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I I '' ' ... t r tt l.iC . : fT Vn 1 it; Jflflw YM Gear. H A Cffwih ! OrtfM U1D lOOtS PCUNDDD 1651 lCOth YEAR 2 SECTIONS 58 PAGES Th Oregon Statetroaxi. Salerxu Oregon, Sunday. May 21, 1950 PRICE 10c No. U wm mm : Youth Is moving into politics. That lis an impression I have from Friday's election. Not fuzzy-chinned youth; but men and women relatively young in years. Here in Salem and Marion county Al Loucks,-Maik , Hatfield, Lee Oh wartiare in that category. Wayne Morse "-had more youth appeal than hit leading opponent. Wal ter Norblad was an early bene ficiary ol this; trend. Home from the wars," young men and women have! a keen sense qi civic re sponsibility and a determination to get in and j run the show. On the whole, the ;elders are disposed to give youth a chance, especially wheq they appear to have the stuff it takes in politics and pub lic liife: j ' ; No that thes oldsters are all set for he discard. Homer , Angell rolled up jwi Impressive majority against youthful opponents in the thirdf district icongressional race. And I Lew Wallace, who surely is a-veteran of political wars, made a' rebound to outdistance the younger Walter Pearson and near ly pass the democratic organiza tion I favorite, Austin Flegel, in the race for the gubernatorial nomination. - The stage is set in Oregon for a sharp political battle before the November elections. Wayne Morse will have no trouble dis cosing of Howard Latourette, (democratic nominee for the sen' ate. I for Morse will poll a large . number of demo-labor votes, con siderably more than he will lose of disaffected j republicans. Dave Hoover made Ireally a surprising showing againjst Morse. His Vote was primarily jan anti-Morse vote, for j Hoover was little known. Morse's own campaigning I (Continued on editorial page 4.) Demolition Men Probe Jersey Blast Scene I Picture on taee 2.) SOUTH AMBOY. J.. May 20 (P)-i Demolition experts probed cautiously through a mine-strewn area today for trace of 22 men missing from last night's shatter ing explosion which injured hun dreds in this (waterfront city. Four bodies already have been recovered, twof of them identified. Residents toiled to restore order from chaos and make temporary repairs In thel wreckage of their homes. . ! South Amboy Fire Commission' er William O. teary said the prop erty damage flight exceed $20,- 000.000. O'Leary sand it was believed that the men i who were .loading four barges wfth 600" tons of am munition probably . had been "blown to biti The blast al 6:25 pjn. (EST) last night was heard " in . three states New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The state department said in Washington itj would investigate the blast to-(determine whether the explosivesl had been properly licensed for export. The coast jguafd Immediately scheduled a hearing on the cause. The American Red Cross re ported 312 persons had "been treated for ihiuries. Five were critically wounded, the Red Cross said. ; : i . Mayor Johnt Leonard said every house in the city had been dam' r aged. Most of the - Injuries were from flying glass. ; - The force of the explosion blew anti-personnel mines over a wide area. Highly trained army com bat engineers e were rushed to the scene to comb for ammunition and duds. One steel plate was hurled more than two miles and imbedded in concrete in Perth Amboy. , Wastebashet Safe Not Safe KANKAKEE, 111., sMay 20-- jurs. e. H. ADCU, clerk in a wom en's clothing store, chose a waste basket today f as a safe Dlace to park a paper pag containing Jewel ry, a savings; pond and her bank book while she ate lunch. "While she te, the janitor emp tied the wastje basket She's still i trying to find the bag containing her possessions. i.l : BAKER VOTES BONDS BAKER, May 20-avCfty elec tors approved a $100,000 bond is sue for street lights and a city manager lorm or government yes leraay. . -.