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Vote Delays
Debate On
Cuba Plaint
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)
Fidel Castro's charge that the Uni
ted States is preparing an invas
ion of Cuba appeared destined to
day for debate after long delay in
the U.N. Political Committee in
stead of immediate discussion in
the General Assembly.
Demanding urgent consideration
for the invasion charge, Cuban
Foreign Minister Raul Roa also
accused the United Slates Tuesday
of planning a "manufactured pro
vocation" at the U.S. naval base
at Guantanamo, Cuba, to influence
the U.S. presidential election.
Vote Favors U.S.
Despite Soviet backing for Roa,
the assembly steering committee
voted 12-3 with 5 abstentions to
send the complaint to the Sana
tion political committee, where the
United Stales said it rightfully be
longs. The political committee already
Is bogged down with a heavy work
schedule, and the Cuban charges
appeared fated to wind up near
the bottom of its agenda.
Cuba had served notice that if
the steering committee rejected
, her demand for immediate assem
bly debate on the complaint, it
would try to get the assembly to
overturn the committee recom
mendation. Diplomats gave the
Cubans little chance bf success.
The United Slates branded the
Cuban charges a "monstrous fab
rication" and warned the steering
group against being stampeded
into hasty action. II made clear,
however, that it welcomed a full
U.N. airing of Cuba's charges.
The Cuban foreign minister ac
cused Sen. John F. Kennedy and
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
of trying to make Cuba the scape
goat of the election campaign. In
an emotional outburst, he declared
the Cuban government had abund
ant proof a large-scale attack on
Cuban territory "is about to break
out."
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian Zorin echoed Roa's claim
that -the United-States is prepar
ing aggression against its Carib
bean neighbor.
"This may be a second Guate
mala and must not be repeated,"
Zorin said, referring to the over
throw of the Communist-dominated
regime in that Latin-American
country six years ago.
James W. Barco of the United
Stales said the invasion charge
was so fantastic that it was hard
ly worth the committee's time to
discuss it.
New Auto Control
Signs At Winston
In order to aid in the controlling
of traffic and the avoidance of
accidents, traffic control signs have
been placed throughout the city of
Winston, according to Winston Po
lice Chief Ray Oliver.
He reported that his department
will begin issuing citations on the
violation of the control signs after
, Nov. 1.
Stop signs have been placed in
the following locations: Carroll St.
entering Grape St.; Tokay St. en
tering Grape St.; Theodore St. en
tering Grape St.; two signs at the
intersection of Grape and Suks
dorf Sts.; two at the intersection
of Gregory and Suksdorf Sts.;
rium St. entering Lookingglass
Rd.; Carey St. entering Looking
glass Rd.; Civil Bend Ave. enter
ing Lookingglass Rd.; Sherry St.
entering Civil Bend Ave.
California
On Demo
By GEORCE CASTILLO
Assistant Editor
The intensity of political activit
ies continued to rise today as the
time for campaigning narrowed to
12 days. .,, ,
Meetings for candidates were
stacking up two and three deep.
The latest report came from the
Democratic Central Committee
headquarters of the impending vis
it of U. S. Rep. Chester Holifield
of California.
He is scheduled to speak in Rose
burg Friday night in support of
Rep. Charles O. Porter, Democrat
ic candidate for re-election. The
report of the visit was made by
Al Flegel of Rosehurg. chairman
of the Re-elect Porter for Con-
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Showers and cooler with periods
f partial clearing tonight and
Thursday.
Highest temp. Iat 54 hours .... 73
i tmtm lit 94 hours . ... 48
Highest tamp, any Oct. ( SI)
Lowest ttmp. any Oct. ( 54)
' Prtcip. last 24 hours
.. 91
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rVtcip. from Sept. I .
efficiency from Sept. I
Sonic tonight, 5:14 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, Ml a.m.
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ROCKAWAY, Ore. AP)-It was
an eerie sensation. George Ham
man said, as he stood in his beach
home and watched the huge wave
ride the crest of a high tide. The
wave came on and on, and then
smashed into the house.
