2 The Nwi-Reviw, Reseburg, Ore. Fri., July 22, 1960
West Coast States Aflame;
Fires Worst In 30 Years
Puppet Specialty
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KOREAN ENGINEERS get some information about the Roseburg area's waterworks from
Alton Andrews, manager of the Oregon Water Corp. (shown pointing ot the map). The
three Koreans were in Roseburg Thursday making a tour of the compony's facilities.
From left, they are: B. C. Lee, I. J. Chung and C. H. Pork. (News-Review Staff Photo)
Hatfield, Son Of A
To Name Nixon, A
SALEM, Ore. (AP) fiov. Mark
Hatfield's la voi He description of
his platform manner is that of a
"Southern Baptist minister in a
Brooks Brother suit."
The 38ycarold boyish-looking
governor, chosen Thursday tu place
Vice President Nixon's name be
fore the ltepublican convention next
week, also still bears the marks
of a professor. He taught political
science at Willamette University
before running for political office
just 10 years ago.
He has made four or five speech
es a week since he became gover
nor 18 months ago, many of them
before religious groups which form
the backbone of much of Ins sup
port. , He Is austere and Incisive when
he speaks, but is a practical joker
: among his friends.
Politics Call Early
' Hatfield is 8 feet tall and weighs
170 pounds.
He got his baptism In national
politics early.
In 1952, when completing h 1 1
first two-year term as represents
. live in the slate Legislature, he
claimed to be the first person to
' circulate petitions for Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower for President.
He sat on the Republican plat
form committee that year, and
again In 1956.
Hatfield said he liked the fact
Dog Attacks Swimmers
Frances Grain, 145 Pleasant St.,
complained to city police today
that three persons in a party of
four, including herself, were at
tacked by a large dog while they
were swimming at Tcniplin Beach
Thursday afternoon.
She said no one was bitten, bul
the dog scratched herself, her
daughter and another in the group.
She said Ihe dog's owner was near
ly. Pays $35 Fin
William A. Joslin, 28, Wilbur, ar
rested by city police on a disorder
ly conduct charge, paid a $35 fine
imposed by Municipal Judge Ran
dolph Slocum and was released
from the Douglas County iail
Thursday. He pleaded guilty on ar
raignment.
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Soon after Hatfield became gov
ernor, he became so friendly with
New York (iov. Nelson Rockefeller
that many Republicans thought he
would support Rockefeller for Pres
ident. A liockefcllcrllatficld ticket
was widely discussed.
But he has given support to Nix
on in me past tew months, and
said today that he knows Nixon
better than he does Rockefeller.
Hatfield has introduced Nixon
five times in the past two years
once in Ihe 1958 campaign, twice
for Oregon centennial celebrations,
and twice at The Dalles dam dedi
cations. Disappointment Looms
He was disappointed when he
wasn't chosen kcynolcr for t h e
GOP convention.
Since he became governor Hat
field has worked hard to attract
new Industry to Oregon and to re
organize the state government so
as to place more power in the
hands of the governor. He also has
worked tor natural resource devel
opment, and always has supported
strong civil rights laws.
lie married the daughter of a
longshoreman two years ago. They
have a daughter and a month-old
son.
Hnlfield believes that the husband
should be the boss at home. He
says he is. and then explains that
he does the dishes only because
he wants to.
lie opposes liquor. He gave a
state dinner recently for the king
and queen of Nepal, hut Cranberry
juice was the strongest drink that
was served.
Streamlining Callod For
He said he hopes that the Re
publican platform will be "stream
lined and tailored to the American
people's desire for a serious mood
for these serious limes."
He is chairman of Oregon's 18
meinber delegation to the conven
tion because he got the largest
vote for delegate in Ihe GOP party
primary two months ago.
His political rise has been rapid.
He served (uur years as stale rep
resentative, and then two years
each as slalc senator and secretary
of state.
Ho also served from 11135 to 11)57
as moderator of the First Baptist
Church here, a conservative Bap
tist church.
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Baby Beaver Blood Unit
Sets Four County Stops
The Baby Beaver Bloodmohile
Unit will he making stops in four
Douglas County communities next
week.
The unit will be at Elkton Mon
day, from 4 to 6 p. m. at the Elk
Ion Grade School. Elkton has used
11 of the 30 pints of blood donated
at the last hluodmobilc unit visit.
On Tuesday a stop will he made
in Yoncalla from 3 to 6 p. m.
at the Methodist Church. The
quota for the Yoncalla area is
40 pints. Dr. Lydia Emery will
be the physician in attendance,
accordingto Mrs. Harry Abbott.
Idleyld Park residents may give
blood Thursday from 3 to 7 p. m.
at Ihe Idleyld Park Lodge. The
quota for that area is 50 pints,
according to Mrs. Forrest tosce.
