European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page & the stars and stripes thursday november 6, 1958 Moss defeats Watkins in Utah gop incumbent loses in 3-Way Senate contest Salt Lake City up Democrat Frank a Moss unseat to incumbent Republican sen. Arthur v. Walking who based his Campaign for re election to a third term at the age of 71 on his sup port of the Eisenhower administration in Utah s three Way Rico for . Senator. Political newcomer David s. King a Democrat also Defeated Veteran gop rep. William a. Daw Bon. The one Republican to emerge victorious in Utah s two congressional races was rep. Henry a. Dixon who Defeated attorney m. Elaine Peterson 4.1,914 to 37,558 in the first District with reports from 419 of the 541 precincts. 6,000-vote lend unofficial returns from 808 of Utah s 1,077 election districts gave Moss 78,482 votes to 72,082 for Watkins. Former gov. J. Bracken Lee who stumped for repeal of Federal income taxes in his in dependent ticket bid for the sen ate Hud 56,049 votes. King got g1.2j4 votes to 57,885 for Dawson wit i reports from 389 of the 530 precincts in the Sec Ond congressional District. Nebraska Omaha up Nebraska re publicans have re elected sen. Roman l. Hrusko rep. Glenn Cunningham and rep. Phil Weaver but democrats wrested two House seats from gop incumbents Rob Ert d. Harrison and a. L. Miller. In the race for the governorship Democrat Ralph Brooks led incumbent gov. Victor e. Anderson in a close race. Democrat Frank b. Morrison opposing Hruska conceded with about half the state s 2,106 precincts in and Hrusko leading by 86,878 to 72,995. Democrat Francis Casey opposing Cunningham in the second District conceded As Cunningham piled up a Large margin in popu Lous Douglas county Omaha. Weaver Defeated Democrat Clair a. Callan in a close first District race. Democrats Lawrence Brock and Donald Mcginley ousted incumbents Harrison and Miller in the third and fourth districts respectively. New Mexico Albuquerque . Special democratic sen. Dennis Chave was returned to the Senate and demo crat John Burroughs was elected governor. Chavez Defeated Republican for rest s. Atchley while Burroughs unseated Republican gov. Edward l. Mechem. Voters completed the sweep by electing two democrats to the House. They were incumbents Jos Eph m. Montoya and Thomas g. Morris. New York voters of Legal Bingo new York up new York City voters approved legalized Bingo for Charity by a vote of More than 2 to 1. The game of Chance has been played Here for years with Little Legal interference. After Jan. 1 it will be played under the supervision of the City department of licenses under rules of the state lottery control com Mission. The rules specify How Many games May be played the maximum prizes allowable and re strict the game to Charity. Frank e. Mosh. Beats Ike supporter George Docking. Snaps a Jinx Kansas Topeka Kan. Up George Docking shattered political tradition by becoming the first Kansas Democrat to win re election As governor. Docking 54, a Lawrence Kan., banker snapped a Jinx with a Vic tory Over Parsons Kan., publisher Clyde Reed or. Unofficial returns from 2,167 precincts showed Docking with 264,523 and Reed with 203,218. Right to work also carried by a surprising margin in Kansas with 225.039 for and 157,237 against in 1,927 out of 2,999 precincts. Elected to the House by District were 1 William ii. Avery r2 Newell a. George d4 Edward h. Rees r5 j. Floyd Breeding d. Iowa plane crash kills 3 persons Britt Iowa up three per sons including a 4-year-old girl were killed when a Light plane crashed and burned after Takeoff from the Airport Here. The victims were Frank Francis 53, of Britt Pilot his son in Law Eugene Hanson. 24, of Estherville and Hanson s daughter Becky 4. Authorities were not certain what caused the crash which took place during a family gathering at the Francis Homo. Francis rela Tives said had been giving air plane rides nil afternoon to various family members. Study of russian booms North mass. Up enrol ment in the elementary russian courses at when ton College is up 1,800 per cent Over last year. Gop governor upset in Wyoming re election bid Cheyenne Wyo. Up Democrat j. J. Hickey 56, of Cheyenne was elected governor of Wyoming in an upset Over gov. Milward l. Simpson 60, who was seeking a second four year term. As Hickey moved in front to stay Democrat Gale Mcgee continued to increase his Small Lead Over sen. Frank Barrett in what appeared to be an even More startling upset. The Only Republican incumbent in the top three races to win re election to a third term was rep. Keith Thomson. Thomson was Load ing Democrat Ray Whitaker 50,518 to 43,107 with h of 687 precinct reporting. West Virginia Charleston . Up Robert c. Byrd and Jennings ran Dolph led West Virginia democrats to their biggest statewide Victory in 22 years in tuesday s election with Byrd piling up the largest statewide majority since the hey Day of Matthew Neely. Byrd 40-year-old third term con Gressman won a six year Senate term by whipping Republican sen. Chapman Revercomb by nearly120,000 votes. Randolph also ousted an incumbent Republican sen. John d. Hobill Zell jr., in a race for Neely s unexpired two year term. His Vic tory margin was about 5,000 Les than Byrd s. Political comeback Randolph s political comeback he had not run for Public office since losing in his bid for a seventh straight term in Congress from the second District in 1946 will make him the state s senior senator when Revercomb s present term expires in january. Ran Dolph will replace Hoblitzell As soon As the results Are certified later this month. The Only major Republican candidate to withstand the demo cratic deluge in the off year balloting was first District rep. Arch a. Moore jr., of Moundsville who turned Back Robert. H. Molohan s bid to recapture the House seat he held from 1953 to 1956. Elected to the House by District were 1arch a. Moore or. R2 Hurley o. Staggers d3cleve land m. Bailey d4ken Hech Ler d5mrs. Elizabeth Kee d6john m. Slack or. D. Safe industrialists keep bases operating smoothly in Europe Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial a handful of men work hard every year to spend More than $100 million dollars in the us afe area. No millionaire industrialists they Are base purchasing and contract ing officers who