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Newspaper Page Text2 Th News-Review, Roseburg, Alleged Capone Mobster Dares Probe To If He Shared In WASHINGTON (AP) - Fifth-amendment-pleading Lou in R o mano, alleged Capnne mobster, dared the Senate Kackets Com mittee Wednesday to go find out lor itself if it believes he dealt in labor rackets pay-offs. "The whole bunch of youse are wrong," Romano shouted in stormy clashes with committee chairman John L. McClcllan CD Ark) and counsel Robert K. Ken nedy. The outbursts punctuated a hear ing in which McClellan warned the rueged-faced witness that lying under oath is a serious criminal offense. Kennedy told the committee he has evidence available that will challenge some of Romano testi mony. Romano was the lead-off witness in the second day of hearings on an alleged Capone mob conspiracy to dominate the restaurant in dustry in Chicago and the labor unions with which restaurants bargain. 5th Amendment Used Romano ducked behind the Fifth Amendment when asked whether he had been arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder. Also scheduled to be called was Abraham Teitelbaum, onetime lawyer for the Canone family who became a $125,000 a year labor counsel to me Chicago Kcstaurani Assn. The committee, which heard test imony Tuesday alleging shake- downs ana cuuusiun, in investiga ting what it has labeled a vast conspiracy by the underworld to control the city's rich restaurant industry. Romano has been named in testi mony as a gangster installed by Frank (The Endorcer) Mitti as Doss of the racketeer-infested Bartend ers union Local 278. The committee voiced curiosity about Teitclbaum'i reasons for hir ing Romano as the restaurant as sociation s labor expert atter a slate court had ousted Romano and placed Local 278 in receivership. Teitelbaum was a major witness in a House investigation of t a x scandals in the Truman adminis tration, and now lives In Holly wood, calif. Romano, tne commit tee said, lives in Miami. Police Powerless As the hearings got under way, Donald Strang, owner of a Niles, 111., restaurant, testified that Illi nois stale police told him they could do nothing about union vio- Property Transfers A tract of timbered land in Sec. 27, Twp. 29 S, Range 4 W in Doug las county has been sold for about $53,000, according to a deed filed Wednesday with Charles G. Doer ner, county clerk. . The property, formerly owned by A. N. and Fannie L. PriUker and several other parlies, was pur chased by the C & D Lumber Co. Date of the transaction was June 30, 1958. Another tract listed as Stevens Donation Claims No. 40 has brought about $8,500 in a sale by Victor J. and Christina Micelli to George and Frances M. Luoma. They also purchased lot 11 in the Second Ad dition to Overlook, lots one, two and three in block D and lots four, five and six in block E and block F of the Hassell's Addition. James and Hazel Gunn have deeded to F. W. and Julia E. Mar tin a tract in Sec. 3, Twp. 23 S. Range 4 W for a consideration of less than $100, and the Martins have deeded the property to John Douglas and Mable Audrey Was enm, according to the clerk's rec ords. Washington Man Held For Concealed Weapon City police Wednesday night took a 26-year-old Washington man into custody and booked him for car rying a concealed weapon after a search of his person in down town Roscburg. He was Identified as Larry R. Gaynor who gave a local hotel as his address. Stopped while driv ing his car near the intersection of Stephens St. and Oak Ave., police found a .32 - caliber re volver tucked under a sweater on his left hip. A local tavern owner tipped po lice the man had attempted to cash a $20 check there and was refused. He told the bartender he was an insurance investigator from Texas, according to police reports. People at the tavern said they saw a gun on his hip. Given a description of the man and car he was driving, police Wednesday afternoon sighted him driving northward on Rose St., fol lowed the car and made the ar rest. Fire Department Tumi To Drive-in Service The Roseburg Fire Department hardly is set up on a drive-in ba sis, but it can operate that way when the opportunity arises. The opportunity arose early this morning when the Jack Fox fam ily of Inglewood, Calif., drove up with a burning mattrcse in the family trailer. The smoldering fire promptly was doused by a fire hose. Time of the fire was listed 10:05 a m. at World War 1 Veteran Diet AhVA Hospital Thomas J. Murhpy, 87 World!30 persons shopped, unaware of War I veteran, died al Veicmn. i 'he robbery. Hospital in Roseburg Tuesdav. I The unmasked gunman, whol ORIVtR PLEADS INNOCINT He was bom m New York April, wore dark sun glasses