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U. of 0. Ubmry Roadblock Nets Gunman Near Dufur Evening Blaze 28 Pages ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1960 296-60 - - - - : ...;.,-.,..,.,.. .... .. ..- , ... .i.:-..:. . --3 ' i- i t iir-ff -ifi1l'ihrll-ilMm r' i'ii irn mn-BMMij jiuKmjmMMj FIRE DESTROYS POLICEMAN'S HOME A Tuesday after noon firs destroyed most of The second story of this two story' frame home of Roseburg city police .officer D. E. Mobutu Denies Invasion Plans COQUILHATVILLE, the Congo (AP) Col. Joseph Mobutu an nounced Tuesday night he docs not plan an immediate invasion to overthrow the pro-Lumumba government in Oriental province. The Congolese army leader had neon reported moving troops into Equator province adjoining Ori ental for a massive invasion to crush the rebel) regime in Stan leyville that has defied the cen tral Congo government in Leopold ville dominated by Mobutu and ' President Joseph Kasavubu. But Mobutu told newsmen he ' -does not plan any "immediate military . action" awiirst the Sian levville regime and ' does not "wish to shed Congolese blood un necessarily." The army leader said the rebel government of Antoine Gizenga, pro-Communist- deputy premier under Patrice Lumumba, would be brought down by the economic blockade the Lcopoldville govern ment ordered against Oriental Province this week. AH road, riv er and air travel into the prov ince was banned. - "Already the Oriental troops are short of uniforms and ammu nition," Mobutu said. "With their supplv lines cut, they cannot last long.''" ' Elkton Motorist Injured Fatally REEDSPORT (AP) An Elkton motorist was fatally injured to day in a truck-car collision' on Highway 38 about 13 miles east ot nere. The victim was identified as Emery George Stewart, 56. He died shortly afler being brought by an ambulance to .North Bend Hosnital. Police said Stewart's auto col lided with a potato truck driven hv Robert Irvin Byrd, 31, of Bend. Bvrd, injured in the crash was reported in good condition at North Bend. ' It was Oregon's 452nd traffic death of the year, and the 24th this month, in the Associated Press tabulation. Kennedys' infant Son To Get Douglas County Yule Tree John F, Kennedy Jr., recently horn son of President-elect and Mrs. John F.Kennedy; will re ceive his first Christmas tree for his first Christmas from the "Tim ber Capital of the Nation." - The tree, a two and a half foot Douglas fir, was sent to the President-elect's only son this week by the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. To Crow With Son , In a letter sent to the elder Ken nedy with the tree, the Jaycees said, "We realize, ot course, that vour son will not yet appreciate 'the beauty of such a tree or the The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs day with considerable fog priit ing during tho days. Littl tamper- aturo change. Highc-it tomp. last 14 hours Lawt limn, last 24 hours " " Hiaheit temo. tnr Dec. ('581 9 Lowest temp, any Dec, CSS) . 13 Precip. from Dtc. I l-'O Prtcip. last 24 hours 0 Prtcip. from Sept. 1 12.44 Esctst from Sept. 1 " Sunset tonight, 4:40 p.m. Sunriio tomorrow, 7:42 a.mt Fire Razes Home Of City Policeman A rampaging fire destroyed most of the upper story of a two-story lrame nome owned Dy a KoseDurg city policeman late Tuesday after noon. The house, owned by police of ficer D. E. O'Dell at 1687 SE Main St.. caught fire about 4:40 p.m. The city fire department managed to save the downstairs portion of the home, but the majority of the upper level was burning too bad ly to be brought under control when they arrived, . Thro Escap , O'DelPs three children ' were at home when, the fire started, but" fled the house safely. The fire da- Israel's Reactor Is For Peace Only j JERUSALEM (AP) Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. told Parliament today that the atomic reactor Israel is building in the NegeV desert will be "dedicated entirely" to research for peace ful purposes. Ben-Gurion said the reactor Israel's second would not be completed for three or four years. When completed, he said, "it will be open to students from oth er countries as well." He said it would have a capacity of .24,000 kilowatts, far greater than the 1.000 kilowatt training reactor built in the Rehovoth area with U. S. help. , Ben-Gurion's ' statement was prompted by newspaper reports published in Washington and Lon don, that Israel, 'with French aid, was secretly building an atomic reactor that would be used to pro duce an atomic bomb. Both the Israeli and French governments denied the report, saying their nu clear cooperation is entirely to peaceful purposes. 