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U. of 0. Library augone , Oregon 1FBWE FUjmVI :i A pi ? 1 .(iiT j I i : , Comp fin iru mm Established 1873 ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMEBER 21, 1953 295-53 Russia Offers To Discuss Atomic Control Assent QSZAPwmlXk, HER BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT Santa's Drize aift- Cair of arms for the first time in her six-year-old life rings a smile to cherub-faced Cheryl Moloney os she demonstrates her new writing skill at a hospital at Has brouck Heights, N. J. The Honesdaye, Pa., child born with out arms, manipulates the new limbs by using her chest' muscles. Cheryl, whose six-month hospital stay and new arms were financed by contributions, is going home for Christmas. (AP Wirephoto). City's Defense System Now Nearly Completely Manned After President Eisenhower's call for bigger and better Civil Defense facilities, Deputy of Administration Elynor Massey of Roseburg reported the Roseburg Civil Defense program is now almost completly manned under Director Col. Robert Dicey. She listed the following departments and their personnel: Deputy Director Harry Jaeo- SlSTSM SiiieS: Roseburg Motorist AUlUMUBlt auiu Kijinri sey, deputy, assisted by Eleanor Watts and divisional "assistants Elisabeth Gilchrist, Mrs. Earl Plummer, Virginia Ashcratt, Fre da Winslow, Lorraine Kesner, Car men dark and Vivian Pasmiore. Fire Service W. E. Mills, de puty, assisted by A. F. Shukle. Law Enforcement Chief of Po lice Stan Olsen, assisted by Asst. chief. James McAlpine. rersonnei xxwiv . assisted by Charles A. Throne. Public Utilities U. 0. Vaugnan, assisted by James L, Carter and Ernest Crane. Communications Jack Mc Guire, assisted by , Robert Grady. Information and Education Merle Pugh, assisted by George Castillo. . , . Supply Bruce Elliott, assisted by Archie White (in charge of t. aeon tin ciihibc w Assaulted, Robbed SWEET HOME vB Herbert E. Wood of Roseburg was treated here Sunday afternoon for a severe scalp gash inflicted, he told police, by two men he tried to-aid. Wood said he was driving east on the South Santiam Highway Sun day afternoon when he stopped to see if he could aid two men whose car was in the ditch. He stepped to ine Dack ot nis oar to get a chain, and they walked up and knocked him unconscious. When he regained conscious ness, he said, he lacked $100 in traveler's checks and $115 in cur rency. ' Herbert E. Wood, an interior decorator by profession, it listed in the Roseburg city director as a -u,...i Dill r.mu in charge of I men's clothing) and Lowell Rho-: resident of 707 Cobb Street, den (in charge of women's cloth- "' ... . ... i-I.J k.. Heaitn. joe uwu,. aiaicu Parking Limited To Ease Tnhn M PUrlr. m fit... H F..I K2ngEiitSn!tc1-by Billy Molr andjJr- High Pupils' Loading Engineering .loan luomcj, as sisled by Wally Hector and Ken Mens. Chief Warden William J. Thompson, assisted by Elwyn Po- C(Welfare Gordon McCracken. This organization will work olose i.. ...ifi. rnuntv civil Defense organization, headed by Gen. J. T ! at the Junior High, will bt an. Pierce, who is assisted by Sheriff f forced starting today, Olson said. In Official Note To U.S. Soviet Would Follow 'Peace-Loving Policy,' Reply To Eisenhower MOSCOW I The Soviet gov ernment declared Monday night it is ready and willing to join in "con fidential or diplomatic talks "with other powers to discuss the har nessing of atomic energy. The statement was made in a note to the VS. government de livered Monday night to U.S. Am bassador Charles E. Boblen. It was in response to President Eisenhower's Bee. 8 speech before the United Nations in which he pro posed a world atomic pool for peaceful purposes. The Kremlin note said: "As to Gen. Eisenhower's state ment on the confidential or diplo matic talks concerning his propos al, the Soviet government follow ing consistently its peace-loving policy, expresses its readiness to take part in such negotiations. . The 3,000-word Soviet declaration criticized the Eisenhower plan as insuxncient, nowever, stating tnat it does not provide a real ban on atomic and hydrogen weapons. Offers Own Proposals The Soviet note expressed hope that atomic conferences will reach an agreement to lessen the fears of an anxious world H added: "The Soviet government consid ers that during the course of these conversations tnere artouia ne ex- Duty The only major sour note in the push of Christmas shopping in Roseburg stores this year is shop lifting, report several store