Port Orford news., November 05, 1964, Image 1

BH Ticket Landsides
Election Sees
Record Vote
Once tlte returns started com-
*"K In th e n k u no doubt
to
who was in the presidential «Irl-
vri»s seat. U w u L y n d o n H.
Johnson all (lie way home In the
greatest (wesldental victory e-
V«T record«-il, claim ing 44 itatra
and the D titrk to t Colum bia an.'
m o r e than t>l ¡x-r c a n t of the
VoL 7. No. 31
popular vote.
Curry c o u n t y voted in the
tame t r e n d ai the nation and
Bates Retains
Mayor's Chair
u
tam e trend ai the nation, heap­
ing I, 0 3 1 vo tt-io n loluuon w hile
g ivin g only |, 185 to Barry Col«l-
w aler,
Johnson w ai assured o f the ne­
ve «sary 270 e le cto ra l votes to
win at s h o rtly after 10 p.
Port Orford,
Curry County, Otigorf
Fitzhugh Wins Assessor
Race Over McWilliams
1 S I e le c tio n night and from then
on kept ta lly in g them up for a
predicted la iu lsln lc victory.
Congressman Robert Duncan
(D i won easily ovei hrs R tp u b -
li«. an opponent Paul la lla ria n
m Ini hid lo r re e le c tio n as 4th
Despite the fact that C u r r y
I h t tr ic t R e p rviciita tive . T h is
c on n t y D e m o c ra t outnum ber
w i l l he his second lenn,
R e p u b lic a n by more than 1. 200
I huican w as given 3, 157 votes voters, and the fa ct that th e
m v'.ury county to la ilarians's comity had on am «ring voter re­
1. 1 0
Coos county t a l l i e d
sponse ol about 74 per cent, Re.
15. ii 35 lo t turn ami 9 ,2 2 0 lo r pu blican comity assessor c a n d i­
Ja fla ila u .
date Charles Eitzliugh cased by
In state o ffic e races Robert Dem ocrat John M c W illia m s w Uh
Stiaub appeared the v ic to r over a lirm 667 vole m argin.
Republican incum bent Howard
I m al ta lly of the com ity's 21
Helton fo r State Treasurer.
6 « gave I itzhugh 2. 473
Robert 1 liorton y as returned to M c W illia m s ' 1. 806, for one
(or (na lo n rth term as Attorney ol tue tw o c o n t e s t e d comity
t i tier al over Republic an M e rlin race,.
l i t i p . Republican T om M c C a ll
defeated M ired Corbel lo r t lx
ic111art o f State iioa-tlon.
I
■ itg o n voters abolished the
death penalty by a h e aj'h y 3 tc
2 m argin and kept c o m m e rc ia l
lis h in - In the C o lum b ia R iver
(•y nearly the tam e m a jo rity ,
I he v o rk rn c n 'l com pensation
monopoly ixopusal «vent down
by alm ost Dace to one and the
Icasinglaw won not u n d e r2to I.
COUNTS .Ml \SIIR1
I lie C u m county court also
l o i u u l out what l o c a . voters
thought ol the plan lo r a comity
p la n n in g and sotting. T h ty nixed
i! But this was sim ply a re le r-
■tfl for ?n .-plntpi, and lha de­
cat doei not mean the county
court could not ailopt the plan
ii th e y desired The vote was
2. 128 no votes and 1, 746 yes
v otes.
Incom bent D istrict Attorney
Robert M ille r ta llie d a c o n li
u ice \ o l e ot 3, 743, Countv
C le rk R 1 M ather, also running
'■■'contested, r o l l e d up 3. 867
voles.
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t. 27 57
.. 25 64
.. 29 61
. 30 62
31 58
. 1 58
2 61
M in
47
51
53
52
55
50
42
. cv m eeting tonight.
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BULLETIN
W rite -in candidate I rank St
s la ir may yet gam a seat on
the city council, es en tliough In
came out fou rth in the- race for
the three open seats.
lie may w inhy a le c lu n c a lity .
