Word: zumwalt
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With decisive labor and Negro votes, Democrats have controlled St. Louis for years. Cervantes' G.O.P. opponent was Maurice R. Zumwalt, 62, a storm-door manufacturer who twice before had run for office and had lost. The Republican gave it all he had. He put up signs that said "Zoom with Zumwalt," staged a 30-hour sit-in outside the office of the Board of Election Commissioners to emphasize his demands that police protection be provided at every polling place. A red-jacketed waiter served Zumwalt a steak dinner in the lobby, where the candidate spent the night...
...votes in, Cervantes came out on top by 81,330 to 66,888. The Democratic nomination for mayor in St. Louis has, for the past 16 years, resulted in election, and Cervantes is virtually certain to win over his Republican opponent in the April 6 general election: Maurice Zumwalt, a storm-door manufacturer...