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Journal THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY tonight and Sunday morning. Continued cloudiness Sunday afternoon. Low tonight 48; high Sunday, 75. 3 SECTIONS 28 Pages 68th Year, No. 120 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, May 19, 1956 SXaJV5it Prir- 3JO 9U cKay Adlai, Hatfield Win; Capital 1 oi aa sum; Fluoridation, Zoning Lose; 3 Bond Issues Pass Lillle, Big Margin Winners Opposing DA Candidates -J, Charter Changes Approved Only Emergency Money Items Endorsed Ike-Dick Backing Strong; Doug Wilt Carry 27 Counties A 1 A Miss Hattie Bratzel, left, apparently gained the Republican nomination for district attorney Friday, defeating three other rivals for the spot on the November ballot.

Thomas Enriffht, at right, county Democratic leader, defeated Ralph Wyckoff and will oppose her. Robert Holmes, Gerhart Democrat, who will oppose Republican Governor Elmo Smith in the general election, barely squeeked past Lew Wallace of Portland even though Wallace had withdrawn from the race. At right Salem's -Mark Hatfield continued to build his substantial lead over William Hcaly in the Republican Secretary of State race. ii sin noire Tlrkiinr Hunt, 3 Incumbents Legislative Winners 1IJLUX JVll JJIIV1VO MJ 3 Bv STEPHEN A. STONE Capital Journal Writer The voters of Salem in the Friday election approved only those city ballot measures that they considered emergencies, according to complete returns from 39 of the city's 53 precincts.

The highly controversial water fluoridation measure was beaten, running behind in most of the precincts. Apparently sure of approval are the bridge bonds bill, street widening, $3,750,000 bonds for a new water line from Stayton Island to Salem, and the several non-financial measures. Apparently defeated are the airport improvement bonds, park bonds and park maintenance tax measure, the city library improvement bill and the fire alarm bonds and fire tax measure. A measure to amend the pension plan for the benefit of widows of firemen in certain cases, a civil service amendment for the benefit of the police department, and a bill changing the method of notifying property owners about sidewalk improvements apparently are all approved. Complete returns from 39 of 53 city precincts show these results: Hatfield Big Winner Morse Holds 5-1 Margin On Rival Bv MOItniE LANDSBERG PORTLAND 11 Adlai Stevenson built a commanding lead over Sen.

Estes Ketauvcr Saturday in a write-in booster to help his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. President Eisenhower, unopposed on the Republican ballot in Friday's primary, received a strong endorsement of GOP vot ers. Republicans added a warm pat on the back for Vice Presi dent Nixon renomination with i unexpectedly strong write-in. The primary set the stage for a head-on clash for the Senate in the fall between Republican Doug las McKay and Democratic Sen. Wayne Morse, a sharp critic of the Eisenhower administration and McKay's tenure as secretary of the Interior.

60 Per Cent Write-in Some 60 per cent of the major ity Democrats who went to the polls put down their choice for president. Thero were no names on the parly's presidential ballot, both Stevenson and Kefauver campaigned for write-in support for Uregon 16 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. With reports in from 63 per cent of the stale 2,519 precincts, Stevenson kept in front of the Tennessee opponent by better than 9,000 votes of the 57,000 write-ins tabulated. He was gaining 58 per cent of the write-in, against 42 per cent for Kefauver. Eisenhower, whose name was on the Republican ticket, was getting the acclamation of 88 per cent of the GOP tally.

Nixon's write-in, which he did not solicit, ran to 20 per cent. It will pledge Oregon's 18 Republican delegates to his renomination. Eisenhower in 1952 got a big Western lift for his pre-convention race for the nomination by rolling up 153,000 votes to win that year's Oregon primary from the only active candidate, then Gov. Earl Warren of California, who trailed with 37,000. Keef Won in '52 Kefauver captured the 1952 Democratic delegation unchallenged with the assent of 128,000 parly voters.

Oregon went to Eisenhower in the 1952 general election by a vote of 420,815 to 270,579 for Stevenson. The state only recently shift-(Continued on Page 3, Col. 8) Wins Again Douglas McKay won the right to clash head-on with Democrat Wayne Morse in the general election by defeating Phil Hitchcock in the Republican primary. McKay's lead was mounting Saturday. Official Calls Filched Paper Of Top Import NEWARK, N.J.

Ml Asst. U.S. Atly. Gen. William F.

Tompkins said Saturday the document al legedly stolen by an Air Force sergeant is "of the utmost intelligence significance and contains information affecting the national defense of the United States" "It contains a complete directory of the United States Air Force bases and organizaions throughout the world," Tompkins said. The listings are in various categories and constitute a complete world wide listing of Air force components, he added. Tompkins said the information in the document is within the meaning of th. United Slates espionage laws. "Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any matter to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law," he said.

