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COUP U OP OREGON LIBRAS! ,MMSi.fE: In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Tuesday was quite a big day in U.S. polities. Let's take a look at what happened. Let's look first at New Jersey, which held the center of the po litical spotlight in the nation. It held the center of the spotlight because of its youthful and glam orous incumbent Democratic gov ernor Robert B. Meyner. Hes 49 and going on 50, but from the viewpoint of national politics a 50-year-old- is a mere youngster.) The Democrats have been look ing him over with the idea that he may be their best contender for President in 1960. They have been waiting to see how he passed the New Jersey gubernatorial elec tion, in which he was opposed by youthful Republican Malcolm S. Forbes, who is something of a glamor boy himself. Meyner passed the test with fly ing colors, winning re-election in a landslide victory that won not only the governorship but wrested the New Jersey state assembly from Republican control for the first time in 20 years. The votes aren't all counted as this is written, but Meyner is a country mile ahead of his Repub lican opponent. The Democrats won the gover norship of Virginia handily which is no particular surprise, but it at least dims GOP hopes of winning a Republican following of sorts in the South. As a sidelight, the easy win ner of the Virginia governorship race is a segregationist. New York City voters handed Mayor Robert Wagner re-election in a landslide vote over his Re publican opponent, a business ex ecutive (he's in the hotel business) by the name of Robert Christen berry. Christenbcrry had the bless ing of President ' Eisenhower, as did Forbes in New Jersey. Pittsburgh re-elected Democratic Mayor David Lawrence for an un precedented fourth term. At Bridge port, Connecticut, Democrat Sam uel Tedesco defeated. SOCIALIST Mayor Jasper McLegy, who had been undefeatablc for 24 years. By way of minor small change, Democrats won decisively in mu nicipal elections in Albany, Buf falo, Louisville and New Haven. The results of these elections lead Democratic National Chair man Butler to say this morning that the American people are turn ing unmistakably to the Demo crats for leadership in this time of crisis. In the face of Tuesday's evi dence, it is a little difficult to dispute his statement. Let's put it this way: The Republicans sit in the seat of power. That is to say, there is a Republican President, even though control Of both houses of the congress is in Democratic hands. So they carry on their shoulders the load of administrative respon sibility for the state of the nation. The state of the nation, at this moment in history, isn't too happy- So , Public opinion is leaning to ward a change. That seems to be the verdict of Tuesday's elections. Question: Will public opinion CONTINUE to lean that way? The answer, one must say, is that a great deal depends on Pres ident Eisenhower's leadership in the next few critical months. Food Prices On increase NEW YORK Wl Wholesale food prices rose slightly this week for the third straight weelf, Dun & Bradstreet reported Wednes day. The organization's wholesale food index stood at S6.18 com pared with $6.16 a week ago and was 3.9 per cent higher than the $5.95 figure a year ago this week. The three-week rise totals only seven cents, leaving the index still well below its 1957 peak of $6.39 reached Aug. 6. The index is con siderably closer to the year's low of $6.08, reached May 14. The index represents the total cost at wholesale of one pound each of 31 foods in general use. Lower were corn, sugar, eggs, steers and lambs. FLU IN SERVICE FRANKFURT, Germany (UP) The U.S. Army in Europe has re ported 29.000 flu cases so far this year and the Air Force 12.600 as of Oct. 30, it was announced to day. There have been no deaths due to flu among U.S. servicemen or civilians stationed with the armed services in Europe. SHOOTING HOURS OREGON November 7 OPEN CLOSE 8:18 4:55 CALIFORNIA November T OPEN CLOSE 8:14 4:55 Expert Says Objects Are Simply Mirages WASHINGTON I - A Harvard astronomer says mysterious ob jects reported frtim various parts of the country and the Gulf of Mexico are mirages stemming from natural causes. Dr. Donald H. Menzel, director of the Harvard College Observa tory, said Tuesday in Cambridge, Mass., that the whole thing amounts to "another flying saucer scare." The Air Force has started an Sewer Bond Issue Passed Voters in the Suburban Sanita tion District okayed by an over whelming 8 to 1 margin the pro posal to bond therrtselves in the amount of $1,800,000 for construc tion of a sewage disposal system. Official tabulation of Tuesday s voting showed that there were 1,264 votes in favor ot the bonds and only 154 opposed. ' Fred Lewis, chairman of the district, reported that