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INSIDE TODAY BUCKLEY'S PROPOSED Com" prehensive Plan in pre- sealed lod.y in flt study 14 Volume 65--No. 264 ADVOCATE of the LAND-0-HILLS and its PEOPLE BECKLEY POST-HEKILD QVICK QUOTES fHE GREATEST hypocrites 1 are the greatest dupes. --William HazliU AF-- PreM Reporti Beckley, W. Wednesday Morning, November Newi Servlct Price Seven Cents nson And Smith Win Underwood Gives Him Good Race 11 Beckleyan Is Governor Ml Is Good Morning The News Brief BLEW UP seven U. pumping stations and a 24-inch crude oil pipe Tuesday near El Tigre in eastern Veneruela, causing more than $100,000 damage.

Authorities said the terrorism apparently was timed by the Castroite-Communfct A Forces for National Liberation to coincide with the U. S. election. The facilities are owned by Mene Grande, a subsidiar of Texas Gulf Co. President Johnson sent a message of congratulations Tuesday to Saudi Arabia's new monarch, King Faisal.

Mecca radio said the President expresseed hope that the strong friendship and cooperation between the two countries would continue to grow. The Italian Communist delegation that went to Moscow seeking facts about Nikita Khrushchev's downfall returned Tuesday night i reservations on the course the new Kremlin chiefs have taken. PRIME I I Levi Eshkol's government survived three motions of no confidence Tuesday in Parliament. The opposition motions accused the government of failure in handling the dispute over German scientists working for Egypt and condemned the government's "inability" to enforce the recall of the scientist to Germany. Israel has been protesting about scientists from Germany in Egypt, alleging that they are helping Egypt's arms program.

The Immigration Department said Sunday 45 Cubans who defected at Gander, will be moved to Halifax pending their entry into the United States. The House of Representatives approved by 101 votes to 20 Tuesday a bill which will make Kenya a republic on the first anniversary of independence Dec. 12. The bill must be passed by the Senate where the opposition commands more support. TWELVE PERSONS a been killed in fresh clashes on the Kashmir cease-fire line, a Pakistan government statement said Tuesday.

The statement said the casualties included 11 Indian troops and a Pakistani woman. Pakistan claimed the Indians shot first. Five Nazi swastika flags fluttered from the Town Hall and other buildings in Neckarsteinach, West German, near Heidelberg. When startled officials made inquiries of the mayor, he assured them the banners were only props for location filming of a movie. President Dr.

Kenneth Kaunda has begun a six-week ID-nation tour "to put Zambia on the world map." Zambia is the former British- ruled Northern Rhodesia, which became independent Oct. 23. AN EIGHT-MEMBER German scientific expedition has begun probing the bottom of the Tyr- rhenian Sea lo determine whether all of Italy's volcanoes resulted from one large fissure in the earth. officials have started a drive to round up hundreds of strayed sacred cows roaming the streets of New Delhi, India, and to care for them in cattle pounds. Ten British explorers embarked from Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday aboard a specially equipped vessel on an expedition to Antarctica.

They will try to retrace the route over the frozen wastes covered in 1916 by the famous British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. CHARLESTON (AP) Demo- MORE THAN 140 tombs dat- crats quickly captured 11 seats ing back 3,000 years have been Tuesday in the 100-member CHARLESTON (AP) Democrat Huleil Smith of Beckley was elected governor in the closest of the three lop races in the West Virginia election Tuesday. The slate voled Democratic by landslide umir- gins Tor president and United Stales Senate. With the vote counted from 2,105 or 79 per cent of the state's 2,668 precincts, Smith's lead over Republican ex-Gov. Cecil H.

Underwood was 349,827 to 285,144. In Democratic President Johnson runaways, won the state's seven electoral votes for president over Republican Barry Goldwater and U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd was re-elected for a second term over GOP challenger Cooper Benedict.

In other voting: --Democrats won contests for attorney general, treasurer, auditor, agriculture commissioner, secretary of state and two seats on the State Supreme Court. All of these posts are now Democrat-held. --Democrats won contests for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th District seats in the U.S. House of Smith Congratulated HUNTINGTON (AP) Defeated Republican ex-Gov. Cecil H.

Underwood issued a statement from his Huntington headquarters at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday congratulating Democrat Hulett Smith on winning election as governor of West Virginia. Underwood said. "I congratulate Hulett Smith on his victory. He has a great opportunity to serve West Virginia.