The unit will be in Drain Friday
from noon to 3 p.m. at the Meth
odist Church. The Drain quota is
50 pints.
Blood received al the unit's visit
will be sent lo Portland for proc
essing then redistributed to var
ious areas, according lo B. R.
Shoemaker of Roseburg. Donors
may give blood in another person's
name. Person between the ages of
18 and 21 arc required lo have
their parent's permission. A
physician will attend all visits lo
determine whether or not (he don
nor can give blood.
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Demonstrations Slated
Roscburg's Boy Scout Troop No.
4 will present a Scout skills and
camping demonstration Saturday
from 10 a in. to 4 p m. al the city
park on SE Rose SI. between SE
Lane and SR Cass Aves.
This demonstration will be held
as part of the Golden Jubilee of
Scouting being celebrated nation
wide during the 50lh anniversary
of the Bov Scouts of America.
Troop No. 4 is sponsored by the
Methodist Men of the First Metho
dist Church and is headed by Scout
master Homer llildenbrand. This
troop recently returned from coun
cil camp al Lake Tsiltcoos. where
Ihe troop distinguished itself as
one of the outstanding groups al
the camp in all activities and per
sonal achievements.
Police Recover
Stolen Bicycle
A hii'vclo, reported slolon earlier
in l!u day, was found on the east
side of KK Spruce Street, across
from Nelson Sc 1'yle Woodworking
Co. at 1:10 a.m. today.
Lloyd Leonard, merchant police
man, reported to police that he hud
found Ihe bicycle. Police took it to
the City Hall until the owner could
be contacted.
Earlier in the day Stanley Jones
had appeared with his father and
reported his bicycle stolen from
the vicinity of the swimming pool.
Robert Frank Brady
Robert Frank Brady, 62. a resi
dent of Sulherlin, died at a Eu
gene hospital on Thursday follow
ing a prolonged illness. Last rites
will be held at the Sulherlin Meth
odist Church on Saturday at 10:30
a.m., with the Rev. John Ginter
olhciating. Concluding services and
interment will follow at the Kose
biirg Memorial Gardens.
He was born on Nov. 5. 1S97 in
Gilelt. Wis , and was married to
Alice Carrico on Oct. 30, 19;i7 in
Orfino. Idaho. He had lived in
Sulherlin fur the past 15 ears.
moving here from Orfino. He was
employed as a fireman by the Nor
dic l'lywood Corp. and was a vet
eran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife Alice
of Sutherbn. two sisters and one
brother. Wilson's Chapel of Ihe
Hoses are in charge of arrange
ments. Pool Meet Set
The Sulherlin Swimming Tool
Committee, which is being organ
ised lo make possible a pool in
Sulherlin. will hold a meeting to
nighl at 8 o'clock in the Citv Hall.
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From British Columbia to Mex
ico, from the Pacific to the Rock
ies, hundreds of fires destroyed
forests, watersheds, and homes to
day. Interior Department officials
called the roaring conflagrations
the worst in the West in 30 years.
They were the worst ever in many
areas.
Nina Starts Aflame
As exhausted men battled Ihe
flames in nine states and a Cana
dian province, urgent calls for
help were issued. Response came
from as far east as Pennsylvania.
Gov. Robert E. Smylie -of Ida
ho declared an extreme emergen
cy existed in his state and asked
President Eisenhower lo recog
nize Idaho as a major disaster
area.
Regional Forester Floyd Iverson
of Ogden, Utah, said, "We think
there is a possibility of arson in
the Idaho fires and we are in
vestigating." Iverson said the FBI
is helping.
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Cuba Tells Grab
Of 3 U.S. Mills
HAVANA (AP) The Cuban
government announced officially
today it has seized three mills
belonging to the Cuban American
Sugar Mill Co.
An intervention order signed by
Prime Minister Fidel Castro said
the aclion was taken "for the pro
tection of workers and the nation
al industry."
The decree accused the Amer
ican company of failing to liqui
date its obligations to suppliers
"leaving thousands of Cuban cane
growers in a stale of ruin."
Experts estimate the mills
two in Cuba's eastern Oriente
province and one near Havana
have a total value, including ad
joining land, of nearly 75 million
dollars.
Grass Fires Trouble
Roseburg's Firemen
Grass fires were the troublemak
ers for the Roseburg Fire Depart
ment Thursday.
The first fire was the indirect re
sult of a permit fire. Grass near
the home of R. O. Johnson, 688
W. Rainbow St., had been burned
Ihe day before, but some of it ap
parently smoldered until it set fire
to a two -wheeled trailer. The trail
er fire was put out quickly by
Roseburg firemen, and damage
was limited to S10.
