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GOP candidates will be represented by local speakers at this district rally

Tacoma News-Tribune

T3cu rrt • J "i I • 
_, 1 r· - D. Ci 3 .. 1 
OCT 1 - 1968 
,. 
CandiUates 
Rally Set By 
GOP Club 
A candidates' rally will mark 
the 212th consecutive monthly 
meeting of the 29th District 
Republican Club Wednesday at 
Brad's Restaurant, 9201 Pacific 
Ave. 
Dinner will be held at 6:30 
p.m. followed by the speakers 
an hour later with R. H. Ziehm 
as program chairman. 
Thor Tollefson will speak in 
behalf of Richard Nixon, with 
Jim Thorpe speaking for Jack 
Metcalf, candidate for U.S. 
Senate. 
Anthony Chase will speak for 
his own candidacy for 6th 
District representative in Con-
gress. 
William GOOdwin J r ., will 
r epresent Gov. Dan Evans, 
while Ree Bailey will speak 
for Art Fletcher , candidate for 
lieutenant g o v e r n o r , and 
Stanley V/orswick will spe'sk for 
bis old boss, Secretary of State 
A. Ludlow Kramer. 
Anne Baird Sherman, can-
didate for state auditor, and 
Slade Gorton, running for at-
torney general, will speak for 
themselves, as will Marv Toin· 
mervik, who is running for 
county commissioner, District 2. 
Anita Jones and Bill Smith . . 
who are runrung for state 
representative posts from the 
district, also will speak. 
President Richard Soukup will 
announce the nominating com-
mittee to select club officer 
candidate for 1969. 


English

Candidates Rally Set by GOP Club

Agrees to represent a prisoner at a parole hearing for $750.00

Thurman, Marjorie C.

Leachman, King, Thurman & Marshall

Doss, James L.

© 
LAW OFFICES 
L E A CHMAN, K ING. TH URMAN & MARSHALL 
ATTORNEYS AT LAW 
SUITE 2301 • NATIONAL. BANK Of" GEO"OtA BUtL.DINO 
MARIE LEACHMAN 
MARJORIE KING 
MAR JORIE THURMAN 
O . .J A NE MARSHALL.. 
Mr . James L . Doss 
ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303 
May 8 , 1972 
Register Numb r 336 28 
Post Office Box 1000 
Steilacoom, Washington 98388 
D ear Mr . Doss : 
TELEPHONE 
5 24·0889 
!525·11118 
In r esponse to your letter of April 30 , I would be happy to represent 
you in your cas befor e the United Stat s Boar d of Parole . 
My fee fo r handling a parole matter is $750 . I can guarantee nothing 
except my best efforts in your behalf . 
If you are interested in my proceeding with your case , please make 
a rrangements for the fee and I shall advise you on what I will need to 
subs tantia t a reques t fo r r econsid ra tion . 
Wi th kind regards, I am 
LEACHMAN~lKING , THURMAN & MARSHALL 


Letter

Specific vote totals for each county in the Yakima Valley. In all three (Yakima, Benton, Kittitas), AF beat everyone except Cherberg; in Yakima and Benton, he even beat Cherberg

