Worried Ford Shifts Strategy

Worried Ford Shifts Strategy

— iiwiin<iiw r»f-i«-r T-intrrTfi'«rfiiirr r 'i i'iiir*' The Weather Inside today Area news .. .14,15 Family.............. 8 Sunny, high in mid 70s today. Fair Business............5 MACC news........3 tonight, lows 4S-S0. Increasing Qassified__ 16-18 MCC calendar ... 7 cloudiness Tuesday, high in 70s. Dear Abby.......19 Obituaries........ 10 National weather' forecast map on **Tk0 might One** Editorial ...........4 Sports.......'..11-13 Page 17. ,TWE»rrV PAGE8 iJEtro^EcrioNs UANCaSsAi'C(0t. MOND^y; MAY 10,1978- VOL XCV, No. 188 PBI€Er FIFTEEN CENTS Worried Ford shifts strategy up his first delegate Saturday in By ELIZABETH WHARTON Arkansas later in the week, Ford has for Morris Udall and left six uncom­ mitted, thus blocking Carter from Wyoming. United Press International rescheduled a second trip to Michigan — to the tulip festival in winning the majority his supporters “Some people think the campaign A worried President Ford, facing is locked up,” said Brown; “I think prospects of losing “crucial” Jlolland and to his home town of predicted. Carter spent Sunday at his home in it’s wide open ... I think the primaries to Ronald Reagan in Grand Rapids — Saturday. The second day in Michigan Plains, Ga., while Udall and Henry chemistry of this campaign can Nebraska Tuesday and in his home change in Maryland. And as we state of Michigan May 18, summoned reportedly came at the expense of Jackson campaigned in Connecticut in hopes of upsetting the former spread across the country, you’re political aides to talk strategy and Arkansas, but that had not been a firm date. Georgia governor there. going to see some real surprises.” revise his campaign schedule. Brown said he is seeking uncom­ The President returned Saturday Meanwhile, the Yankee state of Jackson took himself out of the ac­ tive campaign after losing the Penn­ mitted delegates across the country, from a two-day swing through Maine, which gave southerner Jim­ sylvania primary last month, but and will campaign in New Jersey, Nebraska, and called in campaign my Carter one of his early boosts for said he would fulfill his com­ Nevada, and his home state of aides Sunday, where it was decided the Democratic nomination by favoring him in district delegate mitments in Connecticut and on Sun­ California. to add a second day in Michigan this Reagan widened his lead over Ford week. Additional senior aides, in­ maneuvering before New day spoke of a possible miracle there Hampshire, now may have given him to reestablish his candidacy. in weekend delegate selection in six cluding campaign manager Rogers states, gaining 28 new delegates to Morton,were to meet with him late a rare — if minor — setback. California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Carter won nine of the state’s 20 Jr. said on television (CBS-TV’s Ford’s 18. 'The new totals show today. Reagan with 397 to Ford’s 336, with Originally scheduled to campaign delegates in Maine’s Democratic Face the Nation) the race is still wide open and he hopes to win the 298 uncommjtted. in Michigan Wednesday, and in Ken­ state convention. But the convention tucky, Tennessee and possibly unexpectedly elected five delegates Maryland primary May 18. He picked Earthquake relief Buoyed up by Maine results fund is started Anyone wishing to contribute toward the relief of Italian earthquake victims may do so by sen­ Udall making last-minute bid ding their contributions to P.O. Box 773, Manchester Council on World Hunger, Manchester, Conn. to stop Carter’s bandwagon The Rev. Ronald Fournier, pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church, chair­ man of the council, said the group HARTFORD (UPI) - Morris ticut,” Udall said. “We may pull off tricts, told his supporters he could sent $2,500 in donations to aid the vic­ Udall, desperately trying to overtake one of the big surprises of ‘76 here.” beat Carter. tims of the Guatemalan earthquake Jimy Carter in Connecticut, said he Udall pumped 811,000 into last- He aimed his message at liberals, within the past year. was gaining on the front runner, but minute television and radio ads, but warning he was their only alternative More than 1,000 people have been declined to predict victory in the his spots were outnumbered easily by to more conservative candidates. reported dead as the result of Tuesday primary. the Carter blitz. The first primary in state history Thursday’s earthquake in northern Jackson visits Manchester “I sensed all day yesterday Udall, at each of a series of well- has sparked only mild interest. State Italy. Heavy rains have made rescue traveling around ... its out there, attended appearances that took him party leaders said perhaps only 20 operations difficult. After shocks and Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash,, was surrounded by well-wishers there’s a