Five States Lose
House Seats As
Result of Census
WASHINGTON, UP) — Twenty
five states will gain or lose seats
in the House of Representatives
as a result of the 1960 census,
the government announced.
The Commerce Department an
nounced that the total population
of the 50 states was 179,323,175
on last April 1—the date of the
once-a-decade census.
Officials said that the total
population figure would exceed
180 million once they add in ser
vicemen, dependents, government
personnel and businessmen living
overseas.
The changes in congressional
representation were calculated on
the basis of population shifts be
tween 1950 and 1960.
Under the reapportionment
that will not take effect until
the 1962 election, 16 states will
lose seats in the House. Nine
states will gain seats.
California will be the biggest
gainer, adding eight seats to the
present total of 30. Florida will
get four new seats, making the
new total 12. There will be gains
of one seat each by Arizona,
Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, New
Jersey, Ohio and Texas.
Pennsylvania Biggest Loser
The biggest loser in the pros
pective reapportionment will be
Pennsylvania wthich will lose
three of 30 seats. New York,
Massachusetts and Arkansas will
lose two seats each and the fol
lowing states will lose one each:
Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Carolina, and West Vir
ginia.
lhe losses in seats total 21
and the gains 19. This is because
at present there are 437 seats in
the House of Representatives,
compared with the usuual total
of 435. The two additional seats
were granted to Alaska and Ha
waii after their admission as
states. The total will drop to 435
after the reapportionment.
By law, the number of House
seats are reapportioned every 10
years on the basis of the regular
census. The reapportionment is
worked out mathematically at the
Census Bureau.
When Congress reconvenes in
January, President Eisenhower
will inform the Clerk of the
House of the number of seats to
which each state will be entitled
in the 88th Congress whicb will
be elected in November 1962.
The House Clerk then has 15
days in which to relay this in
formation to the governors of the
50 states. Legislatures will be re
sponsible for changing the bound
aries of congressional districts to
conform to the reapportionment.
The final figures showed that
three states and the District of
Columbia lost population between
1950 and 1960. West Virginia was
the biggest loser. Its population
dropped by 7.2 percent. Arkan
sas’ population was down 6.5 per
cent, the District of Columbia
down 4.8 per cent and Mississippi
down less than 0.1 per cent.
Florida had the biggest per
centage increase during the dec
ade—78.7 per cent. In numbers,
the biggest gainer was Califor
nia which increased by 5,130,981 i
to 15,717,204—a gain of 48.5 per
cent.
Alaska's Population 226.167
WASHINGTON, l/T>—The Cen
sus Bureau reported Alaska’s
1960 population as 226,167 as com
pared with 128,643 in 1950, an
increase of 75.8 per cent.
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Home Art Bake Sale
Will Benefit Hot Lunch
The Home Arts Club is again
sponsoring a Thanksgiving Bake
Sale for the benefit of school hot
lunch tickets for needy children.
The program has proved to be
very successful and many of the
children have shown a marked
improvement in their school work
with the aid of the nutritious
noon-day meals. The school nurse
stated that the improvement has
definitely been attributed to this
hot meal as many of the children
who receive the lunches, did not
get hot meals at home, either at
breakfast or lunch time.
This year the lunches are being
given for five months instead of
three as heretofore, and cost 40
cents.
Anyone interested in contribut
ing food for this worthwhile proj
ect may contact Elsie May Smith,
chairman for the project, for
pick-up.
Brass Drenched By
Dummy Polaris Missile
QUONSET POINT, R. I., OP) —
A Polaris missile submarine drop
ped a practice round too close to
a pier yesterday, dousing the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and some
admirals and generals with water.
“Heads up! heads up!” shouted
an unidentified admiral as the
dummy missile popped from the
water - filled tubes of the sub
marine Robert E. Lee.
The dummy seemed to hang in
the air above the sub. A brisk
south wind sprayed the water
toward the adjoining pier where
the brass hats were gathered.
They broke and ran fast, but not
fast enough. Most were thorough
ly drenched.
The dummy landed in the water
about 30 yards from the sub.
Highest ranking of the damp
officers was Gen. Lyman Lem
nitzer, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
Writer Upton Close
Killed In Mexico
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, LTt—
i A car-train crash has taken the
j life of Joseph Washington Hall,
: better known by his pen name
. of “Upton Close.”
1 The author and former radio
! commentator, born in Kelso,
wash., was killed last Saturday.
He was 64.
A spokesman at a hospital in
Guadalajara said the body of
I Close and a servant, Lucia Vel
asco, were not identified until
late Sunday.
Police said brakes on the sta
tion wagon which Hall was driv
ing apparently failed, and the
car was smashed by a train about
five miles south of Guadalajara.
Close spent many years in
China and Japan and was known
before World War II as an ex
pert on Oriental affairs.
BASKETBALL JAMBOREE
TOMORROW NIGHT
A city league Jamboree will
take place Thursday, Nov. 17 at
the High School gym. Starting
time will be 7:30 and there will
be no admission charged.
The schedule is as follows:
1st quarter—Polar vs. A.N.G.
2d quarter—A.N.B. vs. Jaycees.
3rd quarter— Jaycees vs. Polar
4th quarter—A.N.G. vs. A.N.B.
5th quarter—Polar vs. A.N.B.
6th quarter—A.N.G. vs. Jaycees
Man with a radioactive head:
Every time he combs his hair
there’s a fallout.
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Thanksgiving Tom titrkfy
URKEY AND TOM TURKE
RIMMINGS ««£■
LYNDEN HEN TURKEY 10 to 14 lbs. lb. 59c
HOME MADE LINK SAUSAGE lb. 79c
HORMEL SLICED BACON lb. 79c
JUNIOR TURKEYS 5to7lbs. lb. 69c
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STUFFING MIX 54c
COLIN
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WHOLE CRANBERRIES * 26c
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WHITE CAKE MIX 47c
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CREAM CORN »■>» 29c
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TUBE TOEIATOES ««. 55c
CELERY lb. 40c
GRAPES LETTUCE lb. 49c SQUASH
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