Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 1

MT MORIAH LODGE No 690 A ond AM Meeting Tonight at 7:30 o'clock All Members Are Urged To Attend Visitino Brethren Welcome A Paul Pero Master Ralph Sisk Sec Published in the Heart of the Dairying and Industrial Region of Piedmont North Carolina Statesville Record Landmark WEATHER Increasing cloudiness today with showers or thundershowers likely Local! temperatures for the past 24 hours were: High 77 Low 55 Vol 98 Statesville NC Monday May 8 1972 No 110 ountain Candidates Studying Winner Gubernatorial Runoffs PAUL CONRAD KENNETH WOOTEN Jordan GEORGE WALLACE HARGROVE BOWLES Sanford Continues SAMUEL OSTWALT (SAM) BROWN School Board County Commissioner Votes Given 6 cn a a a PAUL KENNEDY JR JOHN GREGORY JOE WILLIAMS JOE THOMPSON DR ROBERT LONG 7887 in favor and 4692 opposed But the state zoo bond issue barely squeaked by 6073 to 5857 A total 12579 participated in the clean water bond election 0) LU in Io cn ci ro CD cn cn 0) c0 0 cn 10 cn 0J uu OJ cn crats stood by United States Senator Everett Jordan giv ing him a clear majority of the 11279 votes cast Jordan whose parents were natives of Iredell County re ceived 5739 votes to 4114 for Rep Nick Galifianakis 1212 for Joe Brown and 214 for Dr Gene Grace In the two bond referendums Iredell went almost two to one hopes of hundreds of the college students who spear headed effort from the start think that we are so much better off than we would have been had we not been the race Sanford said in a Sunday night telephone interview from his home in Durham Earlier in a formal state ment Sanford said of his cam paign: test the wind and bend with it but we stood straight for human dignity and stood firm for opening oppor tunities for all people including little school children That is a winning spirit regardless of the tough realities that are a part of translating American ideals into political Sanford finished with 37 per cent of the vote to over 50 per cent for Wallace The rest of the vote was split among Rep Shirley Chisholm of New York 8 per cent Sen Edmund Muskie of Maine 4 per cent and Sen Henry Jackson of Washington 1 per cent Sanford said Sunday night he intends to continue a campaign effort but he said it will be a few days before he decides how extensive an effort to make He said he definitely will cam U) XI Eo sey contest The New Jersey contest could benefit him in the form of pub licity and a demonstration of his ability to get votes outside of his home area He said his delegate hunting effort in nonprimary states is continuing and by July 10 when the Miami Beach convention opens have than the 27 he won in North Carolina gene Grace a Durham eye doc tor 22046 and Joe Brown an antibusing leader from Greensboro 26528 In the Republican primary with 2203 precincts counted it was Helms 90503 or 5895 per cent State Rep James Johnson 49724 and William Booe a Charlotte attorney 18278 Jordan said am seriously considering calling for a runoff and if I do I intend to set the record Chief aids for the senator were to the point stating that Jordan already was planning a more active agressive cam paign the next time around Galifianakis said he had ways believed that the voters of North Carolina want to break the pattern of gubernatorial ap pointment of US He said voting provide a great boost to my candidacy for the future Jordan carried 66 of the 100 counties and pulled enough strength from the rural voters to force the runoff THANKS GEORGE In retrospect Iredell County can be thankful George name was on the ticket Satur day He appears to have served as a drawing card to get people to the polls in what otherwise would have been a lackadaisical primary More ballots were cast in the Democratic presidential pri mary than in the gubernatorial contest which had been bally hooed longer and louder than any other on the ticket In all 11313 ballots were cast in the Democratic presidential primary which gave Wallace 6958 Sanford 3544 Chisholm 387 Muskie 314 and Jackson 110 This total compares with 10946 cast in the six way race When it is kept in mind that there are now 25032 registered Democrats in the county the 10946 votes cast in the gover The other Oscar Stradley lost race represents con with 5243 votes School board siderably less than 50 per cent winners take office in Decem of the potential It is not a lot ber higher than the 9040 cast in the Contrary to the trend for the 1968 gubernatorial primary de state as a whole Iredell Demo spite the fact that thousands of teenagers and other new voters have been added to the regis tration books since that time What we are saying is that the voters do not seem to have re sponded to the primary cam paigns as they should have Since more votes were cast in the presidential primary than in the gubernatorial race it is cer tain that name being on the ticket helped get the vot for the dean water bonds with ers out Still there were some sur prises in the voting patterns Hargrove Bowles came very near winning a majority of the 10946 ballots polling 5418 and 11930 in the zoo bond vot against Pat 4292 ing Other candidates received only There were 34200 persons 1236 votes (See 3 Page 2 A) In Races RALEIGH (AP) Sharp splits in voting have paved the way for runoffs in North Caro Democratic and Republi can gubernatorial primaries Rocky Mount businessman Jim Gardner