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Newspaper Page TextU. of 0. Library Eugono, Oregon Comp Dependency Finished; earing lopes To Decide in .mil i i ii n i i Ott. Judge By. July MISS ROSEBURG 1957, Judith Goye Hensley of Sutherlin, was crowned by Jaycee Bill Kramer. As winner she was presented with a bouquet of red roses, and a wardrobe to take to the Miss Oregon contest ot Seaside July 25-27. Also see page 3. (Paul Jenkins) Judith Hensley, Sutherlin, ecomes By SHIRLEY STONE Staff Writer. News. Review .,..,,.. . . r irst Miss Roseburg Pageant in nine years concluded last night with the selection and crowning of Judith Gaye Hensley of Sutherlin as "Miss Roseburg of 1957." Miss Hensley is 5 feet, 2 inches tall, weighs 100 pounds, measures 34-21-3-1, and has short light-brown hair. For the evening gown com petition she wore a three tiered while, ankle-length evening dress with small scatttered pink flow ers. She twirled batons as her tal ent entry in an interpretive dance of a farmerette on a picnic, dress ed in blue little-girl shorts, white blouse, big straw hat and carry ing a picnic basket. ludith chose a white bathing suit with green polka-dots for the swim suit competition. She w a 8 presented with a bouquet of red roses and a crown of while carna tions by Bill Kramer. Winston Girl Second Pamela Ann Ferguson of Wins Ion was runner-up. She is S feet, 3' a inches tall, weighs 123 pounds, measures 36-24-371., and has short light brown hair. She wore a coral, ankle-length evening dress, pre- Boy Is Knocked Down When Hit By Pickup An ll-,vtar-old boy, Kim John Curtis, 434 NE Cummins St., was treated for scratches and bruises afler he was knocked down by a pickup truck . on Diamond Lake Boulevard near the county shops Friday afternoon. The pickup driver, Clyde Edward iM, 'inning, Oakland, told the sher iff's office that the boy rode out onto the boulevard on his bicycle in front of the truck. The boy was taken to Douglas Community Hospital by Mohr's ambulance. Bids Called By County For Pleasant Street Job Bids for improvements of Ea:.t I'leasani sireei, norm ot Hosemn g, ; east ol Jiignway 9 UK, were called lur by the County Court Friday. Specifications for the street call for grading, draining, and paving , 1.110 feel. The surface will be two inches of asphalt concrete. Dead line for bids is Aug. 2. County Court Accepts Bid For Transport Truck The low bid of $15,996.71 for a transport truck was accepted Fri day by the County Court from Mack Trucks. Other bidders were Sig Fett, Canyon Motors, A. B. .Scarlett, Automotive Equipment Co., and Gunderson Bros. The Weather Cloudy with occetionel rem this afternoon; showers tonight. Sunday cloudy in the morning, tunny in the afternoon. Highest temp, la it 24 hours Lowest temp, lest 24 hours Highetl temp, eny July Liweit temp, eny July Precip. last 24 hours Precip. from July I Precip. from Sept. I . .. - Defic. from Sept. 1 Sunset tonight, 7:5) p.m. Sunriie tomorrow, 4:45 e m. 85 55 .. 10? ... 40 .. .04 .04 29.47 .63 Fire Weether i Low fire danger in Coast range and Northwest Oregon through Sunday. Humidity above 30 per cent, scattered, light showers. I Moderate, but decreasing, fire danger in interior Southwestern Oregon, Cascades nd eastward, miss Roseburg' ,srnled a song from the second act of Madame Butterfly in the talent competition, ana wore a Dlue swim : su,( I ., ' j , , , . nun i "rd PLancei.we-ntft",Lu,c1lla 'tt who ; feel 3'. a inches j a "d w'?55, Punt- he j u u;. cf. "V." ' i,iai.i nail, one muse a Wdll&i length gown of light green tiered! Pamela Claire Trenholm of Myr tulle. She presented a bare foot 1 tie Creek is 5 feet, 9 inches tal! interpretive dance to "Birth Qi the Blues m a flame colored jer sey dress. She wore a pink and white swim suit. Others entered in the contest were: Bergisa von Koppelow, 5-foot, 6- Cancer Takes Life Of Plucky Girl, 16 ENCIN'ITAS Calif. I Irene jaroncyK, le-year-old cancer vie tim who was not expected to live past last Christmas, died Friday night. Her father, William J. Jaroncyk. said the plucky girl succumbed to the disease 25 minutes after her doctor had visited her and said the end was in sight. Last rites of the Catholic church had been administered to the girl Friday afternoon. Irene attracted the sympathy of ,i.