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Candidates File For Posts
In County, Local Districts
Two persons living at opposite
ends of Douglas County will vie
May 2 for a one-year at-large po
sition on the Douglas County Rural
School Board.
The position is one of two to be
filled on the board next month.
Eugene Fisher, Elkton, and Mary
Dora Allen, Azalea, are the candi
dates for the one-year term.
Running unopposed for a three
year term from Zone A (northern
Douglas-coastal area) is Frank
White, Recdsport.
The filing deadline Saturday
brought out candidates in a num
ber of local districts in the county.
One district, Drain Union High
School, has no candidates, although
a five-year term is open.
Candidates in other districts are
listed below.
MYRTLE CREEK
A four-way race is assured for a
five-year term. Candidates in
clude: Clifford Kent, builder; Dr.
William Bayliss, veterinarian; H.
K. Stokes Jr., lumber yard man
ager; and Burton W. Holt, lumber
man. Robert S. Taylor, Hanna per
sonnel director, is the sole candi
date for a four-vear term.
OAKLAND
Harold V. Babcock, Driver Val-
FDR's Widow
Hit By Car
NEW YORK (AP) Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt suffered a
sprained ankle when she stepped
off a curb Sunday and was
knocked down by a backing car.
But she showed up for three"
speaking engagements despite her
injury.
Mrs. Roosevelt, 75, was treated
by her physician. She said she did
not get the driver's name and did
not report the incident to the po
lice. Sbe said she was much too busy
to think about her sprained ankle.
She used a crutch when she
showed up for her engagements.
Recognition Ceremony
Slated At Vets Hospital
An annual "Recognition Award"
ceremony will be held in the au
ditorium of the Recreation build
ing of the Veterans' Administra
tion Hospital at 8 p.m.
Certificates of appreciation for
100 hours of services, a certificates
of merit for 300 hours of service
and certificates of outstanding
service for 500 hours of service
will be awarded.
Certificates of recognition will
also be conferred on many organ
izations. Dr. J. A. Doering. Veterans' Hos
pital Administrate manager, will
open the service, and entertain
ment is scheduled. All volunteers
and friends of the hospital are in
vited to attend.
Khrushchev Claims Conciliation
Red Aim On German Peace Treaty
MOSCOW (AP) Premier Ni
kits Khrushchev said today the
Soviet I'nion will do "everything
fur the solution of the question of
a German peace treaty on a ba-
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Forecast: Fair tonight and Tu
day tome morning fog. Not much
temperature change.
Highest temp, last 34 hours 71
lowest ttmp. Iit4 hours 4
Highest ttmp. any April ("57) 0
Lowtst temp, any April ('55) 27
Precip. last 24 hours T.
Pretip. from April ) 14
Precip. from Sp, I 24.21
Deficiency from Sept. 1 94
Sumet tonight, 4:43 p.m.
Sunns tomorrow, 4 a.m.
Officer
Board
A last minute candidate, Dr.
John H. Donnelly, county health
officer, moved into the race for a
three-year term on the Roseburg
School Board Saturday. And anoth
er avowed candidate was disquali
fied. Donnelly entered Ihe race against
Don H. Reed and Mrs. Dean (Hel
en) Jewell for the three year post.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Richard Hiner,
who last week announced she was
going to run for the same post,
was disqualified because she had
not signed an acceptance slip
agreeing to be a candidate and
had not sent her petition to the
clerk before the deadline.
District Clerk V. J. Micelli said
he had received her petition this
morning and it was postmarked
6:30 p.m. Sunday, a full day after
the 5 p.m. deadline aaiurnay, mis,
Hiner said she was disappointed
She said she thought the deadline
was midnight Saturday and had
mailed the letter at 10:30 satur
day night. She said she was delay
,
ley Rd., is the only candidate for
the five-year term.
DILLARD
Charles McCord, mill worker, is
unopposed for a five-year term.
CAMAS VALLEY
Allen L. Cooper is running un
opposed for re-election to a five
year term.
YONCALLA ELEMENTARY
William J. Hopping and Elmer
Duper are opponents for a five
year term. Mabel E. Williams and
Darrcl Payne are running for a
two-year term.
YONCALLA UNION HIGH
Three men are running for a five
vear term. They are Robert L.
Smith, Harold W. Dodd and Loyd
E. Matins.
DRAIN ELEMENTARY
Sidney Moore, incumbent, is run
ning unopposed for the five-year
term.