an aerial survey of the area will be com pleted shortly, and that the next step for the district will probably be announced in a few days. Flu Cases Hit New High PORTLAND tfl The state Board of Health says Oregon's flu epidemic is more widespread than the one which hit the state in World War I. The board Tuesday disclosed that Oregon had 6.585 cases of flu reported in the past week. It was an all-time high lor the state. The new cases swelled the year s total to a record 29,019. There were 28.651 cases reported in 1918, the year which formerly had the highest total. Mark Howard of the Board of Health said only a fraction of this year's cases have been reported. The current outbreak may be at its peak, he said. Health offi cials, however, said they expect other waves of the disease to hit the state later this year. "We expect the disease to be back, perhaps several times, until everyone has had his chance to have it," Howard said. The largest number of cases have been reported . among high school students. Howard said the greatest inci dence last week was in Wallowa, Jackson. Curry, Josephine, Lane and Multnomah counties. One aspect of the disease's spread, he said, is that it appears to hit sparsely populated commu nities heavily for a short period. In more populous areas, how ever, it lasts longer but is milder, Howard said. The board said that even those persons who have contracted respiratory ailments this year cannot be certain they have had Asian flu. Everyone should receive inocu lations against the disease, the board said. TO REFLOAT LINER CORK, Ireland I UP) Work was begun today on the re-Jloating of the 10,000-tun Greek liner Ncptunia which struck Daunt Rock off the coast of Ireland Saturday. A Greek line official said the liner, now settled in the mud of Cork Harbor. would be re-floated probably by Nov. 13. KF Juvenile Hearing Set By State Legislative Group Treatment of juvenile offenders i tiun and amendment of the juve will be the subject of a special I nilc laws of the state of Oregon hearing by an Oregon Legislative i Interim Committee to be held ml the Klamath County Library No vember 15. Six members of the committee will be present for the hearings. Alfred F. Condrey. railroad em-1 ploye. Klamath Falls, is in charge of arrangements for the hearing. Judge Ralph M. Holman, Oregon City, chairman, will preside. Oth ers expected to be here for the session are Mrs. Muriel D. Le zak, member of Oregon Prison As sociation, Portland: State Senator Jean L. Lewis, Portland; John D. Nichols, assistant attorney general. Salem, and Mrs. Cecile Oliver, high school teacher of Portland The hearings will open at 9 a.m. and the day session will be de voted to people directly associat ed with juvenile matters. An eve- ning session at 7 o clock will be open to everyone for their sugges- sky. In the two minutes the satel tions or criticisms. i lite was in sight the pilot, esti- Condrey especially urges every- mated the plane covered six miles, one to participate in the hearings. ; the satellite 600. and extends a special invitation to I The satellite arched into the the public to attend both the day and night sessions. Purpose of the hearing is two fold. First, the committee has to determine the scope of its study. vonile iau ! ivi-ii an entirnlv! HmiM ii ill amnnn nvicnna ill. new juvenile code which would operate within the present judicial ; satellite low in the eastern sky at Eastern Oregon, however, is structure, or 3 f provide some en-5:31, traveling in a northerly expected to undergo another night tirely new manner of handling direction. He observed it for about!0' freezing, although clouds will juvenile problems outside the pres-! a minute through binoculars but!DR'n moving in there, too. ent judicial structure. Secondly, the said it also was plainly visible to! Tne mercury plummeted to 19 committee is anxious to hear any the naked eye. . . j degrees at Baker Wednesday suggestions that could be utilized! Observers said the satellite was:morning. Bend reported 20. Khim to accomplish the most desirable bright, although not so brilliant -ath Falls 21, Lakeview 23. Medford of these listed alternatives. as the morning star. iand Portland 27, Roseburg ?nd The interim committee was es-i tablished by Senate Joint Resolu- tion 24 which directed that a sub - committee be set up to study andiscure the view. Clifford Moulton make a written report and rec- ommendations for the recodifka - investigation of the reported sight ings of the strange glowing ob jects in the sky. The Air Force for years has had the responsibil ity of checking reports of uniden tified flying objects, but as one officer put it, "We don't investi gate all of them." A rash of such reports has de veloped since Sunday, with some of the sightings said to have been made near secret military in stallations in the