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3W WOW Budget Group To Consider U. of C. li b:-M wmm ii mi ii. in i vm i in mm i . - - z " I'" ' 4 TWO WINNERS among the 46 youngsters who received high honors ot the Douglas County Regional Science Fair Saturday and Sunday are shown with their exhibits. David Miller, fourth grade at Wilbur, is shown with his model logging operation entered in the "simple machines and their uses" category. Steve Cannon, seventh grade ot Sutherlin, dis plays his project of cutaway views of earth he entered in the "major earth movements and folds category. (News-Review 46 Young Winners Selected In Regional Science Fair The winners of the Douglas County Regional Science Fair have been selected. The Science Fair, held at (he Roseburg High School Saturday and Sunday, was slated for stu dents from grades 1 to 10 through out the county. Here, they display ed their projects with the hopes of winning and competing in the state, and possibly the national science fairs. The 46 winning projects will go on to compote in the state Science Fair in Portland, April 23 to May 7. Listed as winners in the first grade level were Billy Kemper, Roseburg: Lloyd Strong. Rose burg; Terrv Spencer, Oakland; Davl Stephens, Oakland; Camillc Follett, Roseburg; Mrs. Gcraldine Saving Daughter Costs Father's Life . SALEM (AP) A 90-yearoM Salem man with a heart ailment died Saturday while fighting to protect his daughter from the blows of her husband, a former mental patient, police said. William M. Miller fell dead on the lawn of his family home. Daniel G. Keidatz, his son-in-law, was committed later to the Ore gon State Hospital for examina tion. He had been discharged only last summer from the U. S. Vet erans Hospital at Roseburg. Keidatz's wife. Helene. 41, and (he familv phvsician. Dr. Paul Wedel, whom she telephoned dur ing the family argument, told police this story: Keidatz had been despondent (he past two days. Shortly before noon Saturday he came down stairs, seized his wife and shout ed: "You think I'm 'crazy. But I'm not crazy." When he began beating Mrs. Keidatz, her father, a frail man, took the cane he used for walk ing and hit Keidatz on the head. Keidatz seized the cane from him and began hitting him. She said her father yelled (o her, "Get out of here. Run while you can." She did and shortly afterward police and a fire department crew, called by Dr. Wedel, ar rived. Minutes later stale police and a sheriff's deputy found Keidatz walking along a road two blocks from home. He- refused to speak and resisted the police as they apprehended him. An autopsy was ordered lo de termine the basic cause of Mil ler's death. Toward New Horizons' Theme For Annual - Homernakers Festival At Farrgounds Thursday ' Toward New Horizons." is the ! She will tell about radiation preser theme of the I960 annual Home-j vation and freeze drving that mav makers Festival, to be held Tours- make it possible to store manv of day in the Community Building at i the foods of the future on the pan the Douglas County Fairgrounds in i try shelf. KOSCDUIg. The program include morning and afternoon sessions with rcms- tratinn at 9:30 a.m. The program uesins at iu 1.1 a m. Mrs. 1-ois Salher, assistant food technologist at Oregon Slate Col lege in Corsallis, will speak dur ing the mnrTnng program at 10:15. She will discuss some of the re sults of food research being con ducted at Oregon State College. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Cloudy with occasional rain to night. Partial clearing Tuesday. jContinued cool. ijhast ttmp. latt 54 hours . Lowest ttmp. hours Hiohtst ttmp. tnf April CS7) Lowest tomp. any April ('55) ., Procip. last 24 hours Prtcip. from April 1 Prtctp. from Sapt. 1 25.4-4 ... .62 Dtficitncy fmm Sept. 1 Sunstt tontqhf, 4: St p.m. Sunns tomorrow, 5:25 a.m, 1 1. ,i.u ii i i' . -sr a photo) Lee's class, Myrtle Creek; and Billy Hambrick, Oakland. Second grade: Scott Whittenburg, Sutherlin: Linnea Hansen, Oak land: Eric L. Cannon, Sutherlin; Dwight Barnett, Oakland; P a t Barnett. Oakland; and Susan John son. Oakland. Third grade: David Whitten burg, Sutherlin; Bobby Atterbury, Sutherlin; and