Dole predicts landslide win MIDLAND, Tex. (UPI) the cheering audience of Republican vice presidential about 200. "That may be just candidate Robert Dole, in a a bit optimistic, but we are burst of enthusiasm, predict- optimistic." ed yesterday he and President At an airport rally in oil- Ford might win every state rich Midland, Dole also spoke but the District of Columbia about Texas concerns of in tomorrow's election. - energy, defense, right to work "We're winning. We're and gun control before going to win in Texas. We're' heading for Louisiana and going to win in New York. Illinois. We're going to give Carter Dole continued his attacks maybe the District of .on Carter and Waltei. Mon- Columbia," Dole said. dale for advocating "We may get all the rest of divestiture in the oil industry the states in the nation the and continued price controls way it's going now," he told on new oil and natural gas. Women won't increase ranks in WASHINGTON (UPI) Women may increase their numbers in state level political offices tomorrow, but experts anticipate no increase in the strength of female representation on Capitol Hill. Leaders of the National Women's Political Caucus and the Women's Campaign Fund were disappointed by the • prospects for women candidates primarily because they wanted to break the current sex barrier in the U.S. Senate. But only_ one woman, ,Connecticut's Gloria Schaffer, survived the primaries. Despite her popularity as secretary of state, she apparently has failed to woo voters from GOP incumbent Lowell Weicker. Nor were any great gains likely to be made in the House, where women occupy , 19 seats "Holding even at 19 will be a gain in itself since we have to elect three new women members to do that," lamented Carol Handles of the Women's Campaign Fund. But there has been a marked increase in political activity among women during 1976, reflected most -notice ably on the state level—the traditional training ground for candidates seeking to come to Washington. Nineteen women have been nominated as major party candidates for statewide jobs including two with good chances of becoming governors. And the number of women seeking state legislative offices has in creased by 12 per cent over 1974. COMPLIMENTS OF THE PENN STATE BOOKSTORE KEEP YOUR EYES ON ziFF , s for JEANS You can pay $2O elsewhere °I. 14 99 at ZIFF'S the savings are yours discoverZlFF S Westerly Parkway Plaza W c,t‘o House, Although 52 women are running for the House, the experts agree that number is misleading because so many face strong incumbents. "The most discouraging revelation of 1976 is that access to party nominations has not improved for women seeking open seats in the U.S. House of Representatives," said Betsy Wright, who heads the fund-raising arm of the Women's Political Caucu's. Only 15 women congressional candidates are heavily favored including 12 incumbents and two newcomers. Three in cumbents are retiring and four others Pat Schroeder, D-Colo., Martha Keys, D- Kan., Gladys Spellman, D- Md., and Helen Meyner. D- N.J. have strong challengers. Rep. Keys has been battling a unique election problem, stemming from her marriage t9 - a congressional colleague, Rep. Andrew Jacobs, D-Ind. While Jacobs has heard little criticism, his wife's opponent has generated among Kansas voters considerable concern about the marriage. Democrats Barbara Mikulski in Maryland and Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio are expected to win House seats. Oakar, in fact, has no Republican opponent. Women are continuing to make history on the state level, following closely in the steps of Connecticut Gov. Ella Grasso. Two years ago, Grasso became the first woman in the nation's history to become governor without trading on a husband's reputation. . Two more Democratic women could follow this year Dixy Lee Ray in (ensbfers to page 4 puzzle) He repeated his sharp criticism of Mondale, saying the• Democratic vice presidential nominee was trying to "dredge .up Watergate." In his prepared text, which went undelivered in Midland, Dole said there is one way to sum up the difference . be tween Ford and Carter. "One is looking for ways to spend your money," he said. "The other is looking for ways to give it back to you." He asked: " Whom should you trust with power? A man who has hungered for it for years with single-minded ambition and calculation...? Or a man like Gerald Ford who never sought power but who has handled it well?" He said breaking •up oil companies and cutting the defense budget would not openly hurt the nation as a whole, but would cost jobs in Texas. Senate Washington and Stella Hackel in Vermont. In Indiana, Democrat Virginia McCarthy seeks to become the nation's first woman elected a state at torney general. And in Oregon, where no woman ever has served in a statewide office, two are running for separate