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Newspaper Page TextU. of 0. Library augers, uregon Comp ' Cdart loDe Ltoottds veo- 0 A Choke bugcno, Oregon Trial Of William Langley Draws Toward Conclusion; Other Indictments Pending PORTLAND. Ore. The trial 1 by the State Circuit Court Jury, of embattled Portland Dist. Atly. the slim 41-year-old chief legal of William Lanslev. accused of de-ificer of Multnomah County would liberate failure to prosecute gam - oiers, draws toward in conclusion today If convicted of the misdemeanor WILLIAM R. JOHNSTONE . . . New Roseburg S.P. agent William Johnstone NewSP District Assistant Agent William R Johnstone of Seattle is being promoted to assistant district freight and passenger agent for the Roseburg Southern Pacific office. Johnstone has served as city freight agent at Seattle since 1953. He succeeds William L. Peebles who hai held the position of as sistant freight and passenger agent since March 1, 1955. Peebles was promoted to general agent for the company at Spokane. The new Roseburg resident plans on residing at 491 Sterling Drive with his wife. Elizabeth. The couple n.w not uaugmei.. . who is a teaching assistant at J Berkeley. Calif. Johnstone joined the S.P. operat ing department at Portland in August of 1935 and served in var ious capacities until February, 1945. when he transferred to the freight department as a rat clerk. In January, 1949, he was made city freight agent at Portland and in February of 1953 the company promoted hira to city freight agent for. the organisations' Seattle of fice. Teen-Age Rock 'n Roll Dane Ends In Stabbing HOUSTON A stabbing section were two traveling teach hroke up a teen-age rock 'n roUer who have been directing the party at a teen-ager't home Fn- physical education and band day night and police took some i wor, m the grade schools. The re 20 bop-happy kids to the station I duction also included a cut In the for Questioning Richard A. Frank. 15. was in a serious condition with five knife wounds. Police sought a 20-year-old party crasher known as "Califor nia Kid'' in the stabbing. Mrs. Helen Weatherford, 35. who hold the birthday party for the daughter Helen, 14. was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace on complaint of a neigh bor. "We were dancing to Elvis Pres ley and Fats Domino records." said one girl, "when somebody started punching Richard." Young Frank said at the hos pital that "three boys jumped me." He said he did not know the name of his assailant. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Russia is warning more or less -n .1.. -.1. u..i.,n Frnn. that if they permit their soil to b used for bases from which 1 atomic weapons might he launched! at Russia they H be DKSTROYKDj pronto. Little uenmars is ine laieii io he warned. The Danish govern- . V S. n.id for ARFcku, h w" iri b,dl" territory to be used for AM.Rf.s-; 5, : . ...iA.n, -h... ' SIO.N against Russia but it will NOT BUCKLE UNDER to threats from Moscow I rf for little Denmark- It isn't booa for mile uenmarc. 11 isn 1 always the big ones that have the most courage. Saudi Arabi. tire to the nations of the world that it regards the Gulf of Aqaba as an ARAB LAKE and will not permit Israeli ships to use it The United States has made free 1 dom of the Aqaba gulf a point of policy. V,e claim it is INTERN A-1 TIONA1. WATLR and as such is (Continued on Page 4 Col. 1) , The Weather Mostlv cloudy today with ram tenight and Sunday. Showers and partial clearing Sunday afternoon. Highest temp, last z neurs Lewett temp, last 24 hours Highest temp, any April . Lowest temp, any April .. Precip. last 24 heura . .. arsciB. from Aoril 1 40 7i H IS M 43 Precip. from Sept. I . Exeats frem Sept. 1 .2 Sunset tenight. t .i) p m. Sunrise temerrew, S 33 a.m. 1 be removed from office and could ' be fined A verdict of innocent would be only the first step in Langleyg bai lie to clear hit name. He also it under indictment on six other charges including the felonies of perjury and conspiring to take a bribe and to obstruct justice. The Langley case is the first to come to trial In the year-long in vestigation of vice and charges of corruption in Portland. Some 30 others are under indictment on some 50 charges. Among them is Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk who is accused of taking a bribe in 1955 when he was Multnomah County sheriff and of lying about it before a grand jury. Schrunk appeared in another Circuit Court yesterday to enter