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2 The News-Review, Roieburg, Four-Day Ott Hearing Proves Hottest Court Action In County For Long Time By LLOYD ROGERS Staff Writer, Newi-Raviaw Kor nearly four full days this week one of the holiest courtroom buttles seen in Douglas County in years has been waged. It has not been a criminal trial no crime has been charged. It has not been a lawsuit. Technically there have been no plaintiff, nj defendants. What has been going on has boon a hearing in the matter of the de pendency of three children. Tins has been heard by Circuit Judge Charles S. Woodrich presiding over juvenile court. The hearing is over Only the judge's decision remains unknown and it will not be given until he has considered the testi mony and evidence piled up in the four days. There has been no plaintiff only a petitioner, Dist. Atty. Avery W. Thompson, who has asked the court to permanently remove three chil dren from a home. He alleged in his petition and throughout the hearing that children in the home have been mistreated. Reputations Defended There has been no defendant at least not technically, although in reality there has been. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ott have been de fending their right to keep their children and have been defending their reputations as parents. The three principals in the de pendency matter never made a courtroom appearance. They are Timothy, 19 months old, a Korean orphan adopted by the Otts; Mi chael, 6vi, and Hebecca, 5, also adopted by the Otis. Thompson's petition alleged that the Ott home "by reason of neglect and cruelty on the part of. . .Edith Ott, is an unfit place for children." Russell Proposes Striking Section About Civil Rights Injunction WASHINGTON tfl Sen. Rus sell (I) - Ga) Saturday proposed that the Senate strike out of the administration's civil rights bill a section under which he contends troops could be used to enforce all civil rights. "I was never more serious in mv life." Russell told his col leagues in offering three amend ments to the llousc-passed Din ino Senate is expected to bring before it officially next Tuesday. Directed At Authority Russell's principal amendment was directed toward deleting from the measure authority for Iho Attorney General to seek injunc tions to stem the threat of or prevent violations of a wide vari ety of civil rights. His proposal, however, does not affect another section of the bill which would give the Attorney Genera! similar authority in cases involving voting rights. President Kisenhower has said the protec tion of the right to vole was his prime objective In proposing the legislation. Hussell, quarterback of South ern Democrats fighting the hill, proposed the changes as the .Sen- Florida Man Is Jailed For Killing Wife's Dog DAYTONA BEACH, Kla. iff -Henry L. Manna, 43-year-old 258 pound restaurant owner, was sen tenced to 50 days in county jail Friday for "wantonly and mali ciously" killing his wife's eighl pound Pekingese. Hanna's wife, shapely l'atrina Ann. 19, who pressed the charge, didn't appear in Justice Anthony Grciik's court. Earlier, she told police: '1 loved my dog more than anything in the world. 1 powdered anil shampooed him every day and 1 fed him myself." A neighborhood child, Robert Brown, 11, testified he saw Haniia holding the dog upside down wilh his fingers on tho dog's throat. Manila's lawyer, William T. Jloore, said he would appeal to circuit court. vl Pi pistil s I ; 1 1 tVyi w KM I) 7 W W ) $ - n A BOUQUET FOR KHRUSHCHEV Russian Communist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev rubs his eye as he holds bouquet of flowers presented by Czechoslovakia childicn when he and Soviet Premier Bulgomn arrived in Prague by train. The two leaders ar on n good-will visit to the Communist-ruled country. r Or.