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Oregon's
DEATH IN THE MORNING The car on the right was the roaring death trap of
four members of the Harold K. W. Peterson family early Sunday morning on Highway
99 Freeway. The car was struck head-on by the car on the left, Sriven by Wilson Leroy
Cottrell of Roseburg. State police said Cottrgll was driving on the wrong side of the
road. The father and three children were killed and the mother and the two youths in
th other car were badly injured. Dist, Atty. Avery Thompson said Grand Jury action
owaits Cottrell.
Many Suffer Injuries In Mishaps
On Roseburg Vicinity Highways
In addition to five fatalities, a
rash of traffic injuries of varying
seriousness marred the holiday
weekend in Douglas County.
Most seriously injured in the non
fatal accidents appeared to he
Gladys Edith West, 57, Sechelt,
B.C., who was reported in satis
factory condition at Community
with a hroken shoulder. State po
lice said she was a passenger in
a car driven by Samuel Adone'
Beldessi, Ladysmith, B.C.
The Beldessi car was struck on
Highway 99 north of Roseburg by
a vehicle driven by Raymond J.
Cambron, Myrtle Creek, Sunday
allernoon. Cambron passed behind
another car but was unable to get
back into his own lane and side
swiped the oncoming Beldessi ve
hicle, officers said.
Beldessi was hospitalized for fore
head lacerations, state police said.
Community Hospital attendants re
ported his condition as satisfac
tory. Misiej Turn
Reported in satisfactory condi
tion at the same hospital with a
concussion was Theodore Emil
Flink, 19, 2250 SW Austin Rd.,
Roseburg, a passenger in a car
driven bv George Jerry Ellsworth,
17, 1304 E. Pine St., Roseburg, ac
cording to city police.
Officers said the vehicle was un
able to negotiate a turn on Mili
tary Ave., spun in some gravel,
plunged over an embankment and
Fireworks Display
Set For Public
One of the best fireworks dis
plays ever put on in Douglas Conn
ll L'uiiidn v-wiiu
1v is scheduled for Wednesday : r. ,, ." -"" -
night when a group of Rosebiog : wagon operated by ( hnstian Got- "it was a tremendous success,"
area residents will stage the show i !'' fc"Sene. wen said one of those present. "Kv-
at the Bruce Carter Ranch, at 'struck from the real by another , eryone had a wonderful time-in-Garden
Valley and Curry roads. I vehicle Saturday night. I eluding Kinj; Bhumibol. He was
. . , .. ' The other driver. Harold Denton i t,.r;fi0
Sponsored ana put on ny e!Glfnn tanvonville. was cited fori
Ridaewood Pyrotechnic Assn., the ,, vi. .iijrn (
show will consist of more than 100:
set pieces. All will be aerial ex-i
plosions, as the facilities do not ;
lend themselves lo ground pieces.
The display will have lo be view-
ed from tiie two roads, as there
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S"r?C"J" "-"n n f :
"V v,Vi7 r i.erii.1 hnmhs made
...n:lnKln t'hmtnh lha Uatlnrn Kirp.
works Co. in Canny, Ore., will hi -
.j.j 'tu. ii..i' v. u.inQi'i. i
iueiuuei. i lie imwi i c
ment will stand by n case ot lire,
Three Drownings Monday Boost
State's 4th Of July Death Toll
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i
Oregon accounted for at leastVan Kn(le came 01,1 anu 1unu''""'s ol a Kedondo Beach, Calif.,
n .neirf-niiil rieaih. in the na i llle at the P"0' 8 1'ol,n,,n' i fa ',"'lv ,Sun(la' m'lh t Roseburg.
?.w. f.K ?1 hhvi,v f. I i';""- '"' ot water. Artificial res- HaroldK. Peterson. 46; his son
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The state's total was increased
by three drownings in Ihe late
hours of Ihe long Independence
Lay holiday.
