Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Omaha Businessman
Named 10 Butler
Seat III Senaie
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Thursday night less than 2x1
hours after suffering q massive
cerebral hemorrhage.
Restores Senate Lineup.
Mr.. Reynolds, who was q bid
der for nomination to the four
year term, is the second Sena-
tor appointed by the Governor
in less than three months. Gov.
Crosby earlier had named Eva
Bowring. Merriman, Neb., ranch
woman. to succeed Senator
Dwight p. GrisWold until the
November election. Senator Girls
void died April.
Senator Bowring will serve
only until the November cleo
ton. Seven Republicans, in
Guiding Representative Carl r.
Curtis. Republican Of Nebraska,
David Martin of Kearney, former
State G. O. P. chairman; Gov.
Crosby, and Terry Carpenter,
Scottsbluff businessman, are
seeking their party's nomination.
Two Democrats, Joseph Benesch
of Omaha and Keith Neville Of
North Platte, also have filed.
Appointment OF Mr.. Reynolds,
a Republican. restores to the
Senate its lineup of 48 Republic
cans, Al Democrats and one
Independent.
Party nominations and the
interim appointment were in line
with the tradition that the
Senate seat held by Senator
Butler belongs to Omaha. the
States largest city. q
Representative Hruska, serv-
ing his first term in the House.
had filed for reelection. His
nomination today takes him out
of the House of Representatives.
race and a new candidate for
that seat will have to be named
by a Republican district COM
mittee.
Buffet Takes Court Action.
Nebraska's State and National
Office holders, currently are
solidly Republican. For several
years, the G.. o. p. nomination
has been tantamount to election.
The Hruska nomination was
clouded. however, by the chal-
lenge of former Republican
Representative Howard Buffet
of Omaha.
Senator Butler died on the
States deadline day for primary
election filings. Death occurred
at $50 pm. s(C.S.T.). Less than
an hour later, Mr.. Buffet sub
mitted filing papers for the
G O. p. nomination to the
vacancy.
Secretary Of State Frank
Marsh rejected the filing on the
grounds it came after the tradi-
tional 5 pm. deadline.
Today. hardly an hour after
Republicans had nominated Rep
resentative Hruska, Mr.. Buffet
went to the State Supreme Court
with a request to initiate man
damus action to force the Secre-
tary of State to accept his filing.
The seven-man court is ex-
pected to consider the request
next Tuesday.
Could File as Independent.
Clarence Meyer, deputy Neb-
raSka attorney general, said that
should the supreme court uphold
Mr.. Buffett's filing, then Rep.
Hruska's name would be re-
moved from the ballot.
However, whichever way the
decision goes, Mr.. Meyer ex-
planned, the man whose name
does not get on the ballot as the
Republican candidate can file for
the general election by petition
as an independent.
Mr.. Green's nomination is UNI
affected by the court litigation,
Mr.. Meyer said. There is a
vacancy for which the party is
entitled to enter its candidate,
and mo Democrat submitted
filing papers for the post Thurs
fday night. the deputy attorney
general explained.
Nominations of Rep. Hruska
and Mr.. Green were made by
! State Central Committees of
their respective parties. Dead
lines set by State law forced the
hasty actions. N'o
! Nebraska law provides that
where a Senate vacancy occurs
within 10-days after the primary
filing deadline, State central
committees of the two parties
have three-days in which to
name a. candidate for the pri-
mary ballot.
Headed Legion Post.
I MIR. Reynolds. So, a close friend
and adviser to Gov. Crosby,
operates a lumber and coal BUSH
ness in Omaha. He is a past COM
mander OF Omaha Post No. OF
the American Legion. one OF the
worlds largest, and formerly was
Omaha's civil defense director.
Mr. Revnol1s went to the 1879