- -. ,;. . HTSTERN INTERNATIONAL At Yakim tl. Satem At Tacoma 3. Vawouvrr t At Wenatchee It. Tri-City ' At 5okiw S. Victoria J COAST LEAGUE At Bun 0e?o T. Portland i ( Inn.) At Ijo AnHe S. Sari rrancHco At Oakland 1. HoUywood S ul lan.) At dacramento , aeatu a s. ,K' AMEiaCAN LEAGUE " At Cleveland S, Boston S At St. Louij 3. Washington At ivtrolt Philadelphia 3 At .Oilcaco L Kew York 3 . - NATIONAL LEAGUE At Kew York l-t. CSncinnaU 0-1 At Philadelphia X, Chicaca t At Boston 4. St. Louia 7 At lirookijra 1-4, FUUbUTCb l-t (4 U.S. Plans Against Germ War By The Associated Presi ; Militarv exnert said vesterdav atomic weapons, leadership, and 4s developing defenses against the possibility of attack with deadly germ. . , : v Speaking in observance of the first Armed Forces day, Paul H. Griffith, assistant secretary of defense, said at Kansas City, Mo, that official are convinced that an earlier start and greater know-how is Loucks Polls 47 Per Gent in Race for Mayor Alfred W. Loucks polled 47 per cent of Salem's vote for mayor, a compilation from all of the' city's 45, precincts shewed Saturday. Loucks carried 4 if of the precincts. Harry V. Collins polled 30 per cent and won his own precinct (27). -v.- : - l Walter M us grave won 23 per cent and carried the three pre cincts in west Salem. He was mayor of West Salem prior! to the merger. , . j The totals were: Loucks 5771, Collins 3715, Musgrave 2824. The complete Salem vote Sat urday confirmed in all particulars the preliminary count made by The Statesman which tabulated more than 90 per cent of the bal lots in Marion county's 110 pre cincts "within four hours' after the polls closed. ) Peery Buren was elected muni cipal Judge over Elmer Amund son. . i Alderman Albert Gille was re elected to the, council from Ward 2, winning over Don Madison. : Alderman Tom Armstrong was re-elected to-i the ' council j from ward 5, over, Elmer Church Bond issues for sewers, bridges. drainage l. and : water reservoirs were passed, as was a special tax levy for lire-fighting equipment. A proposed tax levy- for airport development was defeated, t Just over 60 per cent of Salem's registered voters cast their bal lots in the election, on the basis of 12,310 votes counted in the mayor's race. Salem Cat, Dog Declare Truce, Share Family A Salem dog and cat that used to fight like cats and dogs have declared, a truce while they both nurse the same utter of puppies. It all started when Mrs. Rosa Stockton's dog gave birth to nine pups by Caesarean operation. About the time all 10 left the dog clinic and returned to the Stock ton home at 420 S. 22nd st Mrs. Stockton's cat had kittens. The kittens, however, all died. So Friday the cat started nursr ing four of the puppies, and Sat urday Mrs. Stockton reported that "mothers and puppies are doing line." : River Drops At Winnipeg WINNIPEG, Man- May 20-UP) The Red river, whose rampaging waters have flooded nearly a fifth of greater Winnipeg, today show ed its first drop a half inch.: Experts hoped that at last it was the beginning of a gradual drain ing off. The flood level stood at 30.2 feet ' .Although the water still was at record height for the century, hopes were spurred by bright sunshine and . a forecast that threatened rainstorms, from the United States would not material ize. Officials said the "situation looks good.' ,ocal Juvenile Itrenuous Summertime Tvists The good old summertime hit Salem with a splash and a couple of loud bangs Saturday as teen aged youngsters roamed about in temperatures ranging up to 75 degrees. , In the early afternoon 14-year-old Donald Burke, 642 Edgewater st, attracted three police cars and a first-aid crew to the Willamette river banks when he attempted a channel swim. Burke had "hitched' a boat ride to Mlnto's island and decided to swim, back to the west bank." Be found the going rough and was picked up by an unidentified boatman who took him to the Sa lem boathouse. Meanwhile, police and first aid cars had been called. They found they weren't needed as Burke waa wet but uninjured. Umm Defense that America is widening her 1 enablinc the unuea siaies xo widen its i advantage in atomic energy:. .. i - s - And from the little-publicized field of research in chemical war-, fare,' the army's chief of that di vision brought this measure of assurance in event germ warfare' should be launched by an enemy: . . . we are prepared to deal witn biological iweapons. . . defense measures now in enect or m prep aration should prevent disastrous damage' i - The speaker was Mat. uen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, head of the army chemical corps. This corps is making preparations in case war should bring attack by chemi cals (eas.i i incendiaries and the ??e)ii"ol2?Lcj! rSS nr ntVior Huarilv Hpvirp BPainst man; his food erops andis anL mals), or radiological weapons (by which an area, for instance. might be contaminated with dead ly atomic radiation). Military; leaders, throughout tne nation stressed the theme that America's only hope in jsight now to prevent World War III is a strong defense. ' Missing on