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u. o. i.ior?ry Eugene, Oregon ;omp ByolldDini yrt Umids epo r , ; : "TP. ill InajiWnn i in .i-m. i SPACE VISITOR Clorenc Rosmussen holds whot wot recently indentified 01 a meteorite. He found the 22 pound object obout two years ago on Starveout Creek near his home. A small piece wot sent to the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C, and was confirmed to be from a meteorite. Rosmussen says three geologists have checked the object and also made the confirmation. A partial analysis shows it to contain iron, nickel, cobalt and o trace of gold. The visitor from space was found holf buried in the center of a depression about four feet in diameter and a foot deep. (Paul Jenkins). Myrtle Creek Considering Elections To Fill Vacancies Existing From Resignations Special elections to name two , councilmen are under oonaidert' new Myrtle Creek councilman and to decide on a charter amendment authorizing the public vote on the Schmeltzer Home Is Badly Damaqed By Fire Tuesday A general alarm fire destroyed the residence occupied by the M. L. Schmeltser family, 1811 SE Giles .St., Roseburg, about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Roseburg Fire Chief W. E. (Dutch) Mills estimated the damage to the frame structure and furnishings at $1,700. alter a Jiving room couca caugni on fire. Mrs, Schmeltzer, as employe of the U. S. National Bank, was rusn ed to the home a few minutes aft er the fire sirens were sounded. She stated that she distinctly re membered putting out cigaret in an ash tray along side the couch. The only thing she could imagine happening Mrs. Schmeltzer said, was a spark from the cigaret get ting on the couch. The fire was first discovered by the Srhmeltzer's youngest daugh ter, Debby, 8, who tried to put out the then small fire, Mrs. Schmeltzer said, "by pouring on water and more water and more water." When the daughter thought she had put it out, she walked down town and told her mother. Mrs, Schmeltzer then called her oldest daughter, Barbara. 10, who was taking calls at the Crown TV Repair shop for Mr. Schmeltzer who was in Portland on a business trip. She asked Barbara to go home and check, Mrs. Schmeltzer aaid, and when the girl did, she saw smoke coming from inside the house and telephoned the lire de partment. The house is owned by OUie Sanders, but the furniture was the property of the family, Mrs. Schmeltzer said. 'h The Day's News ty FRANK JENKINS The American Communist party has been holding its convention in New York. Dispatches tell us the party faces a dilemma. The di lemma's horns are: 1. Whether to go on taking Mos cow's interpretations of the com munist doctrine, or 2 To make its own interpreta tions. National Chairman Williaaa Z. Foster favors strict adherence te the Kremlin line, but John Gates, editor of the Communist Daily Worker (the America Communist Partv s newspaper) advocates what he calls "utKmal" eoamvmuaa. This is the BIG iseue: Shall communisai ge en a a monolithic structure, dominated bv the Kremlin, or shall it break up aato KINDS of communis'' Let's put it this way: All commies sre bad. bet frees our standpoint the so-called "na turalist'' coeimiea meaning Sif ter at I. ens of communists, earb (Continued ea fag 4, Cel. Tha Weather Ceucr with a law lajM sheweet lew eet, aecenasna eamy II tea rhuilf. Mumss lame, last kewra .... e law e eowrs . sa Miew-s . en ". Lewest lawav ev Peace), law teswrsj Ptwcev ween I Peersa, ae aees). 1 Dafl.. frwa tea- 1 AH jvas. ':ash n tion. The councd Tuesday night dis cussed the proposed amendment after eouncumen expressed feel ings that there has been a surplus of public controversy over recent council actions, mostly revolving around water policies. Homer Abbott resigned his coun cil position last week, and it has been rumored that another of the eouncumen it about to quit. The two positions to be filled would be those of Abbott and blenn Peter son, who was killed in a train truck collision in December. Heretofore, all interim council men have been appointed in Myr tle Creek in fact, there's no charter provision to elect them, ac