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Editor's note: This is the second
article in a daily series profiling
presidential candidates and their
platforms.
By CARRIE DOVE
Staff Writer
On the heels of a second-place
showing in Iowa and a last-place
finish in New Hampshire, former
television evangelist Marion "Pat"
Robertson is stepping up his cam
paign for president in the South,
hoping for a big win with his "bring
a strong moral sense back to the
White House" campaign, officials
around the country say.
Robertson's mission is to restore
the American family, campaign
officials said.
"(Robertson) will bring America
back to traditional values," said Jeff
Whitesides, Tennessee campaign
director.
Robertson, founder of the Chris
tian Broadcasting Network, has
downplayed his religious background
while depending on Christian funda
mentalists for a support base. Last
week, he asked that the press refrain
from identifying him as a former
televangelist, because the title has
negative connotations, he said.
In his conservative platform,
Robertson supports tax breaks for
parents who stay home with their
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From Associated Press reports
Democrat Bruce Babbitt and
Republican Pierre "Pete" du Pont
dropped out of the presidential race
Thursday, both declaring their futile
campaigns the opportunity of a
lifetime, while most of the surviving
contenders marched south for a
campaign blitz leading up to Super
Tuesday's primary trophy.
Babbitt and du Pont became the
first post-New Hampshire casualties.
"In America we do not promise
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Film-making future
By BETH RHEA
Staff Writer
In the wake of Gov. Jim Martin's
recent trip to Los Angeles to recruit
movie production offers for North
Carolina, film officials in the state are
Joptimistic that producers! con-,
jtinue coming to the Tar Heel State.
"I think it's a trend," said Sam
Taylor, director of public affairs for
the N.C. Commerce Department.
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children, a balanced budget amend
ment, reduced defense spending and
early deployment of the Strategic
Defense Initiative, said Teresa
George, deputy press secretary for
Americans for Robertson.
He supports a constitutional
amendment outlawing abortion "with
only extreme exceptions," she said.
Voluntary prayer in schools and
the elimination of federal funding for
Planned Parenthood are other issues
Robertson supports, said Sue White,
North Carolina campaign director.
Robertson would cut federal
spending by $100 billion by 1990,
George said. He would reduce the
defense budget by $30 billion to $40
billion by eliminating obsolete wea
pons and some 300 unnecessary
military bases world-wide, she said.
"(Robertson) would make the
federal government more lean and
more efficient," George said. Other
efficiency boosters would be selling
Amtrak to private investors, reorgan
izing the Postal Service and eliminat
ing $2 billion in salaries to govern
ment consultants, she said.
Federal subsidies to farmers would
be eliminated under Robertson's
administration, including price sup
ports for tobacco farmers, George
Poet abandon presidential race
more," said du Pont, heir to the
chemical company fortune.
Babbitt made his exit gracefully in
a quip-filled Washington news con
ference. "Look, I'm not going to slash
my throat if we don't raise taxes
tomorrow," said the former Arizona
governor, who had asked voters to
stand up for a national sales tax to
reduce the deficit.
Babbitt, who finished fifth in
Iowa's caucuses last week and sixth
in New Hampshire's primary on
Tuesday, said the campaign was "the
greatest joy of my entire public life."
He praised all his former rivals but
endorsed none of them, saying he
would do what he could to aid the
"It's something the state has encour
aged by educating Hollywood on
what North Carolina has to offer and
by responding to their inquiries."
The state holds a number of
attractions for film producers, said
; Bill Arnold, director of the N.C. Film
. , Office.
"We've got the facilities, and weVe
also got a pool of professional,
experienced technical people," he
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Eliminating protective tariffs is
another part of his platform, George
said.
"When you impose protective
tariffs, you risk triggering a world
wide recession," she said.
Robertson believes education
should be centered at the local level,
she said, and school districts should
implement a merit pay system for
teachers.
In foreign policy, Robertson's
views are conservative, which could
help him in the South, said Robert
Jones, communications director for
the N.C. Republican Party.
He opposes economic sanctions
against South Africa, George said.
"(Robertson) doesn't support sanc
tions against South Africa he
believes that they will harm the black
South African livelihood," she said.
Economic sanctions could propel
South Africa into a Marxist dicta
torship, she said.
Robertson would expand eco
nomic and cultural ties to the black
South African community to help
end apartheid, George said.
Robertson supports aid to the
contras and does not think the Arias
peace plan will bring an end to the
problems in Central America, she
said.
"(The plan) overlooks the Sandi-
eventual winner of the Democratic
nomination.
Du Pont, whose provocative ideas
about fundamental change in Social
Security and abolition of farm
subsidies failed to attract much voter
support, announced his withdrawal
in a news conference in Wilmington,
Del.
"The campaign has lowered its flag,
but the crusade continues to march,"
said the former governor and con
gressman. He said his ideas are right
for the country and "they're coming
to America sooner or later."
Sen. Albert Gore Jr. of Tennessee,
hoping to emerge as the Democratic
front-runner alter Super Tuesday,
is bright for North Carolina, officials say
said. "That's an additional incentive
for producers to come here because
that's one less thing they have to bring
with them."
