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Established 1873 U Poges ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1960 299 60 PRICE 5e
Estimated
Final Count
Put At 510
5-Car Pileup Kills 2 Children
Nine Other
Persons Hurt
In E. Oregon
Lighting Event Winners Told
CHRISTMAS EVE and all through the house, not a creature stirred, not even Jimmy
Wilson, 412, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrance R.. Wilson, 784 W. Rainbow Roseburg. Jim
my is shown here taking a last long look at the Christmas tree and the star on top be
fore retiring to bed. If Jimmy and all his millions of little friends throughout the world
have been good this year, jolly ol' Saint Nick will come to his house with presents galore.
This is a picture reflecting Christmas in Douglas County. How it is celebrated elsewhere in
the world is told on page 2 of today's News-Review. (Andy Fautheree)
Permit Given Welfare Dept.1
To Cut Food Dole If Necessary
By DAVID LORTIE
News-Review Staff Writer
located for the month and will not
food standards is remote, Sum
merfield said. However, if the
case load continues to increase as
it has in the past three weeks
(100 new cases;, food standards
he able to request supplemental
The Douglas County Welfare Dc- funds
partmcnt ha received P-rmjfs'n -Because of this," Summerfield
cut the allocation toori to general ; sauJ. "food al heat needs of gen-j may have to be cut to keep with
accion. upllari. recipients bv'rral assistance recipients will heiin the public assistance allotment
as much as 20 per cent in Jari-imct first by the Welfare Depart- While the order allowing the 20
uary if the need should arise. Lent. Then, if there are ennueh 1 P?r "'nt .! ucl'.,,n "welfare re-
The announcement of the pos-i . , . ' . -- cipicnis iooa sianaaras oy ine
sible cutback was made today byl"""1" . lcnls wl" ue Pa"-
lie saia mat aumonzaiion lor
ONTARIO. Ore. (AP) Two
little children bound for their
grandparents' home for Christ
mas died in a five-car pileup on
an icy. fog shrouded highway
north of Ontario early today
Their brother and sister and
their parents were hospitalized. So
were five others.
Police said it appeared that a
car stopped about .'1:45 a.m. on a
straight stretch of Highway 30
leading into this town on the Oregon-Idaho
border, probably to
clear ice from the windshield.
Fog was so thick visibility was
rut almost to zero in patches. 11
froze on the highway in a clear
layer that gave a deceptive ap
pearance of dryness to the road
way. The car that stopped was head
ed east. A following car slammed
into it as did another and still
another. A fifth car, going in the
opposite direction, avoided the
pileup but spun into the ditch.
Three Cars Shattered
Three of the cars were demol
ished. fllr. and Mrs. Bert L. Caffin.
St. Helens. Ore., and their lour
children were headed tor a Christ
mas holiday in Klackfoot, Idaho,
at the home of Chaffin's parents.
Their daughter Kdith Kmalinc,
months, and their son Kerl Jr.,
8, were killed. Their other chil
dren, iMichael, 6. and Nancy. 4,
were hurt but not critically. Airs.
Chaifin, 28. was seriously hurt
and her husband. 34, a teacher
at the rural Deer Island School
near St. Helens, was less badly
injured, hospital attendants said.
State Patrolman Ray Ganing
said that Chaifin, despite his own
injuries and the knowledge two
of his children were dead, helped
with the injured.
He is one of the bravest men
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Tni 111
Fires IS
Miscellaneous 14
Tout 140
Tiatfie fatalities mounted rap
idly Saturday as the nation ob
served the long Christmas holi
day weekend.
I.e than 18 hours after th
ftart of the holiday period Friday
evening 88 deaths had occurred
in traffic accidents. In addition
there were 12 deaths from fires
anil 10 from miscellaneous acci
dents lor an over all total of 110.'
payment of rents will be held up
by the department until Jan. 20
Oregon Stale Welfare Commission
was issued for the entire state,
the order becomes particularly
pertinent in Douglas County be
cause of the tremendous increase
Jack Summerfield. Douglas Coun
ty Welfare Commission Adminis
trator. In niakinq the announce-
, C.......,..flnl,l oirl ll,;it tho
food standard would only be cut".see ''f cnuR funds are avail-1 in genei al assistance cases. Oni
as a last resort. i f i,le i!ller f"od and heat needs j more. Summerfield said that he
...ue inn. i wouki noi oe surp' iseu lo see the
The possibility of cutting t h e number of cases climb to over 4uo
! in January, in winch case the pos
The administrator said the ex
tremely depressed condition of the
lumber industry in Douglas Coun
ty has resulted in a deluge of ap
plications for emergency general
assistance. He said that at this
time last year there were UK) such
cases while today there are 285
with the number increasing rapid
ly every day.
