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Indonesian
Rebels Hit
At Revenues
Orders To Foreign Oil
Firms Banks Involve
Sukarno's Royalties
JAKARTA. Indonesia jf In
donesia I new rebel government
on Sumatra kept up an economic
barrage at the central government
on Java today with no indication
to far of its effectiveness.
President Sukarno s army chief
replied with an apparently unen
forceable order for the arrest of
the top rebeli. most of them in the
rebel stronghold of Central Suma
tra The rebel government cabled 40
hanks in the United Stales and IS
other countries that all gold bal
ances belonging to the central
government should be blocked.
The cables called for a report of
balances and other assets to be ca
bled to the Bank of Indonesia in
Padang, Sumatra, the rebel cen
ter This followed an order from the
rebels yesterday directing all for
eicn oil companies to hall ship
ments to the central government
and payment of royalties to the
Jakarta treasury.
There was no indication wheth
er the oil companies or the banks
would complv.
Huq Royalties At Stake
The Oil Companies The Ameri
and Caltex and Stanvac and the
Koal Dutch Shell operate most
ly on Sumatra although their big
gest installations are outside the
central area controlled by the reb
els. Their compliance would strike
a body blow at Sukarno's regime,
which receives millions annually
in royalties and foreign exchange
from them.
Java also is dependent on Suma
Iran oil. Oilmen say the government-held
sectors of Borneo could
not begin to supply Java's needs.
In the islands outside Java
there still were important hold
outs against the rebel regime.
The rebel order underscored the
Outer Islands' main economic
complaint against the Jakarta re
gime. They claim Jakarta is hap
py to sell their products but balks
al giving them a fair share of the
return either in tax appropriations
or foreign goods.
Their other major complaint is
thai Sukarno's "guided democra
cy'' fosters communism and cor
ruption.
Holmes Denies
Report He Wants
To Boost Taxes
By PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr.
SALEM i Gov. Robert D.
Holmes denied Monday that ha
ever said he would ask tha 19i9
Legislature to increase taxes.
"Of course," he said, "I don't
want to increase taxes at all."
lie explained in an interview that
he and his fellow Democrats, at
last fall's special legislative ses
sion, wanted to save most of the
surplus so that taxes wouldn't
have to be increased, and yet
maintain a 310 million dollar bien
rail budget. The current budget
is 280 millions.
Secretary of State Mark Ilat
firld. Republican candidate for
governor, has said that Holmes
wants a 80 million dollar tax in
crease next session.
"Mark doesn't understand the
proposed budget. He is taking I
M) million dollar budget figure,
while we have been talking in
irrms oi jiu millions," the gover
nor said.
Holmes continued that Hatfield
louk the highest possible budget
figure, while Holmes is using the
lowest figure
Eager To Moot Rivals
The governor said he is "readv.
willing and eager" to meet his
opponenta in the primary election.
They are former state Sen Lew
Wallace and Multnomah Countv
Assessor Wiley Smith, both of
Portland.
Holmes also said he opposes a
new movement to deprive private
and parochial schools of free text
books. I'm getting many letters pro
testing that law." the governor
said. "I feel they are based on
rehgioua prejudice, although they
claim that they believe the free
hooks for the private and paro
chial schools violate the principle
of separation of church and state.
"It doesn't violate that principal
at all. To deprive those schools
of their free books would be dis
criminating against youngsters in
those schools.
" I think those protesting the law
are taking a biiioted view. We have
less bigotry than most other states
and I want to see it continue that
way "
the governor leaves Saturday
for Colorado Springs. Colo . to at
tend the Western Conference of
Slate (iovernors. He will return
the following Thursday
At the conference. ' he w ill be
chairman of a panel on natural
resources. He also will ask other
western states to join in a move
ment to battle higher rail freight
rales which, the governor said, are
strangling the West.
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To Prop Economy
: WASHINGTON JF Senate Dem-
ocrats picked highways and hots-
: trig today as likely to offer the
speediest opportunities to pump
federal expenditures uito the fal-1
! tering economy. i
1 Sen. Gore I D-Tenn announced
I the Senate Public Works subcom-,
mittee he heads win begin hear-
ings tomorrow on proposals to
celerate the interstate highway
program. . .