A ccording to Use c ity charter,
a candidate fo r c ity o ffic e must
be the ow n« oi reel property
m th e c ity . Otsisenhip is estab­
lished by the owner's name b e ­
ing on the la x rolls o f C u r r y
co m ity.
1 his n e w s p a p e r le a n t e d
t h r o u g h oSNolal souiwce 4ate
Wednesday that one cou ncilm an
is not a real property owner of
r e c o r d . At least not m Curry
comity.
It is furthe r believed th a t this
co u n cilm a n , an inc mn bent, has
fa ile d to com ply w ith this re ­
quirem ent during at least part
of his present term . If this is the
case it cou ld a ffect past le\",Il­
lation passed by the c o iu tc li.
P. 0. Box Entered
w 1 M i l l R Rl PORT
Rain
1. 12
. 08
. 44
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. 10
City
\ s e c o is si forced entry oi a
m a ll lx>x was reported at 8:30
a. m, .Monday, accorsting to po­
lic e c h ie f Harold H ight.
H ight said the box, rented to
an em ployee o f the Economy
station, was the same h c lg h tii
tram the flo o r as the one pre­
viously broken into, and adds to
the t h e o r y that its childre n's
vandalism .
Theboxwas believed to have
been c m j« \.
Oregon Seal Belt Law To
Go Into Effect November 1
Oregon’ s law requiring seal
hells or harnesses In the front
seals of all new passenger ra rs
sold In the stale went Into ef­
fect Nov. I, according to Vern
I . H ill, director of the De-
oartinent of Motor Vehicles.
The new law, passed by the
liK'.3 le Islattite, says, In ef­
fect, that no person shall offer
for sale a new passenger auto­
mobile that has seating for one
m more passengei s tieslde the
d rive r unless the vehicle Is
equipped with seat belts o r
harnesses in the front seat.
The belts o r harnesses must
meet minimum standards and
specifications adopted by the
Department of Motor Vehicles.
H ill noted that the law actu­
ally requires only two seat
belts or harnesses, and recom­
mended v e h ic le s that nor­
m ally carry additional passen­
gers should also have halts In­
stalled for e v e r y passenger
IHisItlon to provide protection
Jr. High
Votes
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ABSENTEES M \Y SE T TIT
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State Contests
Not Over
Port Seats
Duncan
Returned
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P ric * ! * • ' Cents
The Port o ' Port Orford c o m ­
mission svilisce two incumbents
relum ed and one new m em ber
sealed bi January, t o f i l l the
Ila r e vacancies.
from a fie ld of fiv e c a n d i­
dates, incum bent Ira T u c k e r
pu lle d in the largest vote w ith
1,099. fra n k St. C la ir ta llie d
the s e c o n d high vote o f 925,
fo llo w e d by incm nbent and pre­
sent com m ission president Ray
Reinke svith 888.
Eased out of the running w ere
Hany Strahan, w ith 470, and
James V incent, w ith 672 votes.
A ll - Stars
Named
District 4 \ - 2 Sunset C onfer­
ence F ootball A ll Stan 1964,
were n a m e d this week. T hc\
arc as follows:
OTI LNSl \L I -S T \R T I.A M
A tab ida tion ol th e ir ballots
Shov ed tlw lo llo p in g le s id ll:
P R fS ID rN T
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CONGRESS
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Am rlean Education
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STATE TRI ASURER
Belton ( R ) ................................. 33
Ste» ''b ( Di .................................. »5 Mayor ol P o rt o i f o r t ® * ™
ATTORNEY GENERAL
» -o n o r f o r d
b te p ( R ............................... 25
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Thorton (D ,........... ............... 94
STAT1 SI.N ATOR
Chandler R . . . . x ................ 49
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ST \T I RE PRESENT A T IV I
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CO UNTY ASSESSOR
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b ,l b> » "to driven by Dewey
M c W illia m s (D i.................. S'»
M cBride H allov een night when
CO UNTY COMMISSIONER
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72
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, h i i . 6 W allace resi-
C am pb ell R ____ ______ 47
II. Hie t o imcontested county
Lnds. R a le ig h b in d . C o ld Beach. r a c e s Robert M ille r rece ive d
100 votes to t d istrict attorney
S to tt M cD onal«L Pacific.
and B. I. M ather .o ile d 110 lo r
T ackles; Cary W e e k s . B ro o k­
county cle rk.
ings. Jack S liort. C o ld Heacli.
