82—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, March 8,1980 Straw BY SHEILA MILLER HARRISBURG - Although most of the visitors to the 1980 Farm Equipment Exposition were looking for information on machinery or products, to use on their farms, this year’s crowds were given a chance to leam about the political end of agriculture. According to Hugh Coff man, Farm Show Director, he had been approached by several political candidates for space at the already over-crowded Farm Show. Several weeks prior to the opening of the Expo, Coff man said they decided to send out invitations for the election campaigns to rent space. He noted that seven cam paigns, plus the League of Women Voters, set up infor mation booths. The political arena, as it was dubbed by the Expo organizers, had some logistics problems when the show opened on Thursday. The political representatives found their accommodations in the poultry bam too isolated. In order to get their beliefs across to the public, the campaigners had to strategically locate' where they would be noticed. So, their displays and tables were shifted to the csjn&urse between the commercial ex hibitors and the livestock bams. Despite the better vantage point, the Expo visitors still : seemed to pass by the tables covered with political pam phlets, occasionally picking ; up a brochure’ or' two". The* campaigners appeared ready to talk to the visitors about their candidate’s merits; but, for the most part, they succeeded only in talking among themselves. By mid-afternoon Satur day, most of the cam paigners had started pack ing up and tearing down their displays. Ihe Penn sylvania Department of Agriculture employees in charge of conducting the straw poll began to entreat visitors passing by to take part in the vote. But, in the typical rat-race rush, the Expo spectators detoured the ballot box with a hurried “I voted already!”. The outcome of the straw poll was tabulated on Mon day. With a crowd estimated at 25,000 by the Farm Show Director, the poll received a meager 356 votes for the three day “election.” The Expo visitors who voted selected George Bush as the Republican candidate, and Jimmy Carter as the Democratic candidate for President. Bush received 72 Republican votes, followed by Ronald Reagan with 55, John Anderson and Howard Baker with 21 each, John Conley with 20 votes and several write-in votes for Gerald Ford and Barry Goldwater. Carter swept the democratic choice, getting 78 votes. Ted Kennedy was backed by 44 Expo voters, and 10 cast their ballots for Gerry Brown. For the U.S. Senate seat, Bud Haabestad was chosen as the Republican candidate in the straw poll, with Pete Flaherty as his Democratic opposition. Haabestad had 45 Haabetad fields grain embargo questioi poll selects candidates Bud Haabstad of the 131 Republican votes, and Flaherty got 62 of the 139 Democratic votes. The Auditor General political battle will be between James Knepper and A 1 Benedict, according to the Expo poll. And Leßoy Zim merman and Michael O’Pake will be fighting it out at the polls for Attorney General, as indicated by the ballots cast in the straw poll. The survey also foretold that Budd Dwyer and Bob Casey were the chosen candidates for the office of Treasurer. Whether his victory was the result of his brief ap pearance at the Expo, Bud Haabestad was introduced to the crowd of about 300 at the Keystone Classic swine sale, held on Saturday. After a brief introduction by PDA Secretary Hallowell, Harold F. Haabestad, Jr. told the farmers our nation’s strength is in its ability to produce food. He went on to say government has to con centrate on helping the farmer, and together will UN You bet it is. How else would a beautifully engineered product from India crack this highly competitive American market. Kirloskar has to offer .more. 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