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...Charles Weltner was out of step with the South in the 1960's, the results of last fall's Congressional elections indicate a new era of Southern politics where Weltner's moderation would be right at home. Last November, unknown moderates like South Carolina's John West, Florida's Lawton Chiles and Georgia's Jimmy Carter defeated their more conservative Republican opponents, and the national press once again heralded the emergence of a new South...
...LAWTON CHILES, 40, Democrat, Fla., terms himself a "progressive conservative" representing "the fresh breeze blowing in the South." He accepts civil rights, champions revenue sharing, not in an archaic states' rights sense but out of conviction that the Government can win confidence only by restoring control to local levels. Calm and introspective, he brings a demonstrated concern for legislative reform...
...Crimson's other winners were Bob Lawton in the medley (2:10.5), Dick Eisenberg in the required one-meter dive (153.20), John Burris in the backstroke (2:13.0), and Dave Strauss in the breaststroke (2:26.6). The freestyle relay team also...
...Florida, Republican William Cramer poured nearly $100,000 into commercials. His opponent, State Senator Lawton Chiles, set out on a 1,000-mile hike through Florida, which captured everyone's imagination and appeared regularly on the evening news. Chiles walked into the Senate seat virtually free of charge. Plainly, no one should overestimate the political magic...
...Administration's efforts to reunite the bitterly divided Republican Party in Florida failed and Rep. William Cramer, a shoo-in before his primary fight with Harrold Carswell, lost to Democratic State Sen. Lawton Chiles, a political unknown who eschewed TV commercials for a highly publicized hike across the state. "Walkin' Lawton's" running mate, State Sen. Reubin Askew, also won, ending the stormy political career of Gov. Claude Kirk...