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Communist Forces in Attempt To Invade South Viet Nam
American Voters Cast Ballots
For 537 Presidential Electors
Election Could
Be Thrown To
Representatives
Washington - WPU - The up
wards of 85 million persons
marking ballots today will in
fact be voting for 537 presi
dential electors and not di
rectly for the candidates for
the While House.
Although this distinction
was meaningless until a few
years ago, it could result this
year - in case of a close elec
tion - in withholding suffi
cient votes from the apparent
winner to throw the election
into the U. S. House of Rep
resentatives. Dissident Southern Demo
crats have been exploring pos
sibilities for throwing presi
dential elections into the
House since 1948. In that
year, Strom Thurmond, now
senator from South Carolina,
ran as the presidential candi
date of the Stales' Rights
Democratic party and won 39
electoral votes but failed to
prevent President Truman
from winning an electoral
vote majority.
Each stale casts an elec
toral vote equal to the total
number of its senators and
House members in Congress.
Thus each state has at least
three electoral votes and New
York has the biggest bloc, 45.
In some states, only the
names of the presidential can
didates appear on the ballot.
In others such as Georgia and
Alabama, the names of only
the party slates of electors
are on the ballot.
Southerners Could Bolt
Georgia's slate of 12 Demo
cratic electors is not legally
bound to support Sen. John
F. Kennedy, the Democratic
presidential nominee, al
though most of them have
pledged themselves to him.
, Of Alabama's 11 D e m o
cratic electors, six have never
committed themselves' to Ken
nedy. In Mississippi, with
eight electoral votes, there is
nn independent slate of un
pledged electors running
against those committed to
Kennedy and Nixon,
Alabama and Mississippi
gave their electoral votes to
Thurmond in 1048 but neither
of these states nor Georgia
voted Republican even in the
GOP breakthroughs In the
South in 1928, 1952 and 1950.
The presidential candidate
polling a plurality in each
state gets the entire electoral
vote of that state. The winner
in today's election 'needs 269
electoral votes, a majority of
the total. '
Meet in December
The electoral count should
be very close, however, a
handful of electoral votes
could be withheld with the ef
fect of denying a majority to
cither candidate.
The electors will meet In
their stale capitals on Dec. 19
and Congress officially will
count the electoral votes at a
joint session on Jan. 5.
There is no legal compulsion
for pledged electors to cast
their ballots as they are com
mlttcd. In 1948, a Truman
elector In Tennessee voted for
Thurmond and In 1956 an Ala
bama elector listed for Adlnl
E. Stevenson cast his vole for
an Alabama judge.
If a presidential election is
thrown into the House - ai
was done in 1800 and 1824 -each
state has one vote regard.
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CASTS FIRST BALLOT Noil Tillotson,
61, right, caste the first ballot of the 1960
presidential election at the stroke of mid
night on a small table set up before a blaz
ing open fireplace in his hotel at Dixvillc,
N.H., Marjorie Foley, second from right,
town clerk, looks on. Warming themselves
World Turns Attention To
U.S. Presidential Election
London - (UPU - The eyes
of the world turned today on
the greatest political show on
earth - the choosing of a
United States president and
leader of the Western world
in a free, democratic election.
For scope, spectacle and Im
portance to both free and cap
tive nations the U. S. presi
dential election created more
excitement among some coiin
tircs than their own national
elections. '.
Fw Express Choict
Aside from the Communist
nations, few government offi
cials would express their
choice between the two in
advance although European
newspapers freely comment
ed and most expected Kenne
dy to win.
Leaders of the Communist
bloc, which as a general pol
icy has denounced both Ken
nedy and tfixon, were gath
ered in Moscow for a Red
summit conference and un
Antarctic Males Want To Be Away From Female Sex
' Washington - (Scencc Scrv-lcc)-Half
the men who go to
the Antarctica do so to get
away from women.
