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tira 1 rances Îchoen-Lew spaper Psoa U n iv e r s it y o f Oregon L ib r a r y tv ... . , O r - ja 'Z /4 J 3 Election results Prison overcrowding Page 2 111 KU NBA forecasts Low calorie Thanksgiving Page 9 Page 10 PORTLAND OBSERVER November 3, 1962 Volume XIII, Number 4 25C Per Copy USPS 959.680-85? Absentee ballots hold key Police audit committee measure dangles As the Observer goes to press Measure 51— the police audit com mittee— is hanging in the balance. With all ballots except the absentees counted, the yes votes on Measure SI arc leading w ith SO.2 percent. The yes vote is 70,622 and the no vote is 69,959. Approximately 5,000 absentee ballots remain to be count ed. The measure would put in place a com m ittee o f three C ity C om m is sioners, aided by citizen volunteers, who w ould audit the Police Bureau's Internal Affairs Division. Commissioner Charles Jordan, who originally sponsored the o rd i nance adopted by the City Council, said he is pleased that the measure is leading. Although it is d iffic u lt to discuss future actions when the re sults are still not know n, Jordan said some things are obvious. " I think the measure is necessary. It is solid well written. I expected it to pass 2 to I This election shows there are many factors involved; if you have the money you can reach m ore people and reach them faster I f you don’t have the money you arc defenseless.” There was a great effo rt by a lot o f citizens. "Even to be that close I have to give them a bouquet. “ It is im p o rta n t that we now work to get the city back together. This issue has been divisive— it has fractured the city. There are many things that we need to get done. M easure 3 showed that there is much work to do.” As for the future o f a police re view committee if Measure SI fails, " W e need to interpret what people are saying. Are they saying we need the process but they don’t want poli ticians involved? Those are the things we need to find out. I am still com m itted to having citizens in volved in the internal a ffa irs p ro cess.” Following the adoption o f the au dit committee ordinance by the City Council, the Portland Police Asso ciation successfully placed the issue on the ballot through the referend um. The Association spent $100,000 to fight the measure. Mayor Francis Iv a n d e was a Itrotffinent disponent (Please turn to page 4 col. 2) Democrat victory reflects voter dissatisfaction Wednesday m orning President Ronald Reagan was still saying he will “ hold the course” after Tues day's election demonstrated wide dissatisfaction with his adm inistra tion's economic policies. Democrats gained 26 new seats in the House o f Representatives, enough to break up the Republican- conservative Democratic coalition that has largely supported the presi dent's program s. House Speaker T ip O ’ N eill called the Democratic showing in an election portrayed as a referendum on Reaganomics “ a disastrous defeat for the president.” Dem ocrats also won seven new governorships, giving them two- thirds o f the stale houses. Much of the gain was in large industrial states where the present economic policy has caused severe unem ploym ent problems. M ario Cuomo, with a strong vote in New York C ity, turned out m il lio n a ire governor o f New Y o rk , Lewis L eh rm an . L ehrm an is a strong Reagan supporter. M assa chusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin and M in nesota are a d d itio n a l in d u strial states that went Democratic. Anoth er resounding victory was that o f Democrat M a rk W hite over Texas G overnor W illia m C lem ents, who spent SIS m illion in an attem pt to retain his seat. George W a lla c e, who won his first gubernatorial race with “ Segre gation Forever" as his slogan, won 61 percent o f the vote, including more than 80 percent o f the black vote, to gain office for the fourth time. A nother strike against the presi dent came in the form o f referen dums supporting a bi-lateral nuclear freeze. Washington D .C . and nine states including Oregon passed nu clear freeze measures; only Arizona rejected. The Republican Party maintained control o f the Senate, with the Dem ocrats gaining only one scat. Governor wins second term Ed Leek easily won the House o f Representatives position for District >8. Leek, 9 Oem icrst. had 49.3 per cent o f the vote at press tim e. He was follo w ed by Jim m y “ Bang Bang" W alker, 18.2 percent; Kent Ford, 15.8 percent; Chad Debnam, 13.5 percent, and Paul W athen , 3 percent. At press time. 8,000 absen tee ballots remained to be counted. Leek told the Observer Wednes day morning that he appreciates the support he received from all seg ments o f the district that enabled him to be elected. “ I believe that when all the precinct totals are in they will show that I ran well in all parts o f the district. “ I w ill do my best to do a good job in Salem— I hope all those who J>ave been involved in the District 18 race will remain involved.” Leek said he will be talking with persons in leadership positions in the district to chat with them about what they would like to see in terms o f legislation and d ire ctio n . The Speaker o f the House will be select ed Sunday and com m ittee assign ments will be made soon. Leek ex pects to be assigned to the L ab o r and Human Resources committees. Leek won the D em ocratic P r i m ary in a packed 7-w ay race, achieving the D em ocratic P arty nomination. In an effort to elect a black candidate from the new dis- trict, Walker formed his own party, “ New D istrict— New P a rty ,” and added his name to the ballot. Kent Ford had already indicated his in tention to run as an Independent and Paul W althen was nom inated by the Libertarian Party. Also in