'4:00 A.M. RESULTS Y 5k4fglan I1ait Seventy-Two Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXIII, No. 46 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1962 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES * * * * * * * * * * * * ation Vol New York, Michigan Republicans Elected Incumbent Brown Edges Out Nixon In California Gubernatorial Contest By PHILIP SUTIN The nation's voters retained the current political balance in Congress, but numerous upsets marked yesterday's balloting. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York emerged as a leading. GOP contender for the 1964 presidential nomination as Gov. Edmund M. Brown apparently defeated former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon and George Romney barely squeaked by Gov. John Swainson. Democrats maintained control of the House and added seats to their Senate majority. As of 3 a.m. today the House balance is 237 " Democrats to 163 Republicans with 30 races undecided. Sixty-six Democrats will face 34 Republicans in next year's Senate. Senate Gains The gains in the Senate marked the first reversal of the off-year t end for the party in power to lose Congressional seats and su- cess in President John F. Ken- nedy's campaign. President Frank- lin D. Roosevelt was the last lead- er to turn the trick as the 1934 Congress was more heavily Demo- cratic than its 1932 predecessor. Noting their gains, Democratic National Chairman John Bailey called the election "a great victory for the Democrats." The Democrats picked up one governorship to extend their total to a possible 21. At 3 a.m. the Democrats had won 13, the Re- SEN. THRUSON B. MORTON publicans 9 with six undecided. early winner Nine governorships changed hands. Easy Victory f Rockefeller amassed a 500,000 City Select vote plurality over Democratic an easy victory. Sen. Jacob Javits RR-NY) was handily returned to Republicans the Senate. Nixon took an early lead to the California counting, but Brown By THOMAS HUNTER quickly recovered as city votes Governor-elect George Romney rolled in, sending the former vice- and his Republican party swept president to political oblivion. through Ann Arbor and Washte- The election boosted Rep. Wil- naw County as expected last liam Scranton (R-Penn) as a night contender for the 1964 GOP presi- Voters returned incumbent Rep. dential nomination. Scranton de- George Meader (R) to Congress, feated Philadelphia Mayor Rich- Sen. Stanley Thayer (R), Rep. ardson Dilworth. Gilbert Bursley (R) of the First Clark Re-elected district and Rep. James F. Warn- He also swept the Republican er (R-Yysilanti) of the Second slate into office with exception of district to the State Legislature. the Senate where Sen. Joseph Theyalso gave a 6,000 vote edge to Clark was re-elected. Republican congressman-at-large In Vermont, the Democrats candidate Alvin Bentley. elected their first governor since The local electorate followed the founding of the Republican the national trend in setting what party. Philip H. Huff eked out City Clerk Fred Looker called "a a narrow victory over incumbant definite record for off-year vot- GOP Gov. F. Ray Keyser, Jr. ing." With 59 precincts in, county The Democrats elected a gover- Republicans took every position nor and a senator as a result of on the ballot by margins of one- a Republican split in New Hamp- third or better. In Ann Arbor the shire resulting from the death of difference approached one-half, Sen. Styles Bridges. In mid- especially for state officials. campaign incumbant retiring GOP Vote Lag Gov. Wesley Powell came out for Democratic Secretary of State emocrat John W. King, the win- James M. Hare's 6,000 vote lagner.J n Pillsbury was the loser. behind Republican Norman Stock- Own Upset meyer was the closest a Democrat The GOP pulled an upset of its could come. Romney's edge over own in Oklahoma, however, elect- Gov. John B. Swainson mounted ing the first Republican governor to 11,000 in the county. in the history of the state. Henry Meader turned back Democrat C. Beilmon beat out P. "Wild Bill" challenger Thomas Payne by Atkinson. 