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SCRAMBLE Jack Walters, secretary of the Roseburg Volunteer Fire Deportment, is
out of the "sack" and into his fire-fighting gear fast, as the Plectron olarm system on his
bedside table announces there's a fire somewhere in the city. This radio-like receiver
tells the firemen where the fire is and what type it is and has replaced the fire siren
alarm system. The only time the siren will be used will be for extreme fires and during
the day when the volunteers are not likely to be near their Plectron alarms. (News-Review
Photo)
New Alarm System To End
Of Roseurg's Familiar Fire
Burglar Meted
7-Year Sentence
Seven years in the Oregon Stale
Prison was the penalty meted
Dwight Burdell Hawley, 35, for a
break and entry that netted him
nothing.
Hawley, orginally of Stanton,
llich., but who in recent years has
spent most of his time out of pris
on roaming the country, readily
admitted his guilt when arraign
ed before Circuit Judge Eldon F.
Caley Thursday. The charge was
burglary not in a dwelling.
Long Record
Hawlev was arrested by Rose
burg City Police Wednesday eva
ning, when he was caught in the
huildina of Pal Motor Co, 854 SE
Stephens by officers, called on a
up by James i. Aiimau, an em
nlnvp who happened to stop by
iiawlpv was found bv Officer Ken
Linderman under a car in the
building. He offered no resistance.
Linderman was assisted by Bill
PvIp. merchant policeman.
The accused admitted in court
to being on parole lrom roisom
Prison in California. He also ad
mitted to having served time in
San Quenlin. Oregon Slate and
Wvoming orisons. He has an ar
rest record with the Douglas Coun
iv shpriff'a DeDartment for lar
ceny and escape from jail, with
recapture, in 1952.
Action was 6wift in Hawley s
cp Ma waived his right to a
ureliminary hearing in District
Court and threw himself at the
mercy of the Circuit Court judge
less Ulan l nours auei ins ni
rest for the crime.
Small Wages
nntnkpnnpKR was the only ex-
fnr ihp escapades which have
kept him in constant hot water
with the law for nearly a decade
Nil wiiB and children are some
where in Michigan, but he doesn't
know where and he hasn't seen
them in recent years.
He gave no regular line of em
ployment. He had picked walnuts
around Eugene recently earning
about $35, and he said a friend
had loaned him another $15. But
Judge Calev had difficulty recon
ciling the $50 he is supposed to
have had with! the spending for
drinking and cost of living recent
ly. Hawlev was anxious to obtain
'the cure" for drunkenness.
Gold Price Gains
Cn British Market
LONDON (API The price of
gold went up to $.16.26 a fine ounce
during early dealings on the bul
lion market today. The previous
day's closing price was $35.56.
It was thin market that is.
supplies were short and the price
sensitive to even moderate de
mandand the quotation quickly
rose 28 cents from the price of
$3598 fixed as a basis for early
dealings. ... , ,
This compared with a peak of
$40.80 reached in a buying spree
on the exchange last week, and
the official U.S. Treasury price of
$35.
"The present price Is not tempt
ing many sellers, but it may go
tip," said a spokesman for one of
the five bullion firms which han
dle gold transactions in London.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Partly cloudy tonight. Fair and
a little warmer aaruraay.
Highest temp, last 54 hours
57!
Low.it tamo. iat 24 hr ... 49
Hiaht ling, any Oct. ('581 ... 91
Lowest hmp. any Oct.. ('54) 36
Precip. lot 24 hours
04
Prt-eip. from Oct. I -.-
Prtcip. from Sapt. I .
Deficiency from Sipt. 1
Suniat tonight, 5:11 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow :4J a.m.
15!
... l.U
... 1.12
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By BILL SPARKS
Newt-Review Staff Writer
The ear-splitting screech of Rose
burg's familiar fire siren is al
most a thing of the past.
Us been pushed into the land
of the almost-never-heard by a
modern radio-like alarm system
called the Plectron.
The Plectron system, manufac
tured by the Plectron Corp. of
Overton, Neb., has been installed
at the city fire department's main
station and westsiue station, as
well as in the homes of 17 fire
men and 20 volunteers.
Voters Approve Funds
The system cost $3,400 and was
purchased with funds granted by
city voters last May wnen they
passed the fire department bond
issue.
