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Unveiling Detonation Of U. 5. Hydrogen Bomb Reveals Devastating Fury
By ELTON C. FAY
L'SS Mt. McKINLEY, Off Bikini m Americans have
shown they can deliver the H-bomb from one of their
standard bombers, the "B52. .
Over Bikini Atoll Monday morning (Sunday, U.S. time),
the awesome hydrogen bomb was dropped for the first
time from an American plane.
The eight-jet B52 without modification ia bomb bay
or shackles, dropped the bomb and set off the mighty
blast on precisely the scheduled minute over Namu, in the
American Drovinsr srround in the Pacific.
The B52 Stratofortress. bombed from eight mfles up.
sia had dropped a hydrogen bomb from a plane. No offi
cial in the United States challenged the claim. Farther
more, it appeared to be reiteration in another form of a
statement last fall by Russia that one of its thermonu
clear bombs had been exploded high in the air to avoid
heavy contamination by radioactive matter.
CIVIL DEFENSI NEED STRESSED
Sixteen civil defense experts who witnessed today's H
bomb explosion said they were "not necessarily dismayed
by the sight, awe-inspiring though it was."
Their statement:
"The tremendous thermonuclear detonation we witness
ed here emphasizes the vital need for increased civil pre
paredness to strengthen the weakest link in our total de
fense which is an essential deterrent to aggression.
"Dropped as it was from an operational jet aircraft,
this bomb should bring home to American everywhere
that the deliverable hydrogen weapon is reality. How
ever, civilians, too, can defend themselves and their in
dustry and keep their determination to fight back, shonld
the need arise, even against such a weapon as this,
"The civil defense observers here from state, city and
federal organizations are not necessarily dismayed by tha
sight, awe-inspiring though it was. Individual and family
preparedness, coupled with a growing support for civil de
fense is tha key to national civilian strength so indispen
sible to a strong military organisation,
There was light a burning, awful light that hit the ocean
out to the farthest horizon. From 10,000 feet above
Black and white bull's-eye, the fury of fusion explosion
hurled out a mighty shock wave.
EQUALS 10 MIUIOM TNT TONS
Coral dust and a mighty spray of water leaped toward
the sky. The flashing heat scorched the sands and seared
the sea.
A force unofficially estimated as at least that of the
energy produced by detonation of 10 million tons of TNT
was loosed in the explosion.
Earlier this year, Soviet officials had claimed that Rus
No task force officer or physicist disputed the assump
tion that any B52 fastest and longest-ranged of U.S. jet
bombers could carry and drop a similar H-bomb weapon
on any chosen target.
W. T. Evans Awaiting Oath
As County Commissioner
As Primary Victory Sequel
W. T. Evans still was a lay citizen today, but he prob
ably will take the oath of office, of county commissioner aft
er the Douglas County Court "and Budget Committee re
turn from Reedsport.
The groups were in western Douglas County today to
meet on budget matters. Evans accompanied them.
Evans won the Republican nom-
ination for county commissioner
i voting Friday, and he will be
appointed by the court to fill out,
the unexpired term of E. R. Metz
ger, who resigned last Nov. 22.
The court has been a two-man
board since Metzger's resignation.
Soon after Metzger quit, the court
pledged itself to name the Re
publican winner as the new com
missioner. Metzger belongs to that
party.
Evam won out over two other
candidates in a fairly narrow but
decisive vote. He polled 2,932 votes,
compared to 2,321 for Bruce L.
Yeager and 2,054 for R. D. Bridg
es. Just when he would take the
oath of office was uncertain this
morning, but it possibly will take
place late this afternoon or Tues
day. The oath is to be adminis
tered by County Clerk Charles
boerner.
Thanks Expressed
In a statement this morning,
Evans, a Roseburg businessman,
said:
"To the voters of Douglas Coun
ty, I wish to take this opportunity
to say thank you for going to the
polls and voting in my behalf as
a candidate for Douglas County
commissioner. It is gratifying and
humbling for one to learn that
there are many persons who be
lieve in him and his qualifications
for public office. Without the
wholehearted support of so many,
I umiilri nf course, have had no
possibility for success this past
Friday, and for that unselfish sup
port, I express niy sincere heart
felt thanks."
