Mccarthy Takes Primary K Wins Senate Contest

Mccarthy Takes Primary K Wins Senate Contest

lilil illllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllll illlllllllllllllllllllllllll i MgLJ > ' ' y&fiW i'sfflB yj MWM* ^*' ^*' ^ ^llftl1il Eff| ff WMSKB PKHIflyH f ^^^ ott MlMi ^^^^ HS ^ h McCarthy Takes Primary / Clark Wins Senate Contest PHILADELPHIA (ff) — Senator Eugene Mc- was elected to Congress m a special election m by margins of better than 2 to 1. Carthy ran away with the presidential preference 1958 and has, served there since. He has had a The constitutional reyision questions involving balloting on the basis of incomplete returns from varied career in labor, business, politics and gov- local government, state finance and legislative re- yesterday's Pennsylvania primary election. ernment. apportionment were running well ahead in the Democrat McCarthy was the only candidate on Clark first was elected to. the Senate in 1956, yes column. Proposals on the judiciary and taxa- the presidential preference ballot. With 2,197 of overcoming a Republican trend in the state. He tion encountered some opposition. 9,998 precints reported, the Minnesota senator, an was reelected in 1962, again reversing a GOP Shafer appeared to be winning a notable vic- opponent of President Johnson's war policy, had trend. A lawyer, he served as city controller and tory for his administration in the returns on the 91,145 votes. Another Democrat, Sen. Bobert F. mayor of Philadelphia, elected to both offices on constitutional amendments. The governor had Kennedy of New York, polled 7,165 write-in votes. a reform platform. made the job of updating the state's century-old Both McCarthy and Kennedy, also a peace Amendments Passed constitution his major goal shortly after he took candidate, - campaigned briefly in Pennsylvania. Based on early returns, Keystone state voters, office last year. Other write-in votes on the Democratic side in a light turnout, appeared to be approving the The proposed amendments, which could vitally showed 4,490 for Vice President Hubert H. Hum- proposed constitutional amendments, .three of them ^Continued on vage three) phrey still a non-candidate; 1,711 for ex-Gov. George Wallace of Alabama, and 1,960 for Presi- dent Johnson, who is not seeking renomination. On the Republican presidential preference side, Voter Trend Shows Approval with 2,065 precincts reported, former Vice Presi- dent Richard M. Nixon had 9,998 write-ins, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York 3,756, Gov. Ron- ald Reagan of California 623, Wallance 775, Gov. Of All 5 ConCon Proposals Shafpr 101 and Johnson 410. — —touegian pnoio oy Jonn uronson _ PHILADELPHIA (IP) — Pennsylvania's voters, rected at securing approval of the five constitu- B HAMMING IT UP for ihe Collegian photographer? No, ii' s jusi cast members of "West r Favorite Son on the basis of early returns last night, appeared tional questions. 2 Side Story" in rehearsal; Show will open Mother's Day Weekend in Schwab. = Shafer is a favorite son-candidate for the nom- to be approving by hefty margins all five pro- Veteran political observers have said defeat ination at the GOP convention this summer. He'll posals designed to modernize the state's 94-year- of the questions would be a serious blow to Shafer s 2jiiiiiiiiiiiiil illllllilllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllflllllllllllllillillilllillilllllllill illliliiiiliiii ^ head the state's GOP delegation, which is not old Constitution. prestige, although passage would not necessarily " undying glory. bound by the primary vote. With 755 of the state's 9,450 precincts report- win the administration ing, proposals on local government, state finance Pre-election oppositon to" the questions was There was only one major statewide contest, and legislative apportionment were being approved not so intense as that directed against revision for the U.S. nomination, in which incumbent by margins of better than two to one. campaigns in the past. Proposals on the judiciary and Dialogue on Peace Day Joseph S. Clark defeated Rep. John Dent, who taxation found Two State Supreme Court justices, however, the going rougher, but were ahead by more than Bell Jr. and Michael A. also ran for renomination to his house seat. 17,000 votes. Chief Justice John C. The 66-year-old Clark, critical of President Musmanno, took pot shots at the judiciary article, Allegheny County Rejecting ConCon and a taxpayer's suit was filed in an effort to keep Johnson's war policy, thus will seek a third term Returns from 78 of Allegheny County's 1,213 of the ballot. The suit was re- poned Until precincts, however, the questions off Post May 10 in the Senate this November against the challenge showed that voters there were bucking the statewide trend and rejecting all five jected. By BRUCE RANDALL