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o " " o 51st Year MedfordiBI I Jribune United Press Full Leased Wire -J- .-i J - United Press Full Leased Wire 28 Pages demos Senate Apparently Left in 15-15 Tie; Veterans Trailing 0 First Democrat Win ' In House Since 1937 Portland ,U.R; Democrats surprised Oregon Republicans by gaining at least a lu seat. vie tory margin in the Stats House of Representatives anui battlin to an apparent 15-15 ti in the Senate. The house Democratic victory was the first since" 1937 and the Democrats' havfn't controlled the Senate since post Civil War days. Latest returns gave Demo- crats a 40-20 edge in the house. The Senate tie 4cft open the question of who will be presi dent of the 1957 senate. Republi cans were expected to run War ren Gill, Lebanon, a holdover member. Democratic holdover senators who, might be candi dates were Monroe Sweetland, Milwaukie , and Phil Brady, Portland. p . McMinimas Losing . g Closest senate race- was be Itveen Democrat Andrew Nater lin f Newport and Sen. War VQti .McMinimee of Tillamook. Nattrlin," manager of a public utility district, was holding a US-vote margin with, returns practically complete. The Democratic upset saw Qttie familiary Republican 4cg q islators go down to defeat, in cluded were Rep. Kd Geary. Hiamalh Fails, speaker of the (J55 ijioUie, whi lost out to Irry D. Boivan, also of Klam ath Falls. . .. Veteran' Republican senators Paul Geddes, itoseburg; diaries Bingner, La Grande; John Mer ruieid and Pat'ioncrgan; Port land; and John Hounsell, Hood Riv all were victims of. the niucrafic. Jvcnp. .. . ". Republican Heps. Earl H. Hill, Cushrnan, and Henry Se mon, feterans of'iu years in me Legislature. bgthlbsi, - . Demo Chairman Beaten Republicans went into ' the Senate battle needing only three wins to . cUuch control. They held 'a 24-6 margin in the 1955 Senate and outnumbered Demo crats 35 to 25 in the House With half of its nembgrahip elected every two yeAs, house Dcho crats needed only six seats to control. e Among candidates" who failed t catch the Democratic swing was Robert A. Boyer. state Dem ocratic chairman front Jackson county. Populous Multnomah county spearhede the Democratic victory by electing live "tormcr representatives to the state Sen ale and sending 16 of their 16 candidates ti the House. Democrat wenk iiito the house race with "tllree of their candidates unopposed to one un opposed Republican candidate, George Laymate, Newberg. The election of Republican holdover Sen. Mark Hatfield as secretary of state and the ad vancement of Democrat Sen. Robert Holmes to Governor will force county commissioners to name replacements of the same party. Gill Clairfis Support For Control of Senate Salem U.R Warren Gill, Republican candidate for presi dent of the 1957 state Senate, said today he had the solid sup c port of all 15 GOP senators and would fight to organize the house. 0 He said he had "no sympathy" ith any sentiment to let control of the Senate go, to the Demo crats because of their victory in the house. s Nunley Offers To New District Attorney District Attorney. Walter D. Nunley, 'Vho was defeated Tues day in his bid for reelection, today offered his "best wish.es" and assistance U desired to his Deotbcratic successor, Thomas Reeder. v In a letter to Reeder, Nunley said. " . . I ?m frank to admit that I 'linea- little of the rather enormous task and1 responsibil iiy imped upon an individual' who was ejected to the office. Needless to say. I have learned a great dejal and am keenly aware of what lies ahead for you atnd the people of my county " Nunley continued. "It may be that tvy strong and continuing interest in good law enforeement for this community has resulted in t!t fact that I have" perhaps given nore of myself to the work' rT''' r'-'""'.';' " r- 1 - i V izp ' -XiT' lip A'?i I J'-" .."' " f y'jP - . , ; '-:,; f - ' --..- . .. r..v. Trn-ii--TtiiiiMfiTrenMiMBffieiifiiiriiiiifiii,iiiir'riiir-iiiiiiiii PAYS OFF ELECTION BET Don Faber, co owner of Faber'i Supermarket in Central Point, who was reelected mayor of Central point Tuesday, pushes Bill Bailey down Cen- tral Point's main street in a wheelbarrow, in compliance with an election wager between the men. Bailey, a Democrat, and owner of Dardenelle Richfield Service in Gold Hill, bet on Morse and Faber bet on McKay in this election. The friendly argument started when Preliminary S ta r t o n P rog rams Preliminary work will start in the immediate future for Medford's arterial street and sewer programs, according to City Manager Robert Duff. The three segments of the capital improvement program were approved by voters in the general election Tuesday. The arterial street program will be financed through a $220, 000 general oblisation bond issue and a $143,000 tax levy each year for 10 years. Bond money will be used to pay