The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 1

By Jack Bell Wednesday Nov. WASHINGTON (API publicans cut slices off the heavy Democratic majorities in Congress today, posing a question mark over the future of President Johnson's "Great Society" programs. They also racked up spectacular individual victories across the nation, including a smashing governorship triumph for exactor Ronald Reagan in teeming California. All told, they had scored a net gain of seven in governorships, making the 24 to 24, wHn two races un settled. ornney Set the Pa GOPTrims 'Democratic Stre Returns from Tuesday's elec- lions a ballot-box showdown studded with portents for the GOP presidential convention in 1E68 showed that: While Reagan was inundating Democratic Gov.

Edmund G. Brown in the Golden Gate "state, a new GOP star was rising in industrialist Charles H. Percy of Illinois, a moderate who unseated Democratic Sen. Paul' H-: Douglas, old warhorse of liberalism. The name of Gov.

George Romney of Michigan became increasingly a name, to conjure with in GOP presidential speculation. He won a third term in a breeze, flying coattails apparently made of sturdy broad- cloth. Aboard that vehicle, Republican Sen. Robert P. Griffin and much of the party's state slate swept in also.

In Congress As for Congress, where the Democrats had ruled 295 to 140 in the House and 67 to 33 in the Senate, the count today was: Democrats elected 244 and Republicans. 183. Of the still undecided contests, Democrats were leading in six, while Republicans were ahead in two, the potential GOP gain was 45. Thus the Republicans went somewhat beyond the average gain of 40 seats scored by the out-of-power party in off-year Bob Docking Topples Avery By R. F.

Harvison Associated Press Writer TOPEKA, Kan. aside 106 years of tradition, Robert Docking became the first Democrat in Kansas history Tuesday to defeat an incumbent Republican governor. Basing his campaign largely on criticism of Gov. William H. Avery's sales and income lax increases oblairied from Ihe 1965 legislature, Docking swept to victory by better than a vofe margin.

Docking, 41, an Arkansas City banker, is the son of the late George Docking, Kansas' only two-term Democratic governor who served from 1956 to 1960. Eyes Future In a victory statement, the governor-elect pledged every effort toward realization of outstanding government for Kansas under the two-party system. "While I must be a man of my parly, I must first be a' man of my state," Docking said. He thanked Avery for a telegram sent earlier Tuesday night Robert Docking Who Won Kansas Governor Docking (D). Lt.

Gov. Crutcher (R) in close race. Three passed. Senator Pearson. State representatives Dole, Mize, Shriver, Skubitz, Winn.

Printer Sanders. Secretary of state Mrs. Shanahan. Auditor Hedrick. Treasurer Peery.

Attorney genera! Londerhoim. Superintendent of instruction Kampschrocder. Insurance commissioner Governors New York Rockefeller (R) California Reagan (R) Arkansas Rockefeller (R) Alabama Lurlenc Wallace (D) Michigan Romney (R) Florida Kirk (R) Ohio Rhodes (R) Maryland Agnew (R) Georgia Cailaway (R) (Still in doubt) Texas Connally CD) Senators Oregon Hatfield (R) Massachusetts Brooke (R) Illinois Percy (R) Tennessee Baker (R) Michigan Griffin Texas Tower (Rt South Carolina Thurmond (R) New Jersey Case (R) Kentucky Cooper (R) Mississippi Eastland (D) New Mexico Anderson (D) West Virginia Randolph (D) Oklahoma Harris (D) Mclntyre (D) Minnesota (D) Maine Margaret Smith (R) South Dakota Mundt (R) Colorado Allot (R) Nebraska Curtis (R? Virginia Byrd (D) Rhode Island Pell (D) North Carolina Gardner (R) Wyoming Hanscn (R) iV congratulating him and pledging cooperation in the turn-over of office. Volers also returned Sen. James B.

Pearson, a Republican, to the U.S. Senate over former three-term Democratic Congressman J. Floyd Breeding. Pearson has' 274,912 or 53 per cent to Breeding's 239,313. Avery defended his tax programs grounds they were necessary -to ifinance state programs sn'rj appearing confident in the final day campaign, discounled Ihem as an issue.

Be acknowledged disconlent with his administration but said it was due to school unification, enacted while he was in Congress, and reapportionment, forced by the courts, Predicted Victory Avery had predicted that he would win by about Ihe same margin by which he defeated Democrat Harry Wiles in 1964. But most polls prior to the election favored Docking. Voters also re-elected four incumbent Republican congressmen and elected a newcomer Republican in the lone district where there was no incumbent. Most Republican incumbent stale officilas appeared victorious. An apparent offshoot of the Decking victory, Democrat James H.