"My picture window is 5 by 8
and you couldn't see out for the
water. It was clear above the win
dow.... and the water broke the
window and came right on in,
he said.
Four Houms Damaged
Harriman's home was one of
four knocked off their foundations
Tuesday by the wave that crash
ed in from the sea and for a time
covered streets of this coastal
resort with two feet of water.
Only minor injuries were re
ported, but damage was wide
spread. Harriman said the inside
of the house was mined and esti
mated damage at $10,000. Streets
were littered with debris. Two
feet of water poured through a
Cost Of Living
At Record High
WASHINGTON (AP) Living
costs rose two-tenths of 1 per cent
in September to a record high.
The Labor Department's living
cost index went to 126.8 per cent
of the 1947-49 base period. This is
1.3 per. cent higher than a year
earlier.
Practically every group of ma
jor consumer costs increased ex
cept for costs of new and used au
tomobiles. Auto prices were down
due to additional dealer dis
counts. Higher prices for housing and
seasonal clothing cost increases
exerted the most significant up
ward pressures between August
and September.
The living cost increase will
bring a pay increase for about
100,000 workers, chiefly in aircraft
plants and othf metalworking in
dustries. The increase will be one cent
an hour m most cases but about
5,000 workers are due for 2-10-3
cents-per-hour raises.
The pay boosts result from ad
justments required by labor con
tracts geared to the government
inaex.
Robert Myers, deputy labor sta
tistics commissioner, said a fur
ther living cost increase has- been
indicated in October. Figures for
uctooer will became available
next month.
Accident Claims
Decorated Russ
MOSCOW (AP) Much -decorated
Marshal Mitrofan I. Ned
elin, 57, commander of Soviet
rocket forces, has been killed in
an aviation accident.
The announcement of the death
of the veteran artilleryman gave
no details except that he died
Monday in the course of his
duties.
His successor as commander of
the strategic rocket force and as
a deputy defense minister is Mar
shal Kirill S. Moskalenko, 60, com
mander of the Moscow Military
District.
Nedclin's appointment as head
of the rocket forces was an
nounced last May 7 by Premier
Khrushchev. That was the day
Khrushchev said U2 pilot Francis
Gary Powers had confessed being
on an American spying mission
when his plane was shot down a
week previous by a rocket crew
near Sverdlovsk.
Subsequently Khrushchev said
he had given Nedelin direct au
thority to retaliate for any future
spy flights by firing nuclear
armed rockets at the base from
which the intruder came.
Legislator To Appear
Political Scene Friday
gress Committee.
Study Group Htad
He said Holifield, a representa
tive for 18 years, is scheduled to
spend Friday and Saturday in
southwestern Oregon. He will
speak in Medfnrd, Springfield and
Eugene in addition to the 8 p.m.
public meeting in Roseburg's cen
tral committee headquarters Fri
day. Holifield is the president of the
Democratic Study Group in Con
gress. Of course today's political fea
ture is the visit of movie and tele
vision actor Robert Young and his
wife to speak in behalf of the Re
publiran ticket. (See other story.)
At Rttdtport
But that's just the beginning of
political get-togethers. Tonight at
8, F'legel, who is running for elec
tion to the state Senate, will team
up with Paul Geddcs, a Roseburg
attorney, to discuss ballot meas
ures at public meeting in the
Methodist Ctnrch. The meeting is
sponsored by the Christian Social
Concerns Commission of the
church. A spokesman said the pur
pose is to give people a belter un
derstanding ofcthe 15 measures.
Candidales'meetings were also
cropping upi.'.ith regularity this
week. One Tuesday night at Reeds-
port by a Gardiner-Reedsport busi
ness women's group drew only a
I scattering of candidates became
i of the short notice given. Ira Byrd,
service station. One of the dam
aged houses was washed 50 feet
and came to rest astride railroad
tracks.
Hit At High Tid.
The wave hit the southern part
of the town at a high tide lues
day afternoon, and for an hour
more smaller waves sloshed over
a small bank that stands between
the town and the beach.
It came at the height of a
storm that lashed the area with
winds that carried gusts up to 40
miles an hour. Other - coastal
towns escaped the wave, the
Coast Guard said.
