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Legislator Reelected
Area Puts Two Democrats
Five Republicans in Jobs
Jackson county voters put
two Democrats and five Re
publicans into office in yes
terday's general election.
It also voted, as did the
state at large, in the races for
governor and labor commis-
More than 24.500 Jackson
county voters cast ballots in
yesterday's general election
approximately 69.2 per
cent of the 35,518 regis
tered to vole.
sioner, and as did the fourth
district as a whole for con
gressman. Biggest "upset" in the local
races was the defeat of Mrs.
Bereth P. Hopkins, Republi
can, seeking reelection as
county clerk. She was defeat
ed by Marvin Madden, Phoe
nix businessman, a Democrat,
in his first bid for public of
fice. The count (103 complete
precincts out of 105 in the
county, and not including
about 800 absentee voters)
showed 12,614 for Madden,
10,086 for Mrs. Hopkins.
Wendt Reelected
Chester Wendt, Republican,
was reelected county commis
sioner, 12,518 to 10,034 for his
Democratic opponent, Mayor
Frank Christian of Talent.
Earl Miller, Republican and
former mayor of Medford,
easily defeated Scott Hamil
ton, Democrat of Central
Point, in the race for county
judge. The count: Miller, 12,
662, Hamilton, 9,888.
Joe Walsh, Republican, now
chief deputy sheriff, easily
outdistanced Rogue River bus
inessman Larry Sheehan, for
mer Democratic county chair
man, in the race for sheriff.
The count: Walsh, 13,655,
Sheehan, 8,891.
Close Race
The closest race one
which conceivably but not
probably could be upset by
absentee ballots was be
tween Dr. Edwin Durno, Re
publican candidate for the
state senate, and his Demo
cratic opponent. Druggist Gor
don Hudson. With' 103 pre
cincts complete, Durno had
11,506 votes, Hudson 11,257
a margin of 249 votes.
Robert Duncan, Democratic
member of the state house of
Atomic Age Battle
Tactics Under Test
San Simeon, Calif. - (CPD
A landing force of 13,000 sol
diers hit the central California
coast by sea and air today in
a full-scale test of atomic age
battle tactics.
Portland - (UPD - Mark Hat
field, at 36, is the youngest
governor ever to be elected in
Oregon.
Make Medford Beautiful
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DISCARD- PILE This lot, near a major highway on one ap
proach to Medford, is gradually being strewn with piles of
rubbish, principally scraps from construction work and card
board boxes. As the piles grow, they are bound to become all
too visible from the highway. Property owners should recon
sider allowing such situations to develop and do their part
instead to "Make Medford Beautiful."
O C RATS
MRS. EVELYN NYE
Elected to House Seat
representatives, , w a s easily
reelected. The other represen
tative from this county will be
Mrs. Eve Nye, Republican and
former Medford school board
member. Mel Lattie, a Repub
lican, and Mrs. Marijane Dun
can, a Democrat and wife of
Representative Duncan, trail
ed. Here is the vote: Bob Dun
can, 13,038; Mrs. Nye, 11,493;
Lattie, 9,755; Mrs. Duncan,
9,549.
Carlos Morris, Republican
coroner unopposed for reelec
tion, received 19,212 votes.
For governor, Jackson coun
Groundbreaking Set
For Shopping Center
Groundbreaking ceremon
ies for the new Sears Roe
buck and company store in
the East Jackson st. shopping
center will be held at 10:30
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The ceremony will mark
the start of construction on
the 75,000-square foot store
which is tentatively scheduled
to open next August. It is one
of at least three stores which
Thor Destroyed
After Launching
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -UPD-An
intermediate range Thor
missile twisted out of control
a few hundred feet off the
launching stand early today
and was destroyed after only
30 seconds of flight.
.Fiery fragments showered
j the edge of the cape and the
ocean, and ambulance and fire
trucks raced to the impact
area. But no one was injured.
The stubby, cigar-shaped
Thor, designed to hurl a hy
drogen warhead at targets up
to 1,500 miles away, blasted
off at 12:52 a.m. (p.s.t.), but
began tilting over too soon on
its flight down the Atlantic
: tracking range.
Then, like an airplane
"peeling off" into a dive, it
began veering off to its left
and at the same time turning
on its back. It was at this
point that the range safety of
ficer flipped a switch to de
stroy the missile.
