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Eugene, Oregon COIT'P U. ex" 0. Librcry - augena , Oregon Traekeirs Tool . Population Problems Talked By Douglas County Cities' Representatives At Meeting BY MERLE F. PL'GH Staff Writer, News-Review Population, always an influencing factor in any city's government, drew its share of discussion at a meeting Fri day night of officials from eight Douglas County cities and League of Oregon Cities personnel. Salk Vaccine Safety Standard To Be Tightened WASHINGTON A possible further slowdown of the mass anti polio inoculation of school children loomed today as the government reportedly contemplated further tightening of safety standards for the Salk vaccine. Meanwhile, the government on advice of a panel of scientists decided to continue the dosage and vaccination procedure worked out in last year's field trials of the polio preventive. Because of the vaccine scarcity, there had been discussion of pos sibly reducing the dosage now 1 cc per shot and changing the method of injection to spread sup plies. The government also decided against curtailing inoculations during the summer height of the polio season. Although the advis ory group did say the most favor able time for vaccination is be fore the .epidemic season, it add ed in a statement that administra tion of vaccine during a polio out break "has its place in preventive medicine." Some doctors had voiced concern lest administra tion of the vaccine during such a period might provoke the disease. Resumption of vaccine ship ments after one safety recheck halt had been hoped for next week. But the possibility of a new de lay in distributing the vaccine arose when vaccine manufactur ers said their technical specialists had been called tn a Monday con ference here. The subject: new safety standards. Canyonville Board Studying Problem Of Enrollment The Canyonville school board Friday night- began wrestling with the problem of what to do-with its much-too-big school population. It is expected that the host of school children will be far too big' for the present school space. It appears definite that some build ings outside the school plant must be used. Jl was determined last night that the school will definite ly use the youth center building in Canyonville for the music depart ment, reports correspondent Vir ginia Proctor. An effort will be made to secure use of the city li brary or the Methodist Church an nex for additional classrooms. Planning farther ahead, the school board appointed an advisory committee to work with the board in securing new property and to help plan new sohool construction. .Members of the committee are: -Mrs. .Norman Phappell. Norman Hanson, 1. N. Cray, Milton Her bert. Robert Proctor and George Wenderoth. The committee will meet with the board June 2, Mrs. Proctor said. In The Day's News By FRANK JINKlNS If you read your newspaper and listen to your radio, you are aware of the fact that the world is full of trouble. The list of thu world's troubles is too long t- he gone into in detail here, hut let's cite a FUNDAMENTAL trouble: Everybody in the world wants peace, but we can't have peace because the free rountries and the communist countries CAN'T FIND A WAV TO GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER. When you come right down to it, most of our troubles in this world arise out of the fact that people can t find a wa? to get along with each other. The immediate trouble of the moment is a strike against three big long-distance trucking firms in the Far West Consolidated Freightwavs, Pacific Motor Truck ing and Pacific Invrmountain Ex press. The dispatches tell us that if the shutdown spread.! throughout the industry it will affect some (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3) The Weather Fair and little warmer today, tonight and Sunday. Highest temp, last 24 hours 70 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 37 j Highest temp, any May t02 Lowest temp, any May - It Precip. lett 54 hours . I Precip. from May 1 34 Precip. from Sept. T ... ... 21. IS Deficiency from Stpt, 1 . 4.22 Sunset tonight, 7:3 p.rr Sunrite tomorrow, 4:42 At an informal dinner session in the Roseburg Elks ballroom, league officials reported on recent legis lation affecting cities, and various city officers discussed recent mu nicipal accomplishments and pro!)