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B8 The Manhattan Mercury Tuesday, November 26, 1974 Governor's race one of closest ever Final results confirm Bennett, Dole as major statewide victors state officeholders won. Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell had 440,026 votes to 266,520 for Democrat Dale Barnett and 22,868 for Prohibitionist Robert Blair. State Printer Bob Sanders received 380,030 to 288,762 for Democrat Herb Sherrill and 30,289 for Prohibitionist Charles Green. Clay Hedrick, Republican state auditor, lost the treasurer's race to Democrat Joan Finney. Final returns gave Mrs.

Finney 360,119 votes to 318,534 for Hedrick, 24,883 for American John O. Stewart and 16,785 for Prohibitionist Vearl Zacon. Two other Republican incumbent Secretary of State Elwill Shanahan, a Republican, won re-election with 452,543 votes to 256,459 for Democratic challenger Bill Hawk and 22,869 for Prohibitionist William Smith. Miller, state attorney general, lost the governorship to Bennett; Van Sickle, state treasurer, lost the attorney general race to Schneider, and Some legislative races close calls had given Bennett a margin over Miller. The official margin was 1,833 less than that.

Miller picked up that difference in four counties net gains for him of 836 votes in Allen County, 520 votes in Ford County, 355 votes in Chase County and 350 votes in Wyandotte County but lost handfuls of votes in other counties. Official returns on five constitutional amendments showed all won overwhelmingly, as reported previously: No. 1, Bingo Yes 499,701, no 210,052. No. 2, Elections Yes no 131,159.

No. 3, Printer Yes no 218,382. No. 4, Legislature Yes no 160,420. No.

5, Oaths Yes no 79,697. Of the five members of the state canvassing board, three were losers in the general election, one did not seek re-election and only one was a winner. Four of them attended the canvassing board meeting, with Miller in Wichita Monday. Prohibitionist Lorin P. Miller 1,968.

2nd District Democrat Martha Keys 84,864, Republican John C. Peterson 67,650 and Prohibitionist David Scoggin 1,725. 3rd District Republican incumbent Larry Winn Jr. 89,694, Democrat Sam Wells 49,976 and American Ted E. Oakes 2,980.

4th District Republican incumbent Garner Shriver 70,401, Democrat Bert Chaney 61,201 and American John S. Stevens 12,520. 5th District Republican -Incumbent Joe Skubitz 88,646 and Democrat Frank Gaines 72,024. The canvass changed no results from what had been unofficially reported. John Fireden, Miller's campaign manager, said mere are no plans to challenge Bennett's victory.

However, he said he likely would confer again with Miller and others in the campaign to discuss the possibility informally. "We're happy the certification is over," Bennett said. "It appeared some time ago this was a formality and that the Bennett-Smith team had won. We've been proceeding on that basis. It's good to have this hurdle behind us." The final news media tabulation TOPEKA (AP) ReDublican Robert F.

Bennett defeated Democrat Vera Miller by 3,677 votes in Kansas' Nov. 5 election for governor, the state canvassing board has confirmed. Final, official totals gave Bennett 387,792 votes and Miller 384,115. Bennett and his GOP lieutenant governor running mate, Shelby Smith, received 49.5 per cent of the governor vote, Miller 49 per cent and Prohibition Party Candidate Marshall Uncapher 1.5 per cent. Un-capher received 11,968 votes.

The board also confirmed U.S. Bob Dole's re-election over Democrat Bill Roy by 13,532 votes. The final canvass had 403,983 votes for Dole, who won a second six-year term in the Senate, to 390,451 for Roy. Dole drew 50.9 per cent of the vote to Roy's 49.1 per cent. In the attorney general's race, Democrat Curt Schneider won by a final margin of 30,476 votes over Republican Tom Van Sickle, 398,206 to 367,730.

Official returns in the five congressional races showed: 1st District Republican incumbent Keith Sebelius 101,565, Democrat DonC. Smith 57,326, American Party Candidate Thelma Morgan 13,009 and TOPEKA (AP) Seven Kansas legislative races were decided by margins of fewer than 200 votes, the official state canvass shows. Closest race of all was in the 113th House district, which encompasses parts of Barton and Stafford counties in west-central Kansas. Republican incumbent William S. Southern of Ellinwood won that seat by just 32 votes over Democrat Michael J.

