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Teaimsteir Baker Admits Bragging About Harriman Ties WASHINGTON (AP) Robert (Barney) Baker admitted today he probably bragged he had a close friendship with Gov. Averell Har riman of New York. Little white )ie," he said. "1 might have been bragging," the 300-pound aide to Teamster President James ii. II of fa sheep- ishly told the Senate Rackets In vestigating Committee. A few minutes earlier, Baker had sworn that his divorced wife and an ex-sweetheart were lying when they testified Baker often mid of close ties with the New York Democratic governor. Baker's former wife Mollie lesti ficd Tuesday that Baker often told her he and Harriman were the closest of friends. "An absolute lie! I'm not kid ding," Baker shouted when asked about an assertion by Mrs. Mollie Baker that he left her with a brag that Harriman would find him an other wife, and he then would be safe from the law. Baker denounced her as "a very vicious person." Baker s present wife, his third, is Mrs. Carol Ann More Baker. daughter of Jake More, former Iowa Democratic national com mitteeman. They were married last April. Baker and Mrs. Mollie Baker were divorced in 1953. Just before Baker was asked about Mrs. Mollie Baker's testi mony, he had denied any knowl edge of or hand in a variety of crimes, including killings, beat ings, and traffic in stolen jewels. Mrs. Mollie Baker said her mar riage to Baker broke up over his attentions to a Miami blonde who hud been convicted of slaying an other boy friend. Baker swore to the senators that he didn't use Teamsters money to support the blonde in luxury in IBM. He said he couldn't remem ber exactly where he did get the money. ' Baker, $125 a week teamsters union organizer at the time, said the funds he put out for blonde Mrs. Ituth Brougher were "noth ing like" the $20,000 to $25,000 she has testified he lavished on her. He set the fiRure Wednesday at 17,000 or S8.000. Pressed by the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee to tell the source of the thousands, the 300-pound Baker pleaded, "I can't rcmomber. I don't want to per jure myself." One-Time Muicleman - Baker, an ex-convict described hv nolice as a onetime muscleman on the New York waterfront, said he had no recollection of threat ening to kill Mrs. Brougher s law yer or trying to strangle a Chi cago hotel roan who had com plained about his bill. But he did not flatly deny he did those things. lie did .deny giving to Mrs Brougher's lawyer, George Ever ett, in an effort to fix the courts on her appeal from i manslaugh ter conviction. Mrs. Brougher, , now is serv ing a 15-year sentence for the July, 1954, Miami parking lot slay ing of Murray Dubois, a boy friend. She said he was pistol whipping her and was shot in struggle over the weapon. Baker said he could pin down the source of only $4,000 of the money he spent on Mrs. Brougher in less than a year while she wait ed out her appeal in plush sur roundings. Borrowed Money He said he borrowed that much from Mert Wertheimer. He identi fied Werthcimer as a "boss" at the Colonial Inn in Hollywood, Fla . a night club operated by Frank Costello. Joe Adonis and and other mobsters. As for the rest of the money, Baker said, "1 borrowed money from a few people." When asked the identity of the loaners, he re plied, "I can't recollect." He vaguely remembered, he added, borrowing some money from a St. Louis bank. When pressed for details, he replied, "to the best of my knowledge, 1 don't know." lie first denied asking Mike (Trigger Mike) Copola, notorious Miami mobster, for money to help .Mrs. Brougher. L'nder examination by commit tee counsel Robert F. Kennedy, I oaKer uuer said: "me only time I talked to him (Copola) was lo try to help Ruth Hroiicher...(I said) she needed some money." Mrs. Brougher. brought under guard from a Florida prison to testify here, told the committee Wednesday Copola gave her $.', oon. She said she had no idea where the money Baker spent on her came from. Chairman John 1.. McClclIan (D-Ark) had asked whether it came from Baker's own funds, the teamsters treas ury or was stolen or kidnap money- LOGGERS AND TRUCKERS Radiators! c . Radiators! ..,.. Radiators! Nlw4Uli, Fair Guaranteed Service United Radiator Ser. 450 N. I. Gdn. Veil,, Pliant OR 1171 Big Pile Of Work Still Confronts Senate And House WASHINGTON ifi New fights over Supreme Court bills and other unfinished legislation confronted Congress today as leaders clung to hopes for winding up the cur rent session this weekend. Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson of Texas set Sat urday night at the target for ad journment. But a big pile of work still lay ahead the bulk of it with the Senate. Today, for the third day in a row, the Senate considered legis lation aimed at lessening the effect of recent Supreme Court decisions. Opponents last night lost a move to quash debate on a measure de signed to prevent state laws from being ruled invalid because they parallel federal acts. A move lo table the bill, which is similar to one passed by the House, failed 46-39. Earlier, the Senate killed by a 49-41 vote a hill lo curb the re view powers of the Supreme Court and to undo the effects of several rulings in Communist cases. Should the Senate clear the decks of the court bills, Johnson said he hoped lo move on today to consid eration of the foreign aid money bill and a measure to hike the na tional debt ceiling from 280 to 288 billion dollars. Johnson listed a dozen pieces of legislation which he said the Sen ate must act on before quitting for me year. A new snarl developed when the Senate and House differed on how much control Congress should ex ercise over the new civilian space agency. The Senate, by an 86 0 count, in sisted on keeping its provision lo require mat me agency obtain con gressional consent each year for its programs. The House, bv a 238-126 vote, rejected the Senate provision, which had been tacked onto a compromise $3,694,805,478 appropriations bill covering a var iety ot lederal programs. The Senate requested a new con ference with the House in an ef fort to break the deadlock. The House accented without dis sent a Senate amendment In bar spending any money for studies of a possible American surrender in an atomic war. Blanche L. Jensen Dies In Canyonville Hospital Blanche l.aVerne Jensen. 56. of Myrtle Creek, died Wednesday at a anyonvuie nospnai. She was horn Jan. 9. 1902. at Gardiner, and was married to Wal ter H. Jensen in Lafayette, Calif., J.in. 1, 1933. They had been living in the Myrtle Creek area the past 13 years, moving from Richmond, Calif. Mrs. Jensen was a member of the Methodist Church at Rich mond. Survivors Include the husband: two sons, Edward Sergeant and Freeman Sergeant, both of Olvm pia, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. Vir ginia Lowrie. of El Cerrito, Calif.; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services will he at Gnna Mortuary, Myrtle Creek. Friday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Cyril Dor sell of the Myrtle Creek Methodist Church officiating. Interment will he in the Masonic Cemetery at Canyonville. Douglas Co. Fair Opens; Judging First Activity (Continued From Page One) At the main gale of the Fair grounds stood a huge replies of the castle at famed Disneyland replete with varicolored banners. Al the other end of the Fair grounds the south end were the restful International Gardens, featuring plant life displays typi cal of various countries. Flower arrangements, ranging from arti ficial and driftwood displays to tiny, living arrangements, were set up along a roofed arcade nearby. Next to the too was the buildine housing grange displays. Life-site figures set amid colorfully-arranged fruits and vegetables and a huge pastoral scene fashioned from glued seeds of various natural col ors were highlights. The fair will continue through Sunday, with special entertain ment events starting tonhight by the first round of the Ricketts Mu sic Store talent contest starting al 7:30 p.m. and modern dancing at 8 p.m. j Friday, the sixth annual Dotic-i las County Sheep Dog Trials will i be at 2 -...m., with another talent I round al 7:30 p.m. and square I dancing at II p.m. Hutcheson Must Answer FOREST PARK. Pa (AIM The AFI.CIO Executive Council today ordered absent Council member Maurice Hutcheson. head of the Carpenters I'nion, lo answer cor ruption charges before the Conn- SO ELKS LODGE MEETING THURSDAY 8 P.M. . Its Cool Here X The News-Review, Ronburg, Ore. Thur., Aug. 21 19S8 NOT ALL GERMANS, but nevertheless a German bond, these musicians will provide entertainment during the Douglas County Fair today through Sunday. Practicing are, left to right, Clair Andarson, Jim Keefe, Dick Mayer and Don Thronburg. Doug Donaco, of Portland, will join the group. (Paul Jenkins) Leroy R. Thompson Dies At Myrtle Creek Home Leroy R. Thompson, 87, of Myr tle Creek, died at his home early today. He was born Feb. 27, 1871, at Chithanne, Mo. He was married lo Carrie Leslie Springer Aug. 11 l'JOo. in Pratt, Kan. They moved to this area 12 years ago from Wichita, Kan. Mrs. Thompson died April 12, 1955. He was a member of the Wichita Masonic Lodge and of the West side Presbyterian Church, Wichita. Survivors include a daughter, Dr. Mary