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Close One in County
The oMclnl tabulation of tha 18
OOO-plus votes cant 111 Klamath
i-ouiily at Tuesday's gcnnriil eleo
Hon begun today, and tlin exact
results ur the voting probsbly will
tint bo known umil bnlurday, at
irani.
A check or figures today, Mill
on an unofficial bnnln, shows only
una chatiuo from mulls announced
jonioraay,
Anilnrnntltf nllvfl fliillra S3A N
Blh, inn bwn elected lo liio Oily
Council position Iroin Ward 1. Yes-
lordny li appeared that Ur. Harry
Fredrick, tm N, 2nd, waa the win
ner. Hut liKlay'a count shows Splk-
rr 384, Kredrlcka '62 and Jos
Uroen, 604 N. 2nd, 380,
H the official canvass ol votes
roniirma those figure, the Klmn
kill Falls Clly Council tuklng over
nrt Jununry will bo composed of
Hpiker and Jimmy Bsriica, new
meinbera; Dnrtell Miller, re-elect-
rn inniioor; uon Kenyon ana won
dell Smith, holdover members.
The mayor will be Paul O, Lan
dry, insurance man. lie won lin
By FRANK JKNKIN8
let's do a HtUe enslyilng this
hiorulng.
We know by this time HOW
II happened,
A WHY did It happen?
.There are two explan
anatlona:
I. lite people wanted a change.
1 They had faith In Ite.
More or lest everybody (greet
on Hint.
But fcai hiHrried on Tuesday
aA null a RKMARKABLE thing.
T By a lanoiilide vole, with a high
er percentage of ellglblea going to
the poll, than at any time tn our
recent history, the people voted
lor a change AT THE i'EAK OF
A BOOM.
That la unusual.
The normal course Is lo wait un
til the boom buU. then throw the
Ins out and put the outs In. But
umjwwtiV.fiinfl i-r" " "" "
that didn't happen Wis time,
WHYt
The answer, I think, Is to be
found In one word WARI
We are at war, although we have
1 1 led to disguise the fact by call
ing H a police action. American
men tons, husbands, brothers,
nephews, coualne-ot all of u are
dvlng la a foreign Ian In war
that we can't aem to win; In a
war Uiat perhaps we have been
' afraid lo TRY to win.
Always before since we became
nation, we've fought to win when
we've fought at ell. This time It
doesn't seem to us thai we are
doing that. Bo the wastage of Amer
ican lives In the constant attrition
ol the fighting at the Korean front
bag seemed useless to us.
Thst, I'd say. "was the BIO Issue.
That, more than anything else,
accounted for the landslide.
It wss sddrd, of course, to oth
er Irritations and dlssallsfsctlons
and frustrations, but H must nav
been the big, Immedlsle fsctor In
the voting.
I think Ike thought so. Hence his
pledge that If he were elected
President he would go at once to
vnroa in sea whet can oe oonc
If anything, to Improve our sllua-
llnfi lhare
He's some et once, aa soon as
he csn get a few days of badly
needed rest. Like ell good adminis
trators, ne believes in noma
tilings first, and he obvlouly pula
loiea urai in m.m..,.
r - irninh In h he's tackling.
but If anybody can get away with
It Ike can.
He la a great general. He Is a
greul strategist. As supreme com
insnder of the allied lorces In Eu
rope during lhe decisive years of
World War II. he had wide DIP
LOMATIC a well as military
experience. Nobody . Is better
equipped, then he to find a solu
tion of the Koresn problem n
there IS such a ming as a solu
tion of II short of YEAR of bitter
and costly attritions! warisrv.
At any Tste, I'm njrased lo see
him tackle Uie biggest and the
toughest Job of all without hesita
tion or delay. The norms) course
for a POLITICIAN would have
been to stay at home and get his
politicking done FIRST, to psrcei
out the rewards. To decide who
gets what. Those are the supreme
comldrretlons of pure pontics.
Ike Isn't a nollMrlan. He In
greet lesder of men. Everything
conMdorcd, It seems to me he Is
going about hit Job In Uie right
wsy.
Nixon Calls
For Cleanup
CHICAGO tn Vice President
elect Richard Nixon reiterated
Thursdsy thst "one of lhe major
lobs of the new administration will
a to clean up corruption" In
Ws.'hlngton.
Accoinpsnlrd by hit wife, Pa
tricia, Nixon paused in Chicago
briefly between planra On his way
back to, Washington Irom Callfop
nln.
