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!J. c: C. Iibrar Eugene, Uegtitt C.p Little !ck fo) Supt. Blossom Paid Off In Final Action All Six Positions Will Be Up For Vote In Election Dec. 6 LITTLE ROCK. Ark. (AP) Five members of the embattled Little Rock School Board resigned Wednesday night to clear the way for a quicker solution to the im passe in the integration situation here 5 raJ v f t . i- , ROSEBURG MAN CITED Col. Jock A. Gibbs, right, whose Roseburg address is 203 W. Bowden Ave , was pre sented the Legion of Merit by Brig Gen. Gorden H. Austin, left, commander of the 1 Ith Air Division, recently at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska. Gibbs is deputy commander of the division. The citation accompanying the ribbon said Gibbs earned the award for "distinguished ond exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service to the United States from March 10, 1956, to July 2, 1958." It also credited him with "forceful leadership, outstanding foresight and ceaseless efforts" in the "re solution of mony complex problems of major importance" to the Air Force." (Air Force photo) W. Berlin Breathing Easier Because Big Russian Bear Had More Growl Than Bite (See story also on Page 3.) BERLIN (AP) West Berliners breathed more easily today be cause the Russian bear and its Kast German followers appeared for the moment to have more growl than bite. The tipoff came in a news con ference Wednesday by Premier Otto Grotewhol of Communist Kast Germany. Several hundred correspondents attended. Most of them expected some sort of a dramatic followup to Nikita Khrushchev's demand that the Western Allies give up West Berlin, a capitalistic thorn buried 110 miles inside Communist East Germany. Many correspondents thought Grotewohl had been tapped by the Soviet premier to announce that the Russians were giving the F.ast Germans control over Allied Mili tary traffic into West Berlin. The Allies prefer Russian control be cause this permits them to avoid recognizing Ine tas-. German re gime. ... . ; iv miiwrn -" Grotewohl strode into the con-! fcrence room 10 m. miles late. He sara ne Knew me corresponnenis . expected something sensational but wouldn't get it from him. What they got was nearly two hours of Communist verbiage ahout peace. German unification, the Berlin situation and the possi bility of negotiations to get Soviet troops out of East Germany. Throughout, Grotewohl gave the impression he may have received In The Day's News,. s INDICTED By FRANK JENKINS 1n this Sacramento Valley travel I'Oie. it was mentioned that Red Blutf is beginning to feel the stir rings of change. For some three generations it has been the capital of a glamorous cattle country, lis life hits been built around the cat tle business. But along trie Pacific Coast IN DUSTRY is. on the march. It be tan at Los Angeles. Alreail has reached the Bay Area moving steadily northward. some reason, it leap-frouged over Red Blutf and made itself felt first, at Redding. Now it is back-tracking pick ing up the Tehama County area that it skipped over Red Bluff is a charming town It aluas will be a charming town. But earh year ir loses a little of its char acter as a cattle town and takes on a little more of the character I of a coming industrial town That change is due to be felt by all of us up this uay. Well, change is of the essence of thinss out here in the Far West. It has been going on steadilv for the somewhat more than a century1 fContinued on Page 4 Col II The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Shewers and partial clearing lenient and Friday. Celder. Highest temp, last 4 hours M Lewtst temp, last 4 hours 4f Highest temp, any Nov. 7) Lewest temp, any Nov. . . 1$ Precip. last 24 hours 17 Precip. from Nov. I 7 34 Prtcip. from Sept. 1 4.1 Deficiency from Spt. 1 l.tl Suntat tenight, 4:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:9$ a.m. lUti! i 1 i the word from Moscow. So when lie mentioned negotiations about Soviet troops, the correspondents figured they had a sensation after all. But six hours later the official i-oininunist tast German news agency ajjn put out a correction which drastically changed -Grote-wohl's remarks ahout the troop negotiations. in response to a question on Khrushchev's speech. Grotewhol said: "Yes, I interpret the week end speech of Khrushchev to mean that tne soviet Lnion will re-examine the question with the aim of pulling out its trcons. 