Mr and Mis .Inhn Rnnne nf
Tortland and their family went
for a visit lo the home of Paul
Van Ende at Gresham. Before
they catered the house, Boone let
a son. William Warren, 4. out ot
hi5 car near Van tnde's swimming
pool .
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
continued warm,
Highett ttmp. last 34 hours .
Lowest ttmp. last 24 hours .
Highest temp, any July ('58)
Lowtst timp. any July ('55)
Precip. last 24 hours
Prtcip. from July 1
Precip. from Stpt. 1
Eictss from Sopt. 1
Sunset tonight, 7:54 p.m.
Sunnso tomorrow, 4:3 s.m.
M
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CColDed!
Worst Holiday Accident
came to rest in the yard of a home
at 1649 W. Military Ave. This ac
cident was reported at 8:21 a.m.
Monday.
Leaves Highway
Ronald Anderson, 19, Tenmile,
was reported "doing fine" in Com
munity Hospital this morning, le
covering irom injuries received
early Sunday when a car in which
he was riding left Highway 42 four
miles west of Winston and over
turned. The driver. Larry Camp,
17. Rt. 4, Roseburg, was treated
and released.
Allison R. Glenn. 16. 877 Nash
Rd., Roseburg, was reported in
satisfactory condition al Mercy
Hospital this morning from injur
ies received Sunday when her
southbound car smashed into a di
vider fence of Highway 99 al Ml.
Nebo curve, then struck an em
bankment. A motor scooter struck a tree
by the Kent Creek bridge near Dii
lard Sunday afternoon, avnding
the driver, Donald Dale Cham
bers, 19, Portland, to Mercy Hos
pital. He was released the follow
ing day. Slate police said Cham
bers swerved to avoid a beer case
in the road.
A passenger. David Vernon Ack
erman, 20, Oak Grove, was wt re
ported as injured.
Cycle Toss
Dale Allen Novak. 27. Declite
Trailer Court, Roseburg. was treat
ed for road burns and released
from Community Hospital after he
was thrown from a motorcycle
Monday night on Highway 99 north
of Roseburg. state police said.
Mabel Maxine Koch. 35, com
plained of back injuries after an
aeeident one mile south of Deady i
junction on Highway 99. accord-1
ins lo stale notice. Officers said !
" . . ,.,:
; ., . . - i.i .u.Urnit
following loo closely. I-ivechi dren
. , . . waaoB were unhurt.
- ,
Hits Mill at win
Roseburg police jailed Roger
Claylon Simpson, 20, 554 NW Sweei-
briar Ave., on a reckless drivin?
l,nrfln ..1 Mnniu nrfieura caiit
hK into. Dirked e.r'
,,i hu iian Charles Hill 11)42
SK Jackson St.. on Jackson St.
near Hl.'ikelv Ave
Another non-iniurv accident was
rannrioH earlv Sundav 2 1 miles
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norm oi loncana on me luncaiu
A few minutes lalcr Boone and
pu-ation was applied ai me scene
Jmrt ater in a Gresham hospital,
but the boy was dead.
one mile below the Longview-I
Rainier bridge. (Men Sisco, 45, a
Rainier longshoreman, drowned in
an attempt to rescue a son. Roger,
11, who had fallen into the Co-
lumbia River from a ledge. Sisco's
body was recovered about six;
nours laier ny a pany im ny
Columbia Lounty Mienu ftpencen
Younce.
Long before that Stanley ake crushed by a car which fell nn DrlTlbn l-t3dUer
of Portland had rescued the Sisco him as he worked on it at his
boy ! home Sunday. (jTOWS We3Ker
harher in northeastern Oregon ,AIarv thamb(M.iajni 18 Ros,,
Mrs. tiara DuBois 58. Joseph, Oalif., a student at Lewis and LONDON (API A medical bul
drowned m the Lostine River da,!, fi. , t.,ii,,i hii,i lelin todav said Ancurin P.evan.
while fishing near a forest camp.!
The body was recovered 15 min-
i,., ,f,ir she fell in.
She is survived by her husband.
