and perhaps three to four that's my answer," said Ike. hundred thousand might see him in The mystery, of course, was w~ I I I. an entire campaign. Now it was all Rfoharg Nixon hacl agreeCI t6 :the ,. changing; millions and millions debates,-had in effect granted Jack could see the candidate in one night. 't United Statn than there wetit a year a.go-an 1· themselves in·house stuff, rather petty, but their absolutely phenomenal growth. The growth rate of the nature and purpose and the way in which they came economy is 8.7 percent. Nobody thought that inflation about are worth noting in some detail because they tell couid be controlled and jobs restored. both at the same a good deal about this President and his White House. time. But ht> has done it~ He has done it by his courage, One of the revealing things was the conclusion, by his belief in fundamental values. And on top of all evidently shared by the President, that nothing much that, we haw peace in the world. So in my opinion: the can be done about Gerald Ford. Perhaps.the statements. American people are not going to want to change that and speeches drafted for him could be sharpened up. kind of leadership." Perhaps. the choices of occasions for his. public The point of quoting this homily at length is that, performances could be improved. But it had to be and with some aUowance for a.n advocate:s rhetoric. it is_ . was assumed that he would remain his usually dull and really believed by most c.i che people around the ~ulling self' often lively and impres~iy~Jn private but President and they, like hint, are truly troubled and seldom able to convey those qualities in public. That is puzzled by the obvious failure of a large portion of the why Nelson Rockefeller dwells more upon the 1.._ Th h President's record than upon the President as a person. pu bl ic to perceive an d ~ 1ieve it. e astonis ing, The Vice President is known to hold that Mr. Ford is a totaily unexpected success of Ronald Reagan in forcing an incumbent President to beg and scramble for the good President and_a terrible campaigner and that he'd votes of a few score uncommitted Republican conven- have done better than he did in the Republican tion delegates in order to win nomination has done primaries if he'd spent more time in the White House, more than Mr. Ford's steady decline in public opinion being President, and less on the road. It also is why the polls to convince his principal assistants and associates President at a Washington press conference onJuly9- that something has been dreadfully wrong with the his first at the White House since February-similarly way in which he presents himself and is presented by emphasized his record when he said: "Once we get the his spokesmen to the country. With belated recognition nomination, we can start pointing out the distinct of Reagan's root appeal to the Republican minority that differences between the prospective Democratic by definition determines the choice of the party's nominee and myself; we can talk about the record that presidential nominee, the conclusion at the Ford White we have. It is a record that I think will be applauded by House is that the President could not have been 99 and nine-tenths of the delegates to the Republican brought as low as he has been if the general public convention. I think it will appeal to many independents, and . . . there are some Democrats who think the perceived him as those who serve and work with him perceive him. They perceive him as a ~trong, decisive record of the Ford administration is a good one." And, and intelligent man with a genuine capacity for finally, it is why the coming effort to improve the leadership who in - two years has overcome the projection of Mr. Ford to the country will rely more upon setting forth the record of his two years in the Ne~- ~p.qbli.