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SLOSangClCSCimeS3 3 BY STATE RES ULTS 0 LECTIONS, 1 MAOR who supported President the Interior to run against Morse. Continued from Second Page MICHIGAN DETROIT, Nov. 6 UP (' 'if i i If ii if f'-1 i fj 'vV I I jjd- 'V -4 I v- l- fW' ----X W-v 7 i 4 Incomplete returns from 1418 of 2532 precincts gave President Eisenhower a 266 to 104,325 lead over Ad lai Stevenson. The same precincts put Morse, now running as a Democrat after having twice been elected as a Republi can, ahead of McKay 124,127 to 120,128. All four of Oregon's Con gressional delegation took early leads.

They are Repub licans Sam Goon, Walter Nor- blad and Harris Ellsworth, and Mrs. Edith Green, the lone Democrat. Gov. Elmo Smith, Republi can who succeeded the late Wayne Morse r.nv Paul Pattprsnn. hpld a 1 i Jjf mm HAPPY OVER TREND New York Starts Atty.

Gen. Javits and wife wear broad grins as they listen to returns that gave him growing lead over New York's Mayor Wagner in their battle for U.S. Senate seat. P) Wlrephoto President Truman leaves voting booth in Independence', ballot at polls, located only two blocks from his home. i IIP) Wirephotn margin in hisilc congressmen, Aimej.

or- Adlai Stevenson in the Presidential race. Returns from 3096 polling places of 12,097 gave Presi-d Eisenhower 542,272 votes to 315,632 for Stevenson. President Eisenhower led in all but one of the 31 run in the city, Stevenson carried the traditional Democratic stronghold by only votes. The count was: Stevenson Eisenhower 1,551,921. And upstate, President Eisenhower took city after city and district after district by larger margins than he did counties from which early re- turns came matching the Eisenhower-Stevenson race of four years ago.

Republican C. Will iamjvotes today but his running O'Neill polled 437.447 votes'mate, U.S. Sen. James H. f0r Governor in 2979 Dollinsr Duff, was running behind daces to 325.633 for MichaellDemocrat Joseph S.

Clark in four years ago. Javits and Wagner vied for, the seat held by retiring Dem- ocrat Sen. Herbert H. Leh- man. Some 7,000,000 votes were cast in the-State in summer like weather.

NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH, Nov. 6 (ff On the basis of early returns from today's election Adlai Stevenson appeared to have won North Carolina's 14 electoral votes. With 888 of the State's r055 precincts reported, Ste venson had Presi dent Eisenhower, 188,719 carried North a 1 i amassing fiT'Rm vntps tn President Eisenhower's UU. NORTH DAKOTA BISMARCK. N.D., (IP) Early North Dakota returns tnnisht tav TCpnuhlirarw Eisenhower on many foreign policy matters, won re-elec tion by defeating Republican Herbert Douglas, Neosho lawyer.

With 3494 precincts tallied, Hennings had 690,968, Douglas, 541,336. Democratic Lt. Gov. James T. Blair lead over Re publican Lon Hocker in the Governorship race was nar rower.

With 3149 precincts tabu lated, Blair had 559,824, Hocker 523,742. i MONTANA HELENA, Nov. 6 (IP) President Eisenhower lumped off to a substantial lead for Montana's four elec toral votes tonight on the basis of scattered returns. With 67 of the State's 10S1 precincts reported the United Press tabulation gave Eisenhower 6778 and Stevenson 4810. NEBRASKA OMAHA, Nov.

6 (IP) Pres ident Eisenhower swept Ne braska by almost a 2 to 1 margin today and at least one GOP Congressman, Phil Weaver of the first district, also scored an easy victory. Richard E. Spelts Ne braska's GOP chairman, ju bilantly proclaimed victory and said, there was never anv doubt." However, GOP elation was dampened by the fact that Rep. R. D.

Harrison (R) was trailing Democrat Lawrence Brock in the third district by a narrow margin. The State's other two GOP Congressional candidates were leading, as was Repub lican Gov. Victor E. Anderson. NEVADA RENO, Nov.

6 (IP) With less than 5 of the votes counted, President Eisenhower swung into an early lead of nearly 2 to 1 over Adlai Stevenson in Nevada tonight. He seemed to be carrying the GOP Senate and House candidates with him. Although the Democrats outnumber Nevada Republicans by roughly 2 to 1, the votes counted early were from Reno and from rural areas where Republican strength is centered. Few re turns had been tabulated yet President repeated his 1952i performance by taking an' early lead in the State. I Republican Rep.

Clifcon Young, seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Alan Bible, Clifton Young took a small lead as early scattered returns were count ed. Bible is serving out the final two years of the unexpired term' of the late Sen. Pat McCarran. Horton Ahead Remiblican Richard Hor ton, 31-year-old political nov ice, led tormer Kep.

