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...organization was unappeased, and its calumny persuaded lifelong Democrats to vote for the white Republican candidate, John Radigan, a furniture dealer. The Democrats issued voters careful instructions on how to split their tickets...
Hatcher has been cut off without a penny by the local machine, which is standing absolutely idle. The city's Democratic bosses clearly hope that the mayoralty will go the Republican candidate, Joseph Radigan, 46, a prosperous furniture dealer with no previous experience in politics, who, like Hatcher, promises to clean up the corruption and vice that have made the gritty steel town (pop. 178,000) a byword for vice in the Midwest. In desperation, Hatcher has sent urgent appeals to the Administration in Washington and printed a full-page plea for campaign funds in the New York Times...
...voters is likely to be black v. white. Negroes constitute a 55% majority of the population, but whites and Negroes are about equal in registration-and Krupa, who happens also to be county clerk, is not about to open the rolls for a new registration drive. While Republican Radigan has so far avoided the racial issue, his color says enough for many Garyites, and the city's white Democrats, who voted overwhelmingly for George Wallace in the 1964 presidential primary, may well decide to switch party affiliation...
...highways north of Chicago were jammed bumper-to-bumper one night last week. Said Deputy Sheriff George Bock: "It was just like Labor Day traffic." To Ray Radigan, an astonished restaurant owner in Kenosha, Wis., it was more like New Year's Eve. He had to hire extra help to cope with 484 diners, while hundreds of other customers perched on radiators or juggled drinks and sandwiches in the cocktail lounge...
Lineman Tex Pruit tallied after he blocked a Commuter punt in the second quarter, while Greeley tosses accounted for scores in each of the last three periods with Jim Wykoff, Frank Dorman, and Jack Hernberg receiving. Defensive end Jim Radigan and blocking back Ken Eddy both stood out in less spectacular roles...