The Plectron "sender" is based
Nations Offer
Arms Compact
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)
In an effort to head off a Soviet
blocboycott of U.N. disarmament
debate, India and six other na
tions sought support today for a
compromise proposal aimed at
bringing the West and the Soviets
back to the arms negotiating
table. '
Indian Defense Minister V. K.
Krishna Menon hinted at the plan
Thursday night in a two-hour
speech before the 99-nation politi
cal committee.
Informed sources said India has
drawn up a 9-point proposal with
Burma, Mexico, Sweden, Vene
zuela, the United Arab Republic
and Yugoslavia. ,
Diplomatic informants said the
United States reacted favorably
to the proposal, but the Soviets
complained it left out any mention
of Premier Khrushchev's propos
als for a general and complete
disarmament pact.
The Soviet Union and other So
viet bloc members have threat
ened to boycott the disarmament
debate here unless Khrushchev's
plan is accepted as the sole basis
for negotiations.
The political committee has be
fore it Khrushchev's plan, another
resolution by the United States,
Britain and Italy calling for step-by-step
disarmament and a sep
arate British proposal to set up
a panel of experts to study in
spection methods.
The General Assembly unani
mously adopted a plan for surplus
food to be distributed to needy
nations by the Food and Agricul
tural Organization.
The plan was similar to that
proposed by President Eisenhow
er on Sept. 22. FAO was asked to
sell food, to be provided largely
by the United States and Canada,
at low cost and fnr the currency
of the country needing it.
Plans Uncertain
For Fifth Debate
NEW YORK (AP) Prospects
remained uncertain today on the
matter of a fifth radio-television
debate between the presidential
candidates.
. A report of tentative plans to
stage another face-to face discus
sion Monday brought a denial
from a spokesman for the Demo
cratic nominee. Sen, John F.
Kennedy.
Peter Hnckes, a reporter for the
National Broadcasting Co., aired
the report of tentative plan for a
fifth debate to originate Monday
in Philadelphia.
There was no comment from
the Richard M. Nixon camp.
Timber Salei UD
SALEM (AP) Timber sales
from state lands totaled $2,878,929
in the vear ended June .10. the
state Forestry Department laid
today.
Thr sales have doubled in the:
I past Ine ears,
Wailing
Siren
at the fire department's main sta
tion. The man on duty at the main
station activates the system
through a control panel.
This in turn activates the re
ceivers, which are placed in the
firemen's homes. They then begin
sending a high-pitched tone which
will rouse even the heaviest sleep
er from his slumber.
Following the "waker-upper"
tone, the on-duty firemen and vol
unteers then know if they are need
ed and if so, where to go without
having to bother catling in.
Responses High
According to Fire Chief Don Star
mer, this system greatly increas
es the percentage of responses to
fires. He said that often off-duty
members would not hear the gen
eral alarm or that it took them
longer to get to the fire using the
alarm, -
After the message has been dis
patched, the Plectron remains on
for 90 seconds.
The firemen cannot talk through
the system from their homes, but
are bound to hear the alarm if
they re within hearing distance of
tne receiver.
Most of them keep the Plectron
at their bedside. It looks much
like a clock radio.
Smith Says Byrd
'Using Big Steve1
At a meeting in Tri-City Thurs
day night Carl Smith, Democratic
candidate for sheriff, charged that
one of his opponents, Republican
Ira C. Byrd, the incumbent, is
"using an escaped mental patient
as a means to obtein publicity dur
ing an election year."
The meeting for precinct com
mitlea workers of the Democratic
party and others interested drew
about 50 people at the Midway
Late.
'Walks Away'
Smith said that Byrd and his
denuties had three times person
ally contacted Steve Solovich, an
escaped mental patient from the
Veterans Administration Hosptal,
and three times had returned to
Roseburg and organized a search
party for the man. He claimed
that Byrd had also taken a photo
grapher along "in order to have
his picture taken at one of Big
Steve s camps
"Why does he return to search
for Big Steve when every time he
finds him he turns and walks
away?" Smith asked. "Is Byrd
afraid of the political repercus
sion (if it were necessary to take
him by force)?"
