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Newspaper Page TextI Ml Jl 0 Mr Regional Edition M EDFORD 20 PAGES Two Sections Lead From Start Gives Democrat Another Term Telegram Carries Congratulatory Note San Francisco-CUPMjOV. Ed mund G. Brown, who led from the start, surged to victory today in his battle with Rich ard M. Nixon for governor of California. Long after the jubilant 57-year-old Democratic incum bent had claimed victory, Nix on conceded Brown's reelec tion in a formal statment is sued from his Beverly Hills Hotel headquarters. It was the second staggering political defeat in two years for the 49-year-old former Vice President. First, he lost the presidency to John F. Kennedy in 1960 by the nar rowest of margins. Then to day, he found himself on the short end of the votes by an even wider margin against Brown. Nixon's concession took the form of a congratulatory tele gram to Brown which was read to a news conference by Herbert G. Klein, Nixon's press secretary. Asked by a reporter to ex plain Nixon's defeat, Klein blamed the Cuban crisis. Brown told a cheering group of supporters in the Hollywood Palladium: "I now want to tell you that I've been reelected gov ernor of California. Vigorous Opponent "Mr. Nixon was a vigorous opponent," he added as the partisan crowd of Democrats booed lustily. "In this state, which within 30 short days will be the largest state in the nation in population, I re gard this as a victory for President John F. Kennedy, loo." Returns from 17,587 of 31 820 precincts gave Brown a margin of more than 200,000 votes. The vote totals: Brown 1,304,515; Nixon 1,085,423. Talent Election May Be Invalid Talent-The municipal elec tion in the city of Talent may have to be held over, because 45 of the ballots carried in correct printing. The name of one city coun cil candidate appeared twice on the 45 ballots, while the name of one of the candidates for mayor did not appear at all. it was learned. Because of the error, the 45 ballots involved were not counted. Tabulation of these 45 addi tional ballots probably would not change the outcome of the Talent mayor election, in which incumbent Wayne Reiehstcin polled 110 votes to 66 for Lee Boyd and 31 for Edward Switzer, the man whose nam was left off of the erroneous ballots. But the outcome of the city council election could defin itely be affected, for only sev en votes separated three of the four candidates running for three seats. Incumbent F. W. Gilbreath came in first with 1B5, Eddie V. Lunsford polled 145. Ellis Beeson 140 and incumbent John Tompkins 138. it was learned this morning that Tompkins plans to con test the election, because of the erroneous ballots. Brown Whips Nixon i : Uniform Daylight Saving Legislative Apportionment Rejected Portland -XTt- Fed up with ; patchwork time, Oregon vol-: time under an unusual law. crs reversed themselves Tues-. In 1952, the voters rejected day and decided to adopt uni- fast time and continued to do form daylight saving time in so in following years. In 1061 the summer, but they left leg- j the legislature gave the fivc islalivc apportionment as it is. ; county Portland area daylight The voters also refused to j time in the summer, and many throw out school dis-trict r- j communities informally fol organization laws. They pass-lowed suit, creating two ram cd six other statewide ballot mors of havoc for travelers, measures. i businesses and most Oregon The davliaht time measure won more than three to two. : A proposal to count land I sounding defeat. The fast time will start next area well as population in j The remaining six state summer, the first time since apportioning seals in the Ore-, measures were passed by ub lf51 when Gov. Douglas Mc- gnn House went down to even utanfial margins. 