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...Watergate, Republicans lost congressional races in Pennsylvania and Michigan in February. Last week they won an election in Southern California-but only narrowly and in part because their candidate dissociated himself from Richard Nixon. On the same day, the party lost a psychologically important congressional race in staunchly Republican Cincinnati. Warns G.O.P. Congressman William F. Scherle of Iowa: "If this is a pattern, then there aren't many Republicans who can survive." Adds a prominent Midwestern Republican Governor: "There's light at the end of the tunnel-it's a freight train heading right...
...national committees of both parties gave most of their attention to the race in Ohio's First District, which encompasses the eastern half of Cincinnati and suburban Hamilton County. The district is mostly white collar and prosperous; in 1972 it gave 70.3% of the vote to Republican William J. Keating, who resigned late last year. To succeed him, both parties nominated well-known and longtime city councilmen: Democrat Thomas Luken, 49, a lawyer and former Assistant U.S. Attorney; and Republican Willis Gradison Jr., 45, a wealthy stockbroker. Both had served as mayor-in Cincinnati, a post filled by vote...
...Election Day, the Cincinnati Enquirer interviewed 819 voters leaving the polls; it found that the strongest single factor in the election was disapproval of Nixon, especially among Independents. As Mrs. Susan Levy explained, "Gradison is the better candidate, but a vote for him is a vote for Nixon." Added another housewife: "I feel so badly. I grew up on the same street with Bill, and he is the better candidate, but I voted for Luken as a protest against Nixon." Gradison lost by 51,057 votes to 55,171. Later, he refused to blame Watergate for his defeat but complained...
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...action started on the tennis court, where Cincinnati Reds Leftfielder Pete Rose stole the show if not the prize. He overcame his lack of experience -only four months on the court-to beat Austrian Skier Karl Schranz. "This game's like badminton," Rose declared happily after taking one game from Schranz by diving across the court to make an impossible forehand return...