This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1962
Page
9
Alabama voters decide Tuesday which of nine incumbent House members must be eliminated as each district nominates a candidate in a May Democratic primary runoff. The low vote getter in the runoff will be dropped, leaving eight nominees for the Congress that begins next January.
Morgan County voters head to the polls for a Democratic runoff to decide sheriff, county solicitor, and House of Representatives Place No 2. May 1 results show Knox McRae leading sheriff with 4 612 votes, Richard Hyche 3 111. Leslie Doss tops solicitor with 6 067. Charles Murphree 4 105. Ralph E Slate leads House race with 3 214 over Cain 5 470 to 2 258.
The ballot requires voters to pledge to abide by the primary result and support nominees in the general election. Morgan Countians will face a ballot asking one vote per contest except for the Congress representative race where eight candidates must be chosen. Voting for more or fewer than eight in that race invalidates only that portion.
Alabama’s nine U S representatives form a tight team but one seat vanishes due to population shifts. Voters will choose eight incumbents as ballots must list eight names. Profiles of Frank W Boykin George M Grant George Andrews Albert Rains Carl Elliott Robert E Jones Kenneth Roberts Armistead Selden and George Huddleston outline long service and local impact in a near even seniority slate.
In Montgomery AP Loyalists backing the national party push to enlarge their wartime margin against States Rights rebels as they seek to dominate the 72 member Democratic Executive Committee. Runoffs set for Tuesday will fill eight disputed seats with Loyalists favored to win. If successful they would hold up to 46 votes, shaping party control to prevent another split like that of the Kennedy 1960 and Truman 1948 episodes. Two additional seats remain to be decided in a second runoff. Local figures include Leonard R. Wilson, linked to the 1956 Autherine Lucy campus riot. The runoff lineups list McConnell Jr. versus Thomasee, Brantley versus Sikes, Bran nan Jr. versus Nolen Jr., with eligibility tied to loyalist or States Rights alignment.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.