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SA-imr AtUtiatim 0ter Thursday, Nov. AMEND 1 AMEND 2 AMENDS! VOWS Location -J I Alabama's GOP 1 J.1 1 AMEND 4 131 Jacksonville City Hall 23 Jacksonville Scout Home to 'come back swinging' 88 JMllc Old National Guard Armory 205 218 Jacksonville Recreation Center 92 189 Alexandria Fire Station By MIKE SHERMAN 47 SI Four Mile Methodist Church Star Political Editor 193 112 Eulatoa Civic Center 191 124 Street Realty Co. 271 198 Weaver fire Station 1 MONTGOMERY The Alabama Republican Party lost two big ones Tuesday, but Chairman Bill Harris of Birmingham says the party will "step back, take a look and Women, blacks, GOP gain in Legislature Peek'i Hill Methodist CWca 87 34 Webster'! Chapel Methodist Church 108 51 Roy Wet Sffcool 59 95 Piedmont National Gird Armory 118 Piedmont Qty Hall 47 Piedmont Howell's Store 102 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Women and blacks, as weU as Republicans, gained numerical strength in Tuesday's legislative election in Alabama. Four women were elected to the House, more than ever before.

And one of them, Ann Bedsole in the 101st House District in Mobile, is the first Republican woman the legislature has ever had. 7 With her in the House are Shelby Dean Ward of Opelika, who was re elected in District 64; Mary Zoghby of Mobile in District 102, and Martha Jo Smith of Huntsville in the 21st piedmont Carrol's TV Shop HoUingsworth (7 39 come back swinging." Republicans were disappointed by losses by Republican gubernatorial candidate Guy Hunt of Cullman, and GOP Senate candidate Jim Martin of Gadsden. But the party's three U.S. representatives, John Buchanan of Birmingham, Jack Edwards of Mobile, and Bill Dickinson of Montgomery, turned back Democratic challenges handily. And Republican strength in the Legislature doubled going from two to four members in the House.

There are still no Republicans in the Senate. Harris says he is 'disappointed" that the biggest GOP campaign push in recent years did not produce the "10 to 15 4 representatives" he had hoped would be elected. "It looks like the Democratic straight-ticket campaign got us," Harris said. "Although you can't blame it entirely on that because Dickinson and Buchanan and Edwards were returned. But people Just did not split their ballots enough." An added element of frustration for Harris and died-in-tbe-' wool Republicans was the victory of former Republican Fob James, running as a Democrat, over GOP nominee Harris said he is hi politics because be believes in the "philosophy and principles of the Republican Party, and I believe the two-party system is necessary to the survival of the country." 4 The party will rebound, he said, and in the meantime will undertake an educational process "to try to tell people what we are Interested in, and what the party stands for.

It is obvious that we are not understood from the vote Tuesday." Two Republicans were elected in the Birmingham area, and a third narrowly defeated. Two other Republicans were elected in the Mobile area, according to unofficial returns. In Birmingham, former Mayor George Seibels defeated veteran Democratic Rep. Francis Falkenburg, and Republican Bill Cabaniss Jr. beat Dr.

Wally Retan. Republican Al Hill of Homewood lost by about 40 votes to Democrat Jim Bennett. In the Mobile area, Ann Bedsole beat Democrat Jim Johnston, and Republican V.M. Parker of Chickasaw defeated former Rep. Charles Therrell of Two incumbent Republicans will not return to the Legislature.

Rep. Bill Towns of Oneonta was defeated by Democrat Bob Harvey. Rep. Dal Younce of Mobile chose not to run for re-election. White Plains Fire Station .38 84 Choccolocco Voting House District.

The new legislature has 13 black members in the House, 58 43 Oxford Qty Hafl 1)7 145 Oxford Lake Park 138 232 Tractor Equipment Co. 23 Oxford Legion HaD 70 Cheaha Civic Center 97 S3 io 84 35 2l7 97 "TT -4i 28 134 72 118 97 0 0 10 11 40 20 62 43 42 434 57 43 0 31 47 25 25 34 21 31 27 43 32 83 125 100 30 29 "IT 44 57 4 15 11 21 26 0 5 "TTT si 292 152 304- 129 243 82 51 40 08 58 24 24 42 36 107 95 75 42 390 155 13 7 57 77 51 16" 27 22 68 53 385 197 24 28 36 723 i "IT 32 4102 2355 72 28 114 44 18 12 8 ,107 32 88 30 254 102 229. 79 84 "ST 77 47 49 40 33 i 145 78 128 83 139 102 109 93 85 20 88 17 13 18 10 8 85 28 40 18 81 38 81 40 59 33 49 31 72 48 59 42 0 0 -0 45 27 38 47 39 19 25 19 33 27 26 20 41 25 30 21 50 23 44 24 140 90 115 84 174 89 127 93 35 33 28 24 75 43 57 44 58 4 58 8 13 IS 17 10 28 21 23 18 8 4 124 49 95 43 320 110 294 94 300 99 272 94 260 70 70 75 53 40 43 38 108 52 65 57 25 22 22 24 58 27 43 30 147 84 100 78 96 40 74 30 398 124 355 117 19 17 12 8 46 73 76 40 40 29 49 17 42 21 24 24 84 49 67 44 401 218 333 158 32 19 24 23 47 21 35 23 01 24 48 20 75 44 50 33 2 1 2 05 30 6i 23 4705 2288 3900 2040 58 10 Hobson Qty City Hall the same as before, but three instead of two in the Senate. Michael A. Figures, a Mobile attorney, was elected in Senate District 33.

