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U. of 0. Library Eugfona, Oregon Comp enate deceives Sales Tan Mm Legislators Propose 1960 Referendum SALEM (AP)-A biU asking the people whether they want a 3 per cent sales tax that would reduce income and property taxes was in troduced in the Senate today by Senate President Walter J. Pear son, 19 other senators and 18. rep resentatives. The bill, which would be on the 1960 general election ballot, would be asking the voters to give the 1961 Legislature a mandate to pass a sales tax. Even though the people voted for it, nothing would become ef fective until the 1961 Legislature took action. The sales lax, which would ex empt food and drugs, would ac complish these results: 1. Increase the $105 per census child annual basic school aid to local districts to $150. All of this increase would be used to reduce property taxes an average of 40 per cent. 2. Reduce income taxes by boosting the exemptions for indi viduals from SHOO to $1,500. and for married couples from $1,200 to $3,000. The $600 exemption for dependents would be unchanged. Surplus In General Fund Any surplus revenue would go into the general fund. Pearson said that "if the people want to continue education on the present high plane, there is only one answer a sales tax." The people voted six times against sales tax proposals be tween 1933 and 1947. Pearson said the next legislature would be faced with an impossible demand for a 60 per cent income tax increase in order to make ends meet. The only answer, he argued, is lo find a new tax base a sales tax. Pearson said that the $150 basic school aid would be distributed on the basis of flat grants per child. It would do away with the distribu tion formula which attempts lo equalize education throughout the state. This might be the most contro versial part of the bill, but Pear son said that when that much money is given to the districts, the need for equalization disap pears. Democrats Oppose Tex Even though the bill might be passed by the Senate, it would face difficulty in the House where the Democratic leadership is op- .......ul tn anu aalos tY nrnnnsnl. The signers of the bill included 14 of the 1 -Senate uemocrau; nt tha 11 fipnntn Rpnuhlirans: 11 of the 33 House Democrats; and - tk.1 VI TInrrt Ponnhli. cans. Pearson said it would easily have been possible to get more signers in the House, but that he didn't have time. Rep. Al Flegel, Roseburg Demo crat, was one of those from the Lower House who attached their names to the bill. Forest Regulations In Effect April 1 Laws nertainine "to forest fire regulations will be in effect April 1 regardless of weather conditions, Wayne Wilier, Douglas Forest Pro tective Assn. lire uispaicnei, an nounced. Bnrnin2 nermits can be obtained at the DFPA's Roseburg headquar ters on Airport Kd., tjuines oreeK station at Azalea. South Douglas headauarters north of Canyonville, Tenmile station. Rock Creek sta tion, Hinkle Creek station east of Sulherlin, North Douglas headquar ters east of Elkton and from George Langdon in the Elhead dis trict. Logging and sawmill operators will be required to have hand tools, Dumpers and other fire protection and prevention measures to pre vent the start or spread oi lire, Miller added. All trucks driven over roads through forest land for the purpose of industrial activity or development must be equipped with not less than one shovel, axe and fire extinguisher. Requirement lists may be obtained trom state forest inspectors or local forest of ficers. Student Killed In Auto Upset MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. HAP) Richard A. Lawson. 19, a stu dent at Willamette University in Salem, Ore., died Thursday a few hours after a car spun off a road and overturned. The Highway Patrol said Law son died at a hospital here of head injuries suffered in the accident near Weed, Calif. Also injured was another Wil lamette student, Harry C. Cool idge. 19. renton. Cam. Lawson, who lived at Oakland. Calif., and Coolidge were en route home for the spring vacation. Coolidge suffered minor cuts. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Increasing cloudiness with e lit tle rain tonight. Pertly cloudy Sat urday. Highest temp, lest 24 hours S3 Lowest temp, last 24 hours . 31 Highest temp, any March ('S3) .. 79 Lowett temp, eny March ('Si) .. 