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CHAMPION FAT LAMB of the 16th Annual Douglas
County Fat Lomb Show held ot the fair grounds Satur
day is the 4'2-months-old cross bred Southdown-Romney
ewe owned by Custer C. Laurance, Rt. 2, Roseburg.
Lourance's entry in the pen of five category also nabbed
first place. Owner Laurance has some 80 ewes on his
133-acre ranch ir Riversdale. (Paul Jenkins photo)
Riversdale farmer C. C. (Custer) Laurance made a
clean sweep of the Douglas County Fat Lamb Show Satur
day with his Southdown-Romney ewe entries. He toted up
$90 in prize money.
His 95-pound February ewe nab
bod first in the single fat lamb
(open class) competition, then won
over Joan Marie Sellick's junior
class fat lamb winner to be "cham
pion fat lamb" of the 16th annual
show.
Saturday afternoon Laurance's
pen-of-five entry was named best
by show judge Floyd Fox, Silver
Inn. Last year the winner's entry
placed eighth in the single
lamb category.
A total of 34 entries competed
for more than $500 in urizes. 11
was a considerable decrease under
1M.
ine enu ics compnsea ju sin-
gles and S pens-of-fivc
Winner Laurance walked home
with $50 for his five-sheep show
ing; $15 for best fat lamb: $12.50
for champ of the show; and a like
amount for the champion pen. The
latter two awards were provided
by the Willamette Valley Ram
Sale Committee. Other prizes were
awarded by the Douglas County
Livestock Assn., sponsors of the
show.
WINNERS
Open Class, sinjle fat lamb: 1st.
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Diana Barrymore's
Husband Found Dead
ROCHESTER, NY. - Actor
Robert Wilcox, 44, husband of Di
ane Barrymore, was found dead
in a Pullman berth Saturday.
A porter discovered Wilcox was
dead when he tried to muse him
for the Rochester station stop. Wil
cox was on his way from New
York lo visit his mother here.
A coroner's phfittcian said death
apparently was caused by a heart
attack.
Wilcox' most recent stage ap
pearance was opposite Miss Bar
rymore in the "Pajama Tons"
road show.
Ho formerly was married to
Florence Rice, daughter of the late
sports writer. Grantland Rice. This
marriage ended in divorce. He had.
appeared in 26 movies
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Let's turn our eyes today to
ward Ixmdon, where as this was
written Queen Elizabeth formally
opened the Bri:i.h parliament
whh the traditional stv e;h from
the throne '
This opening of the parliament i
is a rather unusual one. it got un
der wav FIVE DAYS AHEAD OF
THE TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE
so thai the lawmakers may act
promptly, as is required by law.
on the national emergency proc
lamation issued by the queen be
cause of the railroad strike.
The customary pageantry of a
parliamentary opening was influ-1
enced on this occasion by the!
strike that caused the lawmaking
body to assemble five days early.!
Elizabeth rode from BiKkmeham ;
palace to the parliament build-,
ings which, incidenlallv. are an i
ancient roal palace - ,a an auto-,
mobile instead of the l:aditonal
slow horse-drawn coach.
The reason for that wa that the
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The Weather
Fair tonight,
nets Tuesday,
ihcreaiing cloudi
Cloudy Tueidey
night.
Highest ttmp. last 74 hours
Lowest temp, last 24 hours
Highest ttmp. any June .
Lowest temp, any June
Precip. last 24 hours .
Precip. from June 1
Prteip. from Sept. 1
Deficiency from Sept. 1 .
Sunset tonight, 7: 54 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:32 a.m.
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Anti-Polio Shots
Given First Group
In Douglas County
The first 80 first and second grad-
ftre in Dnnnlaa f'n.mft r nu Imnn
inocillalPii with ihi Sail: aiiH-nnlin
I vaccine, and another gro"p will be
inm-uiat'orf t,,. ,. d...i,..,.
iv,i,,c r'nt n.,.,i.', n..i,u
v,,,,. Neva SilU ha ; -..nnrt.H
t,at 80 Reedsport area children
were inoculated Friday. Dr. Donald
Courtney and Dr. R. W McLean,
liecdsnort. physicians, administered
Lite shots.
