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4—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs. Texas, Tuesday, Feb 26 1980.
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Bush says gloves are now off'
as GOP candidates eye survival
HEATHCUFF
HOUSTON lAP) GcorK,
Bush, on the eve of the New
Hampshire primary v .said the
"gloves have apparently been
slipped off and the campaign
is clearly getting rougher."
The Republican presidential
hopefuj .said he. had never
predicted a victory ir: New
Hampshire and "I have never
felt I was the front runner. I
want to do good there "
The Houston oilman called a
news conference to explain his
side of a controversy that flared
Saturday night in a scheduled
one-on-one debate with Ronald
Reagan,
At Reagan’s invitation, four
other GOP candidates appeared
for the TV debate but they were
not permitted to participate
Afterwards, all of them
blamed Bush for refusing to let
them join in The program.
Bush insisted Monday that he
had been willing to debate all of
the candidates or just Reagan
but felt the decision rested with
the Nashua. N H , Telegraph,
the newspaper that sponsored
the event. —. '
Sen Howard Baker, R-Tenn.,
accused Bash of being uncivil
and ungracious.
Rep. John Anderson, 111, said
Bush "shot himself in the'leg."
And Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas
said of his opponent, He
treated us like dirt under his
feet ij
Bush said apparently the
other candidates "didn’t know I
had agreed to debate them 1
sent them hand-delivered
letters today (Monday) ex-
pressing my regret about the
misunderstanding. But 1 kept
my word all the way."
Asked if he thought the widely
publicized incident would hurt
his chances in New Hampshire,
Bush answered, "1 don’t know
how all this will play The
people are beginning to realize
that I was alway s agreeable to a
forum that included all of the,
candidates/ or to. a one-on-one.
with Ronald Reagan
I am encouraged that they
are learning about Saturday
night., and they are calling in
and coming in to out
headquarters to express their
support."
Bush, who won the -recent
Puerto Rico primary and
’Surprised Reagan in the Iowa
caucuses, said of the debate, 1
did what I said 1 was going to
do, hut there were four others
(GOP candidates) out there
fileting me."
Asked if he had violated the
11th Commandment of the GOP
never to attack another
Republican Bash said. "No, 1
have not. ,
He said that he had been
under constant attack during
the New Hampshire campaign
.and would not retract an earlier
'■'statement that he had been
sandbagged" by the other
candidates
Bush said the TV incident was
in no way responsible for his
return to Houston shortly before
the voting date.
We have had this scheduled
for some time. 1 will leave
tomorrow (Tuesday) for New
Hampshire and I already have
spent much, much more- time
there than has Ronald
Reagan." -1
Questioned about the bitter
crossfire between the GOP
candidates and its effect on
party unity, Bush said,
Passions will cool." •
KlAX HEffTHCUff. \1’b ONLY A FLOPPY.//
Read The Classifieds
Mother to be
Kentucky Governor John Y Brown gives his wile Phyllis George
Brown a pat on the tummy while attending a reception at the
winter meetings of the National Governors Association Sunday in
Washington Mrs Brown, a former Miss America, is expecting
her first child tn the spring
A P Wirpphoto
Hoffman, Fonda
make Oscar bids
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HOLLYWOOD (API The
bets are on for the 52nd annual
Academy Awards contest, arid
“Kramer vs. Kramer" and "All
That Jazz" lead the pack with
nine Oscar nominations apiece
“Kramer vs. Kramer,” a
moving tale of a New York
couple’s divorce and child
custody battle, had been ex-
pected to figure heavily in the
awards, which will he presented
on national television April 14.
But "All That Jazz,” a
musical based on director Bob
Fosse’s own brush with death,
had received mixed reviews
and was the dark horse can-
didate as nominations were
announced Monday,
Francis Coppola’s
“Apocalypse Now," a Vietnam
saga based on Joseph Conrad's
"Heart of Darkness," followed
the leaders closely with eight
nominations.
All three films were
nominated for best picture,
along with "Breaking Away"
and “Norma Rae.”
All of the principals from
“Kramer vs. Kramer" won
nominations: Dustin Hoffman
as best actor, Meryl Streep and
Jane Alexander as supporting
actress, and Jastin Henry, who
at age 8 becomes the youngest
Oscar candidate in the sup-
porting actor category.
“Kramer" also earned
directing and screenplay
adaptation nominations for
Robert Benton.
“All That Jazz" gathered a
best actor nomination for Roy
Scheider, a directing
nomination for Fosse and an
original screenplay nomination
for Fosse and Robert Alan
Aurthur. But tile film cleaned
up in technical categories, with
,mentions for art direction,
cinematography, costume
design, film editing and musical
score adaptation.
Coppola joined Fosse and
Benton in the best director
category, as did Peter Yates for
"Breaking Away” and
another surprise Edouard
, Moiinaro for the French-Italian
comedy "la Cage Aux Folles."
Rounding out the best actor
nominations with Hoffman and
Scheider were Al Pacino for
"...And Justice For All," Peter
Sellers for “Being There,” and
Jack Lemmon for "The China
Syndrome.”
“The China Syndrome” also
earned Jane Fonda a best ac-
tress nomination. She and
l amnion were the only previous
Oscar winners among the top
acting nominees.
Other best actress nominees
were Jill Clayburgh, "Starting
Over;" Sally Field, "Norma
Rae;" Marsha Mason,
"Chapter Two” and Bette
Midler, “The Rose.”
Joining Miss Streep and Miss
Alexander in the supporting
actress category were Barbara
Barrie, "Breaking Away”;
Candice Bergen, "Starting
Over" and Mariel Hemingway,
"Manhattan.”
Supporting actor nominations
aside from young Jastin Henry
were Melvyn Douglas, "Being
There;" Robert Duvall,
"Apocalypse Now;" Frederic
Forrest, "The Rose;” and
Mickey Rooney, “The Black
Stallion."
Foreign film hopefuls include
“The Maids of Wilco," Poland:
"Mama Turns a Hundred,”
Spain; "A Simple Story,"
France; "The Tin Drum," West
Germany ; "To Forget Venice,”
Italy.
And the best original song
nominees are "It Goes like It
Goes," “Norma Rae;" “The
Rainbow Connection," "The
Muppet Movie;" “It’s Easy to
Say,” "10;" “Through the Eyes
of love,” "Ice Castles" and
"1 11 Never Say Goodbye,"
"The Promise."
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