Walter S. Baring who is making his third successive attemnt to retain Nevada's lone seat in the House of Representatives which he lost in 1932. However, the bulk of the in Las Vegas, the Democratic stronghold. Latest tabulations showed: Eisenhower 9123, Stevenson, 5136; Bible, 6010, Young, 6G8G; Baring 4817, and Horton 5360. JERSEY NEWARK.

Nov. 6 lb President Eisenhower tonight won New Jersey's 16 electoral votes. The vote for the President in 3984 of New Jersey's 4135 election districts gave: President Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson 814,138. Three of New Jersey's six incumbent Democratic Congressmen were running be hind their Republican opponents in early general election returns. Surprising results from Hudson County, normally a -V- President Eisenhower won Michigan's 20 electoral votes tonight.

With about 40 of the vote counted, President Eisenhower led Adlai E. "Ste venson, the Democratic Presidential nominee, 711,519 to 542,615 and was steadily widening his margin. In his bid for an unprec edented fifth consecutive term as Governor, Democrat G. Mennen Williams built up a lead of 81,000 votes over Detroit Mayor Albert E. Cobo, his Republican opponent.

Williams, ahead from the start, held an advantage of 676,598 to 595,736 with 2077 of 5171 precincts reporting. Republicans appeared to have a chance to recover one of the two Congressional seats they lost to the Demo crats in 1952. Otherwise, in complete returns from the State's 18 Congressional districts indicated no major changes in the present line up of 11 Republicans and seven Democrats. Democratic incumbent Don Hayworth trailed his Republican challenger, Charles E. Chamberlain, in the 6th District.

In the 17th District, which the Republicans lost in 1952, Congresswoman Martha Griffiths took a substantial lead over her Republican opponent, George E. Smith. MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 6 (IP) Adlai S.tevenson took a slight lead over President Eisen- hower in Minnesota tonight, but a majority of the returns were from normally Democratic areas. Stevenson had 66,449 and the President 64,580 with 208 of 3858 precincts reporting.

In the Governor race, Dem ocratic incumbent Orville L. Freeman led former REA Administrator Ancher Nel sen 63,391 to 47,341. Incumbents led in all house races. MISSISSIPPI JACKSON, Nov. 6 Ad lai Stevenson carried Missis sippi's eight electoral votes again today but it was less a victory for him than for State Democratic leaders ing to preserve the South's "way of life.

President Eisenhower, on the slate of two quarreling Reoublican factions, dropped below his 1952 total of 39. States Riehters. who de nounced candidates of both major parties as "integration- ist and 'Socialistic, ran third. Stevenson did not cam paign in Mississippi. Other party leaders seldom mentioned the candidate in the State campaign.

They argued instead a Democratic victory was needed to strengthen the hand of south ern Congressmen opposing integration measures. Unofficial returns from 1138 of the State's 1820 precincts gave Stevenson 86,385, Eisen hower 34,834, States' Right ers 24,715. There was no way of know ing how many Negroes voted, or how they cast their bal lots. No official State-wide figures are" available. MISSOURI ST.

LOUIS, Nov (Wednesday) (iP) Adlai Stevenson edged into the lead early today in a close battle for Missouri's 13 electoral votes. After leading by a narrow margin earlier, President Eisenhower fell behind when 5 Thomas C. Hennings Jr. the normally Democratic vote of the city of St. Louis started to roll after a slow start.

With 3483 of the State's 4300 precincts eountcd, Stevenson had 622,339, Eisenhower, 614,622. Sen. Thomas C. Hennings jf ts 7 leads over Democrats in allirone' and five. Democratic raccs House members ty wide mar- quest for the two-year unex pired term.

PENNSYLVANIA Nov. 7 (Wednesday) UP) President Eisenhower captured Penn- Isvlvania's vital 32 electoral a battle that may not oe settled for hours. President Eisenhower's Joseph S. Clark Jr. plurality soared over the 000 mark a landslide vie tory far exceeding his 260,000 edce four vears aco in this kev State.

The count in 7390 of the State's 8S08 precincts was: Eisenhower, 2,056,763. Stevenson, 1,644,701. In vivid contrast was the race for the Senate seat now held by Duff, the candidate who was termed "indispensable" by President Eisenhower. In 7350 the Senate vote was: Duff Clark 1,816,120. It was a split ticket vote down the line with Clark running well ahead of the rest of the Democratic ticket.

The 55-year-old former Philadelphia Mayor piled up a 165,000 lead in the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia and appeared to be barely holding his own as the upstate and rural vote count began to be heavily felt in the late hours of the tabulation. RHODE ISLAND PROVIDENCE. Nov. 6 Iff) a margin of 267. But 11,000 absentee votes remain to be! counted.

