Adcock Gibbs Reelected in Tight 30th District Race
Senator Jamar Adcock won a hard fought re election over John Griffith with 2675 vote lead in Ouachita and Jackson parishes. Unofficial returns show Adcock leading Ouachita and Griffith edging ahead in Jackson. final totals show Adcock 14506 to 11831 in Ouachita and Griffith 2709 to 2304 in Jackson with strong West Monroe and Monroe wards.
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Jamar Adcock
Howard Griffith
Ouachita
Jackson Parishes
Adcock
Jackson
Griffith
Bailiwick
West
Monroe
Adecock
Sen
Ouachita Parishes
One Parish Solon Wins By Majority
Ouachita parish voters re-elected Lawrence Gibbs to a third term as state representative in the Democratic first primary. John and Wood advance to Jan 11 second primary. Gibbs led by more than two to one with 12,477 votes over the nearest contender. Approximately 21,887 of 29,795 registered voters cast ballots. Republicans had no candidate in the race.
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Ouachita Parish
Lawrence Gibbs
Mike John Jr
George A. Wood
Gibbs
House of Representatives
John
Wood
Monroe
Rpublican Party
Ralph Caldwell
D. C. Bernhardt
Pete J. Medak
Loy K. Heard
Harvey E. White
Archie L. Dickerson
Hubert Yeldell
Jimmie H. Davis
Kennon
Morrison
South
Louisiana
Long
McKeithen
Long Family
Huey P. Long
Shelby M. Jackson
North
Baton Rouge
Orleans Parish
Jackson
Louis J. Michot Jr
Claude Kirkpatrick
Goodfellows Yule Aid Fund Sees Slow but Steady Growth
Letters pour into the Goodfellows as Christmas nears with some donations but many requests for aid. The locally established charity remains a key support for needy families facing the season.
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Goodfellows Yule Aid Fund
Goodfellows
The
Goodfellows Christmas aid sets $6000 goal for Ouachita Parish
The Monroe Goodfellows charity aims to assist about 400 requests this year and has raised $499.50 toward a $6000 quota. Donations or requests should be sent to Goodfellows at News Star World Monroe with a December 20 deadline for Ouachita Parish residents only.
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Goodfellows
C O News
Star—World
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Northeast Louisiana Senate Runoffs Loom in Unofficial Totals
Unofficial returns show looming runoffs in most Northeast Louisiana Senate races. Incumbents such as Sen. Howard Jones lead in the 32nd district Tensas Concordia while challengers vie for second in Madison East Carroll and 28th district contest leaders Patton Spears Barham and Richardson. In the 33rd district Gilbert trails Dr. R E King in Franklin Parish with counts showing King lead 5167 to 4154. Additional results show Myrick and Wells leading in Winn Grant La Salle Caldwell district along with other listed totals.
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Louisiana
Senate
Sen
Howard Jones
B. R. Patton
Farmerville
James W. Spears
Charles C. Barham
Ruston
J. T. Richardson
J. C
Sonny) Gilbert
R. E. King
Richland
Catahoula
Franklin Parishes
Franklin Parish
Dr. King
Gilbert
Sicily Island
Caleb
Cale
Martin
W. L. Rambo
Georgetown
H. G. Wilbanks
Jena
Gore Davis
W. T. McCain
Roy Floyd
Ed Tullos
Winn
Grant, la Salle
Caldwell
W. Spencer Myrick
West Carroll
Homer L. Wells
Runoff Contests Loom In Northeast Louisiana Elections
Unofficial late results show runoffs in most Northeast Louisiana districts with first primary winners including James A. McCormack in Morehouse. In Winn Parish Ashton B. Collier may head to a face primary win. Vail M. Delong easily defeated Charles F. Zimmer in East Carroll Parish with 1,465 to 258 votes. Total East Carroll registered voters were 1,945. McCormack led Morehouse with 5,632 votes to 2,090 for J. B. Holley, auto dealer Homer M. Houston trailing with 405 in Bastrop area as 7,514 parish voters were registered. (Continued on Page Four-A)
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Louisiana
James A. McCormack
Morehouse
Ashton B. Collier
Winn Parish
Vail M. Delong
Charles F. Zimmer
Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
Homer, M. Houston
Bastrop
Houston
Tensas Parish
S. S. DeWitt
J. C. Seaman
Repre
Committeemen In Area Favor Free Electors
Area voters in northeast Louisiana backed the free elector plan for the Democratic State Central Committee race. In Ouachita Parish incumbent Laurence Gibbs won re election while Fred Fudickar Jr fell to fourth. Monroe Mayor W L Howard and other candidates led results with totals ranging from 10 269 to 7 784. In West Carroll Parish Joseph T Kelly led with 1 317 votes, Charles E Cox had 1 310, and in Jackson W Elder Bond won with 2 245 votes. Continued on page five.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Lawrence Gibbs
Fred Fudickar Jr
Monroe
W. L
Jack) Howard
Fred Huenefeld Jr
Gibbs
Howard
Fudickar
Huenefeld
West Carroll Parish
Joseph T. Kelly
Charles E. Cox
W. Elder Bond
Jackson
Newton H. Kavanaugh
R. L. Salter
McKeithen Wins Narrow Fifth District Primary Lead
John J. McKeithen, Caldwell Parish native, wins the Fifth District in the first Democratic gubernatorial primary amid tight totals across parishes. Kennon tops Ouachita East Carroll Lincoln Morehouse Richland and Tensas. McKeithen leads Caldwell Catahoula Jackson LaSalle. Aycock and Morrison run strong, with Tugwell dominant in district totals. overall district turnout nears 99,331 registered voters.