'Fails To Co'
Smith said he agreed with Byrd
that the man must be brought in
and mat now ne may nave to De
captured by forceful means, "but
1 also feel that Mr. Byrd has cre
ated this situation by failing to go
after this man before he had the
opportunity to obtain weapons. He
certainly had plenty of complaints
from citizens about this man."
He concluded by intimating that
Byrd was "saving him for election
purposes."
Solovich was last sighted near
Fall Creek in the Little River area.
Eugene Firm Buys
Umpqua Tree Tract
Alliim Bros., Eugene, purchased
7.700.000 board feet of Umpqua
National Forest timber appraised
at $146,080 for I total of $209,150
Thursday.
The timber was located on I 168
arre tract pn the Bohemia Rang
er District- 29 miles southeast of
cottage Grove.
The high bidder paid $35 50 per
inousann tor a.wu,uuo feet of Doug-
"nr ana pine appraisea at jz:i bo
anu uic appraisra M.o lor 2,400,
Olio feet nf western hemlock and
j other spyvs
I Th ni; other tiiMrf.P
this
tract was Rickini Lumber Co. of
Culp Uteek.
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Cubans Fear
Civil War
Or Invasion
HAVANA (AP) - Anxiety
gripped Cuba today as a result
of rumors of invasion and fears
of civil war between partisans
and enemies of Prime Minister
Fidel Castro.
Castro leaders, almost daily
predicting aggression from the
United States, are reported to
have alerted the entire regular
armed force and called up mili
tary reserves.
Mobilization Ordered
The militia, the organization of
armed workers which is seen
drilling daily, has been ordered
to mobilize early Sunday at desig
nated concentration points.
Maj. Raul Castro, the prime
minister s brother who is minis
ter of the armed forces, is re
ported to have taken his family
and set up a headquarters in
Santiago, capital of Orienle Prov
ince. Some reports say he made
the shift to direct personally the
renulse of expected landings in
eastern Cuba, where Castro's first
revolutionaries got ashore in 19j6.
Invasion Jitters
The invasion litters - has pro
duced such things as a shortage
of vinegar, increased gunfire at
night in Havana, and caused long
lines of Cubans seeking visas at
the U.S. Embassy in the hope of
finding refuge from the antici
pated bloodshed.
ine run on vinegar ueveiupea
when a rumor circulated that
vinegar-soaked masks counteract
the effects of tear gas and pos
sibly otner cnemicais.
Oregon Colleges
Get Loan Funds
WASHINGTON (AP) Oregon
colleges have been allocated St
444,217 for student loans under
the-.' National - Defense Education
Act.
The Office of Education reports
this money has gone to 19 schools.
No information is yet available
here on how many students have
received loans, the loans are II m
iled to $1,000 a year or $5,000 for
a full college career.
A student does not have to start
repaying the money unlit a year
after comnleting his work and the
3 per cent interest rale does not
start until that time.
The schools name the recipients
of the loans and provide 10 per
cent of the funds.
Here are the total federal allo
cations fnr the schools through the
year ending next July 1 as listed
the the Office of Education:
Cascade College, Portland, $33,-
754.
Concordia College, Portland,
$2,278.
Eastern Oregon College, La
Grande, $32,340.
George Fox College, Newbcrg,
$8 246
Lewis and Clark College, Port
land. SS2.929.
Linfield College, McMinnville,
$86,086.
Marylhurwt College, Marylhurst,
$7,821.
Mount Angel College, Mount
Angel, $14,682.
Multnomah College, Portland
$9,711.
Oregon College of Education
Monmouth, $92,616.
Oregon State College, Corvallis
$251,428.
Oregon Technical Institute, Kla
math Falls $45.00(1.
Pacific University, Forest Grove
$37,254.
Portland Stale College. $32,234
Southern Oregon College, Ash-
ianti $42 641.
University of Oregon,
Eugene
J4R.1B49.
University of Portland, Portland
$139,731.
Warner Pacific College, Port
land. $20,772.
Willamette University, Salem
$51,045.
Nobel Peace Prize
Will Not Be Given
OSLO. Norway (AP) The
Nobel committee of the Norwe
gian Parliament decided today
not to award the Nobel Peace
Prize this year.
The prize money was reserved
for next year, a brief announce
ment from the committee said.
The amount of this year's prize
was nut disclosed.
The Nobel Peace Prizes are
awarded from a fund established
under the will of Alfred Nobel,
Swedish inventor of dynamite.
