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Narration Of Odd Fellows'
History In Douglas County
Features Anniversary Fete
Growth Of Lodge From Charter
Signed By Six Citizens In 1859
Related Here By Judge Jackson
Pictures On
Scores of present and former members of Philetarian
Lodge No. 8, Independent Order
convened here Thursday night
sary of the organization which
Ceremonies were highlighted
ber and former lodge master.
son, who gave his audience an
of the Roseburg organization which took root here March
9, 1859.
The judge told of weeks of reading necessary to gather
the facts from 15 early years of lodge meeting minutes
that began before Oregon residents found out they had just
been voted into the union of states.
Congress, which implemeted Or
egon's statehood, was three thou
sand miles and nearly three
months away at that time, Jackson
pointed out in his talk.
The first minutes -of IOOF lodge I
meetings described them as taking
place in Oregon Territory, "al
though Congress had voted us into
the union a month earlier," the
judge said.
A feature during the anniversary
celebration was the cutting of a
huge cake designed by Jack Dent,
Bight Support of the Noble Grand,
which was baked especially for the
occasion. It pictured, in colored
frosting, the 100-year history of the
lodge.
It was served to more than 75
persons by the Rebekahs, attired
in Centennial Year costumes for
the occasion.
Ceremonies were opened with a
short address by Kalph Russell,
Roseburg businessman and former
state IOOF Grand Master.
The century-old Roseburg lodge
will sponsor the 1959 Grand Lodge
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Paper Mill Strike
Of Two Months
Flares Into Riot
MECHANICVILLE. N.Y. (AP)
Rock - throwing, kicking and
pushing broke out Friday night as
workers tried to change shuts at
a struck paper mill in this city
apm-nxihiately 25 miles north of
Albany.
Workers at the West Virginia
Pulp & Paper Co. plant changed
shifts without incident this morn
ing. The Dlant. closed by the strike
two months ago, split its 240 sal
aried employes into three shuts
and resumed partial production
Friday. On strike are 940 hourly
emnloves.
The United Paperworkers and
Papermakers Union called the
walkout in a dispute over contract
language.
A company spokesman charged
that rocks were thrown through
windows and a small fire started
in a sulphur pile. The union
claimed stones and steel bearings
were hurled down at pickets.
No iniuries were reported.
Police escorted two groups of
workers through the gates, and
the crowd dispersed. No one was
arrested, police said.
A union spokesman said the
demonstration hat been asked by
several plant supervisors who. he
contended claimed they did not
want to work but had been or
dered to do so by the company.
The papermakers have asked
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller to in
tervene in the dispute. He re
ferred the appeal to the chair
man of the State Mediation Board,
Crash Heavily Damages
Autos; Driver Cited
The Garden Valley Blvd. U. S.
99 BR junction was the scene of
two collisions Friday afternoon
less than two hours apart.
At 3:50 p.m. a car driven by
Mrs. Frankie May Cole. 25, Route
3 Roseburg, cdllided with a sports
car driven by Darlene June Hor-
lon. 19. NE Rule Range Rd., Rose
burg, when the Cole vehicle turned
left from the highway east on Gar
den Valley Blvd.
Police cited Mrs. Cole for fail
ure to vield the right of way. Both
cars were extensively damaged
police stated.
At 5:30 p.m. Jose Guadalupe
Munoz, 36, 1415 SE Douglas Ave.,
Roseburg, was cited for failure to
stop when, police reported, his car
ran a red light ana coiunea wnn a
car driven by Clifford Mack Shoe
maker. Route 2. Roseburg.
Shoemaker, north bound on th
hishwav. was turning left on
left turn signal when the collision
took place. Police said Munoz s car
apparently had defective brakes.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Showers and partial clearing to
night, Sunday increasing cloudi
ness followed by rain in afternoon.
Highest temp, lilt 24 hours . .... t?
Lowest temp, last 24 hours ... 43
Highest ttmp. any March ('S3) .. 79
Lowest ttmp. any March 'it) .. If
Precip, last 24 hours 0
Procip. from March I .53
Prtcip. from Sept. 1 23.70
Deficiency from Sept. 1 23
Sunset tonight, 4:2 p.m.
Sunris tomorrow. A: 13 a.m.
