Palladium-Times (Newspaper) - November 9, 1960, Oswego, New York LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS Kennedy Carries City By Nixon Comity By Page 10 Property Reappraisal Notices Go Out Soon Page THE WEATHER Occasional rain with little change in temperature night Thursday turning tr with snow flurries Temperature at noon 46 VOL 266 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9 HIM At MILY PRICE SEVEM CENTS KENNEDY WINS RACE FOR PRESIDENT Kennedy Mum Awaits Concession From Nixon LYNDON B JOHNSON Vice-President Elect Senate House Both Under Solid Democrat Control WASHINGTON Solid Democratic majorities will con- trol the Senate and the House when the Congress con- venes Jan 3 The Democrats quickly ed down control of the Senate m Tuesday's election And bv 3 o clock this morning they had raptured more than halt the 437 House seats Nonetheless with returns still incomplete it appeared the Republicans had dented the top-heavy the crats held in the Congress In the Senate the old lineup was and in the House With all of the Senate races settled except for a tight tle in Montana the Republicans had picked up one seat in aware and another in mg Sen Karl Mundt veteran South Dakota Republican squeaked to victory over Rep George a Democrat who decided to give up his House seat to make the rac for the Senate In Montana Democratic Rep Lee Metcalf and can former Rep Owen B Fjare were in a contest for the Senate seat being by Sen James E ray In the House Republicans had gobbled up 18 seats held by Democrats but had lost five for a net gam of 13 In races still undecided Democrats were ahead in 30 and cans in 27 Over-all however the look was lor a Congress similar in make-up and key figures 10 the one President Eisenhower had to deal with in the last two jears of his tion Southern Democrats most of whom supported Sen John Kennedy even though opposed to parts of the platform will continue to hold many of the committee and be in position to learn up with Republicans against legislation they dislike Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B Johnson of Texas won reelection to the Senate but was prepared to resign to assume the vice presidency The Big Three in the House Speaker Sam Rayburn D- Tex the majority leader Rep John W McCormack D- and the Republican leader Rep Charles A Halleck of Indiana all won reelection Another long familiar figure in the House former can Speaker Joseph W Martin won tion after a tussle with his Democratic foe Edward F Doolan Martin trailed m the tarty returns Most of the overturns in the House were at the expense of freshman Democrats swept in- to office in the 1958 ic landslide from normally Re- publican areas What's Inside j t 6 Comics lit 17 10 II Expect Kasavubu To Gain Seat As UN Congo Head UNITED NATIONS The UN Credentials Committee was expected to recommend day that Congo President seph Kasavubu be seated in the General Assembly as his chaotic young nation's representative still faced a battle in the General Assembly which must approve the committee's action The Soviet bloc and at least eight Asian and African nations were spearheading a move to give UN recognition to chief rival deposed Premier trice Lumumba The Credentials Committee had not been scheduled to meet until December on the Congo seating question But it denly decided to act after in a speech to the nation assembly Tuesday pealed for the immediate ing of a delegation headed by himself The Credentials Committee is made up of Costa Rica Haiti Morocco Zealand the Philippines Spain Soviet Union the United lic and the United States Only three of the nine Russia the UAR and Morocco known supporters of Kasavubu said also that For- eign Minister Justin Bomboko a leader of the technicians government installed by army chief Col Joseph Mobutu would be the member of his delegation boko accompanied Kasavubu here from Leopoldville He was also foreign minister under although the two never got along HYANNIS PORT Mass UP John F Kennedy is aware that he is the his press secretary said today Pierre Salinger said the senator was told by a campaign aide that he has carried California and fore has won the election The was given to shortly after he awoke at a m EST today inger said He said Kennedy would not have anything to say ever until he hears from Vice President Richard M Nixon Salinger said he understood from a statement made by Nixon's press bert G Klein in Los Angeles that Nixon would not have anything to say until 9 a m Pacific Eastern time Therefore said he doubted Kennedy would have anything to say before noon California has 32 electoral votes which if he won it would give Kennedy 293 It takes 269 to win The senator wearing ed pajamas could be seen in the house He waved through a window Salinger joshed that he knew that Kennedy had made it when he found Secret Service agents at the tor's home today Kennedy was having fast with his wife line at the time Kennedy went to bed at 3.50 a knowing if he were president-elect and slept until Salinger told new smen A bevy of Secret Service men was on duty at Sen Kennedy's house this morning a symbol that at was ered the next president At a m