~, 7(24(76 (Cont.) BER. THE tlK~ I in.uni c~~ Thia was the scene on Oct. 7, 19Q), as the secoad of three debates betWeen Sen. John F. Ktmnecly anU Vic..! Presi- dramatic, televised, face-to-face,.presldendal ~P~ dent Richard M. Ni:uD got underway. • · Ford, Carter Agree to Debate Bya WHhlnstonStarStaffWrlter "This year, the issues are on our statement Carter had intended to KANSAS CITY - Jimmy Carter side. I'm ready, eager to go before readt~ay. h had planned today to challenge the American people and debate the "A choice of this magnitude should Pl President Ford to a campaign de real issues face-to-face with Mr. not be made without the closest. ~ bate. But Ford beat him to the punch. Carter, possible scrutiny .of the candidates / The Democratic presidential "The people have the right to bow and their proposals for leading for candidate, ensconced in his home in first hand exactly where both of us leading our country to solutions of Plains, Ga.. during the Republican stand." our problems. For this reason, I am National Convention, had scheduled asking President Ford to join me in a a press conference today at which he BEFORE nm PRESIDENT had debate or a series of debates on the planned to challenge Ford to "a de finished his address, Carter's press choice facing the American people," bate or a series of debates on the secretary, Jody Powell, called re Carter's statement said. choice facing the American people." · porters to his motel room in Plains to But last night, in President Ford's issue a counter challenge. Carter, "I hope that the format will allow acceptance speech to the Republican Powell said, was not picking up the tough cross-examination of the convention here, he challenged the President's gauntlet, be was throw· candidates by representatives of the challenger first, departing from bis ing down his own. news media," the statement said. prepared text to declare: Carter released the text of th~ See DEBATE, A-8j --- . . l!P-042 CCARTER) . . N064 R TAPED POLITICS BY JERRY T. BAULCH WASHINGTON . . N0ll I DEBATE URGENT BY TOPI RA~ WASHINGTON CAP> -- SPONSORSHIP OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES BY THE LEAGUE OF WawtEN VOTERS WOlD..D NOT VIOLATE FEDERAL CNWIPAIBN FINANCING LAWS, TKE FEDERAL ELECTION CQwJMISSION•s CHIEF COtlfSEL SAID TODAY. HOWEVER, THE COUNSEL, JOHN MURPHY, SAID IT MIGKT BE ILLEGAL FOR THE LEAGUE TO SOLICITATE FUNDS FROM CORPORATIONS OR LABOR UNIONS TO lfiDERWRITI THE DEBATES. PIURPKY PRESENTED THOSE OPINIONS AS THE COMMISSION MET TO DISCUSS CLAIMS BY SOME STAFF ATTORNEYS THAT THE DEBATE FORMAT PROPOSED BY THE LEAGUE MIGHT VIOLATE FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS. THE COMMISSION MEETING CAME AS !MISSARIES OF PRESIDENT FORD AND D!MOCRATIC CHALLENGER JIMMY CARTER ARRANGED TG DISCUSS SPECIFICS WITH OFFICIALS OF THE LEAGUE IN THEIR FIRST NEGOTIATION SESSION ON THE tPCOMING DEBATES. THE LEAGUE HAS OFFERED TO SPONSOR A SERIES OF TELEVISION DEBATES AND HAS SAID IT HOPED TO RAISE S 1501 000 TO PAY FOR TKDI F'ROIWI CORPORATIONS AND LABOR UNIONS. THE MURPHY LEGAL OPINION SAID LEAGUE COSTS IN SPONSORING THE TV DEBATES ARE ••NEITHER CONTRIBUTIONS NOR lXP!NDITUR!S '• AS DEFINED BY FEDERAL CAMPAIGN LAW. ••THE LEAGUE HAS A HISTORY OF OVER 90 YEARS OF NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, AND IS, INDEED, FORBIDDEN BY ITS CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS TO ENDORSE CANDIDATES OR TO OTHERWISE APP!AR IN A PARTISAN LIGHT,•• IWIURPKY •s OPINION SAID. • 9THE ACTIVITY PROPOSED TO BE UNDERTAKEN HIRE IS IN KEEPING WITH TH AT TRADITION. • • BUT THI OPINION ALSO NOTED THAT THE LEAGUE MAY NOT PAY FOR THE DEBATE • ·wITH FUNDS THE SOURCE OF WHICH IS CORPORATE OR LABOR ORGANIZATION TREASURIES OR OTHER SOURCES FORBIDDEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FEDERAL ELECTION PROCESS.