play a prominent 7th army he holding meet for engineers Vaihinger Germany special the 7th army Engineer com Manders conference was scheduled to get under Way Here thursday with about 80 High ranking Amer ican British and French Engineer officials expected to attend. Engineer officials from usar eur com a 7th army Britain and France were to meet at 7th army he Here for two Days to cover army Engineer techniques combat Engineer operations and personnel and administrative aspects of their work. Maj Gen Emerson c. Ilschner chief of army engineers Heads the list of High ranking officials expected to attend. Others include maj Gen Howard Ker Usa eur Engineer and Brig Gen David w. Heiman. Assistant chief of army engineers for military Supply at the Pentagon. British French guests it col d. G. M. Fletcher of the British army of the Rhine s xxiv corps engr regt and it col Jean Gil Lois of the French 1st army also were scheduled to attend 7tharmy said. Brig Gen Harold k. Johnson 7th army chief of staff was scheduled to open the two Day conference with a we come to All guests. The conference Agenda includes demolition obstacles communications training construction sup ply and maintenance As Well As demonstrations of equipment an techniques. In addition to strictly Engineer matters conferees were scheduled to hear related matters from 7th army adjutant general go and g-3 representatives. The conference is directed by the 7th army Engineer Section under supervision of col w. W. Ragland 7th army Engineer. Role in keeping the air Force s european installations operating smoothly. They also have a hand in letting contracts for such services As run Way Road and building construction Multi million Dollar base maintenance contracts and the procurement of water Gas electric and laundry facilities. Another part of their Job is to oversee the Purchase of supplies such As spare parts plumbing and electrical supplies office supplies and myriad other base procurement items. Such procurements run from a few dollars to three to four Mil lion dollars Safe said. Last year Safe purchasing and contracting officers dealt with businessmen in 17 countries on this Side of the Atlantic Germany France England Switzerland Bel Gium Norway Greece Austria Denmark Italy Libya Morocco Spain Turkey Luxembourg saudi Arabia and the Netherlands. Biggest obstacle one old hand in the p and c Field said i be Learned to ask How much in eight different Lan  probably the biggest obstacle for p and c men is language differ ence. Negotiations and contracts usually Are worked out in at least two languages. The going gets Sticky when the incredibly technical requirements of today s air Force must be trans lated from one language to another. Then there Are agreements which must be considered agree ments such As government to government status of forces line of communications and so on through the Book of regulations. Many facets these matters of course Are tangible but there Are also a cer Tain number of intangibles to make a p and c Man think longingly of retiring to the farm. In one country for instance there Are no wholesalers and retailers change their products from Day to Day depending on current demands. On monday a supplier May be Selling Auto parts and on Friday he s in the electric appliance business. However there is one Rule in procurement which is inflexible services and supplies must meet minimum . Specifications. Some times such standards Are not read ily understood by foreign businessmen. Women gain two seats in Congress Washington a the re publicans gained in woman Power in Congress by two seats As Are suit of tuesday s balloting. So far there will be two new feminine faces both republicans. That Means a record count of 17 women one above the 85th con Gress Mark of 16. Elected to the 86th Congress was a Veteran of new York re publican politics attractive Gray haired mrs. Jessica Weis 57, of Rochester ., longtime gop National commit tee woman. And mrs. Edna Oakes Simpson a tall stately housewife in her Early 60s, widow of gop Congress Man Sid Simpson of Illinois who died just nine Days before the election also got in. She beat Henry w. Pollock. One incumbent gop Congress woman mrs. Cecil Harden lost to Democrat Fred Wampler a Terre haute teacher in Indiana. Seeking a sixth term mrs. Harden blamed her loss on the National  with one gop woman out and two new ones coming in the re publicans Hope d to boost their present total of six gop women. Another Winner for the gop was mrs. Catherine May 44 year old former school teacher and state legislator leading in Washington s fourth District. The democrats appeared to be holding their total at nine but some of the feminine races still were undecided. Mrs. Weis a recent widow won by a margin of some 22,000 in new York s 38th District against attorney Alphonse l. Cassetti in a race for the seat vacated by Kenneth Keating r. There was still no final decision in the race involving second termer mrs. Coya Knutson a min but she was trailing. Mrs. Knutson 45, whose husband Andrew 50, waged a Campaign to get her to quit Congress and come Home Learned that he plans to sue her 29-year-old executive Secretary William Kjeldahl for alienation of affection. Her opponent was re publican Odin Langen. In California the outcome also was undecided for mrs. Rudd Brown 37, a Democrat and grand daughter of Silver tongued orator William Jennings Bryan. She is trying to unseat Republican rep. Edgar w. Hiestand a four term congressman. Mrs. Brown was lagging. Another congressman s widow mrs. Lawrence Smith a Republican was Defeated in her bid to get her late husband s seat in Wisconsin s first District. Gerald t. Flynn Democrat won by about 2,000. Altogether 43 women candidates a record number sought con Gressional seats. Most of them went Down to defeat. Incumbent congresswoman re elected were democrats mrs. Iris Blitch arms. Edith Green or mrs. Kathryn Grantham arms. Martha w. Griffiths Mich mrs. Elizabeth Kee w. Arms. Edna f. Kelly . Gracie b. Pfost Idaho and mrs. Leono Sullivan. Republicans mrs. Frances Bol ton Ohio mrs. Marguerite Church 111.mrs. Florence p. Dwyer . Edith Nourse Rogers Mas mrs. Katharine St. George  The republicans also have a sen ate seat held by mrs. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine who was not up for re election