34 Women In Races House May Get First Negro Congresswoman
In Tuesday elections 34 women run for Congress including 10 incumbents. Frances Bolton faces a tough Ohio race while Margaret Heckler of Massachusetts seeks re election amid a crowded field and Shirley Chisholm vies in New York for the first Negro woman seat in Congress.
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Senate
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Margaret Heckler
R+Mass
Katherine Peden
Hopkinsville
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Bly
Manhattan
Bedford-Stuyvesant
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Ralph L. Carrano
Bolton
Congress
GOP
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Charles Vanik
Vanik
Bolston
Heckler
Edmund Dinis
Fall River
Bristol County
10Th
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Frank Morrison
Omaha
Glenn Cunningham
Deirdre Henderson
Smith College
Salem
Mass
William H. Bates
New Jersey
Florence P. Dwyer
Elizabeth
John B. Duff
Seton Hall University
Dwyer
Marion D. Dwyer
Cornelius Gallagher
Bayonne
Marie Baker
Fostoria
Jackson E. Betts
Wyoming
Wilma Linford
John Wold
Wiliam
Harrison
Surveys Indicate Democrats Retain Control of House
AP surveys show Democrats likely to keep the House but by a thinner margin amid national uncertainty. Humphrey could fail to win the presidency if he trails in the popular vote, risking House-driven selection of the president with Wallace electors influencing outcomes.
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Majoriy Johnson
Vote For Two You Can Trust In 1968
Political ad promotes Humphrey Miskie peace plan for Vietnam and law and order at home. It contrasts Humphrey Nixon, claiming the former offers a cease fire and international supervision, while Nixon lacks a plan.
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Muskie
Humphrey Muskie Campaign Promotes Democratic Progress
An advertising script touts eight years of Democratic leadership with 90 months of growth, low unemployment, expanded scholarships and FHA loans, Medicare, and calls for stopping nuclear spread with a treaty opposed by Nixon. It argues only Humphrey Muskie can sustain gains.
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Bus driver’s church call to fill rear during rush hours
In Louisville a bus driver urges riders to “act like we’re in church” and fill the rear while commuters crowd the front. In Helena a store window displays a mannequin with shoes on the wrong feet, drawing amused attention.
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