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DYNAMITE BLAST
tain four miles south of Myrtle Creek. Kuckenberg Construction Co. is making way for a
new Highway 99. The mountain is the highest point between Tri-City and Canyon
ville. John Schumaker, powder foreman, veteran powder man, helped set off the blast.
(Staff photo.) i
One-Third Of Roseburg Gasoline Stations
Affected By Price Reductions Of Product
About one-third of Roseburg's i stations lowered Ihcir prices on
gasoline stations were engulfed ! gasoline to nearly conform to the
over the weekend by a tide of j price reduction made at Shell sta
uasnline Drice - reduction. Theltions here two months ago. The
gasoline flowed from pumps
at
some 16 local stations, at rates of
about three cents below their cus
tomary rates.
.Many dealers refused to refer
to the situation as a "gas war,"
merely citing the reduced prices
as an effort to "meet competition."
This they were doing, and the out
look was that prices at most of
the remaining stations in the area
would be adjusted accordingly.
To meet the situation, members
of the Umpqua Retail Gasoline
Dealers Assn. have called a meet
ing tonight at 8 in the Umpqua
Hotel. Aside from "discussing the
situation, no one could say wnai,
if any, action would take place at
the meeting.
Union Lowers Pric
The latest in the series of gas
price crises occurred late Friday
when a group of Union Oil Co.
Neuberger Calls
For Quick Action
On Housing Bill
WASHINGTON W Sen. Neu
berger (D-Ore) called on the Ei
senhower administration Monday
lo put into effect lower down pay
ments on FHA-insured loans au
thorized in the new housing bid.
President Eisenhower signed the
hill last week but government
housing officials have not yut
taken action to lower the down
payments. A Housing Agency
spokesman said at the lime of
the White House action, howevei,
thai there were indications such
action would be taken.
The bill permits this schedule
of minimums: 3 per cent on the
first SlO.uOO of appraised value,
15 per cent on the next SG.00O,
and 30 per cent above $16,000.
Present requirements are 5 per
cent on the first S9.000, and 25
per cent above that.
Neuberger told the Senate fail
ure to use the authorization would
place "a disproportionate burden
of deflationary efforts" on Amer
ican families needing better
homes.
Neuberger said "American fam
ilies are today forced to put into
housing financial resources far
beyond a reasonable proportion of
their incomes.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
This is written in San Francisco
The editors are rolling in from all
nver trie counirv. u is ouvious uiul
Ihev have all read the advice giv-1
en to them by us Westerners, for
they are loaded down with heavy;
clothes, furs for the ladies and lop-1
coals.
And
So far
There has been only a smidgin
of fog. And it was HIGH fog. None
of it down at street level. None of
it dragging on the house tops as
it moves in from the ocean. Al
ready the Easterners are begin
ning to kid us about weather prog
nostications. The weather is a fickle jade.
It could be worse, though
The high fog cooled it down to
ot lpal an annrnvimalion of San
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The Weather
Partly sunny thit afternoon. Fair
tonight and Tu.td.y.
Hightst temp, last 24 hour.
Lowest timp. I. it 24 hours
Hightst ttmp. .ny July
Liwest temp, any July
Precip. last 24 hours
Prccip. from July 1
75
49
109
40
a
Precip. from Sept. I
Defic. from Sept. I 35
Sunset tonight, 7:51 p.m. I
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:47 a.m.
Fire Weather 1
low lire danger in Western and
North-Central Oregon with humid-
ii v above normal, but slowly in-
creasing danger Tuesday with
r.Mns temperature and falling
humiditv.
Fifteen tons of explosives blast a
local dealers' association had suc
ceeded during that period of time
in holding the line against price
cuts at other stations.
Now, station men were general
ly agreed that the prices "seem to
be gradually coming down" at all
establishments and that most had
either been informed or were go-
'Stand Firm Says
Backer Of 'Rights'
WASHINGTON W Sen. Mc
Namara (D-Mich) counseled back-
i ers of the civil rights bill Monday
to stand firm against compromise
proposals which he said are aimed
"lo gut this bill of any effective
ness." In a Senate speech, McNaniara
said that no matter what changes
were made "the die-hard oppo
nents of this legislation will vote
against it."