One of those injured was Harri
man's 59-year-old wife. She was
knocked down by tne water, wasn
ed through the house and suffer
ed bruises and cuts from broken
glass.
On Beach Laval
Harriman, 59, said he, his wife
and two other couples had been
at the picture window watching
the high tide. The house is about
on a level with the beach.
"It had tamed down and it look
ed like it was letting up when I
happened to glance out and said
"Here's one to take a look at.
It kept right on building up."
When the window broke, he said,
"everybody stayed on their feet
except my wife. The water knock
ed her down and carried her out
into the kitchen about 20 feet.
The water in the house was four
feet deep. We opened a door to
let it out.'1
Harriman and the others in the
house Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hart
of nearby Twin Rocks and Mr.
and Mrs. Harry MacNair of Port
land were uninjured. "Nothing
like this ever happened here be
fore," he said;:
Explosion Rips
Ontario Store
WINDSOR, Ont. (AP) A gas
triggered explosion ripped through
a crowded downtown department
store here Tuesday, caving in
walls, shattering windows and hurl
ing bodies into the street.
At least 10 persons died.
Bodies Recovered
Seven bodies were recovered. An
other person died in a hospital.
Rescue crews worked through the
night, in near-freeiing temperatures
to free at least i.wo more bodies
which could be seen mnned be
neath the rubble. Other reports
said there were three or more
buried.
At least 99 persons were treated
for injuries. Henry Bird, civil de-
xense aireciur iur uic ie, saiu
five store employes were un-ac-counted
for.
150 In Store
"Everyone was screaming, ev
eryone saying be quiet," said
Mrs. J. A. Anderson of Windsor,
one of about 150 customers and
clerks who were in the Metropoli
tan Stores Ltd. building.
Mrs. Anderson said the mid-afternoon
explosion "iust shook the
place, and all the lights went off
all of a sudden." She said, "There
was a big swish as the air came
back into tne store, or someining.
Store manager Joseph Halford,
31, said he was in the subbase-
ment with Charles Ingram, a
plumber, and Howard Schram, an
electrician, when the blast oc
curred. The store's heating plant
was being converted to gas.
Cat Lin Openad
"We decided to open the main
(gas) line from the street," Hal
ford said, "and all we got was
air. All of a sudden the gas came
through. 1 turned to leave the base
ment when it exploded."
Halford suffered burns on the
face and hands and was reported
in fair condition at a Windsor hos
pital. A Detroit high school senior
was driving his car out of the Detroit-Windsor
tunnel, a few hun
dred yards across from the store,
when the explosion occurrea.
Republican sheriff candidate, and
Democrats Sidney Leikcn, for stale
representative; Flegcl: Porter, and
Carl Smith, for sheriff, spoke at
the meeting.
Two other candidates' meetings
are planned this weekend. On Fri
day, Sutherlin and Oakland Repub
licans have set a meeting for Re
publican candidates at the Suther
lin American Legion Hall. All
candidates have indicated their in
tentions of attending the 8 p.m.
affair.
Tetn-Age Matt
On Sunday at 2 p.m., candidates
from both parties say they will at
tend a meeting being sponsored by
Reedsport teen-agers at the Amer
ican Legion hall there.
Preparation for precinct party
workers is the order of business
Thursday night at Tri-Clty's Mid
way Cafe when Democrat precinct
workers from the Tri-City, Myrtle
Creek and Riddle areas meet, they
will receive information on organ
ization for election nay. Jess Men
dez of Riddle is chairman of the
event.
Endorsements of candidates also
cropped up again in the campaign
today. The Better Business Cli
mate Committee of the Associated
Oregon Industries todar endorsed
Elton Jackson, a Republican, for
line state senate, and Republican
! Robert Stults and Democrat W. O.
(Run) Kcisay for state represent
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New Challenge Faces U.N.
Move Seen
To Hamstring
U. N. Efforts
I.EOPOLDVILLE. the Congo
(AP) A new and formidable mil
itary challenge faces the United
Nations in the Congo.