About 20 per cent take this
means of escape consciously;
the remaining 30 per cent are
motivated subconsciously,
Capt. E. E. Hcdblom, MC,
U.S. Navy, told Science Serv
ice. Hcdblom reported to the
Association of Military Sur
geons of the United States on
Medical problems encounter
ed in the Antarctica. He is
medical adviser to the Com
mander, Naval Support Force,
Antactica. He also is cold wea
ther consultant to the Com
mandant, U.S. Marine Corps;
less of size. The president
must be chosen from three
men receiving tti highest
number of electoral votes.
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doubtedly arranged to be fed
running returns.
Soviet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev expressed inter
est in it Monday night. He
asked U. S. Ambassador Llew
ellyn Thompson whom he
would vote for. Thompson dip
lomatically dodged the ques
tion and said it would be a
"tough decision."
Affected Countries
The greatest excitement
was In countries most directly
affected by U. S. foreign pol
icies:
-West Germany, which can
feel each pulse of the cold
war through Berlin.
-Jnpan, whose military al
liance with the United States
set off violent riots that forced
cancellation of President Ei
senhower's visit.
-Nationalist China, who de
pends on U. S. support for its
membership in the United Na.
tions and is touchy about the
dispute over defense of its
offshore islands of Qucmoy
medical consultant to the Arc
tic Institute of North Ameri
ca; and heads the department
of cold weather medicine at
the Naval Medical school.
"Too much of this much
touted togetherness gets
sticky," Hcdblom said, in ex
plaining why such a high pro
portion of the men who go
to the womanless Antactica
are seeking an escape from
women. He believes there is a
psychological advantage to be
gained from occasional sepa
ration of the sexes, even
among married couples.
Men serving on the ice have
seven times more neuropsy
chiatry difficulties than other
Navy men. Hazardous environ
ment and isolation arc the ex
planation, Hcdblom said. Ap
parently, getting away from
"togetherness" has its penal
lies as well as Its advantages,
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by the fire as they wait their turn to vote
are Gertrude Nash and Walter Howland.
The small community had never voted be
fore. The hamlet, formerly known as Dix
ville Notch, was incorporated only a month
and four days ago. (UPI Telephoto)
and Matsu.
-Venezuela and other Latin
American nations concerned
with the rise of Communist in
fluence in Cuba and its threat
to i the continent.
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Stocks Record Mild
Advance on Monday
New York -ItiPII- Stocks re
corded a mild advance Mon
day.
Chemicals and nonferrous
metals were among the better
groups while most defense is
sues, electronics, building ma
terials and food stocks were
he acknowledged.
There is an absence of acute
upper respiratory infections
in winter In Antarctica, except
for rare occasions, records
show. Hcdblom said these oc
curred invariably, in his ex
perience, when a box of cloth
ing from the mainland was
opened, "particularly if it con
tained any furs."
Snow blindness, once a
problem in the snow-covcrcd
continent, is now a thing of
the pas'. Properly prescribed
snow glasses have prevented
this problem. Hcdblom said
that no incidence of snow
blindness in his experience
had ever resulted in perma
ncnt eye damage. Sight gen
erally was restored in from
24 to 48 hours. The only ef
fect, and that was temporary,
he said, was "a greater photo
sensitivity to light.
Pro-Western
Troops Repulse
Opposition
Saigon, South Viet Nam
lUPli - Communist troops have
made their first attempt to
invade South Viet Nam since
1954 and set up a base for fur
ther operations but were beat
en back by loyal pro-Western
forces, the government an-
nounced in a communique to
night. Fighting still continues,
a spokesman said.
The communique said the
Communists suffered 34 cas
ualties-which were not broken
down into dead and wounded
- and the government forces
lost 20 dead and 10 wounded.
"The Communists failed
completely," the communique
added.
Attack From Laos
Deputy Minister of Nation
al Defense Nguyen D i n h
Thuan told reporters at a
news conference at Saigon
army headquarters, at which
a number of prisoners and
captured arms were displayed,
that the first attack was made
from Laos Oct. 21 by a force
estimated at up to 500 men.
This was followed two days
later by a series of probing at
tacks in the same general area
by another 200 Communist
troops.
The scene of the attempted
invasion was in the region of
Katum Province, about 300
miles north of Saigon.