- i lems. Seventy-three people attended, including many wives. Cities rep resented were Drain, Sutherlin, Oakland, Roseburg, Winston, Myr tle Creek, Canyonville and Riddle. Some of the more important leg islation discussed deals with popu lation growth, now affecting county cities in many ways, both good and bad. Population Count Easior One bill passed by the Legisla ture helps cities in regard to popu lation growth. It provides for es tablishment of a State. Board of Census which will enable cities to .determine population more quickly and cheaply. It and other measures were reported by Raymond Coul ter, field consultant and attorney for the league. The population count is all-important in determining various rev enues derived from the slate. Es timates will be made of popula (ions annually, and if a city is not satisified with the count it can call for an actual census at its own expense. On the other side of the popula tion ledger, the Legislature passed bills which improve and strengthen planning laws for counties (which directly affect cities), and a state agenoy has been set up to assist, wan planning on me local level, with federally matched funds. Pro visions were explained by A. M. (Mark) Wcstling, planning and pub- (Continued on Page 2 Col. 2) Social Welfare Aides Training Course Planned Tentative plans were set up in Roseburg this week to hold a train ing course for social welfare aides as part of Red Cross services o Douglas County. The aides will assist with serv ice to the armed forces program now in effect. They will also in crease the volunteer staff at chap ter offices in the Roseburg Armory. Working with county representa tives and Mrs. Susan Bowman, home service chairman, were Rob ert Williams, RC field represents- live for western Oregon: Miss Doris Waring, San Francisco, home service represenraiive tor tne pa cific area: and Miss Polly Dowe. San Francisco, RO field represent ative in training. Visiting the local chapter at the" same time was Mrs. Patricia Ilun saker, Portland. She is nursing field representative for Oregon and Washington. Plans were completed for a home nursing instrhctor's re fresher course which will he hold in Roseburg in August, reports Mrs. R. E. Herman, county execu tive secretary. At the close of the course a one-day session will he held with disaster nursing rommil tee members to plan for the fall months. Tuberculosis, Health Assn. Elects Monday New officers of the Douglas Coun ty Tuberculosis and Health Assn. will be elected Monday night at the agency's annual meeting at Carl's Haven. The meeting is to start at 6:30. Mrs. William F. Amiot, execu tive secretary of the organization for 10 years until her recent re tirement, will be honored at the dinner. Speaker will he Dr. George Wads worth, manager of the Veterans Administration Hospital here. Armed Forces Day Open House On Until 5 P.M. Open house in celebiation of Armed Forces Day will continue until 5 p.m. today at lo.-al Army and Air Force Reserve headquar ters, 904 S. Stephens St. Army Sfc. L. M. Weaver said anyone is welcome to stop by the office. Among the dismays is a large mock-up of a Browning auto matic rifle. Four movies were scheduled for showing, starting at 2 p.m. (See picture. Pase 2) Roseburg's Hot Spell Tapers Off Slightly Roseburg's 80-pius temperature dropped off Fridav and today aft er the high 1955 thermometer reading of 8.1 Thursday. Friday it dropped to 70. One Roseburg woman. Mrs. Ber nard Bean of '24.1 Shendan said ; it was so hot Thursday, it broke i the windshield out of her car. NEUBERCER ACCEPTS WASHINGTON . en. Neu- berger (D-Orei Friday ircepled an invitation to debate with Rep. Coon (R Orei at Hood River. The debate, among several to be hcid in Eastern Oregon, would be I on Coon s bill for "partnership" construction of John Pay Dam. j I Neuhwger opposes the measure, j favoring federal construction. i Established 1873 as Pipeline Company Plans Added Spending Of $25 Million SEATTLE lid Plans for an added 25 million dollar investment in its Pacific Northwest gas serv-l ice system were disclosed here r n day by officials of the Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp. , Ray C. Fish, board chairman, said the total will run to 188 mil lion dollars instead of the 163 mil lion for which financing was ar ranged recently. He reported that the firm plans to expand its program by increas ing the sire of its main line from the Canadian border to Portland and east to Pendleton Junction from 