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College Graduate Age 86
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LOS ANGELE8 Johi Bargeyae Ely (above), whe at K is b -
- Ileved le be Aihrtks'i eldest college student, graduates from
I'CLA next Saturday with a bachelor of arts degree in music. He
Is a composer of 75 songs, eight
pera. (AP Wirrphoto).
HF
mum
President Kisenhowcr called in
House leaders of both parlies last
night becau.se of his concern over
cut by its foreign affairs com
mittee of $1,109,000.0(10 in the
recommended program for foreign
aid. The total asked for was $4.- on hand when Kly gets his sheep
00,000,000, though not all the! skin as a Bachelor of Arts in
spending would be done in the next j music. He got all A s and B's in
fiscal year. The military allocation ; "his four years of college.
got the heaviest slicing a cool
billion dollars; the remainder
came off of economic aid chiefly.
In addition, the House may vote to
ban further aid to Yugoslavia in
view of Tito's reunion with the
Moscow Communists.
Well, Republicans have come a
long way sirtce they hooted at
Henry Wallace, who at the war's
end urged large-scale foreign aid.
Wallace urged jeered Republicans,
a "quart of milk for every Hotten
tot" which would have taken care
of the milk surplus at least, if they
could have gotten the Hottentots
to drink it.
Speaking of Henry Wallace, niav-
be he should lie "rehabilitated ' by
the GOP. In the l'Wis he wa de
nounced for "plotting under t h e
pig.s" as a surplus disposal plan
Now vc read that Secretary Hen-
son says soil bank cheeks will tie
given to those who plow up some
of their corn, cotton or wheat.
Here is another blow at the grand
Bin panys campaign arguiiii-nmmjcjjii T GodPn Mortuary
Jjn, rounuiy cuniicmning n1'""5"
ln-aid to states. The fact-finding
Congressional Quarterly has dug
Up the figures which show govern
( Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Bodies of Two
Anslers round
..,-t l j- , iMireau. MrNarv field. Salemr
BKND The bodies of I-.rme, Mostly cloudy itii scattered show
Harris, 5"), Sandy city councilman, j era and periods of c learinj! tiKlay.
and C. A. Happold
Oregon City, were recovered Tues
day from Crane Prairie Reservoir,
50 miles southwest of Bend.
The men failed to return May i
18 from a fishing trip to the
reservoir. It was believed their
boat hit a snag, sank, and the
men were unable to swim ashore.
H Martians don't fly ever
vary night dropping crab
(raws saod than whera daaa
DcwnaJrarar
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sonatas, six symphonies and one
Oldest oll
lece
Graduates Will
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lilt LOCUS'
1,0S ANGKLES (,n-.lohn Bur
goync Kly graduates with honors
Saturday at UCLA at the ripe
young age of 86.
It's the greatest thrill of his
colorful life, but there's a sad
note for the man who claims to
be the nation's oldest student.
"I'll miss those coeds, 8 o'clock
Classes and coffee breaks. They
kept me from feeling my age,''
he lamented
Six of his seven children and
four grandchildren, too will be
Salem Girl, 4,
Succumbs
To Jaundice
Karen Sue Thompson, four-
vear-old daughter of Mr. and '
Mrs. Stanley Thompson, 425 S.
25th St , died Tuesday in a Sa- '
lem hospital of a liver ailment,
Death was caused bv an infer-
ious laundiee of a tvpe which is
usuallv not serious, the attending ,
nhvsiei.m said III about three !
weeks. the girl nad Been nospi
t.ih.'ed lour days.
Karen Sue was born in Salem
Max il. IM2. Besides her par
ents, she leaves two sisters, San
dra Kae and Sherrie Rae Thomp
son, both of Salem, and grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Iver
! Thompson, Wnodville. Wis., and
' Mr and Mrs. F,d Boldt, Salem.
ArranfcmpnU arp npnHinir at
The Weather
Max. Mln. Prtrla.
Salrm SO 42 .1.1
Portland - S7 411 .OS
Rakfr M .10 .14
Mfdford S5 44 00
North Bfnd S7 47 Trace
Rosehure SI 44 00
(San Franruro 2 49 Trarf
San Frani
lerles 71 S7 .00
74 S5 110
urk 76 5!) Trace
Willamette River I 1 feet.
1 FORECAST I from I' S wealhei
day and Thursday. 65
and the low
tonight, 45
Temperature at 12 01 a m. today
was 50.
