0
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z n Newt-KtTiw. Kotbui,
fAany Plywood Plants Over
Northwest Close As Pinch
Of Economy Is Increased
Br THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lor.g-htd aivistoa of Interna
tional Paper to. Friday announced
a 25 per cent eutoack in plywood
production as plant clotures be
gin spreading throughout the Pa-'
c.fic Northwest and into Califor
B.a Long Beil s plants at Lor.gview,
Vab.. and Gardiner and Vaughn.
Ore . the latter near Eugeae. will,
be cut back in output, the com
pany said, to conserve old growth
timber until prices of plywood rue.
limolojes will either work three
weeks out of four, or go on short
er work week, a point as ret un
dfided Co-operarives and independents
were the first to move to reduce
smfts or to shut down, but a
spokesman for a major operation
said all plywood plants were
forced to consider bow to mee.
crowing inventories and falling
prices
Producing Tow Much
"The punts are producing more
than the market wants." said B V.
Hancock, executive vice president
of Cascades Plywood Corp . whose
Lebanon piant employs l.OuO men
Ire said Cascades had reached
no conclusion, but it was consider
ing whether a cutback might be
necessary. All plywood operatori
are forced now to consider such
a course, he said, adding that pro
duction has exceeded demand to
such a point that "even cutting the
price doesn't get it off your hands "
On Keb. 21 at Grants Pass. F A
Johnson, president of the Grants
Pass Plywood Co., said the price
had dropped to S64. and that
meant operating below cost or
shutting down
His is one of more than
a score
day to
of operations reported End
he either down, preparing to shut
down, or cutting back on shifts.
Pacific Plywood at Dillard. Ore.,
began laying off men Wednesday.
By Monday it will have a skeleton
crew of 16 instead of the usual
IjO-man crew.
.wo c riywoon at -nernn le
part of its crew go Triday and
will cut off more on Monday
,.,KM" ''T'"
punnrn 10 lay oil iuo oi us
Closures Indefinite
Closures were indefinite for the
most part.
Hancock said that as soon as
production was rut back to 1 point
that pipelines to dealers were
cleared out, demand would pick
Felix Brame Murder
Trial To Open Monday
(Coolinued from Page 1)
Draey Wilson, a law partner of
Duncan, avsistcd Duncan in Grants
Pass but il is not known whether
he will be present for the Rose
burg proceedings.
Duncan has Hied notice that tne
defense will try to prove Brame
not guilty by reason of insanity
Rrirna has nlearleH vuiltv In the
first degree charge. He was indict-
Hi dt a arosrpnine vuunij Kianu
jury last Sept 12.
Questioning of prospective )U-
rors by the opposing attorneys in-
dirated such factors as the use of
tranquibzers. religion and. of
course, definition of what "insan-
it v" entails misht be factors m
defense or prosecution.
SKf July 16
.Mrs Brame ai lhot the eve
ning of July 10 at he sat with
Brame in a sedan parked
across from her Grants ras resi
dence. She wa struck by six slug
from an Army .45 revolver and
died almost immediately.
The couple's daughter, Cam.lla.
15. ai in the house at the time
but did not witneM the shooting.
The Brames other child. Patrick.
13 n playing pee wee baseball.
Brame a arrested at t h n
cene a few minute, later hy Dep
uty .sheriff Paul Shelton. ho lives
nearby. Shelton ruhed to the
scene after hearing the .hots
Brame readily admitted, in writ
in. that he fired the ihots
He aid he went to ee his ife
tn attempt a reconciliation. After
appeann at Mm Brame' rei
rimce once and finding hn nife
a not at n-me. he returned a
few minutes later after she had
rrturned He asked her to accom
pany him to the car so they could
ta.k The shooting followed mo
ment later
Rtwrnd From Army
Brame enlisted in the Army in
IM iM retired as major in
19.'k3 after 23 year of rontinuwit
ice
re He -.i married on April
tl. at Tao.ma. Wash
2. 114
After hn retirement, he took a
CK.re in gnsmithtng in Ienver
ani the Rrarr.e family moved Irom
Iicnvrr lo l,ran:s I'as m 15)',5 He
or-ra'o.1 a tun i,,p there hut
c...r1 rto.a ab-ut a year before
lr" sho.-'tina
Vp Brame filed for divorce
Ij-i April 31 She charged cruelly
and sought custody of Ihe two chil
rt'fn. She was granted custody anH
per month per child support at
a hearing May 13. pending final
divorce di-cree
Brame has been held in Jo-cjh
tne ( 'iinh jjil mce h;s arrest
He will he brought to Rose.iurg
by d'-pulies Sunday.
