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0 U. (q C. LibraryQ Q Eugene, Oi'egon O CompP ySsDO Aairees T MomiDsteirs Felix Brame Murder Trial To Open In Circuit Court Accused Of Slaying Ex-Wife Felix Jordan Brame, 46, Grants Pass, will go on trial for his life for the second time Monday, this time in Rose buiK. Brame is accused of first degree murder in connection with the gunshot slaying of his estranged wife,- Marguerite, : I Canyonville School Budget Completed, Slated For Hearing Canyonville 1938-59 school budg et was drawn up at meeting of the kHoi hn.rd hi. .-..i, h..V a -.m 1i rm ihn. yiMi, L.f,.r it totalled and ready for hearine. The next regular meeting of the school board will be .Monday, .March 10. Anu ... -,i .. i-iJivuici muvc w icuulc caucus- . . Hr,nnn ,U:.BM es in drawing up the lMM-oa Can- yonvme scnool uistnct budget was undertaken by board. The board decided to hence forth house the school band in class-; rooms, now, -used by the sixth gi-aoe. ana give up ine rental user ; r : 7 ; 1 ' of the Canyonville Youth Center sald . they lrefd' n,atd formed for h.-inri nrartipes II in evl matoH the move will save SI .250. i The decision for moving was ment increase is expected for the . , ,, ,, . next school year and because it! Kob,'.rt . Dl"van. Medford was found the sixth grade school- j Bram,eI dPJe,1Se.u "0ney- 01 fered rooms were sound proof. Besides j with Millard on the change of yen the cost saving, it was pointed out!ue- He requested that the trial be hv Supt. O. J. Monger that needed Te-Set tor. Medford instead of Rose money will now be available foriburg- la"n;ng the Jackson Coun the purchase of platform - risers ' ? s",e would more convenient for the band. ' for a" parties concerned. Monger announced that the sixth! -Trial Sit Argued grades will be moved to the fourth j' n;si Aitv Max I McMillin r.d. rm, and the fourth FadH however favorrt the Roseburg .se, ,o ie primary scnooi ouna- It was then decided to move the ettrd''"1n ,jr ' d"C!,,.,SI teacher, previously housed primary minding, to the junior I 4, , rl,Tr r,iSe.h. h" At an earlier meeting, the budg - f,L Al, td ppv2d ndin8Dec. 19. Millard rejected the h:,,:"Tf7.7rl.V.ee7; " n-uuv tu uruuaiKC, il is ngurea mat tnis will save district over $3,000 in costs. the - Railway Operation Showed To Planners Operation of a railway was de scribed to members of the Doug las County Planning Commission Thursday when W. R. Johnstone, assistant district freight and pas senger agent for the Southern Pa cific Railroad Co.. appeared be fore the commission. Johnstone's concluding remark in the talk was that "all effort is made to publish rates which arc not detrimental to industries our line. But we must show a profit on all rates." At its meeting, the commission also approved a preliminary plat of Melrose Cemetery, suhmitted by James Daughtery. The plat was approved with requirements that a Presented certain records, includ-1 vicinity map be included to indi- '"g court records, for the board's j cate the exact location of the plat ' consideration, but made no accu- i in relation to the communitv of I aation. I Melrose; that 10 feet be dedicated Foster, suspended for a month, j for the purpose of widening the18 re-instated by majority board; countv road adjacent to the ceme-! approval after a straw vote was , tery from 40 feet to 50 feet and 1 that a .iO-foot road be dedicated to the public between the plat and county road by the Cemetery Assn. An unnamed preliminary plat, at Loon Lake was also submitted by Frank Rose and Ernest Lee and approved by the commission. NEGRO IN RACE MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The first Negro to run for a statewide office in 56 years has entered the race for lieutenant governor. Perry L. Thompson of Bessemer was one of two Negroes who qual ified for the Democratic primary l"Wav 6. