Illinois Voters Face Massive At Large Ballot Challenge
Illinois voters face a three foot long orange ballot listing 236 House candidates split evenly between Democrats and Republicans with a 177 candidate limit per ballot. The at large system followed a failed reapportionment and a delayed outcome for results. Also notes on piranha fish attacks in South American streams.
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Chicago Election Board
Sidney Holzman
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
Otto Kerner
LBJ Still Ahead in Va Straw Vote
Virginia straw poll results from Neighborhood Theaters Inc. show Lyndon B. Johnson leading Barry Goldwater 22 101 to 17 397 across 25 theaters. Johnson leads in the 10th District and several regions, while Goldwater dominates Richmond Farmville and some smaller districts.
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LBJ
Richmond
Virginia
Johnson
Sen. Goldswater
Goldwater
Arlington - Alexandria - Falls Church
Bristol
Newport News- Hampton
Carlotteseville
Farmville
Petersburg
Pulaski
Neighborhood Theaters Inc
Massey Crops Up for Goldwater Miller Bid on TV
NBC drama star Raymond Massey uses an on air appeal to support the Goldwater-Miller presidential ticket. He notes mixed mail reactions and comments on producers and political neutrality. The TV schedule includes Steve Allen, Jimmy Bean Show pre emptions, and Suspe nse Theatre with A Lion Among Men.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Raymond Massey
Gray
Dr. Gillespie
NBC
Dr. Kildare
Goldwater-Miller
Massey
Dwight D
Eisenhower
Steve Allen
CBS
ABC
Jimmy Bean
Suspense Theatre
Tommy Sands
James Whitmore
Pickle Packers Name 1964 King and Queen
In Chicago AP report Pickle Packers International selects its 1964 king and queen consumer Donald L. Mustard and Mrs. Carl G. Burger Mustard of Elgin Illinois an insurance broker and Mrs Burger of Deerfield Illinois a housewife were weighed in with their weight in pickles at the 72nd annual pickle meeting in Chicago.
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Chicago
Packers International
Donald L. Mustard
Carl G. Burger
Mustard
Elgin
Ill
Burger
Deerfield
Texan Senator Tour Ends in Virginia Support for Goldwater
Texas Senator John Tower wrapped a one day eastern Virginia swing with a strong defense of Barry Goldwater. He urged tough anti Communist policy military readiness and urged voters to back Goldwater over President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey. Tower argued for state power over federal and criticized Johnson administration for retreat and weakness. He spoke in Norfolk Fredericksburg and Richmond before audiences highlighting military strength and free enterprise as antidotes to poverty.
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Richmond
Texas
John Tower
Virginia
Tower
Norfolk
Fredericksburg
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Goldwater
Washington
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Elf
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Robert
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McNamara
Smith Corona Compact
Sunbeam Steam & Dry Iron
RAM Jewelers
Loudoun St
Schewel’s
Eye EL
Schewel Furnitureco
West Cork St. Winchester
Ann
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