West German leaders weigh four for chancellor post
Bonn reports four CDU candidates Rainier Barzel Eugen Gerstenmaier Kurt Georg Baden Württemberg and Gerhard Schroeder. Ludwig Erhard steps aside and backs the party choice as CDU meets amid post setback. In Saigon light fighting yields captured arms supplies and 95 bodies in Tay Ninh. In Cleveland Samuel Sheppard retrial resumes with police testimony on blood stains from Marilyn Sheppard case.
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Erhard
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Eugen Gerstenmaier
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Gerhard Schroeder
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Baker Defeats Sheriff Clark in Selma Election
In Selma Alabama Baker a veteran lawman who opposed mass arrests in 1965 defeated incumbent Sheriff James G Clark in Tuesday's race. Baker led 7 249 to 6 742 from 81 boxes with write in support not enough to overturn results. Elsewhere Dearborn Michigan voted against Viet Nam war with 20 667 to 14 124 supporting ceasefire and troop withdrawal.
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Selma
Ala
Wilson Baker
Baker
James G. Clark
Clark
Detroit
GOP Gains In Congress and Governors Sweep
The election produced notable Republican gains led by Ronald Reagan in California and Charles Percy in Illinois. George Romney surged in Michigan while Edward Brooke won in Massachusetts, Baker and Tower secured Senate seats, and Kirk won Florida governor. Republicans gained eight statehouses. Democrats retain control of Congress but face a potential shift in the next session.
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Edward W. Brooke
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Howard H. Baker Jr
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Johnson
Texas
John G. Tower
House
Robert Taft Jr
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
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Arkansas
Claude Kirk Jr
Florida
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New
White House
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Maine
Arizona
Maryland
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Deep South party loyalties shift in 1966 state races
The piece notes Georgia's tight race between Lester Maddox and Howard Callaway, Mississippi Senator Eastland's easy victory, and Arkansas Winthrop Rockefeller's win over Jim Johnson. It cites a broader pattern of white voters returning to Democrats when faced with open segregationist challengers, with parallels to Maryland's Agnew and California’s Reagan. It mentions Vietnam war cues and New York’s police reform board vote as part of the national mood.
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Viet Nam
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Kirk
Florida
Miami
Robert King High
South
High
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George C. Wallace
James D. Martin
Wallace
Georgia
Lester G. Maddox
Howard
Bo) Callaway
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jim Johnson
Arkansas
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
George P. Mahoney
Gemini astronauts prepare for Thursday launch at Cape Kennedy
Grounded 24 hours by a faulty part the Gemini crew Navy Capt. James A Lovell Jr and Air Force Maj. Edwin E Aldrin Jr used the extra day to study their flight plan. They now set to lift Thursday at 3 55 p m EST atop a Titan 2 rocket 99 minutes after an Atlas booster put an Agena satellite into orbit as a rendezvous target for Gemini 12.
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James A. Lovell Jr
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Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Atlas
Agena
Athens County special issues defeated and others pass
Inside Today reports three Athens County special issues defeated while two passed. Pages detail the fluoridation defeat in Athens and a local option loss on Page 2, plus a Logan school levy defeat on Page 18, and Nelsonville school consolidation with well water use on Page 8. An all out effort pledges to select a site for the new Meigs Local School. Additional notes mention four new Republican congressional candidates in Ohio on Page 13.
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Nelsonville
Meigs
Rhodes Leads Team To Impressive Win In Ohio Returns
Ohio voters gave Republican strength across offices in early returns. Governor Rhodes led, with a sweep extending to lieutenant governor John Brown and attorney general Saxbe. Republicans gained Senate and House majorities, plus two Supreme Court seats. Several incumbents and aides were noted as potential 1970 contenders.
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William L. Coleman
William B. Saxbe
Robert E. Sweeney
Roger Cloud
Thomas E. Ferguson
Archer Reilly
Clarence Kinsley
Ted W. Brown
James Nolan
John D. Herbert
Eldon Brown
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Sweeney
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William Coleman
Ted Brown
Rhodes
Cleveland
Ohio General Assembly
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio Supreme Court
Franklin County
Schneider
Supreme Court
Clifford Brown
Huron County
6Th District Appellate Court
Oakley Collins Regains Ohio Senate Seat In GOP Sweep
In Southeastern OhioReaders saw a Republican surge as Oakley Collins regains the Ohio Senate seat with a 12 000 vote margin over Pancake Miller defeats U S Rep Walter Moeller by about 4000 votes for the district s new lines Welker crushes Banks for the 27th district Frankl in Meigs County and Athens counties.
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Oakley Collins
Ohio
GOP
Clarence E. Miller
Lancaster
U.S
Walter H. Moeller
Meigs County
Ralph Welker
Athens County
George Banks
Collins
Pancake
Pike County
Miller-Moeller
Moeller
Miller
Hocking
Athens
Lawrence
Gallia
Myller
Banks
Welker
Meigs
Gailia
Abele Tops Brown In 4th Appeals Bid
Former 10th District GOP U S Rep Homer E Abele defeated William B Brown presiding judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeals for a six year term. Unofficial returns show Abele leading in multiple counties including Jackson Athens Meigs Hocking Gallia Lawrence Scioto Adams Pickaway Pike Ross Highland and Vin ton with varied margins.
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Gallia
Athens
Hocking
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Scioto
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Lawrence
Abele
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U.S
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Pete) Abele
William B. Brown
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
Highland County
Lawrence County
10Th
Adams
Pickaway
Ross
Highland
Gemini 12 flight faces potential postponement over autopilot issue
Cape Kennedy bulletin reports NASA investigators examining trouble in the Titan 2 booster’s automatic pilot system. Engineers aimed to fix the problem in time to preserve Thursday’s launch plan for the Gemini 12 mission.
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Fila
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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