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Russia Asks ft N. Meet
To Discuss Disarmaments
NATO Proposal 'Presley Gets Draft Board
r I n . tm . so wmm A I
Of Top Level
Talks Rejected
MOSCOW 11 The Soviet gov-
ernment cauea toaaytore special;
an international conference to dis-'
cuss disarmament
A Gromyko said disarmament
? . ""."" ""or Paramount pictures,
tast West summit conference. kinda proud of u he said
Addressing Russia s Parliament. wUh , cneerful wink. ..,-, , dulv
Gromyko apparently rejected l a - , ve got t0 fiU and rm gom8 ,
foreign ministers meeting on dis-do H Daddy., aiready toId me to
armament proposed Thursday by be d ' ,dj or D t.
th15,r AJ1 naUnS . ., hi J There was no cheer at Para
The West has onsistenfiv block-:,,., , u
uromyKO saio u anj
can juage lor yurv ;
sort of result can be expected from
. meeting of foreign ministers un-
der these conditions
Must Not R.m.m Stalemated i
. .... , , ...1
But "the disarmament issue
should not remain stalemated he j
said. "The Soviet government calls j
for a special session of the United
a(lons or an international confer-
ence on disarmament. . . .
Gromyko did not specify which
nations should attend an interna
tional conference, tnough he indi
cated Red China should not be left
out. In the recent session of the
U.N. General Assembly Russia in- i
sislrd that all 82 U.N members I
which do not include Red China :
should take part in disarmament
talks. 1
That Assembly session increased;
the U.N. Disarmament Commis-1
sion to 25 members but Russia ;
rrwi,t n Pao. Pol si I
Dulles Doubtful
East-West Talks
Ever Will Be Held
WAKiiiNRTiiM i Dn.lomaiip1
sources here said today Secretary !
of State Dulles has doubls in 1
light of past experiences with the ;
Russians that new Last-West dis
armament talks will ever be held.
Dulles reportedly feels the Rus
sians are likely to find some minor
reason to quibble over setting up
the talks, making it impossible to
make .rranoements.
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The discussions were proposed
at this week s NATO conference
Paris. The secretary returns
from Europe today.
Officials here also said
Was
not certain the Unitea States
would participate even if the dis
cussions do take place.
Dulles was said to feel that
changing the list of disarmament
conferees might break the stale-
mate, for years. ine uniiea ter(,d al , refueling stop at Fro
.Ntates. Britain. France and Can-,bisher B,v Greenland.
ada have carried the load, ne-1 J
gotiating with Russia as members , -
of the United Nations disarma- J W0 PriSOII SenteitCeS
ment subcommittee. 1 1 t m
Dulles and President E senhow- Handed DOWIt Oil FriddV
er will make a joint report to the , ,,M,""'M awwwii wu iiiuuj
people over all maior radio-tele
vision networks at 8.30 p m.
day.
M on-
Mysterious Fire Burns
Secret Missile Drawings
SUNNYVALE, Calif, i.fi - A my
sterious fire inside a large walk-in
vauil aaiuraay aestroyeu mp se -
cret missile drawings ana recorns
at the Lockheed missile system
piani.
Firemen wearing oxygen masks
strugsled in dense smoke trying
to choke off the smouldenr.; blaze.
Smoke filled he sprawling con-
crete structure.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
After a series of disheartening
fizzles, the U.S. successfully fired
an ocean spanning rocket this
week.
That's big r,es in th dizy
modern world so BIG. dispatch
es tell us. that it charged the
whole diplomatic picture u, Paris,
where representatives of the North
Atlantic Treaty Orsinizatinn
I NATO) are gathered ; decide
whether or not they will PERMIT
the f mted States to locati missile
bac on their soil to HI.I.P Dr.
FEND THEM AGAINST l:lSIA
So shocked, were these cminlries
by our previous missi'e fizzles that
the big issue in Paris when the
NATO delegates began to asem-
hie appeared to be 'his: Shall
ALLOW the United States to put
missile bases on our terrain, thus
exposing us to possible mack by
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clearing this afternoon, tonight and
Sunday. Cooler tonight.