Sen. Sparkman (D-Ala) said m
a "Praie interview he is draft-
mg legislation aimed at making it
easier for people witn moderate
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nouuig credit available.
Tne weekend brought disclosures
also that both the admimstra;:un
lTZ'X.sTlZ oJsVtl
.'"some :J?ZTY.1 K
administration is working toward v i,, ,,:,',' ki. h noon- k h.
proposal of another billion-dollar 1 J,.I,,P1? bv 75 00- b ,h
building program. n"m?r f tnV m!!- ,woma" ,nd ,
The billion dollars, most of it d m the cities of Salem Albany ;
from private sources, would go ,nd ,C,"'aii"r, or, b " t0Uu'
for construction of 150 to 170 fed- PP'at.on Douglas County with
eral buildings under a proposed "'1.am thrown in.
revival of the lease-purchase Vlan.i.ol' "nce the greal ,r"ze o(
The government would take title 9M hav ? ,an, mtn 0reo,
after paying for their construction ; ou' work- , . . ,
in renu over a period of vears. ' hy ,h"' lr out wurk- whl'
The government already is thal means to the business and
pushing a 636 million-dollar pro- 'industry of Oregon, and what the
gram involving lease-purchase 'uture nold, r? qu's'io" "hose
projects already approved.
Paul Ceddes To Run
For Congress Seat
(Continued from Page 1)
line between Oregon and Washing
ton along the Columbia River.
A . ...... ,h
bia River Compact Commission, he
aided in drafting a proposed agree-1
ment among the states relative to , ,
uses of the river 1 Bl! 'Pending on Brownlee Dam
Outstanding Work Cited Pl" m"p.v "" Baker County. An
Geddes cited the work of some of nd ,0 bl Pndmg when The
the legislative interim committees dalles Dam was completed cut
on which he served. ' n of money imo Wasco
He was chairman of one which I County,
effected reorganization of various I , ther are 75.0)0 out of work,
agencies of the state dealing with tni-re are other thousands whose
the handling of finances, and the Paychecks have continued steadily
Motor Vehicle Department. and who up to now-have never
He also was a member of the "ad it so good.
"Little Hoover Commission" which But 'he number of unemployed
set up budgetary controls which has been eating into the ranks of
were put into effect under the tie-1 'he employed. A mill closed, log
pa rtment of Finance and Adminis-1 " were laid off, a saw manu-
tratlon. :inun-r in men go...
The Local Government Interim I That was the pattern. Lost jobs
Committee on which he served spread from one industry to an
sponsored successful legislation in other. Lost paychecks were felt in
1937 for the elimination of over-1 a widening circle of dependence,
lapping of local government tunc- Eating Affocttd
tions and expenses. Even that old standby eating
In 1955. Geddes was chairman of was affected
the Senate Committee which hi "People have to eat." said 1
said was responsible for the adop- food broker, "but it's surprising
tion of a bill which became tin how fast they can cut down. Kancy
first comprehensive water resourc-! packs aren't as popular any more.
', es law in the nation.
State Bar Served
Professionally, Geddes has a rec-
ord of having service as president j
'of the Douglas County Bar Assn..
las a member of the state Board ,
nt Hi
Bar Examiners, member of the
State Bar's Board of Governors 1
and president of the Oregon State j
Bar. lie is one of a few Oregon
lawyers selected as fellows of the t
American Bar Assn. He also has i
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1 parts of the state. He is Roseburg 1 ,h Bos'on 4 Malne llne "'d the
i citv attornev . storm the worst on record
I Geddes also has been prominent j The orI" buried deeper many
I in civic functions. He has been areas stmssling to get back to
'president of the Roseburg Kiwanisinormal after earlier falls. Syra
ifltib, exalted ruler of Roseburg c"!'- v- has had 60 6 inches
I Elks Lodge, chairman of the Doug-
las County chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross and has psrticipat
ed in Salvation Army. Boy Scouts
and Methodist Church activities
He was married in 19M to Esther i
1 Miller. They have five daughters
j ranging from high school to first-;
I grade age. The family lives at 1336
SE Lane Ave. j
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Police Use Tear Cas
To Subdue Boy, Aged 14
SEATTLE : A 14 year old
bov armed with
a 22 rifle held
police at bay two hours Sumlav
before officers lobbed tear c a s
' grenades into a window of his
I second-story bedroom and csp
, lured him unhsrmed.