SAIFM PRECIPITATION
slnr' SUrt ' ther Year sept l
This Vat I at Van lUnrtnal
SS 79 ' 31 22 .IS 07
Removing Half of Brain Turns
'Brat' Into Normal Utile Girl
By ROBERT GOLDENSTEIN
CHICAGO W A pretty 6-vear-
old blonde girl who was banished
from school because of ugly be-!
havior and uncontrollable convul-
sions is ready to start life again
with a new personality but only
half a brain.
; The girl hasn't had a convul-
Ision since the right side of her,
brain was removed May 14. She;""1 "K,i8 siiaigni aneau ane
is described as cheerlul. coopera
tive and of normal intelligence
Instead of placing her in an in
stitution for special care, her pa-'shp suffered 10 to 12 severe con
rents plan to send her back to vulsinns a day, blacking out each
-Vmnl nnvl fall tilllC
Surgeons at ' Chicago Wesley
Memorial Hospital described the
case at a news conference Tues-1
day. They did not reveal the girl's
identity, except to say she lives
lit. I ... 14.,
with her parents and three young- i
r hrothers and sisters in north-
era Indiana. I
106th Yur
State Rnvs
Site for
Hospital
Wilsonvillc Land
Bought; Fairview
Project Okehed
Purchase of the West Wilson
ville site for the new $14 million
state mental hospital was approv
ed Tuesday by the State Emer
gency Board. Also voted by the
board was appropriation of $8,500
from emergency funds to obtain
13 additional acres at the site.
The 13 additional acres are
' deemed necessary to block off
the 492 acres which the state
i hopes to get from nine owners
at $243,886.
The board also approved con
struction of three buildings at
Fairview Home, including an ad
ministration center, multi-pur-
: pose building and inmate cottage.
; Contractors are Viesko and Post,
Salem, on a low bid of $834,000.
Construction in 1957
William Ryan, board of control
enrrn f m ri- n -j if 1 Ti int1 a i- kn Ka.
jCved negotiations for purchase
of the menial hospital site could
he eomnletcd within a short time
and that construction should be
underway early 1957
Voters of the state approved
construction of the new hospital
at the 1954 general election.
First unit of the hospital, in
cluding 500 beds, will be con-
m utHea" n-nr-5o,dJD.uuu appro-
pnation from the 1955 I-cgisla-
... ,.
ture. Remainder of the hospital
will be built over two bienniums
and when completed, the institu
tion will have 1,500 beds.
! Additional Money
The last Legislature appropri
lated $839,000. for the Fairview
Home projects, but Dr. Irvin Hill
superintendent, said it probably,
would be necessary to ask for a
lie nrS
tion did nut include furnishings!
and architects' and inspectors' t
fees. 1
Also approved Tuesday was a
budget for $25,000 for the newly
voted (hewings Fescue and
Creeping Red Fescue Commis
sion for the remainder of the
1955-57 hiennium. A loan of $5.
000 from Orecon's Fescue Grow
ers' Association Was included In '
Ihn hiidrrpt anH uill hp rpnaiH
' Price questioned '
State Senator John Mernlield.
Portland, questioned the price (
li
been boosted far above its ap-
nraised value simnlv because the
state was seeking the land. The
senator said this apparently had :
been the rase in several in-!
stances when the state required
land.
But Board of Control Secretary
Ryan said he considered the price
for the site "fair " Hvan told
r.mergency isoaru niemoers inai
some 25 proposed sites were in
vestigaled for the mental hos
pital. Scott Seeks
Re-Election
Harry W. Scott, downtown mer
chant, is a candidate for reelec
tion to the Salem pistrict School
Board. A June 18 election is sched
uled to fill one of the five school
directors' posts.
Candidates have until Friday to
file at the school offices, said Con
nell Ward, clerk of the school
board Petition forms are avail
able there, with 49 signers requir
ed The election will be conducted
hetween 2 and 8 cm at 17 nollins
places throughout the school fits-1
trict, the same places set up (or
a budget election last month. Date j
of the school director elections is!
set on a statewide basis by state
law.
Scott has served on the school
board since 1!46.
A member of the four-man team
of brain surgeons that handled the i
caso Rave thls account:
lhp Krl appeared of normal
health and disposition until she
! contracted sleeping sickness when
'shp was a Vear 'd
Partial paralysis affected her
arn' an(1 p,t htlp
able to see objects to her left.
became a "brat" mistreating oth-1
ers. shouting at her mother andi
destroying toys and other objects.
