▁Br ink ley ▁during ▁N BC ' s ▁night ly ▁H unt ley - Br ink ley ▁Report . ▁Adam ▁Clay ton ▁Pow ell , ▁Jr . ▁won ▁a ▁special ▁election ▁to ▁for ▁New ▁York ▁State ' s ▁ 1 8 th ▁Cong r essional ▁District , ▁to ▁fill ▁the ▁vac ancy ▁caused ▁after ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁had ▁voted ▁in ▁January ▁not ▁to ▁seat ▁him . ▁ ▁Pow ell ' s ▁constitu ents , ▁located ▁in ▁Har lem , ▁gave ▁him ▁ 2 7 , 9 0 0 ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 2 , 4 1 8 ▁votes ▁cast , ▁compared ▁to ▁ 4 , 0 9 1 ▁for ▁his ▁Republican ▁Party ▁ch allen ger , ▁Mrs . ▁Luc ille ▁Pick ett ▁Williams , ▁and ▁only ▁ 4 2 7 ▁for ▁Re ver end ▁Er vin ▁Year ling ▁of ▁the ▁Conserv ative ▁Party ▁of ▁New ▁York . ▁Still ▁facing ▁cont empt ▁of ▁court ▁charges , ▁Pow ell ▁would ▁remain ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁B im ini ▁in ▁the ▁Bah am as ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁term ▁without ▁taking ▁his ▁seat . ▁ ▁After ▁winning ▁re - e lection ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁he ▁would ▁take ▁his ▁seat ▁in ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁in ▁January , ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁but ▁would ▁fail ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁election . ▁O il ▁from ▁the ▁sun ken ▁American ▁super t ank er ▁Tor rey ▁C any on ▁was hed ▁ash ore ▁on ▁the ▁be