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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Police Chief Labels Slain Man Gigolo Who Courted Rich Women, Took Money HOLLYWOOD iiT Bi'verly Hills Chief of Police Clinton An- .Mix. rlerson Saturday called 1 a i n They flew back from Mexico Johnny Stompanato KiKolo. March 19 after a two-month may. He made the remark in reveal-1 Cpon arrival Mi Turner de ing that movie Har Lana Turner nied they were romantically in tuid him that Stompanato had terested in each other, beaten her on aeveral occasioiu . -while they were traveling together u"d""rld Flur in Kurope. ' Stompanato was born in Mood Dark hand-ome, wavy-haired stock. III., his police record Stompanato 42, was slabbed to shows. He was known as a mem death last ninht by Miss Turner's ber of the underworld crowd on daushter, Cheryl Crane, 14, while the frinife of Hollywood but had Stompanato and the actress were been arrested only twice for va- ouarreling in her bedroom. i Anderson said of Stompanato:; "He acquainted himself with in 1M ne said he had been run females of wealthy means. He runs string of night clubs in courts them and after he is deep- China since being discharged ly involved borrows money and from the Marine Corps at the end never repavs the loan. of World War II. "When the victim's money is Since then he had at various dissipated he becomes interested limes operated a pel shop, raised in another woman. Usually he love birds in an aviary at his frequents expensive night spots to meet wealthy-type females." Shadowy Past Stompanato was an often seen figure on the Hollywood scene but his oast was a shadowy thing. He first became known as an'11" e divorced Feb. associate of Mickey Cohen when Mickey was big-time Los An I gcles gambler 10 years Debonair Stompanato ago. i Debonair Stompanato often was n escort of wealthy women in ana j not of the movies. He was S feet 11 inches tall and weighed 180 pounds. Since Miss Turner's divorce last July from actor Lex Barker, she and Stompanato had traveled Republicans Organize Public Relations Group Concern fur good government in Oregon and the nation, and more particularly in Douglai County, brought about the recent forma tion of Republican public rela tions committee for Douglas Coun ty, James G. Richmond, central committee chairman, said today. "This functioning body rep resents individuals from various walks of life in Douglas County in terested in stressing the privilege and responsibility of good citizen hip as part of our American Her itage, and in making known the aims, goals and principles of the Republican party, Richmond stat ed. The organizers of Ihe public re lations committee discussed plans for the political campaigns and talked about future appointments of subcommittee heads. The newly formed committee. Richmond said, will bring items of interest and importance to the at tention of the general public in coming months, "We hope a real public service may be rendered hv the formation of such a group the GOP leader said. During the committee forming meeting, it was noted that Repub lican headquarters now is located in the Patterson Building on SK Douglas Avenue and provides com fortable quarters for Ihose visiting and making use of the facilities. SMALL FIRE DAMAGE noscburg rural firemen were called lo the home of Wavne D. Lemley, 3826 SW Carncs lid., at 12:15 this morning when fire broke out in the wall around a stove pipe. The fire, which was caused by the stove pipe overheating, did ap proximately $25 damage, firemen said. FOOD SALE. FRIDAY A public plant and food sale will be held Friday at the Win slnn fire hall at 10 a.m. by the Rainbow Garden Club. Members I are asked lo have plants and food ai ine nan oy a. WIM0IIAI RlltS lot IttllSHINt SURF Ht 1 0 Dili I St IHF PI 1 00 FROM MARCH 22, TO ARRIl J, ISM, 101 IHI FOU0HIW!, Second Addition PnA SMITH 0l0H Gorden of The Good Shephprd DOTtOtAN MARTIN Garden Of Meditation CU'R1M SIMHiGH MARION WAl'WI ORIGINAL SECTION OfRA SMMH D'lON Garden of Prayer FRANrtS lF Roseburg Memorial Gardens Th Greatest mw .. 'ii.iiii ii.i.i t Tam. i i Nicodemue a i d i Lyl-rl 'J V ; 1 Rabbi, we know ihou J SXVKl f ' ' n teacher Irom fy? Ci f I I God. Jeaui answered: ff ., I Except one be born j.l'V XffllL? 