the race but not on the ballot was Rev erend John Jackson, whose sup porters urged a write-in. Late in the race, the Republican Party nominated Chad Debnam as their candidate to f ill the vacancy created by the in e lig ib ility o f M el Hamilton. The N ovem ber 2nd elections brought few changes to O reg o n. G o vern o r V ic to r A tiye h won an easy victory over Democratic nom inee State Senator Ted Kulongoski. In conceding defeat before 10:00 p.m ., Kulongoski asked the citizens o f the state to close ranks and work together to improve the state's econ om y. D u ring the sometimes bitter race in which Kulongoski was ac cused o f driving potential employers from the state, Kulongoski protest ed A tiyeh's television ads as harsh and negative. Atiyeh spent over $1 million on the race, twice that avail able to Kulongoski. Oregon incumbents retained their Congressional seats: Ron W yd en , D em ocrat, easily defeated his Re- (Please turn to page 4 column 1) Bradley, Riles lose California races Los Angeles M a y o r Thom as Bradley has apparently lost in his bid to become the n a tio n ’ s first black m ayo r. W ith all votes counted, C a lifo rn ia A tto rn ey General George Keukmejian holds a slight edge but B radley plans to request a recount. D eukm ejian is considered to be a right o f center Republican. Should he lose, Bradley has two years rem aining on his mayorial term. C a lifo rn ia Superintendent o f Public Instruction Wilson Riles was defeated by a wealthy former school superintendent, W illia m H o n ig . H o n ig , a rig h t-w in g R epublican, based his heavily financed campaign on what he called Riles* “ bankrupt ideas” and personal attacks. Honig gained 57 per cent o f the vote. Ron Dellums retained his seat in Congress w ith 57 per cent o f the vote. Reports Wednesday that D ellum s had lost were based on early returns fro m Republican Contra Costa County. Black candidates were highly suc cessful in Congressional races, increasing their number to twenty. A ccording to counts available Wednesday noon, those gaining new seats are Katie H all, Indiana; M ajor Owens, New Y o rk ; Edolphus Townes, New Y o rk ; A lan W h eat, M issouri. F ailin g in their election bids were Robert C lark, Mississippi, and Kenneth M oseley o f South Carolina. Those retaining seats are W illiam C la y , M isso u ri; C ardis C o llin s , Illinois; John Conyers, M ichigan; George W . C ro c k e tt, M ich ig a n ; Ron D ellum s, M erv yn D y m a lly , Julian D ix o n and Augustus Hawkins, C alifornia; H arold Ford, Tennessee; W illia m G ra y , Pen- sylvania; M ic k e y L e la n d , Texas; Parren Mitchell. Maryland; Charles Rangle, New York; Gus Savage and Harold Washington, Illinois; Louis Stokes, Ohio. Rep. S hirley C h ish o lm o f New York will resign in December, to be replaced by Edolphus Townes. 1 he voters o f Washington, D .C ., have voted to request statehood (Please turn to page 4 col. I) Citizens Party pulls surprise The big surprise in this year's election is the unexpectedly good showing o f the Oregon C itizens Party. The Citizens Party seriously challenged the major parties in sev eral places around the state, and far outdrew Libertarian candidates. to a great extent,” Kahn continued. “ W e changed the political climate around the garbage b u rn er, and showed that a third party e ffo rt is viable in Portland.” Although the M .S .D . race is non partisan, Stan was clearly identified as a Citizens Party person in his lit erature. “ In the places we ran, the C it i zens Party is now the third p arty, and an important political force to be reckoned w ith ,” said Ed Black burn, Citizens Party state co-chair. Political analysts here can.trt re call a third party doing as well in over 30 years. In House D is trict 44 (C o ttag e Grove, Citizens Party State Repre sentative candidate L au ra Stine polled 13 percent o f the vote (1,797) against incum bent Peg J o h n ’ s 67 percent (9,955). In P o rtlan d, the Citizens Party hacked Stan Kahn, a party member, for M .S .D . in S.E. Portland. Kahn polled 47 percent o f the vote (10,650) to 53 percent for the w in ner, Ernie Bonner (1 2 ,0 5 0 ). Kahn spent about $1,000 on his campaign, "about one-quarter of what Bonner spent,” Kahn said. “ We accomplished our purpose In that district, said Blackburn, * * . . . we brought radical ideas con cerning the economy, and its dom i nation by big corporations, to a very conservative district. In spite o f this conservatism, almost I8(X) people voted for us our very first time on the ballot, in a campaign which Was run on a very limited budget.” In House D is trict 4 0, C itizens Party candidate for State Represen tative Laurel Paulsen polled 19 per cent o f the vote (4,043); the winner, D em ocrat C a rl H o stic a, received 46.9 percent (10,089). “ In District 40 [West Eugcne|," said Blackburn, “ we shifted the en tire debate from how to beg the cor porations to throw us crumbs, to is sues o f justice, fairness and security for w o rkers. We com pletely changed the question, and the whole range o f issues.” In Y a m h ill C o u n ty , C itizens Party candidate Janet Stuart polled 2ft percent o f the vote (4,6 92 ) for C ounty C lerk (a partisan position there); the L ib e rta ria n candidate won only 1,770 votes (10 percent). The winner in that race got 64 per cent. Also in Yam hill County, C iti zens P arty candidate fo r C ounty Commissioner M ark Davis polled 8 Dr. W illiam Qarald, Area Ad ministrator for PPS Early Child hood Education Cantara, re- caivaa congratulations and a gift from Doshla Clark and LaVarna Davis of M artin Luthar King School. Dr. Qarald is a form ar principal of King School. (Photo: Richard Brown) percent o f the vote, beating the Lib ertarian candidate by two percent. »
