Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
58th Year, No. 38
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1960
Early Returns Voters Pack Polls Throughout Nation
By United Press International
Record or near record numbers of voters streamed into the nations polling places today. Precincts in states throughout the country reported "extremely heavy" voting as soon as the polls opened.
Fair weather in most of the nation spurred the voter turnout as indications pointed to the greatest popular vote in history.
Voting in New York was reported "extremely early and heavy" in most sections of the state today as residents decided between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy.
With the nation's largest single bloc of presidential electoral votes 45—hanging on the outcome, Republican and Democratic leaders made 11th hour drives to get out the vote.
Shortly before noon, reports indicated the heaviest voting was in usually Republican counties. In the New York City Democratic stronghold, officials said the early turnout was "light." They attributed the slow start to near-freezing weather.
In northern New York, officials said voting was heavy in both city and rural districts.
Nassau and Suffolk counties, which usually cast big Republican majorities, reported a slow start but unprecedented numbers by 9 a.m.
IN OHIO, voters jammed polling places in the state's three largest cities today, making it virtually certain that all previous state records were being shattered.
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown, the state's chief election officer estimated 4.1 million expected to go to the polls. In 1956, a total of 3,761,-222 votes were cast.
IN PENNSYLVANIA. voters streamed to the polls today in possible record numbers to decide where the Keystone State's 32 electoral votes will go.
An outpouring of almost five million voters was expected, sparked by the long campaign and generally favorable weather.
With the state's registration at an all-time peak, it was estimated the turnout would top the previous record of 85.7 per cent chalked up in 1952, when 4,579,215 voters out of a registration of 5,341,970 went to the polls.
IN MICHIGAN, a heavy early morning voter turnout was reported throughout the state as residents went to the polls to decide who would get the state's 20 electoral votes.
But the turnout in Detroit was below expectations.
Through the rest of the state heavy turnouts were reported and state elections commission officials said it appeared the predicted heavy vote of 3,250,000 was becoming a reality.
IN WASHINGTON, election officials expected a record turnout today as a climax to what has been a bitter gubernatorial race and a tight campaign for the state's nine electoral votes.
Weather
Decreasing cloudiness and colder this afternoon. Clearing and much colder tonight. Tomorrow fair and continued rather cold. Low tonight 20s northwest to low 30s southeast. High tomorrow generally near 40.
IN ARIZONA, the state's record of never choosing a presidential loser in 48 years was on the line today as officials expected the highest voter turnout ever.
Secretary of State Victor Meyers predicted 1,225,000 voters, approximately 80 per cent of those registered would go to the polls.
Pollsters were split or undecided on how Arizona would go in the presidential duel between Vice President Nixon and Sen. Kennedy.
2 ASC Issues On Ballot Today
Two amendments to the All Student Council Constitution appeared on the primary ballot today.
Polls will be open until 5 p.m. today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the rotunda of Strong Hall. Students who have not voted and wish to do so must pick up their dean's card in the basement of Strong Hall and present it with their identification and party card at the polling table.
The first amendment on the ballot, if passed, designates that no district shall be represented unless a minimum of 75 ballots or 50 per cent of the membership of the district, whichever is least, are cast by the students living in that district in that election.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT will divide the men's dormitories and women's dormitories. Men's dormitories with 75 or less occupants will be in one district and dormitories with more than 75 will be in another district. Women's dormitories will be divided in the same manner.
Ronald Dalby, Joplin, Mo., senior and student body president, and Fred Morrison, Colby senior and ASC representative from District IX, agreed that both amendments are important for better representation of the student body on the Council.
"THE FIRST AMENDMENT will correct the situation of the non-voting member on the Council. At the present time the representative of the co-ops and professional fraternities does not have a vote on the Council because there were not enough ballots cast in the last election." Morrison said.
"THE AMENDMENT on the division of living distribs will prevent the possibility of larger living groups becoming dominant powers on the Council." Dalby said.
"The division will allow the dormitories with separate interests to have a voice on the Council," Morrison said.
"For the past two years the co-ops and professional fraternities have not had a voting member on the Council. The ratification of the amendment by the student body will enable this district to have a vote," Dalby said.
Latin America Expert Arrives Tomorrow
Irving P, Pflaum, American Universities Field Staff specialist on Latin American affairs, will arrive at KU tomorrow to address student groups about Cuba.
He was appointed to AUFS position in March and since then has been traveling throughout Latin America from his base in Havana.
Mr. Pflaum will be here for ten days speaking on the effects of the Castro revolution and the upsurge of Communist influence in the Latin American countries.
Frosh Choose Class Officers
Four candidates for each freshman class office will be chosen today and tomorrow in the fall primaries.
Those running for president include Phil Harrison, Colby; Steve Clark, Coffeyville; Mike Smith, Bartlesville, Okla.; Reuben McCornack, Abilene; Alan Gribben, Parsons and Jim DeGrand, St. Louis, Mo.
Candidates for vice president include Merry Moore, Raytown, Mo.; Jim Tharp, Great Bend; Jim Clark, Olathe; Phil Currier, Salina; Leo Ayres, Wichita; Glenray Cramer, Shawnee and John Nicholas, Hinsdale, Ill.
Running for secretary are Sandy Amato, Glenview, Ill.; Colleen Boggs, Denver, Colo.; Wendy Wilkerson, Wichita; Beverly Enna, Kansas City, Mo.; Kay Ellen Consolver, Wichita and Dena Scavuzzo, Harrisonville, Mo.
Freshmen running for treasurer include Jeff Bor, Newport, R. I.; Jim Banks, Wichita; Barbara Bowman, Concordia; Kay Brinnen, Wichita; Dave Bueker, Mission and Joyce Nederheimer, Wichita.
