THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Vol. 85—No.51 Wednesday, November 6, 1974
KANSAN
The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Shopping for candidates
By Kanaan Photographer JOYCE MENDELSOHN
Voters lined up at some unusual polling places yesterday, such as this one at Lily's Supermarket in the Malls shopping center.
candidates, referenda and a bond proposal, but last night's count still went slowly.
Dole, Bennett surge to apparent victories
BULLETIN
State Sen. Robert F. Bennett has widened his lead over atta. Gen. Vern Miller in the right Kansas gubernatorial race. With 97 seats, Bennett has defeated Miller, 371,926 to 368,221. However, the Associated Press still hasn't declared Bennett the unofficial winner of the elec-
From the Associated Press
TOPEKA-U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, by his own admission on the political ropes six weeks ago, capped a dramatic comeback to win reelection yesterday.
"I think all who look across the wreckage of Watergate will find Kansas one of the bright spots," Dole, a former Republican national chairman, told cheerling supporter John F. Kennedy's victory appearance after edging away from U.S. Rep. Bill Roy in late vote count.
Kansas Republicans also appeared to have captured the statehouse for the first time.
The governor's race still hung in the balance early today, but Republican Bob Bennett had a lead over Democrat Vern Miller in both National Election Service (NES) figures and a state news service tabulation.
Bennett, president of the state Senate, had a 2,869 vote lead in nearly final, unofficial NES returns and led by 1,869 votes in the state tabulation.
Democrats captured the 2nd District congressional seat vacated by Roy and also won the attorney general's and state treasurer's offices.
A reeche of county election officials was scheduled this morning by the state tabulating service. It appeared the final vote was in doubt. In Carvassing, Board meetings in two weeks.
Martha Keys, Manhattan Democrat, won Roy's district over Republican state Rep. John C. Peterson by 15,000 votes. She became the second woman ever to go to Congress from Kansas and the first in 40 years.
Dole, 51, won a second six-year term in
the U.S. Senate by more than 13,000 votes in
nearly final, unofficial NES returns. With
a loss to the Democratic National Election,
Dole had 824,668 votes. Roy had 742,809.
A constitutional amendment to permit gambling bingo games operated by nonprofit organizations was approved overwhelmingly.
Republicans retained four U.S. House seats with comfortable victories by Keith Sebelius, Larry Winn Jr., Garner Shriver and Jeb Skubitz.
"I really think we won the race of issues." Dole said. "I think a lot of people had faith in me. They didn't think I was involved in Watergate."
Dole also credited President Gerald R. Ford's visit last Saturday to Wichita on his behalf as a factor in losing Wichita by only 3,000 votes.
Close races dampen party spirit
Right to Life over his refusal to endorse a constitutional amendment on abortion
Roy, 48, was somewhat embittered by a late campaign attack on him by Kansas
"That's what beat us," he said. "We lost on one issue."
The Democrats usually say "c'est la vie" and then either begin and end their partying early or make their concession statements and disappear into the night.
★ ★ ★
A few of Bob Bennett's supporters were
It was different last night at both headquarters.
By the Kansan Elections Team
11 C CENATE
TOPEKA- It was a statistician's party,
not a party for the professional party-goers
last night in both the Republic and
Democratic headquarters here.
Republican headquarters usually is festive on election night from the time the poll close until the wee hours of the evening. People who usually are are shooting for offices in Kansas.
Here are the unofficial results available as of 9 a.m. today on selected statewide votes (A-American party, D-BRepublican party, and x-incumbent);
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Although the booze was free and ample, and the band was picking up some Dixieland tunes, the GOP celebrants in the Ramada Inn were content to watch a performance of totals. The professional elbowbenders were trying but, the mood just wasn't festive.
Bob Dole, R, x 384,714
Bill Rov, D. 371,620
1ST DISTRICT
It showed on many faces. What was it showed on 9 p.m., and there wasn't much art, only music.
Keith Sebellus, R, x 84,200
Don Smith, D 46,492
Martha Keys, D.
John Peterson, R.
76,530
61,200
Sam Wells, D. 47,744
Larry Wim, R, x. 85,938
dashing about, hugging and kissing each other. Bennett had the lead in the early gubernatorial returns. But the mood of the race was uneven, newswist in size since 7 p.m., was anxious.