Covernor Holmes Files
For Re-election To Post
Ml. KM f l.ov
Holmes Frutar filed
Robert I)
for Kemo-
crane nomination for governor.
He has held the post since Jan
14, 1957.
His slogan reads "Your gover
nor. Who reduced your income tax
through special legislative action "
ARCHERY MEET SET
COTTAGE GP.OVK P -The I9 JI
stale archery tournament will be
held here July 12, Ihe second day
nf the annual Cottage Grove
Rodeo.
ore sot. Marth 9, 1958
itep-
up and production could
ped up again.
Some mills indicated their clo-
sures might run only for a week
or 10 day.
1 ... . . Am Tkuri.
j... . i. . . . . , d i .t
Gr'anu Pasa. Medford Veneer and
Plywood, and Oregon Veneer, also
at lledford. were clsoing. '
The urejonian said that it nao
ZnnnH in riXitir,n inniiiii Vailoi
1 m'fl 'tTL,
?3lH?jsS
oDi
.-II. , WU. HdlWllMIU,
Hoquiam Plywood. Hoquiam;
Elma Plywood. Elma: Hardel Ply
wood. Olympia; and Totem Ply
wood. Tacoma.
There were other reports, too.
,i ...h nf ,r.. hv vl tr
srai.M Piv-rw) ii RanHnn Tarn,
Una Pacific near Hertford: Indus
trial Plywood at Coos Bav; Inter
stale Container. Red Bluff. Calif.:
Standard Veneer. Lund Plywood
and Northern California Plywood,
at Crescent City. Calif.
Senate Approves
5 Cent Stamp,
Increased Pay
W ASHINGTON jf The Senate
has passed bills that would sharp
ly raise postal rates and the pay
of 14 million federal workers. But
the postal measure faces a highly
Republicans predicted the post-
aent F.u,nh0wer because the pay
b,, would provide (or MW)
postal workers is far greater than
what the administration wants.
Raises for one million classified
civil service workers, included in
a separate bill, are more in line
with administration recommends-
tiin.
Democrats said thev believed
the Hoiut would decilnt , ,
o,. i,mrxir,r s-nt t.mn
nonlocal letters, the main new
rlle ,ure , u,e s,.,,,,,, bl
They said they were sure the
I House would insist on a flat 4-cent
letter rate which it voted last year
tor first class mail.
The rate increases voted by the
Senate last night would bring
about i32 millions annually each
of the nest three years. But the
pay boosts passed yesterday would
total 737 millions, more than off
setting the new revenue.
Salvation Army
Area Leaders
Speak Sunday
Lt. Colonel and Mrs. John Erick
son will conduct services at The
Salvation Army Sunday. The
Encksons will be featured in the
SiinHav crhrml hAur urhih hamn.
at 10 a.m., and will have charge
ui uie inurning worsnip service at
II
Col Erickson u divisional coin-
mander of The Salialion Army
with headquarters in Portland and
is responsible for the Army's work
in Oregon and Southern Idaho.
Mrs. trick son is the divisional
leader of The Salvation Army wom
en a groip known as The Ladies
Home League
The public is invited to attend
both services
Soviet Ruisij Arrets
To Ministers Meet
(Continued from Page 1
Nikolai Bulgamn and other leal
era mould be able to accomplish
something toward Kat West set
Uementi hen thev did get to
gether. Ltavtt Potttieei Opan
The Russian note apparently
left open for dwcussion the ques
tion of what nations should par
ticipate in the fore.zn ministers'
meeting. The isue of participant
in a summit conference would be
one of the questions, along with
time and place, lo be aecided by
the foreign ministers
Fast Varst talks in the past ha.e
J1
y been conductesi primari-
Iv by the ior tun minu'.rrs of Rus
na. Britain, France and tr.e I'm
led Mates the Big Four of the
rotd war. Recent, however. Uie
Soviets have emphasned a desire
to broaden the ba-e of negotia
llon' or narrow it sharply
on 'x'reme thev have lalkrj
aUvil negoiiations between te 15
nation North Atlantic Alliance and
the eight na-ion Warsaw Part
group composed of Ruasia and its
eastern Kiirotean salriiites. plos
unspecified "neutral ' nations At
the other extreme they have
ta.ked about negotiations direct!