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of Odd Fellows, Roseburg-,
to mark the 100th anniver
once boasted 586 brethren,
in a talk by veteran mem
County Judge.V. T. Jack
intimate historical picture
Bargain Agent
Selection Up
To Employes
A debate and question-and-an-swer
session has been proposed to
aid Martin Bros. Container and
Timber Products Corp. employes
make up their minds as to which
of two unions they prefer to repre
sent them as a bargaining agent.
'Plans for the proposed meeting
were announced Friday by Harold
11. Mchenzie, special representa
tive ior tne i.unmer ana sawmill
Workers Union. He said the ses
sion was arranged at his request
by Wilbur Duncan, president of the
Douglas County Central Labor
Council.
McKenzie said the session will be
either April 4 or 5. It probably
will be staged in Oakland Legion
Hall, with Martin Bros, employes
as well as the general public in
vited.
McKenzie said an L&SW repre
sentative, proDawy Himself, and a
representative of the Teamsters
union each will take the stage for
a 20-minute statement of their cas
es and a 5-minute rebuttal period.
Then members of the audience.
excluding only union officials, will
question tne speakers.
Teamsters Offer Involves
The session is an outgrowth of
a Teamsters bid to take over as
a bargaining agent for Martin Bros.
employes. The workers now are
represented by L&SW Local 2814,
Oakland.
McKenzie noted the debate stems
from an article published Friday
in the Sutherlin Sun in which Jim
Haggin. Teamsters organizer, chal
lenged McKenzie to a debate.
McKenzie said he did not have
time to reply to the challenge or
arrange a debate for this weekend
as reportedly suggested by Hag-
gin. And he added that workers
have indicated they would prefer
not to attend such a session
Easter weekend.
The following weekend would be
the earliest possible date for the
meeting under these circumstanc
es, said McKenzie. He said ar
exact date for the session will be
announced soon.
Mel Hanna, business agent for
Teamsters Local 962, said that he
has been assured by Haggin that
he would be glad to participate
in such a debate on the merits
of the two organizations.
Timber Access Road
Funds Enter Budget .
WASHINGTON '(AP) Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Tjre) said
Friday ha hat succeeded in get
ting the House Appropriations
Committee to insert two million
dollars in the U.S. Forest Service
budget for timber access roads.
His office reported it was about
the only boost in the 491 million
dollar measure the Eisenhower
Administration submitted for the
Forest Service and the Interior
Department.
The committee cut the bill by
19 million dollars, but it approved
a budget increase of $2,800,000 to
step up timber sales.
Porter's office said that the
measure, as sent to the floor by
the committee, will permit work
to proceed on timber tales, and
access road construction for O&C
lands at about the lame pact at
last year.
Winter, Bowing Out
To Spring,
To Southwest Areas
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Winter Dowed out to spring to -
day, after unleashing a farewell
storm Friday that brought near
blizzard conditions and dust
storms to parts of the southwest
and three tornadoes that caused
little damage to Texas.
Spring began today at 3:55 a.m.
(ESTl.
Two persons died in Colorado
from exertions blamed on the
snow there.
One tornado struck near Tren
ton, Tex., 50 miles northeast of
Dllas, destroying or damaging five
houses as it brushed the northeast
edge of Marshall, Tex. The third
damaged 22 homes, three badly.
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Sixth Warhead Rocket Hurled Over
Recovery
Intact Aim
Of Operation
Perfect Action Seen
In First Stage; 2nd
Vehicle Ignites
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., (AP)
The Air Force hurled a futuris
tic ICBM warhead far out over
the Atlantic aboard a fiery Thor
Able rocket today and hoped to
recover it intact for the first time
in six launchings.
The huge two-stage rocket, a
modified combination of the inter
mediate range Thor and Vanguard
appeared to perform perfectly dur
ing the 2'i minutes it was in sight
after a spectacular Mastoff.
A fleet of search ships and
planes waited in rendezvous off
Ascension Island 5,000 miles to the
southeast ready to recover the elu
sive cone after it splashed into the
sea.
A bright puff and then a tiny
flash of light in rapid succession
indicated that the second stage of
the 80-foot launching vehicle had
ignited.
Up to now the Air Force
had failed to retrieve one of the
tiny cones that are vital in aiding
missile scientists to develop the
ultimate nuclear warhead shield
for such ICBM's of the future as
the Titan and Minuteman.
Previous Flights Fail
Five previous flights in 10
months three of them w'th tiny
white mice aboard all resulted in
failure, although two of the Thor
Ables flew intercontinental range
without a hitch.