1 Precip. last 24 hours . -04 Precip. from March 1 1.50 Precip. from Sept. 1 24.47 Excels from Sept. I .22 Sunset tonight 1:33 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:03 a.m. Established 1873 22 Paget Teamsters Petition Vote At Oakland The Teamsters Unoin Thursday filed a National Labor Relations Board petition calling for an em ployes' election to determine wheth er the union will take over as bargaining agent at Martin Bros. Container and Timber Products Corp. Workers at Martin Bros, opera tions in Oakland and Sutherlin now are represented by Lumber and bawmw worxers ideal asu. The Teamsters Union reportedly circulated cards among employes in an attempt to obtain signatures of one-third of the plant's workers. That percentage of workers must sign the election endorsement cards before a valid peition may be sub mined lo the NLRB. It was not learned how many signatures were obtained, pending verification on whether there were a sufficient number to warrant an an election. Mel Hanna, business agent for Teamsters Local 962, Roseburg, said recently that the Teamsters entered the nieture at the request of "a large delegation" of Martin Bros, employes. He said the work ers were disgruntled over L&sw handlmg of the recent labor-man agement dispute. A public debate between repre sentatives of the two unions has been slated for April 4 at Oakland Legion Hall. The debate will in volve Harold H. McKenzie, special representative for the LstSW Un ion, and Jim Haggin, Teamsters organizer.' World Observes Good Friday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The faithful of the Christian world followed the Way of the Cross on this Good Friday. In the Jordan section of Jem salem, pilgrims and tourists of many lands attended services at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Hundreds toiled up , Jerusalem's narrow streets on the way to the Cross on Calvary where Jesus Christ was crucified. Tenebrae services marking the death of Christ drew thousands of pilgrims to St. Peter's in Rome. Pope John XXIII, after taking part in services at Rome's Santa Croce Church, finished work on his Easter message, to be deliv ered to the world Saturday night. Good Friday services were held in thousands of Protestant and Ro man Catholic services in all Christian countries. American evangelist Billy Gra ham delivered a Good Friday message to 8,000 persons standing in the rain on a beach at Broad beach, Australia. Car, 2 Trucks Hit; Canadians Unhurt No injuries were suffered this morning when a 1951 model car from British Columbia rolled over on Highway 99 after colliding with two trucks. The car was driven by Peter BuckniU Lowe, Ocean Park, B.C. The accident occurred about 7 a.m. on Highway 99 just north of a two lane bridge over the South Umpqua River between, the South Rose burg and Fairground interchanges. The accident happened when Lowe attempted to pass a freight truck and met a pickup truck com ing from the opposite direction, state police reported. Lowe's car collided with the front bumper of the freight truck, driven by Ken neth Lyle Nelson of Seattle, Wash., and' the front of the pickup truck driven by Curtis Harlan Woodruff, Camas Valley Rt. Box 523, Win ston,' officers said. Lowe's car went into a skid, struck a guard rail and rolled over, coming to rest right side up, police added. Pile Drivers Quit Jobs At Oregon Points PORTLAND (AP) A strike bv the Pile Drivers Union continued to idle some construction projects in Oregon and Washington today. About 600 union members in the Portland local walked off jobs Thursday throughout the Willam ette Valley and in Eastern Ore gon. It was not learned immediate ly, however, whether similar ac tion was taken by smaller locals in Longview, Wash., and Coos Bay and Reedsport, Ore. The Pile Driver pickets appear ed after a meeting in Use office of Gov. Mark Hatfield failed to resolve a contract dispute be tween the union and manage ment. "We came to an apparent im passe ... We have declared it a complete strike," said Leo Ncal, a union spokesman. ROSEBURG, OREGON Roseburg Man 47 Years' Espee Service Forty-seven years of service in the Southern Pacific railroad sys tem will end at 4 p.m. next Tues day for Ernest Oscar (Rick) Rick li, 65. Kickirs retirement loiiows a ca reer which began in 1912 and ex tended geographically through West Fork, Dallas, and Roseburg. He has been a resident of Rose burg since 1927. Born near hi Paso, lexas.. he considers himself nearly a native Oregoman, since he moved with his family to Dallas in 1904, where he attended school prior lo his Southern Pacific service. He has served as a cashier, tel egrapher-clerk, in ticket sales, and as agent, and was agent in ttose- burg for a number