between the Soviet and I nited
Mates governments
3 Policemen Quit After
Burglary Charges Filed
I'OKTI.A.NU r - Three police
men Fridav resigned from the
Portland police department rut
a dav after thev were booked on
burglary chat ges
The men were Warren L Moore.
31. Donaid E. Roberts. 3. and
Fred Matthies Jr . 37
Police Chief Will, am liilbruner
earlier said all three men had
admitted participating in a burg
lary of nearlv S3, oral worth of
merchandise from an appliance
st-e here
Ihe three men are free on bail
Child'eo bcrgsr. dodt in O.I,
Wr.lf irfvw our IveOftl h f,t
Ltf LS leO"S it in Our YOVi
"WK.i rkers'l 4nk rSar I gaofat.'
publisher Killed
In Crash; Son
Seriously Hurt
r THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
1 nomas B furcell, publisnrr of
the Oresham Outloo, suffered
I critical injuries Friday night in a
traffic accident that claimed the
'life of his father.
The father. Tom W. Purcell. M,
I was publisher of a weekly news-
paper at Hampton. Iowa,
Sheriff's deputies said the car,
driven by the Oregon publisher,
collided with a truck driven by
Koben T. Carr. S4. of Olympia.
wash. Carr suffered a knee in-
niTX
the mukan occurred at the in-
tertectioo of Denver and Lnioo
avenuea in North Portland,
The two Purcells had planned
w Dim wim uie iiior riuiru a
"
granddaughter. Sue Delana Mur-
tha a oi Belevw wish, at a
"rbX "rV,Ce ,UUn- "PUU"
CrZ'.&-'
. - . ...
tamer, jirs. jirnsja none rur-
kerson. Junction City, was killed
on the Pacific Highway north ol
Junction City. Police said she was
trying to make a left turn when
DtT car couioeQ wun anomer
tomooile in which Mrs. ZelJa
Vitak. and Mrs. Laverne Pearl.
43. were riding. They suffered
minor injuries.
Friday's deaths brought Oregon
traffic toll for the month to 24 and
for the ear to ii according to the
'Associated Press tabulation.
I Claude L Paraioo. 47. of Chilo-
quin was killed outright early Sat
; urday wten the car he was dnv
t ing went out of control and struck
a rock wall along Highway 97 near
! Modoc Point.
I These three deaths brought Ore-
lon'i traffic toil for the year lo
5"S. according to the Associated
Press tabulation
Korean Boy Says
Hp WaS Stabbed.
HeWasStabb
Rafan Rnyarl
oearen, ooxeo
SEOUL Jt A Kurean boy who
was nailed into a box and flown
2a miles by L.S Army men charg
es he was stabbed three times,
beaten and his hair cut and tar
red, the Army said today.
The first report in the Army s
continuing investigation of the cae
said Kim Choon II. H. charged
that Capl. Marvin L. Kemp of Kil
E .1 .-J iiniinH aM-Vr Vlus
him and an unnamed soldier also
beat him.
The report made ao comment on
the accusations. Gen. George Deck-
commander in Korea.
situation and promised ' appropri
ate action "
The boy wa pruunounced in sat
isfactory condition after an exam
ination Thursday at an Army hos
pital The Army aaid him was
caught early Tuesday with stolen
items at the 8th Army aircraft
maintenance center at A&com City
The report aid Kim charged
that Kemp ' hit him numerous
times and slabbed him jut below
both knees and in the arm with
the point of a knife, tie also said
another I' S. soldier
him by striking him
mistreated
U.S. Highway 30 Link
Argued During Meeting
(Continued from Page 1
tion of the Pacific Highway south
of Salem
The bid at by Roy 1.. Houck
and sons and the Hoy L. llouck
Corp. of Salem.