-Sat. July 13, 1957 During the hearing he produced witnesses whose testimony wan aimed at proving this contention. Any mistreatment of children was absolutely Clemen, Dy me uus. Witnesses whose testimony claimed the Otts have been loving, under standing parents were brought into the court by llieir attorneys, J. v Long and ilobert G. Davis. Three Not Neglected Although Thompson seeks to have Timothy, Michael and He becca taken from the Otts, there has been no claim by anyone in the course of the hearing that these children ever were mistreat ed or neglected. It was Thompson's contention in his arguments before Judge Wood rich that other children who have been taken into the Ott home have been mistreated. He claimed the acts of cruelty were aimed at the "sickly" and the adolescents who show "a mind of their own." Ho asked the court to consider what would happen if one of the three named in the petition became crip Died or reaches adolescence. Davis, in his final argument, de clared, we categorically ucnv that the children have ever been mistreated." He said the treat ment of children taken Into the Ott home "would do credit to most natural Barents. Kour children were alleged to have been mistreated, and two of these came into court to recite stories of purported acts of cruel punishment which had been inflict ed on them. Daughter Tettifiet One of these was Suzanne Ott Barrow, natural daughter of the Oils. She claimed to have been beaten by her mother and claimed to have seen an adopted child, Gregory, also abused. On one oc- la le met in an unusual Saturday session to give incomers a cnance to spread their views on the record. No Objection! Backers cleared a first hurdle Friday, when no objection was raised to a Senate vote late Tues day on a motion by Sen. Knowland (R-Calif) to bring the bill up formally for action. That did not foreclose the possi bility of a Southern filibuster aginst the bill later. Much ap peared to hinge on the results of compromise moves. Sen. Gore (D-Tenn) said ho is consulting with colleagues of both parties about a possible substitute for the adminislralinn bill. Sen Javits (R-NY) told the Senate there has been "an un fortunate amount of speculation about compromises" in the hill. "This is a very moderate bill," ho said. Ike At His Farm After Evacuation GETTYSBURG. Pa. Wl Pres ident Eisenhower arrived at his farm Saturday after taking pait a White House evacualion ov helicopter which his military aides called completely successful. The President pulled in at his country place al 8:40 a.m., having traveled by automobile from a se cret command post where ho spent the night. He was accom panied by his nine-year-old grau.l son, David Eisenhower, who also had been at the emergency head quarters. Mrs. Eisenhower and two other grandchildren were expected In arrive at Hie farm from the Pres ident's Operation Alert headquar ters later in the day. Eisenhower spent just a few minutes al the farm then headed for tho golf course at the Gettys- j burg Country Club. I Before leaving his emergency headquarters the President re reived over a special comiuuniia- I lions network the latest federal civil defense reports on Friday's imaginary atomic bombings which laid waste several U.S. cities. i" casion, she testified, she was beat en across the back with a long stick until she ran from the house. Davis maintained that Suzanne's testimony was unworthy of consid eration because she is "unstable" and changed her story from what she had told him before she dis covered she had become important to the slate. Then, Davis declared, she was made the "star witness who flew in from Sacramento to the flash of newspaper cameras." The other witness who claimed to have received mistreatment was Mrs. Jean Edwards Barrow who told of being placed by the welfare department in the Ott home along with her two sisters, Janet and Laurene. She said her sisters had been well-treated but she had been beaten with sticks and had been forced to eat half a bar of soap. Girl Said Untruthful Mrs. Ott denied forcing the girl to eat any soap and said she had merely given Jean a small piece of soap and told her to wash her mouth out with it. She said it was done because of the girl's tendency to tell untruths. Any treatment of Gregory was denied. Davis brought out testi mony to show that the boy had received extensive and expensive medical treatment and had oniv been released by the Otts when they decided he needed more per sonal and experienced care than they could provide. The boy had undergone surgery to his head and had never fully recovered, it was brought out. The Otts testified Gregory was slow to learn and could not "keep up" with the other children so they felt he would ben efit if he were placed somewhere where he might receive more in dividual attention than they could provide with the other youngsters in the home. The fourth child alleged to have been hurt either through mistreat ment or neglect was Wendy Kay, a Korean orphan adopted by the Otts. This child, 22 months old. was de scribed by the Otts as "frail" and one who had difficulty eating. Evidence Circumstantial Nobody appeared in court to tes tify that