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he | ATLANTA — Lester Maddox,|
at |* Strong disciple of racial seg- Pe.
i ‘ragation, apparently won nom-)
R. |ination Wednesday as the Demo- SY
GV |eratic candidate for governor of * he:
sig |Georgia.
ith | With 1,034 of 1,908 precincts) ]
nd |reported, Maddox had 279,783)
re- |votes to 166,209 for former Gov.) —
ter |Hllis Arnall, who is regarded as)
a racial moderate. |
Fy +e 8 |
| MADDOX, who identified him-|
jself with Alabama Gov. George)
\C. Wallace, campaigned against) (4
‘the “Great Society and godless) hel
communism, | we
| Arnall vowed to move Georgia 15¢
forward into the “21st century.’’) 47
ila | sei
Arnall carried the suburban| Re
RS lareas of Atlanta, Savannah and ‘
(th |Macon, but the margin was not for
ty. |enough to offset the rural vote
|that went to Maddox. su:
Maddox appeared on the | Hl
e | way to the greatest upset in aN
“| recent Georgia political his- | °Y
i- | tory in a campaign in whieh | SY
‘d. | the old line politicians re- 7
ill | mained silent. e
all Arnall had led five other ¢an-| Sil
|didates in the Sept. 14 primary] $4
|but was forced into a runoff by| 54
| Maddox. | th
Maddox, 50, waved a pistol) th
and provided ax handles for cus-| m
\tomers to chase Negroes from)
jhis cafeteria last year. He)
jelosed his restaurant rather| st
2ir
ior |than desegregate. He has no pre-| Pt
ia vious political experience. ie
see Arnall, 59, who maintained! s;
loyalty to the national Democra-| s¢
tic Party, said that Republicans) b
were supporting Maddox becaus) tc
ust |they considered him an easier) w
mp jopponent for Rep. Howard HH.)
the |Gallaway, the GOP nominee for) 21
dg. |governor. ‘|
.
Ve. | Maddox ealled Arnall a super-|
liberal.
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Ww I
i
t
he is
im f
ial fs
(st ju
as Lester Maddox ‘up
ts, : pa
oh |wh
re | ime
| Maddox = &
| ] ® ° | er
he | W InNnIMNeS ie
h
nd S
4
cur
In (korea.
be 2 jof
he | ATLANTA — Lester Maddox,|
at |* Strong disciple of racial seg- Pe.
i ‘ragation, apparently won nom-)
R. |ination Wednesday as the Demo- SY
GV |eratic candidate for governor of * he:
sig |Georgia.
ith | With 1,034 of 1,908 precincts) ]
nd |reported, Maddox had 279,783)
re- |votes to 166,209 for former Gov.) —
ter |Hllis Arnall, who is regarded as)
a racial moderate. |
Fy +e 8 |
| MADDOX, who identified him-|
jself with Alabama Gov. George)
\C. Wallace, campaigned against) (4
‘the “Great Society and godless) hel
communism, | we
| Arnall vowed to move Georgia 15¢
forward into the “21st century.’’) 47
ila | sei
Arnall carried the suburban| Re
RS lareas of Atlanta, Savannah and ‘
(th |Macon, but the margin was not for
ty. |enough to offset the rural vote
|that went to Maddox. su:
Maddox appeared on the | Hl
e | way to the greatest upset in aN
“| recent Georgia political his- | °Y
i- | tory in a campaign in whieh | SY
‘d. | the old line politicians re- 7
ill | mained silent. e
all Arnall had led five other ¢an-| Sil
|didates in the Sept. 14 primary] $4
|but was forced into a runoff by| 54
| Maddox. | th
Maddox, 50, waved a pistol) th
and provided ax handles for cus-| m
\tomers to chase Negroes from)
jhis cafeteria last year. He)
jelosed his restaurant rather| st
2ir
ior |than desegregate. He has no pre-| Pt
ia vious political experience. ie
see Arnall, 59, who maintained! s;
loyalty to the national Democra-| s¢
tic Party, said that Republicans) b
were supporting Maddox becaus) tc
ust |they considered him an easier) w
mp jopponent for Rep. Howard HH.)
the |Gallaway, the GOP nominee for) 21
dg. |governor. ‘|
.
Ve. | Maddox ealled Arnall a super-|
liberal.
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