The paving wilt be between the
North Jefferson and Albany junc
tions. Completion of the project,
which will parallel the present
concrete hihw av, is ev pec ted
next fail '
Completion of thw job. aiong
with the southbound lanes of the
Salem bpas. will make the 72
miles of uie highway between
Portland and Alhanv conform to
four lane interstate Ireewav stand
ards
The project approval was the
largest by the commission Friday
Thursdav and Friday the commis
sion approved fur award bid
totaling more than tj i million
doiiar
A Molalla delei.atiun urged the
commission to undertake irnpro.e
ment of state H shwa 2.3. be
t'een ttreon Citv and Moiaila
Ted Keler. who headed the deie
gatton, said rapidly increasing
traffic makes such improvement
urgent
The commission promised to
begin the project when funds are
ivailable
It approved for award low bids
opened earlier
BIRTHS
MILLER - To Mr and Mrs
Robert J. Miller, mi! .W Hopper
Ave. Roseborg. heh 25. a son.
Ruel Alexander, weight T posinds
3 ounces
INSON OPEN HOUS I
Benson PTA will meet Monday
at H pm in the school cafeteria
Open house will be held from 7.3)
to 8. followed by the meeting and
election of officers. Program will
be a parental discussion on meth
ods of reporting Art Judd. super
intendent, will be nvxlfiator. Pan
el members will he Jim Havden.
principal. Mrs Waller Britteii. Art
Wil.on and two faculty members
Refreshments will be served hy
fifth grade parents
ALL CONGREGATION ALISTS
And forward looking people without church
home in Roteburj
YOU ARE INVITED-
, To attend
Vesper Worship Service
Sunday, March 24:30 p.m.
Women's Club Houso, 747 , I. Mother
-
ro
1-
,utlVkl tArr.it I D..
m w
v,rto Q,Qnd cuordion of the
S M
1 B'heL,
I1U II. win W iiV,,VW '
,
open nouse, iioswpm.u
fu,e tyyrt of Mrs Willicm
... , .
Unroth. S x O clock potluck
supper for initicres, their par-
ents ond members will pre
cede the meeting, set for 7:30
m the Masonic Temple.
Benson Cheered
By Farm Prices
Increase Report
WASHLNGTON . Secretary
of A;nculture Benson was cheered
Saturday by a government report
that farm prices increased 2 per
cent in Feoruary 'o the highest
level since My 19S4 The prices
were up S per cent from a year
ago
Aides said the secretary ex
precd hope the price report, is
sued Friday, would heip soften
some of tne criticism being dt-
rectcd at him and his policies hy
-a, u riMin nf ts-iir1ut.iarn Honnnhrin
- " -
congressmen.
Advances in farm prices this
year have been particularly sharp
In the livestock field. Hogs brou;ht
20 oer cent higher price to Feb
g '
aoul Pr
ruary than a year earlier. Cattle
But these increases did not ex-
"d "S OT tO most Crops
Ai, ;. jft. ,, . m .
ago. Poultry prices were up slight
ly.
The overall increase in farm
prices was offset in part by an
advance of one-third of 1 oer cnt
in level of prices paid by farmers
for goods and services used in
production and in family living
Tennessee Lass
Talent Winner
MOBILE. A.a
f Her huky-
voice singing nf the
"Kisses Sweeter Than H me
won
the Junior Miss America
Pag-
earifs talent cup for a Tennessee
The IS contestant ere to o
jutiied in sports attire Saturday.
After the judges announded .Miss
Barbara Lynn Walker of Chaita
noota as the talent winner, the
brown-haired senior from Chatta
nooga Hih School gave an an en
core '"I've Been Thinking," a bal
lad he composed. She accom
panies here;f with a guitar
Mi t alkrr, daughter of Mr.
and .Mm. Stee F. Nalkr. is j a
feet tall and measures 36-24-36
The exenmg dress competition
naiu rrrn v on rarurr ov .i is
June .od nf H.ittie5burfi. .Miss.