1 , I i -j- i J J V - - t i ROBERT DUNCAN Now Closer Friends Duncan Racks Up 10,000 Vote Edge Over Carl Fisher Portland - IUPI) - Oregon's four - member Congressional delegation regained a Demo cratic complexion Tuesday as Democrat Robert Duncan won the fourth district seat being vacated by a Republican. Three incumbents two Demo crats and one Republican -easily won reelection. Duncan racked up a 10,000 vote margin over his GOP op ponent; State. Rep. Carlton Fisher, a Eugene radio execu tive. With 720 of 736 precincts reporting, Duncan led 66,383 to 56,061. A 41-year-old Medford at torney, Duncan has been speaker of the Oregon House for an , unprecedented two terms. ' Reelection came without difficulty for GOP Rep. Wal ter Norblad and Democratic Reps. Al Ullman and Edith Green. Norblad won a ninth term by defeating former Demo cratic Slate executive secre tary Blaine Whipple by about 40,000 voles, giving Norblad a healthy 62 per cent of the total. In the second district of Eastern Oregon, Ullman led Bend publisher Robert Chand ler by a five to three margin. Ullman won a fourth term. In the third district of Mult nomah county, with all pre cincts reporting, Mrs. Green won a fifth term, 131,225 to 67,766 for Portland pharma cist Stanley Hartman. Duncan's victory recap tured for Democrats the seat they lost when Dr. Edwin Durno of Medford unseated Charles Porter in I960. Durno gave up the seat this year in an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate nomination. Duncan, a father of six, ran strong throughout the district, even keeping close in Fisher's home territory of Lane coun ty. Duncan's campaign favor ed most Kennedy administra tion programs. Duncan called it a "hard, clean fight" and added "I'm sure Carl and I are closer friends than ever before." Ite said he would make plans for winding up pending law cases and moving most of his family to Washington. Pari? - IPli- France's first vertical takeoff and landing VTOL lighter airplane made its public debut Tuesday at Melun-Viilaroche, near Paris. Kay decreed statewide fast residents. MEDFORD, KEGON, WEDNESDAY, Jackson Could Swing Control Of Oregon House Close Race Hinges On Absentee Votes Portland-IUPD-Democrats re tained Oregon House control in Tuesday's elections, but by their present razor thin edge of 3 1-29. The bizarre situation could be reversed by absentee ballots in Jackson county, but this was unlikely. The Democrats improved on their 20-10 margin in the Oregon Senate by one seat, winning the new Senate 21-9. It takes 16 to control. It takes 31 seats to control the 60 member House. The deciding votes were in Jackson county, and in the new Benton-Lane district cre ated by the 1961 reapportion ment. Until the results of these two races materialized. the Republicans and Demo crats locked in a 29-29 tie. As it is, the Democrats probably will be able to eleet the 1963 House Speaker un less a few of them defect but they will have the same trouble as in the 1961 Legis lature: When the chips are down, some Democrats side with the GOP, especially the conservative ones. The 29-29 deadlock was re solved this way: Two of Jackson county's three House seats were taken with clear margins by Repub licans John Dellenback and Edward Branchfield, both of Medford. Final returns for the third seat showed a close three-way race among Demo crats James A. Redden and Alva N. Bradford, and Repub lican Alexander A. Dumas, all of Medford. It was 11.911 for Redden, 11,574 for Bradford and 11,- 516 for Dumas. Some 1,004 absentee ballots will clinch the seat, and Redden is ex pected to keep a winning mar gin. Then the cuffhander came in the Benton-Lane district where Democrat Eugene Hulett, Eugene, barely nosed out Verne Hawn, Eugene Re publican, for the 31-29 lineup. Butte Falls Voters Vote for Wrile-lns Butte Falls - Butte Falls was still in a auandry at noon today over the city elections. The Butte Falls city council is expected to hold a special meeting and decide what to do about the high number of write-ins. Receiving the most votes for mayor, ati write-ms, were Elga Abbott, 55: Robert Dris- kell, 8; C. L. Stratton, 5, and Bruce Pingle, 3. Incumbent City Recorder Kizzie Edmondson received 102 votes, and Ernest Smith, 132 votes for treasurer. Both were on the ballot. There were 59 write - in votes for two council posi tions not having candidates on the ballot. Four other posi tions had candidates on the ballot. On the ballot were: Donald Dillard. 