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Newspaper Page TextU. of 0. 1 d i.a-.-rj Eugene,, Oi'ORou vOmp . ytheoiira Moo leseyed From Rwer 1 -7"" SJ fro v m V CHINESE REDS RELEASE CATHOLIC PRIESTS Father Marcellus White, 47, left, of Waltham, Mass., and Father Justin Garvey, 40, of Union City, N. J., who walked from behind the bamboo curtain into Hong Kong Nov. 19, pause before a microphone to talk to newsmen. The two priests ar rived aboard the noon train from Canton in Communist held China. They are missionaries of the Catholic passionst order. Garvey was imprisoned in Dec. 1951, and Father White in Feb. 1952. . Both appeared in good health. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Hong Kong). Soviet Chiefs Open Tirade Against The Western World Before Indian Parliament By HAROLD K. MILKS i NEW DELHI, India soviet chiefs Bulganin and Khrushchev opened a double-barreled attack on the West in the Indian Parliament .Monday. They told the more than 700 members, in the presence of Prime Minister Nehru, that Russia was united with India in an "unend ing battle for peace." Both criticized the West on irounds it was "attempting to fol- Ex-Convict Sought In Death Of Girl WEST GREENWICH. R. I. Wl Police today wore seeking an ex- convict in the death of 4-year-old Deborah Conlon, whose bedsheet wrapped body was found in a shed Saturday. A murder warrant was sworn out for William H. trough , 29, of Waltham, Mass. Police said he has a "long prison record," in cluding a six-year Massachusetts prison term for armed robbery. The child, one of three children of Mrs. Beatrice Conlon. 30-year-old divorcee, died of internal in juries, it was reported by Medical Examiner Arthur E. O'dea. Mrs. Clonlon said Crough, also divorced, had been staying wilh her and her children. She added that they planned to marry in Jan uary. Police said a note was found near the child's body in the shed1 back of her home. They said it told that the child was hurt in an accident on a swing and that ('rough had left since nobody would believe him because of his police record. The note added, police said, that Crough tried to revive the child but gave up when he realized she was dead. State police found the child's body during a search after Mrs. Conlon reported her missing on her return home Friday from her job as a waitress. She said Crouch and Deborah were left behind at home when she went to work. AMBUSH TRAFFIC JERUSALEM. Armed raid ers based in Jordan ambushed I traffic on an Israeli highway and dynamited houses in a border vil lage early Monday, an Israeli army spokesman charged. One truck; driver was hurt. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In the Hotel Benson's new and quite attractive London Bar (these words are written in Portland) there is a scries of panel draw ings done in the crudely attractive manner of about the 12th century in Olde Englande. The first depicts The King, in his Royal Purple, florid and well fed. He is saying: "1 rule over all." The second delineates The Bishop, in his robes of office. The scroll over it says: "I pray for all." The third picture Thf .Soldier, Hp is drawing his jewelled sword from (Continued On Page 4 Col. 8) The Weather Increasing cloudiness tonight. Occasional rain Tuesday after- noon. Highest tamp, last 24 hours .47 Lowest ttmp. last 24 hours 35 ntgnr Temp, any nev. Lowest ramp, any nov. i Prtcip. (sat 24 hours T rrcip. rrom nov. i j.n Prcip, from Sept. 1 7.38 Excost from Sfpt. Sunset tonight 4:44 p.m. Sunriio tomorrow, 7:31 a.m. ... .27 1$ ettt&Sf ! low policies based on i position of strength. Soviet Premier Bulcanin and Communist Party boss Khrushchev are nere on a good will visit ex pected to last more than two weeks. At a state banauet Mon day night, Nehru warned them not to expect their good will invasion would lead India into the Com munist bloc. Bluntly, he said In dia was "in no camp and no mili tary alliance." The prospect of Russian assist ance to India's industrial develop ment appeared to be emerging as the leading topic during the So viet leaden visit. There has