The final decision will be delayed, however, as absentee ballots will not be counted in Rhode Island until Dec. 5. Both the State's Democrat- and and John E. Fogarty, won re-election. SOUTH DAKOTA SIOUX FALLS, Nov.

6 A Democratic resurgence, evidently stemming from a mixture of farm discontent and hostility to a county as sessor law, threw a scare into long-time GOP controls in South Dakota tonight. President Eisenhower, bucking what appeared to be a State-wide trend away from the Republicans, seemed to have the State's four elec toral votes tucked away. But down the ticket Republicans were trailing a Democratic Party which last elected a Senator in 1936, HOW LA. CITIES CITY Alhambra Arcadia Artesia Avalon Azusa Baldwin Park Bell Burbank Canoga Park Claremont Compton Covina Culver City Downey Duarte El Monte El Segundo Gardena Glendale Glendora Hawthorne Hermosa Beach Huntington Park Inglewood La trescenta Lakewood Lancaster La Puente La Verne Long Beach Lynwood Manhattan Beach May wood Monrovia Montcbcllo Monterey Ncwhall North Hollywood Norwalk Pulmilule Palos Verdcs Pasadena San Dimas ISan Fernando San Gabriel San Marino San Pedro Santa Monica Saugus South Gate South I'asaden i Temple City Tnmince van iNuys West Covina Whittler Wilmington has gone 18 years since elect-' ing a Congressman and 22 years since electing a Gov ernor. Gov." Foss Trails Trailing were Republican incumbents Sen.

Francis Case, Rep. Harold O. Lovre. and Gov. Joe Foss.

Returns from the city pre-. cincts, usually predominately Republican, were expected to- narrow the gap. Returns from 682 of 1969' precincts gave Eisenhower 33,942 and Stevenson 30,922. Case was running behind Democrat Ken Holum, to 29,270. In one of the State's two Congressional races, Lovre was lagging behind George McGovern, 33,165 to with 534 of 1663 precincts reporting.

Rep. E. Y. Berry, also a Republican, held a slim 4796 to 4743 lead over Tom Eastman Jr. in 232 precincts of 606.

Foss was behind Ralph Turn to Page 18, Column 1 COUNTY VOTED President Itep. Dem U.S. Be. Senator 01 V) 4,011 1,098 5,227 93 93 1,397 1,699 3,467 1,105 72 990 541 6.1S5 2,461 1,496 1,400 774 330 9,286 255 3,380 873 3,743 2,744 643 2,371 1,493 286 234 4,838 1,609 1,733 1,460 1,207 5,135 2,792 357 6,398 1,438 1,147 184 3,670 1,185 138 2.S02 1.585 351 81 5,746 2,008 235 4,585 3,036 86 3,110 810 308 665 5,341 2,887 3,525 2,009 0 3 6,421 2,759 4,053 197 a 7,500 3.243 4,984 215 388 1,093 310 71G 902 3,771 3's31 2,348 1,086 1,237 392 19,319 404 3,615 984 4,715 106: 1,368 4,317 1,493 306 717 3,756 2,625 2,203 1,133 470 10,516 2,780 1,390 3,635 3,622 2,570 1.624 2,063 440 6,193 1,189 2,751 1,164 2,357 3,276 2,297 528 5,551 1.004 1,063 79G 3.S05 1,976 133 3,532 1.114 363 4.208 3.219 2,067 2,974 5,367 174 2,346 1.674 364 607 4,994 7,791 954 1,537 3,043 1,023 71 942 5,074 2,480 1,604 830 451 8,960 3,267 1.015 3,367 2,567 1,359 1.95S 1,526 '277 4,660 1,275 1,865 1,326 1,264 4,789 2,405 307 5,487 1,334 897 245 2,642 1.250 142 2,858 327 4.159 1S53 168 3,879 2.63K 97 2,478 488 230 697 4,750 i 3.59(1 2,169 3,547 1.50S 4,238 2,521 2.322 2,397 220 558 6,808 1.G82 2,975 1,155 2,590 4,038 3,053 740 6,699 1,219 1,557 1.2S1 6,777 omn no 1JJ 3.243 1,345 419 103 G.114 3,820 2,904 3,878 6.405 ISO 3,081 3,307 403 705 4.029 7.494 040 EARLY VOTER Former after casting 26th Democratic bastion, found Reps. Alfred D.

Sieminski and T. James Tumulty running behind their Republican opponents in the 13th and 14th Districts. NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE, Nov. UP) New Mexico today gave its four electoral votes toj President Eisenhower by a margin which promised to exceed his victory over Adlai Stevenson in 1952. The President's victory kept intact New Mexico's record of voting for the winning Presidential candidate every time in 44 years of Statehood.

