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26 PAGES VOL. 83, NO. 19 MADISON, Monday, Jan. 5, 1959 ALpine 51611 0 and in the scene at the right. State Treasurer Eugene M.

Lamb' is being administered the oath by Justice Martin. (Photos by Tom E. Barlet) gram, and Justice Martin. The new attorney general, John W. Reynolds, is receiving the oath from Justice Martin in the picture, third from the left.

Wisconsin's new constitutional officers were sworn into office this noon at inaugural ceremonies in the State Capitol here. In the picture at the left. Gov. Gaylord Nelson (left) is shown taking the oath of office from Chief Justice John E. Martin, of the State Supreme Court.

The three (second from left) are (left to right) Lt. Gov. Philleo Nash; LeRoy Lu-berg, who was master of ceremonies at the pro Remsmm of From Nelson's Old Home Town 'l7. Second-class postage eald at Madison, Wts. Franz Haas, the new sheriff.

He 1 defeated Fred Goff in the November elections. All the other officials are incumbents. Haas served two terms as sheriff from 1952 to 1956. Goff was named sheriff by former Gov. Vernon Thomson in 1 1956 to replace Stanley Larson, a Democrat who died after winning the post, but before inauguration.

Other county officials sworn in iare Alex Ely, county surveyor; jOtto Festge, county clerk; Jean Johnson, clerk of circuit court; Walter Smithback, county treasurer; Joseph Bloodgood, district attorney; Harold K. Hill, register of deeds; and Michael Malloy, coroner. Haas was escorted by Assem-' blyman Fred A. Risser (D-Madi-' son); Ely was escorted by Clarence Bylsma; Festge, by Assemblyman-elect David OMalley, Waunakee; Mrs. Johnson by Assemblyman Carl Thompson (D-Stoughton); Smithback by State Sen.

Horace Wilkie; Bloodgood by Assemblyman-elect Richard Cates; Hill by Norman Anderson; and Malloy by Asesmblyman-elect Glenn Henry. The courtroom was jammed for (Continued on Page 4. CoL 3) Business Leader, All Are Democrats 8 County Officials Take Oath Urged To Serve Public By JOHN PATRICK HUNTER Circuit Court Judge Richard Bardwell today administered the oath of office to eight Dane County officials and in a post-inauguration statement, urged them to give service to the public. The county officials, all Democrats, were sworn in in Judge Bardwells courtroom. Madison Atty.

James E. Doyle, served as master of ceremonies. The county officials were given the oath separately for the first time in many years, instead of the mass swearing in that has been the past custom. Among those inaugurated was PRICE 5c Gaylord Nelson. This movement is in competition to a favorite son drive which has been quietly pushed for several months in behalf of Sen.

William Proxmire. Spencer Yates, prominent lawyer in the State of Oregon and Gov. Nelsons brother-in-law, is here for the ceremonies. He will be remembered by many local lawyers who attended the U. W.

law school with him. He practiced for a time in Glenwood City in Northern Wisconsin before moving to Roseburg, Ore. He once served as president of the Young Progressives of Wisconsin. -4- Older observers who remember the late John Reynolds Sr. when he served as a Progressive attorney general were struck with the similarity of the mannerisms between him and the son, John who takes over his fathers former office.

Some reminiscing about the Reynolds family brought out this interesting fact: The late Tom Reynolds, grandfather of the new attorney general, served in the state Legislature as a LaFollette Progressive representing Door County. He got there by defeating his brother, Charles Reynolds. Mrs. Reynolds comes from a (Continued on Page 4. CoL 7) Cancels Trip WASHINGTON UP) Secretary of State Dulles today cancelled his planned official visit to Canada because of a virus infection.

Just in advance of the announcement Dulles had held a conference with. Anastas Miko-yan, Soviet deputy foreign Pledges State Will Again Be A Leader By ALDRIC REVELL Gov. Gaylord Nelson today dedicated himself to making Wisconsin once again the proud pioneer in the quest for a more abundant and more significant life for all our people. In the speech aelivered at his inauguration at noon. Gov.

Nelson, the first Democratic governor since 1933, made it clear he would pursue the policies and philosophy of Old Bobr LaFollette which made Wisconsin the symbol for progressive, pioneering legislation throughout the nation. Inaugurated with Gov. Nelson were Philleo Nash, Wisconsin Rapids, lieutenant gove rnor; John W. Reynolds, Green Bay, attorney general; Eugene Lamb, Milwaukee, state treasurer; and Robert C. Zimmerman, Madison, secretary of state.

Zimmerman is the only Republican. Sidelights of Inaugural Day Events By MILES McMILLIN THERE IS burgeoning sentiment among inaugural visitors for a favorite son slate of candidates in the 1960 presidential primary pledged to Gov. at 4 a.m. for the noon ceremony and many more arrived by private car. (Photo by Clarence E.

Olson) These are some of the many Clear Lake residents who came to Madison today to watch their home-town boy. Gov. Nelson, take his oath of office. A bus, with 23 on board, left Clear Lake Havana Awaiting Urrntia Under Martial Law HAVANA JP Havana Province was proclaimed under martial law temporarily today pending the arrival of Provisional President Manuel Urrutia. Urrutia was reported already in the province, but his arrival in the city itself apparently was being delayed while revolutionary groups straighten out jurisdiction over the presidential palace.

The revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, meanwhile, was making a leisurely but victorious approach to the capital through the eastern provinces. Tens of thousands in cities, towns and villages turned out to cheer wildly as Castro and his motorized columns made their way from the Oriente Province center of their rebellion which overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista last week. The prog ress was slow: Cama-300 miles 4 I guey, from Havana, Sun-Castro day night; tonight Santa Clara, scene of the decisive defeat which forced Batista to flee, 140 miles farther along the march, and Tuesday Matazas, 50 miles from the capital. Castro and his men were expected in the capital Wednesday afternoon for one of the great-( Continued on Page 4. Col.