The latest Thor-Able was
equipped with an advanced guid
ance system the same as in the
massive Titan to insure greater
accuracy on the flight 80 miles in
space.
Last Wednesday the Air Force
made a first attempt to recover
the operational type warhead of an
Atlas ICBM, but the mission failed
when the missile ran out of steam
after only about 700 miles of a
planned 4,500 mile' shot.
The last Thor-Able was fireJ
Feb. 28, but it was blown up sec
onds later when instrumentation
failed high in the sky.
Unfair Labor Charge
Of Ex-Workers Ousted
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Un
fair labor practices complaints
filed by two former employes
against Sweet Home, Ore., Veneer
Inc., were ordered dismissed to
day by Martin S. Bennett, a
National Labor Relations Board
trial examiner.
He found, however, that the
company had interfered with em
ploye rights.
The complaints were filed for
Grover Morris and Vernon R. Fa
gan, by Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Local 2791.
Bennett held that the evidence
did not prove the contention of the
two men that they were dis
charged for union activities. But
he directed the firm to post a
notice that it will not interfere
with employes In their exercise of
rights to conduct such activities
off the jolx
The veneer firm's employes are
not represented by a union, al
though some belong to the Lum
ber and Sawmill Workers Union.
Longview Councilman
Faces Morals Charges
LONGVIEW. Wash. (AP) Tony
Fernandez. 36, Longview city
councilman and widely known Pa
cific Northwest logging operator.
was arrested here Friday on sev
en morals charges involving a
high school girl.
Fernandez was released on $t
ooo pond, lit declined comment.
Deals Havoc
I at Paxton, a village- of about 200
'persons 40 miles south of Marshall
near the Louisiana line
Winds up to 86 m. p. h. howled
across the Texas Panhandle Fri
day night piling up snow in three
foot drifts. Blowing snow reduced
visibility to zero.
The Texas Highway Department
closed all roads in the Texas Pan
handle north of the Canadian Riv
er because of the drifts. It said
! the drifts in the Texline area were
so big snow plows had difiiculty
moving them.
All highways out of Amarillo,
Tex., except U. S. Highway! 87 and
68 to the touth, were closed be
caused of poor visibility.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON
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HARRIS ELLSWORTH
. . . returns home
Permanent Stay
In Roseburg Home,
Ellsworth's Plan
With 16 years of public service
in Washington D.C., behind him.
Harris Ellsworth has returned to
his Roseburg home. He says he's
here to stay.
Ellsworth retired on March 1 as
chairman of the federal Civil Serv
ice Commission, alter serving a
two-year term. Prior to that he
was a member of the U.S. House
of Representatives for 14 years,
following service as editor of the
News-Review for 14 years.
The former federal bureau head
has no plans for the immediate fu
ture, but he said that he is cer
tain for one thing he has had
his fling at elective office. '
"I'm not really tired, but as far
as running for office is concern
ed, I've had it," said the ex-Con
gressman.
His decision to retire from the
Civil Service Commission was sim
plified, he said, by a lflS6"federal
law setting a six-year term of of
fice. He and his wife decided
against committing themselves to
mat tenure of service, he said.
Ellsworth's return trip home in
cluded a visit at Santa Fe, N.M.,
with his daughter, Mrs. Thomas
F. McKenna. Present plans, he
said, call for a visit In Tacoma,
Wash., with his other daughter,
Mrs. Donald J. Dittmann.
Aside from that?
"I'm way behind in my fishing
and I'll probably do some golf
playing," he said. Other than that,
he has no current interest in any
other activity. He and his wife
have reopened the family home
at 422 West Riverside Dr.
Violation Of Curfew
Causes Boy's Arrest
A 16-year-old Roseburg boy wat
arrested about 1:30 a.m. Saturday
in South Roseburg and charged
with violating the city curfew or
dinance. Police found the boy lying down
on the front seat of a car near
the home of William Forrest while
checking out reports of a prowler.
They were summoned to the
house, at 1187 SE Kane St.. by For
rest who said a car had been
parked near by and someone was
on the porch and prowling around
the side of the residence. Officers
said in checking the premises they
heard a car door shut and then
found the youth who told them he
was having car trouble and was
trvine to start the vehicle.
The lay was held for Souglat
County Juvenile authorities. A sec
ond boy, also 16, whom police said
apparently was with the first, was
not neid, they added.
Window Smashing Orgy
Hits Myrtle Creek
Thirty-one windows have been
broken in various schools and a
school but in Myrtle Creek, accord
ing to a report given police by
school officials.