of years. He is currently handling a variety of lobs in the combined passenger- freight depot in Roseburg. Married and residing at lo9o hfc. Lane Ave. with his wife, he has one son, Jack, who works for a brokerage firm in Portland. What will he do? He figures on a little traveling, as well as some hunting and fish ing. Taking life easier is a rather gradual process for Rickli. He re calls not too many years ago put ting in a seven-day week, instead of his current five. Judge Studies Writ Petition Robert L. Wildberger, 34, Rose burg Veterans Administration Hos pital patient, remains in hospital custody today pending the outcone of a petition for writ of habeas cor pus filed in circuit court. Thursday, Circuit Judge Charles S. Woodrich ordered attorney's of both parties to file briefs as to the court's jurisdiction to hear the case. Wildberger is represented by Roseburg attorney William Jones and the hospital by the Veterans Administration's c h i e I attorney from Portland.. Albert T. Elott. Before adjourning the case until after the briefs are presented. Judge Woodrich observed Wild berger waa given the chance to achieve his own discharge by work ing up to it gradually and, was re hospitalized after being released from other Veterans Administra tion hospitals. The judge said he must weigh the case involving the opinion of two expert hospital psy chiatrists against that of Wildberg er. Attorney Makes Point Jones told the judge Wildberg er's freedom should not be deter mined on what has happened in the past but on his present condi tion. There has been no indication on the part of the hospital as to what kind of treatment is planned other than further confinement, Jones added. The writ was filed against Dr. John A. Doering, hospital manager, who testified that it is advisable to continue Wildberger's medical treatment. Wildberger took the stand in his own behalf and gave background concerning his military experience and confinement to var ious hospitals. Purpose of the writ is to inquire into the lawfulness of an individual being detained by the hospital. Both attorneys agreed that the writ is the proper procedure to in quire into Wildberger's detention. Woman Killed When Car Skids THE DALLES, Ore. (AP)-In-juries suffered in an auto accident on rain slick Highway 97 south of here proved fatal Thursday to Mrs. Leah Cramer, 60, of San Diego. She died in a hospital here, a day after the crash. Her son, Francis, 29, San Diego, was at the wheel. when the car skidded off the road and hit an embankment. The son was not seriously hurt. Four Hub Caps Taken Louis J. Thiring, 428 W. Harri son St., reported to Roseburg po lice the theft of four hub caps Thursday while his 1957 model car I was parked on W. Harvard St. be 'tween 8 and 10:45 p.m. The Pile Drivers held another meeting Thursday night in Port land, and Neal later commented: "The situation has not changed." The appearance of the pickets stopped work on an interstate bridge over the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver, Wash. The dispute also shut down con struction at the John Day Dam on the Columbia River, and on bridge projects throughout the Willamette Valley. After the strike began, a man agement committee issued a statement which said: "The aclion of the Pile Drivers is the most wanton disregard of the public interest In the mem ory of every member of the in dustry a negotiating committee. "We are at a loss to under FRIDAY MARCH To Complete f dm n C 1-Sk , . i i - w i E. O. (RICK) RICKLI . . 47 years of service City Schedules Budget Forums A half dozen special forums for discussion of Roseburg's porposed 19.19-60 budget already have been scheduled, according to Mrs. Will- ma Hill, acting city manager. She said today the talks, extend ing through most of April, will be presented before the membership of various clubs and organizations. "Others may be scheduled be fore the public hearing set for April 27," she pointed out. It is planned to have as many members of City Council and the Budget Committee present to ex plain the "austerity program," tax levy increase and departmental op erations as possible. Also present will be various department beads Mrs. Hill announced. First of the forums is slated for noon April 6 at the Umpqua Ho tel before the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce. Civie Club Dates Ser'f 'V "'The next meeting is' April 9, a 6:30 dinner affair for the Roseburg Lions, followed by a noonday ses sion oelore Koseourg Kiwanians on April 14. The Umpqua Lions Club has