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS For a moment today, lei s off into the wild blue yonder. The wild blue yonder of the future holds fascinating possibilities. For example: Before a conference of indus trialists and educators in Wash ington the Air Force drew a pic ture of its futuristic stralegv. The picture included fleets of nuclear powered bombers capable of cir cling the world indefinitely. It in cluded interceptors capable of flv inc far beyond the continental limits. That is to say: Interceptors could take off from Kinglsev Field and engage an en emy FAR OLT OVER THE PA ( IKIC'instead of having to wait I because of fuel limitations! for him to get almost over our heads ( Continued On Page 4 Col. 8i The Weather AIRPORT RCCORDS Met My tunny todty and Swnday with night and morning foj. Lo ci! frost tonight. Htghost torpo. Uit 74 hovrt SO Lowest torn p. Utt 24 hour o.. 7 Highost torn p. any March 7 Lowest temp, any ji Precip. last 4 heurs oPr.cip. from March 1 Pr.cip from Sept. 1 Etcin from S.pt. 1 rch ... If ( t MO 11.13 "Suns.t fenioht. 01 I. 0! mm. , a. 1 Sunrise also 46, last July. i In Grants Pass last December. ' the bis ex-gunsmith sat expression I less tor three days while prosecu- I j tion and defense attorneys attempt-; ed to draw up a jury. Circuit j Judge Orval J. Millard declared a mistrial Dec. t after it was found one of the jurors had discussed the , trial with her husband and a neigh- . bor. The trial then was set for Rose- nurg. u win ne neia siarung at a m. in Circuit Courtroom A with Millard again presiding. , Exttmiv Publicity i niiMriiM is saia 10 nav . . ,. . largely heen the result of ex ten- ,L "iTv . .h. -Vr.1 - """ p"". , , "'? A total of 52 iuror tvere excused rt0'ni ?xS"toSiC"u? ! 2" '?g,h" '?fj IvlltHlSf i "I"'"""1 ,ca,uiiifi wtc vase .A" 12 regular jurors All 12 regular jurors and one of two alternates had been select ed Site. He said there would be less chance of prospective jurors be 'V because of less intensive publi. ing opinionated in Douglas Coun- city. McMillin is prosecution at- t0rnev ' Dlln-a" motion for !!,. - , i..Jt.j i. .-Hiuaru reieciea ine mo-i.u. t'on Dec. 30 and set the trial def n . - , . . . - , mililv fni Hncahiird fi.li; ..,;ti . .the state and Duncan the defend-1 : ant the Roseburg trial. p1 'eddes, Roseburg attorney, has appointed to assist McMillin (Continued on Page 2 Col. 1) John Cox Denies Accusing Foster John Cox. superintendent of the Dillard School District, and other persons closely associated with the I School Board there have denied I that Cox ever made accusations ! against Douglas High School Prin - cipal Clyde Foster in a situation laHin0 tn b'nitu-', ,n,nai,.iiu. l-.t a". fcrma Myrtle Miller, 57, accused .:""' " J . ;r 17, j i. In a Tuesday story in The News- slayer, was ordered committed tol JP' ,1nd1uVf,t1.,or the SC JO,D; Review, it was said that Cox ac-Uhe Oregon Slate Hospital Friday. I Mack asked to be excused until Icused Foster of having a bad! The commitment was ordered by j nexl omm,,"u hC . school record in Oklahoma. ,Circuit Judge Charles S. Wood- man 'u"Ark 101(1 nim ,0 ' ni inH th nlhAn ,ri Ihof h ' taken in the district Studio Becomes Chapel For Funeral Of Cohn HOLLYWOOD (-Workmen arelP"1 giving a chapel appearance to a big sound stage where funeral services wil be conducted Sunday for the studio boss, Harry Cohn. Cohn. 66. for 26 years president of Columbia Pictures, died Thurs-, day of a heart attack while vaca- tioning in Phoenix, Ariz. DESERTION CHARGED Brought into district court Fri day on a wife desertion charge, Harold Lloyd Boggs. 21. Eugene, received a delay in his arraign ment in order to consult a lawyer. He is scheduled for another court appearance Monday afternoon. r U.S. Highway Washington Argued During Highway Commission Meet PORTLAND Charles Reyn olds. La Grande, chairman of ihe Oregon Highway Commission, said Friday he believes a link should be constructed between I. S Highway 30 in Oregon and L'. S. Highway 10 in Washington But. he said, the 132-mile link should enter Oregon over the bridge at I matilla i or cum mission saia siate man-; rTwT..' C' ' u" .'he .PrP,'d route with Washington stale off . rials He is expected to report back to the commission at its next meeting here .March 27-28 The highway department pro posed the route as an addition to tt.e federal hiahway system, and it has been approved bv the W ash ington Highwavs Department Km Oregon's approval is needed be fore the project can be started. The route favored hv Wahing ton would link with Highway 10 and swing flirough the lower Yak ima Vallr via Mabton. finallv crossing