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Newspaper
The Mountain Statesman
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1976
Page
2
Ashbey Leach, a 30 year old former Vietnam medic who held 13 hostages in Cleveland last August to pressure Chessie System, attends a VFW Post meeting in Huntington but is told he cannot count on backing. Post officials declined to comment.
Arnold Miller says he will not seek Patrick's support in the upcoming UMW elections and suspects Patrick seeks the presidency. He questions Trbovich's role, claiming little contact and unresolved insubordination. Miller notes a growing rift as Patrick pursues an independent slate and a road show.
Washington AP reports the unemployment rate climbed to 8.1 percent in November, prompting President elect Jimmy Carter to signal a possible tax cut or other relief after the new year. Labor data show 200000 more Americans out of work and wholesale prices up six tenths of a percent, with gas and fuel costs rising but farm prices falling. Carter rules out wage-price controls but considers voluntary restraints. Economic adviser Jerry Jasinowski says jobless rise underscores a weaker economy than feared. Economists visiting Carter had urged tax cuts to boost activity.
Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore’s scheduled firing squad death was stayed by a 68 vote of the U S Supreme Court. Utah must respond to a petition to spare his life with potential delays lasting weeks to years as the court weighs a full review.
Dr Patrick Hillery, a former country doctor, was sworn in as Ireland's sixth president in Dublin Castle in Gaelic. The 53 year old Fianna Fail member was elected unopposed after the government avoided a contest, with predecessor Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh attending the ceremony amid tight security.
The hospital register lists admissions and discharges across Broaddus, Preston Memorial, and nearby towns on December 1 and December 3, 1976. Names include Jesse McCauley Sharon Brown Evelyn Ross Charles Bowman Vera Fleming Agnes Louk Pamela Williams Norman Skinner and many others with discharges such as Kimberly Hughes Jeffrey Bennett and Sylvia Haddix.
In Charleston, Del Donald Kopp is expected to be chosen speaker of the House with Gov elect John D. Rockefeller backing him, while Senate President William T. Brotherton Jr. seeks reelection. Williams challenges Brotherton in the Senate, as caucuses convene with 91 Democrats in the House and a 34-member Democratic majority in the Senate.
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