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- Arkansas Gazette , November 1, 1974.
- Arkansas Gazette, October 5, 1982.
- Arkansas Gazette , November 1–3, 1974; October 5, 27, 1982.
- The New York Times , September 8, 1974.
- Jack Bass and Walter DeVries, The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequences Since 1945 (New York, 1976), p. 99
- Marshall Frady, Southerners (New York, 1980), p. 116
- Face the Nation , CBS, June 4, 1972, p. 184.
- Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, October 12, 1974, p. 2,720.
- Election Statistics, 1974, 1984 (Little Rock: Secretary of State).