8 inches to 26. He said the plan calls foiy bring- lng jw million cudic lepu oi na tural gas daily from Canada and tor extension of the service be- yond) the original plans. tr. The expansion, Fish said, .in? eludes service to Cocur d'Alcne and Lewislfln. Idaho; to Trail, B. C, from Spokane, and to suc4i Columbia Basin points as Ephrata and Moses Lake from the Yakima Valley branch pipeline. "We will be giving the Pacific Northwest a two-way source of sup ply," Fish explained, "from the San Juan Basin in the Southwest and from Canada.' "From the fuel standpoint in i Washington, Oregon and Idaho, he declared, "We will bring in the equivalent in energy of all the pn- vatcly and publicly owned electric generating facilities and f mean Grand Coulee, Bonneville and all the rest." Cunter Vicinity To Get Electricity Construction will start about' July 1 on about 10 miles of power lino on the upper Smith River Road, according to Harold Backen, man ager of the Douglas Electric Coop erative. The line will bring electricity to the last group of people still with out service in the Drain area. To be served will be about 10 "vcrv scattered" applicants living in the vicinity of Gunler. about 23 miles northwest of Drain on the head waters of Smith River. Backen said preliminary engi neering work has been completed and easements and timber permits obtained for the start of right-of- way clearing. The line will be fin ished in late July or early August, tentatively, by contractor. Cost of the project, Backen estimated, will be between $25,000 and S30.000. Applicants themselves are to lend assistance in the right-of-way clearing on May 29. They are plan ning to get together on an old fashioned clearing bee" on bruth along the right-of-way. Rodeo Season Stickers Out, The rodeo season in Douglas County was gathering a full head of steam today. Rodeo stickers were being pas ted on ears in the Roseburg area (see picture) and today final plans were announced for the county's big annual parade preceding the rodeo. The parade is scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 18. The I Douglas County Sheriff's Posse I (which sponsored the rodeo the ' lait 10 vol r, 1 uat onlic.-arl In aiA' the Junior Chamber of Commerce in staging the parade. ' Committee Chairman Charles Blanks reported today that ca-h prizes will be awarded in two major classifications for parade entries. In both non commercial and commercial entries, prues will be STS for tyst, S30 for second and S10 for third prizes. Special awards will go to special classification in cluding marching units, horsrs, family and comical entries. A SI0 entry fee is being set for com mercial entries, defined as any from wholesale or retail or retail business establishments or persons with advertising. No entry fee is scheduled for non-commercial en tries, defined as fraternities, soro rities, bands, civic clubs, ihurchcs and non-proft organizations. The parade will form at Hie tri angle on North Jac-kson and East Second Avenue at 9:30 a.m. All entries must be mailed to , the Jaycee Parade Committee, PO Box 601 before June 1 Further Information is available at Knudtson s Jewelrv or The! News-Review or from the Junior j chamber. I Pages Southern Telephone Company's Strike Is Finally Settled ATLANTA W Economic life in the South took a long step forward today with the signing of an agree ment in the 68-day telephone strike and a complete settlement of the costly railroad walkout. The strikes against the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. and the -Louisville A Nashville Railroad and its subsidiaries af fected more than 75.000 workers in many parts of the South. Millions of dollars were lost in wages alone. Spreading violence caused damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. ' Both strikes began the same day March 14, but the L A: N walkout hit harder at Southern economy, slowing freight shipments to i crawl in some sections. Passenger service also was curtailed and some industries had to use trucks to reach markets. Southern Bell service was nearly normal most of the time. Still to be determined was whether an estimated -40,000 CIO Communications Workers of Amer ica would approve the contract settling the telephone walkout in nine Southeastern states. 