the Columbia River into Oregon near Boardman. Require Such a struct ion Breed till. New Bridge route would require con of a new bridge near n. 20 t west of I ma- Estoblished 1873 Search Still Under Way To Find Bodies PRESTONSBURG, Ky. i Rain swollen river waters Satur- frantic efforts of searcher, to pinpoint . loaded school bus at the bottom of Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River. An unofficial revision raised fears that the death toll would rise to 26 students and the bus driver. Twice searchers believed the bus was located but apparently the driving current pushed the wreck age farther downstream. Search boats were sweeping 500 yards downstream from where the bus plunged into the river early Fri day with 47 children and the driver. I The revised list of missing and i survivors was compiled by radio I station WDOC in l'restonsburg. I Earlier searchers thought the bus was about 50 yards from where ' it made the death plunge. 14 Students Escape The but floated long enough for j It other students to escape through doors and windows. i All the children in at least three families died in the tragedy, which the National Safety Council called j - :j , : i.. uic woisi iiiKiiwiiy aci-iucm 1IIVU1V ing children in the nation's history, ! The bus hit a wrecker and an '' auto, careened off the road and ment into 20 feet of water. Donald Horn, driver of the 1 wrecker, said "All the children could have been saved, but they jammed up in the door, scream ing and struggling to get out. Then the bus slid into deep water." Disaster is not new to this mountain community nestled in a j narrow valley about K miles from (Continued on Page 2 Col. 2) Mura Miller Orrlorarl IWIfi "C miller Uraerea i i r M:l DOCK I 0 51 die HOSpiTAl ri-h .ft.- . .,i.. k,..r,ns ; k.. chambers. Mrs. Miller had been returned to Douglas County from the state hospital at Salem where she had been held for examina- lion. She is under indictment for the murder of Garrett Alva Maupin in Drum lt u Mr. ,ni,; lb 13 nH,' .n... .K:mony Monday. recovered from what officers said! was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She is alleged to have shot Mau- with a rifle. i T Two Washington Boys I A ...J R p-i;.. jMrresTea ronce Two 17-vear old Washington boys who were allegedly working iheir wav to San Dieuo. Calif., with a 13.19 sedan and a syphon hose were arrested by Roseburg police early today. The youths, of Issaquah. Wash., told officers they had run away from home and are said to have admitted stealing gasoline to keep their car going. They were booked on vagrancy charges and lodged in the county jail. 30 Link With Rut Reynolds prefers a route that would follow a more south easterly course. It would go throush the Horse Heaven Hills to a toll bridge now crossing the Columbia at I'malilla. Wil liams also favors such a route. Revnolds said. "We think the crossing at L'matilla would be to the best interest of Oregon peo- ni ! D. R Cook, ( matilla County ' judge, led a delegation which said i ;. .i. ing into Oregon over the ('matilla bridge "A bridce at Boardman would kill our bridge at t matilla." Cook said "We might have to default on five million dollars worth 0f bonds County Commissioner Roscoe Kelly and Y rank Hayes also were in the I matilla delegation. The commission heard a group 0" Boardman residents urge, how-et-cr, Ihst the orginal Washington tale plan be followed, with a bridge built near Boardman. Other Actions Taken In other action, the commission approied for award a hid f 11. 262.693 for paving t tJ)miie sec- (Continued en Page Col. ) 14 Paget elieved Drowned f 4ei"j . tf i ' fly XkI RICHARD A. MACK . . . accused commissioner Mack Considering Quitting FCC In Face Of Demands WASHINGTON I A broaden ed inauirv into the Federal Com munications Commission appeared in Prospect today as demands ; either resign from the FCC or be booted out. House investigators, taking a weekend recess after several of them advised Mack to quit, indi cated they plan to look into other contested TV channels granted by the FCC. So far, the House sub committee has concentrated on the role played by Mark in a fight for TV Channel 10 in Miami. Mack, shaken by the blunt criti cism aimed at him, dramatically ended two days