the Otts had been seen mistreating Wendy. The claims by Thompson were supported largely by circumstantial evidence. Pictures taken of the child's body were introduced as evidence and showed what appeared to be nu merous scratches and bruises. Two large bruises on the youngster's head were claimed to have been discovered when she w.s brought to the mortuary June It. Dr. J. M. Boylcj took the stand and testified about being called to the Ott home by Mrs. OH who said she thought the child was dead. He said he arrived and found Wendy lying on the bathroom flour and had examined the child. The doctor told the court he had later examined the baby at the mortu ary. Death was attributed to suf- Wilbur Family To Relatives In By MRS. LEWIS BINTLIFF Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Carey and daughter 1iis have returned to Wilbur after a month's vacation in the Midwest. They visited her father and his sister In Central Nebraska, then drove to Bemid.ji, Minn., to visti Airs. Larcy s sister. Coming home, they spent some lime Willi the Allen Christie fam ily at Bellevuc. Wash. Mrs. Chris lie, Bonnie and Sharon returned with them and are staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Meiuie l.ee at Wilbur. Wilbur Man Enlists David Hamilton has enlisted in the Airborne division of Hie U.S. Army. He is presently wailing transfer from Fort Old, Calif., to some other camp for specialiied training. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Russworm have returned home after visiting relatives al .Monroe and spending several days with her brother. Har ris Cable and family, at Yakima, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Harvey. Car Plunge Into A Ditch Kills Woodburn Driver WOODM'HN i.l - Harold Arlie I'eShon, 24, Woodburn, was killed Fridav night when his car plunged off State Highway 214 into a ditch. The mishap occurred near tho Pudding River Bridge. Slate police said he apparently lost control of the vehicle. DeShon was a member of the Air Force and had just re-enlisted. Former Roseburg Man Dies In Salem Today Ccorge W. Lceper. well-known former resident of Roseburg, died in Salem this morning at a rela tive's home, it was learned here. The body will be brought to Roseburg for services and inter ment. Funeral arrangements will he announced later by Long and Orr Mortuary. Member Of Pioneer : Melrose Family Dies Mrs. Laura Savage, well kno,vn resident of Melrose and member of a pioneer Melrose family, died suddenly al her home this morn ing. The body w.i removed to Long and Orr Mortuary. Funeral ar rangements will tie announced la ter. UNIDENTIFIED SUB WASHINGTON d - the Nay said Saturday its Alaskan Com mand relayed word that a capl.un of a commercial vessel repotted Friday seeing an unidentified sub marine within the three mile ter ritorial waters of Alaska J focation brought about by vomit ing. Thompson said the bruise on the back of Wendy's head was never explained by Mrs. Ott nor were other injuries. She had testified that the youngster had taken a fall on the sidewalk the morning of her death but admitted she had not seen the tot fall. She had heard Wendy cry, she said, and had found her lying on her back. i 14 Children In Ott Home Davis pointed out that the Otis have had 14 children in their home in the last nine years and that the district attorney has picked out ev ery bump, scratch and illness and attributed them to Mrs. Ott. To do this would paint a black picture for anyone raising children, Davis stated. Davis declared that the Otts have been subjected to character assas sination. He stressed that he didn't "think the state has a right to take children from them on the basis oi" conjecture." The law requires proof and there is none here, Davis argued. That is what Judge Woodrich will have to decide. And he said he feels that all evidence had been pro duced and that he has no reserva tions about the evidence produced. "If I did I would ask for more." he told the attorneys. He assured them he "will give it my undivided and earnest attention and render a decision as soon as I can." Brothers At Camas Valley Visit First Time !n 1 7 Years By MRS. WILLIAM BANKS Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claudic Shephard in Camas Valley recently were Mr. and Mrs. Arie Shephard of Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shephard of Mo desto and Mrs. Barron White of Redding, Calif. It was the first time in 17 years the two brothers, Claudie and Arie, had seen each other, and the