8,000 votes. Thayer beat Demo- Senatorial upsets included the crat Prof. Robert Niess of the defeats of two venerable Republi- French department with a 6,000 cans Sen. Alexander Wiley of Wis- vote difference in the city and consin was apparently replaced by Bursley edged Democrat Prof. outgoing Democratic Gov. Gaylord Henry Bretton of the political Nelson and Sen. Homer Capehart science department, gaining 4,000 was locked in a tight race with votes in the city. former Democratic Speaker of the The long term seat on the state House Birch E. Bayh, Jr. supreme court in the non-partisan Swing Election balloting went to Michael D. Alabama Republican James D. O'Hara in both the county and city Martin gave Sen. Lister Hill the tallies over incumbent Paul L. scare of his 40-year political ca- Adams. Incumbent Otis M. Smith reer, but late rural votes swung took the county vote for the short- the election to him. term seat over Louis D. McGregor Democrats and Republicans split by a small margin. two other closely fought elections. Fill Positions In Ohio Auditor General James Republicans filled all' county A. Rhodes defeated Democratic "ncii iL -s ncm- Gov. Michael V. DiSalle while in ers eeParty GOP Makes Small Inroads By Taking New Statehouses By MALINDA BERRY and RICHARD MERCER In yesterday's gubernatorial elections the Democratic party gained control of the capital in Vermont for the first time in 108 years, as statehouses changed hands throughout the nation. The Democrats apparently elected governors, while the Republi- cans placed in state capitals. In New York incumbent Nelson Rocke- feller defeated Robert Morgenthau by a smaller margin than had, Balance Staebler Winner In Congress Race Elect Democrats to Ad Board; Seidman Wins Republican Slot By DAVID MARCUS George Romney apparently became Michigan's first Re- publican governor in 14 years this morning, as he edged out in front of incumbent Democrat Gov. John B. Swainson with 1.28 million votes to Swainson's 1.25 million votes, according to 4 a.m. Associated Press returns. At the same time, Michigan voters split their ticket and sent Neil Staebler to Washington at Michigan's congressman- at-large by a 250,000 vote margin over his Republican op- ponent Alvin Bentley. In a vote which saw Swainson's early Wayne County mar- gin of 210,000 whittled away into defeat, Romney managed to capture approximately 40 per cent of the heavily Democrat Wayne County. He needed to rc obtain approximately 34 per cent of the Detroit vote.iilCongress This portion of the Wayne County vote-taken together with L d n the normally heavily Republican ead i State rural vote-spelled victory to Rom- ney.~ In races for positions on Mich- By GLORIA BOWLES igan'sadministrative board. it ap- Incumbent congressmen led in peared that the only Democrats their districts as late returns last likely to remain in office were Treasurer Sanford Brown and Sec- night showed two close races, but retary of State James A. Hare, no upsets. who held decisive leads. In the second district, late vote been predicted. In Arkansas Orval Faubus was Ricketts for an unprecedented fift 4 .Democrats Post Gains For Senate BULLETIN Former Gov. Milward Simp- son (R) defeated incumbent Democrat J. J. Hickey in Wyom- ing's senatorial contest. In seven other races, five Democrats were leading as of 4 a.m. If they win, the Democrats will hold a 68-32 margin in the Senate. By GERALD STORCH Gov. Gaylord Nelson's narrow senatorial squeak iti Wisconsin and smashing triumphs for Ed- ward Kennedy in Massachusetts and Abraham Ribicoff in Connect- icut helped Democrats to a good showing in yesterday's senatorial races. Probably the biggest upset oc- curred in Wisconsin, where Nelson bounced Republican Sen. Alex- ander Wiley in his bid for a fifth term. Wins Handily Democrats captured other seats from Republicans in Connecticut and Maryand and New Hamp- shire. Ribicoff, former welfare sec- retary, won handily over Repub- lican Congressman Horace Seely- Brown. Both were seeking the post vacated by Sen. Prescott Bush. In Maryland, Democrat Daniel B. Brewster turned back Edward T. Niller to win the position pre- viously held by Sen. John Mar- shall Butler (R); in New Hamp- shire, Thomas J. McIntyre sur- prised Republican Perkins Bass. The Republicans gained back one seat, however, as Rep. Peter H. Dominick ousted Democrat Sen. John A. Carroll of Colorado. Other Races Results of other races were about as predicted, although in some in- stances the margin of victory was unexpected-particularly in Illi- nois and Indiana. In the former state, Republican incumbent Everett Dirksen barely defeated Rep. Sidney Yates after a topsy-turvy race, while in In- diana Republican Sen. Homer Capehart as of 4 a.m. was trail- ing Birch Bayh, with 80 per cent of the votes counted. Contests in other states went normally. B i g - n a m e winners among the Republicans included