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Plans Developing For Blast Area; Changes To Appear Soon In Zone By CHARLES V. STANTON Newt-Review Editor O Get your scissors and cut out the above photojraph. We've made it large enouch to show detail so you may use it for future reference. This is the photograph Bl'in? used by the Roseburg Planning Commission as a part of its proj ect for redevelopment of the city's disaster area. It was furnished by the Roseburg Chamber of Com mcrce. Daring the next few weeks you will be hearing a great deal about plans for redevelopment of the dis aster area, clearly delineated ill the left-center of the photograph. The picture is taken from a spot just south of the Oak Ave bridge, visible in the extreme lower fore ground. The view is toward the east. The long, straight street running north and south through the pic ture is SE Stephens St. Clearly visible above that street, and to the left of center, is the Central Junior High School building, which Speaker Candidate Running For Office SALEM (AP)-State Rep. Rob ert L. Elfstrom, Salem, Republi can leader of the state House of ReDresenlalives. filed for re-elec tion here. He has served lour ,terms. Elfstrom probably would he speaker of the House in the 1981 session if Republicans should win control. The House has been Democratic the past two sessions. The filing period for the May 20 primary election closes at 5 p.m. Friday. Other filings today: State Sen. Walter J. Pearson (D-Portland I for re election. Dorothea Pearson (Mrs. Walter J.), Portland Democrat, for stale representative from West Subdis trict. Stale Rep. Earl H. Hill (R Cushman) for re-election in Lane County. Harry Hogan, The Dalles Demo crat, for delegate to Democralic National Convention from Second District. James R. Shick. Forest Grove, for delegate to Democratic Na tional Convention from First Dis trict. Audrey Badley, John Day, for delegate-at-large to Democralic National Convention. Oliver E. Smith, Portland, for delegate to Democratic National Convention from Third District, and for stale senator. Thomas E. Edison. Astoria Re publican, for re-election as Clat sop County district attorney. Harry J. Hogan, The Dalles Democrat, for re-election as Was co County district attorney. Irving C. Allen. Burns Republi can, for re-election as Harney County district attorncj. Douglas Library Arrivals Douglas County Library By ANITA EDIN News-Review Staff Writer I A number of booklets published by Institute for Research on vari- i ous careers have arrived at the Douglas County Library and are I now available lo Ihe public. The i booklets can be of help to manyj high school students who desire to I know more about a particular ca- reer. ; A tolal of 67 booklets have been received, each dealing with a riif-' ferent career. Information on th? following subjects may be found: I purchasing, industry, commerce and government, popular music, ; museum work, theatre, dental hy-( giene, science research and devel opment, work in industry, weather Wife To Give Baby Away, In Spite Of Mother-ln-Law Lt'TON, England (AP) Re. jecting a tearful plea from ni? mother, Leo Moore says he and his wife will go ahead with plans lo give their unborn haby lo an American couple for adoption. "We can manage our own af fairs." said the 40-year-old bus driver aller his mother, Ellen Moore, appealed lo him and his wife. Yvonne, lo drop Iheir plans. Mrs. Moore. 62, who made the 130-mile trip here from her home in Manchester, urged the Monres In let her raise (he child if they did not want it. "She came in here crying anil making a scene." said Moore. "I'm not a child I wish my moth er had not interfered " His 39-year-nld wife leaves by planp Wednesday fur the 1'niled States. She expecls the baby, her first, in mid-April. It will he adoptrd bv Wilbur and Rillie Prescolt, a childless North is expected to become a retail cen ter. Beiow thai building mav he seen I ,he Sayre used car lot. 'Pine St.. 