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U. of 0. Ldbrr.ry Eugene, Oregon Sch airecteir a DOUGLAS FIR DISTRICT SCOUTS on the Umpqua River trip included these eight boys who posed Monday evening on the first stop near Umpqua. From left ta right, they are: Dick Lowell, Post 158, Tri-City; Dennis Durham, Post 7, Roseburg; John Anttonen, Post 1 33, Roseburg; Bob Johnson, Post 7, Roseburg; Bill Meyers, Post 133, Roseburg; Dick Meredith, Post 1 33, Roseburg; Jim Edwards, Post 126, Tenmile; and Alex Freeman, Post 126, Tenmile. (Walt Smith photos) 5.-- :' t its ui'. REPAIR MAN Will' Lorson, scout executive leading Ore gon Trail Council Explorer Scouts down the Umpqua River, had some patching to do on one of the rubber boats carrying the 40 boys on the trip, which lasts until Friday. Pcron Keeps In Background As General Restores Order BUENOS AIRES. Argentina Ms With President Juan Tcron keep ing to the background. Maj. den. Franklin Luceroco continued today to direct the campaign to restore full peace to tnis nation left tense by revolt. The balding, square-jawed army minister, .holding the lop role in Ihe postrevolutionary period, said again in a communique early to day that the situation is "steadily normalizing without any incon venience. " News dispatches from Argen tina have been subject to cen snrthip since last Thursday's re volt by navy fliers and Marines. Argentine refugees in Montevideo, Itruguay. believe negotiations are fww under way in Buenos Aires In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This inspection trip by Oregon officials (mentioned in this space yesterday) has two principal ob jectives: 1. State highways. 2. State parks. It so happens thai this time the sla'e parks are getting special at tention. There is a reason for that. Oregon's state parks are and al ways have been administered by! tie Oregon Stale highway depart- j fhent. But al the 1955 session of Ihe Oregon legislature considerable sentiment developed for removing the parks from the highway de partment and setting up an inde-. pendent slate parks commission lo; administer them. Several bills designed lo bring! that about were introduced, hut failed of enactment. As an out-'; come of the agitation, Governor! Patterson appointed a special ad visory committee to study the state' paiks system and bring in a rcc-j nmmrndation to the next legisla-j ture. ' The legislature also directed its ; highway interim committee to studv ihe parks system and bring; in recommendations. Both the state! (Continued on Page 4 Col. 5) The Weather Partly cloudy this afttrnoen, to night and Wtdncsdty with fw scattered thunder thowtrl Wed nesday afternoon. Highest ttmp. last ?4 hours .... 84 Lownt temp, last 24 hours 48 Higheit temp, any June 104 Lowet temp, any Juno 34 Precip. last 24 hour 0 Precip. from Juno 1 05 Pruip. from Sept. 1 7J.04 Deficiency from Sent. 1 7.72 Suntet tonioht, 7.-5 p.m. Sunme tomorrow, 4:33 a.m. T ' K ' I'. ' to set up a three-man junta-including Peron to rule the nation. The other two members reportedly would be Lucero and Rear Adm. Alberto Teisaire, Ihe vice presi dent. . As head of the nation's armed forces, Lucero spread his control over all activities of the country, which is still under a state of siege. Despite the strict army checks, most of Buenos Aires had the appearance of normalcy. The first American casualty of last week's brief but bloody fight ing ip the capital was reported last night. He was Graham E. Tune, a Detroit industrial engi neer employed by Ihe Kaiser Mo tor Corp.'s new Argentine subsi diary. West Coast Fir Plywood Industry Names Officers New officers were elected Mon day as part of the second day's activities of the three-day golden jubilee celebration of the West Coast Fir Plywood Industry al Portland, birthplace of the indus try. Named president was Howard B. Garrison, vice president and general manager of Evans Prod ucts Co.. western division, Coos Bay. Arlene. Francis.' NBC televi sion star, was a guest at the ses sion. $1,500 Bail Continued On Assault To Kill Case Bail of $1,500 is being rontinued on Fred Eirrhous. but no time has been set for a preliminary hearing on a charge against him of as sault with intent lo kill. Kinhous posted bail last week after he went before Justice of the Peace Clarence Leonard at Drain. He was arrested after he allegedly fired a shoi at Bruce Hollings worth of Coos Bay in a Gardiner cafe June 12. Linhous was taken into custody at his home shortly after he is said to have drawn a pistol and fired at Hollingsworth during an argu ment over a bet. American