of testimony yes terday by promising he would "se riously consider" demands he re sign. Denounced by some subcommit- return nronnui Harris later told newsmen it was obvious the subcommittee will have to look into other contested TV channel cases. Harris said Thurman A White side and A. Frank Katzentine, a loser in the Channel 10 contest. nave Deen recaiieo lor more lesii- In a biting 700-word statement to Mark yesterday. Harris said President Eisenhower "should un hesitatingly" demand Mack's res ignation from the seven-man com mission. Mack, a 48-year-old Mi ami Democrat, was named by Ei senhower to the FCC in 1955. Seven Of Family Die As Fire Destroys Home DEKALB. NY. '.ft Seven members of a family burned to death early Saturday when lire wrecked their two-story home in this northern New York hamlet. Five other members of the Lloyd Van Ornum family and a house guest escaped. , The dead were identified as the father. 44; his wife, Geneva, 4.1 ; Fern. 8; Carol 10; Laurel, 5, j and Donald. 18. 1 Those who escaped were l.lovd IU'.,n. Of- Alk.rt. H- illuri 1 It. Jane. 12; and 'James Van I Ornum, 19, and Jane Bardcn. 15. j of nearby Dekalb Junction. Miss I Bardcn was Lloyd W ayne Van Ornum's fiancee. County sheriff's deputies said thev believed the fire started in a chimney in an upstairs bed room. Pleasant Weekend Seen For Oregon Residents By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A pleasant weekend is in pros pect for Oregon residents as far as the weather is concerned. The Weather Bureau at Port land said the fair weather should continue for several dava as a re sult of a higher pressure ridge moving in. Nippy weather continued Sa'.ur- day morning with Bend reporting low 01 14 Degrees. ,iosi oiner Oregon points were below frtez-' ing. There was fog in the Willam ette Valley. A weak storm front off the Wash ington Coast is expected to nnng some cloudiness and scatiered precipitation in Washington Satur day night. DROPi FAIR TRADE I.ANTASTF.R. P f Schick. Inc.. makers of electric shavers and lighters had dropped its fan" trade price poller, ROSEBURG. OREGON- SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1958 Crew Of Plane Beinq Detained In Algeria BONE. Algeria I The four man crew of an arms-laden B17 Flying Fortress is being detained here for an investigation ordered by Robert LaCoste. French resi dent general for the revolt-torn North African Territory. Authorities at the airport where the World War 11 vintage plane landed Tuesday with engine trou ble referred all inquiries to La Coste and prevented newsmen from speaking to the crew. The pilot has been identified as Leon Gardner of Forest Hills. N.Y., and the plane's American owner who was aboard is Bernard Azarow. The other crew members are Levett Gordon of Britain and Salomon Rauchwerger of Israel. They apparently are spending their days at police headquarters. Full Scale Probe ! possibility of having another rail- Gardner reportedly told author- j way line servicing this area com ities the three tons of arms and petitively with the SP. ammunition on the plane were. Further discussion and action bound from Tel Aviv to Veneiu-1 was t0 be taken at the next meet ela. But LaCoste apparently , ing of the Chamber next Tuesday making a full scale investigation at 8 o m. at the Community Build- to be sure the weapons were not intended for Algerian rebels. The cargo, which authorities said i included bazookas, submachine-1 guns, mortars and ammunition, was .stored in a warehouse while the plane was being repaired and for safekeeping during the inves- ligation. There were reports the arms were carefully wrapped in wool blankets. Authorities in Bone and in Algiers reportedly were suspi cious that they might have been intended for some kind of airdrop, either in Algeria or in Morocco. French authorit'es in Algiers expressed some doubt the plane could successfully fly across the Atlantic. They based their doubts on reports the ship was in poor flying condition. Ferry Sinks; 184 Drown LNSTABL'L, Turkey, un crowded ferry sank in a : storm in the Sea of Mamora Sat urday. Istanbul Radio said about! iff .srsjs bo,rd 'nd 16 were rescued The ferry, the Uskudar, had left Izmit shortly after noon for a 50- mile voyage to Istanbul. Th