I hope he will be able to fulfill his promises to the people of West Virginia." Representatives, all held by Democrats. The state's only Republican congressman, Rep. Arch A. Moore appeared to be winning a fifth term in the 1st District in the closest of the congressional races. Returns from 1,665 precincts-79 per cent of the total gave Johnson a lead of 436,762 to 205,411.

Byrd's margin over Benedict in results from 79 per cent of the polling places was 411,578 to 196,871. In other West Virginia voting: --The "Better Roads Amendment," authorizing issuance of up to $200 million worth of road bonds over the next 10 years, apparently was winning ratification. --Returns from congressional races were not yet decisive in all cases. However, the incomplete results pointed to the same West Virginia lineup four Slack Ahead, Too Mills Out Front In Sheriff Race Roads Backed CHARLESTON (AP) Unofficial results of West Virginia election voting on Better Roads Amendment: 1,083 of 2,668 precincts, 42 per cent: for ratification and one Republican 1 833; against ratificati 43,585. (Continued On Page 12) I Both Kennedys Elected Congress Stays With Democrats WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson's sweeping presidential victory carried with it Tuesday the prospect of a heavily Democratic Congress probably with ah increased administration margin in the House.

As returns mounted, Democrats had elected 17 senators and were leading in 9 more Fire Damage At Stables Is $10,000 The Beckley Fire Department call at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to a fire which was blazing at the stables of the Dry Hill-Prosperity County Life Group. The fire was extinguished, but the fire destroyed two stables of 40 stalls each and damaged a third set of stables. The damage was estimated by the fire department to exceed $10,000. No horses were lost.

races. There were 2 definite and 2 other possible overturns. In the House, Democrats had won 167 seats, including 5 formerly held by Republicans. They wtre leading in 87 more, including 37 seats now Republican- occupied. Republicans had won 24 seats, including 2 gains in the Deep South-.

In all, they had taken 2 seats from Democrats. They were leading in 81 races, including 7 now held by the President's party. A pickup even of relatively few House votes could trigger a drive next year for some postponed Johnson programs, such as health care for the aged, more economic aid to depressed areas and legislation to lielp solve city problems. Continued Democratic control (Continued On Page 12) Republicans Fail To Win Works Board Or Senate Rep. Mm M.

Slack Democratic incumbent from the Third Congressional District, late Tuesday night was leading his Republican opponent, Jim Comstock, by 12,258 votes in Raleigh County. With 91 precincts out of 105 unofficially tabulated, Slack had 19,210 votes to the Richwood newspapers publisher's 6,952. In one of the county's more spirited races, and with more than half of the precincts unofficially tallied, Okey A. Mills apparently was well on his way to. a third term as sheriff.

The Pinecrest Sanitarium business manager, who also is chairman of the Raleigh County Democratic Executive Committee, was unofficially credited with 17,134 votes to 8,182 for his Republican opponent, C. W. (Bill) James of Prosperity. Democrat Walter James defeated Minor Scott for county commissioner 17,423 to 9,290 with counted." Steve L. Carpenter, Democrat, was well on his way with a 3-1 margin pver Republican Curley Allen in the county assessor's contest.

With 91 of 105 precincts counted, Carpenter had polled 19,171 votes, while Allen had received 6,419. Gus R. Douglass, assistant commissioner of agriculture under Commissioner John T. Johnson the past six years, in Raleigh County was holding a commanding lead of over Republican Nicholas LYNDON B. JOHNSON Sen.

Goldwate HULETT C. SMITH Slack, Kee Also Win BULLETIN PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) Sen. Barry Goldwater withheld Tuesday night a concession of his landslide defeat by President Johnson. "He wants to analyze the vote," said press secretary Paul F.

Wagner. WASHINGTON' (AP) President Johnson swamped Sen. Barry GoJdwaler for Hie presirlencv Tuesday night with a flood of votes that swept over even such Republican bulwarks as Maine and Vermont. Goldwater watched the landslide shape up on television at his hilltop home at Phoenix, but at 11 p.m. EST and with only four states safely in his column he still withheld any word of conceding.

Johnson bolted into the lead swiftly, scooping up the first state to come in Kentucky, which had gone Republican in the previous two elections. And he won it big. From then on state after state including the big ones of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas and New York fell into line behind the Johnson election parade. At 2 a.m. Wednesday, the picture looked like this: With 79 per cent of the precincts reporting, Johnson had 33,943,937 votes to Goldwater's 21,053,640.