3 ( eqain, he cannot tee L' rUT 1 the kingdom ol God. ', ) TiTmJo l j Jf. iMMtjjji ii 1 wa i rjjL'-'iJlllr Oft. Mon. April 7, 19S8 In London, Paris nd Acapulco, grancy. nnen ne appeared in Hollywood home, owned a maple furniture store and sold automobiles. He had been married twice to actresses. His first wife was Helen (iilbert. They were di vorced July g, 1!M9. He married Helene Stanley Jan. 1J. 1953, and 10, 1955. White Priest DlSD OCeS Menr0 T0 RponPII Chlirrfl J 1 I JESUIT BEND. La. I A white priest conducted services Sunday at St. Cecilia's Catholic Mission, closed for more than two years because some members ob- jceted to a Negro priest. The Rev Frank Ecimovich. the white priest, said Easter mass for j aiiuui wime persons anu 3 Negroes when the chapel's doors were opened for worship Sunday, the first time since Oct. 2, 1955. Archbishop Joseph F. Rumincl closed the white, wooden mission 20 miles south of New Orleans, and said it would not be reopened until the parishioners agreed to accept any priest he sent. Authorizing it opened again. Rummel said "We cannot permit the closed chapel to stand forever as a symbol of resistance to the authority of the church." At the Easter services, while persons sat at one side, Negroes at the other in the smalt chapel where spider webs still clung in some windows and corners. Morse Asks More Funds For Forest Roads (Continued from Page 1) would he timely to add substantial amounts now because of litis un employment factor." lie asked the committee to rec ommend the full amount author ized by law for access roads in I national torests an increase of 1 Cm lit j imA -In.,.- ia en T-.n mu .v-" "wir in,- i.ju.w" contained in the House-passed measure. He promised also an increase of "as much as $9..VH).0ihi" in the House allowance of $4,350,000 for Forest Service housing, much of which he said is needed in the Pacific Northwest slates. In opposing administration cut backs in the service's tree-planting program, Morse cited a recent timber resource review which showed 52 million acres in need of reforestation. He also asked that S3.500.oii0 be added lo the (H.OL'O.ikh) budget re quest for the service's operation outdoors to bring the camp ground improvement program up lo cur rent year levels. Sixteen Persons Die In Two Train Tragedies (Continued from Page It ; hospital several hours later. Thai others were killed outright Manuel Ramirez, 12, scrambled off one end of Ihe trestle seconds ahead of the train. Train-Auto Collision Wipes Out 2 Families SIIKHBItOOKK. Que Two families returning from an Easter visit lo relatives were wined out last night when a train hit their car. Seven of the eleven dead were children. . The victims were Mr. and Mrs. Eliodor Larose, Waterloo, Jue ., and their five children and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ray of Juliette, yue . and their two children. The families were related. Police said a high wind and wet snow had rut down visibility at Ihe grade crossing 20 miles wcl of Sherbrooke. The automobile was wedded under the two-coach diesel and drained about 300 feel. No one aboard the train was hurt Story Ever Told mm Eugene FlShCr To Attend Assn. Meet In Florida Kugene Fisher of Oakland, chair man of the Klkton School Board, will represent the state School hoards Assn. at the annual Na tional School Boards Assn. conven- lion in Miami Beach, Fla., April 1 is Fisher Is vice president of the Oregon School Boards Assn. The president, James C- Yeorflans of Portland also will attend the con vention. A highlight of the convention will be an actual classroom demonstra tion of educational television. Three hundred students will take part in a history lesson conducted from a model classroom set up in the r'ountainebleau Hotel. Lawrence C. Derthick, U. S commissioner oi tourjuon in me munications and Education Delegates at panel sessions will discuss such topics as teacher pay and recruitment and science and liberal arts. More than 3,000 school board members and educators from throughout the United States are expected to attend the conven tion, which will be held in the f'ontainchleau and Eden Roc Ho tels in Miami Beach. Commercial exhibits will be held in the Eden Hoc Hotel in enniunr. i tion with the convention. More than iuu exninitnrs have taken space. Freight Rates Cut