His own position, McNamara
said, is to "support this proposed
legislation, word by word and sec
tion by section."
Getting Ultimatum
McNamara said backers of the
bill were being presented with an
ultimatum through compromise
proposals "that the terms of the
surrender must be written into
amendments and agreed to now"
or else there will be a filibuster.
"That is the weapon (the fili
buster) that the Senate must bury
forever," he said.
On the other side of the ques
tion of changing the House-passed
hill. Democratic leader Johnson of
Texas told the Senate the compro
mise proposals are "the reaction
of thinking men who realize great
issues must be met with reason
instead of blind dogma."
Johnson described last week's
debate as some of the "finest" in
the Senate's history.
Several of the compromise sug-ling
gestions are aimed at eliminating
or modifying the controversial
Section 3 of the bill.
Operators Of Amusement
Devices Behind In Taxes
SALEM im Stale tax officials
warned operators of amusement
devices iney are nenino in ineir
la Payment..
S. W. Horn, Stale Tax Com-,
mission cnairman, saio an alarm
ing drop in revenues from
the
devices has brought about an
extensive crackdown on all delin
quent taxpayers owning devices
subject to the tax.
Pinball machines, shuffleboards,
mecnanicai music oevices anu -
similar machine are subject to8ery for """ local hospital.
the tax. Horn said only one-third
of the taxes due had been paid
i VA Directors Convene
At Cearhart On July 21
j SALEM :Jf The National Assn.
j of State Directors of Veterans
Affairs will hold its annual con
vention at Cearhart July 21-24.
Speakers include Oliver Mead
ows, state director of the House
Veterans Committee in Congress:
Robert K. Salyer.i, director of the
Federal Bureau of Veterans' Em
ployment Hights; Robert Mc
Curdy, chairman of the American
, n; i i hKii;
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and Edward
man, chief of contact and liaison:
for the Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
TO DISCUSS BAN
WASHINGTON f - The State
Department announced Saturday
it is inviting five leaders of news-
paper, news magazine and radio-
television organizations to a meet-
inrt M'ith Wralnru Ditlla nnvt
31 . Thursday to discus's the dispatch
"iVir.nf Amerirsn nraimin In Hrf
China
BURGLARY REPORTED
Buralarv of his home at 1042 W.
Burglary of his home at 1042 W.
.Nevada u. was reported to Rose-
burg police Saturday night by
bert .Madison Rowe. Investigation
showed entry had been made
through a rear door and two pipe
wrenches had
en taken.
section of a 257-foot moun
ing lo be instructed by the sup-,
pliers as to the lower prices at
other stations. ,
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vH.n.v,.. un.e.
While one local dealer, Ernest : considered to be the best recom
Barker, attested that "so far the mendation of the Stanford Re
market has not been upset too , search Institute in backing the so-
much," a Chevron dealer and ,
president of the retail gasoline
dealers association here observed
that "some of the dealers didn't
know whether they would stay in
business or not."
Gilkeson said that he didn't know
what further action would be tak
en "until we hear from Washing
ton, D.C." He was' referring to
help sought of the EBI by the local
and state retail gasoline men in
communications recently with the,
SlYinll KllCinocc Inmnnctpahnn nf i
Small Business Administration of
fice of that agency. Although that
office has sent encouraging re
ports, nothing has been revealed
yet on any definite action taken
in investigation of alleged charges
of "attempts to fix retail gas
prices" by major oil companies.
250-Man Search
Starts For Child
BRIDGEPORT, Calif, an - Little
David Scott was still missing last
night when darkness forced
searchers to suspend their efforts.
The search resumed at daybreak
today in the mountainous Twin
Lake area.
The 3-year-old boy was last seen
Saturday afternoon. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott of San
Diego, were camped near Mono
Village on vacation.
They fear possible kidnaping.
Sheriff Cecil Thorington issued
an all points bulletin asking law
enforcement officers to check out
going cars.
"He's a very friendly child," the
sheriff said. "He would be willing
to go with anybody."
