The Nation - News from June 11, 1986

Maine crushed a proposed anti-pornography statute in a referendum experts said was the first time voters decided statewide on a law that would have outlawed the promotion and sale of obscene material. In the borough of Queens, N.Y., the Rev. Floyd Flake was holding a slim 41-vote lead, with one precinct not reporting, over Assemblyman Alton R. Waldon in a special election to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Joseph P. Addabbo. In primary races, Rep. John R. McKernan Jr. easily won the Republican nomination for governor in Maine. In South Carolina, Lt. Gov. Mike Daniel won the Democratic primary for governor. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.) and Sen. Mark Andrews (R-N.D.) won without opposition.