Evans' term of office win ex
pire Dee. 31 this year.
However, he will be a candidate
on the general election ballot in
Tjn,imhr. when he will be op
posed by. Huron Clough, Canyon,
ville, a -former commissioner.
Clough won the Democratic nomi
nation by aetcaimg james u.
2umwalt 3,1662,779.
Runoff For Circuif
Judgeship In Fall
Appears Certain
A runoff in November between
incumbent Charles S. Woodrich
and Warren A. Woodruff in the
race for circuit judge, Second Ju
dicial District, appeared certain
today.
Incomplete returns showed a district-wide
total of 26,651 for Wood
rich and 25,083 for Woodruff. The
other candidate, Gerald O. Kabler
of Sutherlin, had 8,076. For a clear-
cut victory, one candidate would
have to garner more votes than
his two opponents combined.
Totals from 86 ot Douglas Coun
ty's 87 precincts (minus Fairhav
en), showed 6,630 for Woodrich,
6,472 for Woodruff and 1,613 for
Kabler.
In Lane County, with returns in
from 206 of 221 precincts, the
count was 13,925 for Woodrich, 13,
584 for Woodruff and 4,921 for
Kabler.
In Coos County, with all 72 pre
cincts in, the vote stood at 5,407
for Woodrich, 4,475 for Woodruff
and 125 for Kabler.
In Curry County, with 5 of 13
precincts reported,, the vote was
689 for Woodrich, 552 for Wood
ruff and 117 for Kabler, The As
sociated Press reported.
ruesday, 'the News-Review will
give the remaining Douglas Coun
ty totals by precinct which were
not included in tabulation of 79
precincts Saturday. In Lane Coun
ty, it is hoped all counting will be
completed by tonight or Tuesday
morning." : - .
Plant For Talent SHow
To Bo Discussed Tonight
The executive board of the Rose
burg Youth Center, Inc. will meet
tonight at S to discuss plans for
the talent show they will sponsor
June 2. ,
The show will benefit the group s
drive to raise $1,000 as a down
payment for a youth center nuua
,n on Rice and Jackson streets.
A recent teen-age dance sponsored
by students at Joseph Lane netted
a profit of $81 which has been put
toward the down payment sum.
reports Mrs, Charles Brown, sec
retary ot tne group.
The session tonight is open to
all interested persons. It will be
hM in th North Roseburg Sam-
tarv District office, 671 NE Ala
meda Ave.
i
BUDGET DISCUSSION SET
Dillard's School District 16 budg
et committee will meet Tuesday at
8 p.m. at Douglas High School in
public session to examine the re
cently defeated budget. Chairman
Herb Northcraft, Tenmile, said the
group hoped to come up with a so
lution for resubmission. He said
thev would like to set a vote for
early m June.
In The Day's Nevs
By FRANK JENKINS
This was written on election day
in Oregon and election day is no
time to talk politics. On other days,
we TALK politics. On election day
we DO politics. That is to say, on
election day we get out tne vote.
Voting is a DEED and everybody
knows that deeds count more than
words.
So let's talk about business to
day.
At Hot Springs Virginia
pleasant little resort town in the
green and ' lovely Shenandoah
mountains industrialists are gath
ering for a meeting of the com
merce department's business con
cerns may cancel some of the
record expansion in plants and
equipment that is presently sched
uled.
They say that rising interest
rales could discourage the in from
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The Weather
Mostly " cloudy today becom
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ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, MAY 21, 19S6
12M
PRICE Se
City Tax Base Vote Still I determined
Four Killings
Oregon Toll
Of Gun Users
3 Women Slain; One
Man Kills Self, 2nd
Alto Tri, Lingers -
Judges, Attorneys
Urged By Browned
To Speed Up Cases
WASHINGTON W-Attv. Gen.
Brownell called on lawyers and
judges today to speed up their
Handling of court cases.
"The basic problem is to over
come inertia, he said.
Many factors contribute to th
delay, he said, but among them he
listed the "fundamental work hab
its and attitudes" of soma lawyers
and judges who he said "have be
come accustomed to a modus oper
andi way of working which takes
delay into account."