Over 250 persons have been
searching for the child sheriffs
deputies, forest rangers, volunteers
and 100 Marines from nearby Pic
kel Meadows Cold Weather Train-
Station
Roseburg Girl Queen
At Oklahoma Picnic
A Roseburg girl, Carolvn Mar
shall, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Marshall of Roberts Creek
ioad w cnosen Miss ok-,ahoe
a( ni.iQi,rtmQ , .
Pass Sumayi she'wi be ,
t Roseburg High School this fall.
CHIEF DIES
THE DALLES un Heuis
Thornton, 42, police chief at" The
! Dalles since July. 195:!. died Sat-
j Thornton was a member of the
(Oakridge police force and was
Oswego police chief before com-
ing here.
'Most Beautiful' Nuclear Bomb Blossoms
As Seventh Explosion Set Off In Nevada
ATOMIC TEST SITE. Nev. W-1 The blast was about half nomi
"Diablo," the nuclear device thatmal in size, or roughlv one half
behaved like a dud two weeks las powerful as the atomic bombs
an, i hnrct u-ith s utnnnina niirnlaU-nnnn.l I .j. n.ni
n ' ' r t
nue over 'neievaoa ciesen ai
4:30 a.m. (HDT) .Monday.
I he explosion, seventh of (he
current summer test series, was
described by newsmen as one of
the most beautiful they had ever
seen.
Surrounded By Purple
The blossom atop the cioud was
surrounded by a flourescent pur
ple color which began to fade
about a minute after the blast.
The stem supporting the bios.
'nm aUn had a new look. It was
inot ,r'Khl. mo' h?v? bJeen
in previous shots, but bulged a
little at the bottom
The cloud from the blast rose
swiftly to an altitude of about
30.000 feet. The portion above 15,
000 feet then began heading to-
'ward southeastern Ltah. The
'ward aoutheastern Ltah. T h e
Atomic Enersv Commission sailitnan lo.ooo persons Sunday at a
Ai-'the air mass probably would
switch directions later and head
for Wyoming.
I The portion of the cloud below1
15 000 feet dispcMfd rapidly.
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Crosby Trial
In 2nd Week
PORTLAND on -Clyde Crosby's
bribe conspiracy trial went into
its second week Monday. There
was no indication when the trial
of the Teamsters Union inter
national representative for Oregon
would be ready for the jury.
Crosby On Stand
Crosby was on the stand Sat
urday when court recessed for the
week and hadn't completed telling
his story of the way he carried
out his duties as a member of
the city's Exposition-Recreation
Commission. That commission
was charged with picking a site
for a proposed 8-miUion-dollar
sports center. The stale says
Crosby conspired to choose a sile
on which he would profit because
associates naa opuons on me
land.
However on the stand Crosby
sai(j he wag foUowlng wnat he
called Broadwav-Sleel Bridge sile.
The state says the options were
taken bv racketeer Big Jim El
kins; Joseph P. McLaughlin,
Seattle cardroom operator; and
Tom Johnson, Portland East Side
real estate man. They expired
before the site finally was chosen.
Goes On Trial
In another, aspect of Portland's
long vice investigation slory, a
second dty policeman went' on
... . ... - .
trial, charged with false sweat
ing. He is Francis J. Rondhuis
Last week the first policeman
to be tried on a similar charge,
Set. Robert W. Sprague, was ac
quitted. Four others are still to
be tried.
The state charges that they
didn't tell the truth when they
denied making or sharing payoffs
lo overlook law violations, it is
misdemeanor.
'Speed Of Sound'
Record Is Eyed
HOLLYWOOD iff) A Marine
and a Navy man will try Tues
day to become the first pilots to
zip across the country faster than
the speed of sound.
To do it, they'll have to aver
age more than 760 miles an hour
and get from Los Angeles to New
York City in 3 hours and 14 min
utes. Both fliers will be in F8FU Cru
sader jets. Marine Maj. John
Glenn Jr. will take off from Los
Angeles at 7 a.m. (PDT). Lt.
Cmdr. Charles Demmler will start
the 2.460-mile run about 28 min
utes later.
They will land at Floyd Bennett
Field in New York.
Both planes will be refueled en
route by flying tankers.
The present official transconti
nental speed record, set March
9, 1955 by an F84F, is 3 hours,
44 minules, 53.88 seconds.
