2 The Nawt-Raview, Roieburg,
Portland Woman Visits
At Dixonville Ranch
By MRS. CHARLES FORREST
.Mrs. Uedwig Watzig of Hose
liurg brought her mother, Mr.
Anna Kasper of Portland, to visit
Mrs. Bert J. Gilbert at the Dixon
ville ranch recently.
Attend Funeral
Mr. and Mrs. Glendon Davenport
of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Kincheloe and Louise of
Medford, Mrs. Opal Beers of Eu
gene, and Jesse Davenport of Port
land were here for the funeral of
George Barter, and gathered oricf
Iv at the home of Barter's nephew,
l'.d Karcher. Jesse Davenport
and Mrs. Elizabeth Millspaugh and
son, Paul, spent the night with tne
Karchcrs before returning home.
Cora's Christian Circle met at
the Pine Grove Church last week
H prepare wool clothing for clean
ing, after which it will be made
into a quilt top. Letters were read
hv Mm. Clifford Broadwater from
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Minter in Ire
land and other missionaries.
Mrs. Harold McCormack spent j
several days last week with her
husband who is currently snearing
sheep in Gold Beach.
Jesse G. Applegate,
Life Long Resident
Of Yoncalla, Dies
Jesse Grant Applegate, M died
at a Roseburg hospital Tuesday
afternoon after a lingering illness.
He was a direct descendent of
the pioneer Applcgales who led
wagon trains into Oregon. His fath
er, Albert, was the son of Charles
Applegate, whose brothers, Jesse
and Lindsey, are famous for their
roles in Oregon nistory.
He was born at Yoncalla Aug. 6,
1873, and had lived in this area
all his life. In 1896 he started work
ing for the Southern Pacific Rail
road Co. as a fireman and retired
in 1912 as an operating engineer.
Surviving are his wife, Myrtle
nf Yoncalla; one son, Frederick G.
of Yoncalla; one brother, Albert,
Yoncalla; two sisters, Mrs. Mercy
Holland of Portland, Mrs. Irene
Titus of Eugene; and three grand
children. The body has been removed to
Stearns and Little Mortuary where
funeral arrangement! are pending,
Labor Meetings Start
In Roseburg Thursday
(Continued From Page One)
have hooked meetings for Friday
and Saturday.
Ritiil Clerks To Meat
The State Council of Retail
Clerks, with about 40 delegates, is
In meet Saturday and Sunday at
the Rose Hotel. The convention
will open at 1 p.m. with a business
meeting and the first day will in
clude a 7:30 p.m. banquet at the
hotel. A day - long business ses
sion is on tan for Sunday.
The Oregon Culinary Alliance
will hold its meeting Sunday from
10 a.m. to S p.m. at the Umpqua
Hotel. The 40 delegates will gath
er for a no-host banquet at Carl'!
Haven at 6:30 p.m.
From these organizations and
other Oregon labor unions, will
rome Ihe delegates to the State La
bor Council convention. Registra
tion is scheduled for Sunday from
1 to 8 p.m.
All business meetings of the
council will be held in the Indian
Theater daily from Monday
through Friday next week, start
ing at 10 a.m. and recessing at 5
p m. The convention is slated to
Kijnurn at a p.m. rnnay next
week. I
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Subpoenas Served
To Crack Gambling
Deal In Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS Wl Soma J70
persona from 40 slates will be
coming here next month to testify
in a federal grand jury Investiga
tion of an Indiana-based gambling
syndicate said to have grossed
million! of dollars.
Subpoenas were served on the
witnesses, said to range from post
al clerks to bigshot gamblers, in
a smoothly coordinated simul
taneous move Tuesday by feder
al marshals from coast to coast.
U. S. Atty. Don A. Tabhcrt re
fused to identify any of the wit
nesses until lie was sure every
one had been served, but he ad
mittcd the list includes a well
known movie comedian and sev
eral respected businessmen as well
as mcmncrs of the underworld
fringe.
targets of the investigation are
the backers of a gambling syndi
cate that operated for about 10
weeks above a Terre Haute (Ind.)
restaurant until federal agents
raided the place last Nov. 29.
At that time Tabbert announced
the syndicate was taking in a mil
lion dollars a month in telenhoned
bets on sporting events from all
over Ihe country, including many
from well heeled plungers who
ouin t quiDDle ahout risking Sib,
000 on the outcome of a football
game. Now the U. S. attorney
thinks the operation was even sub
stantially larger than previously
estimated.