Brownelis remarks were pre
pared for a two-day conference of
80 officials of bar associations and
judicial organizations assembled
to seek means of quickening the
wheels of justice.
"We know that justice delayed
often means justice denied,'
Brownell said.
Because of the delays, some per
sons settle legitimate claims at
fraction of their worth and others
"have been driven to other means
for resolving dispute," he said.
"We cannot afford to drive peo
ple from our courts to other means
of settling disputes because judi
cial relief is so distant and remote
as to be meaningless.
In another prepared address.
Orin S. Thiel of the Administra
tive Office of U.S. Courts said
many court cases in recent years
have taken four years or more for
decision, in 24 judicial districts, he
said, half or more of the cases
have required at least IS months
for disposition.
Count So Far
Puts Question
Behind By 24
One Precinct's Result
Locked In Ballot Box
To Await Canvass Job'
Roseburg city officials may not
know before one to three days
whether the city has a new tax
base because of a tight vote on
the measure last Friday and
foul-up Saturday morning.
As it stands now. the proposal
to increase the base is behind by
a narrow, unofficial Z4-vote mar
gin, 1,500-1,476. That's with IT of
the city's 18 precincts counted. (
Still missing are. the results in
Fairhaven nrecincts. and it's ap
parent now that the results won't
be learned until the county clerk
canvasses the precincts ballots.
Apparently, a tally which was to
be posted outside the polling place.
was stuffed in the ballot box, in
stead. And the box can't be open
ed except in the presence of the
county canvass Board.
county laerk inaries uoerner
said this taorniag that the teard
will start ' meeting Tuesdayinorn
ing. It may take until Wednesday
night to complete the canvass.
Officials Confident
City officials have expressed con
fidence that the measure carried
in the Fairhaven precinct. But it
would take 25 votes, by The News
Review's tally, to carry it.
Farrell also pointed out that ab
sentee ballots aren't included in
The News-Review tally, which
would change the picture slightly.
If the measure carries, the city
tax base would be increased from
5J3.625.13 to $265,716.67. That would
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New Courthouse, Youth
Home Voted In Lane
EUGENE A new Lane
County courthouse will be built at
the present courthouse site here
as a result ot t naay s election.
Voters overwhelmingly approved
the construction and chose the
present s i t e by a narrower
margin.
Thry also authorized a new
juvenile home and continued the
county-wide garbage disposal pro
gram under a four-year levy.
Construction of a swimming pool
at Amazon Park on the East side
was approved by Eugene voters,
AUTO-TRUCK COLLIDI
Two vehicles, a passenger car
and a panel truck, were damaged
Sunday morning in a collision at
Ina nr4lv Haiklv ,1, i -. the junction of Stephens and Win-
thrminh Tutdv. (Chester streets at the northern
7J
city limits.
',!,, nnlj.B a i w4 full linphitF
! Miller. 59, ol 516 SB l.ane Ave
,2 1 attempted to turn right
ft . . .
to turn right from
onto Winchester. He
Highest temp, last 24 hours .
Lowest temp. Ust 24 hours ...
Highest temp, any May
Lowest temp, any May
rrecip. nsr nours ; drove his truck into the path of a
Precip. from My t 7.64 ... ririvon hr Kenneth Uilhrrt
Precip. from Sept. 1 Garey. 32. Roseburg.
cxceii from sept. I 20.07 1 Ao0ut 5500 damage was done to
sunset ronigni, : p.m. i the vehicles. .Neither driver was
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:42 a.m. 'cited, police said.
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Oregon G. 0. P., Democrats
Both Claim Victory Signs
In Morse - McKay Contest
Stevenson's Triumph Regarded
As Boost In Campaign's Final
Hurdles In Florida, California
Kootenai River Rages;
Emergency Declared
BONNERS FERRY. Idaho 1
The swollen Kootenai River, an
annual spring enemy here,
crashed through two dirt dikes and
poured over 3,800 acres of farm
land here Monday as the Armv
raced to the defense.
