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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Wednesday, August 18, 1976
Ypsi delegate cheers Reagan
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The 22-year-old Wilson says
ne backs Reagan because of the
advance of big government and
socialism in the United States.
"With the present leader-
ship," he said, "there is a drift
to socialism. With (Jimmy)
Carter (Democratic presiden-
tial nominee) it will be a fast
drift, with Ford a slow drift.
With Reagan we can stop that
drift and turn it around."
WILSON ADDED, "There is
more and more government in-
fluence in my life. You can ask
older people about the freedoms
we have lost."
Being a conservative from
the Ann Arbor area and a Rea-
gan delegate from Michigan has
not been easy for Wilson.
"It used to be a dirty word
to be called conservative in
Washtenaw County," he said,
adding that the Ford delegates
from Michigan had given the
Reagan backers a "cold should-
er."
To combat the dreary mood
that prevailed over the Michi-
gan Reaganites, Wilson helped
organize a pro-Reagan demon-
stration of several hundred peo-
ple Monday night in the heart of
Ford territory - the Crown
Center Hotel.
"The demonstration livened
things tip," he remarked hap-
pily.
With a smile he added,
"We're a thorn in (Michigan
Gov.) Billy Milliken's side."
WILSON HAS not always
been a conservative. "I was a
pretty boy in 1972," he recalls.
Then he went into the Air Force
and was sent overseas. While in
the service he picked tip a copy
of Human Event. This was the
first time he had conservative
philosophy explained to him.
"After that I was an avid
conservative," Wilson remark-
ed.
He points proudly to Reagan's
record as governor of Califor-
nia. "When Reagan raised his
hand (to take the oath of office),
California was in debt and bu-
reaucracy was rising. By the
time he left office, there was a
surplus of money, welfare was
diminished and Jerry Brown
was left with a fiscally sound
state."
Reagan's selection of Rich-
ard Schweiker as his running
mate troubled Wilson at first.
"I didn't like it because all I
saw was Schweiker's voting re-
cord. But the more I saw of him,
the more I liked him."
He added that Reagan had not
abandoned his conservative
principles, but instead "Sch-
weicker has given up his liberal
principles."
Looking toward the Novem-
ber election, Wilson sees Rea-
gan as a stronger candidate
against Carter than Ford.
"JERRY FORD may get the
nomination, but he'll lose in
November . . . and it will be
the end of the Republican par-
ty. If Reagan gets the nomina-
tion he can pin Carter down on
the issues. They (the public)
will see him (Carter) on the is-
sues as a liberal."
Asked his definition of con-
servatism, Wilson explained,
"A modern-day conservative is
the same as a 19th century liber-
al in the Jefferson mold. A con-
servative believes in free enter-
prise and limited government."
Wilson paused a moment and
smiled, then emphatically de-
clared, "I am proud to be a
conservative."
Ford wins
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hoped to carry, Pennsylvania,
home of the Californian's run-
ning-mate, voted 89 to 14 against
the amendment.
MISSISSIPPI, a crucial state
in the fight between the Presi-
dent and Reagan, abstained
from the first round of balloting
before casting all 30 of its votes
against the amendment.
T h e conservative Southern
state has been wavering in sup-
port of Reagan ever since he
named Schweiker as his vice-
presidential running - mate. It
was widely believed here last
night that Clark Reed, the state
party chairman, was urged by
his delegation to abstain on the
first round and, in the case of
a tie breaking vote, cast his
votes for Reagan. But ashit
turned out, the Ford forces-had
already won and Mississippi de-
cided to go with the winner.
It remains to be seen, how-
ever, whether Mississippi will
remain in the Ford camp for
very long. The delegates were
scheduled to take up arguments
late last night concerning the
party's platform, and the cru-
cial debate over U.S. foreign
policy, the Panama Canal, and
abortion.
In a press conference follow-
ing the vote, presidential press
secretary Ron Nessen said,
"The President is delighted and
he believes it is an indication
of his true support."
Earlier in the evening, for-
mer Texas governor John
Connally, in an address to GOP
delegates, leveled a stinging at-
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rules fight
tack of the Democratic Party
last night, saying that "We are
living under a government gone
amuck."
He assailed the Democratic
congress for thrusting upon the
American people a government
of "curse and abomination" and
said Jimmy Carter, the Demo-
cratic presidential n o m i n e e,
was "a man wholly subservient
to those factions which are in-
exorably tightening their control
over that party and over the
nation."
Minutes before Connally step-
ped to the platform to deliver
his speech, a six-minute shout-
ing match between the Gerald
Ford and Ronald Reagan forces
took place.hNeither won, how-
ever, as the candidates were
gearing for an intense floor
fight tonight with each candi-
date having s t r o n g delegate
strength.
Connally also called for party
unity going into the November
election and struck a theme
common to the ill-fated Califor-
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Brown's recent race for the
Democratic standard. "We must
tell the American people that
we have seen the end of an era
of abundance and affluence and
indeed now we face a period of
scarcity and sacrifice."
He then underscored the tra-
ditional Republican values of
ending d e fi c i t spending and
whipping inflation. "We must
end the cruel inflation that si-
lently robs all Americans," he
said.
Warrants
issued in
Miller
murder
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own work at the Jackson prison
where she was employed as a
staff physician before coming to
Dehoco December 1.
PATTERSON said he under-
stood that the three "all knew
each other," but refused to com-
ment on theories that Miller
may have been trying to make
a deal with Wingard for the
escape of another prison inmate
with whom she was said to be
romantically involved.
"I don't want to speculate,"
the prosecutor said.
The withdrawal and subse-
quent disappearance of the
$5,000 from Miller's savings ac-
count on the day she was mur-
dered had prompted theories
that the 29-year-old physician
may have been trying to pay
Wingard in exchange for the
escape of Larry Wells, a 24-
year-old convict from Flint.
Wells, currently serving a 15
to 30 year term for armed rob-
bery, was employed as a labora-
tory technician in the prison
hospital.
In a handwritten will dated
Nov. 27, 1975, Miller left a large
portion of her estate to Wells.