Southwest. Some of the persons making the reports said the objects caused their auto engines to stall. A Coast Guard Cutter reported that they had tracked an object with their radar unit. Menzel said it is probable the cutter's crewmen got a false image "quite likely from bubbles of hot air in the atmosphere which would give a radar reflection." As for reports of the auto en gines stalling, Menzel said, "it would not be surprising that a nervous foot could stall an en gine." Menzel. author of a book about flying saucers, said he has been studying them for about 10 years and has yet to hear of one which could not be explained by natural phenomena. "They are caused by a layer of heated air. . . acting as a lens and forming an image of objects as much as 40 or 50 miles away," he said. "They are nothing more than a mirage." The Air Force said that during the first half of this year only 1.9 per cent of the 250 reported sight ings of flying saucers and other strange objects in the air have been classed as "unknown." And the Air Force wasn't ready to be lieve that even this small per centage has sinister implications. Retired Marine Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, head of a private group set up to investigate unidentified flying object reports, said he could not now evaluate the present claimed sightings. But Keyhoe, di rector of the National Investiga tions Committee on Aerial Phe nomena, said the reported objects may come from another planet. Reds Blamed For Bomb Plot BEIRUT, Lebanon liTI Dyna miters tried to blow up Parlia ment and Government House Wednesday in a wave of terrorism officially blamed on Communists and an outlawed Syrian Party. The Security Council met in urgent session. Reliable sources said it had asked the. government to decree a state or emergency in Beirut and call in the army to maintain order. Abdul Aziz Shehab, director of the Ministry of the Interior, de clined to confirm (he report on emerging Irom the Security Coun cil meeting. But referring to acts of terrorism he told newsmen: "The cause of these incidents is political and is related to the ac tivities of the Communists and tne Syrian Social Nationalist Party." Both are outlawed in Lebanon. The later advocates turning the -Middle East into a Greater Syria embracing Lebanon, Syria, Jord- an. Palestine and Iraq. A security inspector .reported thwarting an attempt to dynamite the Parliament building. He said the conspirators left dynamite be hind. Earlier, two men tried to place dynamite at Government House but fled when police ap proached. to insure uniform and intelligent treatment of juvenile crime, Oregon Points See Satellite By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregonians got their first look at Sputnik II Wednesday morning. Reporters and photographers went alolt in an airplane over Portland and watched Russia's second satellite for a two-minute period, beginning at 5:31 a.m. The satellite also was sighted from the ground at Portland and Corvallis. Occupants of the plane said they were flying at 24.000 feet when the satellite appeared in the southeast northeast sky, fading twice, then reappearing before it finally dis appeared. A moonwatch team at Portland 'saw Sputnik II briefly in the east- 1 orn tL-u nl --ii i it rw.-aiiit Frsnt vair 1 amateur astronomer, sighted' the The satellite wiil be visible in Western Oregon again Thursday land Friday if clouds do not ob- Portland electronics engineer, isaid. Price Five Cent! Knight Deal Charged By Democrat WASHINGTON l California's Democratic Atty. Gen. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown accused Repub licans Wednesday of a "deal" in Gov. Goodwin J. Knight's jump out of the reelection race to run for the Republican senatorial nomination. Governor Knight immediately denied there was any deal. Brown, only announced candi date for the Democratic nomina tion for governor in strategic Cali fornia, called for an explanation from Knight. Sen. William F. Knowland and Vice President Nixon. 'I think I know" who brought off the new arrangement. Brown said at a news conference, "but they should explain." Brown said he had heard from California Republican, before the new setup was created by Knight's move Tuesday, about plans for future followup moves. His outline ran like this: Knowland, whose path to the GOP gubernatorial nomination was cleared by Knight's action, to resign from the Senate after next June s primary. Knight to be appointed for the rest of Knowland's Senate term running through 1958. Knight then to run as an in cumbent in the November general election. Knight came back quickly with a statement that he would not con sider any proposal by which Knowland would resign and he would be appointed in the senator's place. It is my firm desire and inten tion to serve for the remainder of my term as