7 I true meaning of the season to which it is dedicated. We have therefore selected a small tree and sent it with roots intact in t h e hopes you will find your way clear to plant this tree, so that as he grows the tree will also grow and i will be an ever-present reminder of our fond feelings toward our President and his family." The letter.' from Jaycee Presi dent Richard Smith, stated, "We hope you will consider this tree symbolic of the feelings of t h e Jaycees throughout the nation, who like all Americans were divided on their political fcelings-'in the Dast election, but who as the young men of the nation are now united behind our President as we enter into anomer great pnase oi the growth of our land of free dom." ' ' By Park Department The tree left Roseburg via Pierce Freight Lines Monday afternoon and was scheduled to be flown from Portland to the Florida va falinn hnm of the Presldent- elect's father via united Airlines. i The tree was duz especially for the Javree bv the Douelas Conn ty park Department. Funds to pay for the air freight were donated hy the First National Bank of : Roseburg, It was shipped in a spe- ' cial box designed of Roseburg- rea wood product manufactured 'by Pacific Plywood, v O'Dell ot 1687 SE Main St. Fldmes ore shown here bursting from the house into the darkening sky obout 5 p.m. (Andy Fautheree) partment said the cause of the blaze had not yet been determined. Funds to aid' the' O'Dell family were raised by the Dounlas Countv Sheriff's Reserves and fellow of ficers on the city force Tuesday nigni. ah iom, mey raised siue to aid the family in replacing cloth ing and bedding destroyed in the upper story. . .. Both Working O'Dell was on duty at the police department when the fire occurred, His wife was also working at the i-vf v , ,1, , j , reoort. the blaze is believed to have started in a closet. Lost to the fire were three walls, part of tne porcn, an oi one upstairs bed room, the attic and clothing and furniture in the upstairs bedroom. The losses were covered by in surance. Water Use Surveys SetForS.Umpqua District chairmen of the Doug las County Water Resources Ad visory Committee in central and southern Douglas County are now distributing questionnaires to de termine water use and needs on the South Umpqua River and Cow Creek, The purpose, Is to get a cross section reaction from the people who live on the streams. Different methods of passing out the ques tionnaires will be used to reach as many people as 'possible by the chairmen. Gen. Curtis Beecher. Bernard Young. Harrv Dayton and Robert Kelly. The information re ceived will be introduced at a meet ing on fishlife needs in the county next month in Roseburg. The questionnaire deals with four general areas of water, use, domestic supply, recreation, pol lution abatement and fish. For ' TO THE PRESIDENT'S SON i Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce president Dick . Smith, .right, ond senior-Chamber president George Gratke put the finishing touches on the box which-carried o Douglas Fir Christmas tree to John F. Kennedy Jr., son of the President-elect, for his first Christmas. The tree was sent by the Jaycees in the gaily decorated box lettered by Jaycee member Phil Meagher. (Chris Photo) Tanker Breaks In Heavy Seas NEW' YORK (AP)-An unidenti fied tanker broke in two today in mountainous seas off Cape Hat- teras, N.C. A Coast Guard plane flying above the scene reported some of its crew were in the water and some clinging to the stern section of the vessel. There were no further details on the situation immediately, ex cept that Navy, Coast Guard and merchant vessels Were racing to the sciene in an effort to rescue ,'nlen of the stricken ship; The NW "'d "craft car- rier Valley Forgo and two de stroyers and ships from Destroyer squadron zg are proceeding to the scene, tne iavy said it might take several hours for the war ships to reach the area. The Coast , Guard at Norfolk said three cutters and the Coast Guard plane had been dispatched to tne area. The Linerian shin Melika was also proceeding to ward the distressed ship s posi tion. The report of the stricken ship came from the Norwegian tanker Artemis,- which did not give the identity of the other ship but said: - "Urgent assistance necessary." The Artemis said only that it sighted the other tanker in trou ble. . , In Baltimore, the Maryland Port Authority said it had picked up a similar -message. The Artemis, according to word received, from it in both cases, did not indicate whether it was able to give any aid to the strick en vesseL . . . In' Washington, Coast Guard headquarters said the identity of the ship could not be determined immediately. Several' ships known' lo be in the general area were alerted to prepare to give aid. First Christmas Mmmm-... : 6 ,i ,r ." " ' - ' ... . J ., Kennedy Picks Gilpatric For Deputy