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newspapers throughout the District with copies of his remarks made at various functions, however, and one of the curious points to emerge is that for all his conservative Republicanism and Gilliam’s youthful Democratic “image,” the two candidates don’t seem all that far apart on basic issues.

Both say they favor economy in government, “belt-tightening” to help fight inflation, reduction of the federal bureaucracy, and similar points. When they’ve differed, it’s been mainly a matter of degree, or along pure Democratversus-Republican lines. Gilliam for instance, has made much of the time-honored “time for a change” approach of all “outs” seeking to be “ins.”

The reaction of Gilliam’s audience at Amissville demonstrated some of the problems Robinson must be having throughout the

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