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MEMPHIS, Ten i Elvil
Presley reports Jan. 20 for indue
lion into the Army unless Holly
wood manages t0 hlve it put of(
Drafl greetings for the 22-
year-old rock V roll idol arrived
Kriday. He accented it with far
' niAra Kalm than AiA hi man-Bat
Frank Freeman said if Prcs-1
, cant show up scheduled
Jan ,3 ,tudl0 wj ,ose ,3,,,,,.
, d k ( prepring u,
..Rlg C1,,
To P"'P
Im going to ask the draft
ta rt in Memphis if it will please
, Elvis". induction foPr ex.
Jcei ht fc Freeman said.
And tnere wa, 'nolnmg cheerful
b h .ituation to Presley's
Roseburg Woman
I Brings 'Fresh
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Mrs. William Jclski purchased a
newspaper Tuesday evening and
handed it over to her husband in
Roseburg the .next day so he could
read its still-fresh news.
That in itself is news because
Mrs. Jclski bought the paper in
Paris, France.
Jelski, who operates a Roseburg
travel agency, said it took his wife
and the Paris edition of the New
York Herald-Tribune about 18
hours to make the trans-polar
flight. But, because of the east
west gain in clock time, it actual-
ly was only 10 hours from the
time Mrs. Jelski left Paris to the
time she set foot on the runway at
Portland Airport.
Mrs. Jelski was one of U Ore
gon travel agents and several
newspaper and radio people in
vited Dy fan American Airways
to take an all-expense, nine-day
trip to Paris via its Portland-to-
r,P ". ,I" r"'J,n?llu
: London-tO-PariS flight, over the
, NorJl po,e she ht fouf d jn
lAndon and four more in t
i c.k -.-ii.i
sh , .hoard the second nlane
In flv over the npwlv.iniueurateH
r,,, ,,, f p.,,!,.,'!
One of the missions accomplish
ed by the Oregon party was to
make a formal gift to the London
Zoo. The gift: an Oregon beaver
which barely survived the 32 de
grees-below-zero weather encoun
For breaking probation, Bruce
Litc-h Emert, 21, Winston, was
ordered Friday to serve the re
mainder of his five-year prison
term.
Kmert had broken terms of pro-
bation soon after being released
I trom uie Douglas county jail alter
1 serving six months. He was re-
leased Aug. 12 and set out on a
'iuur 01 me country wnicn sner -
111 s oepuues sain iook n 1 m
through 25 states.
cineri was emenjpa aiitr pieaa-
ing guilty to 'arceny from an auto.
Friday. Circuit Judge Charles S. j
Woodrich ordered him sent to the!
penitentiary lo finisn his sentei.ee.
Also sentenced to prison was i
Charles LeRoy Pitt. 18. Drain, j
?
n.in in-ruing i" r-M:m-iue
.report trom the parole ollice,
udge
Woodrich handed Pitt a
two-vear term. He had previous-
ly pleaded guilty to burglary
of
an r.ikton store.
'Christmas Tree Burn'
Scheduled January 5-
ner oi
The annual Junior Cham
Commerce
"Christmas Tree
burn'' will
be held Sunday, Jan
5 this year on the vacant lot on
Diamond Lake Boulevard, across
from the City Cleaners.
I rces will be picked up .by
jaycees on the afternoon of thi
burning date froiH street corners
throughout town, where residents
are asked to Bdeposit them
The
"burn s will take place at 6:30
p m. Q
Pnhlir affnmlan,. im iwiiitaA tn
I'm event uhirh hIH in h.i
townspeople dispose of their holi -
nay greenery, according to I)on -
aid Josh, chairman ot Ihe "burn
committee.
Clide 7ms1$idTowf,
On Hills Creek Work
PORTLAND The Army En-
gini rrinay sua a uune. ():.
'irm submitted the apparent low
bid for clearing 40 acres of l.wl 1
at ine mils ireek Dam prnx-n.
The engineers said the I K.
Shelton Construction Co. suiCVl
iitfja $h3j0 bid for the work.
W
.SCAPE UNHURT
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manager. Tom Parker of Nash
ville, Tenn., who can't help but
think of the drop in income.
Presley makes $50,000 or so with
a couple of personal appearances.
As an Army private he would draw
$78 a month. '
Parker said the draft notice
would cost Presley half a million
dollars in gross income immedi
ately. Beyond, that, he said, it
would be difficult to estimate.