Eighteen of the broken windows
were discovered on Thursday ana
13 on Friday. Dolice told Mrs. Ruth
Evans, News-Review correspond
ent. The damage was estimated at
$150, besides the clean-up work re
auired. The windows were mainly large
onet and in the primary and up
per elementary schools. Ornamen
tal glass brick at a school entrance
and a window in a school but were
also broken. Police are investigat
ing.
The schools have been closed
during the week for spring vaca
tion.
ARMY DRAFT SCHEDULED
WASHINGTON (AP) A draft
call for 6,000 men in May has
been issued by the Army.
The monthly quota is the low
est since the same number was
called up in January, 1956.
The call issued Friday is 1,000
less than the previously an
nounced draft for April and 2,000
lest than it wat for March.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1959
Budget Cuts
Denounced
By President
Slashing Weakens
Security Of Nation,
Ike Warns Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) A new
flare up in the battle of the budg
et appeared in prospect today as
a result of President Eisenhower's
strong denunciation of a House
committee's fund cutting.
"Irresponsible action," Eisen
hower said Friday after the House
Appropriations Committee reject
ed his request for 225 million dol
lars in supplementary money for
the Development Loan Fund.
In a statement issued from his
Camp David, Md., headquarters
Eisenhower said:
"The action today if not re
versed will represent a long step
backward toward isolating our
country and weakening our nation
al security."
Speaking in unusually strong
terms, Eisenhower said the loan
fund "must have additional funds
now." The fund finances loans to
underdeveloped areas in connec
tion with the foreign aid program.
The committee's rejection of the
fund request highlighted a day of
budget slashing.
Heavy Slashes Made
The House itself cut more than
60 million dollars from proposed
funds to finance the Treasury and
Post Office departments during
the 1960 fiscal year beginning next
July 1.-
Without controversy and by
voice vote, the House passed and
sent to the Senate a mouey bill
appropriating $779,402,000 to the
Treasury, $3,847,160,000 to the Post
Office and $1,535,000 to the Tax
V.OUTC.
These sums are $51,920 000 less
than the Post Office requested,
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Independence, Mo.,
Plans Big Sen-'off
For Oregon Trek
INDEPENDENCE. Mo. fAPi-
A big parade will be held here
April 18 as a sendoff to a covered
wagon train which will leave the
next day en a Centennial journey
10 independence, ore.
The train will re-cross the pi
oneer Oregon Trail route.
On hand for the parade are ex
pected to be the governors of
three nearby states. Gov. Mark
Hatfield of Oregon said he hopes
to be here, too.
Honorary wagon master will be
former President Harry S. Tru
man. In the reviewing stand with
him will be Govs. George Dock
ings of Kansas, Ralph G. Brooks
of Nebraska and J. J. Hickev of
Wyoming.
Roger Bessmer, president of
the Independence Junior Chamber
of Commerce, said the parade will
include tome 50 high school bands,
a mounted patrol, a county sher
iff's posse and other riding groups.
A dance in the evening will end
the celebration.
The next morning there will be
religious and dedicatory ceremon
ies before the wagon train rolls
out on the 130-day journey to In
dependence, Ore., over the route
taken by pioneer wagons.
Warbling Of Quartets
Will Be Heard Tonight
The Centennial Parade of Bar
bershop Quartets will lift voices in
Central Junior High School Audi
torium. The time: 8 p.m.
Among the entries in the event
are the Anonymous Four from
Roseburg, the Gemt of Mvrtle
Creek, and Rotuburg't Barbershop
ononis.
Eisenhower, Macmillan Mulling
Compromise Bid To Khrushchev
On Proposed Summit Talks
By JOHN M. HICHTOWER
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP)-Pres-ident
Eisenhower and British
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
sought today a compromise for
mula to offer Soviet Premier
Khrushchev the prospect of a
summit conference this summer.
Macmillan wants to give Khrush
chev definite notice of uncondi
tional Western readiness for a
summit meeting. Eisenhower is
standing firm on hit position that
a summit conference should be
held only if devclopmenti in a pri
or foreign ministers meeting justi
fied it.
George C. Cratke Will Fill
Vice President Job In New
First National Bank Here
George C. Cratke will be the
executive vice president of the new
First National Bank of Roseburg,
Elton V. Jackson, president, an
nounced today. He will also be the
ntn member of the bank t board
of directors, not previously an
nounced. Gratke is presently executive
vice-president and a director of the
Coquille Valley Bank, serving as
managing officer since May of
1957.