•• EARLIER IN THE WEEK, OTHER ELECTION COMMISSION ATTORNEYS SAID THE VERY SPONSORSHIP BY THE LEAGUE OF THE DEBATES MIGHT VIOLATE A LEGAL PROVISION THAT BARS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FROM ACCEPTING PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS ONCE THEY HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT PUBLIC Flt.JDS, AS BOTH FORD AND CARTER HAVE. 08-26-76 10:3 IEDT .~.... . ).:i;:· Nl00 R DEBATES IN BRIEF WASHINGTON CAP) -- HERE , IN BRIEF , ARE PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN DEBA TES BETWEEN PRESIDENT FORD AND DEMOCRATIC CHALLEGER JIMMY CARTER . FIRST DEBATE DATE -- SEPT . 23 . TIME -- 9 : 30 P. M. EDT . PLACE -- WALNUT STEET THEATER , PHILADELPHIA . SUBJECT - - DOMESTIC AND ECO NOMI C ISSUES . LENGTH - 90 MI NUTES . FORMAT - - A PANEL OF QUESTIONERS FROM THE NEWS MEDIA . CANDIDATES WILL MAKE CLOSING STATEMENTS BUT NO OPENING STATEMENTS . THERE WILL BE FOLLOW - UP QUESTIONS ALLOWED . CANDIDATES CANNOT BRING NOTES OH SCIPTS, BUT CAN MAKE NOTES DURING THE DEBATES . MODERATOR : EDWIN NEWMAN OF NBC . QUESTIONERS : JAMES P. GANNON , WALL STREET JOURNAL; ELIZkBETH DREW , NEW YORKER, FRANK REYNOLDS , ABC NEWS . ,;. .. SECOND DEBATE DATE -- OCT . S. TIME - - 9 : 30 P. M. EDT . PLACE -- SAN FRANCISCO , ACCORDING TO SOURCES . SUBJECT -- FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENSE . x:" LENGTH , FORMAT , MODERATOR AND QUESTIONER5 NOT DETERMINED YET, BUT FORMAT PROBABLY SIMILAR TO FIRST DEBATE . THIRD DEBATE DATE -- OCT . 22 . TIME -- 9 : 30 P. M. EDT . PLACE -- TO BE DETERMINED . SUBJECT -- ALL ISSUES . LENGTH, FORMAT, MODERATOR AND QUESTIONERS NOT DETERMINED YE T, BUT FORMAT PROBABLY SIMILAR TO FIRST DEBATE . 09-2~-76 15 : 02EDT ' ... • , .. ,.._··.. ... ,,;~.... ,; ~ ··~.+.. :·· . ~- ;:, . 1.... \--:'!·. .. -~. ... 1 • ·,; ·:~ .. . .. 1. "· ; / . ~ ·: : ..... •• :v :... ;. ~t UP-087 a>EBATES> WASHINGTON .. t UP-849 CORRE SPO NOE NI' S : TJ£ PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES PROJECT OFT)£ LEAGUE OF \IO{IJEN VOTJRS• EDUCATION FUND ANtllUNCES THAT A POOL SEATING ARRANGE{IJENf Vll..L BE ESfABL IS)£D FOR THE FIRSI' DEBATE AT THE WALNUI' STREET THEATER . IN PHU.ADELPHIA, THlRSDAY, ~PT. 23. EQUAL NUM3ERS OF THEATER ACCESS SEATS Wll.L BE ALLOTTED TO Tt£ PRESS OFFICES OF EACH CANDIDATE .FOR ASSl9NMENI'S AND CXlRRESPONOENTS TRAVELING WITH THE CAtfJ IDATES. !£ATS INSIDE THE THEATER AL 9J WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PRE SS MEMBERS. tl>TIFICATION AS TO WHICH KIN:> OF CREDENTIAL WILL BE ASSIGl€D AND WHEN CREDENT !AL S MAY BE PICKED UP WILL BE MADE ON T t£ SDAY, SE Pl' • 21. A WORXIM3 PRESS ROOM FOR THE DEBATE WILL BE PROVIDED INT>£ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K>TEL AND WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH OFF-THE-AIR TELEVISION MONITORS FOR VIEWING OF THE DEBATE. FOR OORRESFU N:>ENTS, WITH SEAT ASSIGN1'£ NT S IN T >£ WAL NUI' SfRIIT T lt:ATER, T )£ FOLLOWING GRO UNO RULES APPLY: -- CDRRESR>NDENI'S MUst BE IN THE IR SEATS BY 9: 10 P .flf. EDT AM) REMAIN TJ£RE UNI'IL T>£ OONCl..USION OFT>£ DEBATE AT 11 P.,.. EDT. -- NO TELEPHONES OR FILING FACILITIES MAY BE INSTALLED IN THE T tl:ATER. CDRRESFONDENTS WK> WD..L