A 55-year-old Dallas man, re ported missing since he left on a fishing trio a week ago, was be ing hunted Saturday by state po lice officers, Police said the " search would continue today for Russell L. Stan ton who left the home of his fa ther in Dallas May 13 on what he had planned to be a two-day out ing aiongj tne .uucKiamuie nver. ing along uie Liuuuaiuuie iv;i. He hasn't been seen since W. de- Darture All Stanton's relatives in tne Willamette valley have been con tacted but none has seen him, po lice said. Stanton is described as "5 feet, 11 inches tall, 165 pounds. grey hair; blue eyes." When last seen he was operating a blue 1947 Crosley sedan, Oregon license num ber 212-114. Military Planes Salute Salem Numerous salutes, by four sepa rate groups of aircraft featured Armed Forces day, Saturday, in Salem, along with open house at navy-marine, navy air and army reserve faculties, visited by an estimated! 300 persons. The aerial visvtscame from five air laciuiy, six V-to iranspurw the air force reserve in Portland, . . . j ... , n n m - L I 11 F-5 1 fighters of the air na tional guard In Portland and two F-82 fighters from Portland. The Salem navy planes also sa luted Albany, Corvallis, Eugene and other! Willamette valley cities. Flood Threat Ease As Rivers Recede Dallas Man Fishing Trip . : rivers receded slightly again to- risv anrii' enmowhat mqaH the threat orWnediate floods. The Kootenai HveV in northern Idaho. alwavs a snrin trouble maker, drbnned more than, two tf ii gr Avam'n tr Tf vara irtaoeitv- ed at 21.8 feet while a redinr of 24 was made yesterday. Activity Takes Saturday i morning police of fi - cers corralled two youths, one 13 ana one 10, wno were snooting nnes m ! the area of Water and Columbia streets. No damage was reported. - j - " Later in the day a 14-year-old boy was found firing an air rifle at a rock !- in direct line with the window f a residence. Po- age but the lad was relieved of his weanon. its ttwf aM-r-am SPOKANE, May 20-P)-InlandIthe harK .that President Truman Uttie actMt;cei?t for itU?Ea& w five-year-old Ann HalwVee I ItTfa? itonwiuTaS. who rinneri off a fincrernail while Slaying in her yard at 1347 Wal- T - " 'T st. The weatherman predicts more fair weather today. Police hcoe ienn artfvftv win hm less itnucus. -Z3 n , cttj nn . rn .... !! j C ' ( ' s . , . ( v r .- Milwaukie Fire Truck Used as Hearse for Chief MILWAUKIE, May 20 -UPh The Milwaukie fire chief made his last trip in the fire truck today. . For this trip the truck was draped in black. It bore the body of Don V, Llewellyn. 62, to the cemetery. Llewellyn, fire chief for 20 years, made the request for the last ride as he lay dying. v Portland Vote Rejects Public Housing Plan 1 . PORTLAND. May 20-(P)-Public housing opponents 'proclaimed a victory in Portland today, al- though slow ballot counting delay- referendum. With 70 per cent of the bollots counted, the vote was acainst a 2000-unit oublic housing Droeram. 40,6570 33,754. The vote, conducted along with Oregon's primarj election; yester- day. was not binding on the city council,1 which submitted the mea- sure to voters only as an jadvisory referendum. .. . I But opponents of public housing said they 'would insist that the council drop plans to accept a governmert loan to build the 2.000 units. a lively campaign preceded the 1 voter Opponents, supported by runas irom realtors and apart- ment house owners, attacked pub-jtion lie housing as expensive and wasteful, and had plastered the city wira piacaras. proponents ar- guea it as a necessary slum-clear- ance program. Both sides engag-1 ed in extensive newspaper adver- tising. The city earlier had abolied to uie ieaerai government; lor the ueveiiary lunos, , aireaay appro- pnaieos. 55 German i - "arl Mmefg m BlaSt Underground GELSENKIRCHEN, Germ any, Sunday, May 2l-Up)An explosion ripped through the Dahlbusch coal mine near here yesterday, killing 55 miners and injuring 39 others. That was the official ponnt cnri today when all minerslwho had been working in the 3,022 - foot deep seam had been accounted for by rescue squads. More than 300 miners were at work when the blast, attributed to a gas accumulation known as fire damp, occurred. Officials said many men died instantly from terrible burns, while o t h e r.s were suffocated Many of the injured were severely ! Durnea. It was west Germany's worst coai mine accident since the Grim- berg disaster of 1946, In which 439 ; Rubber Stkmp' Charge Hurlfed By Republicans WASHINGTON. Mav 20 -fJPi. The republican high ii command continued today to bang away with f couunueu inflflv Tfi nanv swiv mth i wants a -rubber stamp" congress J elected in November, ii :r siamp - congress .Despite Mr Truman's sUtement i that he wants an indetMtndent in- ead of a subservienthcongress. GOP National Chairman Guy Ga- "The 1950 issues now are w' President Truman has tasked the 1 voters to give him a rubjber-stamp congress ithat will annrove hi. program of socialism. That pro- gram nas Deen rejected by two congresses the republican 80th and the democratic 81st ORDINANCE REPEALED BEND, May 20 A tity char ter amendment ordinance that would . have reauired l a uneeial 1 election every four years on the city management was: repealed yesterday by voters here. 3 ui. t-,- is 41 Ai Chicago w New York S3 49 U JOO 44 trace 1 Willamette river SJ feet. I tcmoc-ratur chance. Hicn today near! -'xLf T, ua,tfr 3T?S- rt cultural outlook: Good weather lor an activiuea today and Monday. alm puciraATioK v U,. v !i .! M ! iiiuiland the commission confiscated Multnomah Asks for Special Session Officials Blame Finance Woes PORTLAND, Ore., May 2HV- Multnomah county officials, de nied new revenue powers by vot ers here, today , asked a special state legislative session to meet a financial emergency. . . - They blamed state law-makers for the financial plight of the metropolitan county. - One commissioner said, the leg islature' hadjf placed a $3,000,000 state welfare burden on the. coun ty, which Includes - the state's largest city. Portland. They im- Plied the county was carrying more than its share of the load and called for tax revision, Voters in yesterday's primary $2,443,000 special county tax levy, as weU as two $2,500,000 city tax levies. More Funds Needed Both city and county officials said local governments could not carry on without - more fluids soon. They stressed population growth, which has added more than 100,000 residents to the area in recent years " M. James Gleason, chairman of Multnomah county commissioners. proposed that Governor Douglas McKay call .a special legislative session. . The county's problem. Gleason said, ns the direct result of ac by the 1947 legislature mak ing it mandatory for the county to finance almost $3,000,000 of state welfare costs. Commissioner Gene Rossman added, "It is time to call a spade a spade and lay the blame for I Multnomah cmmtv'a financial ri't. I lemma smia'relv in the lan nf those who are reallv resoonsible . tne iate legislature. Opinions Differ Rossman proposed that' the county continue to spend money as if it had it. Gleason and Com missioner Frank Shull favored cutting expenses to the bone even though thdse cuts may cripple tne county: City officials ..said they would have to cut services severely. The voters approved only one of the four major tax proposals on the ballot. That was for a $2,. 660,000 special tax levy to sup- Pori scnoois. passed Dy nearly I a 2-1 margin, enabling the school district to keep kmdergartens "I11 and -to make building im- provemenut, neersto Reunite Island ASTORIA, May 20 -UP)- Army engineers are . going to try to put an island back together at the mouth of the Columbia river. It is .Sand island, which through the years of erosion has split in two. Engineers plan to build a stone revetment across the upstream end. Later the cut through the island will be filled. Bids for con struction of the revetment wiU be opened some time next month. District Attorney Backs Decision to Bail Falls CltV Vote i "S i . j DALLAS, Ore., May 20-VDis- trict Attorney R. S. Kreason to day upheld an election official's I0 ?Vh?a. ec"0? ' aeciswn tnat validated a propos decision that invalidated a propos ed vote pa a dtyi charter amend- ment in Falle City yesterday aw P Calkins, a precinct chairman, was right to refuse to ! give oui pauots on tne measure Kreason said the city council did nos provme pou . oooks iot iob 1 special election, and without the books the precinct boards could not determine eligibility of voters, Legislature for Lngi Detroit 9s Cougar Stalker iYo Match for Red Tape Statetmaa News Srrvtca DETROIT. Ore, May 20 Walt I BalL Detroit's ace cougar stalker winter, has yet to collect a cent oi bounty from the state for ma, ex- forts. , . f. Walt, who brings em down with SF? today that he's all tangled up to game Commission red tape. Walt collected $19 each from rrinn MumfVi elertr hn mark Marion countjra clerk, wno rnarK- ed the hides by punching the cats ears. But when Walt took the hides to the game commission in Port Douglas Tester ' - : (R) State Senator (R) State Senator Mark Hatfield (R) State Rep. Roy Houck (R) SUte.Rep. Fred Lamport 1 , ; ' ' ' . ' - I . m i .