Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-06
Interest Runs High
In 10Th District Voting
Crowds Throne
Polls in Norfolk,
Richmond Also
BY ALEX R. PRESTON

An unprecedented turnout Of
voters is taking place in nearby
Virginia today.
Some stood in line for at least
an hour. and a half. Long lines
were inevidence almost every
where for the first five hours, at
the end Of which time some pre-
cincts already had recorded the
choices of more than half their
registered voters.
Polls close at pm.
A record vote surprising the
100000 of four years ago was in.
dicated in>the State at large as
Virginians decided how their IL
electoral votes will be cast in
the presidential election.
Active in Richmond, Norfolk
A telephone check by The Star
showed excessive balloting in
the Richmond area and at Nor
folk. In the latter city, double
sets of judges and clerks were
installed at 10 of the A precincts
and voters still waited As min
utes in line.
In Richmond. the News-Leader
predicted that on the basis Of
the turnout at mid-morning, a
new record Of $4,000 would cast
ballots there.
Interest in Washington's sub.
urbs was heightened by spirited
campaigning for a seat in Con-
gress. a place on the Arlington
County Board and controversial
local referendum issues.
Predictions "Out Window"
The size of the turnout led one
seasoned Fairfax County politi-
clan to observe:
you can throw all predic-
tons out the window. I've never
known SO many to stand in line"
A reporter for The Star who
stood TO ran hour and half tot
vote at Parkfairfax. Alexandria,
said many persons left for work
promising to come back this
afternoon.
The Hunter precinct at Nc
Lean was among those that had
voted more than so per cent Of
its registered total in the first
five hours. Sleepy Hollow pre-
cinct in Fairfax had reached
nearly so per cent while West
Annandale and Mclean, also in
Fairfax, had voted As per cent.
In Alexandria more persons
voted in the first two hours than
voted there all day in the July
10 Democratic primary.
Heavy in Arlington
At the Robert E. Lee School,
polling place for Arlington's
Lexington precinct, 278 had
voted in the first 80 minutes.
One of the women election
judges was serving as a hostess"
directing the steady stream Of
voters into the four voting ma
chimes set up there.
Mrs. ]. H. Gilligan, a judge at
Lexington, was asked If the
crowd was normal"
ITS SO abnormal she replied.
as she waved to a vacuum bottle
on a nearby table, Il haven't
even had a chance to have my
coffee. I had to have a voter
pour a cup for me and there IL
is. getting cold"
In Arlington County voters
were using machines. There it
was taking anywhere from 80
seconds to a minute for each
voter to cast his ballot.
Three Ballots Used
In Alexandria and Fairfax
voters were being handed three
separate paper ballots-one for
President, one for Congress and
one with three Statewide ref.
lerendum questions on 1t.
Approximately $4,000 persons
are registered to vote in the 10th
IDistrict--an increase Of 10000
over two years ago. when $4,000
votes were cast. In the last
presidential election four years
Iago the 10th District produced
$4,000 votes. with President Ell
Isenhower getting 60.3 per cent
Iof them.
The congressional contest IL
between Republican Represent
alive Joel T. Broyhill, seeking
his third term. and Democrat
Warren d. Quenstedt. The name
Of Richard o. Reed, an inde-
pendent, also appears on the
ballot, but he has waged no
campaign. Richard L. Field
man. another independent. is
running as a write-in candidate.
Eight other House seats are
being contested in the State.
County Board Race
Arlington County has been the
battlefield Of nearby Virginias
hottest campaign In the county
board race between DR.. L. II.
Blevins. candidate Of the Arling-.
ton Independent Movement, and
Curtis Tuthill, nominee Of the
Arlingtonians for a Better
County.
At stake is control Of the
school board, because in the flu
ture Arlington school board
members viii be appointed by
the county board.
In Falls Church. voters are de-
Gliding three proposed bond is
sues: $4,000 for a new city
hall S595.o00 for street and
storm sewer improvements. and
$4,000 for a new city library.
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