Morgan's Dismissal
Of Suit Rejected
Salem -(UPD- Circuit Judge
Val Sloper today rejected an
attempt by the Oregon Public
Utility Commissioner, How
ard Morgan, to dismiss a suit
by the Portland Traction com
pany is the Bellrose-Oregon
service case.
DR. EDWIN DURNO
Close Race for Senator
ty voters gave Mark Hatfield,
the Republican secretary of
state, 13,971, and Gov. Robert
Holmes 9,098.
In the race for congress
from the fourth district, Jack
son county voters gave Demo
crat Charles O. Porter, Eu
gene, a slim lead over Repub
lican Paul Geddes, Roseburg.
The count: Porter, 11,633,
Geddes, 11,276.
The vote here for labor com
misioner was, Democratic in
cumbent Norman Nilsen, 11,
662, Republican challenger
Lyle McCauley, 10,322.
are planned for the shopping
center site. Safeway has been
issued a building permit by
the city, and a -chain drug
store is reported interested in
locating in the $1 million
center.
E. R. Cameron, northwest
director of public relations
for Sears, Seattle, Wash., will
serve as master of ceremon
ies. Those participating in the
ceremonies will include Med
ford Mayor John Snider,' Otto
Frohnmayer, president of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce; James E. McClel
land, partner in Buttress and
McClelland, Los Angeles
building contractor and de
veloper of the site; and W.
Price Sullivan, northwest re
tail zone manager for Sears,
Seattle.
Managers Invited
""Among the guests will be
Robert Egge, manager of the
Klamath Falls Sears store;
Frank Moir, manager of the
Eugene store; Byron Ives,
mail order catalogue sales
supervisor for southern Ore
gon, Roseburg; and James
Craig, manager of the Med
ford mail order office.
Among other invited guests
include city officials and
chamber officials from Astf
land, Klamath Falls, Grants
Pass and Yreka, Calif., as
well as many people and bus
iness leaders from Medford.
They all have been invited
to a luncheon at the Rogue
Valley Country club follow
ing the ceremonies.
Cameron said the building
will be a one-story structure
with a mezzanine. It will be
reinforced concrete with tilt
slab construction.
The Sears store will include
a service station to handle six
cars at a time, and will in
clude a complete line of wear
ing apparel, home furnishings,
building supplies, hardware,
sporting goods, farm and gar
den equipment and automo
t i v e accessories, Cameron
said.
The store will be air condi
tioned and parking will be
provided for about 600 cars
adjacent to the store. Facili
ties for about 2,800 cars will
be included in the completed
shopping center.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night becoming foggy Thurs
day mornihg but lifting by
noon. Partly cloudy Thursday
afternoon. Low tonight 42.
High Thursday 65.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 64
Lowest this Morning .i 54
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:00 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:51 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 1:17 a.m.
New Moon Nov. 10
PROMINENT STARS
Square of Pegasus, high
in south 8:42 p.m.
Regnlus. leads the Moon.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, low in south
west 5:5S p.m.
Mars, rises 6:02 p.m.
53rd Year
MEDFORD
22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBERS, 1 958 No. 1 94
How Oregonians
Voted on State
Offices, Measures
Portland-(UPD-Here is how
Oregon voted on leading state
races:
Governor (2646 out of 2719)
Hatfield (R) 308,918, Holmes
(D) 251,000.
Labor Commissioner (2573
out -of 2719) McCauley (R)
212,844, Nilsen (D) 300,225.
Congress, 1st District (674
out of 743) Norblad (R) 82,
619, Thornton (D) 66,611.
' Congress, 2nd District (406
out of 441) Weatherford (R)
29,650, Ullman (D) 47,806.
Congress, 3rd District (850
out of 857) Johnston (R) 66,
666, Green (D) 128,661.
Congress, 4th District (636
out of 678) Geddes (R) 6'2,636,
Porter (D) 74,686.
1. Fixing state boundaries,
Yes 276,515, No 86,405.
2. Increasing money for vet
erans' loans, Yes 187,377, No
262,342.
3. Legislators salaries hike,
Yes 180,634, No 251,510.
4. Capital punishment ban,
Yes, 215,700, No 232,975.
5. Financing urban rede
velopment, Yes 152,190, No
196,328.
6. Modifying county debt
limitation, Yes 176,036, , No
155,468.