- .1 ... i J ,1 .,m. much it. Mna idinu-u iiiui uuciurs said she would die of cancer of the liver before Christmas. Stories of her plight were carried on news wires and published in news papers. Irene received more than 1(1, 000 pieces of mail from well wish ers in all parts of the nation. She not only lived past Christ mas but seemed to do well for a time earlier this year. She then began wasting away. HEARING WAIVED GRANTS PASS (.fi - Felix Jor dan Brame, charged with first de gree murder as a result of the shooting of his estranged wife here Wednesday, waived nrelim- inary nearmg on arraignment be fore R. E. Smith, justice of the peace, Friday. Brame, retired Army maior, by the was hound over for action Josephine County grand jury, at a special session to be called soon. Retail Gasoline Shaken; Union By JIM VANCE Staff Writer, News-Review Gasoline prices at four Union Oil !Co. stations in the Roseburg area were decreased late last evening marking the first breach in the uni fied front against retail gasoline price reduction established by the Umpqua Retail Dealers' Assn. The reduced advertised rales brought l.'nion Oil Co. station prices near the price-level of Shell stations in the area. Shell has been selling ethyl and regular gasoline at lev els of 33.9 cents fur regular and 37.4 ethyl. The Union Oil drop was j to 33.9 for regular and 38 4 for I ethyl. Union Oil's reduction marked the : first renewal of price-slashing lo- cally in gasoline since the initial, outbreak by Shell more than two; months ao. At that time, Shell; stations lowered their prices bv ' some three cents per gallon both grades of gisuhne. inch tall German girl, measured :i6-21'a-36 and weighed 109 pounds. She wore a blue ankle - length gown and a blue, green and white swim suit in the competitions. As her talent entry she did an inter national ballroom dance. Sing's Religious Sona and weighed 135 pounds. She mea surcd 36-25-36V2. She wore a blue green evening gown, a white swim suit, and sang "Bless This House." Sandra Marie Howlelt. is 5 foot' fi'a inches tall and weighs lis' pounds. She measures 35-21-3S and j has extremely long light brown hair. She gave a reading, "What Is A Boy." and wore a white and green ankle length evening gown and a green and white swim suit. Judges were Elaine Dill, fashion pnnrrlinnfnr frnm Ali,r ft- Ft'iin!- !m. Salem- Vernnn AT lUni-Hnnli sr., tormer make-up artist for 20ln Century Fox; Laverne Patterson, Charles of the Rilz Consultant, Miller's; Carol Kerr, women's di rector, KPIC-TV; and Leroy Hiall. president of Douglas Broadcasters, Inc., KYES. Arthur W. Lamka, Jr. was vote auditor. The judges met the contestants at a luncheon Friday to help them judge on personality, friendliness voted' on s,para,ciVi three and poise, Each competition was finalists I chosen, and a final vole cast Questions Asked . The top three girls were asked the following questions: 11 1 Next to parents, whom do you admire most and why? (2) what does the tide Miss Roseburg mean to you? (31 if you win a scholarship as the result of this contest, what will you use it for? Miss Hensley answered the questions as: Abraham Lincoln; being chosen to represent Douglas County would be an honor; furth er her modeling career. Miss Roseburg will receive a wardrobe, donated by local mer chants, to lake with her to the Miss Oregon contest as Seaside July 25-27. All contestants were presented with bracelets inscribed with Miss Roseburg Pageant, 1957. Entertainment between each competition phase was presented by the Sally Hilt Hawaiian Dance Studio. Bob Grant was master of ceremonies and Jennie Amorde was organist. Retellers Stand Firm Following the Shell bolt, the 0-! time. He denounced them fori local retail gasulinu dealers' as cal retail gasoline dealers'' associ- i "forcing a price-cut on the dealers" sociation also took the offensive in ation fell solidly in line against any I a,d bringing about "a loss of about i seeking federal government and price reduction at other stations! here. The line held until Friday. The immediate reaction of other dealers and in Ihe spoken words of the association president, Ken Gilkeson, was that Friday's break through would force most or all dealers In the area to "meet the price." "This is the first break in the solidarity of the dealers' associa tion," observed Gilkeson. "Before the day is over," he predicted, "it is very likely that many stations will come out with lower price signs, are insisting that The suppliers retail dealers meet competition." Coersion Charged Gilkeson, a strong critic of the original price-cutting move by Shell I two months ago, lashed out seere-l swseWawapaMeMMiii.1 Established 1873 14 Paget Operation Alert Still On Today After 'Bombing' (Also set page 3) SALEM wt State civil defense continued round-the-clock opera tions Saturday following the make-believe nuclear attack on Portland Friday in the national civil defense exercise. The only major problem in