- vr&t.- r tni ssr f -. p. - h Set for November i . ' w- , ' ' S, Barring changes in the official 1 count, six out of the 12 persons. t - A !? pictured here will ion county in the i On the basis of - f, ' from Friday's f "wt 1 they appeared to 1 have won the I lavLjwJ nominations. Above are the four J. Steelhammer! nominees of each I (R) SUte Rep. house of representatives. At the sides are the two nominees of each party to- the istate senate.. Three have had previous legislative ex perience , Douglas Yeater and W v.m. vv. w A.u.i... a.x.. f port, incumbent senator. Two were , ' . h not opposed in the. primaries - ' w " I . ; Arthur Davis and Frank Porter. - Republicans retain the advantage - " Cl in Marion fcountyjhy virtue of a La i T iS to 2 margin i. Lee Ohmart ifor the state legislature is on page Mrs. Spaulding (R) State Rep. L15). , (D) Stat Rep. nlarjoh County Follows Trends, Tally Reveals i i Marion county In general followed the trend shown elsewhere In the state's primary election, a complete tabulation of the county's 110 The complete ana semi-imai Harlan Judd Saturday snowea no in The Statesman's own near-complete tabulation published yesterday, A canvassing board will complete! its final check on the totals wim in a few days, j About 53 per jcent of tne coun ty's electorate Went to the polls. Republicans naq a larger propor tionate turnout s 58 per cent. About 45 per dent of registered democrats cast their votes. , Due to Mayor Campaign x (In Salem, just over 60 per cent cast ballots the; high percentage apparently occasioned by a . lively mayoralty campaign). Best republicah vote-ge,tter was Rep. Walter Norblad, whose name was checked on 114.425 ballots. He was unopposed 'for renomination as first district congressman. Gov. Douglas McKay! also unopposed for renomination In th pnmanes, polled,680. i , I On the democratic' side, leader waa HenrV Herden. who polled 6,751 votes as unopposed candi date for nomination as county re corder. Former State Rep. Howard Morgan of Monmouth was next highest on, the democratic slate. He received 0,4 votes as unop posed candidate for nomination as labor commissioner. . To Reanlt in Chances The vote will result Jn several changes In Matjion county's rep resentation in the state legisia hire. ' : ll : . . - Sen. Fred Lamport was nomi nated by republicans for anouier term in the senate, and Rep. Doug las Yeater wo4 the other GOP nomination to the upper house. But two other present repre sentatives. W, W. Chadwick and them temponuiiy, saying they should have been marked with special ink by the clerk. County Clerk Harlan Judd, a stickler for the law, said the ear punching is the legal marking method. The game commission is sticking to its guns, and has re fused to pay the $50 bounty for each cat hide. ' After bringing the hides home. Ball waa offered $65 for entire set Shy the $400 due from the state, he said he's tempted to selL SUte Came Officer Robert Steel la investixating the case. "'" " """ " wtoimhi . . . j Arthur Davis . Frank Porter (D) Stat Senator (D) State Senator Lawrence Koch (D) State Rep. Preston Bale (D) StaU Rep. represent Mar- 1951 legislature. complete returns primary election, party, to the Alvln Whitlaw (D State Rep. -I JT' a, . . .Mini y 7 in reffistrabon. s . . . count count maoe Dy county uerx cnanges irom tne trena estaDiisnea Frank Doerfler, will not be In the Mo legislative delegation to 1951. They placed third and fourth respectively in their bid for noml- naUort to the senate. f or bfate senato - Lamport and Yeater will be op - posed for the senate in the fall election by Arthur Davis and Frank Porter, who were unoppos- ed for the democratic nomination tO the COUnty'S tWO Senate seats. For the house of representatives, R?vbHCo t11 n,i vif ?5&S$L tl't Sefiew flJfSti mJ& Z1!1"! ZJ be surveyed by a canvassing board next week.) Ltojrod and B. R. (Farm- v- A J . i tt JLV .:,!rr changes in the official vote can vass they will not be in the run ning in the fall. The four democratic nomina Hons to the house were captured b?LawrSce ten of SjL rfuL P. Ward 'Graham running fifth, (Complete vote tabulations and additional election stories on pages 15 and 20). Wreck Leaves Ihdepend ence Trio in Hospital Three members of an Indepen dence family were hospitalized to Salem Saturday night after their car crashed out of control off the Salem-Independence highway. . - uro, mc axiver, minor Araciuies, . . . . . - cuta and bruises; LiUa, his wife, fractured clavicle and ribs, and wr -rh-im 1 1 thef r rfancrh. ,,t. .