Moore Retains Seat In House M. Holmes. In the Board of Public Works race for secretary of state, incumbent Joe F. Burdett was leading his Republican opposition, Louis Reed of Elizabeth, by a margin of 9,431 votes, Unopposed on Tuesday's bal- CHARLESTON (AP) Early returns from scattered precincts indicated no surprises Tuesday in races for 18 seats in the State Senate. Some tight races were shaping up, and in at least one district, the incumbent was trailing his challenger, but election returns available at 10 p.m.

Tuesday were too scattered to draw any conclusions. Two veteran members of the Senate--Theodore Bowers, R- Wetzel, and C. H. (Jackie) Me- Kown, D-Wayne, found themselves in close races. With about a third of the votes tabulated in the 5th Senatorial District, McKown maintained a lead of about 1,400 votes.

Bowers trailed Democrat C. Dick Montgomery of Pine Grove in the 2nd District with only a few returns tabulated. Democrats were leading by- various margins in all three races for Senate seats in Kanawha County--one four-year term in Democratic Sen. Paul J. Kaufman's 8th District and one four-year and one two-year term in the 17th District of Kanawha.

The 17th was created by the (Continued On Page 12) CHARLESTON (AP)--Democratic nominees for five seats on the Board of Public Works and two State Supreme Court judgeships appeared headed for victory Tuesday night with votes counted from about 13 per cent Voting Violations At Polls Claimed CHARLESTON (AP) The FBI was called in Tuesday to investigate two separate charges of voting violations here. Acting U.S. Atty. Donald Page Moore said the latest charge was made by Charleston newspaperman Adrian Gwinn who said he witnessed an attempted voter bribe at the Kanawha County courthouse polling place. An earlier report was turned in by John Woods, assistant superintendent of the city's Union Mission, polling place for the 91st precinct.

Moore said Woods told the FBI several persons were out in the street in front of the polls offering cash bribes to voters. Democrats Capture Early House Of Delegates Lead found in lion an Province in central China, the New China News Agency reports. Excavated on the outskirts of Loyang; the tombs contained jade carvings, pottery and weapons from the 1200-800 B. C. dynasty.

The Chesapeake Ohio Telephone Co. announced Tuesday the appointment of Baxter C. Prescott of Charleston as the firm's general traffic manager for West Virginia. He succeeds Angus C. Porter who was named an assistant vice president on the CP staff at Washington, D.

C. House of Delegates, but by 9:30 p.m., no races had been decided for the Republicans. Democrats picked up eight seals without a vote being cast, simply becanse the Republicans put up no one to oppose them. The three others were picked up in heavily Democratic Logan County. Republicans were outnumbered 76-24 in the House in the last Legislature, but most observers conceded them a good a to gain additional strength in the Legislature that will convene in January.

The Democrats had a full slate of candidates for the 100 House seats, but there were Republican ballot vacancies in some counties. Eight Democrats, seven of them incumbents, were elected without GOP opposition in Braxton, Hampshire, Jefferson, Nicholas, Summers, Webster and Wyoming counties. Loran-- x) W. N. Anderson (x) Earl Hairer.

Luther H. Ghiz, D. Cabell-- (x Mike Casey. Hush A. Kincald, Robert R.

Nelson. Freda N. Paul, (x J. Bernard Poindexter, Don Smith. I).

Ralcyjh-- (x) H. Dale Covey. N. McManus, E. M.

Payne, Mrs. W. W. Withrow. D.

McDowoII--(x) W. Dewey Mcntz, Fred G. Wootcn, Panlcy. CorlwK Church, D. Harry R.

of the state's 2,668 polling places. In all races, the Democrats were running about 2 to 1 ahead of the Republican challengers. Leading the ticket was Atty. Gen. C.

Donald Robertson, who was far in front of former State Tax Comissioner Donald Carman. Almost similar leads were held by Secretary of State Joe Burdett over Elizabeth attorney Louis Reed; State Auditor Denzil L. Gainer over Del. Donald G. Michels of West "Union; State Treasurer John Kelly over Dunbar merchant Fred B.