Yakima Herald Republic

Election Results from Throughout the Yakima Valley

Aberdeen Daily World

Voter Apathy Greets Political Aspirants 
di~~AT~ ( P)-:-Ninety can·, seeking statewide office. Ind~ca· 1 · Seaittle attorney_ Marvin Du~n- \ In a few races, legislative in· 
or .~s or st~tew1de and con-1 tions were he would run third. mg had the backing of the 11~- cumbents were having to 
w:ss~onal offices went before I The other black candidate, I eral _Washington Democratic scramble for renomination . 
. shmgton vo~ers m Tuesday's Pasco Ciity Councilman Art Council, but State Sen. Fred H. Two of -the closest were for the 
Pri_mary election amid wide- Fletcher, appeared to be in a Dore and Don A~el Jr. ha~ well t~e D~mocrat\c Senate nomina-
spr ead reports of voter apathy close battle for the GOP nom- kn~~n names lD Washington tions in the 27th District, where 
A ·t urnout of around 51 per ination for lieutenant governor. politics. All three are _from Seat- veteran Sen. George W. Kupka 
cen_t of the state's 1.5 million The poll showed him with a nar- tle. The other candida1tes are f~c.ed fellow Tacoman Joe Stor-
!eg1stered voters _was expected row edge over speedboat driver John G. McCutcheon of _Ta- tim, and the 23rd Distric~ 
m the 5,943 precmcts between Bill Muncey. The winner is ex- coma and Donald L. Navoru of where Gordon L. Walgren has 
7 a .m., when the polls opened 1 pected to face incumbent John Seattle. Rep. Slade Gorton of waged a determined battle 
and 8 p.m .• when they were t~ A. Cherberg, who held a strong Seattle is unopposed on the GOP to unseat Sen. Frances Haddon 
close. lead over two primary oppon- side. Morgan. 
Showery weaither was predict- ents. I _ _,,.----~~~-~--______... 
ed. U. S. Sen. Warren G. Magnu-
EVANS SEEN WINNER son was considered a cinch for 
Republican Gov. Dan Evans the Democratic nomination 
seeking a second four _ yea; against bis bookseller challeng-
term, had four opponents, but er, Arthur DeWitt, S~attle. State 
was expected to win renomina- Sen . . Jack Metcalf. is expe~ted 
tion easily. The only question t? wm the Republican nomma-
was how his vote would stack twn. 
up with that of his prospective INCUMBENTS TO SURVIVE 
DemocraHc challengers. Although a number of them 
Evans planned to cast his bal- had opposition. the incumbent 
lot between 10:30 and 11 a.m. congressmen in all seven dis-
in the precinct in the Laurel- tricts appeared able to survive 
burst District of Seattle where the primary with ease. There 
be voted when be served in the were lively con·tests for opposi-
legisla ture. tion nominations in some dis-
A poll taken by University of tricts. 
Washington political science stu- All 99 state House seats and 
dents purported to show Atty. 25 of 49 Senate seats also were 
Gen. John· J. O'Connell with a on the ballot. 
lengthening lead for the Demo- One of the most spirited con-
cra tic nomination. His oppon- tests of the primary involved 
ents were State Sen. Martin the Democratic race for the at-
Durkan and Jack Tanner, Ta- torney general post being va-
coma lawyer. cated by O'Connell. Five men 
Tanner 1s one of two Negroes were in the running. 


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Theodore Roosevelt Building

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Smith, Adam C.

