Janesville Daily Gazette from Janesville, Wisconsin • Page 1

JANESVILLE DAILY GAZETTE VOL. 114. NO. 71. YEAR JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1958 36 PAGES.

2 SECTIONS SEVEN CENTS Democrats Sweep State and Nation; Gaylord Nelson Elected Governor Democrat Wins 1st District Congress Seat Flynn's Majority Is 1st Democrat Winner in 87 Years First District of Wisconsin elected Gerald Flynn, 48, Racine attorney, to Congress Tuesday, the first time a Democrat has won in this district in 67 years. The last Democrat to represent the district was Ch'nton Babbitt, Beloit, who served 1891-93. Flynn, a former state senator from the 21st District, was the winner in a tight race with the Republican nominee, Mrs. Eleanor Smith, also of Racine, to suo ceed her husband, the late Lawrence H. Smith.

Smith died suddenly last January after serving for 17 Flynn "piled up heavy majorities in Racine and Kenosha counties to overcome Mrs. Smith's success in the other three counties of the Walworth and Green. His total weis 62,654 to Mrs. Smith's 60,491, a majority of 2,163 for Flynn. (Figures are for 249 of the 250 pre- cincta in the district, one Kenosha County precinct missing at the time of tabulation.) Mrs.

Smith won Rock, Green and Walworth counties by a majority of 9,001. Flynn piled up an 11,164 majority in the other two (Continued on Page 12, Col. 7) GERALD FLYNN Kastenmeier Beats Watertown Democrat Successful in Second Attempt Loses Arm in Farm Accident "The corn was coming too fast, and without thinking I reached into'the machine to slow it up," Aldous Johnson, 44, Beloit. told Republicans Win All Rock County Offices Proxmire Loses by Only 39; Capelle Wins for Sheriff CONTEST WINNERS Carr for senator Merriam, Blanchard and Belting re-elected assemblymen Capelie for sheriff Schmidley for treairurer ROBERT KASTENMEIER WATERTOWN A vigorous Proxmire-type handshaking campaign paid off handsomely for a handsome young Watertown attorney making his second bid to represent Wisconsin's 2nd District in Congress. Robert Kastenmeier, 34, swept over Republican incumbent Donald E.

Tewes by a vote of 73,437 to 66,920, according to returns from 317 of the district's 330 precincts. Tewes, owner of a small plastics firm in Waukesha, defeated Kastenmeier two years ago by a wide margin. Kastenmeier, Jefferson County Democratic chairman, lost his home county by about 100 votes but received strong support in heavily Democratic Dane County. Other counties in 2nd District are Waukesha, Columbia and Dodge. Tewes, who served a single tarm in House, succeeded veteran Glenn Davis of Waukesha when Davis unsuccessfully sought a U.

S. Senate seat in 1956. A native of Beaver Dam Ka.s- tenmeicr attended the University of Wisconsin and served in tiie Army during Worid War II. Later ha received his law degree at the itate university and has practiced law in Watertown. He is a member of the Watertown Junior Chamber of Commerce, Elks Club and Watertown Curtain Club and is vice president 9l the Jefferson Bar Assn.

His (Continued on Page 12, Col. 5) deputies Tuesday afternoon a they applied a tourniquet to his shoulder. Half-inch steel fingers on the machine caught his sleeve and dragged his right arm into machinery that tore the arm off and carried it into a com crib at the Willard Arndt farm, Read Road, 2Y2 miles south of Janesville. Deputies, who reached the scene minutes after being alerted by radio, said Johnson was sitting on the ground by the corn crib, still unconscious. He had been helping Arndt store his corn.

A self-unloading wagon was dumping the com into an elevator which carried the com into the crib. Johnson was standing at the bottom of the elevator wwhen he decided that there was too much corn going up the elevator and reached into the machine to hold back some of it. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in the fire department ambulance. Johnson's home is 744 W. Grand Beloit.

It was Johnson's first day on the job. Arndt and Robert McCann, Milton, another farm hand, sought to stop the flow of blood with hand pressure until relieved by Deputy Sheriff's Harold Schwebke and Dan Murray who were only four farms away when they heard the radio message on the accident. Southern Wisconsin counties, resisting the Democratic tide in the state, remained in the Republican column Tuesday. Democratic Congressmen will represent them, however, with Gerald Flynn the winner in the First District comprising Rock, Walworth, Green, Kenosha and Racine; and Robert Kastenmeier, Watertown, winning in the Second District, Jefferson, Waukesha, Dane, Columbia and Dodge. In Rock County, Republican margins were tliin, and for county offices contested by the Democrats, the threat to Republican administration was the greatest Democratic landslide since 1932.