Lee Ann Agost, Roseburg. Fourth grade: Shelly Cone. Rose burg; Terry Ragsdale, Sutherlin; David Miller. Roseburg; Shawn Shelby, Myrtle Creek; and Ken neth Hanson, Roseburg. Fifth grade: Romona Conley, Roseburg: Mike Sullivan, Rose burg; Floyd Pasch, Roseburg; Shannon Davis. Roseburg; Mike Rooney. Sutherlin; and Mike Har ris, Sutherlin. Sixth grade: Ken Simmons, Suth erlin; Pat Mullen, Sutherlin; Bob by Colvin, Sutherlin; Ronnie Sce vers, Sutherlin: Kay Wonser, Suth erlin; Carla Parazoo. Sutherlin; David Kelson. Sutherlin; Dennis Shorey, Sutherlin: Kenny Palmer, Sutherlin, and Ronnie Hoyle, Suth erlin. Seventh grade: Beryl Brown, Riddle; Joanne Manning, Oakland; Janice Belcher. Roseburg; Rose Mary Snider, Roseburg; Stephen Smith, Roseburg; Jim Richmond, Roseburg; Steve Cannon, Suther lin; Gene Richman, Roseburg; and Jim Michalek, Roseburg. Eighth grade: Robert Palmatocr, Roseburg: Roger Thrush, Camas Valley; Jan Springer, Myrtle Creek; Bonnie Wright, Myrtle Creek; Chris Evans, Glide; and Kent Dillon, Roseburg. No winners were picked from the 9th and 12th grades, and only two were selected from the 10th and 11th; Gray Baker, Camas Val ley and Jim O'Brien, Roseburg. U.S., State Income Tax Returns Due Tonight The three-day grace period granted the 60 million Americans who file income tax returns ends today, and all returns must be filed by midnight tonight. The same circumstance applies to Oregon returns, for which the additional grace period was allow ed to conform with the federal tax deadline. The regular April 15 deadline was extended this year because it coincided with Good Friday, a legal holiday in 13 states. FLUE FIRE REPORTED A flue fire was reported to the Roseburg Fire Department Satur day at 7:45 at the home of Joe Patton, 168 W Bodie St. No dam age was reported. .Mrs. Sather has been in charge of several studies of food flavors and consumer's preferences on beef. She has .ilso studied food preservation problems in coopera tion with industry. She will show samples of some of the results of research done at Oregon Stale. Mrs. Edna Duncan of Carlton will appear on the afternoon pro gram ai 1 p.m. She will tell about her trip to Scotland and her ex periences as Oregon's delegate to the meeting of the Associated Country Women of the World. Mrs. Duncan has been active in the Yamhill County home extension program and ACWW activities. A style revue in the mnrnin? at about 11:15 will feature garments made by unit members lyh'he cloth Jjj ing workshops held during the win I? ter. Exhibits will show ideas from t: the extension home program Sne- 0' Clal music and inctnllatinn nf th new county committee members are alnfi the program. The ti:val is a yearly event snonwred jointly bv the Douglas County Extension Service and the i 9 vi ii.l.Mt.Hn Ill II J S. Umpqua Pool Fund Effort Set A lalent show to raise funds for the South Umpqua Memorial Swimming Pool has been sched uled at 7:30 p.m. next Sunday in the Myrtle Creek High School gvm. Two television personalities "will be on hand. They are Addie Bob kins, KVAL, and Buttons the Clown. KPIC. Al Flegel, Roseburg, will be master of ceremonies. He will be introduced by Mayor J. D. Groom. A number of entertainers al ready have been booked for the show. They include Diane Wells, accordionist. Riddle; Eleanor Ir win, pantoinimist, Canyonville; Art Lucas and his guitars. Tri-Cily; and the Sleeping Beauty Ballet Troupe of Tri-City and Myrtle Creek. Don Martin. Vic Rice and Dr. Robert Schmidt will present selec tions on the organ and piano, ac cording to correspondent Lorraine Birenhaum. Tickets are on sale, at the follow ing locations: Dr. H. Goodwin, Warren KtnHin Alv,.tla n,.,,no ly Furniture, ' Young's Chevrolet diia .racuic rmance. Three Autos Damaged When Driver Taken ill Three cars received minor dam age Sunday morning in a traffic scrape caused when a woman be came ill and lost control of her car at Oak Ave. and Main St. in Roseburg. Police said a car driven by Phvl lis Ann Browning, 727 W. Pilg'er St., bumped parked cars register ed to Wallace Hamerick, 1610 NW Mulholland Dr., and R. W. Pear son, Rt. 1 Box 451. She was driving east on Oak when she became