In 602 of 901 voting divisions, President Eisenhower had 109,980, Stevenson John J. Dempsey and the critically ill Antonio M. Fer nandez, the State's veteran Democratic incumbents in the House of Representatives, appeared to have safely won reelection over the challenge of Republicans Forrest S. Atch ley, Union County stockman, and Dud ev Cornel Albu querque lawyer. As the returns piled in, Fernandez lay critically ill, and in a coma, victim of a recent stroke.

The count in 577 divisions was: Dempsey Fernandez 93.612; Cornell Atchley The candidates run at large. Republican Edwin L. Me-chem, seeking to become the first man in the State's history to ever win a third term, built up a commanding lead in his. bid to unseat Democratic Gov. John F.

Simms. Simms faced the prospect of being the first Governor denied a second term in 28 years. In 602 divisions, Mechem led him 96,794 to 91,712 for Simms. NEW YORK NEW YORK, Nov. 7 tfi President Eisenhower piled up a plurality of approxi mately l.ouu.ouo votes over Adlai Stevenson in winning New York's 43 electoral votes.

The Republicans also gained a seat in the U.S. Senate as Atty. Gen. Jacob K. Javits defeated Mayor Robert F.

Wagner of New York, Democratic Liberal candi- Returns today from 11.071 of the State's 11.132 election, districts, with traditionally Democratic New York City complete, gave: For President Eiscnhow Stevenson, 731 For the Senate Javits, Wagner, 3,240,932. Succeeds Lehman Javits will succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Herbert II. Lehman. I Wagner had aspired to follow in the footsteps of his father, the late Sen.

Robert F. Wagner, sponsor of the Wagner Labor Relations Law and other New Deal legislation. The Mayor carried New York City by almost 450,000 votes, but could not cope with the upstate outpouring of Republican ballots. In contrast with Wagner's V. DiSalle.

former Federal Price Stabilizer. OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 6 UP) President Eisenhower, slowly picking up strength as returns became complete from all sections of the State, tonight won Oklahoma's eight electoral votes fort he sec-iond time. It was the first time in the tate hat a RePub" ULdu Ildu vvun 111 ii .1 i i ri esiut'iiiiai elections anu only four times in the 50- year history of Oklahoma that it had given a GOP can didate its 'electoral votes. However, UKianoma re turned its incumbent Democratic Senator, Mike Mon- A.

S. (Mike) Monroney gins. The State's lone Remember, publican House Page Belcher, won re-elec tion. With 2161 of 3212 precincts in the latest unofficial returns President Eistnhow-er had 303.273 and Adlai Stevenson 207.371. Monroney defeated Douglas McKeever, who was running "on Ike's program," soundly.

With 2522 of 3212 souuu.y. un 01 oti predicts, Monroney had 439 and McKeever 244.271. 439 and McKeever 244,271. OREGON PORTLAND, Nov. 6 tfl President Eisenhower piled up a big lead tonight for Ore gun.

wiu. vu, 1 one of his most implacable foes, Democratic Son. Wayne Morse also moved in front by a tiny margin. While the President was' I With 93 of 3219 precincts counted, President Eisenhower had 609G, Adlai Stevenson 5385. In the Senate race, Sen.

Milton 'R. Young led Democrat Qucntin Bur-dick 4306 to 2335, with 74 precincts counted. John Davis, Republican, led Wallace Warner 7307 to 3234 in the race for Governor. Republican Gov. Norman Brunsdale is not seeking re-election.

OHIO COLUMBUS, Nov. 6 tf) Gov. Frank J. Lausche came from behind tonight to take a lead in his fight to unseat Republican Sen. George H.

Bender. With 2987 of Ohio's polling places reporting, Lausche had 396.601 votes to 365,820 for Bender. Lausche, trailing in early tabulations, picked up strength in metro-! politan areas. At one time he was 739 votes behind. President Eisenhower, in 1 1,3 volcs- Pllod UP a biS lead over esldent Eisenhower RhoJ 0Ur electoral Inprf i.1,in,rtcclonJO Reseda inai may nave piaceu a Rivera publican in the Governor's cnair ior ine nrsi lime since 1938 Complete unofficial returns gave President Eisenhower 220,902 votes to 160.507 for Ad, stevenson- plurality G24M PrCRidcn hmvcr beat stevcnson by vole ,933 Del Scsto Ahead On-the-spot voting gave Rc publican Christopher Deli Scsto 190,021 votes to 189,751 for Gov.

Dennis J. Roberts (D) in the battel for Governor sweeping even the Democratic counties In the early returns, Morse held a small margin over Douglas McKay, who resigned as Secretary of Frank J. Lousch.

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