Bert Chaney, D., 56,933
Garner E. Garner, R. x., 66,500
Both Bennett and Bob Dole, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, snuck up the back stairs with campaign personnel. The candidates were mellow; merry; their candidates were close bv.
But most eyes were still glued to the TV set.
Frank Gaines, D., 62,827
Jeo Skubitz, R. x, 77,922
The merriment was noticeably restrained until the ABC network stuck out its neck and declared both Dole and Bennett early winners.
Bob Bennett, B. 370,855
Vern Miller, D. 367,269
Then the tears broke loose, the wrinkles in
the brow disappeared, unites erased the skin
of her face.
And what started out to be a different election night turned out to be the same.
ABC cornered Dole for an interview in a room. When he resappeared, his campaign manager, Dave Owen, announced that the team would go to the ballroom for a victory declaration.
the stage that awaited the prospective governor Miller.
Dole wasn't so sure.
"It's too close right now," he said. "Let's wait and see."
Curt Schneider, D., 302, 831
Ton Vanick Slemack, R., 280, 184
Walter Cronkite agreed. Cronkite hemed and havewed before announcing Dole a star on the field.
O. W. "Bill" Hawk, D,
193, 379
M. Ilan Shannan, R, x.
355, 922
Israelis conduct raid
From the Associated Press
BEIRUT—Israeli troops raided a Lebanese village yesterday and arrested its chief, Mukhtar Aref Suleman, and his son, Ali, both accused of Arab terrorist cooperation. The troops then blew up the family house. After the father and son had been flown to Israel, the government said both were known to have cooperated with terrorists and were being detained for questioning. Witnesses said about 150 Israelis in helicopters swooped down on the village, Mahdal Zoun, six miles from the Israeli frontier.
Dou Lewis, executive secretary of the party, told Bennett's personnel to keep their candidate upstairs, make him relax, give him a drink and have him watch television.
LONG BEACH, Calif.—Callf. of Richard M. Nixon's right lung has collapsed and there is fluid in his left lung, John C. Langren, Nikon's doctor, said yesterday. Lungren said neither of the lung problems was caused by a breach deeply to overcome them. Nikon remains in serious condition.
Nixon luna collapsed
WASHINGTON—U.S. District Judge John Siris yesterday permitted Watergate prosecutors to begin presenting evidence authenticating tapes even though the judge hasn't yet decided whether the tapes can be used as evidence. A principal issue is the prosecutors' attempt to use tape they can't authenticate through the testimony of a participant in that conspiracy. The prosecutors also asked assistant Alexander P. Butterfield, who first publicly disclosed the existence of the tapes. Butterfield then described how he helped the prosecution identify voices on nearly 30 tapes.
Tape evidence begins
From the Associated Press
From the Associated Press
Layoffs at Chrysler
When will Bennett make a victory
campaign, asked a Bennett
campaign staff?
From the Associated Press
DETROIT—Chrysler Corp. announced yesterday that it was eliminating second shifts at four assembly plants later this month and laying off 7,100 workers identifiably because of sagging auto sales. Chrysler said it also was shifting its Hamtramck assembly plant for two weeks starting Nov. 11, temporarily idling about 9,000 workers. The company has been able to absorb the impact. Detroit, the Newark, Del., plant and the St. Louis plant. Earlier day Chrysler reported October car sales dropped 16.8 per cent since last year and were at a 12-year low for October.
"I don't know," she replied. "He's very cautious."
It's good that Bennett was.
Someone said almost disbelieving, "R's 50-60 now."
And the staffer left.
The mood picked up. The Ramada Inn was full now. The three networks had declared Dole a winner. The celebration shifted into full swing.
The crowd moved to the ballroom as he said the word that Delle would be doe.
Minutes passed. Dole remained upstairs with his parents and daughter.
The crowd was anxious again. The cheer, "We want Dole," was started enthusiastically. But an occasional remark wrong but错付 a damper on the enthusiasm.
Then Dole appeared and reaffirmed that he had indeed won. It was like the good old dad.
The band played.