7. 'Special grand jury bill,
Yes 239,429, No 105,862.
8. Authorizing different use
state institution, Yes 209,501,
No 136,857.
9. Temporary appointment
of judges, Yes 252,531, No 91,-
146.
10. State power develop
ment, Yes 175,167, No 239,-
513.
11. County home rule
amendment, Yes 240,546, No
129,535.
12 Authorizes discontinu
ing certain TB hospitals, Yes
220,919, No 143,984.
13. Persons eligible to serve
in Legislature, Yes 253,926,
No 166,540.
National Election
Picture at Glance
Washington -(UPD- Here's the
national election picture at a
glance:
Democrats retained control
of both houses of Congress in
landslide victory.
' House 276 Democrats and
149 Republicans elected; 10
races still in doubt with Dem
ocrats leading in 6, Republi
cans in 33, and an Independ
ent Segregationist in 1.
Senate 25 Democrats and
8 Republicans elected; one
seat still in doubt with the
Democratic candidate leading.
With holdovers, this means
possible lineup of 62 Demo
crats and 34 Republicans.
Governors 24 Democrats
and 8 Republicans elected; one
still in doubt with Democrat
ic . candidate leading. Demo
crats captured 8 Republican
governorships. Republicans
took 4 Democratic governorships.
QUEEN AND ADMIRAL Queen Frederika at nearby Shippingport. At left is Right
of Greece chats with Admiral Hyman Rick- Reverend Polyefktos, Bishop of Tropaion,
over before boarding train in Pittsburgh, and at right is the Queen's daughter, Sophie.
Pa., for a visit to the atomic power, plant
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Officers Elected in
Cities in Jackson
Voters in nine Jackson
county cities outside Medford
elected city officials and
voted on city measures in the
general election yesterday.
Freeman Mason was elect-
Hatfield's Victory
Greatest in Career
Portland (UPD- Oregon vo
ters Tuesday gave Secretary
of State Mark' Hatfield the
greatest victory of his politi
cal career, rewarding his bi
partisan campaign for govern
or with a resounding plural
ity over Gov. Robert Holmes.
Republican Hatfield polled
a heavy vote in virtually
every precinct in the state
and found staunch voter sup
port even in Democratic
strongholds. Earliest returns
showed him well ahead of
Holmes who served a two-,
year term as the first Demo
cratic governor in Oregon in
20 years.
Holmes conceded defeat to
day and offered his 36-year-old
successor congratulations
and the full cooperation of
his office in affecting an or
derly transfer of administra
tions. Holmes was elected
governor to fill the unexpired
term of the late Paul Patter
son. Democrats Hold House
But By Slimmer Margin
Portland-OIPD-Oregon Demo
crats will control the house of
representatives in the 1959
legislature, but by a slimmer
margin than last time.'
Nearly complete results in
dicated 33 Democrats and 27
Republicans will make up the
house at the legislature which
convenes in January.
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Only Kidding"
ed mayor of Central Point
with 379 votes to win over
M. C. Gleason, who received
137 votes in a write-in cam
paign.
With all votes believed in,
Central Point officials report
ed close contests in the three
positions on the city council
For Ward I, Bill Colley, 59;
Arthur Rupp, 56; and E. R
Yocom, ,50; W a r d II, Les
Bigham, ,120; Dale .Bartley,
113; and Gay Anderson, 24;
Ward III, Don Patterson, 132;
Jerry Bianconi, 56; James
Corliss, 47; and Calvin Bower,
37." .
Also elected were Lyle
Paull, incumbent, city recor
der; and Ed Jones, treasurer.
Officials reported that the
write-in vote was not as heavy
as anticipated with the major
ity of the write-in candidates
receiving a single vote.
Ashland Election
Elected for the Ashland city
council positions were David
S. Kerr, incumbent; Donald
E. Lewis and Arthur M.
Peters, city officials reported.
Paul R. Finnell, incumbent,
won in the Ashland city trea
surer race and W. E. Bartelt
was unopposed for city re
corder. Three positions on the
park commission went to J. F.
Eberhardt, Archie C. Fries Jr.,
and John C. Cotton.
Talent Elections
Seven candidates were seek
ing positions on the Talent
city council where six posi
tions were open. Results
showed John Butler, incum
bent, 205; Leo Jacobs, 198;
Richard Bradford, 195; Janies
J. Henry, incumbent, 194; C.
W. Cooper Jr., incumbent,
189; Roma Rice, incumbent,
181, and Albert Braed, 139.