He will join Sen. J. Richmond Pearson of Birmingham, who was re-elected in District 13, and Sen. U. Clemon, also of Birmingham, who won another term in District 15.

4T: Eleven of the 13 black House members were re-elected. One of the others was defeated and another did not seek -another term. Both were replaced by other blacks. William Fred Horn of Birmingham was elected in District 39 to succeed Louphenia Thomas, the only black woman who has ever served in the legislature. C.

Howard Nevett of Fairfield succeeds Chris McNair, who ran for Congress instead of another term in the legislature. Republican legislators besides Bedsole, all in the House, are former Birmingham Mayor George Seibels in District 32; W. J. Cabaniss of Birmingham in District 31 and Gerald Willis of Piedmont in District 57. 10 72 Sulphur Springs Voting House 34 School Anniston City Auditorium 122 109 Anniston National Guard Armory 225 293 Old Annittoo Hlyh School Cafeteria 242 277 "Anniston Alabama Power Co.

314 197 AanJston Mental Health Cantor THE NATION'S GOVERNORSHIPS 93 52 TAnnlston Moore Avenue Baptist Chtrch Congress (Continued From Page 1) targeted in difficult races for the Democrats. 115 Aaalston Carver Center 18 pountyjCourhouaea -Aaalston WUraor Fin Station 118 178 Hamilton Boyadnb 83 108 Unlock Flrt Itatloa 315 329 Golden Springs Community Creator DEMOCRAT 18 88 Greenwood WHITE HOUSE press secretary Jody Powell called it "one of the best off-year elections any president has had, but other White House officials expressed concern about the chances of a. SALT treaty with the Soviet Union in a more 'conservative Senate. i Putting aside the predictable artisan, reactions, what was striking about the. results of Tuesday's voting was the eagerness the voters showed to entrust the government to new a PtArmanville Sdioo 110 .77 Ofeitchee Legion Half 72 fH'l Vm Store 72 120 Blit Mswtala 297 505 Saks HI School New faces were chosen in 20 23 43 dsbJi Iclooi Frl aw UPUBUCAN 27 iNDiPBNDiNI WelUagtoa Baptist Church Loathorwood Coaaty Shop 70 78 112 West Point Joaklaa Tire ftore Morrlsvllle Voting House CONGRESSIONAL SCOREBOARD 45 Absentee 8228 4035 "Total! SENATE BEFORE NOW HOUSE BEFORE41 NOW 288 077 prisons in Alabama; Amendment No.

3 would allow municipalities to change their charters if the need arises and Amendment No. 4 would authorize the Anniston Qty Council to use public funds to purchase a pi AMENDMENTS The above tawe shows the box-by-box breakdown of how Calhoun Countians voted on four ef nine amendments on Tuesday'! ballot. Amendment No. 1 would limit the Increase! In property taxes as a result of reappraisal; Amendment No. I is a SIS million bond issue to finance construction of new and develop industrial property.

of the 35 Senate races and 20 of the 36 governorships decided this year, exceeding the turnover in any previous election in this decade. The 77 new House members comprise the largest entering class this decade except for the Watergate election of 1974. In casting about for officials who' might have more luck coping with the economic problems that dominated the campaign, voters once again ignored party labels and split their tickets with impunity. One of the most dramatic examples of that independence came in New Hampshire, where Democrat Hugh Gallen upset three-term Gov. Meldrim Thompson, a nationally known conservative a i 1 i he conservative Senate candidate had recruited; airline pilot Gordon Humphrey, surprised Sen.

Thomas J. Mclntyre, "THE SENATE has had a perceptible shift toward the conservative side that may make a SALT treaty and labor- type initiatives more difficult," Weyrich said. House gains, he conceded, "are not that impressive," but he claimed that more than half the newly elected Republicans would prove to be "hard-core conservatives." Alexander Barkan, dirctor of the AFWJIO Committee on Political Education (COPE), said he was "shocked" at some of the Senate losses and said, "philosophically, there will be a Amendment faces federal challenge 11 'I I I I PIM0(I4T RIPUIffCAN INDEPENDENT contest two provisions of the proposal, but the three judges hearing the suit have not ruled on the motion. Still said if a ruling is, favorable, he will contest the constitutional amendment through the original suit. He said he would file a new suit if the ruling is not favorable.

The lawyer said the contested provisions deal with assessment of property at its actual use and giving credit to taxpayers who have paid higher taxes in a prior year as a result of the reappraisal. 1 The original property tax suit was filed in 1965. The spokesman said the counties have to mail, in their election results to the Secretary of State's office and state law allows them 15 days to do so. Calhoun County Probate Judge Arthur Murray said he officially will count and certify the election results in Calhoun on Friday, as required by law. Still filed a motion in federal court at Montgomery several weeks ago, seeking to amend the original suit that brought on a court order to equalize Alabama's property taxes by a statewide reappraisal.