cording to News Review Corre spondent Mrs. Ruth Kvana. So the charter must be amended before a vote can be taken. There was no indication in the council meeting whether the votea to amend the charter and elect two councilman can be held at the same time. Abbott is from Ward 1, and Pe terson represented Ward 2. The amendment proposal will come up again either Friday or (Continued on Page 1 CoL 41 Roseburg Board Lists Agenda Six main items of business have been listed by School Supt. M. C. Deller as appearing on the agenda of the meeting of the Roseburg School District Board Wednesday mgh . . The six items are: A review of requirements of the Eastwood otiiuui, a review ui uie insurance requirements of the district; re-1 ception of a PTA committee from; the Hucrest School which will pre sent a request for including a cafe teria at the school; receiving some teachers' resignationa and hiring some new teachers; a study of the plot plans of the Riversdale School; presentation to the board of a plan adjusting the salaries of adminis trative and supervisory personnel. The presentation of the latter plan, Deller pointed out, was di rected by the board at its Jan. 21 meeting. Plant Made To Observe World Day Of Praytr Plans were made Tuesday for observance of the World Day of Prayer. March 8, at an executive board meeting of the United Church Women of Roseburg. The First Church of the Naiarene. 1154 SE Douglas Ave., wss selected as host church for the observance with the Christian Missionary Al liance, the West Side Christian Church and the Salvation Army j assisting in a service beginning at "' chli.rch .W1V during the aeea hour for those who cannot attend the scheautM serv- Mrs. Lewis Hickak4c was appoint ed vire-presideat pre tens ot the nine-church grotay te replace Jlrs. Fred Bemsu. DoasrtM OCA Out' EfectitM StartsjsJ TaraelaTf New officers l he electa Thursday night at Dra High School durir taw winter meeting Lg the Douglas Couagy Oregon Edu - 1 ration Assn. Also on the agenda will be s vote on a change as the. f county constitution. I reaiureu spriro u. u.wwu ' he lecu i-osey, execume sec- - ,, "T ! On Pennine legislation, nv w.u I report on current developments ' relation to legislation. r rr.iuuia .rr u. m..m.. v.JjL' nTl'ltt1&i 10 Ota Established 187J 14 Paget Israel Asks US Proposal Said Too Indefinite For Guarantee y TMI ASSOCIATED PRESS Israel fired the ball back to the United States Wednesday in the diplomatic playoff over the future of Aqaba shipping and the Gaza strip. Premier David Ben-Gurion's government asked Washington to clarify the U.S. proposals which contained conditional promises of American support on freedom of navigation in the Gulf of Aqaba and safeguards for the security of the Strip. Ben-Gurion himself was ailing. His Cabinet postponed until Thursday a scheduled meeting to consider the proposals, advanced by Secretary of State Dulles Mon day with the aim of getting the last of Israel's troops off Egyp tian soil conquered last fall. Israel has demanded guarantees of its interests in both areas be fore considering compliance with U.N. resolutions calling for the troop withdrawals. The Israeli press reaction to the Dulles plan, which lacks hard and fast pledges, was generauy siceptical. Dulles' idea is that the United States would 1. Support free navi (Continued on Page 1 CoL T) U. N. Committee To Take Up Soviet's Aggression Charge UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. I The U. N. Steerini Committee was summoned today to act on Rus sia's call for General Assembly consideration of her chareea that the United States has committed global aggression. The committee must recommend to the Assembly whether it should debate the new chargea. Final de cision will be up to the Assembly, which now is seeking to wind up its 11th regular session. A Soviet letter from Deputy For eign Minister Vassily Kuznetsov to Assembly President Prince Wan Wasithayakon of Tailand ac cused the United States of aggres sive actions which "create a threat to peace and security." The Russians raised these main charges: 1. The United States has out-1 lined a new Middle East program designed to touch off "new mili tary provocations." 