his plea of innocent to both charg es. He said he would be ready for trial in about two months. One of the highlights of Langley's trial yesterday occurred when I Langley testified that Portland gambler Big Jim Elkms had tried to blackmail Langley's wife. The district attorney flicked away a tear as he told how Elkins had demanded $10,000 from Mrs. Lang' I I i ley who then was pregnant in.. . . , . .. exchange for some tape recordings " Amm" "PPrt of the fallen that Elkins said would damage her government of Premier Suleiman husband's career. In another development in t h t seething vice cases here. Elkins and his employe, Raymond Clark, lost in their attempt to have evi dence suppressed in the federal wire tapping case against them. U.S. Dist. Judge William East ruled that the evidence group of tape recordings could be used in their trail which is to open here next Tuesday. Dillard District Budget Reduced; Vote Set May 8 The Dillard District budget com mittee slashed $13,720 from tho . , FHH ioM . , ,z " ' i , tion for the amount outside the 6 per cent limitation. Tho beleagured district's sec ond vote i has been scheduled for May from 2 to t p a. in the districts'! three- - grade schools and the Winston city offices. Vote ers will decide on S342.8fifi outside the limitation in a reduced opera ting ouuget oi a.iu.w7. The budget defeated by voters last week was for $569,387. The amount outside the limitation was J3.Vi.616. The committee Friday night slashed $10,720 from the instruc tion section and $3,000 from caDital Inutlav Deleled in the instriit-linn allowance for substitutes, drop in the amount allowed for a li brarian and slashing of travel mil eage allowed. In the capital outlay section, the amount for construction of bleach ers in the gymnasium was cut out. A public hearing on the budget i has been scheduled for May i 8 p m. st I Radios, TV, Newspaper Not Sponsoring Survey Local radio and television sta tions denied today any sponsor- ship of a current listener - viewer survey in the Roseburg area. The announcement roiiowea repon. , from several housewives who said they received calls from persons refusing to identify themselves or their sponsors. The caller, a wom an, was reported to be asking the names and ages of all children in the family ia addition to questions pertaining to listening or viewing. the isews-neview also disclaims sponsorship of any such survey. manager inanee v. ounran siai rt Idleyld Man Slitters M;0f QuH , M;lh r Wendell Simpson of Idleyld Park 1 missed serious injury but the damaged in an accident a hove iuieia rars. rany rriuay evening, n in uv-ftii, "iiu u,vii-i s"lra P"-"P ruuuu - ,rv m hn 1 flipped off the road. The pickup previous reports estimated the' con was extensively damaged, buti tract will pav about 150.000 a year. j . r.i Simpson received only minor fac sends a formal no- ... m . - fc. . .. j ' . ..' , .. .... Myrtle Creek Youth Che For Naval Corns r Jona Pil, s,on,rod, p0 Box 303, Vyrlle Crk, lofl Mr. ,na Mrl. F.arl Stonerod. has been select ed for enrollment in the Naval re serve program. The announce- ment that Stonerod had been sel I edted to participate in the program 'came from the Navy in Washing ton this morning. Plywood Division Coes Back On Five-DAWeek Approximately Ionium ia the Roseburg Lumber Co. plywood mill have gone from a four te five day work week, according to lumber company official. Whether the five - day schedule is permanent depends on the him 'ber market, the official said. Established 187J 16 Pages Syrian Regiment Israel Views With Concern Early Reports AMMAN. Jordan A Syrian armored regiment moved Into northern Jordan Saturday. (This dispatch came as Israeli Foreign Minister Golds Meir was saying in Tel Aviv that Israel would "view with concern" any foreign interference in Jordan. She gave no indication what Is rael might do if the Arab states try to carve up Jordan among themselves while Amman was in the throes of a political 'crisis.) Several hundred persona earlier Nabulsi and against the Eisenhow er Middle East doctrine. (In New York, a member of the Jordan mission to the United Nations said he has no informa tion about any Syrian troop move ments in his country. ("If it is true." he added, "it certainly does not mean war or anything. ("If there is such a troop move ment, my supposition would be that it is a normal replacement of Syrian troops which have been stationed in northern Jordan since the fighting started ia Egypt last fall.") The demonstrators here dis persed without any incidents after one of their leadera declared: we tolerate no American im peralist projects such as the Ei senhower doctrine. We shall fight against these projects the aame way we lougni against British inj peralist schemes." earner, noaui naum INimr, a strong Aran nationalist, gave up hia efforts to form a new govern ment and another man. the third in mree aays, was said to be sound ing out his prospecta of forming a cabinet to resolve the longest inimical crisis in Jordan a history. 