posts. Although the women's caucus and campaign fund have raised an . estimated $150,000 for female can didates this year, their initial efforts cannot compare to the millions of dollars available from traditional sources. "The greatest barrier to a woman candidate is still money," says Rep. Martha Heckler, - R-Mass. "She doesn't have the same business network, the 'old boy' clubs, the golf dates." ri m----- I T 1 I BEAT N.C. STATE FREE LAU' e Caesars Dna l o r ' • "ACROSS FROM OLD MAIN "ABOVE MY-O-MY BAR" so= 237-1481 Entrance Front Rear (Boro Parking Garage) Expires Nov. 7, 1976 Pick Up or Delivery ■ Limmionswimmimmimmommimioniumummum ME MI INN Mondale sees win CANTON, Ohio (UPI) Democratic vice presidential candidate Walter Mondale, expressing confidence Jimmy Carter will win, yesterday brushed off recent polls showing President Ford gaining strength. He said it was similiar to the 1960 election when John F. Kennedy started with a large lead but barely won the election. At an airport news conference, Mondale said Carter still holds a lead in every national poll "and that's the place to be." . "We're going to win and win very hand somely," Mondale said. Asked why the polls had taken such a swing Post mildly favors Carter WASHINGTON (UPI) Making its first endorsement of a presidential candidate in more than two decades, the Washington Post said yesterday it is inclined to favor Jimmy Carter because he would bring a fresh view to serious problems that lie ahead. The newspaper acknow ledged in an editorial, how ever, that its recommendation was "not much of an endorse ment." A spokesman for the Post said the last time the newspaper had formally endorsed a presidential candidate was when it backed Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. "A reasonable ' and respectable case can be made for the election of Gerald Ford to a full term as president in Tuesday's election, if you believe the presidential business of ,the next four years will be pretty Fewer blacks seeking office WASHINGTON (UPI) There are 287 blacks seeking major political office this year according to a survey by the Joint Center for Political Studies but the number running for Congress is slightly down. Forty-three blacks are seeking House seats and two are running for the Senate. In 1974, there were 53 black House 'aspirants and three seeking Senate seats. In addition, 240 black candidates are running , for GOT 3,0? ‘ - 'l5 Credits in Biological Sciences? Then • Join PHI SIGMA SOCIETY the only nationally recognized biological honor society. membership meeting: TUES., NOV. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 8 Life Sciences. . . 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"A marginally stronger case can be made for the election of Jimmy Carter, if you believe the immediate and long-term future will require something else. We are inclined to the second of these propositions." The editorial said Ford "has been a very — good president in many respects," and many of his failures have been the consequences of dealing with a hostile Deomcratic Congress. The combination of Carter and a Democratic Congress, while not guaranteed, at least provides a chance for more cooperation, the Post said. The newspaper said Car ter's credentials to become president include his selec tion of Walter Mondale as his running mate, his sympathy for ill, elderly and unem- state legislative seats around the nation. Cecil Pa rtee is the Democratic candidate for attorney general of Illinois, while Asa Spaulding is the Republican nominee for secretary of state in North Carolina. The 17 black members of the House all Democrats are seeking re-election. Seven face challenges ' from black Republicans; five from white Republicans; and five are opposed by both white ployed Americans and his "well-deserved reputation as a racially reconstructed Southerner." Perhaps the biggest plus for Carter is the possibility he will bring "energy and in telligence and a fresh eye to some very serious and dif ficult problems that lie ahead," the Post said. "We will be frank to say that Mr. Carter has also, over the past few months, revealed sides and streaks to his personality that are distur bing and that we can only hope reflect the strains of what has been an ex traordinary campaign en terprise," it said. "If this doesn't strike you as much of an endorsement well that's fine," the editorial concluded. "It isn't meant to be. Not being in the business of manufacturing or marketing candidates, we offer no warrenties." Republicans and black Socialist Workers candidates. The center said the only black incumbent who faces more than token opposition, however, is Rep. Harold E. Ford of Tennessee. The only black senator, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, is hot up for uncommitted choose sides. WI 11111 =I ME 11111 MEI MIME Ell IMII 11111111= 11111111110 MI MIMI= MII NMI =I Ell II " 2 / 9 " TWO 1 1 1 1 219 5 ° TWO • I ARBY'S I I ...