a date with budget makers April 15 at 6:30 p.m., also at the hotel. On April 21 a similar session is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Rose burg Woman's Club, and an April 24 luncheon date at the Umpqua Hotel for Roseburg Rotarians is the sixth on the list. Election date is April 28 when Roseburg residents will be asked to approve a $212,000 special levy over the city's, six-mill annual in crease limitation. Tge Budget Committee has set up a $461,442 budget for operating the, city and providing municipal services in the coming year, be ginning July 1. County Legislators Due At C. C. Forum Douglas County's delegation to the Oregon Legislature will be guests of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon Sat urday at noon in the Umpqua Ho tel, chamber Manager Harold Re aume announced today. The forum was set ahead from its usual Monday time to allow Sen. Dan Dimick and Reps. Al Flegel and W. O. (Bun) Kelsay to. take time off from their legisla tive chores to attend the session. A slate of six topics has been lined up by the chamber for dis cussion by the legislators, said Reaume. He listed forest taxation, general taxation, local government and administration, employer employe relations, regulation of business and natural resources as legislative matters to be discussed. Moderator of the discussion will be Eldon Calcy of the chamber's legislative committee. PRIEST TO QUIT POST SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) President Theodore M. Hesburgh of the University of Notre Dame plans to resign from the Civil Rights Commission Sept. 9. stand why these union leaders re fuse to submit our latest and very generous offer to the members of the union for their vote. .. ." Terms of that offer were not disclosed. The strike by Pile Drivers did not affect many big construction projects in Oregon and Southwest Washington. However, the Portland local of the Carpenters Union, the parent body of the Pile Drivers, has said it will strike April 1 unless agree ment is reached on a new con tract. Carpenters locals, though, in the -rest of Oregon and in South west Washington have submitted management's offer to a vote by union members. Those votes may be completed by Saturday, a 27, 1959 73-59 Red Cross Slates Drive For $11,000 Red Cross workers in Douglas County today set their sights on an $11,000 goal in an emergency mem bership and (und drive during April. Judge Charles S. Woodrich. coun ty chapter chairman, said "vital services may be lost in the county unless the objective is obtained. "Such services as the blood pro gram, disaster aid and assistance to servicemen, veterans, and their families are absolutely essential to the life of our community." Judge Woodrich said. "And they were never more essential than this Cen tennial year, when we are inviting tnousands ot visitors into our coun ty. Chapter Said. Necessary "In case of disaster, how could we handle the needs of our grow ing populations and the influx of visitors without a prepared and activated Red Cross chapter?" While Red Cross has always car ried on its own membership cam paign, the special fund drive is necessary because United Fund collections fell short of the goal, the judge explained. Of the $11,000 needed to keep the local chapter operating this year, $4,300 is expected to be raised in Roseburg. Quotas for other com munities in Douglas County, as an nounced by Judge Woodrich and Mrs. Walter Brittell, chairman of the fund drive, are as foliows: Winston, Dillard, Glide, $300 each: Wilbur-Winchester, $200; Myrtle Creek, $600; Azalea-Glen-dale, $500; Canyonville, $450; Tri City, $250; Days Creek, $100. Quotas To North Set Drain and Sutherlin are expect ed to raise $600 each, Oakland and Yoncalla $300 each, Elkton $200, and Curtin $100. Reedsport, which already has realized $800 through the United Fund, has a quota of $400. Mrs. BriUcll said door-to-door collecting will be kept at a mini mum during the campaign. Solici tation, pi businesses, and' special events will be used to raise the necessary $11,000, she said. Brig. Gen. Curtis Beecher of Winston, and Bill Bnnkley, Rose burg, are co-chairmen in charge of business solicitation. Mrs. Phil Johnson is chairman of the special events committee. Ranger Station Bids Requested Bids for installation of a year around ranger station near Clear water Camp in the Diamond Lake District of the Umpqua National Forest will be opened again April 15 in Portland at 2 p.m. The announcement was made Thursday by Herb Rudolph, For est service