Invasion Hurled Back
The government of Presi
dent Ngo Dinh Diem, the com
munique said, promptly
smashed the back of the in
vasion by hurling its infantry
forces and one battalion of
paratroopers into a swift
counter-attack.
The government said the
purpose of the Communist
thrust was to establish a base
in the mountainous jungle re
gion from which the Reds
could operate freely through
out central South Vict Nam.
on the upside. Steels and mo
tors were narrowly mixed.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - lUPU - Dow
Jones final slock averages:
30 industrials 597.63, up
1.56; 20 railroads 128.03,
off 0.19; 15 utilities 93.17,
off 0.58, and 65 stocks
198.22, off 0.05. Sales Mon
day were about 3.54 million
shares compared with 3.05
million shares Friday.
Monday's
prices on selected
stncKA.
Allied Chemical
Alum Co. Am
American Can
American Motors
AT&T
Anaconda Copper
Armco Steel
Bendlx Corp
Hethlchcm Steel
HocIiik Air
Caterpillar Corp
Chrysler Corp
Continental Can
Crown Zcllcrbach
Curtlss WriRht
Du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Firestone
CJcneinl Klectrlc
General Koods txd)
General Molnrn
CeorKin Pacific
Graham PaiKC
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Homeslnke Mining
Idaho Power
1. 11 M.
Int. Paper
Johns tManville
KenneeoU Copper
Lockheed Aircraft
Montana Power
MontRomcrv Ward
National Uiscuit
New York Central
Pae Gas Elec
Pennev, J. C
Pcnn RP
Hadio Corporation
Kichfleld Oil
Safeway
Sears -
Shell Oil
Socony Mohlt Oil
Southern Co
Southern Pacific
Standard California (xd)
Standard lnoMunR
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Sun Mines
Texas Co
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Texas Pac Land Trust .
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Railroader Travels
Million Miles by Car
Logansport, Ind. - Willard
Steele, who retired recently
after 50 years with the Penn
sylvania railroad, figures he
traveled almost a million
miles-but not by train.
He drove the 70 miles lo
Indianapolis every working
day since 1927.
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BAIL DENIED A motion to
bail was denied Monday by
ford. She is charged with first degree murder in connection
with a fire on Oct. 7 which killed three of her four children
and a baby sitter. She is shown talking with E. F. Bernard,
her lawyer, as Deputy District Attorney Oscar Howlett
stands at left. (UPI Telephoto)
Woman Denied
Bail at Portland
Portland - (UPI) - A motion
to set free on bail Mrs. Joseph
D. Garrett, accused of first
degree murder in connection
with a fire Oct. 7 that claimed
the lives of four persons, was
denied Monday by Circuit
Judge James W. Crawford.
Killed in the fire were three
of Mrs. Garrett's four daugh
ters, and a baby sitter. The
victims were Gay Garrett, 5
months; Vickie, 15 months;
Angela, 3, and Patricia Mae
Gravatt, 21, a baby-sitter.
Attorneys E. F. Bernard
and Walter Evans Jr. moved
for bail on the grounds that
Records, Failures
Noted in
Corvallis - Oregon's crop
harvest shows mixed trends
this year with some crops set
ting new records and others
turning out poor, reports Mrs.
Elvera Horrell, extension agri
cultural economist at Oregon
State college. Adding all farm
products together, the state's
farmers appear to be pocket
ing less money this year than
last.
The state's grain harvest is
turning out as good or better
than expected a month ago,
Mrs. Horrell found as ghe
studied reports from the U. S.
department o f agriculture.
When the harvest is complet
ed, farmers look for more
corn and oats, but less wheat
and barley.
Corn promises to be a rec
ord-buster by a big margin
with both acreage and yields
up, Mrs. Horrell said. Some
farmers used corn to replace
part of last year's virus-infect-
ed oat and barley fields in
Wes'crn Oregon, she explain
ed. Oat Yield High
Good yields per acre also
promise to hold production
of oats at a high level in spite
of acreage cut, Mrs. Horrell
found. With the exception of
1943 and 1956, average yields
this year look to be the high
est since 1870.