daughter oline made an appearance with Kennedys cousin Ann Gargan and two playful dogs They walked across the rear lawn and dis- appeared m the direction of neighboring houses Not long afterwards tor Kennedy waved from an upstairs window And at a m Salinger and Ted Sorenson a aide went into the house presumably to confer with the Democratic candidate Kennedy's announcement that he was going to bed came moments after he heard Nixon say on a telecast from Los Angeles that if the ent trend continues Kennedy would be the next president Intense Battle With Nixon Undecided Until Afternoon WASHINGTON John F Kennedy today won the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic ever elected to the nation's est office Minnesota finally came to rest in the Massachusetts senator's camp at p m EST and put him over the 269 electoral votes he needed to wrap up mathematically a victory that for many hours had been prospectively his Kennedy's toral vote count at that point Republican Richard M own electoral total as then 177 conceded He sent Kennedy this tele- I want to repeat through this congratulations and best I extended to you on television last night I know uill have the united support of all Americans as lead the nation in the cause of peace and freedom in the next four Edge Nixon Concedes Defeat LOS ANGELES Vice the top His total at that point President Richard M Nixon today formally conceded the election of Sen Jonn F The dramatic concession an- came at 9 47 a m PST a few minutes after Kennedy had clinched election by winning Minnesota's 11 electoral votes Nixon sent this telegram to his Democratic I want to repeat through this wire congratulations and best wishes I extended to you on television last night I know vou will the united support of all Americans as you lead the nation in the cause of peace and freedom in the next four jears Nixon the Republican inee had conceded shortly after midnight PST He said then that if the trend continues Sen Kennedy waill be the next president of the United States The concession telegram sent to Kennedy at his home in Port Mass was read to to a nationwide television Herbert G Klein Nixon's press secretary Asked whether Nixon who was up at a m after only about five hours sleep had had an opportunity to analyze the election outcome Klein I think the time to on a more scientific basis is when you have complete results from all the states Klein said the margin of popular votes was at the time he spoke less than one per cent Klein's conference was held shortly after Minnesota after all through the night and morning gave its electoral vote That was enough to put him over To Terms Teachers Strike Ends YORK The city's first teachers strike ed Tuesday night the day ter it began Delegates of the sinking United Federation of Teachers NFT voted at a closed ing to accept an offer from the Board of Education to return to work The board with the backing of Mayor Robert F Wagner had guaranteed that no als would be taken against striking teachers if they returned to work today The union also agreed to meet with three top labor ers acting as intermediaries in the dispute The walkout started day when the struck over demands for improved working conditions and other issues About 250 of the city's 837 schools were picketed Some of the one million students refused to cross picket lines and there were reports of mi- nor vandalism The which claims a membership of among city's had asserted the strike was ing up momentum But the Board of Education while ad- disruptions in tions said all the schools had remained open and would con- to do so Supervisory personnel had been pressed in- to service and classes doubled up The schools were closed day election Day Wagner on advice from City Central Labor Council and George Meany president of the AFL-CIO recommended these labor leaders as intermediaries in the David Dubinsky and Jacob vice of the AFL-CIO and Harry Van Arsdale Jr dent of the City Central bor Council The has sought free lunch periods more sick pay and higher salaries than the current range of to a year The Board of Education rwd yhas agreed in principle to two other demands a union checkoff system and steps ward bargaining was 272 with 269 needed As for Nixon's plans for the he will tire from public life Klein This is an easy one for me to answer because I wouldn't care to guess This was Nixon's first tion defeat during his 14 years in political a member of the House senator and vice president since 1953 Eisenhower Congratulates Kennedy on Win WASHINGTON dent Eisenhower today sent his congratulations to Democratic President-elect John F for the victory you have just won at the polls The President said he will send the new president-elect a more comprehensive message later suggesting certain ures that may commend selves to you as you prepare to take over next January the re- of the presidency The message to Kennedy was released by the White House together with three other tele- grams They went to the ers Vice President Richard M Nixon and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and to the vice president-elect Sen Lyndon B Johnson In his message to Nixon Your