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a The State Columbia SC YOUR VOTE COUNTS Tuesday October 6 1992 YOUR VOTE COUNTS Entertainment melds with politics By JON MARGOUS Chicago Tribano the least challenging question is Bill Clinton is although he has not yet won Until a few days ago one could still ask Now Ross Perot is along with Clinton and President Bush although it is far from certain that off-again on-again candidacy makes any difference The more complicated question is If Dan Quayle is real Murphy Brown's baby and if not why did Quayle sod him a present? If Perot can make major campaign pronouncements on the program of Larry King an entertainer then why is Mike Wallace not also an entertainer instead of a hard-nosed journalist when he calls the King show to promote his upcoming program on King? And if the political reporters pay more attention to a TV schedule than to taxes and the budget what distinguishes them from the folks who cover Hollywood? All right the proposed debates are not just television programs Experience indicates that they could well determine the election But they have done so in part because one of the candidates looked puffy while the other looked sharp or because one of them misspoke or because one of them got off a good line The impact of entertainment has become so great that it does not simply influence developments in the world It becomes intertwined with them At end there were some signs that there was a world other than show business But next week there will be debates That means this week will be full of analysis and predictions about who will have to do what to them Then when the debates are over they will be dissected more as to form than substance if history is any guide Let the campaign continue Or as Irving Berlin would have said let's go on with the show Maybe Irving Berlin was confused It that no business like show business more like no business but vcl show business: ANALTBlO The vice presi- dent sends a present to a fictional baby The campaign news is dominated by how and when the candidates would bold a television debate and whether their debates might conflict with the World Series A month before the presidential election The candidates Tsongas backs I Oberst in race 1st District 'L Y'i 1 i -if -'F i il ll Bill Oberst the Democratic nominee in the 1st Congressional District race has beat endorsed by former Massachusetts Sen Paul Tsongas and the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors Oberst is running against Republican Rep Arthur Ravenel Jr of Charleston who has represented the district for six years Tsongas said candidates such as Oberst take the deficit issue seriously and pledge to do something about it indicate that finally there are people willing to run for public office who are committed to the changes that are collect enough names for ballot Rep Roland Corning R-Richland has one less opponent to worry about Avis who plumed to run as a petition candidate has been told by the state Election Commission that she did not collect enough valid signatures to have her name placed I on the November ballot That leaves Democrat Sig Buster as only challenger The district includes northeast Richland County and five Kershaw County pre- dnets west of the Wateree River Westmoreland endorses Bush swipes at Clinton Retired Army Gen William Westmoreland endorsed President Bush Monday but stopped shut of calling Democrat Bill Clinton a draft dodger The general who commanded UA troops in Vietnam said Clinton to go to extremes to avoid 'military service Whether you call that draft-dodging leave it up to From the trail Clinton and A1 Gore joined forces for a Florida bus tour Monday in which they accused Bush of reneging on his promise to protect the state's coastline and blamed him for troubles on Wall Street Vice President Dan Quayle was in Washington state attacking as the robber barons of the Northwest economy Coming up Today: South Carolina lawyers for BushQuayle '82 will meet at 11 am at state GOP headquarters Compiled from staff and wire reports Perot to air half-hour ads on economy ocltd Prwi DALLAS Ross Perot promised Monday to lay out the and the of the economic woes in a SO-minute commercial he said would be the first in a series such a massive problem you have to take it a piece at a said Perot who rejoined the presidential race last week He said his advertising campaign which begins with a half-hour show today and continues with a 30-minute spot Friday be kind of like the old Superman serial Stay tuned tomorrow and well go to the next Aides declined to provide details of the commercial first since he began talking about joining the campaign last spring Perot said he put together the 30-minute ad: wrote the script and drew the He is paying $380000 to run his 30-minute show on CBS before the National League playoff game in the eastern half of the country and after the game in the West economic program calls for attacking the deficit through higher taxes lower entitlement payments and an across-the-board government spending cut For now the ad campaign is the chief tool of the Dallas billionaire's independent drive for the White House Aides said Perot had no public appearances lined up this week and was preparing for debate with President Bush and Democratic nominee Bill Clinton ad was produced by The 270 Group a consortium of Dallas ad agencies and free-lancers that was hastily formed to worW to the fsH- iiiiiii Mil ragbag HHHPr gjjig ggal 121 fORS pit-Jung men CHILDREN MENSWEAR FAMILY FOOTV A UKAHkMAkalMA SMltSV lkflWm i 1 ss 'X Intermediate markdowns i fn: elude 1 xt- i 1: 1 SMI 125 Years All about the South SHOP SCXDAY AUGUSTA 12-6 COLUMBIA VGREKNVIlJJi I JO-6 SHOP MOXDAY-SATVRDAY 10-9 GRFKXVllLF FRIDAYS SATURDAY 1 0-9 JO USK YOUR RICI'S CHARGE OR GFTOXE IXS7AY11Y WITH YIJD UCFXSE AXD MAJOR BASK CAD SUBJECT TO CREDIT APPROVAL.