In addition to Paramount's plans,
there was a contract with 20th
Century - Fox for a movie that
would pay Presley $200,000. An
other Dicture for Metro - Goldwvn
Mayer in the fall would pay $275.-
000 plus a percentage of the prof
its.
Government To Las Half Million
Parker said the income tax loss
to the government next year, -with
Presley in uniform, would amount
to at least half a million, not to
mention the cost of his upkeep.
"Of course," he said, "that's not
as important as having the govern
ment treat everybody the same."
If inducted here, Presley would
go to Ft. Chaffee near the city of
Fort Smith. Ark.
Army service would interrupt a
career that started for Presley in
early 1955. In less than a year, the
guitar-picking, hip-slinging singer
dwg.p7cyS cw., of
lirawing capacity croWQS OI 1
frantic fans.
The Associated Press named
him 1956 Man of the Vear in en
tertainment. Baby Missing,
Feared Kidnaped
By Two Women
SAN FRANCISCO 41 Police
searched Saturday for an 11-week-
01a gin, tearea kidnaped ny two
women. .
The missing child is Caroline
Elizabeth Hortoh, taken from the
family home Friday afternoon
supposedly to be entered in a
baby contest
Police Lt. Don Scott said Mrs.
Dorothy Hurton, 28. reported that
a woman saw her daughter at the
Public Health Building Wednes
day and suggested she be entered
in a loruicoming oaoy contest 01
the Temple Baptist Church.
Mrs. Morton gave her telephone
number to the woman, who called
herself Mrs. Johnson, and was
contacted the next day by a v
wo-
! man ho identified herself as
I
Mrs. Miller.
By prearrangement the second
woman picked up the child short
ly before 1 p.m. Friday. She
drove away in a cab, saying she
would return at 5 p.m.
When the woman did not return,
Mrs. Morton contacted police.
Cab driver Boris Parfenoff told
police the woman had him
drive
to St. Dominic's Church and had
told hi in the infant was her own.
Priests at the church said they
had not seen the woman and
child, and Temple Baptist Church
had no baby contest.
State Public Welfare
Frees Additional Funds
PORTI Ar iK Th. .1.1.
; Public Welfare Commission freed
funds Friday to meet the growing
unemployment problem,
Welfare nif.nai. un
1 cal costs were rising
and were
part of the reason the commission I
freeing $692,000 set aside earlier !
to help in emergencies
Miss Jeanne Jewetl administra-
tor. said counties were asking for
more funds. She said several coun-
tics had expressed worry over still
higher costs as unemplovment
compensation payments, which
i continue 26 weeks, exmre.
Th. commission annrnveri .,..
Dlcmontxl hurioei. ti L. ti ji nnn
r ih ..,,, '
The commission also set
up a
care
committee to study medical
and costs.
Couple Must Return
3-Year-Old Adopted Son
TORONTO ' A couple who
have been ordered to return their
three vear-oie adopted son to his
American mother say they hope
they will not have to give him up
before Christmas. o
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mc
Neiilv of Scarborough, a suburb
' Tronto. said losing Donald Cle-
lus Agar win ie a great shuck.
"We'veobought most of his pres
ents." McNeilly said, "and he's
: expecting Santa to come here.
! The Supreme Court of Canada
i "lu" "P"'1" ""'" "f-
peal Court rulins granting cuslodv
of Donald to his mother, Hehe
May Agar of Minneapolis.
Donald was put up for adoption
immediately after his birth in
Toronto lie has been with the
aVcNeillys nef 1 was six days
old
HEARING IN RECEH
HT!, )(?, A hearing on
Ihe Portland I Motion Company's
propo In end passenger service
on its Bellrose and Oregon CitJT
inlet urban lines is in recess JinW
.tiuuiia . "
u
i One witness FfidayQPresident
Richard Paulson of The Retail!
Trade Bureau, told Ahe Public I
Utilities Commission Animation
of ma(S) transportation facilities
might nurt (tme hs firmK)
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GEORGE. BLOMGREN
. . . takes county offipe
George Blomgren
Appointed Veterans
Service Officer
Douglas County's second veter
ans service officer took oter the
job this week.
He is George Victor Blomgren
ot canyonvillc. He was auuomted
by ,he court s iovidd
, , , , .prH Finn frur
who died recently.
Frear became the original serv
ice officer after the office was set
up by the county in 1955.