'Automobiles Are , , , I jfltCrV ChCCKCC! j A total of 3.0RR vehicles were checked in Roseburg during the last five days in connection with a nationwide safely program. Po lice Chief Stan Olson said Satur day. , , Three chock lanes (handled an average of 818 vehicles per day during the program, sponsored locally by Roseburg Rotary Club and the city. Of the number checked. 759 fail ed lo pass minimum requirements. Biggest stumbling block was de fects in rear lights. Checkers found 456 such defects. They found 1.027 unsafe items in 2,800 cars and 288 trucks. It was recommended the drivers have corrections made as soon as possible. Second biggest category In the unsafe li-st was that of brakes: 166 vehicles failed to pass. Front lights (1081 and tires (107) wore next in line. Other defects: Glass 53. exhaust 46. horn 38, windshield wipers 29, steering gear 22 and rear-view mirror 4. Roseburg's program will he compared with those of 300 other U.S. cities taking part in the safetv drive, sponsored by the Na tional Safety Council. Look maga zine and the Inter - Industry High way Safety Committee. 14 tfiwi ? iirinr k tn vmmmium T. 'i 111 1 J ; jOrv SIGNS OF COUNTY RODEO began blossoming in Roseburg Friday with the first cor ban ners advertising the coming event. The four girls stressing the beauty factor of the June 18 and 19 Douglas County Rodeo are Joan Knudtson, front left, and Celeste Sory, right; Pat Larson, standing by cor; ond Marilyn Kyer, in cor. The rodeo stickers were put on cars at drive in theoters Friday evening, ond Jaycees will be putting them on in town in the next few days. The strips are ovoiloble free at Len Mitchell's and Knudtson's J-iwelry. (Paul Jenjtins picture) COSEBURG OREGON SATURDAY, MAY '21, 195 (Expansion Treason Charges Filed Against Bao Dai's Aides By JOHN RODERICK SAIGON, South Viet Nam t.fl The government today ordered the arrest and trial on treason charges of two top aides of absentee Chief of Slate Bao Dai and several lead ers of the outlawed Binh Xuycn Society. The accused men face the death penalty if caught and con victed. The order, aimed at opponents who attempted to unseat National ist Premier Ngo Dinh Diem by civil war or coup, were announced by Deputy defense Minister Tran i Trung Dung. They were issued as ' a series of political developments apparently lo strengthen the pre mier's hand. The two accused Bao D8i aides are ex-army Inspector Gen. Ngu yen Van Vy and Col. Nguyen Tu Yen, commander of .!ic former ruler's old imperial guard. Vy, who was named last month by Bao Dai to replace Diem, staged an abortive coup agains' the gov ernment with Yen's aid May 1 aft er the premier refused to accept the dismissal. The coup failed when the national army backed Diem. Vy and Yen were last reported to he somewhere in tiie vicinity of Dalat, a hill resort where the former guard has been stationed. This force voted May 13 to aban don its old designation and be come regular units of the national army. Civil Band Cemetery . Clean-Up Days Slated Civil Bend Cemetery Assn. offi cers have designated May 23 to 25 as official clean up period for the, cemetery which is located in Win ston. Mrs. Stella Bohme, secretary -treasurer of the association, said Friday that any cash contributions for cemetery care could be mailed to her at Rt. 1. Box 727, Roseburg. She also stressed need for help to dispose of trash. Persons with pickups which may be used to haul away trash should so to the ceme tery during the clean-up period, she stressed. - - An election for association offi cers was held this week. Re-elected were: Mrs. Olivia Landers, pres ident; Mrs. Anna Agee, Earl Parker. Mrs. Anna Mclntire and Mrs. Maude Cooper, directors: and Mrs. Bohme. Ivan Landers was elected director to Howard Newton. replace I Gathering Steam; Parade Planned 1 life VERNON M. MURDOCH has been named full-time execu- five secretary for the Rosebura Bflns,rs An with on office of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce. Murdoch, a long time organizational and pub lic relations'man in California, will also assist other groups and correlate activities, serv ing as o "good will ambas sador" in connection with Booster activities, according to President Lowell Rhoden. Murdoch is the father of Dep. Police Chief Vernon Murdoch Jr. (Paul Jenkins photo). High Sway Pole Breaks, Plunging Woman To Death SPOKANE Wl A broken sway pole plunged woman 'performer 100 feet to her death 'ale Friday night, chilling the checn of 14,900 gay Lilac Show spectators. Mrs. Jackie Lilzntan, 36. San I uicgo, uieu soon ancr