50-50 Chance Given Mayflower BRIXHAM. England UK A shipping reporter for a London newspaper Saturday wrote that me maynower 11 has only a 50-. IT i"",.-'T' .... 50 chance of sailing across the "'J1'" " development ia law Atlantic, but the skipper of enforcement comparable to "the replica Pilgrim ship took vigorous I ,urt of ,he 'wo-ay radio, exception to the published specu-l Four years of preparation went lation. jinto the two-minute movie. "Fiddlesticks," said Command-1 The 16-millimeter Army surplus er Alan Villiers. "we'll start far. mm Mmri haH Kaon itMtallajl Plymouth, Mass., and we will get I there. Mayflower II ia a duplicate of the 180-ton wooden vessel in which the Pilgrim fathers went to America in 1620 and it will at tempt to re-enact their voyage. "There ia no mystery about ships of this type." VUliera add- Z, "?,S.r.?:itl mJ 'le odd in this age. They need some special understanding, and we k,M it r,.m ..-..- k in,... iii. .... fndl , ,nt ., , ,hip wnjcB u ,h , j,,,). fla ao a weii ' j Stanley Bonnett. shipping re-" porter of the London Daily Mail, wrote that Mayflower II has only an even chance of sailing across the Atlantic and reaching Ply mouth safely. Van Doren Signs With NBC As Consultant NEW YORK m Charles Van Doren. TV quiz show winner of I12D.0U0. has signed a contrset with the National Broadcasting Co. to serve as a consultant. NBC announced yesterday that v" Dr " consultant w,. .it -a 1 'on public affairs and educational programming, lie will also appear j iiuih iinir m, nine on dudiie i - iir or euucauonai programs, N ..l.r. f. .,,-. , k. Van Doren. 30-year-old English instructor at Columbia University, won the 3123.000 on NBC's "Twenty One" program in a marathon ex hibition of knowledge oa a wide range of subjects. He plans te keep hie 34,400-a-year teaching job. Pilot Seriously Injured As Light Plane Crashes LEXINGIOV. Ore. jP Bern I Green, 31-year-old flier from Hood River, waa preparing to land his hght plane here Friday when it went into a spia sod crashed about 1.000 feet from the airport runwav. - Green, the onlv one ia the craft. was seriously innired. He is s married man and the father of three children. The flier had taken off earlier from the aame field, hound for Hood River but stitneasea report- ed he sppsrently headed back here te avoid a storm. ROSEIURG, OREGON Roseburg Signs Agreement With Green Sanitary Dist. For Disposal Of Sewage ' The Roseburg; City Council and Green Sanitary District board of directors have entered an agreement under which Green can pipe its sewage to Roseburg- for disposal at a cost of not less than $3,000 per The agreement was announced Friday. It becomea effective, how ever, only if construction of sew age facilities in Green starts with in two years. A date has been set for a bond election, tsee other story. ) The agreement would allow Green to pump its sewage through line it would construct to con nect with the Roseburg system at the south city limits in the vicinity of Neilsen'a Market. For the service, the Green board has agreed to pay an annual lump sum of $2,000 per year. In addi tion, the district would pay $15 per million gallons of aewage received. The yearly total of this assessment cannot be less than $1,000. It will be paid semi-annually. The contract would continue lor 25 years, with an option to re negotiate at the end of that time. It also allows for re-negotiation in the 5th, 10th. 15th and 20th years. But the $2,000 payment would con tinue in any event. The agreement also: 1. Calls for Green to provide the connection with the Roseburg ivi- , . H .,, j measuring sewage passing from Green into the Roseburg system. 