Ford aims two pronged bid to win Reagan followers in South
President Ford seeks to flip Southern Reagan backers by courting Mississippi delegates while pressuring for uncommitted votes. The AP tally shows Ford with 1095 pledged delegates and Reagan with 1024. 141 remain uncommitted as the Kansas City convention nears. Connally endorses Ford, boosting the counterattack amid party tensions.
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Carter undecided on CIA director choice
Plains Ga AP Jimmy Carter said he has not decided who would head the CIA if elected president. Bush arrives in Plains to brief Mondale on national security as Carter asks the CIA for confidential briefings on Lebanon the Middle East Rhodesia South Africa and regional US Soviet China relations. Carter stressed the pick would require stature integrity and analytical ability. Mondale and Carter were briefed on economic issues by nine experts.
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