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GURNEY
FLORIDA REPUBLICANS MAY ASK SENATOR EDWARD GURNEY TO WITHDRAW HIS
CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION. A MIAMI BASED G-O-P LEADERS SAID SUCH
WITHDRAWAL WOULD BE FOR THE GOOD OF THE PARTY.
GURNEY HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN JACKSONVILLE ON
CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY, BRIBERY, PERJURY AND A COVERUP. HE AND SIX
OTHER PERSONS ARE ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY PROCURING 233 tEDUSAND DOLLARS
FROM CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS SEEKING U-S HOUSING CONTRACT
INFLUENCE.
-DASH.~
ROBERT ROSASCO, DADE COUNTY G-O-P CHAIRMAN, SAYS THE CONSENSUS AMONG
REPUBLICAN LEADERS IS THAT THE PARTY WILL BE BETTER OFF IF SENATOR
GURNEY DOESN'T RUN. HE THUS CONFIRMED REPORTS THAT A MOVE IS UNDER
WAY WITHIN THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN STRUCTURE TO APPEAL TO GURNEY TO
STEP ASIDE. THERE IS NO INDICATION AS TO HOW STRONG THE NDVE MAY BE.
BUT TWO PROMINENT FLORIDA REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY ARE CONSIDERI W
SEEKING THE PARTY'S SENATE NOMINATIOIN IN THE FALL PRIMARY.
FEATURE
IN DETROIT, POLICE LIEUTENANT EUGENE CAVISTON SAYS, IF HE WASN'T
MARRIED HE COULD SEE FIVE DIFFERENr GIRLS IN FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTIES
FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK. BUTj HE ADDS, IF HE GOES OUT TO SEE HIS WIFE
DURING THE WEEK, HE'S HELn TO BE DOING SOMETHING ROTTEN. CAVISTON IS
PROTESTING A DEPARTMENT RULING THAT REQUIRES HIM TO LIVE IN THE CITY
AND PERMITS HIM ONLY TWO VISITS A WEEK TO THE SUBURB WHERE HE HAS A
WIFE AND CHILDREN AND MAINTAINS HIS ROME.-DASH-
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Gurney], script, July 12, 1974, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1973600/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.