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Seventeen years ago V.O. Key wrote that Virginia was a "political museum piece." It has changed. But things haven't changed as much as the prophets of the total collapse of the Byrd Machine would like to think...
...usual comments about the demise of the Byrd Organization in Virginia were heard once again after the Democratic primary last summer and the general election this fall. The two symbols of the old order, Rep. Howard W. Smith, the House Rules Committee chairman, and Senator A. Willis Robertson lost their seats in Congress in close primary fights, and the Republican Party picked up two more seats in Virginia's delegation to the House on November 8. They now control four...
...Byrd Machine (its supporters refer to it as The Organization) has shown remarkable durability over the past 40 years. It has changed a little bit--maybe more--but it keeps on winning. The success of the Machine was predicated on a low voter turnout. That meant not only discouraging Negroes from voting, but also many poor whites. There have never been any outright bars to the ballot in Virginia, but intricate laws concerning residence requirements and an ingeniously devised web of poll taxes accomplished the same objective in a more sutble way. The electorate was kept within manageably limits...
...more than a dozen players sign pro football contracts in the past five years. The 1963 team gave the AFL Butch Byrd, All-Pro defensive back for the Buffalo Bills, and Bill Budness, star linebacker of the San Diego Chargers...
...VIRGINIA U.S. SENATOR (4 years) Byrd (D)* (winner) Traylor (R) U.S. SENATOR (6 years) Spong (D) (winner) Ould (R) U.S. House (10): +2 Republican...