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SUNDAY. JULY 15. :edero3 Court McayS et District Boundaries (Edilor'i note: The iu prem. court's March ruling that federal court! have jurisdiction in the issue of state reapportionment has proved to be a bombshell in state capitols throughout the nation. In Wisconsin, the federal courts are al ready locked in a show down with a Republican dominated legislature and a Democratic statehouse administration. The follow ing dispatch traces Wiscon sin's reapportionment bat tle, one which may be re peated in a number of other states before the is sue is settled.) By THOMAS PLEDGE United Press International Madison, Wis. ll'Pli The federal courts had a tiger by the tail in Wisconsin this week. The "tiger's" name was re apportionment, an issue which has pitted the state's Democratic administration in a bitter test of strength against the Republican legis lature and which has given the whiphand to the federal judges. For the first time in the nation's history, a federal I court has taken the responsi- bility if need be of setting : the boundaries of a state's j congressional, senate and as- j sembly districts. j And unless the Democrats ; and Republicans can patch their quarrel in short order the court proposes to do just i that and set a history-making j precedent for states in the J same predicament. ; Politically, Wisconsin is as sharply divided as any state in the middle west. Its boun- j daries range from the indus- i trial Milwaukee area, where J the vote is largely Demo cratic, to the woodsy vaca- j tionlands of the north, where : the election returns are like- j ly to lean to the Republicans, j Since 1931 there has been j no realignment of assembly districts and none of state sen ate districts since 1953. May Do The Job The man who may have to do the job is a former state supreme court justice, Em mert Wjngert. Wingcrt has been appointed a special mas ter by the federal court to hear arguments on the re apportionment issue and to recommend a solution. Deadline for Some Vets For Loans Is July 25 Portland-Entitlement to CI home, farm or business loan will expire for an esti mated 25 per cent of World War II veterans July 25, Man ager R. J. Novotny of the Vet erans Administration regional office in Portland has an nounced. For example, this date would apply to an ex-serviceman who was released from active duty early in 1944 after two years of service. A veteran can compute his own deadline by adding 10 years to his date of discharge and an additional year for each three months of war service. To meet the deadline in connection with a loan by a private lender, VA must re ceive the loan application from the lender before the vet eran's expiration date, Novot ny said. However, a veteran who plans to purchase a home in a VA direct loan area will have his deadline extended one year by addressing an in formal letter of application to the Portland VA office, pro vided the request is received before his loan entitlement ex pires. Final Deadline Regardless of service peri od, a veteran or his widow in one of the following classes will have eligibility up to the final World War II deadline of July 25. 1967: (1.) A veteran released on grounds of service connected disability from active World War II duty: (2) A veteran who had previously secured j a GI home loan but whose entitlement has been restored due to his need for disposing I of the original home for rea sons beyond his control; (3) An unremarried widow of a veteran who died from a serv ice connected disability dur ing active duty; (4) An unre married widow of a veteran who was discharged for a service connected disability. Eligibility of those who served during the Korean con flict does not begin to expire until Jan. 31, 1965. His word might decide the issue unless the Republicans of the legislature can conic up quickly with a plan ac ceptable to Democratic Gov. Gaylord Nelson. The plan will probably have to be a compromise, since Nelson has already vetoed the first plan to come from the legislature. Democratic Atty. Gen. John Reynolds started the donneybrook. Reynolds, 41, a candidate for governor looking for an election issue, went to the slate supreme court in Jan uary asking that reappor tionment be ordered before the fall elections, when a new govt-Trior, one half the stale senate and all 100 as semblymen will be elected. The Republican c o n trolled legislature, hip deep in lax debate and anxious to end their longest session in history, brushed off the action. When the state court ruled that reappor tionment could wait until 1963. the issue seemed dead. But Reynolds got a break when the U.S. supreme court, in a historic deci