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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1974

Page

5

Chimps takeover TV newsroom shocks Mike Douglas show

A 14 year old chimp named Marvin disrupted a live Mike Douglas show in Philadelphia. It wandered into the newsroom destroying equipment and causing staff to evacuate. Tranquilized by a zoo veterinarian, Marvin was restrained and taken away as police reassured safety. In Cincinnati a Pampas Cat birth at the zoo is reported as rare, the mother isolated since birth. The cubs are noted as fragile, with a previous litter deceased.

Mike Douglas Ryw Wakeman

Georgia race ends Maddox bid with racist issues pointed

George Busbee defeated Lt Governor Lester Maddox in the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial runoff as Maddox’s segregationist stance drew sour from voters. With most precincts reported Busbee led 648,502 to 490,449, while Maddox conceded amid debt and plans to sell his home.

George Bushee Lester Maddox Georgia Maddox Tie John Lewis Vote Education Project South Old South Lewis Busbee Bushee Runnoff Julian Bond Ronnie Thompson Macon Harold Dye Thompson Dye Atlanta

Mayberry picks up ax handle imagery at Pickrick event

The lieutenant governor distributed ax handle Maddox imagery during the era known as Violent Days of the civil rights struggle, urging followers to use Pickrick drumsticks to defend segregation at the restaurant. Incumbents backed the loss.

Ax Handle Maddox

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