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NinthContest* VMaior* lt;* Inclement WeatherMay Reduce VotingBy Hie Associated t PressThe political chips were down inVirginia today in a Congressionalelection that will determine whether the state i§ swingihgr%aclT“to-ward traditional Democratic domination.Seven Democratic and three Republican Congressmen were bidding for new two-year terms in a campaign whose focal point has been the nip and-tuck races in the 6th, 9th and 10th districts.These were the districts that swung into the Republican column in 1952 when President Eisenhower was carrying the Old Dominion by some 80.000.! Weather Bad A turnout of 250,000 to 266.000was forecast by the State Elections Board, but; a bleak weatheroutlook presaging show and rain for som« sections might well re^ 8UU in a considerably lower total. The/polls opened at 6 a.m. and will remain open until 6 p.m.in addition to the House races, Virginians also voted for a U. S.PIN-UP CAMPAIGN; — Reece Overcash and Jack Reams (left to right) affix tags to voters’lapels as part of the Junior Chamber of Commerce “Get Out The Vote” campaign.; Recipients are David Sowder and Mrs. Sexton Dalton. Cfub members manned the polls in two-hour shifts from 6 a. m. today to distribute tags saying, “I Have Voted, Have You?”'.The youngster® who collects the most markers by noon Monday will win a bicycle* (Times photo). °FIRST FALL — The season’s first snowstorm brings’ out the horseplay in full aforce at° Central Elementary School. Here Ronnie Keister, 12-year-old . seventh graderand son of Mr. and Mrs. Harman N. Keister of 143 Bertha St., waits resignedly for a face-washing with snow. His cantor is 14-year-old Marvin Williams, also a seventh grader and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams of Pondlick Hpllow. (Times photo).iDespite Snow896 Ballots CastDuring MorningVoters were entering; Pulaski’s two precincts in near . record numbers this morning to cast ballots in the hot congressional election despite the county’s first jmowfall of the season.•. . • • * ' i •Pears of both parties that the snowfall would cut into the vote were dispelled at 11 a„. m. when a count disclosed that some 896 persons had marked ballots here during the first five hours.The general (election atraeted 1,263, an all-time high here, by noon in 1952. The previous recordWILL BROADCAST RETURNSRadio Station WPUV will broadcast the eviction returns thw evening beginning at ’7:15 o’clock in cooperation with The Southwest Times. The unofficial returns will be given as they are received in The Times,, news room.V •/ •vote for the six-hour period was 326 established in Nov. 1948. This number had been surpassed today
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Pulaski Southwest Times
Pulaski, Virginia, US
Tue, Nov 02, 1954
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