Nobel prizes for medicine anil
literature for I960 have been
awarded and the prizes for chem
istry and physics will be awarded
Nov. 3.
The peace prize In 1959 went to
Phihn Noel. Raker nf Kritain. The
lat time it was not awarded was
in .i6.
tor) 20 New Member
GENEVA (AP) The Republic
of the Congo, the former French
colonv, became the 96th member
, of the U. N. World Health Organ-
ixation Thursday.
ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1960
UM Employe, Photographer
Arrested As Russian Spies
NEW YORK (AP) FBI Agents i
struck with lightning swiftness
Thursday night to round up a So
viet employed at the United Na
tions and a German-born medical
illustrator. Both men are accused
of spying for the Soviet Union.
A third man, a Soviet national
now out of the country, was
Pennsy Hears
Sen. Kennedy
WITH KENNEDY IN PENN
SYLVANIA (AP) Democratic
presidential candidate John F.
Kennedy said today this country
can achieve peace and security
only if it builds a strong and vital
economy.
Sounding somewhat hoarse as
he carried his campaign into
Pennsylvania for the fourth time,
he said the nation's economy has
been hampered during the Eisen
hower administration by two re
cessions and now by "a -serious
slowdown."
In an indirect swipe at Vice
President Richard M. Nixon, his
Republican opponent. Kennedy
said that "If we drift here at
home, all the bold words and
fingerpointing won't make up for
the lack of strength of the United
States."
He said that Soviet Premier
Khrushchev's power comes from
the Soviet Union's productive pow
er and declared this country can't
atlord not to make full use of us
steel mills and other facilities.
U.S. leadership of the free
world. Kennedy said, "requires a
powerful, dedicated. moving
America, and that is what we are
going to get."
He started a 15-hour motorcade
tour of eastern Pennsylvania in
Bethlehem, a steel center, and. .a
Democratic stronghold where He
was cheered by friendly crowds.
He spoke first at a $25-a-plale
Democratic breakfast attended by
some 350, and then before about
4,000, mostly students in the Mo
ravian College gymnasium.
Kennedy's next stop was Allen
town, considered to be Republican
terrilory, where Nixon spoke last
Saturday night. The police esti
mated the crowds that listened to
Kennedy in .the city square at
50.000.
Kennedy said he would move on
before the end of the day to Potts
ville. Hazleton. Wilkes-Barre and
Scranton, before an air hop to the
outskirts of Philadelphia late to-
nignt.
Earlier, in a speech he prepared
for use along way. he accused
Nixon of selling America short.
It is Mr. Nixon not I who Is
downgrading America," Kennedy
asserted.
Kennedy planned to spend four
straight days in this area in a
drive to beat out Nixon in the No
vember election. Aides rate this
state close.
Man, Woman Hurt
In One-Car Crash
A young man and woman were
cut badly as a result of a one-car
accident at 1:45 a.m. this morn
ing on Melrose Rd., Slate Police
report.
Glenn Maynard Mastre, 21, 330
NE Garden Valley Rd., Roseburg,
and Carol Jones, 18, 621 Fairhav
en St. Roseburg, were taken to
Mercy Hospital by Walt's Ambu
lance after Mastre's vehicle tailed
to negotiate a curve and careened
off the pavement,
X-Rayt Awaittd
Mastre was traveling west when
he approached the curve near the
Melrose Dairy. He lost control and
went off into the ditch on the north
side of the road. The car is said
to have skidded and rolled for near
ly 140 feet before coming to rest
on its wheels.
Mastre received lacerations on
his arm and scalp, while Miss
Jones suffered multiple lacerations
about the body and possibly other
injuries. Full extent of her injuries
were not known, awaiting X-ray
results.
In another accident that occured
about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, an auto
mobile owner and operated by Ruel
Kirhy Williams of Sutherlin, struck
a moving truck and caromed off
into a dividing ditch on Highway
99 south of Roseburg.
