Byrd Seeks Senate Term

Sen. Robert C. Byrd, (D-W.Va.), on his 46 birthday yesterday, announced he will seek a second term.

Byrd, who si chairman of the Senate District Appropriation subcommittee, was elected to the Senate in 1958. Before that he served three terms in the Senate.

His only announced opponent is William F. Champe of Culloden, W.Va., an employee in the International Nickel Co.'s research department in Huntington. Champe, 40, holds degrees from Marshall and West Virginia Universities. This is his first bid for elective office.

As keeper of the District's purse, Byrd became a potent force in the city's affairs during his first term as Senator. In 1962 he launched an investigation of welfare polities that led to the resignation of the Welfare Director and drastically slashed relief roles.

He has been adamant in opposing welfare assistance to families with an able-bodied male in the house but recently has supported more liberal spending in other welfare areas and in education.