carried 71 coun ties as he fell just shy of the required 501 per cent of the to tal vote in his battle with state Rep Jim Holshouser of Boone In the Democratic race for mer state Sen Hargrove (Skip per) Bowles pressed the surge he mounted late in the cam paign to head a six man field Bowles also stopped short of nomination as he polled 45 per cent of the vote against 37 per cent for his major opponent Lt Gov Pat Taylor Holshouser and Taylor were reported considering runoffs In a statement Sunday Hol shouser said he was awaiting the official canvass of votes but in the event he ran second was serving notice he would seek a second primary with Gardner have already started call ing our supporters letting them I know that going to be I moving right back onto the I campaign Holshouser said is no question that we will win the primary now The momentum has been moving our way and we definitely have 1 got it going he continued campaign manager lindsay Warren Jr of Gold sboro said an analytical study 1 of voting would con tinue today With all but eight of the 2255 precincts counted Gardner had I 84605 votes or 4969 per cent to 83422 and 49 per cent for Holshouser Leroy Gibson a i Jacksonville insurance sales i man and founder of the Rights of White People had 1207 votes Greensboro auto dealer Thomas Chappel had 1008 In the Democratic primary Bowles had 361764 votes or 4551 per cent with 2232 pre I cincts reported Taylor had 298395 and 3754 per cent i Rounding out the Democratic i field labor leader Wilbur Hob by had 58148 votes black Char lotte dentist Dr Reginald i Hawkins had 64924 Gene Leg i gett of Island received i 6907 and Zeb Dickson i 4635 Arlis Pettyjohn of Elkin won nomination in the American party primary drawing 58 per cent of the vote in a race with Bruce Burleson of Charlotte Less than 1000 votes were cast County boards of election will canvass their votes Tuesday A formal report must be made to the state Board of Election oh May 16 Gardner the 1968 GOP nomi nee had predicted he would win nomination by 65 to 70 per cent In making the prediction he was counting on strong sup port from the populous Pied mont and western the backbone of the Republican party in North Carolina Most of those counties went to Holshouser the standard (See 2 Page 2 A) U) In the race for the Demo cratic nomination to the county board of commissioners Dr Bob Long the incumbent chair man led the field with 7303 Paul Kennedy Jr was second with 6974 Joe Thompson was in third place with 6531 Joe Williams in fourth place with 6408 and John Gregory was in fifth place with 5856 The two women in the race Mrs Millie Lynn with 5540 and Mrs Jeannie Krider with 5158 were eliminated as was David Seal who polled 2028 In the non partisan race for four seats on the county board of education Kenneth Wooten was high with 8072 followed by Rev Paul Conrad with 7162 Samuel Ostwalt with 6903 and (Sam) Brown with 337694 or 4431 percent Dr Eu 5864 Brown was one of two in cumbents seeking re election Hanoi Area Is Bombed SAIGON (AP) US war planes returned to the Hanoi area today for the first time in three weeks and bombed stor age depots barracks and train ing facilities supporting the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam the US Com mand announced The command said waves of carrier based Navy planes hit targets about 15 miles west of Hanoi and that all the jets re turned safely The command made no men tion of any enemy MIGs being shot down but other sources paign for the June 3 New Jer had reported earlier that sev eral were sighted and de stroyed The command also said only tactical fighter bombers took part in the raids and that there were no B52 strategic bombers used It did not say how many planes were involved but it was learned that at least two carriers are in the Tonkin Gulf with about 150 planes available In Race RALEIGH (AP) Second District Rep ountain has weathered the toughest challenge of his 19 year career in Congress and defeated a black opponent for the second time ountain dean of the congressional delegation cap tured almost 59 per cent of the vote to win renomination against Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee in Democratic primary In two of the eight congres sional primaries in the state the 4th and the 7th Democratic races no single candidate re ceived a majority of the vote and runoffs were possible State Sen Jyles Coggins of Raleigh and state Rep Ike An drews of Siler City were the front runners in a six man field for the 4th District Democratic nomination The seat is being vacated by Rep Nick Galifian akis Andrews told newsmen Satur day night that if he came in second he would call a runoff With all returns in from the 172 precincts Coggins received 25614 votes for 3136 per cent of the total and Andrews followed with 24784 or 3034 per cent William Creech of Raleigh was third with 13196 Wense Grabarek of Durham had 10 772 Archie McMillan of Raleigh 4242 and Charles Bullock of Knightdale 3062 In the 7th District Democratic primary Charles Rose III picked up almost 49 per cent of the vote to lead the field of three ayetteville lawyers running for the seat being vacated by incumbent Rep Alton Lennon who is retiring With 167 or 168 precincts in Rose got 33670 votes and state Sen Hector McGeachy followed with 17720 votes or 2574 per cent Doran Berry was third with 17437 