Marge Onto
Bntb vehicles were traveling
north in process nf merging onto
99 from Route 42. The auto is said
to have begun to pass Ihe truck
wnen situck tne jiggie nars on
the road and bounced back into! Must Correct
the truck. It (hen rolled across the I Doerner said, that while he very
highway and into the ditrh srpar-1 much appreciates Byrd s cooper a
aling northbound and touthhound i tion, it is a matter nf determin
lanes nf the highway. ing his legal responsibility in cor-
Erwin Lester Harvey, of AlUn", : rcrting the ballot.
was operating the truck that .'was
registered tit D, E, Nebcrgall, also
of tht city. ()
According to police, the aula re-
ceived heavy damage; slight dam -
age was dona to Ihe truck.
named as co-conspirator but not a
ueicnuant.
Two Stind
Seized at their Manhattan homes
were Igor Yagovlevich Melckh, 47,
head of the Russian language sec
tion in the Office of Conference
Services of the U.N. Secretariat,
and Willie Hirsch, 52, who came,
to this country as a youth but nev
er became a citizen.
The pair had been indicted
Thursday by a federal grand jury
in Chicago. One charge accuses
the men of trying to obtain aerial
photographs of Chicago, including
military installations.
The Justice Department in
Washington announced their ar
rests at almost the same time the
FBI men closed in.
Taken At Party
Melckh was seized at his apart
ment on West 86th Street while a
birthday party was going on for
his six-year-old son. Hirsch was
alone in his four-room apartment
at fifth Avenue and Tenth Street
a fashionable section of Greenwich
Village.
Mclekh, who came to the United
States in 1955, lived with his wife,
Irina, and their two children the
boy, Mikhail, and a daughter, Mar
ina, 2.
A stubby man with gray hair
and horn-rimmed glasses, Mclekh
handcuffed as he was taken into
FBI headquarters muttered:
"We were well prepared. We were
well prepared."
At another point he said, ''It
just shows everybody is ready."
In his job at the United Nations,
Melckh earned $11,000 a year. The
indictment against him said he
also was known as Peter Stephens
and as "Gypsy.1'
Assumed Nam
Hirsch, said also to have used
tne ' name . .lonn dilmore. was
pke.d-4Ht-whitoi4wrw4fc nd daugh
ter were out walking.
Hirsch and his family had lived
in the apartment for 10 years. One
tenant, told of nis arrest said in
credulously: "He was the nicest
guy in the building."
Both men also are charged with
failure to register wilh the State
Department as agents of a foreign
government.
FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover said
Mclekh made contact with an
unidentified Chicago resident
through Hirsch in October 1958.
Melckh, Hoover said, subsequent
ly met his intended informant se
cretly in Chicago, New York and
Newark, N.J.
The intelligence data soucht. the
FBI said, "included a map of Chi
cago showing military installations
and aerial photographs of the citvi
which Melckh indicated were to be
used for Soviet bombing purposes."
Mclekh and Hirsch were he d
in $50,000 bail after arraignment
before federal Judge Lloyd Mc-
Mahon. A hearing was set for Nov.
3.
Maximum Stntanca
If convicted, each man could be
sentenced to a maximum of 25
years in prison and fined $25,000.
Since the alleged crime was not
committed during wartime, the
death penally is not involved.
Mclekh s seizure was the first
actual arrest of a Soviet member
of the U.N. staff, although charges
frequently have been made that the
Byrd Named Br yd
On County Ballots
The name of Ira C. Byrd, Re
publican incumbent candidate for
sheriff, appears incorrectly spelt
on ballots printed for 33 Douglas
County prccincta, according to
Douglas County Clerk Charles
Doerner.
How the error appeared is still
a mystery, as the original proof
showed the name spelt correctly,
and it is correct on the ballots for
66 precincts.
The piispvlling has a transposi
tion of the "y" and "r" in Byrd's
name, making It appear as Bryd.
Rubbtr Stamping
Doerner said he Is still check
ing with the District Attorney s of
fire on the necessary legal procc
( dure, but has already ordered
rubber stamps to be ued by the
election boards in the affected pre
cincts so that they can stamp in
the corrected spelling on each of
their hallols.
Sheriff Byrd slated that so far
as he is concerned the ballots can
slay as they are, unless there is
legal requirement for a correc-
tion. He said he is willing to givi
Doerner a slalement releasing him
from any blame if he chooses to
allow the ballots to stay unchanged.
i The incorrect spelling was not1
noticed until it was too late for a Finanring Improvements in Home
ircpnnling of the ballots. If thelRule Counties, a YES; on O. 14,
rubber sumps are used, Ihe clerk 'the Personal Income Tax Bill, a
'of earn board would stamp In thel NO vote is favored; and on No. 15.
