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Newspaper Page TextU. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon Corrp epybDkomis Ike Republicans Hold Out Hope To Cut Taxes In Platform, Seek Budget Balance First t ARTHUR B. LANGLIE . . . Republican keynoter Langlie Delivers Milder Keynote Address To GOP SAN FRANCISCO Wl Gov. Ar thur B. Langlie of Washington has set the keynote of the Republican National Convention: "Peace, pros perity and progress." Langlie, giving the convention's slemwindtng speech late Monday, told delegates: "We are here to pledge to the American people four more years of honest, efficient administration . . . four more years of our cru sade for a finer America in a bet ter world under the competent, steadfast, forthright leadership of Dwight D. Eisenhower." Langlie denounced the Demo crats as corrupt and divided. He warmly praised the Republicans as bringers of "peace, prosperity and progress." The 56-year-old governor, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Washington against Democratic Sen. Warren Magnuson, wa pre sented by Sen. William F. Know land of California, who also lam basted the Democrats. In the 48 years he has lived, Knowland said, there has been peace under five Republican pres idents and war under three Demo crats. Peace was his main theme but he also accused the Democrats of attempting "usurpation" of off shore state oil lands. He cited more than a dozen GOP "ad vances." Both Langlie and Knowland lit into the Democratic keynoter at Chicago last week Gov. Frank G. Clement of Tennessee. Obviously referring to Clement's hot brand of oratory, Langlie said the GOP's job is to give the people leadership "not to give 'em heU." Langlie drew a big laugh when he imitated Clement's style at the outset of his talk "How long, O America, will we keep our Re publican administration in Wash ington?" Then he replied to the question with great vigor and seriousness: "The American people will, I be lieve, and I hope, throw the Re publicans out of office the day when, if ever, they copy the Demo crats and put the party first and America second." Knowland praised Vice Presi dest Nixon, with whom he had been at odds politically until re cently, and Secretary of State Dulles, with whom he has often disagreed. He called Nixon an able assistant to Preisdent Eisen hower. He called Dulles "great." Minor Power Failures Attributed To Storm Minor power disturbances in the Roseburg area Monday night were attributed to a storm in the Grants Pass-Mcdford area by a local California-Oregon Power Co. spokes man. According to the Roseburg Copco office, no damage to local lines came from the lightning, which struck last night in some parts of the county. Gary A. Nichols Faces Petty Larceny Charge Gary A. Nichols, 19, of Rt. 3, Box 1090. Roseburg, has been re leased after posting $500 bail fol lowing his arrest for petty lar ceny, reports Sheriff Ira C. Byrd. He is charged by J. A Jones of Rt. 2, Box 635, Roseburg, of steal ing tire. Jones said the $12.95 tire was missing immediately aft er Nichols had bought gas at the Speedway Service Station. The Weather Pirtly cloudy tonight and Wed ntsday with possible afternoon or evening thunder showers. Contin ued warm. Highest temp, last 24 hours 91 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 5' Highest temp, any August 106 Lowest temp, any August 39 Precip. last 24 hours t Precip. from August 1 26 Precip. from Sept. 1 50.40 Excess from Sept. 1 19.M Sunset tonight, 7:07 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 5:2 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO Wl Repub licans held out to the nation's voters Tuesday a campaign pledge to cut taxes for low and middle income families and for small independent businesses. The promise was contained in the completed draft of the GOP platform expected to be approved by the party's convention later in the day. The draft pledged continued efforts to reduce government ex penditures, to balance the budget and to reduce the national debt. It then said that consistent with these primary aims taxes should be cut "with particular consider ation for low and middle income families." It promised continued study to correct tax inequities and to initiate "a sound policy of tax reductions" to encourage small independent business. In saying they were for a tax cut, the Republicans never said how .it should be accomplished. They did not get as specific as the Democratic, pledge at their Chicago convention last week to raise the personal income tax exemption from $600 to $800. The proposed GOP platform cautioned that government econo my, no matter how desirable, should not come at the price of a weakened national defense. On the question of defense it pledged (Continued on Page 2 Col. 8) Stevenson Says Langlie Confused Facts, Falsehoods By ERNEST B. VACCARO LIBERTYVILLE. 