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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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