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Incumbent Democratic Senator Hubert Humphries defeated Republican candidate Bjornson by a clear margin...
...reward to anyone who could prove him a thief. Taking a broom as his campaign's cleanup symbol, Quadros appealed to the downtrodden with such rabble-rousing slogans as "War on the Corrupt Rich!" It was a close race, undecided until last week; Jânio's margin was a mere 18,304 votes out of nearly 2,000,000 cast. Promised Jânio in his victory speech: "I will protect and defend the working class and the poor. There will be one weight and one measure...
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., an old hand at the high-volume, low-margin selling practiced by the new discount houses, is slashing back at the upstarts. It will indirectly cut prices by giving away merchandise certificates with some of its major appliances (e.g., a $38 coupon with a $384.95 refrigerator...
...expect the Democrats to gain in the House by 20 or 30 seats, and in the Senate by a much narrower margin," Robert G. McCloskey, associate professor of Government stated yesterday. Arthur A. Maass, assistant professor of Government, also conceded Democratic control of the House, but called the senatorial outcome "a toss-up." Most professors expected all election breaks to favor the Democrats...
...rosy glow has been whipped away by the ic political winds the Republicans now feel; reports from the states indicate a Democratic victor tomorrow. In a last minute attempt to win the margin his party needs, Vice President Nixon has been beating the campaign drum with a volley of irresponsible charges, shuttling about the country crying that the Democrats are "soft on communism." The pundits who thought the purge of McCarthy meant a return to sanity now see the Senator returning in the robes of the Vice-President...