'Perhaps there would have to be a proviso that the Western Allies take the same step (in West Germany) The ADN correction eliminated the word perhaps and substi tuted "naturally.'' So Grotewohl now was saying Uiat naturally the Western Allies would have to pull out when the Russians leave. in oiner words, the same old i Communist line. I That left undecided what might! Become ot Khrushchev s demand that the allies leave West Berlin. The demand stirred alarm in West Germany. Chancellor Kon rao Auenauers Eovemmenit. ..isid"r.daLihat -end f the four-power occupation here wuuia snarpen wnria tension 10 " ". .... "riii. -iihiui idu mult-nil Ul west Berlin said tr.v Soviet at- irmpi u give t.roiewonis regime;.,,. ,,.. u .Ini u he readv control of Western access to Ber-i; lin would provoke immediate countermeasures from the L'nited i States, Britain and France. FOR MURDER7" 1 PORTLAND (AP) A Multno mah County grand jury Wednes day returned first degree murder indictment against -hy Jackson Burgess, 38. of nearby Gresham. Burgess was arrested after his wife was killed- in their cabin with a .22 caliber pistol Inst week. Marital Troubles Clinic Considered For Roseburg roiiowing Meet Wednesday A clinic to help couples solve elude four people, representing the their marital troubles may soon be four areas. available in Roseburg. At preliminary meeting in (he Elks i -ib Wednesday noon, rep resentatives of the Dougias County Medical Sneietv Rnhurtf Mini. terial Art.. Chamber of Com- merce and Douglas1 County Bar Axsn. explored the poMtibilitie of starting Inch a elude. The two rep resentatives from eacl. organiza tion indicated the community has need for a family counseling clinic and said they would contact their groups to determine if It would be given support i I Attending the meeting under the. direction of Wavne Srtitr in re- lrv nf the Rutehiirff V tll u.r. I)r Rohert R. Mooers and James Harris; laxvers John Horn and Charles S Woodrich; Revs James 'Jenkins and Eugene Gerlitz: and Rod Nevue. chairman cf the Rose burg Retail Merchants An. and Fred Sohn. director of the Cham ber of Commerce. Include Town Arsas . Schulz explained lint counsel ing service would hae to include representatives of medical, legal and ministerial professions and business The counseling commit tee talking to any couple would in - Established 1873 26 Booths, Displays Being Readied At Fairgrounds For Community Charity Event Mure than 25 civic, church and through the evening hours Satur- fralernal groups today readied day. their booths and displays for to-J Participating organizations will night's country store" at the 0ffer for sae a wjde array of Fairgrounds, funds from which household and other goods. In addi will go toward an annual coopera- j ti0n. an auction will be conducted live Christmas charity program. from the stage, said Mrs. Albert All proceeds from the three-day I .McBee, Community Christmas project will "0 toward "Commu-! chairman. nity Christmas the program aimed at providing Christmas bas kets for needy families. The pro ject will be open in the Community Building from S p.m. to 10 p.m. today and Friday and from noon Chrysler Corp. Production Is Now Paralyzed DETROIT (AP) Chrysler Corp. automobile production was para lyzed today by a strike of 8,000 office workers represented by the United Auto Workers Union. i The strike grew out of failure to arrive at a new contract. Picket lines forced Chrysler to close all eight assembly plants. Chrysler said 17 supplier plants remained in operation, some of them only partly. A total of 48.800 workers were idled by the strike. Chrysler has a total of about 95.000 employes, 70.000 of them members of the UAW:. Most of the Chrysler automotive operation ii in the Detroit area. Those not on strike were sal aried employes who are not mem bers of the union, employes en gaged in government defense proj ects, and workers in air condition er factories and such. - Negotiations of a new contract came to a halt Tuesday when the UAW white collar workers walked off their jobs. No date for a resumption of ne gotiations has been set. The office workers' portion of I new Chrysler-UAW national con tract was left unsettled in Octo ber when UAW President Walter Reuther left the Chrysler negotia tions to join the UAW talks with General Motors. T 3CI CUMJ.An f )3 J I VrfrlllUren In District 4, Census Reveals According to first reports of the Roseburg School District's census ' ..r. -i:u ... helod!stnc:,jai l ' The census was taken to deter- . . .j residences of ill' children O (less than 1 yearl to 19 years of age, in- " , elusive, in the district. A final cen- . .i..i Sunt. Arthur C. Judd said. I When the last census was taken 'two years ago. it was found that ' 7.224 children lived in the district. Roseburg elementary