Nixon as Id he plans to "clean
tip" some unfinished business In
his BniHle office nnd soma loose
ends of the campnlgn, then take
a, lu-dny vacation with Mrs. Nixon
"somewhere In the cast,"
He told newsmen the question
akitjorriiption In government la high
'T Ilia new administration's
Lgenda. 1 I
1 !
dily over two opponents, Dick Ms
gulre end Ited Musnmiin.
'Die ufllclul csnvasH will be
called upon lo decide one county
contest, me unoinciui count to
dny shows Arthur (Mnior) Dick'
son lending Tom Hens for enmity
iiannHsur, 8.4IW lo 8,443, Dickson
Is the Iteiiubllcsn.
Otherwise, there aren't any clone
races and nothing that Die official
count is expected lo unset,
Mitklng the official tnliy sre Mrs.
Lester Ollleld, Mrs. Frank Sexton
and Mrs. Charles finis,
It was a recurd-smsshlng vote
for Klnmsth County, a total ot IH,
OHO Demons csnting s ballot In the
presidential election. That Is 82 per
win oi uio county iii.vuo regis
tered voters. As liir ss csn be de
termined, a 84 per cent turnout
wss the county's previous hiuh.
Ocn, Dwlght Elsenhower, the
Republics!! winner, reccivtd 11.624
votes hero, Oov. Adlsl Blnveiison
got a.48, and Vincent Hnlllnan,
innepenaent cuiinidatc, got fig.
In addition there were a few
write-ins, Including snmo for Stuart
Hamblen, Uie Prohibition csndldnle
which will rulne the total vote
sunnily,
Her Is the wsy the county vot
ed: FOR PRESIDENT: Elsenhower
11.624; Btevcnxon 8,48B; Halllnsn
IH.
FOR CONGRESS: Bsro Coon 10,.
ED GOWEN
83): John Jone, (.617.
FOR SECRETARY OF 8TATE
Edith Oreen 6; Earl T. Newbrj
11.661.
FOR STATE TRKA80RER:
Francis Lambert 7.184; 81g Unsn-
oer y.oe.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:
John McCourt 8,047; Robert V,
Thornton 8.869.
FOR STATE SENATOR: Jim Bo-
dle 6,100: Phil Hitchcock 13.129
FOR REPRESENTATIVE: Ed
Oeary 13.694; Hsnk Bemon 12.860
(no conte-it. both electedi.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
Frank Alriersnn 13,490.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Ed Qowen 9.939; Mariua Petersen
7,0S.
FOR 8HERIFF: Red Brltton 13.
235; Dale Maltoon 6.335.
. FOR COUNTY CLERK: Charlie
DrLsp 9,889; Phillls Mahonry
iji
FOB COUNTY ASSES80R: Ar
thur Dickson 1,499; Tom Hess
8.44 3.
FOR CORONER: Dr. Oeonie Ad-
ler 10.483; Keith O'Hsir 6,979.
On the various ballot measures.
the vote went this wsy:
ELECTING SUPERINTEND
ENT OF INSTRUCTION: Yes
6,680: No 6.839.
REPEAL VETS SINKINO FUND
Yes 10.818: No 4.S86.
AGED STATE HOSPITAL: Yes
13.870: No 3.409.
ALLOWING NEW TAX BASE:
Yes 9.028; No 5,204.
AUGMENT WAR VET FUND:
Yes 11.748: No 3,535.
EMERGENCY BOARD: Yes
B.107; No 4.799.
LEGISLATIVE TERMS: YeS 12.-
024: No 2,781
LEGISLATIVE TITLE AMEND
MENT: Yes 7.173: No 5.209.
LIMIT STATE PROPERTY
TAX: Yes 9,855; No 5.378.
WEIOHT-MILE TRUCK TAX:
Yes 11,343: No 6.145.
SCHOOL DISTRICT REORGAN-
IZATION: Yes 8,631; No 6,429.
CIGARET TAX: Yes B.134: No
10,969.
STANDARD TIME: Yes 11.107:
No 8,301.
OUTLAW PARI-MUTUFL BET
TING: Yes 5,591: No 10,662.
LIWUOR BY THE DRINK: Yes
10,091; No 6,844. V
HIGHWAY TAX AMENDMENT:
Yes 3.205: No 12,699.
