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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1966-11-10_Vol32_No16_01

FEATURES, SPORTS.. Whisnant takes a' humorous look at college movie audiences, then cites a population explosion among the canine elements. Holden and Williams are Cats of the Week. A look at Saturday's game with Newberry sees the Cats favored by 3 points. Results of fitness clinic. TheWESTERN CAROLINIAN INSIDE THE CAROLINIAN . . Comprehensive coverage of national, state, and campus elections. Apprehension noted in interviews about Taylor's election. An exclusive CAROLINIAN interview with Charles Taylor defines his stand on WCC. Last installment of the Student Bill of Rights. VOICE OF THE STUDENTS VOL. XXXII, NO. 16 Thursday evening, November 10, 1966 CULLOWHEE, N. C. Tuesday's Campus, National Returns Listed Jane Smith Is Miss WCC, May Queen; Trull Is Frosh Pres. Elections for freshman class officers, Miss Western Carolina College, the May Queen and Court, and Miss and Mrs. Day Student were held Tuesday, Nov. 8. Approximately 30 per cent of the freshman eliss /oted for its officers, and overall, about 60 per cent of the entire student body east, oallots Ln the contests for the two beauty titles. Miss Jane Smith, a senior from Mocksville, was elected to both titles; Miss Western Carolina College and May Queen. Concerning this contest, the point was raised during the tab- Flags Pageant To Appear Fr/. The Naval Air Basic Training Command Flag Pageant from Pensacola, Fla., will perform in Reid Gymnasium Friday, Nov. 11. The performance will begin at 8:15 p.m. and is sponsored by the Lyceum Committee, according to Mrs. Lillian Bu» chanan, chairman. Consisting of 27 Naval and Marine aviation students of the Naval Air Basic Training Command in Pensacola, the pageant is an effort to show Americans the history of their flag. Ten of the participants will dress in authentic period i uniforms depicting important eras in our national growth. Seventeen flags will portray significant influences in our c nintry's history. The 50-piece Naval Air Basic Training Command Band, under the direction of Arthur L. Symington, will accompany the pageant with appropriate music. Since its debut in June, 1962, the Pageant has gained national acclaim by performances throughout the United States be- fore an estimated total audience of nearly two million persons. Arrangements for the group to appear here were made through Congressman Roy A. Taylor. ulation of votes about action taken by the Student Senate last year prohibiting the holding of more than one major beauty title by a single person. This recommendat' in was not incorporated in the Student Handbook regulations due to its failure to pa3S the Student Affairs Committee and the Policies Committee of the college administration, the Carolinian was informed on good authority and the dual titles were awarded Miss Smith. Other nominees for Miss WCC included Treva McCaus- ley, Shirley Moorhead, and Lynn Smith. Miss Vicki Jackson, a junior from Carton and edit ><" of the 1967 Catamount, was selected maid of honor to the May Queen. Members of the Court are: seniors - Pal Br&tvoU, Lynn Brown, Janice McLa;i£'-U i, Rosemary Parker; juniors - Beth Evans, Sandy Howe!", Becky Young; sophomores - Sandra Almond, Candy Gibson, Becky White, and freshmen - Jackie Rhinehart, and Ann Stewart The Day Students elected Jea- nie Stillwell, from Glenville, their Miss Day Studenl WM.9, and Mrs. Vicki Russell Quew, of Waynesville, Mrs. Day Student Miciael Trull was eleeted president of the freshman class with a count of 202 votes over four opponents. Candidates for the office were Carroll Arro- wood, Harry (Eddy) Browning, Benny Hit-wood, and John Wilson. Bob Thomas carried the vice presidency for the freshmen with 127 votes over four other candidates, as well. Carol Mc- Rae was elected secretary and Cathy Bell, treasurer. ******************* The group will fly from Florida Friday on a U.S. Navy plane and will be met at the Asheville airport by To n Mal- lonee, Naval Reserve Commandant and reserve officers from the Asheville Unit along with a group of WCC students. The Lyceum is open to the public free of charge. THE U. & NAVY'S PAGEANT OF FLAGS WILL APPEAR tomorrow night in Reid Gymnasium at 8 p.ni. Taylor's Election Gets Mixed Reaction Locally How will the election of Republican Charles Taylor as 48th Congressional District repre- senatative affect Western Carolina College? Wednesday interviews with Taylor himself and five Western administrators, as well as newly elected district solicitor Marcellus Buchanan, provided a variety of answers. Taylor, who was reached at the Sylva home of Orville Coward last night, made comments that should allay the fears of those concerned with the future welfare of WCC. When Taylor, a resident of Transylvania County (Brevard), was asked if his interest in Western Carolina was sufficient to represent the college effectively, he replied, "My interest is more than just regional; many students from the entire district attend WCC. Anyone interested in this district must be interested in the major economic and social factor that the school comprises here." As a republican in a democratic legislature, Taylor said, "I feel that any Republican representative can now be more effective in the legislature. Western North Carolina is basically republican, but in previos legislatures any republican proposals could be killed by a core of hard-shell democrats from the western and eastern parts of the state. Tuesday's results showed a republican resurgence from these sections, placing them on equal footing with the Piedmooi; which has had republican representation for some time." Taylor reiterated a campaign statement when asked about WCC's chances in the periodic scramble for appropriations. ■Western Carolina College has to grow, and to grow it needs money. I will do all I can to get for Western Carolina everything it needs.