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Daily hansan
Kansan to Have Election Issu@
The Daily Kansan will have a special election edition tomorrow morning instead of an afternoon paper.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
56th Year, No. 38
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1958
Docking Leads in State, Lags Locally
THE GOVERNOR VOTES—Gov. George Docking hands his ballot to Mrs. Pearl Stinson, poll worker at the Hillcrest School polls in Lawrence. Gov. and Mrs. Docking voted at about
9:30 this morning. Docking, a Lawrence banker, fell behind in early balloting in his own precinct, but was running a tight race with Parsons newspaper publisher Clyde Reed Jr. over the state.
Quiet Day at Field House Poll
It was quiet up to noon in the newest precinct in Lawrence.
Only 65 voters had cast their votes by noon at Allen Field House, the voting place for Ward 2, Precinct 4.
The five persons who make up the receiving board usually outnumbered the voters throughout the morning. The voters come alone mostly, receive their ballots and disappear behind the red, white and blue curtains of the voting booths.
This precinct has a large percentage of absentee voters. Thirty of the 65 ballots cast were absentee.
A member of the receiving board said Precinct 4 probably cast more absentee ballots than any other precinct because it is convenient for KU students who must vote absentee. The members of the board estimated that as
many as 300 absentee ballots might be cast by 7 p.m. when the polls close.
This precinct was created this summer in time for the primary election. It is the smallest precinct in Lawrence, having only 135 registered voters. It was created primarily to take care of voters living at Stouffer Place.
Between 11 a.m. and noon, the five voting booths were all in use only once. Three men and two women were voting.
If the amount of time involved for each person to vote is representative of people in general, women are either faster thinkers or less discriminating.
The first woman was out of the booth in 1 minute, 46 seconds. The fastest man required 4 minutes, 7 seconds. One man thought over the choices for six minutes before marking his ballot.
Allen Field House. Five serve on the receiving board and five on the counting board.
Several girls of college age and two young men sit at the receiving desk. They are serious but relaxed as they guide voters through the business of deciding who will be state and national leaders.
Ten persons work an election at
Mrs. J. E. Fields, a member of the receiving board, said election officials expected a heavy vote because of the controversial nature of Amendment 3.
But things were quiet inside inside Allen Field House when the noon whistle blew. Only one voter stood at the receiving table awaiting his ballot.
Another voter was in the first booth.
A man on the receiving board said he wished his wife would hurry up with his sandwich.
New Hampshire Town Backs Republicans in Midnight Vote
This mountain hamlet voted first in the nation today, with residents staying up to midnight to back the Republicans, 15 to 6.
First voter in the land was a woman. Miss Jaclyn Osborn stepped up at exactly midnight to cast her vote into the town's century-old ballot box.
Moments later, the ballots were spread on a table in the home of town clerk Wendell Stevenson, who offered his house as a polling place because the town hall has no electric lights.
The vote showed a gain for the Democrats. Two years ago the town went Republican unanimously, 19-0.
Waterville won the race to be first in the nation to vote because the
"There's been kind of a rivalry for years about voting first," town clerk Stevenson said.
election clerk overslift in nearby Ellsworth.
3 to Discuss Returns At Faculty Forum
"There's no real reason—it's just kinda nice to be first."
The Faculty Forum will feature a discussion of the election results at noon tomorrow in the English Room of the Kansas Union.
Ethan P. Allen, professor of political science, John G. Grumm, assistant professor of political science, and Ray L. Nichols, Lawrence junior, will be the speakers.
Frustrated Alpinist Steals Fraser Flag
Someone — apparently a cat burglar or a human fly — stole the KU flag from the north tower of Fraser Hall last night.
Two campus policemen found the flag missing when they entered Fraser at 10 p.m. to take the flag down for the night.
The mystery deepened when they found the locks intact on all doors leading to the roof. The officers concluded the flagpole must have been reached from outside the building.
They searched the roof, but the flag was not found.
Scrivner Gets 60 Per Cent Of Votes in Local Precincts
Early afternoon election returns showed Democratic Gov. George Docking leading over the state but falling behind in his home town.
Partial and incomplete returns from 96 out of the state's 2,999 precincts showed Docking leading 4,685 to 3,582 over Republican candidate, Clyde M. Reed Jr.
It was a different story in Lawrence, Docking's home town. Incomplete returns from 15 of Lawrence's 17 precincts showed Reed leading Docking 1.438 to 1.029. In Docking's precinct, Ward Two, Precinct Three, Reed was ahead 83 to 34.
In the second district congressional race, incumbent Errett Scrivner had more than 60 per cent of the votes cast in the 15 Lawrence precincts reporting. Scrivner had a 1,526 to 931 lead over Democratic challenger Newell George.
Scrivner always has had to pick up a majority in the outlying areas to offset gains made by Democratic candidates in populous Wyandotte county.
Governor Docking's own precinct had given Reed 70 per cent of the votes cast up to noon. Only Precinct Two of Ward Three had given the Republican challenger a higher per cent. That precinct gave Reed a 95-38 lead for 71 per cent of the votes cast.
A surprisingly close vote on the controversial right to work amendment, No.3, was shown today in early morning voting over the state.
Unofficial and incomplete returns from 80 out of 2,999 precincts were 1,373 in favor and 1,425 opposed.
Voting was heavier at all precincts than it had been in the primary election, partially because the Democrats did not have a gubernatorial contest to get out their followers.
Only four of the 17 precincts in Lawrence had started counting ballots on the controversial "right to work" issue. Of those counted, 369 were "yes" ballots and 273 were "no" votes.
In the city's largest precinct, Precinct Three of Ward Two (Gov. Docking's precinct) 325 persons had cast ballots by noon.
Of the 15 precincts reporting at noon, Reed was leading in 11. Docking in four. These precincts take in most of the area east of Massachusetts from 6th to 19th streets and all of North Lawrence.
Candidates May Visit Election Party Tonight
An election party from 9 to midnight tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom will complete the program of Political Emphasis Week.
A moderator, equipped with portable microphone, will announce election returns as they come in over three television sets.
invitations to the party have been extended to Gov. George Docking, Republican gubernatorial candidate, Clyde Reed Jr., and other state and county office candidates. Susan
Lowry, Aurora, Mo., senior and chairman of the party, said that Gov. Docking and Reed are not expected to attend because of previous commitments.
Miss Lowry said several candidates for Douglas County offices probably will visit the party. If so, the moderator will interview them for their comments on the election returns.
Closing hours are extended until midnight for women students who wish to attend the party.
Four Seniors Picked for Rhodes Competition
Four seniors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been nominated for Kansas competition in the Rhodes Scholarship program.
The four are Robert G. Billings,
Russell; Stephen H. Hill, Lawrence;
Ray L. Nichols, Lawrence; David A.
Ontjes, Hutchinson.
All are Summerfield scholars.
John H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate School and chairman of the Rhodes Committee, said that KU has rarely been able to nominate four men of such outstanding all-around ability in one year.
Billings, a 2-year basketball letterman, was last year's student body president. Nichols was a member of the 2-man debate team that won several major tournaments last
year. Ontjes is co-holder of the Paul B. Lawson award for outstanding senior male scholar in the College.
The Kansas Rhodes Scholarship committee will interview nominees from KU and other schools to select candidates for regional competition.
Rhodes scholars receive grants enabling them to study one, and possibly two years, at Oxford University in England.
Kansan's Boxes Changed
The Daily Kansan's paper distribution box in the east wing of Strong Hall has been moved next to the information booth along Jayhawk Boulevard.