fought courageous campaign to carry forward the principle of JOHN F KENNEDY President Elect GOP Retains Control of Legislature Demos Gain ALBANY N Y m Democrats ed their position in the New York State Legislature in day's balloting but Republicans retained firm control of both houses Besides providing a victory i margin for Sen John F gained one seat in the State Senate eight in the Assembly and ousted one of the Republicans top leaders t who have con- tolled the Legislature for more than two decades a margin in the Senate and an edge in the sembly Banking on Kennedy's larity the Democrats had high hopes of taking over the ate The only inroad they made was in the Bronx where Joseph Marine won the Republican seat that had been held by Joseph F who had resigned to become a ber of the New York City sit Authority One of the major victories was scored in cuse where Charles A neck Jr GOP majority leader in the Assembly was del by Democrat John P Savage With the exception of neck leaders of both parties were returned lo Democrats ousted two Re- publican mon n Hi County Buffalo and one in Monroe Rochester In veteran William J Butler fell before Vincent P Arnone and George F brock lost to Albert J beck Charles F Stockmeister de- Harold E in Monroe The Republican bent in that district did not run for re-election The GOP gained the Seneca County Assembly seat by Democrat J han who resigned to run for Congress against Rep John ber Theodore D Day won the seat and Souhan defeated by Taber in other developments on Page 14 Taber Re-elected Democrats Win Majority Of Congressional Seats ALBANY Democrats Dean P Taj lor of Troy riding to victory with Sen John F Kennedy have won control of the state's ber congressional delegation for the time in 10 Democratic candidates un- seated two Republican who King was opposed by Louis B Wolfe who ran on the Democratic and Liberal tickets Two Republican tives m the Hudson i bents and won m the Valley warded olf challenges i district which had been by literary and jji ui ui AI sound government will have my presented by Republican respect It has been a matter of deep personal satisfaction to have served closely with you these past eight years and I shall ways cherish four friendship Eisenhower's message to sent to the Hyannis Port Mass home of the elect was far more terse and formal My congratulations to you for the victory you have just won at the polls I will be sending you promptly a more beit II Rep John Taber dean of New a Yoik shook off a Pnor to Tuesday's balloting still battle irom Assembly man Republicans held a Souhan ot Seneca gin in the delegation Otis G Pike Liberal scored an upset tory in traditionally can Suffolk and Nassau ties when he rolled up a vote lead over II who was ing his term Hugh L turned out Rep JE Dorn lone Re publican congressman from comprehensive telegram to shift another seat to the Democratic column Joseph P Addabbo gesting certain measures that may commend themselves to you as you prepare to take over next January the ties of the presidency DEMOCRAT WINS CAYUGA COUNTY SHERIFF POST AUBURN Democrat has been elected sheriff of yuga County for the first time in history James McDonald who ates a large dairy farm in Throop defeated Republican Gordon Fritts by an unofficial 4.323 voles in Tuesday's tion McDonald succeeds Willard Wilcox who hao served 24 years Wilcox 84 was tracked by the Republican party in favor of Fritts a for- mer deputy Wilcox lost in the courts an attempt to gain sufficient signatures to bt placed oo the ballot narrowly defeated Republican George in Bosch's 4th Congressional Dis- Thirty seven i n c u were returned to the House The Democrats last held majority in the state's con- gressional delegation in 1950 William Fitts Rvan who defeated Rep Ludwig Teller in a Democratic primary tight won Teller's seat in the 20th District Manhattan an defeated Morris Aarons Republican and Teller who ran as a Liberal in the three-cornered battle Aarons had hoped that Teller would draw enough Democratic votes to enable him to defeat Ryan Carelton J King a former city judge in Saratoga Springs won easily in the heavily Re- publican Jilt district Falls Rep Katharine St who has represented Rockland Orange Sullivan and Dele ware counties for 14 years television script writer James Truex i Truex son of actor Ernest j has as public relations director for the State j Department of Public Works i in the tion of former Gov Averclli W J eian Richmondville man soundly trounced Gore Vidal winning playwright Taber who won his 20th term polled votes to in the ing Republican district Souhan former member of the state commission had served one term in the Assembly beloie challenging Tabor Pike a tice of the peace had made an unsuccessful bid for Wright's seat two ago Both he and who was a ranking member of the House Labor and tion Committee are wealthy Ivy Leaguers Rep Adam Clayton Powell the controversial Negro ta easily won district The voto at that time Kennedy for 504 per cent of the ed ballots Nixon for 49 6 per cent With two big fornia and it was possible for to wind up with a wide electoral vote margin But the popular vote showed a nationwide