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Pro wrestler Jerry “the King” Lawler finished third in Memphis’s mayoral race with 11 percent of the vote, and pro wrestler Outlaw Josey Wales IV finished third in Houston’s with 10 percent. David W. Irons Jr. won a county council seat in Seattle, beating his sister Di, who had the support of their parents. Eugene Reppenhagen beat his ex-wife Carol for a seat on the town council of Gloversville, New York. Levi Levy, 67, lost all five seats he ran for this year in Fairfax County, Virginia. And African-American Albert Jones finished third in the Louisiana governor’s race, six weeks after ballot officials rejected his request to list himself as Albert “Super Nigger” Jones.
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In June a federal judge struck down an ordinance banning public dancing in the town of Pound, Virginia. (Previously a dance permit could be issued only to someone who was deemed “proper” and “of good moral character.”) Said one city council member, explaining the old ordinance, “There’s bound to be trouble when you mix drinking, country music, and dancing.”
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In October a driver in the village of Tracadie Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada, lost control of a hearse and killed a 68-year-old pallbearer as he emerged from a funeral.