Legion Slates Picnic At Umpqua Park American Legion Umpqua Post 16 has scheduled a picnic at K p.m. today at Umpqua Park for Legionnaires, auxiliary and fam ilies, reports Lee Wimberly of the ! post. I Guests at Ihe picnic will be the members of Ihe undefeated Amer ican Legion junior baseball learn. Refreshments will be served br , the Iegion. Explorer Scouts Begin Boat Trip Down Umpqua Explorer Scouts from throughout the Oregon Trail Council Monday began their river trip to Sawvers Rapids. The 38 Scouts, accompanied by two adults, are making the i.iuni by rubber life rafts for the first time. They had previously used canoes but local Scout executive Wall Smith said the rafts would make the trip. considerably easier. The boys are using 10 rafts and hope they will be able to ride many rapids which necessitated ' portage", before. Among (he group which depart ed Monday at 8:30 a.m. from the Winchester Rod & dun Club were eight Scouts from Douglas County. Last night they camped at Ump qua and picked up a food supply lo last them until Wednesday eve ning when they arrive at Tyee. They'll get a new supply there which will last until they reach Sawyers Rapids Friday evening. The Scouts return home Saturday. They are accompanied by Hoy Scout field executives Will Larson and Bill Scarlh, both of Eugene. Parked Plane's Rockets Inflict $2 Million Damage PORTLAND - A parked Air Force jet fighter plane suddenly began spewing rockets Monday, and shot up the Portland Air Base. No injuries were reported, but damage was estimated bv the Air Force al two million dollars. Twelve practice rockets flew over the area, destroying two other jet fighters, damaging two more planes and hitting a house a mile away from the base. An Air Force spokesman said the 3 'i-foot-lnng rockets had no warheads, but two of the.n hit F-89 jets in the fuel lanks. causing fires that destroyed the two planes. Another - rocket' ripped -through a C-4S transport with minor damage resulting. Still another went up the tail pipe of an F-89, destroying the engine. All but two F-89s were ordered grounded for inspection for possible undiscovered damage. The two exceptions were insnected quickly and held for alert duty. One rocket zipped a mile away and hit the roof of a house where 1st Lt. Russell Nelson, Boston. Mass., lives. The rocket punched a hole in the roof, but bounced away without entering the building. No one was hurt. ' The Air Force spokesman said an armament crew was at work on the nlane when it began shoot ing rockets. An investigation was ordered to determine vvhal went wrong. W-D Fire Dept. Slates Second Annual Field Day The second annual Winston-Dil-lard Fire Dept. field day July 2 is .expected to raise money for the department and also to serve as a city-wide cleanup. Fire Chief Robert Nichols re ports trash pick ups will slart Fri day and continue until July 2. The trash (anything flammable) will be picked up by firemen. Nichols said anyone may take their trash also to the site of the big July 2 bonfire. The bonfire will start burning at dusk July 2 on a site across the street from the South Slope Homes, Nichols said. Adding to the festive air of the day, firemen will set up a local carnival near the bonfire site. It opens at 1 p.m. on the dav of the fire. The carnival proceeds will I furnish funds for department proj ect!. Oakland Voters Approve City Budget On Monday Oakland voters Monday night'; approved an amount of S3. 678 31 ' outside the 6 per rent limitation by a count of 61 to l.V reports cor-, respondent Mrs. Edith Dunn. j Total budget will b r1.94e.O.l Established 1873 20 Pages ROSEBURG OREGON Paving, Bid Openings Scheduled For Early In July V , Public works again held the at tention of the Roseburg City Coun cil Monday night. When the,:e.v ning was done, the council had authorized paving of two streets and construction of four storm sewers. Bids on ail will be opened early in July. An adjourned meeting of the council was called for Thurs day at 4:30 p.m. to get ordinance machinery in gear. . Opposition marked Ihe authori zation of one of the paving pro jects. A petition had stalled the city toward the improvement of Bailf Street, hut a second, remon slrative petition also was filed with Ihe city. Both sides brought their argu ments before the . council two weeks ago and councilmcn tabled the matter until Monday night, lt was found then thai not enough opposition had been organized to override the majority of properly owners. One revision was made in ori ginal plans. Property owners liv ing on the east side of the street