Maddox Loses Georgia Governor Run To Busbee
Lester Maddox, long seen as a segregationist symbol, fails to win Georgia governor in runoff against state Rep. George Busbee. Busbee led the Democratic field, aided by civil rights leader Julian Bond and moderates, promising four years of stable government. Across the nation, other primary races in North Dakota and Nevada shifted, with Laxalt and Reid advancing in Nevada and North Dakota nominees Guy and Andrews securing nominations.
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Lester Maddox
Georgia
Maddox
George Busbee
Julian Bond
Busbee
Georgia House
North Dakota
Nevada
Jimmy Carter
New South
Atlanta
Harold Dye
Macon
Ronnie Thompson
Paul Laxalt
U.S. Senate
Alan Bible
Laxalt
Harry Reid
Maya Miller
David Towell
William L. Guy
U.S
Bismarck
Robert P. McCarney
Milton Young
Young
Mark Andrews
Byron Dorgan
Vandals Cause $1500 Damage at Meadville High School
Vandals caused about 1500 in damage to Meadville Area Senior High School windows and glass doors between Sunday night and 3 am Monday. Breakage suggests bullets or pellets though no projectiles were found. A nearby resident recalled hearing a shot while walking her dog days earlier.
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Meadville
Meadville Area
Defunct Firm Got Pa Snow Contract Under False Info
HARRISBURG AP A now defunct trucking firm tied to Mercer County Democratic chairman Richard H Miller received a 1972 snow removal contract from the state using false information. Ottaway News Service says Miller listed a woman with no link to the firm as president or owner and did not disclose his own connection. The Justice Department is reviewing Miller and Comnoquenessing Turcking Co of Greenville to determine work completion. Miller blames clerical errors and calls it a local dispute with Sharon Herald.
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Harrisburg
Mercer County
Democratic
Ottaway
Richard H. Miller
Justice Department
Miller
Comnoquenessing Turcking Co
Greenville
Franklin
State Transportation Department
Dean Must Testify Despite Jail Term
John W. Dean begins a minimum one year sentence for conspiring to obstruct justice in the Watergate cover up. He remains a key witness and will testify in the upcoming trial slated for Sept 30 while available for further investigations. Dean is under U.S. marshal custody and was processed like any prisoner.
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Washington
John W. Dean TI
White House
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Dean
U.S
George K. McKinney
Nixon
Justice Department
Horace Webb
Lompoc
Calif
Maureen
State Election Boss Sworn In Harrisburg
Louis G. Mete, a former public school teacher from western and central Pennsylvania, was sworn in as acting commissioner of elections, commissions and legislation in Harrisburg. The Pittsburgh resident previously served with the state Education Department and will earn $19,501 annually. He succeeds James A. Green, the former Butler County commissioner pursuing a state House seat.
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Harrisburg
Louis G. Mete
Pennsylvania
Mete
Pittsburgh
State Education Department
Department of State
James A. Green
Hijack Attempt Fails In Boston
A young black man demanded $10,000 for the poor and hijacked a DC9 at Logan Airport. After an hourslong standoff with a black FBI agent, the hijacker surrendered peacefully as Capt. L. E. Whitaker of New York City and the crew were released for examination. the money was later picked up by police.
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Boston
Nolding
Eastern Air Lines
Logan International
FBI
L. ©. Whitaker
New York City
Whitaker
L. E. Whitaker
John Stiffler
Eastern
Stiffler
Roxbury
Edward Keehan
Phil Havran
Carmen Regaining Strength Amid Gulf of Campeche Drift
MERIDA Mexico Tropical storm Carmen is expected to regain hurricane strength as it drifts westward across the Gulf of Campeche between the Yucatan peninsula and the Mexican mainland. Wind speeds near 60 mph mark its weakening phase, with forecasters saying it is a matter of when not if Carmen becomes a hurricane again. Officials do not foresee impact on Texas, and Jamaica reports three drownings last weekend. A separate disturbance 450 miles west of Bermuda could become Dolly, the season’s fourth tropical storm, if strengthening continues.
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Merida
Hebert
Carmen
Mexican
Texas
Chetumal
Yucatan
Jamaica
Miami Hurricane Center
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Dolly
Inflation action late as Ford inflation plan debated
A White House aide says Congress may be unable to act on long range inflation measures after Ford's upcoming conference on September 27 and 28. L William Seidman notes a likely October adjournment reducing 1975 action chances while administrative steps to fight inflation may occur without Congress. Ford's agenda also includes inviting Spanish American leaders for National Hispanic Heritage Week 1974 proclamation signing.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Ford
L. William Seidman
Capitol Hill
Seidman
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