A clinic to complete the tecond
phase of the series at Recdsporl
is scheduled June 29.
.Meanwhile, Dr. E. J. Vainscotl.
county health officer, retained clin
ics for central Douglas County
would start Tuesday. Vr.e clinic
will start at 9 a.m. and continue to
4:30 p.m. in the health office at
Ihe county courthouse in Roseburg.
It is open to any childixn in the
county, whose parents nave al
ready given written permission. It
that permission had been icscind
cd, il may be reinstated to make
the children eligible for shots.
Children who may receive shots
are those who have just completed
first and second grades in county
schools.
A second clinic for administration
of the initial shots is scheduled
June 21 and a third Jun 28. The
inoculations in the second phase
(booster) will be administered
about a month after the f.rsl shots,
Wainscott said.
TRAINING DATES SET
Teacher's in-service training will
get underway with a two-day ses
sion for District 4 instructors Aug.
29-30. according to Supt. M C. Del
lcr. Regular classes begin Sept. 6.
Singer Stripped, Drugged,
Husband, Mother'Beaten
By Invaders Of Residence
XORTH HOLLYWOD, Calif. (Pi Police are nearchuifc
Inrlnv fnr tlirpo man i-hn Im-aflurl (ho linino ,,f itirpr Airrt
1 1 ' i v. u.
mm, nui)Jt:ij net, puuiu;i itpnpu Iter, uiiiKKeu net Hi"i uu-
J' t,e" ner lamny xo a nijrnt.
Miss Lon. 27, sings with the
Lawrence Welk orchestra and is
billed as the "Champagne Lady."
She arrived at her home early
yesterday morning after singin
wiin me nann 10 ne mei oy wree - police. However, the children, Bob
men, masked with stockings and ,),Vi 8, (;jnt, e. and Larrv, 5, slept
wearing surgical gloves. Police throuch the night and were not
said she was slugged in the ab-1 harmed.
domen. hound with torn sheets and Waterman suffered multiple
her face completely covered wilb'hruises over his body and face.
adhesive tape.
men, sne told police, ner cloth
mg was forcibly removed and the
inliwlnr- tnnl, nlnt..- 1
..,-.. ,v,'i untiM en ui net in
Ihp nl.flo
Vficc I nn'r k,.r-kn,l Dnt...t W
Waterman si rf,rM.ir nf . P... -
dena community settlement house
for Latin-Americans. wa dozing In
front of his television set shortly!
alter midnight wailing for his wife tl'-e of them to take sleeping pills i ELECTRA, Tex.' Police
to come home when the three men-and again warned them against hoped today to leain w.-.y a Wag
burst into the house. J notifying oolice. Then Waterman oner Ranch cowboy and his wom
Waterman told detectives lhat he ; and Mrs. Wiche dozed off hut Miss an companion were drivinu their
and his mother-in-law Mrs. MaryjLon managed to stay awake and car down the Fort Worth jnd Don
Wyche. who had been asleep, were; free herself and the other two. i ver Railroad when a train hit them
bound and sagsed with torn sheets Detectives said the house was Sunday.
and adhesive tape. ranacked but nnlv some costume j The pair, 38-year-old John L.
Beaten and Kicked je-elry was taken. : Lovejoy and Mrs. Rose Helton, 41.
He said the men demanded mnn-! The victims said the intruder : were in lured when the .--wine nf
ey and when told there was none
in the house, one replied: "We're
going
to wait until Alice get;
nnm". i ne orcnesrra plays to z and
she doesn't come home until 3:30."
Waterman said that during a i'x -
hour ordeal, until the aailant
left at daybreak, he and Mrs.
Established 1873
Russia Consents To Geneva
Acceptance
Offers No Hope
Of Big 4 Pact
Dulles' Declared Plan
To Raise Red Problem
Seen As Accord Snag
MOSCOW Wl The Soviet gov
ernment Monday agre;d to the
Western powers' proposal that the
Big Four open their top lave! meet
ing in Geneva on July 13.
