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 '''[[Libertarian Party of New Jersey|NEW JERSEY]]'''
-Robert A. Steiner, past chairman of the state LP and first vice president of the Federation of New Jersey Taxpayers, is putting in a bid to represent the 12th Congressional district. His campaign literature stresses his links with the revolt of the fed-up taxpayers. Please mail contributions to Bob Steiner for Congress, P.O. Box 112 - Dept. A, Westfield, NJ 07091.
+[[Robert A. Steiner]], past chairman of the state LP and first vice president of the [[Federation of New Jersey Taxpayers]], is putting in a bid to represent the 12th Congressional district. His campaign literature stresses his links with the revolt of the fed-up taxpayers. Please mail contributions to Bob Steiner for Congress, P.O. Box 112 - Dept. A, Westfield, NJ 07091.
 '''[[Libertarian Party of New York|NEW YORK]]'''
-The major LP effort in the Empire State is the struggle to obtain 50,000 votes for the party's gubernatorial candidate Jerome Tuccille. (See story on page one.)
-Percy L. Greaves, Jr., author of the recently-published book Understanding the Dollar Crisis, is the party's challenger to liberal Republican Jacob Javits, the senior Senator from the state. Send contributions c/o Free Libertarian Party, 15 W. 38th St., Suite 201, New York NY 10018.
+The major LP effort in the Empire State is the struggle to obtain 50,000 votes for the party's gubernatorial candidate [[Jerome Tuccille]]. (See story on page one.)
-Sanford Cohen of Poughkeepsie is trying to replace Republican Rep. Hamilton Fish, Jr. The Cohen campaign has now collected three times the petition signatures required to be placed on the ballot. Cohen, who got an early start in the campaign itself in order to facilitate public recognition, has received extensive coverage in the local media. His campaign staff also has been issuing a campaign newsletter filled with fascinating how-to information on electioneering. When Cohen accepted the nomination of New York State's Free Libertarian Party, he said, "It is time to return to the 'Spirit of '76.' It is tim to give America back to all the people. It is time to restore property rights, individual liberties, and the free enterprise system."
+[[Percy L. Greaves]], Jr., author of the recently-published book [[Understanding the Dollar Crisis]], is the party's challenger to liberal Republican Jacob Javits, the senior Senator from the state. Send contributions c/o Free Libertarian Party, 15 W. 38th St., Suite 201, New York NY 10018.
+[[Sanford Cohen]] of Poughkeepsie is trying to replace Republican Rep. Hamilton Fish, Jr. The Cohen campaign has now collected three times the petition signatures required to be placed on the ballot. Cohen, who got an early start in the campaign itself in order to facilitate public recognition, has received extensive coverage in the local media. His campaign staff also has been issuing a campaign newsletter filled with fascinating how-to information on electioneering. When Cohen accepted the nomination of New York State's Free Libertarian Party, he said, "It is time to return to the 'Spirit of '76.' It is tim to give America back to all the people. It is time to restore property rights, individual liberties, and the free enterprise system."
 Make all contributions payable to Citizens for Cohen, P.O. Box 1776, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.
-Joseph Gentilli is the candidate for Representative from the 16th Congressional District in Brooklyn. He has received the endorsement of the Republican and Conservative parties.
+[[Joseph Gentilli]] is the candidate for Representative from the 16th Congressional District in Brooklyn. He has received the endorsement of the Republican and Conservative parties.
-Other FLP candidates include Virginia Shields Walker, a state assembly candidate who has made condemnation via-eminent domain a politi_cal controversy in Suffolk County, and veteran campaigner Guy Riggs, an assembly aspirant from the Pougkeepsie area. Walker's address is P.O. Box 444, Shirley, NY 11967.
+Other FLP candidates include Virginia Shields Walker, a state assembly candidate who has made condemnation via-eminent domain a politi_cal controversy in Suffolk County, and veteran campaigner [[Guy Riggs]], an assembly aspirant from the Pougkeepsie area. Walker's address is P.O. Box 444, Shirley, NY 11967.
 Riggs says in a lengthy but readable campaign statement: "No_politician, of course, would come right out and say, 'I want to do things for you guys at the expense of those guys by taxing them; restraining their peaceful behavior or both.' Yet for decades now the successful politician has been the one who could propose just that - but in words making him sound like a champion of decency." Riggs concludes his statement by telling his prospective supporters: ''Send me to Albany in '74 so you '11 have something to celebrate in '76!" His statement is available for twenty-five cents from Guy W. Riggs Campaign Fund, 32 Saddle Rock Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603.
-The FLP has also endorsed Louis Sicilia for lieutenant governor, Leland Schubert for attorney general, Dr. Robert Flanzer for comptroller, Alan Le Page for the 70th assembly district, Stewart A. Feigel for the 20th state senatorial district (also backed by Republicans and Conservatives), and Lawrence Penner for a seat on the New York City Council (also backed by the Republicans).
