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Negro Vote Bid Crushed In Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi AP Eastland and four Democratic congressmen won clear reelection bids in Mississippi narrowing Negro hopes for power. Negro registration rose but a Negro backed ticket captured only about 12 percent of the votes in Tuesday's primary. Eastland led 4-1 in statewide contests and longtime incumbents also won, while observers watched closely amid ongoing voting tensions.
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Jackson
Miss
James O
Eastland
Peps
Thomas Abernethy
Jamie Whitten
John Bell Wiliams
Willam Colmer
G. V. Mont
Meridian
Sary
J. O. Hollis
Clintoner
Philadelphia
Solendiugh
James H. Meredith
Néproes Taj