scnool ris units ana community organization members took the latest census which was conducted the week of Oct. 20-24. Information gathered during the census helps determine present and future building needs and gen eral school requirement!, Judd added. I He pointed out the program might be patterned alter ones in Oklahoma City, Okla.. and Salem, Ore. He said the one in Oklahoma. which has been operating for eight years, has been 90 per cunt effec tive in helping resolve marital drf ficulties. The one in Salem is a year and a half old and has coun seled 50 couples, 4$ of whom are still together. ' I'nder the urograms, the mem bers of the counseling panel with- oul ,e "IlfD 10 1110 promem arm offer advice en the nature ' ,lh Problem involve and pos- lW answers. The attorney cnuid vividly por tray the effects of breaking up a family. The physician might be a I ile to detect emotional or organic suuations which could be causing problems The businessman might assist with monetary problems; and a minister could nelp as a spiritual adviser sf seeded. . The eight men p'esent at the meeting Wednesday indicated they leit the program bad enough merit to report on to the respective groups they represent. They will report back n theWejctinns of the 1 groups at a future meeting. f Paget ROSEBURG, OREGON Display of Antiques Mrs. McBee said today that a display of Roseburg area antiques of historical interest will be an added feature of the store. Future Farmers of America from Roseburg High School have volunteered to assist in conducting the project, noted Mrs. McBee. Entertainment will be furnished by a group from the Roseburg High School music department, a "German" band and other groups which wilt display their talents on the stage, added the chairman. Mrs. McBee said donations of money or saleable articles by in dividuals or groups still are being accepted. She noted that Christmas bas kets purchased with proceeds from the store will be distributed, after thorough screening, to families in the area between Dillard and Win chester and Melrose and Glide, and to other families upon application and approval. County Welfare Commission Okays Transfer Of Funds Douglas County Public Welfare Commissioners, meeting in regu lar session Wednesday night, ap proved a transfer ol funds to la' ten by $S0O the agency1 program tor nieoicai aia 10 me. uiinu. Mrs. Lois Baker, department ad ministrator, requested additional funds for the program. Only $1,259 was alloted for medical blind help in this year s budget. Additional funds were taken from general as sistant medical. The board also approved $339, 000 budget for the coming Jan. 1 to March 31 quarter, as sought by the director. Overall agency expenditures for the 1958-59 fiscal year remain the same as approved last June, I, 259.202. Old age assistance will get the largest slice of the budget in the next quarter, $91,000. Two other programs which have been ear marked for large sums are aid to dependant children, to use about $75,000. and general assistance $60,000. ine commission reviewed two agency surveys now underway, one sought by the state and the other for the bureau of public assistance. Federal authorities have asked for more comprehensive informs tion to determine the characters tics of youngsters included in local aid to dependant cniiaren pro grams. the state public welfare depart ment has requested survey of potentially adop table children in the various counties. Mrs. Baker said both surveys are well underway with completion dates late this month or early in December. Today's News-Review Packed With Features Promising to be one of the most controversial subjects on the Douglas County and state school scene next year is re organization. On Page 5 of today's News Review, staff writer Darrell Maddox sums up what ha been done to date and what i planned for the future in ef forts for reorganization. - la the fame section fPage S), Eugene Gilbert explains what youth thinks are the bad influences in their lives. Still another feature outlines the major problems which face the 1959 State Legislature. It appears M Page S of the main section. Drain High Principal County FTA Speaker Martin League, Drain High School principal, will speak on the PTA's legilative program for the year at the Douglas County Council of PTA monthly meeting Sstur dsy. league is the organization's leg islative chairman. Tbe meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in the multipurpose room at Glide High i School. An executive hoard meet i j, achrduled for the ssme to - cation at 10 a.m. i Bylaw, publicity, health and,lS' state centennial year ssfety chairmen of the various ' PTA units in the county are urged to attend the meetmf. Mrs. F.liza- beih AUenbr, publicity chairman, I IIU. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 19S8 Palace Coup Is Repulsed In Argentina BUENOS AIRES (AP) Presi dent Arturo Frond in crushed an attempted palace coup Wednesday j night and oil workers postponed a nationwide strike. , . ! The threatened strike had n"o i sparked the political crisis. The oil , workers are opposing a govern ment plan to get foieign help in developing Argentina's national ized oil industry. The coup was led by Vice Presi dent Alejandro Gomez, according to official reports. He denied it. Deputies and senators of the rul ing Intransigent Radical party early, today called for his resigna tion. His impeachment by Con gress was threatened. As Frondizi struggled to solve the labor unrest which lias caused a crisis endangering his 6-month-old regime, Argentina's powerful armed forces rallied to support the embattled chief executive. Claimed Support Gomet, a tough politician, had claimed military and political sup port for a move to form a national coalition movement. Frondizi, weakened by a bout with flu but buoyed by swift vote of confidence from his military forces, ordered his ministers to make a supreme effort to settle a strike of oil workers in Mendoza Province. This strike, which started two weeks ago, is paralyzing the rich oilfields in Mendoza at the foot of the Andes fountains. Frondizi called the Mendoza strike a Communist-inspired in surrection and declared Argentina under a state of siege luesday. Hundreds of Communists, reron i!uft and others were arrested. Frondizi crushed the coup nia with th mnnnrt of the secretaries of the army, navy and air force, and surrounded the government palace wan armeo. guaras. Hi riministralion gained 1 breathing spell when the oil work ers at 2 a.m. put ott tor nours their 48-hour nationwide strike uhii-h was to start last midnight Labor bosses agreed to huddle again with Interior Minister Al fredo Vitolo who played a key role in putting down the Gomez at tempt and keeping Frondizi on Vitolo. also acting defense min ister, assured Frondizi Uiat the army was sticking by -him. In a communique following a Cabinet meeting late Wednesday night Vitolo announced that all ministers pledged their support to the president. Vitolo said Gomez had told the Interior Ministry the coup was planned. $7,000 Trimmed Off Myrtle Creek City Hall Cost With nearly $7,000 trimmed from the bid for the new Myrtle Creek City Hall, construction will start on the building in about two weeks. The City Council Tuesday night accepted the 26,S:!1 bid of Jack Mathis, Roseburg. Mathis in Octo ber bid $33,737, but the council deemed the figure too high and ordered the city engineer, architect and Mathis to change specifica tions to reduce the cost. udiirtinn in cost was made through changes in foundation de tails, spacing Deiween rooi Beams and the type of roof. The roof was to have been of concrete plank, but now will be car decking topped by i hot weatherproofing applica tion. V The bid was for construction of ih building onlv. The councd will contract for furnishings and floor covering later, according to mrs. Ruth Evans, News-Review corre spondent. Money for the building came from the sale of timber in the city watershed several years ago. Tues day, the council released Ctl) ijimher Co. from IU performance bond, the timber having been re moved. The timber sold for $44,000. Applications for renewal of liquor licenses were approved. They in cluded three taverns, three bars anH tour stores. The council will open bids for a new Dolice cruiser at the next meeting. Dec. 2. Douglas Co. Cantonnial Committee Meet Slated A general Douglai County Cen tennial Committee meeting has been scheduled in Roseburg Sun day at 1:30 p.m.. hy Chairman Irm Helliwell. It will he held at the Community Building at the Fairgrounds. She says the Sunday meeting wis set so members of the com mittee would not have to travel during working hours or at night. A seneral meeting will be follow ed by meetings of smaller groups - 1 of the committee on different phas- 'es of planning for the activities the county will carry on in the Mrs. Helliwell said it is hoped the meeting wHI push the county psst the "talk" stage tnd launch ; physical preparation) for the b J"' ciiMI"", I Lillebo Bids Low On Road Project j In Douglas Co. I Tom Lillebo. Rcedsport, was ap parent low Didder at sioz.bu Wed nesday to add 18 feet to each side of the Calapooia and Stearns Ln. structures where the Pacific High way is