first time Mr. and Mrs. Arie Shephard had been to Oregon. Mrs. White is a sister of the Shephard men. The Michigan visitors were impressed with the size of some of the Doug last Fir trees in the area. Visitor Leaves Mrs. Kussell Anderson of Ta coma, Wash., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Cunningham, spent several days recently visiting her parents and friends in Camas Val ley and surrounding area. She left early this week for Coos Bay and will "visit her sister in Vancouver, B.C., before returning to Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heffele of Brookings were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cua ningham in Upper Camas last week. Heffele is the brother of Mrs. Cunningham. End Visit Midwest Emma and Shirley Harvey and Donna Holder drove to Dead Indian Soda Springs last weekend. The girls arc attending the Methodist Youth Camp there. They returned by way of Grants Pass and visi ted the Ivan Bridges family at Hugo. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thomas have sold their interest in the Wilbur Garage (o Robert and Gary Nichols who took possession last week. The Thomases and daugh ter, Stephanie, plan a trip to the coast before making future plans. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gardner and daughters have returned from t'ovela, Okla., where they were railed by the death of Mrs. Gardner's father, Orvie Landigan. Granddaughter Visits Kathi Leitheiser of Portland is here for a ten-day visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Brown. Mrs. I). I.. Hail and sons of Portland are guesls of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil l.augdon on Coles al ley Road. I. any Raddatz of Berkely, Calif., and his father, Kurt liaddat?, of Powers were recent guests of the Everett Blondell family for sever al days. Kurt Raddatz is an uncle of Mrs. Blondell. A number of relatives, including the T. A. Hack etl family of Powers. Mrs. and Mrs. Max Raddatz and sons, and the Ed Blondell family of Wilbur, gathered at Camas Mountain Way side Park for a family picnic dur ing their visit. Mr. anil Mrs. Raymond Howard and children of Eureka. Calif., spent the Fourth of July weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mis. Charles Sands. The children stayed here to spend (he rest of the summer with their grandpar ents. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Johnson and children of Kent, Wash., were weekend guests at Hie home of her sister, Mrs. E. It. Christie. FIRE MINOR Winston-Dillard rural firemen an swered a call to the home of Knsa lleinbach Friday at 4 2.S p.m., but the fire was out when the depart ment arrived. No damage was reported in the fire which burned three or four shingles near the ede.e of the roof, firemen said. Cause of the fire on the roof of the two story frame building has nut been determined firemen added. The home is loca' ed on Rroekway and Kent Cre.'k roads. DUST OILING NO JOS TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE! ROSCBURQ 'UIL OIL SERVICI OR J(13S BLM Timber Tracts Sold Three tracts of green and four tracts of slavage timber were of fered at oral auction by the Roseburg Bureau of Land Manage ment office Friday. Six of the tracts, containing an estimated 3,964,000 board feet, were purchased for a total of $103,430 -8o. One green tract, involving an estimated 6,403,000 board feet, ap praised at $166,633.95, received no bid. Mt. Baldy Buys One tract, located northeast of Elkton and containing 630,000 board feet, was purchased by Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. of Drain for $15,859.20. Douglas fir brought $26 per thousand board feet. A second tract, located at the head of Stout Creek, containii.g 2.177,000 board feet, was pur chased by the Bate Lumber Co. of Grants Pass for $63,660.60. The bid on Douglas fir was $29.50 per thousand feet. A third tract, containing 778,000 board feet, was purchased by C and D Lumber Co. of Roseburg at the appraised price of $14,363.45. This sale was in the Canyon Moun tain area near Canyonville. A fourth tract, located south of Reston involving 96,000 board feet was purchased by Iverson and Schroeder of Roseburg for $2,160. Douglas fir brought $22.50 per thousand. Clayton Successful Another tract, located near Cam as Valley, contained 172,000 board feet. It was purchased by George Clayton for $4,318.50. He paid $26 -25 per thousand lor the Douglas fir. iai uaa, aisu lucaieu near In , jh : rireenn Washine Reston, contained 111.000 