SUTHERLIN
There are races for two posi
tions. Running for a five-year term
are Marshall Ward, Weyerhaeuser
employe; William Baird, service
station operator: and Leo Johnson
grocer. Gladys Minor, housewife
and retail clerk, and Rodney Lea-
therwood, logging contractor, are
running for a one-year term. Mrs.
Minor has filled the latter position
by appointment since another
board member resigned.
CANYONVILLE
Two positions are open, and un
opposed candidates are running for
each. Dr. John Aaronsnn, incum
bent, is running for two years,
and Barton Nordling. auto parts
store owner, is seeking a five-year
term.
RIDDLE
E. E. Daniels, incumbent, is run
ning for re-election for a five-year
term.
General MacArthur
Out Of Hospital
NEW YORK (AP)-Gen. Doug
las MacArthur is out of the hos
pital and says he feels fine. i
MacArthur had a big smile for
photographers Sunday as he left
Lenox Hill Hospital accompanied
by his wile. Jean.
"One of the most striking stor
ies in the Bible is that of Lazarus,
who was raised from the dead."
he said. "1 feel very much like
a modern Lazarus, whose resur
rection is due to the extraordinary
skill of Dr. George W. Slaughter
and his able assistants."
MacArthur. 80, entered the hos
pital Jan. 29 and underwent an
operation March 19 for removal of
his prostrate gland.
Good News Fatal
BRISBANE, Australia (AP)
Minutes alter being told today he
had won the equivalent of $16,800
in a state lottery, Harold B. Car
ney, a magistrate, dropped dead.
He was 61. and had been suffering
from heart trouble.
sis acceptable to) the Western
powers."
But at a Moscow homecoming
rally reporting on his visit to
France, Khrushchev once more
insisted on signing separate trea
ties with East and West Germany,
a proposal repeatedly rejected by
the West.
Khrushchev said the German
question had bulked large in his
talks with President Charles de
Gaulle and he expressed belief
those talks had clarified Ihe So
viet position fot the French. The
Soviet Premier returned Sunday
from an 11-day visit to France.
Khrushchev once more lasfVd
out at Chancellor Konrad Ade-
enauer of West Germftiv. He said
on his visits to the United States
and Japan, Adenauer tried to mo
bilize "the cold war champions"
against a German peace treaty.
Turning to the question of dis
armament, the Premier told about
Enters
Contest
led by other activities which took
her time Saturday.
Iwu candidates are vying for
the five-year term. They are Mrs.
Glenn (Helen) Scott and Dr. V. J.
Anderson.
The election is scheduled May 2.
Dr. Donnelly, father of six chil
dren, said he had decided to run
for a board position at the sugges
tion of several in the Benson PTA.
He bas three children in high
school, two in junior high and one
in Benson Elementary School.
He has never tried for an elected
public office before.
Philosophy Expressed
Donnelly expressed a philosophy
of economy with quality. On the
current question of leaching salar
ies, he said "1 believe every citi
zen has the right to expect value
received from his tax dollar, but
for true value received, there is no
substitute lor quality. I think that
quality leaching should be given
tup priority and that adequate sal
aries are necessary to insure that.'
He said he had also been asked
about school building costs. He
said he could see no inconsistency
between beauty and function. "I'm
in favor of functional design with
out expensive frills."
Donnelly also takes a stand in
favor of the 6-3-3 system of ele
mentary, junior high and high
school division and against empha
sis on elementary and junior high
athletics. On the last subject, he
said he feels athletics in elemen
tary and junior high schools causes
overstimulation and tends to put
an imbalance or loss of perspective
in what is most important in the
education of children of that age.
Ike, Adenauer
United On All
Major Issues
BONN, Germany (AP) d Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer told West
Germans tonight he and Presi
dent Eisenhower found themselves
fully united on all major issues
to go before the summit confer
ence next month.
Adenauer was reporting to the
nation on a 'round-the-world trip.
During his 10-minute address
over nationwide radio and televi
sion hookups, the 84-year-cld
Chancellor told of getting a friend
ly reception from everyone he met
in uie unuea aiaies.
"I was extraordinarily satisfied
with the talks with President Ei
senhower and Secretary of Slate
Hcrter and other leading Ameri
can officials," he said.
He did not go into detail b u t it
was clear he was trying to get
across the point that he was con
vinced the Americans would make
no fresh concessions to the Soviets
that would weaken the Western
position in Berlin.
Owners Retrieve
Missing Wheels
Four foreign car wheels report
ed stolen in recent weeks were re
covered this weekend by a Rose
burg man and his son, aided by
Roseburg City Police.
