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2-A Tlf AttttWrm 0tafT Wtdnesday. May 4,.196 JC -fflegro Attorneypparent Winner In; Legislature il By DON MCKEE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -A Negro attorney apparently won the Democratic bid for a seat in the State Legislature 'from the district that includes Gov. George C. Wallace's hometown.

Negroes led white opponents for sheriff In three counties, House seat since Reconstruction. He managed a 206-vote majority over white opponents in Tuesday's -voting in a pre law Indicated that Negroe? turned out in large numbers but some complaints about proce-dures but gave local officials a conditional clean bill of health. Observers were stationed in seven counties. There were 52 Negroes running for county offices or legislative posts. But returns were not available on most of the county races other than sheriff's Negro candidates: In Bullock County, Negro candidate Henry Oscar Williams led two white opponents for sheriff.

With one box unreport runoff against incumbent Harvey Sadler for the sheriff's post. Negro candidates for sheriff trailed in partial returns from Wilcox, Greene, Perry and Barbour counties. But Negroes were in apparent runoff position in one Birmingham legislative race, possibly a second, and also in a Mobile dis nue in Macon County but were defeated in two other races there. of incomplete returns, appeared to have been solidly for State Atty. Gen.

Richmond M. Flowers, runninn for governor as a failed to bloc vote a as much as they succeeded. A push by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to send bloc of Negro voters to the polls In the governor's race appeared to have been not altogether successful.

In three Negroes Third-party candidates were chosen by Negroes in Greene, Lowndes and Dallas counties. There were no Negro candidates in the primary in Lowndes. More than 800 Negroes dropped paper ballots in card dominantly Negro district. racial moderate, in soma of the counties. But in Macon, for example, where Negroes hold a majority, Flowers polled 2,849 while former Carl Elliott got 1,901.

Mrs. Wallace received 1,596. The Negro vote split between The district is composed of ed. Williams had 1,942, CM. Macon, Bullock and Barbour Blue 1,090 and Eugene Newman counties.

Wallace's hometown of Dayton is the Barbour County 995. Negro candidate Henry Mc- seat. jCaskill, running for sheriff in trailed in low-ethere and ppar-1 Anoti her- Negre candidate elected fo fieki third-party Hale County, led -his nearest The--lone Negro running for a state senate seat was lag board boxes at their make ently were assured of runoffs in at least three other legislative races. Fred D. Gray, a Tuskegee attorney, became the first Negro nominee for an Alabama faces a runoff against a white slates for the November general Gray, 35, a leading figure for white opponent by 2-to-l but shift polling place in Hayneville, contender for the second seat election.

And in one of these 10 years in civil rights litigation faced a runoff by virtue of a ging and apparently out ot a the Lowndes County seat. They nominated seven candidates for county offices in the November election. The Negro vote, on the basis from that district. counties, the third-party slate was the same as the Negro Democratic slate. Federal observers received chalked up 7,511 votes to a com four-man race.

runoff. This first significant test of bined vote of 7,305 for his two white opponents. In other significant battles for In Macon County, the Negro Negroes won runoff spots Flowers and Elliott despite the effort by Negro political groups to deliver a bloc to Flowers. Negro balloting power since en candidate, Lucius D. Amerson, led a four-way race and faces a against white candidates for tax actment of the 1965 voting rights collector and the board of reve-1 Bid County GOP Readies First Full Convention rf lr i i "-S trX at 1 Republicans Plan Local, State Bids Additional Slates Due 3 Counties -By CHARLES L.

HOWELL Star City Editor While Democrats trooped to the polls Tuesday. Republicans converged on precinct meetings throughout Calhoun County to elect delegates to the first HAYNEVILLE. Ala. (AP) -Negroes have filed separate slates for office in three Alabama counties including seven J7 fh 1 ai! 1ST-; I S. jt r.

well, Horace Frlerson, Joe Cot-lin and Charles E. Kelley; Alternates Art Olsen, Felix Rapp, Carlton Lentz, Lucille B. Jones, Dom Massetti. George Dcyo and, Mary Crabtree; More Are Listed Brat 15, Box 6 (Johnston Jr. Highj, Delegates AX, T-C.

King, Jr Lt. Gen Edward Almond. Mrs. Russell Ion-ard and William E. Voss: Alternates Dr.

