Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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Republican candidate. Boh Daniel - the incumbent. Daniel used his exper- ience in Congress to help convince the people of the 4th District that he was more competant And Farms the government classes O’Brien at times seemed Congress and therefore we should have “an above- unsure of the power of his “would-be” position. When pressed for his views, he confessed that he was con- fused and a benevolent student informed him of tliese powers In a pre-election rally for the candidates. Barbara Kersey expressed the view that O’Brien, being a middle-class person would be able to relate to the problems of the aver- age person. This is a claim that couldn’t be contended with. Rick Bass for Daniel, thought that mediocrity had no place in average” person to repre- sent us. Daniel clearly beat O’Brien in the election and the victory was con- ceded before ten o’clock. In spite of O’Brien’s sweep of the Portsmouth, Cheasapeake and Virginia Beach areas, he did not do well enough to bring up the figures in the remaining areas where he more often than not was defeated by Daniel decisively. In the school election, however, the incumbent Daniel was defeated by a very narrow margin by O’Brien. 27

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Kathij Supinski, captain of the Debate Team ex- ibite( her eloquence itr speaking during the Mock » ElecftdH Assembly. Kieth VanCuren informs the student body ofZum- wait’s strung points. In a political year marred with “mud-slinging” and slanderous remarks, Vir- ginians unfortunately have proven that we are no different than anyone else. Elmo Zumwalt was given the title “carpet-bagger” and the incumbent Harry Byrd was accused of the occa- sional misrepresentation of his constituates. These allegations, fortunately were made by biased ob- servers rather than by the candidates themselves. This question was debated individually by many people and in an assembly by Kathy Supinski and believed that Byrd’s years in the State Legislature and previous term in the Senate put him in greater touch with the needs of Virginians and made him invaluable as our rep- resentative. VanCuren, on the other hand, thought that Zumwalt, it would seem should be happily accepted as our servent. 29