111. un Ad- lai Stevenson Tuesday accused Republican keynoter Gov. Arthur Langlie of having "shamelessly confused facts and falsehoods" in his address to the GOP national convention Monday night. The Democratic presidential nominee called the Washington State Republican governor's ad dress "another example of the ad ministration's smug, self right eous complacency." He said Gov. Langlie accused him in 1952 of having run up a large deficit in Illinois when he actually "left the state with a large treasury balance" without raising general revenue taxes. "I recall no apology from the gentleman and Monday night's performance did not enhance my respect for his accuracy." Stevenson told newsmen he hopes to be able to announce later this week, possibly as early as Thursday, what he called "the table of organization" for his dawn to midnight campaigning, the great bulk of which will be done by automobile because of limited finances. This table of organization will be perfected during a conference Wednesday with James A. Finne- (Continued on Page 2 Col. 7) Cirl At Church Camp Falls In Pool, Drowns SANDY M Marilyn J. Robin son, 14, Salem, died Saturday after falling into a swimming pool at a church camp near here. A Sandy physician pronounced the girl dead after artificial res piration failed to revive her. The coroner's office said the victim may have suffered a heart attack or a dizzy spell. She had been sitting on the pool edge and sud denly toppled into the water. The death occurred at Trout Creek Camp, operated by the United Evangelical Church of the Deaf. Republican Conclave Opens On Milder Note; Speakers Have Confident Attitudes By SAUL PETT SAN FRANCISCO I The Re publican National Convention open ed yesterday with a steal from Ted Lewis. ' "Is everyone happy?" boomed National Chairman Leonard Hall from the speaker's platform. "Yes," the audience roared back. That about concluded debate for the day. Mayor George Christopher wel comed the delegates to San Fran cisco. Gov. Goodwin Knight wel comed them to California. Then came a parade of 20 Republican congressional candidates, they moved in and out briskly, each with two minutes of denunciation!, nf Democrats The evening session was no less exciting. Actor Wendell Corey was master of ceremonies. He introduced the music and the flag demonstrations and then, with a flourish, as though the crowd had never met him be- ; fore, he announced, "Ladies and ! gentlemen, the chairman of t h e Kepumican iauonai committee Leonard W. Hall." Big, bald Hall came down the ramp, beaming. As he spoke, he became an interesting study in self confidence. He talked easily, al most languidly, with his hands in the pockets of his television-blue suit. It was a gentle sales talk. No sweat, no strain. He spoke of the greatness of I President Eisenhower and V 1 e e Established 1873 More Nations Accept Dulles Plan On Suez LONDON w The U. S. plan for solving the Suez Canal crisis got new support Tuesday from four nations Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and Ethopia. As the 22-n a t i o n conference neared its end, only five countries held out against the U.S. pro posals. They are Russia, India, Spain, Ceylon and Indonesia. The four new supporting nations presented minor amendments to Secretary of State Dulles' plan for an international board to operate the waterway. Dulles immediately accepted the changes. Dulles then invited the four to become associated with the plan. Foreign Minister Haidul Haq Chtwdry of Pakistan submitted an amendment emphasizing the importance of Egypt's rights as a sovereign nation. "I welcome anything that will help underline the respect for Egypt's sovereignty," Dulles said in accepting the amendment. While allied to Britain in the Baghdad Pact, Pakistan, Turkey and Iran had held some reserva tions on the Western plan. Pakistan and Iran had endorsed Egypt's right to nationalize . the canal. Turkey was lukewarm to ward the idea of international con trol. Ethiopia also had been listed as doubtful. Despite the parade of support to the plan advanced by Dulles on behalf of the United States, Britain and France, V. K. Krishna Menon of India declared Egypt would reject it. ' Menon, who visited