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U. cf 0. Library Eugene. , Oregon vomp topikt mm cmrvs Kress ZONE Elkins, Clark Of Wiretapping, Face Long Prison Terms, Heavy Fines PORTLAND (A, Bijc Jim Elkins. 55, the racketeer who decided to talk last year, faces a possible seven years in prison and $70,000 in fines. With his employe, Raymond Clark, 33, he was convicted Saturday night by a U.S. District Court jury on seven counts of wiretapping. The maximum penalty is a year in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count for each man. No data was let for sentencing. Klkini' attorney said be would de- j c,d. later whether or not At .talsC!.. It was Elkins' complaint that j . others were trying to move in on A lit A KilTO I IflCelr his rackets that led to the Port-IHUIU IXlltC Vl(l33lt land vice investigations last year. l i A newspaper. The Oregonian, i FrflC AC lXl IVOC induced him to talk and the subse-i UB I LIVCS quent news stories led to investi- gations by four grand juries and BRESCIA, Italy U The fiery more than 100 indictments against red Ferrari of Spanish playboy 40 persons. i millionaire Marquis Alfonso de Elkins, who later repeated hisiPortago sent 12 persons to their story before the Senate labor i death, including himself and his rackets committee, accused Dist. American driving companion, as it Atty. William M. Langley and 'hurtled into crowds lining the some Teamster Union officials. I route of the Mille Miglia auto race He said he had planted a micro-! near Mantua yesterday. Dhone in an apartment used Dy I some of the others, and had tape Recordings to back up his story. Early in the investigation a raid on Clark's residence turned up other tape recordings, and these were introduced as wiretap evi-i dence in the four-week-long trial car was nuruing ai idu mnes an that resulted in the conviction of hour when it blew a tire and ca Elkins and Clark. ;reened wildly to the side of the I angley who was replaced as road, crushing the two occupants district attorney last week, testi-land instantly killing 10 spectators, fied the recordings contained Several others were injured, some of his telephone conversa- Edmund Eddy Nelson, a native tions 'of Beloit, Wis., was the co-driver. There still is more trouble He lived with his wife in Paris, ahead for Elkins, Langley and the : Langley, who was convicted last month of failing to prosecute gamblers, faces a number of in dictments returned by county grand juries. So does Elkins. The next scheduled trial is that of Mavor Terry Schrunk, who faces five indictments. His trial on a perjury charge is scheduled to start May 22. He is accused of lving when he denied taking a $500 bribe from a gambler. Schrunk. Langley and five minor officials also face contempt of court charges because they t,.tifirf in the Elkins trial. A state circuit court juage m ordered them not to testify about i the seizure of tape in t,iarn s 1 hnml. because the court naa ruled the seizure illegal. But they also were faced withj federal court contempt charges if ! thev did not become witnesses. All testified. The state circuit court hearing on that matter is scheduled May 24. Oregon Flier Killed As Plane Falls Apart PORTLAND. Ore. i A flier's body crashed into a living vesterday, seconds after a airplane inexplicably fell nwr residential section. The dead flier was Willis Alien Wnnri 21. Salem. Ore., whose light plywood plane disintegrated over soutneast rortiana in i '"- crop, plant here, as speaker. noon. I A panel this afternoon was to Wood, an Oregon State College : review ,he morning tour of the senior, either was thrown from the stU(j mjn,s plane when it began coming apart, I Tuesday' morning, there will be or he jumped- He had no para-,, seriell of uik, in the hotel on chute. . I western hardwood operation, meth-1 The body tore a hole in Fredi,, ot cost unAwit in the plvwood G. Thomson's roof and smashed a.inriustrv and manufacture of bev-1 chair in the living room. Wood, the son ot a 5aiem oen-, tist. Dr. John R. Wood, was ! . i .1.. imm l injured slightly six weeks ago in I cracKup wnue lauuiuK nwiun - nine at torvaius. mat injury ' kept him from recent matches. golf Cool, Wet Weather Due Rest Of Week Cool, showery weather is in pros pect through this week., the U. S. Weather Bureau said here today. A half-inch of rain or more will be combined with temperatures av- erasing below normal for this time of the year. Highs wiU be in the 60s and lows between 44 and 48. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS D..II-.;- f..m U.'cl,in(ltnn T.. ,nj iiW nmmit. tce of the house of representatives has approved a one and a half billion dollar federal school con struction bill. The committee vote was 20 to . indicating considerable sentiment in the home for federal aid for construction of schools. Question If this bill should become a law. how much would Oregon get' Let's do a little rough figuring ftroimn has aDDroximately one per cent of the population of the t niiea .-urfi". w ing what the exact formula for the distribution of the svhool construc tion money among the states may (Continued on Pa 4 OoL. $) The Weather Mostly ehwdy, few showers day. tonioht and Tuesday. No) much temperanire cnangw. Highest temp, last J4 hours Lewett temp, last 24 heats Hiqheit temp, any May Lowest temp, any May Preip. last 24 hours Pracio. from May I ... Prts. front Sept. 1 Eiceu from Sept. 1 Sunset tennjM. P " "unrfte ttmiww, 4:S a.m TO 47 . 102 24 . .04 . 21 S3 ,M Found Guilty i-aier in me aay, me race Claim- ed its 13lh victim as Dutch driver Josef Goettgens car skidded on wet pavement near Florence and spun into a road guard. He died of a fractured skull. De fortago s powerful S.800 c.c nut sne naa oeen in mis country for the past month so their 2-year- nlrf nn ilH nml.rcm n nnrlmn on his leg. The toll boasted to 18 the num ber of fatalities in the race in the last two years and newspapers immediately predicted new de mands would be made in the Ital ian Parliament to cancel the classic. The Mille Miglia has been the last big open road race in Eu rope since the Le Mans race was dropped after the 90-death tragedy in 1955. This year's race was approved only after officials pledged strict enforcement of safety regulations. v,m .m uir .n. ed with straw bales, police were siauunt-u iung me iuu iu Uwu oac ciwus, auu me runic, iui l nearly in nail irum ow iu oju. Cornet RpcPdrCri Meet rUre5I ncacunn Hieei Draws Delegates Here Between 100 and 150 men in the lumbering and allied industries are expected here by Tuesday noon in a convention of the Pacific North west section of the Forest Pro ducts Research Society. Registrations began this morn- room i mg m the Hotel Umpqua, and dele small j gau?s immediately were off to a apart j number of stud mill operations in I central Douglas County. The societv s banquet will be at 17 t.miuhi with mr0p fc'rpnnh epn. era manager of the U.S. Plywood ;eie(j sjding from common lumber. A iiM trip through the Roseburg 1 umneI. Co sawmill and nivwood . ... . ' plant is scheduled Tuesday .rtr. noon. Woman Kidnaper Ends 6-Year Prison Stretch SANTA FE, N.M. Nancy Campbell, 49. refusing to talk to, newsmen, walked out of the New 1 Mexico State Prison at dawn yes terday and hurried to a waiting car. It was six years ago that Miss tampoeu. men a prominent ama Je physician, kidnaped' 9-year-old j I-'nda Stamm for $20,000 ransom. ' She has served six years of a 10- ' to-15 year prison term, getting I time off for good behavior. 4. the Linda Stamm testified at trial that Miss Campbell took her from home to an abandoned win - dowlesa ranch house south of Santa Fe. The child was found unharmed 30 hours later in the kidnaper s convertible, only a few feet from j the Senate, where Democratic where officers captured Miss supported legislation has run into Campbell as she reached for the i trouble. Committee Nod Civen Extra D. A. Aide For Lane SALEM ' The Joint Ways program and not a sales tax " and Means Committee approved ; "They are impeding the husi Monday a bill to give Lane County ness of the courts of Oregon." he additional deputy district at - torney Scn. Dan Thicl (D). Astoria, chairman of the subcommittee they are determinefl not to give that studied the matter, said the Democratic governor an oppor extra deputy is needed because tim'lv to appoint possibly two the district attorney's office is Democratic judges, about a year behind in its work. Denies Control Aim Rrp Glrn Startler (D), Eugene. j Holmes denied that he wants to replied: abolish the state Board of Control "The district attorney has been because it would