and a! lch,rd Avln u,v, lmwl8h 14 1871. He was unmarried. i "w hat, forced a clerk to scoop ,n attornev, Wednesday pleaded There are no known turvivort. ' he cash out of each register iniinnocent lo reckless driving be yv"'df wre, turn. (or, Munlcipil jurig, Randolph acheduled for 1 p.m. today al the He put Ihe money in a paperlsiocum. Bail was set at W40 and Veterans Hospital Cemetery. Cant I sack and escaped in a late model! the judge said he would set the Mortuary has etiarge of arrange- car. The amount of money taken i trial dale later. Davis, who lives menu. I was not disclosed. I at 653 W. Center St., posted bad., Ore Thurs. July 10, 1958 i Find Out Pay-Offs lence at his restaurant because they had been called off by the governor s oince. He laid this was in June 1952, during the administration of Gov. Adlai Stevenson, but he said he didn't know who in the governor's otlice gave the order. In Chicago, his statement drew quick denials from Thomas O'Don nell, who was state police superin tendent that year, and Carl Mc- Gowan, who was Stevenson's ad ministrative assistant. O'Donncll said he was certain Stevenson did not issue any such order and added: "1 did not re ceive orders from the governor s office. I was the boss. No one told me what to do." McGowan naid he never was aware of such an order. Union Defied, He Says Strang, who runs three restau rants in Cleveland and one in Niles outside Chicago, said his troubles were with Local 450 of the Restau rant Workers Union, then run by mobster Claude Maddox, now dead. Strang said lie had defied the union's demands that he secretly force his employes to join. He said he learned later that the local. without consulting either him or the employes, enrolled wem on us books as dues paying members. And, he said, he learned that a $2,240 fee he had paid to Teitel baum for helping in the negotia tions actually was used to pay their dues. NIA Tilt-phot NEW KING OF THE RACK ETS Vito Genovese shown in New York after his arrest by federal agents in the gov ernment's "major crack down" on the narcotics trade. Registrants Said Need For YMCA's Day Camp The Roscburg YMCA's day caniD program will be cancelled unless enough boys register before Satur day morning to fill the camp for three weeks. Secretary Wavne Schulti said to day that 60 registrants are need ed, 20 for each week of the three week camp. Boys, however, may register lor eacn or tne three weeks remaining. The camp was to have started this week, but lark of registra tions forced cancellation. Eligible are bovs 7 to 10 vears old. This is a rough schedule: They leave for the camp each morning by bus, taking a sack lunch. After recreation limine the day, they return at 4 p.m. to the city to swim for an hour in the municipal pool. There will be overnight camn- outs Friday nights. Srhulz said the day camp area is on the llaragcr ranch on Rose Mountain below the KI'IC televi sion tower. So far, 15 hoys have registered for next week's camp, but the registrations will be cancelled un less more appear. Al Ciimmines. Joseph Lane Junior High School teacner, is director. Registration fee for each hoy for a week is $8. Elkins May Be Freed Of All Liquor Charges PORTLAND (AP)-All the re maining bootlegging indictments against Portland gambler Big Jim Elkins may he dismissed as a re sult of a ruling by Circuit Judge James V. Crawford Wednesday. Earlier the judge had thrown out one of the boollegsing indict ments on the ground that it was vague and poorly drawn. Allv. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton, who is prosecuting Portland's vice probe cases, asked the court to recon sider. Rut Judge Crawford reaf firmed his earlier ruling. The other nine indictments against Elkins and others are al most identical and it is expected they also will be dismissed. Elkins touched off Portland vice probe two years ago by saying that out-of-state gamblers were attempting to get into Portland vice operations. Cunman Strips Cash Registers At Safeway PORTLAND (AP) A ciimmn j cleaned out eight cah registers at a Safeway store in southeast I Portland Wednesday night while Li Li Qjf SlippOft Hassle Spreads To Lane County EUGENE (AP) An $8,800 item in Lane County's 9-million-dollar budget has renewed a feud be tween state Aeronautics Director Earl Snyder and the Oregon wing of the Civil Air Patrol. Snyder tangled with the CAP several months ago over the gen eral conduct of a search and res cue operation in Eastern Oregon. He renewed the feud this week with a statement that Lane County doesn't need to contribute tax payers' money for support of the CAP. The $8,800 is the amount Lane County has budgeted for the four CAP squadrons here. First word of Snyder's