119; C. L. Stratton. 122; Charles Capello, 120; Raymond Chambers, 124. Write-ins included: Pingle, 21: Anzel Conley, 6; Shirley Hel cher. 15; Bill Rogers, 7; Bob Driskell, 7; Roy Green, 7; and Bill Harris, 8. Time OK'd; greater defeat than its op ponents had hoped. Vote against the proposal was more than three to two. Defeat of the measure left Oregon ranked first among the states in apportioning on a "one man, one vote" basis. A proposal to repeal the 1957 school district reorgani zation laws and to require dis tricts created under the law to revert toward their original status also went down to re- rn-r TTkTTHT-n I K h n, NOVEMBER 7, 1962 WAYNE MORSE 'Tiger' Hasn't Slipped Morse Turns Back Sig Unander in Senate Election Portland - ffiPB - Democratic Sen. Wayne Morse, veteran of political battles under three party flags, proved Tuesday the prestige of "the tiger of the Senate" hasn't slipped. Despite charges he was weak on Cuba, Morse defeat ed Republican Sig Unander by virtually the same margin that he held when he won six years ago, Morse captured about 54 per cent of the vote in his race against Unander, com pared to a fraction over 54 per cent when he defeated former Interior Secretary Douglas McKay in 1958. The victory put the boot to claims by Republicans that the voters were tired of "a talking, not a working sen ator." Republican leadership had listed Morse as a prime target this year. Returns from 3,132 of 3,244 precincts gave Morse 309,394 to 282,960 .or Unander. Slow Reaction Criticized Unander, former state treasurer, ex-federai maritime commissioner, and a proven vote-getter in past campaigns, had criticized Morse and President Kennedy for being slow to react to the Cuba threat. Morse, chairman of the Sen ate Subcommittee on Latin American Affairs, replied Un ander was displaying ignor ance of international law. He gave his 100 per cent support to President Kennedy. Morse won a fourth term in the Senate - his second as a Democrat. He first was elected as a Republican in 1944 and 1950, became an in dependent in 1952, and com pleted the swing tohe Demo cratic party in 1956, incurring the lasting wrath of Republi can leadership. Southwest Phoenix Zoning Is Defeated Phoenix - Southwest Phoe nix area residents voted down a zoning and land use ordi nance in Tuesday's election by more than two to one. The vote was 74 yes, 198 no. The election was the climax of some five months of dis cussions and public hearings held by the Jackson county planning commission for the residents of the area. The area had been interim zoned for three years, Bnd, according to Oregon law, residents had to approve both a land use ordi nance and zoning ordinance before the area could become permanently zoned. Fluoridation Loses In Medford, Ashland Voters in both Ashland and Medford voted down pro posals to add fluorides to the city water systems. In Medford the vote was two to one against 8.081 no, 2.8H8 yes. In Ashland there was an even wider margin 2.158 no. 723 yet. Both cittea had defeated the proposal in earlier elections. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 197 WEATHER t!f tomgftf. Occa&iunal yhuw rt Thursday. Low tunisht 3S o. liish TluiruUy M-ii. Temp. HtsttMt YMterdiy 5 Lowest This Murnlns 2 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:38 p.m. sunmt itHttormw .... 6:M a.m. Mimnsrt tomorrow .... 2:3 a.m. full Mmm Nov, It PRMINKNT STAR strtiii, rtye .tt:lft p.m VISIBLE I'LAMTS Jttpiter, due south 7:25 p.m, Saturn, low in uuth west 8:42 p.m. Mars, rises tt:2 p.m. Redden Has Lead Of 337 Voles in Stale House Race Lynn Newbry, Ashland Re publican, candidate for reelec tion for state senator, received the highest number of voles of any Jackson county candi date yesterday. Going with him to the state legislature will be John R. Dellenback, Medford Republi can; Edward Branchfield, Medford Republican, and James A. Redden, Medford Democrat. All three state rep resentatives are lawyers. The race for the third state representative post was close between Redden, Alva N. Bradford, Democrat, and A. A. Dumas, Republican. Red den increased his lead over Bradford to 