President Nasser in Cairo before coming to the conference, told a press con ference the Western plan was "entirely impracticable." The India envoy Monday put a compromise proposal before the 22-nation conference called to deal with the Suez dispute. The Indian plan would give Egypt full control of the- 103-mile waterway, with an international body to act only in a consultative and advisory ca pacity. Menon said the plan presented by Dulles in effect would interna tionalize the present canal com pany. Nasser announced July 26 Egypt had nationalized the canal company. Timber Sale Reflects Dip In Plywood Market The dip in the plywood market was reflected in Monday's Ump qua National Forest timber sale here. Roseburg Lumber Co. paid less than $300 over the appraised price for a tract of 14.900,000 board feet of timber located on 365 acres in the South Unipqua Ranger District, 29 miles northeast of Tiller. Roseburg Lumber's high bid was $296,625 for the tract apprais ed at $296,305. It included $4.50 on 2,600,000 feet of minor species ap praised at $4.40 per thousand and the appraised prices of $21.15 on 10.200,000 feet of Douglas fir and $32.95 on 2,100.000 feet of pine. Only other bidder was Umpqua Plywood Corp. of Myrtle Creek. PROWLER REPORTED City police found no prowler at the 1500 block on SE Pine Street Monday. They were called to the address after a resident reported hearing someone trying to pull a screen door open. President Nixon, whose pictures, each 10 by 20 feet, hang from one end of the hall. There are no other pictures there. "There is nothing we need say about Adlai Stevenson that Ke fauver hasn't already said," Hall said to laughing approval. "There is nothing that we need say about the Stevenson Kefauver ticket that Harry Truman hasn't already said." A little later, Hall said this is a "free and open convention." Gov. Arthur Langlie of Washing ton, as keynote speaker, was an interesting contrast to Gov. Frank G. Clement of Tennessee, the Dem ocratic keynoter. In effect, it was (he djffercnce between warm ovaltine and corn liquor. Langlie got his share of ap plause but he didn't set the hall on fire. He used none of the thun der and oratorical calisthenics dis ;Pia.veu oy Yemeni, unciie was n. spell-binder. He was more like " 8" cn" history teacner, ear nest, neat, orderly Actress Irene Dunne read "The President's prayer.". At a signal from Murphy, the big organ at the other end of the hall began "Amer ica, the Beautiful" and rolled up a great crescendo as Miss Dunne finished. Hall entertained a motion to ad journ and it was so moved. The delegates left with a quiet gentil itv not at all like warriors rush ing off to battle. 36 Paget ROSEBURG. Roseburg Legion Team, Twin Falls Meet In Finals Roseburg's Lockwood Motors Le gion Junior baseball team and Twin Falls, Idaho, hook up in the titantic of the Northwest regional playoffs tonight at 6:30. Roseburg rested Monday night while Twin Falls was pulling one of the biggest upsets of the tourna ment. The Idaho squad won its way into the final with a surprise 3-0 victory over Billings, Mont., the pre-tournament favorite. Little hod mirch, a righthander, allowed the highly-favored Billings team only two hits, one a scratch variety, as he struck out six and walked only two. Twin Falls col lected six of its eight hits in the first two innings off Billings' star pitcher, Eddie Komac. tonight will mark the second meeting of the two squads in the ' tournament, in its undeleated course so far in the tourney, the Roseburg team dumped Twin Falls, 7-4, in an earlier game. If Roseburg wins the 6:30 game, it will become the choice to go to Billings for the sectional tourna ment which starts there Aug. 25. In the event Roseburg loses, a sec ond game will be played tonight after the first to determine the championship of the double elimi nation tourney. (For more details., see sports page) Four Canadians Face Additional Charges In Court Four Canadians, jailed Sunday by Roseburg police on vagrancy charges now face charges ot lar ceny of personal property less than $75. ine men requestea an attor ney when arraigned, in aisirici court Tuesday. ' Their case was continued until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Judge War ren Woodruff set bail of $500 on each and ordered them lodged in the county jail. The men, all from the province of Manitoba, were arrested Sun day morning following a complaint by Leo Clawson, 1459 e Hamil ton St. Clawson told police they were loitering near a truck parked in front of his residence. The