right of way costs and other preliminary expenditures. Work ing capital for the project from the- tax levy will be included in the 1957-58 city budget and suf ficient funds should be on hand by January, 1958. Duff said, to start actual work. Authorize Agreement The council last night cleared the way for one portion of the arterial street program when an agreement- with Sears - Roebuck company was authorized for ex tending 10th st. through between Centra and Riverside aves. According to the agreement, the company will dedicate a strip of land 86 feet wide on an alignment recommended by the city. Dedication also would be made to extend two north-south alleys to the proposed 10th st. right-of-way. The city will improve the street within a year with curbs guttcrs and paving. The city will finance the project. The esti mated cost of the portion of 10th st. is S9.60Q. Funds for con struction would be from the state tax street fund, which showed a balance of S63.596.51 Sept. 30. Because the need for certain storm sewers is urgent, general obligation bonds totaling S95,- Assistance than I should have. For this rea son I am moved to lay aside my keen disappointment at not being reelected and to offer you what ever help I may, in your opinion, be in position to give ... I make this offer although I realizs,'be cause of the apparent variance in our beliefs concerning the of fice and its policies, you may have no nerd of my help. . . " Reeder defeated the Republi can, incumbent by a 3,061 vote margin. Reeder received 16.026 votes and Nunley, 12.965. While in circuit court yester day. Nunley received an emer gency call notifying him that his mother-in-law became crit ically ill while visiting her brother in Eureka. Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Nunley are with her in Eureka today. -Ik JT A FT 5. m m m m k aa m MEQFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NO' Work to 00U will be sold soon to start the six - year expansion program. Bonds will Day for the inter ceptor yne along Eighth st. to Bear creek. ' The rest of the storm and sani tary sewer programs also will get underway in the immediate future, Duff explained. Accumu lation of funds for the projects is necessary before actual work can start. Preliminary engineer ing and development of plans are underway. The storm sewer program will be paid by a continuing levy of 347,500 annually over a six-year period. The annual levy for the sanitary sewer program will be $19,000. Duff said he was compiling a report on the Grandview-Ken-wood district where annexation was approved by residents Tues day. The district's liabilities and assets will show the actual cost of the annexation to the city. The reports are being compiled before an election is called in the city for Medford residents to vote on the matter. Holmes, Porter Piling Up Lead Portland U.P.) Robert D. Holmes, Astoria radio executive, continued to pile up a lead over Elmo Smith today in the Oregon gubernatorial race. It is the first time Oregon has elected a Demo cratic governor since Charles J. Martin was elected in 1934. With 2.490 of the state's 2,532 pre cincts counted. Holmes was lead ing by a vote of 358,044 to 350, 407. Charles O. Porter, Eugene at torney, enjoyed a lead of slight ly more than 4,000 votes over Harris Ellsworth for the 4th district's seat in Congress. With 597 of the districts 620 pre cincts counted. Porter had a margin of 84.762 to 80,733. Rep. Sam Coon was out of the running in his campaign for re election to Congress from the second district With 433 of 439 precincts counted, Al Ullman was leading Coon 52,188 to 30, 929. Sen. Wayne Morse had ex tended his margin over Douglas McKay to slightly over 60.000 votes in their bitterly-contested race for the U. S. Senate. With 2.490 of the state's 2,532 pre cincts reporting, Morse had a lead of 385,033 to 325,010 for McKay. Salem U.P. Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said final payment of $2061 has been made to each county fair to bring the total for 1956 to Sli. 837 from racing fund monie3. 56 Faber began slipping campaign literature in Bailey's groceries. Faber, who claims Bailey began talking in a loud voice in his grocery store and embarrassing him in front of cus tomers, challenged him to the bet in which the loser was to push the other three blocks down main street and back again in a wheel barrow, buying him a cup of coffee on the way. French Communists Avenge Burning Paris (U.P.) The French Communist party called a mass march on Paris tonight 4o av enge the burning of the party's headquarters by an angry mob protesting Russia's military op pression in Hungary. Paris was one of several cities throughout the world where vi olent anti-Communist demon strations erupted in a spread ing protest against the Soviet Army's ruthless suppression of the Hungarian revolt. In New York, Latin America, the Far East, Iceland and major cities of Europe, tension mount ed over the Russian interven tion. As a protest gesture, diplo mats in worldwide points Wed nesday night boycotted Soviet festivities commemorating the 39th anniversary of the October revolution which put Lenin and his followers in power in Rus sia. The most explosive situation was in Paris. Wednesday night thousands of screaming students set fire to the French Commun ist party headquarters and the offices of the Communist news paper Humanite.