337 votes with the final unofficial tabulation by the Mail Tribune. There are 1,004 absentee votes to be counted. Trailing in the field of six candidates for the stale house was Charles W. Crary. Race Totals Here was the totals in these races with all precincts of Jackson county reporting: Newbry, 16,930; Henry . F. Padgham Jr., 8,870. Dellenback, 16,125; Branch- field, 13,779; Redden, 11,911; Bradford, 11,574; Dumas, 11, 516: Crary, 8.897. In other races, two Demo cratic incumbent office hold- ers. County Assessor Thad Hattcn and County Clerk Marvin Madden, won easily over their Republican chal lengers. Hatten defeated Herb Hunt er, Medford, 15,073 to 9.978, and Madden defeated Bercth P. Hopkins, Medford, 18,038 to 9,367. County Judge Eart M. Milt er, Republican, was reelected to that post over former Coun ty Commissioner Ralph A. James. The vote was 14,214 to 11,032. A Republican can didate for county commission er, Donald A. Faber, Central Point, will fill the positicfn now occupied by Chester Wendt, who did not seek re election. Faber beat his op ponent, Larry Sheehan, Rogue River, 13,617 to 11,639. In the other countywidc race, DeArmond Leigh, Ash laid, a Republican, beat Berle E. Stephens for county sher iff. The vole was 13,838 to 11,545. Counting of the 1,004 ab sentee ballots started this morning in the county clerk's election division at the court house. They are expected to be completed tomorrow. A total of 26.099 Jackson county residents cast ballots in Tuesday's election accord ing to the Mail Tribune's tabu lations. This is 68.36 per cent of the county's eligible vot ers. Including the 1 ,004 absen tee ballots cast, the tots! coun ty voters in Tuesday's election is 27,103 or 70.96 per cent. Molalla Votes For Fluoridation By United Pr International Voters turned down water fluoridation in Portland and La Grande but passed It in MolBlla by four votes Tues day. Vancouver, Wash., voters passed their fluoridation measure. Irt Portland, the measure went down 79.185 to 65.078. La Grande voted it down 1,348 to 1,030. Molalla passed it 204 to 200. Cave City Name Is Defeated at Palls Cave Junction - The name of this city will remain Cave Junction. A prnrmsal to change the name of the city to Cave City W8 defeeted in yesterday's election here by a vote of 101 to !8. CLAIMS VICTORY A weary confetti-draped Gov. Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon talks on the telephone at his campaign head quarters in Portland after he had claimed Josephine County Voters Favored More Republicans Grants Pass - Despite Democratic edge in regtstra- : tion, Josephine county voters favored most Republican can didates overwhelmingly- in yesterday s election here. Sidney Bazett, Republican representative m the 18th dis trict, appeared to have won reelection by about a three to one margin. His opponent was Caroil W. Dewey. Incumbent Republican county commissioners Louis D. Ringuette and Donald G. McGregor were far ahead of their Democratic opponents, James F. Harris and Edward W. Hare, respectively in in complete returns. Grants Pass citv election featured a cliffhangcr in which incumbent Mayor Charles B. Gill Jr. was ahead of D. W. Gillespie 2.002 to 1,918, in unofficial returns. In the city eonscil races, in complete returns showed the following: Ward I: Roland Stearns, 616; Larry Greene, 331. Ward 11: William V. Wright- son, unopposed, 875. Ward HI: E. Bobby Pruitt, 334; Hugh Gould, 282. Ward IV: Chester L. Wilde, 404; H, L. Rollins, 383. Proposed tax levies for drainage system improvement and parks and recreation im provements were winning. F.W.Mason Wins n Central Point Central Point Mayor Free man W. Mason of Centra! Point won reelection yeter- day by a 23-vote margin over Councilman Leslie J. Bigham 302 to 279. Bowers was third with 202. Bigham relinquished his city council scat to run for mayor. Lylc Paul! was reelected city recorder over three other candidate. It was Paul! 381, Robert H. Padgett 223, Larry II. South 85, and Donald J. Braund 83. Edward W. Jones was re elected city treasurer by s 480 to 2i7 count over Juanita Wil liams. The lone incumbent