European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                If you dont remain then everything goes to de Caro Nam Tor we fat 11 Tomi finer other Al about every first Thurmond ill do 20 to 25 sitting up some pushups and some then some kicking and Bend ing then t lift weights for Aioli five mimics and run two and a half mites sometimes run two Miles if 1 dont have much but then other times ill stretch it to Thurmond in mining for a fifth one that would carry him into bind the administration would be pleased if his Confidence in reelection were mis president Carter recently gritted his Teeth and signed a Thurmond Bill hat weakened his plan to upgrade teas Ula honorable discharges for Vietnam dont believe in helping Dei Erten or draft Dodg d plied at the because Truman Means in August Strom Thurmond escorted his wife and 6yearold daughter Nancy Moore to an elementary school in downtown Columbia to enrol he child in a first Grade class that is 90 percent Black and taught by a Black its really no big said we have always been interested in the Public Thurmond j Ujj another Thurmond Bill ban unionization of the Mill e thought if we got those two Bills through it would 5 be a pretty Good said who has been criticized for a sparse legislative but now the jul treaty comes and if we can Stop it will flue the Cream on Ite Mif Thurmond Doest argue with those who Point to him Ai the senates leading he still takes Pride in the Oneman record he holds for a filibuster 24 18 min in fighting a civil rights Bill in and he s the consummate states aside from the constitutional charge at raising an the Best fed eral program by his notion is no program Al All contrary to what a lot of people 1 do believe in says but Only at the level provided by the and that Means the office like a mid Muscat of the old a civil War tank shall a Coo federate Tup Model Memorabilia bom us old Teacy George and the it election which made him the Only tact soul Irr Nln Ranft Huttt in tit my Hill try the dont it us i is left cd framed cartoons attest to the fact that Strom thur mond surely is the most successful puddle jumper Ever to have attended the annual Frog leaping contest in Spring prominently displayed in his office is a warm note from old Friend Richard for whom Thurmond was Point Man in the Southern strategy Campaign of prom Democrat to Dixie rat to Independent to demo crat to Republican Thurmond has won statewide races under All those it started when Thurmond led the segregationists walkout from the 194ff democratic convention that nominated Harry s when asked Why he did since Truman civil rights Plank was no different from Franklin Thurmond re d Emo its still com prise the Large majority of voters in South yet a Republican since remains the High priest of South Carolina politics even if it May finally be said that he has a fight on his hands in his bid for reelection this his probable opponent is a Young new South Democrat named Charles pug Havener a one time Harvard quarterback who had the governorship virtually sewed up in 1974 before he was disqualified for failure to meet a residency Thurmond professes no worries about the senator has heard predictions of is political demise in past and 1 dont think it going to be True his but Hes not taking things for Thurmond sent and the kids Home to last and they will remain there until after the elec it does bother he but in Down there three nights every Nancy and i both agreed it wry 1978 would be a sacrifice we would Shes making a lot of speaking engagements t  she makes a Good Shes a very humorous the visibility of Thurmond family is hardly his Only Bole card As he plays out his hand or another Senate his stand on the canal he is overwhelmingly supported by South Carolinas about 96 percent of his mail is running against the but Strom Thurmond  be Mil front on a National Issue to retain popularity Bock and the Are the find to admin former democratic stale chairman Donald Fowler oiled him absolutely the Best politician Ive Ever Ren bar Thurmond often has said Ihal the politic an who Walls until an election to Campaign has waited Loo and Strom Thurmond almost never stops almost Dally he telephones scores of South Carolini it for nothing More than to offer his congratulations on a Job promotion or his condolences at the loss of a loved High school graduates get a Tetter from the suitable for framing next to us his he is working on Iso to 200 constituent problems at any Given whether its a soda Security matter or someone who needs a passport quickly or someone who wants a Soldier i Urgo my staff to give every problem special weve tried to give the Best service of any Senate Thurmond channels much of his of Side including almost All honorariums and much of his real estate into the Strom Thurmond whose Worth he estimates at million to ii supports about 60 needy students at Collegia and Industrial Thurmond also plays the  at Federal Gnu Lor maj Draun even ii they evolve from programs be voted he has voted against virtually every Federal housing yet he helped secure a million Grant for the Black Bottom slum of he has consistently opposed the poverty but he has won several Grants for Blac Kope rated daycare centers in the so Strom in the has pulled a Good Many friends from the ranks of his theoretical and he also has played an instrumental role in drawing new Industry to the Why would a 74yearold want to continue in in Senate for another seven years it would be easy to retire and Lake life Thurmond but in in Good mentally and i have the desire to and everywhere 1 go there asking me to run at the crack of Dawn every Strom Thurmond off and running the stars and stripes Page is