board ,i tA J Ulen' wasning feet. It was also purchased bv Clav ton for $3,069.10. Douglas fir brought $28 per thousand. Other qualified bidders or parti cipants in bidding at the auction were Rydell Logging Co. of Drain, Patton and Thompson, Skcels Log ging Co. of Roseburg, Round Prairie Lumber Co. of Roseburg, Wallace and Hurd, Fred Fitzgerald, R. M. Cameron. E. R. Fitzgerald and the Jim Gene Logging Co. Information regarding the avail ability of the no-bid tract men tioned above may be secured from the office of the district forester at 25S3 W. Harvard Ave. The next regularlv scheduled sale has been set Sept. 2. Dillard Family Fish, Picnic Af Grants Pass On Holiday By ROSA HEINBACH Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wade and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Leland Wade and son of Dillard went to Grants Pass July 4 to join their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. William Booze and all went to Squaw Lakes Park, 50 miles southeast of Grants ; Pass. i They went boating, fishing and j picnicking for the day. The Alvin Wades returned to Dillard in the evening while the Leland Wades stayed overnight with the Sooze's and took sightseeing tours of inter esting points in thai vicinity, re turning to Dillard Friday. Return From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bralsch and son Gene returned home Sunday from a nine-day vacation visiting friends in eastern Oregon. They vis ited friends enroule at Oakridge and went to Stanfield, where they were guests for four days of Mi. and Mrs. Bart Cayman. Together they all went to Milton-Freewatcr to sec the pea harvest. Wednesday they went to Prosser, Wash., to visit Mr. and Mrs. Emerald Gay- Wheels Of Truck Snuff Life Of 14-Year-Old PORT ORFORD un Dennis Neely, 14, a resident of the Sixes River Road near Port Orford, was fatally injured Friday under the wheels of a truck. According to a friend. Robert Gilbrcath, 14, young Neely either jlost nis balance or jumped from I a (lathed truck as the tru?k ' rounded a curve. Neely bounced from a high bank and went under the rear wheels of the truck, j The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed iscciy, wuo uvea aooui six lnus from Port Orford, was riding along with Gilbrcath on the vehicle, en route to help load lumber for Gil breath's grandfather, B. E. Rice, who was driving. Nuclear Blow Could Have Cost' Portland Many Lives SALEM W The simulated nuclear attack on Portland Fri day morning would have cost 150.000 lives, the state civil de fense agency reported. Two bombs, part of Opera tion Alert 1957. would have caused an additional 40.000 Severe injuries if the attack had been real. BRIDGE COLLAPSES CROSSETT, Ark. i.P A rail road bridge 10 miles north of here collapsed Saturday, hurtling freight ears and wreckage on about 10 persons who were fish ing in the Saline River. At least one person has been been killed, three others were hurt and "three or four" others are trapped in the wreckage, Sherilf B. A. Courson reported. NOW AVAILABLE Excellent Office Space in the Conveniently Located PACIFIC BUILDING Vn doirtoble attic eita ell tn em floor itmi iiota oltitti wotot litor ana ionitor tnici furnithae'. Lots af parking tpaca in vicinity. Coll Room 301 or Phono OR 37195 H. C. Borg r r i mi NEW PERSONNEL ot the Veterans Administration Hospital are shown left to right. They are: George W. Possee, social worker; Dr. D. M. Bramwell, ward physiaan; and Dr. Harold Dickman, psychologist Story page 3. (VA Photo) Indian Payments Not To Be Public PORTLAND Ifl Per capila payments to Northwest Indian tribes no longer will be made public, Don C. Foster, Portland area director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, announced Friday. Foster said the policy change was requested by resolution of the Warm Springs Indians, although similar requests had been made trom time to time by other ton and Idaho. The Warm Springs resolution said that "publicity of such pay ments is not advantageous to either the tribe or the individual members . . . and it is the feeling of the Tribal Council that such publicity should be curtailed." It added: "The publicity . . . creates an un favorable impression upon a sub stantial portion of the general public that the members of the tribe are overly endowed with financial wealth, which is not the case. . . . Said payments, in fact, result from income earned by the tribe or from the sale of assets owned by the tribe." man and joined in a large reunion. The