Exasperated U.N. officials sav
the challenge comes mainly from
Belgian officers who have re
joined Congolese army units and
are working behind the scenes to
hamstring the current U.N.
objectives.
Senior officers of the 19.000-
strong U.N. force view the de
velopment as a threat to the Con
go's public order and a danger to
world peace.
Two obiectivts
The Belgian officers like their
civilian colleagues in the Congo
lese government offices have two
main objectives.
One is to prevent at all cost the
return to power of Communist
leaning ex-Premier Patrice Lu
mumba and the other is to pre
serve as far as possible the
privileged position of Belgian
commercial interests in the
Congo.
Ihe presence of the U.N. force
a threat to both these objec
tives. The U.N. mission is bound
by its charter to uphold parlia
mentary democracy. In the na
tion's political turmoil this inevi
tably favors Lumumba. And.
among all the squabbling political
leaders, only Lumumba is likely
to upset the 80-year-old Belgian
commercial hegemony.
Army Dividtd
The Congolese army which
U.N. mission chief Raieshawar
Dayal of India calls a "disorgan
ized rabble" is bitterly divided
within itself. Prominent U.N. offi
cials say it is held together only
with the help of the Belgian offi
cers and money provided hy
.Belgian" firms-- operating' in -the
Congo.
Despite secret Belgian aid and
advice reported by the U.N., Con
golese soldiers trequentiy seem
out of control. They have been
seen mercilessly beating civilians
and stripping women in public in
areas under their domination. Ten
persons were killed by rampaging
soldiers in a Leopoldville suburb
Saturday and two more were re
ported killed Tuesday.
Belgians Rtapptar
Belgian staff officers have re
appeared in army camps where
little more than three months ago
soldiers mutinied against their
Belgian officers and raped many
oi tneir wives.
And 38 Congolese cadets were
sent to a Belgian military acad
emy a few days ago against the
will of the U.N. mission.
Log Market
Holds Firm
CORVALLIS ( API-Some Ore
gon lumber mills reduced produc
tion or limited buying to higher
quality logs the past week, . the
Department of Agriculture said
Tuesday in its weekly industrial
report.
Despite this, the log market re
mained firm, the report said.
In the Northeast Willamette Val
ley, No. 1 Douglas fir peelers
brought $105 to SI 15 a thousand
feet, No. 2 brought $95 to 1105 and
No. 3s $80 to $95.
Hemlock, white fir and cedar
ranged from $28 to $40 per thou
sand, depending on quality and
demand.
High Court Affirms
Timber Case Ruling
The Oregon State Supreme Court
nas aitirmed a decision of Ihe Cir
cuit Court for Douglas County, nil
ing for the defendants, in a suit
brought by Estle L. and Ardath
fans.
ueienaants in the rase were
Glenn and Clara S. Smith, John
and Margaret Daugherty, Mark
and Jane Doe Averill, Ralph Aver
ill and Sun Studs. Inc.
The plaintiffs appealed the lower
courts decision, and (ilenn Smith
was a cross appellant. ,
The suit was brought originally
lo determine ownershio in timber-
land described as the Northwest
Quarter of Section 27. Townhio
27 South. Range 3, west of Wil
lamette Aiermian.
The division of the property
gave Glenn Smith 36 interest,
Clara Smith and John J. Daugh
erty each 1-8 interest and Mark
Avertll and Ralph Averill each 112
interest. The interest of Sun Studs
contained only in an option
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I were denied any right to the' prop -
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I The sunreme court remandnf the
case back to the lower court to
! enter Its decree. The property was las High School, will also read a
l sold, in accordance with the decree i report b the compulvirv educa
- suhiect to decision on appeal, for tion committee, of which he Is
i approximately $143,000. i chairman.
ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1960
Main Camp Of Fugitive
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ONE OF STEVE SOLOVICH'S moin comps is shown here, complete with a straw bed,
piles of wood outside and caches of food stored under logs' ond in piles of brush nearby.