MF \SUR! S
Guards; Vem Rrewcr. M y rtle - C a p ito l P, in is tune 111: Pasted 67-
p o in t. R o u t a th re n . Brookings.
52 asdid Proper“ le a sin g 62 -
Center; Jim K e m p . Hrookmgs.
Q u a rte rb a ck. Terry P u lle n . M y r - 51. They approved compulsory
Com pensation, 75.33. and v e -
tle u o m t.
Halt-back, lo lu i I ranzen. M y r- toed the I ish B ill. 57-45.
Students also a p p r o v e d ot
Uapoint, Hob Dunn. Brookings.
I n il back; Jo i vi Johnson. P a cific. County Planning a n d Zoning.
Honorable M entions
s r 'i-
UtaUt Uen iu e w s 1« r. M v rtla -
point, 'Norm ITanscam. Brook­
turned to his yios it ion w ith a 90-
ings. Jack ChappeL Bandon.
I a c k le s : B ill Nuai and Mien 28 v o t e C ouncilm en elected
v c re S ro iih . 96; Thage, 70: St.
Bartlett, My rtlepoitat.
Guards; M c lc u m M c C o lm , C o­ C la ir, 8Swi te -in s . fo r the re ­
q u i l i e , R ic k B a u m e r , Gold c o r d e r 's position, incum bent
Loraine Haines eased by w rite -
Beach. Hob Sherertz. Bandon.
in Doroths Knoke, 63-53,
Center; J e r r y S lidhem . M y r­
tle p o in t. C leve T h o m p s o n ,
Harvey Longancckcr, Bindon.
Quarterback; Bob M c N e e l y ,
Brookings, Greg Johnson, c o -
q u ill e.
H alfback; Cary C a r r o l l , Co-
q tiille, Bob Long, Gold Beacly.
Dewey K ie fe r, Bandon, N i c k
Cases were heard before the
Hensley, P acific.
Omron Tax C o u r t, Oct. 20.
fu llb a c k ; R o la n d Hunt, C o­
These a p p e a ls were ocean
q u ille , M ik e Johnson. M y rtle -
f r o n ta g e properties lying In
point Dan Hodges. Brookings,
C urry County. They Included
Dave How ard, Bandon.
three parcels ai Harbor, three
DEFENSE A LI.-S TA R TI. \M
IY N D O N B. JOHNSON
H. E. 'H«k’ Timeus
County Commissioner
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‘ ,x -> <-az-old sor o( M r. andMrs.
‘x'on" d Cushman. He v as given
eraS.r ? tn c >' to s a tm « it and taken
to Curry C c 11 e r a 1 Hospital in
Cold rk a w i tor liirth e r treatm e nt
f " 4 ab4en'«l'<»'' of head and lip
,aceraUons, broken I e e t h and
con tiaiora. He was r e l e a s e d
’Wednesday.
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Mayor Lloyd Rates was given
t he approval of city voters fo r a
four y ear term T u c la y by a de­
cided m aiorrty over James Hus­
ton of 2 S3 to 99.
On the city c o u n c i l slate,
Frank St. C la ir fa ile d to get e -
le c te d m In, w r ite - in cam paign.
but pulled 1 n 145 voles lo r a
good showing, at least.
The tliree ixw ilious w ill he
fille d by Orris S m ith. 295. H er­
bert Thage, 257, and A .lolph
W indmaigcr w ith 199.
v ity recorder Loraine Hanies
also retain, her seat fo r another
loury ears after c in c h in g the e-
le ctio u over w r ite - in candidate
Dorothy Knoke w ill 225 to S3
votes.
