Democrats Win Control of Senate
With Neuberger Victory in Oregon
By Jack Bell
WASHINGTON, W—Control of
the- Senate in the new Congress—
barring some upset by recanvasses
in tight elections—fell to the Dem
ocrats Thursday in a victory by
Richard L. Neuberger over Re
publican Sen. Guy Cordon in
Oregon.
Election of Neuberger, 41-year
old author, assured the Democrats
of 48 seats in the Senate. This is
exactly half the Senate member
ship but is enough for Democratic
control since Sen. Morse, Oregon
independent, has announced he
will vote with them on organiza
tion of the Senate.
There seemed little doubt o'f
Democratic readiness and willing
ness to take on the job even
though one of their veterans, Sen.
Carl Hayden of Arizona, ques
tioned whether they should take
the reins in a situation where one
member’s death might wipe out
the party margin and force an
other shift. I
Sen. Walter F. George Of Geor
gia, senior senator, said that he
thought the Democrats should
take the responsibility of they
have the votes to do so.
And Sen. Pastore (D-RD told
reporters, “There is no doubt
about it. We now have a definite
obligation to the public who have
put Democrats in control of both
the Senate and the House.”
Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas,
, the Democratic floor leader, took
the attitude that there was no
reason for a rush about the issue.
“I don’t speculate on conjecture,”
he said in Texas.
The Senate is to convene in
special session Monday to consid
er a recommendation by a special
committee that it adopt a resolu
tion censuring Sen. Joseph M.
McCarthy iR-Wis) for conduct un
becoming a senator. This will be
the “old Senate”—not including
any of the newly elected members,
who do not take office until Jan
uary.
Sen. Knowland of California,
the Senate Republican leader,
who is here for the inquiry into
the Dixon-Yates power contract
by the Senate-House Atomic En
ergy Committee, said he wasn’t
“particularly happy’ about the
election outcome. But, smiling, he
recalled that he had forecast the
closest possible division in the
new Senate.
The Senate Republican leader
expressed particular regret at the
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By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
Norv. 1, 1954
Being three weeks overdue
forced somebody to try something
new. The MS North Star, which
is overdue for three weeks wait
ing for the Bering Sea weather to
subside, made up her mind to try
something new. On Oct. 31 she
heaved her anchor and headed
for the beach and nosed right into
the gravel beach in front Of the
village of Gambell.
The local church cancelled all
services for the day. All hands
were needed to unload the needed
supplies. Unfortunately, high
winds from the north prevented
the big boat from keeping in per
pendicular with the beach, so she
backed away and radioed she’d
try it again in the morning.
This morning she made it after
several rounds.
Instead of using an oil barge,
rubber hose was run from the bow
to the end of steel pipe from
storage tanks. They pumped the
oil this way for half an hour.
Rising surf and strong currents
forced them to back away. Some
freight and deer meat came ashore
by boats later this afternoon. Last
word received said more oil will
be pumped as so'on as the storm
is over.
A mi*” ber of dead walrus were
found last month, and lots of
driftwood also, hunters reported.
Philadelphia Athletics
Sold to Chicago Man
PHILADELPHIA, UPl—1The Phil
adelphia Athletics Thursday were
sold to Arnold Johnson, Chicago
businessman, for transfer to Kan
sas City.
Earle Mack, who with his fath
er, Connie, and his brother, Roy,
own all the stock of the Philadel
phia franchise, came out of a con
ference with Johnson and said
“We lost out.”
defeat of Sen. Homer Ferguson,
chairman of the GOP Senate Pol
icy Committee. s
Ferguson was beaten by Patrick
V. McNamara, Detroit business
man and minor AFL official.
All day Wednesday the issue was
in the balance on the close races
in Oregon and New Jersey.
For most of the tabulating, Cor
don clung to a lead over Neu
berger in Oregon. But o'n late re
turns, Neuberger went ahead. The
count Thursday on unofficial re
turns from 2,493 of the state’s
2,499 precincts was Cordon 282,
629 and Neuberger 284,695.
There was a similar nip-and
tuck count in New Jersey between
Republican- Clifford Case and
Democrat Charles Howell. A re
vised unofficial complete count
Thursday of the 3,998 precincts
gave Case 860,230; Howell 857,
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TV Firms Unite
For Better Service
ANCHORAGE, UP)—Affiliation
of the Alaska Broadcasting Sys
tem, Inc., and Northern Television
Inc., was announced Thursday by
presidents of the two firms.
In a statement, William J. Wag
ner, president of ABS and owner
of the president of Northern Tele
vision, said main purpose of the
affiliation is to provide better
overall programming for the Al
aska radio and television audi
ences.
Both firms are pioneers in their
respective fields of public service.
Wagner organized Alaska’s first
broadcasting system, serving all
major cities in Alaska, and this
year completed a new station at
Ketchikan, a new 5,000-watt clear
channel station at Juneau, a new
10,000-watt clear channel at Fair
banks, and a new 10,000-watt
clear channel station at Anchor
age.
Hiebert’s firm, operating at An
chorage under the call letters
KTVA, opened the first commer
cial television station in Alaska.
An application is pending befoTe
the FederalCommunications Com
mission for a new TV station at
Fairbanks, he said. Equipment
has been ordered and the station
is expected to begin operating
shortly after Jan. 1.
The affiliation of “Alaska
Broadcasting System, Inc., and
Northern Television, Inc., will
offer a service of a chain of eight
stations, six being radio and two
television, which will render ser
vice to all of Alaska,” the joint
statement said.
Jack Vandenburg of Tacoma,
Wash., who has been at Lost
River, is enroute home and is tak
ing a subscription to the Nugget
to keep up on the northland in
which he is interested.
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