2. The United States has com mitted aggression on a global scale by setting up military bases in Western Europe. Turkey, Iran, Ja pan and Okinawa that are geared j for handling atomic weaoons j. u. S. bases in France. Britain. !West Germany, Italy, Turkey and .Iran constitute a menace to peace, 4. The U. S. budget contains un- preceaentea expenses for war preparations, including new bases in Brazil, a jet base in PakisUn and Air Force bases in Formosa and West Germany Russia in the oast has voiced similar complaints of aggression by the West, particularly the Unit- ea oiaiea. dui iney nave Drought' no U. N. action. Production Credit y OARRiLL MADDOX Staff Writer, News-Review Members of the Southern Oregon Production Credit Assn. burned a $20,000 mortgage at their 22nd an niversary and annual stockholders' meeting at the Riversdale Grange Hall Tuesday. The mortgage was owned by the Production Credit Corp. Original capital to start operation of the association was furnished by the government with the understaad ing that a member capital in creases and the association be came sufficiently capitalwad, the aovernaseat would withdraw its capital and money would he re timed te tha treasury. Oe Dee. 11, IS', the aweciatioa retired the last $20.00. makiag the Southera Oregon Production Asea. lee per ceat saember-owaed. Paid Mauias. president of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank ef aw'Siaaw, praised the members oa becemieg faraaer-owiied and op erated. Matsoa. gueat speaker at tee banquet, reviewed the assori u . history and Co m anted o I,,,. ,yflciene,. of tha frne s sre- .., m.n.o.mi M,lKl ,oW u,'. members that u,, association could improve it- ,,,, Dy BulWinl; mort yolume. He iild y,, ...oct,,, members . snouia resa puoiicauons wnicn uie uuinrilin iitmn MnHa kn a ,nml in , board directors and sttend meet- '" Approximately 12T persons ,Uenle(1 u,e 22nd anniversary ban f! Th SouthM" Onion Product 1 (Continued on Page 2. Col. 4 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, Highway 42 Plans Said Tabled; Group To Back Sckroeder A report was made at Tuesday night's meeting of the Southern Douglas County Highway Assn. that plans have been tabled tem porarily for any relocation studies of Highway 42. Members reported that the State Highway Dept. was holding up any major investigation for relocation until the completion of a flood con trol survey west of the Coast Range by the U. S. Army Corpa of Engineers. In the line of business action. the highway association decided to throw its support behind Elton Schroeder of Myrtle Point for high way commissioner if Chairman Ben Chandler resigns. It also went on record in favor of a change in the state law for selection of highway commission ers. The association also recommend ed that a bridge at Astoria on High way iui oe constructed, it went on record requesting that the high way department install passing lanes and correct dangerous spots on Camas Mountain. The association also decided to go to work on a project to secure a timber access road from Powers to fcden Kid Re in Coos County. During the meeting. President Jim Daugherty of Winston report ed on the highway aign program on Highway 42. It was also announced that the association plans to send a representative to the school for public officials staged bv the State Highway Dept. at Oregon State Col lege. The next meeting of the associa tion will be the third Wednesday in March. Dollar Company Buys-Multnomah Peeler Plant- The Robert Dollar Lumber Co., Glendale, Tuesday completed pur chase of the Multnomah Plvwond Corp.'s peeler plant at Glendale, accuruing 10 ine Associated frets. umciais ot Multnomah, a coop- ZVZ';"r f. 30 m"uon(post to become assistant secre- southern Douglas County isn't in cluded in the deal. wv-.u u, .unci it vwiw iu The Robert Dollar Co. will as sume actual management of the Pfe'errPl"nVnFridN"'- ""ing to Committee 'during the last cam Mrs. G. B. Fox. News-Review cor-!., u. i... i.j r i , rprwinfipnt Earlier, L. L. Dailey, Multnomah vice president, said the timber may be put on