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Mondale might get windfall in nod from Anderson party

John B. Anderson, who ran for president as an independent in 1980, has decided to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Walter F. Mondale, according to unnamed sources quoted by the Associated Press. Negotiations are under way with Mr. Anderson by which a third political party he organized would formally nominate Mr. Mondale and provide him with about $7.8 million in public funds.