division of ment that swung bj a fraction of one per cent Kennedy won by scoring where it counted the bigger states s v caps a string of political successes for the Boston Irishman son of a He fought the Japanese during World War II as commander of a pedo boat returned home and was elected to Congress then ousted Henry Cabot Lodge this Republican vice presidential nominee to gain a Senate seat By winning the presidency Kenned j lockets to a position of of tne ion in the free world at a time of tensions and struggles with Communism The senator's c a m p a ign theme was that he can get moving ahead as he said it has not been doing in the jears of the Eisenhower administration He will have with him a Con- gress where his own party has substantial m both the Senate and House The Senate division will be 64 and 36 Republicans The Republicans picked up two seats in the waie and In Port Mass was waiting for some statement from Nixon before making any of his own Already Under Guard Secret Service men were leady taking duty stations about something they do for a president-elect but not for a losing candidate Kennedy amassed his im- pressive total by taking the electoral v ote of 19 states and winning the support of five of Alabama's 11 electors The state's other six were mitted But the Democratic ate was finding Nixon a cult man to down de- spite the fact that the vice pre- sident all but conceded defeat in an early morning television appeal ance from Los Angeles Nixon in fact was cutting steadily into Kennedy's lead in Illinois throwing that states 27 electoral votes into doubt President first official caller reported the President looked fine but he's not happy about the results of the election Kennedy went to bed out claiming victory although Nixon himself forecast a likely Kennedy ba ed on the early morning trend The vice president did not nally concede defeat m his television from Los Angeles He said that if the tiend of vote count continued significant change Sen Ken will be the next president of the United States Mrs Nixon fighting to hold back the tears stood at his side as the Republican ate smilingly thanked those whD had worked for him in the feverish day-and-night that ended for both candidates with re- cord balloting Nixon said he wanted to know that if he does become president he will have my wholehearted support Kennedy who campaigned on the theme that the country had lost prestige abroad and had stood stall at home under the Eisenhower administration carved out his apparent victory m the larger industrial states CK IM or led in New York California Illinois vania and Texas Only Ohio out of this group favored on GOP Senate Republicans picked up two seats in the Senate with tories over Democratic ents in Delaware and ming With only the cratic seat in Montana in douht Senate lineup 63 Democrats 36 Re- publicans With 53 House races still in doubt Republicans had made a net gam of 14 to push their total net gain to 144 against the Democrats 239 In 27 governor races had elected 12 for a net gain of three licans had elected nine and six races remained in doubt There was nothing very con- about the election results Kennedy carried his home state of Massachusetts impressively but GOP Sen Lever ett was re- elected and a Republican John A Volpe was elected governor In several states where Nixon held the lead over Kennedy Democrats either had been elected or were leading for governor These included Indiana Wisconsin Nebraska and South Dakota President Eisenhower ed the Cabinet into session today to study the question of how to accomplish the s tion of government to a new president Jan 20 The presidential race was a see-saw battle as the vote count proceeded during the night Nixon into an early lead as first returns came in from states favoring him Then Kennedy forged ahead to hold a lead through the Connecticut Sweep lopped off early a performance that had been forecast But his margin there was larger than even the Democrats had forecast It set the pattern for the margins he rolled up across the country with New York's 45 electoral votes as his cipal lost areas in the South and border states where Roman Catholic had been expected to bp costly to him Florida Kentucky Tennessee and lahoma went against him Sen Harry F Byrd who took no position in the presidential contest helped give Virginia to Nixon But surprisingly Kennedy salvaged South Carolina which the Republicans had been claiming and North Carolina which Nixon believed he had a better than even chance to carry The Democratic candidate carried the heavily ant staff of West Virginia wherr he got his big surge his party's tion by winning a May mary The impact of Kennedy's Catholicism was not to discern He won in many areas where the Catholic vote was heaviest in such as Connecticut setts and Rhode Island He won in key industrial states where the Catholic vote also was heavy Those were the states in which the electoral votos were largest in Farm Kennedy lost in other areas of fundamentalist Protestant belief These included tucky Tennessee and homa He also lost in farm belt where his religion may have been a more potent factor than his
