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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1972
Page
1
Three Harris County candidates request automatic or manual recounts after election results show narrow margins. The efforts extend to precincts in Fort Bend and surrounding counties as campaigns dispute reported totals and seek verification of votes cast.
A partial obituary style notice lists many company names and a funeral time from noon to 2 pm. It mentions Citizens National Bank Cemetery and several corporations, with a reference to a funeral home schedule and a series of corporate names such as Inland Steel and Westinghouse. The fragmentary text indicates a memorial event for multiple individuals connected to various local firms.
The piece notes McGovern as front-runner but not unbeatable with Republican governors and party officials weighing unity. It references Hubert Humphrey, Barry Goldwater, and Nixon as historical contrasts, and hints at Georgia governor Jimmy Carter emerging as a potential 1972 candidate amid shrinking delegate bases and the need for a decisive, broad coalition.
Fragmentary notes indicate Susie Bremer of Highlands was injured in a crash near Highland. Police and witnesses were contacted. details and official statements are incomplete in the readable text.
Airman Darst, son of Mrs T M Sherman of Corpus Christi and Rev Jam Ders of Bayon, graduated at Reese Field Base Mississippi. He completed the communications equipment repairman course conducted by Air Training Command.
Fragmentary report notes ongoing bridge issues with maintenance costs and 2 percent payments. The text mentions possible structural risks, including a fridge collapse, and references Commissioner Maintenance Cent and a forced two-chamber situation.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a kitten and vague measurements with misspelled terms. No clear event or identifiable entities to summarize into a coherent news item.
New York at noon Wednesday acquired pitcher Wayne Blasingame from the Houston Astros to fill a vacancy in the Yankees bullpen. The Astros had not yet decided who would replace Blasingame in their roster. Blasingame, a left handed reliever, had not been used much this season.
President Nixon led in California and New Jersey as McGovern eyed a strong New York showing two weeks before the state primary. Brown Jr. ordered the citizen tally while the race for delegates intensified across the Democratic contest with McGovern expected to gain a sizable majority of the 278 pledged delegates.
Page one continuation notes Conference chairmen selected and Republican governors backing Nixon's Soviet accord. Democratic governors deem McGovern’s California win a strong factor in securing the nomination as the Democratic convention nears in Miami Beach in five weeks.
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