REPUBLICANS: Reagan's Startling Texas Landslide

"For weeks," cracked Ronald Reagan, "I've been whistling 'Nothin' could be finer than to be in Carolina.' I hope I can soon whistle 'The eyes of Texas are upon you.'"

He was not only able to whistle it, he sang it over the phone from Indiana to his supporters gathered at a victory party in Houston. By early Sunday it was clear that Reagan had won the Texas primary in a startling landslide. He would probably win every one of the 96 delegates elected to the Republican National Convention and President Ford none...

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