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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1967
Page
2
In Boston, a high turnout was expected as Louise Day Hicks, the first woman candidate for mayor, faced Kevin H White in a nonpartisan race. Racial backlash loomed, with Hicks opposing busing and the 50 percent non-white cap, while White supported gradual busing reforms and resisted charges of bigotry. Both backed stronger police ties to City Hall.
United Press International reports voters across the country head to polls amid focus on race Vietnam and the Great Society. Four major mayoral contests determine momentum with Kentucky and Mississippi statehouse races shaping prestige and power. National Guardsmen appear in Gary Indiana as tense campaigns end.
In Cleveland, Carl B. Stokes fights to become the first Negro mayor of a major city as backlash from white voters looms. Republican Seth C. Taft, linked to the Taft political dynasty, seeks to capitalize on turnout while weather and race tensions shape a tossup race.
UPI dispatches describe Philadelphia with Arlen Specter challenging Mayor James Tate in a tight race as Republicans push reform, aiming to break 16 years of Democratic control while Specter’s age and party switch color the contest. Nationwide, the results serve as a 1968 sentiment barometer amid voter dynamics and party strategies.
National Guardsmen and state police faced a tense Gary election day as Richard G. Hatcher, a Negro city council member, challenged white Republican Joseph Radigan in a closely watched mayoral race in a city about east of Chicago. Courts ruled the election would proceed and guardsmen could be stationed near polling sites to curb unrest.
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