vagrancy charge was dis missed Monday by Acting Muni- ciDal Judge John Horn after truck owner Billy G. Swinford signed a complaint charging larceny, spe cifically, the complaint says the men took gasoline irom owinioro. s truck. According to Roseburg police, tne men tola coninciiniz stones con cerning entry into the United States. They were nearly penniless when apprehended. Local police have requested, information from immigration authorities and Wash ington State Patrol officers. According to police, me car me men drove was "well equipped with screwdrivers, hammers, pli ers, chisels and the like. Officers found a sack of cigarettes of va rious brands in the car trunk along with five cans of Shell motor oil. Awaiting further action are: Al len Robert Harrower, 24; David Andrew Firth, 24; William Leslie Tucker, 22; and Nickolas Fidscal- ney, 19. Richard Stout Waives Preliminary Hearing Richard A. Stout, 21, of 732 SE Jackson St., Roseburg, waived his preliminary hearing Monday and was neia to answer to ine granu jury. He is charged wun larceny oy conditional vendee. He allegedly sold a television set which he was buying on contract from James Decker. Decker filed the complaint. The charee is in addition to one to which he pleaded guilty last week. He was charged with lar ceny of a $33 check from L. W. Riley of Roseburg and was sen tenced to serve 90 days in the Douglas County jail. Hi-Fi Record Player Added To County Library Soothing music is in store for pa trons of the Douglas County Li brary. Librarian Carol Trimble has an nounced that a high-fidelity record player, complete with ten speak ers, has been added to the new library. The record player is a gift from the Roseburg Library board, which purchased it, and $100 worth of records with funds from the city library gift fund, Miss Trimble said. Two Roseburg men, Fred Porter and George Singleton, donated their services to install the equip ment, the librarian said. Creen Sanitary District Board Meet Wednesday The Green Sanitary District will hold its regular board meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Green School. This meeting was postpon ed from Aug. 13. A remonstrance meeting on the proposed sanitary system for the district will he on Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Green School. OREGON TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1956 Final Touches Being Readied For County Fair Finishing touches that will lend "spit 'n polish" to the 1956 Doug las County Fair are being applied to the grounds and many exhibits today before the rush of entries which will start Wednesday. All exhibits for the fair must he registered by 6 p.m. tomorrow, ac cording to Manager Dick Turley. Judging will begin at 7. Monday afternoon, judging in textiles, arts, photos, canned and The magic of fair time is with Douglas County again, and it's pre dicted the 1956 edition of the coun ty fair will be the biggest in his tory. To salute the fair, scheduled from Wednesday through Sunday, The News-Review today carries a special section devoted to the fair and the industry which makes it important, farming. frozen foods, school arts and hob bies was going ahead. These ex hibits were entered Sunday. Exhibitors are busy arranging their wares for public viewing both in these divisions and in the com mercial booths. There are more commercials exhibits this year than before, Turley commented, adding that the soace had been sold out for over two months. Fair officials are trying to make the 1956 show, which officially opens to the public Thursday, in to a moaern version ot the "old fashioned county fair," Turley pointed out. To do this there will be a barbecue Saturday, the daily balloon ascension, horse racing. talent show, carnival and helicop ter rides. Part of these events were once standard narts of such fairs. Tur ley pointed out. sometmng is plan ned for the entire family. Many 'of the things which will add to the 1956 Fair will be little unngs wiucn me puouc may not even notice, more color is being usea man ever oeiore. Many of the exhibits, such as ceramics, are beine taken off flat tables and being arranged in a stair-step fashion for better dis play and easier viewing. Turley pointed out. Extensive us is being made of "peg board" in such divisions as textiles, the manager said. This will allow greater variety and more imagination in displays than was given by the old "clothesline" method. Senator Morse To Visit Douglas County Fair Sen. Wayne L. Morse will visit the Douglas County Fair Thurs day and