Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Stmts. from both political camps about tightening of polls noted. Report introduced.

(Fresno, California: Joe Bergantino) campaign. by Governor Michael Dukakis in California featured; scenes shown. [On train, DUKAKIS - says he's a liberal in tradition of Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy; campaigns. against Vice President George Bush.] Maryland Republican campaign literature about Willie Horton prison furlough case explained. [DUKAKIS - says Bush must take care of this kind of campaign material.] [On "Face The Nation", Bush campaign chairperson James BAKER - says that literature is unauthorized.] [MD state Republican party Michael BURNS - says this is the way to get conservative voters.]

(DC: Mike von Fremd) campaign. by Bush featured; scenes shown from hurried campaign in Montgomery Cnty., Pennsylvania. [On phone, BUSH - calls voter.] [On car microphone, BUSH - says "get out and vote."] Bush shown posing with John Cardinal Krol in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [BUSH, campaign chairperson James BAKER - comment on polls.]

(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Endorsement of Dukakis and Bush by newspapers reported; newspapers named. "Saint Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch" said endorsing both men.