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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1976
Page
4
Mauna Kea, a volcano on Hawaii, is measured at 33,476 feet tall from its underwater base. The figure reflects a combined height from ocean floor to summit.
New polls lift President Ford and running mate Dole as they ramp up across the nation. Ford leads Carter in several states per Darden Research results, with gains in Michigan and Kansas. Georgia shows erosion for Carter and GOP signals in Illinois. Carter campaigns south and in Michigan amid split signals.
Goren State Reading Lab will offer an eight four week speed reading course to a limited group in Long Beach. It promises lower costs, one class weekly for four weeks, and includes a cassette tape course for continued improvement. Free one hour orientation lectures are scheduled at State Mutual Savings & Loan Assoc. on East 2nd Street with multiple time options in mid September.
Harris survey of 1,381 likely voters finds Carter ahead of Ford on 12 of 20 domestic issues while trailing in others. Carter leads in confidence, unemployment care, inflation control, consumer interests, and government integrity, with Ford ahead on defense, Russia, and spending restraint in several domains. Debates beginning in 10 days focus on domestic first, then foreign policy, shaping the race dynamics.
In Austin Texas President Ford and his Texas lieutenants narrowly retained control of state Republican machinery defeating a Reagan insurgency. Ray Hutchison won a second term as state party chair by 51 votes over Ray Barnhart. Connally urged electing Ford and defeating Carter. Funds are tight with under $200 000 left for statewide campaigning.
New York AP reports leaders of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association agreed to back Democrat Jimmy Carter. NEA President John Ayer and AFT President Albert Shanker appeared on Issues and Answers and said the unions would announce support within days. Both groups, long rivals, said they would actively work for Carter’s election.
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