Its s till an apparent s ta n d -o ff
m the two big lo in t Coos-Curry
races lo r Sv at, in tlx; Senate and
I louse 01 Representatives, w ith
the deciding factors tliose lit t le
grem lins we c a ll absentee b a l­
lots. ..th a t may h o ld u p the an­
swer lo r a day or tw o longer.
Two 01 th e m o sl-v.a tch e d ra ­
ces in southwestern Oregon w ere
1 0 i.1 i Coos-C urry p o sitio n s 011
the state le g isla tu re svith ir c tu n -
benls b a ttlin g R epublican op|x>-
neiits rig h t down to the '..ire.
and heating them out ith a l­
m o s t id e n tica l <aior<tics. hi
la c ', it as aE iost a m a tc h in
totals 01 the in d iv id u a l coun­
ties. as Well.
Democrat I L L . "H e c k " T im ­
Ii! the 17th D is tr ic t co n test
eus g a l l o p e d in to the lio-ue
lo r o in t repress n ta i is c in cu m -
stretch v.ithnearly a tw o - lo one
’Cnt C a ll p.acl (D ) t a llie d a to -
p lu ra lity oyer incum bent W tl-
lia m C am pbell in the rue. lo r ' a l oi ’ 2 S v o te s o s e r R e p u b lic a n
Ho.! Me Ken/ie.
Curry, county com m issioner.
In 1 he 'ib D 1 s 1 r i c I Sei ate
The c o u n t y ’ s 2 lp r e e iic .s
ra. e. m cin n e;U D ic k C h a p m a n
gasethe Pistol R iver candidate ¡Dy heat lus R e p u b lic a n oyiyx'*-
a whopping com p le te , (wit un­ ile n u S d C h a n d l e r , b; 322
o ffic ia l. count ol 2. 797 to 1 .4 8 5 soles.
for C am pbell.
b t o t a l voles. Back po lle d
Tim eus’ seat on the county
12. 2 2 " against M c K e n z ie .v illi
court w ill make it a unanimous 1 1 ,8 9 8 . C h i t county went lo r
Dem ocrat body along v ith judge McKenzie. 2. 4 8 0 to 1, 532. but
E elC a m p be ll and com m ission­ Coos count reversed the p a t­
er Ryce Wilson.
te rn v u l 10. 394 lo r Back and
9. 415 lo r .M cKenzie.
Chapman scored tops in !>oth
Cham ber 01 Com m erce meets counties, ho V. e s e r. 2. 259 to
1,982 in Curry and 10.002 to
Monday noon, at Orfords.
9, 997 in Coos county.
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Curry Tax
Cases Heard
b u ll: Wayne Cook, M yrtlepoint,
Bob Sutton, C old Beach.
I a c k le s ; Jack S h o r b , Cold
Beach. John Dahlstonn, Brook­
ings.
Guards; M ik e loluuon. M y rtle -
point, Ken Pennington, P acific.
Linebackers; Roland Hunt, Co­
q u ille , Dan Brewster, M y r tle -
point, Brad le w is, Brookings.
Defensive halfback; Terry Pul-
le n , M y rtle p o in t, Kris R a y .
Bandon.
Honorable M ention;
b id s; M ik e C r e e r , C o q u ille .
B ill Wehner, Bandon.
I ackle; Bill Neal, My rtlepoint.
Allan B a r t l e t t , M yrtlepoint,
John Moore, Bandon.
Guards; Harvey Longanecker,
Bandon, Wally Baiun t alk, Gold
Beach.
Lineback; Tom Poet, M yrtle-
point, Cleve Thompson. Cold
Beach, Dave Howard. Bandon,
Dewey Kiefer, B a n d o n , Bill
Smitli, Pacific.
Defensive halfback; John Fran­
zen, Myrtlepoint, Steve King,
Cold Beach, Nick H e n s le y -
Pacific.
for all occupants.
The law also requires that
seat belts Installe.) In used
vehicles must 1« of a type
approved |,y the Department.