give him, as a spending the past year in political Democratic governor now, the maneuvering, so no wonder he's powers of the board, a year behind " i He said the Democratic Party o"" not crack down on its mem bers because "we feel no need CURFEW VIOLATOR for that harsh discipline practiced by the Republicans," and contin A 14-year-old boy was turned ued: mer iu me r..uiny ju.cmie uuicer; Sunday morning by Roseburg po- lice, who found him wandering in a m. Established 1873 Museum T I , lOnigntS Session Will Study Views Planners Will Carry On Opposition In Case Council Dodges Stand Opposing ' views of the use of the I.illio Mruiro nmiurtv miiIiI make tonight's Roseburg Cityl mousiy oy memoers present at a Council meeting lengthy, if not:board of directors meeting last heated I week, according to T. H. Pargeter, Listed on tin agenda under the ! 9l?.amber President. The policy innocent heading of "cnmmunira-1 tions are a couple of letters which toss the Lillie Moore affair square ly in the lap of th council. Both take the stand that the property should be used for commercial purposes rather than as a site for a museum the aim of the Doug las County Historical Society. lhe City Planning Commission IS asking the Council to go On rec- l0r' opposing the use of the uiuucny iui museum uui puses "and that the position of the city in this respect be made clear to the Douglas County Historical So ciety and to Oregon senators and representatives in the Congress." If the City Council does not see fit to take the stand asked by the city planners, the commission asks for permission to make its recom mendation known to the historical society and congressmen. The Roseburg Chamber of Com merce also is urging the council to oppose use of the property as a museum. A letter stating the chamber's view has been sent to the City Council. (See letter in column at right). When the late Lillie Moore deed ed her property to the U.S. gov ernment, the city made efforts to obtain the property but could only do so if it were to be used for park purposes. The city wanted to use it for a parking lot but was told by the General Services Ad- minstration that a transfer could onlv be marie if the eitv agreed to limit the use to a park. The government agency would not even agree to allowing the city (Continued on Page 2 Col. S) Sutherlin Votes Today On Special Budget Tax ,. .,.,,. ,. , , I Voting on J160.144.24 school levy over lne slx P" cent limitation is in progress today in the Sutherlin SS5?0' Dls,ricl' , ... , L "um rePresen,f f over last year a figure and " P'!1 . ,he total proposed 1957- M cno01 """gel a v.Ui.iiK.u The actual operating budget fig- ure is $524,033.24 and the addition-lerating al W9-215 ' 'rom bond and sink-1 lino funsJ vanninl Dni-al C a U I mg runa receipts, nurai a c n 0 0 1 board receipts will be $167,098. The total tax levy of $376,457.24 represents a 42 2 mill levy. Last i each night. The meetings will be year the mill levy was 32.2. I in the community hall in Canyon Polls are to be open until 8 this ville, Rod and Gun Club at Yon evening at all elementary schools in calla, and Carl's Haven at Rose the district. I burg. Holmes Republican Senators Trying To Block Demo Tax Bill, Covernor Says ALBANY. Ore. (jf Got. Holmes, addressing the Oregon : vn.. n.m.u.,.1.- .nn.i ventlon Sa,uruav night, said the 1 15 Repub,can, in Uie state Senate i ., r. L.ir.v,no th. nni. nf ih, . state There is an even division be- : teen Republicans and Democrats The Republican Party, Holmes said, "has not now learned to be responiible." He accused the Republican sen ators of "trying to stop a tax program, not because it u) a bad program, but because it is our ! continued, not because we ao not desperately need two more Su- preme ourt justices i. out necause Thf wav (. hat a bsd DemO ,. , k..i h,m nv.r th. ..d but to quell him with vote. , (Continued oa Page 1 CoL t) 14 Paget Site Issue Awaits Chamber Opposes Proposed Moore Site For Museum The policy of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce toward us ing the Lillie Moore property on Rose Street at Washington Avenue as a museum site has been ex pressed adversely in a letter to the City Council. The views were voiced unani- tollows: The board believes thrt the general objectives of the Roseburg Historical