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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Or. Wed., June 6, 1956 Federal Court Panel Rules Bus Segregation Illegal MONTGOMERY, Ala. IB A three judge federal court panel ruled 2-1 Tuesday that racial seg regation on Montgomery city buses is unconstitutional. The panel held that both the city and state segregation laws re quiring separate seating facilities for white and Negro passengers violate the Federal Constitution. Judge Richard T. Rives of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Judee Frank 11. Johnson Jr. of Alabama's U.S. Middle District Court aiened the ma jority opinion, U.S. District Judge Scybourn I.ynne of Alabama's Northern U.S. District Court, Birmingham, dissented. The ruling doesn't become ef fective immediately, however, the court said, until a lormai juag ment is entered. Opposing attor neys were asked to submit in writ ing within two weeks their views on the form of a judgment and whether a stay should be granted pending an appeal. The decision came on the sixth month anniversary of Montgom ery'a Negro bus boycott which started last Dec. 5 in protest against segregated seating facilit ies on city Duses. Tuesday s ruling can be ap pealed direct to the U.S. Supreme Court and may provide the first clearcui test of city dus segre nation in the South. The decision applied both to Ala bama state laws and to city ordi nances specifically in Alontgom ery. There was no immediate com ment from city officials or offi cials of the bus company. The prolonged bus boycott, fo- Mother, Child Die In Crash Of Air Force Jet MINNEAPOLIS W A Minne apolis mother and her 5-y car-old daughter died Tuesday night when an Air Force jet loaded with 104 rockets failed on takeoff, crashed into their car and caught fire. A possible worse disaster was avoided when firemen covered the flaming car and plane with foam, preventing the rockets from exploding. Dead in the crash were Mrs. Thclma R. Usher, 38, and her daughter, Rita. Mrs. Usher's hus band, Clair, was hospitalized in shock and a ton, Allen, 7, escaped injury. A housekeeper in the car with the family, Helga Anderson, 68. wat hospitalized In critical condition. The plane, a Scorpion fighter, wat piloted by Capt. Donald H. Hamilton. The craft, traveling at about 120 milet per hour, crashed throueh two landinE beacons. skidded through two fences and ttrucK the car. Hamilton, of HlUtboro, Texas, and hit radar observer. 1st Lt Henry Gerling of Overland Park. nan., leaped to safety after the Riane crasnea into the Usher car. 'either wat seriously hurt. Both are based here. Hanford Plant Strike Slated To End Tonight RICHLAND, Wash. Wl An 11. week strike of tome 1,300 con struction workert at the Hanford atomic plant was scheduled to end Wednesday. The workers were to return to their jobs pending mediation of a dispute over travel and isolation pay which brought construction to a halt on. the huge atomic project March 22. The terms under which the work stoppage would oe ended were hammered out Tuesday by repre sentatives o f employers, the Teamsters, Cement Finishers and uperating Engineers Unions. With the end to the walkout, conditions were to revert to those existing on March 21, when the dispute flared into a construction strike. The Atomic Energy Com mission's labor relations manage ment panel will mediate the dis pute. The panel is scheduled to meet with representatives of the unions and employers at Spokane June 18. The panel will then make rec ommendations and employers and the unions will have 30 days in which to act on the AEC panel's recommendations. cusing worldwide attention on city whose population of 125,000 includes some 50,000 Negroes., was the first wholesale use of economic force by either race since the Su preme courts scnooi integration decision two years ago. A Montgomery County grand Jury last February indicted more than 90 boycott leaders, including 25 clergymen. The Rev. Martin Luther King was the first called to trial and was fined $500. He hat appealed to higher courts, and the other trials have been post poned pending tne outcome. Roseburg Paving Awarded Contract On Oakland Access Roseburg Paving Co.' was the suc cessful bidder Tuesday for the grading and paving of the South Oakland interchange on the Chen oweth Park-Deady section of High way 99. The Roseburg firm bid $64,818 on the job, and was awarded the con tract by the Oregon Highway Com mission, meeting in Portland. The project, to be completed this fall, will give Oakland direct ac cess north and south to the highway. The job was one of three in Douglas County awarded Tuesday. Roseburg Paving won a second contract, bidding $33,229 for