St. Petersburg Times

Subj: Blacks: Jeb will pay for 2000 
Date: 5/6/2002 12:06:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time 
From: 
To: 
CC: 
Blacks: Jeb will pay for 2000 
Getting a Bush out of the Governor's Mansion will make up for a Bush in the White House, they say. 
By ADAM C. SMITH , Times Political Editor 
© St. Petersburg Times 
published May 5, 2002 
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JACKSONVILLE - Behind the grated windows and concrete walls of north Jacksonville's Denmark restaurant, 
signs warn that no one with their pants hanging below their buttocks will be served . The line of customers 
stretches to the door, past images of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass on the wal l. 
Some 16 months after roughly 16,000 African-American votes for president in Duval County were tossed out as 
invalid , nobody talks politics here. The lunchtime chitchat among patrons munching collard greens and fried fish 
bounces from the Jacksonville Jaguars to office gossip to Denmark's legendary beef stew. 
The contested 2000 election doesn't come up. But nobody says it's forgotten . 
"Saying African-Americans are still angry about that election is a big understatement," Susan Phillips, a 30-
something school system employee said while waiting for her fried chicken . "People may not talk about it like they 
used to , and a lot people liked what the president was doing after Sept. 11 . But nobody has forgotten , and most 
people around here think Jeb Bush had a lot to do with giving that election to his brother. 
"I think people are more motivated to vote than ever before." 
As much as the Sept. 11 attacks muted public grousing over the Florida recount, the controversy is anything but 
over. Democratic leaders are working to channel resentment over the presidential election into a big Democratic 
turnout this fall as they try to unseat Gov. Bush . 
Among the state's roughly 1-million black voters , that resentment simmers just below the surface. Dozens of 
African-American voters from Jacksonville to the Tampa Bay area to Miami indicated in interviews that President 
Bush's disputed victory in 2000 remains a powerful incentive to go to the polls this November to try push the 
president's younger brother out of the Governor's Mansion. Few are paying much attention to the Democratic 
primary, but most are united in their opposition to Jeb Bush. 
'When your country is attacked, you rally behind the president," said Tim Walker, a music student at Edward 
Waters College in Jacksonville. "But that doesn't change what happened in 2000. There's no doubt I'm going to 
vote , and I'm going to vote against Jeb Bush . It may never be proven, but I'll always have in my heart that he had 
something to do with stealing that election." 
Dorsey Miller knows he has one of the toughest jobs in Florida . The Bush campaign recently hired the prominent 
former school administrator from Broward County to coordinate African-American minority outreach efforts. 
Miller acknowledges Bush has a tougher job reaching black voters this year than four years ago, despite a strong 
record of diverse appointments and management-level hires. He says the fault lies partly on Bush and his 
advisers. 
"The perception has been that this governor doesn't care , but what happened was we didn't fight back and didn't 
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say anything (to challenge critics) or put the record out there," said Miller, who estimates he is among 50,000 
African-American Republicans in Florida. 
But roughly 9 of every 10 black voters are Democrats. 
Bush courted black voters in 1998 and won 14 percent of the black vote , an apparent record for a Florida 
Republican in a statewide race. But his move to substitute his One Florida initiative for affirmative action in 
university admissions and public contracting has angered many black Democrats. The 2000 election, where 
African-American votes were disproportionately rejected because of ballot problems, further fuels that distrust. 
"We have a tough row to hoe," Miller said. "But we're committed to work as hard as we can to get the governor's 
record out there ." 
* *. 
NW Seventh Avenue in the Liberty City area of Miami is a commercial district with empty, boarded up storefronts , 
a smattering of black-owned businesses with bars on their windows and few customers, and the occasional mural 
featuring King or African flags . 
"Come unto me , all ye that labor ... and I shall give you rest," reads the Biblical slogan at Mop City barber shop. 
Inside, owner Johnny Cheeley turned from the TV soaps and wondered whether some black voters will skip 
voting because they no longer trust the election system. 
He talked softly of the Bush record he sees. Schools are packed with portable classrooms, he said , Florida 
continues to be ranked at bottom of education statistics, and public school dollars go toward private school 
vouchers . 
Barber Curtis Crews gestured with his electric clippers and complained Democrat Al Gore did not fight hard 
enough for "the truth" during the 2000 recount. 
"I'm not someone who follows politics all that closely, but I'll never forget what happened with that stolen election ," 
Crews said as his customer, W.L. Jordan , nodded in agreement from a worn black leather barber chair. "You get 
slapped in the face , and you never forget it. That's what happened to blacks in Florida. We got slapped in the 
face. In November, I think we're going to turn out in recor·d numbers." 
A third barber, a young man named Roosevelt Toliver, listened silently for more than 10 minutes. After finishing 
with his customer, Toliver chased a reporter down the street. 
'What really happened is the Democrats tried to steal the election for Al Gore," he said. 