In Roseburg Friday conferring
with local officials of the bank,
Gratke said he plans to terminate
his position in Coquille the last of
April, He expect! to move to Rose
burg shortly thereafter.
Long active in banking circlet,
Gratke started with the First Na
tional Bank of Portland (now Ore
gon) in May of 1936, and continued
with that bank until April of 1917.
Among other duties, he served as
chief clerk in charge of operationi
in the bank's branches.
Leaving Portland he served at
assistant cashier and a director
of the Umpqua National Bank at
Reedsport. From Reedsport he
went to Coquille - where he has
been since.
Gratke grew up in Portland, la
ter attended Multnomah College
and the University of California
at Berkeley. A Navy veteran of
World War 11, Gratke has been
active in the Oregon Bankers
Assn.
Revised
Of City Soliciting
To Be Planned
The Roseburg Retail T r a d e t
Assn., at a dinner meeting Friday
noon, went on record favoring a
solicitation control program. How
ever, a modification of the ' plan
presently under consideration was
advised.
A motion was passed endorsing
solicitation control but asking the
Chamber of Commerce to appoint
a committee to work out the plan
for modification.
Some differences of opinion
were expressed at to what type of
solicitation should be accepted and
which should be rejected. The gen
eral consensus of the small group
in attendance wat that while con
trol wat essential, it should be a
bit more lenient than that propos
ed by a screening committee of
the chamber.
The chamber already has in ef
fect a control system which solic
itors not on the generally approved
list are checked by the committee.
Chamber Secretary Harold Re
lume stated, however, that the
system is not fully effective be
cause it does not have the backing
of all business firms.
He prefaced the discussion with
a presentation of the problem. He
read a list of about 55 organiza
tions who had solicited in the com
munity during the past year. Some
had aecured permission from the
screening committee, but many
had not and most of these went
ahead with successful solicitations
he said.
He estimated solicitations, which
Rain In Spring Debut
Heralded In Forcast
The frost is off the pumpkin
over the weekend, but a nip of
spring shower will be in the air.
The weather man says it was 69
degrees at the peak point Friday,
with a low of 43 Saturday morning.
Rainfall it anticipated over the
weekend.
The spring-like temperatures of
most of the week have brought
with them a profusion of flowers.
Daffodils, narcissus, violets, hya
cinths, Japanese quince, and for
sytbia are among those in bloom.
Aside from Berlin and German
problems, it wat evident that El
senhower and Macmillan were
planning to discuss the deadlocked
negotiations with the Sqviet Union
on a nuclear test ban. This is
among the issues on which the two
do not see eye-to-eye.
Macmillan suggested to Khrush
chev a month ago in Moscow tome
new ideas on a test ban. The ideas
have not been officially disclosed,
but Eisenhower told a recent newt
conference he was not convinced
they were practical.
According to authoritative dip
PRICE 5c
Atlantic
In Coquille he has served and
held office in several community
activities including the Chamber of
Commerce, Lions Club, American
Cancer Society, Boy Scouts and
St. James Episcopal Church.
In 1956 he was voted "Man of
the Year" by the Coquille Chamber
ot commerce.
GEORGE C. GRATKE
. . to manoge new bank
Control
range from high school annuals'
advertising to promotions of cir
cuses and various types of pro
grams, represented nusiness firms'
expenditures in excess of $15,000
yearly. Much of this money goes
out of the city and produces little
in the way ot advertising return.
He emphasized a control plan to
be effective requires support from
most of the business firms.
Weather Crouch Shuts
Out Wife From Will
DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) Alex
ander Galbraith't wife complained
about the weather so much that he
cut her out of bis will.
"She sits at the window and
broods and growls about it being
cold or hot, whichever is her
mood," said the native Scot's will
which was filed for probate Fri
day. He died March 3 at 75.
Galbraith, a retired carpenter,
willed his $10,000 estate to three
sisters in Scotland and said his
widow, Annie, should get "only
what the law will allow." He wrote
that if his widow s daughter, M.
Cassiday, filed a claim, "she is to
receive $1."
Phony 'Sex Pills' Sale
Charged To Student, 1 3
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP)
A 13-year-old student was turned
over to juvenile authorities Friday
accused of selling "sex pills" to
sailors and fellow students for up
to $1 each.
Police said the pills were nothing
but aspirin tablets and liver pills.