Other candidates who won
were Wayne Reichstein, may
or; Noma McAbee, recorder,
incumbent; and C. G. Scharfe,
treasurer.
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Opposition Tide
Greatest Since
Cleveland Era
Number of GOP
Governors Engulfed
Washington-(UPD- Democrats
surged to their greatest con
gressional triumph today since
the Roosevelt New Deal.
President Eisenhower, who
had pleaded in vain for a
GOP victory, was confronted
for his last two years in office
with a House and Senate un
der more complete opposition
domination than any ever be
fore faced by a chief execu
tive in this century.
As of midmorning the indi
cated margins of Democratic
control in the 86th Congress
were 28 Senate and 130 House
seats, compared to the pres
ent margins of 2 Senate and
37 House.
Started Two Months Ago
The Democratic tide, which
started rolling in Maine two
months ago, swept across such
Republican strongholds as
Vermont, Ohio, South Dakota,
Nebraska and Wisconsin.
In addition to giving Demo
crats lopsided 'control of Con
gress, the greatest for an op
position party since the second
half of Grover Cleveland's
second administration, Tues
day's landslide engulfed a
number of GOP governors.
The indicated governor
count is Democrats 34 to 14
Republicans.
Robinson Wins
Council Post
On the basis of complete
returns from all precincts in
Medford's fourth ward, Coun
cilman Fred Robinson appar
ently won his bid for reelec
tion in yesterday's general
election.
: Robinson received 1,105
votes, and the next-highest
contender, Roy Wilkes, 1,025
-a margin of 81 votes in unof
ficial returns. It appeared un
likely that absentee votes
could upset this result. The
third man in the race, William
Doernbach, received 436
votes.
In Ward 1, Stanley Stark
was the victor over George
Stacy, 739 to 565.
Don Hansen, unopposed in
Ward II, received 2,007 votes,
and Robert Baccus, unopposed
in Ward III, received 1,062.
Mayor John Snider, unop
posed for reelection received
7,023 complimentary votes.
All city offices are non
partisan. The sidewalk assessment
proposal was defeated by a
better than 2 to 1 margin,
with 5,281 yes votes and
2,464 no votes.
Tickets Go On Sale
For Fireman's Ball
Tickets will go on sale
Thursday morning for the an
nual Medford firemen's ball.
The dance is scheduled for
the evening of Wednesday,
Nov. 26, at the Medford Arm
ory. Baldy Evans' band will
play.
Off duty firemen will call
at Medford establishments to
morrow with the tickets.
Proceeds from the dance
will go toward the-Christmas
toy project. Firemen are re
pairing and painting broken
and discarded toys for distri
bution to needy children.
They are accepting the bro
ken toys at the main fire sta
tion, Third and Front sts., and
request that residents bring
them early, to expedite the
renovation, work.
Three Candidates Seek Election to EP
Irrigation District Board
Eagle Point-Eagle Point ir
rigation district has declared
all of its aboard of director
candidates eligible for elec
tion, a district official said to
day. '
Eagle Point irrigation dist
rict will be the only district
holding an election next Tues
day Nov. 11. In all other irri
gation districts only the in
cumbent has filed for election.
Under Oregon law when the
incumbent is the only candi
date the district board may
declare him elected and no
election need be held.
Since some of the irrigation
district candidates had waited
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State Legislature
To Be Dominated
By Democrats
Three Representatives
Defeat Challengers
Portland (UPD Oregon's
election Tuesday gave .the
state a Republican governor,
a Democratic legislature and
a congressional delegation
with a single Republican sur
vivor. Gov. Robert D. Holmes
Wednesday conceded defeat
at the hands of Republican
Mark Hatfield who will be in
augurated in January as the
youngest governor in Oregon
history at age 36.
Breasting the Democratic
tide along with Hatfield was
Congressman Walter Norblad
of the first district who won
his eighth term in Congress
over Democratic Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton.
Challengers Lose
The other three Democratic
representatives won votes of
confidence at the expense of
GOP challengers. ReD. Edith
Green of the third district
once again was returned to
Washington with a whopping
majority.
Public power man Al Ull
man was reelected in the sec
ond district over wheat ranch
er Marion Weatherford.