- At least 100 persons were injured in rioting which continued through dawn. More than 200 others were ar rested. Salem-iU.R) The State Agri culture Department says the an nual search for the Khapra beetle would start in Oregon grain warehouses nxt week. 'It's Not A Magic Wand, Is It?' Balloon Sets New Altitude Record Before Crashing Science Thwarted -In Hunt for Secrets Rapid City, S.D. 'U.R) A huge Navy balloon that carried two Naw pilots to a new manned-balloon altitude of 76,000 feet went out of control and landed near Kennedy, Neb., to day. The two pilots apparently "walked away" from wreckage of the stricken balloon. Cause of the near disaster was not determined immediately, but a theory was advanced that the balloon began leaking helium. The big, helium-filled plastic balloon was launched from the Stratobowl near here at 5:19 a.m. (PST) carrying the two men and a maze of scientific in struments to pry new secrets from the fringes of space. Just after reaching 76,000 feet, the balloon's gondola be gan spinning dizzily on its lines and the balloon began dropping fast. The balloon began its fall shortly after 8 a.m. and was on the ground by about 9 a.m. It started to fall at a rate of about 1,300-feet a minute and gained momentum as it neared the earth. Try To Regain Control Commanders M. D- Ross and M. L. Lewis, the two men riding m me gondola, declared an emergency situation and buckled themselves into their seats. They dumped ballast in an attempt to regain control, but the gondola continued spin ping to earth. The balloon was reported down and the pilots "walking around" about eight miles south west of Kennedy, Neb., in rough country just south of the Bad lands. The balloon was to have stayed at maximum flight for about two hours and the total duration of the flight was to have been about eight and one half hours. The pilots didn't get a chance to make any of the experiments which were the main object of the record-setting altitude flight. Soviets Demand UN Stay Out of Hungary United Nations, N. Y. (UP.) Thi- Soviet Union and, its gun supported puppet regime in Hun gary today demanded that the United Nations stay out of Hun gary but the General Assembly began debate on the problem of getting a U.N. mission into the revolt torn satellite. Twenty-three nations were on the list of speakers on the Hun garian situation before the emer gency General Assembly session opened today. More were certain to be added before the debate was through. The assembly adopted early Sunday by a vote of 50-8 a reso lution condemning the Soviet Union for sending troops to crush a rebellion of Hungarian citi zens. North Bergen, N. J. (U.RJ A two-engine plane plunged into an apartment house today, kill ing at least three persons, police said. Price 10c No. 197 Johnson, Knowland To Confer Friday On Congress Plans Democratic Whip Defeated at Polls Washington (U.R) Senate leaders Lyndon B. Johnson and William F. Knowland will con fer here Friday to lay plans for organization of the next Senate under continuing Democratic control. Congressional sources disclos ed the two men will discuss the problem while they and other congressional leaders are here for their meeting with Presi dent Eisenhower on the .critical developments in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Johnson and Knowland will be continuing their present roles, Johnson as leader of the Demo crats and Knowland as head of the minority Republicans. But Democratic Whip Earle C. Cle ments won't be back. He was defeated by Republi can Thurston B. Morton who fi nally won out in an exciting Kentucky race which wasn't set tled until this morning. Senator- elect Frank J. Lausche of Ohio today assured Democrats that they will have hairline control when he remov ed himself as a possible pivot man in the crucial voting on Senate organization. Lausche, nominally a Demo crat but independent-minded, has refused to say whether he would vote with his party or with the GOP on Senate organi zation. One defection from the Democrats could give the GOP control. But Lausche made the sub ject without meaning today by pointing out he will stay on as governor of Ohio until Jan. 14. The Senate is expected to be or ganized by then. Type of Campaign Ends in Demo Win State Democratic party chair man Robert Boyer, Medford at