mt BE TRAVELING WITH EITHER CAM>IDATE ANJ WISH TO APPLY FOR CREDENTIALS S'EATS OR WORK AREA, S}()lLD CALL 296-4358. ALL REQt£Sl'S FOR CREDENTIALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5 P.M. EDT fl>~AY, 5"EPT. 20. CXlNI'ACT: ELLEN HERMAN, 296-4725 • . . UP-049 COEBATE S> WASHINGTON CUPI> -- Tl£ SECOND AND THIRD NATIONALLY TELEVISED DEBATES BETWEEN PRESIDENT FORD AND JIMMY CARTER WILL BE J£1.D ocr. 6 AID ocr. 22 AT UNDETERMINED LOCATIONS' IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY. DEBATE ORGANIZERS AL&:> ANNOUNCED THAT ROBERT DOLE AND WALTER ~NDALE WOlLD OONDUCT THEIR PREVIOUSLY SCHEDtLED DEBATE SH£TIME D lR ING THE WEEK BEG INNING OCT. 11. THE INITIAL MEET I NG BETWEEN FORD AND CARTER WIll BE HELD ~PI' • 23 AT THE WAL Nt.rr STREET T 1£ATER IN PHILADELPHIA • AN ORGANIZER SAID THE SITES OF Tl£ SECOND AND THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES WILL BE ANN:> UNCED LATER. THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE DATES WAS MADE Dt.RING A f£ETING TODAY BETWEEN DEBATE ORGANIZERS AND OFFICIALS FROM THE TELEVISION NETWORKS, WHICH WILL CARRY THE DEBATES LIVE TO MILLIONS ACROSS THE NATION. THE ORGANIZERS SAID ALL FOt..R DEBATES, REGARDLESS OF LO~TION, VOlLD BEG IN AT 9 :30 P .M. EDT. UPI 09• 14 11 :34 AED ·- ~,. .. ,, J \ l - - ( In,\;\ { I' • \ .J - , 1 ' - ,.., Jh 1.11 \Ji J1\ ( t1 ) l .. ; l - .. 11 I - • t F JI L .., r L. L... 1'Wl.:i I!. n J I ( , \ 1 ... \ l L l. I .I-lu .IL. .. . 1 V r' rt IL MI,,._ L f il rl ' l i1 L .'..i-h.. J 1' \ .JI it..,• >I v 1 A l ,, M 1.:. K I c Hi~ I.) 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BET~EEN PhE.:;,I[;iNT FOhC ,..'JC CHALLENGEn JIMMY CMnTER WILL J~ HELD SiPT . 23 IN AN HI:;,IORIC T~~ri1~0 I~ PHILADiLPHik, TH~ LEAGU E OF WOMEN VOTER5 HNNOUNCED TODAY, >UT l~E AMERICAN PAhfY H~D IT~ NMTIONAL CA~DIDATES FILED ~UIT TO BLOC~ 1n DE BAT ES. THE TEL~VI5 £C Dt~AfE WILL BEG IN AT 9:30 P. M. ~DC, PEhMITTI~3 ~V~NI~G f IM£ VIEWIN G KCno~~ THE COU~InY E~C~Pr IN ALA5KM AND HAWAII . THE SITE. UUfSID£ WASJ-IINGTOi~ .~ET CkHTEt\ ' :;, ?nEFEfiENCE, BUT lnl!. 90-MINUTE LiNGIH WAS MORE IN KE£Pl~G WITH FORD'S DESIRE . CAhT Eh HrlD PREFERRED A 5HOKfEn LENGTH. THE DATE AND fOPIC , DOMESTIC AND ECONOMIC ISSUES, HAD BEEN ANNOUNCFC EAttLIER. THE DEBMTE ~ILL dl HELD IN THE WAL~Uf STRfEf TH~ATlk, LOCAT [ NE~K INDEPEND ENCE HALL kND SAID TO o~ THE OLDEST THEATER IN CONTINUUU~ u~~ IN THE ENGLI~H-SPEAKING WOKLD. If OPENED FEB. 2 , 1309 , AND w~s DESIGNATED ~ ~ttTIONAL HISTOKIC LhND~AnK IN 1964. f HE i-HiEn !CAN PHnT Y AND IT;;, Pn£,:, ID£iH !AL AND VICE PnES IDE. i'~ I '1L CANDIGATE5 FILEU fHE SUIT IN u . ~ . DISTnICT COUhT I~ WASHI~GT CLAIMING THE DEdKTES WOULD VIOLATE fHE EQUAL TIME PROVISION F FEDErll-lL L~W. ''THE .:>0 - CALLLD ' DEBA TES' An£ A POLifICAL EVENT ~TAGED FO~ THE MEDIK , AND An~ NOf dONAFID[ NEW.:> Ev~ TS , ELIGIBLE FO~ EXEMPTION fhO~ THE EQUHL TI~L it£~U iniMENTS,'' THE COMPLAINT SAID . THE EQUAL f I~i PHOVISION~ REQUIWE 3ROADCASTERS TO GIVE CO~Pknk3LE EXPOSUHE TO ~LL CANDIDATES . NEWS COVERAGE IS GENEhALLY EXPEMTED fhO~ THi RULE . PLAINTIFFS IN fHE SUIT Ak£ ro~ ANDERSON , THE AMEnlCAN PAkTY CAND!DHTc. Fun P1t.:!..:>IDt.NT , AND RUFUS SHACKLEFORD , HIS RUNNING ... rt. . kLTHOUGH T~rtMED DEBATES , THE FlnST CLASH WILL FOLLOW A FOH M~I ~OKE AKIN TO INTEriLUCKI NG NEWS CONFEHENCES. THE LEAGUE SAID THrlEE JOURNALISTS, NOT YET SELECTED, WILL QUESTION THE CANDIDATES, ~rlO ~ILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ANSWER. THE QUESI IONEH CAN ASK ONE !