Only the top winner in each
phase of the competition an
nounced, but points of all thoe
who place are kept by the judges
and will bf used in selecting the
Junior Miss America Saturdav
nu-ht
The la chosen wilt receive a
$5 uw scholarship and reign as
.Queen of the annual Senior Bowl
football eame next January Run
nerup will receive scholarships of
$3 O0. Sl.ooo and toOO.
The sponolng Junior Chamber
of Commerce plans to make the
pszeant an annual feature of the
Mobile Azalea Trail Festival
Re scheduling Of Trial
Sought By Attorney
i Continued from Page 1
used the word in question "in an
attempt nol lo show mere was no
insurance, but to inquire as to a
wanes 9 personal interest in the
outcome of the cs e "
Out of Protortion
He termed the jiaigeT.eiit "ojt
of all proportion to previous nuifce
ment awarded in Douglas vountv
in similar cacs
The cae is tke ajrre ;n vvh.crl
Wurberlv Feb 15 d. 'charged n.ne
jurors
The day Ihe jjrv'i ve'dict was
returned. Wtnirserly dicharKed
from further duty the nine
mrors from further d-.itv the n.ne
luror who voted for the verdict
Two petit. or.s asking the supreme
court to i.-je a writ of mandam
us inv'.ructir.g W imlvriv lo rec.nd
the order subsequently were filed
One was filed bv Irene Skates, one
of the discharged 'urors. and the
oiher by PhilUp hnapple. a oefend
ant in a suit scheduled for trial
during this term of court
The supreme court refused to
fake lunsdicticn in the matter
rVood Alcohol
Death Toll Has
Climbed To 19
NEW YORK .fThe death toU
from wood alcohol has risen lo 19.
I ditto other persom arc under
hospital treatment.
TKi. ... ik. kigk..i tJl ist ek.
city from bootlegged booze since
, prohibition days. .
I Police today arrested two men
in connection with two wood alco-
nol deaths. Ordered held on homi-
cide charges, they were identified
as Norberto Dial. 33, and Jose
Biilido. 42. both of the Bronx.
A nospitalued victim of the
deadlv dnr.k was said to have
i identified Diai, owner of a candy
'store
Bdlido was picked up in the
store after Bronx detectives coo-
fiscated 10 gallons of raw alcohol
r.Z'. 'Trr.rZ 'T
in the basemen! of Bronx amrt.,
m me oasemeni oi a oronx apart- Toivers ana mgn-powerea iu.t.
nou"- La" f"ce That ail purchasers of s u c h
- - 0,igT.turerB
Kuendent !TSM "'w
I) , . i . v .
. " - -
tims naa aitenaea a party oi
Puerto Kirans in Kal Harlem
last weekend
Thornton Files
Suit To Restrain
Road Funds Plan
I SALEM Jt A suit that would
block a new formula for appor
t.oning federal forest highway
funds is planned by Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton
An aid here said Thornton went
to the nation s capital Friday to
file a temporary restraining order
to delay application of the for
mula, which he feels would mean
loss of revenue to Oreson.
Under the present formula, a
stale gets funds for building roads
in or adjacent to national forests
in proportion to the size and value
of 1's forests.
The new formula reportedly
would switch the emphasis from
value to needs of funds. Thornton
believes this would injure Oregon
fm,ncllU ,nd ,avor ,ome otaer
. .
lesff heaVijy forested states
Apportionment of funds under
the present program is handled
by the secretaries of Agriculture
and Commerce.
Manila Papers
Rally To Defense
Of Fired General
MANILA S Manila's two lead-
ing newspapers rallied today to
the defense of Air Force .Mai.
Gen. John B. Ackerman. who was
ousiea irom nis rniuppines com-
, mand for spending too much on
nis iivinkT quarters.
TV.. llsnils ' T,mA. (k.
charse aqamu Ackerman "is ai-
trt-.0fh t r.,i k--,w. tk- tt
that the Clark Air Base command
er has done his utmost to improve
PhiliDDinps-American relations in
hr, ,,,a k. k.. ...
The Manila Bulletin said news
of the ouster surprised evervone
ti Wlln t nxh Air y-,rct
on as an officer with a bnaht
iuiure. ine onicial explanations
. . . take a lot of swallowing." the
paper added.