Boy Dynamiter Ordered
Sent To MacLaren School
(Continued from Page 1)
he theft of some gasoline from a
construction project on June 4,
were placed on probation by Judge
Woodrich. The oldest youth is to
make S25 restitution to the com
pany, the court ordered. None had
prior citations.
Mutt Make Restitution
In another matter. Judge Wood
rich ordered a 17-year-old Toledo
waitress from Newport to make
restitution for a $30 fraudulent
check sire passed In Roseburg last
momn in a downtown store, and
placed her on probation with New
port juvenile authorities.
Two cases, heard Tuesday, com
pleted the current list of juvenile
actiom. A 16-year-old Roseburg
youth, cited for a June burglary,
will be sent to MacLaren school
if a foster home cannot be found
for him within 10 days, Judge
Woodrich decreed.
Finally, two Winston youths, ages
IS, who stole a car from a down
town Roseburg used car lot early
in July, were committed to Mac
Laren school. They were picked up
in Coos Bay the following day and
held for local authorities. Both
were on probation at the time.
County Judge Has Two
Years Lopped Off Term
(Continued From Page One)
charged with the performance of
duties of the kind that entitle him
to be considered a judge, as that
word is employed in the constitu
tional provision . . ."
tne ruling moans that tne politi
cal parties in Douglas County will
be casting about for likely con
tenders for the post which Judge
Jackson says he will vacate with
out trying for re-election. When he
was elected in 1956. he announced
during his campaign that he would
only seek one term. He thought he
U'Av Pfittint a lir.vpnr inh hill ol.
though that has changed, Jackson's
position hasn t he ll not run
again.
California Storm Death Toll
Climbs To 7; Fires Battled
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The death toll from a lightning
storm reached seven in central
and northern California Wednesday
as more than 300 grass and tim
ber fires raged in the area.
About 2,000 firemen fought the
fires along the high Sierra foot
hills from Tulare County, 175 miles
southwest of San Francisco, to
northernmost Modoc County. The
biggest fire was in Tulare County
where the terrain prevented fire
men from moving heavy equip
ment. The Pacific Northwest remained
hot and extremely dry but else
where wet weather dominated
many areas.
Forest fire losses in British Co
lumbia already ran high and files
also raged in Washington state.
Drought conditions also had al
ready caused extensive losses in
Washington.
Heavv rains spilled along the
New England coast. Nantucket,
Baghdad Pact
Nations Agree To
Recognize Iraq
LONDON UPl The United States
and the four non-Arab Baghdad
Pact members are expected to rec
ognize the new republican govern
ment of Iraq after waiting a while.
An informal agreement to extend
recognition eventually was report
ed at the close Tuesday of a meet
ing here of the Baghdad alliance s
Council of Ministers. Iraq, on!y
Arab member of the alliance, did
not attend, and the rebel govern
rncnt which overthrew King Faisal
has indicated it will withdraw
from the pro-Western group.
The prime ministers of the oth
er Baghdad countries Britain,
Turkey, Iran and Pakistan plus
a U.S. observer agreed that the
future of the ami-Communist Mid
die East alliance in its present
form depends on Iraq, informants
said
As a gesture toward keeping
Iraq in the pact, the five nations
will recognize the republican re
gime as the actual de facto govern
ment. Recognition will be delayed.
however, to underline disapproval
of the killing of Faisal and other
pro-Wcslern Iraqi leaders who died
in the July 14 revolt.
Mass Baptism Slated
By Jehovah Witnesses
NEW YORK tin Thousands of
Jehovah's Witnesses today head
for a Bronx beach for a mass
baptism.
With an estimated 5,000 to 6,000
candidates for baptism, the Wit
nesses expect to break their own
record for a mass immersion set
at their international assembly
here in 1953.
That year 4.640 Witnesses were
baptized in a Manhattan pool.
Ninety baptiers have been as
signed positions along 30 immer
sion lines extending 75 feet into
Long Island Sound off Orchard
Beach. Immersions at the rate of
TO a minute were the object.
The men. women and children,
dressed in bathing suits, move into
the water quietly, two abreast, un
til they are about waist - high.
Witnesses believe that baptism
must he accomplished by complete
immersion. Infants are not baptiz
ed. Every Need
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T L, had more than 2 Inches in
24 hours.
In the Central Plains, new rains
swelled the monthly precipitation
to new all-time highs.
Shenandoah, Iowa, received 3.61
inches of rain in 24 hours for a
July total of 16-inches a new
record.