A. L. Capelle, Janesville, Republican candidate for sheriff, and Lawrence Schmidley, county treasurer, lost many city precincts but wound up with totals well above the 16,000 mark. At times during the tabulation of the vote Tuesday evening, however, Ernest Baumgarner, Democratic candidate for sheriff, held brief leads. Jefferson County gave a margin of only about- 200 votes to Proxmire Back To U.

S. Senate SENATOR PROXMIRE Ike Sees Big Spending Vote Calls Trend Peril at Conference With News Reporters Democratic state and senatorial offices and elected a Democratic sheriff, but stood by the rest of the Republican county candidates. Republicans were elected In Walworth and Green counties without any particular difficulty. Proxmire Loses by 39 Rock County Republicans backed Judge Roland Steinle for a win of 15,034 votes against 14,895 for Sen. Proxmire, a margin of only 39 votes.

Steinle carried Janesville by 127 votes, but Proxmire won the city of Beloit by 172. Proxmire ran considerably stronger than did Nelson. Gov. Thomson carried Rock County and was on top in Janesville by 461 and in Beloit by 487. Mrs.

Eleanor Smith, widow of Rep. Lawrence Smith who died last January, won in Rock, Green and Walworth counties, but by margins insufficient to offset the heavy Flynn vote in Kenosha and Racine counties. Her margin in the three western counties of the district was about 9,000, but Flynn had about lead in the two lakeshore counties. In Rock County Mrs. Smith carried 15 townships, 12 of the 20 precincts in the city of Beloit, but only 8 of 18 wards in Janesville.

He.r vote in the county was 16,127 against 13,590 for Flynn. The city (Continued on Page 12, Col. 1) WASHINGTON (AP) President Eisenhower said today the electorate obviously voted for spending advocates in giving the. Democrats greater control of Congress. At a news conference, Eisenhower called any trend toward bigger federal spending a dangerous one.

He pledged that his administration will fight hard against it during his last two years ui office. Speaking against the background of sweeping Democratic election triumphs, Eisenhower emphatically at all asked whether he expects to have additional trouble during the next two years in dealing with Congress. Eisenhower added he always has managed to get along pretty well with Congress. He said he is confident that Democrats as well as Republicans are motivated by what is good for the The news conference was dominated by questions about the outcome of Tuesday's elections, which gave the Democrats the tightest control of Congress since New Deal days. Two or three times, Eisenhower refused to be drawn into any prediction or expression of opinion regarding any effect the vote may have on Republican potentials for the 1960 presidential nomination.

Some men use letter openers; others are married. Fort Democrat Named Jefferson Co. Sheriff Nelson Rides Crest, Defeating Thomson by 84,000 Votes MILWAUKEE (AP) Wisconsin, long dominated by Republicans, returned to the ranks of two-party states Tuesday as voters wrote a remarkable repeat of 1932's Democratic landslide. Sen. William Proxmire, who became Wisconsin's first Democratic senator since 1932 when he won a special election last year to succeed the late Sen.

Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis), led the way with a smashing victory over Republican Roland J. Steinle. In the process Proxmire became the first member of his party ever reelected to the Senate from this state. Riding the crest with Proxmire was State Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Madison, who became the first Democrat to be elected governor since 1932 when he defeated Republican incumbent Vernon W.

Thomson who had been seeking his second term. Also swept into office by the Democratic tide were three other state constitutional office seekers, five of the state's 10 congressmen, and enough assemblymen to assure control of the lower house. Zim Is Exception The only Republican state office holder to stand against the surge was Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman who won reelection by beating Jerome J. Reinke of the Democratic nominee.

The lineup after the election was identical to the 1932 Roosevelt landslide when Democrats captured five of the ten House seats, won a U.S. Senate post and lost only in the race for secretary of state. The turnout was a new record for a non-presidential year. With 50 precincts unreported, the unofficial total cast in the Senate race was 1,160,247. The previous record was 1,158,627 cast in 1954.

Proxmire's victory was expected by most observers but even his staunchest supporters did not expect him to pile up such a wide margin. His margin is expected to be neariy 170,000. State Senate Veteran Nelson and Tliomson were expected to run a close race. Until about three weeks ago Thomson was thought to have the edge but Nelson's campaign seemed to catch fire recently. His margin is expected to be in excess of 84,000 when all the votes are reported.