Republican Paul Geddes of
Rosebure failed in his attemnt
to unseat Ren. Charles Porter
in the fourth district. -
In the other race for a ma
jor state office, .Labor Com
missioner Norman Nilsen
won handily over Republican
Lyle McCauley after a quiet
campaign.
Oregon voters sDoke out
strongly against abolition of
capital punishment for first
degree murderers and refus
ed to sanction the invasion of
the state into the power gen
eration field. School teachers
were encouraged to run for
seats in the state Legislature
without having to . resign, in
the interim to teach school.
A move to make more state
money available for veteran
farm and home loans was re
jected. State legislators lost
their bid for a salary increase.
Labor Opposed
Hatfield will take office at
an age one year younger than
Oswald West was when he
became governor in 1910. He
won election in the face of
opposition from organized la
bor and its powerful COPE.
The state's two Democratic
senators actively ureer! his rln.
feat and one. Sen. Wavne
Morse, challenged his person
al integrity in the final days
of the campaign.
For the first time in 80
years voters sent to the state
Senate a solid Democratic ma
jority, ending the 15-15 con
trol the parties shared in the
1857 legislature. Nearly com
plete returns indicated the
balance of power would be
18-12 in the Democrats' favor
next year. Tabulations of the
House races trailed the major
contests but the Democrats
seemed assured of holding
and expanding their control
of the chamber, in view of
the Democratic onslaught.
BLM Schedules
Meeting Tomorrow
Medford bureau of land
management district officials
have scheduled a meeting on
Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Jack
son county courthouse audi
torium to hear suggestions to
ward improving the district's
1959 field operations pro
gram. The meeting, open to
all interested persons, will be
held at 1 p.m.
Plans for development of
resources in the area will be
discussed by BLM officials.
Representatives of the forest
service are also expected to
attend.
This is the second meeting
scheduled to give persons an
opportunity to make sugges
tions toward improving BLM
field operations.
until Monday, Oct. 27, to file
their petitions there was a
question of whether Saturday
or Monday was the deadline
for filing. According to state
law all petitions had to be in
15 days before election. This
would place the deadline on
Sunday, Oct. 26, a legal holi
day, and a time when district
offices normally would be
closed.
Asked for an opinion by
Philip B. Lowry, attorney for
the Medford irrigation dist
rict, Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton declined to give
a ruling in what he called an
"internal matier."
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MARK HATFIELD
Youngest Governor
CHARLES PORTER
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Labor Commissioner
Red China Renews
Attack on Quemoy
Taipeh -(UPD- Chinese Com
munist artillery shattered a
27-hour lull in the Quemoy
Islands today with another
heavy bombardment. Nation
alist guns roared back. '
The artillery duel began a
few hours after the Commun
ists accused - the Nationalists
of using poison gas shells in
Monday's firing. The National
ists denied the charges but
prepared for Red "reprisals:"
Moscow Radio echoed the
Peiping charges early today
and said the United " States
and Nationalist China were
guilty of "barbarism" and vi
olation of international law.
Statesmen Meet
With Pope John
Vatican City (UPD Pope
John XXIII held a mass audi- -ence
today for the statesmen
and officials who came from
all parts of the world to wit
ness his coronation. It marked
the start of a pontificate de
voted chiefly to religious af
fairs. The audience provided the
first opportunity for the of
ficial delegations to meet and
talk with the new Pope. The
delegates came from Europe,
North and South America,
Asia, Australia, the Middle
East and Africa.
The Pope indicated in a ser
mon before the coronation
Tuesday that his would be a
"pastoral" rather than a po
litical reign and that the pon
tificate did not call for a
"statesman, diplomat, scholar,
and organizer of collective
life.
Newport, Ore.- (UPD -Circuit
Judge Richard Anderson of
the 2ist judicial district won
reelection Tuesday.
of Directors
Those up for election in the
Eagle Point irrigation district
are Dobe Greb, incumbent,
James 'Dunn and Mrs. Ann
Todd. Election will be held in
the Reese Gospel church from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 11,
Eagle Point irrigation district
officials announced.
Incumbents who have been
or will be declared elected by
directors of their respective
irrigation districts are David
Holmes for Talent, C. Norman
Gail for Gold Hill, J. G. Cam
eron for the Medford irriga
tion district and Gordon Ker
shaw for Rogue River Valley.
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