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The Perry Area’s Favorite Newspaper For The Past 100 Years VOL. 101 NO. 32 Heavy Voter Turn Out Climaxes Exciting Houston County Races Talton, Perdue, Barker Win Heavily; Two Runoffs Set , iyil r JA Wk imju / l|| JB j* Cullen Talton Nunn Gets In Runoff By Bobby Branch Perry’s favorite son U.S. Senatorial candidate has evidently captured a run-off spot with incumbent David Gambrell in an August 29 run-off election between the top two Democratic vote getters in Tuesday’s elec tion. At press time, Nunn had gotten 23 per cent of the state vote while Gambrell had 32 per cent. Third place runner, OVIIUVW. U UIIVO Representative District 100 Larry Walker Wins Race By Bobby Branch Perry attorney Larry Walker overwhelmed Perry businessman Kevin Sumner for the 100th district seat in the Georgia General Assembly representing jm s e ftk ■ 5 m • jpwi p Mrs. Janice Walker congratulates her husband, Larry, on his victory in Tuesday’s election. Walker was nominated tor a two year term as State Representative from District 100. The Houston Home Journal ft \\ 7? /' 'v David Perdue former Gov. Ernest Van diver, was running about 20 per cent. Nunn was in his Atlanta headquarters in the early morning hours of Wednesday looking and acting very “calm and cool as a cucumber”, according to Avon Buice of Perry, who has worked in the Nunn campaign from the begin ning. Nunn and his staff plan to southern Houston County, a portion of Macon County and all of Schley County. Houston County totals were 2,500 for Walker and 719 for Sumner. Macon County went 1,038 for PAGE 1-A 4Mm& mMO^ Ed Barker begin work right away for the all important run-off spot. Many observers are saying Vandiver and some of the other candidates may lend their support to the Nunn campaign but there has been no official word on that matter as yet. Nunn left for Atlanta Tuesday morning fresh from a barbecue here in Perry sponsored by his supporters. Cont on Page 2 Walker and 244 for Sumner. Schley County went 808 for Walker and 202 for Sumner. The race was not nearly as close as some observers in Perry had predicted. Sumner was expected to PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUG. 10, 1972 30 PAGES By Bobby Branch A record number of Houston County voters went to the polls Tuesday- many standing in line as long as an hour - and cast their ballots in one of the most exciting campaigns in recent history. An electrical storm in parts of the County caused a delay Tuesday afternoon in voting and the Perry precinct votes were not completed until around midnight Tuesday because the absentee ballots in the county (about 500) were counted by hand by Perry poll workers. The races for the County’s constitutional officers and state senator created the most local interest. In cumbent sheriff Albert Hudson was soundly defeated by former County Commissioner Cullen Talton, who wanted a strong campaign calling for complete reform and reorganization of the sheriff’s dept. Talton’s county wide vote was 7,697 to Hudson’s 4,145. Hudson, who was seeking his third 4 year term, lost in every percinct including his home precincts of Warner Robins. Incumbent county school supt. David A. Perdue beat back a political newcomer challenger A1 Jones to begin his sixteenth year as head of the public schools. Jones carry a big black vote and corner a fair share of white votes in the district but Walker’s power throughout the entire district was under estimated by many but the candidate himself. The district 100 race has created considerable in terest in Perry with both candidates waging a vigorous but cleanly fought campaign. The candidates stuck to the issues and it was the most issue-oriented race in the campaign. Walker, who is a political newcomer, will take his seat in the Georgia General Assembly in January. He is presently serving as the Perry City attorney and is a former Judge of the Municipal Court here. He is 29 years old. The district 100 post was created by the last session of the Georgia General Assembly in a state-wide