* Republicans Regain Lost Ground In National Sweep CONTINUED, Page 3 By GRADY COOPER Republican candidates swept to victory throughout the nation as returns came pouring in Tuesday night The Republicans picked up seven governorships, three Senate seats, and 47 seats in the House of Representatives. The lineup for the Senate in the 90th Congress will be 64 Democrats and 36 Republicans, a gain of three for the GOP. The Republican gains came In Illinois, Tennessee, and Oregon. The biggest gain by the Republicans came in the House, The Republicans will have a total of 187 seats, compared with the 140 seats they held In the previous congress. The Democrats will have 248 seats, compared with the previous total of 295. This is a gain of 47 seats for the GOP, but it still leaves them with one seat less than the number they had before the Johnson landslide of 1964. With two elections still undecided, the Republicans had gained six governorships over the previous total of 17. The two races which are still undecided are in Alaska and Georgia. Tuesday, Nov. 8, was a day of upsets as many candidates, mostly Democratic but also Republican, were ousted from office by the voters. In Illinois, Charles H. Percy defeated the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Paul Douglas. Percy, one-time boy wonder industrialist, defeated his former economics professor who at 74 had hoped to be returned to the Senate job he has held since 1948. By defeating Gov. Frank G. Clement, Howard H. Baker became the first Republican ever elected to the Senate from Tennessee. Baker is the son-in-law of Sen. Everett M. Dirkson, Republican leader of the Senate. Claude Kirk became the first Republican governor in the history of Florida as he upset the Democratic candidate, Miami Mayor King High. High, a liberal, had defeated tne Incumbent governor, Hayden Burns in the Democratic primary. Gov. Pat Brown of California was buried by the landslide victory of GOP challenger Ronald Reagan. Reagan, a one-time actor and and ex-Democrat, breezed to a surprisingly easy victory over the two-term incumbent, In Georgia, a suit was filed in federal court in Atlanta Wed- esday to prevent the Georgia legislature from deciding the winner of the snarled governor's race until the state legislature Is reapportioned. Neither the segregationist; Democratic candidate Lester Maddox nor millionaire Republican Howard (Bo) Calloway had a majority as the final votes were being counted. Georgia law requires that if neither candidate for governor receives 50 per cent of the vote, the governor will then be elected by the state legislature. The deadlock resulted when Ellis Arnall, the liberal candidate defeated by Maddox in the Democratic runoff primary, received write-in votes totaling six per cent of the votes cast, In South Carolina, Democratic Governor Robert McNair and GOP Senator Strom Thurmond came through with impressive victories. In their respective contests, McNair received 58 per cent of the vote, and Thurmond received 62 per cent. Former Governor Ernest F. Hollings held a strong lead over Republican Marshall Parker in the state's other U.S. Senate contest, With the vote count still not completed, Parker refused to concede victory to Hollings. Hollings continued to increase his lead as the vote neared an end, however, the percentage of his lead dropped to 51.9 per cent, If it falls below 51 per cent, there will be a mandatory recount, Mrs. George C. Wallace won election to the Alabama state house over Republican James Martin. Succeeding her husband as governor, Mrs. WaUace had let it be known throughout the campaign that her husband, who cannot succeed himself, will actually run the state. In a victory statement Wallace said that unless a conservative was nominated for President in 1968, he would be a candidate for President on a third party ticket. North Carolina North Carolina voters gave Republican candidates more encouragement than they've had in years. Throughout the state there were GOP victories in local elections, may of them putting Republicans into office for the first time in decades , and in some cases, for the first time since Reconstruction. The major GOP victory came in the 4th Congressional District where Rocky Mount businessman James Gardner defeated the Democratic incum- bwnt Harold D. Cooley, a veteran of 32 years in the House of Representatives. Gardner had directed his attack on Cooley by stating that Cooley was a 'rubber stamp of the Johnson Administration." He said that in his position as chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Cooley had helped push through much of the "Great Society" legislation. Near the end of the campaign nationally-syndicated colum- ist Drew Pearson had hurt Coo- ley's cause when he branded him as one of several congressmen who "deserved to be defeated." In a run-down of other state elections, Sen. Everett J or don defeated Republican challenger John Shallcross; Democratic Rep. Walter Jones defeated John East in the 1st District; in the 2nd District, Rep. I*H. Foun-. tain defeated Republican chai- CONTINUED, Page 8

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

• Creator
  • Western Carolina College
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1966-11-10;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-13
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 8 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
• Identifier
  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1966-11-10_Vol32_No16
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library