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Mk ate Journal Warmer Considerable cloudiness and warmer today. a ce of shower by evening. Thursday partly cloudy and little colder. High today, mid-50s; low tonight, low 30s. I 1 5c MORNING FINAL MADISON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1960 E) 4 AM.

WSira Vote ifir Jtud 32 PAGES, Vol. 203, No. By LLEWELLYN G. ROBERTS (State Journal Staff Writer) SEN. HUBERT HUMPHREY I 1 1 4 'MM 2 If Election Presidential Primary Democratic JOHN F.

KENNEDY Republican RICHARD M. NIXON Superior Court Judge JOSEPH BLOODGOOD County Board 10th Ward DAVID J. OHNSTAD 12th Ward HAROLD SPRINGER 14th Ward JOHN KASIMATIS 16th Ward CLYDE CHAMBERLAIN 21st Ward JOSEPH C. GALE School Board RAY SENNETT ARTHUR MANSFIELD Kopp Wins 1 Sen. John F.

Kennedy shook off stubborn early return rural sup- port for Sen. Hubert Humphrey and swept to an impressive victory in Wisconsin's crucial presidential primary Tuesday. The 42-year-old senator from Massachusetts took the popular vota on the Democratic side of the ballot and defeated Humphrey in six of i the state's 10 Conaression-I wm4Tr SI? Congi SECTION 1 WILLIAM SACHTJEN Maier Elected Milwaukee Mayor by Beating Reuss MILWAUKEE UP Henry W. Maier, 42, a Democratic state senator for the past 10 years, was chosen mayor of Milwaukee Tuesday in the city's nonpartisan election. Rep.

Henry S. Reuss, 48, also a Democrat, conceded that Maier won the election after less than one-half the votes were unted With 264 of the 558 precincts re-porting, Maier had 61,375 votes tcl tor iteuss. Maier has beer in the statef Senate since 1950 and the Democratic floor leader for the past four sessions. He was eated for the United tates Senate in 1956 and MAIER also lost when he sought the mayor's post in 1948. Maier will succeed Frank P.

Zeidler, a Socialist, who did not seek reelection. Zeidler has served 12 years. Reuss was elected to Congress in 1954 and reelected in 1956 and 1958. He still can run for the fifth Congressional post this fall. Manitowoc Defeats Fluoridation Proposal MANITOWOC (UPD Fluoridation of this city's water supply was defeated in a referendum Tuesday.

The proposal to fluoridate the water supply lost by 7,396 to 2,591. JLmm "111 ss csf vt. 17 fTs i 3 Vi 1 4 i i1 4 3 Incumbents Slip In By STANLEY WILLIAMS (State Journal Staff Writer) A newcomer, to politics, Richard D. Kopp, 30, toppled Aid. THREE SECTIONS 6 121st Year SEN.

JOHN KENNEDY voting place and then permitted to cast their vote as much as 30 minutes later. The record county vote was demonstrated dramatically as the village of Middleton and the towns of Madison and Westport ran short of presidential ballots and had to order more from the county clerk's office. Westport used up the 100 additional ones and then was forced to use sample ballots when they were gone. The Madison total was 36,173, topping the previous comparable (Continued on Page 2, Column 7) on the Inside found in Sec. 1, Pages 2, 4, 5, OHNSTAD SPRINGER ment Assn.

and operator of the Fair Oaks bar and grill, who nosed out Lars M. Hanson, 413 Welch owner of the Vogue cleaners, to fill the 16th ward supervisor post vacated when IT 7f Record Vote Totals Set in City, County By WILLIAM C. ROBBINS (State Journal Staff Writer) Vote records for an April primary were set in both Madison and Dane county Tuesday as voters were drawn by the magic of the presidential campaign, Voters flocked to the polls in such large proportions in the I districts. The result is 20 delegates pledged to Kennedy and 10 to Humphrey at the Demo cratic party nomination convention at Los Angeles in July. The state's 31st au thorized vote will be split between the two men.

Nixon Runs Strong Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, unopposed on the Republican side of the ballot, had been ex pected to finish third but that finish was a strong third. At one ime in the balloting he forged ahead of the vote total of Hum phrey. The vote in 3,039 of 3,446 pre cincts, as tabulated by the Asso ciated Press at 4 a. m.

today, was: Kennedy (D) 389,417 Humphrey (D) 318,890 Nixon (R) 305,375 With the 3,039 precincts report ing, Kennedy had about 55 per cent of the Democratic ballot vote, Humphrey about 45 per cent. Nixon's percentage of the total state vote in those 3,039 pre cincts was a little more than 30 per cent. Republican party leaders had said that in view of the Demo cratic contest and probable cross overs they would be satisfied with a Nixon percentage of 25 per cent or more. Major Hurdle The hotly contested Wisconsin primary was a major hurdle in Kennedy's bid for an early ballot nomination for the presidency at his party's national convention. Kennedy picked up five conven tion votes by winning the popular vote and 15 more at the rate of 2Vfe each from the six Congression al districts he won.