u -i j d l l nailed By Lumbermen ... .. , , (Continued from Page 1) ,nd hve btn cutting deeply into business. Everyone questioned stated that the reason for the lowering of rail freight rales was the manifesta tion of an effort to recover busi ness from truckers. Much more reserved was the opinion of Gerald S. McCarthy. manager of I'mpqua Plywood Corp. in Roseburg. "It will help In mnmm Aim K.it il b. panacea for all our problems," he said. "But at least something went down this year, he concluded. Enthusiasm Contained Also reticent to give way to un bounded enthusiasm were Fred Sohn, operator of Sun Studs Inc. of Roseburg, and Earl Bleile, gen eral sales manager of Roseburg Lumber Co. "It is going to help." Bleile said, "but we will still have a differ ential in rates between Douglas County and Northern California." "I don't know what effect it (the rale change) wjll have." said Sohn. "We will have to wait and see." He did indicate, however, that Arizona and Southern California ml are important markets and will have a better chance.' we Dick Duncan, operator of Dun - ...... i. . . . -.. - pan l.umner vo, oi loncaua. inni-1 cated he felt the move would "do , , . 0t of eood." hut he said he ' ! thought the rates should be low- ered to all points bv all railroads. He, as most of the others, said the action will put Douglas County in competition with Northern Cali fornia shippers. "It will give us a little more of a margin to work on down there," he said. Duncan saw the move as a stop gap measure i economy of the bolstering the county. He said Ihe eastern market is now slow be cause o wealher, so the rale cut will help fill the slack in Douglas County shipments until the east ern market opens up again. He said his company has a "pretty fair'1 market in Southern Califor nia. J U U Mult Happy Were tickled lo death about it. says Paul B. Hull, operator of Ihe Paul B. Hull Lumber Co. of Dillard. The Medford and North- ern California areas still have a I ra, edge, he continued, but "it 1 wll help us to get ml it Arizona" ! He said his company would def- Department oi iieaun, r.aucauon w A,, i t . ; ' "V , M 1 and Welfare will speak on "Phil-1 '-Z,Jr.W I k - ,y 1 1 osophy and Coals as the Basis of , vs III 't ... I X '1 J Curriculum Construction." John L. 1 J ,'; ' I m 1 . I , Burns, president of the Radio Corp. f , . i J J ' " ' It ' of America, will speak on "Com-! 11 1 1 S I t "'';'' f . . - " . r . inttely start shipping more lumber : ore) was widening on issues. But Goeti of Bellingham. She was re hy rail when the rale change is he said he has a "great personal turning from visiting a friend in ma,lf- admiration and personal fond- New York. More definite in contending that ness" for Morse. And anyway, he ' Miss goeti had worked for Dow Ihe Southern California market ; added, "it isn't a had thing to Chemical since she was grad would he opened to Douglas Coun-1 have a right handed pitcher and uated from the university four ty was Vitlltnin Forrest, manacer left-handed pitcher on the team." years ago. of Pacific Plvwood Corp. of Dil- ' lard. "It makes the California mar ket available lo its." he said flatly "It will have a very beneficial ef feet tn moving lumber from this area" in that the rate differential between Douglas Countv and ' Northern California will not be so great, according to Forrest. "It was a good move on the part ' of SP and manufacturers should appreciate It. he concluded. TAX AIDES DATED Offier of tin" stale Tax Commi I .ton in 30? Pacific BmUUnp and the federal Internal Revenue Sen-; ice. Post Office Butldins. will he1 open today through Friday and' Monday and Tuesday of next week I fop aMtam-e to taxpayers in the ; Roseburg area 1 April 15 is the deadline fr in mine tax declarations for both thej slate and federal governments. SEE EDS EL FOR BEST DEAL SAVI SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS SPECIAL SALE SHORT TIME ONLY Lockwood-Edsel $., 1410 S. E. STEPHENS (:& vy I : u ( .Arte'': TIME'S RUNNING OUT for James Powell, a University of Oregon sophomore from Roseburg, during a practice session of "The Telephone," by Gian-Corlo Menotti, o short story obout a young mon who runs into competition from the telephone when he tries to propose to his girlfriend. The story, featuring Powell and Ann Templeton from Junction City, will be presented as part of a university opera work shop program Friday. Camas Toastmistress Club Has Nominations The regular meeting of the Cam as valley toastmistress Club waswayS Corp. Ill-Ill Bl Ud 1 I B V1C. Toastmistress for the evening was Esther Pryor. She presented uiancne lopiey wno spoxe on, ine History of Our Two Political Part- les, and Haiel Defferding a read - : ,n0 ntltln1 "What lln Vlta U ill " " " Do.' Educational chairman Hazel Pel- zer spoke on. 