- 'ARBY'S . i .9 Rost B II t6f A S $ s 1 1 ,I SANDWICHES I I a t' l l Sandwkhos r t 1 a ONLY I I ONLY I 101 5150 I I 10 1 I I ~ ..2 S 1 50 . • ,00 , 0 2 WITH THIS COUPON I I I WITH THIS COUPON I! I VALID AT BOTH ARBY'S I VALID AT BOTH ARBY'S 400 W. COWRIE AVE. I I . 4100 W. COLLEGE AVE. I II 111 SOWERS ST. 111 SOWERS ST. I L 11111 Valid Mon. Nov. 1 and Tues. Nov. 2 I I Valid Mon. Nov. 1 and Tues. Nov. 2 I IMin IMOIMIIIMINIMI M MN dhl AO Mil MO In MUM IMO MN MI MS ME re-election UNIVERSITY CALENDAR Monday, November 1 UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE Last day for signing Fall Term NDSL and University Long Term Loans, Room 108 Shields. Late drop deadline. Last date for a prospective graduate student to submit completed application materials for admission to the Winter Term 1977. Last date for a graduate student to apply for permission to resume study in the Winter Term 1977. , MEETINGS Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Room 301 HUB. Microbiology Club, 6:30 p.m., Room 350 N Frear OTIS, 6:30 p.m., Room 307 HUB. Women in Communications, Inc., 7 p.m., Room 317 HUB. • Alpha Phi Omega, 7 p.m., Room 308 Boucke. USG Senate, 7:30 p.m., Room 225 HUB. Penn State Folklore Society, 7:30 p.m., Room 324 HUB. Geological Sciences Club, 7 p.m., Room 26 Mineral Sciences. Lucille Tanner, U.S Geological Survey, on "Recent Explorations of the Atlantic Continental Shelf Deep Stratographic Test Results." Penn State Magazine Club, 8 p.m., Room 320 HUB. Alpha Lambda Delta, 8 p.m., Room 316 Boucke. FILM Free Shakespeare film, "Hamlet" (Williamson, Richardson), 6:30 p.m., Room 101 Chambers. EXHIBITS Museum of Art: Antwerp Drawings from ,the 16th and 17th Centuries. Twenty-four British Potters. _ Zoller Gallery: "Super Mud," Student Invitational. Chambers Gallery: Gary Rosine, Drawings and Paintings. Museum of Art - HUB Gallery: "Super Mud" Women's Exhibit, Master Works Exhibit. Kern Gallery: Sandra Leitsinger. Watercolors. Grace Pilato, Ceramics. Jack Troy, Potter. Canadian Art. Walnut Bldg. Gallery: "Blacks in the Westward Movement," Smithsonian Institution Exhibit. The Daily Collegian Monday. November 1.1976-1 Ford a nice man, Carters mom says PITTSBURGH (UPI) Jimmy Carter's mother said yesterday President Ford is such a nice man she sometimes wishes her son was running against someone else. • The 78-year-old Miss Lillian stressed that she is "strictly for Jimmy and not against Mr. Ford"in the campaign. "In fact," she said, "Mr. Ford is such a nice man I sometimes wished we had something worse to run against." During a stopover in Pittsburgh in her 21-city. final campaign tour, the Democratic presidential candidate's mother disputed a suggestion that she and first lady Betty Ford would make a good ticket of their own. "Mrs. Ford likes to dance, and I like to fish," she said. Miss Lillian said she is concerned about issues such as equal rights for women and the plight of senior citizens, but does not expect to become a presidential adviser on the elderly in a Carter administration. Politics is not a key to her relationship with son Jimmy Carter, she said. "Politically, we've never hit base together," she declared. "We just don't discuss political issues." Pollster sees clime vote with TV blitz important WASHINGTON (UPI) The presidential race is "up for grabs" in the final days and tonight's election eve media blitz planned by both candidates could decide the winner, pollster Louis Harris said yesterday. surprised if either candidate Harris said the closeness of had more than a four-point the latest polls may influence lead on tomorrow morning voters to turn out in greater numbers than expected Although independent Eugene McCarthy may draw only two percent nationwide, Harris said the former Minnesota senator "ironically could be a factor nationally" by tipping states such as New Jersey, Penn sylvania and Illinois where the difference between Ford and Carter is within one percentage point. "I would say that this election is up for grabs," Harris said in an interview on ABC - TV's "Issues and Answers." Prime time bought by both candidates on the major networks tonight "probably will make the difference," he said. "It looks very much like 1960 and 1968 all over again." Harris said he would be • He said a vote turnout Of 50 per cent or smaller is likely to help President Ford, but one of 55 per cent or higher would favor Democrat Jimmy Carter's chances. The last Harris poll showed Carter with 45 per cent of the vote, and Ford with 44. Harris said polling since then has given him "no reason to change" that assessment. Carter's support has remained fairly stable since September, while Ford has been gaining and narrowing the gap as the previously
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