Falling Tree Injures
Hip Of Logger Today
A logger, Tim McCauley of Wolf
Creek, suffered hip injuries when
he was struck by a falling tree
about 6 a.m. today at the opera
tions of J and B Logging Co. about
nine miles west of Glendale.
He was rushed to a Grants Pass
hospital by the National Hospital
Service ambulance. McCauley's hip
and leg were badly lacerated ac
cording to ambulance attendants.
He was helping to move a land
, ing and while going after a guy line
inadvertantly walked under a tne
that was being felled, according to
I correspondent Mrs. Gerald Fox.
' " ' 'fiftX-it UII JtUill UUIIIIg WUUU
war
II.
Failed To Fire
"Diablo" originally was sched
uled to be detonated June 27,
then was postponed a day. On
June 28, the bomb failed to fire
because of a power failure.
Several other postponements
Witnesses Told World End Near
SEATTLE if Member, of
Jehovah's Witnesses have been
told "destruction is near for a
divided world.
Nathan II. Knorr. president of
the Watchtower Bible and Tract
Society with headouarters in
! Brooklyn. N.Y.. stiokc to m 0 r e
mass meeting closing the five-day
regional convention of Jehovah's
: Witnesses.
"This divided world and its na-
tions and man-made system .re
ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, JULY 15, 1957
National Safety Award
Won By Umpqua Fliers
The Umpqua Flying Club,
Roseburg, has been awarded
third place in a national safe
ly program for flying clubs,
it was announced today by the
Central Valley Empire Assn.,
Fresno, Calif., which conduct
ed the program.
The Roseburg club landed be
hind an Albuquerque, N.M.,
club which came in second, and
a Hawthorne, Calif., club in
first.
The contest is carried on each
year by the association among
flying clubs throughout the na
tion. The clubs are scored on
the basis of safety records and
achievements of the club mem
bers. Awards are made on re
ports submitted by flying clubs
around the country.
Commenting on the selection
of the Umpqua club, the asso
ciation had this to say:
"The Umpqua Flying Club
has an outstanding record of
achievement.
"Nine of its student pilots
were certificated; three of its
members received commercial
pilots' certificates; two re
ceived flight instructors' rat
ings; five received ground in
structors' ratings.
"All told, the members quali
fied for 44 proficiency checks.
This is an outstanding record
for a club with 47 members."
Harold Glover is club presi
dent and Frank von Borstel is
treasurer-manager.
10 County Youths
Claim 4-H Posts
Ten Douglas County youths were
selected as counsellors for 4-H sum
mer camps at a training session
held Saturday and Sunday at Silt
coos outlet.
They will work with 4-H leaders
in charge of Camp Myrtlewood
near Bridge at sessions from July
23 to 27 and July 29 to Aug. 3
Counsellors for the first camp
for children from 9 to 11 years old
will be Maxine Dancer of Camas
Vallev. Janet Weikum of Green,
Susan Engdahl of Green, Dixie
Woolen of Elgarose. Darlene Chan
dlcr of Sutherlin and Gail Briner
of Yoncalla.
I Other Counsellor!
For the second camp for children
from 12 to 15 years, counsellors
will be Donna Hubler of Glendale,
Jerry Akey of Camas Valley, Rol
lie Tandy of Umpqua and Paul
Mill of Yoncalla.
Both the training session and
camps are sponsored jointly by
Coos, Curry and Douglas counties.
About 60 children from Douglas
County" will be at the first session
with 80 children from the other
two counties. About 20 youths from
Douglas County will join 95 from
other counties for the second ses
sion. The camp is for both boys and
girls. Reservations have already
been taken for the full capacity of
the camps.
Long Underwater Cable
Being Laid In Pacific
LOS ANGELES W The tele
graph ship Monarch is off to start
laying the longest underwater
cable in the world.
The cable will be stretched
about 2,400 miles across the Pa
cific, from the West Coast to Ha
waii, lo provide a two-way voice
telephone system. The lob is be
ing done for the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Co.
The Monarch steamed out of
Los Angeles harbor over the week
end.