been much said in the past months about Russian economic aid to India but little done about it. A spokesman for the Natural Re sources Ministry told questioners in Parliament Monday, however. mat nine boviei mining experts are due to arrive soon to help prospect for oil and other miner als. A spokesman for the Iron and Steel Ministry said 300 Soviet tech nicians are expected in about a year to work on a million ton steel mill India is buying from the So viet Union. Nehru, in his banouel sDeech Sunday night said the only camp we snnuia jike to bt m is the camp of peace and good will." Loren Wilbur Koch, 22, Accidentally Shoots Self I.oren Wilbur Koch, 22. Tipton Road. Roseburg. was reported in satisfactory condition at Commun ity Hospital today following an ac cident in which he apparently shot himself in the left shoulder. Sheriff Ira C. Byrd and state po lice investigated the incident, which occurred early Monday morning. Byrd said Koch and Lucille Mill er Riley, 21, were parked on Ramp Road near the California Oregon Power Co. substation. As Koch stepped out of his car. a .32 auto matic he was holding discharged, ne ioia ine snerni. Koch's condition was not crit ical thu morning, Byrd said. SEVEN DEAD FROM STORM ALBANY, N.Y. New York state counted seven dead in week end accidents on icy or snow laden roads, and more heavy snow fell Monday in the northern half. Up to eight inches blanketed the northeastern tip Monday morning. Up to four inches fell over most of the state Saturday. Kefauver Takes Giant Killer Role In Battle With Adlai Stevenson For Nomination By JACK BELL I of next year's convention delegate CHICAGO i Sen. Estes Ke-i slates, fauver ot Tennessee apparently is Sen. Sparkman (DAIa), Steven going to assay a "giant killer" son's 1M2 running mate, said he role in a battle with Adlai E.I thinks Stevenson is far ahead and Stevenson of Illinois for the 19.S6 1 will get stronger as time roils on. uemocrauc nomination. Friends who participated in a three-day party rally which wound up here this weekend reported he-1 tauver nas firm pledges tor more than 5200.000 In campaign funds and is almost certain lo take the plunge into the contest next month. I This would pit him directly1 against Stevenson, the l!)52 norni- nee who is running again, while: Gov. Averetl Harriman of New Ynrlc wait t u-alr hfitll the flank for any sign of a stalemate, Stevenson, who formally an-i nounced his candidacy last week, appeared lo have been installed as an elds -on favorite for the nomi- nation by members of the national committee and state chairmen who ihavc most to do with the selection I -rill ! Bill I If TKfcMWWlJ ITWIlWWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMiBII Hl Established 1873 26 Five Killed, 225 Wounded In Pitched Fight In Bombay Rioting Said To Be Inspired By Communisfs BOMBAY, India, up Bombay seethed in the grip of a pitched battle between armed police and stone-throwing demonstrators Mon day. Five persons were reported killed, at least 225 wounded and over 1,000 rioters were arrested. It was the second successive day of Communist-inspired violence touched off by Maralhi-speaking Indians protesting Prime Minister Nehru's decision to create a sep arate Bombay city stale out of the big west coast port. More than 100 persons were in jured in rioting Sunday. Gangs milled through the streets, stoning buses and trains, setting buses afire and barricading main streets wilh huge boulders. The violence exceeded that in last August's anti-Portuguese hots in Bombay. Police and home guard forces first wilted under a barrage of stones, then raised their rifles and fired at the Communist-led denvj ontrators trying to reach the State Legislature building. The crowds set fire to three buses and showered passing traffic with rocks. They attacked firemen called to fight the fires. Ambulances made their way through the littered streets picking up persons injured by stones and flying glass. In the big industrial area of Parel and Lai Baug, Communists moved in and gained virtual control of a two-mile stretch of main road. Red