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News Journal, Mansfield, O. Sunday, April 24, 1988 2-b Perspective Mood meeting on a Wednesday night because they go to church on Wednesday nights," Bower said. He sees no movement or support for Jesse Jackson among his Wayne County Democrats. Dukakis and Gore supporters provided signs and literature for the recent Jackson Day Dinner, but for the most part, Bower said, none of the Democrats have waged a heavy campaign in Wayne Diet Coke and endured the taunting of three companions who had ordered up heartier beverages at a small tavern on the outskirts of Wooster. "I can't imagine anybody in Wayne County voting for Jackson.

I'll bet if Jackson lived in Wayne County, he wouldn't vote for Jackson," Kalb laughed. "That's just the way folks are around here. They're pretty straight about their politics." But Bower predicted Wayne County Democrats likely will follow the political tides and vote for Dukakis. "The pulse I get is a strong sense of Dukakis," Bower said. Ethel Parker doesn't have to worry about her candidate.

George Bush has it all locked up. Parker, who was county treasurer for 24 years, has seen a lot of Wayne County politics dating back to her days as a young girl on the campaign trail with her father who was running for county sheriff. Politics and religion, she says, go hand in hand in Wayne County. "You realize, of course, this is the Bible Belt," she said. Mrs.

Parker says the response to the Bush candidacy is strong, but she almost wishes Kansas Republican Bob Dole was still in the race. "I guess I'm most afraid of complacency. Right now, all of the attention is on the Democrats. The message I have to get out to our people is that we have a lot of work ahead of us," said Mrs. Parker.

"Here in Wayne County, we're not taking anything for granted." "This is George Bush country. If this county ever votes Democrat in a presidential election, some of those old Republicans out in the cemetery would be popping up out of their graves." James Kalb, Democrat. From Page 1-B Its Bible Belt is buckled with 47 churches that dot the landscape and 148 clergy who call Wayne County home. The county also is home to such corporate names as Rubbermaid, Smuckers and Wooster Brush. It has a sizable Amish population.

James Kalb says that if a county can define the word "conservatism," Wayne County should be in the dictionary. Kalb, a Democrat and a self-described handy-man laborer from Orrville, said he thought about voting for Sen. Albert Gore Jr. of Tennessee on the Democrat side, but says he probably will vote for Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis.

"But don't walk away thinking Dukakis will win in Wayne County. Never happen. This is George Bush country. If this county ever votes Democrat in a presidential election, some of those old Republicans out in the cemetery would be popping up out of their graves," Kalb said. Kalb, determined to lose 15 pounds before the Fourth of July, sipped at a County on behalf of their presidential candidates.

"It's really tough to read because we have such a mix of Democrats here in Wayne County. As you get closer to the college (The College of Wooster) for example, there are the more liberal Democrats. But when you get into the townships and rural areas, you're talking the more conservative Democrats," he said. This, that From Page 1-B FAT CATS: In Charleston, S.C., there's no denying that Grandma Jane and Nosey Rosie are fat cats. And that was before the felines inherited an estimated $250,000 estate.

Jane, who weighs in at 13 pounds, and 15-pound Rosie received the lion's share of the estate of Dick Starkey, whose will stipulates that his house be maintained and the cats allowed to roam freely there until their deaths. MR. HUMILITY: Mayor Edward I. Koch has given $5,000 to New York University in exchange for help in preserving an archive of one of his favorite subjects himself. The mayor said he gave the money, his largest single charitable contribution last year, because he had asked the NYU journalism department to conduct a study on how to preserve a video archive of his press conferences and other events.

MAN'S BEST FRIEND? Amid complaints that the people deserve a park more than the dogs, canines have won free running time in Laurel Canyon Park atop the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles. At the urgings of such luminaries as former Vice President Walter Mondale, the City Council decreed that animals will be permitted to run free in the park during designated hours. Stars fought on both sides. In a letter to the Council, "Psycho" star Anthony Perkins complained that trips to the affluent neighborhood's park were a "nightmare." "My wife and my two school-age sons no longer even want to go there at all at the risk of being run down by the dogs," Perkins wrote. "If anything, there should be a fenced dog playground in a people's park, not the other way around." BAD, BAD BOY: In Baldwin, state police Cpl.

Harry Edwards said a mother told her son that his father "is a little upset" after the 15-year-old boy took $74,000 in cash out of his father's safe and went on a spending spree. The young lad, who authorities declined to name because he was a Many Dems rallying behind Dukakis minor spent $21,000 and made all sorts of new friends before he was found. Authorities said he ran away from home because he had a bad report card. Holly Lavalla and Daniel Morelli of Lynn, received quite a shock when they opened the envelope from the Internal Revenue Service containing what was expected to be a $500 refund. Enclosed was a check for $13,615 nearly half of the couple's combined income.