decided they wanted a sidewalk, and the council will include that in the ordinance. It will cost the people on that side of the street an extra $1.80 a lineal foot, bring- (Conlinued on Page 2 Col. 3) Annual Meeting Of Red Cross Scheduled Friday The annual meeting of the Doug-I The Indian leader said no date las County chapter, American Red has been set for the visit, bul that Cross, will he held Friday at 8!ii i usual for fnreieneis to visit p.m. in the RC chapter rooms in te Roseburg Armory. - .... neporis on cnapier worm throughout Ihe county during 1954- will oe preseniea. ine meeting is open lo Ihe public. jus. oy u. loung win presme as chairman. She had been serv ing as county vice chairman since Col. Robert Dicey moved from the area iasl week. Items of business for Ihe session include a report from the chapter nominating committee, headed bv Mrs. Walter Britlell, Roseburg. New directors for the 1955-56 year witl be elected Friday. They, in lurn, will elect their own chair man and other officers, Mrs. Brit lell said. Featured speaker will he the Rev. Alfred Tyson, pastor of St. George's Episcopal Church of Roseburg. Rounding out the program will, be a "dry land" swimming dem onstration by Mrs. Gertrude Sher lock and several numbers by the Roseburg Barbershop Quartet. Re freshments will be served. Tenmile Logger Better After Woods Accident Tenmile logger Harry Anderson. 24, was reported in good condi tion at Douglas Community Ho pital Tuesday, following a woods accident Monday. Anderson is a choker seller foi the T. E. Anderson lagging Co., Tenmile. A relative said he recefv- ed a dislocated right shoukier while working in the woods io mila. sWB PacIx Th. nAnt occurred about 7 a.m. CHARGE DENIED Edith Louise Maupin, 49, Reeds- jjort, has been released under $100 nan alter pleading innocent to a charge of fishing in a prohibited area, according lo .Insure or tne stressed. Ihe driving school is Peace Clarence Leonard. Drain.! open to the public and is not lim The woman was arrested Satur- j iled to teen-agers, Triplelt explain day by state police. ed. Changeover Of Grid System Scheduled For Next Monday Date finally has been set for Ihe turn-around of the one-way street grid system in Roseburg. It will be next Monday. City Manager George Farrell said Monday night thai a poll of business people downtown showed they believe it would be favorable to hold off on the switch until Ihe end of the state Eagles conven tion, which will he held in the city Thursday through Saturday. Otherwise, the city would h; cap able of making the change about! Wednesday or Thursday. The change in street directions won't be a complete switch. Kane j Street, now northbound, will be-1 come a two-way street. Chadwick ! Street is being added to the grid system for southbound traffic. One-: way traffic will be extended south-! hound on Jackson Street from the present grid svstem lo the south 1 end nf the street. i Pine Street between Cas and Oak streets, now one-way, will Sewer Work Is Approved British Foreiqn Secretary Says World I Bv MAX HARRELSON SAN FRANCISCO 1 British Foreign Secretary Harold Mac.Mll lan said Tuesday tension between the East and West seems to be easing, but he declined to predict the outcome of next month's vsum mit" talks in Geneva. MacMillan addressed the 60 members of the United Nations at the second day of the week-long loth anniversary s e a i o n. He Bulganin Accepts Nehru's Invitation For Visit To India MOSCOW W Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin nledged Tuesday Tie will do everything possible to lower international tension and consolidate confidence among na tions at the forthcoming Big Four conference. He made the pledge before 100, 000 cheering persons gathered in flag-bedcckcd Dynamo Stadium to honor India's Prime Minister Neh ru. Nehru announced earlier lhat Bulganin had accepted an invita tion from him to visit India. Nehru stood beside Bulganin as the Soviet premier spoke. Commu nist Party Boss Nikita S. Khrush chev, Deputy Premier Georgi Ma lenkov. First Deputy Premier La zar Kaganovich and other Soviet leaders also were there. The stadium's playing field was filled with disciplined ranks of flag-carrying Moscow athletes in brighl-colored running suits. They :lcd Ihe applause. .India in 'the winter. The implica i ttoir was that Buljianin Would not make the trip this summer. Nehru made the announcement at a news conference in Ihe SDiri irionovka Palace immediately after , ta king . , Bu canin in the Krem lin. Queen Contest Registration Deadline July 1 The deadline for registering