leaders moved briskly up and down the road on motorseoolers flying hammer and sickle flags, calling on the mob to converge on Bom bay's downtown area to "capture" the Legislature, meeting Monday anernoon 10 aiscuss me city s lu ture. Roseburg Youth Meted 60-Day Jail Sentence A 19-year-old Roseburg youth, Frederick James Combs, was giv en a 60-day county jail sentence Monday by District Judge Warren A. Woodruff. Combs pleaded guilty earlier to petty larceny involving three bat teries. Another youth, 17 years old, was remanded to -juvenile court on a similar charge growing out of the same crime. Judge Woodruff, noting it was Combs 13th appearance in his court. lectured to Combs on his- conduct. The manner in which Combs has been acting can lead only to the penitentiary, the judge warned, unless uomns changes his ways. Before imposing the sentence, Woodruff warned he would have to deal harshly with the defendant. "I think your time has come" when you must find out this must stop, the judge told Combs. tombs was in court recently on another larceny charge but was acquitted by the judge LAST DAY FOR TICKETS Today is the last day for secur ing tickets to the Roseburg Lions Club-sponsored football banquet scheduled Wednesday night at the Elks Ballroom. Project Chairman Frank Purdy reports tickets for the banquet honoring Roseburg High School gndders are on sale at the Hotel Umpqua or from any Lions members. "Hy the time next vear s con-i vention comes around, or even be-: fore then. I don't think there will ; be any oouht about Stevenson's ! nomination," he said However. Sen. .Mc.Vamara ,n Mich) observed in a separate in - temew that "nine months is a long time to keen un the pace that Stevenson ha. et " llarriman made it clear at ai news conference here Sunday hi isn't closing anv doors to accept i ance of the nomination if it should come his wav. He maintained he isn't an "active candidate." But he said he retains "the ree ognized right of a man to spek another office'' when he was asked (Continued on Past 2 Cot. J) ROSEBURG, Mother, Child's Frozen Bodies Found Near Home ENTERPRISE. Ore. i Phillip Crow, 11, found the frozen bodies of his mother and his 3-year-old sister when he walked out into the yard of their farm home Saturday. The mother, Mrs. Victor Crow, about 38, apparently suffered fatal injuries when she fell from a hay stack ladder as she was getting feed for livestock. Authorities be lieve she may have been knocked off by a falling bale of hay. The little girl, Jeni Le Crow, apparently followed her mother into the barnyard and died of exposure. Phillip drove a tractor two miles to the town of Joseph to report the tragedy. The boy said that his mother told him before he went to school Friday that she planned to attend a choir practice that day. When he came home that afternoon, he assumed the mother had been delayed and he and an 8-year-old sister. Lou Ann, went to bed. He came upon the bodies the following morning when he became alarmed and started looking for his mother. The father was away from home at the time on a part-time carpen j tering jon at La lirande. Mrs. Crow's survivors includ her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank dreenwood, of Spokane, and a brother. Robert Greenwood. Boise. Plywood Union, Industry Agree On Wage Offer SEATTLE (.f A plywood of ficial announced Saturday that the AH, lumber workers and plywood lumber and logging industries in five Western states have agreed on a new iwo-year contract. The official, Alfred J. Schweppe oi cattle, said the pact covers industry workers in Washington. Oregon, ' California, Idaho and Montana. He forecast ouick certification of the new pact, which calls for 5 to 15 cents an hour raise effective from this Dec. 1 to April 1, 1957. The present pay scale starts from a $1.93 base. Employers said that although the current contract does not ex pire until next April 1 f;hey agreed to the earlier effective date in order to establish labor peace and to avoid another strike like the three-month layoff in the summer of 19.')4. The AFL groups