The 37-million-dollar project will
be completed in the fall. The cable
system will be about 450 miles
longer than the trans-Atlantic ca
ble which stretches from Claren-
ville. Newfoundland, to O b a n,
Scotland. This cable has been in
service since June, 195t.
were made before the device was
exploded Monday from atop a 500
foot steel tower.
Eight -hundred military ohserv
ers, 102 of them Canadians
watched the explosion from
trenches about 4,400 yards from
ground zero.
The explosion was seen as far
away as San Francisco, where
observers reported it produced an
orange-yellow glow in the sky.
incurable, Knorr said, "Destruc
Hon, not healing, has drawn near
for Ihem. Neither Jehovah God
nor Christ Jesus is trying to con
' vert this old world to save it. It s
on its deathbed and the prophecy
of God's Word fortells its end
i within the generation of men that
nas neen living since 114
Knorr added that "nonc-tha-less
. . . that spiritual healing that
leads to everlasting life in God's
new earth
near .1 hand for
people of nations."
Shotgun Blast
Climaxes Row
Over Tickets
KELSO. Wash. uW Bad feel
ing that apparently had simmered
several years over some traffic
tickets erupted Saturday night in
an ambush shooting that critical
ly wounded Hie manager of the
Longview State Tax Commission
office. .
Otis Hanstad, 40, was reported
still unconscious and in critical
condition Monday at the Portland
hospital where he was taken with
two gaping shotgun wounds in the
back.
Spine Shattered
Hospital attendants said Ilan-
stad's spine was shattered and
his lungs and kidneys had been
punctured by shotgun pellets.
Matt Hinlsala, 48, was being
held Monday without charge after
his capture at home, where he
had barricaded himself with his
wife and eight children. Deputy
Sheriff Bud Wolf crawled through
a side window and nabbed Hint-
sala in a bedroom while other of
ficers kept his attention.
Sheriff Merle Bevins said Hinl
sala admitted the shooting.
Hanstad, a former Kelso police
man, had gone to the home of a
friend, Felix Heinnisto, in South
Kelso Saturday night to take a
Finnish steam bath. Mr. and Mrs,
Hintsala were there, and witness
es said Hinlsala quarreled with
Hanstad over traffic tickets the
ex-policeman had given him a
number of years ago.
Hears Shots
About an hour ialer, after the
Hintsalas had left and Hanstad
was taking a steam bath alone
shed at the rear, lleinmslo
heard two shots. He said he
turned on a porch light and saw
Hinlsala run around llie corner
of a woodshed. Hanstad lay
wounded in the yard.
Bevins said a recently-f i r a d
shotgun was found behind Ilint
sala's home.
Hanstad was named tax com
mission manager at Longview last
May.
Abbott And Costello
Breaking Up Team
HOLLYWOOD Ml Bud Abbott
and Lou Costello the funnymen
who broke up audiences with the
classic and confounding discussion
of "who's on first?" have broken
up themselves.
Costello, the rolly-poly part-fail-er
of the famous comedy team,
said yesterday lhat straight man
Abbott has settled down on a ranch
near Santa Barbara and decided
not to do any more work for awhile.
There was no fight involved in
the breakup, Lou said. It's just
that Abbott is getting along ha's
61 now, 10 years older than Lou
and wants to get out of the act
and spend his time developing a
stable of thoroughbred horses.
Costello said a renewal of the
old partnership would he "up to
Abbott," but there appears little
possibility of such a development.
With Abbott out, Lou is through
as a team man.
Three Douglas Cities
Schedule Polio Clinics
Polio clinics for administration of
Salk vaccine have been set up in
three Douglas County communities
by the County Health Department
in the next few days
Friday at Drain Grade School, a
clinic will be for school children
from Drain, Curtin and Gunter. It
will he held between 10 a.m. and
noon.
The same day, a clinic will be
held in Yoncalla Grade School be
tween I and 2 p.m. for Yoncalla
and Scotts Valley youngsters.
Tuesday, July 23, the clinic will
be at the Washington School gym
in Oakland between 10 and 11:30
a.m. for children from Oakland and
Umptia.
Parents of school children who
had their first polio shots at school
in the spring were asked by Dr.
Mary F,. Soules, county health of
ficer, to return for their second
shots.
