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2 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Fri., Apr. 8, 1955 Bill Gives Permission To Abolish Flax Plant SALEM Wtflitliout a dissent ing vole, the Senate Thursday ap proved a bill allowing the Board of Control to abolish the state pri son flax plant if it fails to show a profit. ' Prison plant flax production has been declining steadily, but there are indications of a revival of the flax industry in this state, Sen. John Merrifield, Portland, said. "CHUCK" n -- -' Wr "He couldn't have been a cus tomer, he went away mad!" We'd be completely "broken-up" If a customer ever' went away not smiling. LONG'S RICHFIELD SERVICE 303 S. Stephens Phone OR 2-9083 Know Your Fire District, Advises Rural Firemen Roscburg Rural Fire Depart ment members Thursday cited a happening which they say could happen to many central Doughs County residents. Twice Wednesday they received fire alarms from the J. R. Bar rong residence, 22 Austin Road, in the Green Community. In both instances the calls came because excessive heat in the attic of the Barrong home had set off the in dividual alarm system in the house. The alarm soes off when it becomes too hot; and Wednesday i was a hot day, relatively speak i irvg. i The Roseburg Rural Fire Dist. I coveres only about 600 feet on Aus ; tin Road. At the 600 foot point it i joins to the Winston- Dilard Dist ! rict. Mrs. Barrong didn't know ; what district she was in. j Department members say Mrs. Barrone's nroblcm is a common one. N'ow that the fire season is on they'd like people to loam which fire district they're in and "copy the telephone number in tlicir phone book. The firemen say they'd be hap py to explain where the districts boundaries are, etc, to all callers. The information number for the Roseburg Rural Fire Dept. is OH 3-3503. Incidentaly, lihe firemen are in favor of individual alarm systems in homos. They just wish the warm : weawer hadn t set off the alarm, j Mrs. Barron'? second call was , referred to the Winslon - Dillard I Rural Fire Dept. Roieburg, Ore. Phone 3-5553 WEEK-END FECIAL Fisherman's Special! Reg. 25c FLIES LARGE ASSORTMENT NOW 5' Regular 6.75 Car Seat Cappers Shockproof, fire resistant now 3.97 Regular 5.49 50 Ft. Plastic Hose Guaranteed 8 yrs.-Ass't Colors now 3.97 Reg. 3.49 25' Plastic Hose, now 1.97 Reg. 51.95 H. P. Mill Type CAPACITOR Electric Motor NOW 42.77 GIRLS'-Reg. 1.98 NYLON SLIPS Sizes 4-12 in White 1.37 Vital Statistics Marriage Licenses CUNGMAN - STTON Dnid C. Clingman and Beulah R. Sutton, both of Roseburg. DOERING - HOPKINS Carl Docring and Nona Hopkins, both of Roseburg. McCANN - McCANN Chris McCann and Iris P. McCann, both of Camas Valley. National Guard Callout Likely In Phone Strike ATLANTA Ifl Gov. James E. Folsom may be asked to call on' 'he Alabama National Guard to prevent further violence in the 26-day-old strike of Southern Roll Telephone Co. employes. Sheriff Holt A. McDowell of Jef ferson County (B'rminRham) said he might make the request after a new outbreak of violence Thurs day night. Birmingham Police Chief G. I.. Pattio reported a .22 caliber bul let shattered a fourth floor win dow of a Birmingham telephone exchange while a jeering crowd of about 500 persons milled about the structure. ., Twenty policemen and t-vo com panies of firemen rushed to 1 h scene and the crowd gradually loft. Eirs were hurled at the of ficers but no arrests were report ed. Fiftv-scven Jefferson County sheriff's deputies and policemen warded a Southern Hell warp house at Bessemer, Ala., ail"' Ihreats to blockade its approach-OS. Bill Changes Residence Requirement Of Board SALEM tm The House com pleted legislative action Wednesday on a bill that would permit mem bers of the State Board of Higher Education to come from any city in the stale. Under present law, residents of Eugene, Corvallis. Ashland, La Grande and Monmouth can't serve on the board. State institutions of higher learning are located in those cities. Under the bill, five of the nine board members could be graduates of the system, and up to two mem bers could come from any one school in the system. Ray Rookaid Awarded Gardiner Bus Contract