~MEDIATE FOLLOWUP QUESTION IF DESIRED, WITH UP TO TWO MINUTiS HLLOWED FOx THE ANSWER . THEN THE OTHEh CANDIDATE CAN COMMENT FOR UP TO fwO MINUTES . THE CANDIDAThS, HO~EVEH , WILL NOf DlrlECTLY QUESTION EACH OTHEH . THERE WILL t J O?ENI~~ ~TATi~iNTS , BUT EACH CA~DIDATE WILL ~KE k CLOSING STATEM~N! OF UP TO THkEE MINUTES . N£ ITHEn FO~C .~Jr( CARTE!i wILL BE ALLOwED TO aftING ANY NOTE.~ Oh ;:,CtdPI.:> 11'4T U TnE. :JE-=>SlON , ACCOnDINl.:J fO THE GKOUND RULES AGkEED UP01 1 BY BOTH SIDES . THE LEAGUE S~ID DATES , ~lfES , f IMES AND FO~MAfS FOh THE OTYEk TWO PRESIDENTIAL D~BAfES AND FOn ON~ dETWElN VICE PHE~IDENTIAL CANDI~ATE~ SlNS . WALTEri MONDALL AND h03EriI J . DOLE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMIN~ C . NO MODERATOK HAS YEf BlEN PICKEC FOR THE FlnST DEBATE , NOn HA;;, If BEEN DECIDED ~HtIHlR TH~ S~M~ MODEkriTOk WILL HANDLE ALL THE PKO(hrl~S . fHE PANEL OF QJ~~r IO~L~.:>, .riO~~~ FnO~ ~E~SPAPER~ , NEWS SERVICZ~, dK·"ADCfl~f NE.Olk , ? ..... IODI AL~ AND COLU11NI~rs , IN ILL Bf. DIFFEhE.~T : hi...H TI ~ ' TH~ L~kGU~ .:>kID . 09 - 08-76 1 : 39Uil' .. UP- 2'54 CCA \'D !DATE DEE ATES> ~ Y AR R'LD SAW ISLA K) WASHINGTON .. N067 R DEBATE-kEPOHTEKS WASHINGTON CAP> -- LOWIN NEWMAN OF NBC WILL SERVE AS MODERATOR OF THE FIRST CAMPRIGN DEBATE BETWEEN PHESIDENT FORD AND JIMMY CARTER, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ANNOUNCED TODAY . THE DEBATE , ON IHUkSDAY , WILL CENTER ON ECONOMIC ISSUES . I T WILL BE HELD AT THE WALNUT STREET THEATER IN PHILADELPHIA . THE LEAGUE AL50 ANNOUNCED THAT THE THREE-MEMBER P~NEL OF QUESTIONERS FOij THE DEBATE WILL SE JAM£S P. GANNON OF THE Wfil:E STR&!fi JOURNAL, ELI~BETH DREW OF THE NEW YDRKEk ~ND FRANK REYN ___ s OF __c NEW:§:!: 09-20-76 12 : 39EDT .. UP - f'l72 CVI CE 001 C" Ill ~·~ Il\L rE 0 t-H ) ti' ~ SH I Nc-'TO~ ClfP !) -- T}'E ''t:.. !0 1t.LLY T1:.LEVI%C DEEATE ':)ETt~lEF•' VJ':E r0 rcrnr~nrl'IL r,r-. IDcTLc c".-l'=''I !:CLF A"-!D WALTER "'1Qf\1Dl\LE i,r rLL TAvf !='LAr.F ncr . 15 A1 A YET -T"-!;- rETF 0 '1I'•"!ED '"ITt: , THE Lf't:it-1 ri;- '·'""£" \Jr)TF 0 <:- Afl1nt''1Cf.D TC'f"\"Y . R[P!fLICA' t'C'L , "~··r~r~ Jr- !"' ILLI 'Q I<"' , CC,.,.PL~tt'·'FIJ f't' IC' . . i'.~55 i\ Di3t-tT£. ~h~HINGTO~ (kP) -- 1Ht ~Leo~~ D~ciATi BEfWl~~ Pnl~IDENT FOhD HND Jl~ ~y Cttrcf.E.rt '.:J ILL L-\KE PLHC.:!. T:-t·;- r.·v .i'il. 'J OF OCT . 6 I i\ ~lit" FiihNCI~CO ' S PAL~CE OF FINE ~nT~ fh~HTLn , ih£ L~ttGUE OF WO~~N VOTEfi.'.:) HNNOUNCED f ODr1 Y. THE PHLhC~ OF FIN~ Hnf~ fH~~T~H , LOCHT£D Mf THE ttPPkOttCH TO THE GOLD£.N GidE onlDl.l , I~ 11N U•\.~nl , DOi•jE[i BuILDING , fHE ONLY Ol\-2 ~EMttINI~o F~J~ fHE 19 15 ?riNA~ri - PALIFIC LXPO~I1IO~ . THE EXPO~lflON CELE3HriTED THt OPL~I 3 OF lHf Pn~M~rl Cri~AL nW 0 ThE nE3U ILDI ~G OF SAN FnANCI.'.:)CJ , ,h'Vri~T i-.f ED 3Y fH~ l~i(JS .:.knfH0>tuttti:. . THE LEttl.lUL , ~HICH 1~ JPOh~OnING Tri~~i DLEHfE~ BETWEEN THE CEMOCRATIC rl~D HEPUdLICri D~IE~CEn.'.:) FOn TH£ PHESIDENCY H~G ONE 3ET~iEN T~Eln ~UNNING MnTL.'.:) , ANNOJ~CED fHHf iH~ VICE PRE~IDENTIAL DEBkTE WILL BE BROADCAST THE OnNI ~ OF OCT . 15 FriOM H ~TILL UNDlfEhMINEC LOCATION . THE SITE OF THE THinD ?hE~ID~NTIAL CEBkTE , SCHECULEC FOH OCT . 22 , HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY H~NOU~CEC . BUT REPUBLICAN VI CE- PRESICEN1IKL CANDIDATi aoa DOL SAIC ~ONDriY THHT IT ~ILL TAKE PLACE IN WILLiaM.'.:)cUri , Vrl ., Tr_ COLO .. I~L CAP ITAL OF VIRGINIA WHICH HAS BEEN ri~~ro~~D f THE I NFLJE~Cl kNC LAriGESSE OF TH~ nOCKEFELLEh FkMILY . DOLE HA~ CHALLEN3~D HI~ uEriOCn~T IC COUNT£nPAriT , ~EN . WALTEn F. MONDhLE , TO HOLD In~ DEaATE I~ THE SOuTH AND HAD SAID EAHLIEh HE THOUGHT dinMINGH~~ , ~LA ., WOULD BE A GOOD SETTihG . JI K~riHYN , ~InECTOrl OF THE LEAGUE ' S PrcE~IDENTiaL FOfiU~ , SAID WILLIAMSBUKG I.:;) k~ONG .'