They added that the boy said he
studied psychology in school. He
told customers the pills were very
potent.
He admitted cnarging au cents
each for liver pills and $1 for
aspirin tablets, which he sold to
sailors at nearby Moffett Field
and to junior high school students.
This netted him about $50 in the
past two months.
lomatic informants, the differ
ence! boil down to this: 1
Eisenhower, as he said in a
broadcast speech Monday night,
is prepared to go to a summit;
conference if developments justify
it. This means that he wants from
the foreign ministers meeting
some progress toward resolution of
the Berlin crisis. Macmillan re
portedly believes that a summit
meeting must be held regardless
of what the foreign ministers do,
and he wants the new notes to
Moscow to fix a definite time for
a top-level meeting.
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Demo Heads
Ask Co Judge
To Quit Post
Ouster Of Welfare
Administrator Also
Asked In Labor Dispute
The Douglas County Democratie
Party's executive board today call
ed for the resignation of County
Judge V. T. Jackson and firing
of County Welfare Administrator,
Lois Baker, in a sweeping con
demnation of the welfare commis
sion's recent proposal to end ben
efits to persons involved in labor
disputes.
The lengthy party resolution de
clared the welfare board action
of March 11 "followed a written
request from the Martin Bros. Con
tainer and Timber Products Corp."
suggesting its workmen, then in
volved in a dispute, be denied pub
lic welfare benefits.
It contends the County Wel
fare Commission's recommen
dation "proposes to use the State
Welfare Commission to terminate
laoor disputes and serve as an
employer weapon in labor disputes
wnnin me state.
At the same time Democratie
executives stated the party should
"repudiate the recommendation of
the Douglas County Welfare Com
mission. . , to disassociate the
Democratic Party from actions of
the Commission, its then acting
chairman V. T. Jackson, members
Clough and Kelly, its administra
tor, Mrs. Lois Baker, and all oth
er members supporting such rec
ommendation." Jackson Chairman! Board
Judge Jackson acted as welfare
board chairman during a meeting
last week in the absence of the
commission's union representative,
Charles W. Lynch, chairman.
At that time a commission quor
um unanimously adopted a resolu
tion to the effect that welfare bene
fits to persons involved in labor
disputes should be terminated
March 21.
Members took the position that
it is the responsibility of the un
ion to support its workers during
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More Explosions
Occur As Strike
Marks 4th Month
HENDERSON, N.C. (AP)-Two
more explosions were reported in
this city Friday night as Gov.
Luther Hodges met with federal
and state negotiators for discus
sions on a violence-filled, four-months-old
cotton mill strike.
For the second straight nisht
there were blasts at thn vnmm
home of Garland C. Cash, a non
striker. Cash shot and wounded a
man Sunday. He said the man
was "trying to light tomethine"
outside the house.
Officials of the strike-bound Har
riet-Henderson mills are consider
ing a union counter proposal on
one of the key issues of the dis
pute arbitration.
Boyd Payton. Carolinas director
of the Textile Workers Union of
America, said the union offered to
limit the number of cases which
can be called to arbitration.
When the company refused to
renew a 14-year-old arbitration
clause in a new contract with the
union, the TWUA's two Henderson .
locals walked out Nov. 17. Man
agement reopened its two mills
Feb. 16 on a one-shift basis.
Welfare Board Seeks
$1,900,00 For Deficit
PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon
Public Welfare Commission has
decided to ask the Oregon Legis
lature for $1,900,000 as a deficit
appropriation. t
The money is needed to finish
out the fiscal year ending June 30,
the commission said.
The vote to ask the Ways and
Means Committee of the Legisla
ture was 3 to 1. Commissioner
Gerson F. Goldsmith was the lone
opponent. He said the plans for
cutbacks should be included in the
request for additional funds, to
show what cuts would have to be
made if the money is not voted.
The additional money is needed
mostly because of increases this
winter in the number of general
assistance cases, the commission
said.
Cougar Dam Bids Asked,
$42 Million Estimate
PORTLAND (AP) Army En
gineers called Friday for bids on
construction of Cougar Dam on
the South Fork of the McKenzie
River, some 50 miles southeast of
Eugene.
Bids will be accepted April 1
and will be opened June a.
Cost of the project is estimated
by engineers at about 42 million
dollars. The
construction icaeu
its completion by
ule calls for
March, 1963.
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ing without using a deadly
weapon. If it prove to bt an
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door.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizenstein