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Democrats Gain In the Senate . . . I
But Lose a Little In the House
WASHINGTON M — Democrats
came out of a series of cliff-hanger
election contests today with a solid
gain of at least four seats in the
Senate and little loss in the House,
but ousted from governorships
in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsvl
vannia.
Only in California, where Rich
ard Nixon’s comeback bid was de
feated, were the Democrats able
to turn back the Republican reach
for four big states to add to the
New York prize which Gov. Nel
son Rockefeller held for the GOP.
Surveying the results, President
Kennedy said “I am heartened”
but let his comment go at that in
a brief statement.
Democratic National Chairman
John Bailey, however, called it a
tremendous victory for the Ken
nedy administration and the Demo
cratic party.
It v as an election quilted with
stunning surprises. Not the least
of these was a squeaker that Sen.
Lester Hill, veteran Alabama De
mocrat, had in winning over Re
publican James Martin.
The right run there apparently
reflected in part resentments over
the Kennedy administration’s use
of troops to force the University of
Mississippi to admit a Negro stu
dent.
68 Demos—32 GOPS
The Senate party line-up for
the new Congress is 68 Democrats
and 32 Republicans. In the present
Congress, the party division is 64
Democrats and 36 Republicans.
Democrats had elected 248 mem
bers of the House and the Republi
cans 175, a pick up of one for
the GOP. Democrats were leading
in 11 of 12 contests still incon
clusive and a Republican in one.
As for governorships, it was pos
sible the windup would leave the
numerical division between the
parties where it was before the
election—34 in Democratic hands
and 16 with Republicans.
The Republicans overturned six
Democratic administrations — in
cluding those in the populous states
of Ohio, Michigan and Pennsyl
vania—but were overturned them
selves in six others.
For President Kennedy, the
j congressional outcome was a vic
J tory in that it bucked the tradition
j that the party in power normally
I loses a sizable block of congres
sional seats in off-year elections.
The President appeared also to
have a strengthened hand in the
Senate with the increased Demo
cratic strength there and the addi
tion of such warm supporters of his
program as his brother, Edward
Kennedy, elected in Massachusetts,
] and former Secretary of Welfare
j Abraham Ribicoff, elected in Con- |
I necticut.
j But the liberal vs. conservative
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[Capital Move
| Heads for Its
Second Defeat
ANCHORAGE dP1 — A heavy
opposition vote in all areas of the
state outside of the Southcentral
Senatorial District gave the explo
sive capital relocation Initiative
No. 1 a heading toward its second
defeat in two years today.
Only the Anchorage area and
surrounding communities in the
Susitna Valley on the Kenai Penin
sula — Seward included — gave
the measure. Initiative No. 1, a
major boost.
In the Eighth Election District,
which includes Anchorage , the
vote for capital relocation was
running approximately 4Va-l.
In Southeast Alaska, where the
bulk of opposition to the initiative
centered, the vote was approxi
mately 15M>-1, far short of the
30-1 margin chalked up in the
Panhandle in 1960.
The 1960 District 8 vote was
some 3-1 for capital relocation.
The vote this year in the cen
tral area was approaching 2-1
against approximately the same
margin experienced two years ago.
In Northwestern Alaska, the mar
gin was almost 4-1 against, com
pared with 2-1 against in 1960.
The vote against the capital
relocation initiative submitted to
the voters two years ago was
23,972-18,865.
CIVIL DEFENSE for the CITY of NOME
Since the recent concern over affairs in Cuba many people
have been asking about the status of Civil Defense in Nome.
As you know, Nome has not had an active Civil Defense Di
rector for more than a year until my very recent appointment
by the State Civil Defense Director. Since my appointment
much has been done to learn where we stand on Civil Defense
at this time in regards to emergency supplies, plans, and estab
lished procedures for emergency conditions. We have found
that much remains to be done to bring our city Civil Defense
system up to minimum standards. Work is in progress to
correct this siuation as soon as possible.
In the meantime, all persons are urged to acquire and
maintain supplies of food, clothing, bedding, etc., for emer
gency use in their homes. The Civil Defense warning signal
for the City of Nome is a SERIES OF SIX (6) OR MORE
SHORT BLASTS on the fire siren. Upon hearing this signal
immediately take shelter inside the nearest building and re
main there until you receive further instructions either by
radio or loudspeaker.
In the near future additional information will be pro
vided you on the Civil Defense program for the City of Nome.
DONALD M. HOOVER,
Civil Defense Director
inspection of Culm
For Weapons Takes
A Critical Turn
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. W —
The U.S. drive to get Soviet of
fensive weapons out of Cuba and
international inspection of the
withdrawal appeared today to have
taken a critical turn.
U.S. Ambassador Adlai Steven
son, after a five-hour meeting i
Tuesday night with Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister V. Kuznetsov,
said glumly: "This one was not
fruitful.”
“The missiles are moving out
and the talks are moving on.”
Stevenson said. But he gave no in
dication that the missiles and
atomic jet bombers were leaving
Cuban soil.
Stevenson obviously was disap
pointed after emerging from the
longest exchange he has had with
the Russians since the Cuban crisis
erupted more than two weeks ago.
The U.S. delegation kept a tight
lid on what took place in the talks,
but it apparent that the United
States was stepping up pressure
on Premier Khrushchev to hold to
his pledge to remove missiles and
all other offensive weapons and
ship them back to the Soviet
Union.
Main stumbling block has been
Prime Minister Castro’s refusal to
permit one-the-spot inspection of
the missile sites by the United
Nations, the International Com
mittee of the Red Cross or any
other foreign agency.
It was indicated that American
diplomats would continue talks
with the Russians here, but no
date was set for a new meeting.
LATEST
STATEWIDE
TOTALS
ANCHORAGE — Unofficial
returns from 234 of 340 precincts:
For Governor
Egan . 24,158
Stepovich . 22,989
U. S. Senate
Gruening . 27,787
Stevens . 20,840
For U. S. House
Rivers . 26,032
Thomas . 22,921
Initiative No. 1
232 of 340 precincts
Against . 25,524
For . 22,811
MRS. ROOSEVELT DIES
NEW YORK m—Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, widow of the
32nd President of the United
States, has died in New York.
The 78-year-old widow often
was described as one of the best
known women in the world.
She had been active in various
governmental and semi-govern
mental agencies for many years,
until she entered Columbia Pres
byterian Medical Center on
Sept. 26.
In the hospital, Mrs. Roose
velt was treated for anemia and
a lung congestion. Her condition
failed to improve but she was
discharged Oct. 18 and returned
to her home in New York for
further treatment.
She was too ill to take any part
in yesterday's New York stale
elections, although she had been
instrumental in shaping the
Democratic state ticket. And
her condition was such that the
results were not conveyed to her.
Thomas Concedes
FAIRBANKS (J’t—The following
is a statement sent to Fairbanks,
where Ralph Rivers is during the
election:
“My congratulations to Con
gressman Rivers on winning your
seat. I respect you personally fur
waging a clean campaign through
out and I hope this contest will
spur you on to ever greater service
to Alaska and the nation. My best
wishes go with you to Washing
ton. And my everlasting thanks to
those thousands of Alaskans from
all corners of the state for y .ur
support. Signed Lowell Thomas,
Jr.”
Rivers “Gratified”
FAIRBANKS (/P—Congressman !
Ralph Rivers, on learning of his
apparent victory today issued the i
following statement:
“I am not only pleased to win,
but deeply gratified at the vote of
confidence expressed by the voters
of Alaska in both the state ad
ministration and their congres- j
sional team. Alaska has made j
I great strides at all levels in the j
past four years, but much remains :
to be done to further strengthen ;
both the economic and govern- j
mental foundations of our great j
49th state. It is indeed well that j
my fellow Alaskans have taken the
stand which will enable all of us
to further benefit from the
groundwork which has been ac
complished. I will be proud to
continue serving the people in this
record.”
37.782 FEET DEEP . . .
LONDON UP> — The Royal Navy
survey ship Cook reported Tues- j
day it has found a deeper spot —
37.782 feet — than any previous- j
]y recorded in an ocean.
In a radio message to the Ad
miralty, the Cook said the depth j
was determined by echo-sounding j
equipment in the Mindanao Trench
east of the Philippines.
By comparison, Everest — the
world’s highest mountain — pro
jects 29,028 feet above sea level.
UNOFFICIAL RETURNS
Senate District N
In the two voting precincts in
Nome yesterday 736 ballots were
cast as follows:
For Governor
Egan . 387
Stepovich . 310
U.S. Senate
Gruening . 408
Stevens . 304
U.S. House of Representatives
Rivers . 403
Thomas . 319
Senate District N
Foster . 475
Martin . 236
Senate District P
Walsh . 487
Mclver . 229
State House of Representatives
Blodgett . 435
Johnson . 266
Initiative No. 1
For .... 175 Against .... 548
Bonding Issue No. 1
For .... 545 Against .... 129
Bonding Issue No. 2
For .... 530 Against .... 137
Bonding Issue No. 3
For .... 575 Against .... 120
Bonding Issue No. 4
For .... 475 Against .... 201
Judicial Ballot Nesbett
For .... 473 Against .... 189
Judicial Ballot Dimond
For .... 478 Against .... 176
Unofficial returns from 28 of 40
precincts in the N.W. District give:
Foster . 1602
Martin . 978
Senate District P
24 of 27 precincts
Walsh . 1269
Mclver . 611
House District 17
4 of 13 precincts
Stalker . 509
Curtis . 171
House District 18
14 of 15 precincts
Blodgett . 942
Johnson . 452
House District 19
10 to 12 precincts
Axel Johnson . 254
Llorente . 206
28 of 40 precincts
For Governor
Egan .
Stepovich .
U.S. Senator
Gruening .
Stevens .
For U. S. House
Rivers .
Thomas .
Initiative No. 1
17 of 40 precincts
For .... 563 Against ...
Bonding No. 1
For .... 1493 Against .
Bonding No. 2
For .... 1548 Against ..
Bonding No. 3
For .... 1721 Against ..
Bonding No. 4
For .... 1479 Against ...
1716
900
1738
902
1647
1018
1711
541
442
341
626
Khrushchev Doesn't
See Need for Summit
Meet With Kennedy
MOSCOW —Premier Khrush
chev said today 40 Soviet rockets
Rationed in Cuba have been dis
mantled and “are probably al
ready on their way,” presumably
to this country. Now, he added,
there is no need for a summit
meeting with President Kennedy.
He confessed deep relief at eas
ing of the Cuban crisis but warn
ed, in talking to reporters at a
Kremlin reception marking the
45th anniversary of the Bolshevik
Revolution, that some tensions re
main.
The Soviet Premier, however,
seemed in a relaxed mood and ap
peared to bo celebrating a relaxa
tion of the Cuban tension.
“A hard policy is not always
bed.” he told reporters in discus
sing conduct of foreign policy.
"Flexibility is necessary.”
’I was never in favor of a sum
mit meeting. If there was a situa
tion where there was a question
of peace or war, then, of course, we
would be in favor of it. But now
there is no such necessity,” he
Khrushchev, appearing in a
holiday mood, made these other
points as he rambled through the
interview and four toasts:
The present series of Soviet nu
| clear tests will end Nov. 20 but
! will be resumed unless agreement
I on a nuclear test ban is reached.
The Berlin problem, in the wake
of the Cuban crisis, “is assuming
even greater acuteness.’’ But he
avoided attaching a time limit for
the signing of a separate peace
treaty with East Germany.
He confessed deep relief at the
passing of the Cuban crisis and
seemed to be celebrating the easing
of Soviet-American tensions.
“A week ago we were on the
edge of the precipice of thermo
nuclear w7ar,” he said with a frown.
“Both sides were ready for it.”