hold a public press con ference on the fairgrounds, accord ing to Al Roll, chairman of Doug las County Democrats. The press conference is sched uled for 4:30 p.m. Sen. Morse will arrive on the grounds at 4 and pro ceed to the Democratic booth. Fol lowing the press conference, he will tour the fair, according to Roll. the Democratic Party will show moving picture of Sen. Morse throughout the run of the fair, ac cording to Roll. Party workers will man the booth. This will be his secood visit in the county this month. Airplane Landing Strip Built On Hanna Property Douglas County has a new air plane, landing strip. Men from canyonville. Myrtle Creek and Riddle combined forces to build the landing field on the Hanna Nickel Smelting Co. prop erty near Riddle. The land was leased from the Hanna company. The men building the field were Darrell Brown and Charles Hamlin of Canyonville. Wil liam Markham and Rudy Paetz of Riddle, Herb Paetz, Gene Mason, and Gene MacDonald of Tri-City and Mvrtlc Creek. The strip pro vides the men with a landing spot near home for their private planes. They plan to improve the facility with hangers and other additions as it becomes practical, according to Canyonville correspondent Vir ginia proctor. Former State Auditor Enters Illinois Prison CHESTER, III. ' Former State Auditor Orville E. Hodge, free-spending state official who once aspired to the governor's chair, today surveyed the cold reg ulated life of Menard Prison as Inmate No. 25303. Hodge, once a leader in the Re publican administration, entered Menard last night. Earlier in the day, he was sentenced to serve 12 to 15 years after pleading guilty to charges of taking $637,000 in state funds in a check-writing scan dal that involved more than a doz en state and federal investiga tions. Hodge, SI, appeared dazed and glassy eyed on arrival at the pris on. He was given his first prison meal and remarked lo newsmen that he felt "much better." Roseburg To Again Vote On Proposed Tax Base Increase Roseburg's city fathers will try again this year to secure ap proval of an increase of a tax bate for the city government operation. At a surprise special meeting of the City Council Monday night, an ordinance was ap proved for submitting the pro posed tax-base increase. The emergency clause was attach ed. The ordinance calls for in creasing the tax base from $78, 042.64 to $235,000. Voters will de termine the issue at the Nov. 4 general election. This will be the third attempt to secure what City Manager George Farrell calls "a more realistic" tax base. At least two departments have higher opera ting costs than the present tax base. The issue was turned down by voters at the primary election. At that time, voters were being asked to increase the base from $73,425.13 (last year's tax base) to $265,716.67. Second Woman Gets Courteous Driver Award The second woman in as many weeks was named "courteous driv er of the week" by the Alpha Lodge 47, Knights oE Pythias, which is conducting a safc-dnving cam Damn this month. The second woman to oe named in the three-weeks of selections of courteous drivers was E d i t .h Wheeler, young housewife who Uves at 285 NE Chestnut. Chestnut. of several drivers She was one followed . by KP members in marked police cars mrougn Kose bura. Spokesman C. O. Slabaugh of the lodge lauded her highly for her ourteay-4n -driving .despite, the fact she has only been driving three years. The young (23) house wife has lived in Roseburg all her life. i She is the third winner in the "courtesy contest. Earlier win. ners were Richard Gibbons of Rose burg and Mrs. William Harris of Winchester. The contest is being carried on by the Knights of Pythias as part of a nation-wide campaign to cut down on highway accidents cred ited to the "human element." Burglary From Dwelling Charged Private citizen and law officer combined forces Monday to appre hend an Albany man charged with burglary of an Elkton dwelling. Lodged in Douglas county Jail is James L. Harris, 23. A construc tion worker, he is charged with taking articles of clothing and jew elry valued at $70 by the sheriff's department. Harris was arraignca in norm Douglas Justice Court at Drain. He waived right to a preliminary hearing and was bound over to thp grand jury by Judge Clarence Leonard. Bail was set at $2,000. According to Sheriff Ira Byrd, Harris allegedly took a wristwatch, ring and some men's clothing from the room of a boarding house early Monday. The action was discover ed by another citizen who notified authorities, Byrd said. By 