the market at a later date. However. Multnomah officials said Tuesday that they plan to In crease production of veneer at their Portland plant. Mrs. fox said there will be two shifts at the Glendale plant. About 30 n " employed there now. mg his own business. On Feb 2, the Robert Dollar Co. He and his wife hsve twe daugh announced it would suspend sev-Iters. erai operations at oienaaie, out added that the effect on jobs of soma 140 net-sons "would he nar - tiallv cushioned hv exnanried oner - stions in the company's peeler plant." ine curtailment of operations is scheduled for Feb. 28. immi 1 hi Hi I., x i Hi :A":j'.-:-.sr- '.'. v f 1 ft . - fc,' . nw taas ' . f BV srjfc. '- . '' JV aw MORTGAGE IURNED Rolph Arensmeier, ostistont secretory-treaturar of rh Southern uregon frcxjucrion treait ssn., Durnt tn association t mortgage wnicn wot owned Dy the Production Credit Corp. Paul Matson, left, president of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Spokane, Wosh., acceptt o replica of o $20,000 check from Wesley Choppell, Bondon, president of th Southern Oregon association. (Pool Jenkins). t. 19S7 ROSEBURG, OREGON To Clarify Plan 45,000 Carqo Loaders Strike On East Coast NEW YORK m Forty-five thousand East Coast ship cargo loaders struck Wednesday, shut ting down major shiDoine ooera. Hons in the big ports from Port land, Me., te Hampton Roads, Va. The longshoremen, resuming a strike halted by presidential in tervention last November, tied up ,K0T" f h'P' llon E"rn seaboard. Cargoes remained niled on docks or in the holds of vessels. I Kaiiroads immediately banned shipment to the norta of most freight intended for re-shipment on overseas or coastwise vessels. Exceptions included military car goes. The longshoremen are member of the international Longshore men's Assn. (lnd.), whose con tract negotiations with employers bogged down at the last moment Tuesday amid optimism ever settlement prospects. But the optimism turned to gloom Wednesday after the strike began. Both sides saw little chance of an early end to the tie-up. Obstacles to a settlement were believed to hinge largely on such items as vacations and holidays rather than wages. ine longshoremen i walkout was the second half of a double (Continued on Page I CoL T) James Johnson Named Motor Vehicles Head SALEM UK James F. Johnson. 38, Coos Bay lumberman and port commissioner, was appointed state director of motor vehicles Wednesday by Gov. Holmes. He succeeds V'ame Nuiin. who took over the new department when it went into existence last July I. Johnson won't assume his new duties for another month, an he requested a delav to close ud hii job as Coos Bay port commission- r. Nunn resigned the 9.300 a year t-r f The department has SO employ es, and 33 field offices. Johnson was chairman of the Coos County Democratic Central mcu ui viral amy : ...... . . since 1943, and has owned a retail lumber yard since 1950. Born in Seattle, he attended the University of Washington for two years. Johnson went to sea in 1MT as a commercial fisherman, and served in the merchant marine during World War II. n. l,,mh.- k.r.. ..i.ku.i. FLU! IRI 1 1 The Rntehnre fir ritmartmenl I answered a call for a flue fire at 8 10 p.m. Tuesday at the home of John Woods, 1208 SE Pine St. There twas no reported damage. Burns """i cfbn a. r- T '"-aw J7-J7 PRICE 5c Mothtr Cor Worst Of If DENVER I Five-year-old Mark Farmer tumbled off the garage roof at his home, Hia mother Mrs. Bert Farmer, run ning to his rescue, fell and broke her arm. Mark, not badly hurt, went to one hospital, mother to another. House Votes Anti-Picketing Law Repeal y PAUL W. HARVIY JR. SALEM iff The Oregon House of Representatives voted 45 to 12 Wednesday to repeal' the ant! picketing law that waa passed four years ago. The vote came after the House approved. Si to 2. a bill to create a stste conciliation service under the state labor commissioner. . Both bills, sponsored by organ ised labor, go to the Senate. The Democrats voted M to 1 In favor of repeal of the anti-picket-ing law, which forbids unions from picketing for the purpose of influencing employes to join a union. But