swell of support,” he told a virtually the length of the state and per cent of the nearly 574,000 new tremors have added to the Saturday as he arrived in Manchester for a short campaign visit neWs conference on the C^itol lawn. into five of the six congressional dis­ registered Democrats would vote. seriousness of the situation. during his weekend whirlwind tour of the state in his bid for “Whether its big enough to give us a delegate support in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary. victory I don’t know.” He spoke to supporters at a late afternoon rally at Willies’ Steak Udall said such a victory, accom­ 10,500 eligible in Manchester panied by Carter losses to California House. (Herald photo by Dunn) Gov. Edmund Brown in Maryland and to Udall in Michigan next week would halt the Carter bandwagon in its tracks. Democratic primary polls He pointed to New England neighbor Maine as evidence the tide News summiiry had begun to turn from Carter. open from noon to 8 p.m. Udall said Carter’ Inability Sunday to win a m ajority of Maine’s Democratic presidential delegates as By SOL R. COHEN Because paper ballots will be used, In Manchester, votes may be cast Compiled from United Free* Internetlonel his organization predicted was proof Herald Reporter tabulation will be slow and results for anti-abortionist Ellen McCor­ the tide was turning and said Connec­ Connecticut’s first presidential won’t be known for quite a while mack, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy ticut’s ’Tuesday primary could "turn preference primary ever will take after the polls close. Carter, Arizona Rep. Morris Udall, National around” the election. -place Tuesday in ail 169 towns and At stake in the primary is the Washington Sen. Henry Jackson or State “This is good news,” he said of the cities of the state, when registered designation of Connecticut's 51 “uncommitted.” The last has a Maine results which showed Carter Democrats will indicate their, choice delegates to the Democratic delegate slate not committed at pre­ HARTFORD - A state audit WASHINGTON - Most in­ sent, although most of the delegates released today said the Connec­ dicators show the economy is with nine delegates, Udall with five for a candidate for president. National Convention in July. — considered a big surprise — and six Only registered Democrats will be Under a complicated formula, do have some idea whom they’d like ticut Department of Communi­ still recovering, but with signs to back — among the announced, the ty Affairs charged too much of that its early acceleration may uncommitted. eligible to vote — and only those who those 51 delegates won’t be known Carter, thought the frontrunner in were on the voter lists as of April 17. until June 12, when conventions will withdrawn and the unannounced can­ its personnel costs against its be slowed. didates. Housing Mortgage Fund last the race for Connecticut’s 51 conven­ In Manchester, a total of about 10,- be held in the state's six Congressional Districts. Delegates to The Manchester ballots originally year. WASHINGTON - The FBI tion delegates, was home Sunday, ap­ 500 Democrats are eligible to cast those conventions will be chosen in had the names also of Idaho Sen. conducted more than 200 illegal parently confident of victory. ballots and predictions are somewhere between 20 and 40 per the same proportion as votes cast in Frank Church and former Oklahoma HARTFORD — The strength “black bag job” break-ins Henry Jackson, the third major Tuesday’s primary (except that Sen. Fred Harris. Both names will be of democracy in Israel was against domestic groups candidate here, ended a three-day cent of them will do so. those presidential candidates blocked out Tuesday. between 1948 and 1966 without tour Saturday and, like Udall, took Voting will be from noon to 8 p.m. demonstrated by recent Arab receiving under 15 per cent of the Connecticut headquarters for Jim­ labor strikes into Israeli- telling the Justice Department, Carter to task for staying away and in all 10 of Manchester’s voting dis­ votes cast Tuesday will lose those my Carter, on E. Center St., occupied West ’ Bank a Senate committee staff relying on a very visible media cam­ tricts. Paper ballots will be used and all election workers will be votes to the uncommitted delegate Manchester, will set up Tuesday territories, Simcha Dinitz, report said today. The report paign. slate — and the uncommitted slate night only in the Terrace Room of Israel’s ambassador to the said former FBI Director J. “Jimmy Carter can be out picking volunteers. The primary is party- also will lose its votes if it doesn’t The Hartford Hilton Hotel, where United States, said at a news Edgar Hoover outlawed the his cabinet, or writing his inaugural mandated and isn’t under state elec­ reach the 15 per cent).

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