Humphrey's 10 votes represent 2Vz delegate votes for the four districts he won. The voting clearly showed that a substantial number of Repub licans and independent voters who vote Republican most of the time crossed over to vote in the con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Winners City Council Sixth Ward GEORGE ELDER Eighth Ward WENDELL M. PHILLIPS 12th Ward LEONARD PORTER 14th Ward HAROLD ROIIR 16th Ward LLOYD FOUST 18th Ward RICHARD KOPP 20th Ward BRUCE DAVIDSON 21st Ward JAMES A. MARKS School Bonds YES Harbor Funds YES in 18th; ward and three other aldermen voters broke all records for an by more than 300 votes, riding a Port Development Referendum Leads by Large Margin A referendum to amend the Wis consin Constitution to permit legis tive appropriation for port devel opment was carrying the state in returns early today. The vote in 2,638 of Wisconsin's 3,460 precincts on the port devel opment referendum was: Yes 332,440 No 284,373 The amendment had been ap proved by the 1957 and 1959 Legis latures.

Its passage in Tuesday's refer endum was the third and final step necessary to let the state make such expenditures. The pro posal stemmed from the develop ment of the St. Lawrence Seaway In past years, Wisconsin's con stitutional ban on state spending for "works of internal improve ment" had been amended to let the state spend money for high ways, forestry, an airport pro-gram, and veterans' housing. Port cities were divided on the referendum. The opposition was led by Milwaukee, which spent its own money building up the Mil waukee, harbor, Wisconsin has 22 ports on the Great Lakes, 12 of them rated major.

Marinette Votes Return to Mayor MARINETTE UP) Voters of Marinette decided Tuesday to have the city return to a mayor form of government. The vote was 2,449 to 2,106. The city, which has been under a city manager with five council-men elected at large, will be replaced by a mayor and 10 aldermen who will be elected a year from now. Robert Levik is acting manager, who has been filling in since Man ager K. W.

Gardiner resigned month ago. Levik will serve until a mayor is elected. Steve Allen to End Regular TV Schedule NEW YORK UP) Steve Allen's weekly television show will go off a regular schedule next season and appear instead from time to time. Affiliates of NBC have been told by the network that Allen does not want to continue under the pressures of a weekly show. His present time slot on other than Allen's appearances Monday nights will be filled by special shows.

a Tops Sachtjen by 1,400 Votes for New Court By JUNE DIECKMANN (State Journal Staff Writer) Dist. Atty. Joseph mooagooa won trie new ri Court "family" judgeship of Dane county Tuesday with a majority over Atty. William C. Sachtjen, Madison's 12th ward alderman, complete election returns showed early today.

The vote from Madison's and Dane county's 97 precincts was: Bloodgood 30,267 Sachtjen 28,828 Bloodgood, who was badly beaten By Sachtjen in the March primary six-man field for the judgeship nominations, rebounded strongly Tuesday. Takes Early Lead He took an early lead of about 550 votes with the first 30 rural precincts reporting; held his own when the city of Madison 30 precincts reported, and then increased his lead to nearly 1,500 with the later reporting precincts from heavier populated Madison suburbs and Stoughton and Sun Prairie. Sachtjen carried the city vote by a vote of 16,797 to 16,551, but Bloodgood's strong majority in ru ral areas cinched his victory. To Resign D. A.

Post Bloodgood will resign his dis trict attorney's post, which he has held since January, 1957, and be come the county's new judge when the Superior Court Branch No. 2 begins operation May 2. State law provides that Gov. Gaylord Nelson appoints a successor to Bloodgood as district attorney to serve out the remaining eight months of his term as the county's chief presecutor. His salary as district attorney was $9,600 yearly, and as judge it will be $12,000.

'Clean Campaign' "I am deeply grateful to the voters of Dane county for this most gratifying victory," Bloodgood said early today. "I could not have won without the wonderful support of my many friends (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) Today's Chuckle Money may talk, but today's dollar doesn't have cents enough to say very much. former president of the Reming ton Typewriter initiated court action in Paris and in New York to break up the romance, and Gamble was placed under a court order to appear once a week in Girl's Term Court in New York to report on her activities. But Gamble and Porumbeanu met secretly Monday Gamble slipping away from her grandmother's town house on the eve of Porumbeanu's Mexican divorce becoming final. They went to Philadelphia by train, then headed South.

They applied for the marriage license' just before closing time 5 p.m. before Probate Judge Walker Allen at the county courthouse. South Carolina law provides that the applicants pick up the license any time after 5 p.m. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) JOSEPH BLOODGOOD Apr. 18 Postmark on State Tax OK The commissioner of the State Department of Taxation said Tuesday individual state income tax returns will be considered filed on time if they are postmarked or delivered on Monday, Apr.

18. Commissioner John A. Gronou-ski." said the exception to the statutory Apr. 15 filing date was being made because offices will not be open to the public that afternoon in observation of Good Friday, a legal half-day holiday. Gronouski also announced that the department's assessor of incomes offices will furnish assistance to taxpayers in preparation of their income tax returns dur ing regular office hours through Apr.

18. They will also be open on Saturday morning, Apr. 9. Assessor of incomes offices are located in Madison, Appleton, Eau Claire, and Milwaukee. County Judge Wins Manitowoc Reelection MANITOWOC (UPD Incum bent County Judge Leon Jones of Manitowoc county won reelection Tuesday over Atty.