criticism of such budgeting came with the release of a July 3 letter from Snyder to all county civil defense directors. In his letter, Snyder pointed out that he has received word that representatives for the CAP have applied to the various Oregon counties for financial aid. Snyder said, "The reported basis for this money request is that the CAP aircraft would be the only civil aircraft allowed to fly if we were subjected to enemy attack. This is not true." CAP Private Venture The aeronautics director then referred the civil defense directors to the Oregon Civil Defense Plan, appendix 2 to annex J. He said that the plan places the responsi bility for use of all civil aircraft in the hands of the state director. "Civil Air Patrol is a private corporation whose members pay dues. CAP has no official or other especially recognized role in the state civil defense plan. Because of these facts, it is highly ques tionable whether or not public moneys can, or should, be trans ferred to civil Air Patrol, inc. Snyder signed the letter as the chief of aviation for civil defense, Lane County Commissioner Ralph Petersen, who sponsored the move to place the $8,800 in the budget here, jumped to the defense of the appropriation soon as he heard of Snyder's let ter. Taxation Defended Petersen said he sponsored the Item because "the people who join CAP shouldn't have to should der alone the financial burdens" of carrying on the duties per formed by the Civil Air Patrol." He also challenged Snyder's statement that the CAP is not connected with civil defense oper ations. Petersen said throughout Lane County budget proceedings that the CAP is directly under the Air Force and works closely with all the armed forces. Col. Charles R. Chick, Portland, commander for the Oregon wing of the CAP, who did battle with Snyder over the last issue, stood ready to do the same this time. However, he said he could make no statement until he had seen a copy of Snyder's letter to the civil defense directors. Highway Dept. Awards Given 12 In Roseburg Area Awards representing 245 vears of service to the Oregon Slate High way Department were presented to 12 Roscburg area employes re cently by F. D. Morgan, division engineer. I he gold pins, all denoting 10 years or more of service with the agency, are the result of a new policy adopted by state highway commissioners. Heading the list for time in service is C. C. Gall, resident en gineer at Myrtle Creek, who has completed more than 38 years with the department. A 33-year pin was awarded W. G. Krueger, local bridge mainten ance superintendent, a 35-year pin to William L. Lockvear. bridee foreman. George Sothman, district maintenance superintendent re ceived a pin for his 32 years with the agency. L. R. Chandler, assistant divi sion engineer, has had 29 years of work with the department, and recognition for 28 years of serv ice went to Ray R. Olsen, and division soils engineer. Others receiving awards, all res idents of the Roseburg area, are: Pat Gregory, transitman, 17; Mike Crocker, draftsman. 16: D. B. Secoy. inspector, and Alvin Bruden, chainman, both 11 years; and 10 year service awards to Har ry Bronson, inspector. Bill Brown, division office engineer, and Gor don Spaulding, resident engineer. Auto Blow Breaks Hip Of Eugene Woman, 96 EUGENE (AP) - A 96-year-old woman suffered a broken right hip Tuesday when she was struck by a car at a downtown intersection. Emma B. Pearson. Eugene, was later reported to be in fair condi tion at a local hospital. Police said the woman was crossing the street against a red light when she was struck by a car traveling about 20 miles an hour. No citations were issued. State Hospital Fugitive Held By Roseburg Police City police Wednesday night pick ed up an escapee from the Ore gon State Hospital at Salem and are holding him in jail here for slate authorities. The 38-year-old mental patient was noliced by officers as he walk ed downtown Roseburg streets and asked him for some identification. He had none. Brought to the police station, a check of records showed he had walked away from the institution a few days before. ID kLihh l- -4; rw , 4Y t li2 1 "V iiiiiiir'aiTait mi n mi a " -"r' i T r r PLANS ON FISHING Fishing and a winter in California are on the agenda of O. H., (Mutt) Nelson who retired Wednesday atter 45 years service with the Southern Pacific Railroad. A company picnic will be held in the 67-year-old railroader's honor ot Umpqua Park July 20. Here, he makes a "switch list," one of his' many duties as a yard train clerk. Nelson was transferred to Roseburg from Surherlirf in 1925 and has worked here since that time. Myrtle Creek Council Bans Camping In Evergreen Park By RUTH