Heavier showers crossed the
Youth's Valiant
Life Fight Ends;
Temperature 110
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Donald
Knee's valie::t fight for life ended
Wednesday. The 13-year-old boy,
whose temperature reached at
least 110 degrees last week from
a blood clot on the brain, died at
2:07 a.m. at a hospital.
In his last hours, complication!
from the ultra-h i g h temperature
caused his condition to become
very grave, doctors said.
Earlier the doctors said Donald
showed signs of uremic Doisonmc.
that his heart was weak and that
he had fluid in his lungs.
Donald, of nearby Phillipsburg,
was brought to the hospital last
Wednesday. His face was swollen
and his temperature registered as
high as the thermometer record
ed 110 degrees and possibly
was higher than that.
Normal temperature for most
people is 98.6 ' degrees. Doctors
?"y a temperature of 107 or more
10 uuujr iuai
But Donald held on and his tern
pcrature dropped to as low as 100
as one million units of penicillin
were injected into him every two
hours.
He also was covered with ice
for several days to help bring
down his fever.
An operation was performed to
try to clear up a brain infection
which led to the blood clot.
Doctors termed his illness
cavernous sinus thrombosis. They
said it was caused by an infection
in the frontal sinuses which spread
to the veins in the skull, then to
the veins in the brain, causing the
clot.
House Passes
Klamath Indian
Timber Measure
WASHINGTON (AP) A bill
to require sustained yield manage
ment of Klamath Indian timber
lands was passed by the House
luesday and returned to the Sen
ate for consideration of amend
ments. The measure stipulates that
Klamath Indian forest lands could
be sold only on assurance that
purchasers would manage it to
furnish a continuous supply of
timber.
Part of the forest must be sold
to provide money for allotments
to members of the Klamath tribe
who have elected to separate
themselves from the tribal super
vision under the 1954 Klamath
Termination Act.
The bill provides that the fed
eral government mav nurchase
tracts of timber not acquired by
private buyers, adding this land
10 tne national lorests.
Accommodations Needed
For Visiting Swimmers
Accommodations in d r i v a t e
homes for youngsters who will be
in Itoseburg next month compet
ing in a swimming meet are be
ing sought.
Don Jacklin, manager of the
municipal pool, said todav 250 en
tries are expected for theSouthern
Oregon Invitational Swimming
Championships Aug. 9 and 10. He
stated that the local team will be
able to provide sleeping facilities
for about 100 of the visitors.
He asked that anyone wishing
to assist the program by taking in
from two to four youngsters con
tact him at the swimming pool.
"Four Transients Jailed
When Fines Not Paid
Kour transients, booked early
this week for vagrancy in Rose
burg, were fined $25 each bv
Municipal Judge Randolph Slocurh
Tuesday following arraignments.
All were jailed for a period not
to exceed five days in lieu of the
fines. They gave their names to
police as James Deatherage, Lan
caster, Calif.; George Andrew Rus
sell, Fresnn, Calif.; and Henry
Wcigani and Alvia Griffin, no ad
dresses. RETIRES FROM BUSINESS
A. S. Herrmann of Myrtle Creek,
a partner in the newly - formed
Rruisler Advertiser, t weekly
newspaper at Tn - Citv, filed no
tice of retirement from the enter
prise Tuesday, according to county
clerk's records.
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where Bradford in the northern
part of the state reported 1.18
inches.
In Omaha, thunderstorms
dumped 2.94 inches in twelve
hours. At Offutt Air Force Base
near Omaha, 5.32 inches was re
ported 4.07 inches since mid
night. The new heavy rains choked
rivers and streams in eastern Ne
braska. Many were out of their
bfnks driving cattle to nigh
ground and flooding some major
highways.
Dr. Salk Engaged
In Cancer Tests;
No Treatment Yet
PITTSBURGH Ul Dr. Jonas
Salk, University of Pittsburgh
scientist who developed the suc
cessful Salk antipolio vaccine, is
conducting exploratory cancer ex
periments in human beings.
"It is true that we have been
conducting experiments on many
persons with a variety of cancer
and cancerlike conditions," Salk
said. "But we have no treatment
for cancer."
"Our studies," he said, "are of
a strictly exploratory, nature, in
tended to tell us something about
the nature of cells that grow in
tissue culture. When the time
comes that we have something of
consequence to report we will do
so."
Salk's statement was issued aft
er the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph le
portcd he had been carrying on
cancer experiments with adulu for
a year and now is injecting an
undisclosed substance into four
children suffering from cancer.