Taylor said producers are attracted
to North Carolina by the low cost
and ease of obtaining facilities in
which to film. "The logistics of
obtaining space and permits are
simpler and much less costly (than
in Los Angeles)," he said.
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in reality," George said.
While his conservative views will
give him Southern support, Robert
son's opposition to tobacco subsidies
could hurt him in North Carolina,
Jones said.
His strength in the South is his
emphasis on grassroots campaigning,
Whitesides said.
"Our momentum is picking up at
the local level," he said.
said his rivals had taken positions that
were out of the mainstream and
added he was the one who could lead
the Democrats to victory in 1988.
Illinois Sen. Paul Simon hedged on
his earlier decision to quit the race
if he couldn't win either the South
Dakota primary or Minnesota cau
cuses next week.
On Wednesday, Simon said he'd
quit next week if he couldn't come
in first in one of those two states,
but he and his aides said Thursday
that he was raising enough money to
stay the course at least through the
20 primary and caucus contests on
March 8.
Convenience is the best aspect of
producing in North Carolina, he said.
When the governor and representa
tives from the film office met with
movie producers in Los Angeles, the
governor was able to promise pro
ducers that they could obtain permits
in a minimal amount of time, he said.
Another attraction for producers
is the variety of scenery available in
the state, said Jerry Whittington,
technical director of Carolina Atlan
tic Studios in High Point. He said
the geography, including both the
coast and the mountains, lures many
movie makers. "It's the same setup
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Ethics committee recommends
expulsion of N.Y. congressman
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON The House
ethics committee recommended
Thursday that Rep. Mario Biaggi,
a 10-term New York Democrat
convicted of accepting illegal
gratuities, be expelled from Con
gress for violating its rules of
conduct.
Biaggi, once the most-decorated
policeman on the New York City
force, could become the first
congressman since 1980 and only
the second since the Civil War to
be drummed out of the House.
The committee's recommenda
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thirds majority of the House to
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Biaggi is appealing his convic
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recommendation because his
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Search for hostage continues
TYRE, Lebanon Moslem
militiamen searched rain
drenched citrus groves and valley
caves Thursday for Lt. Col. Wil
liam Higgins, and their leaders
threatened to go after his kid
nappers unless the U.S. Marine is
freed soon.
"We want Higgins back and we
have no red line as far as his case
is concerned," said Daoud Daoud
of the moderate Shiite militia
Amal, the dominant force around
this ancient port.
U.N. peacekeeping troops and
about 1,500 Amal militiamen
virtually sealed off a 300-square-mile
area.
An anonymous telephone caller
said a previously unknown group
carried out the abduction Wednes
day, just south of Tyre. He claimed
Higgins, who commands U.N.
truce observers in south Lebanon,
is a CIA agent.
The abduction brings the
number of foreign hostages in
Lebanon to 25, including nine
Americans. Most are believed held
by pro-Iranian Shiite extremists,
whose main Hezbollah militia has
been challenging Amal's domi-
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The governor's recent recruiting
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Arnold said. His group came home
with eight new potential projects.
Since the trip, three more possible
offers have surfaced as a direct result
of the visit, Arnold said.
One of the movie production
possibilities for the state this year is
a sequel to the hit "Dirty Dancing,"
Whittington said. The original film
was shot on Lake Lure near Asheville.
Its producers are also working on a
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nance in south Lebanon.
Soviet official leaves Politburo
MOSCOW Communist
Party leaders Thursday dropped
Boris Yeltsin, the outspoken
former Moscow party boss, from
the ruling Politburo and promoted
officials charged with reforming
economic planning and party
personnel.
The official Tass news agency
announced the leadership changes
at the end of a two-day meeting
of the Central Committee which
had been called to approve broad
reforms in education.
On Nov. 11, Secretary General
Mikhail Gorbachev ousted the 57-year-old
Yeltsin, an outspoken
supporter of the party leader's
policy of greater openness, from
his position as Moscow party
leader. At the last meeting of the
Central Committee on Oct. 21,
Yeltsin had criticized the pace of
reform and the leadership style of
the party. He had offered to quit.
Yeltsin was transferred to first
deputy director of the State Con
struction Committee, with the
rank of government minister.
The fate of Yeltsin was seen as
a test by many in Moscow of how
far Gorbachev would carry his
policy of allowing greater open
ness and differences of opinion.
Kennedy takes seat on bench
WASHINGTON Anthony
Kennedy took his place Thursday
as the 104th Supreme Court justice
in U.S. history, restoring the court
to full strength for the first time
in eight months and inheriting a
pivotal vote on key issues.
President Reagan, who
appointed Kennedy, did not
attend the courtroom ceremony,
but Attorney General Edwin
Meese presented Kennedy's com
mission of office to the justices.
"We're talking to them about doing
them here," Whittington said.
In 1987, $384 million was gener
ated for North Carolina by film
productions, Taylor said. There were
22 feature films and 35 film projects
produced last year, Arnold said..
The state film office was estate
lished by former Gov. Jim Hunt in
1980 to promote the state's film
industry, Arnold said.
"Every year except one since then
has been higher than the previous,"
he said. "All the signs indicate that
it will be a continuing trend."
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