EVANS Overnight camping at the city s Evergreen Park and the condition of the old Umpqua Plywood Corp. mill were discussed Tuesday night by the Myrtle Creek City Council. The council ordered that signs-! Passport Denial To Communists Urged On U.S. WASHINGTON Ifl - Sen. Roman L. llruska (R-Neb) called today lor quick action by Congress to empower the secretary of state to deny passports to Communists. "It's an urgent situation," he said. llruska told a reporter that testi mony of Robert D. Johnson, chief of the Legal Division of the State Department's Passport Office, pointed up a need for legislation such as President Eisenhower has recommended. At a Senate Internal Security subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Johnson said that passports al ready have been issued to about 65 persons who would have been processed under "our Communist regulations" had it not been for recent Supreme Court rulings. Their applications were pending al the time, he said. The court, in three cases decid ed June 16 held that the secretary of stale has no legal authority to deny passports to Communists or others because of their associations or beliefs. Johnson said , that since the' court's ruling, about 70 passport applications have been received from persons "we'd normally pro cess under our Communist regula tions." He said passports also will have to be issued to these applicants. In answer to questions, Johnson said that the State. Department could not now deny passports even to persons it knew to be espionage agents, so long as they were Amer ican citizens and had not been con victed of espionage. Earlier this week Eisenhower sent a message to Congress urging legislation to permit denial of pass- Rorts to persons whose activities ave aided communism in the past 10 years. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled hearings on the measure starting July 16. Tree Farm Near Elkton Recently Dedicated Snellstrom Lumber Co., Eugene, recently dedicated a new 3,000 acre tree farm near Elkton. The farm is to he operated on a 90-year rotation basis. Thinning for poles and piling as marketing conditions permit will be prac ticed. The company also will re claim marginal land once home steaded and cleared for farming. Included in the acreage are 1. 66:1 acres of recent cutover and restocking under 10 years old; 260 acres ot second - growth 30 to 160 years old: 955 acres of old growth, and 75 acres of reproduc tion stock 10 lo 30 years old. The area was certified as a tree farm in April. Army's Plan Spells Cut In Oregon National Cuard SALEM (AP) Oregon's 6,000 man National Guard faces a cut of 1,000 men under the Army's plan to reduce the size of the Guard. MaJ. Gen. Thomas E. Ri lea, adjutant general, said Thurs day. He said he and Gov. Robert D. Holmes would fight the cut. USINISS NAMES FILED Two more Douglas county busi ness names were filed Wednesday with County Clerk Charles G. Doer ner. Assumed business name certifi cates were recorded hy Harold Ni chols of Roseburg for a service station to be called Nick's Flying "A" Service, and J. Vincent Nord ling. 743 SE Pine St.. to operate a brake sales and service garage under Ihe name Jovin Brake Sup ply. ALUMINUM SCREEN DOORS CemeUte with hinges, lalch Q end Cleser. Special I 7 COEN SUPPLY CO. I be posted telling the public that no overnigni camping wouia oe permitted in the park and that the gates close at 11 p.m. Forrest Loghry, chairman of the Park Committee, reported that some overnight camping was be ing done in the park. The old mill came in for long discussion. Councilmen, who said that the mill is an eyesore in its half torn down condition, con tended that more adequate fire protection should be available to protect the plywood building still standing. The council decided to learn how much time remains on the contract for razing of the mill. Loghry reported that the old Ground Observer Corps tower at the park is a hazard to younger children and asked that it be turn down. The council, however, or dered that the tower be covered with a tight wire netting to pre vent children from' climbing on it. In other business, the council: Authorized the recorder to cat! for bids for a new police car. No date has been set for the bids to be turned in. Refused Green Valley Lumber Co. permission to drie logging trucks on First St. and recom mended that drivers stick lo Di vision St., the regular truck route. Completed a zoning resolution (hat will allow rezoning to provide a new trailer park south of the city, near Stockton's Market. Directed architect Ned Norton to submit workable plans for the new city hall by the Aug. 5 council meeting. Hospital News Mercy Hospital Admitted Medical: Mrs. James