Young; and Gus Douglass of Grimms Landing over i a B. Homes of Charleston in the race for commissioner of agriculture. Douglass is the protege of retiring Commissioner John T. Johnson, who decided not to seek re-election because of his health and age. The 2 to 1 margin also held up hi favor of the Democrats in Supreme Court races in which mcumbent Judges Thornton G.

Berry Jr. of Welch and Frank C. Haymond of Fairmont sought new 12-year terms. Their Republican opponents were attorneys Herman D. Rollins of Charleston and Beneke of Wheeling.

CHARLESTON (AP) Unofficial results of Board of Public Works and State Supreme Court races in the West Virginia election: Secretary of State, 786 of 2,668 precincts: Burdett Reed 81,875. Attorney General, 786 of 2,668 precincts: Robertson 137,100: Carman 79,983. Auditor, 786 of 2,668 precincts: Gainer Michels 80,429. Treasurer, 782 of 2,668 precincts: Kelly Young 80,101. Agriculture Commissioner, 786 of 2,668 precincts: Douglass Holmes 79,158.

Supreme Court, 767 of 2,668 precincts: Berry Haymond Beneke Rollins 75,918. lot was Beckley, C. Berkley Democratic Lilly of nominee for Raleigh County prosecuting attorney. Salinger Trails SAN FRANCISCO (AP) President Johnson romped off with California's 40 electoral votes Tuesday but his fellow Democrat, former White House press secretary Pierre Salinger, fell steadily behind in a bid to keep his U.S. Senate seat.

Bulletin WASHINGTON (AP)--Democrats kept firm control of Congress in Tuesday's election, winning 218 House races, majority and leading in scores more. Senate control was assured earlier, with 22 Democrats elected and 40 holding over, out of a total Senate of 100. CHARLESTON (AP) West Virginia's four Democratic candidates for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives appeared certain of election Tuesday night along with Arch A. Moore the state's lone Republican congressman.

The closest race developed In the 1st District where Moore, seeking his fifth straight term, had only a 27,598 lead over Democrat John L. Bailey with about one-quarter of the votes counted. In the 2nd District, Democrat Harley 0. Staggers, dean of the state's delegation in number of years served, led Morgantown lawyer Stanley R. Cox with 349 of 531 precincts tabulated.

In the 3rd District, John M. Slack Jr. of Charleston, Democrat, defeated Republican Jim Comstock, Richwood newspaper publisher. Sla cfc had 84 votes to 51,177 for Comstock past the half-way mark. Also a a i to have clinched another two-year term was Democrat Ken Hechler of Huntington in the 4th District.

Hechler had a lead over Jack L. Miller, Parkersburg Republican and former Bolivian Rebels 9 Revolt Spreads SUNNY BECKLEY VICINITY: Mostly sunny today, high 68. Partly cloudy tonight, low upper 30 s. Increasing cloudiness and mild Thursday. WEST VIRGINIA: Mostly- sunny today, highs 70s west and 60's east.

Thursday in creasing cloudiness and mild. (Details on Page 7) state senator. In the 5th District, James Kee had a 39,465 vote margin over Republican Wade H. Ballard HI of Peterstown, with about one-third of the district's precincts reported. Kee was seeking the House seat formerly held by his mother, Mrs.

Elizabeth Kee, who declined to run for another term, Ballard conceded defeat midway in the evening. In a statement Ballard said "I wish to say to James Kee my sincerest congratulations on the occasion of his splendid In electoral votes the President led 359 to 35 with 270 needed for election. Goldwater, who up until the last was contending that polls forecasting his defeat were wrong and that he would pull off the "upset of the century," had only four Deep South states -South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana safely in his pocket. And he was leading in four others, his home state of Arizona, as well as Georgia, Utah and Idaho. Raleigh For Johnson Raleigh County voters set the stage for a purely Democratic performance Tuesday by helping sweep President Lyndon B.

Johnson back into office by a margin with 90 per cent of the 105 precincts unofficially tabulated. The President had received 21,380, a margin of 15,254 over conservative Republican Barry Goldwater's 6,126. It appeared the voter turnout would exceed the 76.8 per cent who cast ballots in the county in the presidential election four years ago. For Johnson, it was strictly good news Tuesday night. Early in the evening it was clear that the Democrats had retained control of the Senate and probably would win the House by a bigger margin than they now have.