in Ihe queen contest for the Douglas County Timber Pays celebration, has been extended until July 1, Mrs. Dorothy Wollf, chairman, has announced. Betty Lewis of Glide is Ihe lat est entrant in the contest. She is being sponsored by the Glide Ki wanis Club. Other girls have been entered from Roseburg, Wilbur and Sulh erlin. The queen will win a $:i()0 ward robe from IOwell's in Siitherlin, The runner-up will be awarded a $50 certificate. A $25 merchandise award will be given to the contest ant who places third, Mrs. Wolff said. I Those wishing to enter candi ' dates may contact Mrs. Wolff at I the O. L. Torrey Hardware Store in Siilherlin. Junior Chamber Driving ! c L- c,,... U. J--. J ... ,ich001 Wednesday i itr iiiiiiui inri iiiih-i in iwm- mcrce driving school will start Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Rose burg High School, according to Bob Triplett, chairman. All participating must have driv- era permits and must bring their own cars. Triplett said. City driving and parking will be vert lo two-way traffic, as will Oak between Pine and Stephens. A left hand turn will be allowed onto Oak from Stephens. The switch is part of a program recom mended to the city by the State Highway Dept. Eventually, a system of arterial streets is plan ned incorporating the new grid pat tern. Farrell said the change will be;' mad. ,1 R ,m next Mono... Street crews will be put to work way sign, and putting up new ones recently ordered by the cilv recenu. oroerco oy the cil. at midnight taking down old one- He also said motorists traveling Ihe wrong way during the fut, few days will he issued warning".' Ihe neriod. Farre 1 said, wi an; - , , ,, . , ........... ,. pip,-,,-,, -, m i r i,,,n in u . - . , . until "we feel the public is edit- - Archina. 22. hfct been sentenced 1pp. ),-. ,alii will also represent , hon t spreod to the exterior rated" lo Ihe new grid pattern. die in the Colorado Stale ihe medical staff on Ihe hospital's decor of latest modes in outo A map showing directions of lh Prison gas rhamhei during the governing board mobiles Imogine a notion streets in Ihe new pattern will be week nf Oel. 2 for Ihe shoigun During the business meeting )"";!,, uprising for distinctive re-'later this week TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1955 Tension Eased strongly supported lh world or ganization, but also stressed the necessity for supplementing it on some problems with old-fashioned diplomacy. He declared that the San fran cisco meetings "will he memor able" if the diplomats gathered here can apply Ihe old pioneering spirit to the work before them. "Ihe pageant ol history in tne past decade has been darkened by disillusionment and, sometimes, despair," he said. "The tensions between hast and West have seemed unending. But recently there has been a lifting of the cloud." . Then, referring lo the coming meeting of the Big Four chiefs of government, he asked whether it was possible to get back on the road of cooperation between the Great Powers and whether the leaders might find Ihe necessary inspiration at San Francisco to re store harmony. "No one yet knows Ih answers to these questions," he said. This was MacMillan s only retcr- ence to Ihe "summit" meeting, but he did deal generally with the mer its of negotiations outside Ihe U. N. 'No one," he said, "would re quire lhat all international reia- lionships must he conducted di rectly under Ihe Uniled Nations. "The methods of old-fashioned diplomacy may he more suitahle tor dealing with certain interna tional problems." Father And Son's Bodies Recovered; 2 Still Missing S.M.F.M The bodies os a falher and son. who with two other persons were 'In a car that plunged Into Detroit Reservoir, were dis covered Tuesday, state police headquarters announced. The bodies were found oulsifle the car in 20 In 30 feet of water. The recovered bodies were those of James A. Jennings, 41, a sta'e highway department employe; and his son, Leo, 10., , Still missing were another son, Richard. 