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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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