George N. DuBois, and a on,
Richard. CTarkslon. Wash.
Drownings claimed five of Ore -
gon's holiday victims. Seven oth-
ers died in traffic accidents and
one other in an accident at his
home.
I The worst accident was a head -
Drain highway. Sheriff's deputies
said an automobile driven by A. J",
llollman struck the left rear fen
der of a pickup operated hv Allen
Howard Evarts, lit. 1, Yoncalla,
causing (he pickup to spin and ov
erturn in a ditch. Boih vehicles
were heavily damaged.
A 100-foot section of fencing was
knocked down this morning near
the Dixonvilie scales, when il was
struck by a car operated by Jerry
Asm, is. i.une, according lo ins
Jean Radcliffe. Dixonvilie cone
spondenl for the News-Review. He
received only minor bruises but
the car was completely wrecked.
Lois Madge Carew. 46, 1688 NE
Taylor St., was charged with not
having her vehicle under control
after she struck a parking meter
on Cass St. while pulling away
from a parking place early Mon
day, Roseburg police said.
Tooted Thai Ruler
Tootles Clarinet
At 'Rocky s' Home
NEW YOBK (AP) New York
tuned up a traditional ticker tape
tribute to Thailand's musical
monarch today as an encore to
the King's own greeting tootled
on a clarinet Alonday night at the
home of Gov. Nelson A. Rocke
feller. King Bhumibol teamed with the
king of swing, Benny Goodman,
for an hour and a half of jazz aft-
er a dinner at Rockefeller's In
cantico Hills estate in suburban
Westchester County. Present were
n- ,
... .
Ihe ruler. 32
, ,
rne ruier, a, anu n s Deaiu ll
,rri...j
here Monday 'from Washington for
a four-day slay.
Named New Postmaster
Norman J. Hanson has been ap-
: pointed as postmaster of Canyon
yille, according to Sen. Hall S,
j Senator I.usk said that the Son -
ale's eiinfii iiiai inn ol ihe nnmina-
- -
nun was inidoiiiiuiis.
on collision that killed four mem-
narom jr., ji; and two daugh-
ters, Ann Ruth, 12, and Sharon D.,
5, were killed in lhat crash.
Only Mis. Ruth Peterson, 41,
survived in the California car. She
was taken lo a Rosehuia hnuutal
in crilical condition.
In the olher car were Wilson
Cottrell, 2i and Jack W. Thomp-
son, 23. both of Roseburg, who
were injured seriously.
ihe other automobile fatalilies
Clyde Comstock, 46. Pendleton,
in , coSjon in Portland Mondav.
..... , , ,'.
! - ""''1 Snook. 60. killed at
. or'n Lil-V '"d3'' nint
i Kenneth E. Goedl. 17. Powers,
' killed east of Roseburg Saturday
inRbt
Drowning also took the lives nf
Stephen J. Groves. 17, Eugene, at
Odell Lake Saturday and Robert
;Rustom. 20. Tacoma in the ocean
1 off Geaihart Saturday.
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Established 1873 14 Pages
July 4th Toll
At New High
Over Nation
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Traffic 4:18
Boating ,14
Drowning 124
Miscellaneous 110
Total 706
Traffic deaths set a high mark
for a three-day celebration of In
dependence Day, and brought
call for action lo curb
such
slaughter.
l atahlies that hit and held an ' prank" and became scared when
average of five an hour surpassed j they found the notice it had re
the previous record of 407, set in , reived in Roseburg.
1955. before the holiday period Over $500 Offered
ended at midnight.
Belated reports today boosted
the toll.
But it fell short of Ilia record
for any three-day holiday ohserV'
ance, the 009 piled up at Christ'
man in
The National Safety Council to
day stated:
Public officials and all others
dedicated to safer highways must
act and act fast in an increased
effort to reduce this highway
slaughter not only on holidays
but every day."
The Associated Press tabula
tionsnow on a 50-staIe basis
showed only three states, Alaska,
Delaware and New Hampshire,
reported no motor vehicle deaths.