Starr. Official figures gave Southern 2,514 votes to Starr's 2,482. Republicans also won a close one in the 47th District, which includes parts of Atchison and Jefferson counties in Most okay court change fin Hineman beat Democrat Larry D. Tittel by 150 votes, 3,541 to 3,391. 90th District Democrat Kenneth Francisco defeated Republican Mark Wetta by 191 votes, 2,961 to 2,780.

2nd District Democrat Ralph E. Bussman defeated Republican incumbent Richard L. Overman by 199 votes, 2,984 to 2,785. In the only state Senate race, to fill the final two years of the District 19 term in part of Shawnee and all of Jefferson County, Democrat Jim Parrish, a member of the state House, beat Republican incumbent Dana Killinger by 11,902 votes to 6,356. the northeast part of the state.

Republican Kenneth L. Althaus defeated Democrat Larry J. Schrick by 61 votes, 3,386 to 3,325. In the 64th District of Geary County, Republican Harold T. Beninga beat Democrat Hayes B.

Beck by 89 votes, 1,854 to 1,765. House Speaker Duane "Pete" McGill, Winfield Republican, had the fourth closest race, beating Democrat Ernest "Ike" Price by 92 votes, 3,455 to 3,363, in District 78, which includes parts of Butler and Cowley counties. The other tight races: 117th District Republican Kalo A. TOPEKA (AP) Twenty-three of the Kansas' 29 judicial districts approved a change to a nonpartisan system for selection of district court judges in the Nov. 5 election, the official state canvass says.

Among the larger counties giving approval- to the proposition were Johnson, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Reno, Douglas, Riley, Salina and Crawford. Turning it down were Sedgwick, Butler, Ford, Barton, Pawnee and Grant, plus the surrounding counties encompassed in some of those judicial districts. Districts in which voters approved the change will no longer elect district court judges on the election ballot, but will change to a plan under which a local nominating committee composed of lawyers and laymen will recommend two or three persons to fill a vacancy when one occurs. The governor then will pick the new district judge, whose name will go on the ballot every four years for retention or rejection by voters. The official vote by district, with the most populous county listed for identification purposes: District 1, Leavenworth Yes no 7,501.

District 2, Pottawatomie Yes no 7,441. District 3, Shawnee Yes no 17,132. District 4, Franklin Yes no 9,786. District 5, Lyon Yes no 4,985. District 6, Miami Yes no 6,292.

District 7, Douglas Yes no 7,276. Keeling date WICHITA (AP) A preliminary hearing for Fred Keeling, charged in connection with the Oct. 31 Slaying of a Sedgwick County sheriff's detective and the woiftiding of three other law enforcemenlofficers was postponed Monday until T)ec. 9. Keeling is charged with 27 felonies in connection with the shootings.

He allegedly shot the four men during an escape from the county courthouse, where he was being held on a robbery charge. A combined hearing on the robbery charges and the shooting case was begun Monday, but Court of Common Pleas Judge Owen Ballinger then decided to separate the oases when it appeared the robbery hearing would District 8, Dickinson Yes no 7,736. District 9, Harvey Ye)S no 6,975. District 10, Johnson Yes no 14,612. District 11, Crawford Yes no 17,398.

District 12, Cloud Yes no 7,316. District 13, Butler Yes no 11,758. District 14, Montgomery Yes no 5,313. District 15, Thomas Yes no 4,828. District 16, Ford Yes no 8,068.

District 17, Phillips Yes no 6,953. District 18, Sedgwick Yes no 39,521. District 19, Cowley Yes no 14,269. District 20, Barton Yes no 13,401. District 21, Riley Yes no 5,968.

District 22, Marshall Yes no 7,501. District 23, Ellis Yes no 5,590. District 24, Pawnee Yes no 6,343. District 25, Finney Yes no 4,350. District 26, Seward Yes no 5,845.

District 27, Reno Yes no 8,806. District 28, Saline Yes no 5,544. District 29, Wyandotte Yes no 11,027. postponed take longer than expected. Keeling is charged with aggravated robbery, kkidnaping and two counts of unlawful possession of firearms in connection with the Sept.

26 Robbery of a Wichita Western Auto store. Further testimony on the robbery charge was to be heard Tuesday. The 30-year-old suspect also is charged with the shooting death of Detective Roy Vance Johnson and the wounding of Police Detective" Lloyd Simmons, Sheriff's Civil Deputy Mauro Bott and Patrolman Lewis, Patterson. Other charges from the courthouse shootings include seven counts of kidnaping, aggravated assault and aggravated robbery. engineering from Kansas State University in 1932.

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