Tuesday, November 5. 1974
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KU grad leads in Colorado race
By DON SMITH
Reporter
A University of Kansas graduate, now a Colorado state senator, is favored to be elected Colorado's first black lieutenant governor today.
State Sen, George Brown Jr., 48, a Lawrence native, and State Rep. Dick Egan, the Denver Democrat ticket for state offices in Colorado. The Ticket governor and Brown for lieutenant governor is expected to receive about $3 per ballot according to a Denver Post poll published Monday.
Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, live in Lawrence along with his sister, Harriet Hamm. Brown also has a sister living in Boulder.
Their Republican opponents, Gov. John Vanderhoof and State Sen. Ted Strickland are expected to poll about 39 per cent of the votes cast.
3 debate teams dominate meet
Texas, Illinois and Missouri teams dominated the debate tournament that ended yesterday at the University of Kansas.
Southwest Missouri State University placed first among 46 teams in the senior division. The junior division's winner was Texas Christian University.
Eastern Illinois University earned second place honors in the senior division. Baylor University and another Southwest Missouri State team tied for third place.
In the junior division, Illinois State University was second, and Southwest Missouri State and Bradley University placed third.
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About 100 persons attended the final round yesterday in the Kansas Union.
Mrs. Brown talked about her son's campaign last night.
"I talked to my daughter yesterday, and she said they are running ahead. You know how politics are, though, so I don't know them, but hope tomorrow." Mrs. Brown said.
Brown, a 1946 graduate of Lawrence High School and a 1950 graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism at KU, has also interested in politics, his mother said.
"Even when he was a little boy, he was a black man, the slave and the wolf," he said.
After finishing high school, Brown entered the Army and later enrolled in journalism. At the time, Mrs. Brown thought she's made its expectations might have been too high.
"He told me not to worry. He said, 'There are seven blacks working for major newspapers and I think I can be the eighth.'" Mrs. Brown said.
In 1950, Brown was hired by the Denver Post.
Brown reported minority affairs for the Post and was night city editor when he resigned from the paper after being elected state senator.
In August, Brown won the Democratic primary and was selected to run with
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Lamm for lieutenant governor. Brown received 104,148 votes, and his primary opponent Geraldine Bean received 82,141 votes.
"He's come a long way," Mrs. Brown said. "You're probably going to be able he could make it because he was black."
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According to the Denver Post Poll, the Lamm-Brown ticket will win today.
"He said that there were black people who would vote for him and that there would be white people who would not vote for him but he said there were many more who would vote for him and disregard his race," Mrs. Brown said.
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Mrs. Brown said Julian Bond, a state senator, Georgia Gov. Nikki Randolph and her Jackson hatchback with her
"He said people there respected him. Peopleliked him because he cares for his children."
"The doors are open. White people will accent blacks in politics" she said
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If Brown is elected, his parents will travel to Denver in January.
"We'll be out there for the inauguration if he gets elected," Mrs. Brown said.
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Ethics guidelines limit free tickets
Guidelines prohibiting the distribution of free tickets for University events to state legislators and officials, excluding the governor, recently were adopted by the board of Presidents, which comprises the board of all the states-supported universities.
The guidelines were drawn up as a result of an opinion written by the Kansas State University opinion concerned a new law that forbids a legislator from accepting gifts worth more than $100 from a lobbyist, said Lynn Helleburt, executive secretary of the state.
Max Bickford, executive secretary of the Board of Regents, said legislators would be notified by mail after the election of the council's decision to ban free tickets. Some of the legislators will be surprised and upset when they learn of the decision. Bickford
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