Marshall Holmes and his son
told officers they were angling for
cauisn on me soum umpqua Riv
er, three miles west of Roseburg,
and sighted three wheels.
Police searched the waters and
found another one. The first of the
recent thefts occurred during the
weekend of Feb. 28 when four
tires and wheels were stolen. The
last one was stolen March 24, po
lice said.
Officers plan to continue Ihe
search of the river when the wa
ter recedes, they reported.
78-Dcgree Weather
Brightens Roseburg
Roseburg basked in a sunny 78
degrees on Sunday, according to
the weatherman.
Considerably above normal, the
thermal reading broke no records,
he added. More of a similar cli
mate is anticipated tonight and
Tuesday, with some morning fog.
; 17.000 persons at a French-Soviet
! friendship rally in the Sports Pal
iace: "As for disarmament, which
is the most important question
: facing the world today, I would
isay that our ( Khrushchev-De
i Gaulle) opinions coincide."
I A final communique in Paris
I Saturday said both leaders agreed
on the need for diarmament. De
' Gaulle sfti nothing about Khrush
Ichev's plan for total disarmament
! ithin four years, which the
French delegation at Geneva has
; called unrealistic.
Khrushchev conceded there are
(differences in the positions of
! Fr4)nee and the Soviet I'nion on
! major issues.
I "No doubt they resulted in a bet
ter understanding." he said of the
talks. "On the most important
questions we were obviouslv not
j always in agreement, but on the!
i most important we cam closely
I together." I
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Accidents
Claim Six
In Oregon
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A tractor overturned on a sleep
hill. ..two cars slammed together
...an auto plunged into a guard
rail...
Those accidents occurred in
Oregon late Saturday night and
Sunday. The result: six persons
dead, five others injured.
The highway fatals pushed Ore
gon's liKiO traffic toll to 79 per
sons. Five have died in April.
Two cars collided on Highway
.10 east of The Dalles Sunday, and
Mrs. Dewey West, 63, Arlington,
Ore., perished in the wreckage.
State police said Mrs. West's
husband was driving their car.
The driver of the other car, po
lice said, was Kenneth Thompson.
25, Warm Springs. West and
Thompson were injured, as well
as two of Thompson's passengers.
Another weekend fatality also
occurred on Highway 30, this one
some 10 miles west of The Dalles.
A car smashed into a guaid
rail, and the driver, Jerry A.
Grindy, 20, Hood River, was
killed when he was thrown into a
roadside lake. Another person in
the car was injured.
A Sunday ride on a tractor
ended in death on a farm near
Corvallis.
Farmer Robert Sharp, 33, took
his daughter. Linda, 4, for a ride
on the tractor.
Later, Sharp's wife, looking
from her farm home, saw the ve
hicle overturned on a steep bank.
She found the body of her husband
pinned beneath the tractor, the
body of her daughter nearby.
EUGENE (AP) Two-and-a-half
year-old Shannon Rae Fow'les,
Klamath Falls, died here Sunday
night from head injuries suffered
the previous Sunday in a Eugene
accident.
Her mother, Bonnie Joe Fowles,
23, was also injured in the crash,
but less seriously.
They were occupants of a car
driven by George Ernest Cook,
also Klamath Falls, which col
lided at a Eugene intersection
with another car.
Airs. Fowles and her daughter
wore thrown from the car by the
impact.
It was Eugene's first automobile
fatality of the year.
INDEPENDENCE (AP) Law
rence Purdom, a 73-year-old Inde
pendence resident, died early this
morning when flames consumed
his home here.
Polk County sheriff's deputies
said Purdom, who lived alone
apparently fell asleep while smok
ing in bed.
Riddle, Canyonville, Gunter
Set School Budget Hearings
More school districts in Douglas
County give their residents chanc
es to examine the 1960-61 budgets
this week.
Three districts plan hearings to
night. They are Riddle, Canyonville
and Gunter.
At Riddle, a budget of $374,875
will be discussed. It includes $212,
8li8 outside the 6 per cent limita
tion on which a vole will be neces
sary. At Canvonville, the budget is
$261,947.25, of which $155,208 is out
side the limitation. The Gunter
budget figure is $26,866.99, of which
$20,292.74 is outside the limitation.
Riddle and Canyonville hearings
will both be at 8 p.m. The Riddle
meeting will be in the elementary
school and the Canyonville session
in the high school. Gunter will
hold its hearing at 7:30 at the
school.