The defending dikes gave way
while a convoy of 500 infantrymen
nu viiKfueers wim neavy equip
ment rolled through the streets of
Spokane, 110 miles awav. en route
from Ft. Lewis, Wash.
lne Army defenders were dis
patched to this North Idaho town
of 2.000 after Gov. Robert E. Smy
lie declared a state of emergency
when the river went over the
listed 31-foot flood stage.
The Army will help build up pro
tective dikes in 14 other "diking
districts" which were still holding
the water away from some 36,000
other acres of rich farmland.
The dikes around town can with
stand water up to 37 feet. Dikes
stand 35 to 37 feet in the farm
areas.
I'LL 8E SACK With his
eyes bandaged, tabor-columnist
' Victor Riesel gestures
during his first news confer
ence in New York hospital
since fie was blinded in an
ocid attack April 5. He told
newsmen, I will be back at
my office and. typewriter with-'
in1 a 'week' to fight "the some
underworld crowd that hit
me." He urged a eongressionr
al probe ot the underworld
of the labor movement."NEA)
Budget At Winston
Easy On Taxpayers
The Winston city fathers have
good news- for residents.
The proposed city budget to
come before voters June 4 will
ask for a tax levy $1,006 less than
the current budget. And the com
plete budget is $3,299 less.
Specifically, the proposed budget
totals $57,608 and the tax levy vot
ers will ballot on it $24,257, re
ports ' News-Review correspondent
Mrs. Ted Peterson.
A third happy announcement
from the city budget committee
is a roiliage decrease for residents.
Current millage is 29.6, Mrs. Pe
terson said, and City Recorder
H. J, Kleve estimates the revised
millage will be cut 34 to 4 mills.
As explained by Kleve, all the
cuts come because of an increase
in the city's assessed valuation,
more tax receipts torn gas and
liauor sales and $5,300 cash
carryover from the current budg
et.
Because of the youth of Win
ston as a city, no tax base has
been established, the recorder said.
He told Mrs. Peterson the city
might have one for the next elec
tion.
Among items included in the pro
posed budget is one for $1,000 to
be placed in a sinking fund for
future parks and playgrounds in
Winston.
Voting on June 4 will be from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. is the city office.
President's Health
Legitimate Issue,
Sec. HagertySays
By the associated press
President fcisenhowers press
secretary, James C. Haserty.
agrees with soma Democratic
spokesmen that the President s
health is a "legitimate issue" of
tne upcoming presidential cam
paign. . . ' .? -
Admitting Eisenhower's health Is
a fit tonic for political discussion.
Hagerty added; ."We will have legitimate-
answers and complete
medical records to show the con
dition of the President at any time
during the campaign."
He had said earlier Eisenhower
would undergo one or two further
physical examinations during 1958,
but did not specify any dates. The
President was examined and
found is good physical condition
last weekend.
Rivals In Last Hurdi
Democratic backers of Adiai
Stevenson were hailing Stevenson's
presidential primary election vic
tory over Sea, Estes Kefauver in
Oregon Friday as signaling s Stev
enson groundswell "that casfcot be
stopped."
Mevensoa ana Reiauver again
clash head on m Florida and Cali
fornia elections, the last big hur
dles m the Democratic mtrariarty
struggle. Th two candidates are
set for e joint discussion in Mi
ami tonight on a nationally tele
vised program.
An Associated Press tawuauea
showed, meanwhile, that Steven
son now leads the Tennessee sen
ator 148V4 to 127 in pledged and
oublicty committed delegate votes
for the Democratic nomination. A
total of 686 Vi is required for nomi
nation.
Stevenson and Kefauver are ex
pected to split Florida's 28 Demo
cratic convention votes, but in the
California test the winner gets ail
.
PORTLAND. Ore. m Kemibii-
cans and Democrats analysed the
Oregon primary election resulis lo-
aay ana mm claimed, signs ot vic
tory m tne fail.
Their claims centered about th
crucial Senate race between Dem
ocratic Sen, Wayne Morse and
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Domestic disputes sod broken
fave led to three separate shoot
ings ia Oregc-tt Sunday, !b toil:
Three w-nmr. Viltmi
I dead, and two persons -wounded
j seriously,
) Two were Mlled at Portland,
wnere tiladys Chetney, 31, had
refused to marry Roy Bretobl, 48.