Omn Donohue, described to po-!
lice by his mother. Mrs Florence
Payette, as "mentally disturbed."
had barricaded himself in the bed-;
I room.
Mrs. Pavette said she notified
police because she feared for her-:
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I self and three other chil dren lie-
cause he had the rifle and am-
munition with hinv she said he
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The boy was taken to the Youth
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Service Center. I
Estimated Population
Of U. S. 172.790,000
WASHINGTON :.e The popula
tion of the l'nited Statrs was about
172.;o.ooo as of the first of the
year
Th K.- tl.
" "'
I snisui i,iiii-m, w s ainti liner
year ana represented
d a rrse of
since the last
I more than 22 million
general census in lj.V).
The bureau said both births and
deaths in 1957 reachrd record to
tals for any vear in U.S. history.
Ntw 0m! Naw Locotion!
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Some Briaht Soots Observed
In Lumber Industry Of State
EDITORS NOTE: This is rha
first at rhreo articles an the stata
, Coromr in Orejon.
Br CORDON 0. MACNAB
Associated Press Staff Writer
Th, day . chlUy lt Grants
psss
a Revii M. head lumber
gT,der stepped from the Engler
ac-,Huion Lumoel. Co. mill into the
,unlf5, December cold. Fog
swirled around the Umbered hills
he drove t0 nlI home on K
,tmt mhere he u ,. hll
Wlfe tni tw0 t cnUdren.
. ,M . ' nnw h.
he "ad planned around the place.
"e left the mill on that cheerless.
"nl Pcheck. The Vmll was
-i.-j Ja u- . ;k
i1" nd ,h " out of 1 1
. f!7'J iH'l p.vi. .i-;ii,i
" atis U n
"-i
answers paint the picture of this
state s share in the national re
cession. This picture is not wholly grim.
H has splashes of bright news
t beside the dark.
Cattle Prices Up
I The upward climb of cattle
1 prices has brought to the range
country a measure of contentment
to contrast with the distress
brnu,!nl ,Dy. 'ne . '""iber market
collapse to the pine and fir coun-
Cheaper food is selling better."
At Corvallis. one of the several
state cities with a built-in econom-
nJlu e
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Northeastern Mates
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-. - . . , .
. Tri"n "hedules were seriously
disrupted, especially in Mini.
chusetts where a spokesman for
"' 7""7 ".
N II., lay under a 58 inch cover.
Froak Btiixard Occurs
Among the causes of death were
accidents on roads, exertion from
shoveling snow, trying to jockev
cars from drifts and exposure
A freak bluiard over an area
only about 20 miles square around
Michigan City. Ind., dropped up
to 36 inches of snow.
The Lake Michigan port city's
30.000 residents were almost com
pletely isolated Mavor Francis
Feddcr declared a state of emer.
gency. Chicago's Mayor Richard
Daley sent nine snow plows to aid
me stricken community. George
Chachans. acting mavor of C.arv
ind . sent 13 pieces of road equip
ment. U.S. Capital Paralysed
Washington II I' ss nur9U,A
by a 14-inch snowfall, the District's
worst in 22 years. Thousands of
government workers remain home
,o,y w,th White House approval
All schools were closed.
in r,,., . . ,
in no.ston. a ji-vear-o M record
ual ... . Zl k i T .
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T 1 "'h- Eldest co.al storn!
me winter The old mark for a
s year snowiall in the city was
Wi inches, set in 1921.
At least 11 Connecticut commit,
nities declared states of emrrgencT
and similar steps were ordered in
other New England states. New
York and Pennsylvania The Big
problem was drifts some as h::h
as a two story building hlockrd
highwas and isolated entire towns
Northeast Pennsylvania was rr.p-
l . .
I" ov us worst snow storm in
ju )ears
An estimated 40 to 4s inches fell
i vi.vn. i n, 7. V- .1 .
h!,',0"" I ,hr'r,"rf
northeastern corner of the state.
N Y.. emrlnving 25 nno. shut down
In New Jersey some courts were
closed.
