Raza Unida Loses Texas State Race After Boycott Roots
Raza Unida, formed from a 1969 Crystal City school boycott, was defeated in its first statewide bid in Texas. Gubernatorial hopeful Ram sey Muniz led the ticket with over 133,000 votes, far behind Briscoe and Grover. The party, claiming ballot access for next time, vows to return. In Crystal City county offices also showed gains for the party.
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San Antonio, Tex
Raza Unida
U. S
Ramsey Muniz
Baylor University
Raza
Muniz
Ben
Crystal City
Tex
Joe Angel Gutierrez
Texas
Gutierrez
Dolph Briscoe
Henry Grover
Ramsey
Briscoe
Freighter Hits Bridge. Toll May Reach 15 In Georgia
Five dead and divers sought six missing after the freighter African Nep tune struck the Sidney Lanier Bridge over the Brunswick River south of Brunswick Georgia. Gov Carter visited the scene as rescue teams combed the river amid darkness and rain.
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Brunswick
Brunswick River
Jimmy Carter
U.S. 17
Neptune
Roscoe Tanner
Tanner
U.S. Coast Guard
Brunswick Memorial Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Care urged in cashing checks here
County Attorney Walter Holcombe warns merchants to verify strangers before cashing checks. Eight or ten returned this week say no such address, he notes urging drivers license numbers to trace culprits. A couple cashed at least 10 checks of 35 dollars then vanished. Ensign Obadiah Trimmer Chapter DAR will meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Ramada Inn with Mrs. Alice Foster hostess and Mrs. Zora Gunter in charge of the program.
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Walter Holcombe
Holcombe
Obadiah Trimmer
The
DAR
Ramada Inn
Alice Foster
Zora Gunter
Reeves County Prefers Nixon for President and Briscoe for Governor
Reeves County voters backed Republican Richard Nixon for president and Democrat Dolph Briscoe for Texas governor in a high turnout. Raza Unida and Socialist Workers also polled votes. Local races saw two incumbents defeated: County Judge Darrell Glover beat William Youngblood and Ismael Carrasco defeated Charles Hoefs for Precinct 3 commissioner. Balloting faced delays due to long ballot and 14 amendments, with box totals showing Nixon ahead and Briscoe leading for governor.
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Reeves County
Richard M. Nixon
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Raza Unida
Socialist Workers Party
Nho
Darrell Glover
William R. Youngblood
Ismael Carrasco
Charles Hoefs
Post
Eisenwheel
Nixon
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Pecos
Glover
McGovern
Linda Jenness
U. S
Sanders
Tower
Leonard
Amaya
White
Briscoe
Grover
Muniz
Hobby
Alewitz
Canales
Hill
Kincaid
Calvert
Springer
James
Angly
Solis
Land Office
Wallace enters guilty plea in federal perjury case
William Wallace pleaded guilty in federal court on a perjury charge linked to August 1969 grand jury testimony in a case involving Joy Chandler. Chandler was later found guilty of tax fraud and is imprisoned. The Chandler investigation also led to James Henson’s March conviction in the same matter. Wallace faces sentencing after a probation report.
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William
Bill) Wallace
Wallace
Joy M
Rusty) Chandler
Chandler
Pecos
James Walter Henson
Briscoe Wins Texas Governor Race After Wild Grover Battle
Democratic Dolph Briscoe overtakes Republican Henry Grover to win the Texas gubernatorial contest as late returns push his total beyond Grover’s. With 90 percent counted, Briscoe leads in statewide tallies amid Nixon landslide implications for party balances.
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Robert E
Ford Associated Press
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Henry Grover
Briscoe
Grover
Texas Election Bureau
Tower wins big in Texas Senate race over Sanders
Incumbent Sen. John Tower secured a second full term with about 54 percent of the Texas vote, defeating Barefoot Sanders who drew 44 percent. Flores Amaya and Tom Leonard each won about 1 percent and the Socialist Workers candidate trailed. Tower credited Nixon's broader appeal but said he won on his own merit. The race marked a contentious, high-profile Texas contest since 1961.
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McGovern
Nixon
Linda Jenness
Socialist Workers
Barefoot Sanders
Sen
John Tower
Flores- Amaya
Raza Unida
Tom Leonard
Dolph Briscoe
Henry Grover
Rameey Muniz
Debby Leonard
Lt. Gov
Bill Hobby
Alma Canales
Associated Press
White House
Tower
Texas Election Bureau
Flores Amaya
San Antonio
Lyndon
Senate
Texas
Waggoner Carr
Sanders
Johison
Erma Bombeck Sneaks Humor Into Our Family Page
Erma Bombeck introduces a weekly family column with wit about class reunions and aging. The piece depicts familiar icons from high school days the star football player the class sex symbol and the alumni secretary Lucille Toast with humorous exchanges.
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Wit’s End
Erma Bombeck
Lucille Toast
Lucille
Fern
Ginger
Erma
Nixon wins landslide re election pageant beats McGovern in 49 states
Nixon carries 49 states and about 61 percent of the popular vote as Democrats gain Senate seats and the governorship in Illinois. He claims a historic margin amid Wall Street stocks rising and a television victory address at the White House. McGovern concedes with a call for peace and justice while vowing loyal opposition.
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Carl P
Leabsdorf
Nixon
Congress
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
George McGovern
McGovern
South Dakota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Daniel Walker
GOP
Richard Ogilvie
Illinois
House
Wall Street
White
Sioux Falls
Nixon vows united effort after landslide victory
President Nixon, announcing a massive re election win from the White House, urged the nation to move on with great tasks ahead. He spoke of a new era of peace among major powers and hoped future generations remember the 1970s as a time of worthy conduct.
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New York
Nixon
American Stock Exchange
Ralph Acampora
Harris
Upham
Washington
White House
America
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Brunswick Port Authority
Bob Sapp
Peggy McCracken
H. D. Glover
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Earle Cabell
Dallas
Bob Price
Graham Purcell
Panhandle
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