This is Blomgren's first ven
ture into public service. He has
been identified with the logging
business since 1946.
He came to Douglas County in
living first at Reedsport.
He moved to Canyonville in 1946
and was engaged in private log
ging contracting until 1952 when
he became lodging manager lor
stomar Lumber Co.
HlomL'ri.n. SB i
of Kiddle.
veteran of
World War II. He served in the
'South Pacific v,iih the I' if Armv
1 Engineers. He is married and has
a son attending the bnivcrsitv of
Oregon.
His job is to give assistance to
any veteran, his widow or depend
ents in applying to the slate or
federal Veterans Administration
for all benefits and aid to which
1 they are entitled
1
Mt. Baldy Lumber
Company Is Sold
Three Yoncalla men, along with
a partner from Eugene, sold out
the Mt. Baldy Lumber Co.. located
between Yonralla and Drain, in a
transaction completed this week.
The new stockholders are George
! Zellner and Bud Beckley of Eu
gene ana urani ovegren ot loi
tage Grove, who increased his in
terest in the company and who
will serve as mill managir. Zell
ner and Beckley have both had a
wide sawmill expel icnce and both
have timber holdings in Douglas
County.
Retiring from ihe scene are
Charles Timmons, Leslie Chap
man and Sidney Lasswell of Yon
ralla, and Harry Jacobs Jr. of Eu
gene.
! When in full operation, die Swed
ish gang sawmill employed 35
, rimuiH in ih. im,H.t.
future by the new owners, accord
ing to News-Review Correspondent
Mrs. George F.des. The plant is
presently closed, but is scheduled
to re-open on Jan. 6.
The new owners plan to operate
the plant on full- ime basis. Ac
cording to Mrs. Fjtes, they plan
to continue to buy logs on Ihe open
market, paying top prices lor the
! 8" 1"K-. Lovegren said that the
. mill will also continue the practice
of making weekly leg checks.
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CERTIFIED Douglas County hos reached the stotus of being o modified certified
brucellosis free county. Attesting to this is the certificate being handed to County
Judc)v. T. Jackson t K.J Peterson, state vetennorian. ,tonding behind them, left
to right, are Commissioners?) Fronk Ashley and Huron Clougn; Extension Agent J. Roland
Porker; Don C. Bailey, Roscttirg, Williom Boyless, Myrtle
burg, county veterinofions
Douglos County. The certification is the l 4th to belrode in Qreqnfi OS porof a nation
wide pwgrom. The goal toravirft pMiistotjj) reach tlJ torr statin) if) Jurf 30,
!) Wprx.l l.nk,-tt O G "
Poul Jenkins)
ROSEBURG, OREGON-
Gaither Report
To Be Weighed
By Eisenhower
WASHINGTON I The White
House said Saturday President j
Eisenhower will probably weigh
official reaction to the Gaither
report on national defense needs
when he meets Monday with the
National Security Council.
James C. Hagerty, White House
press secretary, said the report
is being studied bv interested fed
eral departments and that depart
mental recommendations are be
ing forwarded to the White House.
lie said some of the department
comments probably will be con
sidered at Monday's session.
Alarming Picture
The, report, according to sev
eral substantial "leaks" paints
an alarming picture of the na
tion's defense needs,
Hagerty said the report re
mains top secret. He added, it
did not know whether it would be
made public either in whole or
in part.
He told newsmen he would have
to check the accuracy of reports
that the White House had refused
to turn over a copy of the docu
ment to the Senate preparedness
subcommittee. ,
Hagerty refused to comment on
any details of published accounts
of the report.
Undertaken at White House di
rection and officially described as
a project of the Office 'of Defense
Mobilization, government sources
said tt ts dsuStlu! sr.y OEM offi
cial has laid eyes on it exceDt Di.
rector Gordon Frev ni he only
because of his membership on the
Kanonai security council
ine ivsi is the Cabinet - level
body of military and civilian agen-
cy heads which advises President
bisenhower on defense policy, atid fN", DI J
which in this administration haslUMVe rianneu
gained influence second
only to
that of (he Cabinet itself.
ine Washington Post, in a conv.
righted story Friday said the re
port was presented at an expand
ed (NSC) meeting on Nov. 7 and
that it described the country in
highest peril from Russia's rapid
strides in military strength and
technology.' The Post said the re
port called for multi-billion-dollar
increases in defense budgets
through 1970.