MILK CONTROL REPEAL! Yes
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Buss itote
Threatens
US Blockade
MOSCOW im A Russian note
lo Washington charges the United
Btalcs with an lllegul end aggres
sive new blocksde In Koresn wa
ters and warna Uiat the United
States must take Uie "responsibil
ity lor consequences."
Moscow radio last nlgnt brosd-
cst Uie text of the terse 350-word
note end announced Uiat It was
delivered by the Husslan Embassy
in Washington Tuesdsy.
(The Btale Depsrtment acknow
ledged receipt of the protest last
night but dlplomstle and nsvsl of-
iicisia aecuncd comment until it
Is studied.
OBJECTION
(The Soviet Union objected to
sn order Bent. 27 bv U. N. conv
mender Oen. Murk Clsrk which
established a "sea defense xone"
In South Korean waters to "ellml
nst infiltration of enemy agents"
Into Allied prisoner of wsr csmps
on Koje and other Korean lUsnds,
ss well aa to prevent attacks on
ine bouui Koresn coast, protect
u. N. command lines of communl-
cstlons and hslt smuggling.
(Clsrk said Investlgstlons of the
prisoner riots on the Islsnds "have
sliown conclusively they were In
stigated and abetted by enemy
agents, landed from smsll boats
and carrying Instructions from
CommurjUl beadqusrters In North
Rorea.
violation
The Russlsn note contended thst
establishment ot the tone "repre
sents a violation of uie freedom or
sea, trade In the open set and
also a violation ot the rights of
the uhsr anrt other states." It
charged that the order was "a new
set of ttgression in the Far East.
which, ' proves one again UiSl the
u. o. government is not only un
willing lo stop the war In Korea.
but It following the path of new
cis or aggression."
The note said Uiat the Soviet
government 'Uloes not recognise ss
legsl Uie establishment by the 118.
government of the so-cslled defen
sive maritime tone around Korea.
and lays upon the V. 8. government
the responsibility for the Conse
quences of this new aggressive act
and for any damage that might
be caused to Uie Interests of the
USSR."
Ikeman Votes
Under Oxygen
A Klamath Falls resident, de
termined to csst his vote for Uie
Republicsn presidential csndldste
Dwighl D. Elsenhower, Tuesday,
voted In Uie dim glow of the dome
light In his csr while his wife
sdmlnlstered oxygen lrom a por
table tsnk.
Dean C. Dtvls. Lakeshore Drive,
owner of the Davis Plumbing and
Heating coa 136 E. Main wss t
registered Democrat Isst 8pring
He changed his reglstrstion to
Republicsn with the county clerk
but through an error his name
en not placed upon the poll books.
When he went to the bsllot booth
to vote In the primary he was
told thst because of the error he
could not vote and that It was too
Iste for a correction.
Dsvls hsd his Republican ssmnle
bsllot with him. filled out with his
choice of candldstes. In order to
qualify he copied the nsme of
every candidate on his Democratic
ballot and voted.
Davis became seriously 111 sev
eral months ago with a heart ail
ment and hat been bedfast at his
home.
The day came to vote and no
one waa available from the county
clerk'a office to go to his home
and certify his bsllot. When dark
csme he still hsd been unable to
fulfill his wish. Mrs. Dsvls helped
him to the fsmlly car for the trip
to the home of Mrs. w. p. Myers
where Lakeshore residents were
voting.
There reclining, while he strug
gled to brcnthe he msde Uie mark
that helped put the Republican
candidate In Uie While House.
Ike Draws
Record Vote
WASHINGTON, m Dwlght D.
Elsenhower drew more popular
voles Tuesdsy thnn any other pres
Identisl candidate In history In an
election which also set a new high
for total votes csst.
The Republicsn President-elect
received 31,875,451 votes with 10,
842 of the nation's 14.381' pre
cincts still lo be heard from.
The previous high was piled up
by Frnnklln D. Roosevelt In 1936
27,761,697 when all returns were In
from his race with Alt M. Landon.
Tuesdnv's Incomplete total vote
cast for both Elsenhower and Adlsl
Stevenson added up lo 67.544,367,
compared with the previous rec
ord of 40.830.312 set In 1840 when
Roosevelt delctted Wendell L. Win
kle.
KLAMATH
MS
.h-'S ltabNUr,3il!
iiitieiStnaaltsiWIisiliiiisairn
Six Measures
Lose In State
By The Assoclsted Freta
As the count from Oregon's
!.3fil precincts neared completion
Thursday, the earlier trend was
confirmed: Twelve of the measures
on Tuesdsy's election ballot were
approved and four were defeated.