Mai$aehu$etts Solon
Datet Oregon Speechet
SWEET HOME f - A possible
contender for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 130,
Sen. John Kennedy of Massachu
setts, will make speeches at three
Oregon cities in April
Kennedy's first appearance in
the state will be April 2T at a
iii iuihi raising oinner in r.u-
ui-. .iiir iTiuovrjiic vnairman
David Kpps said Saturday He will
speak the fol'owing day at Saiem
ie stabilizer the Oregon State
College payroll banker Claude
Hough remarked. "This is the
roughest winter we'll see for quite
a while."
What are some of the signs of
this rough winter?
The 75.000 unemployed lianas ;
out as the most dramatic because
it can be translated readily into
human distress. '
In all Oregon there are 700,000
in the labor force. More than one
in every 10 of these is looking for
a job.
In December, the traditional
month of increased retail busi
ness, non-farm jobs dropped 6,100.
Unemployed Climb
On Jan. 1 mere were ta.swu.
unemployed. By Feb. 1 this had
climbed by 5.600 some 250 laid
off on every working day of the
month.
In Southwestern Oregon, every
other man makes his living from
the lumber industry. For more
than a year lumber has been hav-'
ing troubles. Bank loans in that
area fell off 1.4 per cent last year. -
Deposits were down 6 1 per cent.
In Josephine County. 40 per cent
of the workers covered by unem
ployment compensation insurance
are jobless. December in Grants
Pass marked the first time in a
decade that a month had gone by
without a new home being started. 1
A merchant there said. "Every
body is grabbing for the same
dime."
Bonneville Power Administration
in January offered to restore to
its major users the interruption
power it. cut off in the fall and
found few takers. The power still
is there, waiting.
Firm power demands at Bonne
ville are running 280,000 kilowatts
under estimates for this time of
year an 11 per cent falloff. Three-!
fourths of this is ascribed to the 1
recession soft markets for lum
ber and metals mostly and one
fourth to the mild winter with its
lessened heating demand.
The hard-hit industries are
lumber, construction and food
processing.
All of these expect unemploy
ment as a normal thing in the
winters.
But this year it came earlier.
It has been extended a long time,
to more people, and the end is
not in sight.
Ike Sends Answer
To Buleanin's Bid 1
I
(Continued from Page 1)
conclusion because Bulganin has
"proposed and insisted on" dis-;
cussing ten topics. Eisenhower in
turn suggested discussing eight
other problems to which Bulgamn
has objected.
Ono.Sidod Proposal
Eisenhower said in reference to
earlier exchanges:
"I wrote that, if there were to
be a top-level meeting. I would
be willing to discuss your propos-1
als in good faith if you would so i
discuss mine. Your answer is that '
I must be prepared to discuss
your proposals but as regards
mine theia must, you said, 'be .
unanimous agreement of all par-;
Ucipants as to the necessity for
considering such proposals.' In
other words, you demand the right
to veto discussions of the matters
1 believe to be vital to peace." i
Setting aside diplomatic lan-,
guage. Eisenhower said he de
plored constantly mounting ac
cusations within the Soviet Un-'
ion " to the effect that the L'nited
States is ruled by "aggressive
war-minded imperialists "
Ike Repeats Proposals
Eisenhower again called for the
Soviet Union to consider these
proposals;
Limn use of the veto in the
l'nited Nations Security Council.
Agree to devote outer space to
peaceful purposes only. Eisenhow
er said Bulgamn seemed to "belit
tle this proposal" and declared:
"A terrible new menace can be
seen to be in the making That
menace is to be found in the use
of outer space for war purposes.
"The time to deal with that
menace is now "
Make a start toward disarma
ment by "checking the use of lis-!
sionable material for weapons
purposes "
Eisenhower also pledged he
would so on seeking good rela
tions with Russia even though, at
present, a "last gulf of misunder
standing and misrepresentation"
exists between the two countries
Robber Serves Patron
As Pals Slug Druggist
II.EVE'.AND ,a - While three
thui;s slugged and robbed a drug
store operator of Sjoc). a fourth
memVr of the gang sold a cigar
to an unexpected customer.