George Gibbins, William J. Wilkens. Kathertne Cole Frame and Clare Draper, HI; Beat 15. Box 9 (Courthouse): DWpontp A A Holsemhark. i candidates who were nominated I in Lowndes County under the VOTERS WAIT FOR TURN Calhoun County voters await turns in voting booths Tuesday at Mechanlcsyille School.

Scene is typical of those noted throughout the county as a heavy turnout forced voters to stand or sit in line in most polling places. (McElroy Photo) county-wide GOP convention. I Scheduled in the West Room of the Courthouse Thursday, May 26. at 7 p.m., the convention will: -I Elect 26 delegates and 26 Support Given Flowers emblem of the Black Panther. Xegroes filed other independent slates in Greene and Dallas counties.

The Negro candidates will run alternate delegates to the State Republican Convention in Montgomery July 29. Nominate candidates for against those nominated in Voters Affect Negro countv offices to oppose Tuesday's Democratic primary tne Gravdon C. Goodwin, Ruseil Democratic slate in the Novem in the November general election 4 Races In Calhoun T. Dempsev. L'lius G.

Craft and C. Cantor: Alternates William T. Deyo, James Craft, (' Maurice R. Craft and L. E.

Bonds; Boat 15. Box 10 Street Fire Station i Delegates W. 800 At Event More lhan 800 Negroes attend ber general ele'on. Other Aims Listed Recommend candidates far state and federal offices. Elect membT to the Calhoun County Republican ed the Black Panther convention at a white frame church on the did enable R.

J. Holley to fin- said no. The others a ing utsk'rts of Hayneville. There; ih Aniv ft hnnrtiW vifp arnnnH him aiH nothing been two racially related i Thomas and Henry E. miHee and conduct my other.

Roy Ford; Alternate G. L. Rice: Beat 15, Box 11 (Mechanics- behind leader Ray Burgess. seemed to be a typical "'8s fi The final vote showed Burgess None of the Negroes wo uld'5ar- Delegates L. vine By BILL PLOTT The large increase in Negro voters affected only four races out of more than 30 on the Calhoun County ballot in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

Foremost among the four party business deemed necessary. Dr. Russell J. Ionard. chairman of the county's Republican committee, said precincts have been awarded delegates to the county convention on the basis with 8564 votes and Holley with openly admit they were voting negroes outnumber white resi- COMPUTER AIDS EFFORT A National Cash Register computer operated here by Star Bookkeeper Mary Molloy, tabulated Calhoun County returns and was a factor in The Star and WHMA's complete returns victory over competition.

WHMA Manager Malcolm Street checks comouter returns. 8080. 1 ior the first time. aerus aD0Ul to i and have a Shields. Edwin Martin and W.

Garner, Beat 15, Box 12 iLenlocki: Delegate Dr Robert C. Sim- The coroner's race was not I Therp were mixed rerorts voting majority. There were no were negro voters in me couniy a affected to any significnt difficulties with voting. ernaieDr. -alul- MkhJJate-rearf-eaterfr-Bewwoenv-t heek oX -UJljieiegalejand aae alter.muns Jr gree- because leader Ed Heptrnnrie-etffoWcr stootflfi IMr- nate delegate per 100 precinct Billv D.

McAnnallv: ttnll nH ninnpmn Rnlnh I i 1 He Bl3Ck 'for statewide races. (McCaa Photo) about two hours before ne runnerup panthers nomt-Logan 42. to nafed Sidney the able to vote. He said Democratic oppose the white was line to lu lie "i Phillips were considerably ahead of the other six candidates. However, James A.

Reid, with an apparent -majority of sheriff. I Crum's Name Entered voters who had difficulty oper'! the Negro ballots, captured the machine, i Goldwater votes in the 1964 na- Additional Names Given tional election. Beat 15, Box 13 (Golden I Alabama's counties are beini? Springs): Delegate Paul H. I allowed one delegate and one Sturman and Alternate Jack alternate at the state convention Wilson, per 400 Goldwater votes in Beat 21 Dcle- 1964 This state convention gate William H. IJubbard and promises to be one of the larg- Alternate W.

L. JSnow est political sessions of its type I in meetings held at Noble in Alabama history, with about Street School and Mechanics- support given Atty. Gen. Richmond Flowers. In the county, as well as across the state, it was obviously the Negro vote that shoved Flowers into the runnerup spot behind Mrs.