Abandoned Auto Thought
To B Cetaway Vehicle
PORTLAND W An automobile
found abandoned on a logging
road west of here, near Beaver
ton, Sunday night was believed
the gelaway car used in last
week's Tigard bank robbery.
State police and FBI agents
studied the car, at the slate police
office in Mllwatikie, for possible
clues.
Some $7,000 was taken from the
Tigard branch of the U.S. National
Bank of Portland by two armed
men.
LIGHTNING CAUSES FIRES
SALEM P Six lightning
caused fires on state lands were
reported in northeast Oregon over
the weekend, the stale Forestry
Department said Monday. All
covered less than a half an acre.
PRICE 5c
NEW AGA KHAN Young
Prince Karim Aly Khan, 20,
sits on a chair surrounded
by representatives of the
Moslem world after receiv
ing homage from the people
he now rules. The Prince,
named by his grandfather,
the Aga Khan III, gravely
accepted the tribute on the
lawn of the villa in Versoix,
Switzerland where his
grandfather died.
Policeman Makes
Brilliant Catch
To Save Baby
B1NGHAMPTON, N. Y. W A
screaming mother dangled her 17-month-old
daughter out of a
fourth - floor window Sunday then
let go. A patrolman lunged for
ward and caught the child by one
leg.
"It was a lucky grab, said Pa
trolman Larry W. Schanz after it
was all over.
Mother Committed
The mother, identified as Louise
Pcnper. 23. formerly of Sayre, Pa.
was committed to Binghampton
Slate Hospital for mental exami
nation. Sgt. Robert E. Forbes said he
tackled the woman as she attempt
ed to iumn from the window her
self, minutes after her baby was
saved.
The child, Wanda, apparently was
not injured.
Police said the incident started
with an argument between the
mother and a man she had been
out wilh. They said the woman
threatened to throw Wanda out of
the window of her apartment un
less the man left. He did, but the
mother continued lo dangle the
child out of the window.
Threatens
Forbes and Schanz said the wom
an threatened to drop the baby if
anvone started toward the stairway.
After another patrolman had
spread a blanket to catch the child,
Schanz and Forbes dahcd into the
building and up the stairs.
Forbes said Schanz distracted
the woman. She turned from the
window and Schanz lunged toward
her.
They said the woman turned to
the window again and hung the
child by one foot. As she let go,
Schanz grabbed.
Wanda's leg "fell into my hand
and 1 held on for dear life," Shanz
said.
Asroria Regatta Draws
Roseburg High Band
The Roseburg High School band
, , invited to participate in
, Asi,...ia itegatla and Fish Festi-
val Kridav and Saturday
The band will take part in two
parades, the junior parade hnday
evening ana me main paruue amur-
day afternoon, as well as an eve
ning show on Gyro Mem Saturday
evening
Housing for the band memners
will be provided by the Regatta
association. The Astoria Junior
Chamber of Commerce is sponsor
ing more than half the expense of
transportation.
Swimming Pool Goal
Of Myrtle Creek Meet
Residents of Myrtle Creek
will meet Tuesday night to or
ganize a drive lo collect funds
for a swimming pool.
The meeting is scheduled
for 7:30 in the Myrtle (reek
High School cafeteria. The
move lo build a pool is being
spearheaded by the Lions Club,
bul members stressed at a re
rent meeting that the project
is not solely a Lions Club un
dertaking. The pool has been named the
South L'mpqua Memorial Pool.
Workers on the project hope
to raise enough money t' 'mild
a complete year-around iin
niing pool, Mrs. Kutli bvans.
News - Review correspondent,
reports.
A site for the pool has been
selected. It will be on the Myr
tle Manor property. Anyone in
terested in working on the fund
drive or helping in the project
have been asked to atlend the
meeting Tuesday night.
164-57
The weekend rain not only broke
a long dry spell but brought a rash
of traffic accidents which kept po
lice, ambulances and wreckers
busy.
There was plenty of "coverage
at a Saturday accident in which
five persons were injured when two
Washington cars crashed on High
way 9 near the Anlaut inter
change. On the scene were five ambu
lances, two state police officers, a
Multnomah County sheriff's dep
uty, a Lane County deputy, a Cot
tage Grove policeman and "nu
merous citizens.