being widened to four lanes near Oakland. He also submitted low bids to the state Highway Commission in Salem. One was 3198,720 for con- struction of an overpass on High way 97 in Klamath rails and $(, 505 for an addition to the highway maintenance building at Reeds-, port. The Commission today opened bids on 16 projects to cost about 8 million dollars. The largest job on the list calls for 6-lane paving of 2.97 miles of the Baldock Freeway between SW 11th Ave. and Tigard Interchange, outside of Portland. Peter Kiewit Sons Co., Vancouver, Wash., sub mitted the $1,161,017 low bid for this project. Contracts will be awarded Dee. 11. Other apparent lew bidders, by counties: Coos Grade and pave 1.24 mile and construct 437-foot concrete bridge over Davis Slough on Ore gon Coast Highway, 5 miles south of Coos Bay. Coos Bay Dredging Co.. Coos Bav. $606,722. Jackson Grade 2.E7 miles of Josephine County Line - Evans Creek section of Pacilie Highway, 3 miles east of Grants Pass. Earl L. McNutt Co., Eugene, $564,500. Linn Construct 5 drainage structures on Pacific Highway, 14 to 17 miles south of Albany. Ha milton & Thorns, Eugene, $312,866. Three Killed, Two Critical Following II 1 f -' nGQQOsl lOllsSIOIl ALBANY, Ore. (AP) Two per sons remained In critical condi tion today from injuries suffered Wednesday night in headon col lision that killed three others. The dead were identified as Mrs. Hazel Temple, 45, of 129 SW Washington St.. Portland: Dave Stitt, 20, of Lebanon; and Edwin U Yeager.-21. of 106S Ma dison St., Salem. State Patrolman Robert Pat rick said Mrs. Temple was riding a car driven oy ncr nusnana, Flavel Temple, who operated the Washington Hotel in Portland. They were headed south on U.S. w live miles soutn ot ncaroy Halsey. Patrick said the Temple car. which had pulled onto the west shoulder of the road, was hit headon by the other car appar ently driven by Yeager and carry ing Stitt and Robin Miller, 18, of Shedd. Both Temple and Miller re mained on the critical list at Al bany General Hospital. Ihe car bearing the three young men was on the wrong side of the road. Patrick said. A truck driver told Patrolman Charles Halbrook the Yeager car passed him with "insufficient cliirinc e," then continued around several other trucks. Mrs. Temple died shortly after the accident. Stitt, who suffered a broken back, and Yeager, who lost one foot, died later at the hospital. PICKETING of MiHer'i Department Store in Roseburg storted Wednesdoy. It is being conducted by o Yokimo, Wash, local of th Retail Clerks Union which has o dis pute with th choin store. Similar picket octivity is being carried on at other Miller's stores in Oregon. Hired by the union to corry the picket sign and hand out leaflets is Melvin Langfild, a member of the laborers union. iPaul Jenkins) j PRICE 5c Revised Budget Far Park School Is Authorized A revised budget for the Park School was authorized by the Rose burg School Board Wednesday night. The revision was authorized pro viding the county court also ac cepts the revision. The revised con tract between the school district nrt onnr. nmviH.. fr V il. 269-58 instead of 30 as before. When the L" Ji"': ttory budget was prepared last March! SSf rLn Vr",-,gr,RaJ salaries for two teacher aides wcre!h't1?Hafiu'Ue"0,lnc1,,1 "l1 omitted. 2f? '''?": e!n8 ' In other action, the board ac cepted improvements in the science department at tne flign school as substantially completed. The provision was made that ten items be completed before final ac ceptance be given. The Cumm2airs Construction Co. of Grants Pass is doing the remodeling. Bills in the amount of $17,187.39 for November were ordered paid. The board was presented a report which showed that as of Oct. 31 a total of 63,927 pieces of laundry were processed by the school laun dry for a total cost of $1 ,277.52. An other report showed that for the same period a total of 71,031 meals were served in the school lunch program. Sales for the program totaled $22,718.65. Eight Adult Teachers Approval was given for eight adult education teachers to instruct for the district. They are Robert L. Adams, Gib Walter, Stewart Smith, Art Pollard Jr., Fat Jan nelli. Mrs. Laura Haughn. C. San ford Elam and Earl G. Gurnsey. Approval was also given a re quest that a school age child be excused from further attendance at Central Junior High School. Wednesday night s board meet ing was unusually short since one director had to leave at 8 p.m leaving the board without a tiuor um. The meeting started at 7:30. No action was taken on about five Items on the agenda. This in cluded appointment of commit tee ts give