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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1976
Page
1
The AP poll finds economic problems and crime top Americans concerns in this election year yet most respondents are unsure where candidates stand on major issues. Personal candidate qualities remain the main factor for support, with 2001 adults surveyed nationwide.
The survey shows economic worries dominating 35 percent naming high prices, 25 percent unemployment and recession, and 13 percent holding down government spending. Crime follows at 31 percent, drug abuse 17 percent, public officials’ acts 14 percent, and energy and pollution concerns 13 percent each.
Representative Wayne Hays is expected to resign Thursday as chairman of the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee amid an investigation into his involvement in a payroll sex scandal. He planned to announce at a Thursday news conference. Elizabeth Ray denied a report that she told federal agents she taped bedroom intimacy with 13 congressmen and two senators.
Army Secretary Martin Hoffmann told West Point graduates a Pentagon review of the honor code is a strong possibility. He warned the centuries-old academy must keep the flame of conscience alive amid the cheating scandal and said changes to the code may be necessary. Graduation ceremonies also occurred at Annapolis and the Air Force Academy as cheating cases emerged at both schools.
Democratic front runner Jimmy Carter said he is more confident of winning a second ballot than the first at the party convention. The Los Angeles press conference came as Ohio New Jersey and California primaries loom. Carter leads with about 903 delegates while Udall trails and Church and Brown show late momentum.
Virginia officials proposal calls for a $60 million network of 20 regional correctional centers funded mainly by the state. The plan aims to relieve crowded jails, with counties contributing one quarter of costs, and would take 10 to 15 years to implement.
The British pound plunged to record lows in world trading threatening the government’s economic plan. Bill Deskins of Tazewell Virginia will replace Sue B. Moss of Burkes Garden on the county school board July 1. An antique note: forefathers preserved fine collectibles from the Revolution era.
A public zoning hearing in Bluefield gathered residents for and against changing a Grassy Branch by-pass area from residential to commercial to support a small shopping complex. The Planning Commission will rule by Friday 3 p.m. after arguments from supporters and opponents.
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