Edward Chakoff. 36, owner of
the Purity Drugstore, told police
he was held on the floor behind a
counter while the fourth thug sold
a cigar to a customer, told him
the cash re'istrr was broken and
a-ked him to return later and pay
the 15 cents
FINANCE EXPERT DIES
LA JOLLA. Calif f - John
Moody, 89. founder of Moody's in
sestor service who won worldwide I
,ln" ' financial analyst, died
V'""ay The service he founded
, iJ now sunnhes inform.,,
to the nation's hanks, investment
houses and business executives
He was bornoin Jersey City, N J
IN NAVAL EXERCISES
Ronald A Whitelev. airman,
son of Mrs Cvms R Wrsyr. Oak
land, is taking part in special
naval training exercises in the
Pacific Ocean arioard the attack
aircfl carrier USS Midwav.
DOC .
LICENSES
Deadline March 1st
Score Of Space
Projects Proposed
By Armed Forces
By ELTON C. PAY
1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 15 .
The Defense Department already
has received more than a score
of proposals from the three armed
forces for major space projects
big satellites, shots at the moon,
orbiting flights around the moon
the robot reconnaissance vehi
cles. 1
W ith limited funds available, it
is trying to sort out the projects
with the most technical merit.
I'p to about 165 million dollars
Is potentially available for space .
projects. However, this total in
cludes items earmarked for other
research and development, includ
ing studies on missile weapons. '
Currently, the assessment of re
quests is being carried on by a
Pentagon's missile director, WiJ-j
liam Holaday. But when the new
Advanced Research Projects Ag- j
ency, headed by Roy Johnson, be-'
gins operating this spring all space'
problems will be handled by the
agency.
The money now on tap would
not be nearly enough for all the
space projects, although of course
Congress could be asked for more, i
One of the latest proposals came
this week from the California In
stitute of Technology's Jet Pro
pulsion Laboratory. That labora
tory built Explorer I, the satellite
which the Army launched success
fully with a modified Jupiter-C
research vehicle.
At a news conference in Pasa
dena on Thursday, JPL scientists
said that by adding another rock
et stage to a Jupiter-C, thus mak
ing it a five-stage vehicle, the
cone of the device could reach
the moon. '
The Air Force is understood to
have the larger number of space
requests pending, including plans
to hit the moon with a rocket be
fore the end of this year and to
put up a satellite weighing more 1
than half a ton.
However, the Army may have a
strong argument in the fact that
the only American object so far
put into space was placed there
by the Army.
All of this falls into the familiar j
pattern of service competition '
including competition for limited
funds.
Houston Being Used
As Headquarters
By Cuban Rebels
HOLSTOX. Tex. on The Hous
ton Post said Monday in a copy
righted story that Houston was
being used as one of the head
quarters of Cuban rebels who plan
to invade their homeland on July
29.
The story said the rebels were
storing arms and ammunition in
a house here and had some ma
chine guns.
Jack Donahue, who wrote the
story, said arms were being ship
ped to Houston by rail and that
the rebels were being closely
watched by the FBI, customs
agents and officers of the alcohol
tax unit.
About l.'iO recruits had been
scheduled to come to Houston for
a briefing but the indictment of
former Cuban President Carlos
Prio Socarras caused plans to be
changed, Domahue said. Prio. the
leader of the rebel forces, was in
dicted Thursday in Xew York on
federal court charges of violating
L'nited States neutrality. He was
jailed in Miami Friday but re
leased on bail Sunday.
The story said that Prio's ar
rest might cause invasion plans
to be changed.
The FBI agent in charge of the
Houston office. H. O. Hawkins,
would not discuss any angles of
the case.
The story went on to say that
some Houston oil firms reported
that more than an ordinary num
ber of Latin Americans have
been asking for maps of the Vera
Crur, Mexico, area There have
been reports to government agen
cies that thousands of Cubans
were concentrating in Vera Crui.
Irish Republic Raiders
Attack At Two Places
MIDDI.ETOWV, Northern Ire
land. Feb 17 .f Raiders from
the Irish Republic and North Ire
land police fought a 20-minute gun
battle early today.
The raiders, believed to be
members of the illegal Irish Re
publican Army, attacked the Mid
dletown constabulary station.
They were driven off and escaped
across the border.
There were no police casualties.
It was not known here whether
any of the raiders were hit.