(correct name in tha spaca pro- the Billboard Control Meiyire. the
251-60 PRICE 5c
Soviets were using the United Na
Uons as an espionage base.
Ine third man in the current
case, the r BI said, is Kirill S.
Doronkin, formerly a film editor
in i the Radio and Visual Division of
the Office of Public Information at
the United Nation
In January 1959. the FBI said.
the United Slates mission at the
United Nations asked Dag Hani-
dismiss Doronkin because of his
activities "in obtaining aerial pho
loeranhs of the Chicago area."
Doronkin was not re - employed
after his contract terminated on
March 3, 1959, and he left Ihe coun
try several days later.
Since World War 11, at least a
score of Soviet citizens wilh diplo
matic status have been expelled
from this country or have left un
der allegations of espionage.
Melckh is the first Soviet citi
zen to be arrested in this coun
try for spying since the 1957 ar
rest of Col. Rudolph Ivanovich
Abel, who lived in Brooklyn, was
convicted of spying and currently
is serving a 30-year prison term.
Nixon Fires New
Volleys At Rival
WITH NIXON in Illinois (AP)
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
said todav the American people
"have more sense than Sen. Ken
nedy" and are not betting there
will be an economic recession.
Nixon fired new volleys at his
Democratic rival. Sen. John F.
Kennedy, as he pushed his cam
paign across Illinois afler a hec
tic uav in Michigan.
in Danville, ill., imxoh urea
away at Kennedy's contention that
the nation is slipping into a voces
siun becauHK of Eisenhower ad
ministration policies.
Citing record automobile pro
duction for this time of year, the
vice president said "the American
people are not betting on a re
cession." "They have mora sense than
Sen. Kennedy," lie said. "They
have faith in America, and I wish
Sen. Kennedy had more."
Nixon told the Danville crowd
in reference to heckling in Mus
kegon, Mich., that "I've been
through some real heckling. If
you don't believe it, just try it
and see.
Plagued by a cold and laryngi
tis, Nixon said the cold is not go
ing to slow down his campaigning.
His voice was hoarse and
cracking.
At Tolono, III., where his spe
cial train was switched from one
railroad to another, Nixon told a
small crowd in an unscheduled
talk that he and his running male,
Henry Cabot 1-odgc, have "been
through the fire" of international
negotiations.
Cabot Lodge and I will make
it clear to Khrushchev that inter
national crime doesn't pay," he
said.
Nixon got a rousing reception
from a crowd police estimated at
more man 5,000 in his tirst Illinois
slop at Danville. During the night
his train had passed safely over
a bridge near Fort Wayne, lml.,
where Pennsylvania Railroad em
ployes had found a piece of scrap
metal tied to the track Jlmrsday.
Secret .Service agents said the
contraption was not a bomb. Rail
way olficials said it possibly could
have derailed his train.
Nixon laid emphasis on his long
association with Eisenhower as he
campaigned through areas of Illi'
mus regarded as primarily Re
publican. The nominees obviously
hoped to stir enough Republicans
into action to furnish him wilh
the winning margin in the battle
for Illinois' 27 electoral votes.
Gov. William G. Slratton. who
boarded the train at Danville, pre
dicted that Nixon will carry the
slate.
Chamber Reveals
'Measures' Vote
In t statement Issued by Harold
Reaume, manager, the Roseburg
Chamber of Commerce's board of
directors have staled their position
on nine of tho 15 ballot measures
in contention on Nov, 8.
Ralph (i. DeMoisy, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, and L.
J, Fullcrlon, chnirmi'n of the ('C's
slats affairs committee, aided in
I presenting the chamber's position.
On measure No. 1, Fixing Com
mencement of Legislator's Tcrm-s,
Ihe chamber favors a YES vole
on No. z, Daylight Saving lime, a
YES; on No. 3, Financing Urban
Redevelopment Projects, a YES;
on No. 6. Self-Liquidating State
Bonds for Higher Education Facil
ities, a YES.
Fnr measure No. 7, Voter Quali
fication Amendment, a YES vole
s favored: for No. 8. Mate Building
Program Bonds, a NO: for No. 11.