9:46 a.m. Harris was in the Drain city jail, awaiting arraignment. He had been arrested by a deputy ai he headed south on the highway, the sheriff said. Three Bearded Frenchmen Complete Atlantic Trip Aboard Tiny Log Raft FALMOUTH, England Wl Three bearded Frenchmen step ped ashore from a log raft Tues day after an epic 89-day drift across the Atlantic from Canada. They said they'd go home "in a big boat." Hundreds of vacationers cheered as the raft L'Egarer II "the lost One" glided peacefully under tow into this Cornish port at the end of the 3,000-mile tourney. "We are crazy frenchmen, yes: yenca nenn oeauuui, year-old leader of the expedition. Beaudot ana inree companions set out on their 13-by-17 foot raft of ropc-ticd cedar logs from Hali fax, N.S., May 24. One man sick ened 380 miles out in the Atlantic and a fishing boat took him back to Canada. Caston Vanackere, 31, and Marc Modcna, 27,, made it across with their leader. Two kittens also made the voy age. The sturdy craft sighted Pen zance, southernmost tip of Eng land, Monday. A small wooden cabin covered with a tarnaulin was the voyag ers' only shelter, a small sail all they had to help them out of the Gulf Stream. "It was not too unpleasant, ex- I i!3Mv;:..-,g(SM "7-56 PRICE 5o Roseburq Board Hires 17 New School Teachers The Roseburg school board ap pointed 17 new teachers and ac cepted resignations from four in structors at a special noon meet ing Monday. . Supt. M. C. Deller said four more teaching openings are still unfilled in District 4. The board also voted to spend money for blacktopping bus load ing and unloading areas at Hu- crest and Joseph Lane schools. At Hucrest $1,750 was allotted and at Joseph Lane $2,100 was allowed for the project. Deller told the board that cor respondence had been received from the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency saying that plans and blueprints for the six room addition at Hucrest School had been annroved bv tin - anencv. Some $82,500 in federal funds are going to be used to build the addi tion. The school district Qualified for the grant by taking surveys of school students In the district. New teachers appointed include: Helen Casey. English. Roseburg High; Vincent Dcmarinis, business education, Roseburg High; Ronald Aiuiersun, mam-science, central; Gaylord Kidney, science, Joseph Lane; Ralph Anderson, band, Jo seph Lane; Lorraine Jensen, first grade, Green; Beverly Lavcns, second grade, Green; EUcn Pen nie, fourth grade, Melrose; Jane C. Smith, third grade, Riverside; Ruth Holyoak, fifth grade, River side; Mary Williams, fourth grade, Rose; James Gregory, sixth grade, Rose; Carrie Willey, first grade, Edenhower; Delia Towne, first grade, Winchester Winchester: Margarete Black, I Ros "hurB HiDh: Henrv RoeVwellM"".,. "" fining over math. R,ew Hieh-. and Albert math, Roseburg High; and Albert 1 Phelps, math, Roseburg High. Charles Hill, Roseburg High; Mary Jane Darwin. Green? Wavne Daf- T.: l 1 1 win, Koseburg High, and Robert "l"" nana, umpqua wation Chiodo, Central. ' al-Forest Service administrative; ThA hnnrrl nlcn tnnfalivnlv arfnnf. J assistant. Said at Ittast sir nr atttran pH thA nrnnnttprl till srhpriillA the district. The schedule is marie- nnrminnnl until aftpr first few weeks of school so that necessary changes can be made. At the next meeting, Aug. 29, the board decided, it will choose a successor to Ellon Jackson on the Evaluation Committee. Jack son resigned from the group. Democrat Women Will Organize An organizational meeting to form a Douglas County Democrat ic women s club will be held at the Roseburg Woman's Club Wednes day at 7:30 p.m. County Chairman Al Roll an nounced that the meeting will be directed by Mrs. Edna Scales, Portland, who is the vice chair man of the Oregon Democratic Partv. Assisting will be Mrs. Beu- lnh Withers of Glide, Douglas County vice chairman. Mrs. Scales will arrive in Rose burg by plane Wednesday from Chicago where she attended the Democratic national convention, Roll revealed. She will give her first-hand account of the conven tion at the meeting. Thursday Mrs. Scales will meet with Sen. Wayne Morse and make an appearance at the, Douglas County Fair. All Democratic women in the county are invited to the meeting. and Hon nas requcsieu mat an Democratic precinct committee women attend. Election ot officers, committee appointments and ac tivity planning are scheduled for the meeting. cept in the worst of gales Va nackere reported. "But we have done what we set out to do, which was to allow the Gulf Stream