Ackerman was relieved by
Washington Thursday on the
ground he had undermined mo
rale by overlavihly refurbishing
fmr sets of living quarters-three
for himself He
now en route
to Wahinton
An :r force spokesman said
Ackerman s future in the service
Wlij determined after
a thor
ough investigation
a
26 Belitvtd Drowned
As Bus Cocs In River
I Continued from Page 1)
Huntington. W.Ya Last year a
flood caused physical and econom
ic hardships Mine accidents are
common
.mot every face reflected
shock and pain yesterday. Many
cried openly one woman rau up
and riovn Ihe road snhhin? and
screaming Her child was on the
hp-
Vlr an lira T a m R r:.,kt.
who lost ihcir three chiinren. laid of the Danube River for the bodies H. J Winter. Roseburg. retfTitlv
The hardest thinr now is to of five American soldiers missinf was a member of the winning I ri
know what to do with ourselves, and presumed drowned versity of Oregon team in the
Mrs tioble a school teacher,
sa.d some of the missing had at
tended her classes
One survivor. Winston Dillon. 17
said he pulled out two or three
boys
David Wright. IS. was sitting by
window when the bus went into
Ihe river "I managed to roll it
down and crawl out. I pilled two
girls out with me "
PLAIN TRUTH
By Glen W. Lundy: Goipcl Evangttift
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
211 MILITARY tOSIBURG
WIST FIRST JT iOHNSOH 4 COmSTOCR SURSOOtl IT.
CANTONVIUI SUTHIRLIN WINSTON
: New Firearms
Regulation
Now In Effect
WASHINGTON New fire-.
arm r ?u La iion . triDoed of e.-
-A tiittmanf whirh
stirred up widespread protests
last .year, went into effect Satur-
day
The new rules require, among
other things, that revolvers, p.s-
tola and h.gh powered rifles be
stamped wita the manufacturer s
name, plus the serial numoer.
caliber and model designation.
Conspicuously absent from the
regulations are these requirements
proposed earlier:
That dealers keep, along with
other data, a record of ail sales
of ammunition for ontols. re-
r ., T "A..
volvers and hizhnowered nfles.
. ... . ,.
. " -
oe sumpea on au nrearms, oui
th nihr data serial numDer.
caliber and model may be omit-
ted in tne case of shotguns and
.22 caliber rifles unless they are
subject to provisions of the Na-
lioral Firearms Act. This act gov-
eras traffic in sawed-off shot-
guns, rifles and automatic weap-
Jns
An extension from 5 to 10 years
of the oeriod in which licensed
dealers are required to keep ree-
ords of all acquisitions and sales
of firearms.
C. Starkweather,
Accused Slayer,
Waives Hearing
LINCOLN. Neb . f - Runty
Charles R. Starkweather, waived-
at the last minuti
preliminary
hearing Saturday on first degree
murder charges and was bound
over to district court for trial.
Th rf.mnn jnmrentlv was
The decision apparently was
reached in a conference with his
temporarv attornev. Hal Bauer,
"rz' ': - i .. i..
serving ai me miurn vi "it.
til Aid Bureau. Bauer said it
was agreed a preliminary hear-
ing would not be to nis aavan-
taze."
The 19-year-old red-head, ad
mitted slayer of 11 persons, was
brought to the downtown court
house from the State Penitentiary
for his second court appearance
since his arrest in Wyoming Jan.
31. He was hustled into court
31. ne was nusuea uiio
under heavy guard past a cordon
unored Twentv minutes later he
was on his wav- back to the peni-
tentiary
c..ra;a..iha.r irH his It-sear-
old girl friend. Card Fugate. have
been char'ed with first degree
murder in connection with the kill-
z of Robert Jensen, 17 Bennet.
Neb., one of nine Nebraskans
killed during the wild crime spree Pany lawyer ieimea inr rwmer nnireies on nis tittn attempt, dis
late m Jinuarv firm started buying guns "beca me closed his plans here Friday He
late in January. . . ,k. t,a. l-iic u. .u. ... . .