Congressional Delegation Is Evenly Split Democrats Get Five Badger Seats, First Time Since 1932 MILWAUKEE (AP) Wisconsin voters divided the state's congressional delegation equally between major parties Tuesday giving Democrats five seats for the first time since the landslide of 1932. In the process one RepubHcan incumbent was turned out of office and a district that had been Republican for many years went to the Democrats. Winner in the Jst District was former State Sen. Gerald Flynn of Racine, who defeated Eleanor Smith, widow of the late GOP veteran Rep. Lawrence Smith.

Returns from all but one of the district's 250 precincts gave Flynn 62,654 to 60,491 for Mrs. Smith. Tewes Defeated Beaten in his bid for a second term was Republican Rep. Donald Tewes of Waukesha. He lost to Democrat Robert Kastenmeier of Watertown, 78,102 to with 329 of 330 precincts reporting in the 2nd District.

Five other incumbent Republicans held their seals, although two were involved in tight battles for a time. The three incumbent Democrats were easy victors. Rep. Gardner Withrow, La Cro.sse Republican, had a stiff fight to defeat Norman Clapp, Lancaster Democrat and former secretary to the late Sen. Robert M.

La Follette Jr. (R-Wis) 401 precincts of the 3rd District, Withrow polled 47,486 to for Clapp. Withrow served in the House from 1931 to 1938. then returned in 1948 and has served without interruption since. Van Pelt Returned Rep.

William K. Van Pelt of Fond du Lac, first elected in 1950, turned back Democrat James Megellas in another nip and tuck affair. With 225 of 228 precincts reporting. Van Pelt pulled away to a winning margin 60,408 to 54.556 in the 6th District. Rep.

Melvin Laird, Marshfield Republican, had little trouble winning a fourth term from Kenneth Trager. With 339 of 395 precincts reporting. Laird led, 47,166 to 29,599 in the 7th District. In the 8th District, Rep. John Byrnes of Green Bay won an eighth term by beating Democrat Milo Singler.

In 287 of 304 precincts, Byrnes had 63,088 to 47,496 for Singler. And 10th District Republican Rep. Alvin O'Konski of Mercer whipped Democrat Basil Kennedy State Ticket Winners PHILLEO NASH Lt, Governor, Democrat GAYLORD NELSON Governor, Democrat ROBERT C. ZIMMERMAN Sec. of State, Republican JOHN W.

REYNOLDS Atty. General, Democrat Rockefeller Is Victor in N.Y. Defeats Harriman by Half Million Votes for Governor Nelson, 42, is an attorney and in winning his ninth term. O'Kon- AIl Republican County Officers Win Re-election JEFFERSON Jefferson County voters elected a Democratic sheriff in the only upset of Tuesday's election. Slim Republican margins were typical.

Returned to office were all Republican county officeholders. Bauer, former Fort Atkinson policeman, will succeed Roger Reinel, who was not eligible to seek a third consecutive term. Bauer boat Rudolph Reichert, former sheriff, 9,579 to 7,066. Bauer carried all wards in Fort Atkinson and Jefferson and won 43 of the 47 conniy precincts. Bauer, a native of Fort Atkinson, attended Lutheran Grade School and Fort Atkinson High School.

He was on the Fort Atkinson police force for eight years and presently is a printer at Moe Light Industries. He is 43, married and the father of a daughter, Favor Nelson, Proxmire County voters gave the nod to LE ROY BAUER Gaylord Nelson over Vernon Thomson for governor, 8,463 to 8,285, and to Sen. William Proxmire over Roland Steinle, 8,868 to 7,660. Closest contest was a nip and tuck battle between incumbent Dist. Atty.

Harold Eberhardt and his Watertown opponent, Herbert Dakin, Democrat. Each alternately gained the lead by narrow margins. Eberhardt trailed by 25 votes with 44 precincts when returns from his home city. Lake Mills, clinched the victory, 8,373 to 7,994. This was the second time they two opposed each other for the district attorney's office.

Other close races reported were: Attorney G. Honeck, 8,059 John W. Reynolds, 8,010. 2. Donald Tewes edged Robert Kastenmeier, 8,304 to 8,208, but Kastenmeier won in the 2nd District.