Funds Requested
Summerfield said that the in
crease in the emergency welfare
assistance this month has forced
the county Welfare Department to
request an additional $6,800 in wel
fare funds. The December alloca
tion was $123,119 of which S20.3I18
was for emergency general assist
ance. "Starting in January." Summer
field said, "the department will be
working on a closed-end budget;
that is, the department will have
lo operate within the money al-
Two Persons, 19 Race
Horses Die In Bern Fire
White Pastor Weds
U.S. Negro Nurse
HAl.EBARWS, England (AP1
A Ivegro American nurse was
married to a while English pastor
in this Cheshire village today.
The tiny Unitarian chapel was
packed for the Christmas Eve
s"nce uniting Edna Eugenia Wil
son, 27, of Wilmington, Del., with
the Rev. Glynn Pruce, 31.
The bridegroom is minjstcr of
the I'nitarian church here. His
congregation warmly welcomed
news of his engagement lo Miss
WiNon and collected what was de
scribed as "a substantial sum" fori
them.
The American girl, a former
first lieutenant in the U.S. Air
Force and Public Health nurse in
Detroit, wore a white brocade
dress with a pearl and rhincslonc
headdress.
The Ifev. Mr. Pruce met Miss
sihility of applying the slate com
mission's order would become far
less remote.
Other Reductions Noted
Although there has been an in
crease in emergency general as
sistance cases, there has been a
small reduction in other welfare
cases. Last year at this time the
department was carrying 487 old
age assistance cases, while this
year there are only 472. Aid to the
disabled cases are down three,
from 203 last year lo 200 this year.
Aid lo the blind last year was 9
cases, while this car it is only
8 cases.
However, one jump has been
noted. East year the department
was aiding 230 dependent children
while this year it has 260 such
cases.
I have ever seen," Hie patrolman
said.
In reconstructing the accident,
Ganing said a pickup truck driven
by Morris Nelson, 29, The Dalles,
stopped lo clear the windshield.
A following car, the driver's
name not learned, skidded by and
stopped with its lights on the
pickup. Nelson got out, asked if
anyone was hurt, then returned lo
i his pickup when assured every
one was all right.
A car driven by Armand Den
nis llegge, 19, Everett, Wash.,
with Edgar Duane Wait, 25, of
Everett, as passenger, hit the
pickup just as Nelson was start
Homemade Bomb
Play Costs One
Student His Hands
RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) One
high school student was maimed
and three others injured less se
riously when a homemade bomb
exploded as they placed it on a
higluyay bridge, slate police re.
ported.
Steve Bonnell. 16. lost both
Horace Berg, 219 W. Riverside
Dr., won the grand sweepstakes
award in this year's Roseburg Jun
ior Chamber of Commerca Christ
mas home lighting contest.
Berg received a plaque for his
championship outdoor display of
Crash Wrecks Airliner;
107 Aboard Uninjured
FIRST PRIZE The regularly spectacular lighting effects for Christmas at the Horace
Berg home in Laurelwood in Roseburg again paid off this year with the sweepstakes award.
Berg received a plaque for his glittering outdoor display. (Chris' Phote)
the season. The list uf winners
was announced this morning by
Ken Clark, chairman of the Javcce
home lighting contest committee.
Other prizes were olfercd for
first, second and third place in
three categories. The top group
was for decorations that cost more
than $100, the middle group for
decorations costing from $50 to $100
and the last group for displays
costing less than $50.
Raymond J. Martin, 438 W. Haz
el, won first prize in the top group,
followed by Earl Wiley, 1433 SE
Kane St., and Dr. George N. Len
ci, 17 Southgale Road.
First prize in the middle group
was won by Richard E. Princer,
3344 NW Boner Ave. Mrs. Peggy
Butler, 817 W. Princeton St.. fin
ished second and Dan Dimick,
2706 W. Oriole St., came in third.
First place in (he under $50
class went lo A. F. Spinas, 1743
SK Eddy St.. with Sig Wolf, 1020
NW Broadway Ave. coming in sec
ond and C. O. Tensley, who lives
in the llidgewood District, finish
ing third.
First prize winners received $25,
with $15 going to second place win
ners and third place winners pick
ing up $.1.
Judges for the conlest were Bill
Garrison, Douglas County State
Bank, and Jim Lombard, art di
rector at Roseburg High.