Barley output, meanwhile,
has been pushed below last
year by a combination of low
er yields and acreages. Total
production is still expected to
turn out about the same as the
average of the past 10 years.
Oregon's 1960 wheat crop
also lags behind last year, and
is below average. Lower yields
per acre cut into winter wheat
output which makes up the
bulk of Oregon's crop, Mrs.
Horrell explained. And while
yields arc holding up well on
spring wheat, acreage is down
compared to last year.
On the new-r e c o r d side
again, Oregon's 1960 hay crop
may be the largest since rec
ords were started more than
50 years ago, Mrs. Horrell
found. September proved to
be a good harvesting month,
and final cuttings of irrigated
alfalfa turned out better than
expected
Orchardists, mean while,
were having trouble finding
money growing on their trees. ,
Fruit and nut crops have been :
hard hit by weather, and only
apples promise to top last
year's output.
Pears were hurt by poori
pollinating weather and scat-
tered frosts early in the sea-:
son. Cherries were also badly
nicked by weather, Mrs. Hor-j
rell said, and Oregon's prune ,
crop was virtually wiped out. j
The filbert tonnage is also,
down from last year, but near '
average. And the state's wal-
nut crop is only about half,
that of last year and a third
of average,
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free Mrs. Joseph L. Garrett on
Circuit Judge James W. Craw
confinement would impair
medical treatment already be
gun and that state's evidence
was not sufficient to require
confinement.
Dr. Herman A. Dickel, a
psychiatrist, said psychiatric
and neurological treatment for
Mrs. Garrett began the morn
ing after the fire. Mrs. Gar
rett and a fourth daughter
were rescued from the burn
ing home by neighbors.
Portland arson investigator
C. E. Stickney said the fire
was of incendiary origin and
added the blaze had six "hot
spots" in the living room.
Harvest
But Oregon's farmers arc
still racking up records on
processing vegetables, Mrs
Horrell found. Both sweet
corn and snap beans are ex
pected to top all previous
highs, and canning beets may
top last year's near-average
crop.
Looking at production of
fresh vegetables Mrs. Horrell
found onions falling far short
of last year, and the amount
of cabbage down some. How
ever, first-of-the-month fore
casts pointed to larger yields
of broccoli, carrots, and cauli
flower. In a quick look at how the
state's farmers are doing in
comewise, Mrs. Horrell found
that Oregon farmers have tak
en in less money this year
than last. Cash receipts from
farm marketings in the first
seven months lag the same
months last year by about 4
per cent. Generally lower
prices on livestock products,
and a smaller total output of
crops, appear to have con
tributed to the decline, Mrs.
Horrell said.-
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Supreme Court To Decide 'Belief in God'
Requirement in Holding
Washington - turn - can a
state compel a candidate for
public office to say, "I believe
in the existence of God?"
Does such a requirement
violate the constitutional safe
guards of religious freedom?
The Supreme Court has
Ihpso Questions to be
decided before the end of its
current term next June.
The justices began the
frm' decision making Mon
day with three minor opinions
and acted on a batch of other
aDDeals. denying hearings in
most of them.
The beliof-in-God case was
appealed by Roy R. Torcaso of
Wheaton, Md., a suburb of the
nation's capital.
Torcaso, office manager or
a Bcthesda, Md., firm, had ap-
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MYSTERY
THE
CASE
OF
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DOOMED
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...even before he started the blaze,
he was on his way to prison, trapped
by a method of detection he could
never suspect.
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NOVEMBER 13 ISSUE
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Medford Mail Tribune
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but his commission was wnn
held when he refused to sign
the required oath. He said ha
did not believe in God.
Egg-Laying Hen
Turns Into Rooster
Lowell, Mass. - A farmer
here says' a New Hampshire
hen that laid 198 Grade A
eggs during a recent contest
has turned Into a rooster.
The owner speculated lha
change was due to an over
supply of male hormones.
If a piece of eggshell drops
into the egg in a bowl, it can
be removed by using another
piece of eggshell as a spoon.
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"Life Begins
Again for
Fred
MacMurray"
... no one is more surprised
by his new popularity than
MacMurray himself.