reapportionment of the legislative districts. Houston County now actually has a total of three legislators including two from Warner Robins. Walker stated, “I am most humble and grateful for the vote of confidence shown to me in Tuesday’s election. It was a hard, cleanly fought campaign. I pledge my best efforts in behalf of the people of the 100th district and I promise to do my utmost to represent everyone in a fair and impartial manner to the best of my ability.” campaigned strongly on the theme of “time for a change” but his campaign never really threatened Perdue. Senator Stanley Smith of Perry was defeated in his - re-election bid to represent the 18th senatorial district consisting of Houston, Peach GENERAL PRIMARY nMAL R b| ULT | DIRICT PROM SUCTION CKNTRAL IN KfMNIR ROBINS HOUSTON COUNTY Aug. 8, 1972 Warner Robins Elko Hayneville Bonaire Kathleen Heard Centerville Perry Henderson TOTAL STATE SENATOR Ed Barker (D) 4738 ~53 151 298 94 110 347 1230 35 7056 Stanley Smith (D) 2325 127 I 60 198 63 120 285 1419 |73 | 4570 Tony Robbins (R) ! 429 STATE REP. IN THE GEN. ASSEMBLY Kevin Sumner (D) 13 82 8 7 16 ~~566~ 27 719 Larry Walker (D) - 79 127 61 66 ~92 - 1986 89 2500 99th District "■ ■' ' ■ - ■ - ■ E. Vince Moyer (D) | 2474 I • | • j 203 | • |~49 I 85 | - I • | 2937 M. L. Robbins (0) 1 1389 : I 153 l _ 27 33 ■ I 1678 9Bth District ~ ■ " ' """■ " HZIZZI ' ' 1— Kenneth E. Greer (D) ! 2734 (Ted) W, Waddle (R) 442 JUDGE, SUPERIOR COURT Willis B. Hunt, Jr. (D) 0240 DISTRICT ATTORNEY Jas. H. (Jim) Harmon T 2312 18 96 139 32 77 264 582 31 355 F r Joneal Lee (D) 2411 41 47 164 53 87 214 1458 46 4521 Joel a Willis, Jr (D) 2000 13 32 149 52 44 150 424 18 2882 ORDINARY Clinton K, Watson, Jr, (D) : 8893 CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT Tommie S. Hunt (D) I 8666 i SHERIFF Albert Hudson (D) 2636 39 62 F 79 58 82 199 937 53 4145 j Cullen Talton, Jr (D) 4470 52 168 437 115 154 446 1774 81 7697 TAX COMMISSIONER Joyce B. Griffin (D) | | | | T I 9450 CORONER Ben A, Tiller (D) I 8389 | mmummmmm^mmmmmm COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MA. "AI" Jones (D~j 3022 ~20 109 ' 180 65 81 246 1020 41 4784 David A. Perdue (D) 4116 67 108 337 105 151 402 1761 I 74 7141 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Post 3 i —————— mmmmrnmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmm^mmmmmmammmmm Herman Wills (0) 7241 I I ■ * I ■ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi mm, ■ n.-i i i i —■—. - Dr. V. W. McEver, Jr. (R) I 466 Host 4 ~ ' ' ~ • ZZUZZI ' • Archie L. Campbell, Jr. (D) 1951 10 21 136 47 44 134 323 |lB I 2684 Quinton Moody (D) 2860 2 35 160 32 58 227 404 24 3802 Frank Rozar (D) 1953 62 149 190 78 120 247 1900 68 4777 Posts ~ ~ 1,1 • ~ — lll John J (Jerry) Broxton (D) 2930 13 33 186 68 79 222 575 24 4130 H. Alton Tucker (D) 3575 65 ~1 130 288 77 140 394 1986 |73 I 672 j | cousin BOARD OF ED Post 2 . Mrs G N Elliott (D) 1938 9 26 74 27 40 133 444 19 2710 Mrs Thelma T Ross (D) 641 17 92 34 26 16 43 652 53 1574 Len Showalter (D) 563 10 17 46 13 21 64 143 6 883 Dr. W. G. Talbert (D) 3760 [39 174 326 76 I 142 I 368 I 1517 150 1 6352 Host A ' ■ —— ' ■' .. Glynn Greenway (0) 2542 26 34 197 51 68 230 868 20 4Q36 ~~Gienn E Heck (D) 3703 33 123 237 67 131 "~339~~ 1377 53 6063 and a portion of Macon Counties in what is being termed a major upset. Smith has long been a powerful figure in the state senate and a close ally of Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox. He was defeated by Warner Robins businessman Ed Barker, who has been closely linked with Gov. Jimmy Carter. It has been rumored that Gov. Carter was strongly supporting Barker in his bid to unseat Smith, who was a leader in the senate to curtail much of Carter’s reorganization bill. The Houston totals for that race were 7,056 for Barker and 4,570 for Smith. Smith also lost in Peach County with Barker getting 1076 votes to 910 for Smith. Barker will face Republican Tony Robins for the senate seat in November. There will be a run-off in the race for District At torney between Joneal Lee ConL on Page 2