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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1976
Page
3
In Rome June 2021 elections were announced with a caretaker government scheduling local and regional votes nationwide. The move signals Italy's first postwar broad vote, with polling in Rome Bari Sicily and other locales.
President Ford campaigns in Indiana while Ronald Reagan rides a Texas primary sweep to build momentum for a long Republican race. Carter dominates the Democratic side with 89 delegates, widening the gap over rivals as Ford and Reagan clash over foreign policy and campaign strategy.
Ronald Reagan thrashed Ford by a two to one margin in the Texas GOP primary, taking all 96 delegates at stake. Conservative Democrats crossed to vote for Reagan, while Carter won most Democratic convention delegates and Bentsen delegates split across the Rio Grande Valley and major cities.
Former Texas land commissioner Jerry Sadler faces a June 5 runoff with Jon Newton for the Democratic nomination to the Texas Railroad Commission. The winner will face Walter Wendlandt, who captured the Republican nod unopposed, in November. Other races including Supreme Court and Criminal Appeals are noted with several runoffs and margins.
Henry Warren of Shangri La North Carolina has spent eight years creating a rock miniature village in his backyard. The town includes a hotel, store, bank, theater, water tower, mill, dog house, cow shed, fire station, jail, and a motel among other structures, each several feet tall.
U S Senator Lloyd Bentsen reinforced his Senate bid by winning the Democratic nomination with 62 percent over Phil Gramm and facing Republican Alan Steeman in the fall. In District 2, runoff looms as Dr. Glen Jones contends with Sam B. Hall for the late Wright Patman’s seat, with Welby Parish in a tight third. Ten Democratic incumbents secured nominations while Jim Mattox knocked out Wes Wise in a bid for Congress.
Arnulfo Guerra blames his role in the Duval County corruption probe for losing the Democratic primary to Ricardo Garcia Sr. The investigation, launched 15 months earlier, led to about 10 felony indictments of current or former county officials. Guerra says he chose integrity over political deal making.
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