McGeachy said Sunday that he has received calls from across the district asking him to call a runoff based on the unofficial returns But he said will wait until after the offi cial canvass of the vote on Tuesday before making any further In the Republican congres sional race in the 7th District Jerry Scott of Whiteville held a slight lead over William Nixon of Barnesville With 143 of 168 precincts in Scott had 2477 to 2460 for Nixon In the 9th District Democrat ic Rep James Beatty Meck lenburg will face Republican James Martin of Davidson in the November general election for the seat being vacated by incumbent Rep Charles Jonas With complete returns from the 133 precincts Beatty had 46041 to 8729 for Jack irpo of Charlotte Martin received 15 273 to 3727 for Graem Yates of Charlotte Incumbent Rep David Hen derson of Wallace easily won renomination to his 3rd District seat over Joseph Edwards of Mt Olive With 185 of 186 pre cincts reporting Henderson had 44831 to 11686 for Edwards 5 Margins Are Slim May Ask Runoff RALEIGH NC (AP) Rep Nick Galifianakis who stumped the state in a face to face cam paign has forced Sen Ever ett Jordan the 14 year congres sional veteran into a June 3 runoff election for North Caro Democratic senatorial nomination Jesse Helms a Raleigh tele vision executive and editorial ist won the Republican nomi nation by sweeping aside two opponents with ease Galifianakis winning big in the metropolitan areas of indus trial rich Piedmont but losing in the tobacco farm lands of the east and the sparcely popu lated mountains of the west pulled one of the major upsets in recent North Carolina politi cal history by besting Jordan by some 35000 votes But Galifianakis the 43 year old son of Greek immigrant parents fell 15000 votes short of a majority as two minor op ponents siphoned off some 48 000 votes In the Democratic race with 2242 of 2255 precincts report ing the vote was Galifianakis 375795 or 4731 percent Jordan Wallace Bowles Win In Iredell By JERRY JOSEY Unofficial returns from 23 precincts Saturday night gave a 2 1 edge to Alabama Gov George Wallace over Terry Sanford Duke Uni versity president and former governor of the state in North first presi dential preference primary in the Democratic race President Richard Nixon won easily in the GOP race Iredell voters endorsed Har grove (Skipper) Bowles for governor in a close contest with Lt Gov Pat Taylor Bowles polled 5375 votes while Taylor garnered 4249 for the Demo cratic nomination On the GOP ledger Iredell gave James (Jim) Gardner the edge 1676 over James Holshouser Jr who had 1007 in the Republican gubernatorial race Commission Race Top interest locally was evi denced in the Democratic pri mary to select five candidates for the Iredell County board of commissioners and four mem bers of the county school board a nonpartisan campaign In the Democratic com missioners primary Dr Robert Long incumbent chairman led the field with 7501 votes New comer Paul Kennedy Jr was second with 6974 and in cumbent Joe Thompson of Mooresville vice chairman polled 6531 Rounding out the top five were Joe Williams with 6408 and John Gregory with 5856 Completing the commission field were Mrs Millie Lynn with 5540 Mrs Jeannie Krider 5158 and David Seal with 2028 School Board One of two incumbents seeking re election to the school board evidently fell as Oscar Stradley was fifth in the race of 11 candidates for the four vacancies Kenneth Wooten led the ticket with 8072 Rev Paul Conrad was second with 7162 Samuel Ostwalt finished third with 6903 and incumbent (Sam) Brown was fourth high with 5864 Trailing were Stradley 5243 A (Bill) Benfield 4670 Rev Harris 2485 Phifer I Johnson 2035 George LaMothe 1457 (Curly) Howard 1142 and Rev Kiker who announced several weeks ago he was withdrawing 1119 Iredell voters gave George Wallace a heavy endorsement as the Alabama governor swept all 23 precincts Wallace polled 6958 votestrailed by Sanford with 3004 Rep Shirley Chis holm 387 Senator Edmund Muskie 317 and Senator Henry (See 1 Page 2 A) 0) CO BOARD EDUCATION Benfield Brown Conrad Harris Howard Johnson Kiker LaMothe Ostwalt Stradley VVUUlCil COUNTY COMMISSION Gregory Kennedy Krider Long Lynn Seal Thompson AAHllame Bid or Presidency RALEIGH (AP) ormer North Carolina Gov Terry Sanford says his primary election loss to the George Wallace has set back his presidential chances but that he will campaign right up to the Democratic nomi nating convention in July The 54 year old Duke Univer sity president said he has no regrets about getting into his first presidential pri mary against a pri mary that ended with a solid Wallace victory and shattered Mai MB'l sjSI Ww yW rar $33 I st fi oZiid A BR' Wv Ik Ik I OK i 1 wit 1 1 IV i iR KI i I A Hilr fM farej i Jil I A I 182 135 214 350 306 305 188 95 290 57 405 35 72 63 330 453 301 123 114 276 162 138 76 4670 182 94 311 385 279 342 427 129 201 102 449 159 137 173 441 757 474 209 189 401 238 153 162 5864 154 292 590 187 115 178 337 190 110 93 441 57 123 146 426 1140 716 234 301 654 341 208 129 7162 76 60 91 182 151 196 74 50 91 48 98 19 30 36 73 315 408 54 86 167 77 64 39 2485 14 36 142 77 37 48 45 43 42 17 52 13 22 9 39 154 111 35 33 77 36 29 31 1142 92 39 53 407 197 292 31 14 264 16 61 16 15 14 70 152 75 30 25 72 47 34 19 2035 31 23 49 60 34 46 29 15 40 29 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