Additional Election News on Pages 2, 3 Lift; I vst I Yes No 4514 3852 5176 3409 3684 4711 5537 3204 3971 4600 4208 4366 5834 2832 4925 3529 3598 4856 4035 43)7 3347 4901 4589 3650 4015 5303 Norblad had large leads In the county, Hatfield over William K. Hcaly for secretary of state and Norblad over R. H. Cook, Silver- ton poultryman, for congress. Multnomah Gives Edge In 65 Marion county precincts complete out of 127 total, McKay was leading Hitchcock by a vote of 4359 to 3032.

An exceptional large lead for McKay In populous Multnomah ty apparently C.inulH'd the Republican nomina tion for the senate for the former mayor and governor of Oregon and recently resigned secretary of the interior. In returns from the same number of precincts complete in the county, Hatfield had 5655 to llraly's 1995. Similar leads in other counties assures Hatfield the nomination for secretary of state. Stotci Senator Monroe Swcctland was un opposed for the Democratic nomi nation for this office. President Dwight D.

Eisenhower polled 56G4 votes in Marion county which Richard Nixon, vice presi dent, was given a write-in vote of 1440 in the partial complete re turns from this county. Smith's Lead Cp Perhaps the outstanding feature of the 1956 primary election was the close race vhich developed between State Senator Robert D. Holmes and former State Senator Lew Wallace for the Democratic nomination for governor. Wallace withdrew from the race due to a bad heart, and yet in Mar- ion county on Ihc basis of complete returns from 70 precincts Wallace had 2822 votes while Holmes had 2606. Reports from some counties indicated that Wallace had a lead over Holmes even though the former did no campaigning during (Continued on Page 3, Col.

2) Ike's Total 5664; 1110 Write-ins For Nixon By JAMES O. OLSON Capital Journal Writer Douglas McKay has a comfort able lead over principal op ponent, Phil Hitchcock, in Marion county election returns for the Re publican nomination for States Senator. United Both Stale Senator Mark Hat field and Congressman Walter Woodmansee, Jones Facing City Runoff Wards 3 and 5 will both have op posing candidates for. alderman in the November election. In Ward 3, the runoff will be between Clayton Jones, who scored 590 votes with the count complete in all eight precincts of the ward in the Friday election, and Dr.

A. D. Woodmansee who scored an even 500. Pat Roden, the third candidate, got 352 votes. In Ward 5.

five Drecinets com- plete out of seven in the ward gave Earl Bushnell 537 voles and Kenneth Hutchins 282. with Waller Heine trailing with 247. Bushnell led the race in all precincts now completed. In Ward 3, Clayton Jones, In cumbent, carried six precincts and Dr. Woodmansee two.

WHAT VOTING MEANS Bratzel in Front for DA Spot Enriglit Wraps Up Win as Demo Opponent By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER Capital Journal Writer Hottest contests in Marion county's election of Friday apparently center in the office of district attorney for the Republicans and the office of county commissioner for the Democrats. Republicans, on the basis of complete but unofficial returns from 55 of the 127 precincts, are nominating Miss Hattie J. Bratzel, attorney and veteran court reporter, for district attorney. On the 55-prccinct count, Miss Bratzel topped the field of four with 2877 votes. Second was George A.

Jones, also a Salem attorney, with 2524. George N. Gross was in third place with 1322 and Howard Kai- fun trailed the quartet with 619 votes. It would be the first time a woman has been nominated for this post here. Miss Bratzel ran for the office four years ago, losing to Kenneth Brown.

On the Democrats' ballot, complete but unotfical returns from 55 precincts out of the county's 127 gave Patrick L. McCarthy of St. Paul a lead in the race for county commissioner, McCarthy being credited with 2062 votes against 1830 for A. M. Vistica of Woodburn.

Zoning Result Surprise Big surprise on the county Dai-lots was the county zoning proposition, the plan apparently going IContinued on Page 5 Column 5) Marion Vote Tabulations REPUBLICAN President Dwight D. Eisenhower 8560 (65 Precincts) U. S. Senator George Altvatcr 119 Elmer Dectz 1002 Phil Hitchcock 3803 Douglas McKay 5275 (81 Precincts) V. S.

Representative R. F. Cook 1300 Walter Norblad 6201 (55 Precincts) Governor Earl Dickson 665 Elmo Smith 7051 (55 Precincts) Secretary of State Mark Hatfield 5655 Urn. E. Hcaly 1995 (55 Precincts) State Representative Eddie Ahrens 6371 Herbert Barker 3264 Lee Bvers 3994 Wm.