sion on March 26. ruled in a Tennessee case that fed eral courts have jurisdic tion in cases where mal apportionment of legisla tive seals is alleged. The court said voters in under -represented districts were losing out on their rights to equal protection under the 14th amendment to the U.S. constitution. The decision brought a wave of suits in other states. Alabama and Okla homa were ordered to re apportion, a re-districting was challenged in Georgia, Florida. North Dakota and Virginia. Federal action is either contemplated or underway in 21 other stales for a total of 27. Reynolds went to the federal district court of Wisconsin in April with a satchel lull of census figures purporting to show a number of under-represented areas, mainly in the fast growing southeastern portion of the state near Milwaukee. A panel of three federal judges heard arguments and then asked Gov. Nel son, who is running for the Health Board Warns of Sun-Stroke, Prostration Portland - The Oregon stale board of health has warned against the possibilities of sun-stroke or heat prostration from over - exertion, particu larly during periods of hot weather. Although the two conditi ons frequently are thought to be the same, they require dif ferent methods of handling, ' according to Dr. Richard H. ' Wilcox, state health of'ictr. He said symptoms of sun stroke include a red face, hot dry skin, no perspiration, la bored breathing or sighing, a full and rapid pulse, high tem perature and possible muscle spasms. Call Physician ! Victims should be moved to a cool place immediately ! and a physician should be i called. Dr. Wilcox said. The patient's clothing should be I loosened, the body cooled, and 1 brisk rubbing should be ! started to stimulate circula tion. Avoid, ice packs or baths j because they constrict surface blood vessels. By contrast. Dr. Wilcox ly produces muscular weak ness, dizziness, nausea, an un certain or staggering gait, pale face, and profuse perspi ration. .The pulse is weak, breathing slutlluw, and the victim may become cold even though the air is warmer than body heal. ' In the case of heat exhaus tion, the patient should lie down in an area with good air circulation and be given a moderate amount of covering, according to the health offi cer. A level half-tcaspoonful of salt in about one-third glass of water may be given repeatedly until as much as a level tablespoon of salt has been taken. Stimulants such as warm coffee or tea may be given and external heat may be needed in severe cases. A physician should always be consulted Sun-stroke and heat ex haustion can strike anyone, although serious cases occur most often among alcoholics young children, pie, overweight those suffering said, heat exhaustion usual-! chronic illness. U.S. senate, to call a spe cial session of the legisla ture. The judges warned the legislature that any evi dence of "foot dragging" on t h e reapportionment issue would bring the federal courts directly into the re apportionment squabble. Growling Republicans, con tending they were working "under the shadow of a club" held by the federal courts, proceeded to use their major ity might to push through a GOP plan for reapportion ment. But the GOP bills failed to give added representation to predominately democratic areas of Milwaukee county and were vetoed by Nelson. He called the plan "a shame ful gerrymander." That was when the federal court named Wingert to con duct hearings and chart .1 plan of action. He began work this week. The legisla lure likewise reconvened this week. Ignrring Each Other Legislators and federal ;nas.cr were largely ignoring each other In the reapportion ment showdown. As each day passed, it appeare increasing ly doubtfui if any kind of re apportionment could be achieved in lime for the fall elections. . i The voters, t h e m s e 1 v c s seemed uninterested. When the legislators opened public ; hearings on reapportionment, elderly peo-1 they expected a crowd of nun persons, and drcds. Instead, omy ""ce per from some j sons asked permission to 1 testify. . 1 w SEE THE OrtXt LOW PRICED POOL IN THE WORLD THAT HAS ALL OF THESE BUILT-IN FEATURES! 1 TV COMPLETE JET STREAM FILTERING SYSTEM Uses Same Cyystal Clear Water All Ssason "fr REDWOOD CONSTRUCTION BRACED WITH STEEL if SELF-FENCED DESIGN WITH LOCK-UP STAIRWAY Makes Unguarded Entry By Infants Impossible ft VERANDA SUN DECK, ALL FOUR SIDES Built-in Redwood Benches Seating For 50 Adults ft 256 SQUARE FEET OF SWIMMING SURFACE Enough Room To Hold A Family Swimming Meet ft ONE DAY INSTALLATION ... ft MANY MORE PATENTED EXTRAS vPTSWIM INSTRUCTION BOOK r When you visit our showrooms. This wiek only. 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