Sheriff Ira Byrd is shown here examing a wooden cross which Solovich placed in the door
way of the 'hut. In a previous hunt for him, several deputies hod spent the night in
this camp and Byrd said it might be a warning for them to stay out. Another picture ond
story on Page. 2. (News-Review Photos)
Roseburg Bound
Plane Crashes;
Four Ken Killed
SALEM (AP) A plane crashed
soon after takeoff at McNary
Field Tuesday afternoon, killing
four business executives who were
heading for Roseburg.
All four were killed outright in
the crash. Flames quickly en
gulfed the plane.
They were Wilbur E. Church,
40, Portland, the pilot and regional
manager for Chain Belt Co.; Rob
ert E. Wicen, 40, engineer from
the company's home office at Mil
waukee, Wis.; Ray W. Smith, 57,
Salem, assistant manager of Sa
lem Iron Works; and George Wil
liam Bagnail, 53, chief sales engi
neer for Salem Iron Works.
Church was regular business
visitor in Roseburg, calling on
the Roiaburg dealer for the com
pany. Industrial Supply Co. Ac
cording to the office of the lat
ter, the four man wart on route
hare to contact a potential pur
chaser of heavy equipment in
cooperation with th local sup
ply company. -
Church and Wicen had just pick
ed up Smith and Bagnail to fly
to Roseburg for a business con
ference. E. C. Rose, Oswego,
Portland office manager of the
chain company, had driven to Sa
lem and planned to fly south but
gave up his seat to Bagnail.
Rose watched the plane take
off, turn back about a mile south
of the field after losing altitude,
then crash.
Two of the men were thrown
from the plane by the impact.
Church had nearly 2,000 hours
nf flying time, Rose said. He
bought the plane,' a single-engine
Beechcraft Bonanza, last spring.
School Principals
In Meeting Today
Experimentation. Reports and
Reporting Procedures, Available
Resources, and Standardizations
are the major topics of discussion
to be brought up at the meeting
of high school principals being
held today in the conference room
of the agricultural agent's office
in the Douglas County courthouse.
According to Kenneth F. Barne
burg, county school superintendent,
the meeting is jointly sponsored by
the county school office and the
slate Department of Education.
Ray Osburn, supervisor of sec
ondary education lrom Salem, and
Charles Haggerty, consultant on
Education of Able and Gifted Chil
dren, will both be in attendance
l inn mcdlim.
. n , . ., rt..t.
frank Von Borstel, 4-lf Club
i a sent, will talk on school "Career
i ,),v" "nd ,hi" f"'" h""
done in the field of student driver
! education.
I RT Talhert. prinripal of Doug-
'Father Knows
Sets Local TV
Robert Young and his wife will
arrive in Roseburg earlier today
imin nau originally noen scheduled.
iiiev will miivB jii ineir nnvuip
plane at 3:30 p.m., rather than
5, as it was announced Tuesday,
directly to the television studios
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of KPIC for a half-hour interview
program
following this aDoear-
ance, ne win ne available lor a
news conference at the television
studio.
May Tour City
The Republican Central Commit
tee may, if time permits, take the
Youngs on a tour of the city in
Myrtle Creek Lad
Gets 3-Year Term
; Robert Lewis, 17. of Myrtle Creek
Tuesday was sentenced to serve
three years in the Oregon Stale
Correctional Institution on a
charge of robbery by force and
violence, not being armed with a
dangerous weapon.
Lewis pleaded guilty to the
charge in the court of Curcuit
Judge Eldon F. Caley. He origin
ally was arraigned Sept. 6 and
pleaded guilty to the district at
torney's information. He was re
leased to his parents al that time
pending a pre-sentence investiga
tion. Serious Charge
Though considered a juvenile by
his age, the case was turned over
to the higher court because of its
more serious nature.
Lewis was accused of acting with
two adults in the robbery of the
Nickle Bowling Alley. They were
charged with roughing up the care
taker, George Montgomery, taking
the cash register, which contained
$100, then throwing the cash regis
ter into the South Umpqua River.
Two other persons were arraign
ed before Judge Caley, both indict
ed on criminal charges. Bert Rnl
lin, charged with extortion in an al
leged threat to accuse David Burt,
announced through his attorney
that he intends to demur tn the
indictment. He was given until to
day to take this action,
Sac rat Counts
Jerold Ardrn Rachor, 38, of Days
Creek, was arraigned on two se
cret indictments charging rape. He
asked for one day to consult an
attorney before entering a plea.
