Thursday, May 9, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Kennedy is KU 'Choice'
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D.N.Y.) eked out a slim 45-vote victory over Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.) among KU voters in Choice '68, the national collegiate presidential primary.
Results of the local Choice '68 vote released Wednesday showed Kennedy with 1,042 votes to McCarthy's 997 out of 3,591 votes cast for first choice candidates.
Former vice-president Richard M. Nixon received the most votes of any Republican candidate, Nixon ran third with 582 votes followed by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York with 422 votes.
In the referendum issues on the ballot KU voters showed a marked dovish stance on the Vietnam questions and expressed opinions that job training and education should receive the highest spending priorities in the urban crisis.
On the question of military action in Vietnam 56 per cent of those voting favored a reduction in the U.S. commitment and another 19 per cent favored total withdrawal. 12 per cent indicated
an urge for an all-out effort to win the war.
The bombing of North Vietnam referendum result was a tossup between complete cessation of bombing and temporary suspension. 35 per cent voted for cessation and 34 per cent for suspension. Only 3 per cent of the voters indicated a desire to see nuclear weapons used against the North Vietnamese.
Job training as a means of solving the urban crisis received 51 per cent of the vote followed by aid to education with 34 per cent.
The ballots contained spaces for first, second and third choice votes for each presidential candidate. In local second and third choice balloting Rockefeller and Republican Mayor John Lindsay of New York City showed surprising strength.
Rockefeller, fourth in first choice votes, rose to third among second choices and topped the list in third choice votes in the local contest.
Lindsay, sixth among KU first
choices, jumped to second behind Rockefeller on the third choice ballot.
Although Kennedy was strong among KU voters who declared themselves on the ballots as Democrats—he received 49 per cent of the Democratic vote—McCarthy gained on the New York senator with votes from Republican and independent voters.
Foreign students voting in the Choice '68 election preferred one of the two top Democratic candidates. Of 55 foreign students voting, 21 cast their ballots for McCarthy and 19 for Kennedy. Only Rockefeller with three votes and Nixon with two received foreign votes among GOP candidates.
Gov. Ronald Reagan of California, often mentioned as a dark horse possibility for the Republican nomination, fared poorly with KU voters. Reagan received only two per cent of the vote, only a shade better than Illinois Sen. Charles Percy, who passed Reagan on the second and third choice votes.
Thirteen Air Force ROTC cadets received awards at a recent dining-in at Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, for academic achievement, leadership, service and character.
ROTC cadets receive awards
Cadets who received awards are Cdt, Major Charles F. Arndt, Mission senior, Air Force Times Award; Cdt. Major Raymond V. Bengtson, Tribune senior, John O. Dalke Memorial Award, with a $100 U.S. Savings Bond; Cdt. MSgt. Steven J. Bradehoeft, Overland Park sophomore, General Dynamics Air Force ROTC Cadet Award, and the Kenneth D. Krehibel Memorial Award, with a $150 scholarship grant;
Cdt. MSgt. Kenneth C. Dickson, Topeka sophomore, Professor of Aerospace Studies Silver Medal; Cdt. Major Steven F. Fryer, Arkansas City senior, Professor of Aerospace Studies Gold Medal, and the SPECIAL Kenneth D. Krehbiel Memorial Award, with a $25 U.S. Savings Bond; Cdt. Col. Daniel F. Harrington, Penfield, N.Y., senior, the Richard Hazlett Memorial Award; Cdt. Capt. Bruce L. Hogle, Lawrence junior, Reserve Officers Association Bronze Medal;
Results of Choice '68 voting
KU CHOICE '68 RESULTS First Choice Votes
Cdt, Lt. Col. Gary D. Moser,
Topека senior, Armed Forces
Communications and Electronics
Association Award, and the
National Society of Military Engineers Award; Cdt. AMN William W. Orrison, Meade freshman, Professor of Aerospace Studies Silver Medal; Cdt. TSgt. Richard D. Ras-
1. Robert K. Kennedy (D) ... 1042
2. Eugene McCarthy (D) ... 997
3. Richard M. Nixon (R) ... 582
4. Nelson Rockefeller (R) ... 422
5. Write-ins* ... 145
6. John V. Lindsay (R) ... 96
7. Ronald Reagan (R) ... 85
8. Charles Percy (R) ... 79
9. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ... 57
10. Mark Hatfield (R) ... 33
    George Wallace (Ind) ... 33
12. Martin L. King (Ind) ... 11
13. Fred Halstead (Socialist) ... 7
14. Harold Stassen (R) ... 2
*includes votes for Hubert Humphrey (D)
Second Choice Third Choice
1. McCarthy 765 1. Rockefeller 707
2. Kennedy 714 2. Lindsay 459
3. Rockefeller 682 3. McCarthy 442
4. Nixon 355 4. Kennedy 349
5. Nixon 296 5. Percy 396
6. Percy 234 6. Nixon 321
7. Reagan 188 7. Reagan 200
8. Johnson 103 8. Hatfield 157
9. Hatfield 86 9. Johnson 146
10. Hatfield 21 10. Johnson 146
11. Wallace 28 11. King 50
12. Halstead 12 12. Halstead 33
13. Stassen 28 13. Stassen 28
NATIONAL CHOICE '68 RESULTS
First Choice Votes
1. McCarthy 285,598
2. Kennedy 213,576
3. Nixon 196,870
4. Rockefeller 115,783
5. Johnson 57,244
6. Wallace 33,044
7. Write-ins* 31,775
8. Reagan 28,151
9. Lindsay 22,254
10. Percy 15,152
11. Hatfield 7,595
12. Halstead 5,877
13. King 3,534
14. Stassen 1,032
Second Choice
Third Choice
R 'k'felt 174,030
M Ca'ty 182,913
L Lindsay 189,543
Nixon 93,939
Percy 84,598
Johnson 79,039
Reagan 60,928
Hatfield 37,599
King 17,629
Halstead 13,140
Stassen 8,138
- Includes votes for Humphrey
Second Choice
1. Ken dwayne 75,640
2. Ken dwayne 75,640
3. Krfel 170,084
4. Lindsey 170,084
5. Lindsey 170,084
6. Reagan 66,845
7. Johnson 57,534
8. Ruffield 23,949
9. Wallace 23,949
10. Wallace 23,949
11. Halstead 6,453
12. Stassen 2,663
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KU REFERENDUM VOTES Military Action in Vietnam
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Reduction of troops ... 2,040
Total withdrawal ... 684
All-out effort ... 450
Maintain present force ... 239
Increase of troops ... 212
Bombing of North Vietnam
Government Spending Priorities in the Urban Crisis
Education 408,586
Job training 400,411
Riot control 127,922
Housing 65,859
Income subsidy 27,992
Total cessation 1,266
Temporary suspension 1,237
Intensify bombing 587
Maintain current levels 431
Use nuclear weapons 96
Government Spending Priorities in the Urban Crisis
Job training 1,867
Education 1,246
Riot control 269
Housing 178
Income subsidy 100
Military Action in Vietnam
NATIONAL REFERENDUM VOTES
Bombing of North Vietnam
Military Action in Vietnam
Reduction of troops 464,332
All-out effort 213,789
Total withdrawal 181,675
Increase of troops 94,971
Maintain present force 77,250
Total cessation 298,356
Temporary suspension 297,465
Intensify bombing 266,201
Maintain current levels 122,936
Use nuclear weapons 45,210
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