Lee and Green advance in North Carolina primaries
Former Chapel Hill mayor Howard Lee leads eight Democratic contenders for lieutenant governor in a runoff bid against Jimmy Green after precinct tallies. Republican William Hiatt wins a landslide over Odell Payne with 61.73 percent as Green's campaign anticipates a runoff. Lee vows campaign regrouping. Hiatt touts conservative government.
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Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Howard Lee
Jimmy Green
William S. Hiatt
Mount Airy
Odell Payne
Greensboro
Green
Sam Johnson
Johnson
Lee
Hiatt
Payne
Georgia
Bladen County
Virginia
John M. Jordan
U.S
B. Everett Jordan
FBI
Waverly Akins
Wake County
Lee Lee
North Carolina primary highlights and runoff fights
In Raleigh voters express decisive leads in several races. Lillian Woo narrows to force a runoff for state auditor while Henry Bridges trails. James B. Hunt and David Flaherty win gubernatorial nominations with margins near 50 percent. runoff odds discussed.
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Raleigh
Lillian Woo
Henry Bridges
Council of State
Bridges
John R. Ingram
Joe Johnson
Jerry Waters
Ingram
Johnson
Thad Eure
James B. Hunt
David Flaherty
North Carolina
Hunt
Flaherty
Edward O’ Herron
Coy Privette
O’herron
George Wood
Camden County
Thomas Strickland
Jetter A. Barker
Love Valley
South
Privette
Transportation
Jacob Alexander
Wallace McCall
Ford Appears Set To Take GOP Nomination Tonight
Ford dominates the 1976 Republican National Convention as delegates prepare to nominate him on the first ballot after a decisive early test. Reagan campaigned on vetting a running mate, while Ford holds a growing lead with 1,139 votes to 1,039 for Reagan and 81 uncommitted.
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Ford
Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
Associated Press
Philippines quake toll tops 5300 dead missing
The NDCC said 3103 deaths and 2282 missing with 688 injured and 28716 homeless after a quake and tsunami in Mindanao. relief by Air Force and Navy ships aided Cotabato and Zamboanga, as U S President Ford offered aid.
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Manila
The
Philippines
National Disaster Coordinating Center
NDCC
Mindanao
Moro Gulf
Celebes Sea
Philippine Air Force
Cotabato
Gulf
Zamboanga
Zamboanga Peninsula
Ford
Ferdinand E. Marcos
U.S
Basilan
Lanao
Misamis Oriental
Cagayan de Oro
Luzon
Philippine
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James Green
Jim Hunt
George Breece
Eure
Eyre
Asa Spaulding
Spaulding
C. Y. Nanney
GOP
A. Craig Phillips
Rocky Mount
Ben Currin
Phillips
Harlan Boyles
Lane Brown
Jack Jarney
Broyles
J. Howard Coble
Coble
George McLeod
Brooks
Jessie Rae Scott
John Brooks
Bob Dunnagan
Virgil McBride
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Currin
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