A few hours before, six IRA
men attacked the Blandford camp
of the British army in Dorset, in
the heart of England. The raiders,
believed to have been seeking
arms, fled empty handed after
shooting a sentry In the stomach,
and tieing up seven guards
The IRA seeks the reunion of
Northern Ireland's six counties
with the Irish Republic.
OOP SPEAKER DATED
PORTLAND . Two GOP "NDS NAVAL COURSE
meetings here Tuesday will be Ralph J Sheffel. fireman ap
addressed by the national Young prentice, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Republican chairman, John Ash- Ralph J. Sheffel Sr.. Elkton. re
brook : trntly graduated from a machin-
Ashbrook is a legislator from 1st school at the Naval Training
Ohio. Center, Great Lakes. III.
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Navy Announces i
Plans For Huge
Building Program
WASHINGTON JP The Navy
plans to build 20 new ships, con
vert seven others and make a
start on items for an atomic-powered
earner in the coming fiscal
year.
This information was given to
the House Armed Services Com
mittee by Adm. Arleigh Burke,
chief of naval operations, in a
closed-session statement that the
closed-session statement thai the
committee has made public.
The program for the fiscal year
starting next July 1 includes five
atomic subs, which are in addi
tion to the three new ones called
for in legislation just passed by
Congress.
Burke outlined the fiscal '59 pro
gram for new ships as follows:
Five guided missile destroyers,
six guided missile frigates, one
guided missile nuclear-powered
frigate, one nuclear-powered guid
ed missile submarine, four nuclear-powered
attack or anti-submarine
submarines, one amphibi
ous transport dock, one amphibi
ous assault ship and one ammuni
tion ship.
The fiscal '59 conversion pro
gram. Burke said, includes two
cruisers to launch surface-to-a i r
guided missiles, one submarine,
three landing ship dock conver
sions to sea plane tenders and
one manner hull to an attack
transport.
In addition the fiscal year pro
gram includes funds for long-lead
items for an atomic-powered at
tack carrier although the earner
itself is called for in the following
fiscal 1960 program, he said.
Ousted Juror Accuses
Judge Wimberly
(Continued from Page 1)
charging of the jurors named by
Mrs. Skates.
The Skates mandamus proceed
ing was sent to the Supreme Court
Saturday. Copies were mailed to
the Marion County sheriff to be
served on Judge Wimberly who is
in Salem today.
The petition states that the jury
which heard the damage suit last
week bad as its members Beulah
Carey, Nellie Henbest. A. B. Hud
elson, Jean B. Larson, Jack W.
Mason, Mary A. Mortensen, Fred
J. Porter, Arnold Roberts. Aleta
Sims. Irene Skates, Gerald Thomp
son and Lester F. Woods.
Voting against the $22,500 ver
dict, she charges, were Hudelson.
Porter and Roberts. They were
not named in the discharge order
which she claims was signed on
Saturday.
Claims Law Disregarded
Mrs. Skates states that she was
notified Feb. 10, by a deputy clerk
of the circuit court that she had
been dismissed from further duty.
She claims she did not apply for
discharge from the panel and that
by law is entitled to remain on the
panel for the January term of
court.
Her petition charges that Wim
bcrly's order "insofar as it per
tains to your petitioner and the
other jurors who were dented the
privilege of continuing to serve as
jurors, is invalid, unlawful, erron
eous and without authority of law
and should be rescinded."
She claims that the application
for a writ of mandamus was not
made to the circuit court because
under the rules of that court the
petition would be heard by Judge
Wimberly.
Yatos Case Cited
Coupled with the petition is a
list of points and authorities sup
porting the petition. One of
these cited by Mrs. Skate's at
torneys, John Horn and Slocum,
stems from another case involving
Judge Wimberly.
That case, Oregon vs. Spencer
Yates, was reversed by the Su
preme Court. Y'ates, a Roseburg
attorney, appealed a contempt of
court sentence handed him by
Judge Wimberly. The Y'ates case
is cited to support the contention
that Wimberly's order is "unlaw
ful because it contains no finding
of statutory gounds for the dis
charge of the petitioner from jury
duty."
Also cited is a 1957 Oregon law
which was passed by the legis
lature Author of the bill is Dan
Dimick. state senator and Rose
burg attorney who is a candidate
for the circuit court post to be
vacated by Judge Wimberly at the
end of his term.
