Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
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was not opposed by Mr.. Spen-
cer) 1886; Senator Breeder,
l0,440, and Mr.. Spencer, 1897.
In Richmond a flve-way
race for three seats saw the
Defender backed candidate,
Lewis B. Pendleton, trail the
field. Senator Edward E. Had
dock, far more moderate than
Gov. Almond on the school
issue, led the ticket with l3,7ll
votes. Nominated with DR.. Had
dock were Edward E. Wiley,
an incumbent, 1880, and Del
egate FITZGERALD BemiS, ll,790,
all Almond supporters. Sena-
tor Eugene B. Sydnor, also an
administration hacker, was
edged out of the race with
HAST votes. along with Mr..
Pendleton, who polled $500.
With the school segregation
issue due to come before the
1860 General Assembly, the
moderate forces in the Senate
can count gains in at least two
other races.
Senator Stuart E. Hallett of
Hampton and Newport News,
who voted with the massive
resistance bloc, lost 4,l72 to
7,240, to former Senator Victor
p. Wilson. Mr.. Wilson had said
I'm with the Governor" on
the school issue.
Minter Loses
Senator Marvin Minter Of
Mathews, a ranking member OF
the upper chamber who sided
with the massive resisters,"
went down, 6.459 to 1902, at
the hands Of Fred w. Bateman,
Q political freshman.
Among House races where the
administration held firm were
those in Arlington and Fairfax.
Winning nomination to Ar
lington's three seats were M
cumbents Harrison Mann, 6, 096;
William L. Winston, 5000, and
Kathryn Stone, 1924, who all
voted for the Perrow plan. De-
feated was Thomas J. Broyhill
with 1887, who courted Segre-
gationist support.
In the Fairfax-Falls Church
district, with two seats, Incum-
bent Delegate John C. Webb
led with 6,552 votes and Mrs.
Dorothy S. McDairmid, with
5,498, won the second seat.
Both Endorsed the Governors
program. The losers arc Will
liam R. Pierce, who ran as a
segregationlSt, 1921; Alfred w.
Trueax, 2,462, and Ralph w.
Mullen, 845. The second in
cumbent from Fairfax-Falls
Church was Omer HirSt, who
did not seek reelection.
The Almond administration
suffered a major setback in
Princess Anne County where
Delegate Harry B. Davis, chair
man of the House Education
Committee who played a prom
inent role in obtaining a 9-8
committee approval of a key
bill in the Perrow package, was
defeated by P. B. White, for
mer county court judge.
Mr.. Davis's defeat was due
to opposition of the powerful
Kellam political machine in
in Princess Anne County in a
campaign fought primarily over
Q judgeship appointment.
A second major setback &C.
Cured in Pittsylvania County
where the ardent segregation
lists defeated Hunt Whitehead
in a three-way race for two
seats. Mr.. Whitehead, men,
Der of the House Education
Committee, was blamed for sid
ing with the majority in the
90 vote for a local pupil as
signment bill although he
voted against the measure
when it reached the floor.
Nearly complete returns gave
Delegate Randall o. Reynolds
4,752 votes, Darlington Thomp-
son. 4,738 and Mr.. Whitehead,
1881.
Other administration losses
came in Charlottesville where
Delegate William R.. Hill, a
hacker of the Perrow pro-
gram, was ousted by Harold
M. Burrows, jr., in a close con-
test, and in Danville, for the
seat vacated by Delegate Stu
art Wheatley.
Mr.. Wheatley, a leader of the
House opposition to the AL
mond program, backed w. C.
Daniel, who won, 1884 over
George R. Daniels, 1,345.
Bloc Scores Victory
The massive resistance bloc
scored a victory in the Fred
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Coun-
ty district with the renomina-
ton Of Delegate Francis P.