Dorsey Tops Race as Frederick County Commissioners Elected
Frederick County voters elected a five member Board of County Commissioners with incumbent Lawrence Dorsey leading the field and Donald Lewis winning the fifth seat in a close contest. Crum Wirts Bollinger and Virts also secured seats while Mandel Gore Byron McCMathias and Smelser won key state races. Voter turnout showed broad support for incumbents and calls for open meetings and downtown courthouse plans.
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Lawrence Dorsey
Paul Crum
Edgar Wirts
Sterling Bollinger
Donald Lewis
Frederick County
Board of County Commissioners
Dorsey
Lewis
Lord Willing
County Board of Election Supervisors
Crum
Washington
Carroll
Marvin Mandel
Louise Gore
Maryland
Mandel
Goodloe E. Byron
Elton R. Wampler
U.S
Charles McC.mathias
Barbara Mikulski
Board of
Lawrence A. Dorsey Sr
Donald L. Lewis
Richard QO. Curtis
Paul L. Crum Jr
Edgar C
Charles H. Smelser
Union Bridge
G. Herbert Rice
Smelser
Thomas
Julien P. Delphey
C. Clifton Virts
Annapolis
Galen R. Clagett
Virts
Roger Moser
Brunswick
Byron
Charles E. Smith
G. Hunter Bowers Jr
Board of Trustees
Frederick Community College
Carroll - Frederick
Raymond E. Beck
Y. Lanny Hardenhorn
Arthur N. Caple
Louis Sharon
Election pictures and auto sales slump headline notes
SAEZ Inside The News highlights election pictures on page A3 and auto sales plunge with job losses on page A2. Watergate tape evidence discussed by prosecutors on page A2. Ford, Congress divorce theme noted on page A2. Weather: variable clouds cooler today and tonight with highs 60s and lows near 40, Thursday sunier with a high around 60.
Democrats sweep gains reshape national power balance
Democrats rode voter discontent with Republican scandals and economic woes to a two thirds House margin, expanded Senate seat gains, and a record number of governorships. They captured at least four Senate seats and 38 House seats, with new leaders like Hugh L Carey and Edmund G Brown Jr. emerging as potential 1976 contenders while GOP lawmakers faced losses. The Dow Jones rose further, and Maryland lottery results were announced as part of a busy election night.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ohio
James Rhodes
John J Galligan
Hugh L Carey
New York
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
John H Glenn Jr
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Richard M Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Dan
H. Kuykendall
Tennessee
Earl F. Landgrebe
Indiana
Ford
Carl B Albert
Oklahoma
Barnes defeats Whims in Frederck County clerk race
Democrat Donald C. Barnes edged Republican Howard E. Whims by 1 333 votes to win the Frederck County clerk post. Barnes led late as outlying precincts reported, finishing 11 017 to 9 684. Keller defeated Pauline L. Garber for circuit court clerk. Smith leads Orphans Court race while two incumbents hold.
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Frederck County
Donald C. Barnes
Howard E. Whims
Whims
Frederick City
Barnes
Woodsboro
Frederick County
Top E. Barnes
Maryland State Police Academy
Charles C Keller
Wort Sea Eats
Pauline L. Garber
Keller
Harry O Smith
Walkersville
Orphans Court
Austin F Angleberger
Voters Reject Public Funds For Private Schools And Governor Pay Rise
Maryland voters rejected a bill to direct about 10 million dollars annually to non public schools and also defeated a proposal to raise the governor’s salary to 45 000 a year. The pay proposal carried in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties but lost statewide. An Anne Arundel County quick take power measure also failed by a razor thin margin in unofficial returns.
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Baltimore
General Assembly
General Assembly Compensation Commission
Maryland
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Howard County
Anne Arundel County
Smelser and Thomas Hold Senate Seats In District Races
Incumbent State Senators Charles H Smelser and Edward P Thomas were the apparent winners in District 4 and 3 races as most precincts reported. In the House, Charles E Sth won Subdistrict 4-A, with Wirts and Delphey prevailing in 3-H and Beck and Hardenham overcoming challengers in 4-B. Final canvass and absentee counts pending. results shown from Frederick, Washington, and Carroll counties.
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Charles H Smelser
Edward P Thomas
House of Delegates
Charles E Sth
G Hunter Bowers Jr
C Clifton Wirts
Julien
Delphey
del Raymond Beck
Carroll County
Lanny Hardenham
Senate
Frederick
Washington
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Eevee
Rice
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