Starkweather and earn were
caouired
Wyoming alter a
. Montana
salesman was killed
.11 in llama jhhjiii"" " -"
near Casper. Starkweatner has ad
mmed killing a Lincoln service
,ution attendant
Little Rock White Cirl
Expelled From School
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. .f - The
Little Rock School Board yester
dav expeiled a white girl from in
tegrated Central Hieh School for
Sfv ,mll-i. accused school
0,(,c,alj of p-rsec'utin8 her
Sammy Uean farKer. it. a pe
tite blonde who has figured in sev
eal racial incidents at Central
Hih. was the first white pupil ex
pelled from the trouble - ridden
SCTOOI
The board declined to sa why
jhe was ousted. She was suspend
ed Feb IT in connection with a
d.'plav of cards sayml "one down
eight to jo" after the expulsion
of Minnijean Btowti. one of the
nine Nesroes who entered Central
H:;h lat September under the
?uard of federal troops
Five Americans Feared
Drowned In Danube River
PA5SAU. Germany .f I S.
astMierc and German oolice
u.rrhaH the muddv Waters
Army authorities launched an
investigation of twin accidents
last night in which two Army
trucks plunged into the nver near
Pas.au within aooui at minuies.
The Army said one truck going
to Passau with a load oi rations
skidded into the river with five
soldiers aboard. Two got out and
were rescued from the water by
German civilians.
Lunger By Pound
System Proposed
During Session
EUGENE A A lumberman
told the Willamette VaUey Logging
Conference
oe day
thjt wood nroducls
wUl be sold by the
DOUDd OT tOO.
These measurements wiu re-
place the present scaling method
because "A scale stick doesn t
measure the value of a piece ot
wood." L. L. Stewart said. !
Stewart is president of the Bo-i
hernia Lumber Co. of Cottage
Grove.
Some S00 delegates also Beard
HUs Halt of Junction City state
that a growing number of medium
"1 mill operators are going to
throw in me sponge. ;
Tne Hull Lumoer Co. president
said the mill owners will either
sell or shut down because
ii .k. A-n hnii "our
--
tax laws are against us. If the
XX
uT.toT: SS;
1176
-n, .k. r. .nnlrl1
set ije uimvtj iut, m
as wilderness areas.
The delegates elected as their
new president Carl Raynor of
Springfield, president of the Booth
Kelly- Lumber Co.
Other new officers included Du-
f" Pearl Coos B'- Pr"'-
dent: A. D. McReynolds. Eugene.
treasurer: and Robert Cross, Eu-
secreiary-manawr.
Directors elected Friday were
Pearl: Steve W'aite. Vemonia;;
Andrew Logler. Nehalem; Joe
Leoo. Toledo: Glen Bailey. Fos
ter: Dick Schotthoefer, Stayton;
Gordon Bell. Lebanon: Walt An
dreason. Vaughn; and Richard
Hanlin. Roseburg.
Rackets Probers
M a V Ci 1 1 Both
"J1 "7 yai ....
RpfUar Kfjh r
, WASHINGT0N ,, te
Asm.oio. r ine senaie
Rackets Investigating Committee
u aiter
"'J " "ohler
neutner ana neroert Ronier ior
ouestionine next week about a vio-
,V" . ":;,.-J ....... . u..i. ,i,-
lence-pocxeo sirme in
"t key figures
Reuther is president of the
L'nited Auto Workers Union. Koh-
. . r - ....
plumbing fixtures firm wnicn Bears
n,m
A committee is exploring bitter
violence which has marked the
UAW'i strike against the company.
Each side has blamed the other
, - , . -., 7 -
for the Yiolence. The strike is 45
he Kohler Co plant at Kohler
Wis . is operating.
There has been testimony about
mass picseung. sirons arm iac-
tics and acts of vandalism The
committee also has heard that 'he
Kohler Co bought gurrs and am-
munition aiiri i.ain - w.an-
iied bv the CAW in 1952. A com-
eiupi oeiwcen April
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CnPstcmn LQ5eS
V-nt,55man UU
Legal Maneuver
Los ANGELES f Caryl
Chessman i hopes for avoiding ex-
ecution in the ea chamber were
all but gone today, but not his
grim determination to stay alive.
"Are you giving up" a report
er asked" after a court ruling slam
med shut the door of the death cell
Chessman. 3. had pried open a
crack through 10 years of legal
maneuvering.