Ray Rookard, Gardiner, has been awarded the school bus trans portation contract for the Reeds port elementary and union hih school districts and Gardiner School District, according to the I'ort Umpqua Courier, Reedsoort. Rookard's bid was under that of Jack Keren aw. North Bend, and I.ulher Ellison, Roseburg. It was figured that Rookard can Iransoort students for $172.84 a dav, Ker shaw $173.70 and Ellison '$179.42. Lions Hear Philinnine Exchange Student Talk Rosalcs A. Juni, Philippine Is l inds exchange student, who is vis iting in Roseburg, spoke informal ly to the Roseburg Lions c 1 u h Thursday night. Juni, introduced bv Charles Church, talked briefiy of the ex change student program, of Phil iopinc mahogany and of the war destroyed city of Manilla. Manilla, he said, was one of the worst hit cities of the war. Brother, Sister Accuse Each Other Of Killing Woman HOUSTON, Tex. Wl Houston police Friday said pretty Mrs. Evelyn Watson, 24, and her broth er, Jimmie Lee Baker, 23, had accused each other of the slaying of a Baptist minister's widow. The announcement came from Police Chief Jack Heard after a steady grilling by relays of police Thursday. Meanwhile, the bewildered par ents of the two young people Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Baker, said their son and daughter were eat ing hamburgers at HemDstead, Tex., at the time of the slaying. Both have been charged with murder, with robbery as the mo tive. , Police Chief Heard said Mrs. Watson's statement relates that she and her brother were at the Quarles home the night Mrs. Lu cille Quarlcs, 46, was slain. He said the young mother of four children said that as she sat out side the house waiting for her brother, she heard a scuffle. She went inside to find her brother whipping Mrs. Quarles in (he bath room, Mrs. Watson stated. She said he was trying to pick some thing off the floor when she screamed: "My God, what's happening." In her statement, Heard said, she related that young Baker told her: , "Let's got out of here." Baker Thursday accused his sis ter of the slaying, saying she beat the widow to death when the old er woman would not tell where her money and valuables were hidden. Mrs. Watson at the time denied the charge and offered to take a lie detector test. FIRST AID COURSE Another standard Red Cross First Aid course will get under wav it Winston Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the fire hall, according to Mrs. R. E. Herman, executive secretary. Em ery Sclmltz will be the Red Cross qualified instructor for the class. All interested persons who wish In register for the class are asked to be present at the fire hall in V in ston that evening. Barney Fenwick Elected To Head Roseburg Eagles Barney Fenwick this week was elected new president of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles Roseburg Aerie No. 1497. He and other new officers elect ed wil be seated in their stations at the first meeting in June. Tlicy will serve from June 1 of this year to June 1 of 1956. Fenwick succeeds O.W. Richardson, who becomes junior past worthy orosi dent. Also this week, Fenwick wa3 ap pointed chairman of the state con vention arrangements this year Ho has taken the job left by Thomas Hobbs who had to resign because of business matters. Other new officers named at this week's Eagles election were: Lloyd llayman, vice president; Don Good rich, chaplain; Ed Berry, conduc tor; L. E. Linthicum, secretary; Tom Krewson, treasurer; Waldo Griffin, inside guard; Riciiard Busch, outside guard; and Ed Hy (lorn, trustee. Hospital News Admitted Fortir Gltn Hospital Surg try: Alene Burnett, L a n a Midkiff, Judy Post, Riddle; Mrs. Dolores Bias, Robert Stevenson, Myrtle Creek; Susan Axt, Canyon vile; Mrs. Lolita Pope, Azalea; Anita Mason, Junction City, Medical: Mrs. Elizabeth Orri son, Otto Eping, Days Creek; Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Debra Mc Curry, Riddle; Mrs. Forest Riam, James Gordon, Mrs. Jerry Moul ton, Mrs. Jay Loudermilk, Henry Callaway, James Ledford, Clyde Jones, Myrtle Creek; Curtis Woods, Oakland; Mrs. Arthur Ni chols, Milo; Mrs. Roger Fairfield Sr., Mrs. Louis Ilamley, Canyon vile; Mrs. Eugene Robins, Azalea. Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Surgery: Marquita Gutridge, Mrs. Lyle Bucknel, Roseburg; Derrcll Hill, Winston; Charles llaynes, Sutherlin. Medical: Mrs. Leonard Tyler, Mrs. John Harbrough, Charlene Brcjcha, Roseburg; Mrs. Byron Wong, Sutherlin. Discharged Reta Wiliams, Tierman; Mrs. Daniel Dimick, Linda Powel, Mrs. Henderson Cotman, Mrs. John He.-s, John Mclntyre, Mrs. Henry Miller, Bcrnhard Moody, Rose burg; Mrs. Rolo Damewood, Glide. Mercy Hospital Admitted Surgery: Ronald Barnett, Joseph Otto, Sutherlin; Mrs. Leonard Gunsulas, Dillard; Bill Quimby, Roseburg. Discharged Medical: Mrs. C. E. Heinline, Mrs. Anna Ireland, Mrs. Frank I.icning, Mrs.. Fern Honeyman, Roseburg. Howard Brothers, Roseburg; Mrs. Harry Shipen ' and baby, Susan Lee, Canyonvile; Mrs. Le jna Richardson, Winston. Former Glendnle Man Dies In Yreka, Calif. Mount Burke, 80, Glendalo, died Thursday night at the Siskiyoa General Hospital at Yreka, l.alit. Burke, who has been ill for some time, has been living with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Livingston in Yreka for the past several months Before going to Yreka, Butko had lived in Glendale for 18 years. His wife, Ardie, died during the past year. A son, Howard, and wife; a daughter, Mrs. Polly Cooper; and several of Burke's grandchildren, including Carl Cooper just returned from over seas, were present at the time of his death. Unintentional Libel Bill May Be Unconstitutional SALEM ( The House-passed a bill to reduce damages for un intentional libel ran into reports Wednesday that it is unconstitu tional. At a Senate State and Federal A-f'airs Committee hearing. Sens. PMlip B. Lowry, Medford; Carl H. Francis, Dayton; and Warren Gill Lebanon, said it violates the Consti tution. All are lawyers. The bill would limit damages for unintentional libel to the actua1 amount of damages, thus ruling out punitive damages. The publish-; or would have to publisn a retrac tion. Asst. Atty. Gen. Lloyd G. Ham mel also said there is "extremelv grave doubt" as to whether the bill is constitutional. The bill, he said, would out the burden of proof on the plaintiff. Now this burden rests on the pub lisher. Lowry, while sympathetic to the hill's aim, said the bill would un constitutionally limit the right of an individual to have a complete remedy at law for injuries. Tom Purcell, publisher of the Gresham Outlook, said publishers should he protected from "willv nilly" libel suits. He sa'd small newspapers can't afford libel in surance. I Philip N. Bladine. editor of the McMiinnville News Register, said j a small paper could be driven j t"to bankruptcy by an accidental libel. t Rop. George Layman. Newberg lawver who introduced the bill, and Carl Webb, manager of the Ore gon Newsnaoer Publishers Assn., also testified for the bill. Nobody Likes Measure Except Its Proponents (Continued from Pagt One) APRIL FROLICS The Garden Valley Women's Club will feature a carnival and penny supper at the Community when they present the "April Frol ics." Featured will he a fish nond bazaar, candy and pie sale and other booths. The public is invited to attend. EASTER SERVICE SET The Grand The iter. Sut'ierlin, will be the scene of Easier serv ice. for the First Methodist Church of Sutherlin at 11 a.m. when the sermon will be "How Long Have I To Live." The choir will sin", 'The Holy City," for special musical portion of the program. Baptism and fellowship will be held at 3:30 in the Church sanctuary. FINDS MORTAR SHELLS MANILA Wi Two flooded stono quarries on the outskirts of the city Thursday yielded too live SO nun. Japanese mortar shells dumped there in World War II. Powerful Atomic Bomb Test Again Postponed LAS VEGAS, Nev. Wi -- Detona tion of perhaps the most powcrlul atomic device of the 1955 scries a 400-foot tower shot was post poned Friday at a 7 a.m. weather conference. Conditions were not acceptable for the explosion, the Atomic En ergy Commission said Another conference wil be held Friday night to determine if conditions are right Saturday. The 400-foot 'owcr blast is de signed to test nuclear age logistics, which means the transportation of materials and men for battle. As