Gilbert, Fred Harrison, Mrs. John Schvan eveldt, Roseburg. Surgery: Mrs. Eldred Jones, Roscburg. Discharged Mrs. Rex Jones and baby. Les lie Alice; Mrs. Percy Pendcr grass, Mrs. Lynn Cooper, Laveta Ball, John Robertson. Roseburg; Mrs. Roy Spalding. Drain; Ther esa Stewart, Sutherlin. Deuglas Community Hospital Admitted Surgery: Richard Morrell. Louie Smith. Michael Gilman. Mrs. Er nest Smith. Roscburg; Mrs. Vern on Wood. Myrtle Creek; Gregory Ralston, Camas Valley. Medical: Ervin Herridges. Bess West. Roseburg; Peggy Clifton, Canyonville. Discharged David and Michael Kendell. Al bert Clark, Mrs. Josh Crabtree. Jimmy Campbell. Kclsey Hobday Jr., Koseourg: isancy Lues, ump qua; Mrs. Ray Sellers. Myrtle Creek; Mrs. Dclmer Brown, Suth erlin. Heart Attack Fatal To Klamath Falls Camper Edgar Herbert Ketsdever, 58. Klamath Falls, died today of an apparent heart attack while camp ing 12 miles north of Diamond Lake. He was camping with his broth er and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Henty Ketsdever. The coroner's of fice said death came about 7:30 a.m. The body was removed to Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. The cor oner's office is investigating. '57 MERCURY Monfcloir 2-Dr. Hardtop Radio, htottr, powr itiirinf. pewtr bra kit. Flow tont fjrttn and whitt. Lfts than 10,000 milit. Sold now by ui. SAVE $1400 1 Yr Unconditional Guoran too Good Any Placo. SI DILLARD MOTOR CO. "I lltl fltff U lltlMIl" limit umwTlc-lirf!f4 tint HI Itnriti ttM lMlll IU. J f Embassy Raps Two More Fake Letters To Reds LONDON LB The U.S. Em bassy has denounced as fakes two more letters to the Soviet Embas sy purporting to reveal details of an American bomber crew's plan to drop an atomic bomb off Brit ain'! North Sea coast. The Soviets said one of the new letters attacking American nuclear defense plans came from the same writer who a week ago wrote that he would pilot the bomber. , This time, they said, he wrote that the bomb would be dropped by July 12 and that "we hope this will be sufficient to show the West ern capitalists the terrible thing with which they are playing." The writer of the second letter said he was a member of the bomber's crew, according lo the Soviets. The Soviet Embassy released only photo copies of the letters, refusing to let Scotland Yard ex amine the originals for clues. The Soviets have conceded the letters probably are a hoax but publicized them nevertheless. When the first letter wa made public, the U.S. State Department called them Soviet propaganda forgeries. An unemployed British farm worker who was discharged by the Royal Air Force for men tal instability said he wrote the first letter but later denied it. Soldier Speeder Killed In Chase; Another Injured ELMA, Wash. (AP) A police chase at speeds up to 110 miles an hour brought . death early Wednesday to a Ft. Lewis soldier and serious injuries to another. The car carrying the two serv icemen sailed off the Aberdeen Olympia Highway on a curve 3ii miles east of here and cart wheeled 370 feet through a farm er's field. Both men were thrown out. The State Patrol said Harold D Ralston. 21. the driver, was killed outrijht and Robert Whiteman. 21. the owner and a passenger. was injured seriously. Whiteman was taken to Madigan General Army Hospital where his condi tion was reported as fair. Aberdeen police started pursu ing the car inside the Aberdeen city limits and chased it at break neck speed about 24 miles before it left the highway. The patrol car radioed ahead lo police here and at Montesano, but the soldiers' automobile raced through both towns before road blocks could be set up. j CAR WASH FRIDAY I Camas Valley Boy Scout Troop 23 will have a car wash, at the Fred Ashton Service Station, Fri day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. It is hoped necessary funds will be raised to send a few of the Scouts to camp, reports Mrs. W. L. Banks, correspondent. Tmpara Colon, lata tloction tor pester work, Nurinai, etc. Larft 2oi. (or J3e. 833 Southeast Cass Avenue ftl Art Ltions Ineuire Today A Complete Mm of Paint ey the Number sott that era tun to paint ideal tar ittt. Geographic Center Of U. S. Mayoebhittea If Alaska Becomes stare ... idiuv rARIY A,..d.t.d Press Science Writer WASHINGTON lAi-i - " comes in as me Y.'i't.Vi geographic heart of the United States may no longer be in the United States, at all It may be in iouineirii. -- Paroled Cardinal Has Operation For Afflicted Leg BELGRADE (AP) Using in- cirMinonts sterilized in a pol ot boiling water on the kitchen stove, a Yugoslav doctor performed an emergency operation on Alojzije Cardinal S t e p i n a c ' right leg Wednesday to halt a blood clot from threatening his life. The