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6 More Northern Virginians
Enter Democratic Primary

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Six more candidates from
Northern Virginia have added
their names to the list of those
seeking Democratic nomina-
ton in the July 8 primary for
posts ranging from supervisor
to State Senator.
In Springfield. William @,
Downey, jr., 48, an attorney
and banker, announced his
candidacy today for one Of the
State Senate seats from Fair
fax County, Falls Church and
the City of Fairfax.
Also today, incumbent James
M. Thompson, 38, who won
nomination for the Virginia
House of Delegates by a one
vote margin in 1861, declared
he will seek his Alexandria seat
again.
Timothy SWEET. As, a fresh
man member of the Alexandria
City Council and head of a
local insurance agency, also is
running for one of the two
House seats from Alexandra.
Reelection Sought
Meanwhile, Fairfax Supervi-
sor John P. Parrish, 40, has
announced he will run again
for his seat from Mount YER
non District.
In addition. a newcomer, E.
w. (Jimmy) Walker, has said
he will seek nomination for the
Fairfax Board of County Su-
pervisorS from Lee District. He
is As.
In Prince William County,
j. Carl Hill, a former assistant
commemorative attorney in
Arlington County and now in
private practice in Dumfries,
announced as a candidate in
the Democratic primary against
the incumbent, H. Selwyn
Smith.
Mr.. Smith is a Manassas at
torney now rounding out his
first four-year term of office.
Mr.. Downey. senior partner
in the Springfield law firm Of
Downey & Lennhoff, proposed
reapportionment more ade-
quately rejecting population"
opposed sales taxes. favored
establishment of a county air.
port and said he would raise
minimum drivers ages from is
to 18 by local option.
He said he also favors pari-
mutual betting at race tracks
and would allow localities to
furnish public transportation
for students attending private
and parochial schools.
Taught in FOrmOsa
A lieutenant colonel in the
Army Reserve, Mr.. Downey has
taught political science at
Georgetown University, and
was a professor Of law at Soo-
chow University Law School,
Tapei, Formosa.
Alexandria's incumbent Dele
gate Thomson, who was instru-
mental in procuring the city a
second delegates seat last year,
predicted revenues and appro- |
priations, as well as annexation |
legislation, will be of major
concern to the next General AS |
sembly. He said stricter rules
should be adopted to cut down
on highway deaths.
Mr.. Thomson, in his last race,
was declared the loser by IA
votes in the Democratic prim-
airy. However, in a recount I'M
der the three-judge circuit |
court he was declared the win
ner by one vote.
Political Moderate"
Mr.. SWEET, a former backfield
football coach at George Wash
ington University. declared
himself a moderate" politi-
cally. He said the Virginia legis-
lature needs members with city
council experience.
Mr.. Parrish, also an attorney,
promised he would work for a
solution of drainage problems
in the Gum Springs area, which
a citizens study committee re-
Gently picked as the site of
Northern Virginia's most con-
centrated poor housing.
Mr.. Walker is a painting and
papering contractor in Alex
andria, and a retail merchant
in Springfield.
He has been active as an Of
ficer of the Springfield Lions
Club, Chamber of Commerce
and business associations. Also,
he is a director of the Alexan-
dria Hospital Corporation.
Mr.. Hill, A, has been a resi-
dent Of the county since 1857,
the year that a corporation he
headed opened the now-closed
Freestone ship and recreation
area in the Potomac along the
Prince William County shore.
The operation was involved in
a controversy between Mary
land and Virginia because of
slot machines on board the ship
and liquor served by the drink. |
While barred by Virginia law,
these activities were permitted
by Maryland because Of that
States river jurisdiction and
because permits were granted
by Charles County in Mary
land. The Venture did not last
long, however.