She was rtot dead and was
her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Chet
ney, 74. Witnesses rushed into the
Chetney home after a series ot
shots. They found Bredahi cn the
floor witb two gunshot wwrads in
ms esest. A revolver ws beside
him.
He was btspltalized in critic si
condition, end police said a mur
der charge would be filed esaisst
him.
At Eugene, 55-year-old John A.
E mmick mm served wiSk divorce
papers, and went look m 9 tor his
estranged wife with" a pistol. He
tried the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hunger. She wasn't there.
Only two eta election races S EL'S?-?! .ttJS??"
npr?,5f. ,h,d,..tlp? i stots went wild.
. v i nu mjvuvsi loll J UJ tiss
news-tteview snows.
D. R. Dimlek won tie Demo-
DimJck Tops
Aran! In Race
For Senate Bid
Latest Count Listed
On Other Candidates
On DougUt Ballot
cratie nomination for state senator
by only 121 votes over IJoyd V.
Arant, the tally reveals. Both are
Rostourg men.
Dimick, an attorney, polled an
unofficial 3,249 votes to Ar ant's
Douglas McKay, the recently re-j rhs other wee was for cireuit
signed secretary of interior who u.,..s..- t,i f. .
won Republican nomination in toe '.results aren't linchuive, as four
primary,
McKsy campaigned strenuously
to defeat Phil Hitchcock, a church
leader and former stats senator.
and two lesser opponents. Demo
crats jabilantlT pointed out Mc
Kay-did not gam msjoritjr efi
ie stepuwissa voce. "
Nearly complete return from
the slow count gave McKay 118,105
votes to 121,531 for hit combined
opposition. That was about 49 per
cent oi tne loiai. iiitcncoelc, tso
campaigned aa e man who could
win atserai voters away from
Morse, had 94,St3 votes,
Monroe Sweetland. Democratic
national committeeman for Ore
gon, called this "the most signifi
cant result of the primary, and
added it was "a very sood omen
of Sen. Morse's victory in Kovem-
oer. -
AnH-Mars Protest Smm
Republicans were lust as oulck
to point out that Morse's opponent
on the Democratic ballot. Woody
Smith, J! .political novice from
Hood River, polled 38,221 votes
while Mors was running up 191,-
Republican leaders interpreted
the vote for Smith as a protest
against Morse's shift ts tha Dem
ocratic party after breaking -with
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Whites, Blacks View Show
Separately; Both Croups
Removed In Beach Dispute
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. t White
Citizens Council pickets r g e d
white persons to stay away from
a concert by rock-and-roll music
stars Sunday, but about 2,500 ig
nored the demonstration to t e e
the show.
The concert was presented in the
afternoon for a white audience and
at night for Negroes. Both pro
grams were heavily guarded by
police.
Some 50 to 60 pickets appeared
outside the municipal auditorium
for the show for white persons.
They were in turn picketed by
about 12 teen-age white boys. The
youths carried signs reading.
"Rock-and-roll is here to stay," and
"Three cheers for Bill Haley," a
nationally known recording artist
who was the headliner of the show.
He is white.
The demonstrators against rock-
and-roll carried printed placards
reading, "Down with i-nop,"
"Christians will not attend this
show," and "Ask your preacher
picket the program for Negroes,
DELRAY BEACH. Fie. W Po
nce ordered about ISO whites and
Negroes off the public beach Sun
day, breaking up an apparent dis
pute over use of the bathing strip.
Observers said about 75 negroes
and an equal number of whites,
mostly teen-agers, confronted each
other near where the Negroes had
been bathing.
Delray Reach city officials Ust
week indicated Negroes were wel
come to use the beach.
WASHINGTON i The 100th
anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation in 1363 will still find
racial segregation m some areas,
Thureood Marshall aavs. '
Marshall, special counsel for th
National Assn. for the Advance
ment of Colored People, said in
an NBC television interview Sun
day he expects all legal barriers
to be lifted by that time but "that
will not remove al! the problems.
