Women win 2nd spots in Miss and Kentucky races
In congested party contests, Thelma Stovall, 56, defeated Republican Shirley Palmer-Ball for lieutenant governor. Mayors across major cities, including White, Perk, Rizzo, Schaefer, and Ferre, won or led. Hofstede of Minneapolis was upset by Stenvig. Ohio bond plan passed big. New York and New Jersey voters rejected state equal rights measures amid national ERA debate.
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Carroll
Thelma Stovall
Shirley Palmer-Ball
Kevin H. White
Boston
Ralph Perk
Cleveland
Frank Rizzo
Philadelphia
William Donald Schaefer
Baltimore
Maurice Ferre
Miami
Albert Hofstede
Minneapolis
Charles Stenvig
White
Joseph Timilty
Kentucky
Fred Hofheinz
Houston
Harris County
Franz Briscoe
San Francisco
George Moscone
Dianne Feinstein
County Board of Supervisors
John Barbagelata
Moscone
Indianapolis
William Hudnut
Robert Welch
Richard G. Lugar
Gary
Richard G. Hatcher
Rizzo
Schaefer
Ferre
Perk
Arnold Pinkney
Ohio
James Rhodes
Rhodes
New Jersey
Brendan Byrne
Ford
New York
Ruth Clusen
League of Women Voters
Moscone tops vote runoffs set in San Francisco
Moscone and Barbagelata advance to December runoff to decide the successor after a high turnout. The race ends the Alioto era with Barbagelata vowing a win, while Moscone expresses confidence. Feinstein finishes third and remains on the board of supervisors but loses the presidency.
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San Francisco
Alioto
Look Magazine
Moscone
Barbagelata
San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson Wins Unopposed Reelection
Mayor Pete Wilson, not on the ballot, scores a sweeping victory as all four City Council candidates he endorsed win. Incumbents Maureen OConnor Leon Williams and Jess Hare secure seats. Tom Gade fills a vacancy but opposes Wilson's growth policy. Haro becomes San Diego's first Mexican American councilman. Voters approve seven of ten propositions, rejecting tax-raising ones.
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San Diego
Pete Wilson
Maureen O'Connor
Leon Williams
Jess Hare
Tom Gade
Gade
Wilson
Sadat asks U.S. back Palestine
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat urged the United States to support a Palestinian nation and warned that Palestinian anger cannot be postponed. Speaking to Congress during a 10 day state visit, he called U.S. backing pivotal for Middle East peace and outlined Jerking toward a nuclear pact with Egypt to sell two reactors for peaceful uses.
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Washington
Anwar Sadat
United States
Congress
Sadat
Middle East
Egypt
United Nations
Israel
Ford
White House
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Ismail Fahmy
Cairo
Beame attacks Ford over city debt plan remarks
Mayor Beame defended New York City's finances while criticizing President Ford's bankruptcy proposal. He said Ford used the city as a political foil and urged against an economic and moral purge, arguing the plan risks basic city services under a default.
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America
Beame
Ford
New York City
New York
Belgrade
San Francisco
Fromme fires lawyer will argue own case
Lynette Fromme on trial for attempting to kill President Ford fired her court appointed cocounsel on opening day and said she would defend herself with a stand by attorney. Judge Thomas MacBride permitted self representation but barred full self questioning of witnesses without guidance. Fromme sought a no contest plea but prosecutors and the judge refused.
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Sacramento
Lynette Fromme
Ford
Miss Fromme
Cocounsel
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
MacBride
Manson
John Virgo
State Capitol
John F. Kennedy
Virga
MacBride’s
Charles Manson
Nolo Contendre
Sandra Good
Sharon Tate
Miss Good
Tate
U.S
Dwayne Keyes
Keyes
Long Beach officer and robbery suspect wounded in shootout
Sergeant Jim Cooper reports police pursued Bernard who fired several rounds while fleeing to 601 Via Almendro. After residents were evacuated, Bernard hid behind latticework and shouted a defiant reply before officers opened fire. Officer Beane, a veteran, was on his first night in the patrol division.
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Jim Cooper
Bernard
Almendro
Ing
Taylor
Beane
Long Beach
Jilted boyfriend sought in kidnap of teen girl
FBI and Fort Lauderdale police search nationwide for 16 to 17 year old Katherine Ball abducted after a date with Thomas John Gregory 19 from Westminster California. A distress note found in a Tennessee gas station restroom sparked the investigation as officials trace possible sightings in Chandler Oklahoma and note the couple’s Saudi connections.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
FBI
Henry Ragle
Katherine Ball
Pinecrest
Thomas John Gregory
Westminster
Calif
Waverly
Tenn
Carl Shanes
Gregory
Katherine
Saudi Arabia
United States
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Evelyn Gandy
Palestine
Fromme
Virgo
Enco
John Virga
L.B
Eerie Eerer
Menthol
Nicorny
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