U. S. Students Headed
For Cuba Draw Abuse
MIAMI, Fla. f API-More than
one hundred students from' U.S.
colleges received an abusive send
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hands in the blast Friday south: rL Z.LZ..'"""L
of Capilan. He was reported in - wh0111 Rot arresU,d for' ,hcjr ajr.
ji ,ua luiiutuuii . ill a iiuainidi I t,r,,,in .
I he students were flown on Cu-
here
Stale police Sgt. Bill Kruse said
the Capitan High School students,
nana Air Lines charier planes Fri
day on a reduced-rale tour spon-
wo of them girls, placed another S1).C(1 ,)v the rair Pav for Cuba
bomb on a bridge north ot thefonimi,-,w. Television station
Lincoln County village. JwCKT quoted one tripper as sav-
Kruse said the bombs consisted iriR ,he stll(onls were going io
of two sticks of dynamite, alarm ,k ovcr the s(uaUon in Cuba
clocks and flashlight batlenes.lan, rcnort tne ,.u.ts
and were timed to explode at 10; The L' S. Stale Department re-P-'1':
Irenllv advised American collcL'e
After (he first explosion. Mar-! sI(ipnls , to K0 on ,,., 1()
shal Ray Provine of Capitan fidel Castro's Cuba. It also has
went lo he second bridge anil , advisoi all Americans to stav out
shot the clock trom the bomb and of t'uha unless thev have compel
dismantled it. ung reasons lo go there.
Ihe first explosion flung slivers! lh,-.. i M,.,,i i,,irni;,,l
'i ,mll,a!, in, the faces and bodies: Airport said the embarking slu-
Br THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Icy or snow-packed highways
were reported in many parts of
the country, adding to normal
driving hazards. The National
Safely Council also issued a re
minder to motorists that speeding
and drinking have been foremost
factors in Christmas holiday traf
fic fatalities in pasl years.
The council estimated 510 per
sons may be killed on the high;
wavs in this year's 78-hour period
I hat began at 6 p. m. Friday and
continues until midnight .Mondajv
Death Toll of 510 Estimated
The council estimate is 217 high
er than the number counted in
an Associated Press survey of a,
recent 78-hour nonhoiiday week
nnH u-hn Wl HioH in trui'fie acci
dents. On that weekend 47 other?
persons died in fires and 113 in.
miscellaneous acciuents.
Last vear's Christmas period
saw 439 persons killed on tTia
country s highways, 43 in tires,
and 73 in various other accidents
for an over all total of 609. ' ,
The record traffic and over-all
total for a three-day Christmas
holiday was set in 1955 when 609
died in traffic. 68 in fires and 105
in other accidents for a total oC
782.
The greatest number of deaths
for any holiday period occurred
during the four-day Christmas pe
riod in 1956 when traffic deaths
numbered 706, fires 54 and others
124 for a total of 884.
ing to drive on in the darkness -of Carl Hnllon, 16, and Mary Ann
and log. Then the Chaffin car hit
and stopped broadside on the
highway. The last car. carrying
several young women, struck the
car carrying the Chaffin family.
Others hospitalized were Elaine
Ritchey. 23, Hexburg. Idaho;
Joyce Crow, 18, Portland, Ore.;
Vernon B. Beck. 21. Idaho Falls,
Idaho; Dcon Bean. 23. Twin Falls,
Idaho: and d'ayla Whitmore, 21,
Portland. Only Mrs. Chaffin was
believed seriously hurt.
Truckers, Firm Fined
For Non-Permit Hauling
WARREN". Ohio (AP) Two per
sons died and another was injured stationed at a nearby air base.
as lire swept tnrougn a norse oarn
at the lrtiminill countv h air
Of Shoppers; 12 Hurt
(.rounds early today. At least 19 Train Rams Bus Full
trotters ana pacers were iosi.
The dead were identified tenta
tively as Nathan Barnclt, about
8.!. a crippled Negro, and Willa
bclle Belle, 32, a Negro woman.
William Gibson, 28. of New
SALEM (AP) Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill Fri
day levied fines of $300 each
against John T. Nix Jr.. Albanv.
LONDON" (AP 1 A Boeing 707 and Clackamas Trucking Co.,
id airliner earrvinp 107 rw.i-snn,: ('lrkama,:
Wilson at Oxford while she was ;,n,n otf a runwav into muddvl n. a"v;, .,. u i, i,.i
I grassland today after touching ' ing seed without a permit, and
I down at London Airport from Chi-1 ihat the Clackamas firm hauled
!l'a-?"- , beet pulp without proper permit.
