Kefauver Still Sees Himself as
Strongest Presidential Nominee
Wednesday. Jus IS. 1958 '
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Washington !U.R) Sen.
Xstes Kefauver said today he
still thinks he would be the
strongest presidential nominee
the Democrats could pick despite
his defeat in the California pri
mary last week.
"Over all, in the primaries,
I've done quite well," he said.
"Of course, I'm disappointed in
those I lost."
The Tennessee senator suffer
ed a major setback in California
where he was beaten by Adlai
E. Stevenson, the 1952 nominee
in the Democratic presidential
primary June 5.
Asked if the California result
had weakened his belief that he
would be the strongest Democra
tic nominee, Kefauver said it
had not. Democrats will choose
their candidate at their na
tional convention, which opens
" at Chicago Aug. 13.
Will Continue Quest
Although many 'Democrats
have written him off as a ma
jor contender, Kefauver reiter
ated that he and his campaign
organization would press ahead
in his quest for the nomination.
"I believe in presidential pri
maries and entered all I could,"
he said in an interview. "Some
I won and some I lost. In sec
tions particularly interested in
farming and resource develop
ment, I've done very well.
maries, I spread my energy and
my limited finances very thin.
He also suggested that he has
shown strength among independ
ent voters.
Kefauver expressed the belief
that his primary campaign riv
alry with Stevenson has bene
fitted his party by generating
a discussion of issues and more
activity among Democrats.
Now that the primaries are
over, he said, the campaign has
entered a new phase in which
candidates must concentrate on
Banker Works To Buy
Highly Valued Paintings
Belmont, IVfass. (U.R! Leo
M. Connell is a Boston bank se
curity officer who:
Has no automobile.
Has no TV.
Has no washing-machine.
But he does own a magnifi
cent Rosa Bonheur painting of
horses which in the late 19th
century took top honors at the
Paris Solon and which has been
valued at S12.000.
"It's all according to a man's
values." he said. "I would rath
er work to buy a painting than a
TV."
Connell pointed out that even
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,
with paintings valued at more
than S50,000.000. doesn't own
By entering a lot of the pri-, any of Rosa Bonheur's works.
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uncommitted delegates and those
still to be chosen by state con
ventions. Kettiver, who boasted a
string of primary victories in
1952, started fast this year by
defeating Stevenson in New
Hampshire and Minnesota pri
maries. Then he faltered in New
Jersey, where his slate of na
tional convention delegates was
overwhelmed -by an uncommit
ted slate led by Gov. Robert B.
Meyner.
Thereafter he lost a series of
primaries to Stevenson in Al
aska, the District of Columbia,
Oregon, Florida and Washing
ton. At the same time, he won
primaries without opposition in
Maryland, Indiana, Wisconsin,
South Dakota, Nebraska and
Montana.
Fitness of Youth
Vital To Future,
Nixon Declares
Washington U.R) Vice-
President Richard M. Nixon said
Tuesday that fitness of Ameri
can youth "is vital to the future
of our country."
He said that the President's
conference next week on the
fitness of American youth will
"focus on age range 5 to 17
years. But he said the implica
tions for the younger and older
"will not be overlooked."
To Keep Needs in Mind
"We will keep in mind the
special needs of girls and boys
of all races or creeds, of all so
cio-economic levels, in their
various stages of development
in urban, suburban and rural
homes, in crowded tenement
sections and in well-to-do neigh
borhoods, Nixon said in a
statement.
President Eisenhower, who
will not attend because of his
operation, has designated Nixon
to preside for him over the con
ference at the U.S. Naval acad
emy at Annapolis next Monday
and Tuesday.
National Leaders Invited
Leaders in various fields from
throughout the nation have been
invited to attend. They include
Frank H. Bartholomew, presi
dent of United Press; FBI Direc
tor J. Edgar Hoover; Robert
McLean, president of Associated
Press; Richard Slocum. presi
dent of the American Newspa
per Publishers association; J.
Kingsbury Smith, general mana
ger of International News Serv
ice; Roy E. Larsen, president of
Time magazine, and leaders in
radio and television fields.
