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RecordTurnoutPredictedBv DAVID LOPEZ Times Staff WriterVoters got up early and lined up four and five deepin many precincts by the time voting started at 8 a.m. this morning in the general citv election which climaxes a history-making campaign in this city that has known a number of turbulent political tides.There was little doubt t h I fmorning that balloting would b e at least several hundreds over the 12.167 \otes cast in thtf 19S8 mayor s race.Larednan* .; ■* ?. f a 1^1 vj-ried menu of last minute rah lies and speeches last nieht, and workers at both the Independent Club and the Reform Party headquarters worked late into the night mapping out fin al details and playing the inevitable guessing game of *'W ill we win’”Of the 14 %lt;■ qualified voters if! the city, 73 per cent, or 11.02S, turned out for the city school trustee election Saturday, Most observer* Nlieve that between 1-500 and 2,000 more would probably turn out today.Canvassing of the vote will begin in the City Council Chambers shonlv after the polls close at 7 p m , and 16 candidates, the most evtY to file for a city eler. tion here, will be following the results closely.Leaders of both camps M o n-day afternoon were reservedly admitting that the election t o-day was taking a do or die'* aspectIt the Reform Party is to expect any sucons in the Democratic Primary of Mav 7, it must at least ‘'come pretty close” i n the city race, said one ReformistOn the other hard, an Independent Club loadtT pointed out that the Old Partv would he * in bad shane” if its candidates did not score a decisive victory today.Regardless, it appeared t o-day that the 19nt city election had given rise to a new breed of candidates, the unaftiliated nun partisan candidate w h o's willing to throw his hat in the ring even though he has nothing mort' than qualifications, aspira tions, a group of friends, and a workable public address svsteia.
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Tue, Apr 05, 1960
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