The newsnapcr said one of Ihe
children, Mary Anna Paul, 5. Ce
cil, Pa., is suffering from "Ew
ing's sarcoma." a tumor affecting
the shaft of the long bones.
King Lear Portrayal
Is Termed Masterful
At Ashland Festival
By RUTH ACKLEN
Staff Writer
Grants Pass Daily Courier
ASHLAND , (AP) - Vetaran
thespian Richard Graham cre
ser.tcd a masterful portrayal of
the complex character of the
tragic King Lear at Tuesday
night's performance of the
Shakespearean drama by the fes
tival company at Ashland.
Without stinting in his deline
ation of the arrogant egotism
which resulted in Lear's downfall,
Graham artfully brought out the
fine qualities of Lear's character,
holding the sympathy of the audi
ence throughout the ptav.
Fine performances abound in Ihe
harsh but interesting play. Paul
Harper, as Edgar, terrifyingly
realistic in his masquerade as
"Poor Tom." and Edward Grovcr
is outstanding in the role of the
earl of Kent. Attractive Klizabetb
Ililler is believable as the fierce
and scheming Goneril.
Rachael W e 1 1 e r. comoleiely
changed as to facial expression
and carriage, is almost unrecog
nizable in playing the role of the
greedy Regan as the same person
who portrays the sweet and
sprightly Margaret in "Much Ado
About Nothing."
Rosalyn Newport is sincere and
pathetic as the loving daughter,
Cordelia, and Robert Towers is
outstanding as the Lear's elfish
fool, who. though bound by love
and loyalty to remain wilh the
king, is compelled to joke savage
ly about Lear's folly.
Douglas County To Cct
Predator Control Cash
Douglas County will receive S2,
143 of the $30,000 of state money
allocated by the state department
of Agriculture for predatory ani
mal control during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1959.
Predatory animal control Is a
three - way program among the
slate and federal governments and
the counties.
Funds designated for each coun
ty are available to the extent that
counties appropriate matching
funds for the program, which is
conducted hy the state in co-operation
with the U. S. Fish and Wild
life Service.
Atterbury Services
Scheduled On Friday
Funeral services for Norman L.
Atterbury, 36, of Roseburg, who
died Tuesday, will be held at 10:30
a m, Friday in the First Christian
Church with the Rev. Newell
Morgan officiating. Atterbury was
an employee of the Ideal Concrete
Co. and not Pie-Mis as was listed
Tuesday.
KEYSTONE PICNIC MONDAY
Keystone Club of the First Meth
odist Church will have a potluck
picnic at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. llarl Kelley,
214 W. Bowden.
Husband's of Keystone members
are Invited guests. Those altenmng
are asked to bring a covered dish
and salad, also table service. Cof
fee and dessert will be furnished
bv the hostess.
Firefighters Gain
Upper Hand In Halt
Of Oregon Blazes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firefighters gained the upper
hand over blazes in the forests
and rangeland of Oregon Wednes
day, and weather forecasters
added the cheering word that rain
is on the way.
No hard rains are expected, but
showers should reach the western
Oregon coast Thursday morning,
and showers may be general over
the state by tb w eeekend, fore
casters said.
The state Forestry Department
said crews had brought under con
trol 38 fires set by lightning in
Eastern Oregon Tuesday.
The largest was the Virtue Flat
fire, which destroyed an estimated
4.500 acres of prized range 10
miles east of Baker before fire
fighters managed to encircle it
with fire breaks.
The Mt. Harris fire, which des
troyed about 350 acres of timber
and grass near La Grande Tues
day, also was reported under con
trol. 200 Acres Timber Burned
The Brownlee Dam fire also was
controlled after 200 acres of tim
ber were burned along the Oregon
snore ol tne anake Kiver.
Two new lightning-set fires
broke out about 10 miles south
west of La Grande overnight, but
foresters expected to control them
quickly despite the prospects of
another hot day.
While Western Oregon got some
relief from the searing tempera
tures of earlier in the week, the
i mercury climbed to 98 degrees at
I Pendleton Tuesday. It also was
hot in Southern Oregon with
! Grants Pass recording 97 and
Me.atora se.
Temperatures were in the 80s
for much of Western Oregon and
the mercury dipped to lows in the
50s for most of the state overnight.
The Forest Service said at Port
land Wednesday that there were
no forest fires in the national
forests.
Armco Steel Corp.
