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PORTLAND OBSERVER
November 3, 1962
Volume XIII, Number 4
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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