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Having beaten Faircloth by only 3,000 votes, Collins will be forced to forsake some of his courtly brand of gentle persuasion in the race against Republican Congressman Ed Gurney, who will inherit much of Faircloth's conservative Democratic support. ¶For the first time in Kentucky's history, voters nominated a woman for the U.S. Senate. By nearly 35,000 votes, Katherine Peden, 42, a former state commerce commissioner and the only woman member of the President's riots commission, defeated her closest opponent in a field of twelve candidates to win the Democratic nomination...
...Four. Another big winner was the man who finished second: California's Dan Gurney, 37, whose All American Racers, Inc., manufactured the rugged, sweet-handling Eagles driven by Bobby, Dan himself and the fourth-place finisher, New Zealand's Denis Hulme. Long one of the world's most talented racing drivers, Gurney turned to building his own cars in 1964, and the results have been little short of sensational. Last year, in a smaller version of the Eagle, he won the Belgian Grand Prix-the first Grand Prix victory scored by a U.S. car since...
Collins ran a low-key campaign, depending on his name and his progressive record (as Governor, he modernized state government, promoted industry and tourism) to gain him the nomination. He still has the edge. If he wins the second primary, in November he will face Republican Congressman Ed Gurney, 54, a handsome, telegenic conservative...
...Florida, U.S. Rep. Edward Gurney won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, rolling to a landslide victory over Herman Goldner, former mayor of St. Petersburg. Gurney is an arch-conservative...
...toward the future. It seems worth noting that our Essay "The Dollar Is Not as Bad as Gold" (Jan. 12), said that President and Congress would soon remove the 25% gold cover for U.S. currency - and it happened two months later. This week's cover story, written by Gurney Breckenfeld, researched by Kathleen Cooil and edited by Champ Clark, not only tells what is going on but also looks into the future at what might happen in the months and years to come...