John B Anderson

Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. and political activists from around the nation said Thursday they will establish an Independence Party to revitalize the political system. "We are launching a new American revolution to restore competition to a political system now paralyzed by the Republican and Democratic parties--the Republi-crat monopoly," said businessman Gordon Black, a party founder. Black, of Rochester, N.Y.

Michael S. Dukakis does a good job of describing life on the wrong side of a presidential election: "You want to know about losing?" he asks in a recent interview. "It stinks. Winning is a lot better." John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent in 1980, says the day after losing the race for the White House, it is as if "you are thrown over a cliff" into anonymity. "You are no longer a substantive, great and abiding interest." George S.

Michael S. Dukakis does a good job of describing life on the wrong side of a presidential election: "You want to know about losing?" he asks in a recent interview. "It stinks. Winning is a lot better." John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent in 1980, says the day after losing the race for the White House, it is as if "you are thrown over a cliff" into anonymity. "You are no longer a substantive, great and abiding interest." George S.

John Anderson, the independent who captured 7% of the presidential vote in 1980, will appear this year as a Reform Party candidate on California's March 7 primary ballot. Although California Reform Party leaders asked the secretary of state to place his name on the ballot, he has not filed a statement of candidacy or set up a federal campaign committee. The secretary of state's office confirmed Anderson's spot on the ballot Tuesday.

John Anderson, the independent who captured 7% of the presidential vote in 1980, will appear this year as a Reform Party candidate on California's March 7 primary ballot. Although California Reform Party leaders asked the secretary of state to place his name on the ballot, he has not filed a statement of candidacy or set up a federal campaign committee. The secretary of state's office confirmed Anderson's spot on the ballot Tuesday.

In the stirring peroration to his speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention, Jesse Jackson sounded a battle cry, "Our time has come! Our faith, hope and dreams have prevailed America, our time has come!" In 1988, Jackson will seek to prove that his time has come for the Democratic presidential nomination. Although listed as a front-runner in the polls, he complains that it is always with an asterisk. The asterisk refers to a notation: "without Cuomo."

Despite starting when many potential viewers were still at work or commuting, coverage of Tuesday's vice presidential debate on ABC, CBS and NBC was watched in 34.9% of the nation's 93.1 million television households, according to figures released Wednesday by the A.C. Nielsen Co. ABC researchers estimated the total audience at 76 million people.

Three of every four college-age women, whose bones are still developing, have low-calcium diets that contribute to lower bone mass, according to a North Carolina health researcher. In a study of 90 women ages 18 to 24, including many college students, 75% had low-calcium diets and low bone mineral density, increasing their risk of osteoporosis later in life, according to Dr. John B. Anderson of the University of North Carolina Health Sciences Center.

Tuesday is California primary election day.* Twenty-three candidates for president are listed on the California primary election ballot. Unlike previous years, this primary is open, meaning all the candidates are listed together and voters can cross party lines to vote for whomever they want. Some candidates on the ballot have already dropped out of the race, including Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, real estate mogul Donald Trump, publisher Steve Forbes and conservative activist Gary Bauer.

In what was otherwise a very nice article ("Singer John Denver Killed in Plane Crash," Oct. 14), we were reminded of the time that Denver stated that he believed he epitomized America; then, the article stated, "Or at least, white, mainstream America." Why did that distinction have to be made? I know that we whites are more responsible for the huge sales generated for every rap group. Does that make Notorious B.I.G. only for "white, mainstream America"? How many blacks bought Denver albums?

Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. and political activists from around the nation said Thursday they will establish an Independence Party to revitalize the political system. "We are launching a new American revolution to restore competition to a political system now paralyzed by the Republican and Democratic parties--the Republi-crat monopoly," said businessman Gordon Black, a party founder. Black, of Rochester, N.Y.

In the stirring peroration to his speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention, Jesse Jackson sounded a battle cry, "Our time has come! Our faith, hope and dreams have prevailed America, our time has come!" In 1988, Jackson will seek to prove that his time has come for the Democratic presidential nomination. Although listed as a front-runner in the polls, he complains that it is always with an asterisk. The asterisk refers to a notation: "without Cuomo."

As the reform party moves toward naming its presidential nominee, here's a look at how this century's major third-party and independent candidates fared and what they stood for. 1912: Theodore Roosevelt, Progressive Rebuffed in his bid for that year's Republican nomination, the former president pushed for several reforms and programs later adopted, including direct election of U.S. senators, women's suffrage and creation of a social insurance system.

It has been 140 years since the Republican Party overtook the Whigs, and no new political party has achieved mainstream status since. But the 20th Century is littered with the political corpses of brave candidates who tried. Historically, when third-party movements or independent candidacies began to gain acceptance, the major parties have simply expropriated their most potent ideas, said Leslie H. Southwick, author of the book, "Presidential Also-Rans and Running Mates."