The approved measures permit:
Sale of liquor by Uie drink, an
Increase In truck taxes, reappor
tionment of the Legislature, a ban
on daylight saving time, construc
tion of a hospital for aged mental
patienu in tne Portland area, tax
ine districts to vote new tax bases.
slste property taxes to be held to
a limn oi six mills a year, exten
sion of fsrm and home loans to
veterans ol the Koresn Wsr, elim
ination from Uie Constitution of
provisions lor benelllt for World
Wsr I vetersns, the stale emer
gency board to mske SDDroDrls-
llons between legislative sessions,
extension ol Uie terms of legis
istors from election day until the
date of the legislative session, Uie
Legislature to amend laws beyond
the scope of the original titles of
those laws.
The tlx measures which were re
jected would have:
Abolished welght-mUe taxes on
trucks, permitted reorganisation of
school districts, banned part-mu-tuel
betting, repealed the milk con
trol laws, permitted Uie appoint
ment of a state superintendent of
public Instruction, levied a 1 cent
tax on each psckage of cigarettes
sold.
Dorothy Lee
Loses Race
PORTLAND m Mrs. Dorothy
McCullough Lee, the first woman
mayor In Portland's history, con
ceded defeat Wednesdsy night in
her campaign for re-election.
Commissioner Fred L. Peterson
detested her 9 to 8 on the basis of
return from four fifths of the
city's 616 precincts.
Nate A. Boodv and Stanley W.
Enrle won the city council posts
oy wiae margins. '
Mrs. Lee. s lawyer, has been
active In public affairs since 1928
when she wss elected to the Legis-
Islure Bhe represented Multnomsh
County there until 1943 except for
lhe 1937 session when she wss de
feated In a Democratic landslide.
In 1943 she almost became nre.il-
dent ol the Btate Senate. Bhe and
her opponent, Henry Stelwer of
Fossil, were deadlocked for two
dBys, each with 15 votes. She lost,
though, when one ot her supporters
deserted her.
Thst same year Mrs. Lee re.
signed her Senate post to become
a member of the Portland citv
Council. She was elected mayor
lour years ago.
'November 7
Open . 6:17 a.m.
Close 3:54 p.m.
SHOOTING URS
FALLH, OKEOON, THLKHDAV, NOVEMBER . mi
Win
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Your Choices
Senator!
Adlai Wins
In Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. tB-Comnlte
unofficial returns from Tuesdsy's
balloting showed Thursday that
Adlnl E, Stevenson captured Ken
tucky's 10 presidential elector
votes by a margin of 1.047 ballots.
TsbulsUon of- the state's 4.185
precincts gave:
Stevenson 494.109; Dwlght D. El
senhower 493.062.
The Renubllcan candidate for U.
8. Senator, however, won by a
27.801 vote margin.
The total from all the state's
precincts gave:
John Shermsn Cooper R 491.
532: Thorn ss R. Underwood (D)
463,731.
Spudmen Act
On Cull Sales
The Oregon-Callfornit Potato
Marketing Agreement Control Com
mittee yesterday recommended ac
tion be taken on one violation and
sought new ways to stop illegal
shipments of cull potatoes to com
mercial msrkets wnere tney are
often panned oft On consumers as
graded spuds.
Meeting at the Oregon Potato
Inspection office here, the joint
session of Central and Southern
Oregon and Northern California po
tato grower and handler represen
tatives heard charges that car-
toads of "downright" culls are be
ing shipped commercially.
Closer liaison between Central
Oregon shipping Inspections and
California enforcement officers was
promised. Frsnk sciaronl, one of
the officers, explslned problems of
enforcing laws on shipments ot po
tatoes. ,
Recommended for Investigation
and action was the case of a Cali
fornia trucker apprehended ped
dling cull potatoes purchased In
this area. Sales were being made
in Butte County.
The trucker, whose nsme was
withheld, hsd purchased 50 sacks
of No. 1 and No. 2 potatoes In the
Macdoel area, hac? them Inspected
and okayed for shipment, and then
loaded on 60 sacks of culls. The
crackdown csme when the peddler
wss picked up bv the Butte Coun
ty agricultural commissioner's of-
Ilce.
Any action on the esse will be
taken through the Department of
Agriculture's compliance and In
vestigative branch, Ssn Francisco.
