Cities across the U . S . turn ut to celebrate ‘ Earth Day ’

While Pennsylvania voters were narrowly giving George Bush that state’s Republican primary victory, Ronald Reagan appeared here in a brief campaign stop which included a 55 minute speech/ “ dialogue” and a ten minute press conference, all in Moreau Hall, Saint Mary’s. Reagan said he welcomed the Democrats and Independents in the crowd, which numbered about 600, half of whom were area residents, and asked them to vault him into the presidency for the purpose of cutting “ that government back down to size.” Reagan will participate in the May 6 Indiana primary with George Bush and John Anderson, though the latter two candidates are not planning to campaign in the state. He made two other stops in Indiana yesterday, including an early morning stop in the industrial southern Indiana towns of Evansville and Lafayette, the home of Purdue University. Reporters for the Associated Press said his stop here was his warmest Indiana reception yet. Campus representatives of the Reagan for President Committee presented the candidate with a green Notre Dame jersey during his speech. The jersey bore the number “ 80” and had “ Gipper” lettered on the back. Reagan, a former actor, once played the part of the legendary George Gipp, in the movie “ Knute Rockne—All American.” The presentation of the jersey evidently sparked a slight nostalgic twinge in Reagan who proceeded to reminisce about the producation of that movie and expanded for the next few minutes on his acting career generally. “ I did the kind of movies where they didn’t want it ‘good,’ they wanted it ‘yesterday,’ ” he said. The remarks were somewhat unique for Reagan, who is said to rarely speak about his acting days while making campaign speeches. Most of Reagan’s speech centered on the economy, big government, energy and defense. He said that “ we have not yet begun to exploit our natural resources. There is oil and natural gas we have yet to u se .” “ We have got to get the government out of that