Society are sound and of long-range benefit to Roseburg. It will actively support its develop ment because the board memberi are convinced that cultural pro gress is necessary in an active business community. "During our discussion, partic ular emphasis was made on the crowded conditions of downtown Roseburg. The downtown area, which is very limited in size due to its natural setting, has very little room for new business sites and for expansion. Property is scarce and scarcity makes property val uable. Inherent to such a condi tion it the parking problem. "These facts, which could be supplemented by showing values of properties sold and parking sur veys made by various groups, has convinced the board that the Lil lie Moore property should not be used as a museum site. It strong ly recommends to the City Coun cil the use of this site for com mercial purposes. Doing otherwise would aggravate an already very difficult situation. "The board, also recommends to the City Cocncil that it offer an adequate site to the Roseburg His torical Society for the purpose of building a museum. The- "Roseburg Historical So- i cietv to which the statement re- i fers actually is the Douglas Coun- ty Historical Society. New Forestry Laws Dated For Explanation The first of three annual meet ings of logging and sawmill opera tors have been scheduled by the Douglas Forest Protective Assn. Wednesday night at Canyonville. The meeting will be followed up by gatherings at Yoncalla Thurs day night and Roseburg Friday night. An explanation of new forestry laws will be made, as will the pol icy of the state forester on fires originating or spreading to an op- area. A question-and-an- swer discussion of problems in for- 1 A innnAAtinn uinrlr will Allnu , est inspection worn wiu ioiiow Refreshments will be served at 8:45 p.m.. with dinner at 7:30 p.m. Hurls Betrayal x In 1 1 0 DOUGLAS COUNTY'S legislative delegation is all smiles oi Gov. Robert O. Holmes putt hit signature to a measure which th trio sponsored to permit' tourt to develop 0 ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, MAY 13, 1957 Price-Slash On Gasoline To Be Talked Retailers Of Umpqua Assn. Meeting Tonight To Decide On Action The latest move scheduled hv the Umpqua Retail Gasoline Deal ers Assn., in an effort to challenge gasoline price-cutting at four Rose burg Shell stations, is a meeting slated tonight in the Douglas Coun ty Courthouse. Members will meet at 7:30 p.m. in circuit courtroom A, according to the association's president, Ken Gilkeson, "and a roll call will be taken to' tee what the membership warns 10 ao. The meeting was called in the wake of price-cutting by Shell sta tions in Roseburg over the week end that reduced their prices three cents oeiow regularly posted pric es. Shell stations trimmed their pric es as a protest to cut-rate prices ai certain stations in me area. They delayed their own price-cutting after a meeting of the associ ation was held in Roseburg last Wednesday which attempted to avoid a "gas war" situation. The association assigned a committee which was successful in getting cut-rate" dealers to remove signs outside their station which adver tised their lower prices. Shell Claim Disputed Shell station dealers defended their price lowering. -They observed mat tneir company had not en gaged in trading through cut-rate stations while other major oil com panies nad. Jney said that they were oniy meeting competition. Shell dealers in the area report ed Monday "a slight improvement in business, but not much over (Continued on Page 2 Col. I) Murder, Suicide Seen In Portland Tragedy PORTLAND Of! A man iden tified as Gradv Rawls. 39. and his wife. Ruth, 41, were found dead from knife wounds in a hotel i here Saturday and police say it proDaniy was a case of murder and suicide. The woman had been beaten and had knife wounds in her chest. Rawls, a logger, had deep knife wounds in the abdomen. A switch blade knife was found near the bodies. Police speculated that Rawls killed his wife because of domestic difficulties, then turned the knife on himself. BICYCLE STOLEN Robert Schmitt. 