Gardiner's hearing is slated at
8 p.m. Tuesday at the W. F. Jew
ell Srhool. The budget calls for
$172,044, of which $76,591.96 is out
side the limitation.
Drain Sets Hearing
Also slated Tuesday at 8 is the
Drain Elementarv budget discus
sion on $230,041, of wnich $89 724 ii
outside the limitation.
The Union High School district's
hearing is scheduled the following
evening at 8. Its budget calls for
Ex-Vets' Bureau
Director Dies
WASHINGTON (AP) Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Mines, retired,
who headed the government's vet
erans' affairs activities almost
22'a years longer than any other
man died Sunday. He would
have been 81 next Monday.
A itnn, rranK 1. nines jr., tooay
said his father had suffered a
stroke nearly 10 years ago hut
continued some business activity
until recently.
The general suffered a fall iw
entered the.Mt. Alto Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital here about
two weeks aQi. the son said.
The hospital listed the cause of
death as bronchial pneumonia.
Funeral services Willi be held
Wednesday at Ft. Mycr CNapel, in
im.rn
nearby Arlington.
will follow in Arlington National
Cemetery.
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"TIROS" ,
METEOROLOGICAL
SATELLITE
SATELLITE ORBITS America launched a Tiros earth
satellite carrying two television cameras to photograph
the world's weather from 400 miles deep in space. This
chart shows the proposed path of the satellite, which was
launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Tiros should
circle the earth every 90 minutes or so.
10 Goals Announced
In Roseburg Program
A 10 point basic plan for the
"Build a Greater Roseburg" pro
gram was announced today by
Ralph DeMoisy, president of the
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce.
The detailed activities and proj
ects to implement the basic
goals are being taken from the cur
rent survey of citizens' ideas and
suggestions.
A major part of the survey will
be taken at four meetings today
and Tuesday at the Umpqua Hotel
for seven business ana proiession
al groups. The first was held at
noon.
The 10 basic action goals were
placed on a large chart for the
meetings. The points listed are
these:
1. Diligent work for a continuing,
well-balanced program of civic im
provement. 2. Encouragement and fostering
of further development of educa
tional and cultural advances.
3. Promotion of suitable, diver-
$188,388.17. A total $96,851.99 is out
side the limitation.
Also on Wednesday, Glcndalc's
hearing is set at 8 in the high
school. This budget is $394,835.97,
with $151,309 outside the limitation.
Two school districts plan hearings
Friday. They are Dillard and Glide.
Those attending the Dillard meet
ing at 8 in Douglas High School
will discuss a budget of $839,697.46,
of which $377,432 is outside the
limitation.
At Glide's high school multipur
pose room at 8. those attending
will discuss a budget of $689,949, of
which $331,007 is outside the limi
tation. Included in the budget is
$30,000 to build two new class
rooms at the Deer Creek Elemen
tary school.
On Saturday, Sutherlin will hold
its hearing at 8 in the West Ele
mentary School on a budget of
$744,139, of which $120,416 is out
side the limitation.
Russian Roulette
Fatal To Portlander
PORTLAND (AP) Two men
decided to play Russian roulette
here Saturday. Only one of them
got to pull the trigger.
The county coroner's office said
Lawrence Saucier, 32, pulled the
trigger on a revolver containing
nnlv on bullet, and Hied.
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Deputies quoted Allan Scott as,. . . . ... ,. ... ,.
saying Saucier handed a .22 call
ber revolver to him, but he hand
ed it back. Scolt said Saucier put
the barrel to his temple, pulled
the trigger and the revolver dis
charged. Russian roulette Is a chance
game played by putting one bullet
in th? chamber of a six-shooter,
spinning the 4ullet chamber and
pulling the tggcr.
Cambodia's King Diet
PHN'OM PENH, CampbtOa (AP)
King Norodom Suramarit, 64, of
Cambodia died Sunday. The mon
arch had been ailing for a year
,na reportedly iuffered stroke
:1"1 December. II hM served as
I king sinci 1951.
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sified, all-season types of new In
dustries from within and without.
4. Assistance and cooperation
with present industries in practical
ways, so as to help expand local
payrolls and prosperity of citizens
5. Development of a well-rounded
retail and wholesale trade expan
sion program for Roseburg and
area.
6. Promotion of a vigorous, com
prehensive program for increased
tourist business and conventions,
7. Promotion of the further de
velopment of agriculture, timber,
water and other natural resources
of the area.
