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Winners off State, Jackson County Elections County Voters Agree With State On 8 Measures Jackson county voters ap proved eight measures - dis agreeing with the state vote on apportionment - and voted against repealing the school district reorganization law, which was also defeated state wide. The Mail Tribune's unoffi , cial tabulation of county -e- suits in the nine measures fol- lows: Reorganize state militia 13, , 329 yes, 9,042 no. Forest rehabilitation debt limit 14,453 yes, 6,750 no. Permanent road debt limit amendment 14,332 yes, 6,- 690 no. Power development debt limit amendment 13,549 yes, 7,105 no. State courts - creation and jurisdiction 12,649 yes, 7,109 no. Daylight saving lime amendment 14.417 yes, 10, 977 no. Constitutional six per cent limitation amendment 12,415 yes, 7,647 no. Legislative apportionment constitutional amendment 11, 129 yes, 9,271 no. Repeal school district re organization law 7,517 yes, 34,371 no. Geography Teachers Schedule Heeling Ashland The fall meeting of the Oregon Geography Teachers, will be held on the Southern Oregon college cam pus, Nov. 10, it was announc ed by Dr. Roy McNeal, geog raphy department chairman. "Conservation Problems Around the World" is the con ference theme. Registration will be held from 8:15 to 9 a.m. followed by lectures on: India-Pakistan. James Haratani, Portland State college; Middle Amer ica (Honduras,) Dr. Carl Johan nessen. University of Oregon; and Japan, Dr. Forrest Pitts, University of Oregon. A panel composed of Oregon Stale university staff will then dis cuss implications and conclu sions of the lectures, followed by a luncheon and business session. Concluding the meeting will be the choice of two field trips, land utilization or phys ical geography. Dysentery Claims Two Oregon Babies Portland -IBPH- The Oregon Board of Health said Tuesday that two babies have died as a result of an outbreak of dy sentery in Central Oregon.. Dr. Grant Skinner, state epidemiologist, said the out break started at a labor camp near Culver in Jefferson coun ty and spread to the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The babies were identified as Alfred Cantu, 9 months, the son of Mrs, Patricia Cantu, a migrant worker at the camp, and Manuel Stacona, 6months, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Stacona of Warm Springs. The Cantu baby was dead on arirval at a Redmond hos pital last Wednesday and the Stacona baby died last Mon day at a hospital at Prineville. Twelve olhers were re ported ill. iiTrViilntniiirl,ir' r - ; .... I i , - O A VOTE TABULATION Combined stalls of the Mail Tribune. KBES-TV. Ashlanri Daily Tidings, and KYJC assisted in lahttlatiiiR lrction returns in Jackson county last even Ins. Part of the group that spent the evening adding precinct totals is shown in this pic- 'f",c "-' T.-t! i if i. r i L . W. NEWBRY State Senator .? v ' v '4, THAD W. HATTEN County Assessor E. M. MADDEN County Clerk Truman Says People Aware of Interests Independence. Mo. - (UPB -Former President Harry S, Truman said today the out come of the election demon strates that "the people of the United States understand where their interests lie." He said he was "very much pleased" with the victory of Gov. Edmund Brown ow.r former Vice President Rich ard Nixon in the California gubernatorial race. Nilsen Easily Wins Third Term Election Portland - WTO - Democrat Norman Nilsen easily won re election Tuesday for a third term as Oregon's l3bor com missioner. Nearly complete returns shned Nilsen had a margin of about 140.000 votes over Republican Alfred (Pat) Blair, Salem, secretary - manager of Cascade Employers Association. & f x. P- - , -1. f - ....1 L . -; JOHN R. DELLENBACK State Represeniaiive M DONALD E, FABER County Commissioner Program Presented By HS Debaters The Mcdford High school men's debaters, first place winners last week at the Marshfield High school invi tational debate tournament, prescnled a program before the Medford Rotary club Tuesday. Appearing at a luncheon meeting at the Rogue Valley Country club, Paul Goodwin, Mike Whinihan. Larry Tuttie and Robert Hoag argued the question of reciprocal free trade between the U.S. and non-communist nations. The two local teams tied at the tournament. DcVere Taylor, coach of the debating team, introduced the speakers. , ' . I . -' .;;', ts;V 1 ' v V " i DeARMOND LEIGH EARL M. MILLER County Sheriff County Judge ! ' is -1 '-...ire- - . , 1 i & ' f ' Utre taken bv KBES-TV Newscaster Dave Alien between local breaks in the CBS na tional election coverage. The Mail Tribune newsroom was the scene of the election night activity with both KBES-TV and KYJC broadcasting from there. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MKDl'OKD OKKGOK EDWARD BRANCHF1ELD Stale Representative Labor-Supported enafe Candidates Hold Election Edge Washington - WPB - Senate candidates backed by labor's political arm held She edge today in a series of head-to-head contests against oppo nents supported by the con servative Americans for Con stitutional Action. The candidates endorsed by the AFL-CIO Committee on 1 Political Education won nine of the elections involved. The conservative supported candi dates won five and one race remained in doubt. In House races, Labor en- dorscd 176 winning candi dates and 137 losers. Sixteen races were still in doubt. ACA backed 122 winning House candidates and 28 who were defeated. Ten races involving ACA endorsement were in doubt. COPE also endorsed 22 gu bernatorial candidates. Eleven won, seven lost and four races were undecided. Favorites Win Two of labor's favorites, Birch Bayh of Indiana and Daniel B. Brewster of Mary land, won Senate seats now held by Republicans. Bayh scored a major upset when he defeated Sen. Homer Capehari (R-Ind.i, a long-time incumbent with ACA blessing. Brewster beat ACA-backed Edward T. Miller in the race for the seat vacated by Sen. John M. Butler (R-Md.). Two Republican candidates on the ACA -approved list dumped Democratic incum bents who had labor support. Rep. Peter H. Dominick iR Colo.) beat incumbent Demo cratic Sen. John A. Carrol! and Milward L. Simpson de posed Democratic Sen, J, J. Hickey in Wyoming. Democrats Score Sweep in Hawaii Honolulu - it - Hawaii's Democrats, led by proven votc-geiier Daniel K. Inouye, vesterdnv scored their lirst clean sweep of statewide of-! fices in Island history. I Hawaii's voters, in promot- ! ing Inouye from the U. S. House to the U. S- Senatp. elected the first senator if Japanese ancestry. Inouye, a U.S. Army wr hero who lost an arm in the , Kalian campaign, easily nut-, distanced Republican million- j aire lien V. Dillingham for the ' Scnnic scat being vacated by Democrat Oren E. Long. - The biggest upset was in the governor's race, where Demo- i crat John A. Burns ousted; j GOP mrtimSx-nt Wtiimm K. , Qumn. Qimm defcati-rf Burns . by 4.01TO votes in V.iMt. : Two Kennedy - style Demo-1 crats, Tiirmias P. Gil! and Spark M. Matstmaga, won tiic t state's two a!-!rge seats in j the House of Representatives, i SI Louis m- Charles P. Stanley, manager of radio sta tion WEW, t"7 on the dial) be came the proud father of a 7-pound, 7-ounce boy. j-v. JAMES A REDDEN Siate Representative Carrel Banks Wins Resiection in CJ Cave Junction - Incumbent j as mayor of Cave Junction m Incumbent Negro House a close race with Giiien members who won easy re Brown. The vote was Banks election, ail Democrats, are 40 and Brawn 33 Reps. Adam Clayton Powell, There were onlv two catidt- i New York City; Charles C, dates for two citv council j Diggs Jr., Detroit; William L, seats. Elected were W. I. How- Dawson, Chicago; and Robert land and Fred Salvage. N. C. Nix, Philadelphia, Alt i represent districts with heavy Sardine Creek Herd I Nrsre population and ail were opposed by Negro Republi- Law Passes, J 2 fo 7 1 cans. Gold Htl! A herd law nro- j poseo to close 3,120 acres oil grazing land to cattle m the 1 Sardine creek area above the ! Forks was approved by voters m the area affected yesterday. Tile vote was 12 to 7 in favor. In other head-to-head races, Labor scored with Sen. Lister Hill (D-AIa.S, who defeated James D. Martin; Sen. Carl Hayden D-Ariz.S, who turned back Evan Mecham; Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho), who beat Jack Hawley; Sen. Ed ward V. Long (D-Mo.), victor over Crosby Kemper; Sen. Otin D. Johnston (D-S.t), over William D. Workman Jr.; Sen. Warren G. Magnuson CD Wash.), who defeated Richard G. Christcnscn; and Sen, Alan f Bible (D-Nev.), who beat Wil- liam B. Wright, Republicans with ACA backing who won were Sen. Len B. Jordan, !R-Idaho)( who beat Rep. Grade Pfost; Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R Iowa), over Elbert B. Smith and Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R-Utah), who beat Rep. David S. King. 1 If you want a low-priced car ...with a Wide -Track ride... either buy a '63 Tempest Drivers like Wide-Trackintt, we found. So wa widened the track on Tempest this year and now you can enjoy its road' leveling stability to your heart's content, Nobody else in the low-priced field has it, hut that's their problem, What't more, nobody else gives you. a choice of the 4 that goes around acting (ike a V-8 or a 2&Qh,p V8 that acts like nsih ing you ever saw before. Try one soon, at your W---T""Pontiac dealer's, VfidemTractC TetttpGSt KK -n mtui: niMilOH MCKMIMr 'ejt!Ha SEE YOUR AUTHORIZED FONT fAC DEALER FOR NEW-ACtmS USED CARS, TOO DEAN & TAYLOR PONTIAC CO,, Inc. 2!?7 S, PACIFIC HIGHWAY MESFORC, OREGON Next Congress To Include Five Negro Members Washington -IUPU- The SRth Congress will include five Ne groes, a post - reconstruction 1 record, I Four Negro House members twon reelection in Tuesday's 1 f voting and were jomed by a f ftftfv Democrat Augustus i. i Hawkins from the newly ere- j fated 21st congressional dts- j trirt of California. j Negroes have not held so! many congressional seats since S F 1ST .Wnn j