Plans Price Boost
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio I - Arm
co Steel Corp. has announced Ihe 1
first 1958 steel price boost fori
Thursday a move Sen. Esteal
Kefauver (D-Tenn) says "will do!
our economic recovery a great deal 1
oi narm it sustained.
The Armco price hike, the com
pany said last night, averages 2.75
per cent on 12 products, including
hot and cold rolled sheets, and
adds up to about $4.50 a ton.
Kefauver, head of the Senate
Antitrust and Monopoly suDcom
mittee, said , in Washington t;ie
Armco action was "not justified"
and would be a topic at a meeting
of his committee today.
"In the interest of holding t h e
lint against inflation, I hope Arm
co will call off the Increase and
that other companies will not fol
low it," the senator added.
Cuy McKee Is Re-elected
Rural Board Chairman
Guy McGee of Canyonville has
been re-elected chairman of the
Rural School Board.
Neal Brown of Camas Valley,
who was elected director during
the annual school elections in May,
was seated at a recent board meet
ing. Others elected to office were
George Wilcox of Oakland, vice
clrairrran: County School Sunt.
Kenneth F. Barneburg, secretary,
and assistant School Supt. W. M. j
Campbell, assistant secretary.
Next board meeting is scheduled
for 8 p.m. Aug. 21 in the county i
school superintendent's office in i
the Douglas County courthouse. i
Defendant Innocent,
District Jury Finds
A district court jury late Tues
day acquitted a 45-year-old Rose-,
burg man of drunk driving.
Out only 30 minutes, the panel j
of six found for the defendant, Ed-1
ward La fa it McAlexander of 4208
Hooker Rd. j
He had been booked by stale po-j
lice on June 28. Al his arraign-j
ment early this month before Dis-1
trict Judge Warren A. Woodruff j
he entered a plea of innocent and ,
requested a jury by trial. !
McAlexander was defended in ;
court by local attorney William i
Jones. j
VETS TO HEAR MUSIC j
Roseburg Woman's Club mem-'
bers will provide music every Fri-1
da- for patients at the Roseburg I
Veterans Administration hospital,
Mrs. Mollie Maddox, club chair
man, announced. 1
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Talent Contest
Will Again Be
Feature Of Fair
One of the Douglas County
Fair's most popular features, the
Ricketls talent contest, will be
held again this ear, according to i
Fair Manager Dick Turley. The (
fair will be Aug. 21-24.
The si... repeatedly has drawn
large crowds and contestants with
a wide range of talents. All acts
will be staged in the big pavilion
where about 1,000 seats surround
a stage built primarily because of
the show's popularity several years
ago.
The grand winner of the contest
may have a chance of appearing
on Ted Mack's Original Amateur
Hour on television, Turley said.
The program is seen on KP1C,
Roseburg.
Mack has promised auditions in
New York to as many of the
winners as can be sent east. Tur
ley said an attempt will be made
in the county to raise money to
send the top winner to New York.
Four hundred dollars in cash
prizes and about $1,500 in mer
chandise prizes will be awarded
to winners. Turley said the amount
of prizes to individuals will be less
this year, but more prizes will be
awarded.
Preliminary competitions lead
ing up to the finals on the last
night of the fair, Sunday, Aug. 24,
will be held the first three nights
of tht fair at 7:30.
The finals on Sunday will be at
7 p.m., and the first three winners
will be invited to perform during
an outdoor show in front of the
Fairgrounds grandstand at 8 p.m.
The outdoor show will be conduc
ted by Monte Brooks, Portland pro
ducer. It will include band music,
acts and a fireworks display. The
latter will last 30 minutes.
Contestants may register at
Ricketts Music Store, Roseburg.
Electrical Storms
Miss Cascades
For the second day in a row
thunderstorms expected in the
Umpqua National Forest did not
materialize Tuesday.
In the forest, the weather pre
diction was for fair weather today,
tonight and Thursday with some
morning cloudiness Thursday.
Temperatures were expected to be
about five degrees cooler today
and again Thursday. Winds will be
from the northeast from five to
ten miles per hour both days.
The temperature in Roseburg
reached a high of 92 degrees Tues
day. A high of 90 degrees was fore
cast for today and Thursday. Hu
midity at the Roseburg airport
about 5 p.m. Tuesday was 24. The
U.S. Weather Bureau predicted a
high of 90 for today and Thursday.