mana gers. These merchants note that shop lifting has increased as it does every Christmas. The clerks, who are rushed with . the Christmas buying, have little time to watolt merchandise which is apparently disappearing in heavy quantities. Because merchants are having a hard time catching the petty thieves. Chief of Police Stan Ol son reports he assigned five men today in plain clothes to circulate day night and early Sunday claim through the stores in search of ed four lives. Two of the accidents such lifters. He said anyone caught would be prosecuted. Six Injured On Highways Two Oregon Weekend Tragedies In Traffic Attributed To Storm By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' Oregon highway accidents Satur- &Wt$ Dams 1 Northwest's Two Auto -Train Crashes Kill 11 CHICAGO IMA family of seven was wiped out by an automobile- train collision at a Soo Line cross ing near suburban Wheeling last night. Kilied in the orash were Fred Gaile. 37-yearold Carvl 111., labor er; his wife Violet, 33; and Uieir children, Evelyn, 10, John. " 8. Elaine, 6, and Carol Ann, 1. A 12-vear-old dauefoter. Aiirirev died several hour laters of iniuriiw including a skull fracture. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. OP A long freight train slammed into an au tomobile on a tirade ero&sin.? hurt. yesterday, killing four young peo ple and bouncing the wreckage across a signal Dost SOO feet down the track. The train was not derailed. The dead were identified as Jack ASDury. 21. and Rocer I.vn4i in both of KnoxviUe; Joanne Prater, DR. ROBT. A. MILLIKAN amined the following proposals of 17, Powe), Tenn.; and Norn Hack' worm,, is, uinton, Tenn. Bomb Pfot Said Aims At M 'Court PORTLAND Wl After a three day investigation, oolice- reDnrtttd Sunday that they had been looking into a reported plot to blow up Dist. Atty. John B. MeCourt. They were not satisfied that there reallv was such a plot. However, thev had a dynamite bomb. It was turned over to De tective Robert McKeown Thursday Dy ueorge Barnard. He said an anonymous phone caller told him to look in his car, and to attacn what he found there to McCourt's the Soviet government; "The states participating in the agreement, moiivaiea oy uie ae sire to reduce international tension. should take upon themselves tne solemn and unconditional obliga tion not to use the atomic hydro gen weapons or mass oestruouon. "The signing of an international agreement on this question could be an important step on the path hydrogen and other weapons of mass destruction wicn wie e.nau- lishment of strict international control to insure the fulfilment of (Continued on Page Two) Chief of Police Stan Olson of Roseburg reports no parking will bt allowed on the east tide of Stephens Street between Douglas and Washington streets after 3 p.m. The new regulation, to facili tate loading of school youngsters Calvin Baird Cordon Will Announce Decision Before 1954 PORTLAND W Sen. Guy Cordon expects to make known by the end of the year whether h will seek reflection in 1954, he told a reporter last weekend in a telephone interview from Washington, D. C. He has said he would like to retire from the Senate, but that he would again be a candidate if he considered it necessary to prevent a Democrat from win ning the seat. He said cars would be towed away if they wart parked in the restricted arte after 9 p.m. daily. Condition Of Wounded Youth Still 'Critical' The condition of .Tosoph Daniel Bushnell, 16-year-old LoweH minis ter's son, was unchanged in Doug las Community Hospital Monday morning. Bushnell is the youth shot twice by police Friday morning as he and a companion attempted to run a roadblock on N. Stephens Street after they had held up a 'I,owcll cafe and stolen a car. His condition still is described hv hospital attendants as "critical." Caroling Goes Indoors Tonight If Weather Bad Rosebui'g's first community caroling program for Christmas may be forced inside tonight. The carolers, some 200 of them, were originally scheduled to sing tonight on the steps of the Douglas County Courthouse. However, if the weather is too soggy, the event will be put under the roof at the Roseburg Junior High auditorium, reports Wendell Johnson, director. Participating in the caroling ses sion will be seven high school choirs and the brass ohoir from the High School band. They will be directed by Johnson and Robert Robins, high school music direct ors, and the hand director, Tom Hall. Lights for use if the program is staged outside have been