At the same time, lit'. Foreign
Ministry issued a press statement
repeating charges that j. S. Sec
retary of State Dulles was at
tempting to set up precondition
which would handicap tl'.L confer
ence. The Russians also apparently
limed their reply to the Western
powers with the trip of West Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Adenaue
to the United Sta'.cs, whsra he will
confer with the U. S. B.itish and
French foreign ministers -,l.is week
The Russians have inv'ted Ade
nauer to come to Moscow for dis
cussions on "normalization" of re-
lalins with the U.S.S.R. Adenauer
wants these talks to wail .t.itil after
the Big Four summit pmiev
Soviet acceptance of the invita
tion for Premier Nikolai Bulganin
to' meet President Ei-.ar.liowcr,
Prime Minister Eden ant French
Premier Faure was cor-uned in
short identical notes sent lo the
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Myrtle Creek Soldier
Killed In Traffic Mishap
Ward wn rcivd hr 5t
iirday of the violtnt dth of
Wtynt Pllrd, 20, a Myrtlt
Cretk strviceman in England.
Pollard was killed Friday vhn
h w apparently struck by an
Army truck about SO miles from
London. Ht died from skull frae
turtt. It was reported by corrf
spondtnt Ruth M. Evans.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Owen A. Pollard of .Mvrtle Creek,
The family received a telegram
from the War Dept. Saturday aft
ernoon. informing it of the death.
The body will he shipped to Myr
lle Creek for funeral services and
interment.
Ganz Funeral Home will be in
charge of arrangements.
Pollard was a' private first class
in the Army Engineers. He is sur
vived by his mother and father;
two brothers, Dean, a private in
the Army stationed at Ft. Old,
Calif., and Leonard, recently (lis
.chained from the Navy: and a sis
ter, Mrs. Juanita Gross of Myrtle
Creek.
No other details of the accident
were available.
SISTERS SCORE TIE
DENVER l Two supers each
gave birth to a daughter the first
child -for each on the .-tame day.
they learned Sunday. The girls
were born Saturday to Mis. Gor
don Tririp at Denver and Mrs. Ronald-
Rusyn at Neosho, Mo.
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oi i error anu toruirc.
Wyche were frequently hit and
kicked. He said threats were made
to injure the three Waterman chil
Hron if the mattrr was reoorted to
'possible rib fractures and. possible I
-; perforation of the left car drum at;
Ithe hands of the hoodlums, poire j
i possible rib fractures and possible
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Home Ransacked
i Tie family said that shortly he-
fore Intruders left they forced the i
threatened that the pictures of Mm
Lon would be "turned over to the
: newspaners."
A veteran singer on radio and
j television programs, Miss Iin l!
' from Kilcnre. Tex. She won the:
singing ioh with the Welk band in i
a national contest. '
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New Candidate
For 'School -Post
DUDLEY WALTON
Two candidates have filed
for
t's'i I M f '
the upcoming 5-ycar vacancy onjpared.)
District 4 School Board. P He listed the fnllnwinu reasnns
Latest filing came Saturday
when petitions for Dudley Walton,
2032 Catherine Ave., were present
ed School Clerk V. J. Micelli.
Earlier in the week current board
member Arthur W. Lamka Jr. filed
for office.
Candidate Wallop. 35, has lived
in Roseburg since 1948. He and his
wife Alice have three children:
Ann, 9; Sara, 8; and Duke, 4..
A Naval Air Corps veteran of
WW 11, Walton is an attorney. He
received his law degree at the
University of Oregon.
Walton is past commander of the
Local American Legion, L'mpqua
Post 16. He is a director of the
Rosehurg Chamber ot Commerce,
and a member of the BPOE.
'Immodesty' In Dress
Launches Church Drive
BARTELSO, III. ift Campaigns
bv two Roman Catholic groups in
! Illinois against such women's fa-
i shions as tne strapless evening
! Sown and the bared midriff are
;g'ning momentum inrougnoui -tit
nation, their leaders reported Mon
day.
the Rev. Bernard A. Kunkel.
who two years ago started one. ol
the drives, named "the purity
crusade uf Mary Immaculate,"
said it's now possible for women
to buy modest formats "in a ma
jority of the states in the nation."