ferrv ua bIw,iiI j mile off shore and leaving the narrow Gulf: ol lzmil when the storm swept across the sea. The ferry report edly went down so suddenly that most passengers were feared trapped inside. Istanbul Radio said most of the passengers were teen - age stu dents. Izmit is located near a U.S. base but it was not known whether any Americans were aboard First unofficial reports said 3001 were feared drowned. This was I ourgiary cnarge. based partly on an estimate that' Bliss' arraignment was continu 350 travelers had bought tickets ed until Monday afternoon by in Izmit, one of Turkey's two main Judge Warren A. Woodruff. naval bases. Henry Alvin Holloway Held For Grand Jury Henry Alvin Holloway. 23. Win ston, was held to answer to the ed in district court nri aiw.A Di-eliminarv heannc on rh.ru. of receiving and concealing stolen properly. Holloway is accused of buying a .22 caliber pistol allegedly stolen by a Tenmile juvenile. The young ster is in the county jail on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He reportedly carried the gun to school before selling it. North Korea Ready To Free Americans TOKYO Communist North Korea said tonight it will release the two American pilots on a South Korean airliner that landed at Pyongyang Feb. 18. The two Americans, plus t w 0 German citizens and any of the k..,nh k'nrpim who uni in on home will he allowed to leave North Korea, the Communists said, DIRECTORS TO MEET The regular meeting of the Doug las County Farm Bureau Kedera- tion board of directors will take place Monday evening at the Doug las County Fairgrounds pavilion.' A potluck dinner will be served at 7 oclock. j Featured speaker will be Morris Bowker, county afjessor, who will .explain tor jir'nrtjuir m rr-ns- w, -ment which is going on in the rounrv The meetme is open to all members of the Farm Bureau Fed erati"n. 50 - Dn ius Sutherlin chamber I Protests 'Poor' ' Freight Service A request for an investigation by the Public Utilities Commis sion of complaints of "poor freight service" by the Southern Pacific Co. was made by Sutherlin Cham ber of Commerce directors at a meeting this week with Don Haak eson, investigator for the PUC. The directors also asked for re port to be made by the PUC com paring power rates in the Suther lin area with other areasa serviced by private power. The board ask ed for an explanation between com mercial and residential rates. Principal complaints against the railroad were on "delay of ship ments, dirty cars and delay in re ceipt of weight bills." The City of Sutherlin also complained of the "rough railway crossing on West Central Ave., and also noted that the trestle which crosses Suther lin Creek causes back-up water. I Tk. iu-lAH than n. .. .n.J ,V. , jnR. The question of flood control I Wll also be discussed. w J T OUT nS fZQQ .... . , . . VY ITli VtdllCIOUS Destruction Sheriff's deputies rounded up eight Tenmile and Winston boys Friday and arrested them on charges of malicious defacing of a building. The squad was turned ovor to the juvenile office after being book ed in the county jail. Six of the boys, who range in age from 13 to 15, were named in a complaint signed by Harold and Cyril Nichols of Brockway. The complaint charges that the boys defaced a building the old Brock- ; way school owned by the com 1 plainants. ! According to the sheriff's office, . the six allegedly broke into the uddeni Du"dln- ripped the oil tank off a then set fire to papers and oil !K"T-K dy. i Three of the juveniles, accord ling to the officers, are accused of i depositing filth on the porch of 'he building Bliss Requests Time To See His Attorney The "laughing burglar," Jack Frank Bliss, 44, asked for time to see an attorney Friday when he a" brought into district court on Roseburg police arrested Bliss Friday morning and charged him with breaking into Latham Whole sale Distributors, 338 NE Winches ter St. Taken in the burglary, ac cording to police, was S165 in cash, several checks, insurance policies ( and kevs. Part of the loot was 1 The "laughing burglar" title was ; Pumed on Bliss several years ago a burglary case which earned him a term in prison. Officers said he heckled them with phone : calls during the course of the in ' vestigation