California Primary Upset Shows Party-Line Voting Trend
Californians shifted to party loyalism in a high turnout primary. Democrats swept most nominations while Republicans faced runoff, with Edmund Brown winning on both party tickets and Knight trailing Graves. The ballot's party labels spurred a November showdown across governor, senator, and other offices. James Roosevelt credited the ballot design for boosting Democratic momentum.
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Goodwin J. Knight
Richard Graves
Knight
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Samuel W. Yorty
D-Calif
Harold Powers
Edward Roybal
Democra
Richard P. Graves
U. S
Harold J
Butch) Powers
Edward 2. Roybal
Frank M. Jordan
Daniel Raeburn
Robert IC. Kirkwood
George Collins, Jr
Charles G
Guz) Johnson
George P. Johnson
California
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Congress
Roosevelt
Theodore Owings
Culver City
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George F. Miller
Eisenhower
Miller
Robert L. Condon
Washington
Condon
John F. Baldwin
Alameda County
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Eighth
Jess M. Ritchie
Ritchie
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Hayward
Carlos Bee
State Assembly
Bee
Edward A. Robey
Oliver C. Stivers
Edward Tate
Robey
Arthur Breed, Jr
Anya Bjornson
Breed
Francis Dunndy
Fred Maggiora
Dunn
Maggiora
Richard Dombrink
Alfred J. Drummond
Vaughn D. Seidel
B. Paulsen
Bernard D. Bungarz
Edward M. Lundegaard
Alameda voters approve redistricting and party nominations
Alameda county voters backed a charter amendment to redraw supervisorial districts every ten years, first realignment since 1913. Proposition A passed 85 285 to 56 724 with a few precincts left to count. Democratic and Republican nominees advanced in county races, setting up November runoffs in multiple districts and a countywide contest for supervisor.
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Symington Offers Testimony If McCarthy Finances Probed
A US source says Molotov terms doom Indochina peace prospects. Americans at Geneva believe Russia aims to stall and seek half of Indochina. Sen. Stuart Symington says he will testify under oath about McCarthy if McCarthy agrees to financial investigations by a special committee to be led by a Nixon appointee.
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China
Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures Tonight
Partly cloudy tonight and clear tomorrow with a slight rise in temperatures. Yesterday's high reached 82 and low 51 with 1 inch of rainfall. Year to date rainfall is 20 inches, normal is 20.16 inches.
McCarthy Faces Senate Showdown Over Fund Probe
The Senate plans to decide McCarthy's fate as he seeks more money for the probe into his feud with the Army. Only less than 75,000 of the 208,000 allotted earlier remains, dwindling as funds pay for investigations. Secret polls show 44 senators would curb him, five Republicans among them, and opposition to new appropriations appears likely while backstage planning continues.
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McCarthy
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Boomer Denies Teels Charge of Misinformation
Ashland Halcyon Improvement annexation leader Boomer disputes HARD Superintendent Teels claim of misinformation over the Halcyon bond issue. He challenges Teels to show affordable Ashland land and notes the master plan for a pool development between Foothill East 14th and 173rd. Boomer argues Halcyon should stay within HARD and questions Teels recreation land price comparisons. Russ Cunningham of San Leandro will speak June 22 on local recreation efforts.
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John Boomer
Halcyon Improvement Association
Boomer
Harold Teel
Chit
Hayward Area Recreation District
Foothill
East 14Th
150Th
173Rd
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Halcyonites
County Planning Commission
San Leandro
Hayward Area
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Saw Severs Arm of Newark Worker
Newark 53 year old Joseph Caldiera of 780 Railroad avenue lost his right arm at Bulldog Pallet company after a stumble against a power saw. Co workers applied a tourniquet and he was taken by ambulance to a San Jose hospital in weak but stable condition. His wife Lena and children reside in Newark. son Harold is a Newark fire district firefighter.
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Newark
Joseph Caldiera
Railroad Avenue
Bulldog Pallet Company
Caldiera
San Jose
Lena
Harold
San Francisco Votes to Keep Its Cable Cars
San Francisco voters approved Proposition E by a narrow margin to fix three basic cable car lines in the city charter and fund a million dollar refurbishing program over two years. The measure passed 84,092 to 74,277, with officials estimating savings of about $500,000 annually versus maintaining last January’s system.
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San Francisco
Hans Klussman
Klussman
Citizens’ Committee
Public Utilities Commission
Timmerman Cinches S.C. Governor Post
George Bell Timmerman Jr. won the Democratic primary for South Carolina governor, with 157,783 votes to Lester Bates 96,693 as unreported precincts dwindled. Bates conceded. both pledged to maintain school segregation despite the Supreme Court ruling.
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George Bell Timmerman Jr
Leutenant
South Carolina
Tanta‘mount
Timmerman
Lester L. Bates
Columbia Insurance
Bates
United States Supreme Court
Bakery Strike Talks Recessed in San Francisco Bay Area
Negotiations between the AFL Bakers Union and the San Francisco Employers Council were recessed after a late session with no further meetings scheduled. Federal conciliators may call a new session as developments warrant. employers offered six cents, while the union seeks twenty cents. The strike impacts major bread producers in the region but not all bakers.
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San Francisco Bay Area
AFL
Bakers Union
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