Five Negroes Seeking Office in Alabama Primary
Five Negro candidates contest Tuesday's Democratic primary in Alabama. Amelia Platts Boynton of Selma seeks a House seat, challenging Rep. Kenneth Roberts in the 4th District. White voters outnumber Blacks in all eight counties, amid desegregation tensions and strong segregationist sentiment.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Amelia Platts Boynton
Selma
Kenneth Roberts
Atauga
Calhoun
Clay
Coosa
Dallas
Elmore
Talladega
Macon County
Tuskegee
Rival Elector Slates Listed for Democratic Primary
AP dispatch from Montgomery lists pledged and unpledged elector candidates for president in the Tuesday Democratic Primary. Named pledges include Joe Langan and J. E. Brantley. unpledged voters include Jim Allen and Edmund Blair. Also noted are Negro voter registration efforts led by Tuskegee Institute figures and several local race candidates.
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MONTGOMERY _(AP
Joe Langan
J.E. Brantley
Barrett Shelton
John Casey
Bert Haltom
Harry B. Ayers
E.W. Skidmore
C.g.allen
Karl Harrison
J.L. Hardwick
Jim Allen
Edmund Blair
Albert Brewer
Albert Evans
MacDonald Gallion
Jack Giles
Art Hanes
Pete Mathews
Frank Mize
I.J. Scott
Jerry Coe
Independent Runs for City Office and Pledged Ticket Changes
The passage notes a candidate dropping from the pledged ticket and lists independents seeking the same office. John Crommelin runs for the same place while Ralph Price, John Watts, and Oley B. Kelley vie for other pledged positions.
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John Crommelin
Ralph
Shorty) Price
John Watts
Oley B. Kelley
Two Ballots Face Officials in Democratic Primary
Montgomery AP reports election officials will administer two ballots for Tuesdays Democratic primary one for regular voters and one for federal offices only voters who have paid poll taxes or are exempt will receive the regular ballot. The regular ballot allows choices for all offices at stake. The number of affected voters is not yet known.
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C.G. Gomillion
Montgomery
Poll Tax Debate Mentioned in Brief Note
A short, fragmentary line notes that others who haven’t paid face a poll tax issue. the item references a poll tax and payment status in a terse manner.
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