leading to his arrest. Eisenhower Is Pronounced Completely Recovered From Stroke Of November WASHINGTON m President , Einhower's doctors Saturday , pronounced him completely re-'Nov. 25, 1HS7." covered from the minor stroke' . he suffered last November. Emph.su.s K.p.rf i The conclusions of three exam-. After reading the doctors bill- Ining neurological specialists were i reported to newsmen at Walter ! Reed Army Hospital by James ! C. Ilagerty, White House Press 'secretary. After a 70-minute examination - j ( lne 'r,,i,,.ni. the neurologists ,,,,h in .t.tem.nf "The President underwent this morning at Walter Heed General Hospital thorough neurological examination, including an electro lenre-halogram (brain wave exam ination). The findings of these exam. init'ious wrre entirriT normal. "There is no evitlenre of any damage to his central nervous syste "The .resident completely PRICE 5c Mishap Attorney Seeks nA ml rvouieuuiiiiu; Of Suit Trial Attorney Paul Geddes, present ing his arguments before Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly on why the Felton vs. Phillips damage suit trial should be re-scheduled said Friday that it is "the right of tiie court and the duty of the court" to see that the defense gels a fair trial. Wimberly took the matter un der advisement, requesting that the attorneys file any briefs re garding the case within one week. Geddes was defense attorney in the trial which resulted Feb. 7 in a jury awarding a judgement of $22,500 general damages to the plaintiff, Amanda Jill Kenton. His argument is based on the conten tion that Burl L. Green, attorney for the plaintiff exhibited "miscon duct as he phrased it in a previous motion when Green al legedly intimated during an ex amination of a witness that any damages resulting from a jury de cision would be paid by an insur ance company. Motion Denied Geddes filed i motion to set aside the jury verdict on Feb. 14. Wimberly denied the motion. Green argued Friday that Ged des had intimated during a pre vious examination of a witness that no insurance was involved. He said Geddes used the word "collect" in such a way as to in fer that defendant Walton Darl Phillips did not have insurance when he asked witness for an opinion on a possible judgement being "collected" from Phillips. "We have the right to go as far at the defense went," said Green. Geddes countered by paying he (Continued on Page 2 Col. 4) Fire Destroys Home Near Riddle Fire destroyed the home occu pied by the Fred Pinnell family on the Riddle Canyonville Hill Road about 10 p.m. Friday. No one waa home at the time of the fire which was reported to the Rid dle Volunteer Fire Dept. by neigh bors. Firemen arrived at the scene, hut the damage had been done. They were unable to determine the cause of the blaze, but spec ulated that it had started in the kitchen area of the five-room home. The home wa owred by Jim 58 Heath of Myrtle Creek, but theion Dist. Atty. Avery Thompson seven - member nnneii lamuy owned all the furnishings. Pin nell is employed at Harbor Ply wood Co. No figures on insurance or loss were available. March Comes In Like Lamb, Needs Wool Coat March trotted in like e limb, luckily, because it needed the wool cat. The mercury dropped during the night to if degrees, a bit brisk, but ten dgr..s higher than the lowest recerdtd for any March since records have b..n lt.pt by the U.S. Weather Bu reau at the Roseburg airpert. The w.arh.rman hdgd about forecasting about the month's departure. If it follows the old saw, March should go out like e lion, but that is at odds with th. 30-day w.ath.r outlook which calls far above-normal tempra rures end below normal pr.cipi t.tlon. recovered from the minor speech 1 disturbance which ne suitrrca letin at a news confercace, ilagerty was asked wnetner tne meoicai language means that bisennowcr. in ine view 01 me examining officials, now it completely re covered. "Yes," Hsgerty replied. "I am putting it into laymen's language " other physicians who examined Eisenhower at the hospital gave , him a completely favorable report - ion the condition 01 nis nesn. lie - j suffered heart attack in Sep- tember 1955. The President entered Walter Reed Friday morning and had 1 cracked tooth extracted then pre