805 NE Alameda Ave., reported to Roseburg police Saturday that his bicycle had been stolen from Uie front yard of his I home. Council Weekend Traffic Mishaps In Central County Areas Deal Injuries To 5 Persons Five persons were injured, over the weekend in the central Douplas County area. two hugene boys were Hospital about 3:15 a.m. Sunday after a two-car collision at Sutherlin junction on Hifthway 99. three Koseburg persons were the others injured. They were involved in a two-car collision about 6 p.m. Saturday. Student Accused Of Poisoning School Nurse, Two Coeds PLATTE CITY, Mo. I An 18-year-old scholarship student at Park College has been charged with mixing arsenic in food eaten by school nurse and two coeds. "I think someone's after me." said Hubert McKinley Fulkerson Jr., of Muskogee, Okla., after his arraignment Saturday. "There is evidence pointing to me because I had access to arsenic in t h chemistry laboratory." The victims. Luella Matthews. Jon Porter and Shirley Flint, were reported in good condition at Wav erly Medical Center on the cam pus. They became ill Thursday aft er eating luncheon at the center. Mrs. Matthews is a nurse. Miss Porter is from Greenfield, Mo., and Miss Flint from Dow, Iowa. The formal charge against Ful kerson is mingling poison with food with intent to kill or injure. The penalty upon conviction is five years in prison to death. The campus already was iitterr over six fires last week when the poisonings became known. Dr. Rob ert ixing, president ot tne col lege, said the fires were set. Authorities said Saturday a youth was being questioned about both the poisonings and the fires. Fulkerson, a freshman at Park, was an honor student at Muskogee Central High School. His specialty is phvsics. Officials said he had no previous record. Dr. Long said fulkerson Butter ed a head injury about 18 months ago when he was hit by a base ball and has blacked out three times at school. Three Oregon Farmers Die In Tractor Accidents By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tractor accidenta killed three Oregon farmers over the weekend. Joseph Twigg, 52, a member of the Hillsboro Union High School Board, was killed when his trac tor tipped over on his farm near Cornelius Saturday. Carl Kohi, 80, also was killed by an overturning tractor Satur day on his ranch, two miles north of Burns. Frank John, 80, was crushed against a barn wall by a tractor 'he was cranking Friday Bight at i his farm near Adrian. Charge 1! water conwrvation ond flood control districts Left to right, standmq, are Sen. Dan Dimick and Rept. AI Flegel ond W. O. Keltoy. I PRICE 5c Action but none seriously, in traffic taken to Doutrlas Community State police identified the Eu- gene boys aa Donald Tim Jones 17, driver ot one ot the cars, and Marvin Ward McClendon, 16. a passenger. They received lacera tions on their faces and heads when their car hit another from the rear. Driver of the second car, Donald Lawrence Brown. Drain, had stopped along the highway to pick up some hitch hikers, and the Brown car was obscured by a low fog, police said. The Roseburg people were: Mrs. Marie Kvidera, 55, driver of one car; Jimmy Douglas Barrong, 15, of 2046 SW Austin Rd.: and Joann Thomas, 15, of 1592 SW Austin Rd. The accident occurred at Lane Avenue and Parrott Street, and the driver of the car in which the two teen-agers were riding was cited for failure to yield right-of- way. Roseburg police said he was Tommy W. Barrong, 16, brother of the boy. Rib Fractures Suffered Mrs. Kvidera received broken ribs on her left side, and the Bar rong boy and Thomas girl received lacerations. Total damage to the two cars was estimated to be $850. All three of the injured were taken to Douglas Community Hos pital. Other accidents were reported by police. Roseburg police said Robert, (, son of Mr. and Mrs, Clyde- Lan- phere, 2036 NE Oswego Ave., was struck down by a Koseburg Cab Co. car driven by George smun Saturday about 1:05 p.m. on Jowl- er Street. Smith took the boy to Douglas Community Hospital, (Continued on Page 2 Col. 4) Myrtle Creek Woman Driver In Fatal Crash A Myrtle Creek woman was the driver of one car Involved in a fatal traffic collision near Florence Sunday. Mrs. Glenn Butler, 12, her hue band and their four children were Injured in tne wreck, which killed Floyd E. Gowen, 47, Cuih man. Alt hurt was Lele Wins gar, Gawen's 'housekeeper. BURGLAR NETS CASH A burglary of the Shalimar Sup per Club, 734 SE Stephens St., netted the thief $10 in cash, a