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...President needed that lift because the fight now moves mostly to Reagan's friendly Southern and Western turf. Of this week's six primaries (Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas) and next week's trio (Montana, Rhode Island and South Dakota), Ford was a favorite only in Oregon and Rhode Island. With the delegate count so close, the final "Super Bowl" day of primaries in California, New Jersey and Ohio on June 8 could be decisive...
...rivals who sense that he is vulnerable. In the past two weeks he has beaten Udall by 2% in Connecticut and .3% in Michigan, lost a squeaker to Frank Church in Nebraska, and has been clobbered by Brown in Maryland. This week Californian Brown is favored to win neighboring Nevada, and Church to carry his native Idaho. But Carter is working hard at holding his edge in Oregon and is a safe bet in Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. Carter is still the odds-on favorite for the nomination, but as Laurence Radway, Democratic party chairman in New Hampshire, observed...
...strategy for the next few weeks. He is expanding his efforts to raise funds, which so far total about $600,000. Last weekend he attended a $25-a-ticket fund-raising party at Hugh Hefner's fortress-like mansion in Los Angeles. This week he was campaigning in Nevada and mounting an aggressive write-in campaign in Oregon. But to block Carter he must surge in California on June...
...Jerry Brown got ready to do battle in Oregon and Nevada, he discussed his campaign and his views with TIME'S Jess Cook. Highlights...
...Republican side, President Ford defeated former governor Ronald Reagan of California in a mild upset in Kentucky, but Reagan beat Ford by wide margins in Nevada, Idaho, and Arkansas. At midnight, CBS rated both Tennessee and Oregon too close to call...