liminary to Saturday's physicial checkup He returned to the White House Saturday. April Date Is Proposed For Session Soviet Govtrnmtnt Reverses Itself In Latest Announcement By JOHN M. HI6HT0WER WASHINGTON The Soviet government reversed itself Satur day and called for an East-West foreign ministers meeting in April to arrange for a summit confer ence later this year. Shortly after this became known in Paris and Washington, the White House announced that So viet Ambassador Mikhail Menshi kov would confer with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles Monday. The conference presumably wai arranged to carry forward diplo matic negotiations for a summit conference although there was no immediate official statement to this effect. Note Stares Position . Russia's revised position on a foreign ministers' meeting which the Kremlin had adamantly op posed for months was set forth in a note nanura 10 ine u.a. Am bassador Llewellyn Thompson by roreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Moscow and forwarded to the State Department by Thompson. Similar notes were sent to other Western governments. A copy of the' Soviet note was delivered to Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital where he studied it in advance of undergoing t phy sical examination. The note was interpreted as an important forward step toward agreement on a heads-of-govern-ment session, but officials said it still falls short of the key require ment stated by Eisenhower and others. This requirement is that in whatever way preliminary ex changes are carried on, whether through normal diplomatic chan nels or foreign ministers' talks, there must he evidence of "good hope" that Eisenhower, Premier (Continued oa Page 1 Col. S) Purse Grabber Gets Two Years In Pen; 2nd Man Sentenced Denying plea for probation. Circuit Judge Charles S. Woodrica Friday lentenced Donald Roy Graham to two years' imprison ment. Graham was sentenced after pleading guilty to grand larceny, lie had been charged with grab bing a purse containing about 5100 from a taxicab driver in Scotts burg. The 25-year-old ScotUburg log ger received the sentence, the judge said, because of his crim inal record. Atty. Carl Felker had made a lengthy plea for leniency for Graham. Donald Baker, 20, Burbank. Calif., was allowed to change hut plea to guilty and received a one year county jail term with proba tion. Judge Wood rich ordered that time already spent in jail about 90 days would be credited to the sentence. Baker previously had pleaded in nocent to the charge of escape and was slated to stand trial this month. During Friday'! court ses- asked that a perjury indictment against Baker be dismissed. This was done. Baker was arrested by Roseburg police and sheriff! deputies last November when he was seen on a downtown street. He was indicted on the two charges and had been on the wanted list since Decem ber 1954. The perjury indictment was re turned against Baker after he had testified in a criminal trial. Thomp son said Friday that subsequent investigation revealed evidence of Baker's innocence. The escape charge was filed aft er Baker broke away from a dep uty who was bringing him into the courthouse after he had been ar rested on the perjury count. During the time after his es cape, it was biought out in court Friday. Baker had served three years in a Missouri prison for bur glary. Judge Wood rich said he was granting probation because it appeared Baker had kept out of trouble after his release from pris on. I Larceny By Bailee Try .Charged To Woman A charge of attempted larceny by bailee landed Frances Mane Larsen. 28, Sutherlin, in jail today. She was arrested by a deputy sheriff on warrant which was issued after her husband eomolain- cd he had consigned mortgaged household goods to be told at an auction house. Bail on the charge has been set at $750. Last Sunday, her husband. Carl. 3fi. was arrested on a vagrancy charge brought by Mrs. Larsen. He fmed S10, Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein Higher pay demand! of pre-tent-doy tchool teacher! are omaiing. General Robert I. Lea, at praiident of Wathinj ron and Lea University, was satisfied with an annual salary of only $2,300. D 0 0 7r ,r M' 7fttri 7y'ylp.ly'
