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2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Dismissal Of Fongs' Murder Charge Sought PORTLAND UH Wayne and Sherry Fong, under I tiril degree murder indictment for the jlaying of Diane Hank, asked through their sttnrnev Monday that additional charges of contributing to the de- unquency o: a minor De aroppeu The contributing indictment, re turned May 4, 1954, accused them of giving liquor to the 16-year-old Portland high school girl. The Fongs were found guilty of first degree murder but Circuit Judge Aldfred P. Dobson set aside the verdict, saying the jury had not given the case suiiicieni con sirtpratinn. The Multnomah County district attorney's office plans to try the Fongs on the contributing charge after the murder case has been disposed of. Circuit Judge James W. Craw ford took the Fong's dismissal re quest under advisement. Cleveland Rapids Swim Class Draws 50 Children About 50 children and adults turned out for the first YMCA swimming lesson at Cleveland Rap ids west of Roscburg on the Ump qua River Monday. "Y" Sec. Don Naden said the lessons would continue daily Mon day through Friday during the next two weeks. He urged those participating in the program, par ticularly children, not to enter the water during the succeeding ses sions until an instructor arrives. He said he was making the plea for safety's sake, since many peo ple are unfamiliar with the cur rents of the river and may be swept away. The classes start at 2 p.m. Na den also asked that any adults who can swim or can aid in in stiuction be present at the 'follow ing lessons. Wolf Creek Woman Hurt In Traffic Accident Mm. Ray Straight, Wolf Creek, is in Josephine General Hospital, Grants Pass, with multiple injur ies as the result of a traffic acci dent Monday. According to information gath ered by Mrs. G. B. Fox, Glendale correspondent, Mr. and M r s. Straight were driving toward Wolf Creek from their home in Coyote Creek Canyon when their pickup truck hit a rock or other obstruc tion. The pickup rolled over in a ditch. Mr. Straight was given first aid treatment but was not hospital ized. PROMOTIONS TOPIC DATED Promotions for August will be discussed Wednesday morning at a meeting f tho Roseburg Retail Trades Assn. Vernon M. Murdoch, executive secretary, said the breakfast meeting will start at 7:45 a.m. In the Civic Room of the Hotel Umpqua. BICYCLE STOLEN Donald Evans. 1039 Winchester St., reported to city police Monday that his bicycle was stolen from near tne swimming pool some time during the afternoon. He said the bike was locked. Tltl.CITIK WEST COAST AIRLINES Whatever your destination let West Coast Airlines fly vou to your oil-points connection flight ot Portland Your local WCA itation agent or Lewis Travel Service will hand! oil details for your tntirt light. Phone OR chord 3-3231 tr Lewis Travel Service OR chord 3-5077 PIMMM ummmtm WESTCORST fURUHES T f niai i net J Or. Tue., July 19, 1955 Hospital News Mercy Hospital Admitted Medlcali William Lair, Mrs. Ren Jones, Mrs. Howard Richmond, Tony Gorman, Mrs Ed Stritzke, Roscburg; Mis. William Schroed er, Sutherlin. Surgery: Mrs. James Lopcr, Mrs. Melvin Crowall, Oakland; Wilfred Carr, Roscburg. Discharged Mrs. Eugene Ainoe, Mrs. A. D. Kobbernik, Mrs. Alva Salven and son, Gary Lee; Mrs. George Wood rich and daughter, Anne Kathleen, Roseburg; Mrs Robert Floch, Umpqua. Douglas Community Hospital - Admitted Surgary: Ernest Buchtmann, Glide; Mrs. Herman Bagwell, Roseburg; Mrs. Charles llayncs. Sutherlin; Keith McKirdy,' Yon calla. Medical: Mrs. Millard Stewart, Winston; Mrs. Albert Lewis, Mar jorie Lyons, Mrs. Harvey Couch, Roscburg; Mrs. Ralph Dwight, Tenmile; Mrs. Donald Proha.ska, Winchester, Judy Larsen, Suther lin. Discharged Gail Kelly .Glide; Mrs. John Roberts, Brockw.iy; Mrs Frank Finster, Mrs. Gcrnld Jackson, Frank Price, Mrs. Walter Young. er, Lois Kinney, Mrs. Robert Springstcad. Roseburg: Mrs. Clif ford Fuller, Drew; Claryce Humphreys, Myrtle creek. Glasgow Bandits Loot Money Delivery Truck GLASGOW, Scotland Wl Four bandits seized a money delivery truck parked outside a bank Tues day and made off with between 30.000 and 40,000 pounds ($34,000 to $112,000) in cash. They slugged a guard, trussed him up inside the rear of the truck and sped off in a wild dash through Glasgow traffic Bags of pound notes spilled from the rear at one point and littered the streets. Eluding pursuing nolice. (he ban dits drove the truck into a garden a residential section and trans ferred as many bags as they could to a waiting automobile and made their getaway. Flood Sweeps Bus Off Bridge; 25 Persons Die MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay Wl Twenty-five persons wore drowned Tuesday when floodwaters of the Santa Lucia River swept a bus off a bridge at San Ramon, 37 miles from Montevideo. Sixteen passen gers were rescued. The bus, returning from an ex cursion to Rivera in Northern Uru guay, stalled when it reached the water-covered bridge. Before all of the passengers could get out the flood swept it into the river. Lightning Kills Three Caddies Perched In Tree OWENSBORO. Kv. Iffl Three of Jour caddies perched in a tree to " escape ' rain wero killed by lightning, yesterday. The fourth, acting on impulse. jumped as the bolt struck and escaped Injury. All were attending a watermelon party for caddies at Owcnsboro Country Club. The dead: Jerry Norris, 14, Charles Ray, 12, and Frank Bur ger, 13. Their companion in tne tree . was Danny Thompson. NORMAL TEMPERATURES Temperatures will be about nor mal with maximums in the 80' and a minimum in the 50'.s, ac cording to the Roseburg Weather Bureau. There will be little or no rain except scattered showers about Saturday. ifok mm ,f 1A! v. X I'iii i A.iL. W out wl v WASH 'N' WEAR DUST ERS OF COTTON PLISSE Tak our pick of bright m-outumn prints, lots ot brilliant solidi! They're completely carefree lust toss in Ihe tuh machine, d-n r bother to iron. .S-butfcn front, patch pocketl. S 12 to 20. PINNtY'S FASHION Attempted Jailbreak, Blast Occur At One Time ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. I a mysterious blast, which Destroyed a wing of the old high school build ing, and an attempted jailbreak occurred almost simultaneously in this little Hardin County town be fore dawn Tuesday. The blast caused $100,000 dam age to the school and shook houses three blocks away. No one was injured. Almost at the minute of the ex plosion, a convicted forger slid down a blanket from his second floor cell in the county jail. But officers were waiting for him with guns drawn. They had laid in wait after hearing a saw grating across bars of a cell. Jailer Marshall Heady identified the prisoner as George Padgett. 25. of Vine Grove, Ky., a convicted forcer. Padgett was questioned to dis cover whether there was any con nection between his escape at tempt and the explosion. Five rooms of the 41-year-old, two-story building were destroyed. Cause of the blast was not de termined. Rail Competition Plan Considered By C. Of C. (Continued from Page One) charges that service is so "un attractive" it does not "reason ably" serve the needs of the four counties involved (Douglas, Jose phine, Jackson and southern Lane). It continues that provision of "adequate rail passenger service" in the areas is "of vital import ance to continued prosperity. . ." Businesses and enterprises "a r e reluctant to locate themselves in these areas because of the "in adequacy of the presently existing service." Seasonal Need Cited Even if service were not im proved, the complaint states, at certain times of the year all bus, private automobile and air traf fic is "impossible and at many other times exceedingly inconveni ent and hazardous." The complaint says discontinuance of the passen ger service in these cases would be "a serious economic and per sonal loss to inhabitants of the area." The three senators ask that the PUC order the company to con tinue its existing service until tne matter has been fully investigated by the commissioner. They also ask that after the investigation, the commissioner order reason ably adequate service if he finds it is not now adequate. They ask that the service in clude (1) reasonable dayiime schedules, (2) reasonably speedy service (3) reasonable connec tions with other train schedules (4) reasonably adequate and com fortable equipment and (5) any other service the commissioner finds justified. dared he has Ihe authority to call lime to stidy it. However, he de the formal complaint until he has . Hcltzel declined to comment on a hearing in such cases and to order service continued. He said railroads, up to this time, have accepted the jurisdiction of the PUC over abandonment of lines. BOY SHOPLIFTER NABBED A 13-year-old Winchester boy was charged with petty larceny Monday afternoon when a J. C. Penney Co. employee caught him shntlifting in the store. Later, Roscburg police said about $16 worth of merchandise was recovered by his mother. It has been taken from four stores. The boy was released to the cus tody of his mother after question ing and was to be taken into dis trict and circuit courts today. Start your day right with a Penney bargain . . . Shop early, Wednesday Morning SPECIAL! $200 IALCONY Telephone Assessment Increase Proposed (Continued from Page One) a d'-'rict manager from Eugene last week. Negotiations remained