Elsewhere around the state tem
peratures at Medford and Pendle
ton were also in the 90 s. Medford
ruid a high of 96 and Pendleton
98 while other Oregon cities had
temperatures in the 80's. At Bak
er, Eugene and Redmond it was
89. Klamath Falls 85. and Salem
88. Newport had the state's low of
67 and North Bend followed with
70 degrees.
Creyhound Bus Lines
Permitted To Raise Fares
SALE M (AP) Greyhound bus
lines will increase their fares
after Aug. 15, Public Utilities
Commissioner Howard Morgan
said Tuesday.
He said there was no opposition
to the increase at recent hearings,
and that the fare increases ore
justified by increased costs.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission granted a 10 per cent
boost for interstate fares last
March 1, and similar increases
have been approved by most
Western states, Morgan said.
Morgan said Greyhound's pas
senger traffic dropped 20 per cent
between 1955 and 1957, and that
this downward trend is continuing.
Man Finally Succumbs
At Ripe Old Age Of 107
OKLAHOMA CITY ITI Hairy
Jackson, who once said "If there's
anything I can think of that would
shorten a man's life. I've done it,"
died Tuesday. He was 107.
A 50-year veteran of the U S.
Secret Service, he settled in Okla
homa after helping police the 1849
Ir.nd run which led to the open
ing of Oklahoma.
He died a week after he suller
ed a stroke and fell.
Jackson was born Nov. 27, 1850,
in Tarrant County, Tex.
Reminiscing about the '89 land
run. he said. "Oklahoma wasn't
rough like Texas. I don't think
over 14 people got killed in the
run.
felt-
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Patios and Swimming
Attempt To Set
Altitude Record
By Balloon Fails
CROSBY, Minn. (AP) An
attempt to set a new altitude
record with the largest balloon
ever built fizzled Wednesday
when the huge bag flew out.
The balloon was launched in an
open pit iron mine near here by
the Air Force and Winzcn Re
search, Inc., Minneapolis, builder
of the balloon.
At 40,000 feet, a sharp jet
stream hit the balloon. Tracking
pilots saw the bag lay over at
about a 45-dcgree angle, and the
top blew out.
The plastic membrane, thin
polyethelene, could not take Ihe
sharp winds and low tempera
tures. The 20-story balloon was the
largest ever built and the flight
sponsors had hoped Ihe bag would
soar to a record 135.000 feet. The
balloon had a capacity of five
million cubic feet of helium, as
against the previous record bal
loon of 3,750,000 capacity.
The balloon rose slowly in the
quiet morning air shortly before 7
a. m., and drifted slowly toward
the southeast. As it rose, how
ever, it got into the cold air and
heavy wind. About 8:30 a.m., the
big bag blew out.
Tracking crews immediately
began a search for instruments
which had been sent aloft with Ihe
b. Iloon to study cosmic rays. The
balloon also carried insects for
other research tests.
The flight was one of a scries
in a project directed by Lt. Col.
David Simons, who last year set
a manned balloon altitude record
of 102.000 feet. The balloon used
Wednesday was built of material
.00075 of an inch thick, only half
as heavy as that used in the bal
loon which lofted Simons to his
record.
WCA Cuts Flying
Time To Portland
Flying time of West Coast Air-
i lines between Roseburg and Port
land is oeing reduced to one and
a half hours, Glenn Tigner, resi
dent manager, said today.
The new flight schedule will go
into effect Aug. 10. One daily round
trip flight will go between Rose
burg and Portland and not stop at
North Bend either going or return
ing. The flight will leave Roseburg
at 8:01 a.m. and arrive at Port
land at 9:33 a.m. Returning, it will
leave Portland at 7 p.m. and ar
rive in Roseburg at 8:41 p.m. A
stop will be made at Eugene.
Northbound departure times will
be 8:01 a.m., 1:40 p.m. and 7:10
p.m. Southbound departures will
Be iu:ib a.m. and 3:41 p.m. Ad
vantages of this new schedule. Tig
ner said, are closer connections
I with transcontinental flights out of
; Portland and California connections
out of Medford.
The three per cent federal ex
cise tax will no longer be in effect
after Aug. 1 for air freight and ex
press customers, Tigner added.
ASSUMES BUSINESS NAME
Genevieve B. Vest of Yoncalla,
filed notice Tuesday with the
county clerk that she has assum
ed ownership of the Congusto Cafe
there, effective July 27. Former
owners, Joe W. and Alice L, Ed
mundson, at the same time regis
tered notice of retirement from the
cafe - bar business.
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