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Jostling through the victory-night crowd at his Manhattan campaign head quarters, Richard Nixon savored an un familiar sensation. For the first time in years, he felt like a winner again. "We won't need a recount," he chuckled to the crowd. "This is a beginning, a very smashing victory...
...politician better demonstrated than in his madcap race for mayor. It was never exactly clear why he was doing it. He knew he didn't have a prayer of winning. When a reporter asked him what he would do if elected, he quipped, "I'd demand a recount." One of his aims was to spoil John Lindsay's chances: to Buckley, nothing is more reprehensible than a liberal Republican, because he has diluted conservative doctrine. His politics largely formed by the neat formulations of books rather than by the messy maneuverings of everyday life, Buckley would like...
Allan R. Rosenberg, attorney for Vote on Vietnam, said that he would advise the group against contesting the count. According to Rosenberg, a reversal of the commission's findings would require a complete recount with a district judge overseeing the Election Commission's work. He commented that obtaining the additional 1300 valid signatures would be "almost too painful to contemplate...
...Senate, as is the usual custom. Deeply embarrassed by editorial reaction to the loutish ribaldry that accompanied the vote against the rat bill in July, some Republicans realized that they had bought themselves a huge political liability-who wants to be for rats and against children?-and welcomed a recount. But there is little indication that the House has, in fact, changed its mind on helping the cities. "There is no change in the House of Representatives' attitude," said G.O.P. Minority Leader Gerald Ford. "The House Republicans are going to continue to insist on substantial savings in all domestic...
Delta Gains. In the campaign for Lieutenant Governor, voting was so close between Governor Paul Johnson, 51 (who ran for the No. 2 spot because state law prevents him from succeeding himself), and State Representative Roy Black, 52, that a recount appeared necessary for the runoff against Front Runner Attorney Charley Sullivan, 42. Byron De La Beckwith, still under indictment after two mistrials for the 1963 murder of Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers, netted only 34,000 votes. In all, 670,000 of the state's 800,000 eligible voters went to the polls, including nearly...