Baxter Ward
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Baxter Ward (1919—February 4, 2002) was a television news anchor who served two terms on the powerful Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Prior to his election on the board, he ran third in an unsuccessful bid to unseat Sam Yorty for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1969. He was born Baxter Ward Schwellenbach on November 5, 1919 in Superior, Wisconsin, and grew up in Ephrata, Washington. He was the nephew of Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach.
During the 1950's he was on a short-lived non-fiction television show called Adventure Tomorrow with Dr. Martin L. Klein, which presented technology, primarily aerospace.
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- Klein, Stacey. Baxter Ward, L.A. County Supervisor, 1974-80 The Signal February 5, 2002.
| Preceded by Warren Dorn |
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors 5th district 1972—1980 |
Succeeded by Michael D. Antonovich |
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