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Tuesday November 5, 1974
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This Day In 1970's History: Tuesday November 5, 1974
  • Democrats swept toward domination of the next Congress with a two-thirds margin in the House and nearly the same margin in the Senate. Democrats captured Republican-held Senate seats in Florida, Colorado and Kentucky, and appeared on the verge of upset victories in Vermont and New Hampshire. It appeared to be the most stinging defeat in a decade for the Republicans. [New York Times]

  • The Democrats captured two big-state prizes that had long eluded them - the governorships of New York and Massachusetts. Republican candidates won in Kansas and led in South Carolina. Michigan remained too close to call, but Democrats won in Connecticut and Tennessee and were leading in Colorado and Ohio. [New York Times]

  • New Jersey voters decisively rejected casino gambling and gave Republicans their worst congressional defeat in recent state history. They unseated four of seven incumbent Republicans and gave the Democrats a 12-to-3 margin in the state's delegation in the House of Representatives. [New York Times]

  • Arnold Miller, president of the United Mine Workers, said he would not ask union members to postpone strike activity set for next Monday night, although he agreed to resume talks with coal management. He said management knew that ratification by the rank and file would take 10 days even after tentative agreement at the bargaining table is reached. [New York Times]

  • Federal Judge John Sirica overruled defense objections in the Watergate cover-up trial and said that the prosecution could proceed along the lines it had proposed for proving the admissibility of White House tapes as evidence. [New York Times]
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