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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1976
Page
1
Defense debate looms as Ford and Carter meet for the last scheduled debate. Carter backs a 5 to 7 billion dollar defense cut claiming efficiency gains without weakening strength. Ford argues cutting Pentagon spending would erode U S military power amid history's largest budgets.
Ford accuses Carter of aiming to raise taxes for half of Americans and ending mortgage deductions. Carter argues for closing loopholes while maintaining the mortgage deduction. He labels the tax system a welfare program for the rich and favors reform over broad cuts, noting Ford Motor Co has avoided taxes in 1974 and 1975 despite profits, with credits claimed.
Ford and Carter clash over how to ease unemployment with private versus government jobs. Labor Dept reports September unemployment at 7.8 percent with total employment down, signaling little net job improvement. Carter accuses Ford of welfare administration while Ford defends private sector job growth approach.
Foreign Jimmy Carter pressed Ford on Eastern Europe as a debate topic. Ford initially claimed no Soviet domination would exist under his presidency and later clarified his stance while Carter rejected the misstatement and urged recognition of aspirations for freedom. Carter warned of possible actions if Eastern European peoples rise against the USSR.
A reader query column lists the Davidson County Cancer Society contact in Lexington with secretary Mary A. Reece and local office details, plus other hotlines. It also covers questions about presidents Taft and Wilson, Star Trek channel rights, and a DAV appeal with contact info for High Point and Asheboro chapters and veteran aid services.
Allan Waldo of Milwaukee lovingly buffs a dis covered 1940 Plymouth found in a barn where it had been parked since 1940. The car, in mint condition, has only 177 miles on it.
The third and final presidential debate features AG Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in Williamsburg Virginia. Each holds a slight edge from earlier AP polls as they seek a decisive breakthrough. Both campaigns plan extensive post debate travel ahead of the election.
New York AP reports polls show Carter ahead by 2 to 6 points but margin of error clouds interpretation. The electorate is unusually moody with great swings making the race too close to call.
Polling leader Dr George Gallup notes unprecedented sentiment shifts since conventions. Four major polls show Carter ahead but with large margins of error. NBC News Newsday finds Carter 42 Ford 38 with 20 undecided. sample 1,583, MOE 3 percent.
About 100 students and teachers watched in terror as two planes collided over Venice, one bursting into flames. Police reported wreckage over a square mile and souvenir hunters complicating the scene. Both pilots died. ground injuries were none.
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