2. Insista that Green impose the same regulations on its users as may be imposed in Koseburg. This means Green's system will not be allowed to carry "oils, greases, solvents, chemicals, liquids, indus trial waste or other substances which might be detrimental to Roseburg'a sewers. . ." The agreement will be dropped if construction on a sewer system does not start in the Green district within 24 months. Holdup Of Bank Taken On Film CLEVELAND A man and a calm, "experienced' woman didn't know it but they were per- ui aaiaasfi uviui g umiic vamciai when they robbed the St. Clair Savings Loan Co. here of 32,- 376 Friday. Cleveland police, who helped set up the "production," hailed the just the previous day. and final tests had not been made when the man and his pretty blonde accom plice walked into the east side fi nancial institution, each carrying pistols, and demanding money. Elsie Rapic, 19-year-old teller, stepped on an alarm pedal to start the movie earners grinding land gnal Ceal B lice Station. The pictures, slightly fussy be cause of vibration near tho cam era, shows the gunman, a hand xercnier over we lower pan of bi face, pointing his pistol while kerchief over the lower part of the woman walka confidently Friday a bill to increase from around the counter to get theljoo to S7S0 the annual amount money from a cash drawer. I that is given to each blind student The two escaped before poliee I attending an institution of higher srrived. lesrning. Soft Economy And Promise Of Victory Over Polio Cut Into Total Collections A soft economy and the looming promise of victory over polio had ita effect on the 1M7 march of Dimes drive in Douiflaa County. Duj the total collection waa still hefty. Total receipts in the month-long drive were reported today by county chairman Brian Graves as 328.645 S5. Expenses of conducting the drive left the net total at 327, 564.40. I Jit year's county total was approximately 3:9.000. Graves reported that 34.300 of this sum would be reserved for a vaccine program to supplement the county procrsm of Salk vac cinations. Roseburg'a collections in the county wide drive were 316.737. 57. Dave Weisman waa chair man of the drive n the city. Totals for other communities of the county were. Canyonville. 3550 IS, chairman Beverly T. Prit- chett; Drain SM7 70. L. W. Dar- nail; Gli'le. 3459 3. Alice W. Amann, t.lendale. 31.062 13, Mil- dred 9. Daniels: Dixnnville, 8226.- W. Jean Radcliffe: Days Creek, 3207 48. Lois M. raider; Oakland 81.333 68. Fern Neas; M y r 1 1 e Creek, 81.045 43. Robert G. Dan-1 ielsoo: Reedaport. 32.399 56. Joha A. Dse: Riddle.7 11, Elaine M l Strobririge, Suihrrlm, 81.592 57, i Richard I.. 18223 83, Mrs Cordors: Tenmile, A lev tedtie; Toke- SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 19S7 Enters year. Green Sanitary Dist. Bond Issue Vote Slated May 20 Green's doughty sanitary district board was carrying on today as though it had never had a struggle. It not only has hammered out an agreement with Roseburg to have its sewage transportated into the city disposal plant, but it also has set a date for a $355,000 bond elec tion. These steps were taken despite a running battle of more than a year and a half which had split the voting population almost down the middle. The agreement between Rose burg and the Green Sanitary Dis trict was announced Friday. It ia contingent on start of construction within 24 months. (See other story.) ine vuiers wiu go lu uic pan m I a.m. to cide if they will finance that con struction. The bond issue would finance construction of a system of mains. lateral lutes, a pumping station to force the aewage to Roseburg and a line to carry that sewage from Green to Roseburg. The bonds would all mature within 25 years. Aa additional security- for pay ment of the bonds, the district would pledge all revenue derived Trom monthly sewer service charg es. (The sewer service charges will be not lesa than $4 ner month per user. They will be reduced only it uie total oerivea is at least 17, 000 per year.) The ordinance was aigned by all board members, Chairman Warren Engdahl, Kenton Gum, Lee Stadig, William House and Robert Boehm. Municipal Utilities Tav Mufirn TmtamiA iiw SALEM un Municipal utili ties won a maor victory Friday when the House of Representa tives defeated, .w-Z4, a proposal to allow the state to tax their property outside communities. The bill, introduced by three members of the Lane County del egation at the request of the Springfield ' and McKenzie school districts, was an attempt to force the Eugene Water 4 Electric Board to pay property taxes on its holdings, including a large timber tract, in the districts. It also would have affected municipal systems in McMinn vilie. Forest Grove and Milton Freewater, all of which serve outlying sreas. The four-member Lane delega tion split 3-1 on the bill. UPS BLIND PAY SALEM ii The Senate ap- Droved and nnt la the eovernor tee Falls, 394 84 Marie Bnirker; Umpqua. 