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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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