governor," Knight said. Brown did not spell out just what part he contended Nixon hitd in the arrangement. The vice president issued a statement Tuesday on the heels of Knight's shift in goals, warmly endorsing the governor for the Senate, and Knowland for the governorship. The Knight announcement came on the heels of a visit by the gov ernor to Nixon, following a talk by Knight with President Eisen hower at the White House. DA Studies Beating Case District Attorney Richard Bees- ley said late this morning that he anticipates making a statement and releasing other information in the near future concerning the in vestigation now being conducted by his office in connection with charges that a 52-year-old Klam ath' Falls man was taken up to KFJI hill and beaten Sunday eve ning by city police. Beesley was asked to conduct the investigation by Mayor Law rence Slater. He has been as sisted in the study by members of his staff, by the state police, and by a city detective. Beesley said the reports of find ings have been submitted by the state police, and that he is con tinuing questioning in the matter today. The DA added that he does not wish to release the investiga tion reports submitted until he has completed his questioning. andan extremely bright bluish-green that a statement will perhaps be object coming from the sky over ionncoming on i nursaay. tne highway in front of him. lie The injured man who charges was just north of Red Bluff, Cali that he was manhandled by the po-1 fornja wnen he spotted it. lice is Clyde Cloud. He was found under the KFJI transmitter build ing Monday morning and was rushed to lhe hospital for treat ment of shock and a compound fracture of the lower right leg. The police involved are John1,. ahrait the snccd of a helicontcr Wilson and Floyd Pierce. The of(i-:or jsnt pane and I must have cers in prior testimony to invcsti-1 waichcd it for three or four min gators admitted having taken the!ulPS " man up on ine nui so ne couiu "head south," but have denied manhandling him in any way. Wil - son, who was the senior officer of jCct. the two, is being questioned by( Contrary In r e p o r t s received District Attorney Beesley this;rrom the Gulf Stales and New morning. Mexico, Storey said the proximity iof the object in no way affected Mercury Dips Across State By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS j lights and the stalling of motors Temperatures dipped belowjdue to ailing ignition systems, freezing through most of Oregon! "I don't know how far in front Wednesday morning. Only a of me it was." Storey said, "how- fringe along the coast escaped jever, it appeared ,? be about a Western Oregon is expected to; mile or so up front .J oecome warmer eonesoay nigra weather disturbance moves in from the ocean, accompanied 'bv clouds. Rain is possible along ilne coast Thursday. Salem 29, Eugene 30, and Penole- ton 32. The only reported minimums above freezing were along the TToasl, where Newport had 34 and 1 North Bend 38. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1957 -18 Paget Telephone TU 4-8111 r t LEO MORSTAD Yule Parade Plans Listed New ideas for the Christmas holiday celebration, sponsored by the Klamath Merchants Associa tion to continue over a period of several days, include a parade of Christmas inspiration on Saturday, December 7, to open festivities. Such a parade has not been held in Klamath Falls on the occasion of the observance of Christmas in several years. Parade time will be 10 a.m. Announcement for parade plans was made by Leo Morstad, parade chairman. Invitations have been sent out to organizations, service clubs, lodg es, churches, business establish ments, schools, and individuals to enter floats and to participate in making the paradi.annual af fair to spread the Christmas spirit throughout the Klamath com munity. The parade theme will be "Joy to the World," and will include three divisions, the Nativity, Fan tasy Land characters and special participating entries to follow the theme of the Christmas Carol. In the Nativity division, scenes! should pertain to the birth of Christ, the Wisemen, the Nativity, Shepherds, the Bethlehem Star and similar subjects. Characters associated with the, Christmas season, Santa, Rein deer, the Seven Dwarjs, Santa'j Helpers, Frosty, the Snowman, Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer, are ugg Wed foci ur oil s .or individuals, 6 years or over. Under the special entry division, special floats that do not fit into either of the above two divisions, may be entered. Prizes will be offered. Place ment in the lineup will be deter mined according to postmarks on information indicating plans to en ter the parade, to be held re gardless of weather conditions. Local Trucker Sees Fireball The mysterious egg-shaped fire ball which has been startling Texas and New Mexico residents may have