The statisticians disappeared, and everyone became a party-goer—everyone except Bennett and his side, who paced the halls until the wee hours.
The lobby of the Democrat campaign headquarters just down the street in the hive.
Two bars kept crow enthusiasm at a high level, and a third bar ensured that excitement would remain at a high level. No different from any other years.
The election results began pouring in at 7:15.
The early returns showed Bennett-
tock, followed by neck and neck. Much
different from older patients.
"I's a good day to be happy, isn't it?" a woman asked, excited at the prospects of a Democratic senator from Kansas for the first time since 1938.
"Why couldn't all of this have happened on a Friday night?" KU student support of the project.
As more returns poured in, the crowd in the ballroom engaged in vocal conversation and
Roy appeared at the podium. A short time after Keys' speech, Roy conceded defeat to
Roy's family stood arm in arm behind him as he spoke. The crowd cheered wildly as he grabbed the podium to announce that Kansas Republics stood firm.
and the shout of "Here she is" went up at Marahta Keys was ushered into the crowd.
But Keys' victory speech was the high point of the Democrats' evening.
Disheartened Democrats said their goodbyes and began to filter out after Roy left. Crowd enthusiasm dulled as the two ballroom bars ran driv.
This was going to be the first of man
People rove in and out of the ballroom as the Bennett-Miller race seaseway. By midnight most of the crowd had left, leaving stacks of empty pop bottles behind the bars and tired reporters sitting in the chairs behind the podium
Empty glasses littered the floor in front of
Inmates condemn prison
Minorities Reporter
By RAFAEL SANTOS
Brutality, unsanitary conditions and discrimination on the part of prison officers were denounced yesterday by James "Matt" Matthews and Perry Sanders, members of the Leavenworth Brothers Offense-Defense Committee (LBODC), and instructed that the prison system and said living conditions at the Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth were almost unabuseable, especially in Building 63.
Building 63 is the segregation or maximum security ward.
Hill is one of the penitentiary inmates recently convicted in Wichita in connection with the prisoner rebellion July 31, 1972.
The brutality is best illustrated by the incident with Afl Hill, who was assaulted by four officials and later was charged with murder.
The prisoners are prohibited from ordering any political books and are restricted from practicing basic democratic rights such as freedom of peaceful assembly, legal counsel and religious practice, Sanders said.
Matthews was imprisoned in isolation when the rebellion took place in the tentitionary.
Of the seven inmates who were indicted last February on charges of assault, conspiracy to mutiny, conspiracy to riot, conspiracy to murder and the murder of a guard who died July 18, 2013, at the hands of his captain, all allegedly committed suicide in the Wyandotte County Jail.
the death of the inmate, William Hurst was convenient for prison administrators who wanted to eliminate a man who was a
The main purpose of the LBOD* are to publicize poor prison conditions, attempt the acquittal of the two inmates being tried and imprisoned.
Matthews, who is black, said that discrimination was a "day-
day hailstake" and that the administration was trying to perfor-
mate it.
Matthews, who was a prisoner at the penitentiary, received institutional charges in connection with the planning of the prisoner rebellion and was held in solitary confinement for 14 months until his release last September.
Dan Tedrick, public information officer of the penitentiary,
contacted before Matthews delivered his speech, denied the
claim.
"We don't have anything to hide and, furthermore, we bring in outsiders to participate in our programs," he said. "You have at KU outliers who are familiar with the conditions in this prison."
Hugh McCullough, student director of the KU project to assist prisoners in legal problems, said the prison was clean and prisoners were usually permitted to engage in multiple activities.
There is probably one portion of the prison where physical conditions aren't good. That is the maximum security ward.
"It's not air conditioned, the cells are smaller and living conditions are almost unbearable. I would imagine..."
communes are aren't unbeatable, I would imagine," he said.
Matthews, who spent some time in Building 63 or "the hole," as the prisoners call it, said inmates assigned to the ward are forced to live in their own excrement and with rats and cockroaches.
Star aazers
A victoriousSen. Bob Dole shades his eyes from the bright television lights as he looks out on his celebrating supporters during the final round of the NBA season.
Im in Topeka. Meanwhile, a youngster in the crowd strains to see the action.