Doctors decided the bad half of
lpr hra'n w'" triggering the con-
vulsions and abnormal behavior.
Doctors said the only loss th
girl suffered from surgery, in ad-
Hilinn In lh linHocil-ah .Bf.r..
dition to the undesirable aggres
sive traits, was the sense of smell
sive traits, was the sense of smell
In her left, nostril only. I
2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES
Nearly 900 Register for
,"B Tr"T ' J. i- t; .,
fi.fi , Wmm0
1 hjt ml lk ra'a amall frv will
the 8lem YMCA. Le, U Mm camaalgi. which he-
. rarMM w,y- ,,. Djrkm,., YM physical director. Is shawi
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Senate Group
Unanimously
Backs Seaton
(Picture on Wlrephoto Page 14.
II.)
WASH1NGT0N fl Presi(k,nt
nomination of Fred
A. Seaton as secretary of the in-
lfr!or won unanimous, piparusan
endorsement Tuesday from tnc
Spnate Interior Committee.
Chairman Murray (D-Mont) said
he would report the committee ac-
tion to the Senate shortly.
In a 90-minule public hearing
which brought questions on every
phase of Interior Department
problems. Seaton defended Kisen
howcr s "partnership policy" for
water power deelopment.
Th Wl.il.. 11..,,.,. ...icl.nl .it." . "
.,.,, ,.,,
stepped some Democratic ques-
lions. nowcer, saving iney were
: subjects he must study.
' It was Sen. O'Mahoney of W'y-
oming. a Democrat, who moved
that the committee unanimously
I recommended that Seaton s nom -
'ination De conlirmcd. ine sena
tors did this without leaving their
chairs and without the formality
of a roll call vote.
Seaton, under questioning by
O'Mahoney, described Eisenhow
er's "partnership policy" as "the
truest kind of Americanism be
cause it guarantees the maximum
of local control.'' ,
It's a very simple sort of,
thing." he said, with municipal!-!
. tic-s. rural electrification associa -
I mn. anH nrivnt. ..iii:n.,c wirwu-al.
jnK m power development,
. e ob:,.j ..j ,.ii
involving the Hells Canyon Dam
that a federal high dam there
would conserve more water than
the three lower dams now licensed - peeled to appeal direct to the
to the Idaho Power Co., a private supreme court in what may be
utility. come the first clear-cut decision
The nominee said he did not; by that court on city bus segre
"claim to he an authority oniSit'l"n ,
Hells Canvnn " Rut he noted that1 The historic decision came six
the Federal Power Commission
had issued a license and that un
less Congress acted to revoke it
his course was clear
O'Mahoney and Sen Neuhcrger
(D-Orei predicted a bill authoriz
Ung a federal multi-purpose high
j dam on the Idaho site will get
through Congress,
He said he would try to con-
jvince Eisenhower to favor immedi-
ate statehood for Alaska, as well
as Hawaii.
TonV- V vnlrkcim
ajAJHJSUMI
Fatal to Two Men
GRAND JUNCTION. Colo
An nil tank under an air pressure
test exploded late Tuesday in a
s,f(, yarfj icillirtK two men and
injurinst two others
. c . . n . .
rlna " t0IP' na '""1811
iw - Hockman. both of grand junc-
tion, were killed,
Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June
art thlr flrat rt taut af wafer
T"f
Community
Air Force Base Committee
Formation of a committee to function in connection with the proj
ected $60,000,000 Air Force Base near W'oodburn was undertaken at a
luncheon meeting Tuesday at the Marion Hotel.
The committee tentatively will include Marion County Judge Rex
Hartley; the mayors of Salem, W'oodburn, Gervais. St. Paul, Donald.
Hubbard and Newberg; Elmer Berg, president of the Salem Chamber
Rose Queen
Choice Tonight
PORTLAND W - The 1956
, , 0.r l.il li,,sp t1 !""
nio ut- iidim-u ni luioiuiuun
'' ceremonies in Multnomah Stadium
Wednesday night.
Threatening weather failed to j
halt plan3, and festival officials'
I euiH th hnu uill Lfit itn ..vtin !
. a downpour comes along
Thorp wjl, hp sadum
shows
ti,..H,,. .r,l rr;j.
nights, a
I rh.lHren's nararf FriHav and ' thoi
floral parade Saturday.