Hawaii, a new slate, had on
ly two traffic deaths. Ohio and
California had 30 or more.
The council, which had estimat
ed 370 traffic fatalities for Ihe pe
riod thai began at 6 p.m. Friday
and ended al midnight Monday,
issued a' statement saying: "If
this country received warning in
in advance that a national
catastrophe would strike on a giv
en weekend, bringing death to
more than 400. does anybody
doubt that emergency measures
would be taken to prevent such a
thing from happening?
"Yet enough people continue' to
ignore appeals not lo sloy home,
not to give up driving, but merely
to drive so as lo save their own
lives and the lives of others that
these appalling holiday tolls con
tinue to prevail and to grow."
The weekend loll also eclipsed
Ihe 367 traffic deaths of last Mem
orial Day weekend, which also
spanned the 78 hours between 6
p.m. Friday and midnight Mon
day. However, it fell short of Ihe rec
ord Independence Day holiday toll
of 491 traffic deaths during the
four-day observance in 1950 and
the record for any three-day holi
day 609 traffic deaths during Ihe
1955 Christinas weekend.
The record traffic toll for any
holiday period 706 was set in a
four-day Christmas observance in
1956.
Kennedy Replies
'No1 To Truman
NEW YORK (AP) Sen. John
F. Kennedy lias replied with an
emnhalic "no lo Harry Iranian!
......inDti,.n llt.it ha ilmn mit flf 1 llP
".-i-
nresidenlial race for 1960.
I "1 do not intend to step aside
at anyone's request," the Massa
rhtisctts Democrat ueciarca Mon
day. "I was the only candidate lo
risk my chances in all Ihe pri
maries ihe only one to visit ev
ery state."
Kennedy. 4.1. told nationwide tclc-
.n i.wl ,-4ili uurliunen ho Ik
ready for the presidency bec ause
la new generation of leadership is
needed lo cone with new nroblems
------- .
and new oiiDorlunilies.
After reading a prepared slate-. building, and other factors
ment. he answered Questions at a'Keaume said.
news conference.
Thus Ihe Ironl-runner In the
Democratic parlv nomination race
replied lo Ihe former president's
slatements mat lie is loo young
and inexperienced for Ihe nation s
bichcst office.
.;i, .'XL.
: pusilion." Kennedy emphasized
, "a, I do not intend to withdraw
'my name now, on the eve of Ihe
convention.
Truman made his charge Satur -
idav and threw in the implication
that the partv's nominating con-
venlion. which opens July U in
i... Anfi i..m,H r,,,,i in
Kennedy's favor.
I To that, the senator replied: "Tol A IS. Air Force rescue pilot
Ihe extent lhat 1 have anything i sighted Hie object Monday near
to do with it, it will be an opcDiKoar Island, half way between
convention.
D!i.;-L I J
ailing deputy leader of Britain's
Labor party, is growinif steadnv
weaker. !
"His general rondition is un-
changed," tne bulletin said. "Hoi
had a comfortable night, but
weakness Is very marked."
' ' " '
Bevan, 62. underwent major '
dentinal surgery of undisclosed
nature !a December. He hai
been an invalid since, and
I week suffered a severe relapse.
ygiois Accidents
ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1960
four Teen-A gets
. . n
noisting
Four scared teen agers, two girls ,
and two boys, admitted today lheyand David Johnson, Hubert John-j
uim iii.tiiui.ivuu eu mill inn up me auu ami iii.iMiie uaiy eucn. 110 me juvenile ottice and the dis
Communist flag which flew briefly Robert Keele, sergeant in charge tnet attorney,
under the American flag on Ml. of tile Roseburg office, said lie;To Grand Jury
h'" oscbur lasl ln"ayT"L. 3 ,.,,",1 "".I, "Si
i'he four, all of whom wore mem
hers of this year's Roseburg High
School graduating class, told state
police thev had run uo the flat
just after midnighl Thursday. They
said they had done ll as "just a
More than S500 in rewards had
been olfered for the apprehension
and conviction of the persons who
nail raised t no nag
Total reward was $530. Mark's
Market offered S250. lOOF Lodge
$100, Elks Lodge $50. Dixonvilie
Store and Daughters of Union Vet
erans each $25. Fd High Insurance.