expanded its operation to in clude Southern Oregon and North ern California. Owen Storey of Klamath Falls was driving a truck north on U.S. Highway 99 about 2 o'clock Wednesday morning when he noted It was about the size ol a loot- ball or basketball, Storey said, "and it came down from the sky, appeared dangerously near the road, and then moved back into the sky. It appeared to be moving storev said he was most lm prcssrj Dy the extreme brightness Iand ,ie blue-green color of the oh the lighting system of his truck. Storey said there is no ignition on the diesel equipment he was operating. Reports from other parts of lhe country indicate that the presence of the unidentified object has re sulted in t lie blanking out of head- ;u.. y "-" "-' time in his boyhood when father saw a similar type nbjed moving above the countryside where they lived. Weather r 9T. i FORECAST Klamath Follstro of the White House. But some candidates described by segrega and vlrinity: Fair through Thura- U;qp members had hoped their lionists as potential race mixers day with some high clouds. High ! candidates might do better than won posts as city directors in Lit 50.53; low Wednesday night 18-2fi.!thpy did. jtle Rock. Seventh seat won by High yesterday so j liere, in a nutshell, is the out- man backed by local Citizens I.ow last night Preclp, last 24 hours 1 0 1.92 Since Oct. I Same period last year 3.11 'Normal for period .... No. 39.17 GOP Sees Tough Fight For'58Yote WASHINGTON The White House interpreted Tuesday's elec tion results Wednesday as demon strating that the GOP and its candidates "have a fight on their hands in 1958. It found "real gratification." however, in Republican victories in two special elections for House seats in New Jersey and Pennsyl vania. Mrs. Anne Wheaton, associate White House press secretary, had a prepared statement ready when reporters asked for reaction to the balloting Tuesday, in which Dem ocrats ran up big victories in the New Jersey and Virginia guber natorial races and for mayor of New York. The GOP aspirants in New Jersey and Virginia ran with special White House blessings. The statement, of which Mrs. Wheaton said President Eisenhow er was aware, said in rait: "It is clear that the Republican Party and its candidates have a fight on their hands if victory is to be achieved in the '58 elections. There is real gratification in :he special election of two Republican candidates for congress in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The White House comment fol lowed a statement by GOP Na tional Chairman Meade Alcorn that he sees little' for the Repub licans or the Democrats to cheer about in the election results. Alcorn said: "If Democrats want to take in their all-out segregation vic tory in Virginia, they're welcome to it. In New Jersey the success ful candidate so questioned the value of the Democrat label that he left it off his billboards." Tavern Hit By Vandals Cal-Ore. colorful night spot just across the - California line about 18 miles south of Klamath Falls, was the object of "the worst case of vandalism I ever saw. accord ing to Jim Bcrrian, Siskiyou Coun ty deputy sheriff of Yrekm . Bcrrian was called on Tuesday to investigate by French Johnson, owner of the Cal-Ore tavern, dance hall and half dozen cabins. John son said the place was probably broken into late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Mattresses were slashed, linen lorn up, mirrors and furniture brok en in the furnished cabins, lhe tavern and storeroom were also extensively damaged. The big cig arette machine was smashed, the cash register handled and nearly every movable thing broken, Bcr rian said. Cal-Ore was opened on October 17, 1934, and had operated intermit tently until about a year ago when Johnson closed its doors. It was one of the most popular night spots in the whole area during its color ful career. The sheriff's office is investigat ing. Berrian commented that it was surprising that there seemed to be nothing stolen. Demo Vote Wins Indicate Dissatisfaction With GOP By JACK BELL AP Political Reporter Democrats swept most signifi cant races yesterday in an off year election interpreted as indi cating a measure of dissatisfac tion with the Eisenhower admin istration's military and domestic policies. Democrats won the big ones by victories in the governor races New Jersey and Virginia and in the reelection of Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. of New York City. Republicans held on to House seats in special elections in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in their only indication of stemming the Democratic tide. Although none could assess ac - Fn n ii ka nnlilir-'il atlanl nl I hn curately the political effect of the firing of two Soviet satellites, there was general opinion this ad mitted American setback contrib uted to what could only be re - garded as a Democratic sweep. It seemed apparent the Demo crats had cashed in to some ex tent on what Sen. Lyndon B. John son of Texas, the Senate's Dem - ever received that the American ocratic leader, told reporters was evcr received that the American n0lino were "worked un" over an 1 issue the Russian ability to put; -.Inllilnc inln cni.o nihilo Ihfl ; j Sl.t., iv .iIMi ohnul it. 