Another grass fire got out of
hand on a 600 block vacant lot on
W. Kenwood St. Firemen were call
ed out at 2:56 p.m. to control it.
The lot is owned by Faith Luther
an Church. No damage w as report
ed. Police Impound Auto
Parked On Sidewalk
City police early today impound
ed an automobile and issued a cita
tion after the car was found park
ed across the sidewaik with the
rear bumper up against the front
window sill of the West Coast
Building Supply building.
The car, a 195! ford, was or
dered towed away by Walt's Tow
ing Service. The citation issued
was for failure lo park securely.
The owner was not listed in the
report. There was no damage.
Ten
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the country's largest declared
itself a disaster area, calling the
fire outbreak its worst in history.
Flames roared on through other
wooded areas of California and
Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming.
Montana, Washington, Arizona and
British Columbia
With millions of dollars of dam
age already estimated, the appal
ling news from most areas was
that the fire intensity was increas
ing steadily.
High Toll
In Idaho's Boise National For
est. Supervisor Howard Ahlskog
estimated the toll may reach 20,
000 acres. Hot, dry, windy weath
er was forecast today, and 900
men launched an all-out effort to
control one of the state's two big
gest fires, about 30 miles east
of Boise.
A 3.000-acre fire in western Ida
ho's Payette National Forest, out
of control since Tuesday, raged
on unchecked.
The best news from the vicinity
came from the Idaho-Oregon bor
der where an enormous blaze was
reported controlled late Thursday
night after devastating some 30,
000 acres of range land.
Ntars For.st
A 4.0O0-acre fire on Rattle
snake Mountain crackled to with
in a mile of Shoshone National
Forest's great timber stands west
of Cody, Wyo. Supervisor Ed Pier
son of the Bureau of Land Man
agement said at the scene, "Con
ditions couldn't be worse."
Efforts were hampered by tour
ists who clogged roads.
In Montana's Bitter Root Nation
al Forest a fire licked hungrily
on through Lost Trail Pass aft
er consuming more than 1,000
acres near Missoula. Other blazes
roared unchecked at Gold Creek
and in the central plateau of Yel
lowstone National Park.
Smoke billowes dense and black
over 110,000 acres of California's
forest and grasslands from the
Los Angeles area to Ihe Oregon
line.
Freak winds in the Sunlancl-Tu-
Kennedy, Harriman Discuss Plan
To Seek Additional Defense Funds
Sen. John F. Kennedy and W.
Avercll Harriman discussed today
a proposal to ask Congress to vote
an additional two billion dollars
for defense purposes this year as
a move to hack up a hard foreign
policy stand towards the Soviet
Union.
Harriman, former governor of
New York and onetime ambas
sador to Moscow, told a news con
ference in reply to questions there
had been discussion of this.
But he said the details would
have to come from Kennedy. Ihe
Democratic presidential nominee.
A reporter asked whether there
had been any discussion between
Harriman and Kennedy concern
ing "a twobillion-dollar supple
mental appropriation for defense"
at the congressional session
scheduled to resume Aug. 8.
"Yes, but you will have to get
that from him." Harriman re-
! plied.
As a diplomat, Harriman was
among the first Americans after
I World War II to foresee some of
the troubles that lay ahead in re-
j lations with the Soviet Union. He
i has been a student of foreign poll-
! cy problems.
1 As a practical politician he
j is a former governor of New York
I Harriman presumably also Will
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iunga area drove flames across
the parched valley between the
I Verduga and San Gabriel Moun
I tain ranges, destroying many
, homes.
Gr.b P.ts
Hundreds of residents grabbed
pets and a few possessions and
fled. Evacuees were housed in
makeshift dormitories.
The toll of 61,000 blackened
southern California acres was the
worst in the booming area's his
tory. Officials estimate more than 10
million dollars damage in the San
Dimas sector of Angeles Nation
al Forest, where 20.000 acres
were consumed and the flames
were advancing.
Flames crept closer to the
Hearst San Simeon castle, a multimillion-dollar
treasure of art and
antiques on the California coast.
Fifty Washington State prison
inmates joined National Guards
men in Umatilla Forest to fight
117 fires. There were 106 fires in
Oregon national forests.
W.iry Strugglt
Weary men struggled to stem
the relentless advance of flames
in Nevada's Toiyabe National For
est and the Tonto and Coconino
National Forests in Arizona. Oth
ers battled fires near St. George,
Utah.
At Missoula, Mont., 250 men
and 10 bulldozers fought through
heavy undergrowth to halt flames
two miles west of U. S. Highway
93. Asst. Regional Forester Ken
neth A. Kenney said there were
more than 100 fires in the area. He
called for help from Eastern parts
of the country and received spe
cial crews from Upper Darby,
Pa.. Atlanta and Milwaukee.