neing rusncn to a hospital, succumbing lo mill tiple fractures and internal in juries. She was doing a solo act on the slender, high pole when the rein forced steel, laddcrlikc structure below broke about one-third of the way from the ground. The audience gasped as the pole arched, then screams fil,cd Memo rial Stadium as Mrs. Li'zman fell clear. Bcno Litzman, partner in the act billed as the Saturn, slipocd to the ground from his position on the ladder and ran to where his wife lay. Other performers attempted to distract the attention of the au dience while doctors worked over the woman's body. She was taken lo the hospital and the show continued but some of the spectators grew lestive and lett. MICE 5e Ellsworth's Bill On Mining Gets Favorable Vote A favorable report - from ' me mining subcommittee of the House Interior Committee w t s given Friday on the congressional bill to ban fraudulent mining claim filings on public domain. A full committee is expected to act fav orably in the measure Tuesday, according to a message to The News-Review from Congressman Harris Ellsworth. Ellsworth, representative from Oregon's Fourth Congressional District, is one of several mem bers of tlio House introducing iden tical bills. Instead of joint sponsorship of a single bill, as practiced in the stale legislature; congressmen in troduce identical or similar bills in supporting legislation. Ellsworth appeared before the subcommittee Thursday lo urge passage of the measure, similar in effect to Hit legislation he suc cessfully sponsored in 1948 affect ing O 4V C lands in Oregon. Pointing out abuses o the na tion's antinualcd mining laws by using mining claimi to gain title to land for summer homes, hunt ing lodges, recreational lacililic:. and resorts, Ellsworth reviewed the development of logging in re mote areas, and told of the great increase in timber values since ; 1936. This change in timber values J he told the committee, has given i opportunity for pseudo-miners to slake out claims primarily for the purpose of gaining possession of limber, or, as happened in some cases, to gain profits Ui rough sale of strategically located claims which block proposed ' access roads. The hill would give ma hointt-iPiuMlrinenl iu- "m inV?. ' ,.f.,Vr't3oT the miner lubsuifaee rights only, other than such lim ber as might be needed in the mining operation. 11 also would re move gravel, sand, pumice and other minerals from the list on winch claims could be filed, al though such minerals could be mined under lease arrangements. Ellsworth, m his report to the subcommittee, said he had re ceived a large volume of corres pondence favorable to the bill, and had not recoived one letter of protest. Oakland Custodian Resigns School Post At an Oakland school board meeting Friday night Kenneth HoDkina. maintenance man and head custodian for eight years, re signed. x His resignation Becomes eucci ive July 1. No replacement has been named yet. Also in the personnel depart ment, it was announced this week that Mrs. Herb Hubbcll, Suther lin, has been appointed high school clerk of the Oakland school district. She will take care of the district's business as well as work ing in the high school office. Hunter Early, part-time district clerk, will give up that job June 30. Douglas County's Wheat Quota Set At 1,162 Acres PORTLAND i Umatilla Coun ty, as expected, drew by far the biggest 1956 Oregon wheat acreage allotment, slightly above last year's at 198.359. when the slate Agricultural Conservation and Sta bilization Committee completed its allocations Friday. Four counties produce no wheat. They are Hood River, Lincoln, Coos, Curry and Tillani.iok, Douglas County's quota was placed at 1,162. Police Invoke Curfew Against Six Juveniles Roseburg police had an unusual amount of difficulty with young men who stayed out too late Fri day night. At 1:45 a.m. Saturday a 17-year-old Roseburg youth was cited for curfew violation and disorderly conduct after being stopped by of ficers. At 4 a.m. two Ifl-year-old.t, onp from Winchester and one Idleyld Route, were cited for being out so late. . At 3:05 a.m. three Winston youths, 18, 16 and 15. were ques tioned by officers. Police said the boys were hitchhiking home. MAY COURT TERM SET May term of circuit court will be gin on Monday, according to Judge Carl E, Wimberly. The February term ended in midweek with the settlement out of court of an au tomobile accident