Sen. Jacob Javits with a land- slide in New York, and Sen. Thrus- ton Morton, who sailed by in Ken- tucky. Kennedy's easy triumph (by more than 500,000 votes) over George Cabot Lodge in Massachu- setts was the biggest feather in the Democratic cap. re-elected over Republican Willis h term. William W. Scranton de- feated Democrat incumbent Rich- ardson Dilworth in the Pennsyl- vania gubernatorial race. Republican Defeated Former secretary of commerce in Iowa, Harold E. Hughes, de- feated Republican incumbent Nor- man A. Erbe., Oklahoma elected its first Republican governor, Hen- ry C. Bellmon. California elected Edmund "Pat" Brown, Democrat, over Richard M. Nixon, while New Hampshire elect- ed its first Democratic governor in 40 years. John W. King defeated Republican John Pillsbury. In the midwest, Kansas re-elect- ed Republican John Anderson, Jr. over Dale Saffels, and Democrat incumbent Frank B. Morrison de- feated Fred A. Seaton (R) in Ne- braska. South Dakota Republican Archie M. Gubbrud defeated Ralph Herseth (D) in South Dakota while, to the east Frank G. Clement, Democrat, de- feated Hubert Patty (R) in Ten- nessee. Gov. John Dempsey won a smashing victory in Connecticut over John Alsop. Texas, however, remained Dem- ocratic, as John Connelly, former secretary of the Navy, beat off an ambitious attack by John Cox, a conservative Republican. Colorado -Daily-Bruce Taylor Gov-elect George S. Romney Romney 'Especially' Thanks 'U' Republican Supporters 1 Special To The Daily DETROIT-Right after the 11th hour, when he had received word of a victory based on the fact that he carried 40 per cent of Wayne County, Governor-elect George Roniney, "especially thanked his sup- porters at the University.", In a private . interview in his 20th floor suite at the Pick-Fort Shelby Hotel in Detroit, he predicted that the whole state ticket would follow' him. In discussing the national picture he said that he was gratified by the New York results, hoped for Republican gains in the entire nation an dspecifically gave no preference in, the California contest. Republican State Chairman George van Peursen concurred in Republican John A. Love took over the statehouse in Colorado by defeating former Gov. Stephen L. 1 R. McNichols. James A. Rhodes, Republican,t defeated incumbent Michael V. Di-t Salle in Ohio, and Democrat Don- ald Russell, running unopposed,t gained the statehouse in South1 Carolina. In New Mexico Jack M. Camp- bell spoiled the ambitions of Re-1 publican incumbent Edwin L. Um- echem for an unprecedented third term. Campbell, at present, is the speaker of the state House of Rep- resentatives. 50th State In the 50th state, the Demo- crats scored another victory. John A. Burns (D) defeated incumbent Gov. William F. Quinn (R) to take a four-year term in the Hawaiian statehouse. Endicott Peabody was holding the lead over Republican incum- bent John A. Volpe to continue a Democrat trend in Massachusetts. Democrat George C. Wallace was unopposed in Alabama. Georgia's unopposed Democrat Carl E. San- ders also took the office.t Chief OfficeI Incumbent Gov. Mark O. Hat- field, Republican, retained the1 chief office in Oregon against two opponents, and Democrat incum- bent Gov. Grant Sawyer detained his statehouse in Nevada.1 Gov. William A. Egan, Democrat, is leading in Alaska, while Repub- lican Gov. Paul Fannin still re- tains his Arizona lead. GOP Gov. Robert E. Smylie also leads in Idaho. predicting that the whole ticket would follow Romney. Both Republicans and Demo- crats predicted that the sunny weather throughout the state yes- terday would work to their advan- tage. Romney cast his vote early yes- terday morning and then made last minute campaign efforts in Bay City, Lansing and Port. Huron before returning to Detroit and his campaign headquarters. Detroit Elections Commissioner Louis A. Urban said that a few city voters had complained about some of the 600 challengers work- ing at the polls for the Committee for Honest Elections. But no vot- ing irregularities were reported in the city. In a prepared statement at 3:15 a.m. this morning Governor-elect George Romney said that he would wait until much later in the morning to give his formal ac- ceptance speech. Romney indicated that he was waiting for former Gov. John B. Swainson's "customary conces- sion." Romney said that he had heard that Swainson would make a state- ment but that his formal conces- sion would not come until later this morning. He said that the "proper thing to do is to