3236 20, Ryrtle Swire hart; Winston - Dillard, 3510.70, Charlea B. Kash. According to the report, schools of the county brought in 36.517.14. The biggest single event, however, wss the Mothers March of Polio, which grossed 38.843 13. Total expenses of the drive were 31 061 13. Half the net total is retained in the county snd the other half ju()g Warren A. Woodruff con is forwarded to the National Foun- tjnued the arraignment until Mon dation for Infantile Paralysis. day and set bail at 81.000. She waa County chapter chairman of thelarfestej by Roseburg police upon a National Foundation, Dr. Verner I complaint signed by Kdna V. West. 4. inurraon. saiu noma ui ine. county funds are being used for the rehabilitation of Judy Bel- lows and Dale Lander, . a center in Southern California. He said another patient is sched uled to go to Seattle and still an-1 other to Portland this summer for rehabilitation. 1 Aa an interesting indication of the effect of the tight on polio in Doualsa Countv. Dr. Anderson re-! lated that three years ago, the day on chargea of using abusive county had 26 rases of polio. Two and obscene language upon a pub years ago. it had dropped to 11 lie highway, George Dwayne Jame- and last year it waa down te five. Four of these were in the southern end of countv. Anderson aaid all credit could not be claimed for the polio vae - I cine, hut at was an encouraging as- Idieat we. PRICE 5e Jordan Postal Cutback Expected To Be Short-lived WASHINGTON I There were no regular mail deliveriea todav and most post offices were closed for the weekend. But it looked as though service would be returned to normal soon. Postmaster General Summer field said late Friday he has "no choice" but to go ahead with serv ice cutbacka even though the House Appropriations Committee has recommended an extra 41 mil lion dollars to maintain normal postal operations through June. tie Baid the reductions must go into effect as scheduled so that the department legally operates within the funds actually appro priated." Under the first stage of Summer field's order, Saturday mail de livery has been halted throughout the country. The only items being delivered are those bearing apecial delivery stamps. Also, service win dows in most of the nation's 38, 000 post officea remained closed. The only ones open were rural areas fourth class post offices, staffed generally by storekeepers. Newspapers are included in the ban on mail delivery. Other service curtailments sre scheduled to take effect later. Panel Discussion On Textbooks Set At Dillard School a panel discussion concerning textbook adoptiona will be held Monday at S p.m. in Dillard El ementary School, according to C. a. uysmger, moderator. Theme for the discussion is "The Hows snd Whys of New Textbook Schools in Oregon." The panel will uiciuae waiter snoid of Salem who is on the Stste Dept. of Ed ucation staff as an elementary su pervisor. He will discuss the leeal aspects and reasons for new text- oook sdoptions. Miss Nellie Wikoff, third grsde instructor st Dillard Elementary ocnooi, wiu ran on ine teachers attitude toward the subiert of new adoptions, and Mrs. Daisy Fox, PI A member, will represent the riA ana tne community in head ing up auestiona about thins-a which have been bothering parents aooui lexioooK adoptiona. Mrs. Retts Otto, teacher from Eugene and number of the stste textbook evaluation committee, wil also be on the psnel. The panel diecuasion Monday night Is being sponsored by the Dillard Elementary School PTA. "The subject is important at this time because of budget elections," Dysinger, elementary school prin cipal, said. Parents will be sble to hsve questions snswered such ss why new textbooks sre adopted and why the book are included in the budget, he added. Taxpayers League Sets Annual Meet April 19 The annual meeting of the Doug laa County Taxpayers League and a public hearing on a supplemen tal budget for road purposea by the county will be packed into one afternoon April 13. The league haa scheduled its meeting at 10 a.m. in the county court auditorium Hi the eourthouse. It will elect officers snd direc tors for the coming yesr. Immediately after the election, the county court will open ita pub lic hearing on the supplemental budget. County Judge V. T. Jack son said the hearing will be staged to explain the "whya and where fores' of the supplemental budget need. Time To See Attorney Cranted Woman Here Following an appearance In district court Kriday on charges of obtaining money under false pretences, Pauline Barton. 