knife and possible two cases of beer, Roseburg police were told by the management Sunday morn ing. The burglary occurred some time after 2 a.m., officers were told. 112-57 At Foes ni n Lampasas, Texas, Dealt Storm Fury Dallas. Fort Worth, Several States Also Battered By Storms By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A dash flood loosed in a seven-, inch cloudburst virtually swept away the business district of Lam. pasas in central Texas Sunday night as the siege of rain torrents continued in the normally dry Southern Plains. The Red Cross said Monday that five persons were unaccounted for after a levee damming choked Sulphur and Burleson creeks gave way. Two drownings were con firmed in Lampasas, a town of some 5.000, and 150 homes were damaged. The rains, which have cost 30 lives and forced 9,000 Texans from their homes since April 18 continued to plague stricken Lam pasaa and other Texas cities. New thunderstorms and violent winds nu tne Lampasas region after Sunday'a 80-mile winds and foot deep hail deposits which included hailstones as large as oranges, mere was some easinir l i the day. Other Areas Bartered Dallas and Fort Worth were swept with a cloudburst and winds " m.p.a. Monday. At Gates ville, 35 milee southwest of Waco, rainfall of 5.05 inches was report' A blanket of thunderstorms spread north and eastward into Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa. Widespread rains soaked the western plateau region overnight, with Salt Lake City receiving i inch. More than a inM,.. have swamped parts of Idaho dur ing the weekend, with Grangeville getting a 24-hour fall of 1.60 inch es more than the normal rain- mii ior au ot Alay. Thunderstorms also developed in northern Indiana and Ohio. urime ana log covered parts of the Middle Atlantic states and the Northeast, and there was scattered rain over the Northwest. A half dozen tornadoes spun across Texas Sunday, but no deathi were reported from these. Bus Driver Accused After Death Of Four In Highway Crash YOUNGSTOWW. Ohio Poe iiieiiioers or a Pennsylvania fam ily burned to death shortly beore midnight Sunday night after the collision of a Greyhound bus and a station wagon on the Ohio turn pike four miles west of here. The Slate ttiohwnv Pstrnl the station wagon burst into flames after it wai itruck from the rear bv the bus. Rmh u..r. eastbound. The dead wera Identified Murray Lockard Sr., 4S, of Blaire ville, Pa., his wife. Manr Jane. 42; their son, James Maurice. about 14, and a daughter, Elisa beth Jane, about 12. Their iden tification was not established until more than six hours after the crash. The lone survivor of the Tipk. ard family is 17-year-old Murray Lockard Jr. He did not accom pany his family on the trip to visit relatives at Mansfield, Ohio, because he couldn't find anyone to take hia job Saturday at a Blairsville theater. Officers said the bus driver. Ed ward Bukosky, 30, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was charged with traffic manslaughter and released under $1,000 bond. They said he waa un able to give a suitable explana tion for the collision. The station wagon waa knocked more than 800 feet down the road by the impact but remained up right, poUce said. A few of the 40 passengers on the bus which waa bound for Pittsburgh from Cleveland wera shaken up but none required hos pital treatment. Oregon Paratrooper. Companion Die In Surf MYRTLE BEACH, l.C. IP A Klamath F a 1 1 a paratrooper drowned In the turf on this Atlantia beach Saturday. SP3c William T. Goen. son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Goen, Klamath Falls, Ore., went under with a companion who also drowned, Sr"2c Robert T, Lind, 25. Providence, H.I. They were on a weekend outing and drowned momenta after a lifeguard signaled them with a whistle to come to short. HOTEL PURCHASED COOS BAY Iff! The five-story, M-roora Chandler Hotel here, haa been purchased by the Coos Bay Central Corp., from Mr. and Mrs. I.afe Compton. No purchase price was disclosed. Levity Fct Rani By L, F. Reiienstein Industry spokesmen advise Oregon cottlemen to meet growing competition of other meat! by improving market ing methods. Te boost con sumer appeal, why not give literalness te e Texas gag that down thtra they ne long er brand thair beef they an grave it. , 0 ; 0 0