H. Rowan Gaither Jr., San
Francisco lawyer and former head
of the Ford Foundation, was
named to head a 10-member in
vestigatory commission to deter
mine whether a big-scale shelter
program was feasible or neces
sary. Kathleen Endicott
Booked In County Jail
Kathleen S. Endicott, 33, Suther
lin. was booked in county jail
Friday on a charge of probation
violation.
She originally was sentencd to
one year in county jail by Cir
cuit Judge Charles Woodrich after
being found guilty of receiving
stolen property last April. She
was released on probation after
serving 45 days.
She now is being held pending
court appearance on the charges.
READ THE ADS
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who worked to (ffcke the cattle
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1957
Five BLM Timber
Tracts Bring Bids
Toal Of $278,648
Five tracts of O&C timber
brought bids totaling $278,648.80 in
a Bureau of Land Management
sale in Roseburg Fnday. Two of
the tracts received competitive
bids, and the others were sold at
appraised prices.
The highest be! of $28 a thou
sand board feet of Douglas fir was
bid by Otis E. Clayton in purchas
ing a parcel containing 2.734.O00
feet located on the east lurk of
Rock Creek northeast of Roseburg.
Douglas fir was bid ud frcm $25.-
45. Clayton paid $74,415.20 for the
timber, which had been appraised
at a total of $67.S59.15. Douglas
County Lumber Co., Roseburg,
also bid.
South Fork Lumber Co.. Drain.
outbid L&H Lumber Co. Suther-
lin, for 2.722.000 feet northeast of
Drain near the Douglas County
line. Douglas fir was bid up from
$24.90 a thousand to $27.55. and
the timber, which was appraised
at $62,075.40, was purchased for
$68,393.
George O. Clavton. Roseburg.
purchased 2,227.000 feet located on
nuvn vicca ivt tiro ipiaicu putc
of $60,337.70. Douglas fir was
priced at $27.40 a thousand.
A parcel of Shively Creek con
taining 2.241.000 feet was bought
at the appraised price of $52,653.40
by Roseburg Lumber Co. Douglas
fir was appraised at $25.10.
Woolley Ixigging Co., Drain, pur
chased 906,000 feet located on Rad
ford Creek for the anpraisea price
of $22,849.50. Douglas fir was priced
at $25.50.
The sale was the last scheduled
by the BLM this year.
Rehabilitation
anfpr Flinrl
uiivi
President Gladys Workman out
lined a program to be finished as
soon as possible bv the board of
directors of uie Bos we II bpnnqs
Rehabilitation center for Handi
capped Children, Inc., Drain, so a
nationwide fund - raising drive
could be started. Tbis program
was unanimously adopted by the
board at a special meeting tnis
week.
Mrs. Workman was enthusias
tic about the program, the details
of which she learned during her
recent trip to Los Angeles. Full
details will be released as soon as
parts of Uie plan are accomplished.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen McNeil of
Elkton are the new caretakers ap
pointed to live at Boswell Springs.
They will be responsible for keep
ing the grounds up and certain ad
ministrative duties. They moved
in Monday.
Routine business matters were
also taken up at this meetingj.
Stephen Patterson, 82,
Retired Baker, Passes
Stephen A. Patterson, 82, re
tired partner of the Patterson
Bakery, died this morning at his
home in Roseburg. He had been
a Roseburg resident for the past
IS years.
He was born Sept. 12, 1875, in
Honeygrove, Pa. He is survived
by his wife, Gertrude, Roseburg,
and a son, George, Roseburg.
The body has been removed to
The Chapel of the Roses. Funeral
arrangements will be announced
later.
MORE BODIES FOUND
TEHRAN, Iran i The death
toll in Iran's earthquake last week
rose to 1.266 today as more bodies
were recovered from under debris
in mountain villages of West Iran,
officials reported.
More than 600 bodies are be
lieved to be still under debris.
Creek, ond DollenGJones, Rose
dispose program a success in
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298-57 PRICE 5c
(State To Escape
Serious Floods,
Say Forecasters
By THI ASSOCIATED PRESS
Western Oregon rivers continued
to flirt with flood stages Saturday,
but river forecasters said the state
again would escape serious flood
ing. The heaviest rains in the past
24 hours .fell m the southern part
of the state, sending the previous-j
ly docile Umpqua River boiling
up to flood stages. The r ver was
just under flood stage at several
points and overflowed into low
lying fields at others.