otficer in cnarge oi improvements in the forest, Bids for the installation of a ranger station, three residences, a gas and oil house and a water system were opened last October, but all bids, including the lowest one of $91,000, were deemed too high. The proposed facility, to be call ed Toketee Ranger Station, will re place the station at Big Camaa, which is located in the same area. It, however, is 1,300 feet higher and can be used only during the spring, summer and fall. Personnel at Big Camas live in Roseburg during the winter. Site At Lower Elevation The new station. Rudolph said. will allow personnel to remain in the area all year because of its lower elevation. The Big Camas station, which in cludes four buildings and an office, will be continued in use as sum mer crew quarters, Rudolph point ed out. He also reported that additional work of drilling a well will be let on separate contract April 13 at 2 p.m. in Portland. The Forest Service also antlci pates adding more residences and a warehouse at the Toketee Hang er Station next year. Rudolph said an orientation meeting for all interested contrac tors will be held at the site April l. it win De attended Dy represen tatives of the Forest Service of fice in Portland. Bid forms and other information are available for the work at the supervisor office in Roseburg, Tax Help Her Monday Internal Revenue Service agents will be on hand Monday In Rose burg to assist taxpayers in prep aration of their income tax forms. The agents will be in Room 206 of the Post Office Building from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday and during the same noun on weekday! trom Apru o uirougn April is. AFRICANS CO UNDERGROUND SALISBURY. Southern Rho dexia (AP) Fear was expressed today that rebellious African na tionalists in Nyasaland who eluded a security roundup are going underground to prepare for guer rilla warfare. 'WE CAN'T GET OVER IT' Sorro wful Riddle Couple Worried About Gunman Hunt; He's Their Nephew By BILL HENLEY JR. News-Review Stiff Writer A broken home and a parachute jumping accident were among, the major contributing factors to the wrong turns taken in the life of Richard Allen Hunt, his relatives in Riddle believe. Hunt, 27-year-old dairy worker from near Harrisburg, is a fugi tive, hunted after abduction of a police chief at Harrisburg Tues day and the gunshot wounding of a second at Brownsville. His aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hunt of Shoestring Rd., Riddle, and their children are grimly sorrowful in learning of his trouDics. mis thing has hit us hard," Mrs. Dorothy Hunt said. "We just can't believe It happened. We just can't get over it. Hunt is a former police chief at Riddle, and at one time operated weexiy newspapers in both Riddle and Canyonville. He is now follow ing the highway construction trade. His nephew, he said, spent most of his youth at a state farm in Corvallis, hjs home broken by sep aration at the age of eight. A military policeman in the armed forces, he was hit by live ammunition wnue maxing a para chute jump in training stateside, prior to the Korean war in which he served. Before that time, his relatives said, he hadn t been in anything which could be called Search For Gunman Returns To Willamette HALSEY. Ore. (AP) The search for a gunman who wound ed a police chief and abducted at least one and maybe two other persons was intensified in this area today. .Meanwhile the search continued in Portland, where a motorist re ported he had been forced at gun point to drive the gunman, Rich ard Allen Hunt, 26, on Wednes- Fairgrounds Jet Due Wednesday Roseburg approaches the Jet age in great strides out on the ground these days. Two F86As are scheduled to be local tourist attractions, one at the Douglas County Fairgrounds and the other at Stewart Park. The F86A for the Fairgrounds will be trucked to Roseburg on equipment furnished by Ben Mar tin of the Martin Bros. Container and Timber Products Co. It will be brought from Fresno, Calif., Tuesday for delivery at the Fair grounds Wednesday. Dick Turley, secretary of the Douglas County Fairgrounds, said that the jet is the beginning of a contemplated Traveltown at the Fairgrounds. Turley, in making plans for the Traveltown, queried Rep. Charles Porter, who ascertained that the jet aircraft was available, and the F86A was then obtained. The second F86A will be Installed as an attraction at Stewart Park. It was acquired by Roseburg's American Legion Post from Air Force surplus and partially financ ed by the Roseburg VFW