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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With nearly all the votes counted. Stokes led county auditor Ralph Perk by only 1600 votes out of more than 230,000 ballots cast. In Detroit, Wayne County sheriff Roman Gribbs held a small, steady lead over black Richard Austin through last night's counting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lindsay, Stokes Win Second Terms; Mrs. Hicks on Top | 11/5/1969 | See Source »

While Bostonians are voting, 38 other Massachusetts cities are also holding elections, most of them to choose new mayors. Of particular interest is the mayoral election in Somerville. There, political newcomer Rev. S. Lester Ralph, an Episcopal minister, is running against a candidate accused of using his post as clerk of the Somerville District Court to further his political ambitions...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Major Cities Vote Today | 11/4/1969 | See Source »

...search for peace. The leadership group went the same way, 55% to 20%. Neither the leaders nor the public expressed any illusions about freedom in North Viet Nam, and both agreed that the Hanoi government commands more loyalty from its citizens than the Saigon regime. Said Ralph Comfortes of Los Angeles: "We are supporting a government that has no support from the Buddhists. We don't have the support of the Viet peasant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans on the War Divided, Glum, Unwilling to Quit | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

Back on the ground, with little but their own dignity to hide behind, Laurence Olivier, Harry Andrews, Ralph Richardson and Trevor Howard have some good sport impersonating various historical figures who stand about the control room looking grim but determined. There is a thunderous, pseudo-symphonic score to delude the audience into believing that various moments are tense, exciting, exhilarating, tragic, or all of those things at once. It also helps keep people awake during the movie's interminable 2-hr. 10-min. running time, in which it often seems that The Battle of Britain takes longer to watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Their Feignest Hour | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

...NADER REPORT OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION by Edward F. Cox, Robert C. Fellmeth and John E. Schulz. 230 pages. Baron. $5.95. A tell-it-like-it-is indictment of one of Washington's most slovenly agencies. One can only hope that, like the Hardy boys, Ralph Nader's student crusaders will follow up with a full-scale series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: One Week: The Literary Overflow | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

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