HHH Carries Pennsylvania; Schweiker Defeats
/ Republican presidential candi- president, Hubert H. Humphrey, as a date Richard M. Nixon took, man who deserves the faith and support a slight of the American people, and as the one lead into the early morning hours Democrats Keep Contra man best qualified to take over the today in one of the closest races in White House next January. American political history. He wasn't answering any questions yesterday about how he marked his Nixon led Vice President Hu- Of U.S. Senate, House ballot—or about anything else. bert H. Humphrey by less than Even though he was ignoring ques- 150,000 votes with 78 per cent of the Gov. John H. Chafee in Rhode Island motored to New York City, where the Re- tions, he was amiable, relaxed and votes counted at 5 a.m. Nixon had and Democratic candidates had the edge publican candidate watched the returns, chatty. 24,558,000 votes, Humphrey 24,426,- in incomplete returns in efforts to take As he stepped from his jet plane with Montana and New Mexico from the GOP his wife, Pat , daughter Tricia and Julie, 000" and' third-party candidate column. and Julie's fiance, David Eisenhower, the Protests Hit Nation George C. Wallace, 2,288,000. Secretary of State Edgar D. Whit- candidate waved to a small crowd and Antiwar pickets and Election Day Nixon was, assured victory in comb, a Republican, beat Democratic Lt. said. "See you later. Bye." Gov. Robert L. Rock for the governor- Before the departure from California, demonstrators marched in a number of 26 states with 178 electoral votes; ship of Indiana to succeed Democratic a top Nixon aide said of the election out- American cities yesterday, and Sen.
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