grad ing and paying a truck turnoff road way on Highway 99 at the bouth Wilbur truck scale site, six miles north of Roseburg. Parker-Schram Co., Portland, bid $16,972 for grading and paving .19 of a mile of Highway 235 just north of Oakland. One Douglas County bidder won an out-of-county job. Umpqua Nav igation Co., Reedsport, bid $16,462 for grading and paving .32 of a mile of a street in Florence. But another Umpqua Navigation bid, low among those submitted for the job, was rejected. That was $63,943 for grading and paving of .88 of a mile of the Glenada Hill section of Highway 101 near Flor ence. The commission ruled that all bids were too high. Also rejected was a $56,054 bid by J. C. Compton Co., McMinnville, for oiling 33.63 miles of seven state highways in four southern Oregon counties. The job would have in cluded oiling of part of Highway 227 near Canyonville. PORTLAND Wl The Oregon Highway Commission awarded 21 construction contracts Tuesday, rejected bids on five others and decided a contract award witn tne flip of a coin. The commission closed Its two- day June meeting here by award ing $837,209 wortn ot projects, bringing the total for the two days to more than three million dollars. Spurred by prospects of new federal highway funds, two dele gations renewed requests Tues day for road projects. A Clatsop road between Astoria and Warren ton, and another three million for a bridge over Youngs Bay in Astoria. Other groups requested im provement of . Highway 101 in Curry County and for construc tion of a Garibaldi - Bay City stretch of the same route. Ben R, Chandler, commission chairman, said these projects will be considered but he reminded the delegations that these routes do not qualify for federal funds under tne nignway diu pending in Congress. The commission agreed to spend $18,000 in building an access road, parking space and boat landing tor fishermen at Lookout Point Reservoir on the Willamette Riv er, southeast of Eugene. Rose Society's Annual Meeting Set Wednesday PORTLAND I The Ameri can Rose Society's annual meet ing opens here Wednesday in con nection with the Portland Rose Festival and the program has a strong European tinge with the presence of Sam McGready of Portadown, North Ireland, and Harry Wheatcroft of Nottingham, England. Both men are to speak at so ciety sessions. Roses developed by McGredy's firm, many, bearing the family name, have been frequent sweep stakes winners in the local festi val's rose show. The festival itself, while tech nically opened Monday, has its principal events starting Wednes day evening with selection of the queen. Stadium shows Thursday and Friday evenings, a children's parade Friday and floral parade Saturday, make up most of the other major events in the city al though there are such things as an art festival in city parks, arch ery contests, speedboat races if the river's flood level permits, open house on a number of naval vessels, concerts by bands from Long Beach, Calif., Minot, N. D., and Anaconda, Mont, and as a finale, a Sunday ski tournament on Alt. Hood. Slow Fall Seen For Columbia As Weather Cools PORTLAND, Ore. Wl A slow fall was expected on the lower Columbia River Wednesday as cooler weather slowed the moun tain snow melt and eased the flood threat for much of the Co lumbia Basin. Crews continued to watch soft ened dikes along the lower river and add more sandbags to low Roseburg National Guard Unit Will Go To Fort Lewis The Roseburg unit of the Oregon National Guard part of the Northwest's 41st Division will be preparing next week to entrain for its annual half-month training stint at Fort Lewis, Wash. Capt. Horace Pendergast, com manding officer of Co. D, 1st Batt., 186th Inf. Reg., said 123 men and four officers make up the unit which will be encamped at Fort Lewis between June 16-30. The company will pack on the afternoon of June 15 and entrain from Roseburg on a special pas senger during that night. Next Wednesday, an advance de tachment of 10 of the company's trucks will be sent on its way with company equipment-. Monday night, the regular National Guard training night, will be devoted to packing company equipment, Pen dergast said. All members of the unit will un dergo physical examinations on June 15 before the company departs. Pendergast said there still is room for 10 or 15 recruits before the company goes to its encamp ment. He pointed out that the full complement of the company is 151 men, and added that young men under 18'-4 years of age are eligible to join. National Guard members are draft-free, he emphasized. The first week at the National Guard encampment will be devot ed to range qualification and basic recruit training, lhe second week