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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Closing stocks new York a the Stock Market swung upward after Early hesitancy wednesday and late in the afternoon was on new All time High ground. Market analysts said the democratic election sweep could be interpreted As inflationary. The european edition army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the . Armed forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East late sports Baltimore up Lee Macphall was n n m e d general manager of the Baltimore orioles wednesday. Mat Phah director of player personnel for the now York Yankees replaced Bill Wals ingrain who resigned last week. Volume 17, number 201 5 cents Dally 10 cents sunday thursday november 6, 1958 demo landslide strengthens control Over Senate House Knowland swamped by Brown san Francisco a a decisive democratic tide swept in attorney general Edmund g. Pat Brown As governor of California and swept Republican sen. Wil Liam f. Kowland out of pub Lic office with the count of the Esti mated 5.3 million ballots continuing Brown s 60 per cent share profile of Edmund Brown on Page 3. G. Pat of the votes indicated his final margin would be a stunning one. He will be California s second democratic governor in the 20thcentury. Knowland in conceding inferentially attributed his first defeat in 25 years to his support of an unsuccessful right to work initiative and to Back stabbing by gop  j. Knight. Voters retired the governor  chose rep. Clair Engle of red Bluff a self styled country boy cont. On Page col. 2 right to work Law appears Defeated in 5 of 6 states Washington up efforts to pass so called right to work Law were beaten or losing in five out of six states. Voters in the sixth state Kansas approved a Law guarantee ing workers the right to work with out having to join a Union. Organized labor backed by it political allies including an Eisen Hower Cabinet member soundly trounced right to work proposals on the ballots in California Ohio Colorado and the state of Washington. In Idaho the sixth state where the Issue was before the voters the vote was 113,361 to 110,896 against such a Law with Only 72 of 898 precincts still to report. Kansas approval of a right to work Law brought to 19 the number of states with such legislation. Republicans Nelson a. Rockefeller right and rep. Kenneth b. Keating Salute their victories inner York. Rockefeller unseated new York gov. Averell Harriman Whilo Keating Defeated his democratic opponent District attorney Frank s. Hogan for a . Senate seat. Up photo Rockefeller defeats Harriman new York a Republican Nelson a. Rockefeller s election As governor by More than a half Mil lion votes skyrocketed him As a possibility for the 1960 gop presidential nomination. The multimillionaire s overwhelm ing Triumph Over wealthy demo cratic gov. Averell Harriman stood profile of Nelson a. Rockefeller on Page 3. He picked his spot to uncork big shot san Francisco ape. V. Mills hit his first Hole in one on the 170-Yard Hole at the san Francisco Golf  away by his Luck Mills yelled that he would buy drink for everybody and he rushed for the clubhouse. He was Lucky again. The bar was closed elec Tion Day. Out particularly because of its con Trast with Republican defeats in other states. It also appeared to Knock out whatever Chance Harriman May have had for the democratic presidential nomination two year hence. The Campaign spearheaded by Rockefeller also led to election of Republican rep. Kenneth b. Keat ing of Rochester As . Senator. Keating regarded As an under dog throughout the Campaign Defeated Manhattan District attorney Frank s. Hogan for the office Republican sen. Irving m. Ives is vacating for reasons of health. Returns from 11,510 of 11,525 election districts gave Rockefeller 3,115,18&, harriman2,559.821. Returns from 11,507 districts give Keating 2,847,758, Hogan 2,711, 975. Rockefeller has insisted and repeated wednesday that he is not interested in 1960 possibilities and that he has no other intension than to serve his four Yea term As governor. But his supporters have been talking him up As a possibility since it first became apparent that he might win the state  said he intends to Lead the Republican party in new cont. On Page 83, col. 3 Ike sees no policy shift following demo Victory Washington up president Eisenhower at his news Confer ence wednesday said the demo cratic election Victory will not cause changes in . Foreign policy. ,. At the same time however or. Eisenhower said he expects a fight Ith the democratic controlled Congress on the Issue of big government spending. He said foreign Aid spending As Well As other budget items must be trimmed to essentials to reduce an estimated $12 billion deficit in the current fiscal year. But he emphasized that foreign Stop sign Rimner stopped North Windham Conn. Up while on her Way from paying a $9 Fine for running a Stop sign and crashing into another car mrs. Theresa Warner 24, lost control of her Auto ran off the Road and crashed again. Aid Loans and Grants Are key ele ments of National Security and any cuts must be studied with that fact in mind. The president was asked whether he feared that the democrats i Congress would Force softening of . Resistance to communism in View of some Republican Campaign charges that democrats favored appeasement. He replied that he did not know cont. On Page 2, col. I wide sweep unseat key republicans Washington a the democrats surged in tuesday s elections to their greatest control of Congress since the new Deal Days of the 1930s, but the Victory augured Little if any change in America s Domestic or for eign policy. The democrats already had controlled Congress under the Republican administration of pres ident Eisenhower. Solidification of this control argued for Small changes in the International Pic Ture Over the next two  the Large picture the democrats took control of v Californi abut gave up control Over new York the two most important states in the Union politically. Gop Bright spot this outcome of the Battle of the millionaires was the happiest spot in the picture for the republicans. However they also ousted the democrats from stat houses in Arizona Oregon and Rhode Island while losing in California Maryland Nevada Ohio South Dakota and Wisconsin. The Rockefeller Victory plumped the scion of old John d. Into the Republican presidential picture for 1960. It dimmed to some extent at least the future of the no. 1 Prospect for the Republican presiden tial nomination vice president Richard m. Nixon. And of course it virtually wiped out Harriman s chances for the democratic Nomina Tion. The election gave president Eisenhower a record he was far from desiring. He s the first president i history to be confronted by three congresses controlled by the opposite party. Counting the votes perhaps reaching 48 million or More was still continuing wednesday. A few races were still inconclusive. In nailing Down their sweeping Senate Victory the democrats cont on Page 2lh col. 1 weather forecast Cloudy with morning fog and  occasional Light ruin luring the Day. High 52, Low 42.air weather service elections at n glance from press dispatches new York up latest . Election returns showed Senate democrats 20 elected 30 incumbents total 02. Republicans 8 elected 20 incumbents total 34. Needed for majority 50. House democrats 281 elected leading in 3. Republicans 150 leading in 1. Independent segregationist 1. Needed for majority210. Governors democrats 24 elected leading in 1 9 incumbents. Republicans 8, 6 incumbents  
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