council man running for reelection, Don M. Patterson, was reelect ed in Ward 111. He had 125 votes to 83 for Robert V. Walker and 13 for Earl Thom as fox. In Ward I, Bert O. Adams heat Frank Armstrong 79 to 68 for that city cosmcij wt. In Witrd II, Dale L. Hartley edged through to win with 85 votes to 72 for Earl W. Oben jthain and 52 Ir Keith E. Williams. Democrats in Firm Grip on Congress; Big Names Tumble Washington -Wi- Democrats won firm cantrol of Congress again today in a checker board election in which the party of the president in pow er did better than in any off year electfart since 1834 under Franklin D. Roosevelt. The outpouring of votes in Tuesday s balloting, unexpect edly large for a midterm con test, established a crazy quilt pattern from the beginning. Voters clearly were lit no mood to abide by traditional balloting patterns. While the Democrats were scoring their congressional tri umphs. Republicans knocked off Democratic governors in the pivotal states of Pennsyl vania, Ohio and Michigan. All are powerful bases for strengthening the party's 1964 presidential bid. The Republicans also en larged their beachhead in the once Solid South, reaching a post-reconstructiart high irt party members from that area. Democratic candidates in turn won major races in such traditional GOP strongholds as New Hampshire, Vermont, Wisconsin ana Iowa. Possible GOP Prospects Three prospects for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination coasted into gov ernorships - Neison A. Rocke feller who won reelection in New York; George Rorrmey, who ended 14 years of Demo cratic rule in Michigan, and William W. Scranton, who won impressively in Pennsyl vania. In Massachusetts, Edward Voters Turn Down PUD Issue by 4 fol Grants Pass - Seventy-two per cent of Josephine county's registered voters turned out yesterday and voted down a proposed People's Utility dig trtet by a margin of more than four to one. The highly eontroverslai proposal would have author ticd a crestion of a PUD throughout most of Josephine comity with board of direc tors of five. The Issue sparked a heated campaign on the question of "public power" versus "private power." Complete but unofficial re turns from all of Josephine county's 52 precincts showed 8.S82 votes against the PUD and only 2,054 for it. DUNLEVY ELECTED Jimmy Dutiievy, present Medford city councilman, was elected mayor of Medford over two opponents. City counritmen eies iert were Rob ert J. Cunningham, Ware! I; Joseph R. Husiek, Ward 2; Robert Bacctis, Ward 3. and Richard H. Travis, Ward k. victory over Democratic Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton, who ran against htm ia his bid for reelection. (UPIJ M. (Ted Kennedy, the chief executives youngest-brother, was an easy winner over Re publican George Cabot Lodge for lite Senate seat once held by the President. Lodge ta the son of Hetsry Cabot Lodge, the 1888 GOP Vice presidential nominee. Young Kennedy's victory was big enough to pull End! eoft (Chubl Peabody, Har yard's last All-Amerlcart foot ball player, into the governor ship. Peabody defeated Re publican; Gov. John A. Yope in an upset. A late upset came in la- dtana where Republican Sen. Homer Capehart was defeated after 18 years In the Senate by Birch E. Bayh, 34, minority leader in the legislature. Cape hart, an early advocate of in vasion or blockade of Cuba, had beers presumed to be vindicated and assured of re election by Kennedy's block ade action, Big Names Dfstd Oilier bis political names in both parties fell by the way side. They included Sen, Al exander Wiley fR-Wis., Gov, Michael V, DISalle of Ohio. Sen. John A. Carroll (D-Coto.K veteran Rep. Walter H. Judd tR-Minrt.) and Sea. J, J, Hic kcy (D-Wyo.). In 35 governors' races, the Democrats had won 17 and led in four. Republicans won 13 and led in one. The indi cated new totals, counting holdovers, would be just what they were before the election: Democrats 34, Republicans IS. Man, Wif& Killed In Car-Truck Crash Estacada - fBPS - An Eagle Creek couple died when their car collided head-on with a logging truck sever miles north of here