Bratsch's then went to St. Helens and visited her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Maddan and fam ilies. On July 4 thev all ioined in la family reunion picnic at Lon,; oeacn, wasn. Mrs. Rosa Lack spent several days last week in Medford visiting her friend, a former Dillard resi dent. Mrs. Nina Coon. Mrs. Mercy Buell has been ill at her home the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Murl Watkins and Linda from Dora, Mo., who are visiting the latter's sister, Mrs. Earl Collins and family went to Grants Pass last weekend with her broth er, Foss Culpepper, to visit. Friends, Rtlativti Visit Fourth of July holiday guests ai the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jaci; Claiborne were the latter's sister, Mrs. Tom Lynch and family from Oakland, Calif., who were return ing home from an extended trip io their former home at Boise and Jer ome, Idaho. Thev also visited at Salt Lake City. Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Lvneh have returned to Californi i where he is employed al the Mare Island Navy yards. Other guesls at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Claiborne last week were her sister, Mrs. Kenneth Loh ner and family. from Sacramento. Calif. They were on a vacation trip to visit a cousin in Portland, friends in Seattle, Ephrclta and Spokane. Wash., and relatives at Jerome and Boise, Idaho. Mrs. Robert Boutwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Claiborne, who has been visiting them from Alabama went to Portland with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Lohner, to attend to business. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Collins enter tained the latter's sister. Mrs. Murl Watkins and family from Dora, Mo., last week. Also joining the party was her brother, Foss Cul pepper, from Rogue River. On Julv 4 Mr. and Mrs. Earl Collins and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Watkins and Linda, Foss Culpepper and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Burleson and children joined in a reunion picnic al Tvee where they formerly lived. On Fri day Mrs. Wayne Davis and friends from Portland arrived at the home of Earl Collins to visit relatives. Monday Earl Collins took all if his house guests on a fishing trip to Winehesler Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins and Linda left Tuesday to visit relatives in Idaho en route home. Wet Of 2 World Wan Dies In VA Hospital Harvey C. lleffernan, 60. a resi dent of Portland, died at the Vet erans Administration Hospital here Friday. Born in California Aug. 31. 1896. he was veteran of both world wars. The body was removed to the Long and Orr Mortuary and was taken to Portland for services and interment. Talks Loom To Drop Ban Against Newsmen In China SAN FRANCISCO W) - Presi dent Jenkins Lloyd Jones of the American Society of Newspaper Editors says an assistant secre tary of state has opened the door to talks on the State Department's policy of barring U.S. newsmen from Red China. Jones, the editor of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Tribune, said Friday night the official suggested a representative of the society and the State Department meet in Washington Thursday to "discuss in some way the admission of cor; respondents to Communist China." The State Department did not say whether this meant a change in the administration's policy of closing the door to Red China for American newsmen. Bid Fallows Declaration The bid followed the adoption of a unanimous declaration of principles claiming it is the right of American citizens to gather news anywhere in Hie world "ex cept where military necessity plainly prevents." The declaration said that news men, as agents of the public, must have free access to information and must be permitted to move freely to any news source. This, they said, applies both at home and abroad. The editors also heard chief counsel Robert F. Kennedy of the Mrs. Watts Dies Here On Thursday Zclma Esther Watts, 55, resident of Flagg Street, died Thursday in a local hospital. She was born Feb. 16. 