the state operations was a break down in radio communications to the state's counties during the day. Planet Pass Over While Portland officials were able to plot the make-believe path of attack, the state officials didn't discover the planes had crossed the state until they were in Cali fornia. The simulated bombing, involv ing a two megaton ii-bonib on the heart of Portland and a one megaton device on the Portland international airport, came at 10:22 a. m. At Portland civil de- Ifonse figured they were overhead I at 10:23. However, the state headquar ters didn't know of the attack un til the envelope disclosing tire place and time of attack was opened just before noon Friday. Portland officials reported that such an attack would have taken 40,000 lives but state officials placed the figure at 150.000. State civil defense said it figures the bomb caused greater destruction to a greater area. The 'Portland fallout pattern ex tended northeastward into Wash ington and the San Francisco pat tern reached southeastern Oregon, but was not of a high radioactive content. Portland Sergeant Acquitted By Jury PORTLAND Kf) - Portland po- lice Sgt. Robert Sprague Friday was acquitted by a circuit court jury on a charge of lying when he denied the accusation of giving payoff money to a fellow officer. The jury deliberated only 21 minutes before declaring him in nocent by a vote of 10-2. Sprague was among some 4(1 persons indicted on more than Kill charges in the year-long vice in vestigation here. His chief accuser at his trial was Jack F. Olsen, who said he : had received payoffs from Sprague, intended to keep him from enforcing vice laws. Spokesman Reports Aly Cave Up Title For Stable GENEVA if) The director of the late Aga Khan's stables said Saturday Prince Aly Khan has in herited them and, at his father's riniiMl cnfrififpH the Ipnrlershin of 20 million Ismaili Moslems loHiver. manage them. i Mrs. Germaine VuiUier, who managed the Aga's vast racing interests, said the stables and Hie breeding farms with their stock, were worth "hundreds of thou sands of pounds." "The Aga asked Aly to keep them running," she said in an in terview. "He told his son no one man could do both. Therefore he asked Aly to sacrifice the position of Imam (spiritual leader of the Ismaili Moslems) and run the stables." Dealer Price Front Oil Posts Reduc tion ,lv at the suppliers in general this - P- vein oi me uenn-rs pii mm Kill. While the general trend of busi ness is down m all local industry, Gilkeson eluded the suppliers are justifying their pn.'-cut move by pointing to any decreased business turnover and blaming it on "un competitive prices." Shell Oil Co. stations here orig inally reduced prices on May 10 on the basis of meeting "competition" created by the prices advertised by "cut-rate" stations in the area. The price decrease here follows a general trend throughout the slate : which has seen gas "price wars" crop up and spread from locale to locale, sometimes working hack to near - normal conditions and sometimes not. nveitlgetisn Aiked During Iheir two-month fight to ROSEBURG, OREGON First Rain Since June Recorded In Roseburg The first traceable precipita tion to come to Douglas Coun ty in almost a month dewed gently from the skies early Saturday. Recorded at the Roseburg weather bureau sta tion was four nne-hundreths of an inch of rain. The rainfall was the first here since June 15 when .02 of an inch was recorded. Temperatures dipped some 30 degrees during the night, falling from Friday's high of 85 to 55 during the night. Saturday's rain was part of a general coast weather front which has brought dampness on coastal states all the way from Seattle to Aracata, Calif. Occasional rain is in prospect this afternoon and showers to night. But after a cloudy pe riod Sunday morning, the fore cast is for a sunny afternoon. Chicago Awash After Downpour CHICAGO Ml Boats plied flooded streets Saturday in the area after a 8.24-inch rain took at least three lives and drove hun dreds from their homes. The downpour, concentrated in 1 severe six-hour electrical storm, flooded tens of thousands of base ments, blocked streets and under passes, and cut power and com munications lines. Air Traffic Stopped In Chicago, itself, aiHine traffic was halted at flooded Midway Airport where at least 1,000 stranded passengers and motor ists spent (he night, splashing barefoot in waiting rooms er cat napping in chairs or atop news stands and counters. Joliet, a city of 51,000 just southwest of Chicago, 200 persons were taken from their flooded houses by boat, and a refugee center was set up in the veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Coast Guard craft were trucked to Wheeling, northwest of Chicago, where a number of houses were inundaled. The bodies of three persons were recovered ' in flooded base ments. William Leen, 38, was elec trocuted in his flooded basement on Chicago's south side. Atella Toney. 