Lur-leen Wallace. The predominant Negro polling place, the 15th Street fire station, with an estimated BO per cent Negro majority, gave blowers 1378 votes-as opposed -4 nnU, OR far Mrs Wallapp I in uanas couniy, en-i I 1 Star, WHMA Again Finish In Top Spot "The officials would step up 'erea ine name ot bamson and help them, though," he Crum, a 44-year-old postal work-, added er, via a petition, as an inde-l S. A. Pruett, who was Serv- Pendent to for sheriff. He tnira place in that race.

At least one candidate in every race received some benefit from Calhoun County bloc vote, although the vote did not necessarilv affect final re- ina at the 15th Street noil, said "a oiner negroes were qua he had seen verv little trouble uner the banner of the It was victory night for many Cash Registei computer and the 2,300 delegates and alternates ville School, resolutions were candidates Tuesday and The other machines for the first taking part. passed authorizing the Calhoun at the machine he was working, Free Voters Organ Following them were Bob qh! suits in county balloting Anniston Star and Radio Sta- While the wire services re lime in tabulating county re- renrniea ounty KepuDlican committee turns. However, the staff of the Delegates and alternates t0 fill out the slates for the "We had a few old U1 Christ with 67 and Carl Elliott ported Negroes arriving at the added another Gil-ltion WHMA E. hvh.i couldn't see too 1 1. but1 Kev.

Thomas Jacksonville Piedmont named to the county convention countv convent t- K.uh out siue mat everytning was na: Huaiiutru as an jn- iu men icsictmc li3 journal and the Anniston 43 Other races affected significantly by the Negro bloc vote were state auditor, place no. 1 iuaus in sumc dicas, smooth of them hadPnaem to run tor sheriff lniuy giving complete, unomcia 1 1 incitiae: Members of the tainoun Beats 11. 12 and 17: Dele- Countv Republican Committee gates L. M. Dean.

J. T. But- are Dr. Russell J. Leonard, ler and C.

McClinton; Alter-: chairman; Horace Fnerson, Emergency and Rescue Squad DUt The Star and WHMA in County seemed to experience, sarnp'ie ballots already marked Greene County. (Calhoun County returns first little beyond crowded polimgunw hQH nn ir.ai" aiH Thp r.mna rnilni uespite last mmute confusion front. in the House of Representatives, places with lines of voters on Pruett. ients were qualified under the I wnen poll officials at one coun-i Broadcasting of the most nates Ira Vaughn, Otto Lett and vice chairman; Mrs. William The courtesy and patience of Black Panther emblem, but they ty box apparently went home to 'comprehensive returns in Cal- Gentry Hauck: E.

secretary; and Mias the sidewalks. poll officials seemed to be anjalso ran as candidates in theibed before reporting noun County history began from. Beat 13 Boxes 1, 2. 3 and Louise Blackwell, treasurer. One such place was the West 15th Street fire station, where alert.

lOxfordl: Delegates Wendell outstanding point. One ro Democratic primary. both staffs remained and the coroner's race. The other races in Tuesday's balloting saw the Negro vote either increase the existing lead of a particular candidate or raise a contender like Frank E. 'Dixon the U.

S. Senate race -up a notch. who waited in line for a num- Three others from Greene who seeking the final total. land continued until early morn- Robertson, Pat Shaddix, Hugh Negroes and whites alike stood in the hot sun outside the building, waiting for the long lines GRAY ber of minutes discovered under the third party name was not on the voting list 'in case they were defeated in In fact, WHMA signed off the ing. Peak, ayne parKs, Manna air but returned immediately County, state and national, Stephenson.

Martin Box, Huey before the final box was se-lraees. hox-bv-hox and uo-to-thpl Burrows. Mrs. Martin L. Box.

Officials explained about the; tlie primary were Alberta l) (Continued From Page to go down. There apparently was never a slack moment at any of the five machines. mixup and told him to go to the, Branch for tax collector: Percv cured and broadcast corn- minute totaLs were offered A T. Hale, Bill Stephenson and courthouse and get a registra-iMcShan for tax assessor, andlplete returns several minutes 10-county effort kept listeners Virginia Robertson; Alternates tior. slip and he could vote.