Lyle Fenner and two anonymousiT'hey were not taken into custody.
Caslro Believed Drafling
Property Seizure Orders
HAVANA (AP) Fidel Castro's ,
cabinet ministers met into th:
early morning hours today. They
were believed drafting orders for
seizure of American property to
tie issued wnen President r.isen
hower cuts Ihe Cuban sugar quota.
Eisenhower was expected to act
promptly on the authority Con
gress gave him lo suspend all or
pari uf-thc still unfilled I960 quota
of Cuban sugar imported into Hi':
United Slates. Eisenhower can
also reduce ur suspend the Ameri
can purchases of Cuban sugar at
premium prices for Ihe first three
inonlhs of Uul.
In retaliation, the bearded Co
C. Of C. Board
Meets Tonight
A review of Roseburg's recon
struction achievements will mark
the regular meeting of the direc
tors of the Roseburg Chamber of
Commerce tonight. No special
meeting is being held, according
to Harold Iteaume, secretary-manager,
but any interested persons
may attend.
The Chamber of Commerce.
Reaumc reported, employed Lloyd
A. Wilson, who heads a specialized
service for Chambers of Com
merce, to survey the Roseburg sit
uation, particularly with respect
to the blast area. The recent bulle
tin circulated to clients of the Wil
son "News Flash" is devoted to
Roseburg's recovery from the
blast, Reaume repurls.
"Roseburg's campaign achieve
ment exceeds (hat of any other
comparable Pacific Northwest
city," Ihe bulletin says.
After reviewing the blast dam
age, the bulletin adds:
"The courage, fortitude, and civ
ic spirit of citizens, as exemplified
in this campaign and in the gen
eral rapid come back in building
'better than ever.' should he an in
spiration to every cily in Amer-
j11"
Direclors will review Ihe Wilson
"commendations lor signnoarus.
Ismail silo signs, use of lumber In
i Consideration also will be Riven
committee preferences, publicity,
sales promotion, vacation of Rose
si., plant tours, and other business
matters,
!
I a ,
Search Continues
For Missing Plane
,n , u
1 . B0I)0' Norway (Al ) An oh-
)eft w 'rchers for a l.S.
reconnaissance bomber and Its
"e" ot ' ,urned out lo be only
wooden flotsam, search officials
announced loday.
Norway and Spitzhergen Island
and reported "it might be a rait
Irom Ihe aircraft." Hescue officials
said later it was only some of Ihe
drifting wood cluttering the Bar
ents Sea.
Although less and less hope was
held for Ihe plane crew, 11 c. s
CTts continued Ihe search. Skies
1 were clear, visibility good, and the
llur.lini. 1..... xll. D..nl....i l..lin.
midnight sun kept the night as
jht tjay
..'. ... . .
The RB" J1'1 l"appared Fn-
day night while on a mission from
its temporary base in Britain. Its
, , rt . . ' nn
i , rrDon 8,,u 11 "noul l lu
la-tlm"r" nonn 01 lnl! soviet unions
, Kola Peninsula.
nussian
donors $10 each. Dillard Store $25.
nit- lew.tiu inuiif. lie saui ins
"
lormulion that led to the discov-
eiy of the identities of the votin
slers, but it could not be consid
ered of the type lo claim the re
ward. Turn Selvs In
In addition. Keefe and his as-
sislant, Sg. Richard Bouey, said
the two boys, both 17. had decided
lo turn themselves
to police
when they saw how incensed Rose- belief in anarchy or other political
burg citizens were getting. Idoclrines or beliefs whose objects
The girls, one 18 and the other are either the, disruption or des
17, had no pari in raising the flag, tructmn of organized government
but had made the flag out of dyed ! . . ."
sheeting material. The police officers said such in-
Sgl. Kcefe said no charges had! lent couldn't be rend mm the net
neon nroiigni against tiie louT
ban revolutionary has Ihrealene.l
to take over the properly of Am-,
ericans "down lo the nails of their
stioes. 9
The ministers mel at the presl-
dential palace at 2 p.m. Monday,
Some were still in the squat, while
three-story ouilding at midnight.
