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10-A-Martinsville Bulletin, Sunday, April 16, 1978 VIRGINIA TODAY Politics Blamed For Loss Of Navy Contract WASHINGTON (UP1) Rep. Paul Trible, R.Va, charged Saturday that politics motivated a federal decision to award's key Navy ship overhaul contract to a Philadelphia facility rather than to Newport News Shipbuilding Co. Trible said the decision, announced Friday by, Vice President Walter Mondale; was made by the White House, not by the secretary of the Navy, The Tenneco owned Virginia, shipbuilder, Trible's constituent, also expressed its "keen on the contract, but said it would not cause any layoffs, The" project, which involves refurbishing the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga to extend its service life, was initially cost $400 million; but recent estimates have gone higher. Miller Wins Delegate (Continued from Page 1-A) Referring to: DuVal, Cotner said after the meeting. "I hope.

he wasn't expecting a whole lot because we didn't give him at whole Cotner. said. the Miller: and Phillips turnout was larger than he anticipated. The Henry County mass meeting found rival factions in last fall's House of Delegates race: forming a coalition for Miller, after some shifting between the two ballots. For example, Court Clerk: Robert P.

Crouch Jr. Commonwealth's Roscoe Reynolds, and Supervisors Jack: Dalton and. Sam Gusler, all strong supporters af; Fred Smith's Independent House of Delegates candidacy, were: supporting Miller on the first But 50 were many allies of Smith's victorious opponent last A.5 L. Philpott, of Bassett the House Majority Leader. was heading up the DuVal, force at Saturday's county mass meeting.

all the Phil Democrats were supporting Miller on the first ballot Some stayed uncommitted," hoping that they could muster 20 percent of the mass meeting and go to the convention leaning to Miller but not bound to him as committed delegates: They were joined in the first ballot uncommitted bloc by most of the blacks at the mass meeting. On the first ballot, Miller had 101 supporters or 54 percent of the meeting. The uncommitted bloc had 36 participants, or 19.3 followed by DuVal, with 28 supporters, 14.9 percent, and Phillips, 11.8 percent, After the first ballot, the DuVal and Phillips supporters, each to achieve 20 percent on the first: ballot, switched to the uncommitted bloc. Meanwhile, the uncommitted Democrats, like the Majority Leader's cousin, County Commissioner of Revenue E. J.

"Bud" Philpott, were reluctantly committing to Miller on the second ballot because they did not want to be left in the same: bloc as the DuVal and Phillips supporters, On the second ballot, Miller won 74 percent of the entitling him to 19 delegates and 10 alternates. The uncommitted bloc, coordinated by Smith, had 26 percent of the meeting's support, giving it six delegates and three alternates. Viewing the jockeying back and fourth was Del. Philpott himself, looming as one of the major uncertainties at the mass meeting and the Senate race, Philpott, "like every other Democratic legislator in the General gutomatically goes to the convention as an officially uncommitted delegate. This was decided months ago by party rulemakers.

While he has been wooed by virtually every seeking the Democratic nomination, Philpott said Saturday he is still truly uncommitted. "I can't take a stand yet," the Bassett Democrat said, even though his strongest supporters and closes friends are now Miller a In Patrick County, Clark said the Miller supporters are (Continued from Page 8-A) bigger boxes is going to help, Dalton said. Two years ago, Piedmont Corp. sold the county the smaller boxes currently in use. The firm has offered to let the county use two larger ones for free during the trial period.

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McCall's magazine reported Saturday, McCall's said nine of 10 women questioned expressed a belief in God but only percentage showed much faith in organized religion, 'Although 59 per cent of the religious report, services at least once a women that they attend McCall's said, "only 17; per cent identify. their church, temple or synagogue as 'the principle influence on their morality in times of stress, priests, ministers and rabbis are virtually the last people they turn to for guidance 'or comfort." The magazine quoted one correspondent as writing, "'Not even a again' Christian can blind me to the fact that our present day society has special needs that cannot be met or handled by the tenets of orthodox Scripture. As one New Jersey mother put it, according to McCall's, "Religion is for the birds. Jesus Christ is for The magazine said that perhaps with the increased public 'acceptance of "living together" it was no great surprise that only 53 percent of the women surveyed considered premarital sex sinful: A widow from Eugene, wrote. "Frankly, I never batted an eye about my: 18-year-old grandaughter living with her' boyfriend for over a year before they.

were married." Single woman and childless wives were more. likely to be tolerant of magazine noted. premarital intercourse, the 0 Extramarital sex was viewed out of 10 women surveyed considered such affairs sinful. On' other matters the survey revealed: Contraception 78 per cent of the women, including 58 per cent of Catholics, register no moral objection: to contraception, income However, low respondents were four times more likely to reject contraceptives as immoral than women with incomes above $25,000. Abortion A third of the women rejected abortion as immoral, but the largest plurality, 39 per cent, considered if justifiable under special tolerance.

Seven circ*mstances. MONDAY TUESDAY ONLY PLACE Test staying formally uncommitted because Miller might break his leg between now. and next week, Clark meant that while he, and most other Democrats are: behind Miller. there's still nearly two months until the June convention and, anything, can happen. Clark said that Del.

Mary Sue Terry is also supporting Miller, even though she will attend the convention as an officially Uncommitted delegate, 115 citizens turned out for the Patrick meeting, held in the courthouse at Stuart: Delegates Include: -Miller: Virginia Hall; Barry Speakman, City: Democratic Chairman Rieves S. Hodriett, Ellen Wood and Joseph Pritchett, presideht of the Mar: Henry. County Voters League, Phillips: Forest Dennis, Ellen Dennis, James Price, Margaret Lester, Roger Cotner. Martinaville Alternates: Include: -Miller: DE Henfy Campbell, John Philpott, Julius Phillips: Tommy Childress Mark Linker. Henry County Delegates Include: Miller: James L.

Martin, John Bowles, Reed' Creek District Supervisor Sam 'S. Gusler, Pete Jamison, County Commonwealth's Atty. Roscoe Harry Henderson, Commissioner of Revenue E. J. Philpott, L.

Racey, Alice Merriman, Frank' Mike DeHart, Ridgeway District Supervisor James Wagoner, County School Board member Wade Lawrence, Larry Roach, C. E. Ward, Jesse Cahill, Robert Osborne, Boyd Scales, and Martinsville District Supervisor Jack Dalton. Uncommitted: (for DuVal) Fred D. Smith Evelyn Golns, Dan' White.

(for Phillips) Charles Wimbush, Rebecca Wimbush, Carl Eanes. Henry County. Alternates Include: -Miller: Doug Johnston, Lewis Eanes, Leonard Setliff, Ann Jones, Charles, Bradshaw, C.AT. Philpott, Carl Griffin, Stafford Cassady, Susan Armstrong, Grady Setliff. -Uncommitted: Valerie Barrow, Moses Craighead, Lucky Mounts.

County Delegates include: Noel Weaver; Blue Ridge District Supervisor James Joyce, Commonwealth's Atty, Martin, F. Clark, Velma Martin, Garland Taturn, and Virgil Williams. -DuVal: Fred Smith Sr. and Alfred Martin. 000 There was no support at area mass meetings for the other candidates for the Democratic Including former.

Del. of Fairfax, former Fairfax Supervisors Rufus Phillips and Frederick Babson? activist Flora Crater of Falls Church and Hampton State Sen. Hunter B. Andrews. The eight Democrats are seeking to replace Sen.

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