That law puts teeth in another
law to eliminate the handpicking
of names for the jury list.
Aked for comment. Sen. Dimick
said: "I am deeply shocked by the
charges. No person or court should
in any minner ever intimidate
or coerce a trial jury. Juries are
our cornerstone of justice and de
mocracy "
L. Michaels To Head
Credit Assn. Directors
Lawrence Michaels. Canyonville.
last week was elected chairman of
the Southern Oregon Production
Credit Assn. board of directors.
His selection came after he was
re-elected to a three-year term on
the board in section meetin: in
Roseburg. Coquille and Medford.
Michaels is the junior member
of the board, having served only
three years. Also re-elected to the
hoard was Lawrence Luy. Med
ford. Review, 'latoa). Off.
Judge Feels Time
Net Yet Ready For
Pictures Of Trials
EUGENE .f A circuit judge
told delegates to the Oregon Press
Conference here Friday night that
he does not think the time has
come to allow news photography ;
coverage of trials
Circuit Judge Alfred T. Good
win of Eugene, said he feels the
Amencan Bar Assn.'s "Canon 35"
which frowns on the practice of
taking photographs or making
radio broadcasts in a courtroom
should not be lepealed until it is
replaced with a workable solution.
He said photography has come
a long way since early flash bulb
; days, but in his opinion, further
photographic refinements are
; needed before picture-taking will
I not interfere in any degree with
1 the courtroom process.
"Dignity of the court is not the
, issue." Goodwin said. "It is the
I apprehension by judges and law
yers that a trial to find the facts
can turn into something else."
I Become Frightened
Some witnesses become fright
ened when a camera is pointed
I at them, the judge said. Under
these conditions, he asserted, a
witness can be like "a cow in a
i stanchion about to be dehorned.
' There is no place to go."
Goodwin told the newsmen that
what people think of the courts
depends upon what they know
about them. But it is not the
obligation of judges and lawyers,
he said, to issue press releases on
court information but up to the
vanous news men to obtain the
facts.
"There are no secrets in the
, courthouse... If there is something
i wrong, it is because of ignorance...
I News media can't shift the
i blame."
I The judge said the courts ought
to be covered carefully by men
I and women who know what to look
for. He said reporters shouldn't
accept refusals, half truths or
press releases.
Coverage of the courthouse, he
said, is the key to good govern
ment. The Oregon newsmen continued
their annual conference Saturday
and will elect new officers in the
afternoon.
County Becomes Soggy
As Rainstorms Strike
(Continued from Pago 1)
tions in two major roads Sunday,
but the flooding had receded this
morning.
The biggest slides took place on
Highway 225. about seven and 12
miles south of Elkton. Road closure
was enforced there from 12:30 p.m.
Saturday until 3 a.m. Sunday when
state crews cleared debris away.
Elkton was also cut off from the
east about a mile from town by
slides that blocked Highway 38
from i p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
The road is now open to one-way
traffic.
Highway Open
Pacific Highway traffic was op
erating normally this morning, but
crew s had to close one north bound
lane on Anlauf Hill early Sunday
because of debris. Highway 42 was
open in Douglas County, but high
water between Myrtle Point and
Coquille in Coos County forced clo
sure of the road there Sunday
morning for several hours.
Traffic was restricted on tha
North Umpqua Road Sunday by
high water in one spot about 50
miles east of Roseburg near Dry
Creek and by slides near Rock
Creek and Dog Creek.
The water, which reached four
to five feet on tha road at its
peak, had receded to road level
this morning. Crews were working
on tht slide near Dog Creek, locat
ed about seven miles above Steam
boat, while a small slide brought
about onway traffic on the high
way about a half mile west of
Rock Creek.
Also closed Saturday night was
Bullock Road near fyee, but it
was open again Sunday.
All roads were reported open this
morning by County Road Engineer
Al May.
"No material damage" was re
ported to Roseburg city streets by
City Engineer Kenneth Meng. The
most serious impediment was at a
low spot on Melrose Road where
waters flooded the street between
Harvard and Goedeck avenues.
Other that that. Ment said, crews
were out "patching chuck holes as
fast as they can find them."