stalemated. Since the old franchise expired the company has been recording its coming payment to the city on a 2 per cent basis in accordance with a "gentlemen's agreement" with city officials. It is understood that the com pany wants a new franchise to ex tend at least 10 years. Address Project Okayed The City Planning Commission's proposal to change duplicated street names and zone and city for address purposes met with ap proval of the council. Authoriza tion was given to the engineering department to preceed with house renumbering and other work in anticipation of the citywide ad dress purposes met with approval of the council. Authorization was given to the engineering department ment to proceed with house re numbering and other work in an ticipation of the citywide address changes. The council accepted a plan presented by O. J. Fett, chairman of the Planning Com mission. Farrell said the project prob ablv will require the renumbering of 24 out of 25 addresses through out the city. He added tht the engineering department w'll he able to start work on the renum bering project by next week. Daadline In October The Post Office Dept. requires that the work be done well in ad vance of the annual Christmas maM rush, and a completion date of Oct. 1 was mentioned Monday night. A detailed description of the nroject is to be published soon in Th News-Review. The council aooroved the re quest of Dent. Police Chief Ver non M. Murdock Jr. to attend a t'-week FBI training academy in Washington. D. C, in January. Murdoch, if his application is ap proved bv the FBI, will be grant ed a leave of absence with salary guaranteed. Onlv other cost to Ihe eitv will be a S136.60 round - trio train ticket. Murdoch has areed to Slav a member of !he Rose burg Po'ice Deo;, for three years following completion of Ihe course. In other action, the council: 1. Adonted a resolut!m for pav ing Hamilton Strepf avt set a pub lic hearing for Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. 2. Passed the final readings of ordinances vacating a stub of Corey Avenue south of M'litar Street and the parts of Almond and Evans avenues extending Into Ihe new Hucrest Sc'iool site west of Kline S'vee. .1. Nominated the fn'lowlni to Tie members of a commitle to studv Roseburg's sewer problems and come up w'th an Improvement program; Arlrn:n B'"'en. Rig Fett, Harold E. Baclten Jr., George Veuner, .C!'rl". I'hcinas. Palnh Sandslerie. Farl Wilev and Jerry Coen. Another member will be named ii'."?. -V! Salvation Army Budget Committee Announced A special Budget and Finance committee composed of D. Busen- bark, Vern Harpham and Arthur McGehey was chosen recently at a meeting of the Salvation Army Advisory Board. The meeting was held in the Rose Hotel. Howard Ott, chair man, presided. The 1956 local corps, budget was discussed. Motions by members Earl Wiley and Arthur McGehey, concerning the 1956 budget total ing $21,180., were approved unani mously by the board members. Major Fred A. Dorin, new local executive became a member of the board. FULL FASHION 60 Gouge, IS Denier KNEE-HIGH NYLONS 66' Pair Special Plain seam knee-high ny lons at a savings! First qual ity in 2 shades, gala or confetti. Individually cel lophane pocked. Sizes 9 to 10! i. Ptnney'i Main Floor Canyonville Job Of Paving Given To Roseburg Firm The Canyonville City Council Monday night awarded a contract to Roseburg Paving Co. for im provement to two city streets. The work, icnluding installatien of curbs and gutters, will be on Fourth Street between Main and Canyon and on Canyon between Main and Fourth, reports Corre spondent Virginia Proctor. In other action, the council ap proved a business license for Bob and Francis Lynn of Days Creek, known as Lynn Bros., for leasing the Perkins oil station in Canyon ville. The Lynns also operate a station in Days f reek. The council also gave permis sion to the Veterans of Foreign Wars post for a harvest festival the latter part of August, Mrs. Proctor said. Dates of the two-day festival, including a street dance, will be announced later. Frank Cooper asked the council for city water service but was re fused because he lives outside the city limit. He lives just outside, out councumen said a water short age prohibits giving Cooper serv ice. i-nairman James Calhoun was the only 'councilman absent. He is ill. Mayor Ed Oaks presided. The next regular meeting will be held on the third Monday in August. Oregon Arms Collectors To Meet At Winchester A new state-wide club, Oregon Arms Collectors, will hold ils first meeting in southern Oregon Sun day at the Roseburg Rod & Gun Club building at Winchester. Meetings of the organization just formed this year, are set at different