3) Philanthropist An Editorial The Challenge of Leadership aced By the Democrats TODAY is a gay and festive occasion for jubilant Democrats who are here to inaugurate the first Democratic administration in Wisconsin in a quarter of a century. As one of the three daily papers in the state which endorsed their candidate for governor and as the only one that supported their candidate for the U. S. Senate we join in the days jubilation. We welcome them to Madison and we hope their stay here will be a pleasant one.

But more than that we hope the stay of their elected officials in the state capitol will be one of constructive achievement in the public interest. Respite from Sub-Zero Cold Due After a bone-chilling weekend with the temperature failing to move above the zero mark Sunday, Madison is due for a brief respite Tuesday, the U. S. Weather Bureau at Truax Field said today. Temperatures here dipped to 12 below zero at 5:40 a.m.

today, following a reading of 14 below early Sunday which tied the seasons low mark previously, set Dec. 10. A low of zero to 5 below was forecast for tonight, after an expected high of 5 degrees today. However, on Tuesday, the me-terologist at Truax Field said, the temperature will climb to 18 degrees and moderate temperatures will continue Wednesday. Colder- weather is due again Thursday and Friday.

Snow is predicted for Wednesday or Thursday. High temperature in Madison Sunday was zero at 2:30 p.m. Because of the cold weekend, the American Automobile Association here was swamped with calls from motorists whose cars would not start. August J. Hundt, assistant manager, termed the situation the worst day weve had in some 14 years.

Where to Find It i Comics Pages 22, 23 Daily Records Page 2 Obituaries Page 9 Radio, TV Programs Page 23 Markets Page 24 Society Page 11 Sports Pages 12, 13, 14 Weather Table Page 2 Womens Page Page 10 Helen younger WILLIAM H. MEYER, newly elected congressman from Vermont, is the first Democratic congressman elected in more than a hundred years. the COMMON COUNCIL of Waukesha was faced with the request that the city furnish funds for the purchase of uniforms for the Waukesha Skating club. Anent this request, this statement appeared in the Freemans Up and Down Broadway column: Just how far will we go in our reliance upon paternal government? Are people so devoid of ingenuity and initiative that they must turn to the public coffers in every instance? Thanks to the Spooner Junior Chamber of Commerce of which Robert Durand is president, the skaters now have a warming house at the municipal rink. With Zino Tulley as chairman of the warming house committee, the renovated and equipped build-( Continued on Page 2.

Col. 3) Daily Net vs Sold to Field CHICAGO UP) Controlling interest in the 83-year-old Chicago Daily News today was sold to Field Enterprises, Inc. Field Enterprises, headed by Marshall Field also publishes the Chicago Sun-Times. Announcement of the transaction was made jointly by John S. Knight, editor and publisher of the News since 1944, and Marshall Field.

The News stock was sold at $50 a share. Knight Newspapers, members of the Knight family and executives (Continued on Page 4, Col. lt Victory in an election brings something more than an occasion of celebration. It brings the solemn responsibility of power to be used in the serv- Continued on Editorial Page) COMPLETE TEXT PAGE 25 Several thousand persons jammed the ground floor of the State Capitol, the rotunda, second and third-floor balconies, and stairways from the second floor for the inaugural, which lasted some 40 minutes. For the first time in 26 years, there were more Democrats in the audience than Republicans, since Nelson was the first Democrat to be elected in that time.

As Nelson, walking with retiring Gov. Thomsen, moved to the front of the platform, a delegation from his home town of Clear Lake stood up and applauded vigorously. Nelson waved to the group, which carried a large banner. Clear Lake Home of Gov. Gaylord Nelson.

After the ceremony and during (Continued on Page 4, CoL 1) CRC Wins Look At Vote Records MONTGOMERY, Ala. UP) The U. S. Civil Rights Commission was given the right today to look at other registration records in three Alabama counties but only by agreeing to inspect them in the counties where they are kept. A compromise agreement signed by U.

S. District Judge M. Johnson provided that a com mission investigator will be allowed to see the records at a time and place mutually agreeable to federal and state authorities. But the order stipulated that arrangements to get access to the files must be made by Friday. 4 Hours From Barbados I1 4 Balloonists Found Safe at Sea in Gondola S.

Brandenburg Dies of Heart Attack at Age 70 Frederick S. (Heggie) Brandenburg, 70, president of the Democrat Printing former newspaper publisher, businessman, and philanthropist, died unexpectedly Sunday of a heart attack at his home, 711 Farwell Dr. Mr. Brandenburg, who lived most of his life in Madison, was active until his death. He had attended the annual meeting of his firm Sunday morning and was in apparent good health and good spirits at the time.

A native of Minneapolis, he was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1909. He then went into the Democrat Printing published by his father, O. D. Brandenburg, when the plant was located at 114 S. Carroll and became managerial head within F.

S. Brandenburg (Continued on Page 4 Col. 5) came upon the four at sea about four hours out. He plucked them from the water and brought them ashore near the Crane Hotel, on the southeast shore. They told him they had cut the balloon loose from the gondola, designed as a life boat and heavily stocked with food and water.

They declined to tell Brathwaite how long ago they cut the balloon loose, or how long they (Continued on Page 4. CoL 8 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados UP) Four Britons who tried to make a balloon flight across the Atlantic were found floating at sea today in the gondola of their craft, the Small World. They were rescued by a fishing vessel and brought to this island, their original target. The four left the Canary Islands, 3,000 miles away, Dec. 12.

They had not been heard from for 19 days. A fishing vessel captained by Costa Brathwaite of this island I 1 i i J. 2.