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LITTLE ROCK, Ark Aug. 7-With slightly more than two weeks remaining before the primary elections here, former Governor Orval E. Faubus is the clear favorite for the Democratic nomination to oppose Republican Governor Winthrop Rockefeller in the general election this fall...
...Faubus, who before the advent of George Wallace and Sen. Strom Thurmond was the premier symbol of Southern racial segregation, retired in 1966 to manage Dogpatch, U. S. A., and to divorce his wife for a woman 30 years his junior...
Even with his divorce, his vulnerable record, and his eight opponents-all of whom have made Faubus an issue in one way or another-the 63-year-old former governor has emerged over the last two months as the unmistalkable front runner...
...latest poll released by his principal challenger, state Rep. Hayes MeClerkin, shows Faubus with 40 per cent of the vote, McClerkin with 14 per cent, state Attorney General Joe Purcell with 11 per cent, and the rest with under five per cent. Almost 20 per cent were undecided, however...
Thank God. Kirk's grandstanding was intended to boost his sagging drive for reelection, recalling the way Orval Faubus and George Wallace had each profitably played would-be Davids against the federal Goliath while in office. Said Florida House Republican Leader Don Reed: "The overwhelming majority of the man in the street doesn't care if it's a stunt or not. Most people like the idea that the guy's got enough guts to get himself involved." For many in Manatee County, that seemed true. Television Repairman Allan W. May expressed his feelings...