An olfici.il (old newsmen then no
announcements would be made
and they could go home.
While Ihe ministers were eon -
ferring, Conrado Becquer, head oil
uuna s nail-million sugar workeis.
told his forces lo stand ready to
seize the TO sugar mills in Cuba
owned by Americans. The Castro
regime already has taken over al
most all American-owned agricul
tural land.
Castro's official family exuded
confidence Ihe government would
overcome the threat of an oil
shortage arising from the seizure
of the island's three foreign oil
refineries and the companies' cut
off in Cuba's normal supply of
Venezuelan oil.
The nation, apprehensive and
hungry for news, was told lhat
many tankers have been offered
10 bring Soviet crude' oil here
under the oil-for-sugar barter
agreement signed with the Soviet
Union.
Authoritative sources said eight
(ankers, owned or chartered by
the Communists, are rushing a
total of 60.U0U tons of Soviet crude
011 lo noisier Ihe dwindling stocks
at Ihe refineries. This represents
alwiit a week's supply for Cuba,
which has little hydroelectric o:'
coal facilities and depends on oil
for most of its power.
One of Ihe eight tankers was
a big new Chinese Communist
ship. The 19..r)U0 ton Peking, which
Moscow radio Monday said was
being readied for an oil run to
Cuba.
named Peking collided with a '
Norwegian tanker off the coast j en to lie so severe as to require
of Tunisia. French olficials at I complete rebuilding. The house
Bizerle said they were informed I was owned by Ed Opperman of
the tanker was Russian and was I Glendale, who was also away for
carrying Soviet oil for Cuba, hut the weekend. The house was al
Lloyd's Register of Ships lists least partially covered by insur
only the Chinese Communist tank- j ance. Cause of the blaze is un
er of that name. I known.
Yoncalla's
Many 4th
Yoncalla's rodeo proved as sue -
cessful as its Roseburg predeces-
sor over the 4th of July weekend,
according to Mrs. George Kdes,
correspondent.
From 4.500 lo 5,000 persons at -
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the colorful parade on Monday - ft11, 7nson' 19 25' becund
featured the Douglas County slier-, ' '' ' jDA(.B. t-;.B, P,i th
,ffh. Posse the YoncalU Hh ' () 0 ,2R', nr
inatSorJf "'ird. Karc,
Besides these events two rodeo RRONC RIOINO: First, Mel
dances were held. !samnle. SB2. Second. Fred Ynrlt
Queen Candy Thomas of Scotts
burg presided over all events.
The rodeo results:
July 3
bkonc KipiNG: first. i"nyiS(1(.,)ml Tm1 Tpnnen, Slan Spencer.
Bothum, $66 Second, Gene Beth. , Thir( Kn ,H(pr Tc(, arijn
,rel Vork, Bud inilney K C. Men- ,.- ,, wlnston Gale, Bill Hew-1
pie, Newton DcLavern.'
TEAM ROPING: Winners. Buck
McCall, Kd McFarland, $67 apiece.