whose officials initialed the agreement Saturday represent 100.000 lumber workers in the five stales. Schweppe is chairman of (he Plywood and Door Manufacturers Industrial Committee. Among those representing unions were: Earl Hartley, Seattle, president of the Puget Sound district council; Kenneth Davis, executive secre tary of the northwestern council, and Ted Prusia, Eugene. Ore., ex ecutive secretary of the Willamette Valley district council. Power Shortages Hit Glide, Roseburg Areas Weekend power shortages which affected residents in the Glide and two Roseburg areas have been re paired, according to California Ore gon Power Co. officials. An "outage" Saturday cut off electricity west of the Lone Rock Rndge up to the end of the line at Circle H Ranch for six hours and 35 minutes, according to Corres pondent Mrs. Arthur Selby. The power went off at 4:25 a.m., she said. The cause was not known. Residents on Calkins Road and Curry Road were without electric ity for a time Sunday. A Copco spokesmen said the mishap occur red when an unidentified farmer felled a tree which hit power lines. Six Destroyer! Damaged By Snow, Wind Custi NEWPORT. R 1. ur-Sut de stroyers were damaged. three launches and a 60-foot barge were ;:",, " , , v-" , ; " ?hk S"'lay , fn sy'"d J0 j0 ""M1""' , we'" "cr05 ewP" narnor. swept Navy officials reported that the hulls of the destroyers F. T. Ber ry. Harwood, Buckley and Bonner were damaged when the wind and waves caused them to hump to gether while they were tied up at the station's new four-million-dol-lar concrete pier. Minor damage was reported done Paget tn the destrovcrs Larson and Lloyd i and a pickup were j-Tant. It oc Thomas, also tied up to the pier, jcurred around 7:30 a m. OREGON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1955 Bandit Killed By Police Deputy In Gun Battle RICKREALL, Ore. ws A service station operator, deputized mo ments before by a state policeman, shot and killed a holdup man in a gun battle at a tavern here Sunday evening. The police officer, John Mekker, suffered non-critical wounds in the shoulder and arm in the shooting affray. Police said that Herschel Green wade. 24, fatally wounded Wallace Cunningham, 35, of Portland, in the chest after Cunningham had shot Mekker. Robert Scott Kcnnon. 31, of Salem, who police said had aided Cunningham in the $100 holdup, surrendered and was held at the Polk County jail. Mrs. Charlene James, the bar maid, said that the two men had entered the tavern at about 5:30 p.m., and ordered beer. Suddenly they produced revolvers and herded all the customers into a restroom at the rear of the tavern (Continued on Page 2 Col. 5) Voice Of Democracy Won By RHS Girl Carleen Felker. a lfi-vpar-olrf Roseburg High School junior o Rt. 2, Box 350, was announced to day as the winner of the central Douglas County ."Voice of Demo cracy" speech contest. This was the ninth annual con test and was sponsored by the Hoseburg Junior Chamber of Com merce. The contest was open to pupils at Hoscburg. Myrtle Creek, I Douglas and Glide high schools I Other winners listed by project mairman Ambrose Itov were i Malcolm Madcnwald. 15. .Myrtle Creek, second; David Crcson. 18, Myrtle creek, third; and (iail Cur rier, .17. of 1428 SK Booth Ave., Roseburg, fourth. A tape recording of Miss Fel ker's speech will be sent to the state Jaycee VOD chairman for entry in the state contest. For her victory here, Ahss Felker will re ceive a $25 savings bond. Cash prizes of $10 and $5 will go to sec ond and third, and an honorable mention certificate to fourth. Snow, Cold Give Winter Touch Around Country By THI ASSOCIATED PRESS Snow and cold gave a touch of winter lo scattered sections of the, North Monday. Heavy snow ranging from 2 to 8 inches fell in the northern half of New York State. The snow re sulted in seven deaths in traffic accidents. Another storm center was over Idaho Monday. Grangeville, Idaho, reported 10 inches of fresh snow in a 24 hour period. Cold Canadian air dropped tem peratures as much as 22 degrees in parts of the Dakotas and North ern Minnesota. Heavy frost was reported dur ing the night at Vicksburg, Miss., and Savannah, Ga. Richard Connolly Fined $50 On Drunk Charge Richard A. Connolly. 