Department specifications re­
quire th a t manufacturers of
belts must have their product
approved a c c o r d in g to stan­
dards of the Society of Auto­
motive Engineers as adopted
by the Department.
If In doubt as to whether
a particular brand or type of
seat belt has departmental ap-
pioval, prospective istrchasers
are advised to w rite the Ve­
hicle Equipment Section of the
Department of Motor Vehicles,
Salem.
Mfaity people have tu b e rcu lo ­
In Oregon so far In 1964,
nearly 30 percent of those killed
sis w ith ou t k n o w in g .it. Unless
In tra ffic accidents died when
found and treated, they can go
about in fe c tin g others. H e lp ­
they were thrown from the ve­
hicle In which they were riding.
ing to fin d and tre a t TB suffe­
“ Seat belts’ ’, said l l l l l , “ ce r­
rers is one o f the m any a c tiv e -
tainly would have saved the
ties supported by y o u r C hrist­
lives of many of these.”
mas Seal organization.
at Wedderltirn, one at Ophir,
and two at Port Orford.
The appeals, heard before
Tax Court Judge Peter Gun­
nar, c o n te s te d the assessed
value of the ocean frontage as
placed on the tax ro ll by the
State Tax Commission In 1963.
The decision w ill not be ren­
dered until after Jan. 1.
Twenty-one a p p e a ls were
h e a rd before the State Tax
Commission Oct. 23. These ap­
peals were made by U. S. Ply ­
wood Corporation (20 parcels)
and the A. Marquand estate.
The appealed property lies
b e tw e e n the Lobster Creek
bridge and the Rogue River
bridge on lx)th sides of the
rive r.
U. S. Plywood Corp, also
appealed two tax lots In the
Agness area. Total assessed
value placed on these proper­
ties try the Assessor’ s Office
was $198,430. The appeal of
U. S. Plywood requested a re­
duction to $88,990, o r a tax
difference of $8,142.34.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Birthday w is h e s go out this
week to G a il M orris, Jean Sam-
udio, Bonnie Herbison, S te v e
W ilson, M a r y Herbison, Bon­
n ie Kreutzcr, Janice Bushnell,
and Samual Lee.
Annivers.try w is h « to M r. and
Mrs. Roland Gerhardt and Mr.
and Mrs. \ r t Sweet.
Crash Hospitalizes Two
\n curly tnorr.lng crash Sun
I.iv pu' two local people in
Keizer lliispit || at North Bend
.file r their cars collided on
Highway 101 about 200 feet
n irlh ol Pacific Building Sun
ic ily a ' S ile r Butte Avenue
'•hot'ily after 2 a m
The victims were Boh Post
cr 17. - oi of Mi s l.cona Hub
h ud I'Jk B ite r and Mrs Paul
Pclcison. Madrona Avenue
Both were alone in their cars.
Foster suffered fractured
legs, lacerations Io his left
arm and head and multiple
contusions Mrs Peterson es­
caped with head and leg lacer
ations, multiple contusions and
abrasions. Both are reported
Io be in satisfactory condition
acd rt m iin in the hospital
According Io reports, the
ticciderl occurred when Mrs
Peterson going south, may
have hit the wet -highway
shoulder when she moved over
for on-coming tra ffic and the
car went out of control on a
curve and collided with the
ro rth bound Foster car. She
was thrown out of h r car,
landing under the rearend of
the Foster vehicle
A third car, driven by Ron
Couch. Coos Bay, hit the right
rear fender of the Peterson
car shortly after the first col­
lision Damage to the Couch
car was considered very minor
and there were no injuries.
Foster and Mrs Peterson
were given emergency treat
men! and taken to the hospital
by Port Orford Ambulance.
The accident was investi­
gated by stale police anti the
Curry County sheriff's office.
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BOTH C ARS w e r e caneidowd
demolithed following a Sunday
m orningcolliilon that put their
lone drivers in the hospital. The
Foster vehicle is above. Below
is the Petcison car and behind
it the Couch vehicle that hit it
following the smash-upi.
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