sraiiiera smies unaer carpes t 'g rule sent one Negro io me Senate and seven ta the House, One or more Negroes from the South served in every Congress thereafter through 1901. After that, there 1 was no Negro member of Con t gross until 192&. ! Both Democratic and Re publican candidates in the new 1 21st California district were I Negroes. The district is part of Los Angeles, which ranks t sixth among cities in Negro population. The district is Tallies Listed for Four Judicial Posts Four judges were up for election in the state with Jackson county district court the only county judgeship, In cumbent L. L. Sawyer was unopposed in the nonpartisan election. He polled a total of 18,465 votes, according to the Mail Tribune's unofficial tabu lation. Jackson county voters voted lor William M. McAllister, judge of the supreme court, 18,489; Arno H. Deneeke, su preme court judge, 17,604, and Peter Gurmar, judge of the Oregon tax court, 18,3t8. All of the candidates are incumbents. 1 Rogwe River Civic Improvement Club Plans Building Repairs Rogue River - The Civic Improvement club of Rogue River is launching a series of money raising projects for the purpose of making repairs on its building on the corner of First Bnd Oak sts. This building, which is used by the club for two meetings each month and by three oth er organizations, is maintained by the ladies of the club. On November 10 the doors will open at 9 a.m. for a rum mage and baked foor sale. Medford's UuLJ IE N LlU JIMMY DUKLEVY m , J K' JOSEPH HOSICK ii,jfj Ward II Councilman Medfgrd Mygt ROBERT CUNNINGHAM f Property Being Reappraised in GP Grants Pass Josephine County Assessor Don Jones said here today that com mercial propertties in the city of Grants Pass are currently being reappraised as part of a statewide revaluation pro gram sponsored by county authorities and the State Tax commission, Jones said the reappraisal. which includes ail classes of j properly, is expected fo reach j . , H , -completion in this area in ! 8lrch Fare time for the valuations io ! Poorly in California show on the 1964-1965 tax rolls. The cousitywide program was started last here last sum mer with reappraisal o resi dential properties on the south side of Grants Pass. State and local appraisers, Jones said, will try to com plete bath residential and commercial revaluations in School District 7, which in cludes the city of Grants Pass, before moving the program to other areas of the county. Josephine is one of six coun ties currently under reap praisal. Portland Rejects Fluoridation, Bonds Portland - BP8 - Portland voters like their water the way it is, and their Memorial Colisfum too. A Junior Chamber of Com merce backed proposal to sdd fluoride to the city's water supply was going down to de feat. Voters also rejected a pro posal for $4 million in bonds for a convention hall at the Memorial Coliseum site. Another money measure, calling for an Increased lax base, lost out too. 1 1 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER t, 18S2 Mayor, Councilman i Wid I Councriman 1 ir k " Mr-v.-'--"-i I i " -v J ft ' ' f ' f ROBERT L. BACCUS ' 1 Ward III Councilman " 1 - 1 ! Washington - Wftt - Three avowed members of the John Birch Society faired poorly la yesterday's California voting. Rep. Eagard W. Heistand CR-Calif.j lost to his conserva tive Democratic opponent, On incomplete returns Rep. John H. Rousselot (R-Caiif.) was trailing. In another California House race Republican H. L. (Biii Richardson, a Birch member, was defeated by Democrat George E, Brown Jr. Water Users Io Meet Friday Kiht Williams A group of the greatest water users trora the Williams ereek- area will hold a meeting with the Josephine county watermaster Friday at at 7 p.m. Host to this group will be Mr. and Mrs, Clifford Merrill of Williams. The members of the group have been notified to attend the meeting to learn of water rights and possible disputes and problems. At a later date another meeting is planned that wilt inciude all water users in the Williams area. It fs hoped that thfs meeting will bring about clarification of all laws for water users. ...or forget it k 1 i tr , X AT ! t I RICHARD H. TRAVIS Ward IV" Councilman Democrat Elected Hultnomah Sheriff Portland - H-Bonali Clark, a 2ff-year-Id Demo erat, won out ever Polico Capt, Eugene Ferguson for Multnomah estmty sheriff to day irt one of the tightest election races. With all 1,222 precincts re porting Clarfe had 95,272 is 94,52ft for Ferguson, Another young Democrat, State Rep. George Van Hoom issen, J2, took a one-sided vic tory tar Multnomah county district attorney over i, Ray mond Carstadon. Dist. Judge Richard Burka won a circuit judge post by defeating James F. Lonergan handily. City commissioners Bark Grayson and Ormond R. Bean won election in the May pri mary. GRANGE OPEN HOUSE Lone Pine - Saturday, S:25 pjn Roxy Ann grange Spring st and Valley View dr. Open house and pot luck dinner. Films of European trip to be shown at about 7:39 p.m. y