33. was granted time to consult a lawyer. She ia accused of estsblishing I credit st Disns Crsig's, Inc., under ,l w u ii 87-57 F wno are ailhMh rf htimn lmrom as iiic wi ana. i, ,,n, iiikkim- sortment of clothing. T.I.I Cl.t-J ft rki, 1?V. . . -i ?. Of Using Abusive Talk Appearing in diatrict court Fri , ton. Myrtle Creek, had hia trial dste set for April 23 at 9 30 am. ' Jevneson is represented by Wil- Ham Jones. Roaehurg attorney.' In 1 addition to the district coert he faces as indecent eaanosure 'count filed by Rnseburg police. Republicans Promise Suit To Determine Legality Of Action In Naming Democrat Br LLOYD ROGERS Staff Writer, News-Review Douglas County Republicans are shaking; the cobwebs off an ancient English law and preparing; to do battle over the appointment of Avery Thompson as district attorney. Democrat Gov. Robert Holmes' naming- of Democrat Thompson to the post being vacated by a Republican has set the scene for the struggle. Friday, the governor an nounced that he had checked with his legal advisor, kWj. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton, and had named hia choice. Leading the irate Republicans to the legal lists ia James Richmond, county central committee chair man. The Roseburg attorney, even before the appointment waa offi cially announced, was busy sharp ening hia legal weapons. He is preparing a writ of quo warrento which he plana to file as soon as Thompson is sworn into of fice. "I have been researching it," Richmond said as he emerged from his law library to learn the appointment had been made. The Republican leader, frankly ired by the governor's action, said that the proceeding freely trans lated means "by what right do you claim office." A trio to Black a Law Diction ary reveals that quo warranto is: 'In old English practice. A writ, Governor's Choice For DA Has Practiced Law Here 1 1 Years Avery Thompson, named te lake ever aa Douglas County district attorney, is 49 years of age and has practiced law In Roseburf for II years. He is e Democrat and served as Douglas County chairman m Gov. Robert Holmes' campaign last fall. A graduate of me Salem High Scheet end me University e Or egon Law School, he practiced in Salem from 1932 until I Ml when he entered the navy, serv ing as e commander. He started law practice In Roseburg In It. Judge Tosses Out Fair Trades Law Suit By Sunbeam : Circuit Judge A. T. Goodwin of Eugene Una week threw out of court an injunction suit againat a Esrtnership. which includes Rose urg Surplus Ssles store here. The suit waa brought in July 1956 by Sunbeam Corp. against the Roseburg store, fcugene surplus Ssles and Klamath Palls Army More. The corporation charged that the firms sold Sunbeam appliances below prices agreed upon between the msnufscturer snd wholesale distributors through fair trade contrscls. Sunbeam asked that the defen dants be enjoined front selling any of its items below the fsir trsde price. It ssked 3150.000 dsmsges. Judge Goodwin dismissed the suit this week sfter three weeks of trial. He said the plaintiff corpor ation had failed te prove the es sential allegations in the complaint. The dismissal gives the three stores ths right to sell Sunbeam products st sny price they desire. Umpqua Savings, Loan Building Bids Slated Bids for the reconstruction of a building for Umpqua Savings snd Loan Assn. are expected te be called for in two to four weeks, a spokesman in the office of arch itect Lyle T. Glenn aaid. The plans for the building have been revised from a previous de sign. Bids were called for approx imately one month ago, but they were all high, the spokesman said. The building will consist of one story snd a mezxamne. Contrse tors will be invited to bid on the building. Vie Lew hi New President Of Insurance Agents Vie Lewis, sgent with the Ump qua Insursnce Agency, waa elect ed president of the Douglas Coun ty Assn. of Insurance Agenta at a noon luncheon of the organization f riday. Others elected to office wereicident near Chico, Calif., early Rill Reinhart, vice president, and Dirk DeBernardi, secretary treas- urer. Lewis lives at 476 NK Hous-lcalla ley Ave. with his wife. Csrol. snd five children. Psul II. Roger 10. Kslhy 7, John 4, snd Tim 1. The new president