Heavy Balloting Republicans Lead In Lawrence Area
Returns at noon from 11 of the 18 Lawrence city polling places gave GOP candidates almost a 2 to 1 lead in the races for state and national offices.
Allen Field House is the voting place where most KU students are casting their ballots and at noon Gov. Docking had received only eight votes and Anderson 65.
Early morning returns from 11 of Lawrence city polling places indicate that a record vote will be cast in Douglas County.
Gov. Docking had received only 32 votes in his own precinct in Lawrence by noon. Anderson had tallied 202 votes there. Gov. Docking used to reside in the third ward of the second precinct. The voting place for this precinct is at Hillcrest elementary school.
Gov. George Docking, trying for an unprecedented third term, is trailing Republican candidate John Anderson Jr. Anderson has 1,421 votes and Gov. Docking 595 votes.
The messages were forwarded to the Ghana UN ambassador from the Ghana embassy in Leopoldville.
IN THE RACE for the U.S. Senate, Republican incumbent Andrew F. Schoeppel has a comfortable margin over his Democratic opponent Frank Theis of Arkansas City. Schoeppel has received 1,129 votes and Thesis 723 in the 11 Lawrence precincts reporting.
Vice President Nixon has received 1,172 votes, and 641 have been tallied for Senator Kennedy.
Bob Ellsworth, Lawrence attorney and Republican candidate for Congressman from the second district, is leading Democratic incumbent Newell A. George, 1,386 to 604.
Kasavubu Arrived Yesterday
Kasavubu arrived from Leopoldville late yesterday to try to get the assembly to recognize his representatives as the official Congoleese delegation. The debate on whether to seat Kasavubu's delegation or one sent by ousted Premier Patrice Luumba was scheduled to open yesterday but was postponed because of Kasavubu's late arrival.
Kasavubu Ready To Denounce UN
A similar cable from Joseph Oketo president of the suspended senate, denounced Belgian "intervention" in the Congo and said Kasavubu was on a strictly "personal" visit.
The forecast of rain, cloudy and chilly weather apparently has not kept voters from the polls.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon, in his bid for the state's eight electoral votes, is leading Senator John F. Kennedy by a comfortable margin in Lawrence.
Parliament Protests Action "Parliament protests action of chief of state in leaving country without informing Parliament accompanied by his Belgian and French advisers," read a cable from Joseph Kasongo, president of the Congolese Chamber of Deputies.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—(UPI) —President Joseph Kasavubu of the Congo was reported prepared to denounce the United Nations for alleged "aggressions" in the new African Republic when he goes before the General Assembly today.
In a prelude to what promised to be a stormy debate, Ghana distributed messages from Congolese Parliament leaders challenging Kasavubu's right to come here as a representative of his government.
Parliament Protests Action
The 99-nation political committee arranged to continue the weeks-long debate on the disarmament question. Only four nations were on the speaker's list this morning.
UN Refuses Recognition
The rival Congolese delegations have been here since the assembly opened in September but the United Nations has refused to recognize either in view of the still-unsettled situation in the Congo.
In Leopoldville, Pascal Kapella, a spokesman for the high commission set up by strongman Col. Joseph Motubu to run the country, said in a broadcast last night that Kasavubu would raise these points:
- Discussion of "aggression by U.N. troops."
- The recall of U.N. representative Raieshwar Dayal.
- Withdrawal of Ghanaian and Guinean troops.
- "No interference by the United Nations in internal affairs."
Lawrence city polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. Douglas County polling places will be in operation from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Lawrence's registration for this election is the largest it ever has been—15,121. This is 1,288 greater than the previous mark of 13,833 set in 1958.
According to United Press International, a record Kansas vote of 900,000 was forecast by Secretary of State Paul R. Shanahan, based on the intense interest at the top of the ticket, large number of new voters and energetic Get-Out-The-Vote campaigns. The vote in the 1956 general election was more than 866,000.
The returns did not reflect the vote in rural areas.
With votes counted from many of the state's 2,961 precincts at noon. Nixon was leading 3,517 to 1,423.
Early unofficial returns from three precincts of Atchison in northeast Kansas—a city with a heavy Catholic population—today gave Vice President Richard M. Nixon a 14-vote margin over Sen. John F. Kennedy.
Anderson, Nixon Lead in Kansas Vote
Early unofficial election returns today gave Atty, Gen. John Anderson Jr. a substantial lead over Gov. George Docking and showed incumbent Sen. Andrew F. Schoepel running well ahead of Democrat Frank Theis.
With 57 of Kansas, 2,961 precincts reporting under the state's double count board system, GOP gubernatorial candidate Anderson led Docking 2.949 to 1.819, Schoepel lead Thes 2.547 to 1.640.
Returns from seven precincts gave Republican William M. Ferguson of Wellington the lead in the attorney general's race, 603 to 363, over Docking's pardons attorney, Dale A. Spiegel of Emporia. Also with seven precincts, Republician Harold H. Chase of Salina led Jack Glaves of Wichita, 605 to 356, in the lieutenant governor's contest.
That count from the city's eight precincts was a surprise, and contradicted a pre-election poll which showed Kennedy to be leading.
The returns gave Nixon 565 votes and Kennedy 486.
In the race for governor from the same three precincts, Republican Atty. Gen. John Anderson Jr. led Democratic incumbent George Docking 205 to 174. Docking is seeking an unprecedented third term as governor.
Frank Theis, Democratic National Committeeman, led Republican Sen. Andrew Schoeppel, 187 to 175.
The race for Second district congressman, showed incumbent William Avery of Wakefield leading Democratic State Rep. Marshall Gardiner, 213 to 141.
According to United Press International early voting in Kansas today pointed toward a record total turnout of around 900,000 as voters
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