The wreck occurred when a 1952
sedan driven by Mrs. Cladia Ba
con, North Renton, Wash., swap
ped ends when it went into a skid
while headed north, and ended up
going backwards in the wrong lane
of traffic where it was struck by
a 1953 two-door driven by Calvin
Savage of Tacoma. Both vehicles
ended in a ditch at the side of the
highway and were classified total
wrecks.
Injured Are Listed
The injured were taken to the
Cottage Grove Hospital and were
listed as:
Calvin Savage, bump on left fore
head, laceration on left side (if
jaw, and in coma; Mrs. Elizabeth
W. Savage, fractured right arm,
six-inch laceration on head, dislo
cated right pelvis, possible frac
ture of right leg, internal injuries
and deep shock; Candace Savage,
6-year-old daughter, compound
fracture of right leg, shock; Mrs.
Bacon, shaken up and in shock;
Bruce Allen Bacon, bruises on his
back and body and lower lip.
State police who investigated not
ed it was raining at the time of the
accident and that the rear tiras
of the Bacon car were "bald."
Two Children Hurl
Minor injuries were suffered by
two children riding with their fath
er who went to sleep Sunday while
driving north on Highway 99 soutli
of the Elkton-Suthcrlin junction.
State police reported the 1950 sedan
driven by Harold Richard WodUi,
sweet Home, went into a ditch
after skidding for 238 feet on the
shoulder of the highway, lt was
listed as totally wrecked.
hharon Marie Wodtli. 10. receiv
ed a bruised right hand, while Stev
en Michael, 9, suffered back bruis
es, iney were checked at Commu
nity Hospital and released.
A three-vehicle rear-end collision
about three miles south of Myrtle
Creek on Highway 99 Saturday
brought no injuries and only mod
crate damage to the vehicles. The
driver of one was cited for follow
ing too close.
Three Cart Involved
Involved were cars driven by El
sie Judith Greenbauer, Bremerton,
Wash.; Jay Alden Mackie, Coquille,
and Frank George Hansen Jr., Co
quille. Police reported that the
Greenbauer car had slowed for
traffic ahead and had skidded
around and ended crosswise on tha
right shoulder and lane of traffic.
Mackie skidded to a stop close lo
the Greenbauer vehicle and Hansen
came up and struck the others.
Light damage to the rear fender
of the Greenbauer car was listed
as was rear-end damage to the
Mackie car and moderate damage
to the front of Hansen's car. Han
sen was handed a traffic citation.
Minor damage was received by
a 1952 coupe when it skidded on
Highway 425 at Evergreen Grange,
hit some mailboxes and went into
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Texas Head-On Crash
Kills Five, Hurts Four
ROPESV1LLE. Tex. Ml - A
near-headon collision near here
Saturday night crashed two cars
into a tangle of wreckage and
killed five persons.
Dead were Raymond Martin, 22.
of Ropesville; Miguel Hernandez,
30, of Lubbock; Hernandez' two
daughters, Aurelia, 5, and Rosa,
3, and his father-in-law, Federico
Scpeda, 49.
Five others wort injured, four
critically.
Crash Tnto Bridge Kills
Car Passenger Saturday
THE DALLES (fl An auto
mobile crashed into a bridge near
The Dalles Saturday night, fatally
injuring a passenger.
He was Melvin Barnes, 15, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snyder,
The Dalles.
Police identified the driver of
the car as Marc Sanders, 15, also
of The Dalles. Ha suffered a con
cussion. CRASH KILLS TWO
SEATTLE I Two members
of an exhibition parachutists' club
were killed early Sunday as their
single-engine, four-place plane
crashed and burned while attempt
ing a night landing at the Renton
Airport south of here.
They were Thomas D. Smoth
ers, 25, pUot, and John Richard
Brooks, 24, both Seattle. Both be
longed to the Sky Divers, a club
made up of parachutists who give
jumping exhibitions.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizenstein
Year's biggest fallout so far
was among the Kremlin gang
sters. It seems that the Iron
Curtain wot being operated
on e d! cord.