The campaigns are conducted
largely by mail.
Father Kunkel said he .started
his campaign because "it was al
most impossible to purchase for
mals or bridal gowns with any
sort of top to them." He is pastor
ot inc (.atnolic cnurcn in this
soul hern Illinois town of 300.
The Rev. Francis J. Lawler,
moderator of the Chicago Inter
sludenLCatholic Action, said some
40.000 lc'aflets have been mailed
monthly Ihe past six months to
Catholic groups under the SDS
crusade.
The leaflets state: "A growing
wave of immodesty and . drest
which degrades womanhood and
leads to a breakdown ot public
morals has been sweeping over the
entire 'nation. No level of society
is immune from its influence."
Injunction Against
Reedsport Union Denied
PORTLAND W Fede -al Judge
Gus Solomon Friday turned down
a National Labor Relations Board
request for an injunction.
The NLRB is considering an un
fair labor practices charge against
the CIO Woodworkers. It had asked
thl workers at the I,ong Bell Lum
ber Co.'j Reedsport plant he or
dered Jo stop refusing to handle
logs cut by Firchau Bros. Logging
Co., Lebanon, Ore.
But Solomon mid that J clause
in (he union's contract stipulates
that workers should not be forced
to work with products which they
consiocr uniair,
Ti!.e x?,n!,r5ct "I"! uPhp,d
tha VI OR tnri htr flu. An,.,.l
, '.''" "J 7". .T" "i'l,r,u
. ,he NI'TU J?-v. '.u6 ,c?ul',,
"m,n ,')"IH' "l",' 'V
now up lo the board to determine
,t. v: I
WhftthPf the V IfChaU IS 1 VIO
whether the Firch
lation of the law.
Train Hits Auto Driven
On Tracks; Two Injured
: the westbound Zephyr knocked
I their auto more than 10 'eet Both
I were hospitalized.
investigation snowed ihe cai
drove onto the tracks about seven
miles east nf Klectra, and had
gone about 'i mile along them
when hit by the train.
ROSEBURG OKECON MONDAY,
County Budget
Receives Okay
Of Tax League
One Addition To School
Supr.'s Staff Favored;
Glide Area Seeks Bridge
By LAURA OLSON
Staff Writer, News-Review
The proposed 1955-56 Douglas
County budget was approved by
the Douglas County Taxpayers
League Saturday in all categories
except ' one.
League members requested Ihe
County Court consider adding one
member to the county school su
perintendent's staff. Their action
followed appearance before them
by Supt. Kenneth F. Barneburg.
Barneburg said there was need for
the new staffer. (His original re
quest lo the court had been de
nied when the budget was Die-
for his request: (l Increased of
fice work keeping the superintend
ent and his assistant in the office
more: (2) inability to run a school
system without proper ficldwork:
(3) expanded school laws which
require constant checking of the
county's schools.
Barneburg asked Ihe sum of $4.
800 in salary with an additional
$1,000 increase for travel expens
es. Clide Alkt For Bridge
Considerable discussion also cen
tered on a request from a delega
tion from Glide. The Glide men
favor building a bridge nest of
Lone Rock, to avert construction
of the Wilbur-Sulherlin road cut-
of extension on the north side of
Ihe North UmDaua River. T h e v
maintain .the extension' would cut
up veluante" farm -lands. Delegates
were Bob Murray, Phil Stradcr
and Adrian standley.
Stradcr contended Ihe road could
not he built for Ihe estimated sum.
adding "we don't want the road
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All-Nation Red Hat Day
Advocated By Ellsworth
WASHINGTON ii - R.'p. Ells
worth (R-Ore) told the House
recently that he thought other
stales should adopt Oregon's Red
nai uay program.
The program, originated b y the
romana cnapier in tne Izaak
Walton League, calls for sports
men lo wear red hats on a certain
day to encourage better sportsman
ship, call attention lo forest fire
danger", promote caution and safety
in hunting, and forter observance
of game laws.
