Wednesday, November 6. 1974
University Daily Kansan
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By Kansan Photographer DAVE PETERSON
Razor-thin victoru
we're used to winning by the hair on my chimmy-chim-chin," cracked apparent robustrialist Bob Bennett late night. Bennett spoke to a Republican candidate in Wisconsin.
Miller's successor vows to continue past practices
By the Kansan Elections Team
By the Kansas Electrical Engineer
TOPEKA-Kansas has elected an attorney
and plans to run the office much in the manner as predecessor Vern Miller.
Democrat Mr Schneider toppled Republican Tom Van Sickle in the Kansas attorney general race with 302,813 votes for him, 184 with 67 per cent of the ballots,捐了
Schneider, who heads the litigation department within the attorney general office, said last night that he thought the people of Kansas were proud of the attorney general's office. He said working in this office had helped his campaign.
"People want the work of the office continued," he said. "I am proud of my association with Vern Miller, and I have benefited by working for him.
I intend to conduct the office in much the same way he did."
Vanick Sikle, the present state treasurer,
maintained a close second throughout the
At 11 p.m., Van Sickle was asked if he would concede. He replied with a tense expression.
"Wait until the western Kansas returns
come in," he said. "They will determine the election."
Schneider, who describes himself as a conservative Democrat, said his main selling point was his activities during Miller's administration. He pledged to take legal drug traffic and to work with antitrust actions and consumer fraud cases.
He said he favored the death penalty in cases in which kidnaping resulted in the victim's death, or law enforcement or policeison guards were killed in the line of duty.
The attorney general race was Schneider's first statewide campaign. He emphasized that experience gained in working on various cases in the attorney general court had previously been house counsel to the legislature before Miller's election.
Schneider won the primary after a bitter battle against another assistant attorney general, Lance Burr. Miller refused to endorse either candidate during the primary but endorsed Schneider during the general campaign.
Bennett, voters bust Vern
State Sen. Robert F. Bennett, considered throughout most of the campaign to be a distinct underdog, apparently has defended Atty Gen. Vern Miller to become governor
By the Kansas Elections Team
The two candidates' ratings in the polls had been very close in the week before the campaign. Miller had had a 24-point lead the day after Bennett narrowly defeated Dion Concannan, Hugoton attorney, in the primary. By early October, Bennett was 12 points behind in the polls, and by mid-October, he was six points behind.
At last report, Bennett was leading Miller
by about 2,000 votes.
As the election results came in, Miller was sealed in his room at the Holiday Inn while the crowd impatiently waited in the ballroom below. Two agents from the at- tentionary's office guarded Miller's hotel door, allowing only family and friends to see him.
Democrats increase political clout
Jack Steineger, Miller's running mate.
WASHINGTON - Democrats parlayed Republican scandals and gnawing inflation into a landslide of offyear election victories yesterday, strengthening their command of Congress and their grip on the nation's state houses.
From the Associated Press
They made major gains in the House of Represenssion, both in numbers and in the order of opinion.
In the House, with all 435 seats at stake and 218 needed for a majority, Democrats won 294 when Republicans won 98. That was a net gain of 33 Democrats with 88 racer undecided, compared with the current line up of 248 Democrats and 187 Republican
Democratic challengers took at least three Republican Senate seats and at least six GOP governorships. A Republican gained the governorship in South Carolina.
In the races for governor in 35 states, Democrats won 25 and had nine holdovers for a total of 34. Republicans won four and had six holdovers for a total of 10. That was a net gain of five Democrats. Six races were undecided.
Democrat Edmund G. Jerry"Jerry Brown. Jr. in his bid to become governor of California.
Rep. Hugh L. Carey, a Brooklyn congressman, was elected governor of New York, ending a 16-year Republican reign there.
Although the races for senators and governors featured the biggest names, the Democratic sweep apparently was strongest in the House.
Democrats won or led for 289 House seats,
41 more than they now hold.
In the Senate, with 34 seats at stake, Democrats won 22 and had 38 holdovers for a total of 66. Republicans won seven and 28 holdovers for a total of 35. That was a gain of four Democrats. Five races were undecided.
Michigan Republican Gov. William G.
Milliken led a contest for re-election.
In Senate races, the victorious Democratic challengers were Colorado's Gary Hair, manager of George McGovern's presidential campaign two years ago; Gov. Wendell H. Ford of Kentucky, and Richard K. a former secretary of state, Florida.
Senate turnovers came as Hart ousted Sen. Peter H. Dominick, R-Colo; Ford beat Sen. Marlow W. Cook, R-Ky., and Stone Eckerd for a seat in the Eckerd for the seat vacated by Sen. Lee Gurney, R-Fla., who was indicted for bribery and conspiracy and chose not to run.
Democrats led in California, Arizona and Wyoming, where the GOP holds governor's office.
For the Republicans, Sen. Jacob K. Javits of New York bucked the gubernatorial tide there and defeated Democratic former Governor. Ramsey Clark tow a fourth term.
Sens. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Richard S. Schwekel of Pennsylvania,
Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota was re-elected, as was Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri. Gov. Dale Bumpers of Mississippi were elected to the Senate as expected.
