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NORTH PALM BEACH —
the total votes cast. Taylor
second in the race with
Incumbent Councilman Her-
bert Watt and his opponent,
ran
254 votes
the council.
James Taylor, face each other
�ber of
A member
when he was ap-
for the second time today Ina
contest for the Group 2
since ied to fill aone-year va-
p
run-off
council seat, now held by
Watt has served as
cancy, chairman of the Recreation
Watt.
The run-off is open to the
Advisory Board. At various
times during his tenurebeen a
with
village's 4,404 registered vot-
councilman, Matt has beena
ers polling places open
to fill the pos itioof
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voters in precincts 48 and 50
pointed
tax collector,
tax s ���
will cast their ballots at Faith
treasurer village rnanag-
Lutheran Church, w lei le those
in Precinct 49 will go to the
er.
Taylor, a junior project en -
North Palm Beach Elementa-
sneer at Pratt and Whitney,
h North Palm
ry School.
retired, polled
a s lived i n
Beach for over 11 years. He is
Wattwho is
,
423 votes in last Tuesday's
currently serving on the
committee of the
election, but the four-way
t_. �.reens
villagh rated North Palm
race prevented him from gain-
�®u�it,r Club.
the necessary majority o enc y
ing
4
Berard, Wa
Duncan & Bell
H P B Councilmen
Six men vied for four
council seats in the Vil-
lage of North Palm Beach
election on Tuesdays
Allan V. Eberard, who
was unopposed for a 1
year term in group 1,
received 578 votes. Herb
Watt, also unopposed and
running for a 2 year term
in group 2, garnered 585
votes. In group 3, Gordon
Duncan polled 378 votes
to defeat Fred Speaker's
338 votes. Incumbent
Thomas Bell, with 393
votes beat his opponent
Carl Taylor by only 50
votes.
A total of 744 votes
was cast, representing
only 40% of the register-
ed voters. The poor turn-
out was attributed to the
fact that no major issues
were at stake.