all units will bivouac. The local unit will be back Sat urday, June 30. Low Bid For Power Lino Construction Reported PORTLAND Wl A low bid of $405,506 was submitted Mondav spots where high tides brought the, for tower steel to be used in two water within inches of dike tops in some areas. The Columbia held steady at 26.8 feet Tuesday at Vancouver, Wash., and a slow fall the next few days was predicted by river forecasters as the Snake River, a main Columbia tributary, contin ued to recede. The flood waters still exerted strong pressure against the dikes which will con tinue as the Columbia carries off mountain snow water. Several thousand acres of pas ture and farmland were flooded earlier when three dikes broke in the lower river area. In British Columbia, the upper Columbia and the Kootcnay Riv er were still on the rise, threat ening several communities. A new rise in the Kootenay was expected to hit today at Creston, B.C., as rain altered earner crest predic tions. Creston's dikes were hold ing. In Idaho, where the. Kootcnay becomos the Kootenai, the stream continued to drop at Bonners Fer ry, casing the danger in that area where thousands of acres of farm land are under water High water caused trouble on the Columbia River Highway near Clatskanie, Ore., and the Pacific Highway between Portland and Seattle was closed briefly south of Kalama, wash. Bonneville Administration power lines. Screw Machines Products. Inc.. of Portland, submitted the bid for the 72-mile Alvev-Reston line and 25 miles of the Oregon City-Che- mawa line. Also included in the bid were towers for two switch yard lines at The Dalles. LST Explosion Kills 11, Injures 18 Off Saigon SAIGON, South Viet Nam Wl -Casualties in the explosion aboard a Japanese-m a n n e d American 1ST (landing ship tank) olf the coast of South Viet Nam have climbed to 11 dead and 18 injured, reports received here Wednesday laid. The ship, carrying a crew of 32 Japanese and 40 Vietnamese workert, was dumping surplus Elkins Testifies In Vice Probe PORTLAND Wl The June grand jury continued Wednesday to hear evidence in a Portland vice investigation triggered by newspaper charges of official wrongdoing and outside attempts to control rackets and influence law officials. Tuesday's main witness was James B. Elkins, identified as the source of some of the information published by The Oregonian in its recent series of eonvriehted ar ticles which asserted that Seattle gamblers had tried to move in here. Elkins told reporters he would refuse to sign a waiver of Im munity presented to him by the grand Jury, lhe waiver, if signed would mean that any testimony could be used against him. The Oregonian has said that Elkins came to It with tape re cordings and other information after a falling out with the Seattle plotters. The newspaper printed what it said were transcripts of the recordings. Scheduled to testify Wednesday Is Raymond F. Clark, who The Oregonian said was hired by Elk Two Billion Tax Cut Proposed By Committee By WILLIAM O. VARN WASHINGTON Wl The Com mittee for Economic Development today recommended a tax cut of two billion dollars or more next Jan. 1 provided such a cut would not toss the nation's cash budget in the red. The CED further qualified its Eroposal by saying there should e no tax reduction if only s small budget surplus it sighted for the fiscal year beginning July 1, or if inflationary pressures should build up. On the other hand, the CED said Eisenhower administration budget estimates of revenue for the new fiscal year "may not have made sufficient allowance for the growth of incomes, profits and consequent ly tax receipts that would come from normal, non - inflationary growth of the economy." Also, the CED added, a tax cut would be in line if "there is a marked reversal of economic con ditions which requires strong ac tion to combat recession. These CED views were contain ed in a new study of the budget the economy and taxes. The CED describes itself , as a "nonprofit, nonpolitical economic research and education organization supported by voluntary contributions from business concerns." Eisenhower Will Nor Interfere In Primary (Continued from Page One) from the Cabinet, Eisenhower wrote McKay a letter containing what amounted to an apparent broad endorsement of McKay's candidacy. The President said Wednsday that he had had a misunderstand ing about the situation and thought other candidates entered against McKay would withdraw. He said he had told both McKay and his opponents that he hadn't planned to take part in the Oregon primary. McKay jumped into the Oregon race at a time when three other candidates were entered. Two of them remained in the contest, 3 Roseburg Men