DeCoursey was engaged in a tight battle with incumbent Lt. Gov. John 'Crutcher, a Republican. The stale's 125-member House of Representatives was re-elected with -Democrats hoping to gain both through the Docking v'ctory and through reapportionment. The GOP now holds an 81-44 edge.

Most county offices were on the bal'ot. Amendments Pass Voters also apparently' approved constilulional amendments lo provide for annual general sessions of ihe legislature and to revise the administration of the stale school syslem. An amendment providing for closer conformity between state and federal income tax returns also appeared to be winning approval, but by a narrow margin. Also up for decision was whether to retain Kansas Supreme Court Justices John F. Fontrrai, Robert Raul and Earl E.

O'Connor. Incumbent Republican stale officials winning re-election included Secrelary of State Elwill Shanahan, Auditor Clay Hed- ricx. Treasurer Waller H. Peery, Ally. Gen.

Robert Londerholm, Slate Supt. of Public Instruction W. C. Kampschroc- der, Insurance Commissioner Frank Sullivan and Stale Printer Robert R. Sanders.

rr Paul Harvey To Be Salina CC Speaker Paul Harvey, radio news analyst who started his career in Salina, wiil be the speaker at the Salina Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting Jan. 27 in the 4H building. Harvey spoke to the 1962 annual meeting which set an attendance record for the event. Keith Duckers, Chamber vice- president and chairman of the annual meeling committee, said reservation notices be mailed lo Chamber members soon. Harvey, an Oklahoman, is a former Man of Ihe Year and has been elected to the Hall of Fame of his native stale.

He makes many appearances on the banquet circuit. Georgia Contest Goes to Court (Earlier story, Pg. 13) ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) The Georgia governor's race still so close that no one was likely lo in federal coed today with a move to bar the legislalure from deciding the election. eleclions in recent decades.

This gave. Johnson, food for serious thought, because the margin for financing such things as demonstration cities projects and rent subsidies already is razor thin. the Senate, where only ap-- proximately one-third of the membership comes up for election every two years, the Republican were smaller. Their gain: of three was chalked up in victories for Percy in Illinois, retiring Gov. Mark 0.

Hpt- field in Oregon, and Howard H. Baker Jr. of Tennessee, son-in- law of Everett M. Dirfcsen of Illinois, Republican leader in Ihe Senate. The Republicans could FIVE CENTS point to impressive gains in governorships, which are historically power bases in president-making.

With two of the 35 contests still undecided, they had won control of 22 slalehoises, laking Ihe governors' chairs away from Democrafs in nine states. The Democrals won in two stales where Ihere had been Republican governors, and retained control in nine other slates. Thus, wilh races in Alaska and Georgia still undecided, the lineup of governors is an even split 24 for each party. Before the election the Democrats held lo 17 majority in governorships. Brooke Wins Among newcomers to the national scene, Edward W.

Brooke claimed a voice in GOP councils by getting elected in Massachusetts as the first Negro ever chosen U.S. senator by popular vote. President Johnson's home stale of Texas sent GOP Sen. John G. Tower back for another six-year term in the Senate.

Texas also joined in contrib- uting'to the Republican resurgence in the House by electing two GOP members to break the previously solid Democratic dele- gation. Robert Taft Jr seeking a comeback to Congress after being defeated for the Senate two years ago in the Goldwater debacle, edged freshman Democratic Rep. John J. Gilligan in Ohio's 1st District. GOP Triumphs There were stunning GOP governorship victories for Win- Ihrop Rockefeller in Arkansas and for Claude Kirk Jr.

in Florida. Since Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller won re-eleclion in New York, future governors' conferences will have a brother act for the first time in memory. Democrats, with holdover ma- jorities from their 1964 landslide, retained top-heavy numerical control of both houses of Congress.

But a Republican gain which could reach 45 seats 33 were nailed down threatened to change the political atmosphere of the new House, boding ill for (Continued to Page 2) Dear Sal: It looks like the GOP is the parly of Ihe Ihree Rs Reagan, Romney and Rockefeller. Yours, Ina THE HOME EDITION SALINA JOURNAL 95th YEAR No. 313 SALINA, KANSAS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1966 24 Pages Saline County Voters Give Narrow Margin to Avery tgimiii Sen. James Pearson Avery Plans To "Get Away For Awhile Wednesday, Nov.

TOPEKA' GOV. wn- liam H. Avery said today he and his wife, are taking his defeat in Tuesday's election philosophically and said they will leave Thursday to "get away from it all for awhile." The governor said he and Mrs. Avery will go to Washington, D. C.

where they have one son in school and one in business. Avery said that while he and Mrs. Avery could lake the defeat in stride, "It's kind of hard on the kids. They don't understand it. They considered me as kind of infallible." Avery said it is too early to have any idea about his future plans.