was the case Friday, the AEC wil have a choice Satin-day between the logistics test and pn other from a 300-foot tjwer. The latter, of lesser power, vciild be helil at Yucca Flat at I:.".) a.m. and involve Air Force and Navy planes on indoctrination missions. CANTATA PREPARED The First Christian Church of Sutherlin will present the Barter Cantata, "God's Only Son." with music provided by a special choir at 8 p.m. Sunday in the church auditorium. The cantata is made up of vari ous choir arrangements, a qu:,rtet a trio and several solos. The 'heme is based on the story of the death burial and resurrection of Cans'. The public is invited. Community Building Loan Favored By Budget Croup (Continued from Page Onel sold largely on the thesis that the county finally will have a large meeting space adequate for major state conventions. It also is contemplated that eorcerts and county fair activities will be held in the building. The foundation of the building already is in elace. Myers said contraction will be let on con tract. Still under consideration is a burteot for the county library which will be located in the new west wing of the courthouse, r.ow under construction. A prooesal ti hire a cour-ty veterans' service of ficer a'so is under advisement ol the bH"et comm'ttee. County Judge Carl C. Hill said most of the budget business has been wrapped up, but another meeting Tuesdav evening will be required to finish. TWO JVENILES ARRESTED Two boys, 15 and 13, were to an pear in municipal court today aft er their arrest by city police for shoplifting. The younger boy, no lice said, had possession of a cig arette lighter and he admitted stealing it from Pay Less Drug Store Thursday afternoon. hide Division to the governor, 11- cense and regulate billboards, ana to legalize the use of radar to car speeding motoris'ts. The House voted 39 to IS for the Senate bill to repeal the 10-year-old law whfeh requires the teaching i of physical education and health in schools. The bill would let the school districts decide what P.E. and hea'.tn programs they want. A bill passed by the Senate and sent back to the House would make employes under the industrial ac cident program pay contributions of 2 cents a day each. They now pay one cent a "day. The extra cent would be used to pay pensions to widows and or phans cf persons killed in indus trial accidents. The Senate withdrew the bill calling for study of the question for two more years. Under the compact, the North west states would plan develop ment of the resources of the Co lumbia Basin. The He-use Education Committee agreed to ask for an interim com mittee to make a two-year study or school building problems. Mean while, the House committee will keeo on working to find a solution to the building problems of dis tressed districts, which are mostly in Portlands suburban area. Legislators Give Salary Pay Increase Quick Vote SALEM W The Oregon House of Renresentativcs gave speedy ap proval Wednesday to a porposcd constitutional amendment to more than double their pay. There were onlv three votes against the resolution, which goes to the Senate. It would be submitted in No vember, lC."i6, to the people, who voted last Novemher agairst let ting the legislators fix their own pay. They now get $600 a year. The new proposal would give Ihcm SI. 200 a year, plus S10 a dav ex pense money for the first 90 days of a session. Those who voted against the measure were Roes. Rohert J. Ion en. Pnrt'n-d: E. II. Mmn. Med ford; and Thomas R. McClellan NcMsu. The $600 annual nay has been in (ffect since 1950. Legislators now eon t get any expense money. OAKLAND SERVICES Dr. Homer M. Noble of the Oak land Community Presbyterian Church will bring the sermon. "In timation of Immortality." to the congregation as part of the Easter season observance. The sermon will he presented during the 11 a.m. j worship hour Sunday. There will i also be a public reception of new ' members into the church and bap- tisms will follow the regular serv i ice. WRESTLING SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ARMORY AUSTRALIAN TAG TEAM MATCH THE WRESTLING MIDGETS!!! 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