'pendent who formerly was a So- Rcpublicans had scant hopes oftcinlist. In Bridgeport, 79-year-old winning any signilicant test in yes-1; Mayor Jasper McLcvy, a Social terday's balloting. They laced anist. defeated by Democrat alter off-year election trend that usu-1 serving since 1933. allv noes aeainst the oarlv in con-i ARKANSAS Six of seven ! come of main off-year elections ! held Tuesday. NEW JERSEY Democratic Gov. Robert B. Meyner won 1..18isecond term, delcatinjl Republican School Support Bill Passed By Senate By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. SALEM 11 The Senate ap proved 27-3 Wednesday a boost in basic school support from $95 per school census child per year to $105, with all of the increase to be used for property tax relief. Voting against the bill, which is the lesser part of Gov. Holmes' two-part tax reduction program, were Sens. G. D. Gleason (Dl, Portland; Ben Musa D , The Dalles: and Lee Ohmart ID), of Salem. The bill goes back to the House for consideration of the Senate provision that all of the increase be used to reduce property taxes. It would give five million dol lars a year in direct property tax relief beginning next July 1. As the House passed it, the bill would have provided about four millions lor property relief, with the extra million going for additional funds for schools. Sen. Dan Dimick D, Roseburg, opened the debate by saying. "There is dire need for properly tax relief." He said the bill would provide $11.50 per enrolled child for each school district. The leading opponent, Sen. Ben Musa D. The Dalles, said he opposes all basic school aid be cause it is a continuing appropri ation. He tried in the Senate Tax ation Committee to abolish all basic aid. That committee adopted the amendment so that all of the increase would go for property relief. Republicans in the House failed 31-22 to take away from the rules committee the Senate-passed bill to abolish the state's right to levy a property tax. The rules committee nas sat on the bill since last week by not holding any meetings to consider it. The Senate adopted a resolution calling upon the House to remain in session Saturday, it necessary, in an effort to wind up the 10-day-old special session. The resolution, by Sen. Kudie Wilhclm (R), Portland, asked the House to give speedy considera tion to Senate bills, including the state property tax measure. Battle lines grew so rigid Wednesday that many lawmakers began to predict that the special session would end without achiev ing any income tax reduction at all. Whereas both sides indicated last week they might compromise the differences between the Re publican demand for a 30 per cent income tax cut and the Demo cratic 10 per cent reduction pro posal, each party now says it won't yield. The partisan warfare reached a .peak in the Senato Taxation 'Committee, where Sen. Musa has bolted his party's position. This gives the Republicans the 5-4 com mittee vote they need to win com mittee approval of the 30 per cent cut. As Dasscd by the House, the bill called for the 10 per cent reduc tion recommended py Gov. Holmes. Sen. Walter J. Pearson (D), Portland, got so angry about the whole thing that he said he won't preside as chairman of the com mittee. He turned his gavel over to Musa, and told him he could keep it. . The committee plans to linisn its work on the bill Wednesday afternoon, with lhe Senate sched- iled to vote on it Thursday. The Senate is expected to vote the 30 per cent cut, and then it would head into a deadlock with the House version. State Finance Director John r . Richardson, an appointee of Dem ocratic Gov. Holmes, told the State Sen. Malcolm S. Forbes by roughly 200.000 votes. Democrats captured majority in Stale Assem bly which GOP had controlled since 1937. Republicans held on to House of Representatives seat in special election. VIRGINIA Former Demo cratic State Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. whipped Republican State Sen. Ted Dalton for gover norship. Dolton received less than .., ,.e. ... u. .,. .u,.u i '"' l"v """i"' Eisenhower will not visit" Britain NEW Y 0 1! K - Democratic 'hi car' il was annunced -Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New , j d , Kheduled to York C ty scored landslide win , o.;. i- - nwi. AH...;, over Republican challenger Rob- i" ert K. Chrislcnberry. In tradition- lre.aiy T1??. .ally Republican upstate New York llim I if'l-Hl E nifltfA