23. plead ed guilty to a charge of being drunk on a public highway and was fined $.V by District Judge warren A. Woodruff Monday. i no juuge noiea inai ii was me fifth time the young man had been in his court on drinking charges and that there have been numer ous other charges brought against Connolly in recent years. It was also brought out, however, that Connolly is paying SI 00 per month for the support of two chil dren, and Joseph A. C. Haystead. state police officer, told the judge that Connolly's demeanor has im proved considerably the past few months. Two-Car Accident Sends Woman To Hospital A two-car accident in Tri-City Monday sent a Myrtle Creek wom an to Myrtle Creek Hospital. Attendants there said Mrs. Don ( Edith ) Paroz was under observa tion for possible internal iniuries. She was taken there about 8 a.m. Details concerning the aecident which involved Mrs. Paroz' car i MARIE DIONNE ... ill with anemi Marie Dionne Seriously III With Anemia MONTREAL (jp Quintuplet .uane uionne was reported Mon day seriously ill with pernicious anemia. The 21-year-old girl, who has been studying (or religious orders. was brought here by a nurse last week to Notre Dame 1'Esperance Hospital from Quebec City's con vent ot i ne ervauts ot the messed Sacrament. Two other of the four surviving quintuplets, Cecile and Yvonne, are training as nurses at the hos-; pit a I. i Reporting the diagnosis ot Ma nes illness. The Montreal da-' zelte said Marie's parents had left; their home in Callander, Out., forj Montreal. Hospital officials refused to give out any information. The only member of the family who could be reached immediately, the quints' sister, Mrs. Maurice Gi- rouard of Niagara t ails, urn... said she knew nothing of Marie's ill- noBi, . 4. Armed Assault Charge Filed On Oakland Man A r7-year-old Oakland man, Lucy Stephens, asked time to see an at torney when he was taken before District Judge Warren A. Wood ruff Monday to face a charge of armed assault. Stephens was remanded to jail with hail set $2,500. He was ar rested by Oakland Police Chief C. W. Manning. Officer Ed McDonald and state police following the knif ing Saturday afternoon of Clar ence ( Mike ) Zitek. an Oakland tavern operator. Despite gashes in his left side which took 48 stitches to close, Zitek appeared in court Monday morning to sign the complaint against Stephens. Unci Manning said the alterca tion followed an argument in which Stephens claimed Zitek had not paid him S5 owed to him. The weapon used apparently was a pocket knife. Manning said. Stephens is to appear in court again Tuesday. Roseburg Man Slips In Tub. Fractures Neck A Roseburg man, Karl Noel, 30.of 1617 SK Kddy St.suffered a frac tured neck Sunday when he fell in the bathtub at his home. Attend ants at Douglas Community Hos pital said Noel received a cervical fracture. Another Roseburg resident, George Lefley. 4.., 418 SK Rose St. was in Community for treat ment lo his injured knees. Lefley told attendants he was unloading a steel bar from a truck when it slipped and fell across his knees. He is employed by Howard Cooper. Vatican Claims Pope Pius Saw Vision Of Jesus Christ During Critical Moments By STAN SWINTON VATICAN CITY The Vati can announced Monday that Pope Pius XII saw a vision of Jesus Christ during the most critical moments of his grave illness last winter The recovery of the desperately ill pontiff began soon after. The announcement was madt by Luciano Casimiri, chief of tht Vatican press office, upon authori zation of the papal secretariat of state. The secretariat normally! wmiia mane sucn siaiemeni om wiin ine personal aiiinorizauon as . cnmilrriphe. the ailing Pope start the l ope. t0 i,nprovi m uch a sudden l asiniiri told newsmen that tney ; r manv pcop,c j,,. could stale that responsible Vati-i jt miracle."" can circles confirm the report of, n . ..... - the vision published last week in i pggl said that on Dec. 2, 19i4, Oggl (Today), the