The American Rose Society will
oprn js annual meeting Wcdncs-
1 day,
Federal Judges in
Alabama Outlaw
Segregated Buses
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. OP
Splitting 2-1, a three-judge panel
in federal court ruled Tuesday
,hat e rac ial segregation on city
! buscs m Montgomery violates the
federal constitution.
i Hut the court look no immedi
ate action to issue an injunction
against enforcement of city and
state segregation laws. That will
come later.
City and state officials are ex-
months to the day after the start
of Montgomery's negro bus hoy
rntt, a still continuing mass re
fusal to ride segregated buses
What immediate effect this
ruling will have on the bus boy
cott was undetermined.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
At Salem Yakima, rain.
At Lewiston 4 Wenatrhee 3.
At Spokane 1. Tn-City a.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
At San Dieito 3, Portland S
At Hollywood 6 Vancouver S
At Sa'-ramento 7. T.on Anifele 6.
At San FrancKio 4, Seattle J.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At New York 4. Kans Citv 7
At WhlnM,.n 3. hn o I
At Baltimore 1 Cleveland. S.
At BoMoo 11. Dr'rmt 14
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Milwaukee 1 Brnoklvn .
At Ollrlfn 7. Pitthlirt;tl 3
At St. Iyiun 3. New York 1
At CinclnruU t, Philadelphia 4.
WUNDID 1651
Learn to Swim
day classlflcatUi lata age aid ability f roapt, while several f his l
instructors leak . Actual lessaas
wui cantlnae through Saturday at
day. (Statesman Photo.)
Officials Form'Cyprus Chief
of Commerce; Elton Thompson,
chairman of the chamber's indus
trial committee; Stanley Grove,
chamber manager, and Dr. Wil
lard Stone, Marion County health
officer.
Thompson was named organiza
tional chairman.
Present were Judge Hartley.
Berg, Thompson, Dr. Stone and
Mayors Robert White of Salem,
Larry Koch of St. Paul and Rex
Cutslorth of Gervais.
Principal discussion centered
aruund the possible impact on
Marion County ami cities in prnx-
imitv t, !, ulr kit... ;., .....1
' " "a".
to sanitation, zoning, traffic and
services. Also studied was a 13
page Air Korce suggestion for a
Rase Commnnitw i-mmni in K.nHi
problems attendant upon its opera-
! tion, which The Statesman obtained
from the Pentagon last week
County and city representatives
were asked to study the legal
aspects of possible housing re
strictions, pending calling of an
other committee session.
Dam Townsite
Goes onJUock
WASHINGTON lift - Rep Coon
'H-Orei introduced a bill in the
House Tuesday to provide (or the
sale of the McNary Dam townsite
to Umatilla, Ore.
The 344-acre site with buildings,
utilities and equipment has been
declared surplus by the federal the Columbia Klver and is re
government, ported to have been the site of
t'matilla would pay an appraised i Pacific Coast headquarters for the
fair market value for the site. I Lewis and Clark expedition.
Municipal Azalea Garden to
Get Start at Bush Park Today
By l.ll.LIE L. MADSEV
Garden Fdltor, The Statesman
A planting which will in the
future probably draw thousands
of visitors to Salem will have its
beginning in Bush's Pasture park
here today.
A 500-plant municipal azalea
garden will get underway, Walter
Wirth, superintendent of Salem
parks, said Tuesday.
The azalea garden, which will
be in the upper division of the
park, against the background of
trees, will have its first bloom,
if all goes according tn schedule,
in the spring of I9.17 From then
on the bloom should improve with
each year.
The planting is bring done un
der Jhr directions of the Salem
Chamber of CommercftJ)eau1ifi
cation committee of which J. Earl
PRICE
Campaign
start today la the YM (. They
this week, thea conclude next Masi
Tont
xaiu iui
Death Threat
LONDON ifl - Cypriot extrem
ists openly threatened Tuesday to
put a bullet into Field Marshal
Sir John Harding. The British im
mediately tightened their ela
borate policy system for protect
ing the Cyprus governor and
members of the British cabinet.
The threat the first made
openly in the British Isles
came in leaflets tossed from a
car racing through the streets of
Manchester, 16 miles from I,on
don. Harding, still under special po
lice guard, turned up in the house
of Parliament Tuesday night to
give members a report on
the Cyprus situation Mure than
300 members of both parties
packed a committee room to hear
Harding's informal talk.
j Harding, showing no concern,
i moved behind a wedge of detec-
tives from government office to
government office in London dis
cussing the problems of the riot
torn eastern Mediterranean island
which Prime Minister Eden has
said Britain must hold.
