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West Virginia: Republican Cooper P. Benedict, 57, a tweedy, wealthy horse-breeder and early Goldwater supporter, is in an uphill fight against Incumbent Democrat Robert C. Byrd, 46. With strong backing from labor, Byrd should win a second term...
...register in Virginia and vote for Senator Byrd?" someone asked...
...didn't vote for Senator Byrd!" replied Pierre...
Virginia: The G.O.P. found somebody to oppose Democrat Harry Byrd, 77, but nobody doubts that Old Harry will go back to the Senate for his sixth term, or that Republican Richard A. May, 68, will go back to his Saluda cattle farm...
Died. Anne Douglas ("Sittie") Byrd, 77, wife of Virginia's senior Senator, who cared little for politics or the Washington whirl, even to the point of skipping her husband's annual apple-orchard picnics, but refused to let her desire for his retirement stand in his way, graciously announcing before the 1958 elections that "I do not believe my hopes should obstruct the judgment of those better informed who believe he can render valuable public service"; of a heart attack; in Berryville...