-j Z7. ter, cuts and bruises. : Attendants at, Salem Memorial hosnital listed the condition of all " rrr": r... iai pouce aaia uenru a au- to apparently swerved. out of con- trol about 6:30 pm. off the high- vit into a field about three miles north of Independence. The auto waa badly damagec, ponce saio. Dunne Repeats Vow to Enter Governor Race (Latest tabulation on cage Tl PORTLAND. May 20-WPl-Stnta Senator Austin Flegel of Portland ' tonight held a slim but seemingly firm lead In the three-way Ore gon primary race for the. demo cratic nomination for governor. ' But as his victory in yester-' day's balloting appeared mora certain, old age pension crouo leader v Joe Dunne repeated his earlier threat to be an indepen dent candidate in the November general election if Flegel, is tha democratic nominee. Dunne said tonight I can't do anything else, although at my age I don't like to do it. But I orem- ised the people I'd do it, and I won't go .back on my word. Flegel maintained a margin of better than 1,500 votes over hia nearest rival, two time 'democrat ic gubernatorial banner carrier Lew Wallace. State 1 Treasurer Walter J. Pearson was an "also ran' candidate. Labor Support The Portland attorney and In dustrialist, who had liberal and some labor support, had a count of ' 57,656 with 1957 of the state' 2017 precincts reported. Wallaces had 56,034 and Pearson 46,448. Dunne, a state legislator and -of Portland, had disliked FleeeTa M campaign proposals for old f -welfare and was in favor f f Pearson's candidacy. His threat to ' be an independent candidate hing -ed on Flegel being the democrittie choice. j v i Governor Douglas McKay waa unopposed for republican reriom- mauon. Senator Wayne L. Morse riled . i up a thumping 2 to 1 triumph over conservative farmer Dave Hoover. i j.j . . - who cunceaea iour nours aiier xn polls had closed Friday night. 5 uoiaa tviae aurgin Returhs from 1,957 of the stated 2,017 precincts gave Morse 116,746 to Hoover's 59,049. In third plat with 16,311 wias John McBride, a WashingtonD.C. house commit- -tee clerk Who didn't bother tat campaign. V. The leader in the democratic race to oppose Morse Is Howard Latourette, Portland, former democratic national committee man, who had a 78,023 to 70,25 lead over Dr. Louis A. Wood, re tired university economics pro fessor. : A' . ' : A Rep. Homer D. Angell won r- pubhean reominatlon with mor i - . ... .. r. Vi 1 I rir"5"": "i"10"1 county, wnere me city of Portland is located. I A fnrmo. TTnita4 Xta&a attorney, Carl C. Donaugh, waa leading ta the democratic race la AngelFs : district t Th. other thre comrressmen. M republicans, were unopposed in Xhm nrimary. But there were hard- 1 nay. Hmnti Mnft. in districts Norblad vs. Hewitt 1 fa tt f R w NorblaL MloriA lawyer, the dem- ocrati. nomination Went i Rnv n HewitL Salem attorney "a the district of Rep" Lowell Stockman, Pendleton rancher, wa. unsettled. Hugh. Bowman, fonn tate American Legion commard- er, and State Sen. Vernon D. BulL VSSSS. I umin'ft a-vafc amu ucva jum m i three I man contest. In the district of Rep! Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg editor, there was another nip-and-tuck demo cratic race. David C Shaw, Gold "TVV tLZ tio-s board, held a sUm lead store operator.. In, the contest for the state u-w preme court' judgeship omua Judge Walter i L. Tooze had in creased his lead over his two op ponents to the point where there) was a possibility that he may fin ish with a clear majority of Mm votes and thus avoid a run-!! I election in the falL With 60 precincts yet uncount ed Tooze had a total of 173,040. His closest opponent former nazl war. crimes trial judge Robert T. Maguire had' 122,572, which com bined with State Sen. Austift Dunne 53.653 mad ,Tooze to- i ity, g runoff election wiU be held to the fall with Maguire. i . cb- erannr. vrvilfrn nan ouwu wamn PORTLAND. May 20-6ffVSta- dents at Vanport college voted rename their school Portland State (college) Extension Center, school officials announced today. Thear ame wotdrbe submitted to the state board of higher da- cation for approval. ; l road lev. defeated aibay. q-V-Iiw county voters rejected a proposed 5 mill three-year " special yoa3 levy. The count, - 4662 yes mai 1 4832. A west suburb annexation . ipian was auo rejanao. j