Ft. Clatsop Monnmrnt
Rill Passed by House
WASHINGTON - The House
passed a bill Tuesday directing the
Secretary of Interior to investigate
the advisability of establishing a
national monument at Kt. Clatsop,
Ore
The bill goes to the White House.
Ft. Clatsop is at the mouth of
Conk is chairman.
Aaleas to he used are not of
ordinary origin. They are from
h.md-pohnatod seed from the
world-renowned Kotschild Kstate
in Knglanil Azaleas of this gard
en are noted for their brilliant
coloring and healthy growth.
While they are of the Mollis type,
generations of breeding toward
healthier, stronger plants and
more brilliant colorings tell in
the Kxhury strain which has come
to Salem only in recent years
through importations by p. II
Hrydon. Roth seedlings and plants
have' been grown by Rrydon
They har in the past two years
created sin h sensation that
their descriptions have been car
ried by various garden writers
in many of the nation's topmost
garden magazines.
6, 1956
54
Ne. 71
Tide Adds
To Flood
Problem
Highway Near
Coast Closed
At Hi jih Tides
PORTLAND OB - The flood
threat eased for most of the
Columbia Basin Tuesday, although
the upper and lower reaches of
the Columbia still face danger.
The tide yi pushing water 20
inches deep over the Columbia
River Highway on the Oregon
shore at Westport and Clatskanie
twice a day. Traffic was halted
Monday night and again at high
tide Tuesday. The road was closed
5H hours, starting shortly after
noon. Tuesday. The problem is
expected to continue for six days.
The Pacific Highway between
Portland and Seattle was reopened
to two-way traffic at a point south
of Kalama. Wash., where it had
been closed briefly. Sandbags were
placed around the flooded section
and pumps carried off the water.
The lower Columbia held steady
at 26 1 feet at Vancouver, Wash.
nearly J2 feet oyer flood stage
and t slow fall Is expected to begin
Wednesday.
Crest Passes
As the apparent crest passed,
dikes continued to hold, protecting
rich farmlands on the last loo
miles of the river's course to the
Pacific. They' must hold now
against days of continued high
water, as the Columbia carries off
mountain snow melt in Us annual
freshet
Three dikes broke earlier, flood
ing several thousand acres of
river-bottom pastures along theUiiai 1DOt
lower Columbia.
Some farm districts protected by
dikes fear the tides might push
the Columbia over the top oX their
dikes.
The Small Business Administra
tion, taking action to be prepared
to offer 20-year, J per cent loans
to home owners and businessmen,
designated 11 Oregon and t Wash
ington counties as disaster areas.
The Oregon counties: Clatsop,
Columbia, Multnomah, Hood
River, Wasco. Sherman, Gilliam
Morrow. Umatilla, Washington and
Clackamas,
Cloudy Skies,
Showers Stay
Cloudy skies and scattered show
ers will continue through today
and Thursday and the temperature
will stay way below the 70 mark,
McNary Field weathermen said.
High temperature today was ex
pected to be about 63 and about
the same tomorrow. Low tonight
will he about 45. they said.
Tuesday's high was 60 and the
day brought .03 inch of rain, rais
ing the total for the month to .48
inch in five days.
Similar conditions prevailed
throughout Oregon, weathermen
pointed out. Baker taking the priie
with an early morning low tem
perature Tuesday of 30. accom
panied by .14 Inch of rain.
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Comics 14 .
Crossword 15 .
Editorials 4.
Home Panorama 7-9
Markets 16
Obituaries 17.
Radio, TV 15
Sports 11-12
Star G.ier 3 .
Valley News 3
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Brydon, a member of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce Beautifi
cation committee, is donating the
nlants to th.-. nark division As
sisting in both the plans and tlic&t,1J bf chn5e,D
work, will be members of the
Salem Men's Garden Club of
which Brydon is also a member.
Digging of plants will get un
derway this morning and plant
ing will follow at once. The pro
ject of digging and planting the
son individual bushes is expect
ed to take about three days.
Wirth estimated.
The beautification committee,
has set Thursday afternoon for a
lour of Salem with an eye toward
snots, particularly at the en
trances tn the city which need
improving However, the new
ar.ilea garden will be one of the
stops.