'the street below Stephens, dead : ending at Washington St., would be cut on an angle through the Savre I lot to join up w ith Stephens as a part of the proposer? shuttle svs lem.o S-,eicno st.o -ftuld cafrv ! northbound traffic. Southbound traffic would turn off Stephens onto Pine at the proposed connection. I Present plans are to construct a ; new low level bridge at Washing Ion. That's the east-west avenue I just one block to the left of Oak j Ave. in the photograph. Just to the right of Oak Ave. and at the west end of Cass Ave., a block soulh of Oak, you can see the Southern Pacific Railroad de- .pot. Just northeast of that is the property formerly occupied by the unugias Lounty Hour Mills. You will note tha the property comes almost to a point as it 'reaches Oak Ave. The Planning Commis sion proposes abandoning that por tion of Sheridan St. between the property and the railroad, which would make the site extremely valuable for industrial purposes. " Then across the tracks, on the west side, is a dirt road, Bowen St. It is proposed lo abandon tha1. street, which would carry the properly on Parrott St. to the rail road right of way. giving it front age on the railroad tracks thereby producing industrial value. Plans also are under eonsidera- ! lion lo widen Oak Ave. and Spruce St., the north-south street west of the railroad tracks and north of the center of Ihe photograph, j New developments and projects I will be outlined from time to time and if you'll clip and keep the ! above photograph you'll be able to : spot the developments with rela ! lion to the central business district and the disaster zone. Johnson Makes "Rights' Offer WASHINGTON (AP) - Domo cratic Leader Lyndon B. John- i son of Texas offered here to ; cease round-the-clock sessions of ! the Senate if Southerners would i asree to a series of voles on civil rights legislation. i Johnson, in a bristling ex change with Sen. Spcssard L. Hol land (D-Kla), denied he was try ing to wear down Dixie senators or was risking their health and lives by the continuous sessions. He predicted that eventually he would not rucss when a ma jority of the Senate will force a .vote on the controversial issues. I At 4 o'clock this morning John ! son had put over on a 53-4 roll call, a seven-minute adjournment 'of the Senate which had been in practically continuous session, ex cept for Sunday, since the previ : ous Monday. I Johnson said at the lime he was serving notice on absentee sena tors that business issues might 'come up at any time. forecasting and meteorology, san itary engineering, dairy products industry, metallurgy and metal lurgical engineering, real estate and building management, mortu ary operation, veterinary medicine, laboratory technician, private and social secretaryship, flower shop management and many other ca reers. College Questions Answered Plain Talk From A Campus" by John A. Perkins is also new on the adult non-fiction shelf. Such ques tions as: What is a college for? school and is it preparing students for college? Should everyone go to college? Has American education permitted its intellectual pilings lo become so barnacled with foot- Charleston, S C., couple, i They are paying Mrs. Moore's travel expenses and will lake care of her until the haby is born, j Mrs. Moore said earlier "I'm ! giving the baby away simply be ; cause I don't want it." i Disclosure of the adoption plans . whipped up a storm of criticism 1 from neighbors and Moore's co- workers. The Moores said Ihey still think ! Ihey have made the right deei I sion. In Charleslon Ihe Presroiis, j who together earn nearly $I0.ikiii la year at Ihe Navy shipvard, said Ihe criticism is unjustified. ! "They can't afford Ihe hahy and idnn't want it." said Mrs. Present!. "We ran afford it a.id we wan! 1 it very badly. Gnd never saw fit to give us one of our own. i "I dnn'l know why people arp criticizing Mrs. Moore. She sounds like a very unselfish person lo me." COTTAGE CHEESE I Receives New Booklets I ball, campus pageantry and marching bands that we nave for ; gotten why one goes to college? 