The couple returned the check. THIS AND THAT: Walter Cronk-ite's contract with CBS expires in November, and the former anchorman says that he may consider offers from ABC and NBC. Reportedly, Cronkite is upset that CBS wants to slash his salary from $1 million to $125,000. He also wants to be part of CBS' campaign coverage, but the network hasn't invited him to help out. The talk in Columbus is that Cam-pea Corp.

will close the downtown Lazarus store and sell the property, which is being highly sought after by developers wanting to build a hotel or offices. The family of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy has asked for the clothes he wore when he was assassinated in 1968. The Los Angeles district attorney's office which has Kennedy's suit, shirt, socks, tie and handkerchief said Monday it is considering the request. Cardinal John O'Connor of New York flew to Cuba, becoming the highest ranking Catholic visitor since Fidel Castro's takeover in 1959.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Some of the deputies were cracking down doors not knowing what was on the other side for $7 an hour. It was a real eye-opening experience. If you're going to ask pepole to take those kinds of risks, you have to pay adequate compensation." Richland County Commissioner Edward Olson after watching area law enforcement stage a major drug bust last week. Jim Krumel is the wire editor of the News Journal NEWEST RESTAURANT Starting at WATERBEDS thinks the fall election will turn on pocketbook issues. "You know, Republicans don't win elections, Democrats lose them.

I think the economic thing is going to be the critical issue in the presidential race," Ginty said. "I think we can win in November, but it's going to be a tough race to win." He said that although Republicans will try to paint Dukakis as an East Coast liberal, he doesn't view Dukakis as a Kennedy-Mondale Democrat. Dukakis, he said, is more moderate and should have wider appeal. Mrs. Kelly also interprets the November race as turning on economic issues, but not the same way Ginty sees things.

Gore, then people want New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, he said. "I probably hear that more than anything else. They're hoping someone else will come in," he said. Not all Democrats in Ohio will be pondering a choice between Dukakis and Jackson.

In Harrison County, Democrat Chairwoman Norma Agos-tini said she is prodding her county Dems to support U.S. Rep. Douglas Applegate of Steubenville for president. The popular Applegate is the favorite-son candidate of the Harrison County Democrats. Several of the chairman are so confident that Dukakis is marching toward the nomination that they are already looking ahead to November.

Ashland County's Ginty says he By Jim Underwood and Jim Sweeney Newt Journal Statehouse Bureau COLUMBUS, Ohio Maybe it was there before last week's New York primary, but Democratic party chairmen from around the state say the momentum in Ohio clearly belongs to Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. "I think everyone agrees that it's going to be Dukakis," said Jim Ginty, chairman of the Ashland County Democratic Party. "It's certainly shaping up that way." Ginty himself was a Paul Simon delegate, but says he will have no problem supporting Dukakis.

In nearby Morrow County, Joanne Kelly, chairwoman of that county's Democratic Party, said she liked Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore, but will work hard on behalf of a Dukakis candidacy. After New York, both of those party chairmen now see a Dukakis nomination as a foregone conclusion. Almost every chairman interviewed said they do not see Jesse Jackson as a factor in Ohio, but those same people were almost lavish in their praise of the Jackson effort. "I don't view Jackson as a negative force," Ginty said.

"In fact, if he can get his people out and voting, he can be a very positive force within the party." Few of the Ohio chairmen, including Ginty, see a Dukakis-Jackson ticket in the making. Ginty thinks Dukakis will reach for someone like Gore, a southern Democrat, to balance the ticket. But he said Jackson may have won himself a cabinet posi- "AT CHRISTOPHER'S ON THE HILL" (Dinner Coupon Good Through Mother's Day. May 8, 1988) With FURNITURE PURCHASE Of $29995 or more (Purchase Must Be Made By April 27, 1988) Wayne County Democrat Chairman Kevin Bower of Rittman agrees with that observation. He's not particularly surprised about the strong push waged by local supporters of Pat Robertson.

From within the ranks of his own party, he knows about the influence of the church in Wayne County. "In the rural areas where I have Baptist members, I dare not set a Mood of Ohio tion if Dukakis ultimately captures the White House in November. For Lucas County chairman John McHugh the Jackson campaign is very real more so than in 1984. "They're better organized and they're really going after it like never before," he said. "It's going to be a pretty interesting campaign here May 3 between those two candidates." Support in the Toledo area for Dukakis is broad, but "soft," he said.

"It's not the fired-up enthusiasm you would have with the Jesse Jackson people." Joanne Kelly is one chairman who isn't impressed with Jackson. "I just don't think the man can do the job," she said. Mrs. Kelly said Jackson comes across as more of a preacher than as a presidential candidate. "That's my big hang-up with Jackson.

After a while, people get tired of that tone," she said. Mrs. Kelly said her attraction to Gore was the appeal he seems to have from people in smaller communities like Morrow County. She said that is something Dukakis will have to work on. "He definitely needs to make himself known in the small communities.

He was so low-key at the beginning. It's going to take a lot of work to get people familiar with him," she said. Dale Graham, chairman in Fairfield County southeast of Columbus, said he has heard more support for Gore than any other candidate. If not 524-6783 23 E. 4th St.

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