Fires cracked near Kamloops in
British Columbia. A 10,000-acre
blaze at Spius Creek, almost con
trolled Wednesday, was whipped
back to life by dusty winds.
Lightning started many of the
fires. Abandoned campfires or
carelessly tossed cigarettes were
blamed for others.
ocratic presidential nominee. Ken
nedy is concerned deeply about
factional fights among New York
Democrats.
But Kennedy told newsmen
Wednesday the talks with Harri
man would be mostly about for
eign policy.
The senator will receive Satur
day from Allen W. Dulles. Cen
tral Intelligence Agency director,
the first of tiie secret foreign pol
icy briefings President Elsenhow
er has authorized for the Repub
lican and Democratic campaign
bearers. Harriman and two other Ken
nedy advisers will fly in during
the day. Pierre Salinger, the sen
ator's press secretary, said Archi
bald Cox, Harvard Law School
faculty member, and Theodore G.
I Sorsensen, a Washington aide to
Kennedy, were coming in to 1 go
over a whole wide gamut" of prob
lems. This means more rounds of con
ferences for Kennedy on a work-and-rcst
vacation al his summer
home.
Kennedy has been paying deep
attention lo foreign policy, which
will be a major issue in the cam
paign. Adlai E. Stevenson, the
1 9."i2 and 19.56 Democratic nomi-
, nee. is due a week from today for
'talks on these problems.
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TO APPEAR AT FAIR Leslie and Eleanor Heath ore seen
wtih two of the puppets which will appear at the Douglas
County Fair and Exposition Aug.. 25 to 28. Five perfor
mances are scheduled daily for the local fair.
Flag-Raising Ceremony
Feature At Jamboree
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
fAP) Band music sifted across
the camp ground, and aerial
bombs exploded today as 51 flags
were raised high over the sprawl
ing site of the National Jamboree
of the Boy Scouts of America.
The flags represented each of
the 50 states, plus the red. white
and blue Hag of the nation com
plete with 50 stars.
The flag-raising ceremony, with
thousands of Boy Scouts watching
from the hillsides dotting the
2,400-acre campsite, officially
opened the fifth jamboree for
56,078 scouts.
The music, played by the 120
member Central Indiana Council
Band of Indianapolis, was indica
tive of the period in which various
states joined the union. Flags of
the original 13 states were the
first to Uutter over the vast camp
area, located north of here in the
shadows of Pike's Peak.
Head, Leg Injuries
Sustained By Cyclist
Head and leg injuries were su
stained Thursday by Brian Stand-!
ley, one-year-old son of Donald C. !
Standley, of Tenmile, according to -relatives.
He was struck by a vehicle driv- i
en by a girl who was pulling out
of the Standley driveway and fail
ed to see the youngster. Taken by
an uncle to Mercy Hospital, his
condition was described as good
today.
Woman Breaks Hip
Mrs. Emma Swift was listed in
Satisfactory condition at Douglas
Community Hospital this morning
after falling and breaking her hip
at the Kiversdale Sanitarium yes
terday. Mrs. Swift, who is 94 years-old,
is a lifelong resident of Tenmile,
now living at the sanitarium, re
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Marionettes Slated
For Douglas Fair
The celebrated Lesselli Marion
ettes will bring their fascinating
collection of circus animals, clowns
and variety acts to the Douglas
County Fair and Exposition, Aug.
25 through 28, as a free attraction.
The Lesselli Marionettes have a
nation-wide reputation for their
large and beautiful puppets. From
their collection of hundreds of pup
pets they have chosen Oscar, the
monkey, who juggles with amazing
skill; Bumpo, the balancing clown,
who does fantastic tricks while
atop a stack of very insecure box
es; their clown on the flying tra
peze who not only bring his audi
ence to cheers, but even surprises
himself; their famous Winky, an
elflike little character who has be
come a national trademark of the
I.essellis through long use and pop
ularity and finally by registration
at the L'. S. patent oflice; and
other dancing and acrobatic pup
pet acts.
The Lesselli Marionettes are in
private life Les and Eillie Heath,
who formed the name of their
marionette group by combining
their first names. Both native Cal
ifornians, they made their success
in Ihe East before coming back
lo the West Coast.
Correction:
Gaylon Earl Fish. Dillard, was
sentenced to the Oregon Stale Cor
rectional Institution, not the Ore
gon Stale Penitentiary as staled in
Thursday's News Review.
Fish. 21. pleaded guilty to a dis
trict attorney's information charg
ing assault and battery by means
of force likely to produce bodily
injury.
CAR WASH SLATED
Thela Rho Girls Club No. .10
will hold a car wash Saturday
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. The event
will be held in two places. Baker's
Chevron Satalion. 457 NV Garden
Vallev Blvd.. and .Miller's Flving
A Station at 2555 W. Harvard.
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