Post. It will be brought from Reno, Nev., with the city public works depart ment and the Oregon-Nevada-California Fast Freight, Inc., moving and installing the aircraft. There is, of course, one differ ence between the Roseburg air age and the real air age, These jets don't fly. - Forest Training Sessions Slated The spring meeting for rangers and other permanent personnel in the six districts of the Umpqua National Forest is scheduled all next week. Some 70 men are expected to take part in the training sessions wnicn win start Monday ana con tinue through Friday, says Herb Rudolph, training officer. The sessions will be held at the Wolf Creek training camp about 12 miles east of Glide on the Little River Rd. This biggest forest-wide program of the year will include training in such things as timber manage ment, engineering, fire suppres sion and recreation and lands, Ru dolph said. Construction To Close North Umpqua Highway The North Umpqua Highway will be closed for eight hours Saturday because of road construction work going on on a bluff near the high way. The highway will be closed from i a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. Point of closure is about a mile above Steamboat. The work involves the Jack Creek Rd., be ing built under a Forest Service timber sales contract Dy uougias Veneer Co. ARMY DISCHARGES SINCIR LONDON (AP) Rock V roll singing idol Terry Dene didn't live up to the British army's expects tions. He has been discharged as unfit for service. i trouble just an occasional run away episode at the farm. Hunt Sought Help He later wrote his uncle from the Montana State Prison, in which he was serving a term on a check RICHARD ALLEN HUNT . . . five months in Riddle Valley Area day. Extra police roamed the streets there, looking for Hunt. a mencopter and at least 20 men were searching for Hunt in this Willamette Valley farm area, where he had lived bctore he tangled with police Tuesday. tapi. jacK . iieam, Portland, piloted the helicopter, flying FBI agents over the area. State police and sheriff's deputies conducted the ground search. Capt. Kay Howard of the stato police said the search was renew ed in this area because there had been only "tentative identifica tion of Hunt in the Portland area. "We have no definite reoort of Hunt's whereabouts. This is mere- .ly -a security measure' to tie' rea sonably sure he is not still in the area," Howard said. The manhunt was triggered when Harrisburg Police Chief Er nest McPhee tried to arrest the dairy worker, sought by the FBI on a stolen car charge, for a li cense plate violation. McPhee was abducted, and later released unharmed. Later Tuesday, Brownsville Police Chief Robert Kemnow was shot in the head as he tried to stop Hunt's flight. More than 100 men then search ed the Cascade Mountain foot hills, but the hunt switched to Portland Wednesday when a mo torist said he was forced to drive a gunman here. A block-by-block check of down town Portland failed to find Hunt, and police ' said then he might have gotten out of town. Officer Thinks He Left Those comments came aea n Thursday, and detective I.t. Wil liam Hoff said: "I'm inellncd to think he left town." Another policeman said: "Ev erybody has seen him. But they an seem to call in 4 to 12 hours late." It was a report like that which sent police to the moorage Thurs day night. A woman said she saw a man skulking around the area. And a deputy saw the shadowy figure flit through the maze ot house boats, lines and gangways, only to vanish. Police said the gunman might have escaped despite the vast search, and roadblocks set up on major highways. There was a possibility, detec tives said, that Hunt might have friends in the Fort Lewis or Na selle, Wash., area, where he was stationed in the Army. And, the detectives added, Hunt might try to reach them. Though Hoff said he thought the gunman had escaped, he added: "We will continue patrolling the city on ipecial assignments along with our regular patrols." 