The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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LBJ SWEEPS NATION TUESDAY;
LARGEST LANDSLIDE SINCE '36
Democrats Obtain Key
Positions Across U.S.
44TH TEAR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1964, STEPRIIENVILLE, TEXAS NUMBER 7
Today for
Nominees
- Five nominees for queen of the
1964 Tarieton Homecoming- will
be selected today as students go
to "the-polls to make their choices
known.
; Each voting student will be ex-
pected to write on his ballot five
girla for the nomination. The five
girls receiving the highest num-
bers of votes will become finalists
. for Homecoming' Queen.
■ The polls will be open from 8
■ this morning until 3 this after-
lioon. Voting boxes will be located
in the basement, as well as the
■upstairs area of the Tarieton Cen-
ter. One of the boxes will be mov-
ed to the Dining Hall during
lunch.
. Filial voting for the Homecom-
ing' Queen, to be selected from the
five finalists, will be next Wed-
nesday, November 11. The polls
-vyill be open the same time then,
as today.
.... The 1964 Homecoming Queen
will be announced in the Novem-
ber 17 edition of the J-TAC.
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Lyndon B, Johnson
Yarborough Beats Bush
Governor
Leads
Winners In State Offices
. Governor John Connally led
Texas Democrats forward to
sweep the state in the general
elections . Tuesday. Early this
morning Governor Connally had
X,070,156 votes, as compared with
6,02,287 for his Republican oppon-
ent Jack Crichton,
- In the most contested race in
the state, Republican candidate
George Bush failed to unseat lib-
eral Democratic Senator , Ralph
Yarboi-ough. As of this morning,
yarborough had received 1,301,661
votes; Bush 1,014,172.
The Republicans also lost twit
of their major U. S. House seat:;
in,.almost unexpected upsets. Re-
publican U. S. House ■ members
Bruce Alger of Dallas and Ed
Foreman of Odessa were defeated
by Democrats Earle Cabell and
Richard White, respectively.
Coiigressman-at-Lai'ge Joe Pool
won easy re-election over his Re-
publican opponent Bill Hayes. Re-
turns this morning included t,-
498,783 votes for Pool and 747,-
755 for Hayes.
Other Returns
^ Other returns to the Texas
Election Bureau this morning in-
clude: Lieutenant Governor: Pres-
ton Smith 1,400,039, Horace Hous-
ton 534,987. Attorney General:
Waggoner Carr, 1/147,338, John
Trice 511,152.
Also, Agriculture Commission-
er John White 1,854,931, John
Armstrong 668,265;. Land Com-
missioner: Jerry Sadler 1,383,857,, ?agan 537,055, Supreme Court;
John Matthews 565,857. Comptrol-
ler: Robert S. Calvert 1,379,437,
Dallas Calmes 528,656. Treasurer:
Jesse James 1,377,745; Fred Neu-
mann 530,944.
Finally Railroad Commissioner:
Jim Langdon 1,382,528, Don Flan-
Jack Pope 1,371,422, T. E. Keimer-
ly 548,533.
Amendments Return
Returns thus far on the three
amendments to the Texas Consti-
tution, include: School Fund
(Continued on Page Two)
President Lyndon B. Johnson
swept the United States Tuesday
in a landslide vote comparable to
those of Franklin D. Roosevelt in
the 1930's and 1940's.
According to Associated Press
election returns at 3 this morning,
President Johnson had ' received
36,689,265 popular votes aiid 477
electoral votes, compared to Re-
publican Nominee Barry Gold-
water's 23,335,842 popular votes
and 47 electoral votes.. .
With over 70 million Americans
voting, Johnson had carried 43
states and Senator Goldwater 5
states. Goldwater's . only strongr
hold was in the South.
Democratic Congress
Johnson's victox-y Tuesday car-
ried with it prospects for an in-
creasei of Democrats in the Con-
gress. As late returns were com-
piled, Democrats had elected 17
senators and were leading in 9
more races. There were 2 definite
and 2 other possible overturns.