Williams, Myrtle Creek; two grandchildren, Richard and Mary Frances, Myrtle Creek; and two brothers, Walter A. Thompson, Oklahoma City, and W. W. Thomp son, San Leandro, Calif. Funeral services will be Friday at 4 p.m. at the Myrtle Creek Methodist Church with the Rev. Cyril Dorset! officiating. Following services, the remains will be taken lo Eugene for entombment in Rest Haven Mausoleum. Pacifists Given Maximum Fines CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) Two pacifists received maximum fines Wednesday for attempting to halt construction of an Atlas missile launching installation near here. Fines of $100 and costs were as sessed against the Rev. Mr. Theo dore Olson, 26. of Fallsington. Pa., and Ellanor Calkins. 22. of Chica go by Justice of ,the Peace Tosh Suycmatsu. They were charged with trespassing. Olson also was fined $20 and sen tenced lo two days in jail when Suyematsii found him in contempt of court for saying he would con tinue resistance action at the mis sile base. A plea of innocent to a charge of trespassing was entered by Ar thur Springer, 23, of Brooklyn. Springer was released on $350 bond. Kenneth Calkins. 23, Mrs. Cal kins' husband, has a similar charge against him. He is in a hospital here with a broken pel vis suffered Tuesday when he was struck by a truck while he sat at the gale to the missile installa tion. Portland Woman Killed In Head-on Collision VENTURA, Calif. I A head on automobile crash killed a Port land, Ore., woman and injured nine other persons Wednesday. Mrs. Lois Ann Johnston, 34, Port laud, died in the collision on High way 101 about four miles north of here. Among the injured were Mrs. Johnston's children, Brice, 8, and Leslie Ann, 6. Also injured in Mrs. Johnston's car were Mrs Pauline Hale. 24, of Oxnard, Calif , and her children. Vickie, S; Danny, 4, and David, 5 months. Three persons were hurt in Ihe o'.lier car. 'the injured all were taken to Vtmura General Hospital. ASSUMES BUSINESS NAME R II. Gladwill, 138 NW Garden Valley Bld. has assumed the busi ness name of Log Cabin Richfield Service al Canyonville, a service station. He filed notice Wednesday with Ihe county clerk Sk Wv' AUG. 1 VvtO Hospital News IMtrcy Hospital Admitted I Midical: Nathan Davidson, Dil- iuiii, rieu nuiicu, iamaiiu, 1111 a. William Hansen, Roseburg. Surgery: Lloyd Thornton, Rose burg. Discharged Mrs. Joe Cole and baby, Kelli Jo; Mrs. Lee Schmeltzer, Rose burg; Mrs. Lowell Kessinger, Oak land. Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Medical: Charles Mauler, Dehra Bernard, Roseburg; Mrs. Waller Shuck, Winston. Surgery: Mary Woods, Rose mary Bernard, Roseburg; James Wilkinson, Sutherlin. Dtschargtd Mrs. Cecil Alexander, Mrs. Frank Poole. Joe Allen, Wendy Grove. Roseburg; Mrs. Robert Cart, Myrtle Creek; Laura Busby, San Mateo, i Calif.; Mrs, Robert DeCamp, ldleyld Park. Sutherlin Miner Dies In Eugene Hospital Herbert Claude Worman, 66, Sutherlin, died Wednesday at a bugene hospital. Burn at Minden, Neb., Oct. 24, 1891. Worman made his home there until 1937 when he moved to Sutherlin. He and Edith Godfrey were married Feb. S, 1917 in Kene saw. Neb. He had worked as a miner for, Bonanza Mines near Sutherlin for Ihe last 18 years. , 1 Surviving are his wife, hdilll, of Sutherlin; two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Montgomery, Springtield, and Mrs. Eileen Cox, Sutherlin, and four sons. Elton J., Lebanon; Edward ('., Portland; Dale. Yak ima, Wash., and Lynn, Sutherlin. Funeral services will be in the chapel of tang & Orr Mortuary Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with the Free Methodist churches of Cala pooia and Roseburg in charge. Burial will be in Roseburg Mem orial Gardens. Ex-Roseburg Resident Succumbs In Portland Mrs Armour (Clare) Murdnrk died tliis morning in Portland aft er a lingering illness. She was born at Rucoda. Wash., and had lived in Roseburg from 1 5i( lo 1052 when she moved lo Portland to live with her daugh ter, Mrs. Robert Miodstrup. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Slar of Roseburg, and of the First Presbyterian Church of Roseburg and later transferred to the Rose City Park Presbyterian Church of Portland. Surviving is a daughter. M r s. Helen Bjodstrup. Portland: a sis ter, .Mrs. tauise Donovan, Valleio, Calif.; a brother. William Gerspai hcr. Tacoma. and two grandchil dren of Portland, Ann and John Bjodstrup. Funeral services will he Satur day at II a m. in the Rose City Park Presbyterian Church with Dr. William Shane officiating. Cre mation will follow. Remains, will be brought lo Roseburg later. Come And Bring Tha Entire FAMILY FUN FOR ALL FROM BABY TO GRANDPA! SOMETHING NIW IVERY DAY! DOUGLAS 21-24 ROSEBURG Engineers Sign Agreement With Contractors PORTLAND (AP) A contract running to March 31, 1961, was signed today by the Associated General Contractors and the Hoisting and Portable Engineers Union for Oregon and Southwest ern Washington. Terms of the contract were worked out in a conference of the two sides with Gov. Robert D. Holmes and brought an end last week to a five-week strike-lockout affecting 400 million dollars worth of construction protects. The settlement was a compro mise and an AGC spokesman said these are its terms: A 25-cent hourly increase retroactive to last March 31, a 25-cent increase next March 31, and a 15-cent increase March 31, 1960, plus a 10 cent pension payment into a jointly administered trust fund. Travel pay will be computed from 34 basic cities in Oregon and three in Southwest Washington, measured in air miles from the city halls. Effective next March 31, the daily payments will be 75 cents for 15-25 miles; 85 cents for 25-35 miles; and $1.35 over 35 miles. Jobs within 15 miles draw no travel pay. The payments will increase March 31, 1960, to $1.00, $1.50 and $3 for Ihe three distance zones. All men employed in the con struction industry are to offer initiation fees and dues to the union after 31 days. Still to be announced are terms of the Teamsters Union settlement with the AGC. Bert C. Sandide Funeral Will Be In Tennessee Funeral services for Bert C. Sandidge, 41, Roseburg, who died TllPSHav from inilll-i0 llffa.arl in a logging accident, will be in iviugspori, ienn. Sandidge was born in Gate City, Va., Dec. 22, 1917. In 1947 he and Marv Rprrv wprn mnrrinH Thau moved to Roseburg about three inonms ago. He is survived by his wife, Mary: mother, Mrs. Effit Sandidge of West Virginia; four sisters, Mrs. lrvin Alley, Kingsport, Tenn., Mrs. Pete O'Neil, Downing, Calif., Mrs. Rrurp Hiilletl V lihart v and Mrs. Richard Vnlcnn Port land; and two brothers, Robert of Denver, 1.010. ana Everett of Dal las, Tex. Long It Orr Mortuary made ar rangements for taL-in.0 tha hnHu In Kingsport for services and inter- meni. 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International Union of Oper ating Engineers, target of Senate Rackets Committee corruption charges, to carry out reforms in its Newark, Philadelphia, Chicago and Long island, N. v., locals The union also was ordered to seek recovery of allegedly mis appropriated union funds from its former president, William JS. Ma loney. Ousted Bus Drivers May Form New Co-operative By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bus drivers who lost their jobs when the City Transit Lines quit operating buses in Salem and Eu gene may form a drivers' coopera tive bus company. Joseph Ratty, business agent for local 1055 of the Motor Coach Em ployes Union, said in Portland Wednesday night the drivers dis cussed such a co-op at a Wednes day meeting. City Transit was succeeded by a new firm, Cascade Transit Lines, and buses began operating again in Eugene. Service still has not resumed in Salem. 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F s Senate Kills Bill To Curb Review Powers Of Court WASHINGTON (AP)-The Sen ate today killed a bill to curb the review powers of the Supreme Court and to undo the effects of its decisions in several Communist cases. Defeat of Ihe bill came amid the hottest congressional contro versy over Supreme Court deci sions since the days of the New Deal when the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed his court revision plan. The measure, proposed by Sens. Williams E. Jenner (R-Ind) and John M. Butler (R-Md) was the most far-reaching of the numer ous bills aimed at recent rulings of the court. It was killed with the adoption of a motion by Sen. Thomas C. Hennings (D-Mo) to table it. fhe bill had been offered as an amend ment to a minor measure relat ing to appeals from rulings of fed eral administrative agencies'. Jenner opened debate on the measure with an assertion that the Supreme Court has handed down decisions "usurping legisla tive functions and destroying the internal security, of the country." The vote to table the bill was 49-41. Exploding Nitrogen Tank Seriously Burns 2 Boys JEFFERSON ifl An exploding tank of nitrogen seriously burned two Jefferson boys Wednesday as they probed through the ruins of a fire-damaged warehouse. The fire destroyed a grain and machinery warehouse and a grain elevator. Seven hours after tha blaze started, the youths were in jured. t. C. Niltl Falls, Oreim Mr. I Nti. till. S. Mm Plttlal II, Oiiiii Ul 1NIIIH EUSII11 K GtAND MlZill Over 88' WEEKEND 44&881 88' 66 88 44 una M W .
