Florio and Courter win in New Jersey primaries
In New Jersey, Rep. James Florio led with 69 percent of precincts reporting, securing the Democratic nomination and beating Mayer Berkers and Alan Karcher in a high turnout contest. Republican Florio rival Courter topped seven GOP opponents, defeating Attorney General Cary Edwards and others as Kean sits out a bid for a fourth term. Ballot results included Edwards 22 percent and Hardwick 21 percent with Gormley close behind. Other states feature Californias Rancho Seco referendum, a Fremont tax measure for child care centers, Jackson Mississippi mayoral race won by Kane Ditto, and Florala Alabama mayoral race result.
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Primneten Mayer
Cary Edwards
State Assembly
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William Gormley
Gerald Cardinale
Lois Rand
Thomas Blomquist
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Sacramento
Calif
Rancho Seco
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Fremont
San Francisco Bay
Jackson
Miss
Kane Ditto
Soviet Journalists Granted Asylum After Defection
Two Soviet reporters Anatoly Tkachenko and Alexander Genkin, aged 24 and 25, who defected on a Bering Sea island before a travel-restriction easing signing, have been granted asylum by the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service. They are staying with a tip recipient while awaiting a decision.
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Bering Sea Island
Soviet Far East
U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Anatoly Tkachenko
Alexander Genkin
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Soviet Union
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Dalton Plumbing & Heating
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W. Knowlton Road
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Behavior Counseling
Nutri
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