40-Year Depletion Plea Lost By Weyerhaeuser COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) The Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. Thurs day lost a court attempt to win a 40-year depletion allowance on Its Coos County timber. Circuit Judge Dal King denied (he petition and that means the company will not get a $76,000 refund on timber taxes paid in 1958-59. Judge King held that Weyer haeuser' timber should be in cluded with that of other firms i In the county under tin 30-ycari allowance. Weyerhaeuser had contended that it cut its timber at a slower rate than other companies and said it should not all have the same depletion allowance. ENVOY LOSES CLOTHING TOKYO (AP) Danish Ambas sador Torben Nielsen called on Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako today without the custo mary formal dress. Thieves broke into his residence during the night and made off with most of his wardrobe and his wife's fur coat. charge. Ho asked for aid In re habilitation, and was paroled to the custody of his uncle for five months. "We never had any trouble with him then," said Hunt. "He helped us in our work at Canyonville. Ho was wonderful around the children, and he was trustworthy." The Hunts operated an ambulance service and a camera shop at the time in Canyonville, besides the paper. He left the Hunts in March 1957 to take a job in a camera shop in Salem, "And he was doing wonder fully," said Mrs. Hunt. "Thev thought the world of him. And then one day he took off just like that." The Hunts saw him for only about a three-week period after that, but it wasn't the samo. And he ran oil, after forging a check in their name and taking a motor cycle belonging to Kenneth Hunt's brother, Lawrence. Then, the other night, one of the family heard the news on televi sion and shouted: "It's Richard!" So natural did it seem to the rest ot them that they listened for his footsteps at the door until they found out. "Hope They Get Him" "Hunt said, "1 have to hope thev get him before he hurts anyone else. And I fear he's scared he killed one ot those police chiefs." But it was plain that Kenneth and Dorothy Hunt and their three children at home Larry 15, Con nie 11, and Steven 9 were remem bering another Richard Hunt. And the father said that his other son Dennis, 16, then in high school was hit hardest of all. Kenneth Himt has long been in terested in the problems of juven iles, in and out of police work. He said wearily: "If only we had had him when he was at the farm." A large Samoyan dog, shaggy gray and friendly, slumbered peacefully near the door. He was a gift from Richard. His name is Rebel. U.S., Bulqnria Friendly Again WASHINGTON (AP) 1 The United States today resumed full nist Bulgaria.. - This ended a nine-year break re sulting from Bulgaria's charges the last American minister in Sofia was a spy. The State DeDartment rironned the long diplomatic boycott after tne Bulgarian regime announced it has withdrawn the espionage charges against former Minister Donald Heath. A Bulgarian government repre sentative noted that his country's Supreme Court on Nov. 6, 1956, annuled prison sentences given persons charged with the alleged' spying. Therefore, Bulgaria said "charges against Heath in connec tion herewith have been with drawn as groundless." The agreement to resume diplo matic relations came about as a result of more than two years of sporadic behind-the-scenes talk. The Bulgarians first suggested the move in December 1957. More formal talks began March 4 this year in New York and in Washington. Th RtileArian am bassador to the United Nations, Peter G. Voutov, represented, his government. Foy D. Kohler, dep-. uty assistant secretary of state for European affairs, represented the United States. "These conversations have suc cessfully overcome the previously existing obstacles to the resump tion oi normal diplomatic rela tions reflecting the traditional '. friendship between the Bulgarian and American peoples," the State Department said. 1 Sunny Skies Slated For Easter Weekend Picnic weather is in store for Douglas County residents on Eas ter Sunday, according to the U.S. Weather Bureau station at Rose burg Airport. The bureau said a low pressure front off the Oregon-Washington coast is expected to bring some rain tonight and Saturday, with clearing conditions Sunday and Monday. Another storm front prob ably will move into the area about Tuesday, said the bureau. Temperatures will average near or slightly below normal, with max imums in the 50s and minimums mostly in the low 30s. Total rain fall over the upcoming five day pe riod will be above normal, aver aging about one inch in the interior county and heavier along the coast. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein President Eisenhower voices the opinion that Russia is try ing to force the United States into bankruptcy by excessive expenditures for national de fense. Probably Russia's major reason for trying to speed such a financial catastrophe by continuing to ignore her World War II debt ot the U. S. of $12,000,000,000. U. .