Second, Buck McCall. Todd Ten -
P"11;. Third. Leroy McKay, hen
Harding. Fourth, Bcnlord John
ston, Bob Glastey. Busier Putney. Jimmy Newbell,
BAREBACK RIDING: First Bub Seaherry, Don Valiier, Dennis
Rudy Sonnen, $88. Second, Gene . Nelson. Jack Herberger, Rudy Son
McBeth, Dick Poulder, Roger Wil- nen. Paul Sloan,
son, Andv Whisenhunl, Martv ! CALF ROPING: First, Dean Le
Frame; Gene Collins, Don Noff ! Clerc, $lo. Second, Marly Frame,
singer. Third. Kid Harding. Buster Third. Phil Rychard. Fourth, Lee
rutney, Jimmv Newell, Bob Sea -
I berry, Dan Valiier, Bob Kennedy,
154-60 PRICE 5c
Confess
Banner
'but the inrnrnmi inn sernreH in the
investigation will be turned over
, Ally; Au7y ThomPson
me ill ormalinn he receives nn l n:... " i ; I i
reared njr. would be delivered
il. . i , , y , , , '
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m iiiii.i uniccu mill mi cuatges oi
subversiono would be brought
against any of the youngsters. To
he prosecuted under this law, the
Kert (lag would have had to be dis-
played "for the ouriinse of muni
testing disloyally lo the govern-
ment of the United Slates or a
Identities Shockina
The officers said they were
shocked when they discovered the
identities of Ihe foursome. They
said all were considered among
the highest caliber at Roseburg
High, and none had backgrounds
of mischief of any kind.
The youngsters told police thev
had decided last Tuesday lo "play
the prank." The girls constructed
ine nag alter considerable re
search lo make il look authentic
hen, late Wednesday nieht. the
! lien hnve ,liilin,l in il.n L-li.n fi..i.
flag pole on Ml. Nebo. They' found
j it was locked, so the I wo wen lo
.,.. ,.p ...:.. i - ....
one of their homes and ent n kjiw
to cut the lock. They ran the flagllhe Peterson vehicle. State police
up, but because it was dark did said Peterson had pulled off lha
I not know the American flag above road and onto the shoulder in an
I the (Sonimunist banner had not apparent attempt to avoid the Cot-
! reached the top.
Actually few people saw the Red
banner, but noliced Ihe American
' "aR was at halfmaut.
.SH- Keele summed up the ac
lion as "an ill-timed prank."
Fire Hifs Home
At E. Glendale
Fire gutted a two-bedroom house
in the Humphrey Addition
Glendale about noon Monday, ac
cording lo Airs. G. B. Fox, corre
spondent. Occupants of Ihe house Me nnrf
Mrs. Mitchell Morgan, and lliein
4-year-old daughter, were away
irom Homo at the time of the
blaze.
Flames were discovered bv a
neighbor. Volunteers fought the
blaze until the arrival of the Doug
las Forest Protective Assn. crew.
Firefighting efforts were hamp
ered by the fact that the doors of
me house were locked. Nothing was
saved from Ihe interior but a metal
suitcase containing a few keep
sakes. A deep freeze was saved
from the hack porch.
Doses were brought from i
neighboring well when pressure
failed al the Morgan home.
The Glendale Fire Department
brought its pumper out long enough
lo allow replenishment of the wa
ter supply on the DFPA truck.
Damage lo Ihe home was renort-
Rodeo Entertains
Of July Spectators
! Denny Nelson. Fourth, Paul Sloan,
j G. L. Campbell,
calf ROPING: First, Slan
Sehrcicker. SIHu. Second. Red
j Remwald. Third, Kenneth Harding
' Fourth, Fred Fitgibbons.
laDI ES BARREL RACE: First.i
Gene McHeth, K. C. Henry, Bud
I'uiney. 'Hind. Newton DcLavern
and Tonv Bothum.
TEAM ROPING: First. Buck Mc-
l'..i L-. Vfckurlonrl i!7 an...
l BAREBACK RIDING: First,
Martin Frame. Second, Bob
; Kennedy. Thud, Gene McBeth,
! im-k Pouldcr, Roger Wilson, Andy
whisenhunl, Gene Collins,
uon
Nulfsinger. Kid Hardney. Fourth
. it - f ... llnv.ln r;
1 Marknom.
I LADIES BARRSL RACE: First,
Four More On
Critical List
At Hospital
Death stalked the highways n(
Douglas County in one of the blood,
icst 4th of July holidays in county
history.