Defense Post Brief Revolt Squelched In Venezuela CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) A brief uprising aimed at freeing imprisoned officials of the de posed Perez Jimenez dictatorship was squelched today by forces loyal to President Romulo Betan court. One of the rebels was wounded in a 50-minute gunbattle with gov ernment troops. The insurgents, led by a naval lieutenant official ly described as a deserter with a record of subversive activities, surrendered after the battle. Led By Officer The insurrection was led by a lieutenant and 20 men. The rebel leader, identified oilicially as Lt. Lizardo Alarquez Perez, took by surprise one of the national cuard posts which dominate the port of La Guana, 10 miles from Cara cas. ' The insurgent leader was said to have been a fugitive wanted tor past rightist rebel activities. Reports said Marquez Perez seized the post early this morn ing. Ho and his command were captured on the Caracas-La Gu-h; aira highway when they tried to reach the capital ny car. Official sources said the appar ent purpose of the rebels was to reach the prison in Caracas where a number of military officials and police of the former dictatorship bf Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez ir!7i,,, o01 im. luio navy uui. , Caracas was calm and most of the popiilwhon went to workun- tiwnrr nr what whs hunnening. Betancourt's government earlier this month put down violent dem- onslrations irom ine leu in mis CaOltal. n ine leu in una in Caracas in hopes unrest would sins"--" spread and force lormauon oi a government modeled on Fidol Castro's Cuban regime. The notinii was botllcd up in Caracas by army troops and po lice loyal to Betancourt's moder ate socialist government. Eleven persons were killed in the dis turbances. They ended Dec. 2 when students holding out in a Ca racas University building dubbed "Stalingrad surrendered . 10 a government force supported by tanks. Elkton City Council To Elect New Mayor Elkton's City Council will elect mavor at its Jan. 3 meeting. reports News-Review correspond ent Mrs. C. W. Henderer. Re-elected to council positions were Francis Mode, William Ilar pole and Ray Hoffman. Carl Lick lider and Donald Hancock are holdover councilmen. Harpole is the present "mayor. The Elkton mayor is one of two more to be named in the county. The council at Winston will also name a mayor at its first meet ing in January. 4 PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) President-elect John F, Kennedy today picked Roswell Gilpatric, who was undersecretary of the Air Force in the Truman admin istration, to be deputy secretary of defense, Kennedy announced selection of the 54-year-old Democrat as he started day-lung conferences on planning of the new administra tion's budget against a back ground of concern over the busi ness slump a slump also bother ing the outgoing Eisenhower re gime. ' No. 2 Man Gilpatric, a New York lawyer. will be No. 2 man at I h e Pentagon under the new secre tary of defense. Robert S. Mc Namara, who is resigning a: president of the Ford Motor Co. to join the Kennedy administra tion. Gilpatric was undersecretary of the Air Force in 1051-53. In 1956-57 he took part in a study of the defense establishment, financed by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. In 1958 he was named by Sen. Henry M. Jackson, ll-Wash.. to the ad visory panel of the joint congres- Martin Possibility As Navy Secretary SAM FRANCISCO (AP)-Clar. ence D. Martin Jr., son of a for nomed Wednesday as possibly in .,, ;,,,,, .-..i,, mer wasninginn governor, was line for appointment as secretary of the Navy by Preident-elect Kennedy. The San Francisco Examiner said Martin, a Santa Monica au tomobile dealer, and Dan Kim- hr PL( "iIiSoreS and T' ....:., ' ' ' i . . . . former President Truman acl- i MUn ;v'ho left Washington ,til( m is; for Santa Monica, ji . X" ,."" ' . , " duVi,, the Kennedy campaign. He ..,. ;a.iw h cn u-.. r lvas appoMcd Dy Sen. Henry M. 1L.,. U-cl,fnnln llpmirr.l. ic national chairman Martin also was reported to have been a heavy contributor to the Kennedy campaign. The Examiner said Will Rogers Jr., son of the lale humorist, apparently has the inside track for commission of Indian affairs. Legion To Consider Bids For New Home The executive committee of the Roseburg American Legion post will meet soon to review bids re ceived this week for construction of a new Legion hall. - The building will be constructed on property owned by the Legion in the blast area on the corner of SE Oak Ave. and Parrott St. Low bidder on construction of Ihe 80-by-42-foot building was Mil ler & Dimick with a bid of $34. 979. Other bidders were James & Stritzke $35,48.1; llmpco Construc tion Co. $33,998, Jack Mathis $36. 