1 All fl.i passengers and 12 crew ; -
I members escaped unhurt.
The plane, owned by British
I Overseas Airwas Corp.. was bad-
McKnight.' Joyce McKnight, 14,
sintered shock.
dents showed Utile reaction, ex
rept mild alarm, to outbursts
hurled at them by the anti-Castro
Kruse said the students gave nn rnnl inscnt
reason for placing the explosives i The six hecklers arrested were
on the bridges.
Indian Woman Draws
10 Years For Car Theft
released in bonds of $50 each on
charges of unlawful assembly. The
disturbance occurred in front of
the airport's Cubana Air Lines office.
Edith Noles, 33, former Sea.Ue mRe m "r,ry
housewife, was sentenced to a Program Of Belgium
maximum of 10 years in the State! n,.rl . uii, ap a
enitenliary Friday for aulomo- 8rwjn'K" Kcnt;ra, ,rrike against the
ST JOHN'S. Nflrt I API
Canadian National Railwavs train '? damaged. Passengers esraped
rammed a suburban bus Idled ,IV sliding down emergency chutes
with Christmas shoppers at a , on s""
bile theft.
the Canadian Indian woman ,,aralvzed Belgium loday on the
pleaded guilty to the charge. on;CVR f Christmas,
which she was booked last Octo- violent clashes were reported In
her. Mrs. Noles and a companion e industrial centers of Liege and
were arrested alter the woman's Antwerp when police attempted to
six children were found wander- strain pickets. Some shopkeep
ing near an abandoned atitumo-',.rlj were )Paien when they re
bilc, which had caught fire. J fused to close. Trees and trolley
The automobile theft charge In-lrars blocked slreels in a number
volved a pickup truck taken at of towns to prevent the operation
nearby Amanda Park. of public transport.
.Socialist unions called for the
strike five days ago as a protest
jr against the government's pro
gram of increased taxes and cuts
in social welfare spending.
Lighting Prize Takers
At Winston Announced
The Irv Cubser home in Illinois
Heights, Winston, Friday night
was iiiogeu tirst place winner in
the Winston Chamber of Com
errc's home lighting conlest.
The Christmas lighting contest
winner collected $25. Second prize
of $10 went to (leorgo Ooodman
of Snow Ave., and the $5 third
prize was won by David Burks
of Pacific Plywood Road in Dil-
government's, austerity program ,h ', ,.,,,.,. ' , ,.',
Oregon Power Co. Thirteen entries
Castle. Pa. who had been em-. cr0!lsjnit here today and officials! " M "P " ba, shape. One
nloved at the Fair (irounds
raped by leaping through a w m
dow. He was reported in fair con
dition at Trumbull .Memorial llos-
KiiiH'ii was a mirarlp luthnriv ' 'in was t tangled mass of metal
killed. They reported 12 persons, i and Ihe lower undercarriage was
including the bus driver, were in-!""" "I'l"
; hired. ' 'he port engines slung under
pita . ri. i, .. , ... i i 'the wing were forced upward hv
PMost of the horses were owned e . en ler ng SL John, ,. 0e tw,s.d s
bv Robert llogue of New Castle " " l,'" ' 1 ,nuumin-
and William .Montgomery of n . this cn . and s id onto t he ,
Brookfield. Ohio. ' , ' . L ..' ,. , ,u ' UPSET AUTO BURNS
A 1953 coupe registered to W'.l-
Th..r. , no immediate est!- ralx,(1 Paengcr ana ireigm.
mate of the property loss. ' Kcscuors woiKeti a minutes l .,tm f. Breedlove. lost NE Ala
Itav Niemi. assistant tire chief, tree a woman ana a man trapped lm.,ia Ave. flipped over and burst
said faulty electrical wiring may in the wreckage. ,, fam,.s ,,a,v thiss morning as
have led to the blare. About 20 Tile bus. demolished in the the vehicle was crossing the rail-
liremen fought the fiames in near front, was dragged 50 feet by Ihe road tracks at the east end of ,W
zero cold.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS j
Lew clouds and (09 tonight and,
Sunday. Partial clearing Sunday 1
afternoon.
Hightif temp. If 34 hours . 48
Lowest temp. ! 24 hours . 33
Highest temp, any Dec. C5S) 69.
Lowest temp, any Dec. ('55 1 .... 23 ;
Precip. las' 24 hours . 0
Precip from Dec. 1 5.11 j
Precip. from Sept. 1 .. 12 7 '
Eiceis from Sept. 24
Sunset tonight, 4 42 p m. !