7 months old, drowned in shallow water that covered the floor of a basement apartment. Oregon Mineral Production Rises PORTLAND Wl Mineral pro duction increased 7 per cent in Oregon last year to a record 34 million dollars, the federal Bu reau of Alines and the slate De partment of Geology and Miner als reported Friday. . The major gains were in nickel, chromite and mercury. Greater production of cement more than offset a decrease in sand, gravel and stone. The big reason for the decrease in sand and gravel was the com pletion of concrete work at I ho Dalles Dam on the Columbia Camp Fire Girls Slate Camp Tyee Registration Camp Fire Girls registra tion for Camp Tyee, which opens Sunday, remain open, it was announced loday. Weeks open for registration Include July 21-28 and July 28 Aug. 4. Blue Bird weeks are filled up, but they may go the weeks of July 28-Aug. 4. Aug. 4-11 and 11-18 are the regular Blue Bird weeks. i hold the price line, members of the 't nu my ii'iy. n tilioned the aid of Oregon Gov, Robert Holmes a,nd then wired to the FBI in Washington, D C. At one tune, Roseburg Mayor Arlo Jacklin sat in mediation with a Shell Oil Co. representative, discussing the gas price sanation. In regard to the recmest of the FBI that it check into the alleged efforts of Shell Oil Co. "to coerce I (he I'nion in 1HIH. to control and fix dealer margins,") the local and state retail gasoline dealers association members who' BAIL FORFEITBO originated the request are still: awaiting action. I Elmore Leroy Hill. 39, of 837 SE Gilkeson says that several long-1 Huberts Ave., forfeited a total distance phone calls have taken jof $85 in hail Friday after his ar place with the Small Business Ad- rest on charges of being drunk and ministration of the FBI in wasn - Mngton, D C. "and we have b e e n told," Gilkeson stated, that we are justified and that ment may be probable.' i indict- SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1957 Local Lumberman Claims Cruise Of BLM Trespass Shows 400,000 Foot Error By CHUCK GRELL City Editor, News-Review A timber cruise on an area, over which the Bureau of Land Man agement several months ago charg ed a lumber company with tres passing, contains nearly 400,000 less board feet than the BLM claimed, it was said Friday. The area is on Rcslon Ridge about 8 or 9 miles north of Camas Valley, where the BLM said the Paul B. Hull Lumber Co. in De cember 1955 cut over a section line into O&C timber. The BLM, which last October an nounced it would demand treble damages from the Dillard com- panyr claimed that 958,000 board feet of timber had been downed. W. O. Kelsay, partner in the company, said lnday that the R. & J. Slandley Logging (Jo., La mas Valley, contract logging for the Hult firm, actually downed 506,348 feet ot timber. Private Cruise Made His statement was based on a subsequent cruise by Masun, Bruce and Girard, Portland, whom Kel say described as a peer in forestry consultation. The bureau said the timber was worth $35,883.77. Because of the trespass nature of the case, treble damages could be collected, mak ing the sought-atter damages by the Dept. of Interiur $107,051.31. Kelsay said that would average out about $39 a thousand board feet for the felled timber, based on the BLM estimates. Actually, he said, the private cruise showed that the logs were peelable No. 2 or less, worth only about $23 a thousand. That would make the net worth In the neigh borhood of $12,500. Worth Said Lower Based on the BLM figures on vol ume and the Mason, Bruce and Gi rard account of log class, the tim ber would be worth about $21,000. Kelsay said the case now is in the Dept. of Justice after investi gation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He said that the logging company actually did encroach onto federal land, but that the mistake was un intentional. The area being logged was on a steep slope near the sec tion line. When the mistake was discover ed, the logging company and Kel say brought it lo the attention of the BLAl, he said. That was about in February 1956. Only about 8,000 feet of logs had been moved lo the Dillard mill. Later in the spring, the company was informed that damages would he sought. Politics Enters Case Then, in October, the incident was injected into the news when Sen. Goldwater (K-Ariz) brought up the matter. Kelsay said it was brought to public attention only as a mutter of political expediency. He said it was an attempt lo aid in (he defeat of Sen. Alore (D-Ore.), then running for re-election against for mer Interior Secretary Douglas .McKay. Morse was re elected. Part of the political angle, Kel say said, was Republicans' objec tion to Hult employes working part of a Saturday during last fall and contributing their earnings to the Morse campaign. Kelsay first divulged the infor mation on the private cruiso Thurs day in a meeting between a group of lumbermen and the Douglas County Court. The lumbermen were seeking the court's help in correcting what they termed "over- Roseburg Man Appointed To County Commission SALEM Wl Gov. Holmes Frl- aay appointed two more memners . . . i of county welfare commissions. Charles W. Lynch. Roseburg. was named to the Douglas County I matically reassigns all pupils to commission, succeeding Nelson i their present segregated schools Gruhbe, Sutherlin. The other ap-iand provides that any new assign pointmenl was Mrs. Martha Ann'menls occasioned by promotion Adclsheim, Portland, to the Mult-! or transfer would bo by the nomah commission, succeeding Mrs. Stanley G. Jewett, also of Portland Lynch is an official of the Inter national Woodworkers of America. He came to Oregon ill HMO and since has been an employe of Ump qua Plywood Corp. A Democrat, ho was active on the Slate Com- i mitten of Political Education for l disorderly in the Hotel Cmpqiia I Thursday morning. He was ar- 'rested hv llnsehnri! nolire. who j said Hill struck at them when he was put under arrest. 163-57 PRICE 5c cruising of O&C sales areas by the BLM. Timber Left Unsold The "ovcrcruising," they said. has resulted in 40 million board feet of timber being left unsold during the last 90 days in the Rose burg BLM district. the BLM cruise, Kelsay said. showed that there were 891,000 board feet of Douglas fir, 18,000 feet of white fir, 46,000 of incense cedar and 3,000 of sugar pine. the Mason. Bruce and Girard tally showed 526,323 of Douglas fir, 16,753 of white fir, 20,542 of in cense cedar and 2,730 of sugar pine. ihe lelied timber, except tor the 8,000 hauled to Dillard, still is ly ing where it was cut. Girls Saved At Reedsport After Dunk REEDSPORT Itfl An explosion on a fishing boat threw two Eugene girls into the ocean Fri day, but the Coast Guard brought the girls and their parents to shore safely. A flooded ' carburetor was blamed for the engine explosion on the 23-loot vessel Flunky J three miles off Winchester Bay. Leonard Kroblan of Eugene jumped into the water to try to rescue his daughters, about 12 and 14 years old. lie pulled one to the side of the boat and held her there. Crewmen of another fishing vessel pulled the other girl out of the water. Kroblan's wife mained aboard the "Flunky J," which did not catch fire and was otherwise undamaged. A 40-foot Coast Guard boat arrived, put the Kroblan family aboard the "Flunky J" and towed them into port here. The Coast Guard said the boat is owned by Robert L. King of Sinlaw, Ore. Camas Valley Man Delivers Own Son Mrs. Jerry Dancer o Cam as Valley and her 8 - pound son arc doing fine in Douglas Community Hospital today. That isn't unusual, but the way the baby boy, still un named Friday, was delivered is. His father did the job in Ihe family car 10 miles from the nearest hospital Thursday night. Dancer stopped at Ted Heil man's Camas Valley store about 9 p.m. Thursday to re quest Heilman to phone ahead lo the hospital. His wife, out side in Ihe car, was having the baby. Then he sped off. Mr. and Mrs. Dancer made it as far as the Broekway slore. Dancer slopped in front of the store, where there was a light, delivered the child, then sped off for the hospital again. The child Is the fourth for the Dancers. Appellate Court Rules Virginia's Placement Act Unconstitutional RICHMOND, Va. I A fed eral appellate court Saturday threw out as unconstitutional Vir ginia's pupil placement act de signed to maintain racially segre gated schools. The act of 1956 creates a threa- mun iiiir nn.-irfi flminmiwi iiv nil- , " ";- , ' n , ,,n ssigIimt.n( pow(.r, formerly held : hv Incut nehnol boards. It auto- I Sl.