14, and their friend, .lonn F. Wallace, 17. All our were from Detroit. The search began Monday when a highway worker noticed a hrokrrv guard rail. Slate police and work ers at Detroit Dam soon began dragging operations. , The four had not been seen since Saturday night when they left their homes at Detroit lo go lo a theater al Mill City. Roseburg Police Checking On Stolen Hubcap Cases Roseburg Police officers Tues day were Investigating two casts involving stolen hubcaps. Four hubcaps were taken Mon day from a car belonging to Charles Hill. 532 Cobb St. A neigh bor told police of seeing uniden tified persons standing near the car before officers arrived. An early morning call Tuesday took police to the Keel Motors Parking lut where they found hub caps had been removed from a parked vehicle. A complainant in the Rose Hotel reported that the hubcaps were being removed, of ficers said. Both incidents concerned 15-inch chrome hubcaps with a 4-inch gold center, police said. Marvin T. Poe Jailed ... nl n On Charges Ot Rape Marvin T. Poe, 35, Roseburg. was being held in the county ja.l in lieu of $5,000 hail today on a charge of rape. Poe, arrested Friday afternoon by sheriff's officers, asked for time to consult an attorney when he was arraigned before Dist. Judge Warren A. Woodruff, Roseburg waitress, a friend of; Pne's. The alleged act occurred n"r Winchester, she told officer. Firms Temporarily Lose Liquor Sales Licenses PORTLAND A-Thirteen estab- lishments temporarily lost licens es Ihey held from the Slate Liquor Commission Friday. All were ac cused of violation of commission "ulEti"""' . . ... 1 he .ISens,ons llldudod: Stop and Shop Market, Sulher lin. 15 days, for conviction of vi- 'n" !? ?"!,!' ' ; C ampview Cafe, Roseburg. 7 days , ,,rQmft 0, ,ah. or m ,0 ml no , SENTENCED TO DIE ntrvvrn rrinMM , t.'ranl-i Elizabeth Macri, 60. 145-55 PRICE 5e Two No. Korean ers Land , nl a m. r l none at aeoui SEOUL i Two young North Korean fliers buzzed the Seoul Air port today in an old, Russian-built Yak fighter, then landed and gave themselves up to cheering South Korean airmen. The two were taken lo ROK air force headquarters for ques tioning. It was presumed Ihey sought political asylum. They were Ihe first Korean Communist fliers to flee from Ihe Reds since Lt. Noh Kum Siik landed a MIG iel fighter at near by Kimpo Airfield Sept. 21, 195:1. He received a $100,000 reward for delivering the MIG and asylum in the United States. ROK air force olficers said the two North Koreans left at 11 a.m. from Munsunri Airfield near Pyongyang, North Korean capital, In their Yak 18. The Yak is a single - engine propeller driven fighler-bomher. South Korean officers identified the pilot as Capl. Lee Un Yong, 24, who said he returned only six months ago from a Russian iet flying school al Kiev. The olher flier was identified as Lt. Lee hun Song, 24, a navigator trained in Red China. Roth are natives ol Pyongyang, the Red Korean cap ital. ROK officers said Ihe two North Koreans crossed the truce rone at a hedge-hopping 50 feet to escape radar detection. Their YAK start ed buzzing Ihe Seoul Airport about 1 p.m. They said the control tower manned bv Americans and Ko- rpans. at first thnusht the YAK was a : British plane. When Ihe plane failed to answer a radio call, a Korean noticed the Communisli insignia. It was given an Immediate i "come in" signal. Brig. Gen. Kim Shin and other ROK air officers met Ihe YAK at! Ihe end of the runway. The North j Koreans told General Shin, "we want to surrender." Shin took Ihe controls anfl lax- ied the YAK to the apron where nig crown or Koreans ana i Americans had gathered. Fire Department Inspecting Homes I he Roseburg r ire Dept. week began a program of volun tary inspections among residences in Roseburg. Fire Chief W. E. Mills said reg ular firemen and volunteers, both I uniformed, will work in learns un- til the entire city has been env ered. He estimated it may take as much as a month. The department is cooperating with the state fire marshal's office in the campaign, designed for pre vention of fires. The firemen, dur ing their inspections, will try lo locate and point out fire hazards to householders. Mills emphasized that resident are lo open their doors only volun tarily to the firemen, but he point ed oul thai most fire alarms eni inale from homes, with most dam age, injuries and deaths caused in home fires. Firemen will make their rounds during Ihe evenings, starting al about 6 p.m. and ending about 8 p.m. Douglas Veneer Co. Pays High Price For Timber Douglas Veneer Co., Dixonville, subsidiary of Roseburg Lumhrr ;;o.. Monday naid nearly S2IK1 0110 over appraised price for 9.7OM.0O0 board feel of limlier located 49 miles east of Roseburg in the Little River drainage. The bid price to the Umwiua National forest finallv was SSI.;, - 0110. The limber had been apmais - ed at SI 4.1.670 including SI 6 10 a; iwuainu mr n.niu,iw im m iiiiuj- las fir and pine and $1.60 for a " . . 'j " '",T.j ' " , it- h" " uiner Didders were Martin Kros. Box ( o., ( akland; Roseburg l.unv: starmer. 