Margin
By 5 to 3
Richards Wins
Democratic Nod
In Senate Race
SAN FRANCISCO, (AP) -
Adlai E. Stevenson won a
smashing victory over Sen,
Estcs Kefainrr in California!
make - or - break Drmocratjo
nresiflenb'al nrimarv.
Kefauver concfded defeat
early today.
In the winner-Uke-all contest fee
the state's M presidential nomin
ating votes. th count from U,M
of 24.160 precincts was:
Stevenson 451,70, Kefauver J6U
80J.
Stevenson was pollinf M per cent
of the Democratic vote.
His overwhelming victory which
migiit approach a half million vota
margin appeared to have roada
Stevenson the man to baat (or tha
Democratic priie.
Led Ftmi Start
It put him near the threshold!
of a second successive nominatioa
which might pit him la November
for a rerun of the 1953 race Presi
dent Eisenhower won by ,4S0,
ooo votes.
Stevenson grabbed a lead In the
first scattered returns from yes
terday's final contested presi
dential primary In the nation be
fore the party's August convention
in Chicago. He kept a steady pace
to swamp Kefauver. .
Stevenson said in a victory state
ment that he was "delighted by tha
results." He added, however,,
"this is wty the first step 1 a
long campaign."
In conceding defeat, Kefauver
sent a telegram to Stevenson ei-
pressing "linctrest congratulations
on your victory." He said he and
his supporters will "join In any
thing they can do to help you '
Coaliaae Campaign
Telling reporters he had "no ex
cuses, no regrets and no alibia,
Kefauver said he plana to eon-(
tinue campaigning, for the presl
dential nomination. He reiterated.
he would net accept a vice prett
California Atty. Gen. Edmund 6.
Brown, Stevenson's No. I backer
in tha state, said tha outeoma
"means Calif orai .will tlact Adlai
Stevenson in November.' ' j'
Tha t t a 1 Stcvcoaoa-Ketadvct
vote which tnlgbt lop l,8uo,ooo-
ran substantially ahead oil Repub
lican balloting for aa unopposed
70-vote convention delegation sup
porting Elsenhower. Tha group al
so will back Vice President Nixon
for re nomination.
Eisenhower beat Stevenson by
700.000 votes in California in 1951
But a Republican primary contest
that was sparked only by congres
sional and local races brought a
relatively lower vote than that of
the Democrats. ;
Kuehel Wiaaer
GOP Sen. Thomas Kuehel won
Republican re-nomination easily
but failed In his bid to wrest tha
Democratic nomination and thus
avoid a November battle In this
cross-tiling state. He wllr be op
posed by Democratic State Sen.
Richard Richards of Los Angeles.
Under cross-filing, if a candidate
can win nomination on both major
oarties, he's elected in the pri
mary. Kefauver i hopes of winning the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion appeared to have been all but
engulfed in a Stevenson flood tide.
That washed out the Tennessee
senator's claim that he is the
choice of the rank and file voters.
Although Kefauver said he will
continue to contend (or top place
nn the national ticket, his Cali
fornia defeat not only robbed him
of 68 of the Ufti convention votes
needed for the nomination but left
him bereft of the winning psychol
ogy he had established in early
primaries.
Far Oat la mat
Stevenson's thudding defeat of
Kefauver marked a tremendous
comeback for the llllnoisan from
the low point of the March 20 Min
nesota primary, where his rival
won by 59,000 out of about 432,000
votes
Unlike Minnesota, California vot
ers could not cross party lines.
The results here seemed to sus
tain Stevenson's claims that Re
publicans ganged up on him in
Minnesota.
Stevenson's 68 vote surge in Cali
fornia put him well out in front of
his rivals in support among 993
national convention delegates chos
en on a total of 1.372
Including California, the count
was Stevenson 259'j, Kefauver 142,
all oIIkts 226, publicly uncommit
ted 370',.
While this left Stevenson sub
stantially short of the 66 nomi
nating figure, the impetus of his
Califm-nia victory seemed likely to
win him support from previously
undecided delegates and others
Kefauver added Montana's 1
votes and SoutbDakota's B. But
his chances of reaching 200 on
the first convention ballot seemed
dim
Some of Stevenson's supporters
were pointing toward his victories
in Florida and California as the
basis of hopes for nomination on
only the second ballot.
JET AITO CLAIMED
MOSCOW iif Pioneer Prada,
Soviet newspaper for children,
said Tuesday the Russians have
produced an experimental jet-propelled
autnmobiie with a speed up
to 200 m.p.h.