Five died in automobile aeei.
denls, four in a single accident.
The total was all but two of the
seven who died on the highways
in the entire state.
Four of the five were members
of a California family, and the
fifth was a Powers youth. Their
deaths brought the Douglas County
total for the year to 16. exactly
half the number killed in traffic
during all of 1959. Four more peo
ple are in critical condition at
Roseburg hospitals.
First to die on county highways
was 17-year-old Kenneth Gene
Goebl of Powers. He was killed in
bus-type foreign car when it went
an embankment on
the Buckhorn Rd. Saturday after
noon.
Four Killed
But Ihe worst holiday accident
in the slate occurred at 4:10 a.m.
Sunday. Four of five members of
a licdondo Beach. Calif., family
were killed when their car collided
head-on with a car driven by Wil
son Leroy Cottrell o 3326 NE
Hughes St., Roseburg. The acci
dent occurred on U. S. Highway 99
freeway one mile north of the Gar
den Valley Blvd. junction.
Killed were Harold K. W. Peter
son Sr., 46, and three children,
Harold Jr., 17; Sharon, 5; and Ann
Ruth, 12.
Mrs. Peterson, 40, who was crit
ically injured, is described in fair
condition at Douglas Community
Hospital today, suffering fractures
of the pelvis and femur. The two
Roseburg men in the other car,
Cottrell, 24, and Jack Thompson,
23, a passenger, were reported in
improved condition after having
been described as critical at the
same hospital.
According to slate police, Ihe ac
cident occurred when the Cottrell
car. moving south in tiie wrong
lane of' traffic, ran head-on into
trell vehicle.
The matter will be brought to
the attention of the Grand Jury,
according to Disl. Atty. Avery
Thompson.
Police said the Petersons were
en route to Tacoinn, Wash.t when
ine ucciueiii occurred.
I State police said Goebl in t h
Buckhorn Rd. crash was a pas
senger in a car drive bv 7 vcar
old Audrey Ellen Hatield, Idleyld.
They said Goebl was thrown
from Ihe car when the driver
lost control on a sharp curve on
Buckhorn Road eight miles east of
Dixonvilie. They said he was
thrown from the vehicle when it
hit the ditch,
Passengers Beverly and Anita
Hatfield, both of Vallecito, Calif.,
were not injured, state police said,
although they were taken to Doug
las Community Hospital for shock.
In addition to the three persons
injured in the head-on crash early
Sunday morning, Robert Keith
Stead, 1473 NW Fairmont Ave.,
Roseburg, is also listed as still be
ing in critical condition.
Stead was paralyzed from the
neck down when his car hit a
Southern Pacific freight train at
the railroad crossing on Garden
Valley Blvd. early Friday night.
In addition to the five fatals and
other serious injury accidents,
state police also reported several
minor-injury and non injury acci
dents. Japan Warns Russians
TOKYO (AP)-Japan asked the
Soviet Union Friday lo curtail its
Pacific rocket tests as much as
possible. Tokyo also warned it
would demand compensation for
any losses to fishermen and ship
ping companies caused by the
rocket shoot.
Judy Glaspey, $22. Second. Patty
Johnson, Elaine Rone, Kay Han
vier. KIDS' RACE: First. Judv Fu
gate, $12.40. Second, Eric Tollcf
son. BULL ROPING (Monday Only):
first, Ted Harden, $176. Second,
Marty Frame. Third. Phil Kj
chard. Fourth. Lee Markhold.
Both Days
CHARIOT RACE: First, Don
Rone. $119, both davs. Second, Bob
Hewilt.
Top Two-Day Monoy Winnors
Marty Frame $220. Stan
Schreickcr $180, Dean LeClcrk $180.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
Approximately three per
cent of Roseburg's estimated
population that went to the
polli last week settled a bud
get issue involving the turn
of $396,587. It seems that the
tix percent limitation in the
tax law might apply equally
oi well to the number of
public spirited citizens who
"take the trouble" to vote.