!. Work in the interest of ship
pers, public and carriers for trans
portation facilities, rates and serv
ices to meet increasing needs so
as to enable city and area to com
pete with other areas.
9. Seeking of further improve
ments in the highways and roads
serving the area. ,
10. Publicizing the advantages
and attractions of this area as
widely as possible, both locally
ana to outers.
British Claim American
Woman Aids Red China
LONDON (AP) - A British
newspaper said today an Ameri
can woman scientist is helping the
Chinese Communists build their
first atomic bomb, and thev plan
iu caijiuuv u in tfuue or jiuy.
The Daily Mail, in a dispatch
from Hong Kong, said the woman
was Joan Chase Hinton, 39, a for
mer University of Chicago student
who went to China as a welfare
worker in 1948. Her mother oper
ated the Putney School in Vermont.
Mississippi River
Levee; Assistance
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Workers striving to hold back
the levee-bursting Mississippi Riv
er called for help today along the
Illinois and Missouri shores,
A levee break about 25 miles
north of Quincy near Meyer, 111.,
early in the day sent water surg
ing across 30,000 acres of, farm
land. National Guardsmen and
college students and other volun-
Flood fighters appealed for help
in the Gregory Landing Levee
area on the Missouri side near
the Iowa border. The Mississippi
reached the top of the lctee pro
tecting 20,000 acres there and only
the sandbag topping held back the
icy waters.
The Gregory Landing volunteers
included some Quincy College stu
dents and numbered 250 in all.
"They're hollering for help
there," said Sheriff C. F. Milligan
of Clark County, Mo.
More than 300 Missouri convicts
were sent into the flood battle
along tty Missouri River. Most of
them were assigned to sandbag
ging details near Cedar City.
F.ightyeight National Guards
men rolled nut of Hannibal, Mo.,
to flood duty in the Canton-Alcx-ndria,
hlo., sector.
RHS Bombing
Threat Made
By Telephone
Roseburg's High School was the1;"'', ,ncfre naye een n ou
arget of another telephoned bomb, breaks o raclal violence here.
t
threat early Saturday afternoon
the Roseburg City Police reported
today.
This latest bombing hoax was re-
poted just three days after the
lirst, which resulted in the evacua
tion of children from Rose Ele
mentary School Wednesday after
noon. High school principal Orville R.
Bailey told officers he estimated
the age of the person who called
Between 17 and 20. He said It was
a male voice.
The voice said, "There is a bomb
in your school," and the telephone
receiver was banged down, Bailey
reported. The call came into the
high school office about 12:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Bailey said he has no regular
office hours on Saturday. The en
ure nuikling usually is vacant dur-
g uie wecKena.
The caller must have seen his
car drive up to the school and then
placed the call. Bailey speculated.
roiico and the high school janitor
searched the building but were un-
auie to una anything.
Union Favors
Civil Service
Douglas County union emnloves
spoke out today against the Doug
las County Employes Council for
aistorting the facts ' in a writ
ten statement vetoing a proposed
civil service petition.
Leo Butts, business renrpspnlji-
live of the Oregon Public Employ
es Council acting for the. Douglas
County union employes, denounced
uie report ot me ncwly-tormed em
ployes group, which was publish
ed in last Wednesday's New
Review.
Bulls also reported the union em
ployes, most of whom work for the
county Road Department, plan to
move ancaa in preparation ot the
peuiiun.
He said Ihe group pli ns to pre
sent a proof of the petition for ex
amination by County Clerk Charles
Doerncr Wednesday morning.
Attempts to gain signers for the
petition will commence within two
or three weeks if the paper is ap
proved, Butts said.
Stork Not Fooled;
Sisters Surprised
The stork proved he was no fool
Friday by surprising two Roseburg
sisters with baby girls on the same
day.
Mrs. Dennis Datsch. 19. Rt. 3.
Box 245, gave birth to an 8-pound
girl shortly after 5 Friday morn
ing at Mercy Hospital. Then, Mrs.
Dave Clingman, 24, delivered a
10-pound, 8',4-ounce girl at 9:40
p.m. in Douglas Community Hos
pital.
The sisters were both born In
Roseburg, the daughters of Mrs.
John Sutton. Grandmother La
veta Sutton if still living here.
They came to Roseburg in 1933.
Grandmother Sutton said she
thought it was one of the best April
Fool's Day pranks ever played on
her.
Almost all the 450 residents left
Alexandria and about 300 moved
from their homes in Canton.
The Mississippi edged up past
24 feet in Quincy, 8 feet above
technical flood stage and one of
the highest levels ever recorded.