Toliver is an avid Republican ('The Roosevelt is for Teddy," he quipped). He ticked off Bush's record as if he were 
the governor's campaign manager: a new law school for Florida A&M University , diverse hiring and appointments, 
ending affirmative action programs that he said "institutionalized racism and sexism," more contracts for minority 
businesses and tougher school standards to ensure people don't graduate high school unable to read . 
"People of African descent are tired of the deceit, the lack of ideas and the poor results they've gotten for their 
votes from Democrats," Toliver said. "It's about communication. Bush must tell his story. He can't allow the 
Democrats to give an assessment of his record ." 
* •• 
On Main Street in West Tampa , it doesn't take much to stir up the half-dozen retirees trading stories, gossip and 
the occasional beer under the No Loitering signs. Mention Bush - Jeb or George - and the 2000 election , and 
the discussion will burn as long as one of the hickory logs stacked outside the Bar-B-Que King next door. 
"People are still angry about the stuff that happened ," said Ed Willie Hall , 65, a retired waiter at Morrison's 
Cafeteria who predicted higher-than-usual voter turnout this fall. "I don 't know whether he stole it or not. " 
Hilton Smith , 69, a retired truck driver and diehard Democrat who has voted in every election he can remember, 
agreed. 
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"More people are interested in (politics) now than they were," Smith said . "I got some voting-age kids, and they're 
talking about voting the next election , and they never voted before. "Granddaddy, Dad , who you going to vote for? 
I'm going to vote for them, too.' " 
Smith's answer? 
Anybody but Bush . 
Ira Bell , 55, a former car hauler who manages several properties in Tampa, said President Bush unfairly won . He 
predicted that Jeb Bush will pay for it come November, and he plans to vote for Tampa lawyer Bill McBride in the 
Democratic primary. 
Neither Bush cares about the working man , Bell said. He argued that while gas prices are soaring and friends are 
being laid off, the president is using the war in Afghanistan to divert attention from economic troubles at home. 
Meanwhile, Bell said , the governor has failed the schools. "People are energized to vote because they want him 
out of there ." 
••• 
Few black voters recognize the names of three of the four main Democratic candidates for governor: McBride, 
state Sen . Daryl Jones of Miami and state Rep. Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach. Most recognize the 
frontrunner, former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. 
But many voters outside South Florida crinkled their nose or shook their head at the mention of Reno, even as 
they pledged to back anybody challenging Bush. Reno is afflicted with Parkinson's disease , and some voters said 
they are worried about her health even as she and her doctors say it should not be a concern. Others allude to 
Reno's role in the assault on the Branch Davidian complex in Texas and in returning Elian Gonzalez to relatives in 
Cuba. 
"Janet Reno is the only name you hear, but I just don't know that Janet ought to be running , with her health and 
other problems," Ralph Holmes, a 42-year-old Jacksonville McDonald's manager, said as he left a driver's license 
office . 
On her home turf around Miami , Reno is widely beloved. 
Inside her Coconut Grove ranch home, retired educator Frankie Shannon Rolle laughed when asked about 
McBride. 
"She's the person , and she will win ," Mrs. Rolle said of Reno. "I've known that lady for a long time, and she has a 
genuine spirit about her. People are people in her eyes." 
Down the street, school bus driver Alice Williams spoke of Reno like a saint. 
"That lady came through and helped a heap of poor people get on their feet, and getting these deadbeat dads to 
pay child support," Mrs. Williams said . "Every black person is going to walk or crawl or do whatever it takes to 
vote for Janet.'' 
The focus 1is not on choosing between Democrats in the September primary but on beating Bush in November. 
"People made an attempt to move on from that election , but for so long African-Americans didn't have the 
privilege that others enjoyed, so what happened in 2000 cut straight to the heart," said James Richardson, a 38-
year-old computer specialist from Jacksonville. "Even though some people have tried to move on, it's going to be 
an emotional part of this campaign ." 
- Times staff writer Wes Allison contributed to this report. Adam C. Smith can be reached at (127) 893-9241 or 
adam@sptimes.com. 
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Subj: FW: Renewal of Contact 
Date: 4/22/2002 12:36:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time 
From: 
To: 
Sent from the Internet 
-----Orig ina I Message-----
From: Harry Alford 
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:33 AM 
To: Jeni-Lynn Deal 
Subject: FW: Renewal of Contact 
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles DeBow 
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 9:48 AM 
To: Harry Alford; Jeni-Lynn Deal; Kay DeBow 
Subject: FW: Renewal of Contact 
-----Origina l Message-----
From: L.stacycow@aol .com [ma ilto: Lstacycow@aol .com] 
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:02 AM 
To: info@nationalbcc.org 
Subject: Renewal of Contact 
Dear DR Fletcher: 
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I hope you remember the Air Force Chaplain that you met in Yokota Japan during the year 1992-93. I am he. L. 
Stacy Cowan, I separated from the Air Force 1997. I am now serving as Pastor of the Philips Memorial United 
Methodist Church in New Orleans, La. I need to talk with you . Contact me at the following numbers. 
504 246 5056 Home 
504 460 1726 Cell 
L. Stacy Cowan 
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