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According to testimony at the hearing, the engineer and the brakeman of the train were both drinking just before, and possibly during, the brief run from Baton Rouge to the site of the wreck. Moreover, Janet Byrd, a clerk employed by the railroad, not only was in the cab of the engine at the time of the derailment but was at the controls because the engineer had dozed off. The hearing also revealed that both Engineer Edward Robertson and Brakeman Russell Reeves had been suspended several times by the railroad-Robertson for a variety of operational errors, including speed violations...
Simply put, Democratic candidates tried to tie their G.O.P opponents to Reagan and his programs, while most, but not all, of the Republicans scrambled to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the White House. Among the Democrats re-elected handily were Minority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Henry Jackson of Washington and John Stennis of Mississippi, the 81year-old dean of the Senate now starting his seventh term. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, greeted on election night by supporters chanting, " '84! '84! '84!," beat Republican Raymond Shamie, 61% to 39%. On the Republican side...
...Alexander (R) Jim Sasser (D) TEX. Mark White (D) Lloyd Bentsen (D) UTAH No Race Orrin G. Hatch (R) VT. Richard A. Snelling (R) Robert T. Stafford (R) VA. No Race Paul S. Trible Jr. (R) WASH. No Race Henry M. Jackson (D) W. VA. No Race Robert C. Byrd (D) WIS. Anthony S. Earl (D) William Proxmire (D) WYO. Ed Herschler (D) Malcom Wallop (R) Projections are from the Associated Press and ABC News as of 2:30 a.m. *--Too close to call
TRIBLE PLAY. The race in Virginia for Senator Harry Byrd's vacated Senate seat is at the top of the White House most-wanted list. But what looked in May like assured ascension for three-term Republican Congressman Paul Trible, 35, a letter-perfect Reagan loyalist, has turned into a neck-and-neck finish with Democrat Richard Davis, 61, the state's Lieutenant Governor. With a statistically insignificant two points between them in the latest polls, neither candidate leads. The boyish-looking Trible, who stalked the Republican nomination for two years, is viewed by some as transparently ambitious...
...preppie-looking Trible, 35, is a conservative comer with deep roots in the state. He put in two years' worth of dogged spadework to guarantee himself the Republican senatorial nomination. His perseverance paid off; when Byrd bowed out, Trible swept in as the party's top choice...