Primary Roundup of Franklin County Candidates
Voters should study brief candidate resumes ahead of the Aug. 3 primary. Republican Leroy Wasmund of Princeton seeks the second district county commission seat with a plan for full‑time county management and road improvements. Williamsburg’s Bud Redding, also Republican, cites wasteful spending and road concerns after four years in the county. Democrats J. W. Davidson of Wellsville and A. B. Coffman of Ottawa discuss long‑range road planning and budget limits. Other Democrats include Max J. Kiefer of Pomona on taxes, Earl Sink from Ottawa on roads, Don Yockey of Ottawa seeking third district, and sheriff candidates Carl L. Gregory of Wellsville and Wally L. Leecy of Franklin County. Republican treasurer candidates Coleen V. Gates of Falls City and Marilyn Talbott of Ottawa emphasize public service and office accessibility.
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Leroy Wasmund
Princeton
Wasmund
Franklin County
Franklin County Commission
Charles “Bud
Redding
Williamsburg
Farmers Cooperative Association
Davidson
Wellsville
Hillsdale Dam Association
A. B. Coffman
Ottawa
Max J. Kiefer
Pomona
Kiefer
Earl Sink
Ottawa Rfd 4
Don Yockey
Ottawa Rfd 2
Yockey
Board of County Commissioners
Coleen V. Gates
Falls City
Neb
Gates
Marilyn Talbott
Maple
Carter’s Defense Positions Parallels Ford Administration
In Plains Georgia Jimmy Carter aligns with Ford on defense. He adopts Rumsfeld’s rough equivalence concept for US Soviet balance and says neither superpower can launch a first strike without massive retaliation. Carter wants defense budget cuts and questions B1 bomber production. He also calls for U.S troop withdrawal from South Korea within four to five years while Ford avoided such a commitment.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Donald Rumsfeld
Plains
United States
Congress
Russia
Ford Administration
Fense
U.S
South Korea
Ford
Rumsfeld
Senate Finance Panel Gets Tax Bill Support
The Senate Finance Committee under chair Russell B. Long sees broad support from the full Senate despite criticism of the tax bill. The panel defeated many liberal challenges to the committee’s measures, approving amendments and maintaining several tax incentives for wealthy investors and businesses. The committee also loosened social security number restrictions for government identification, renewed pollution-control tax benefits, liberalized hire welfare recipients incentives, and extended loss carryforwards for mutual funds while ensuring Long relatives do not gain from oil-depletion changes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Long
Finance Committee
Internal Revenue Service
Treasury
Last Ditch Effort Made For Vaccine
Washington AP executives of drug and insurance industries meet health officials in a last ditch bid to rescue the swine flu vaccination program. Insurance carriers weigh writing liability policies for four vaccine makers as HEW pushes for coverage. Meriwether says only 5 million in pledged insurance. talks hinge on coverage amount and premiums. Congress may resist a blank check drawn on the federal treasury for future funding.
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Washington
David Mathews
Health, Education and Welfare
Merrell National Laboratories
Delano Meriwether
HEW
Congress
Federal Treasury
Carter ends briefings with arms sale reduction pledge
Plains Georgia AP Carter says if elected he would push a multinational agreement to cut arms sales and, failing that, unilateral reductions. Mondale says the two weeks solidified planning. Carter discusses neighbor Pittman eviction and political implications with Texas leaders amid Connally Ford speculation. A Philadelphia report notes a talking computer aids a blind civil servant using a voice synthesizer.
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D-Minn
Mondale
Washington
Carter
Computer Talks
Philadelphia
Civil Service
GOP Governor Sides With Ford On Convention Plans
Olympia Washington AP Governor Dan Evans says he will attend the Republican National Convention as a possible delegate hunter for President Ford. He doubts he will be asked to be vice president but would consider it. Evans notes Reagan forces control of the state convention and sees value in meeting delegations in Kansas City. He remarkes about contacting Reagan delegates to seek switchovers to Ford.
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Sink
Franklin County
Link
Rock
A. Z. Pittman
Carter
Pittman
Plains
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
John B. Connally
Connally
Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Olympia
Wash
Dan Evans
Evans
Kansas City
Reagan
Pennsylvania
Richard Schweiker
Washington State
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County Commission
J. W. Davidson
Coffman
Carl L. Gregory
Gregory
Attorney General’s Office
Vern Miller
FBI
Wally L. Leecy
E. 7Th
Leecy
Ottawa Police Department
Leroy
Charles
Bud" Redding
A. E. Coffman
Earl Link
Don
Carl Gregory
Wally L. Lerdy
Soviet Union
Senate Finance Panel
Russell B. Long
D-La
GOP
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