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Lester Maddox

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ATLANTA — Lester Maddox,
a strong disciple of racial seg-)
‘ragation, apparently won nom-)
jination Wednesday as the Demo-|
cratic candidate for governor of
Georgia.

With 1,034 of 1,908 precincts)
reported, Maddox had 279,783)
votes to 166,209 for former Gov.)
Ellis Arnall, who is regarded as.
a racial moderate. |



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| MADDOX, who identified him-|
jself with Alabama Gov. George)
|\C. Wallace, campaigned against)
‘the “Great Society and godless)
communism. |

| Arnall vowed to move Georgia

forward into the “21st century."’)

Arnall carried the suburban
areas of Atlanta, Savannah and
Macon, but the margin was not

+ jenough to offset the rural vote

|that went to Maddox.

Maddox appeared on the |
| way to the greatest upset in
recent Georgia political his-
tory in a campaign.in which |
the old line politicians re-
| mained silent.

Arnall had led five other can-
\didates in the Sept. 14 primary
|but was forced into a runoff by
| Maddox. |

Maddox, 50, waved a pistol|
and provided ax handles for cus-|
\tomers to chase Negroes from)
|his cafeteria last year. He)
jelosed his restaurant rather|
than desegregate, He has no pr e:|
vious political experience.

Arnall, 69, who maintained
loyalty to the national Democra-
tic Party, said that Republicans)
were supporting Maddox becaus)
they considered him an eagsier|
opponent for Rep. Howard H.|
Callaway, the GOP nominee’ for|
governor,

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Maddox called Arnall a super-| ;

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