donated by the Douglas County Fair Board. They are to be installed by Trow bridge Electric. Vets Hospital Grounds Fitted For Yule Service Finishing touches on Roseburg's Christmas lane through the Vet erans Hospital grounds are being completed today for the hundreds of local sightseers who are already touring the route between Har vard Avenue and Garden Valley Road. The Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce Sunday finished decking 21 trees at the Harvard Avenue end of the route with 1.260 lights. Three more trees will he decorated by the Jaycees early this week, aocording to Light ing Chairman Sid Moon. Adding to the spectacle, the Vet erans Hospital has set up a series of nativity scenes on the route through the grounds. Moon said cars were streaming through the grounds at the rate of 30 cars per minute Sunday night between 6 and 7 o'clock. Th? Weather Partly cloudy with somt sun. shine today. Inertaiing cloudintis tonight and Tutiday, with rain latt Tutsday. Hlghtit rtmp. latt 14 hours H Lowtst Hmp. latt M hewrt ..... M Hiajhttt ttmev for a - ' Lew tie- ' - fntm. W P Alleged Drunk Driver Forfeits $400 Bail E. D. (Nick) Heath has failed to make an appearance for trial in Myrtle Creek municipal Court and has forfeited (too bail, re ports City Recorder G. D. Myllen beck. Correspondent Mr. Ruth M. Evans reports Heath was arrest- M f-r (rting a vehicle tf a!ro- Cascade Mercantile Store Is Burglarixed Another Roseburg store was add ed to the list of break and en tries which have been sweeping the town recently. Cascade Mercantile, at 1857 N. Stephens St., was entered some time Sunday night after someone smashed the window on the front door. An estimated $100 was taken after the oash register was rip ped open by a small Army surplus pickaxe. Also taken was a .22 cal iber pistol, ammunition for it and: a hunting knife. The list of stolen t articles was not yet complete. City and county police were investigat- ing today and compiling a list! of the articles. I Police pointed out the cash reg ister was ripped open because the ternal injuries, head hurts and leg fracture. In the fatal misha.ns. live per sons were injured. Elmer Ander son, whose wife died in the Burns crash, suffered scalp cuts and a leg fracture. Those in the other car, Lee Baldwin Jr. and Charles Tice, had minor hurts. In the Med ford accident, the driver of the car in which Miss Nelson died was Rodney Twedell, 22, Ashland, who suffered head cuts. Taken to a Hiilsboro hospital with leg frac tures was Edward G. Heide, 25, brother-inilaw of William Dcrr, me iree-acoiaent vicum. car. and hp'H put K ftftn lla nnaA and there was the bomb. Rut in! Seven Autos Prowled . stead of putting it in McCourt's car, is,.. r.. , 1L..J he caiied detectives. ... vu.mS 'oiiu MeCourt said he was skentical ... Police Chief James Purcell said , aev en "2 j pIwlea ln V he'd look further into th. tr busy mght Sundar evening and which, he said seemed plufia ' Ci'y ft1'" Barnard said that he hid told rhJ,hMonlay' L"Ue W"S taken' itR'l.Wr!ly,'t.h'f- tn A flashlight was reported miss- sfin? .smoar', V " P'oS- SS & M kl Rliiofi ' Ph. iHin,Wr ,for "ay morning, then found later in sh?r Wtie BEU'0ttJWfafieleCJ"!"e f live cars opened at the tat h. ?;vf1.B?f""rWd City View Motel, 1005 N. Stephens .. - me "utr. Nnrhinff pop wa. token mm the cars, although contents of glove compartments were strewn on thp insides of the auto. C. W. Fingerlos, 622 W. Oak St., complained Sunday night that he saw the man who prowled his car, parked on Cass Street. The cul prit fled down an alley as Finger los approached. Two pairs of driv ing glasses and a credit car were removed from the car. were attributed to the storm which swept the state. The other two ap parently were unrelated to the weather. In addition, a 14-year-old boy was struck at Bly by a hit-run driver and seriously hurt. Those killed: William B. Derr, 21, of the Glcn- wara.?f " ?e""mlr- i. PASADENA. Calif. MV-Dr. Rob. car in wnicn was rimns was aH, a ...