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Eberard, Watt, Duncan and Bell NPB Councilmenff lectioll RL1tn=0 r1rl N 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.