.:)tVEnAL CITIE~ UNDEK CON~IDERATION AS A bITE FOh TH~ THiriD DEdkTE , BUf H~ nEFU.'.:)ED IO NAME THE OTHEnS OR SAY HOW MANY THEhE WERE. 09 -28- 76 12 : :.:.DT .. U0 - "111:.. (('/\ l\lf'\ It; ,Hr m . OT S) ~!~~HI (?T'"'~ CUP!) -- Tl-II F'I~ST DEPATE PET\llEE l Pof~IDE~1' F'" 0 !) AMD JI'°""Y c.o 0 Trt;> ILL'"' urL'"' P' PHILADELPHIP ' S \1'AL~1U'f STREFT THEATEP , c~ .. 0 A I'2 ~· 3n tP ':f s ~A IC Toi:: Ay . Tl-[ LEASUE Or \!J0"'1E' V':Tf 0 ~ t\T FIPST WA~'TED TO 1-'CLT' Tl-fE st!='!' . 23 i;FPflTE P"fT'•.'EF" THE o:\FSI'.)f~:fIAL LA~·~ICATES I N P "DE PEl'-!CF~C1 HALL , ~ur \ THE OLD T 'if p_Tr 0 '.NA c: CPI' ~P· 1 PJSTE AO , SO LIP CE S SA ID • '" Tl--'F n~1·01 , ~qECIA~ - STYLE THEATF? WAS DEc-IG~'ED JY "qC ITECT JCWJ HAVIL A~.JD A~ !LT P 1 JT_ pof 11 f'C'O"' n; l SZc.. , ,,.AKING IT THE CLDFST 0 HYSIC~L S'T!:>LJ_,TL9E f'f A LFc:'ITP1ATE THEATER IN THE COU"'TRY . A ppo~o~~ TO RE S1'0 Rf IT EE ~Ar.,, p. 19 7 7' . INDE°F"TE~ICF H~LL p~('PAt:'LY WAS ~EJECTED BECAUSE IT IS mr LARGE F.f«:UC:H , A''D Tl-fE }-l JSTOR IC OLD E UIV' I~G IS CONSIDFRED TOC ~A~ ILE TC ::!A.rr- L!P T"' PEAVY TC'..RIST TRPF'fIC . PHILADELPHIA \i!AS F'AVO~ED AS flN f>P~~OF"iIATF SITE PECAU~E THIS IS THE PICE"'f NNIAL YEAR . A SFCC' :") DEPATE I~ l XPE'CTED TO EE HELC IN THE ElG INNJ~ OF' OCTC'EEP . IT "-'ILL El F'OLLC'WED P ~ID-OCTOPER EY A DEPATE °FTWEE~l T>-£ VICE pqfSIOE~ITIAL CA"-':.:IiJATES , REPUBLIC~.N ROBERT DOLE Am DE"10CRAT '1' PL T Ft:? ""' "ID AL£ • Y . THE F' P·' AL f'lfJ=~ ti TE ET E i: ~ EO F'GE.~. QC UPI 19 - 0<.3 ~9 : 25 P.Er . . N086 R FORD-INTERVIEW SAN FRANCI~CO CAP> -- PRESIDENT FORD SAYS JIMMY CARTER IS ENGkGING m ''PURE DEMAGUGUERY'' BY QUESTIONING FORD'S CAMPAIGN FINANCES AND RELATIONSHIP TO LOBBYISTS, ACCORDING TO IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED HERE TODAY. ''I PERSONALLY RESENT THIS ATTACK ON MY INTEGRITY,'' FORD IS QUOTED AS SAYING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH REG MURPHY, EDITOH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER. ''HE KNOWS THE CHARGES ARE NOT TRUE. THEY ARE PURE DEMAGOGUERY. THE FBI AND THE STAFFS OF TWO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES WENT ALL OVER THE RECORDS AND THEY GAVE ME A CLEAN BILL. THERE IS NOTHING TO BE FOUND.'' FORD WAS INTEHVIEWED IN DALLAS, TEX., OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INTERVIEW APPEARED IN MONDAY'S EDITIONS OF THE EXAMINER . ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY , CARTER DEMANDED THAT FORD HOLD A FORMAL NEi CONFERENCE TO ANSWEn QUESTIONS ABOUT A 1973 AUDIT BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. THE IRS AUDIT, WHICH APPEARED IN NEWS STORIES LAST WEEK, REPORTED THAT IN 1972 FORD USED MONEY FROM A HOMETOWN BANK ACCOUNT IN MICHIGAN WHICH CONTAINED SOME POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAY FOR SOME CLOTHING AND A FAMILY SKI VACATION. THE AUDIT REPORT SAID FORD AGREED TO COUNT THE CLOTHING EXPENDITUB AS PERSONAL INCOME AND PAY TAX ON THE AMOUNT. THE AUDIT INDICATED FORD REIMBUkSED THE ACCOUNT FOH THE VACATION. CARTER AL50 CALLED ON FORD TO EXPLAIN THE IRS FINDING THAT FORD G~ ALONG ON LESS THAN $5 A WEEK IN OUT-OF-POCKET CASH DURING ALL OF 1972. THE IRS AUDITORS ACCEPTED FORD'S EXPLANATION THAT MANY INCIDENTAL EXPENDITURES, SUCH AS LUNCHES, WERE PICKED UP BY FRIENDS AND SOCIAL AND POLITICAL GROUPS. 