the Republicans voted 11 to against repeal. After the anti-nickeling law was passed by the 1963 Legislature, the state Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the section which allows picketing bv unions only after they have been certified as bargaining agents. Rep. Don Wlllner (D), Portland, chief advocate of repeal, told the House that the law "has made labor-management relations more difficult. "It has been used by employers to cause delays, haa restrained and hampered labor. We would have better labor relations if it were repealed." Ren. John D. Got (R. Port land, answered that the law should remain on the books be cause we "should protect indus try." too. Goss admitted that the bill would be passed because, he said, (Continued on Page 1 CoL 2) Recent Freeze Hits Cauliflower Cauliflower raisers in the area suffered about a 90 per cent loss of their spring crop because of the recent freeze. Fred Burks at Dillard has about 15-20 acres planted in March and April cauliflower and estimates about half of it lost. He is the largest grower in that district which raises about 4 acres of cauliflower. ( The March variety stood the freeze better than the April, Burks said. A total loss had been expect ed because of the nine degree tem peratures. Ordinarily, farmers say cauliflower is killed when the mer cury drops to about IS degrees. The cauliflower is planted in July and the different varieties mature In different months. Most of the Dillard growers concentrate on the March and April stork. Mortgage It,." ""Til. i-aawa, a. aft . "-ati 1 -D DDDLW nut' $3 Inspectors Out Of Jobs; All But One Of Planning Commission Resign Posts II I I 1 I efc I FPW 1 1 I v. , rti i resigns iv - A' .on H. BONIOLS . job yanked Nine Bus Drivers At Glide Ask Pay Increases Nine of the 11 school bus driven in the Glide school district tins week presented a petition to the school board requesting a raise in pay, reports cosrespondent Aire. Arrhiia Kaslhv I The nolilinrt mat nrjcsnfawff one driver, Robert Blakely, at the board s meeting. It requests that salaries be raised from $170 to $200 per month. It states that if such a salary increase is granted, the bus drivers will make short runs in the Glide and Roseburg areas for field trips. Under the present system, the drivers are paid so for each of these trips. Two teachers at the school, who drive buses, did not sign the peti tion, Mrs. Selby said. They are paid $150 monthly. In other business, the board continued its study of the 1957-58 budget requests. The board began work on the Deer Creek requests. It overruled requests for a deep freeze in the cafeteria and ainka in classrooms. The board also examined re quests for a major paving project on grounds of the high school and junior high. It waa requested that the area be leveled, drained and blacktopped. Estimated cost of the project is from $7,000 to $8,000. No decision was made by the board. The next meeting will be Satur day at 1 p.m. in the superintend ent s omce Bill Would Chang Nam Of Oregon StiU Folic SALEM m Sen. C. D. Gleason (D), Portland, introduced a bill Tuesday -to change the name of the Oregon State Police to the Oregon State Highway Patrol. At the same time. Sen. Dan Dimick (D), Roseburg, sponsored a bill to give the state police sal ary increases of $600 per year. ine new salaries would lie: Privste, $4,86i) a year; private first class, $5,580: sergeant, $,- 100: lieutenant. $4,720. and cap- lain, $7,320. Continued Mild Weather forecast For Oregon Ceatinued mild weather ia West ern Oregon is foreeaot throurk the end ef the week ay the U. I. Weatbe- Burma, la As five-day outlook, the ba- aome sua- and ahovwoormal temeera tama arwaMet. The tamper - tww wil rnira beleeen 4s) and m trail r) dvs. fneaaxliiUow wdj amount to i i 4 ef ea men, most failing to eight. Two-Way Jmtijjting Bf Ait fting Broken roBnt riiBum. Tet Jt The. V. t. jr&r Pawl said the jsrnsa or tve. es und eeuuira of Joxaw er two. ear, ens eeuart :st tvaerea a ajvra) cad hria w iwaaevga ajywa sea nr.. e oa lerawes eevl anoes1fle Miration e d igirner tnaitsH sj, uet. a tsu, Calif , pilot, toui ,iaeii'l tlu'v-. (Kmuuuiinn