Report Aboard Destroyer Escort Three Roseburg men have re ported aboard the USS Rombach, a destroyer escort, for two weeks of annual training duty- at sea. They are members of the Naval Reserve Electronics Division 13-7 of Roseburg. The three- are: Eli LeRon Sand ers, Route 3; Harry G. Rapp, 814 SE First St.; and Arthur D. John son. All are seamen apprentices. During their training cruise, they will tail from Puget Sound to the Rose Festival in Portland, where the ship will receive visitors. Then the ship will return to .Seattle, Wash During the cruise, the men will receive special sea training un available in the reserve division activities here, according to Chief Claude Welch of Roseburg. Welch urged any young men in terested in joining the naval re serve to see him at the Naval Re serve Armory at 1624 W. Harvard Ave. or telephone OR 3-5102. Reg ular training meetings are held weekly at 7:45 p.m. Mondays. Senate Confirms Seaton For Post WASHINGTON Wl The Senate Wednesday unanimously confirmed the nomination of Fred A. Seaton to be secretary of the interior. The action followed unanimous approval of the Nebraska pub lisher, cattle raiser and former senator by the Senate Interior Committee Tuesday. Confirmation came within 10 minutes after the Senate convened Wednesday and after only a brief discussion. Both Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Repub lican leader Knowland of Califor nia commended the appointment and said they were happy to see a former colleague elevated to the Cabinet. The only other speaker was Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore) who laid he had voted to confirm Seaton in the Interior Committee but felt he must point out that the Nebraskan was becoming head of the Interior Department in an administration "that has done more damage to true conservation than any in modern times." Stevenson Wins Crucial California Primary (Continued from Ptge One) fauver't 166. Nomination requires 686V4. . . Kefauver tupporters had pinned their hopet on proving their candi date the choice oi tne rann-uu-uo voters, since party leaders have shown no enthusiasm for the Ten nessean. . Stevenson hew a z-i margin m ih luiniiinm Los Angeles area. where Kefauver had hoped for strong support among Negroea and old aee pensioners. Stevenson t martfin urn nearly as large in oth er areas where organized labor it strong. , , GOP Sen. Thomat Kuchel easily won Republican renomination. He will be opposed in November by Democratic State Sen. Richard Riihsrrli of Los Angeles. The showdown California fight overshadowed primary voting in three other states, in new iom finv. Averell Harriman was as sured in advance of getting most of the 86 delegates being chosen. Stevenson supporters were seeking only 10 of the New York seats, and two Stevenson men had no ooposit on. At least four Stev enson backers won seats and two others claimed victory at count ing continued. Kefauver got a consolation prize of 24 Democratic convention votes in primary voting in Montana and South Dakota yesterday. Unop posed, he picked up 8 in South Da kota and 16 in Montana. President Asks Foreign Aid Funds Be Restored (Continued from Page One) ference with a lengthy discussion of the foreign aid question, linking it to the fact that this Is the 12th anniversary of D-Dav. the begin ning of the Normandy invasion in World War II. With emphasis, Eisenhower said that now, as long as we aren't shooting, we aren't spending a tenth as much money as if we were. We must continue to wage the peace, he said. We must support sucn programs as the Mutual se curity Act and we must have i Continuing study of the program to 1 Keep it on the right track. Rose Show Queen Choice Tonight PORTLAND Wl One of the city's eight Rose Festival prin. cesses will be chosen queen Wed nesday evening and it appeared likely that the will noia an um brella instead of a bouquet ot roses. Officials, not unused to rain. out the program through a dress rehearsal Tuesday in a downpour and the princesses were outfitted with umbrellas and rain capes. Wednesday's dripping tky Jooked like an all-day dampener. The queen selection held most of the interest in Wednesday's festival program, although the American eRose Society opened its annual meeting and the junior court took part in various activities. . Two more U. S. Navy vessels arrived Tuesday night for a stay in Portland harbor. They are the USS Brannon, a destroyer-escort, and the USS Baya, a fleet-type submarine. There will be stadium shows built around 'a "Disneyland" theme Thursday and Friday nights, a children's parade Friday and tne mam Jiorai parade Saturday. Wilsonville Site Chosen For Mental Hospital SALEM Wl The state Emer