But the city of 42,000 Is on high
ground and no major trouble is
expected there.
Skies were clearing in the Mid
western flood zone.
But moderate to heavy rain la
southern Alabama and northern
Florida sent rivers over their
sides. '
Other rivefs and streams In a
half dozen other Midwest states
were causing trouble after more
than a week of flooding, but the
worst appeared over In hard-hit
Nebraska.
The spring floods which also
have hit Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa,
Michigan and South Dakota have
d r i v n thousands from their
' homes. The American Red Cross
said 28.000 persons have been af
fected by the overflows. Damagu
was expected to run Into the mil
lions of dollars.
The Big Sioux River In South
Dakota and the Skiing In Iowa
were causing trouble. The big Mis
souri River continued its slow
Three Young .
Negroes Held
In Flareup
PORTLAND (AP) -Several
white men were beaten here in
scattered weekend attacks, one of
them fatally. Threo young Negroes
were jailed today in the death.
"They had had a few drinks."
said Police LI. William Hoff.
"They had been reading about
South Africa and troubles in our
South, and just went out to do
something about it. At least that's
what one of them told me."
Portland has a Negro population
of about 12,000, largely concen
trated in the northern part of the
city, there have been no out-
The dead man, Edward J. St.
George, 44, succumbed in a hos
pital last night of a skull fracture,
lie had been found early Sunday
at S.W. 2nd Ave. and Yamhill St.,,
a tlown-at-the-heels area of mar
kets, small shops and a few small
old hotels.
"They didn't know him," said
Hoff. "There was no sense to it."
Police booked Paul Arnold Ma
chen. 21, for first degree murder
and booked two others, Benjamin
Joseph Irwin, Jr., 21, and Charles
Ivan Patterson Jr., 21, as material
witnesses. Formal charges
awaited further investigation.
Hoff identified Mac-hen as a
middleweight preliminary fighter,
brother of heavyweight Eddie
Machen.
Hoff said investigators were
probing other weekend attacks on
lone white men along darkened
streets. "Just say there were
several." he said.
He added there was no imme
diately known connection between
them and the attack on St. George,
but this was being checked.
Asked if there were witnesses to
the St. George attack, Hoff said,
"We'd rather not say too much
until our investigation is further
along."
Office Gals Picket
Portland Union Hall
PORTLAND (AP) Four
smartly dressed, well groomed
women pickets marched in front
ot me fortiana Labor lempie
today and closed it down tight.
The women are members of the
Office Employes Union. They
said they were protesting the
refusal of the Portland District
Council of Carpenters and three
carpenters' locals to sign a union
contract with them. The carpen
ters have their offices in the
temple.
The district council and one of
the locals signed the contract to
day after the picketing started.
A labor spokesman said that the
carpenters, as employers, ob
jected to a so-called savings-
severance plan under which tne
office worker and the employer
are required to contribute 5 per
cent of the wage received, lhis
money goes to tho employe when
he quits or is retired.
The office employes have been
working without a contract with
the carpenters since the old con
tract expired on April 1, 1959.
Telephone and elevator oper
ators at Ihe labor temple refused
to cross the office workers' picket
line. So did almost everyone else.
The Labor Press, the weekly
union newspaper, moved into the
offices of the Portland Reporter.
The Reporter is a union-backed
weekly that is being published by
union members who are idled by
a strike at Portland's two news
papers, The Oregonian and Oregon
Journal.
Farm Accident Fatal
SANDY (AP) A little girl
was killed in her yard Saturday
when a sharp-toothed farm imple
ment fell on her.
It toppled from a wall against
which it had been placed onto
Donna Iee Williams, 3, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams.
Breaks
Asked
climb In northwest Missouri and
northeast Kansas.
The Big Sioux flooded thousands
of acr,;s from Elk Point, S.D., to
Sioux City, Iowa, forcing soma
700 persons to leave their homes
in North Sioux City, S.D. The
Skung River continued to threaten
weakened dikes near Burlington,
in southeast Iowa.
The Missouri spilled over U S.
38 about S miles west of St. Jo
seph, Mo., and at Elwood, Kan.,
across the swollen river, residents
in the outskirts started sandbag
ging operations. Plans were made
to evacuate Coming, Mo., a town
of 200, virtually surrounded by
high water. 1
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reiienstein
March want out like o flock
of wild ducks. Instead of
emulating t h traditional
lamb, which continues to star
at consumers with p i 1 1 1 ( (
price penetration.
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