"If you want to put a com- merical in your story," Avery said at a press conference, "you might say I am open to any offers. "Of course, there are a lot of telephone calls I haven't returned yet, Maybe there are some offers in there, but I doubt it." By John Schmiedelcr Saline counly volers those elsewhere in Kansas did considerable licket-splitting in election. But the split was not as severe as elsewhere. Thus outgoing Gov. Bill Avery might find some little -solace in a victory here.

But it was close, almost skin-tight. In complete, but unofficial, returns from all 49 of the county's precincts, Avery polled 6333 to Robert Docking's count of 6199.. It took late reporting precincts from South Salina Ihe 28th precincl which votes at St. Mary's school didn't report to the county clerk's office until 1:28 am Wednesday to erase a lead Docking took early and kept until near the end. Only the 13th precinct the Country Club Heights area gave Avery anything like overwhelming approval.

There the vote was 425 for the incumbent Republican to 99 for the Democratic challenger. Strong in Country That, of course, was an ex- peeled result. Also expected was Docking's strength in the normally Democratic precincts in North Salina. What can be counted as at least a mild surprise was the victor's power in rural areas. Docking won in 13 of the 18 rural county precincts and stayed close in the other five.

If Saline county didn't pick the winner in the gubernatorial contest, it followed the Republican sweep in other statewide contests. Senator Jim Pearson won handily here, pushing aside Democrat J. Floyd Breeding by a 6751 to 5369 count. And Rep. Bob Dole swamped the woman Democrat from Great Bend, Berniece Henkle, 8143 to 4132.

Incumbent Republican John Crutchcr scored a 6751 to 5141 victory over Jim DeCoursey jr. in the lieutenant governor's con. test. Two Salinans were Impressive vole-getters here. Mrs.

EIwlll Shanahan out-polled her Democratic opponent, Paul Hiebert, 8373 to 3836 for secretary of state. And Bob Sanders led the Republican candidates with 8860 votes for a new term as slate printer compared with 4478 fcr Democrat Gene Roberts. Other county vote totals: State Auditor Clay E. Hcd- rick (R) 6730; Jack A. Meyers (D) 4873.

Stale Treasurer Walter Peery (R) 6870; William Bridwell (D) 4699. Attorney General Robert C. Londerholm (R). 7107; Jerry Muth (D) 4564. Stste Superintendent W.

C. Kampschrocder (R) 6788; Robert H. Saft (D) 4661. Insurance Commissioner Frank Sullivan (R) 7035; John Harper (D) 4519. There were no formal races on the county level.

A last-minute write-in attempt by W. S. Norris to unseat Magistrate Court Judge Lou Tickcl found little favor. Tickel scored 8840 votes to 513 acceptable write-ins for Norris. There was some excitement in Greeley township where Harley Humes won a write-in campaign for township clerk against the incumbent, Doris Winslow.

There was talk the write-in was stimulated by a recent attempt to establish a teenage nightclub in an old barn in the township. Best vote-getter for uncontested offices was Sheriff Jim Martin who counted 9839 District Court Clerk Betty Just followed with 9745. Minority parties scored some votes. The Conservative candidate for senator, George W. Snell, received 55 votes and the party's gubernatorial candidate, Carson Crawford, was marked on 42 ballots, six of them in light-voting Cambria township.

Prohibitionisls, too, received a smattering of votes, in most cases out-polling the Conservatives by healthy margins. Larger Vote The total vote was larger than expected, probably due to the close race for The Journal counted 12,478 ballots actually cast' at the polls Tuesday. With absentees the total number will approach 12,750. Most observers felt 12,000 would have been a gocd representation. Smoky Hill township brought in its 139 -votes as the first reporter of the evening.

Elm Creek followed with 152. It was a relatively quiet night at the county clerk's office. Some candidates and politicos visited, but the crowd never was large. The county commissioners will conduct the official canvass of the vote Friday. Until then, township organization isn't certain.

Here's how Saline county precincts voted in the Avery-Docking race: New Country Club Approved Salina Country Club stockholders Tuesday evening approved an estimated $850,000 building project to replace their present 50-year-old clubhouse. They also elected these new directors: Thomas 503 Claremont Drive; D. L. Jocelyn, 208 Greenway Road, and John T. Landes, 427 Upper Mill Heights Drive.

About 160 stockholders atlend- ed the meeting at the club. They approved a resolution to build a new clubhouse east of the present one which is at the intersection of Marymount and Country Club roads. John Marino, secretary- manager, said no increase in dues or assessments Is an- ticipaied for the project. When the new clubhouse is built, Ihe present one will be removed lo provide additional parking space, according to Marino. He said it is hoped construction can begin by mid-1967.