No major damage was expected
on this first day of winter. The
winter season arrives at i:49 p.m.
The week-long rains continued,
but there was no significant
change in the outlook for the Wil
lamette Valley.
Forecasters Elmer Fisler said
at the River Forecast Center in
Portland that the Willamette will
go slightly above flood stage at
Corvallis and Albany, run bank
HcV leiei at Portland.
full at Salem, but be well below
Light Showers Forecast
Fisher said a day of h. avy rain
could send the river up to damag
ing levels, but the forecast was
for only light showers.
The Willamette crested at Har
risburg Saturday norning at 14.7
feet. That was 1.1 feet above flood
stage, slightly higher than expect
ed before the latest rain fell, but
no evacuations were necessary as
the water covered only low-lying
neids.
Fisher said the crest would
reach Corvallis at 10 p. m. and
Albany at 6 a. m. Sunday. It will
he 211' 4 to 21 feet at each place.
Flood stage is 20 feet at each
town.
The crest is expected to reach
(Continued on Page 2 Col. 3)
Milwaukie Firm
Gets Cloverdale
Heating Contract
A Milwaukie sheet metal com
pany has been awarded the Fed
eral Housing Authority contract for
installation of new heating units
in 117 houses in the Cloverdale
project of North Roseburg.
M&N Sheet Metal Works submit
ted low bid of $84,000 on the job.
The contract is the third step
in the rehabilitation of the project.
Many of the houses, built in 1950.
have been returned to the Federal
National Mortgage Assn. through
foreclosures in federal district
court in Portland
In November, work started on
new storm sewer system in the
area. Also under construction are
new streets.
Copenhagen Co., Portland, was
next lowest bidder, at $85,877, fol
lowed by J. J. Sanriherg Co., Port
land. $94,753. and Roseburg Sheet
Metal Co.. $102,000.
Tozer Heating and Sheet Metal
Co., Roseburg, submitted bids on
three alternate plans at $109,291;
$116,474, and $118,507.
Peter Serafin. manager of t h e
project for FHA, said reconstruc
tion of some of the houses is in
the works. An early bid call is ,
planned for additions to some and
remodeling of others.
Covernor Names Three
To State Forestry Board
SALEM iifi Gov. Holmes Fri
day appointed three new members
of the state Forestry Board. They
will fill positions created by the
Legislature, which expanded the
11-member board to 14 members,
beginning next Jan. 1.
The new members are:
Robert E. Carroll. Tillamook.
timberland manager for the Ore
gon-Washington Plywood Co.; Sid
ney Leiken, Roseburg, owner of a
mill at Sutherlin; and Charles W.
Fox, Portland, president of Cas
cade Plywood Co.
Their terms will begin Jan. 1
and end Jan. 1, 1962.
Police Seek Gunman
After $250,000 Robbery
NEW YORK I Pnlli-e oearrhed
today for three tall gunmen who'
stole $2.'i0.000 worth of gems in
Queens from the operators of a
big jewelry store Friday.
Max Schweitzer, S3, ot Ocean
side, and Assiold Schorr, (S0, of
tang Beach, were robbed at gun
point in the same Kew Gardens,
tjHtens, parking lot where they
customarily transfer jewelry from
one auto to another en route from
vi.nh.ii.fi in u i.i.nri r.i.iiigive up their valuables. The gun
stores.
The two men, who are partners
of the S 4 S Jewelry Service Co.,
said a tall man with two pistols
approached and hit an employe,
Lion Winnik. 40. of Glen Oaks,
Queens, on the head. Winnik was
unloading the jewelry
from the
trunk of a car.
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Hope Mmght a big troupe of ..,ne uncrowned king of light mil
Christmas entert.iner. to Japan .. , Britain, died today in a
Saturday and put ni show with- . ., , ' , '
in is minutes after arrival auhospital at Chichester titer a
Inilt ir Base from Okinawa hort Illness. He was Tl.
