Week Ahead Campaign Focuses on Largest States
In seven big states California New York Illinois Ohio New Jersey Pennsylvania and Texas the 1976 campaign centers on Ford Carter Mondale and Dole with 207 of 270 electoral votes at stake Ford launches a $4 million media push and hits inflation on Mutual Radio He stresses defense taxation and foreign affairs contrasting his plans with Carter's proposed cuts and tax loophole elimination.
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Bob Dole
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Walter Mondale
Ford
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Joe Garagiola
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Plains Baptist Church
Byrd Leads Zumwalt by About Two to One in Virginia Poll
A Richmond Times-Dispatch poll of 635 Virginia registered voters shows Harry F. Byrd Jr. leading Elmo R. Zumwalt by about two to one with eight days until the election. Fifty-five percent favored Byrd or were undecided, while 22 percent backed Zumwalt. 28 percent remained undecided and 5 percent declined to answer.
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Virginia
Richmond Times- Dispatch
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India
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Martin H. Perper
Senate
Times-Dispatch
Disappearance Of Plane Still Unexplained
Authorities search for a Navaho Chieftain air taxi missing after departing Dulles en route to Newport News with four aboard. Pilot Bruce Fournoy, co pilot David D Arca, and passengers Mr and Mrs R Ward are named. Coast Guard reviews FAA tapes and plans a reenactment to gauge where it went down.
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Dulles
Richmond
Patrick Henry
Bruce Fournoy
Washington, D. C
David D’arca
Ocean City
R. Ward
Redondo Beach
Calif
Douglas Arnold
FAA
Carter Seen More Left Of Center In Gallup Polls
Voters increasingly view Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter as left of the center, narrowing his lead over President Ford. Gallup interviews of 1,498 adults in late September show 60 percent conservatives right of center, 37 percent left of center, while Ford remains viewed as right of center by 71 percent.
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Carter
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Blacks Unite Against Rhodesia Leader Ian Smith at Geneva
Four Rhodesian black nationalist factions vow a united front at the Rhodesia conference in Geneva to press for rapid black majority rule. Muzorewa Sithole Nkomo and Mugabe pledge unity while Kissinger's interim plan draws mixed reactions from leaders and officials.
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Britain
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Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Pieter K. van der Byl
Wire from Warren and planning district goals
The Warren County Athletic Association is featured in this week’s Wire from Warren. Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission outlines its future plans and goals in its page 15 report.
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Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
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