Ellsworth said:
"Oregon recognizes the need for
such an effort in view of the fact
that during Ihe pas year 13 were
killed and 37 wounded as a result
of hunting accidents and careless
ness in Ihe handling of firearms
"More than 200 fires on forest
and range lands were credited lo
hunters. Substantial unasscssen
damages accrued to both public
and private property throughout
tne state. . .
"Preservation of rccieational
values depends upon the success
with which citizens conserve and
protect the outdoor resources and
faculties for recreation.
City's Building Permits
During May Show Drop
The total of building construc
tion permits lor Rosckurg in May
took a 21 oer cent dip, according
to a report from the Equitable Sav
ings & mn Assn s. sta'istiral de
partment. Totals dropped off to from
April's SI 17.445. It was 26 per cent
below the May 1954 total of $124.
775. The Pacific NorthwcV area s
' however. Dollar volume moved up
....
however, uollar volume mov
21 pe: cent over May of last
I A figure of S3M1S.142 for al
year.
II con
strurtion was reached riming the
month for Ihe combined 4 largest
cities in Idaho, Oregon Washing
ton and British Column. a. Oregon
was up 28 per cent over tne same
month in 1954 with a volume nf
$7,812,728.
NON-STOP RECORD
SEATTLE Northwest Orient
Airlines set a nonstop commerical
flight record of S hours and 48
minutes between Chicago and Se
attle Friday.
The record was set by a Boeing
Stratorruiser piloted by Lap!. K.
K. Nelson. Scheduled flight
time for the 1.780-mile trip is 7
hours 25 minutes. The previous
mark, also set with I Stratocrun-
er last April, was i hours, 50
minutes-
Northwest
the nn tne flu.
ing nonstop between the two citieiJ
JUNE 13, 1955
As Meeting Place
Fire Chiefs Arriving Here
For Convention Welcomed
By Mayor, Senator Geddes
By CHUCK GRELL '
Staff writer. News-Review
Nearly 180 visiting firemen had arrived in Roseburg this
morning for the annual joint convention of the Oregon Fire
Chiefs Assn. and the Oregon Rural Fire Protection Dis
tricts Assn.
Registration began Sunday evening at the Hotel limp-
qua headquarters of the two
session was called to order
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Traffic Device
Fire Engine Aid
LOS ANGELES lift A new elec
tronic device tor turning traffic
signals red, automatically, as fire
engines approach was demonstrat
ed here.
Fire tnickshad repeatedly
roared through the intersection of
Western and Florence avenues to
show that sirens weren't neces
sary because electronic gear
automatically halted traffic by
changing the signals to red.
Then, before cameramen had a
chance to leave, there came the
sound of a siren. A real fire had.
been reported. Trucks and pump
ers sped toward the intersection,
the traffic lights turned red, and
all traffic halted. The fire equip
ment rolled through as cameras
clicked
Thc first authentic tests of the
N'orth American Traffic Emergen
cy Control System had been a suc
cess. Long Haul Trucking
Rolfs Again Under
3-Year Agreement
LOS ANGELES UTt Lung-haul
trucking has been resumed through
out the West after settlement of a
strike and lockout which .asted 24
days.
A three-year agreemei.' raUfied
Saturday by truckers and tne AFL
Teamsters will give drive. s an in
crease of 8 cents an hour this year.
8 in 1058 and 7 in .957. The com
pany also pgreed lo contribute
$8.5 a month per driver lo a pen
sion fund. The raise this year
boosts the drivers' hourly rate to
52.22.
Also agreed on was i U cent
per year increase in mileage nay
which has been 7 Vt cents per mile.
The drivers are paid by euher the
mile or the hour, whichever Is
greater.
The California Trucking Assns,
estimated the strike cost the in
dustry a gross revenue of 15 mil
lion dollars.
An industry spokesman said the
strike idled 100,000 worke. s through
out the 11 Western s'.iies, but
Frank Brewster of Seattle, presi
dent of the AFL Wcstei-t Confer
ence of Teamsters, said only 20.-
000 were affecled in the West and
5,000 in the Midwest.
Thousands Of Ban-Defying
Catholics Battle Peron's
.
baCKerS In Argentine KlOtS
Bl'KS'OS A IRKS P) Supporters of President I'ernn,
shouting; "Down with the Pope," clashed last night with
Catholics chanting- "Long; live Christ the kinjr."