Two previous indictments
brought hy the grand jury were
dismissed by the court on the
grounds that the names of all per
sons examined by the grand jury
in bringing Us charges were not
contained on the indictment. He
had been released at that time.
The new indictments set bail at $5,
000 each.
Rural Firemen
Called Twice
tu. n. ,,,,. n,,rt trir. ti-,.rt
ment was called out twice Tuea-
day. both blatcs being non-permit
I "
""s.
. .',r?1 c i. , p m l Thrasher said todav that he felt
to SE Pitten Ave. where 25 acres : the public was entitled to a reply
of grass were burned. from his conunitlpe. "The law pro-
The second fire was at 4:30 p.m. vides," he said, "that if the voters
at 1589 NW Calkins ltd. The prop-1 know I person, who, in their opin
erty owners had failed tn get a inn, would hetler'serve the inter
permit to burn. No damage result-jests than the party nominees,
ed. I they, the voters, can nominate that
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Best' Star
Appearance
I an open car. Then they will go
the Winston home nf Philin
I Johnson, where the Youngs
will
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at They will return to town in time
for the 6.-30 reception in the Ump
ku una jiiiLtM. inf. nnnniipr I in. at
7:30. During the evening, Young
vm apcmi in javor or me election
of Richard Nixon as president.
Although Yoimir la nnmina
Roseburg for a nolitirnl ntlrnnen
the interest in him will hinge more
on nis stature as an actor.
'Father Knows Btsf
The 53-vear-old alar wn clnr
ot siage, screen and radio for 20
years neiore he went on to perhaps
even greater inumpns in televi
sion in a scries adapted from radio,
called "Bather Knows Best." The
series was originated by Voting
mm a menu, r.ugene u. Kodney,
who now produces the show.
After only eight weeks on tele
vision, the series won the Sylvania
TV Award. In a matter nf ninnfh.
he won the National Association
for the Betterment of Radio and
Television Award, and Christopher
nwaru ana me family service Tel
evision Award. Two vears lamp h
collected the highest prize in tele
vision, an "Emmy." Other awards
have come from church and civic
groups. He was named "TV Father
of the Year" in 1956
As a movie star. Young appear
ed in nearly 100 films. He began
nis rauio career on a program
called "Good News of 19.18."
Fishing Boat Wreckage
Washes Up On Beach
MONTEREY. Calif. CAP
Splintered wreckage of the Two
Brothers, a 42-foot fishing boat
crewed by four Pacific Grove
men, washed up on rocks near
Monterey Tuesday.
Two bodies were nicked iin hv
the Coast Guard, which said the
uimiiciii iimiuiiiiy ran imo
neavv log Monday and smashed
on the rocks.
Suiter Has His
In Bitter Sheriff's Race
Today it's I.. A. Suiter's lime
at bat is the bitter race for sher
iff ot Douglas County.
his dcicnse and counter-attack
is carried by Cliff Thrasher, chair
man of the Suiter for Sheriff Com
mittee in a rebuttal to attacks
made on Suiter, the independent
candidate, by Democratic candi
date Carl Smith.
Thrasher said that Smith s ''Ir
responsibility and distortion is
probably the best reason why vot
ers should have a bigger group of
candidates to choose from."
Smith lit the fuse on the battle
among the three candidates last
Friday when he made a television
speecn cnarging mat Republican:
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Sign-Up Falls
Under Record
Set In 1956
l
The Douglas County reaistiation
figures for the geo.eral eleclion fell
just 163 short of the all-time record
set in 1958. t
County Clerk Charles Doerncr re
ported today tha. the unofficial to
tal is 31,591. in 1966, the figure
was 31,754. ;
One record which was set. how
ever, was magnitude of spread be
tween uemocnais ana Kepuoucans.
Democrats outnumber Republicans
by more than, 4.500. The Democrat
ic total is lff.763, while Republi
cans have 1J..235. From 1956, the
Democrats gaine I 587 and the Re
publicans lost 678.