wait until the morning." The new governor told voters that he appreciated the dedication and loyalty shown in the cam- paign. He said that it was a "thrilling experience." Romney left his headquarters for home and "a good night's sleep" after making his statement. Concession1 Released BULLETIN DETROIT (fP)-Gov. John B. Swainson early 'today conceded defeat to George Romney in the Michigan gubernatorial election. He was trailing the industrialist by 62,500 votes, with 5,023 of the 5,199 precincts reporting.'f Governor John B. Swainson re- fused to issue a concession state- ment late last night although the election totals gave Governor-elect George Romney a 50.,000 vote edge. Romney, in a statement made at 3 a.m. this morning said that he would not issue a victory state- ment until Swainson conceeded. Congressman-elect Neil Staeb- ler (D) spoke from campaign headquarters in Detroit after Romney's short appearance and indicated that state Democrats would follow Swainson's example and not issue victory statements until this morning when the final totals are revealed and all the votes are counted. Swainson did not appear at all. The Associated Press, United Press International, Detroit Free Press and television predictors all claimed that Romney had won.. Swainson's statement will bej revealed by his press secretary,) Ted Olgar, a late news bulletin said. Lesinski Victoryi Lieutenant Governor T. John I Lesinski also appeared headed for p victory with some 100,000 odd votes over GOP candidate Clarence A. Reid. For attorney general, incumbent Frank Kelly appeared to be beat- ing GOP challenger Robert Dan- hof. i Treasurer Sanford Brown also seemed destined to play the role s of a Democrat in a Republican administration, as he held a com- f manding lead over his GOP' op- ponent, Glenn S. Allen. William Seidman, GOP candi- date for auditor general, appear- ed headed for victory over Billy Farnum, Democratic incumbent. See-Saw Race In a see-saw election that reach- ed a 125,000 Swainson margin in its earlier stages and then plunged to defeat, Romney didn't achieve a majority until 2.30 a.m., ac- cording to Associated Press re- turns. However, Romney had been con- fident of victory ever since the early returns from Wayne County precincts-most of whichutilize voting machines - showed that Swainson had failed to achieve the 65 per cent of the vote necessary for a Democrat in order to offset the heavily Republican tendencies of ruralvMichigan. Despite Romney's victory, Bent- ley was unable to ride the coat tails of a Republican sweep and received less than 33 per cent of the Wayne County vote. It was Bentley's second try for state- wide office. He was defeated in a bid for the United States Senate by Sen. Pat McNamara two years ago. Serves in Congress Prior to his attempt for the Sen- ate, Bentley had been a long time Congressman. Staebler, an Ann Arbor resident, was chairman of the Democratic, Party for a number of years. This was his first try for state-wide office. Romney's victory consisted of a steadily increasing victory margin. Fiscal Reform His campaign had been based on a program for fiscal reform, leadership, unity instead of parti- san bickering in Lansing, reorgan- izatioi of the state executive branch and a call for individual; citizen participation in politics in- stead of large pressure group power politics. Romney was president of Ameri- can Motors Corp. and had been vice-president of Michigan's con- stitutional convention. Romney is also a prominent! leader in the Mormon Church in Mfit'higaov, NEIL STAEBLER . .. congressman-elect VARIETY OF REFERENDA: lain (R) narrowly beat Don Hay- worth of Lansing for the congres- sional seat in the sixth district. Turning to the state supreme court race, Michigan voters choose incumbent Otis M. Smith of De- troit over Louis D. McGregor for the short term, but turned down a re-election bid by Paul L. Adams, the incumbent and picked instead Michael D. O'Hara. Michigan voters passed a pro- posed amendment to the. state constitution which will prohibit general revision of statues by the Legislature, but authorizes a com- pilation of laws. Third District In other Congressional contests, Republicans August Johansen of States Vote on Reapportionment Plans By JERRY T. BAULCH Associated Press Staff Writer lems and state powers in case of nuclear attack.k ._ . J .- 1 - . '. .1 , ed to the voters in Nebraska, Ore- South Carolina, Kansas, Idaho, gon and West Virginia would give Arizona and North Carolina.