towns throughout the slale, with every other meeting to be held in Portland. The meet ings for the antique firearm col lectors are held monthly. Mem bership is now approximately 50, wnn aoout lu in itosenurg. Purpose of this meeting Sunday is to allow a time and place for sale and trade of antique firearms by collectors. The meeting at Winchester will start at noon. Better Blowout Protection Better Puncture Proltctien Better Performance Longer Mileage Batter Skid-Resistance New driving safety and comfort are yours when you ride on these great new tires. Extra tough bodv with Triple Tempered 3-T All-Nylon Cord plus Goodyear's exclusive Gnp-Seal construction is completely airtight. And the new Tubeless All-Nylon Cord Super-Cushions ride like a dream. New tread desicn resists skids and wears lonsrr. Stop in Use Your Old Tires Pay As Little As 1.25 Per This Offtr Cood At Reforestation Talked At Meet Of Basin Assn. (Continued from Page One) of approximately 3,000 acres of timber a year, with its reforesta tion program covering about one third of that acreage to supple ment natural reforestation. Lack of an enabling act to permit ear marking of funds for such work makes it necessary for B L M to insert t clause in each sales con tract so the operator will reseed the land under BLM supervision. The Forest Service, which sup ervises a cut of about 4,000 acres per year with 1,500 manually re forested, has no such r.-" since it has funds earmarked for reforestation work. In other association business, the organization adopted a mo tion committing it to a coopera tive effort with other groups to obtain adquate passenger service from Southern Pacific. The assoc iation is protesting the removal of present service until more ade quate service is available, accord ing to Harold H'ckerson, secretary. Hickerson. who is also secre tary - manager of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce, resigned h-3 association post at the meet- in?. A replacement will be named at the next session, to be held in September. Hickerson told seven delegates and other chamber of commerce men on hand that he does n"t have time to do an ade quate job. The August meeting will be skip ped because of vacation time. The next meeting will be on the sec ond Monday in September. , 3 FIRES EXTINGUISHED Three fires in the Roseburg ar ea did no damage Monday. Rural firemen put out two grass fires, one behind the Turn Around Inn, 1501 N. Stephens St., at 10:22 a.m. and the other on the old Cook place, Garden Valley Road, at 2:42 p.m. City firemen extinguish ed a trash fire at the Bill Cren shaw residence, 902 N. Jackson St., at 3 p.m. LOGGER INJURED Kenneth Lloyd Kobbe. 25. Oak land, was taken to Douglas Com munity Hospital Monday afternoon after being hurt while working for tile Floyd Ross Logging Co., Oak land. Information about the acci dent or Kobbe's injuries were not immediately available. by (EidDdDnDEAnS J CARTER Wednesday Services For Eilene Perkett Funeral, services for Eilene Lo retha Perkett, 4, of Tiller, will be held in Medford Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Conger-Morns Funeral Home. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Willard S. Fenderson of the Medford South Umpqua Com munity Church. Interment will fol low in Siskiyou Memorial Park. The little girl was killed Satur day when she ran in front of a car near her home. She was born Oct. 31, 1950, in San Jose, Calif. She s survived by her parents, air. nd Mrs. Ervine (Red) Perkett Hells Canyon Dam Bill Survives Sidetrack Try WASHINGTON tin A motion to pigeonhole Hells Canyon Dam legislation was defeated, 13-11, by uie nouse uiieriur jciiaiiidwuii sub committee Tuesday. Party lines held, with Democrats in the majority, as the committee kept alive a bill to authorize con struction of a federal dam in the Hells Canyon stretch of the Snake River between Idaho and Oregon, where the Idaho Power Co., seeks permission to build three smaller dams. Fallen Power Line Kills 4, Injures Fifth ALEXANDRIA. La. 13 A power line that fell during a rainstorm was blamed for the death of four persons and the injury of a fifth. Killed Monday night were x . Tillman. 36. truck-line operator; William Brosette, 23, dairy truck driver; William L. Voorhies,-33, supervisor of a fleet of dairy trucks, and Voorhies' 6-year-old daughter Linda Carolyn. Voorhies' 5-vcar-old son William Jr. was treated for minor burns. NO FIRE DAMAGE No damage was reported Tues day by Douglas Forest Protective Assn. Dispatcher Wayne Miller from a lW-acre fire in logging slash on Rice Hill Monday after noon. Milter said it started from a smouldering sawdust fire. 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