+The FLP has also endorsed [[Louis Sicilia]] for lieutenant governor, [[Leland Schubert]] for attorney general, Dr. [[Robert Flanzer]] for comptroller, [[Alan Le Page]] for the 70th assembly district, Stewart A. Feigel for the 20th state senatorial district (also backed by Republicans and Conservatives), and [[Lawrence Penner]] for a seat on the New York City Council (also backed by the Republicans).
 '''[[Libertarian Party of Ohio|OHIO]]'''
-Kathleen G. Harroff, candidate for U.S. Senator running against astronaut John Glenn, appeared in a talk show in Cincinnati. On the program she came out against all foreign aid, in favor of isolationism and neutrality in foreign policy, for pulling all U.S. troops and equipment back into this country, for getting Social Security out of the hands of the government, and in opposition to any national health care program. She said, jn answer to a question, that the state's 55-mile-per-hour speed limit was absurd, that compulsory school attendance laws should be ended, and that taking from the rich to give to the poor was theft. One person there, a Democrat, said she sounded like a "Populist."
+[[Kathleen G. Harroff]] candidate for U.S. Senator running against astronaut John Glenn, appeared in a talk show in Cincinnati. On the program she came out against all foreign aid, in favor of isolationism and neutrality in foreign policy, for pulling all U.S. troops and equipment back into this country, for getting Social Security out of the hands of the government, and in opposition to any national health care program. She said, jn answer to a question, that the state's 55-mile-per-hour speed limit was absurd, that compulsory school attendance laws should be ended, and that taking from the rich to give to the poor was theft. One person there, a Democrat, said she sounded like a "Populist."
 Harroff has been busy addressing ethnic groups (Irish-Americans, German-Americans, etc.), prison reform groups, and numerous talk shows. The headquarters of the Harroff for Senate Committee is at 204 Solon Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44146.
 '''[[Libertarian Party of Oregon|OREGON]]'''
-Paul Pferdner is campaigning for a seat in the state legislature representing district
+[[Paul Pferdner]] is campaigning for a seat in the state legislature representing district 18. His literature asks Oregonians to "vote for a tax reducer, not a tax user."
-. His literature asks Oregonians to "vote for a tax reducer, not a tax user."
 On the issue of mass transit, Pferdner says, "The present system of franchises and common-carrier licensing stifles creative and innovative solutions to transit problems. A free enterprise approach would allow mass transit to develop to meet the consumers' needs with greater efficiency and less cost." Contributions can be sent to Citizens for Pferdner, P.O. 14901, Portland, Oregon 97214.
 '''[[Libertarian Party of Texas|TEXAS]]'''
-Dr. Ron Paul has decided to take on the Democratic incumbent of 16 years in a race for U.S. Representative from the 22nd district in Houston. Paul says that if the policies of welfare-warfare spending are not halted, honest work won't be worth anything but pain shortly. Paul has also been backed by the Republicans.
+Dr. [[Ron Paul]] has decided to take on the Democratic incumbent of 16 years in a race for U.S. Representative from the 22nd district in Houston. Paul says that if the policies of welfare-warfare spending are not halted, honest work won't be worth anything but pain shortly. Paul has also been backed by the Republicans.
 '''[[Libertarian Party of Utah|UTAH]]'''
-Karl J. Bray will be running for U.S. Representative from the 11-county 2nd district, which includes Salt Lake City. Bray, who was the choice of one-tenth of the Republicans polled on their choice for the GOP nomination, has become well-known to the public because of his leadership as a tax rebel. Reviving a question that has potential in many Western states, he also favors opening all federal lands to homesteaders.
+[[Karl J. Bray]] will be running for U.S. Representative from the 11-county 2nd district, which includes Salt Lake City. Bray, who was the choice of one-tenth of the Republicans polled on their choice for the GOP nomination, has become well-known to the public because of his leadership as a tax rebel. Reviving a question that has potential in many Western states, he also favors opening all federal lands to homesteaders.
 Bray told the state LP convention in July that the Party is "the first and last political hope for men who want to be free of political and economic bondage."
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 In the House of Representatives, he said he would "figure out how as quickly as possible to disband our monopolistic, predatory, destructive government." Send all contributions to Bray for Congress, 150 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102.
-Jeannie Trevathan has entered the race to unseat the incumbent sheriff in Salt Lake County. A decorating consultant, she calls for adopting a recall act making all Utah officials subject to recall and says that if she is elected sheriff no more officials will interpose their ideas of law, when such law would violate the rights guaranteed in the U.S. and Utah constitutions.
+[[Jeannie Trevathan]] has entered the race to unseat the incumbent sheriff in Salt Lake County. A decorating consultant, she calls for adopting a recall act making all Utah officials subject to recall and says that if she is elected sheriff no more officials will interpose their ideas of law, when such law would violate the rights guaranteed in the U.S. and Utah constitutions.
 '''[[Libertarian Party of  Washington|WASHINGTON STATE]]'''
-LP state chairman Skip Barron from the Olympic Peninsula and Richard Dyment from Queen Anne district in Seattle are seeking seats in the state legislature.
+LP state chairman [[Skip Barron]] from the Olympic Peninsula and Richard Dyment from Queen Anne district in Seattle are seeking seats in the state legislature.