He Peter Kirksey for a seat on the ahead of all informed on the latest votinc in Miss Mary Jones Rev Clarence Davis. Mrs. thanked the officials and Green County Board of Educa-i Some of the victory can be at- the Fourth District concression- lhe In the state auditors race, 15th Street voters gave Juanita fclcDaniel 1015 votes while approximately 200 votes were split among the other four candidates. Mrs. McDaniel carried "Calhoun County by about 800 'votes over Melba Till Allen.

apparently en route to the courtvtion. tnbuted to use of a National al race "I've never seen so many people over here voting before," said one Negro, standing outside watching. He was one of several who had already voted and were merely watching the others stream in. house. The voters themselves exer- cifed patience.

There were al Asked if he were casting his The Negro vote did not change most no complaints from whites or Negroes about long lines and the hot sun. Joyce Peak, Mary Cooper, T. K. Miller, Mrs. Jerry Sparks.

C. B. Hosey. Vera Helton, J. L.

Smith and B. A. Adams, Beats 14 (Sulphur Springs) and 18 (Ohatchcel: Delegates Earl C. Morrison, George B. Mitchell and A.

P. Parton; Al-etrnates James Hyde. Ebb Mitchell and C. E. Parton; Beat 15, Box 1 I Ann'sitorxCity standings in the race for place 'ballot for the first time, he po.

2 in the State House, but shook his head uncertainly and Bailey Whips Lingo; JS eg roes In Runoffs One white youth stood in line for a few minutes, then stepped rut nt linA in A erA itXitr thiira must be an easier way to do; this." He was back in line, how-i ever, a few minutes later. Despite indications and ob Hall): Delezate Jack W. Hurt! Richards Top Man In Committee Vote servations that the Negro vote I and Alternate U. G. Hollingsworth; Others Are Chosen Beat 15, Box 2 Noble Streei School): Delegates Lola Jenk would go overwhelmingly for Flowers In the governor's race, there was little evidence in the Newman, his nearest opponent, and appeared certain of a runoff.

In Macon County (Tuskegee), Air Force veteran Lucius D. Anderson, a Negro, led three white men with 20 the Negr vote. Bailey avoided the racial issue. At a church rally a few weeks ago, Lingo told a Negro group that he was a scapegoat during violence, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma last year, and had strides towards victory in Piedmont. Jacksonville and at the Noble Street School poll.

The political newcomer lost the Street fire station box to James A. Reid, who ran third in the race with 2673 votes compared to 6023 for Heptinstall and 3208 for Phillips. Reid took the Street fire station box by 267 votes to HepUnstall's 111 and Phil lips' 81. One of HepUnstall's largest margins came from Piedmont, with 726 votes to Phillips' 331. At Jacksonville Heptinstall was the leader with 591 votes to 248 for Phillips.

Commissioner Dan Gray received 12,384 votes to 5582 votes cast for Hunt. One of Gray's largest victories came in Jacksonville where he lead with 1186 to 268 for Hunt. Morgan ran, strong in all polls, chalking j. up 11,173 votes to Doss's 3234 and Wade's 2874. The Piedmont area cut a clear swath for Morgan with 1247 votes to for his opponents, Sheriff Snead took an early lead and climbed to almost 10,000 votes over his nearest opponent.

Piedmont gave Snead 1254" more votes than his nearest opponent. Jacksonville kicked in 1353 for the incumbent sheriff to Marshall's 159 and Sparks' 33 votes. ins. Calvin Wooten, Winell Don Bruce Richards, a Uni vicinity of the 15th Street poll Wooten. PhiliD Cooper, Dixie versity of Alabama graduate ing place to give a hint of sucn Gilchrist.

Alvin Smelley and tabulated in Calhoun County. Willingham defeated J. Fred Martin 256 to 152 for the seat in Beat 4, Box 1 -at Eulaton and Gerald Willis defeated C. D.j student torn Oxford, headed a a trend Homer Shaddix; Alternates list of seven candidates who! John D. Bradley, Kenneth R.

Bumper slickers were alnnost nonexistent on cars parked in won aeata on the Calhoun Coun Pearson, Mrs. Vivian A. Coop Dothard by 17 to 64 in Beat 10, ty Democratic Executive Com- ask'ed his superiors to let jy- of 25 boxes in and it appeared il rights demonstrators pnPWii? runoff candidate would be ceed with a march to Mont Incumbent Sheriff Harvey comerv. Instead, the Negroes Sadler. er.