ill, Roseburg police said. Roseburg Thief Prefers Cider, Police Report The autumn cider season is long past, but someone still has a taste for the apple juice, a fruit stand owner told Roseburg police Satur day. Clarence Mabley, whose stand is at Harvard Ave. and Stanton St., said 20 gallons of cider in one gallon jugs was stolen over a pe riod of time. A window screen was cut and removed to gain entry to the building. SUCCUM3S AT 111 BOISE, Idaho (AP) Anion Gordon, who claimed lo be 111 years old and possibly Idaho's oldest citizen, died Friday. MRS. LOIS SATHER ... to speolO County Home Extension Adisory Committee. All interested women I mav attend, reports Data Hoch ; halter. Douglas County home ex - tension agent. . 1 Established 1873 14 Paget Council Acts Tonight On New Building The Roseburg City Council will meet in special session tonight to act on a contract for the first phase of remodeling the new city police and fire department build ing. The council meeting is slated for 7:30 p.m. at the west side fire sta tion. In addition lo discussing the $82, 108 apparent low bid on the police and fire department building, the council will meet in joint session with the eight citizen members of the city Budget Committee to dis cuss means of raising $11,000 need ed to pay the city's share of the cost ot installation of traffic lights on the proposed SE Pine-Stephens one-way couplet. The apparent low bid on the first of two phases of remodeling the for mer Rose Motor Co. building at the corner of SE Lane Ave. and SE Rose St. was turned in Friday by Todd Building Co. of Roseburg. Todd's bid was $94 under the only other bidder, Southern Ore gon Construction Co., Roseburg. The second phase of the remodel ing project will be carried out aft er a bid is let early in the next fis cal year, which starts July 1. The budget committee action has been called for to enable the city government to offer a firm pledge of paying its share of the couplet traffic lighting cost. The state high way engineer has asked for Ulis as surance to take before the High way Commission at its April 21 meeting, while asking for the $200. 000 to S250.000 needed to construct the proposed couplet system. Baby Found Safe After Kidnaping SYDNEY - MINES,. N.S. (A'jL An 18-month-oId boy, snatched from his crib just after midnight by a young man, was found safe and unharmed in a field behind the family home. Police said they had picked up a man but gave no details im mediately. No explanation for the kidnap ing was apparent. The child's fa ther is a telephone company em ploye and the family has only modest means. A store dcrk. Jean McPhee, found the boy, Russell MacKcnzic as she was walking to work. A doctor examined the baby and said he was a little cold hut other wise in good condition. The lower half of his sleeping suit had been removed and he was wearing only a T-shirt. The man stole the chubby, brown-eyed baby , from his crib after knocking at the door of the Mackenzie home and pushing aside a baby sitter. The kidnaper fled without say ing a word. Russell was still sleeping as the man carried him out and sped away in a car. Russell is the son of Frank Mac kenzie, an e m p 1 o y e of Ca nadian Overseas Telecommunica tions. The mother and father wei attending a late movie in nearby North Sydney. The baby was found at 7:10 a.m. The baby and his brother, Frank, 3, were being tendea Sun day night by their aunt, Christina Mackenzie, 20. Police launched an extensive search shortly after the heavy-set abductor, said to be about 27, fled with the child. The Canso Cause way, only road entrance from Cape Breton Island to mainland Nova Scotia, was scaled off. Rainy Week Predicted For Douglas County A rainy week is in store for Dougla County, the Weather Bur eau said today in its five-day out look. Between one and two Inches of rain is expected. It will be accom panied by below-normal tempera tures ranging into the fifties dur ing the dav and thirties at nicht- time. I The weatherman said the skies will clear partially Tuesday. Police Advise Women NEW YORK (AP)-Note on life in the big city: A police depart ment advisory issued to women's groups urges women to avoid shortcuts home at night, to lock their doors, re'Qrt anyone loiter ing around schools or playgrounds slay calm in case of burglary, robbery or other attack and call gjhe police as oon as possible. Tiro Bliftt West Plan BELGRADE (AP President Tito today blasted West Ger many'! plan to set up military bates in Spain and urged that such a move be curbed before a new war breaks out. O Tito issued the call at a meet ing 'of the Communis dominated ; Socialist Alliance, which claims 16 i million YOlav members. .... - , ... -- ..t-- ROSEBURG, ORE. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1960 STUDENT TAKE OVER STATION Members of the Roseburg High School Spanish Club were in charge of part of the Saturday programming at radio station KRNR in conjunction with their forthcoming trip to Mexico. Left to right are station manager John Williams, Janet Inman, Spike Dillon and Lovelle Wheeler. (Paul Jenkins) See Story on page 2. YMCA The next (en days has been des ignated as the "Y's Way" of build ing a greater Roseburg, accord ing to "Chub" Church and Mrs. Lee Stewart, co-chairmen of this year's YMCA membership en rollment. A crew of volunteers will begin tonight to contact members,' ot the Y and others who've partlclpat ed in the "Y" program or in some otner way helped the YMCA in reaching the building goal. Of special interest is the num ber' of families who arc planning to use the new "Y" building so that the Planning Committee, under the leadership of Dr. James Finlay, might more adequately schedule activities and swimming classes. A special survey blank has been Fullerf on Teacher Gets Scholarship MRS. LEANERD NESSETH . . . scholarship granted Mrs. Leancrd Nesscth, third grade teacher at Fullcrlon School in Roseburg, has been granted a scholarship from the National Sci ence Foundation to participate in the Summer Arithmetic Institute at Ann Arbor, Mich. She is one of 40 persons selected from over 0O0 applicants to take part in the summer session. Persons selected to participate are required to have a scholar ship level sufficient lo make them acceptable to the Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the Uni versity of Michigan. Mrs. Ncsseth is member of the slate Scope and Sequence Commit tee for Mathematics, Roseburg, Oregon and National Education Assns., Oregon Council of Teach ers of Mathematics, AAUW and Delta Kappa Gamma Society. The summer seision will be from July 18 to Aug. 13. Included in her sehoIarshiD is t'WO for eeneral expends, tuition fees and travel. Knur session, foundations nf arithmetic, psychology and teach ing of arithmetic, studies and writ ing groups and lectures and dem onstration and observation classes, are included in the summer insti tute. Royalty Visits Japan TOKYO (AP) King Mahemlra nf Nepal and Queen Kalna arrived by plane for a one-week slate visit to Japan. Their 12-year-old son, Prinrc Dhifendra, was with them. From Japan tiny go lo the Initcd States for a month. Cleanup ; i -s ,'. ifJS. m 12 t . 3 I'.;.-. S Jk Building Fund Drive Underway developed by the "Y" lo gather the necessary information concern ing anticipated building use. The committee is also anxious to know the age group demands of program time and response of the public to strong "family-centered" activities, such as family swims anrt-tun- nigmsr " -" Additional help is needed in mat ing this survey and enrolling mem bers of the "Y", and interested persons may contact the YMCA at OK 3-3556 for information on how they might assist in the "Y's Way" of helping to build a greater Rose burg. Persons interested in the "Y" building project who are planning to use the new facilities should complete a survey blank during the next ten days, according to Wayne Schulz, YMCA general sec retary. Wholehearted cooperation of the community has permitted the "Y" board to accomplish the fund-raising task for building the structure for Roseburg and the Central Lookingglass Family Searching For House A Lookingglass family whose son was killed last Thursday still is looking for a new house in the Winston-Dillard area. The Lyle Strains lost their 14- year-old son, James, in a tractor accident. The family was