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Missouri primaries widen races for Congress seats
In Missouri several key districts saw close primaries. Incumbents and hopefuls contended in the 2nd District with Robert A. Young defeating Jack Schramm for the Democratic nomination while Rep. Robert C. Snyder edged Bob Chase in the GOP race. In the 6th District Morgan Maxfield and Charles Broomfield traded spending blows as Maxfield advanced to face E. Thomas Coleman. Other results filled out the slate across the state, with Gephardt winning the Democratic nomination in the 3rd, and Volkmer and other incumbents advancing. In Washington, Rear Adm. Samuel L. Gravely Jr. was named for promotion to vice admiral and given command of a U.S. fleet, becoming the first black admiral nominated to three-star rank.
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ST. Louis
Robert A. Young
D-St. Ann
House
Robert C. Synder
R-Kirkwood
U.S
James W. Symington
D-Ladue
Symington
Young
Jack J. Schramm
University City
Schramm
Bob Chase
Synder
Richard Bolling
Kansas City
Joanne M. Collins
John McDonough
Jerry Litton
Chillicothe
Charles 8. Broomfield
Morgan Maxfield
Broomfield
Maxfield
E. Thomas Coleman
Christopher S. Bond
Litton
Leonor K. Sullivan
Richard A. Gephardt
Donald J. Grabke
Lemay
Joseph L. Badaracco
Paul A. Koch
William J. Randall
Ike Skelton
Lexington
Richard A. King
Independence
William L. Hungate
Troy
Harold L. Volkmer
Hannibal
Joseph H. Frappier
William L. Clay
Dst
Louis
Robert L. Witherspoon
Gene Taylor
R-Sarcoxie
Dolan Hawkins
Richard H. Ichord
Dhouston
Charles R. Leick
Bill Burlison
Cape Girardeau
Joe Carron
Washington
Samuel L. Gravely Jr
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Ford
Gravely
Navy
Gerald E. Thomas
Lawrence C. Chambers