S. A. Crane and Wlllene Box 1, at Hollingsworth. mittee in Tuesday a primary Fair; the area and those that brought voters to. the polls.

Wallace bumper stickers were conspicuous by their absence. The few Hicks took the Beat 13, Box Richards defeated T. T. Johns FROM WIRE REPORTS BIRMINGHAM Incumbent Melvin Bailey, a soft-spolcerr former city has beafen former trooper boss Al Lingo by a huge margin for nomination as Jefferson County sheriff in the Democratic primary. Meanwhile, three Negroes forced their way Into Democratic party runoffs for sheriff in other counties, the first indication of gathejifig Negro voting strength in Alabama.

Massive lines at the polls caused the Jefferson results to come in late Tuesday, but they didn't have to be complete to show the trend that Bailey had won. For example, with 179 of 299 boxes reported, Bailey had piled up 70,252 votes to 5,649 for the former public Befit 15, Box 3 Quintard were stopped and driven back 3 seat at Craig Furniture Com pany in Oxford by a margin of seen in the vicinity "were rl by a vote of 74 to 37 in Beat 21, '-Box 1, at Friendship to capture second victory of the day in county voting. He also defeated more than two to one. He de marily on cars that cruised by slowly while drivers cast disap feated Ernest F. Kohn 238 to 118.

The Rev. Henry McCaskill, a Negro, held a 731-422 vote lead over former state trooper Ben Klzziah in a four-way race in Hale County. In Greene County, a predominantly Negro area, Sheriff William E. Lee was held a slim lead over Negro civil i-Earl Goodwin in the race for proving looks at the preponderance of Negro voters. Schofth: Delegate George S.

Rusn and Alternate Mrs. John Edward Ford; Beat 15, Box 4 (Anniston High School): Delegates George R. Kllby, Robert J. Arnold, G. B.

Daniell, R. Earle Jones, William R. Owsley, Oscar L. Mims and Mrs. Mary Jo Bridges: Alternates William F.

Rhodes beat J. Arthur Jobson 143 to 63 in Beat 17 at DeArm- Surorlsinely In view of anville. Place No. 3 on the state execu-. tlva committee.

Other winneri Tuesday were Paul Wiliingham, Gerald Willis, tarry Hicks, Drew D. Rhodes Robert M. Price, Jr. Flowers' strength among the Negroes there were few open indications of Flowers' support. race defeated Leggett by a count of 216 to 186 in Beat 15, by state troopers and sheriff's deputies.

Lingo later issued a statement congratulating Bailey for his "decisive victory." "There are trying and difficult times ahead for law enforcement in all of Jefferson County. I am confident Sheriff Bailey is fully able to meet the 'challenges the next years will bring," Lingo said. Negro Henry Oscar Williams, running in predominantly white Bullock County against two white men, rolled up 952 votes to 572 for R. E. rights worker Thomas Gilmore One tar which parked outside Box 9 at the Calhoun County Courthouse.

Andrews, Jack C. Price, Raymond Clarke, Mrs. Margaret most of the day carried dual Results of the race between frUUata D. Gilmer, and stickers reading "Flowers" and Ray Hartwell, secrtary of the "We DDn't Need A Governess." Martin, W. Ed Dlggs and Anne C.

Daniell; Beat 15, Box 5 (Hicks Tire in early voting. In Wilcox County, where Negro voters outnumber whites, 65-year-old Sheriff P. C. (Lummlei Jenkins held a strong 413-180 lead over Negro grocer Walter J. Calhoun in early voting.

Chtrlei H. Jennings were un- ivtflable this morning. They A single Carl Elliott marker safety director. Lingo, who quit his state post and set up residence here for the sole purpose of bidding for the sheriffs job, recently made an open bid for county committee, said this morning it might be Thursday night before the county committee has official results In all the Morey Amsterdam of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" broke in-tc radio In 1930 Los Angeles, on a program sponsored by a fish market Delegates' Tom McNar- rounded out the only gubernatorial support immediately visi on, Dorothy B. Clarkson, were competing for the seat in at Sulphur Springs, which waa the last box to be John Wheeler.

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