torney, said today the Democrat ic victory in Tuesday's election resulted from the type of cam paign waged by the Democratic candidates throughout the state, and their willingness to take the issues to the people. Oregon voters reelected Sen. Wayne Morse, Democrat Robert Holmes was named governor, and Robert Y. Thornton, Dem ocratic attorney general, was re turned to office. Democrats also won the majority in the state house of representatives, and lied in the number of state sena tors. Boyer himself was a close third in the race for representa tive from Jackson county in the state legislature. Robert Duncan and incumbent Al Littrcll were elected. Boyer said' "I think the re sults of this election, more than anything else, indicate the strength of the democratic pro cess. It's my hope that this elec tion will stimulate a more af firmative attitude on the part of all candidates and that the bitterness and hate that seemed to underlie this campaign will no longer be a part of Oregon politics." Boyer said he was proud of the Democratic party organiza tion in the state, and feels "that the Oregon Democratic landslide has to be attributed to a rejuve nated party organization in every county of Oregon." PEDESTRIAN HIT T. J. Ferguson, who operates the Columbia hotel in Ashland, was struck by a car while cross ing the street at Riverside ave. and Sixth st. shortly after noon today, according to Medford Am bulance service attendants. Id entity of the driver was not av ailable at press time. Extent of Ferguson's injuries were not known. He was taken to Rogue Valley hospital. Harold Frye, Retiring Councilman, Is Elected President of Medford Council Harold Frye, retiring city councilman from ward III, was elected president of the council last night after John Snider, ward 1 councilman who was elected new mayor Tuesday, of fered his resignation as council president. Snider resigned as president and recommended Frye for the position as a gesture to Frye, who retires from the council this year after serving 16 years, which probably constitutes a record. Frye will continue as council president until the ex piration of his term in office at the end of this year. , i M Unofficial Count Shows Morse a. . Carries Sen. Wayne L. Morse carried Jackson county by 21 votes, ac cording to a complete but unof ficial count of votes in Tuesday's general election, completed this morning. Results published yesterday were from 84 of the counfy's 94 precincts. Returns from the last missing precincts put Morse aliead. Change Other Races ' The final results also changed the indicated outcome of two other races, and in some cases made them so close that only the official canvass will determine the outcome with certainty. The last returns showed that L. Peers Wilmeth, Ashland, de feated Mrs. Nelle Burns in her race for reelection of justice of the peace for the Ashland dist rict, which it appeared she had won in incomplete returns. The final vote was 5,538 for Wilmeth Petition Signed Protesting Freeway In Medford Limits A petition bearing about 70 names representing business in terests in Medford will be pre sented to the state highway com mission protesting a proposed Highway 99 freeway route, through Medford city limits. The petition was circulated by Mrs. J. E. Harper. 716 East Jack son St., Medford, to Medford business establishments. It was prepared and will be mailed to the highway commission by K. G. Denman, Medford attorney. Although no sDecific route was mentioned in the petitioni it was in protest to the proposed Haw thorne park line, following B.ear creek through Medford; -and tha proposed Genessee route east of Bear creek within the city limits. Four Proposals The Bear creek route ap peared the "least disfavored" oi four proposed freeway lines at a hearing conducted by the high way commission in Medford Oct. 25. Other proposed locations in clude the Hillcrest route east of the Medford limits and the West Side route. " The petition stated that -an "expressway route through Med ford will impede the orderly and attractive growth and develop ment of the city and result in great damage to Medford and to its residents." The petitioners added that they "request location, of the freeway route anywhere outside the city limits of Medford. State Representative Al Lit- trell, a member of the interim highway committee, announced recently that the highway com mission may consider a survey of a route along the foothills, east of the proposed Hillcrest route. Morthland Improving From Serious Illness County Commissioner L. G. (Shy) Morthland is reported "slowly improving" at home aft er suffering a severe penicillin reaction on Oct. 31, which caused him to be hospitalized for several days. Morthland was defeated in his campaign for reelection by Democrat Ralph James. Morth land received 13,B97 votes and James received 