Election tale amid small town sun in Marion Illinois
In Marion Williamson County Illinois a sunny spring day sees residents focused on weather rather than the Tuesday primary. Claude King, age 73 and blind, remarks he may vote if offered a ride, while locals at a restaurant debate whether any candidate has real opposition and if the election will matter. The county seat, population about 12 000, reports low voter chatter with Deputy County Clerk Earl Jent noting only 139 countywide.
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Marion
Tursdey
Illinois
Claude King
Lige Campbell
King
Prince
Pulla
Dalton Thornridge
Ilinois
Williamson County
Williamson Counity
Clark Earl Jent
Absentee ballot issue tied to voter capacity concerns
Insight says absentee ballots were applied for by noncapacitated voters and 49 in the military not counted. A Johnson County construction worker, double parked outside a doctor's office, declined involvement in the election and cited a local interest in a recent coon hound ownership trial that ended with a hung jury last month.
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Johnson County
Stokes Blames Dems for Wallace Win in Florida Primary
Former Cleveland mayor Carl Stokes says Democratic rivals fueled George Wallace's Florida upset by trying to out-bigot him. He urges defusing Wallace with real issues, cites busing as an American institution and urges a peaceful revolution uniting black and white communities to tackle housing and drug problems.
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Demos
Florida
San Francisco
UPI
Alabama
George Wallace
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Wallace
University
Mack
Sui
Ten Tennessee Traffic Deaths Reported In Weekend
United Press reports at least ten people died in traffic accidents across Tennessee over the weekend. Notable fatalities include Kitty Mae Gregg in Morristown, Nola Neals in Clarksburg, and Roger N. Lewis in Maryville, among others across Rutherford and Hawkins counties and nearby states. Police also reported arrests in Jackson over Sunday blue law enforcement and a court test of the city’s closing rules.
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Tennessee
Bernard M. Krisanosky
Reading
Theodore S. Nichols
Murfreesboro
Rutherford County
Roger N. Lewis
Maryville
Blount County
Robert Peacher
Nashville
Williamson County
Jackson
UPI
Word Change Challenged by Ford on Busing Referendum
NASHVILLE UPI Rep Harold Ford Memphis Democrat planned to ask court to invalidate a school busing referendum over a grammatical correction. He said the General Assembly bill asked whether voters favor adoption of an amendment to the U S Constitution forbidding busing for the primary purpose of to achive racial balance. The governor signed version dropped the of to read for the purpose to achive racial balance. A clerk allegedly altered wording. GALLATIN UPI Four family members died in a Hart's Hill Sumner County home fire about 2 a m. Charles Brown and wife escaped with their son Charles Jr nine others were trapped. Cause undetermined.
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UPI
Harold Ford
Memphis
Ford
General Assembly
U. S
Gallatin
Hart's Hill
Sumner County
Charles Brown
U. S. 315
Newsstand details for Kingsport Times newspaper
The Kingsport Times publication notes list edition types and delivery options. It includes Sunday and holiday editions, subscription pricing, and service affiliations with United Press International and Chicago Daily News. It warns against republication of content.
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Kingsport Timaa
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Lynn, Garéon Or
Kingsport
Tenn
Helberner, Puviianer
Econome
Kingaport
Tennsaree
United Press International
Chicago
Lewspaper Enterprise Association
Kingsport News
Clip and Mail
The
Magazine Charges GOP Assurances Over Tax Deductible Gifts
NEW YORK, UPI Time magazine reports copies of a Justice Department letter relayed by Kalmbach De Marco Knapp Chillingworth to backers of the Republican National Convention in San Diego suggest contributions may be tax deductible under a new federal law. The letter, written by John Kennedy of the fraud division, states that such contributions could be written off despite ordinary political gifts not being deductible and corporations generally prohibited from giving. The piece links Kalmbach to Nixon campaign fundraising and notes Kalmbach's West Coast influence with clients including Marriott, United Air Lines, Flying Tiger, and California Federal Savings.
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UPI
Justice Department
San Diego
Time Magazine
Time
Elmonth
Kalmbach, de Marco, Knapp & Chillingworth
Newport Beach
Calif
Herbert W. Kalmbach
The
Kalmbach
International Telephone and Telegraph
Convention
John Kennedy
Kenney
Jetter
Nixon
West
Kalmbach, de Marco, Knapp& Chillingworth
Marriott Hotel Chain
Richard W Nixon
Renewed Violence At Walpole Prison
In a fresh flare at Walpole State Prison inmates, armed with furniture legs and wet stockings, barricaded Cellblock Two. Corrections officers used tear gas to retake the block, injuring several inmates. two were hospitalized, and others were treated for minor injuries or an allergic reaction. Authorities cited ongoing unrest linked to neglect and funding. Roland Stokes, a black inmate, was stabbed Friday night, with conditions reported satisfactory at Massachusetts General.
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Walpole, Bisse
Walpole State Prison
Robert Donnelly
Massachusetts General Hospital
Norfolk
Roland Stokes
Stokes
Massachusetts
John Boone
Boone
Donnelly
Seaplane Hijacked To Cuba From Key West
Two hijackers armed with a pistol seized a single engine seaplane with five aboard and forced it to Cuba. Radio Havana confirmed the plane landed at Havana Harbor. The two hijackers were described. passengers included a young blonde woman and a tall dark haired man, with an older couple also aboard. FAA said Cuban officials confirmed the landing in Havana on Sunday.
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Havana Radio
Kuli
Florida
Miami
Chalk
Bimini
Bahamas
Havana
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Tortugas Airways
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