Evening star., 1952-11-03
Numerous Contests
And Issues Listed
In Old Dominion

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erS tomorrow:
Polls throughout Virginia will
be open from am. until 6 pm
It will take the voter longer thar
usual to cast his ballot because Of
numerous contests and issues
Hence, election officials urge citi-
zens to vote as early as possible.
A few Virginia communities
including Arlington-use auto
matte voting machines. In most
places. paper ballots are used.
Under the latter procedure, voters
will receive at least four separate
ballots. Where there are special
local elections or local issues to be
decided, the voters will get ad-
ditional ballots. The four prin-
cipal divisions are the presiden-
tial election, the congressional
elections, the election of q lieu-
tenant governor and a referendum
on the State constitution.
/. Presidential. The voter will
have a choice between five sets of
presidential electors. The party
afflliation and the names Of the
candidates are listed,
They appear in this order: Demo-
cratic (Stevenson-Sparkman) Re-
publican Eisenhower Nixon, So
cialist Labor (Hass-Emery), So
cial-DeE .ocratic (Hoopes Fried
mani, Progressive (Hallinan-
Bass.
2. Congressional. There are
three candidates for the United
States Senate-Harry F. Byrd, the
Democratic incumbent; Clarke T..
Robb, Social-Democrat; H. M.
Wise. ST.. Independent Democrat.
The same ballot will carry. the
names of candidates for the House
in the congressional district con-
cerned:
Tenth district - Edmund D.
Campbell, Democrat, and Joel r.
Republican.
Eighth district - Howard w.
Democratic incumbent, and
Homer G. Richey, Independent
Democrat.
Seventh district--Burr p. Har-
rison, Democratic incumbent, and
Glenn w. Ruebush. Republican.
3. Lieutenant Governor. This Is
a special election to fill a vacancy
created by death. The candidates
are A. E. S. Stephens, Democrat,
and Robert w. Watt, jr., Inde-
pendent Republican.
4. Referendum. Proposal to
amend Section I'll Of the Vir-
ginia Constitution in order to ex-
tend participation in a regional
education program. Ballots should
be marked For" or Against"
In addition, Fairfax County will
hold q special election to choose
a tie-breaker for its six-member
Board Of Supervisors. The can
are c. B. Runyon, Theo-
dore Arrants and Joe Mattauer.
Arlington voters will elect four
members to their County Board
and will settle six local issues in
addition to the other voting.
One full term on the County
Board will be filled. The candi-
dates are Jacob Bechtel. Inde-
pendent: Ivan A. Booker. Nom
Partisan: Wesley Cooper, Demo-
crat, and George Rowzee, Repub-
lican.
For three-year unexpired term
the candidates are William j. De
Mix, Non-Partisan, and Alvin F.
Kimel, Arlington Independent
For a two-year unexpired term
the race is between Leona B.
Bucholz, Arlington Independent
Movement, and Martha Cannon,
Non-Partisan.
For a one-year unexpired term
the contestants are Ruth Cox.
Non-Partisan. and Robert H. Det-
viler. Arlington Independent
In the local referendums Arling-
;on will decide whether the county
should be incorporated as a city.
he method of selecting a city
school board and a city council in
event Of Incorporation; whether
he Arlington manager should
serve a stated term or indefinite
y, whether the Arlington Board
should appoint department heads
md whether to create real
state assessment department.