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• Publication Date: August 3, 1960
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THE DAILY TRIBUNE AUGUST 3, 1960
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Party_C"ntv Dates
J, Oakland county rii oc ra m n i e Tegislators
tnatchgd ex OSS agent James primary opposition,
Kepis ..w inst Republican Con-I "both Democrats,. won renomina-
lien; Twe name candidates were
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gressma li irn S. Broomfield
totntnat-d?-.#,t1F_Qond..probate
in Tuesdays primary. Republicans judg e? and the $4-million court
settled 'thiir main race by nomi-' house tax was re ected.
nating State. Rep. Farrell E. Rob- J'.:
erts for the state senate. Partisan Vote lv
There were no surprises. The County Republicans chose Con.
gressman "Alvin M. Bentley for
the U.S. Senate by a 22,-1 margin
over Donald S. Leonard, once the
party's candidate for governor.
Bentley carried the state. Demo-
cratic. Senator Patrick J. McNa-
mara, without oppsition, polled
32,443 votes in the county.
An interesting fact was the size
of the Republican vote-perhaps
a look-in for November, when the
Presidential election will swell the
turnout on both sides.
The Republican ballot offered
few choices, particularly in Oak-
land cot}nt Yet the CHOP vote
was hid ar behind theturi it
of Democrats, who had factional
disputes to settle as well as a
string of contested nominations.
Unopposed Republicans in county
offices ran ahead of the Demo.
critic vote in ever yinstan.ce.
Narrow Margin-
Kellis won the Congressional
nomination by 97votes in a con.
test that saws didates split
36,000 votes ~`. Johno t4
Chrysler corporation official, was .
second. Councilman Zigmund J.
ltiiparko of Hazel Park and Farm-
ington Realtor Leo P. Meagher
tar third and fourth.
Broomfield, unopposed, polled
33,628 votes.
Kellis, ex-Air Force colonel
fho said he once directed spy
fligTits over Russia "and who has
been extremely crrtical of U.S.
intelligence efforts, defense plan-
ning, and N fgreign policy, immedi-
ately challenged Broomfield to de-
bate these issues.
"Voters nominated State Senator
L. Harvey Lodge and Donald E.
Adams, Waterfor dtownship jus-
tice of the peace, for the new
probate judgeship. Adams, brother
of Circuit Judge Clark J. Adams,
ran well ahead with 11,112 votes.
Lodge won the second nomination
with 8,477. Only one other can-
didate topped 5,000 votes.
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