Enforcement of decrees will
have to be worked out at the local
level beyond that date, ha said. Coodia.
Population Of U. S.
Placed At 167,440,000
WASHINGTON Ml The Census
Bureau Monday estimated the
U,S. population on April 1 at 18?,
440,000, including 'armed forces
overseas.
The bureau said this was a gain
of 16,308,000; or 10.8 per cent, over
the 151,132,000 on April 1, 1950,
when tha latest census was taken.
The Bureau said approximately
Z1V million babies were born in
the period 1950 through 19SS. This
was almost as many as the total
number of births in th decade
1030-W. A total of 4,091,000 births
last year was a record high, the
Sureaa said.
Three Held In Cardinal
Grade School Burglary
A deputy sheriff has gone to
San Francisco to Mure three
men charged with burglary of the
Gardiner grade school the night
of May II, according to Sheriff
ira V, Bvrd.
The wen, Arthur Sutteo, Robert
Elliott and Edward Dempster,
signed waivers for extradition.
Warrants out of the Reedsport jus
tice conn can lor Dau os
each man.
Some mujical instruments, about
SI5 in change from the principal s
office and some money from a
Coke machine were taken m the
burglary. Tha men were arrested
in San Francisco as they tried to
sell a flute, according to informa
tion received by the merui t of
fice.
Baptist Collage, Town
Part Aftar 122 Yaar
WAKE FOREST, N. C. WMWake
Forest College and the village that
has its name today prepared to
part after IS years of mingled
history.
Graduation ceremonies this aft
ernoon for some 3S8 seniors wind
un business on tha camsus here
for the Baptist college. It will re-
onen for the summer session June
18 on a new campus is Winston-
balem, no miles to the west,
INJURED BOY ON MEN
A 16-year-old Riddle boy, Billy
Ceca Goodaa. was reported snow
tag alow improvement at Forest
Glea Hospital in Canyonville to-dav.
The youth wee seriously Injured
Friday afternoon when his e If
counties were choosing a iudgo in
complete resuHe Me ra another
story today.
Judge Chsrles S. 'Woodrich ap
parently didn't get th majority sf
vales h jteeded to sfciceeS film
self, so probably "rtii be In a runott
ewenon in issvemoer wits uiss.
Judge Warren A, woodruff,
fa Oouelas County. Woodrich re
ceived 6,630 votes to Woodruffs
MB, A third candidate, Gerald
O. Kabler of SutherliB, had 1,813,
and it was his vote that threw the i
election into s runoff.
Those results are from St pre
empts.
Also from 8S precincts. HaU S,
Lusk had 8.418 to 4,834 tor U B.
Sandblast tor justice ot the Oregon
Supreme Court
is votes fee esunty eWen,
thaw war th csmplst results
(unofficial):
County judge; Republican er-
(Coniinued 09 Peg 2 Cot 3
KWd Wif Not Found
Then be broke into the borne
of Mrs. Lena Irwin Psyfaff, about
S8. His wifo was there, but he
did not find her. First be en
countered Mis, Poyfair in a tall-
way and shot her. He Med several
random sftot m a bedroom, appar
ently unaware that Mrs. Eramiclc
was hiding an s closet tnere.
Then he went home. Police found
him dead bora a self-inilicte-d shot
there.
Mrs, Povfair was listed e criti
cal when taken into a hospital,
bat later improved and was listed
Lost Hta Hd, KiBar Say -
Near - Dallas Mrc fc Maigaiet
Alice Fanning, 41, .fell dead with
three iraiiot boles in ier bade
Sunday night.
Sheriff's Beauty Bob leBom id
the biuband, Bayliss GUbert-Fanning.
SI, admitted shaotin Urn
woman after a quarrel,
"This is ea awful thing. I guess
I lost my head." LeFors n-.miorf
R1U1S h saying.
The shooting was ea ifce Fan
sing ranch, about -12 miles north
east of Dalles. The Fanntogs had
been married about tear years.