32. has been station ber Co.. Dillard; U. S. Plywood P(i n ,hl We?t Si,,, rire H,i ,inC)! Corp., Eugene: Harbor lvPwood j, opcnPH asl vear. He has been Corp.. Riddle: Tnen T,mh,r Corp..;, membor o( ,', local department ".' umii. i ij vu., Roseburg. Hanford Heads Medical Staff At Community Dr. Roy Hanford was elected ,.,, j.i'i ,h nnn.,i' c.mm,. ' n,y "'"P""1 m,",,,1 ,,aff 1 ' 1 lM , ,nmia mrptirm. f , Michalek was elecled J vice president, hlected secretary I wan Dr. Robert Mooei s. Dr. J. A. k'olhrunn and Dr. T. R. Malit wcrei ; elecled to Ihe executive commit-1 i routine business w as handled. Walton Upsets Lamka In Light Roseburg Vote Nine School Districti Pass Special Levies; New Directors Listed By CHUCK GRELL nd SALLY KRUSS Staff Writer!, News-Review In a quiel day at the polls, school directors in 23 Douglas County school districts, were elect ed Monday at the annual school elections. The day was marked generally by a light vole. But voters in Oakland recalled one of its school directors, an incumbent director in Roseburg was defeated by his opponent and nine school districts passed special levies. Lyle Himelwright, under fire at Oakland since an administration battle last January, was turned oul of office by a vote of 141-131. Dudley C. Walton, a Roseburg allornev. was elected lo the Rose. burg School Board over. Arthur W. Lamka Jr., who had been elecled lo a one-year fill-in term last vear. The vote was 242-170 in a light turnout. Little opposition was expressed in nine districts voting on special levies. , At Myrtle Creek, the vote was 161-83 in favor of a $13,975 levy to raise teachers' salaries. It had been recommended by a citizen's committee. Days Creek okayed two levica one of $15,811) outside the 6 per cent limitation for the budget and Ihe other of $7,500 to be added to a building reserve. Tiller approved a Sl.Mfl levy above the limitation to hire t band leacher. The other levies, all outside Ihs limitation, were for school budg ets. They included: Reedspoit Ele. mentary School District. $99.404.. 28; Roberts Creek. $1,452; Ump qua, $4,013; Yoncalla Elementary' School District, $20,118; Drain Ele mentary School District, abiut $22,000; and Curlin, where - the amount wasn't learned here. Rob.' erts Creek approved its levy 24-0. At Gardiner, voters approved a proposal that $17,500 from the (Continued On Tage 2 Col. 1) Nine Communists Givpn Spnfpnrisej VJI JBIHBnteS PHILADELPHIA te U.S. Div fnct Judge J. Cullen Gancy Mon- day sentenced nine Philadelphia area Communists to two lo three years in fail for violation of th- Smith Act. This law makes it s crime to (each or advocate th overthrow of the government. Judge Ganey, after listening to Impassioned pleas hy three of the defendants, ordered them jailed , immediately, reicrting defense at- lorneys' pleas that, they be freed on bail pending an appeal to' a higher court. Sentenced to three years were Joseph Kuzma, 31; David Duhen sky, 46 falso known as Dave Da vis); Thomas Nabried, 51, all nf Philadelphia, and Sam Goheloff, 44, falso known as Joseph Rob erts) Camden, N..I. Sherman If. Labovilz. 20; Wal ter I.owenfels, 56; Irving Katz, 35; Robert Klonsky. 35. and Ben.ia. mln Weiss. .19, all of Philadel phia, were given two year sentenc- J c - U 1 I.- Mrs. Hobby Says She Couldn't Overrule Scheele WASHINGTON lAV-Secrotary or" Welfare Hobby said last night she hears no responsibility for Ihe gov ernment's actions in the Salk polio vaccine situation. She said the law places i lhat burden on Surgeon general ueonara A. acneeie. In a radio interview, Mrs. Hobby emphasized that she was not dis satisfied with Scheele's actions. Bul she made repeated distinctions between the responsibilities of her department and those of the Pub lic Health Service, a Welfare He- narlmenl a?encv headed hv Scheele. Asked if she had any apologies for the way the vaccine program has been handled, or would with hindsight have acted differently, she said; "There is nothing f could have done differently The law on con- ! trol of hiologirals such as Ihe Salk 'vaccine charged the Public Health Service and not the secretary." , Starmer Named Ttf Head 1 i Oregon Fire Fighters Roseburg city fireman Donald ; n Siarmrr. 940 W nehsled St . has been elecled presiden' of the the Oregon State Fire Fighters Assn. Members of the association have just concluded their state ron'-en- ! ,; , nnH ror ,overal years. He is past secretary of the Rose- burg Loral of Ihe International I Assn. of Fire Fighters. Starmer n married and has one daugh'er. Levitv Foct Rant By L. F Reiztnsteia Luckily the color tin seg regation clomor epidemic i colored lones in tht highway. 4