'Initiative and Ref- of tne newly erendum and Marian Moody (man,Bcr f the Grand Rapids gave a humorous reading, Ideal School Board Member." . ' ., , Topic mistress Carrie Pope used I Schweitzer was en route from the title, "Our Privilege as a Vot-CrandK Rap'd5.,1t? ,,h,e ,airPort b er," for all members to participate ?,r wnen 'he ,Il fajed PUne "T in. and all members took Dart in I ln ni wlfe crashed. the word study. Time keeper was Ella Bartley: evaluator. Crystal McMasters. and inspiration was given by Marian Moody. Chairman Lucile Catch pole an nounced the nomination of Carrie r-ope lor vice president of council four-man team was en route to in 8 and Crystal McMasters for treas- vestigate the crash, urer of council 8 by the Camas a. h. .t,.j ,.. .:. t.ii in , .. - 1 u'lr. ( ii 7' committee for the council, reports 1 correspondent Mrs. W L. Banks - Neuberger Explains Votes For COP Bills (Continued fiom Page 1) cause "I don't always have the tin cup out." Oregon, he said, is sometimes "tin 'cup state" be- mands for federal viewed as cause of de protects, including dams, harbor j works, river channel dredging. , forest highways and access roads and others. Neuberger denied that he has turned his back on liberalism as he said some of his critics have charged. "You can he a liberal and you can be responsible, he said. "I don't think I've become a reac- I llUllfll V . : Neul).rRpr id hr d , know whether he will seek re-! rlpctinn tie .mrl hmvever th.t 1 neither he nor his wife. Maurine liked Washington, and that he w" diversity or Wash- found his duties as a senator "the I "!",on , d"lt' mp''d. as a hardest work I've ever done." chemist at the Dow Chemical Co. Neuberger conceded that the rift ! Miss Goeti, 25, was the daugh hetween him anil pn Vnr i n. i ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. your dollars -H have a r-W high I.Q. SUQ) Open or f add to your Tjfi"r Savings Account W V by APRIL 10 I Unrt lam Interest from 1 Me"i ItMt'Ol m9 TH! UNITED SIATIS NATIONAL IanK Cf POtUAND Crash Of Airliner Kills All Of 47 Occupants (Continued from Page 1) Airlines and British Overseas Air- also use the craft. Airline officials said three crew mciiiiicin auu pHsacugn a wcic aboard the plane, Capital Flight 67 fmm 'owarii . i to Chicago via Detrolt, Flint' and "Saginaw. Mich. 1 At least lg of de,d wer( . .... irom aucnican I Una t Ik. tlMl.;rt.n ..lMli. ... r. R.inh eh-,.,.,., The crew was identified as Capt. W. J. Hull, 44, Washington Town ship. N.J.; First Officer Earle M. Binckley. 27, Levittown, N.Y.: and Miss Ruth Denecke. 27, St. Peters burg, Fla., the hostess. Authorities in Washington said ' tut uianr iuuiuiiiitu m an - port, the weather was windy and snow was falling. Visibility was i examination at tne Oregon Mate put at three miles with a 900-foot : Hospital since dismissal of the ceiling. i first warrant. Capital said Hull was one of the' ,.,. IIM.QI.. H.u airline's million-miler" pilots. He N"? UMPQUA HEU had been with Capital since April ' N,or,h u.mP0u "m J 1941 r .tension Unit will meet Wednesday , . . , . .- at the Glide home of Mrs. Taylor Airline officials said tn Washing-1 i.'' .j .. . m,. it,. ....k .u- ... i..ri .". 1 j Airlines accident involving a pas - seniipr fatuity iinr, HaMmhif I949' -and.,,he first k'"in crew- ears. Voin ..J T ,ul i:. . i. -ii--- - - WICHITA. Kan. if A Trans World Airlines Constellation land- I en saieiy nere earty today alter 1 circling the airport for almost an hour with landing gear trouble. Fourteen passengers and flee crewmen were aboard the four- ! engine plane on a flight from Kan-; : sas City to Wichita. There were n0 "W- BF.LLINGHAM i Shirley Goetz of Bellingham, listed among those killed Sunday in a transport piane ciasn in Micni- Mormon Church Elevates 4 Men To Apostle Rank SALT LAKE CITY u The i Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Church Sunday named Hugh P- Brown of Salt Lake City to tne Council of Twelve Apostles, the ruling body of the church. Brown and Uiree oiner emers were elevated to high church of fice during the final session of the 128th LDS general conference. Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the East Mill Creek Stake here, was made an assistant to the Council of Twelve, along with Henry D. Taylor of Los Angeles, president of the LDS California mission. A. Ted Tuttle. supervisor of the church's seminary program for instructing youth, was made a member of the First Council of Seventy The nominees were sustained in a vote of raised hands by the 10.000 members crowding the Salt Lake Tabernacle for the final day's sessions. Council Member Stephen L. Richards, speaking at the final session, declared that lack of fatherly authority was responsible for juvenile crime in the United States. He said the LDS church was doing its best to bring father back as head of the family and to make him fit the position. Another speaker, council mem ber Mark E. Peterson, urged members to avoid interfaith mar riages. He said leaders of other faiths have given hi i information that such marriages have little chance of success, especially when it comes time to impart religious instruction to children. Easter Sunrise Services Attract Record Crowd Rain that threatened the Easter sunrise services, co-sponsored by the Roseburg Ministerial Assn. Sunday at the Veterans Hospital, held off until near the finish. The annual ceremony attracted what one minister thought was the i,, .mmH .v.r t ttnt the outdoor services Easter morning. A guess was that 600 to 700 per sons attended. The Rev. John Adams, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, delivered the termon. The program was nearly ended when showers that lasted all day started. The hospital sponsors the annual services jointly with the ministerial association. Ernest Watson Charged With Rap On Daughter Ernest C. Watsoo. 40, Box 13S Idleyld Rt., was booked in county jail Friday night on a circuit court warrant charging him with rape upon a daughter. The new warrant was issued fol lowing dismissal of a district court warrant March 6. The district court warrant was dismissed after Watson was indicted by the grand jury. He has undergone psychiatric ".uiu iu.ov a.m. " will be devoted to the project, "out- 1 d cookery," led by Mrs. Mc- . . m will be election of officers'. Mem - ' bers are asked to bring their own i Cora ana sirs, narns oye. mere I table service. I I I Fine China Collection FIRST SHOWING IN ROSEBURG OF THE w The KNUDTSONS' Jewelers CORNER OF CASS & JACKSON Coos Jury Being Chosen For Earl's Suit Against Paper COQL'ILLE, Ore. if Selection of jury was to get underway here Monday for Portland City Commissioner Stanley Earl'i $125,000 libel suit against Times, Inc., ind Sheldon aaciteu, puo lisher of the Coos Bay news paper. The ease is being tried before Circuit Judge William S. Fort, jthe Elkhart Rotary Cluo, inai In his complaint. Earl said that political necessity and the facts his reputation was damaged byiof economic life have forced the two articles. wTitten by columnist Republican Party and those busi Drew Pearson, which werelnessmen who aupport it to adopt printed in the Times now the the basic economic reform! ol Coos Bay World last year. I Roosevelt nd Truman as the The columns, the complaint j backbone of our economic itibil said, attempted to link Earl to the ity." operations of Portland gambler Butler said everyone knowi that Big Jim Elkins. the business community and the wir.it ' attorney said 'in an 1 GOP took a very dim view of answer to the complaint inai Pearson's article! were "substan tially true" and that the paper had a right to publish them as "fair comment and criticism" of a public official. Earl also has filed suits against the Hearst Publishing Co. because the Pearson articles were printed in the Seattle Post-Intelligener: against the Oregon Council of Teamsters and the Oregon Team iter, the official Teamster! news paper: against Pearson: a n d agamst the Oregon Journal and a former reporter. Arthur Bradley Williams 5 Glide Red Cross Drive Under Way By MRS. ARTHUR SELBY The Red Cross Membership