Mayor's Offices Captured By Stokes
The off year results show Carl B. Stokes becoming Cleveland's first Black mayor, Gary electing Richard Hatcher, and Kevin White winning Boston. Kentucky voters chose Republican Louie B. Nunn as the state's first GOP governor in 24 years, boosting GOP hopes for 1968 while Vietnam and Johnson's policies shape the national mood. Mayors in Baltimore and Philadelphia changed hands, and the San Francisco vote backed U.S. withdrawal opponents.
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Washington
Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
Kentucky
New Jersey
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Louise Day Hicks
Boston
Kevin H. White
Ray C. Bliss
John M. Bailey
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Louie B. Nunn
U.S
GOP
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
New England
San Francisco
Johnson
Vietnam
Nunn
Racial factors surface in campaign as open housing clashes emerge
Ward accuses Nunn of bigotry while opposing local open occupancy laws. Kentucky voters show uneven turnout with Negroes staying away. Democrat gains in Virginia and Philadelphia reflect shifts. Dr. William Ferguson Reid becomes first Black legislator since Reconstruction. Mayor Tate defeats Specter as Bliss notes large Democratic margins signal reductions in city pluralities.
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Ward
Nunn
Kentucky
Virginia
William Ferguson Reid
Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
Arlen J. Specter
Pennsylvania
Bliss
Columbus Mayors Win Reelection And Local Races
In Columbus M E Sensenbrenner was reelected mayor over Jerry Spears Jr. by more than a two to one margin. Toledo Mayor John Potter lost to William Ensign by about 11,000 votes. Akron Mayor John Ballard defeated Democrat Robert Mohler. Elliott F. Myers of Ironton won re election in the 10th District over Franklin Hatcher. Auto workers and Chrysler officials met to avert a second nationwide strike this year as truck parts move and stamping workers walk out. Prince Norodom Sihanouk said North Vietnam would not release American fliers to avoid encouraging more bombings. Pope Paul was not found to have cancer after prostate surgery. Mead Paper plant strike settled with a 13 cent raise and 5 percent second year raise.
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U.S
Cleveland
Stokes
Seth C. Taft
Taft
Ralph S. Locher
William Howard Taft
Gary
Hatcher
Joseph Radigan
Radigan
Columbus
M. E. Sensenbrenner
Jerry Spears Jr
Toledo
John Potter
William Ensign
Akron
John Ballard
Robert Mohler
Elliott F. Myers
Ironton
Franklin Hatcher
Baltimore
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Detroit
Chillicothe
Ohio
Mead Paper Corp
Professional
Empoiyes International Union
Ohio approves legislative apportionment plan by wide margin
Ohio voters approved a new legislative apportionment plan by 1,315,982 to 908,844 after a long battle. The measure creates 99 House and 33 Senate districts, uses current districts until 1970 census, and adds two Apportionment Board members including a minority party representative.
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Mahoning County
General Assembly
Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court
State
Marines Fight Tide of North Vietnamese Attacks Near Da Nang
In a fierce battle, US Marines seized a fortified village 27 miles south of Da Nang after 24 hours of heavy fighting and bombardment. 22 Marines were killed, 58 wounded, as 36 enemy bodies were found. Across central Vietnam and the Mekong Delta, Communist units caused casualties and launched mortar barrages, while air strikes targeted rail links near the Chinese border and Haiphong shipyards.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Loc Ninh
Dak To
Central Highlands
Vietnam
Athens school levy approved by voters and local races
Franklin Sheeter defeats John Newcomb for judgeship while Mayor Shepard secures a fourth term. School levies pass for Federal Hocking and Trimble districts as Earl Hilleary is re elected mayor of Nelson. Merrill Haney defeats Richard Donahey in Logan. Meigs levies approved and May wins re election in Pomeroy.
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Athens School
Franklin Sheeter
John Newcomb
Ake Gurr
Petote
Lady
Shepard
AYO
Earl Hilleary
Nelson- Wig
He Dbo
Edeedases
Bvecen Chay Page
Merrill Haney
Richard Donahey
Logan Mayon
Eeresevevaees
MEIGS
May
Pomeroy
Tax Hike Support Appeal Unsuccessful
An Associated Press survey shows President Johnson’s appeal for letters urging a nine percent income tax surcharge drew mostly opposition. Most congressmen report mail against the proposal, with a few backing the tax hike or suggesting alternatives such as taxing excess war profits. Notable loyalties and dissent surfaced from Republicans Case Frelinghuysen and Ottinger, and Democrats Ullman Rogers.
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Washington
Johnson
Associated Press
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Richard L. Ottinger
New York
Westchester County
Ottinger
Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
R-N.j
Saturn 5 Set for Thursday Launch to Test Its Worth
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP engineers prepare the Saturn 5 for a Thursday high stakes unmanned test flight aimed at proving its readiness as a space workhorse. Countdown checks fueling and instrumentation as a potential 74 hour hold exists if delays occur. The 36 story rocket, weighing 6 million pounds with 5.6 million pounds of propellant, carries sensors to answer vast questions about its limits.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Cle
Moon
America
McCarthy Plans Soundings in Four States to Gauge Opposition
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota will tour four states this weekend to assess Democratic resistance to President Johnson's Vietnam policy. He will speak in St. Paul Ann Arbor Boston and Chicago and meet party leaders to gauge anti Johnson sentiment. He says the party should debate issues rather than protect personalities.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Johnson
St. Paul
Minn
Ann Arbor
Mich
Boston
Chicago
McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy questions Johnson unity rhetoric in primaries
McCarthy says Johnson's attacks on war critics harm party unity. He notes the President’s cattle handling metaphor and predicts possible entry in Massachusetts on April 30 and Illinois on June 11, with potential ballots in New Hampshire Wisconsin Nebraska and Oregon if he continues as a candidate.
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McCarthy
Massachusetts
Illinois
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
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Ralph W. Clark
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