Patron Saint Of TV
Proclaimed By Pope
VATICAN' CITY if Pope Pius
XII proclaimed Saint Clare of As
sist the patron saint of television
Monday. While on her sickbed in
nearby San Damiano at Christ
mas. 1252. Saint Clare is said to
have heard and seen the Christ
mas Day services in the basilica
of San Francisco in Assist.
MARINE IN TRAINING
Recently completing a three
week atomic, biological and chem
ical warfare course at Camp Le
Jeune, N. C. was Marine Cpl.
Ralph W. McWilliams. son of Mr.
and Mrs Thomas D. McWilliams,
310 SE Pino St., Roseburg. He en
listed in 1955 after graduating
from Roseburg High School.
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Oregon Supreme
Court Justice
Kester Resigns
PORTLAND i Oregon Su
preme Court Justice Randall B.
Kester, 41, resigned Monday, ef
fective March 1, to become Pacific
Northwest solicitor for the Union
Pacific Railroad.
He will succeed Roy F. Shields,
who will retire from the railroad
position for age on March 1, tha
railroad announced Monday.
Kester had been a candidate to
succeed himself on the state s
Supreme Court. However, he said
Monday that he was notifying Gov.
Robert D. Holmes and Chief Jus
tice William C. Perry of his
decision to resign.
Kester was appointed to tho
court on Jan. 3. 1957, by Gov.
Elmo Smith. At that time he was
a member of the Portland law
firm of Maguire, Shields. Morri
son and Bailey, and had repre
sented the Union Pacific in a
number of matters.
Shields, who practiced law in
Salens from his admittance to the
bar in 1910 until 1923, joined tha
Union Pacific ftaff in the latter
year, and had been general solic
itor for the Northwest since 1937.
The governor will appoint a
justice to serve in Kester s place
until the general election in No
vember. Candidates for election
then have until March 7 to file.
Accident Insurance
Fee Boost Drives
Away Employers
SALEM i The Oregon Indus
trial Accident Commission has lost
almost 10 per cent of its insured
employers because the 1957 Legis
lature imposed a S7.50 annual fee
on employers.
William A. Callahan, chairman
of the commission, said Monday
that of the 44.000 employers who
were covered by state industrial
accident insurance last year, be
tween 3.500 and 3.800 have had
their insurance canceled for non
payment of the fee.
Employers who are not covered
either by slate industrial accident
insurance or by private insurance
can be sued for damages by their
workers who are injured. They can
be sued by survivors in case of
fatal accidents.
Many employers are hopping
mad about the new fee, Callahan
said.
He said that all of those can
celled are engaged in non har.ard
ous business, because the com
mission is prohibited from cancel
ing a hazardous industry,
i For the most part, those can
celed are small employers such
as farmers and householders, he
said.
. Foo Hike Explained
Callahan explained that the
Legislature imposed the S7.50 an
naul fee to cover the commis
sion's cost of servicing accounts.
j Under the former system, he said,
I some employers didn't pay enough
to the commission to pay this cost.
: so that other emplovers made up
I the loss.
i "The new fee," Callahan said.
' "brings in $330,000 a year, and
enables us to reduce our rates by
that much. It doesn't cost the em-
i plovers as a whole anv more
money, but it does make the
smaller accounts pay their way."
Firms which were cancelled on
Jan. 1 can get back in by paying
the $12.50 fee charged against new
accounts.
Callahan said the commission
aked the Legislature to fix tho
annual fee at S5. but that em
ployer groups said it should bo
$15 or $20. The Legislature com
promised at $7.50.
He said it actually costs the
commission $11 32 a year to serv
ice an account.
The commission's administrate
: cost of 7.96 per cent is the lowest
in the country, he said.
Woman Routs Robber,
; Breaks Arm In Fall
DETROIT Mrs. Marie
Gervais, 59. 5-feet5 and 112
pounds, stared down a robber
! and chased him out of her variety
1 store emptyhanded.
! Screaming at him, Mrs. Gervais
I and her cousin. Mrs. Helen Schn
' mer. pursued him down the street
until he vanished.
Mrs. Gervais has a broken left
arm in a sling. She broke it in
a fall.
"I've given my help strict or
ders to hand over moner to ban
dits rather than risk a life." Mrs.
Gervais said afterwards. "I can't
understand why I didn't take my
own advice."
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