operation was penuruieu uj Dr. Branislav Bogicevic on a makeshift nneratinc table in one of the rooms of the cardinal's lit tle house. Dr. Bogicevic saia ne worked only in the dim daylight coming through the windows. He used a local anisthetic. The doctor reDorted that it was too early to tell whether the opera tion was a success, oui ne auueu. "We certainly believe n was. He said the ooeration was per formed lo check a thrombosis con dition. If it were to spread it wouia prove fatal, ne saia. Dr. Bogicevic said the cardinal appeared to be in good spirits al most immediately auer tne opera- ,;., Harmed jMajor Earthquake Krasic, Cardinal Stepinac's home! village 40 miles from Zagreb to; which he has been confined since- u:. 1. r-. n,;,nn in 1QVI He has been suffering from poly- cythenia, an excess of red cor- puscles in the blood, for more than four years. His doctor has said the disease makes him sus ceptible to dangerous blood clots. Such a clot developed m tne cardinal's right leg six weeks ago. It appeared to clear up dui re curred on Monday. Cardinal Stemnac. 60, the arcn- bishop of Zagreb and spiritual leader of Yugoslavia's seven mil- lion Roman Catholics, was releas ed from prison after serving five years of a 16-year sentence for collaboration with the Germans during World War II. He denied the charges of following the Nazi propaganda line, approving forced conversions to Catholicism and working with the Croatian puppet government in Yugoslavia. Another cardinal, Samuel Card inal Stritch of Chicago, died May 27 in Rome after blond clots first forced the amputation of his right arm, and then caused a stroke. July Savings OUTDOOB LIVING ,H Barbecue Grills e 24" Sreme Finish Meter, Spit I Hood $39.95 Value $19.88 SAVE NOW AT 24" Grill Reg. 19.95, like I I I -I I Hflrawoon innrcnn n .- G. E. 10" Electric Fan o.ciii...nS 14.88 507 Plastic Garden Hose 3..,. Guaram-.. 1 .77 3.98 Badminton SeU Rackets and Net .. 2.59 NEW ORTHO LAWN GREEN 17-0-0 Greens lawns Improves soil Covert 2,000 iq. ft. GAL. Kid's Canvas Tennis Oxfords' m. Pr. 87c 1 .98 Plastic Oval Bucket Colorful 97c 39c Basket sm.n $Pu Bamboo 29c 39c Wood Salad Bowls 4 for 1 .00 1 .98 Plastic Drainboard .. 1 .39 PARK-N -SHOP Acroji Parkina Area From Nielsen's Mkt. QP" P'lr 9-8 Sundays 9-7 lownaaa ada or even in the Pacific Ocean. somewhere off the coast of Wash ington state. These are preliminary guesses today of officials of the U.S. Geo logical Survey and the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Present position of the center is somewhere near Lebanon, Kan. The geographic center is defined as "the point at which the United States would balance if it were all the same thickness and were su spended on a pinpoint." One way of figuring it is sim ply lo take a map of the United States, paste it on a cardboard and then find the center of gravity by placing your map on a pinpoint. Sounds easy, but Alaska pre sents complications for such a stunt, because there is no continu ous land connection between Alas ka and the rest of Ihe United States. A portion of Canada pops up in between. A government expert told a re porter one conceivable way of find ing the geographic center of a United States with Alaska would be to attach the Alaskan area to your U.S. map by means of a light, aluminum wire and then do your balancing. "You could also figure it out mathematically," he said, "by tak ing what we call coordinates of points all along various coastlines. But that would take a long time by ordinary mathematical meth ods, and might even take days and cost thousands of dollars even with modern high-speed comput ing machines." Shakes Alaskan Area (Continued From Page One) P-m. (PST) Wednesday night and shook all of southeastern Alaska, A later report from an airlines station manager at Yakutat said the postmaster and his wife, John and Dora Williams, witnessed the death of the three berry pickers on the long-narrow island one mile offshore in Yakutat Bay. Williams told the airline official there was terrific suction in the water after the end of the island fell' away and violent turbulence churned the bay. Only a few paper plates from the picnic and strawberry picking outing were found after the se vere currents subsided. The Temblor shook build ings and rattled windows in Sit ka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Yakutat and other southeast Alas ka communities and was also felt in Whitehorse, Y.T. Some damage to oil lines, water tanks and docks was done in Yak- iutat, but apparently the loss was I minor elsewhere. Adjust. Grill On Wheels THIS LOW PRICE above, less hood, motor 9.88 n n nr Kriniip.K 2s.iB.. sv BEAUTIFUL FUCHSIA BASKETS Large Selection 3.88 ea.