Those members attending the
meeting Included John Short, El
mer Lemler. Sam Anderson. Wll-
llsm Cheyne and O. W. Osborne,
all of the Klamath Basin, and
Oeorge Hosteller. Walter Metrltt
and F, J. Carpenter, Central Ore
gon.
Weather
FORECAST Klsmath Fslls and
vicinity snd Northern California:
Fair through Friday. High both
dav CO, low tonight S.
High temp yesterdsy 61
Lew last night 33
Preclp yesterday .
Since Ol.. 1 .14
Normal for period ..,.1.S4
8ame period last year t.9
Congress (mum!
Morse Refuses
Vote Comment
WASHINGTON Ul Sen. Wayne
Morse ot Oregon, usually on ot
the most outspoken men In Wash
ington, mslntsinea stienco inurt
dar on how he will cast his Im
portant vote on organisation of the
new senate.
Morse was elected as a Repub
lican but bolted nis party in tne
presidential campaign to support
Democrat Adlal E. Stevenson.
He has not said whether he will
vote with the Republicans or Dem
ocrats when the time comes for
distributing senate committee
chairmanships and the like.
His position assumes Importance
because the new Senate will in
clude 48 Republicans, 47 Demo
crats and himself.
If he should vote with the Dem
ocrats, the result would be a tie
thst could be broken by, the vice
president. .
California
Landslide
8 AN FRANCISCO CTI Califor
nia, with a registered Democratic
majority of more than 800,000,
gave President-elect Dwlght D.
Elsenhower Uie biggest popular
vote ever polled In the state by a
presidential candidate.
Nearly complete returns gave
Elsenhower a 600.000 margin over
Adlai E. Stevenson,
The GOP upsurge, in tn election
forecast as close in California, al
so: Helped Republicans snap up five
of the seven-seat gain In Congress.
Republicans won In 18 ot the 30
districts. Democrats took 10 and
led In two undecided contests.
The OOP holds a 13-10 edge In the
outgoing 23-member delegation.
Increased the strong Republican
majority in the state legislature.
Republicans were named to 54 of
the 80 pieces In the assembly, a
gain of eight. They boosted their
Senate margin by one to 29-11.
Hunting Tough
For Pheasant
There sre still a lot of pheasant
left In these parts, but hunters are
having a hard time finding them.
The reason, according to State
Game Biologist Ken Cochrun, Is
that Uie wiley ring-necks have tak
en to close clover and even dogs
may not do the trick in tracking
them out.
Cochrun said there are more
birds this year than last, and early
hunting this season was excellent.
In many cases, however, Uie game
man said the birds have taken to
Uie sage brush cover and csn be
seen in early evening returning to
the fields to teed.
One reason for the heavy bird
population this season may have
been the operation uiraieed" car
rled on here last winter when birds
were fed by Individuals interested
In carrying them through the winter.
COMMUNITY CHEST
You con increase the "value" of a dollar
by qiving it to your Community Chest.
Telephone Sill
zm
Narrow Edge
Obtained In
Both Houses
WASHINGTON 11 Congress has
returned to Republican control by
a margin so thin that President
elect Dwlght D. Elsenhower prob
ably will depend upon . bipartisan
support to put through many of
his policies.
This support, many believe, he
is likely to get.
While the general was wlnnlrur
with a landslide vote Tuesday, his
supporters fought bitterly and in
some esses neck and neck for seats
in Uie 83rd Congress, which will
consider major international and
domestic problems next year.
cignt congressional races went
J w -v'l",,,,,. -u
least three of them dependent upon
absentee ballots from throughout
Uie world, including Korea. In
some close races, defeated candi
dates have Indicated they may con
test Uie outcome.
Complete Senate returns gave
the Republicans 48 seats and the
Democrats 47. Seu. Wayne sdorse
of Oregon, who resigned from the
Republican Party to support Gov.
Stevenson, was listed as an inde
pendant with possibly a decisive
vow.
82ND CONGRESS
Tha Democrats held a 49-47 edee
tn the 82nd Congress. In the last
Republican-controlled 80th Con
gress of 1947, the OOP had s 61-45
advantage in the Senate.
Republicans Tuesday won 320
House seats, two more than neces-
y for control. The Democrats
k 20 but one ot these became
vacant with the death, last night
oi nep. Baoaui tu-iui. aean ol tne
House, who had Just been elected
to his 34th consecutive term. A
House vacancy can be filled only
by a special election, :
One independent who usually
witn uie Democrats was re-elected,
and Democrats were leading in
all eight undecided districts.