pursued-, he said. At Harvard added its purpose is generally of U.S. Rep. Richard S. Schweiker, who was un- proposals. Oppose Convention Call and Columbia the expectation Collegian Staff Writer to "make the students more opposed for the Republican senate nomination. First returns from Philadelphia were heavily The self-avowed conservative Constitutional is that there vill be almost total aware of the scheme* The Coalition lor a Day of of things While he refused to concede defeat to Clark, in favor of the revision questions. , party, which opposed the convention call, was attendance at their discussions. going on in this world and their publicly opposed to all five revision proposals. Dialogue on Peace, which was The Coalition consists of potential Dent said before midnight Tuesday, "If I lose by The prestige of Gov. Sharer's administration . influence on it." was riding on the Democratic parties to have taken place here Fri- about 15 student and faculty A Coalition proposal stated, less than 75,000 I'll consider it a moral victory. outcome of the questions, since Botli the Republican and day, has been postponed . Coali- Shafer made the task of updating the state' endorsed the proposals, and a bipartisan team of organizations on campus rang- "Projected activities for the Johnson Supporter's s cen- tion spokesman Arnold Bodner ing from the Undergraduate tury-old Constitution his major goal shortly after influential citizens waged a vigorous campaign day-long program should be Dent, a vocal supporter of President he took office said yesterday that the event Student Government to the diversified enough to include Johnson's last year. to win support for the questions. has teei rescheduled for Fri- Faculty Peace Forum. Jon panel discussions using perti- domestic and foreign policies, campaigned against Although previous efforts to call a constitu- In the final week of the campaign, Shafer, day, May 10. Fox, Coalition member said, nent films as catalysts Clark charging the incumbent.Democrat tional convention had failed, Shafer was success- former Govs. William W. Scranton and George M. Bodner explained . that the for had been "The students were not going question-and-answer sessions double talking about administration ful in his campaign. The convention , approved in Leader and others made a whirlwind, 21-city tour dialogue had been cancelled be- o 1 policies, es- the 1967 primary election, designed to spark interest in the constitutional to formally strike this cam- between students and faculty; pecially in Vietnam. met for 90 days to con- cause even though the Coali- pus." He explained , "They major well-known speakers to Clark is recognized as a dove sider four articles: the judiciary, local government, proposals. • tion had planned this event at would have attended the lec- tackle the issues of troop com- in the continuing Washngton battle of hawks and taxation and finance and legislative apportion- The chief enemy appeared to be what Shafer the start of this term, they still tures, though, out of reverenc mitment, Hnupc ment. did not have enough time to racism and the draft ; described at a news conference as "a general to peace." talks given by faculty members The vote from 2 Campaigns for Amendments apathy towards the election across the state." 1 do the job properly. The group "We edd not feel that an Out- ,996 of 9,460 precincts, gave on a number of areas related ' Shafer is an announced favorite son candidate Shafer said the apathy stemmed from the fact ran i..to considerable difficul- right student strike was the to the neace question Clark 147,383 and Dent , 113,600. • ties in their attempts to con- , such as for the Republican presidential nomination,., but that few real, political contests would be decided thing for Pen . State. We did ( Continued on p age three). The 60-year-old Denti .a.native, of Jeannette, all of. his pre-election campaign efforts , were di- in the primary. , ¦ .'¦ . tract and arrange for speakers not want it to look like we were ' - ' ai'.the 'dialogue. "We have gone , striking . our professors '.rather 1, Up a 'million blind alleys, but than the issues," Bodner said. ' only now does there appear to "We hope that on May 10 the Advisers to Have be a little light," he said. faculty will hold classes at the Information By May 1 The purpose of the dialogue dialogue," he added. Is to "stimulate discussion in the academic community on Bodner said that with the adequate time to inform the the critical issues which face' America today: the Vietnam faculty and students of the war and its subsequent effects nature of this program and its on 'Great Society' programs, significance, the dialogue will Pass-Fail Gra draw a large crowd. de Plans Complete racism and the draft," said Bodner. 'Campus Precedent' By

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