DC4 Carried
8 Passengers,
Crew Of Four
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) A
Northwest Airlines passenger
plane crashed in flames in moun
tain country near here today and
police said all 12 persons aboard
perished.
Northwest headquarters at St.
Paul said the plane carried eight
passengers and a crew of four.
Northwest said the plane, a
DC4, was bound from Spokane to
Missoula.
Northwest said helicopters with
medical personnel were en route
to the crash scene.
Northwest said flight 104 was
made up at Ponland, Ore. It was
scheduled to leave Portland at
8:20 a.m., MST, and was due out
of Spokane at 10:50 a.m.
Student pilot Ken Silcr returned
from a flight over the scene and
reported, ' mere are no sur
vivors. They flew right into the
mountain.
Missoula area police radio re
ports confirmed there were no
survivors.
Missoula radio station KYSS.
which has a mobile transmitter
unit at the scone, said one body
nan Deen removed from the plane.
It said me plane crashed lust
100 yards from a motel at Nine
Mile.
The sheriff's office said at 12:30
p.m. "The plane is down about
one block off U.S. highway 10. It
appeared the pilot attempted to
land the plane."
The Northwest station manager
at Spokane said the Douglas. DC4
with eight passengers and a crew
of four, had taken off from Spo
kane on schedule at 9:56 a.m.
The plane normally carries a
crew of three but an extra em
ployee had ridden with the plana
into Montana, the manager said.
"All I know is that it was a
passenger plane and that every
one of the passengers are burn
ing up," reported Mrs. Robert
Richardson, operator of the Nine
Mile Telephone Co.
She and her husband were driv
ing by the scene.
She gave this account:
"We could aee the fire, not very
far off the highway (U.S. 10) in
mountainous terrain. It's right on
the edge of the Nine-Mile Valley
or auoul 8 miles west ot rrencn
town. "There was a crowd gathering.
One man said none of the passen
gers had gotten out. The plana
must have plunged into a Ultla
gully jUHl over a hill and out nf
our sight. Wa had, to go back
-Nine-MUefX '' - -
Reedsport Sets
Hospital Vote
Voters in the Lower Umpqua
Hospital District will cast their
ballots on a bond issue for con
struction of a hospital in Reeds
port next March. .
Meanwhile, a preliminary sketch
of the proposed hospital and nurs
ing home will be presented to tha
district board in about three weeks
by the archiledtural firm of Roald,
Schmeer and Harrington.
If voters approved the bond is
sue, construction of the hospital
might start next year. If the issue
is not approved, construction
would be deferred about two years.
The money would come from a
continuing levy, federal lull-Burton
funds are also being sought.
Plans call for a 20-bed hospital
section and a 20-bed nursing home
section. Cost of the structure is
expected to be about $550,000.
Voorhies, Veteran
Publisher, Dies
GRANTS PASS. Ore. (AP)
Amos E. Voorhies. 91, publisher
of the Grants Pass Daily Courier,
died Thursday.
Voorhies . never recovered con
sciousness alter suffering a stroke
two weeks ago.
Despite his advanced years, he
had stayed on the job until strick
en, going to his office every aft
ernoon to collect data for a week
ly column and to file photographs.
He was Oregon's oldest publisher,
both in age and length of service.
Voorhies also had wide radio
and television interests. He was
part owner of radio station KAGI
here and of TV stations KBES at
Meilford, KPIO at Roseburg and
KOTl at Klamath Falls. He also
had been secretary and director of
the Oregon Caves Co. for 35 years.
Voorhies' first newspaper job
was as an unpaid apprentice on
a weekly at Greenville, Mich.,
where he w;is born. He moved to
Oregon in 18il, worked for a time
as a printer in Portland, then
came hero in 1895 as foreman of
the weekly Oregon Observer. He
became a partner two years later
in tho Rogue River Courier.
Among survivors are his son,
Erie K. Voorhies, and a grand
son. John E. Voorhies. Both were
associated with him in operation
oi mo newspaper.
Funeral services will be held
nt 10 a.m. Monday at the L. B.
Hall Funeral Hume here.
Levity IF tilt Rant
By L. F. Reiicnstein
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santness emanating from
Cuba, one fancies Khrush
chev tellinq Fidel, "Sic him
Comrade I'll give ya half
whot ya win."
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