W. Chadwick 5897 David Cromwell 3865 Robert Elfstrom 6241 Winton Hunt 4500 (71 Precincts) District Attorney Hattie Bratzel 3523 George N. Gross 1680 George A. Jones 3145 Howard Kaffun 747 (71 Precincts) Sheriff Oliver Rickman 2365 Denver Young 5241 (55 Precincts) Coroner John L. Ahlbin 4103 Leston W.

Howell 5550 (55 Precincts) DEMOCRATIC President Estes Kefauver 1717 Adlai Stevenson 3049 (87 Precincts) V. S. Senator Wavne Morse 7107 Woody Smith 1661 (107 Precincts) U. Representative Jason Lee 6019 Don Matheny 2158 (107 Precincts) Governor Robert Holmes 4246 Lew Wallace 3929 (107 Precincts) State Treasurer Al Richardson 1746 Wiley Smith 1839 (50 Precincts) District Attorney Thomas Enrighl 2401 Ralph W. G.

Wyckoff 1442 (50 Precincts County Commissioner Patrick McCarthy 2062 A. M. Vistica 1830 (50 Precincts) COUNTY ZONING Yet 5387 "6760, Alli Elstr ens, oni Chadwick Lead Field of 7 Bearing out trends from earliest counts, three of Marion county's incumbent legislators and another out for office for the first time, topped the field of seven men seeking nomination for the county's four legislative house seats on the Republican ballot. Benson Likes Senate Farm Bill Better WASHINGTON (if) Secretary of Agriculture Benson gave his' qualified approval Saturday to the new farm bill passed by the Senate Friday night. Benson said the bill is "rather complicated, with a number of amendments" and he has not had an opportunity to study each in detail.

"However," he said in a statement, "a quick check of the bill indicates that, overall, it has been much improved from the standpoint of the Departent of Agri culture." department experts were reported going over the measure item by item to see if any new problems had been created. Benson said many things in the bill approved by the Senate "were highly constructive." Among these he listed the soil bank which President Eisenhower asked, the compromise feed grain amendment and the elimination of wheat marketing quota penalties for farmers who use all wheat produced for feed and seed on their own farms. Support for the new bill also came from senators who had vigorously opposed some provisions in the measure as it was passed by the House. Senate leaders expressed hope that the new farm bill will become law next week without further controversy. Governor 11-1 Victor Over Dickson By PAUL W.

HARVEY JR. PORTLAND (fl Oregon appeared headed Saturday for an intense general election battle over the Eisenhower administration's natural resources policies as -Douglas McKay and Sen. Wayne Morse topped their opposition for senatorial nominations. McKay, ex-governor who resigned as secretary of the Interior to run for the Senate, oiled ud an increasing lead over Phil Hitch cock in the four-man GOP Senate contest. Morse, a caustic administration critic who has accused McKay ot giving away natural resources, won the Democratic nomination by almost a 5 to 1 margin over wooay imith, Hood River gas station operator.

Despite Morse's big lead, the size of Smith's vote was larger than expected. McKay, considering the Smith vote a protest against Morse, predicted the Smith voters would support him next irovemuer and assure a McKay victory. Returns from 1.78S of the state's 2,519 precincts in the Republican senatorial primary gave McKay a 59,742 to 46.371 lead over Hitch. cock, a former state senator who is a public relations man and fund raiser for Lewis and Clark Col. lege.

Elmer Deetz. the gallon iu dairyman from Canbv. and George Altvatcr, Portland engineer, trailed far behind. McKay held a lead in 27 coun ties, with Hitchcock leading onlv in Benton, Deschutes, Hood Riv er, Jackson, Klamath, Lake Lane Morrow and Polk. Morse's lead in the same pre cincts was 86,185 to 17,988 over Smith.

Gov. Elmo Smith. John Day Re publican who was suddenly vault ed into the governor chair on Jan. 31 when Gov. Paul Patterson died, had an easy time of it.

He won the gubernatorial nomina- lon by an 11 to 1 margin over Earl Dickson, Albany grocer. In the fall. Smith apparently will face State Sen. Robert D. Holmes, Gearhart Democrat, who was disappointed at his narrow margin over State Sen.

Lew Wallace, Portland insurance man who withdrew a month ago when he thought he had a heart attack. Holmes, who manages a radio station at Astoria, was ahead of Wallace by only 3,100 votes a margin that could be wiped out in late returns. State Sen. Mark Hatfield, dean of students at Willamette Univer sity, held a commanding lead in the GOP race for secretary of stale, beating William E. Healy, who was assistant secretary of state for eight years.

