Lukens Wins 24th District GOP Nomination Upset
Butler County Republicans moved to unite behind Donald E. Lukens after a surprising victory over Charles H. Jones. Lukens carried Warren and Preble counties and parts of Montgomery County to clinch the nomination with a 12,874 to 11,316 district vote, while Jones led in Butler County. Turrell ran strong in Middletown but lagged elsewhere.
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Butler County
Donald E
Buz) Lukens
24Th
John R. Moser
Lukens
Victory
Lebanon
Golden Lamb
Moser
Republican Organization
Charles H. Jones
Crawford Street
Armco Steel Corp
Harveysburg
Middletown
Warren
Preble
Montgomery County
Roger Turrell
A.m
Jones
Warren County
Turrell
Black Horse
the Golden Lamb
Buz
Feighan Sweeney race tightens Ohio primary vote
Incumbent Feighan leads Sweeney in the 20th District by 473 votes with unofficial totals 13 963 to 13 490. Sweeney seeks a recount as Taft wins the 1st District GOP nomination over John Birch member William E. Flax.
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Feighan
Michael A. Sweeney
Sweeney
Taft
William E. Flax
John Birch Society
John J. Gilligan
Congress
Stephen A. Young
Reams Wins Nomination in Ohio Democratic Senate Fight
State Sen. Frazier Reams Jr. captured the Democratic nomination to challenge Gov. James Rhodes, defeating Rep. Harry H. McIlwain as voting showed a margin likely near 100,000. Rhodes swept White as Bell and Nolan split the secretary of state race in a Cleveland contest.
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Reed Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Frazier Reams Jr
James A. Rhodes
Reams
Toledo
Harry H. McIlwain
Cincinnati
Rhodes
William L. White
Mount Vernon
McIlwain
White
Robert E. Sweeney
Cuyahoga County
Mark McElroy
Cleveland
William L. Coleman
Paul J. Lynch
John W. Brown
Medina
William B. Saxbe
Mechanicsburg
Roger Cloud
Ohio House
DeGraff
Ted W. Brown
John D. Herbert
Archer E. Reilly
Cloud
Middletown
Harry McIlwain
Butler County
Weather outlook calls for mild, warm stretch ahead
It will be fair and cool tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Thursday looks fair and warmer with highs in the 70s. A long range forecast shows warm weather from Thursday through the weekend. Showers likely Thursday Friday and Monday. Yesterday's high was 63 and overnight low 31. Today's 11 a.m. temperature was 55.
Middletown rejects 7.49 mill tax levy amid GOP primary upset
Middletown voters defeat a 7.49 mill operating levy 4,180 to 3,870, the first tax defeat in the district. The same day Donald Buz Lukens wins the GOP nomination in the new 24th District, defeating Charles H. Jones as Dr. James H. Pelley secures the Democratic nod. turnout tops 32 percent statewide, with Middletown area showing stronger party engagement.
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Middletown
Hile
24Th
Donald
Buz) Lukens
Charles H. Jones
Hamilton
Butler
Warren
Preble
Montgomery County
James H. Pelley
Miami University
Donald Ferris
Trenton
Lebanon
Preble County
B52s Pound Viet Cong Supply Trails Again
American B52 bombers hit the southern end of the Ho Chi Minh jungle trail about 65 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border. The raid marked the seventh of eight days as the monsoon offensive unfolds to cripple Communist supply and troop movements.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong expected fresh offensive as monsoon nears
In Vietnam, Viet Cong are forecast to launch a new offensive after a three week lull. Australia began reinforcing with 400 men and 300 trucks aboard Sydney, part of a 4 500-man buildup through mid June. Marines killed 29 Viet Cong in two actions. air strikes limited by bad weather.
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U.S
Australia
Viet Nam
Sydney
U. S
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Navy
Wallace Wins Alabama Nomination Amid Storm Over Race
Gov. George Wallace claimed his wife Lurleen Wallace’s landslide Democratic primary victory signals strong support for his policies. The 39 year old candidate, running as his proxy, led in most counties and crossed the finish without a runoff. Negro voters turned out in force but failed to derail the result, while the first major southern election since the Voting Rights Act saw thousands of new voters, including three Negro candidates for sheriff and one nomination for the all white legislature.
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James H. Bell
James D. Nolan
Ohio
Bell
Mcllwain
Reams
Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Lurleen Wallace
Gro
Wallace
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Capitol Hill
Clarence J. Brown Jr
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Franklin County
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Buckeye
John M. Ashbrook
Robert T. Secrest
Eldon Brown
Jefferson County
Micheal E. Entinger
Thomas E. Ferguson
Joseph T. Ferguson
Charles Pugliese
Steubenville
Clarence H. Kinsley
Richard Borrer
Clifford F. Brown
Norwalk
Clark County
Mon Pleas
Ben. J. Goldman
Ohio Supreme Court
Joseph D. Bryan
Supreme Court
Louis J. Schneider Jr
Paul W. Brown
Youngstown
Democrats
Ann Landers
Crane
Renee
Ee Valley
Alabama
Republic
James D. Martin
Barry Goldwater
Wyoming
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Texas
James
Ma) Ferguson
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