The Democrats held 231 House
seats in the last Congress, but this
advantage eras largely nullified by
an anti-Truman voting coalition of
KepuDucans ana southern Demo
crats. In 1947, the Republicans con
trolled the House by a 2-45-188 mar.
gin. with one vacancy and one
American Labor party member.
VOTING EDGE
The victory gives the GOP a vo
ting edge, particularly if Southern
Democratic support continues, but
lhe Republicans will gain greater
power by controlling committee
chairmanships and other top pos
itions in both houses. From these
posts, GOP leaders can direct Uie
progress of legislation.
The ntn) Congress faces basic
decisions on now much money to
spend on foreign aid and Uie mili
tary buildup, whether to continue
the present high tax rates and what
to do about expiring wage and price
controls.
Many ot the top Republicans in
(Can tinned an Pag 4) I
tum
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BECAUSE HE THOUGHT "we needed change," Wilmott
Crsndall, 102, Klsmath County'i oldeit voter, eeit hit vols
Tuesdsy for Republican pretidentiel candidate, Dwight D.
Eisenhower. It wat the first time tines 1872 thst he had not
voted for the Democratic party. In that yesr he cast his first
vote for Morses Greeley, Democratic candidate, defsatad by
General Ulyuet S. Grant in on of tha most hotly contested
presidential races in American political history. Crtndall, born
in 1850, has never missed an election, voting in many parts of
the United State!. With Mr. Crandsll at tha voting booth Nov.
4, wat hit wife, Mrs.- I Jennie I Crandsll.
Gnderltit Phot
Conference
Slated For
November17i
AUGUSTA. Oa. WV-Qen. Dwighl
D. Eisenhower has accepted Pres
ident Truman's suggestion for a
conference on the problem of
peace, and he proposed Thursday
that the meeting be held In the
week beginning Nov. 17,
Eisennower replied to an invita
tion from Truman to meet with
him In the White House,
The President-elect said ho needs
some time for "conversations and
conferences leading up to the des
ignation of Important assistants."
Therefore, his message contin
ued. "I respectfully suggest we
tentatively plan the proposed meet.
ing for the early part of the week
beginning Nov. 17."
Elsenhower sent the message
from his vacation headquarters at
the Augusta National Golf Club
where he arrived Wednesday for
10-day rest.
INDICATIONS
There were Indications' In El
senhower's reply that he envisions
an agenda tnat would include more
than a discussion of peace prob
lems. He notified the President:
I shall trv to take immediate
advantage of your suggestion con
cerning a budgetary representative
and win additionally propose other
Individuals for indoctrination in
several of the other departments
In the federal government."
There has been some speculation
that be might ask his friend Lewis
Douglas of Arizona to represent
him. Douglas formerly served as
director of Uie budget. He also
served a terra s ambassador to
Great Britain.
Eisenhowers' nersonal Mea fne
a beginning U to go to Korea him
self to study the situation there
and search for s solution.
ite put this in Uio form of a
(Continued oa page S)
TI
talo
mormon wins
Attorney Post
By Tbo Associated Frees
Robert T. Thornton. Tillamook
Democrat, will become Oregon's
new attorney general Jan. 12.
That became apparent late Wed
nesdsy when results from voting
in 3.044 of the state's 3,200 pre
cincts gave him a 374.020-263.074
edge over his Republican oppon
ent. John B. McCourt, Multnomah
County district attorney.
Thornton was the only Oregon
Democratic candidate for state or
national office to surviva tha Re
publican avalanche! --
Sigfrld B. Unandei, Portland,
former Republican slato chairman,
defeated Francis Lambert. Fort-
land Democrat, for state treasurer.
Secretary of Bute Earl T. New
bry defeated his Democratic op
ponent, Mrs. Edith 8. Green. Port
land. .The state's congressional dele
gation also will continue Republi
can. Members are Reps. Walter
Norblad, Homer D. Angel) and
Harris Ellsworth, all re-elected.
state sen. Sam Coon, running from
the Eastern Oregon district, de
feated his Democratic opponent
John O. Jones for the fourth post.
Truman Road
Changes Name
KANSAS CITY Wl Election
aftermath:
Fifteenth street officially became
Truman Road. Jan. 20. 1949. the
day President Truman was inaug-
uraieu.
Wednesday night, after the Re
publican sweep, someone climbed
up a utility pole along the road
and placed a sign reading:
"15th street again."