10-11-76 14:22EDT N087 R ~AN FRANCISCO - ADD FORD-INTERVIEW CN086) CARTER HAS NEVER DIRECTLY CRITICIZED FORD BY NAME FOR TAKING GOLF TRIPS AT THE EXPENSE OF CORPORATE LOBBYISTS WHILE HE WAS A CONGRESSMAN. THE DEMOCRAT HAS SAID HE DOES NOT THINK FORD VIOLATED AN LAWS IN DOING THAT . BUT CARTER HAS CRITICIZED LONG-TERM FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO BECOME VERY FRIENDLY WITH LOBBYISTS. IN THE EXAMINER INTERVIEW , FORD SAID THAT HIS OPINION OF HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT HAD LESSENED AFTER THEIR TWO DEBATES. ''I HAVE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED,'' THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT SAID. ''HE'S VERY EVASIVE AND NONSPECIFIC. ''IN THE END, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS HE'S DONE AND SAID, HE ' S MISTAKE-PRONE. THAI IS A VERY SERIOUS TRAIT FOR A PERSON WHO MIGHT BECOME OUR P~ES .IDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT I II. ''MY STAFF KNOWS I FEEL THIS WAY. HE WORRIES ME VERY, VERY MUCH.'' ASKED WHETHEk HE HAD GLARED SOMETIMES AT CARTEk DURING THEIR SECOND DEBATE HERE LAST WEEK, FORD ANSWERED, ''I WAS DISGUSTED.'' FORD SAID HE FEELS THE REMAINING THREE WEEKS OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL FOCUS ON THREE IS~UES -- THE COST OF GOVEHNMENT, DEFENSE SPENDING AND ''THE QUESTION OF TRUST.'' ''THERE I~ A GHOWING CONCERN AMONG THE DEMOCRATS THAT HE CCARTER> CAN'T ti£ TRUSTED,'' FORD SAID. l~-11-76 14:25EDT .. N084 R DEBATE PANELISTS WASHINGTON CAP>-- BARBARA WALTERS, WHO CO-ANCHORS THE ABC EVENING NEWS, WILL MODERATE THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DEBATE BETWEEN PRESIDENT FORD AND JIMMY CARTER, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ANNOUNCED TODAY. THE QUESTIONERS WILL BE JACK NELSON, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES; ROBERT C. MAYNARD, EDITORIAL WRITER AND COLUMNIST FOR THE WASHINGTON POST, AND JOSEPH KRAFT, A SYNDICATED COLUMNIST. THE THIRD DEBATE WILL BEGIN AT 9:30 P.M. EDT FRIDAY, OCT. 22. IT WILL BE HELD AT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA. 10-19-76 13:59EDT fl 0 - ~4 1 (0EB ATE) '·l~SHI"lGTON CUP!) -- JI~ ){)GE , EDITOq OF' THE r.HICASO - SUN TPffC: , Hl\c::; ° Fn' SELE GTED AS THE "'10DE~ ATOR OF rq !DAY ' S "JA TIC t-.1ALL Y TELE VT c;[f' n~l\TF PET1o1EEN VICT Pt?E C: JDE'-lTJP.L ~flNDIDATES RO?E~T DOLE A\1D 1.~"LTEo ''•ffl\")A LF , IT 1.1AS A ~'MC UNCED TODAY . THE LEAGUE OF t, .. / '" I ~ i I - ,.. ~ . - J!ASHlNGTON advice today is. ,"MOderatlol) 1$'~, buf lel ~ - (Al') .-U· President know f.OU haveJdeas/f:. '· ~ . · . · · ---;- , F..ord .seemi,,zdaxed , onlarr. re&ctied.in tot· ~· 1€$. -1d' the align-, in his debate tonight -·nient of the stars iJrJjcates the ., l .. UP-8:54 (VEEPS DEB ATE> tl>USTON cUPI > -- THE ALLEY THEATRE IS THE LIKELY SITE OF TKE 0£BATE BET'JEEN ROBERT DOLE AND WALTER MONDALE, A LEAGUE OF VO"EN VOTERS OFF! CI AL SAID MO ~AY. "ADELEINE APPEL, >«JUSTON LEAGUE PRESIDENT, SAID SHE OOULO l«JT IWIAKE AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BUT BELIEVED IT "99 PER CENT SURE" THE TVt ..-AUDITORI l.1'f THEATER •s LARGEST ARENA, SEATING 800, WOULD BE CHOSEN FOR THE 0 CT. 15 DEBATE. trJUSTON HAS BEEN ONE OF SEVERAL CITIES SEEKING TO KlST ONE OF THE CAl'IPAIGN DEBATES. "RS. APPEL SAID FINAL SITE SELEcTION HAS NOT BEEN ~ADE BECAUSE "THIY cNATIONAL LEAGUE OFFICIALS> LIKE TO FINISH ONE DEBATE OO"PLETELY BEFORE GOING ON TO TKE NEXT ... UP I t 0-05 1 0 : 4 2 AED .. ~- .·.. ... UP - 115 .,,~. ... '· ,, .... ~. • • ,,_,._- .. I ' ~·'"' .. --:·· .. ~ ... _,....~ ...... ~- - ...... - ...... -·-· v 14 I -- .c . , ' 11 FINAL 111 Pate&-6 See!tions Am~ts B 6 Metro ·o I Classified D 8 Obituaries D 6 Cemics E37 Real Estate E 1 Editorials A18 Sports · C l Fed. Diary D 2 Style B 1· .. .. Financial C· 9 TV-Radio B 5 ctaul!led 223-6200 Ridler beyond Vctropolltan area @197S, The Wuhin&Lon Poat co. l5c SA ! · ~~ · ~ : ~ ·t.