'These and many other questions ! are answered in this publication. Dr. Perkins' answers to these ques ! lions go to the root of our whole educational problem: ever-increas-; ing enrollments, dilfering financial j solutions and confusion over edu cational aims. Based on a keen nh 'servation of facts met with daily but appraised in the light of the long perspective of history. Dr. Perkins' book is a straight-front-j Ihe shoulder presentation of a sub i ject every American parent and taxpaver is trving to understand. Jim Bishop's "(io With God" is a collection of traditional, ritual and personal prayers. He has per sonally selected, introduced, anl annotated prayers from all relig ions, and from every age: prayers of statesmen, priests, industrial ists, poets, and actors. Here are Ihe great devotions of many lands and many cultures of Protestant, ' Catholic. Jewish, Moslem, Bud dhist and Hindu faiths, j Bishop tells of a great ordeal in his own life and what his religion meant to him during it. Returning j from Italy aboard ship, he learned that his wife was critically ill in America. He tells of his experi ences with prayer in this crisis I and his desperate hut unsuccessful 'allempts to reach her bedside : before she died. The author writes a preface lo each section of the honk and gives each prayer a paragraph of explan atory text. NAME OF DAM APPROVED PORTLAND (AP) Rep Wal ler Norhlad (R-Ore) advised here that the House has voted lo change the name of Detroit Dam in Oregon to Douglas McKay Dam. &BSSQfiS Save This Photo; Watch Changes Come i "Rebel Drums" by Nancy Faulk : ner tells the exciting tale of one j boy's adventures in Colonial Vir ginia. Indian raids were becoming j more frequent in Virginia but Gov- crnor Berkeley, safe in Jair. 'town, turned a deaf ear to In.? J colonists' pleas for reprisals. Even ! Iluyh Irvin and his father on their i isolated farm ignored the urgent warnings of friends lo move back to more settled parts. Then came the day when a marauding land of Susquehannocks raided the farm, burned Ihe barn and carried off Hugh's father. The long scarcn for his father launched Hugh on a series of dangerous and exciting adventures, climaxed by his meet ing with Nathaniel Bacon. Through the efforts of Hawk Feather, Hugh's Indian friend, the story is brought lo a dramatic conclusion. Other new books at the library are: Adult nen fict'on: Tusitala. Ro land Barker: Opportunity Unlim ited. Mark Clifton; Sex and Love in the Bible, William Cole: Travel the Magic Circle, Edward Collier; Baseball Stories, Parke Cum mings; Essays English and Amer ican: The National League, Ed Fitzgerald; The Day Nothing Hap Pay Your Bills WHEN DUE Kccd Your Credit Good Pioneer Service Credit Information Is most valuable. No commissions charged on collections. All moneys paid direct to creditors. Pioneer Service Co., Inc SINCE 1926 The Merchants' and Professional Men's Organization OREGON IDAHO UTAH NEVADA DIVISION Oivision Office: Eugene, Oregon WATCH FOR THE GREEN AND BLACK HANDBILLS WITH ACCOUNTS FOR SALE On Careers pened, Corey Ford; France, Dorc' Ogrizek; Textbook of Ore Dress ing, Robert Richards; Handbook of Job Fads. Science Research Associates; The Challenge of Dc linquency, Negley Teelers; Educa tion and Mental Health, W. D. Wall. Adult fiction: The Same Door, Joh I'pdike; The Treatment Man, William Wicgand. Young modirns non fiction: Wood Projects You Will Like, Louis Barocci; College Entrance Guide. Mark Murphy. Young modems fiction: F'resh man At Large. Pearl Bentel; Chal lenger. Patricia Gray. Juvenile non-fiction: Nibble, Nib ble. Margaret Brnn-n; And ljing Remember. Dorothea Fisher; Go ing For A Walk With a Line, Doug las MacAgy; John Philip Sousa, Ann Weil. Juvtnilt fiction: Adam and Ihe Golden Cork, Alice Dalgliesh. Easy books: Boo, Robert Barry; About Ihe Captain of a Ship, H. II. Chare; About the Pilot of a Plane, H. il. Chase; Ottn in Texas, Wil liam Du Bois; Snipp. Snapp, Snurr and the Seven Dogs, Maj Jan I. indman; Little Blue and Litlle Yellow. Leonard I.lonni; Billie, Es phyr Slobodkina. and Half An Hour Now Dooms How does HALTS work? Just like the lawn ! It lies then attacks as' crabgrass sprouts, all through CMMiMif rnmn svi fit a rlial'a Cof in m uii pon 1 1 m i 10. The Scotts Spreader is full. Let's take a walk. HALTS goes on evenly,' 'easily-jusi right' Amazing, isn't it? ' Afore anil mare foil r art coming In u) fnr ailct on Improving thrir lawnl Ihrnugh an tan lo lnllnw italll Pmtram lor Wttfrrn lawm. It ff be slod lo prcstnhe Ihe correct I'rosram or jour lan. Save 5.00! 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