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Delta Gains. In the campaign for Lieutenant Governor, voting was so close between Governor Paul Johnson, 51 (who ran for the No. 2 spot because state law prevents him from succeeding himself), and State Representative Roy Black, 52, that a recount appeared necessary for the runoff against Front Runner Attorney...
Doing All Right. Despite the large Negro vote, violence came only after the election. At a farm near Fayette, where Evers has his headquarters, Farmer Cecil Kling, 54, was so riled by the success of Negro candidates that he pulled a shotgun on four Negro farmhands and declared: "I'...
Meredith is also endorsing incumbent Governor Paul Johnson for the Lieutenant Governorship. Johnson, who has kept racial tensions comparatively low during his term, cannot succeed himself as Governor and has set an historical precedent by running for the number two spot. Part of the Williams' appeal is that he would...
Among the other six candidates, either Barnett or Williams is expected to go up against Winter in an Aug. 29 run-off between the top two vote getters. Governor Paul Johnson, prevented by the state constitution from succeeding himself, finds himself instead in the odd position of campaigning for the...
It was not enough. The experienced defense lawyer was Hugh Cunningham, law partner of ex-Governor Ross Barnett and high among those who sprang Byron De La Beckwith, the accused killer of N.A.A.C.P. Leader Medgar Evers. Under Cunningham's skilled guidance, one by one the eight defendants told the...