Milton Fanning, a son by- a pre
vious marriage, ran over irons his
next-door house. He aaid Iw found
his father hoMtng a gun, standing
over the body. He called an ambu
lance end police, ,
Housing Plan Reaches
Debete Stage in Senate
WASHINGTON l The Senate
starts debate today on a multi
billion dollar housing bill that
would give the administration
man; things it asked for, and
some it didn t.
No one has yet reduced the cost
of the omnibus housing bill to any
specific over-all dollar total. It
lean heavily toward tha provalsB
ot bettor housing tor the poor and
the aged.
One provision fof a huge Jew!
rental public housing program for:
low - Income families 135,000 u ri
lls a year for threo years was
headed for a fight Its sponsors
have added a provision which
would let the President boost the
total to 200,000 units a year, or
cut it to 50,000 units.
The bill would provide more
liberal credit terms for tha sale
of homes for persons 69 or older
by allowing FHA insurance of op
to 100 per cent at loans, 40-year
mortgages, and nurchase el ts
homes with only a $200 down pay
ment,
Woman Employe Of Loan
Firm For 28 Years Admits
Enormous Embezzlement
Myrtle Creek High
School Diplomas
To Be Given Tonight
Sixty-six seniors of the Myrtle
Creek Sigh School will be graduat
ed tonight at S In the My r lie Creek:
High Schso gymnasium, reports
correspondent Ruth M. Evans.
Baccalaureate services were
staged Sunday afternoon with the
Kev. Wayne Brown giving the
main address, "God and You."
The Rev, Sari Sample and Rev.
3. Elbert Hash also took part in
the program, Music u supplied
by the high school band and chorus.
The featured address for com
mencement tonight will be deliv
ered by Ciyde Martin, aaperyisor
of secondary education for South
ern Oregon College at Ashland. His
addresa ia entitled Tho Great
American Gamble. The saluta
tory wiil os given by Terry Lee
Lamport and tha valedictory by
Margie Musiek.
Myri R, Bsrkhurst, principal of
the school, wiU announce winners
of scholarships and present the
class ot J9SS, W. A. wirtft, esair
nsan of the school board, wiH pre
sent the diplomes.
The Rev, John R. Kimroel will
giva both invocation end beaedje-tsoa.
NORFOLK, Va, W Minnie Mangum pleaded g j
Monday to embezzling $1,082,988,25 from her etnoloyer, the
now-defunct Commonwealth Balldinp; and Loan Assn. 1
The 52-year-old spinster fher
friends say she is nearer 50) stood
up in a crowded courtroom and
made her plea in a low voice.
Her plea earns after Jra White,
deputy c-icrl: of Corporation Court,
had read 22 counts in as indict
ment. Hie pleaded guilty Jo the
22nd and final count which repre
sented the aggregate ot the other
counts.
The defendant's face remained
devoid of expression as she made
her plea.
alias Mangum was found guilty
by a Corporation Court jury last
Thursday of making fafia state
ments to toe state i-orporstion
Commission in IMS concerning the
condition of the association and
stating liabilities by $2tt,n,M,
HlgMy MtsitM
ine indictment on which Mas
went off the Siddla road. He is
tha son of Mr, and Mr. 0, E.I sentenced to 10 year ia prison.
1 She was charged with under-
mangum was arraigned Ator.OBy
was one of 18, including one al
leging she stole a grand total of
$2.8M,0OO from Commonwealth
over a period of a years.
The 190-pound defendant wis a
highly respected resident of Ports
mouth, Just across the Elisabeth
Kivcr irom wortoBc. and eawved
(or many years a reputation for
generosity to her family and her
trierms.
In her home, she took care of a
blind sister.
Miss Msngum worked for Com-
nJonwcalth for a years, ia recnt
years as assistant secretary-tteta-
urer.
Levity Feet Ran!
8y i. f, Reiierwieut
Senator Morse, opponent of
the partnership power policy,
appears to save recedes mot
votes in A Oregon primary
than the total east ts all fear
Republican tan4lisir tar U.
S. senator. AJ fsi4eir
Eisenhower, whose sdminis
tratioft fsvare that policy, got
more votes tha Stevenson
and Kefaaver combined, not
withttandins the fcsndnsp of
dominant Democratic regis
tration. That's peeer foe the
e raker-barret politics! wise
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