Oak Street
Closure Is
Temporary
Filtration Plant
At Sutherlin Damaged;
City Street Flooded
Heavy rain falling the fifth
straight day in the Umpqua Basin
Friday night resulted in flooding
iii Mattered areas.
Sutherlin was worst hit. Damage
was limited at other points as wa
ter started receding this morning.
The South Umpqua River at
Winston crested at 24 97 feet at
7:30 a.m., about a foot below flood
stage. '
Traffic was rerouted around Dak
Street bridge late this morning as
a huge crane worked at the job
of clearing a log jam against the
span s miaaie tier. The bridge was
closed off about 10:35 a.m. and
the county crew still was working
at 11:20 a.m.
Filter Plant Hit
Sutherlin lost use of its water
filtration plant and about 18 inch
es of water covered parts of the
nusiness a ist net during the night
in the first major damage report
ed. City Manager Dean Smith said
high water of Calapooya Creek
washed through the filtration plant
nine miles east of Sutherlin, forc
ing the city to shut down the city
water system.
He said city crews hope to have
the plant back in operation to
night. They were "mopping up"
today.
Smith said there is no water
shortage in the city, but advised
consumers "to be careful in the
use of water." The reservoir holds
enough water for 2s days, pro
viding there is no excess use of
water.
Townspeople and city einploves
held damage in the business dis
trict to a minimum by sandbag
ging during the night when Suther
lin Creek left its banks. The sand
bags prevented the water- from
getting into most of the stores,
Smith said.
Traffic Kept Away
Motor traffic was held awav
from two blocks of Central Ave
nue where water was highest.
Smith said about four establish
ments were pumping water from
their premises this morning and
added that pumps were needed to
remove the water quickly.
Other flooding was along Look-inggiaas-
Creek, west of Winston;
Calapooya Creek east and west of
Oakland, and Elk and Pass creeks
near Drain. Only farmland was
flooded, Ben B. Irving, directors
of the Douglas County Water Re
sources Survey, said.
It was probable that minor flood
ing occurred along Cow Creek at
Riddle. The creek rose 7.3 feet in
less than five hours Friday night,
putting it just above the estimated
flood stage.
Stream Rites Swiftly
The swift rise in the streams
the South Umpqua at one period
during the morning was rising 1.15
feet an hour at Roseburg was
brought on by rainfall which reach
ed more than 2 inches in 24 hours
in parts of the basin.
Roseburg recorded 2.26 inches in
the 24 hours ending at 10:30 a.m.
today. That brought the five - day
total to 6.08 inches at Roseburg.
Upper Olalla had 2.9 inches, Cur
tin 2.82, Fluornoy Valley 2.59 and
Sutherlin 2.36. There were 22
inches recorded at Little River and
2.05 at Kellogg.
The county rain gauge at Hug
back, located a mile east of the
1 Frontier Store on Ihe North I mp
qua River, showed 2 inches between
10 a.m. and 10 p.m. rnday.
The Weather Bureau said a
storm off the Oregon Coast is ex
pected to bring occasional show
ers tonight. The rainfall isn't ex
pected to be heavy.
A Weather Bureau river advis
ory this morning predicted that
rivers will start to fall late this
afternoon end fall slowly through
the night.
The South Umpo.ua was falling
slowly after reaching a peak. The
high mark at Winston was re
duced to 24 13 feet at 10:30 a.m.
and was falling slowly. The crest
of 21.85 feet at Roseburg was
reached at 10 a m., and by 9:2$
the river had dropped .3 of foot.
Flood stage at Roseburg is about
25 feet.
The crest in the North Umpqua
came earlier at midnight, it
was 15 5 feet al Glide.
Only the main stem of the Ump
qua was on Uie rise late in the
morning. The stage was expectiA
to be 32 feet at Kellogg about noon.
That s three feet below flood.
Gunmen Hold Up Tavern
Customers Saturday
PORTLAND I Gunmen
armed with a sawed-off shotgun
and a pistol held up a tavern and
its customers early Saturday.
The two robbers forced the 30
customers to lie on the floor and
llirn gill mule mail uv, snip
ping the tavern till, fired two
warning shots, then escaped after
wishing all a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
The tavern was just east of
Portland, at N E. Af2i Ave. and
'Sandy Blvd
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PORTLAND 'If Mr. ancMlrs.
F.lton Carter and their three chil
dren escaped unhurt but 9tat all
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