Johnson carried Maine and Vermont, the only two states Franklin D. Roosevelt missed in his classic sweep of 1936. He was the first Democratic president in history to carry Vermont. As reports came In from the North and Midwest, the stories often were monotonously the same: Johnson, elevated so (Continued On Page 12) LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) An army regiment and air force trainees revolted in La Paz Tuesday, military uprisings were reported spreading in the interior and rebel broadcasts called on President Victor Paz Estenssoro to resign. His turbulent regime appeared threatened.

In a broadcast from Cochabamba, 350 road miles southeast of La Paz, Vice President Rene Barrientos said he too would resign if Paz Estenssoro would Bulletin LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP)--The government of President Victor Paz Estennssoro announced Tuesday night a truce had been reached with rebellious army and air force units that revolted earlier in the day. Smith And Byrd Receive Overwhelming Vote Here quit and turn over power to a military junta. A report from Oruro, a mining center and Bolivia's railroad hub 140 miles south of La Paz, said the army regiment there had gone over to the rebels late in the day. Barrientos appeared to be the leader of the uprising. He broke (Continued on page six) Young.

Unofficial tabulation with 91 precincts reporting gave Kelly 16,156 votes against 7.170 for Young. State Auditor Denzil L. Gainer and all the mcumbent Democratic Board of Public Works candidates were leading Raleigh County pushed its native son, Hulett C. Smith of Beckley, to a comfortable margin over one-time governor Cecil H. Underwood of Huntington in the gubernatorial race Tuesday.

Unofficial fugures tabulated from 91 precincts show 17.760 votes for Smith and 9,762 for Underwood. Incumbent Sen. Robert C. Byrd's, also a Raleigh Countian, gained a 4-1 majority over Republican Benedict P. Cooper of Lewisburg, Unofficial returns showed Byrd, a resident of Sophia, leading with 20,957 votes, while his Lewisburg opponent had gar- nercd 5,395 in 91 precincts.

Donald cT Carmen County voters gave their ap- ton. proval to incumbent Democratic i Unofficial returns with 91 of candidate for state treasurer, the county's 105 precincts tabu- John H. Kelly of Charleston, latcd, gave the incumbent over the Republican accountant'Robertson 17,692 votes as op- to Carmen with 7,690. Raleigh County voters gave a large margin to Democrat Frank C. Haymond, incumbent, Hylton Is Named To State Senate Democrats were piling up easy wins for the State Senate in the Ninth District and Raleigh County's four House of Delegates seats.

Tracy W. Hylton was leading Republican A. R. Kingdon with a hearty margin in the Senate contest. Combined unofficial returns from Raleigh and Wyoming counties gave Hylton 25,971 votes in 128 of 147 precincts, while Kingdon polled 10,740 votes.

Two incumbents and two newcomers combined to lead the Democrats to apparent wins for House scats from Raleigh with a 3-1 majority. With 91 of 105 precincts tabulated, returns indicated: City Atty. E. M. (Ned) Payne ni Lewis McManus 18.552: Mrs.

W. Withrow. 16.592; W. (Jackie) and H. Dale of Fairmont and Thornton G.i Covey Berry, also incumbent, of Welch! Republicans who sousht those both IT the race for judge of posts were Herbert TnP A the Supreme by! as comfortable margins.

Raleigh gave Gainer votes, while his Republican 'op- icharlesVon' ponent Donald G. Michels of' With 91 precincts unofficially Union, had polled tabulated, Haymond had 17682 10 Precincts countcd -t votes a nci Berry had 18572 btate Atty. Gen. C. compared with 7.051 'for Robertson was enjoying a near i Beneke and 6.842 for Rollins 214-1 majority of Raleigh Coun-j With 91 precincts reporting lys votes in the attorney gen- unofficial tabulations showed 5 Supreme Court of Benjamin (Ben) Guy' amst Republican George F.j 8,685: Carl W.

Benek of Wheeling and Repub-jand Norvel Williams 6306 18,035 ilican Herman D. Rollins of Kanawha Deadliest CHARLESTON (AP) Kanawha County led the state in traffic fatalities at the end of September with 47, the State Police reported Tuesday. over and improved roads as the $2001 lowed by Mercer 15 and Joffer- million "Better Roads Amendment" passed by a landslide. The count stands at 17,298 for the road bond issue and 3,469 against it. son and Cabell with 12 each.

The state's over-all death count Tuesday was 377, compared with 346 deaths this time last year, I.