~ _.':6G'.~O · B~~ .. 2~-~ .~ ~ .. · ~ . ~!,.: ~.i~:~l¥ (_211 Clrculatlon 223-6-100 ' see Box A2. '. ·~ . · '~ ' ' \' "' ·..... '· .., ,, t't'.""=.t/~c:: · · - Third Debate Centers·on Ford-Record ··President-Cites I His 'Good Joh'.; .carter Disagrees -·. Bi David S. Broder .,'~ :· ··ana Eawar.d Walsh .. ' .. . .. ' waab!Uton Poe start Wrtten ·.. ~ ... Gerald·. Ford anc:i· .fim:my Car~r~ ~0ncluded - their sei:ies of televise 4.."'" , i..\ • ..... ,.. • , ~ , ' • ~·. ~.I' : ~ '. • • .', :" • • .' r ,• lf'!I! ··~ t:. ( ·: ,. • in~ that ct>Ulltry following the death fans had hung around for the fourth I'm not going to watch it when I get ':SllcUng aown m tne1r seats, propmg ----~ ~ -•• --... ··-•--....a. .aa." "U'- t,;JIU u"""'"""duou we size Qt till' military of ailing" President Tito. quarter of a 103-to-84 Bullets loss. home either." up Ul"eir feet and downing anot11er oMhe debate, they filed out somberly. has been reduced. Kraft suggested that 1'~ord and pre ·~beer.-"· "What's the use," one Bullets' fan · Then,.. at . 9:40 p.m., the visage of The idea of broadcasting the de "At the present time. wc arc at ,vlous· .Presidents had felt it wiser to Jimmy:·e~r{er replaced the lean and b.ates on the big screen was the Capi muttered as he walked to his car a The .tl'l:le political observers sat up r :!pold such state~en~ ~n~ saiowe'. by 1.4 .million ... This admin Centr~s' basketball court. to cheer and boo and throw: popcorn departing sports fans. More t-!tan ·a istration does not believe the way to c~ said. he had discussed tugo- The e?(.$..s belan an~ most" didn't at their political heros with ·all the cro6ked 'but they've got their hands few who stayed ~aid they were just in the bag. Who cares anymore.''?" reduc~ unemployment is to go to war or to mcrease the military." C.Jg~ing Statements of Ford an: Carter i9 ·Their Final Debate FJ~ng ··d.tJ.~ te~ of tluCclos· ful §ert,~~~'~- over ~~e United o~t of work, and .there's a sense of a welfare sta.te. We spend now 700 There are no magic answers' to it. But ~ !t_atemen"fs· !>J£.P-r:.e~~~ F~(hmd Sta1's; th(!l'~· is a ne~ spirit in Arnet- withdrawal. per ce~t mor~ on u.nemployment com- :.~·. ~,l>c:!!ev~\together we can make great But I believe that we can now estab Jimm;.• Carte.r ,,m : ~ir ·hi/re! an~ .fftlaL · ica. ·The .A:fnerican peaple are healed, But our country is innately very pensation than we di:l eight years · ·progress. We can correct our difficult lish in the Whi.te Hp\Jse a ,good rela tionship with Congress, a good rela debate. ~~,/ ::.~ , ·~· #e~wor~ togeµter:. The Ameri~n strong. Mr. Ford.is a good and decent ag() .when the Republicans took ov;.r;. and answer those very tough t'-.nm~ tionship W'.ith our pec>pie set very \ • people moving again and mo"mg man, but he's been in office now more· - !~iclen:t:· Fonf ar~ the W.bite House. Our people want: ·:questions. I believe· in the greatness high goals for our countrY' and witll For .~.erved_'r jJ't the ·~~ i~ the.. iigbt direction. . than days, approaching almost as. t 0 g 0 b k t 1• • , Y ,of our country, and 1 believe the _25nl'eets,:1 800 ac ~ worA- ' . .~merican people are ready for a inspfration and. had work, we can' gress ,un'd~,,_.five Presfdents. ~ saw : We , have cut inflation by better long as John,Kennedy' was .in office. Our education system can be im·}( (~ange in Washington. · achieve_great things fnd let the world them wo!~· I saw. th:l!1.. mak: very than· ·baJf we have come out of ·the l'd like to· aA the American people riroved. Secrecy ought to be. strippi:d We've been drifting to long. We've know. That's very imllortant, b·ut more hard . . t.,