Former astronaut John H. Glemjn Jr. swept to Senate election in Ohio after 10 years of trying. Democrat Sen. Birch Bayh won in Republican polls Major Richard G. Lugar in Indiana.
Among the governors, the big new names were Rep. Ella T. Grasso of Connecticut, the first woman ever elected governor without succeeding her husband, and Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts, who beat GOP Gov. Francis W. Sargent.
The Democrats won former Republican governors with Ray Blanton, a former congressman, in Tennessee; Richard D. Lamm, a state representative and environmentalist, in Colorado, and Robert Straub, a former state treasurer, in Oregon.
In House races, there were significant names to go along with the Democratic numbers. Republican veterans like William B. Widall of New Jersey, who had served in World War II, and Joel T. Broyhl of Virginia, both of whom had served 11 terms, lost to Democrat
Five Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee, which handled impeachment proceedings before Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency, lost their seats. Four of them were initially opposed to impeachment.
waled through the ballroom at about 11 p.m.
greeting friends and members of the press.
He declined to make any statements about
the election, taking a "let's see what happens next" attitude as he watched the ballroom television.
At 12:30 a.m., Miller said the western Kansas returns would determine the election, but added that he didn't know whether they would be in his favor.
"So far the trend is the other way," he said.
During his campaign, Miller had stressed his 14 years of experience as an administrator, and took a strong law-enforcement stance.
Bennett had said that a governor would have to know more about state government than law enforcement, and had emphasized the importance of violence as president of the Kansas Senate.
Bennett appeared in the ballroom of the Ramada Inn at 11:45 a.m. and told the gathering he was "cautiously optimistic" about the outcome of the election.
"What we're doing is similar to two months ago," Bennett said. "We're used to winning by the hair on my chinny-chinch."
Bennett also said that the western Kansas districts would be important to the election.
"We need to wait and see what the KU and KKu are feeling," he said. "We hear they are favorable."
Garbage problems pile up
Students overloading garbage cans or throwing out empty beer can in grocery sacks cause problem for trash collectors, and they endanger people. Sanitation Department, said yesterday.
He said that piling trash on top of garbage cars created problems for the workers and customers.
Paper sacks and cardboard boxes are
There is no way you can pick up a can in that has garbage piled on top of it without cracking.
also a problem because they get wet. the bottoms fall out, and the trash is dumped onto the ground. Sanitation workers try to move the garbage, but this takes time he said.
Buford Watson, city manager, said that the problem was getting worse and that the city would have to start enforcing the oration so that trash be put in proper containers.
Purdy said a proper container was a plastic or metal receptacle that was
Democrats extend House lead; other gains less than expected
From the Associated Press
They hadn't done as well as they had
done. They would be about to be
about for officer question.
WASHINGTON--With all but six of the 34 Senate races in yesterday's election settled, the Democrats had picked up three Republican seats and nailed down con-
Election battles in North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah and Vermont—all states in which GOP seats were at stake—were too close to call.
Of the 28 races decided in early returns, the Democrats won 21 and the Republicans seven. The Democratic victories included wresting away seats in Florida, Colorado and Kentucky previously held by Republicans.
Atogether, 34 Senate seats were on the line, with more than one-quarter of them seated.
That much of a turnover was accounted for by retirements and primary defeats.
Democratic strategists were looking for a
begin of five or six seats and possibly more.
watertight and bad a cover and handles.
The can shouldn't hold more than 30 gallons or weigh more than 75 pounds when full.
Cardboard boxes and sacks aren't acceptable, he said. Plastic bags may be used, but they should be at least 1½ millimeters thick.
Republicans were hoping to hold their insults to three of five seats, which would be a big blow to the party.
Garbage should be drained and wrapped.
Leaves should be placed in garbage cans,
and sticks and clippings should be bundled.
Bundles shouldn't be larger than 18 inches
in diameter or four feet long and shouldn't
weight more than 75 pounds.
A pick-up or six seats would give the Democrats a 64-36 margin over Senate Republicans, just what they had in the 90th Congress after the 1966 election.
The strongest GOP hopes for picking up Democratic seats were pinned on Alaska and Nevada, while Democrats banked heavily on ousting GOP incumbents in Colorado, Kentucky, Oklahoma and North Dakota.
The Democrats, overwhelming Republicans in all parts of the country, kept their control of the House yesterday and a substantial increase in their majority.
Other key battlegrounds included Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Utah.
He also said the department was having problems with people from outside of the city dumping trash in the large containers behind downtown businesses. Purdy said this was illegal and unfair to the businessmen who pay for the containers.
There also have been problems with dogs and large cats knocking over garbage cans and spilling the trash, Purdy said. The police have been called to people leave garbage cans out overnight.
Claims are made when sanitation workers injure themselves lifting extremely heavy cans. The city has the capability to load 75 pounds as the acceptable maximum weight.
Purdy said the weight restriction was imposed so that the city could reduce the number of workman's compensation claims made against the city.
Cardboard hustlers also create a problem. Purdy said they take boxes from trash cans and "don't care where they dump the trash."
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