injury suit, in which Robert A. Law Jr. asked money for injuries from John D. Mills. , 120-55 Announced Effects Way Spread East To Chicago Union Appeal Against What It Calls Lockout By Trucking Industry By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A trucking industry strike and shutdown tightened its grip further throughout the West Saturday amid indications that its effects may reach eastward as far as Chicago and the Mississippi. There were no significant de velopments toward any settlement Long haul traffic dwindled at stragglers came in off the cross- -country highways for what appears . likely to be the last unloidings for a long spell. Key members of the Washington Motor Transport Assn. met in Seattle to discuss the shutdown,' including handling of emergency shipments. There were no new development in Oregon. The dispute involves wages and health, welfare and pension bene- . fits for 100.000 AFL Teamster Union members in U western states. The membership includes 28,000 drivers, dock and office -workers. , Friday ' hundreds of trucking companies retaliated with a shut down after three major long-haul motor transport firms were struck the day before. Truckers say full Imp.ict of the' tieup will not be felt foi at least another day. ' . . The union has appealed for fed eral aid to end what it calls i lockout. Frank Brewster, president of the AFL Western Conference of Teamsters, said he sent a tele gram to the Interstate Commerce Commission asking revocation of franchises of companies that closed down operations "even though they were not struck by our union." He said ICC regulations requir the trucking companies to give (Continued on Page 2 Col. 5) - 3 School Districts Approve Budgets The Douglas County school districts Friday ran"into little op- position in passage of their school. . UUUKCi? 1U1 vug 4ig-uv JlPI Reedsport, Canyonville nd plf I I ... i v - , '" ."'. . '"' V. '. tMKjana; "voier overwneunT5 nBiv' iuMroved' -SSt.TSI needed to nanincc une nuager. ine voie was 94 in favor and only 21 against. The total budget was $226,609. The Rural School Board allowed $174,848. At Canyonville, voters were also heartily in favor of passing the $.13,285 outside the 6 per cent limit ation. The district, which also in- -eludes Anchor and Galesville, ap proved it 52 to 15. Meanwhile, it was announced that petitions are now available from the high school office and school clerk, Helen Allrce, for candidates for three school directorships. The annual election is scheduled June 20 at , the High School from 2 to 8 p.m.. Although approval of the Reeds port Union High School . budget was assured, canvass figures o the vole were not immediately available here. The district was. voting on $73,685 outside the limit ation. Fullerton Children Hold Picnic At Umpqua Park Nearly 500 youngsters swarmed over Hie Umpqua Park area Fri day aflernoon as the Fullerton Dads Club staged its fifth annual picnic' Consistent with fabulous record of food consumption at previous picnics, the boys and girls used liil) pounds of hotdogs, 1,500 buns, 65 oases of soft drinks and four gallons of mustard. The fathers helped some, but mostly they stuck to coffee. No casualties occurred, despite many rigorous activities, accord ing to President Don Barrow. School busses carried the kids to and from the picnic site. Phonograph records were fur nished by tlarmony House and a soundtruck by Hansen Motor Co. Repeated record request by many of the children: "Davey Crock ett." . Sutherlin Road Junction Accident Damages Cars An accident at the Sutherlin jii.,., .i com loaf on Highway 99 caused considerable damage to two cars, but injuries to those in- ' ?d was minor, state police re port. .c accident occurred at 11:40 p.m. Robert E. Coffclt of Rt. 1, Box 292. and Alfred l.iesingcr, Rt. I, Box 110, boMi of Sutherlin were drivers of the cars which collided police said. Leislngcr received a cut on his leg and James House a passenger in the same ear received a head bump. Neither Coffelt nor his pas senger, Jim Hatcher, were injur ed. CAR PLUNGE FATAL INDEPENDENCE Iff - MaxwelJ R. .McLean. 34. Monmouth, died when he drove his car off a dead end road and plunged JO feet into a creek bed below. Police Chief Ray Howard said llie accident probably occurred sometime Thursday night or early Friday. The wreckage of the car was sighted by a resident of 'he neigh borhood. McLean apparently was alone.' I