Hatfield's November opponent will be State Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Milwau-kie publisher and Democratic national committeeman. Sweetland was unopposed for bis party's nomination. Wiley W. Smith.

Multnomah County assessor, was ahead of Al Richardson, former penitentiary food manager, for the Democratic nom.i.iiioc for state treasurer. The winner will oppose State Treasurer Sig Unandcr, Republican, who was unopposed. Here's a rundown on the con gressional races: First District Congressman Walter Norblad, Stayton, easily won renomination over R. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 8) Today's Index Section One Amusement 2 Editorials 4 Locals Society -7; Section Two Sports 1-t Comics 4.

Television 7 Classified S-S-10 Section Three Comics .14 Eddie Ahrens, Turner, Robert L. Elfstrom and W. W. Chadwick, of Salem, and Winton Hunt, Wood-burn, headed the pack, in the order listed for Republican nominations on the basis of complete but unofficial returns from 55 of the 127 precincts. Later returns could change the fourth place won by Hunt, although he has been in fourth place since the start.

The count for the 55 precincts gave Ahrens a total of 5144 votes; Elfstrom, 5040; Chadwick, 4756; Hunt, 3540; Lee Byers of the Ro berts area, 3230; David Cromwell, Salem, 3056; Herbert E. Barker, Salem, 2634. Ahrens, Elfstrom and Chadwick are serving in the house now, and Hunt, although long active in Marion county Republican politics is making his first venture in running for an office. Guy Jonas was the only person filed on the Democratic ballot for the legislative positions and will face the four Republicans in November. Both of Marion county's state senate seats were not open for election this time, State Senators -e Ohmart and Mark Hatfield being holdovers to serve another two years.

Brannan Eyes Senator Seat DENVER -Charles F. Bran- nan, secretary of agriculture in the Truman cabinet and author of the Brannan Farm Plan, entered the race Saturday for the United States Senate seat from Colorado held by veteran Republican Eugene D. Millikin. Brannan, 52, is the first candidate to announce for the Democratic senatorial nomination and will pitch part of his campaign on farm policies of the Eisenhower administration. Millikin, 65, is a veteran of 14 years in the Senate.

Despite an illness which sidelines him for several months last winter, he has told reporters he is available for nomination to another six-year Senate term if the Republicans want him. Brannan is making his first bid for elective office circling to gain altitude. Koltsch was the owner and pilot. The plane appeared to have nosed down Into the earth. Both engines were burned.

State Patrolman cordoned off the crash site before the bodies were recovered. Discovery of the wreckage was reported at 10:30 a.m. by the State Patrol and by Robert Nuber, state aeronautics director. Nuber received his report from the Civil Aeronautics administration. The plane stashed about 1.500 feet from the Pacific Highway, near the vimloek overpass.

The State "atrnl reported the wreckage was sighted first by a search helicoptei from McChord Air Force Base, 'which had taken to the air while "socked in" weather conditions kept a fleet of search planes grounded during the morning. State Patrolman, J.D. Nastrom aw the erashed plane at about the lame time from the highway. Adlai Receives Tremendous Bridge bonds Street widening Airport bonds Water line Park bonds Park tax Firemen pensions Civil Service Library Fire alarm Fire tax Sidewalks Fluoridation President Not Unhappy Over Oregon Tally WASHINGTON 11 President Eisenhower was described Saturday as "not displeased" by returns showing former Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay leading for the Republican senatorial nom ination in the Oregon primary. Asked (or presidential reaction on the returns at a time that McKay had about a 10,000 vote lead over Phil Hitchcock, White House Press Secretary James C.

Hagerty said: 'The President has seen the returns so far and I can say he is net displeased by the results." McKay resigned from the cab-itiet April 15 to make the race with Eisenhower's blessing. Could9 vc Won By Staying in, Says Wallace PORTLAND un Former State Sen. Lew Wallace, Portland Democrat who withdrew from the governor race a month ago because he thought he had heart trouble, thinks he would have won his party's nomination if he had stayed in. He wouldn't say what he would do if there were a late reversal and he went ahead in the counting. In spite of his withdrawal, he was in a close race with State Sen.

Robert D. Holmes, Gearhart. In 1,803 of 2,519 precincts. Holmes' lead was only 49.681 to 46,226. After he announced hi with- driwl, Wallace said, he found out he didn't have heart trouble.

"It was nervousness. I got pan icky because m. heart skipped a beat and I lost 20 pounds. I'm feeling fine now." he said. Wallace, a Portland insurance man who was making his fourth i attempt to be governor, said his vote was "a marvellous personal tribute, Weather Details Maximum yfttrdiy, S7; minimum today.