hss lived in Rose burg nine yesrs snd hss been with the Umpqua Insursnce Agency for five. The members diseuased bills, pertaining to the insurance busi ness, which are before the legis lature. Horse Reported Wounded e ,.i i, . By ,Z2 Caliber Bullet Wounding of a horse by a 22 caliber bullet waa reported Friday to the sheriff s office by Loran O -Neal of Oakland. O'Neal told officers that some one had shot his horse but had not hit the animal in a vital spot. Jte said that during the last two and J!" ." has had. three Th wtoher, at least, has .Un'cPee " Hereeej Grley't edvic. it was noted oa the report at te "eo wett"-end how! Hea ths sheriff's office that O'Neal's Barl b(nr m smearinn the .property that the owner saya his signs srs I constantly torn from posts. U.UfW... HV1-. in the nature of a writ of right for the lung, against him who claimed or usurped any office, franchise, or liberty, to inquire by what authority he supported h i a claim, in order to determine the right." When such a writ is filed, sa interesting legal scrimmage is promised. Ia the front ranks of the spectators will be the county's attorneys, both Republicans and Democrats. Most of the city's at torney's expressed surprise at Holmes' appointment but revealed intense interest at the possibilities of legal action. Richmond waa outs pokes ia his criticism of the governor's ap pointment. "I think it another ex ample of the present administra tion's policy of grabbing all now- ers and positions that it can with out regard to the wishes of the people." he declared. Continuing, he said. "He appoint- ed a Democrat oa the basis of 175 Democrats whn vnlort I Stulte (in the May primary). To do ia a ciear ana outrageous violation of the intent of the election law. He mav ha - right technically, but ethically and uiuiauy lie is wrong. Basis for Richmond's contention ia the wording of the law under which Holmes made the appoint ment to the office which becomes vacant April ae. The statute aava that appointees shall be "slfilisted, , aa determined by the appropriate entry on his official election card, with the aame political party as that by which the elected prede cessor in such office wss designs ted oa the election ballot ' Because stults, who wss unop posed in either the primary or general election, received the nomi nations of both parties, he was carried on the November ballot as a "RepublicamDemoerat." This was the bssis for the at-' lorney general's ruling that Holmes (Continued est Page I CoL t) Spitxbirt Quits State Fair Job SALEM in Leo Spitzbart. manager of toe Oregon State Fair for 22 years, hss quit. The newly appointed state Fair Commission refused Fridsy night to sccept Spitibsrt's demand for a contrset covering the 1MI and 1958 fairs. When the fnmminuui t I A Spitzbart it would offer him onlv a contract to miaaia th ies? fair, Spitxbart told John Travis. Hood River, te "set another hn for the job." Travis ssid the commission would meet next Tueadav te in terview spplicsnts for the posi tion. The new manaaer will hav hia hands full because planning for the 1957 fair should be well ad vanced by now. Travia told Spitabart that the commission's plaa waa to hire Spitzbart for the 1957 fair, and provide him with an saaistsnt, whs presumably would take ever the sssnager's job after the aeis fatr. 1 refuse te eonsidsr the noai- tioo." Spetibart said, "under aey conditions other then a two-year contract. "I have waited for the eoes miasion's aoswer for IS days snd now they csH me at 10:30 in. to come down to the hotel te dis cuss the matter with them. I had told them what I could do. "An sssistsnt st the fair is just wasted money, I'm through. I don't believe I could work with that kind of a commission." Yoncalla Youth Killed In Accident Near Chic Mrs. Thelms Wiley of Yoncalla Friday learned of the death of her son. Jack, in an automobile Friday morning. Two other youths, former Yon- residents, were injured m 'the srcidrnt, Mrs. George Edes, News-Review correspondent, said. They were Charles Turner and Otis Underwood. TO CLIAN UP TOWN "Operation Clean Sweep" gets underway in Canyonville Sunday. Members of the Canyonville Jun ior Chamber of Commerce man their brooms at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at the Airport Cafe, according to enrresoondent Virsinia Proctor. j The men will aweep aU paved streets la town, ssid Jsycee spokesmen Junior Crisp. Levity Fact Rant By L f. Reiienstein " , y . .. I1 er eheeneers at suiniiierxe.