3. Ewald Reichert, Democrat Harold Neis, 7,934. Schremp Tops Vote For the second time. County Treasurer Alex Schremp won the county slate popularity contest with 9,771. This will be his sev- (Continued on Page 5, Col.

8) has been in the Senate for 10 years. He conducted a campaign much like that made by Proxmire, working up and down the state constantly on hand-shaking and speaking trips at which he stressed what he contended was Republican mismanagement of state affairs. The vote for the Senate in 3,352 of 3,402 precincts was: Proxmire 664,041. Steinle 496,206. The vote for governor in 3,353 precincts was: Nelson 627,767.

Thomson 544,221. Zimmerman 48, Is the son of the late Fred R. Zimmerman who served as secretary of state for many years. In winning reelection he had a margin of about 35,000 over Reinke. In 3,303 precincts Zimmerman got 574,910 votes and Reinke 540,224.

Lamb for Treasurer Mrs. Dena Smith, appointed state treasurer by Gov. Thomson eariy this year after husband, Warren, died, sought to become the first woman ever elected to a constitutional office in Wisconsin. She was beaten by Eugene M. Lamb, 48, former Milwaukee assemblyman.

The vote in 3,303 (Continued on Page 12, Col. 5) ski polled 43,659 to 25,426 for Ken nedy with 393 of 414 precincts reporting. Johnson Easy Victor In the 9th District, Democratic Rep. Lester Johnson of Black River Falls overwhelmed Republican Charles Hornback. Johnson's third full term came by a 55,027 to 32,479 with all 409 precincts reporting.

Milwaukee's two incumbent Democrats also smothered their opposition. In the 4th District. Rep. Clement Zablocki drew 110, 063 votes to 58,804 for Republican James Arnold, with 308 of 311 precincts reporting. In the 5th Rep.

Henry Reuss polled 101,843 to 45,413 for Republican Otto Werkmeister, with 353 of 360 precincts reporting. NEW YORK (AP) Republican Nelson A. Rockefeller's election as governor by more than half a million votes skyrocketed him today as a possibility for the 1960 GOP presidential nomination. The multimillionaire's overwhelming triumph over wealthy Democratic Gov. Averell Harriman stood out particularly because of its contrast with Republican defeats in other states.

It also appeared to knock out whatever chance Harriman may have had for the Democratic presidential nomination two years hence. Harriman had sought the nod in 1952 and 1956. The campaign spearheaded by Rockefeller also led to election of Republican Rep. Kenneth B. Keating of Rochester as U.S.

senator. Keating Is Upset Keating, regarded as an underdog throughout the campaign, defeated Manhattan Dist. Atty. Frank S. Hogan for the office Re- NELSON ROCKEFELLER publican Sen.

Irving M. Ives is vacating for reasons of health. Returns from 11,464 of 11,525 (Continued on Page 12, Col. 6) Election at a Glance Election Casualty In order to make space to bring Gazette readers a fu.II and comprehensive report of the important local, state and national elections, the Every Day page is not part of tonight 's Janesville Gazette. This THE WEATHER JANE-WItLE lONF-Occaaloiml showers, windy and cooler altcrnoon, partly cloudy tonight.

Mostly (air ond cooler Thursday. High Thursday la the 41)5, low tonight In Oic JOs. Sunrise, tun.sct, 4:47. Tuesday's low, 36 at 7 a.m.; hlfih, 89 at 1:30 p.m. Temperature range to noon today, at noon to at 6 a.m.

Precipitation, trace of rain. Barometric pressure: 30; 6 a 29.87; noon, 29.84. Low a year ago today, 38; high, 47. WEATHER ELSEWHERE HiBh tow Atlanta, cloudy 62 no.ilon, clear Hulfalo, cloudy 58 ChicaBO, clear 69 Cleveland, clear 63 Denver, clear 67 De.9 Moines, cloudy 6S Detroit, cloudy 64 Fort Wortli, cloudy 72 Helena, snow 50 Los Angeles, cloudy 83 Milwaukee, clear 67 Minnoapolia-St. Paul, rain 59 New Orleans, cloudy 63 New York, clear 63 Omaha, cloudy 67 Philadelphia, clear popular new feature will dear 79 Rapid City, clear back, as usual, on Thursday, 43 44 5 .1 50 29 42, 49 61 24 58 49 40 60 47 41 38 52 26 Si U.S.

Senate-William Proxmire, Democrat Governor Gaylord Nelson, Democrat. Lieutenant Nash, Democrat. Secretary of State Zimmerman, Republican. Attorney Reynolds, Democrat. Treasurer Eugene Lamb, Democrat.