largest u.lian I when the siling Pope s illness from wcklv magazine ! M'tnc disturbance reached a The Oggi article laid: Hie secret about the episode, I was kpnt until now. and onlv the I laffectionata indiscretion of on of I PRICE 5a Three Arresfed Following Bout With Officers Three persons were arrested In the aftermath of an apparent drinking bout at the home of one Saturday night, according to Hose burg police. All three have been charged with being drunk and dis orderly and with assault and bat tery. Police made the assault and bat tery charges after various officers had been: (1) Struck in the face with a magazine: (2) hit with an other officer's flashlight: (3) shov ed while they were making arrests. In addition, a window was brok en out of a prowl car and one of its doors sprung so it would barely close. Police identified the three as: Charlotte Jane Teissier, 34, of 2404 Stanton St. or 1952 W. Bertha St. Elizabeth Isabel liiney, 62, of 724 W. Rainbow St. James D. Hiney, 37, of 668 Corey St. One policeman was required to hold back a curioirs crowd and to unsnarl traffic while the brawl was being settled. It all started when police we're summoned to settle a "family brawl" which got out of hand. When they arrived, officers said, they found liiney and the elder (Continued On Page 2 Col. 1) Eagles Toy Drive Starts; Boy Scouts Working On Pickup It isn't even Thanksgiving yet, but the Roseburg Eagles Lodge ?"-?L!?s on me annual ioy cmiucuuii ur. so more county youngsters ww have presents at Christmas. Chairman James Fogel reports that the lodge is now making ef forts to gather all the toy.4 possible so members and oilier helpers can get to work on tiie annual repair and packaging project. This Saturday, the Boy Scouts of the Koseburg area will pick up toys mat can be used in tiie an nual distribution to children who otherwise would not receive them. To report toys available for the drive, residents of central Douglas County may call the following peo ple: Cecil A. iminson at OK 3- 7467. Fogel at OR 3-ft2H5, Tom Hobbs al OR 2-1184 or W. G. Hunt er at OR 2-1984. Calls should be made to these numbers telling of the availability of the toys at resi dences, and then the Boy Scouts will pick up those toys Saturday. Chairman rogcl reports the hag- les hall will be open from now until Christmas while repairs and contributions of toys are being car ried on. He asked anyone interest ed in helping wilh the toy repairs to come to the hall. He said work has already begun on the project. Alter repairs and packaging, ine toys are distributed to needy chil dren, whose names have been giv en the lodge by such organizations as the Salvation Army and Doug las County Welfare Dept. Pick ups and distributions will also cov er the outlying areas of central Douglas County, Fogel said. Three Boys Are Arrested For False Collections Three boys, aged 1.1. 14 and 15, were charged by Roseburg police wilh obtaining money under false pretenses Saturday. Police said they apparently had been making newspaper collections for a delivery boy. Melvin J.ang ficld, 12:i7 SE Jackson St. Lang field hadn't given them permis sion. The 13- and 15-year-old boys are brothers. i those knowing it enabled us to learn and tell of the marvelous episode, which undoubtedly will deeply move the Catholic faithful all over the world." "The Ilolv Father is nerfertlv ! sure ha saw Jesus it was no idreain; in that moment (on Dec. 2, 1054 1 ha was fully awake and clear-minded. "On the following day. when it seemed there were no hopes left, when the world's newspapers al ready had been circulating with ,or.cas of , forlcoming grave climax, the pontiff began reciting tht prayer "Anima Christi (soul (Continued on Pafs 2 Col. S) 275-55 Boat Upsets In Calapooia On Saturday Waters in the swollen Umpqua and its tributaries receded over the weekend as heavy rains ceas ed and the temperature dropped. Monday, Douglas County Sheriff Ira C. Byrd said the river had stabilized. He said he had no re ports of damage. The angry waters and the steady downpour did not pass unnoticed. A