Harrison County approves 4 million Gulfport courthouse bond
Harrison County voters approve a 4 million bond to build a new Gulfport courthouse replacing the 70-year-old building. turnout 8,440 favorable votes 62.9 percent. Biloxi opposed. Debt to be paid by property taxes over 20 years with initial levies around 3.9 to 4.9 dollars for homes valued at 17 000 to 20 000 dollars.
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Harrison County
Gulfport
Shannon Waller
Mississippi City
Biloxi
Sive Step
Dum
Elder Street
Back Bay
West End
West Howard Street
Jaycee Building
Howard Memorial
Bayou View Elemen
Tary
Washington Avenue
First Judicial District
Second Judicial District
Flournoy Leads GOP Nomination In California Race
NBC projected state Controller Houston I. Flournoy winning the Republican gubernatorial nomination in California with about 73 percent of the vote after 5 percent counted. Ed Reinecke trailed in second place as Edmund Brown Jr. and Joseph Alioto led the Democratic race. In other states eight GOP primaries produced wins for Leo Thorsness in South Dakota and David Stanley in Iowa. Small turnouts marked eight state primaries despite big gubernatorial contests.
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Edmund Brown Jr
California
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Leo Thorsness
David Stanley
Nixon
Senate
South Dakota
Iowa
Thorsness
al Schock
National
Barbara Gunderson
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Richard Kneip
William Dougherty
John Olson
Stanley
George Milligan
John Culver
Stanely
Milligan
Culver
Woods lawyer challenges erasure report in Nixon tapes case
Rose Mary Woods' attorney Charles S. Rhyne urged that she is innocent and cannot be charged due to lack of specific intent. He argued the court panel's finding that the June 20 1972 tape erasure involved multiple manual actions was biased against his client and asked Judge Sirica to reject the report.
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U.S
John J. Sirica
Miss Woods
Nixon
Rhyne
Weather Outlook Hotter Through Wednesday With Upper 80s
Showers likely Wednesday with high temperatures in the upper 80s. Thursday remains warm with similar readings. Low Wednesday night near 70. Details on Page 2.
Senate bars Army beagle gas testing amid budget moves
The Senate voted 76 to 12 to prohibit the Army from using poison gas tests on beagle puppies as part of a broader debate on the 1975 defense budget. Senator Hubert Humphrey urged replacing dogs with rats or mice and NATO pact concerns clouded future force cut proposals in Europe and Asia.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Army
Pentagon
U.S
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Tower
Republican Policy Committee
Capitol Hill
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Murphey Edges Mertz in Mississippi Democratic Primary
In the 5th congressional district Murphey holds a slim lead over Karl Mertz as poll counts near completion. With 361 of 366 precincts reporting Murphey has 20,901 votes to Mertz's 20,816 amid light turnout. official tabulation resumes Wednesday morning.
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Pascagoula
Walter Wilson Murphey
Karl Mertz
Murphey
North Mississippi
Mertz
Gulfport
Greene
Perry
Greene County
Perry County
Trent Lott
Miss
Elections At A Glance For Several Races
Overview of races including 5th District congressional contest in Harrison County courthouse and 2nd Judicial District judgeship in Jackson County. Hancock County school bond appears, with references to pages 12 for detailed results.
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Harrison County
Jackson County
Hancock County
Wells Fargo Offers 5000 Reward For Missing Money Bag
Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp offers a five thousand dollar reward for the return of a red bag missing from an unarmored panel truck since last Friday morning. The bag contained cancelled checks and other non negotiable items from Hancock Bank Long Beach branch. Authorities are investigating with local police and the FBI handling inquiries.
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Wells Fargo
Gulfport
Hancock Bank
Long Beach
Hancock
James B. Mattly
New Orleans
Mattly
Hancock Motor Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp
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New York Times
Attorne
Erasure
Living Stock Market Business World
Sun Fun Page
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Asia
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R-Tex
Lafayette County
Jackson
Mississippi
Thad Cochran
David Bowen
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Kenneth L. Dean
Cochran
Meredith
U.S. Senate
Sun
Jackie Berg
Bowen
Houston
Harry G. Robinson
Dean
Alonzo
al’’ Sturgeon
Woodville
Charles Ivy
Clinton
Helen Williams
Robert Coleman
Coleman
Bay Vista
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