McGovern to pick running mate after Eagleton
Washington AP George McGovern will announce within days his choice to replace Sen. Thomas Eagleton. Candidates include Sen. Edmund Muskie and Sen. Frank Church with other names tied to party leaders. Eagleton’s withdrawal followed disclosure of prior mental health hospitalizations.
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Washington
George McGovern
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
McGovern
Eagleton
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Viet Cong Shells Quang Tri as Marines Suffer Losses
North Vietnamese artillery rockets and mortars pounded the Quang Tri area, with eight Saigon Marines killed and 28 wounded while the Saigon command said North Vietnamese losses topped six in the shelling and ground assaults. The battle spanned from Quang Tri’s northern edge to Hue. The U.S. Command reported the death of a senior American adviser in the Mekong Delta and two Air Force F4 Phantom crews missing after being shot down last weekend.
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Saigon
Quang Tri City
le Trung Hien
Saigon Command
Quang Tri Province
Hien
Quang Tri
Hue
U.S
Mekong Delta
Air Force
North Vietnam
Iia
Kans Republicans back Kay in bid to unseat Docking
Kan sas Republicans gave Morris Kay a strong victory in the GOP primary over John Anderson Jr and others, setting Kay to challenge four term Gov. Docking. Pearson won renomination to the U.S. Senate. Owen Van Sickle and Hoffman led for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Roy remained unopposed in a district race.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Morris Kay
Robert B. Docking
Kay
John Anderson Jr
Ray Frisbie
Reynolds Shultz
U.S
James B. Pearson
David Qwen
Tom KR. van Sickle
Robert E. Hoffman
Charles D. McAtee
GOP
Bill Roy
Roy
George Hart
Wichita
Hart
Richard Rome
Hutchinson
Rome
Jerome E. Holtzman
Prairie Village
Home County
Johnson County
Frisbie
Shultz
Anderson
Pearson
Harlan Dale House
Edson
Senate
Andrew F. Schoeppe
House
McAfee
Pardon
Joan Finney
Shawnee County
Finney
Stevens
Wyoming
Paris
Bill Linker
Owen
Overland Park
Cal Strowig
Abilene
van Sickle
Peery
Hoffman
Statutes
Raymond J. van Skiver
Dave Owen
Ottawa University
Walter Peery
Tom van Sickle
Jerome Holtzman
U.S. Senate
James Pearson
Robert Hoffman
Raymond van Skiver
Franklin County GOP primary yields clear wins for Warren and Wasmund
Franklin County Republicans nominated Warren and Wasmund for commissioner seats in two district races. Warren defeated incumbent Don Yockey in the Third District while Wasmund won the Second District field of five. Coffman and Lytle advanced in the nearby Democratic contests for the general election. Sheriff and probate races also shaped up with Ferns and White winning Republican nominations and Ashcraft unopposed on the Democratic sheriff ticket. Absentee ballots introduced a new counting method.
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Franklin County
Victor E. Warren
RFD
Don Yockey
Earl Sink
RFC 4
Leroy Wasmund
Princeton
George Atchison
Wasmund
Warren
Yockey
Ottawa
Franklin Township
Wellsville
Link
A. E. Coffman
RFC
William
Lytle
John A. Scott
Quenemo
Verle Walker
Richmond
J. C
James Richardson
Ashcraft
Don White
Robert Hotchkiss
West 2Nd
White
Eldon Richardson
Elm
Franklin County Falls In Statewide Primary Contests
In a Tuesday election Franklin County held several contested races as state wide results unfold. Former Gov John Anderson won a plurality here while Morris Kay led for the nomination in shifts that echoed support he received across the state. The county result reflected campaign effort and broader voting patterns.
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Franklin County
John Anderson
Morris Kay
Anderson
Special Question Passes Ottawa City Commission Expansion
A special question to expand Ottawa's city commission from three to five members won by a wide margin in the Tuesday primary with 1,887 for and 615 against. If approved, four at large members will be elected next spring, and a mayor chosen from the five. Governor Docking won re-election in unopposed race. other statewide results and a precinct table appear on Page 3.
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Kay
Topeka
Docking
Anderson
George
Olathe
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa
Franklin County Community Development
Steve Ralph
Ralph
Lee Hysom
Fred Zook
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Sen
Frank Church
Church
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O’brien
Boston
Kevin White
R. Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Edward M. Kennedy
Viet Cong
Command
Radio
Hanoi
Ray
John S. Stevens
Wichita City
Garner Shriver
Lawrence Insurance
Kansas House of Representatives
University of Kansas
Vern Miller
Miller
Marjorie L. Taylor
Van
Sickle
Treasurer
Clay E. Hedrick
Hedrick
Bruce Spears
Donald White
Lewis D. Ashcraft
Joe Ferns
Dist
Franklin
Wayne Angell
Ben Shultz
Robert Docking
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