looking for another house at the time the farm they were living on just hav ing been sold. They are looking for a two- or three-bedroom house, according to Mrs. Ralph Blondell, who volun teered to accept calls for the Strain family. Her phone number is OS 9-5710. Voter Registration Closes Tuesday For Primary Vote Voters who want to make (heir mark on that 36-inch Democratic and somewhat lesser-length Repub lican primary ballot must register by Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Doug las County courthouse and earlier in many outlying precincts. The courthouse elections bureau, under the direction of Mrs. Bess Wilken, will remain open until 8 p.m. but those registrars in outly ing precincts are under no compul sion to remain open until that hour, according to Charles D o e r n e r. Their only compulsion is to not remain open beyond 8 p.m., under state election law. VoVrs should register who: 1. Have moved to the state of Oregon and fulfilled their six months legal residence by May 20. 2. Have become or will become 21 years of age by May 20. 3. Were not registered before In primary or general election of 1958. 4. Have moved residence since the last registration. 5. Have changed their name by marriage. The last voter recapitulation taken showed 11,075 Republican, 13,546 Democrat and approximate ly 460 miscellaneous, Doernersaid, Besides the Douglas County courthouse, the registrars from Drain sou'h follow: Drain, V. R. Thomas, city re corder, and (ieorge V. Sanders, The Club; Gury, M. C. Guntcr of 90-60 PRICE 5c Tonight Douglas County area, Schulz add Thn "V" Rnnrd hnnsi In iminl lllA pnnll-net fftr Din ctl-nntnra nn M.'IV 3 U'ith ,-nncli-itof inn In luinin by June 1. This means the build- ins siiuuiu oe compieiea ana ready fur use by the end of tins year. The drive Is- only J18.000 short of the S250 0OO Intnl. ulliell unll ha nm- plelcd by a $50,000 gift. Faeililipc will inplnHn a 9t.ktF- 75-foot heated indoor swimming pool for recreation swims, instruc tion classes lor cnunren and adults, fnmilv ttwimc enppin! "Vnluch U.i.. ties," a big 30-by-50-foot commun ity room for nine: nnntt nnH nil unrfc of games, parties, movies, meet ings, oinn?rs, some gymnasium ac tivities ttiiph ns tiimltlinir onA c.a. cinl "slim-nastic" classes for Uie ladies. In addition three 15 by-20 meet ing and activity rooms for clubs, hobby classes, a 20-by-30 social lounge with fireplace, television, easy furniture, a living room which can be used while waiting for youngsters or resting after a swim, and games such as check ers, chess and so forth. Membership in the YMCA Is open to everyone regardless of race or creed. Members elect Hie board of directors and serve on various committees, who in turn plan and direct program activities of the association. Flaming Cross Burnt LONDON (AP)-A fiery cross. symbol of the race-bailing Ku mux luan, was ourned on a rail road bridge in the Nottlng Hill area of London Sunday night. Nut ting Hill, the home of thousands of Negro West Indians, was the scene of violent race riots two years ago. Comstock, Irene Ames of Curtin; Yoncalla, Kittie Jobe of Yoncalla; Oakland, Fay Stearns of Stearns Hardware, Oakland; and Beulah DrMuth, Union Office Second and Locust; Sutherlin, William A. Cro wd! of Deward Insurance, Myrtle Musgrove, city recorder Ida I-eh-man, and Beulah DeMuth of Oak land. Wilbur, Agnes Stout; Winches ter, Catherine Weckerle; Edenbow er precincts, Henry L and Gcr trade Goodman, 1157 NE Stephens, and the Roseburg rural fire sta tion; Glide, C. F. and Agnes Moore; East Umpqua, Joseph A. and Beulah Withers, Little River Rt., and Little River Super Mar ket; Toketee, Charlej Murphy of the Toketee Falls Rt. and Ardythe Murphy of Idlcyld Pa; Dixon ville. Elizabeth, Neil O. and Ton 0. Hart, Dixonville Store. Eastwood, Mill West and Mill East, Harry and Gladyi Under wood, Brookside Market, 2896 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.; Civil Bend, Arthur M. McGuire and Edna My ers, Real Estate and Insurance, Winston; Winston, 11. J. Kleve, city recorder, Winston; Dillard, C. C. Foshack and Marie Cook; Melrose, Ed D. Peere, Melrose Store; Look ingglass, Veda and Weslev