tlPt Pflin CA Itl'P' l.1-IIIIIUims lll.me gain ui live mayors and liberal took a sixth city hall Irom the GOP. PENNSYLVANIA Democratic (Mayors I)avid L. Lawrence of Pitlsburgh and John T. Hanlon of Scranlon won unprecedented fourth terms. For first time in 23 years Lancaster chose a Demo cratic mayor. GOP apparently lost net of five mayors. In another special election. Republicans re- jtained House of Representatives 'seat. CONNECTICUT Three Dem- nt-ral'lf mntWC IIIKPAtpri I Urt hV Reinihlie;ins and one bv inde- Council KENTUCKY Democratic Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chandler made aiheadway in elforts to control next lyear's Hate legislative session. committee that normal growth would require that the 1959 Legis lature approve a 332 million dollar budget, or 60 million dollars more than the budget for the current biennium. If the Republican program is approved, he said, then the 1959 Legislature would have to in crease income taxes 80 per cent over the tax level contained in the Republican plan. i ne governor s program, he said, would give the 1959 Legisla ture 52 million dollars in surplus funds so that taxes probably wouldn't have to be increased. Musa and the Republican com mittee members said Richardson didn't take into consideration that the state's economy would expand, and thus result in additional rev-, enues. Richardson replied that this was so. The Democrats, aside from Musa, argued that the Republi cans favor deficit financing, say ing that the Democratic program tne sound conservative one. Sen. Philip S. Lowrv IR). Med- ford, countered that the 30 per cent reduction would prevent the. ouuaing up ol a Surplus that the Tax Commission estimates would reach 75 million dollars in 1959. or 20 months Irom now. He ques tioned the moral right of the Legislature to collect more money than is needed within a biennium. The Republican amendment would wipe out the 51 per cent tax increase approved by the 1955 and 1957 Legislatures. . It . also would relieve persons whose en tire income is subject to with holding from having to' file income tax returns. The Senate Rules Committee deferred action on a bill by Sen. Monroe Sweetland ID), Milwau-' kic, to loan 20 million dollars of . the surplus to veterans for farm and home loans. The committee won't act until it sees what hapv npne In Ihn inrnms lav Kill , u . ...v ...u..,,. ... u,a 'Space Ship' Tale Pondered KEARNEY, Neb. UH-A strange tale of space ships and space men and even space women had this city of 12,000 in south central Nebraska scratching its collective heads Wednesday. The loquacious tale teller was R. 0. Schmidt, 48, a grain buyer, who vowed he not only saw the space ship but inspected it. He said he spent a chatty half hour with the crew, as a moving Iloor lerried .them about the ship's interior. He said the crew of four men and two women spoke broken English and high German, which ha nnlarct finrlc "(a on evlant " By a strange coincidence, he re lated, one of the crewmen looked exactly like a hotel acquaintance with whom he has been watching television programs. Obligingly, Schmidt catnapped at the county jail between guided tours to the site, where skeptical officers joined him in a search for clues to corroborate his story. Police officers shuttling back and forth to the scene have found footprints (this spot is often used by duck hunters) and what ap peared lo be an oil spot ion one of the trips they found a partly filled can of oil nearby). Chief of Police Thurston Nelson said the same kind of oil was found in the trunk of Schmidt's ' car. -. . Nelson said this had been going on all night. Nelson said Schmidt has stuck to his story. Schmidt re lated two of the crewmen de barked, searched him for weap ons, assured him he was in no danger, and then let him look over the craft. When he left, he said, the ship took off and vanished about 100 feet in the air. Asked what he was going to do next, Police Chief Nelson sighed: "I'm going to keep on talking to him as long as I can stay awake. I'm getting pretty sleepy." (Early Story on Page 11) Ike To Skip England Visit LONDON (UP) - President f ( T. iiiivinift. However, an announcement is- sued here said that if the Presi- . . . ,. .. addcd that Mrs. Eisenhower's state of health does not at the moment allow her to undertake such a visit with the President. New Airliner Falls; 15 Die BRISTOL, England (m A tur bojet Britannia airliner, pride of Britain's commercial aviation, crashed in Ilames Wednesday on a test flight killing alt 15 aboard. The big four-engine plane took off from the Bristol Aviation Co. field and plummeted into a belt of woods near the plant. The nlane. the first prototype of the "Mark 300" Britannia ser ies, carried 15 crewmen and tech nicians, it had been used for tests since it was turned out by the Bristol plant last year, j