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John J. McKeithen
Caldwell Parish
Gavy
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Public Service
Winn Parish
Kennon
Shelby M. Jackson
New Orleans
de- Lesseps S. Morrison
Monroe
McKeithen
Ouachita East Carrol
Lincoln
Morehouse
Richland
Tensas
Caldwell
Catahoula
Jackson
LaSalle
Morrison
Concordia
Franklin
Madison
Union
West Carroll
Long
Winn
Jimmie H. Davis
Claude Kirkpatrick
Louis Michot Jr
Ashton Mouton
Harry R. Cabral
Claude B. Duval
C. R. Knotts
Edward Price
R. O. Rush
Ernest J. Wright
A. P. Tugwell
Nat Gros
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Charles Riddle Jr
Avoyelles Parish
West Carroll Parish
Dave Pearce
Sidney MccCrory
William J. Dodd
Fair colder weather expected in Twin Cities today
A return to colder weather today with temperatures about 15 degrees below Saturday and a low near or below freezing tonight. Highs reach 50 to 54 degrees with tonight's low 28 to 32 as winds shift from south to north up to 25 mph and diminish tonight.
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Twin Cities
Weatherman
Andaovase
New Faces Emerge on Ouachita Parish Police Jury
In Ouachita Parish voters elected six new jurors with three winning in Ward 10. Ward 1 saw Fletcher Studdard lose to John W. Wilhite by 558 to 453 votes, with runoff possible for other posts in several wards. Morrison led statewide polling with strong southern support. runoff if needed set for Jan. 11.
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Ouachita Parish
Ward 10
Maneth Weed
Manena Uwrana
Mnurwul Pare Ul Wlyunlvee
Wolo
Fletcher Studdard
John W. Wilhite
West Monroe
Studdard
Wilhite
Fairbanks
Sterlington
Duval Maintains Commanding Lead In New Orleans Race
In Louisiana elections Claude Duval led a nine candidate field for lieutenant governor with 112 682 votes to 83 766 for incumbent C C Aycock with 1 197 of 2 219 precincts reporting Duval advances to a January 11 runoff William Dodd led a six man field for state board of education with 109 934 votes to 22 812 for F F Wimberly with 516 precincts in After statewide races Jack Gremillion led for state treasurer with 154 313 to Charles A Riddle Jr 48 247 with 769 precincts reporting
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New Orleans
Claude Duval
Morrison
Thibodaux
Duval
C. C. Aycock
William
State
Democratic Central Committee
Gremillion
Riddle
Gillis Long Maintains Third Place In Louisiana Governor Race
In early returns Morrison leads with 220,730 votes from 1,683 of 2,219 precincts. McKeithen is second with 110,084, followed by Gillis W. Long with 103,041 and Kennon at 93,191. Winn Parish favors McKeithen 1,584 to Long 1,094. Morrison resigns as U S ambassador to the OAS.
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New Orleans
Debonair Kennedy
deLesseps Chep
Morrison
Louisiana
Long Family
John J. McKeithen
Speedy C. Long
Blanche Long
Earl Long
Gillis W. Long
Russell Long
Robert F. Kennon
McKeithen
Long
Kennon
Winn Parish
Gillis
U. S
Organization of American States
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Frank M. Murphy
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