At least eight persons were in
jured by flying stones, a dozen
others roughed up and some 250
rested. The rioting piunged Ar-
gentina Into its pavesc political
crisis in two years,
Peron supporters surged against
a group of Catholics gua.'.ling the
steps oit Buenos Aires' huge Metro
politan Cathedral. Shots rang out
hut apparently no one wis hit by
bullets as the mob advmced on
the adjoining archbishoo'i palace
The demonstrators smashed pal
ace windows with stones and
burned a priest's car bclore police
rushed in'o the city's central
square and scattered th-j Mob with
tear gas and chemical loam.
Later the pro-Catholics re
grouped and started to march back
lo the cathedral, but liy were
dispersed by police and firemen.
Interior Wrecked
After order had been restored,
newsmen entered the Lutsropal
Palace, where more nan 2,000
persons had taken refuse
The interior of the cithedral it-
self was strewn with hciicr.es, la-
bles and desks which had been
pushed against the doors as bar-
riers.
i ne turmoil raised tension to us
highest pitch since Ihe church-stale
flisniite hrnV mil set-es tsnnlhi
ago after Peron'l chatge that
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organizations, and a business
this morning.
Prospect! that the convention
would draw 300 oersons to 1 h e
city were bright. E. L. omith. Sa
lem, secretary of the fire chiefs,
said 17 firemen had .egistered
by mid-morning today. Nt-d'.ly 100
also registered their wives. Smith
said he expected to so several
late-comers yet today.
The convention-goers were wel
comed Is the city this m-vning by
Mayor Ernest Barker Jr. a if d
State Sen. Paul E. Gcdrlen who
was representing Gov. Paul Pat
terson. '
Other city officials we.e Intro
duced and a memorial service held
before noon.
Equipment displays were moved
into place in the Armor; as the
convention began.
The firemen will remain here
until Wednesday evening. Public
demonstrations of fire - lighun
methods will be. featured on all
three days.
Summary Of Agenda
This afternoon, after separate
business meetings are finished, an
electrical safely demonstration
will be made at Elks Lod-.e. Tucs-
day, at 1:30 p.m., a rural fire
demonstration will be put on bv
the StcMinnville Rural F.re Dept.,
and Wednesday morning, control
of petroleum and gas Iiivs will he
made. .- ;
The delegates will have their
busiest day Tuesday. Tin sessions
start at' breakfast when Charles
Roth, fire chief at The Dalles and
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B. L. Yeager Heads State
Wildlife Federation
Three Roseburg men c&me home
with offices in ihe Oro;on Wild
life Federation after .1 weekend
meeting at Bend.
Bruce L. Yeager was elected
president of Ihe fdc-iation:
Charles S, Collins was "e-cleclcd
secretary; and Ken Gilkeson is
vice president for thj Douglas
County district.
State Rep. John Amacuer, Win
chester, was featured speaker at a
Saturday night banquet. As chair
man of the House Game and Fish
Committee in the recent Oregon
Legislature, he described some of
the changes in wildlife and con
servation laws during tne assem
bly. He also stressed importance of
preserving the state's niiural re
sources, and compared methods
with those used in Europe. He said
sportsman can play an important
part in their preservation.
Attending the meeting from
Douglas County were: Amarher,
Yeager and Collins, all lrm Rose
burg, and Arley Marsh, Lllrton.
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church element were plotting to
nndermine his regime. Cmuch of
ficials have denied the marge.
The women'i Peronisu party
summoned its members tu a meet
ing today to voice suopoft lor gov-
jernment charges that prrcssion of
thousands or Catholics attempted
Saturday to destroy the ilaque on
the front of the capital commemo
rating the president's 'ate wife
Eva Peron.
Catholic Clergy Accused
The running dispute came to a
head Saturday night when church
followers held a Corpus thristt
parade in , Buenos Aires streets
despite a government ban. The
government charged the Catholic
clergy incited Ihe mr'chcrs lo
burn Ihe Argentine Hag. slone
newspaper offices and public build
ings and attack several foreign
embassies.