380, Todd Building Co. $36,834 and Southern Oregon Construction Co. $37.0(10. All are Roseburg firms. I no smgic-siory Dunning will nc made of concrete block on con- crele slab. The old building on the site was destroyed by the Aug. 7, 1959, blast. The Legion is currently meeting at the Velerans of For eign Wars Memorial Building no NW Garden Valley Blvd. 1 Bus Lines Seek Rate Increase SAI.EIU (AP) The Grey- hound Corp. and Continental Pa cific Trailways, Oregon s two ma jor bus lines, have asked for 10 fer cent tare Increases, Public tility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said Tuesdav. The Greyhound hearing will he held Jan. S at the stale office building in Portland, and the Con tinental hearing will be the follow ing day at the same place. 'Ihe nrms also ask lor mini mum fares of 30 cents for adults and 25 cents, for -children. They said increases are needed be cause of higher operation costs in the face of deijining local pas senger irainc. f unniLi DAYS TO y? CHRISTMAS O sional subcommittee on military applications of atomic energy. Member Of Committer Gilpatric also is a member of two study committees huh have prepared reports lor Kenncny on the Defense Department and na tional defense problems. He won a Phi Beta Kappa key for scholarship at Yale, lie was graduated from the law school there in 1931 after serving as ed itor of the Yale Law Journal. Gilpatric has been a member of the New York law firm of Cravaih, Swaine & Moore since 1940 with the exception of the peri od he served at the Pentagon. He also is chairman of the board of trustees of the Aero space Corp., founded this year at the request of Secretary of De fense Thomas S. Gates Jr. as a nonprofit organization to assist the Air Force in space and missile problems. Another member of the Ken nedy Cabinet, Secretary of the Treasury-designate Douglas Dil lon, turned up in Palm Beach to day as Kennedy opened budget talks with the experts he has named lo advise him. Dillon, a Republican now serv ing as undersecretary of stale in Uie Eisenhower administration, told reporters he did not know whether he would sit in at the budget conference. Dillon Vacations Vacationing at nearby Hobe Sound, Fla., Dillon said he came lo Palm Beach primarily to con fer with Kennedy aides in prepa ration iur tuning over uls uuw juu next month. On hand for the meeting with Kennedy were David E. Bell, Har vard economist who will be Buug- ct Bureau chief: Elmer B. Stuats. present deputy director staying on US PtU. A II1HII UIIMUr lieu, nnu i.. ...tr i n u I..-- -Pierre Salinger, Kenneay'irxrj ..j vr 7 r Plerre baUngcr nress secretarv. lold t news con lerence that Kennedy plans to re sign soon from the bennie. Gov. Foster Furcolo ot Massa chusetts announced Tuesday night he will appoint Benjamin A. annul II of Gloucester, a former I lornier tiar- r?.5T"ma. !, " -, tiie i '"-" 1 11 UP' gives China Vows Aid To Laos Reds TOKYO (AP) - Red Chinese Defense Minister Lin Piao de - clared today that Communist t,nina win no an it can io pui a stop to U.S. imperialism a in lerventton and aggression in Laos." Peining radio said A.arsnal Lin's pledge was made in a mes sage to Vo Nguyen Giap, vice premier and defense minister of Communist North Viet Nam. The message saluted the 10th anni versary on Doc. 22 of the found ing of the North Vietnamese Army. The broadcast did not say how far the Red Chinese would go in aiding pro-communist Laotian forces opposing the forces' of pro Western Gen. Phoumi Nosavan and Premier Prince Boun Oum. The United Stales has resumed economic and military aid to Laos since Phnumi's forces won con trol of Vientiane, the Laotian ad ministrative capital, lost week. Lin charged the United States and "its lackeys Ihe reactionary! aumoriucs in Thailand ' with "bla tantly intervening by force of arms and fomenting civil strife in Laos, menacing peace in South east Asia." He said Communist China and its people "are determined to ex ert their utmost efforts alongside the government and people of the (North) Vict Nam democratic re public to safeguard the Geneva agreements and put a stop to U.S. imperialism's intervention and ag gression in Laos." Lin's message praised the "great achievements" of North Viet Nam's Red forces and said the Chinese army is "your closest comrades-in-arms. Soviets Charge Attack By U. S. Navy Destroyer MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet Union has charged a U.S.destroy- er made an hour-long mock attack on a Soviet freighter in the Med iterranean Nov. 4, almost causing a collision. In a protest rota delivered lo the U.S. Embassy Tuesday, Ihe itiissians demanded - severe pun ishmenf fnr Ihntn ffnillv nt tha provocative actions.'" The note identified the destroyer the prize fighting game, a U. as No 817, Ihe number assigned $, ,enotor proposes creation of the radar picket deslroyer Corry. c-j.i t-.j ,... The freighter, the Faleshty, was ! aL feieto board to Supervise en route to Odcsss from Mar-1 the conduct of this cherished seille, Krance, the nolo said, vJhenj American institution, with tte the deslroyer made several turns imorBi unif.!