Other categories of those regis
tered and. their numbers are In
dependent. 280, miscellaneous and
uncommitted 302, Progressive 1,
Prohibitiooiist 5, Communist 1 and
Socialist 4.
Douglas) is one of 28 counties in
the slate .in which registrations fa
vor Democrats.
Democrats lead Republicans in
registration in the state by 75,134,
the greatost margin in history.
It is a gain of nearly 20,000 for
Democrats over Republicans since
the May primary and is nearly
double the margin the Democrats
held for the 1956 General Election.
Totals compiled today as the
last of the counties reported their
registration figures showed 899,949
eligible to vole a record total
with 480.132 of them Democrats
and 404.998 Republicans.
The big edge is given to the
Democrats by Multnomah Counlv
where they lead by 41,988. but elf
the state's 36 counties 28 have
Democratic majorities.
Marion tops the staunchly Re-
publican counties with a GOP
margin of 7,748. The other seven
and thdir Republican leads: Wash
ington, 3.287; llcnton. 2,925; Yam
hill, 1.192; Polk. 921: Malheur.
:25; Mtirrow, 114; Grant; 42.
The totals have not . vel heen
certified by the secretary of
slate a office but it is expected
that a recheck now under way
will make few changes.
ine county-by-counli' table:
County
Dm
Rep.
Total
8.47H
17.947
58,557
14,780
11,452
25,718
12,451
4,570
7,007
30,924
. 1,609
3,798
3,104
6,487
38,130
3,000
15,448
21.52S
3,499
78,016
Baker
5,225
7.287
30.899
7,835
7,110
16.31S
6,845
2,758
4,088
17,307
817
1,850
' 1,808
' 3,386
19.158
1,606
7,689
12,592
1,725
41,660
7,092
15.100
4,721
24,161
3.133
10,212
26.983
6.738
4.213
8,951
5,439
,722
2,834
13,038
758
- 1,892
1.258
2,903
18,030
1,354
7,429
8,512
1,722
34,845
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Deschutes
Crook
Curry
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Hood River
lo
v.
Jackson
Jefferson
Josephine
"""
Lake
Lane
UllllUUI
5,317
12,672
Linn
12,131 27,668
Malheur
Marion
Morrow
Mult.
Polk
4,946 9.800
31,909 56,758
1,101
1,215 2,342
164,138 122,501 290,629
5,i
6,819
12,989
1 ,265
9,26:1
20,698
8.942
3,820
10,040
48,81 1
1,405
16,321
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
627
5,057
10,791
5,322
2,385
5,311
618
4,096
9,464
3,526
1,398
4,597
25,602
628
8.616
Union
Wallowa
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
22,315
788
7,424
Totals
480,132 404.W8 M?,?4
'40 p'mary
58 co
420,958 365,377 797,034
447,198 395,089 855,044
451,179 41 459 877,952
rn Ctn'l
London Gold Fixed
At $36.40 Per Oz.
LONDON (AP)-The orlre nf
gold on London's bullion market
was fixed at $36.40 an ounce for
the start of dealings todav down
$1.40 from Tuesday's close.
The price hit a oeak nf $40 on
in frenzied speculative buying last
week. This compared with the U.S.
Treasury's official price of $35 an
ounce.
One of the five dealers uhn fiv
the London price at the start of
each day's trade aaid this morn
ing a decline did not mean that
the speculative bubble has burst.
"The fall was caused by some
mouerate selling, hut this was
mainly to test the strength of the
I market." he told a rennrier
Turn At Bat
person by petition. That is exactly
what happened in the case of Louie
Suiter and I a e e nothing ir
regular or underhanded about cit
izens exercising their rights under
the law," he said.
"This action was taken by a cit
izen committee and spontaneously
supported by several thousand
Douglas County voters who felt
that the services of this dedicated
law enforcement officer should not
be lost lo Douglas County," Thrash
er concluded.
Temperature of the current
political oratory, if not a bene
fit to ut mentally, should bo
credited with a physical ac
complishment it counteracti
the cold spell.
ft T 1
Levity Tact licrig
By L. F. Reizenstein