Drive has been in progress in the Glide area and will continue through April 12. A number of the workers have had an excellent response from the residents they have contacted. Glide area takes in Idleyld raric and the Little River area, and workers have found many residents away from home at the time oi their call. Anyone wishing to contribute is requested to contact a Red Cross community worker to call with membership cards. Mrs. Bob Franks is chairman of the drive and following is a list of the cap tains and their areas. Mrs. Wayne Nelson. Frontier Store to Lone Rock bridge: Mrs. Leo Bunnell, Lone Rock bridge to Glide bridge; Mrs. Lloyd (Ted) Evans. Mac Brown subdivision; Mrs. Dorothea Heede, Old Umpqua Highway: Mn. R. L. Bruffy, Ump qua Highway west of Glide; Jane and Jean Talcott, Little River road to Cavitt Bridge: Mrs. John Ivy, Little River Road past the Cavitt bridge, and Mrs. Guy Mullin, Buck horn Road. One Radio Transmitter In Satellite Now Silent WASHINGTON i - One of two! radio transmitters in the Navy'i Vanguard satellite has fallen si - lent. The Naval Research Laboratory said Us Minitrack stations had been unable to pick up signals from one transmitter operated by chemical batteries. The lab said the batteries apparently were ex hausted. The other transmitter in the Van guard was still functioning. Power ed by solar ceils, it may keep go- ing for S to 10 years. ON DISPLAY KNUDTS0NS' take pleasure in announcing the Command Performance" LENOX CHINA Exhibition Collection j A collection of the most exceptional pieces of fine china ever made Including .... Metropolitan Museum of Art special exhibit plate valued at $1500 each; plates from White House Services; and many other exhibition china pieces famous around the world. On Display For Limited Time Only . . . Monday thru Wed nesday . . . Exhibit Will Close 3 P.M. Wednesday. Pieces Will Be Displayed In The Window And Inside The Store. GOP Adopts Demo Policies, 1 Butler Claims ELKHART. Ind. - Demo cratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler said Monday Retwbli cans are relying on Democratic sponsored program! to "keep this second Eisenhower-Nixon reces sion from stigmatizing the Repub lican Party with another depres- 'on " . n .1 "The simple truth i," Butler said in an address prepared jor former President Truman I eco nomic proposals. "Yet today," he aided, "we have the ironic spectacle of a Republican president signing a public housing bill that Mr. Tru man was called a Socialist for pioneering. "We have a Republican presi- I dent accepting the responsibility for government action to counter act the recession as lam down in Harry Truman'! full employment I act of IMS. i f. rlr A.U fink itcci vice "ii Slates Candy Sale The Deer Creek Livestock 4-H club held a meeting at the home of assistant leader Gerald H. Rust. Plans for a future candy sale were discussed. Members attend ing were president Robbie Carrico, Nonda Patterson, Cindy Wads worth. Mike and Albert Radcliffa and Jack. Larry and Jerry Rust. Refreshments were provided by Robbie Carrico and Albert Rad cliffe. Guests at the meeting were Mrs. Wadsworth and Mrs. Rust. The next meeting will be held April 22 at 2 p.m. at the home of leader Dale Bonebrake, according to news reporter, Jerry Rust. Weekend Accidents In Oregon Kill 5 (Continued from Page 1) plunged off a highway six miles east of Baker and overturned. State police said he apparently lost control of the vehicle on an S curve. Lloyd Eugene Faircloth. 18. of Huntington, died in a Boise hos pital Sunday from injuries suf fered Saturday when the vehicle in which ha was riding turned over. Three other teen-ageri in the car escaped serious injury. Car Dives Into River Douglas Lewis Kemp, 52, of Estacada, was killed Saturday when his car plunged into the Burnt River nar llnntinotnn u,.i. K.a i Sunday when he fell into Willow 'Creek, a swift stream which ; flows through Hennner. , A quickly summoned search pany oi iuu persons comnea tne stream. But he was not found un til about an hour after he fell in. Artificial respiration and heart massage failed to revive him. The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Zinter, lone, wis visiting at the Heppner home of his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs T. n I Ferguson.