I. Mer e.lilh, Rt. 4; Olalla, J, II. Shultz of Tenmile. Camas Valley, G. T. and Darlene M. Heilman. Camas Valley Store; 'Myrtle Creek, S. D. MyUenback, Union's Bid A 26-ccnt per hour pay increase was among several requests maun of the Douglas County Court over the weekend by the American ted eration of State, County and Muni cipal Employes Local No. 2t. In addition to the wage hike, the group is seeking a 'health and wel fare program, a change in the va cation plan, and a merit pay dif ferential for "6-wheelcr" dump truck drivers. The request was sub mitted by Albert Hall, secretary- treasurer of the labor organiza tion. County Judge V. T. Jackson said that the requests would be taken under consideration by the county liuaget Lommittee and the court. He added that the union was com prised of a group of employes in the county road department. The union asked that the county "initiate and sustain a health and welfare program." Judge Jackson explained (hat such programs aro now financed solely by employes. The vacation plan request would add time off for years of service. Currently 10 days' vacation is giv en to everyone regardless of ten ure. Under the union request 12 days a year would be given to em ployes with 5 years of service and 15 days per year with 10 years' service. Drivers of "6-wheclcr" dump tracks merit 10 cents per hour ad ditional pay, the labor organiza tion contends. "We feel these proposals are not unreasonable and are indeed nec essary," said Hall. Oakland Man Hurt In Pickup Accident Wavrm Vonlnn rRnrtl 36-year-old Oakland logger, is in Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene toaay awaiting surgery for injuries received in a one-vehicle acci dent early Sunday morning at Scotls Valley.. His condition was described by the hospital as fair and improv ing, ne nas Decn sencaulea tor surgery Thursday. The accident occurred on High way 99 at the Scotts Valley inter change. State police said he was traveling alone in a pickup south bound on a four-lane stretch of the highway when the vehicle went oft Uie west side of the highway. It crossed the Klkhcad lid. and cams ' to rest against n bank. His mother, Mrs. Marie Rice, reported that he had suffered two broken ribs, a broken nose and loosened teeth, as well as a slight concussion, surgery is Demg post poned until his condition improves, she said. Rice was taken first to the Cot tage Grove Hospital and then trans ferred to Sacred Heart. Cancer Society Slates Indian Theatre Movie A movie dealing with recogni tion signals of cancer in women will be shown at 10:30 a.m. Wed nesday in the Indian Theatre in Roseburg, according to John Wil liams, chairman of the Douglas County unit of the American Can cer Society. Williams said the movie will be shown free of charge for all wom en in the county. After the movie, a panel of doctors will answer ques tions. Prior to the movie, workers nar. tlcipaling in a house-to-house edu cational campaign will assemble in the theater for instructions about the campaign in the Roseburg area. The campaign will be Anril 26. Literature on cancer will lie dis tributed that day. The Wednesday meeting for the workers will start at 10 a.m, Mrs. Hall Secly and Mrs. Arch Colbrunn are co-chairmen. city recorder; Myrtle Creek adja cent, Virgil C. Baker, Steel Work ers Hall; Tri-City, H. C. and Mar garet Stokes, Tri-City Lumber Co.; Riddle, V. E. Sutton, Kiddle Insur ance and Accounting; Canyonville, Denzcl W. Gill of Gill Insurance Agency and V. E. Sutton. Days Creek, G. M. Krell garage and store; Tiller, Ella Jane (E. J.) Porter; Cow Creek, Julia and Samuel Osepion of the Azalea Grocery Store; Glendale. Eliza beth Bales of Glendale Grocery. Joyce Appcrson at insurance of fice, and Oliver Dolson at Union Hall. Roseburg; Lloyd J Koetsler, Fairhaven Cleaners, West Rose burg; Westside Fire Station, 2177 W. Harvard: Paul II. Kruegcr In. surance, 1348 SE Stephens; Mary H. Myers, 742 SE Roberts, UnioiP Hall; and Eugene Miller, 271 Pa cific Bldg., 1WA Union. Levity Fact Rant By L F. Reizcnstein A pertinent question It in order: Are you an active sup porter of the "Greater Rose burg" program or merely a passive SIT-ixen? V
