sentences:  Healy went to the city attorney's office and demanded issuance of a complaint against Hampton for criminal libel, and Hampton quickly made an "unequivocal retraction" of his charge.The record does not show whether Hampton had confused Ned R. Healy with local labor leader Don R. Healy, whom Hampton had accused of being a communist just three years previous.Another challenger was Kay Cunningham, who missed beating Ned Healy for second place and a runoff position by only 18 votes.