Francis Yind- ra. With 43 of Manitowoc county's 50 precincts reporting, Jones led Yindra, 12,527 to 7,619. Sports Peach Has Baseball Schedules Attention baseball fans: The complete schedules of all games in the National and American Leagues will be found today in the Sports Peach. You will want to clip them for handy reference. ANDRE GAMBLE then were blocked because Porumbeanu's 1948 marriage had not been dissolved legally.

Gamble's grandmother, Mrs. Henry Harper Benedict, dispatched rela tives and lawyers to Paris to bring her back. Mrs. Benedict, widow of a Howard Soderholm in the 18th barely held their seats as city April election Tuesday. Kopp outdistanced Soderholm wave of discontent with the alder- man which climaxed jn his attempt to change a number of street names in his ward.

Slim Margins In a photo-finish, Lloyd Foust, East side building contractor, eked out a 14-vote victory over Vincent J. Phelan for the 16th ward seat. Aid. Harold E. Rohr, 14th ward, managed a 34-vote span over his challenger on the South side, Clif ford S.

Roberts. Aid. James A. Marks clung to his 21st ward seat with a 30-vote margin over Ray J. Stanley.

Leonard Porter, 31, scoring his first victory in politics, racked up a 200-vote lead over 12th ward opponent, Arthur Dunham. Limits Opponent Aid. George Elder, Sixth ward, won another term on the council with an 81-vote margin over Peter F. Schmidt. Aid.

Bruce Davidson, 20th ward, had the healthiest lead over his challenger, Donald S. Eisenberg, more than doubling his vote with a margin of some 1,000 votes. Wendell M. Phillips, Eighth ward alderman, also won a new term, defeating Thomas Mair by nearly 250 votes. Kopp, an insurance firm su pervisor, succeeded in limiting Soderholm to a single term on the council.

The only challenger to unseat an incumbent, he led the alderman by almost 400 votes in one precinct and trailed by 50 votes in the other although his other opponent, James Haraughty, threw his support to Soderholm afterward. The final vote was: Kopp 1,168 Soderholm 834 Rohr, a bitter opponent of the Capital Times and especially of the Monona Terrace auditorium project, survived a last-minute attempt of the Times to swamp him by unauthorized publication of new plans for the civic center. The final vote was: Rohr 943 Roberts 909 Marks, the 21st ward's County Board representative since it (Continued on Page 2 Column 5) Feature Finder Bridge Sec. 1, Page 10 Calendar Sec. 1, Page 10 Comics Sec.

Page 10 Crossword Sec. 2, Page 10 Earl Wilson Sec. Page 11 Editorials Sec. 1, Page Markets Sec. 2, Page i Obituaries Sec.

1 Page 0 Records Sec. 2, Page 4 Society Sec. 1, Pa9es 14, 15 TV-Radio Sec. 1, Page 11 Weather Table Sec. 1, Page 2 We Saw You Sec, 1, Page 7 Woman's Journal Sec.

1 Page 12 Madison area that several of the I rural towns and villages actually ran out of ballots and were forced to use samples to complete the balloting. The Madison area turnout re flected the statewide interest in the bitter Democratic battle be tween Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Hubert H.

Hum phrey (D-Minn.) and the Republican attempt to keep their supporters on the GOP side of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon. At Blooming Grove, there was such a long line of residents wait ing at 8 p.m. closing time that they were shepherded inside the Election News More election news will be 6, and 9, and in Sec. 2, Page 1.

GALE CHAMBERLAIN Life Insurance who won over the one-year incumbent in the 21st ward, James H. Binger, 5706 Forsythia a Johnson Plumbing' Service steamfitter and mechanic. Clyde Chamberlain, 3316 Ivy past president of the IVY Invest WK: rKZ Gamble Benedict, Romania-Born Suitor Seek Quickie Marriage Kasimatis Gale, and Chamberlain Elected New County Supervisors iShi rn DILLON, S. C. (UPD New York heiress Gamble Benedict and her sweetheart, Andre Porumbeanu, applied for a quickie South Carolina marriage license Tuesday and planned to be wed after a 24-hour waiting period.

It promised to be a stormy battle all the way to the altar for the society girl and her Romanian-born suitor. They defied a New York court in running away, and Gamble, 19, ward of her grandmother, has been forbidden to marry without court permission. Porumbeanu, 35, whose Mexican divorce became effective Tuesday, faced a possible jail sentence for contempt of court. The elusive pair were princi pals in an international love story when they fled to Paris together last winter. Their elopement plans Three new Madison supervisors were elected to the 86-member County Board Tuesday, two of them defeating incumbents and the third replacing an incumbent itched to the City Council, pmplete election rlturns showed early, today.

The new board members are: Atty. John Kasi-matis, 31, of 531 W. Olin who defeated Sherman Karnes, 55, of 230 Van us en a sheet metal er and the KASIMATIS 14th ward super visor tor 16 con secutive years. Joseph C. Gale, 5713 Forsythia an agent for the New York (Continued on Page 2, Column 6).

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