gency Board voted Tuesday to lo cate the proposed 14 million dollar mental hospital at Wilsonville. The board approved the Board of Control's purchase of the 492 acre site for $243,886. At the same time, the Emer gency Board authorized construc tion of three buildings at the state's Fairview Home for feeble minded persons. The board granted a supple mental appropriation of $22,000 to make this construction possible. The low bid, submitted by Vicsko and Post, Salem, totaled $834,000. WOMAN FLIER LEADS RIVERSDIE, Calif. Wl Avialrix Jacqueline Cochran Odium, in her first flier at politics, appeared headed today for the Republican nomination for representative of California's 29th Congressional District. rrs MOVE WE HAVE THE LOWEST USED CAR PRICES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY! Allies Landed 12 Years Ago OMAHA BEACH. France Wl Even to the French peasants who live nearby, this beach where the Allies landed 12 years ago today is known as Omaha. Their pronunciation may be dif ferent, but they have learned the name from serious-faced visitors who have come in search of graves and from old soldiers seek ing spots burned into their mem ory of D-Day. Signs now direct visitors to points of interest along the land ing areas. me signs are in French but two invasion names have stuck Omaha and Utah the Normandy beaches where the might of the Allies struck to drive back the forces of Nazi Germany. Today's 12th anniversary of 11 Day found residents and visitors again making the annual pilgrim age to the channel-washed strip of brown sand. The sad gentle sound of taps played by military buglers was only the faintest echo of the fury of that day, when the West mus tered a mighty air and sea ar mada to launch the invasion of Normandy. ammunition Into the South China i, . .i.. . s. T..rf.. .... .i.- ":r.. ;z i v." " .". v - nnni ,ufj U.piU3IUl occurred. One American and one Frenchman aboard were not hurl. The LST Is one of several oper ated in the Far East by the U.S. Military Sea Transport Sen-ice. French naval ships began tak ing off the wounded at daybreak Wednesday. A U.S. Navy plane from the Philippines flew tome of the injured to Manila. Flier Reaches Greenland In Solo Atlantic Hop REYKJAVIK. Iceland wt -Peter Gluckmann reached Keflavik irficld from Greenland at mid night Tuesday on his third solo bop of the Atlantic in a single engine plane. A German-born San Francisco watchmaker, Gluckmann is mak ing the trip for fun in a Cessna 190. He left New York .Monday. The Greenland-Iceland leg look's hours and 15 minutes. Bad weather delayed Cluck mann's projected takeoff for Eng land Wednesday. Clark also Indicated that he would not sign a waiver of immunity. The jury already has heard tes timony from several newspaper reporters, including The Oregon ian's Wallace Turner and William Lambert. They wrote the original vice articles. French Begin Massive Search For Algerians 'Grand Ole Opry' Croup Comes Sunday To Lindy's Sunday night at Lindy's a group of performers direct from the "Grand Ole Opry. radio and tele vision show, will present "the greatest hillbilly show on earth," according to a release. Appearing will be Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys: the Shen andoah Valley Trio, the Blue Grass Quartet, Bessie Lee who is called the Carolina Songbird, and Liniiy s band. Dancing will be from p.m. to t a.m. Three 30-mimite shows will be given at 10, 11:15 and 12: ALGIERS, Algeria Wl French alpine and mechanized troops seaiea on a Dig area ot tho ha hylie Mountain region in north east Algeria Wednesday and be gan a massive search for rebel i rhev's secret speech last February strongholds. denouncing Stalin as a psychopath- mure man o.uuu soiniers loox up tc despot and monstrous murderer. Stalin's Body May Be Removed, Rumor Claims WASHINGTON Wi-An old ques tion in the down-with-Stalin story, arose again today: Will they re move Joseph Stalin's body from its place of highest honor in Mos cow's Red Square? Stalin lies in death alongside V. L. Lenin. Western speculation about how long this would last drew a double boost this week: 1. Publication Monday by the State Department of a version of Soviet party boss Nikita Khrush- positions around the area 15 miles southwest of Tizi Ouion. After moving to block any escape, the troops started fanning across the niRued terrain. No inspection of the region has been made for tlx months. In western Algeria, the army said It made contact with a rebel band and killed II of them. 2. Yugoslav President Tito't pointed snub of the dead Stalin. On a Moscow visit, Tito laid flow ers at I.emn's tomb but never even glanced at Stalin't. 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