-u j 11 S, dSe g tmt " Physicists, is dead. vinZ: i. n,J The K-year-old Nobel Prize win Mrs. Elmer Anderson, en route -,,,mKj c...in.. 0,.,B"?,.M.i"n;'er,i?,Ln.d; mrHeh.Tbenbedriddeiw t " j . i ; infirmities oc age for several mer home. A car skidded into the months path of their car ae it sought to Dr. Miuikm, ,n authority on vold J Dboulder m the highway cosnuc rays, for years was head east of Burns. . . of the OaUfornia tastitute o Tech- Shirley Yvonne Nelson, 19, of nology here. Meoiora. sne was in a car wnicn winnor of th vki o-u i- onlookers said went out of control nhuiu in iqoi h. fcii ?c i 'ou'h of Medford when an unidenti-ury deereea from universities and fied car pulled out in front ot it, wrote 18 books and hundred of ai uaguwajr .cavaui-aitL. I pap e US Lt Albert NeiH, 21, of Devon,! His son. Dr. Clark MiUikan. pro Com!., driving east alone from Ft. fount- f i..un .i r.Jt!Lv. Lewis. He was killed i eatly Sunday ) was with his father when the end" when his car faUed to make aicame. Another son. Max F. Milll. curve 30 miles east of Baker. Van. u nmrtun, t ,m.,. Six Persons Injurtd Massachusetts Institute ot Tech- e nit-run victim was Norman nology. Dr. Mlttikan's wife, the Miner, 13, wno was lound Hi the former Greta Blanchard, to whom highway after a car's screaming 'he had been married . since 1902, praxes naa Deen neara. -j-nere ap-oMed Mat Oct. 10. parenUy were no witnesses to the I accident. The boy was taken to' . . ' Klamath Valley, hospital with in-, Inniel Fails On Ninth Need-McKay Private Money Can Aid, Public Power Spur Out, Interior Chief Says PORTLAND I The Northwest must have more dams to meet the region's growth, but private money can be called on to speed them, Douglas McKay, secretary of the interior, said here Sunday in an interview. . McKay, home for the holidays, praised the recently negotiated 20 year contracts between the Bonne- vine Auminisirauon. and private utilities, but he said they wouldn't mean much in a few years if more power were not made avail able. The region needs an added 400-000 kilowatts a year just to stay up with growth, he said. But private money wants to go into dam building McKay said. "I saw a story out of Washington the other day," he said, "which said private utility companies are planning to snend 20 billion riot. lara in the next 20 years on power development. I know that about 500 million dollars in nrivmte mn. ey is. ready to go In Northwest development, including what Ida ho Power Co. wants to spend in fiL-im canyon. Public Pow.r Aid to Halt Police Comb City Looking For Hideout Eight Of 13 In Break Recaptured; Women Hostages Liberated DETROIT m An army of city and state police combed Detroit Monday for five fugitives from Southern Miohigan Prison believed to be hiding out somewhere in the city's vast residential areas. The f i v e described as among the most dangerous men ever sent to ,the prison broke out of the huge penitentiary Saturday night. They cut their way, to freedom through a steel grate of an under ground sewage tunnel. The poison, world's largest walled penitentiary, is at Jackson, 80 miles west of here. Eight other inmates who partlc pated in the break were recap tured. Two women hostages were freed unharmed after being- held 11 W hours by one fleeing group of "gentlemanly" convicts. . Police were particularly anxious to re-capture one of the five, Ho. man Usiondek, 37. described as a psychopath who may have sought . freedom for revenge, Witnettts Glvtn Guards Authorities assigned guards to witnesses who testified at the trial which sent Usiondek to prison for life for a 1943 Detroit barroom staying. Circuit Court Commissioner A. Tom Pasieczy, special prosecutor , at Usiondek's trial, was removed from the city for his safety. The other fugitives are Edward J. Emrick, 43, convicted of murder in Detroit; David B. Bouska, 28, serving 5 to 10 years for kidnaping ' ln Crawford County and 3 to t years for a previous escape; VirgH Lane, 27, serving 10 to 20 years tor armed robbery in Detroit; and Robert Dowling, 38, servjng 1 to 15 years for breaking and entering in Detroit. . . Ntglistnct Blamt Sought Official investigations sought to fix the Wame for the big break. Prison Warden William H. Ban nan cnarged "negligence on some tody s part." He said in a formal statement "It Is our duty to place Wame and let it fall where it miuuuu. The convicts stole an acetylene " iu ourn uirougn sewer oars. Warden Bannan said - other in-- males declared the torch and ant McKaV Said hnat fch TbinnAuillal Administration will continue M Hnl a certain amount ot planning tollmen supply used Dy a construe, estimate requirements on various tion company at the prison was parts of the system," This ex-l Hy accessible. tended the future role ot Bonne-1 A complete lack ot leads tor vine Beyond what nalph. Tudor, ln- ome hours after the fdoni terior undMi-iuMM-tav va n,ulwere last roah in rwnii. .ui lined here last week. Tudof said it h northwest . section convinced would be strictly an agency ,to-' ,., . wholesale power developedat Aarn. I (Continued oa Page Two) or nie Army engineers and the neciamauon Bureau. recall of Elliott. Rodeo Performers Hurt At Oregon Fairgrounds SALEM 11 Two rodeo per formers were injured at the Stale Fairgrounds here Sunday in separate accidents in volving horses. William McPherson, 39. Lebanon suffered a skull fracture when kicked in the head hy a horse. He was practicing bulldogging at the time. He was in good condition at a hospital. Keith Adams, .11. Independence, was treated at a hospital after horse bit him on the hand. HIT AND RUN TOLD Cecil Iiwe. 1010 W. First St., Roseburg, reports his car was sideswiped at Winchester Sunday, according to state police. He told officers his car was parked and I mat tne otiending driver did not ' stop. Ballot; loses Ground VERSAILLES, France Ufi The rrencn Parliament tailed again Monaay 10 eieci a presiacnt oi tne republic. It was the ninth ballot taken since last Thursday. Premier Joseph Lanicl, a wealthy industrialist and the top contender, got 413 votes a drop of 17 votes from the eighth ballot. His socialist opponent, Marcel Ed mond Naegelen, who has Com munist support, got a drop of 103 votes. Montel, 57, emerged as a last minute candidate, re ceived 100 votes. He is a member of Laniel's indenendent party from Lyon. The number needed to elcot on the ninth ballot a majority of the votes cast was 455. Thus Lanicl, who has led almost all the way, was 42 votes short Monday. Vacation Period Set For District 4 Schools School will be held through Dec. 23, with vacation running from the morning of Dec. 24 to the morning of Jan. 4 in District 4, Supt. M. C. Dcller announces. Schools in the district are Ilose burg High, Roseburg Junior High, Fuilerton, Riverside, Green, Rose, Benson, Melrose, Garden Valley, Wilbur, Winchester, Kiversdale and Ederibower. BANK TO GIVE PARTY V. V. Haney, president of the United States National Bank at Myrtle Creek, will give a Christ mas party for the bank employees and their children Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 4:30 in the afternoon. Gifts will be exchanged and refresh ments served. Ike's WASHINGTON ( Against Task For Congress McKay said that In the naif Bon. neville had been "promoting pub lic power, ana mis was going to aiut I He had no comment on a suc cessor to raw Haver as Bonneville aoministrator, who is to resign shortly to aocept the Seattle City i.iHiu suK.'rinienaency. Roseburg Given Mail Speed O.K. Roseburg's first allocation of first class (three-cent) mail was received bv the local oast nHirx from Portland today by airplane. fins was ine nrsi aay ot an ex periment period from Dec. 21 to Jan, 11 to speed up mail during wie vuristmas msn. ine uivil Aeronautics Authority has orjnl. ed permission to West Coast Air lines to transport the mail inso far as space permits to all cities served by the airline. The poundage allocation to Rose burg is 300 pounds, reports Acting Postmaster Clyde Carstens. Mail will only be received in Roseburg. No plans have been announced for sending out first-class mail by plane, carstens said. Roseburg's allocation is coming from the Pert. land mail terminal. Carstens said the system of transporting mail between major oities is being used in the East. It may become a permwnent Christmas feature of the mail service if die experiment this year is successful. President burglars apparently didn't know! Eisenhower will forecast continued how to work it. not locked. The register was Mystery Bullet Kills Child In Parked Truck GREAT FALI.S, Mont. lifi-Virgil Eckstein left his small son and daughter in the cab of his pickup truck while he went into s grocery store at Shelby. When he came out he found hit daughter Pamela, 4, on the floor, a bullet wound in her head. She A-H later in a hospital. have not yet determined ''H'Sliber buHet came ' Robert Burns from some prosperity in 1954 when he sends his annual economic message to Congress in January, his aides say. But they also expect him to out line the defense his administra tion plans to throw up against any possible recession. me President a Council of Eco- that would contribute to the coun try's long-range productivity and economic growth would be built. Objtetlvtt Summtritd The phases in the anti-depression program: 1. Strengthening of some of the "built-in stabilitera" against defla tion: Social security extension, oroaoer unemployment compensa nomic Advisors has been working lion coverage, increase in the min up a stabilization program