Sunrise tomorrow, 7.43 a.m. 1
tram and stopped only when iliCarnes Road.
struck a telephone pole. There is Slate police reported thai no
a slight downgrade at the inter-1 one was injured in the accident
section where the bus apparently which occurred at 1:55 a.m. Ihe
skidded on ice. ' auto was a total loss.
sr-r --jjassaJ"nill'f '.ccsssji xvszs
Apple Handling Stores
EEsiEE3 Facing Strike Threat
No Paper
Monday
were listed
The Chamber also sponsored a
conlest among cluhs of Douglas
High School for arranging displays
in vacant building windows in Win
stnn. The $15 first prize was won
by the Youth for Christ club. The
Sit) second prize went to the Jour
nalism Club and the $5 third
prize lo the Chess Club. Five en
tries were listed, reports corres
pondent Phehe McCuire.
Officers Watch Fatal
Fire Unaware Of Victim
Blasts Wreck Two
Boston Buildings;
2 Dead, 7 Injured
BOSTON (API Three explo
sions apparently set off by leak
inir illuminutinff cas hlew nn a
one-story cafe and an adjoining
Ihice-slory manufacturing plant
today.
There were two known dead.
Six were injured and one man
was missing.
Anthony Dello Russu. owner of
the Purity Sugar Cone Co., which
occupied the building next to .the
cafe, estimated his loss at $250.
000. The plant had been closed
since Friday afternoon.
The cafe is situated in City
Square in (he Charlestown section
of Boston near the naval shipyard
ana noi tar irom tsunkcr Hill
Monument.
One of the dead was Benjamin
Segal, 42, proprietor of the Dia
mond Nugget.
Delia Jtusso said a cobbler in
ilia lun, mill uau soup Ull UIV
lust tioor, is missing.
The explosions shattered win-half-mile
radius. Rubble from the
across the street and smashed
store and tenement house fronts.
State Purchases
Autos, Trucks
SALEM (AP) The stale Fi
nance Department said today it
has bought 290 automobiles and
16 pickup trucks for a total ot
$534,000. They were bought on co
operative bids.
Dodge City of Portland got a
$.148,876 contract for 194 Dodge,
uencca sedans.
A contract lor 7.1 Lark sedans
went to Jarvis Studebaker Co. of
Portland for $116,173.
Harlan Griffith Ford Co. of Port
land, received a contract for 23
Ford station wagons for $47,810.'
Marks Motors of Portland got tha
contract for 16 Studebaker pick
ups for $27,200.
Rear Admiral Hughes
Dies Of Heart Attack
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Rear
Adm. F. Massie Hughes, 61, com
mandant of the Fiflh Naval Dis
trict, died of a heart attack Fri-
POIITLAM) (AP) Fu look day.
one life as it destroved a seven- Hughes would have retired in
room house on N. Swift Boulevard June, next year,
here Friday night. He graduated from the U.S.
Identity of the victim was not iZl "!. "'If58.
certain but it was thought lo have '22' ' '?n n0""?"?"''1 "f
been Ihe lm.lsckeel.cr for Loren "18 lflh Naval District for 3'
tain
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Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
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SEATTLE (AP) Several stores
handling Yakima Valley apples
are scheduled lo be picketed next
week by Seattle Teamsters.
The unlilns. nf four hrnrwlv were
oroeessed bv Yakima vallev tirms i u- Smith, 50, Hie owner.
slruck Aug 7 hy Teamsler Can- The house was outside I fire
mry Warehousemen's Ixical 7tK. protection district. Sheriff's depu
Friday's announrenient of pick-; lies watched as it burned, una
etin? plans by Teamsler Joint ware that someone was inside.
Council 28 was (he first activity Not until hours later was it
here in connection with the union's learned that someone had per
announced plans for a nationwide i ished.
boycott of apples handled by the j Smith, working at night, said
struck firms. he supposed his housekeeper was Uncle Som't action a an
The council said similar action there. Police declined to give her. . '
i ntunniwl in lha I nm Anuli njunn until llieir investigation wm : imperative measure Of CCOltl-
irrs. 'complete. ony, in ordering fomilici of
"5' service men abroad to return
to the United States, is tomt
1 what of a jolt lo the nuptial
vow. Until death do ut part.'.'
Interruption ot connubial bills
may be softened by the axiom
that "Absence makes tha
heart grow fonder," but in
this cat duration of the ab
sence is a matter resting lor
galy on tha Russians. How
long? It's your guess.