14,619 votes. Mrs. Morthland reported to day that the commissioner suf fered a bronchial disorder more than two weeks ago and was given penicillin at that time The allegic reaction did not oc cur until several days after the drug had been administered. He was reported in serious condi tion at the hospital, until late Tuesday, when he returned home. Mrs. Morthland said her hus band is not expected to return to his office for another week or 10 days- Portland ,U.R) Alden L. Linn, 54, a Maupin sawmill operator, died in a local hospi tal Wednesday. He has been a Medford resi dent 25 years and proprietor of the Summit Grocery store on West Second .st. and Summit ave., for 23 years. Frye served 10 of his 16 years on the council as chairman of the park committee. It was while he was chairman of the committee that Hawthorne park was developed. He is presently chairman of the streets .and roads committee. While Frye has been on the council the city has installed traffic lights and parking meters and improved the city street lighting system. Frior to 1940 County O and 5.414 Mrs. Burns, a niar gin of 12$ votes ouPof almost 11.000 cast., O The late couC in W'ard III of Mcdfojd brought R. L. Van Sickle 2 votes heal of (Sirs. Marina Gate in thei race for the council. The final vote total was 892 for Van Sickle. 890 Q for Mrs. Gates totals Enclose o that they could be changed by the official canvass. Margins in the other races on the Unofficial count were large O enough.sb the outcon.4) probably will not te charged by the of ficial canvass, which may take a week or mjre tS complete in most cases. For Eisenhower The county voted forQEisen- hower over Stevenson, for Har ris Ellsworth, Republican, over Charles Porter, Democrat, for congress; for Gov. Elmo Smith over Democratic Robert Holmes for governor; for Mark Hatfield, GOP, over Monroe Sweetland, Democrat, for -secretary of state; for SOP State Treasurer Sift Unander over Demgcrat Wilc Smith, and for Democratic at torney general Robert Y. Thorn ton over Republican Carl Fran cis. Bob Duncan, Democrat, and Al Littrell, Republican, at the apparent winners of Jackson county' twoseatP in the state house of representatives, defeat- ng Democrat Bob Boyer and Republican 9.d Mann. Tom Reefer, oDemncrat, de feated Republican District At torney Walter Nunley by a mar- em of moe than 3.0CW votes the finai count and Ralph James. Democrat, apparently cl:!jtd his Victory over GOP County Commissinnr L. G. hy) Morth lan by sjihtly more thaa.700 votes out of more thin 2o,500 fast. Substantial Margin Democratic County Treurer Karl Janouch kept ffice ley a substantial nrgin, defeating O Republican Mrs. Anna. Scott, fcounty Surveyor PauloSynning, who was unoppo?d fer Teelq tion. was an efteption to the al most complete Democratic sweep for locai offices. He rgceivSl a O complimentary rote of0 21,059. Alf Mekvold, also unopposed rfor reelection as covftl.y school0 supqrinienaeni.wreceivea IB.iWJ votes. , o - vi Suptente Court- Justice Wil liam M. Jlc.-Wister, former of Medford, was givenOo104D9 write-in votes in &is race for election to the ofjice to whidS he recently vfes appointed. 1-8,-0 math Falls Circuit jijdge Dgvid Vandenberg receicd 72J, and Peter Welch of Multiftmah boun ty had 17. With the exception t the Ward III council eleclif?. resulfa? of city voting wre unchanged John Snider was elected magpr by 1.675 votes out omore than 8,000 cast. Ed Hall was elected councilman for Ward A1 Brad-O ford for Ward II aliavist 2 to 1, and Jimmy Dunlevy for YrarA IV by better thar 2 to 1. O Defeat Mas&res Voters defeated fluoridation and off-street paftint butQap proed Che four other city mea sures arterial streets, storm and sanitary sewers and fcie Sis kiyou, Heights annexation. Mofe than 85 per cent of the county's over 35.000 registered voters cast ballots Tuesday the highejt turnout In many years. Cwnplele and final unofficial returns are given in a story n page 14 of today's Mail Tribune. er Weather FORECAST: FOC valleys and fair above 3,000 feet through Friday. Low tonight 38. Hifih Friday 50. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunhet , Moonsct , 6:54 a. 4:56 p. 10:12 p. First Quarter PROMINENT STARS 'Atdeharan, rises e p. Procvon. low in cast.. 10:59 p, VISIBLK PLANETS Mxrs. in the south west 10:50 p. Jupltrr, lv In Ast 2:56 a. Venus. ries 4:03 a. there were no traffic 3j;hts or parking meters. In 1940 the city millage rate was 17, Frye pointed out, and is now only 18 mills. This in clude; an increase of one mill for parks and four mills for i2 fire department, he said. The council has a!ays believed in progress for Medford, he added, but been conservative in taxing the people. --Frye said his attitude has al ways been "to do what I could for MedfSrd." He concluded that it has been gratifying to him "to have been part of the city' growSh." i
