Paga 2 Election 'CO Thursday, October 301000 Lsa SO Si y o 5J) S li 6 ft fyiaiiYory so v e r? y n r - i .. i . '-.'I-. a Jchn Esst By DAVID JARRETT "(Sen. Robert) Morgan cannot deny the truth. The United States is no longer No. 1 in defense. And as Sen. Jesse Helms points out, America's lack of defense capability invites Soviet expansion. "Robert Morgan and I differ on national defense because I recognize the threat to peace posed by growing Soviet military superiority. And I will work to reverse this trend and regain American defense superiority to keep the peace." John East This emphasis on American military supremacy is the heart of Republican John Easfs senatorial campaign. In television advertisements and in public speeches, he has attacked U.S. Sen. Robert Morgan's attitude toward foreign and defense policy issues. Specifically, East faults Morgan's support of: the Panama Canal treaties "By voting to give up the Panama Canal, Mr. Morgan gave in to international blackmail and weakened America's resolve in the eyes of the rest of the world," East said. $75 million in aid to Nicaragua "The Marxist government in Nicaragua has jailed political opponents and enforced vigorous censorship of a free press. There is a strong possibility that Nicaragua may be used as a base by Cuban Communists in a future attempt to encircle and cut off the vital Mexican oil fields." discontinuing the B-1 bomber "President Carter and Mr. Morgan canceled the B-1 bomber (which was) needed to improve our (defense) capability." Morgan, however, maintains that he supported B-1 production until Carter decided to cancel the project, and said other conservative senators joined him in ending its appropriations. While the more visible focus of East's campaign is foreign policy, the East Carolina University political science professor is equally conservative in domestic policy. His political stance differs little from that of Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C, who strongly supports him. j L WW f 4WWWW'W Charles VJcksry, a Chapel IV2 residjESt, ha been elected to the North Carolina State Senate tar the past three terms. He is the senior partoer cf the law firm Vlctey, Culpepper and WolSngtaa. Vickeryhaa supported eiklwlTJcontr Rights Ansend-Tscst, protaciloa cf tha fasi2y farm, citaL-yJ )usdc itlcna, end new prosraatt concerning cur esar?, education, and k2on problems. . . Vlckery ts, "At a tiin when the pb! been fartica, the Republican p!aona c-ars staple tmmi to eomplieaiad coitions; It filla to remember tha former, tha poor, tha trdnotiZza, wnai. As a candidate, I car experience In 3veransent. a commitment to fiscal rejponalLUliy and perseverance tn tha t j.t fa hrdce. Husstul Worker, a retired aupannarkat axacutiva,ltaa avad thre terms in tha Stat Senata. Walker is currant Chair of tha North Carolina DoanoeratSc Party Ilia k&dsrth!? has ako esf y ceestributsd to tha progress fth Carolina has mads ia sreaa such aa consfrvatfon of energy, improving tha quality of public tdnc&'Aon, and brinBg la mora hih-waa Industry. Ha supports tha Equal Rights Amandmcnt. VV&Iker says. "I ask for your support this year in tha expectation that ths next session of tha General Assembly t3 b a particularly ltrtportant one. W will fac many protlem declining hkiwsy revenues, hih interest and motl-sy rates, rising cnerry costs. InCation, and unarapSoymerl tf Jch tha current economic actuation poses for our etsta. I be!lsve rsy cxperienca and seniority csn - srva tha Csma weJ as cruciaj dacisms are mada in tha months ahead. ZOQ I Jo Hackney is saaUr his rst term in the North Carolina House (the seat open due to tha retirement of Representative Ed Holmes). Hackney supports the Equal Eights Amendment, continued progress on environmental testation, criminal law and domestic rektkms law rtform, maL-talrJna tha UniversSty of North CaroSlna-Chapd 1121 as the Eaphlp of our University system, and continuing attempts to uprad salaries of teachers and public employees. Hackney, a native of Chatham County, la a graduate of tha University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University's Law School. A farmer Assistant District Attorney, ha Is presently a practicing lawyer In the Chapel HJ firm of Epiing, Hackney, and