Pius Three

Three Republicans last week apparently won political seats--one way or another.

> In Minnesota, nearly a month after Election Day, the canvassing board, acting on a state Supreme Court order, declared Republican Governor Elmer L. Andersen, 53, the winner over Democratic-Farmer-Labor Lieutenant Governor Karl Rolvaag by 142 votes out of 1,246,536 cast. Rolvaag is demanding a recount.

> In Rhode Island, Republican John Hubbard Chafee, 40, was elected Governor by 398 votes over Democratic Incumbent John Anthony Notte Jr. after a long-delayed count of 6,168 absentee ballots. Lawyer Chafee, the great-grandson of a onetime Rhode Island Governor, fought as a Marine captain in World War II and in the Korean War, became minority leader of the state house of representatives in 1959.

> In New Mexico, Republican Governor Edwin L. Mechem, 50, who was defeated by 14,000 votes in his race for a fifth term, resigned the governorship, turned the office over to Republican Lieutenant Governor Tom Bolack--who immediately appointed Mechem to the U.S. Senate vacancy caused by the Nov. 18 death of veteran Democrat Dennis Chavez.

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