"I'm not noted for that." he re
plied. The convict-author will return
within 18 days to San Quen;in's
death row to await a State Su
preme Court review of his
conviction on IT counts of kidnap
ine. robbery and sex offenses.
The high'court has already up
held hi conviction and death sen
tence, but by questioning the va
lidity of the 10-year-old trial tran
script Chessman won the hearing
climaxed by yesterday's ruling
In effect it turns back the clx-k
to 1M and makes another Su-
Pr"" Court review necessary.
ON WINNING TEAM
Al Winter. SOh Of Mr
and Mr
Town Meeting speech lournamem
at Portland State College Contest-
nts from 12 WeH toast colleges
participated
PRESENTING
Tom Courtney Ch"Ch 1
Esangelist i'ly I
; V S , I v
s I ' r A
c'o Al
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Du,.Jorl At Rnnnnet
Ilk Tl Wl MUM I llv.
Members of the District Five
champion Sutherfin Bulldog
wrestling team were honored
guests at the annual wrestling
banquet held in the Sutherlin
High Schol Thursday night.
Every member of the squad
was present for the dinner,
served and prepared by the
home economics class.
The school was presented
with the L'mpqua Valley
League trophy fur winning first
place in league play by Ray
Talbert of Glide, league pres
ident. Seven graduating seniors
were honored by the squad,
with several individual awards
presented. Gordon Avery, top
flight 98 pound wrestler, was
named the most outstanding
wrestler in the smaller
weights, while Tom Gilman
received the award for the
heavier weights.
Also elected by the team
were co - captains for this
year's squad. Jerry Perez,
state champion in the 1I.V
pound class, and Larry Mo
drell Graduating seniors included
Perez, .Modrell. Norm Eng
land, K-n England, Boh (.in
stead. Allan Barnes, and Dur
rell Gigear.
Speakers for the evening
were Coach Ralph Dyson an
Roseburg official Frank
Moore.
Seattle's Elgin Baylor
Regains Scoring Lead
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elgin Baylor is back on top the
individual basketball scoring race
amnno tho mainr rillnoac Hut
his lead over Cincinnati's Oscar
Robertson is only a fraction of a
4.'. , ,
The 51 points Baylor scored n
Sca,tle' victorr m"
Lutheran f.,a,v njh. hons,. hi,
""""' rriua nint ooosiea nis
average to 34.3J on 760 Doints in
-T) . 1.. . .u-
pontes vlviuiijk lo II1C .VV,.-S.
Service Bureau. Robertson, idle
Friday night, has a 34.43 saver-
age. Kansas Wilt Chamberlain
alto Rjflrert ln enmm amnnJ n-l.L.
r, 'S"V"'." " "
02 P" "Samst Oklahoma to
u uis avrrae up lo
Straits Conqueror
. . , . .
Would Swim Columbia
PORTLAND - Bert Thomas
now wants to swim 45 miles down
the Columbia from Bonneville
uam 10 me interstate Bridge
mxing Portland and Vancouver,
Wash
The 32-year-old former Taco-
iiio.ii. vuiiuuriur oi uie oiraii Ot
Juan de Fuca north from Port
10-15. The water
now approxi-
mately 41 degrees
His longest previous water pull
iwas 31 miles from Seattle to Ta
coma. Tongue Point Sailors
n aee Tournev Finali
lourney rinjis
SEATTLE J Tongue Point
Naval Station at Oregon will meet
Vihidby Island Naval Air for the
basketball championship of the
13;h Naval District Saturday.
Whidby won both of its games
Friday in the double elimination
tournament, defeating the L'SS
Lexin;ton 59-53 and Pugel Sound
Naval Shipyard at Bremerton.
59-42 Both the losers were elim
inated In the afternoon game Puget
Sound eliminated the defending
champion. Sand Point Naval Air,
6T-4
Mile Race Overshadowed
In IC4A Track Meet
NEW YORK ,axA mad scram
ble for the team championship
the one title that really counts
in this meet overshadows a
possible mile indoor record bv
Istvan Rorsavolgyi in the IC4A
track and field championships in
Madison Square Garden Saturdav
night.
Ron Delany. the unbeatable
miler. is the team man. and will
try to win both the 1.000 and 2
rmle races for his Vilianova out
fit. Ihe defending champions
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