Long. f atf T ensi Hunt believes that preventing problems of health and welfare is a mors cedent, realistic and reasonable approach than trying to repair the ills cf society once they are created. To this end, she has continuously supported hca' J and wc!?ar programs aimed at making the next generation better able to handle itself and its work! Hunt Is an active supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment and Is constantly working to end discrimination esiitst women and minorities. In the Les?ature. she is considered one of the most influential members, rated by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research as the most UT, uentisl female Legislator and ranked rweifth out of 170 overall. She has served for four years as the Chair cf a judiciary committee, handling some of the most important legislation In 1977 and 1979 sessions. She is a practicing attorney In ChepelllilL Cxcsa CsKty Cord cf Cc Richard E. V.'hitted U a native of Orans County and lives In HHI&boroush with his wl'e Ami and daughter Kimberly Ann. Ik vm elected to the Orange County Coard of Commsioners In 1972 and was re-elect d in 1S7S. The mof.t important functions of tf Board of Commissioners are the determining of how much money Is needed for operating essential services of county departments and amcies. and tha levying of taxes to fund those services. " AHoca'dng Cis money Is a heavy responsibility, et the same time. It is our greatest opportunity to make a contribution to the quality of L's eroyed by citizens of our counrjf," Vhitted ts'i. Four years a3 tha vottrs cf Orans County elected Don Wllhoii to tle Board of Commissioners. As aa Environmental Sctentist on tha University ef North Carolina Public lieal'Ji facu!ty, hi professional expertlsa has brou knportant persptctiva to Coard diilbtretiona. Tha ibeJ 3r re;pons.t Hitits county govemrn ent art land est p JanRing, fuadlsg of the local schools, a nd providing huma a tcrvtcea. h last four years Oranj County has emerged a leader In these areas. Wdhoit says. "It takes rime and earing to study Issues and data, to welsh priorities, to search for alternative, to bulid cooperative re!atiomhpa, to ttnij? to do tha test possible job for tha least possible cost." C' jk I mm at ?. fff i r j 1 :. 1 i v tv. - Hir W 7 1 :5 Si For instance, one campaign brochure links Morgan with Patricia Harris, who is labeled an "anti-tobacco bureaucrat." East favors protective tariffs on imported tobacco and opposes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' anti smoking campaign. East, also favors exempting farmers and livestock owners from consumer agency controls and giving agricultural interests priority in the event of gas rationing. Calling Morgan a "big spender," East opposes deficit spending and favors cuts in the federal budget He offers voters a broad conservative perspective instead of specific goals on specific issues. . Born in Springfield, III., East attended Earlham College in Indiana and was a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps before polio confined him to a wheelchair in 1955. He graduated from the University of Illinois law school in 1959 but quickly became dissatisfied with law practice. After receiving master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Florida, he joined the East Carolina faculty in 1964. Morgan has criticized East for running a negative campaign and misrepresenting the . incumbent's position on various issues. . East insists that he has a good chance to unseat the Democrat, despite Morgan's prediction that he will carry 93 of the state's 100 counties. The conservative Congressional Club, which is handling a number of Republican campaigns in the state, is betting on East and officials say he is the Republican with the best chance to beat a Democrat this year. David larrett is a staff writer for The Daily Tar Heel. Give i rs to tlv Llarch of Dimes t INHCTdTCO DEFECTS cf txxiy c.hcrr.!stry era th focus cf Dr. Mil ton Ty!of research at lns:sr.a Universe. Kswc-rk r.3y y-e'.J clues to centos fs$ f.-t cs-tu forrrs cf ar.f.:'i nJ rr.e.taJ rctaaton. Dr. Tsybr'i work is iupportod by r. March cf D.rrci .c; ft'-m Is PcIIj Open C:CD c.o.-7:CD p.m.

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