aiimi mtn ih. t'nii, Mexico City, were iduirged with dmnirlini, klipna inln ihm l'niliH States snd contrsbsnd into Mexico. c n!?JA T P.,ro1 'd, ,th,:tralriy in reserve tor Keavy Ground Observer torps snd Navy , . ', . . radar units helped it intercept the ',ro, . ' "W" flights. be drain in tereiew ei. 0 y OIOROI CASTILLO Assistant Idlter, News-Review The Douglas County Court today announced it had dissolved the county building department and ac cepted the resignation of all hot one of the county planning com missioners. Thus, ended running feud Be tween the planning commission aod the Douglas County Citisene Com mittee, which was formed to se cure the abolition of both the build ing department and the commis sion. At press conference May, County Judge V. T. Jackson said the court bad unanimously "decid ed to do away with huildine Insnee- tion." Thus, the jobs of Building Inspector C. H. Boniolt and his as sistant, Chester Hamm, are abolish ed. Also losing lobe with the eouatr are the technicians, Keith W. Ches terton. Frank L. Johnson and Nor- man Mehamer, and Planning Con sultant J. Haslett BeU. Bell visited Koseburg In hut consultine eaoaettT two or three days a month. Hia fee was 160 a day. Jackson said the court had met with the planning commission Tues day night. Ha said all but one had resigned from the commission when they heard the court's plana "in order to give ua n free hand" In reorganising the department. Jackson aaid the men had re signed voluntarily. Their resigna tions were not requested. He said ine only one who did not resign was KODert bund, a commissioner front Reedsport. Those resigning were: Chairman O. i. Fett Jr. at Reee- ( Continued on Page I CeL 1) LSWU Members An Urged To Contir.ua Drive Against IYA SEATTLE u Officers of the) . Lumber and Sawmill Workers Un ion (LSWU) were urged Tuesday nignt to maintain sjareientxeC organizinf drive against He fellow Ari-ciu union, the International Woodworkere -el America (IWA). The advice was stivea bv Frank Chapman, general treasurer and director of organization of the Carpenters Union, also AFL-CIO. at the 20th annual eoaventioa W the Western Conference cat fans ber and Sawmill Workers. Don't he charitable with the) hvffWA, independent unions er the unorganized," Chapman urged. "ul "oa organise mens inia J0"'- l d district councils. " merly a representative in the woods and the Sawmill Workers an AFL af filiate. Merger of the AFL and CIO led to talk of merger of the two unions but it has never oama off. The LSWU haa 61,000 worker on its rolls in the elght-etata Western Council. The IWA eiaime a membership of 40,000. "Rightly or wronslv." Chsoaiaa ssid in his talk, "the impression has gotten around that now we are an Drainers us the AFL-CIO. We went you to know that th Brotherhood of Carpenters hss made no arrannmenta with aae body regarding our jurisdictions u mere are any members ef independent unions or the IWA ear unorganised workers who want hi come into the brotherhood, it 1 your duty to let them in." Delegates approved a resolution asking an increase la etato unem ployment compensation payments from an average of $3$ to $sa weekly. Earl Hartley, executive secre tary of the LSWU's Weston Corn ell, said negotiationa have been opened for unspecified wage av creases under contract eipiria April 1. He said employers have oeen notified uie union la inter ested greatly in cost items, atnh as health and welfare, improved vacations and pensions." Evaluator Slat Fourtfc Meeting For Tonight The fourth ia a series of meet ings by the Roseburg School Eval uation Steering Committee to hear subcommittee progress reports wFl he held tonight at I in Central Junior High School. The subcommittees en adminis tration and supervision are scheduled te deliver their reporta tonight. PREFIK OP IN HOUtt ALT LAKB CITY m Orvot Haiea. Utah Mate geneto president, saya that when Warden Mareell 1 (traeaai aiaked laaaSM ef ha fltf 1 Priaoe how thev weald Wee to eahw brnte Grahaas'e enanwrsery ea 1 aardea. the armaeera sathsl, "Lets have ea epaa he em," Levity Fact R ant By U F. 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