final acceptance of the high school science rooms, consid eration of a recommendation con cerning compensation of teachers while on jury duty and reading of the minutes of the Oct. 30 meet ing of the Douglas County School District Reorganization Committee. Letters Prepared For Seal Drive Volunteers of the Douglas Coun ty Tuberculosis and Health Assn. have prepared letters for the an nual Christmas Seal campaign slat ed to start F'riday in Oregon. The annual sale of seals is the only support of the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Assn. for tuberculosis control and other health projects. Funds derived from the 1958 Christmas beal bale will be used in Douglas County next year for health education pro grama in schools, industries and community groups; the tuberculin testing programs in schools; help to those who are ill, and medical and social research. BREAKS ARM AT PLAY A fall while playing volleball at school resulted in a broken arm Wednesday for Judy Gash, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Gash of Suthcrlin. Judy is ln Douglai Community Hospital. - 'V"-'- The mass resignation, subject of widespread rumor for the past several days, came as no surprise. Before the resignations, the board paid off the contract of School Supt. Virgil T. Blossom, frequent target of segregationists and Gov. Orval E. Fauhiis th 'e 8dU.al Wtegrat On. author of the Little Rock plan of block the action on Blossom's eon tract. "That is a clear piece of collu sion between the board and Vir gil Blossom, who has always dom inated that board," Guthridge said. Alford Lone Member The resignations, effective t midnight Friday, left Dr. Dale Alford, an outspoken segregation ist who has consistently voted against the board majority on in tegration matters, the only re maining member. All SIX Positions Will ho nnen In the Dec. 6 school elections since Alford's term is expiring and as congressman-elect h will nni seek another term. Pulaski Countv Juric Areh Campbell Is expected to appoint (Continued on Page 2 Col. S) Forest Service Chief Would Up Allowable Cut PORTLAND. (AP)The chief ot the U.S. Forest Service Wedncs- oay saio, -Northwest lumber firm need the full allowable cut from the region's federal forests. "We want sales program that WiU produce thia cut,'r Kichard McArdle told the closing session pf the Pacifie Logging Congress here. "The Forest Service recognizes uiai ine racuic uoast and Inland Empire forest produce industries now need the full allowable cut from practically every forest." But McArdle warned: "We won't make sales or the volume cut an overriding aim. "Our objective it to make a series of soundlv ztlanneH mrl soundly logged sales up to allow able cut rate. Poorjy handled sales resulting in erosion or un stdeked cutover are worse than an undercut," he aaid. Want Mere Timber For a vear or more manv firms have been saying that the federal government should offer more timber for sale. McArdle said, however, that lumber companies must adhere to the multiple use theory in the face of increasing demands for more recreation area. If they don't, he said, nubile opinion may force vast areas out of the reach of commercial usage. Later, the congress said in a resolution that it was opposed to a wilderness Dill now pending in the Senate. That bill, the congress said, would bar commercial usage of vast areas and stunt the West's economic growth. Another speaker at the cong ress was Edward Woozley, direc tor of tne Bureau of Land Man agement, who said a larger cut may be allowed soon on the 2'i million acres of O&C land in West ern Oregon. The larger cut may be allowed. he said, because new inventories probsbly will show more timber in the rich Douglas Fir belt. Chief Murdoch To Attend Ba$ic Training School Roseburg police chief Vernon Murdoch Jr. will attend two days of a five-day basic training school for law enforcement officers in tu- gene. The school. Nov. 17-21. is one of six scheduled in Oregon this fall to provide basic training for new law officers and those who wish to review basic training. Sponsoring the basic classes are the Oregon Assn. of City Police Officers and the Oregon State Sher iffs Assn. in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Oregon State Police, Bureau of Municipal Research and Service and the League o; Oregon Cities. The FBI chief reports that one out of every 30 young ster in the U. S. was arrest ed last year on various charges. Poses the question of what proportion of the country's parents was directly or morally responsible for the conduct of those oungstenv. Levity Fact Rant By L F. Reizenstein
