National Affairs: The West

In the vast areas west of Kansas, the Republicans showed a net loss of only one House seat. Two G.O.P. incumbents were defeated—but so was California's Democratic Representative Robert Condon, who last year was refused AEC security clearance to witness an atom test. He lost to Republican John Baldwin Jr., a quiet young (38) lawyer who campaigned almost exclusively on Condon's security-risk record.

In Oregon's Multnomah County, Mrs. Edith Green, 44, who was named Oregon's "outstanding girl" 28 years ago, lived up to her early promise. She defeated Republican Tom McCall, who...

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