MEETING AT PHILADELPHIA BALL, Gian Paolo Lang (third from left), new Rotary
International president, of Livorno, Italy, relaxes between dances with wife Ueft), Mexi
can delegate Manuel Ibanez and his daughter, Amada Ibanez. (International SoundphoU)
Bus Runs Wild Down Hill Near
Hillsboro; One Dead, 16 Injured
Hillsboro, Ore. (U.R) A bu?
filled with young strawberry
pickers went out of control on a
hill south of Cornelius yesterday
when its brakes failed. A Port
land school teacher was killed
and 16 other persons, mostly
youngsters, were injured when
the bus rolled over in a field. ,
Killed was Mrs. Irene Brooks.
47, a teacher at the Sitton school
in Portland. None of the injured
was reported in serious condi
tion. Husband. Son Hurt
Mrs. Brooks' husband, Lau
ren, 46, and her son, Bobby, 15,
also were on the bus. Brooks
suffered head cuts and Bobby
had body injuries.
Dennis Bell, Portland, driver
of the bus, said he found the
brakes of the bus were not work
ing as they started down a steep
hill. He said he slowed the vehi
cle slightly by putting it in com
pound gear but that the gear
slipped and the bus gathered
speed.
The bus overturned after
striking a ditch and rolled over
Deer Hunters Likely
To Continue Sport
Madison, Wis. (U.R) Wis
consin's conservation d e p a rt -ment
says deer hunting is a sport
that you are likely to continue
once you start.
Its figures show that one deer
hunter in every five had been go
ing after the game for 20 years
or more and one in eight had
been hunting' deer for 25 or more
years.
About half of the hunters have
been after deer fewer than 10
years, most of them persons who
started after the end of World
War II, in which many men
learned to shoot a rifle. Only one
hunter in every 16 is a com
plete greenhorn.
! Natural History
Museum Opened To
Public at Eugene
Eugene U.R The first mu
seum on the West Coast to offer
correlated displays from all
fields of the natural sciences has
been opened to the public in a
reconstructed building on the
University of Oregon campus
here.
The University, which has
planned the collections for years
under direction of Curator J.
Arnold Shotwell, combined the
artifacts from four smaller mu
seums scattered around the
campus and added many new
displays to create its Museum of
j Natural History.
Illuminated Display
Fields of anthropology, geol
ogy and biology are included.
One electrically illuminated dis
play demonstrates the formation
of 10 classes of volcanic rocks.
Another shows changes in the
I climate and life of eastern Ore
gon for the past 50,000,000
years.
Excavations along the Colum
bia river by the University of
Oregon and Yale University pro
duced displays proving that hu
man life existed in that part of
Oregon at least 8000 years ago.
Idea for the museum was first
conceived 20 years ago.
on its top, ending up about 200
feet off the road. Police said
Mrs. Brooks was thrown from
the bus and pinned beneath it.
Bell said he tried to run into
a ditch but that the speeding
bus jumped over it. Police said
the accident could have been
much worse if he had tried to
keep the runaway bus on the
highway since the hill was fol
lowed by a much steeper hill.
The bus had left a farm just
after 2 p.m. to return the young
sters to their homes in Portland.
In addition to Brooks and his
son, four children were treated
at Tualatin Community hospital
here and nine children and one
adult at Emanuel hospital in
Portland.
'Gusher" in Basement
Disappoints Occupant
Royal Oak, Mich. U.R Har
ry Lamborn's joy over the "gush
er" he found in his basement
turned to sorrow when an oil
company crew arrived to deodor
ize the basement.
The oil company employees ex
plained that an over-eager deliv
ery man had overfilled Lam
born's oil tank earlier in. the
day and they were sent to clean
up the mess left by more than
100 gallons of oil which over
flowed onto the tiled floor in the
basement.
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New York (U.R) Benjamin
Bass, 26, explained Tuesday why
he left a courtroom and went
back to. work two and one-half
hours before a jury acquitted
him on a forgery charge. "I
knew my lawyer had done a
good job convincing the jury
that I was innocent," he said.
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