Kennedy Leads Humphrey In D.C. Preference Poll

Senator Robert F. Kennedy appeared to have won a second victory last night. A slate of delegates committed to him led with 60 per cent of the vote in the District of Columbia with partial returns from 128 precincts. Two other slates, both supporting Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey, split the remaining 40 per cent.

In the D.C. primary, neither presidential contender's name appeared on the intricate ballot. Instead a slate of up to 21 local delegates represented each candidate.

Neither Kennedy nor Humphrey actively campaigned in the District, but the election did give some indication of the kind of support the New York Senator has in urban, heavily-Negro areas. At stake were 23 votes at the Democratic National Convention.

Florida, Ohio, Alabama

In Florida, U.S. Rep. Edward Gurney won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, rolling to a landslide victory over Herman Goldner, former mayor of St. Petersburg. Gurney is an arch-conservative.

In Ohio, Senator Frank J. Lausche, a conservative and the state's champion vote-getter, trailed John J. Gilligan, a Cincinnati city councilman, in the race for the Democratic nomination for the 72-year-old Lausche's Senate seat.

Wallace and 'Bama

In Alabama, delegates pledged to former Gov. George Wallace swept to an easy victory in the Democratic presidential primary. The slate was led by Alabama's new governor, Albert Brewer, who was sworn in early yesterday after the death of Wallace's wife Lurleen.