Tuesday. The victims were Roy O. Dail, 7ft, and his wife. Stella May, 72. Rafferf y Leads Richardson In Close California Race Son Franeisco-iSTO-Dr, Max Rafferty, s staunch critic of "progressive education ap peared today to have been elected state superintendent of public instruction in Cali fornia in a close race. Returns from 23,749 pre cincts out of a total of 31328 gave Rafferly 1,557,307 votes compared with 1,428,838 tor his opponent Dr. Ralph Richardson, former president of the Lo Angeles city board of education. Raffcrty, controversial figure frentienily linked with tlie far right in California, was winning despite the fact that Gtv. Edmund G. Brown, nine of the 10 members of the Edith Greenr Norblad, Ullman Score Victories Voter Tr n-Oaf Aboyr 70 Per Cerrf Porfland-S-FS - Gov, Mark. Hatfield outpoiled Sen. Wayne Morse as the two powerful itieutnbertts swept ta victory in Tuesday's general election which also saw Democrals gain a seat from Republicans in Congress. Robert Duneart, 41-year-old House speaker and father of six children, defeated Eenuh- iieari Carl Fisher in the closest contest among major races. He will occupy the fourth district House seat vacated by Hep, Edwin Durno R-Ore. Democratic Reps. Edith Green artd Al Ullman and Re publican Hep. Walter Norblad scored easy victories to make Nov. 8 an incumbents field day in Oregon. Biggest Margin Hatfield, often talked of as a possible 1364 Eepabliesrs vice presidents! nominee, roll ed up the biggest margin of his career in defeating Demo cratic Atty. Gen, Robert Y. Thornton and independent Robert Wampler. Morse, elected tor the fourth time and the second time as a Democrat, pulled away from GOP candidate Sig Unander but his margin wasn't as great as Hatfield's. Returns from 3178 of Ore gon's 3,244 precincts showed Hatfield with 32,2uCJ to 244. 393 for Thornton and 25,052 for Wampler. Morse bad 32S, 913 to 27S.SS2 for Unander . About 79 per cent of the state's 88388Q voters turned out. Democratic Majority Hatfield piled tip bis vic tory irt the face of a 78.00& Democratic majority. He pledged to "work vigorously for progress irt Oregon . . ." Morse pledged "to all the people of Oregon that I shall continue to servo them in the Senate by following where : the facts lead thereby always placing principle above par tisanship. His victory came in the face of accusations by Unander that he had; been soft on Cuba. Sfrsv Green won a fifth straight term in defeating Portland druggist Stanley Hartman, Republican, Ull man, who lost his lower left leg in an auto accident last year, handily defeated Bend publisher Robert Chandler to win for the fourth straight time, Norblad's victory over Democrat Blaine Whipple gave the Slayton Republican his ninth term in Congress. Jackson county final re turns gave: U.S. senator: Morse, 13,423; Unander, 12,878. U.S. representative: Dun can, 14,214; Fisher, 11,788. Governor: Hatfield, 14,951; Thornton, 10,488; Wampier, 650. Labor commissioner; Biair, 10,588; Ntlsert, 13,087. Three Incumbents Win m Ashland Ashland-The three incum bent city couneiimen won re election here yesterday, com ing in ahead of two other can didates for three seats on the Ashland council. Top vote getter km Donald E. Lewis with 1,850. David S. Kerr had 1,784 Bnd Arthur M. Peters 1,779. Trailing be hind were Glenn M. Revel, a former councilman, with. 1.374, and George L, Jones with 1,301. W, E. Bartlett, unopposed for recorder, was elected with 2.546 votes, while Everett E. McLaughlin, unopposed for treasurer, was elected with' 2,478, stale board of education and other state leaders had ear dorscd Richardson. In other California returns,, two controversial proposition appeared: headed for defeat, One was Proposition 23 which would have given heav ily populated counties more seals to the California state senate. With 18,909 precincts out of 31,820 reporting, it was losing by 1,593,412; to B88.471, The oilier wag Proposition; 24, which would have given virtually any state official the power t& declare rv organ ization subversive. It was los ing: 1,683,464; to 986,830 In re turn! also from 18,099 precincts. r.