to carry us across the Atlantic using the minimum of sail." Food supplies gave out a month ago and "wc practically lived on fish, which we speared or caught with lines, Beaudot said, touch ine his taunt checks. "For drink we had rain water and there was never any shortage of that, he added "Then on we drilled, we speni , ra(liator of , logging tractor rndl!n7oP:aygd.hweCleaecrh'didr''a wa, operating Monday after a three-hour watch, then rested for I noon. six hours. "Several times terrific storms hit us. Waves 35 feet high crashed over us and the raft was awash. Still we survived. But 30 days ago we ran out of food. All we had left was one slice of bread, one potato and one meat pie. We shared them. After that we lived on fish." Beaudot, the only married man of the three, said: "We shall go home to Montreal by liner as soon as possible, and we want to take the raft with us. Wc think it ought to be preserved." All three live in Montreal. Nixon Seems Assured Of Nomination Roaring Welcome Ready ror President1 Upon Landing In California By JACK BELL and WILLIAM T. PEACOCK , SAN FRANCISCO W Rcpub licans eagerly awaited the arrival of President Eisenhower Tuesday in this city of their 100th anni versary convention. They prepared a roaring welcome for the man they intend to renominate by ac clamation. And by the time Eisenhower's plane touches down at Internation al Airport, about 6:30 p.m. PDT, the convention expected to have ready for him a campaign pledge lo cut taxes for low and middle income families and for small in dependent businesses. It was the standout plank in a 10.000-word platform to bo sub mitted by a drafting committee at the convention's third session beginning at 3:30 p.m. PDT. Barring some wholly unexpected uidication from Eisenhower that he would prefer a different run ning mate, the convention was all set to give a second nomination also to Vice President Nixon. That too may be by acclamation. The formalities of naming the ticket come Wednesday. Eisenhower left Washington in his private plane, the Columbine, at mid-day.' Mrs. Eisenhower was with him. Others in the party included their son, Maj. John Eisenhower, and his wife. The President appeared in a gay mood as he left Washington. He (Continued on Page. 2 Col. 6) 18 Fires Reported In Douglas County .From Lightning At least 18 fires were burning i Douglas County forests tnrt.v . w S Bm 01 Ule county Ust nieht 1 E I uanv luworia infllPBIMl Tnni l"" fires had covered over ?"rter of an acre yet. . fnpf'res had been rcDnrterf in lha notlC0"' Creek Ranger District below ihp I Tiller and at lpast EflUPn in tha Diamond Lake Ranger District. A Douglas Forest Protective Assn. spokesman said its crews were fighting four fires in the southern part of the county this morning. Rand said there was a "terrific" lightning storm accompanied by little moisture last night in the area where the fires have start ed. He indicated that other fires, still unreported, may be burning in the areas where the liehtnin? struck. Firefighters dispatched this morning would require several hours to reach most of the blazes. Rand said. Smoke jumpers from Cave Junction were being drop ped on three of the fires in the Diamond Lake district, Rand re vealed. Elsewhere on the fire scene, the Winston-Dillard Rural Fire Denart m e n t put out three blazes Monday. The fires were in fields by the Clyde Conrad residence on Lookingglass Road, on North Ron ald Street in Winston and at the junction of Highways 42 and 99. Cirl Falls From Horse; Man Hurt Repairing Car A fall from a horse and a falling car sent two Roseburg residents to Douglas Community Hospital Sunday, but both have been re leased following treatment. Hospital personnel said Betty Siefker, 24, Rt, 3 Box 664, reported ly fell from her horse while riding Sunday. She received no apparent injuries, they said. Richard Mask, 18, 4208 Hooker Rd., was not so fortunate. He suffered a fraelnred collar bone when his car fell on him. Mask told attendants he was fixing his car when it slipped. Steam Burns Suffered By J. B. McCallister J. B. McCallister, 26, an em ploye of Bailey Logging Co., Win ston, was reported in satisfactory condition today at Douglas Com- I muniiy Hospital wnere ne was Be ing treated fur leg burns. Hospital personnel said McCal lister was burned by steam from Levity Fact Rant By L. F, Reizenstein Map of the state highway commission's new program de signates a Josephine County construction area at Louse Creek. Presumably job speci fications will call for blasting with insect Mwder.