-ite board for many inthur than race. reasons Upholds Decision i The commonwealtn ana iortuik The U.S. 4th Circuit Court ol and Newport News school boards. Appeals handed down its decision defendants, had argued that tho here Saturday in upholding Dis- cases should be dismissed or pro t rift Judge Walter E. Hoffman of.ceedings stayed until admimstra Norfolk in his decision in Nor-! live remedies had been exhausted folk and Newport News school : under the pupil placement act. segregation cases. Hoffman held the act unconstitutional and ruled that schools must be desegregated in the two cities by this Septem ber. ". . . this statute furnishes no adequate remedy to plaintilfs (Negro parents and school chil dren) because of the fixed and definite policy of Ihe school au- jthorities with respect to segrcga- lion and because ol lite provisions 'of (1958 Viruinla law) which pro- vide for the closing of schools and 'withdrawal Iherefrom of stale Woodrich Says Matter Needs Serious Study (See story, Page 2) By LLOYD ROGERS Staff Writer, News-Review The Ott dependency hearing ground to an end Friday afternoon hut a ruling will not be made be fore July 22. This was announced by Judge Charles S. Woodrich who had been hearing the matter since Tuesday. When final arguments ended, he said that the matter is "extremely serious and not to be disposed of lightly or without due considera tion. Woodrich said because of this he would not rule from the bench but would attempt to render his decision July 22. To Visit Home He then asked the attorneys. Robert G. Davis, chief counsel for Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ott. and Dis', Atty. Avery Thompson, who had petitioned the court to remove the three foster Ott children from their home, to accompany him on a visit to the Ott home. This, and a visit with the three youngsters, had been requested by Davis. The final arguments displayed a marked contrast in tone as well contention. Thompson almost shouted his denunciation of the Otts' treatment of some of the, children they have taken into their home. Davis kept his voice moder ated and attempted to show Thompson's charges to be illog ical. Thompson contended there is a pattern of cruelty to certain of the children the sickly, the helpless, the teen-ager. He claimed there is another pattern that of injuries that two of the children had re ceived severe head blows. These he identified as Gregory, an adopted boy later released from adoption by the Otts, and Wendy, a TCoreau orpnan wno died June 14. The dis trict attorney stressed that he was not inferring that Wendy's death came about by a blow on the head. "Not A Fiend" Saying ho would not indulge in any "shouting or table thumping," Davis set forth to agree that there is a pattern but that it is part of the fabric of a loving mother not a fiend as painted." He called the care and devotion shown the Ott children the "pattern and fabric of a Christian family." Thompson's charge that the Oils are very religious and go to "un conventional churches" dealing in "emotions" and "frustrations" was scored by Davis. He declared that "we're all somewhat entitled to be lieve as we wish" and that our country was established for this reason. "How unconvention al Christ must have seemed to go to the cross and accept death," said Davis. 'The Otts go to church regular ly. If they want tot do so and take their children to Sunday school I see nothing wrong with it. Through out this country we could stand more of it," Davis maintained. Claims Sacrilege In Thompson's argument he had referred to one of the Otts' wit nesses, Mrs. Harry Holt, coming to the witness stand carrying a Bible. He said he thinks it is "sac- riligeous" for a witness to come into court and lay a Bible on her lap. Ih Bible is the ' cornerstone of the courtroom," contended Da vis, and pointed out that in many courts, although not here, a Bible is used in administering the oath to God to tell the truth. "If Mrs. Holt wants to come to court carry ing a Bible she is not out of place." Davis stated, and maintained that the American system has failed when she is criticized for doing it. GASOLINE STOLEN Gasoline from trucks of Ihe Pat terson's Baking Co., 1345 SE Short St., was stolen during the night, the sheriff's office was informed to day. ' funds upon any departure from this policy in any school," the cir cuit court said. Refers To Act This was in reference to Vir ginia's appropriation act which provides that all state funds shall be cut off from elementary or ! hieh rhnls of a local school di i vision if one elementary or high school in that division admits a single Negro child. The pupil placement act pro vided for a system of appeals from the assignment board to the governor and from the governor to the state courts up through the Slate Supreme Uourl. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Relzenstein Said the undertaker to the insurance executive, comment ing on the Fourth of July death toll: "One man' lost it another man's goipr"