Plans for the new building were prepared by Wilson and Journal Index Area News 13 Courts 14 Deaths 14 Hospitals 14 Local 10 14 Markets 2 Opinion 4 Sports 18, TV-Films 20 Want-Ads 21-23 Weather 2 Women 8, 9 Shaver, Salina architects and engineers. It will have 28,900 square feet of space, compared to the present 16,384. More Facrities Marino said the new facilities will include what now is provided and add more. According to the plans, the lower floor will have the men's locker room, complete with showers and sauna, plus the valet's room and men's card room on one side, and the women's Iccker room, complete with showers, lounge and maid's room, on (he other side. Also on the lower floor will be the pro shop, storage and office, the concessions area, and mechanical equipment area.

The women's lounge, valet's roam and concessions will be new facilities for Salina Country club. Also new will be additional storage space, basement toilets and a private dining room. The upper floor will include Ihe main dining room, private dining room, lounge, living room, mixed grill room, kilchen, restrooms, foyer, administralive offices, an overhanging entrance over Ihe rear driveway, and a balcony. Marino said the new clubhouse was planned to provide for future increased membership. He said the club presently has 349 stockholders and a total membership of approximately 440.

Get Savings Certificates at Prudential'Savings, 1801 South PRECINCT AVERY DOCKING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Cambria Elm Creek Eureka 101 58 69 92 91 75 76 133 142 89 75 180 425 136 135 59 112 235 223377 244 258 216 170 244 223 297 280 130 285 115 59 73 94 Falun-Summit 54 Glendale Greeley Gypsum Liberty Ohio Pleasant Valley Smoky Hill Smoky View Smolan Solomon Spring Creek Walnut Washington 12 108 41 41 48 15 79 141 81 27 48 34 16 202 149 154 131 91 144 195 154 123 86 149 172 99 168 103 99 141 197 187 211 250 143 114 173 198 210 184 210 191 .237 106 73 76 138 52 28 111 46 27 64 14 57 111 95 58 66 54 17 I No Surgery I For LBJ Week I SAN ANTONIO, Tex. I Johnson will not undergo surgery this I week, the White House announced Wed- I nesday, and no date or site has yet been decided upon. Johnson had spoken hopefully of being operated on either Friday or next day at Brooke Army Medical Center here. But no date was mentioned in the an- nouncement. Assistant press secretary George tian said the President still was conferring with his doctors before a final decision I is made on the operations to remove a polyp from Johnson's throat and to pair a hernia in the incision from his gall bladder operation of a year ago.

There was no indication when a deci- sion would be reached or announced. I The President was busy at his ranch morning, and Christian said he I had no immediate presidential comments on the election results to relay to news- I men. Johnson had watched election returns 1 by television at his ranch part of Tuesday I night. Asked if the President had any I election comment, Christian said "No, I I think he feels that the Democrats lost, a 1 couple more in the Senate than he thought I they would." He Founded Poor Man's Party SECAUCUS, N.J. Krajewski, 54:, three times presidential candidate and founder of the Poor Man's party, died Tuesday of a heart attack.

Tuesday's election was one of the rare occasions Uiat the Secaucus tavern owner was not a candidate for state or national office. Totals 6333 6199 GOP Scoreboard By The Associated Press Facts on Tuesday's elections: Governors In 35 governorship contests, Republicans won 22, Democrats 11 with two undecided. This is a net gain of 7 for the Republicans so far. Senate Republicans marked up a net gain of three in Senate races putting the new lineup at 64 Democrats and 36 Republicans. House Democrats caputured 245 of the 435 House races and were leading in 3 while Republicans won 184 and were leading in 3.

The potential gain for the Republicans was 47. Britain Aims at Drunken Drivers LONDON Castle, Britain's red-haired transport minister, ha3 won approval in the House of Commons for a bill making it an offense to drive with an alcohol level of 80 milligrams per 100 millimeter of blood. "With this new standard in force;" she said, we estimate a saving in highway casualties each year of between 18,000 and 32,000." This Governor Lives Dangerously ATLANTA, Ga. (AP)-Gov. Carl E.

Sanders, a World War II flier who often pilots his own plane on official trips, says he narrowly avoided airplane crashes twice during his four years in of fee, once when his plane just missed a head-on collision with an airliner. Postpone Gemini Flight Again CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) The Gemini 12 flight today was poslponed another 24 hours until Friday became of a problem with an automatic pilot syslem in the astronauts' Titan 2 booster rocket. Love That Brew LONDON (AP) West Germans top the world's beer drinkers with an average annual consumption of 26.8 gallons, the British Brewers Society reports. Luxem- borg is second with 26.6 gallons, Belgium third with 25.7 and the United States a distant tenth with 13.2.

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