In recent months the Paron gov-
lernment has pushed though leg-
lation authorizing divorce dropped
traditional tax exemptions on
church properties and linanctal
support for catholic sciocis.
I also proposes, mruuxn nniiiiu
i tional convention, in tate away
Ihe rhliren I COnsllU l oni DOSlllon
as the state religion.
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Auto Union
Wins Copy
Of Ford Pact
Electrical Workers '
Share In Plan; Next
Demand Due Chrysler
DETROIT GP-The CIO United
Auto Workers today nailed down ,
at General Motors Corp. the same
guaranteed wage plan it woo a
week ago from Ford.
Walter Reuther, UAW- iresident,
thus firmly established the. con
troversial employer-paid supple
mental unemployment bitielit sys
tem in the auto industry, an im
portant beachhead from which he
hopes to launch it into other" in- .
dustries.
The three-year agreement was
hammered out in a predawn settle
ment after more than 37 hours of
bargaining broken only by brief
recesses.
More than 40 of GM'j 119 plants
across the nation were ait by
walkouts as the negotiations '
dragged on hours after the union's
midnight strike deadline. The
strikers were expected o return
to their jobs quickly with little losa
in auto production.
The GM pact closely folowed the
recent Ford' Motor Co contract
in nearly every respect. It calls
for improvements in pay, pensions,
vacations and holidays -similar to
those worked out at Ford.
In addition, it grants the HAW a
full union shop for the iiist time,
meaning that GM's relatively few
nonunion production workers must
now join the union to keep their
Jobs
Electrical Union Included
An additional 35,000 GM employ
es represented by the OO Inter
national Union of Electrical Work
ers were given the samo econom
ic benefits under an agreement
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Girl Sacrifices
Polio -Crippled
Leg To Win Boy
PORTSMOUTH, Engliud tfS
Dawn McFarland, 17, had her leg
cut off to win her boy friend's
love.
Dawn had polio when she was
a baby. As a result, her left leg
as shorter lhanhrhgircl . ?
was shorter than her right.,
' She .couldn't danoc, run or; so
cycling things that 20-year-old''
Gerald Manlcy liked to do.
Last year Gerald went 1 1 Malaya
with the British army.
"Soon afterwards," Dawn lold a
reporter, "I decided to do some
thing about my leg.
"1 went to hospital and persuad
ed the doctors to amputate it. It'a
wonderful now I have an artifi
cial leg from the knee down and
can walk miles and dance and do
anything other girls do,''
When she knew the operation
was a success, Dawn wrote uer
aid. His reply an engagement ring
and a letter saying, "We'll be mar
ried as soon as 1 get home."
Small Forest Fires
Under Control, Report
Fire fich'.ers Monday had a 10-
acre timber fire on the old Beaver
Creek burn under cont.ol. Th
blaze jumped fire lines Saturday.
U was considered polen'i.itiv dan
gerous by Umpqua National For
est personnel because the area waa
covered with snags.
Sunday, they locates anouicr
small timber fire in tne South
Umpqua Ranger Distric. II wa
reported under control Monday.
Other small hies set earlier in in
week are cither out or n-jarly so,
they said.
Douglas Forest Protective Assn.
personnel reported one sipall light
ning-set fire on Cold Creek, near '
Ihe North Umpqua River bunday.
It has been extinguished, tnty saw.
i Dr. Salk Urges Stiffer
Standards For V.ceine
WASHINGTON t Dr .lunas F..
Salk says the U.S. Public Health,
Service's new and stiffer manu
facturing standards for his poll
vaccine "will preclude deviation
from the procedures originally m-
j (ended
Earlier troubles with some com
mercial lots of the vaccine may
have developed, he said, "because
the phrasing of the minimum
"government" requirements al
lowed for differing inlerprota- (
tions."
COLDEST JUNE SINCE '07
Central Douglas County resi
dents experienced the coldest
June 13 since 1707 today.
The early morning tempera
ture dropped to chilly 40 de
grees. The same recording was
made In 1906 and 1880, accord
ing to the weatherman.
He said It looked like the he
spell wis broken.
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