4S. Total 24-hour prrclplla-tion: for month: 1.44; normal, 1.24. Stason precipitation, 54.74; normal, 17.1. Ilm hliht, 3 trtU (Report by V. I.

Weather Bartan.) Doug's Stature Raised Nationally 2 Portland Men, Boy Plane Crash Victims he was displeased with the size of "Woody" Smith's vote, which passed 19,000 at mid-forenoon. This is definitely an old line Democratic anti-Morse vote which would have been cast for somebody named Hop Ling If such a gent had filed and nobody else had. These Democrats and the 60,000 or so other old liners who didn't vote are evidently unreconciled to the current trend in their party and its embracing Senator Morse. If half of them vote against Morse and the other half don't vote at all Morse is sunk. And he probably can't win this group, whose principles are so contradictory to his expressed views.

He must offset them by raiding the Republican ranks for Hitchcock supporters who "like Ike" but don't like Doug so well. The big Hitchcock vote showed that there are more than a few of these. How they will feel next November holds the key to the outcome of this contest. Wallace Vote Surprise What was the biggest surprise of the whole In our opinion it was the close vote in the Democratic governor contest State Senator Robert Holmes was supposed to be unopposed. His opponent, Lew Wallace, had withdrawn due to 111 health, too late to get his name off the ballot.

But everybody knew of his withdrawal. Yet Holmes beat him by only a few thousand votes, despite the Wallace withdrawal and the fact that Wallace has never been a strong candidate. Holmes must feel burned to a crisp over this revelation of his weakness, for he was supposed to be a popular, appealing campaigner. He did a good deal of campaigning, surely never dreamed he'd barely beat a man who wasn't running. Portland voters looked curious to up staters.

They just barely brat a silly measure to force location of the new sports palace on the east side. They did decisively beat a pinball measure, but Terry Schrunk, Mutnomah county sheriff who was much too close to the hoodlums who tried to take over law enforcement in Portland for comfort, led In the race for mayor, Apparently unhurt by what was revealed. This contest will be finally settled in November, but Schrunk look like a winner By BERNARD MAINWARING Capital Journal Editor and Publisher The eyes of the nation were fixed on Oregon, watching for presidential and senatorial clues, which our vote yesterday provided jn generous measure. At the presidential level Adlai Stevenson received i tremendous boost toward the Democratic nomination by winning a thumping write-in victory over his principal rival, kefauver who has beaten him in several other states where he did not appear tu have as good a chance as he had here. The fact that this was a write-in contest was in Kefauver'! favor, for his followers are supposed to be more enthusiastic, more "hopped up" than Stevenson's.

Further, Kefauver campaigned here, was in Salem the day before the election. The Democratic organization was probably for Stevenson but it wasn't a fraction the force it was for him In Minnesota where he was badly beaten. Stevenson's prospect for the presidential nomination is much brighter than It was 24 hours ago. If California follows Oregon's lead he Is within easy jumping distance of success at Chicago In August. Kefauver on the other hand has suffered a body blow.

His gin-fizz magic didn't work out here. Hard Fight for Doug The national publicity has marked up Doug McKay as having a hard fight and being far from sure of renomination. His victory by a substantial majority will increase his stature nationally and be regarded as another victory for the Eisenhower administration, which was no Issue here in Oregon but was looked unon a being one elsewhere. For "Ike" had "Dear Dnug-ed" Doug the latter resigned to run. A slam-bang no holds barred outdnorish type of campaign Is et up.

Plenty of heat, and possibly some light will be generated. The voters will get their money's worth, for sure. A McKay-Morse fight will be much more colorful, will attract far more nationwide attention than one between the more scholarly Hitchcock and the talkative senior senator. Whether Morse wss pleased or displeased with the G.O.P. ehoict) fail opponent cannot be known, but jou can be sura CHEHALIS, Wash.

Two prominent Portland men and the son of one of them died shortly after midnight in the crasi. of their plane on a prairie near the little Western Washington town of Toledo. The victims were William Koltsch, a restaurant owner; his 14-year-old son, Michael, and Larry Wilson, a Franklin High School coarh. Wilson as an assistant coach in football, basketball and baseball. The plane had taken off from the Toledo airport at 12:20 a.m.

on a homeward flight to Portland. It crashed two miles away, strewing wreckage over a 150-yard area. The cause of the crash was a mystery. It was on Drews Prairie, a bench land area of 700 feet altitude. The airport from which the plane had taken off was at 300-foot elevation.

There was speculation that the plane might have crashed while.