Democrats had won 167-seats in
the House of Representatives, in-
cluding- 5 formerly held by Repub-
licans. They were leading in 87
more, including 37 seats now Re-
publican-occupied.
Twenty-four Seats had been won
by the Republicans, including 2
gains in the Deep South. Alto-
gether, they had taken 2 seats
from Democrats, They were lead-
ing in 81 races, including 7 now
held by the Democrats.
LBJ Program
With the addition of a few Dem-
ocratic House> members, Johnson
should find it easy going- next
year for his health care for the
aged program, more economic aid
to depressed areas and legislation
to help solve city problems.
Continued Democratic control of
the Senate was determined early
in election returns. With 40 sen-
ators not running this year, the
Democrats needed to win only 11
of the 1964 races. Mpst of the; Re- j
publican senatorial candidates
were running better than Barry
Friday Set
As Deadline
For Photos
There will be at least 200 mere
student class pictures in the 1965
Grassburr over last year's annual,
according to a count released
Tuesday by Sena Goodlett, editor.
Count of students having their
pictures made as of Tuesday noon
was 945.
In order to allow the maximum
possible number of students to be
represented in this year's annual,
the deadline for class pictures has
been extended until 5 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 6.
For the $2.50 fee students re-
ceive six billfold size photogarphs,
plus their picture in the yearbook
iand having an additional glossy
photograph furnished to the News
Bureau. All class pictures are to
'bo made at Miller's Studio, 240
W. College.
Goldwater, the Republican no ml* *
nee, but not well enough to take
any control from the Democrats,
Senate Raceg
In the most important Senatfl!
races, former Attorney General
Robert F, Kennedy defeated Sen-
ator Kenneth B. Keating, Kepub= >
lican of New York; Senator Ed-:
ward M. Kennedy, easily won re-
election in Massachusetts; and'
State Senator Fred Harris, beat
former University of: Oklahoma
football coach Bud Wilkinson fo*.
the last two years'of the unex-
pired , term of ' the .late Senator
Robert S. Kerr.
Two important Republican'
House victories, both in the Deep.
South, included the election of
Prentiss Walker over Rep. Arthur
Winstead, in Mississippi; and Jack
Edwards won over John Tyson,
Democrat, in Alabama, j
JOHN CONNALLY
J-TAC Notice
There will be no J-TAC pub-
Hshed next Tuesday, November 10.
Players
Schedule
Dallas Trip
. *
By DOLLIE COLLINS
(Society Editor)
On Saturday, November 14, the
Tarieton Players are sponsoring a
trip to the Dallas Theatre Center.
Productions to be seen. include:
"Of Thee I Sing," a musical come-
dy based on a presidential race,
and "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama'#
Hung You in the Closet, and I'm.
Feeling So . Sad," The latter is a
one-act play from the theatre of
the absurd.
Participants will not only see
the two productions but will als©
take a tour of the Theatre Center,
Those planning to take the trip
'will leave the Tarieton Campus at
12:00 noon Saturday, plan to have
dinner in Dallas, and leave th@
city at approximately 9:30 that
evening.
Dress for the occassion ahottld!
include clothes suitable and ajN
propriate for church. Hats will
not be necessary. THIS TRIP 10
OPEN TO ANY INTERESTED
STUDENT O'R FACULTY MEM-
BER.
Those planning to go rnuaS
Miss Mary Jane .Boyle, sponsor
of the Tarieton Players, by Fri-
day, November1 6 so that regey
vations and' details of the 1 trip
may be arranged.
There will be no regular meefc
ing of the Tarieton Players t<it
the month of November,
APO Selling 1964
Student Directories
The 1964-65 Tarieton Student
Directories are now being sold by
members of Alpha. Phi Omega,
and also in the College Store. The
directories may be purchased for
15c.
They included each students
college and home addresses, as
well as the name# and addresses
of all members of the faculty and
administration.
Extra features of the directory
include the "Tarieton Color Soag"
the fight song, Student Counell
members, and a list of the CM«
Series for 1984-65,
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 1964, newspaper, November 4, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140824/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.