since lasi spring. It oalls for four main anti-depression stops, ranging from federal action to encourage maintenance of high production and employment to a federal public works program that would be called into play only in a dire economic emergency. If the public works project are needed, officials say, only those imum wage from 75 cents an hour. Some immediate action is antici pated in this field. Continued high farm price supports also might come under this heading, if Kisen- ment by federal reserve and treas ury moves affecting bank reserves and national debt management. Budgtt Balance In Doubt 3. Tax adjustment: An overhaul of the federal tax structure already is underway with stress on remov ing obstacles to business invest ment and consumer purchasing. Aministrauon officials made Heavy Storms Lash W. Oregon, Washington By Tht AMoelaUd PrMS Western Oregon and Washington were between storms Monday with renewed rain and gusty winds on the way. The weekend was marktvl hv Saturday night downpour and high wrnoa mat uprooted 'rees and claimed two lives in Oiegon. A gale whipped over the Puget i.-wuno region, ripping ott roots in Seattle, downing power lines and sweeping an occupied Lake Union houseboat across tne slorin-lashed water. Rivers started to climb, some of Uhem swiftly, ss all of the area west ot tne cascades sot an inch or more of rain. Some areas, such Escaped Convict Murders CirL 15. And Boy Friend COLUMBIA. S. fl wi An murder trial was in nmenani ij. for. soar-faced Raymond Carney, 38, vdw officers say admits the' lovers' lane slnvinir af n lt...M. old irl and her boy friend two weeks ago. The airl's ..... icut off. , , Carney, a Negro escaped con vict from North rr.ivJi; quoted by Sheriff John Hanna as saying he only planned to rob the couple but became panicky and started shooting when the girl screamed and her companion lunged at him. -cl!tt,y flair Oain, Pamlico High School student, snd Henry Allen, 82. of Latta, were killed Dec. 6. Her body the head missing was wund the next dsy in a shallow Bt"n m uie nanus oi a river. TWO diav.s tatni ha A I til . . , Moau auu Allen s body was found in an aban doned well in the same area. Carney, according to Hanna, cut off Miss Cain's head with a knife " uosu-oy evidence of a bullet hole and also phnned to cut off Allen's head but "lost mv nerve." Carney was captured near John sonville by trio of hunters Satur- u. ne was onarged with murder. Auto Fired To Obtain Insurance, Allegation KLAMATH FALLS on Police accused a 25-year-old mechanic Monday of getting mad at his wife and setting the family car afire to spite her. He ran afoul of the law when he put in a claim with an insur ance company to get money for the oar. Lt. Jack H. Baers, of the Salem state police arson squad accused Barnes of arson. Barnes waived preliminary hearing and was or. dered held in jail with bond set at $2,000. ss Eugene, got 2 inches in Uie 24 j Sunday. FIRE HITS MOTOR CO. BURNS m Fire destroyed a building housing the Bennett Motor i,o. ana tne oil ices of a truck line hours ending earlv Sunday. But the rain slackened Sunday and there was no immediate threat of more than local flooding. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Wallace Weinhold of Tenmile was admitted to Community Hos- itiDital Sunday after he received a plain budget balancing would have! fractured left hip and abrasions C. R. Bennett estimated the loss at $30,000. The origin of the fira was nnt determined. Among equip, ment lost were four oars and sev eral truck beds. to step aside if it looks as though tax reduction ami deficit spending would be needed to prevent eco nomic collapse. 4. Public works: Private industry hower snd Secretary of Agriculture j as well at state and local govern' Benson adopt that policy 2. Measures to give consumers and business firms spending in centives: Lowering of interest rates, encouraging business invest ments would get federal loans. tax concessions and other indirect aids in financing needed projects to avoid direct federal spending wherever possible. in a head-on traffic accident at Oakridge, it was reported Monday. FATALLY STABBED SACRAMENTO, Calif. I Otto Johnson. 40, a railroad laborer from Klamath Falls, Ore., was stabbed fatally Sunday night in fight in a West End cafe. Police said they had no dues ai to Johnson's assailant. Levity Fact Rant Br L. r. IteUeaitela New Year's resolution tug gsttion for Dad: 'I will- not dispute Junior's right to prior ity In playing with the toy . lactric train'