THE WIFE OF A FORMER U.S. SENATOR IS COMING TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS WEEK TO STUMP FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA. ETHEL KENNEDY, THE WIDOW OF ROBERT KENNEDY, IS SPEAKING IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TODAY AND TOMORROW ALONG WITH HER SON MAX. HER HUSBAND WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1968 WHILE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN, KENNEDY’S VISIT WILL FOCUS ON THE ILLINOIS SENATOR’S POLICIES, INCLUDING JOBS, THE ECONOMY, AND TAXES. TODAY, MS. KENNEDY WILL APPEAR IN MARION, WYTHEVILLE, AND RADFORD. THEY WILL BE IN BLACKSBURG AND VINTON ON WEDNESDAY. ALL THE EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.