-- fu.iie T nearby and then approached, "When the U. S deslroyer was at a distance of ijo au meters from the motnrship and continued approaching it, the captain of the muiorsnip naa in snip me rngines to prevent a collision," the nole I asserted. THE DALLES. Ore. (AP)-Po-lice today captured a wounded man who ran a roadblock, and said he was the one who shot a state policeman Tuesdav, setting off g vast manhunt in Central Ore gon. Police ran down the car in th little town of Dufur, south of here, and fired two shots into the air when the man tried to llee on fool. He stopped and surrendered without further resistance. Gunman Identified The man taken info custody was identified by sheriff's deDutv til Goss as John R. Taylor, 27, for- meiiy oi oaiem, ore., once an inmate of the Oregon State Peni tentiary. The depuly said Taylor was the man who shot state po- uuciuau jjunaia aut near Ash land late Tuesday. The shooting set off a manhunt and chase that covered aso mil. from South-Central Oregon to near this Columbia River town, ' Shot Three Times Cain was shot three times in Ihe leg as he questioned a hitch hiker picked uo on tha outskirts of Ashland. Cain was reported in kuuu t-uiuiiwoii uxtay. iain said he fired as the hUch-hiker fled, adding he thought he wounded him. A blood - soaked overcoat was found nearby. The search had shifted 200 miles north of Ashland earlv today when police chased a stolen car and then lost its driver uh h fled on foot through a residential area. Blood slains were found in the front seat. Car Stolen Another car was reported stolen in Bend a short time later, and more roadblocks were set up. A few hours later, a car whizzed bv police just selling up a roadblock near Dufur, and officers gave chase. Goss said he chaser) llio .- into Dufur, and was there joined by other police. Goss said the luBiiive men slopped the car, got out and tried lb run. Bui he stopped and gave up meekly, Goss said, when the shots were fired ' into the air, , Slate police here later said that Taylor had been wounded in the J Ashland icg in the earlier gun fight al rr. . i The search shifted to Benrl uri E5 .!". - nr." """'-" ";i itc.; yi- ficers gavo chase, and the fugitive Biiunuuiieu ins moien car in a residential area awl fled on foot. Policiji, pursued him but lost the (rail, iilood slains were found on ine iront seal ot Uie car. An $arehtd About 20 policemen took part in Uie scarcli here, as teiiiDerji- turcs dropped below freezing and frost coated tho ground. 1 Police said the man who wound ed Cain apparently had stolen a car later m Trail. Ore., and then dashed hero before abanTing it. Cain was shot by a hitch-hiker he saw at Uie edge of Ashland late in the afternoon. State nolice I'unl Pi! IT xinP..n u: "V ' hi"" "" nr.w. cun When Cain got the man into his patrol car to question nim u,. policeman reached over to exam ine some iuois ine nucn-niKer nan. The hitch-hiker suddenly drew a gun. Kelsay To Offer Easement Bill A bill which would nermit the State of Oregon to grant a perman ent easement to International Pa per Company for a waste disposal pipeline across the atate-owned bcachland at Gardiner will be in troduced at the next session of tha Oregon Legislature. W. O. (Bun) Kelsay: Douglas County representative to the Leg islature, reported today he nad con tacted Oregon Land Board attor neys and that a bill is being pre pared for early action at Uie ses sion next month. International Paper Company, planning a pulp and paper mill at Gardiner, had asked the State Land Board for an easement for a pipeline to carry effluent into the 'acific Ocean. Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton ruled that the state law does not permit the Land Board to give a permanent easement. A change in the law, he said, will be necessary before the requested au thority can be given. Kelsay said he has asked for the preparation of a bill that will authorize the Slate of Oregon to grant industries neeHed eaatments across state owned beachlands, while preserving to the public the right of access and recreational use. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein I ' Prompted by exposure of the crookedness controlling add dignity to the bouts, they could be held in the national capitol, or on tha White House lawn, preceded, as at present, i , . '... . " "" ;niTin or rne .Star Soanalad Banner, .V o