He said the suit amendment was to From Staff Wire Reports BIRMINGHAM The official vote, tallies from Tuesday's general election are not yet in, but already under way is a federal court challenge of-- a tax amendment which apparently was approved by Alabama voters. "Attorney Ed Still said today that legal '-machinery is in motion for challenging No. 1, which is to revamp property tax' structure. A spokesman for the Secretary of "State's office, in Montgomery said statewide vote totals will not be known officially until "sometime next week." INCLUDES I REPUBLICAN AND 3 DEMOCRAT VACANCIES in her own right in 12 years. Two women incumbents were defeated in House races but three new women were elected.

And at the state level, women were re-elected to every statewide office they held and gained four additional heutenant governorships and four secretary of state California's Brown may be curbed shift to the right" in that body, But Barkan pointed to a major labor victory in Democrats. The lieutenant governor and attorney general candidates on his ticket were defeated, and Republicans took three California House seats from the Democrats. Sen. Howard H. Baker, and Illinois Gov.

James R. Thompson, both won re-election by bigger margins than had been expected. Rep. Philip M. Crane, an already announced conservative hopeful, won his return to the House and will be joined there by his brother, Daniel B.

Crane, winner in another Illinois district. A third Crane brother, David G. Crane, lost his House race in Indiana. The new Republican sena- tors are almost equally divided between committed. Political observers believe Brown, in his successful race against Republican Attorney General Evelle Younger, didn't come to the aide of Dymally soon enough in the bitter race with Curb.

The campaign for the state's No. 2 spot was characterized by a blistering series of personal attacks by the candidates. could give Democrats a reason to vote against Brown for president to prevent Curb from replacing a Democrat as governor. 4 Two years ago, Brown vacillated before entering several late primaries. He defeated Jimmy Carter in five of the six primaries in which both their names were on the ballot.

LOS ANGELES (AP) If Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. decides to go after the Democratic presidential nomination two years from now, he may find his campaign style somewhat Curbed. The reason is Mike Curb, a Republican who surprised incumbent Democrat Mervyn Dymally to win the race for Cali as much impact as we had expected." There were similarly mixed results for referenda on nuclear power, homosexual rights, equal rights for women, the death penalty and abortion. Organizations representing blacks, Hispanics and women also came up with scattered scorecards for Tuesday's voting.

THE ONLY black Senator, Edward W. Brooke, was defeated and black candidates lost bids for senator in Mississippi and lieutenant governor and attorney general in California. But blacks retained all their seats in the House and claimed a major victory 'in beating; Philadelphia Mayor. Frank Rizzo, on a proposed change in the, city charter that would have allowed him lo seek a third term. j.

Women's groups were elated at the election of Nancy Landon Missouri's rejection of a right-to-work referendum and noted that right-to-work had also been an issue in the election of labor- support? dj emocr a tl governors In Idaho and New Mexico, OVERALL, the referenda questions on Tuesday's ballot provided equivocal evidence for those who wanted to find a strong conservative trend in the voting. 4 In the 16 states with spending- fornia lieutenant governor. The vlctorv' (fives Curb thi jrb said before Tuesday's voting gave- California its first split government sinct positions. The League of Conservation Voters also reported "mixed" results in what a spokesman said had been feared to be a very bad year. Of 24 endorsed candidates for Congress, 14 won and 10 were defeated.

SO FAR AS presidential politics is concerned, one of Carter's intra-party rivals and three of his potential Republican challengers had their credentials stamped "approved" by the voters. California Gov. Edmund G. Brown, a possible Carter challenger in 1980 primaries, won a landslide second-term victory, but notably failed to provide coattails for other CurbTSSTmovedThto politics after a career in the music industry begun with 3,000 earned for producing an advertising jingle. He turned that small stake into what he says is the nation's 12th largest record company, Warner-Curb Productions.

Curb, making his first try for elective office, bus produced music for a number of top industry stars. His biggest hit was Debby Boone's Oscar-winning "You Light Up My Life." he chooses to use it to keep Brown on a very short political leash the next four years, possibly frustrating Brown's presidential ambitions. Anytime the governor leaves thelstate, the lieutenant governor assumes all powers of the including the right to'appoint judges and other officials, and to sign or veto bills. That could hinder any campaigning by Brown in other states, making it hard for him even to test his popularity. It also 1894 that be would cooperate with Brown if elected.

Brown added Wednesday, "I don't see any reason why we can't work together." But complete cooperation would be politically disasterous for Curb, because his Republican supporters naturally expect him to act as some sort of a force against Brown, and. Curb's own ambitions would prohibit him from being viewed as a Brown ally. taxing limitations on the ballot, more were approved than rejected, but the National Taxpayers Union was clearly disappointed. "Proposition 13," a spokesman said, "didn't have conservatives. On balance, the progressive Republicans, while still outnumbered, were probably strengthened by the election.

Kassebaum, to the Senate -the first woman to gain election.