Sutherlin man, Carl Dunn, about 40, narrowly missed drown ing Saturday. He was pulled from the I mpqua River by two alert citizens who saw him "bobbing along in the water" near the Ump qua Bridge. And, up the Little River Road, Leon Hughes, Glide, was seri ously injured when his car dropped into a cave-in on the Little River Road about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Hughes was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital, Eugene, where he is re ported sutfering from a broken right leg, fractured jaw and nose and numerous cuts and bruises. Umpqua Correspondent Mrs. G. W. Munson learned of the near tragedy in the river involving the Sutherlin man from Jess Rippstein and Don Coffey, both of Umpqua. They told her they vere putting up boats at Coffey's landing near the bridge when they spied the Sutherlin man. They pushed a boat into the wa ter and Dunn managed to grab hold of an oar. The swift waters carried the boat and the three men far down the river before they were able to put to shore. Dunn told his rescuers that he and Ralph Anderson, also of Suth erlin, had been duck hunting. Ihey put their boat into the Calapooia River. It apparently hit a snag and capsized, throwing both men into the muddy waters. Anderson swam to shore. Dunn, who cannot swim, was swept into the Umpqua, about 500 feet downstream. He was attired in hip boots and told Rippstein and Coffee that he had gone down at least twice before they got him. The Sutherlin men lost their boat and guns. The highway accident involving the Glide man was also caused by heavy rains. The water has washed away a portion of the Lit tie River Road, judged by a sher iff's deputy to be more than 13 f t nd " . le Hughes car dropped Into the cive- 1 IBComicdent Mrs. Arthur Sel- . .. vun. rfiUPPwl imp(m. -- "r. r . ., mvP r- scloua by another Little River res ident, BUI Mcuie. Monra aiudu lance took him to Douglas Com munity Hospital and later- to tbo Eugene hospital. Hughes has lived for some time in the area. Two Girls Kilted, 2 Men Drown Over Weekend By THI ASSOCIATED PRESS Two tecn-aL'e cirla were killed in an automobile crash and two men drowned to make Oregon's week end accidental death toll four. Patricia Roberta, 17, Aumsvill and Gay Lesley, 19, Stayton. died when a car they wer ridinK in crashed into the rear of a halted truck on a highway eight miles south of Albany. Another passenger, Larry Frer ris. 19. Stavton. was injured critw cally. The driver, William Weddle, Stayton, and Hons Minaen, is. Sublimity, were taken to an Al bany hospital for treatment of lesser injuries. They were return ing home from a University of Oregon dance at the time of the crash. Mcrritt Garold Davis, 49, of Gold Hill, was presumed drowned Sun day when a boat overturned while he and his 17-year-old son were duck hunting on the Hogue River. The boy swam to shore. Davis was the 18th fatality of Oregon hunting season. One man drowned. Eight suffered fatal gun shot wounds, and eight died of heart attacks. At least 14 other persons have suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds. Lawrence Vern Charley, 23. Si lelz, drowned in the swollen Siletz River Saturday when his boat overturned as he and his wife, Nora, returned from hi trap line. He was weighted down by heavy clothing and pulled under. His wife swum to safely. Dragging operations continued Monday. The accident happened about two miles above Siletz. William Weddle, injured in tht automobile accident at Albany, is a nephew of .Mrs. Lcroy Hiatt, Roseburg. She said he is suffer ing from fractures to both arms and other iniuries. She said he's in "very critical" condition. JORDAN REMAINS NEUTRAL AMMAN, Jordan iff! Jordan will maintain neutrality in respect to both the Baghdad Defense Pact and the defense treaties bttween Kgvpt and Saudi Arabia and Eaypt and Syria, informants said Mon day. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein John Foster Dulles conferred with the Russ, On World peace did he exhort em. But when he came back from the huddle of fuss He just voiced another postmortem.