CONGRESS Isf-Gcrald Flynn (D). Kastenmeier (D). 3rd-Gardner Withrow (R). Zablocki (D). Reuss (D).

6th-WUliam Van Pelt (R). 7th-Melvin Laird (R). Byrnes (R). Johnson (D). lOth-Alvin O'Konski (R).

LEGISLATURE Assembly (100 54, Republicans 45, unreported I. Senate (33 13, Republicans 20. ROCK COUNTY Republicans on top in all ooa- tests but by margins much narrower than in past. Steinle margin over Proxmire, 39 votes. Senator Carr and three assemblymen re-elected.

Capelle named new sheriff and Schmidley re-elected treasurer in contests. JEFFERSON COUNTY Democrat LeRoy Bauer, Fort Atkinson, elected sheriff in upset of Republican Rudy Reichert, Jefferson, 9,597 to 7,066. Incumbent Republican office holders re-elected. Voters favored Nelson and Proxmire over Thomson and Steinle. WALWORTH COUNTY Republicans won re-election to all county offices.

Mark Schwartz, appointed treasurer in 1957, elected to full term. Large majorities given Steinle, Mrs. Smith and other state Republican candidates. GREEN COUNTY Voted Republican, by wide majorities. A.

Charles Howe, Monroe, elected sheriff, 4,448, over Donald A. Ferris, Democrat, 1,931. Will Control Congress by Broad Margin Republican Hold on California Broken; Knowland Eclipsed By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK and JACK BELL WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats surged in Tuesday's elections to their greatest control of Congress since New Deal days. In the battles for state govemop' ships, they smashed the Republican hold on California and mada over-all gains.

But Gov. Averell Harriman, of the party's national leaders, was chopped down in New York by Nelson Rockefeller, a rocketing new star for the GOP. This outcome of the "battle of the millionaires" was the happiest spot in the picture for the Republicans. However, tliey also ousted the Democrats from governor-, ships in Arizona, Oregon and Rhode Island while losing in California, Maryland, Nevada, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Rockefeller's victory plumped the scion of old John D.

into the GOP presidential picture for 1960. It beclouded, to some extent at least, the future of the No. 1 prospect for the GOP presidential President Richard M. Nixon. And, of courise.

It virtually wriped out Harriman's chances for the Democratic nomination. Knowland Beaten In California, too, the epochal midyear elections were fraught for 1960. Sen. William F. Knowland, coo- sidered a potential contender for the GOP went Into eudden eclips.

Ha lost a contest for governor to Edmund G. (Pat) Brown. Brown's emphatio victory was sure to get him talked about for the big Democratio prize two years henece. The election gave President Eisenhower a record ha was far from desiring. He's the first president in history to be confronted by three Cortgresses controlled by the opposite party.

Counting of the tide of perhaps reaching to 48 million or more was still continuing this morning. A few races were still inconclusive. Congress Setup But the indicated division In tha new Congress, based on returns as of 8 a. shaped up in this fashion: Senate: Democrats 61 or 62; Republicans 35 or 34. The undecided Senate race was a battle in oming where Republican Sen.

Frank Barrett was opposed by Democrat Gale W. McGee. These figures leave out of account the two senators Alaska will elect Nov. 25. House: Democrats 284; Republicans 151.

One additional House member will be named by Alaska. The indicated Senate lineup ii the most predominantly Democratic since the party elected 65 senators in 1940. That was the year Franklin D. Roosevelt won his third term. The Democrats have not had so many House members since 1936 when they elected 333.

More Union Power In the present Congress, which will give way in January to the newly elected one, the party division is Senate; Democrats 49, Republicans 47; House: Democrats 235, Republicans 200. In Ohio and California voters balloted "no" on referendum on the question of enacting state right-to-work laws. Unions were fighting these proposals which would bar any requirement for union membership in order to hold a job. Such a proposition also was voted down in Washington, Colorado and Idaho but was approved in Kansas. Over-all, the election outcome seems to augur a bigger voice for union leaders in Democratic affairs and more powerful influence in the selection of the party's 1960 presidential candidate.

In 33 governor contests. Democrats swept up 22 and were leading in 3 others. Republicans won seven and led in one. Ten Statehouses changed hands, with tho Democrats winning the keys to six and the Republicans four. But the election wiiids that rooted Republicans in all sections (Continued on Page Col.

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