12. in Sweet Home, and had made her home in Roseburg for the past 15 years. Surviving are her husband, Troy, Roseburg; a daughter, Mrs. Rein hold (Mamie) Boechel, Sweet Home; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Noon, Mesa, Ariz., and Mrs. Mil lie White and Mrs. Stella Gedney. both of Sweet Home, and her mother. Mrs. Isabelle Casebeer, Lebanon. Funeral services will be held in The Chapel of the Roses Monday at 2 p.m. The Rev. James Jenkins of the the First Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will fal low in the Roseburg jemorral Gardens. Pessimism Reigns Over Disarmament LONDON ifl Bolh Soviet and British correspondents covering the U.N. disarmament talks were pessimistic Saturday about any agreement being reached on end ing nuclear weapon tests. Moscow Radio broadcast ex cerpts from a dispatch sent by the London correspondent of the Soviet Communist party newspa per Pravda saying: "The American ruling circles, supported by the representatives of Britain and France, are out to do everything oossible to foil any real cessation of nuclear weapon tests. In doing so they are taking a heavy responsibility on themselves." C. F. Melville, diplomatic cor respondent of the conservative Evening News, Britain's largesl afternoon newspaper, wrote: "The London disarmament con ference is nearly on the rocks, "Only a last moment concession from the Russians, who have so far refused to give an inch, can save it." The five-power subcommittee American, British, French, Rus sia and Canada is slated to report to the full I'.N, disarma ment commission in New York on Aug. 1. In the year 1275, explorer Marco Polo reported that he saw noble men in China wearing eyeglasses. MAJOR TEXACO SERVICE 776 W. Military and Hiway 99 ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AT KELLEY'S MOTEL ORchard 2-1007 STATION HOURS Open 5:00 A.M. to 12 Midnight Owners Operotori Robert H. Major A? si Senate Labor Rackets Committee declare that the "immense pow er" of the Teamsters Union was not struck down with Dave Beck but still rests with the union "heirarchy." Not Aware "Most of us are not yet fully aware of the immense power of this organization," Kennedy said. "The United States government can't close down a city, but the Teamsters can," Kennedy said. "A strike by any union, if sup ported by the Teamsters, almost certainly will w i n what is de manded. The Teamsters can stop everything dead." Victor Riesel, labor columnist crusader against labor racketeer ing who was blinded by an acid thrower, told the editors that, if the McClellan committee investi gation had not been started, "James Hoffa would have been the single most powerful indivi dual in the United States five years from now." Before the McClellan cominillee disclosures Teamster vice presi dent Hoffa was regarded as Beck's logical successor. Riesel spoke by telephone from New York. Familiar Resident Dies In Roseburg Arthur Long, 78, a wclf-known Roseburg man, died at his home on Pine Street Friday. He was born Aug. 14, 1878, at Radnor, Ohio, and later moved with his parents to California. They came to Oregon by water when he was about 15 years old, settling first in Myrtle Point and Coquille. The family moved to Roseburg in 1902. Long operated a bicycle and harness shop here for more than 25 years. He was never married. Surviving are a brother, Albeit of Roseburg, a nephew, Daniel D. Weatherford of Roseburg, and a niece, Mrs. John Ives, of San Diego, Calif. Funeral services will be held at the chapel of Long and Orr Mort uary Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. John Adams of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Concluding services and vault in terment will be in Civil Bend Cemetery. judge To Speed Teamster Trial WASHINGTON tp Federal District Judge Burnila S. Malt hews has moved to speed the con spiracy - bribery trial of Midwest Teamsters boss James R. Hoffa. The trial was in recess today, but Judge Matthews said Saturday sessions will be scheduled from now "until we finish it." No reason for the speedup wa announced, but presumably one factor is that the 15 jurors 12 regulars and three alternates are locked up when the trial is not in session. Four FBI agents appeared yes terday to back up 'estimony of lli government's key witness, John Cye Cheasty. that he acred as a "spy" for Hoffa while actually working in behalf of Uic Senate Rackets Investigating Committee. Three of the agents testified. Death Takes Veteran Of Palo Alto, Calif. Edward V. Crunk. 64, former resident ot Palo Alio, Calif., died at the Roseburg Veterans Admin istration Hospital Thursday. Crunk was born in Indiana Aug 15, 1892 and was a veteran " World War I. He is survived by one brother, Kenneth A. Crunk of Indianapolis, Ind. The body is oemi. I shipped to Mt. Vernon, lnd. for j services and interment. Ganz Mortuary of Myrtle Creek is in I charge of arrangements. Don D. Mijor
