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i'. cf C. I,3bn-ry one, Ort3'-von c POWER CE d Site Of Drain Park r - nmVi - -. ""-wE" INDUSTRIAL PARK SITE Drain is taking the lead in another stage of community development. The City is now developing an area in the fieart of town to be offered as a possible industrial park site. The purpose is to boost the city's economy. See story page 2. (News-Review Photo) Babbiil To Leave Coroner's Post; Donnelly Takes Over January 3rd By DAVID LORTIE Ns-Review Staff Writer Douglas County Coroner Dr. C. H. Babbitt has resigned his posi tion effective as of Jan. 3, accord ing to V. T. Jackson, judge of the county court. Dr. Babbitt will become assist ant medical investigator for the physician, whereas a coroner did not have to be. He called this the greatest improvement. The health officer also said that under the new law autopsies can only be performed by a certified pathologist. He said since there are no certified pathologists in Douglas County, one from Eugene will be called down whenever an v . . , .mnc i ,ii,i w hv th winter ho"" are now m ef- k- i ifect in five itinerant Unemplov Jobless Offices Set New Hours trict attorney or the medical in vestigator. ' ' '" "' 1 "V '"? -". hi iiwiu ii mmmm,rtmwmmm,mmommAm, ui --" ' "' - "v.-, . ', I-,.., ..,mi.T.. I Ertoblished 1873 12 Paget ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1960 303-60 PRICE Sc ment Claims Offices of the Oreeon .lulp HpnortTnor.1 nf Vmnlnvmnnl Dr. Donnelly today also named a. The announcement was made bv five-man team of doctors m the I David H. Cameron, department county to serve as deputy medical ! commissioner in Salem. He stress investigators. Serving the Reeds-1 ed that these offices are placed in port area will be Dr. D. L. Court-1 operation not onlv as a ronven ney. while Dr. Mark Watson willjirnre to the unemployment com be the deputy in the Drain area. I pensation claimants, but as a time Dr. Warren Kadas will be the! and expense saver in serving the!js high time that the Socialist sumerun area deputy medical ex-' """ iimiiun m ciainiams aur-1 leaders assume control. aminer wnn nr. j. nonert acnmini; "i- ' nm i lumuui. Violence One Killed, 12 Wounded In Rioting BRUSSELS, Belgium fAP) Belgium's bitter ll-day-old gener ai strike, increasing in vinlpnr-A brought its first death today. A striker was killed and a dozen persons were wounded in a melee of policemen and demonstrators, in downtown Brussels. Premier Gustav Evkens charged Communist agitators are behind the nationwide strike. There were two versions of the killing. The Socialists said a sn her blow killed the striker when mounled police, answering a bar rage of rocks, charged demonstra tors in the heart of the city. The dead man was Francois Van Der Strappen. 30, a Frenchman living in Brussels. Police said the striker was killed by an onlooker who fired into the demontrators. They put the man under arrest. A govern ment communique gave a simi lar version. This was the most violent day of the strike against the Premier's economy program. the Brussels clash occurred when strikers stoned headquart ers of the Sabena Airlines. Most workers at Sabena had refused to join the Socialist-led strike. Premier Eyskens emerged from a conference with his cabi net, told reporters: "It is evident that the move ment started from a group of Communist agitators and that it has now gotten beyond the Social ist leaders, 'i cannot believe that great national party (the Socialists) is responsible for starting the action that has created such a crisis. It Erupts In Belgian Strike New School Principals 5 iv . serving the Myrlle Creek area and Dr. Robert Roth serving the Glen- dale area. Dr. Donnelly and Dr. Babbitt will serve in the Roseburg vicinity. DR. JOHN DONNELLY . . . ossuming new duty county, serving under county health officer Dr. John H. Don nelly, who will assume the added duties as medical investigator. Dr. Babbitt will also continue with his private practice. The medical investigator plan re places the coroner system. The new plan was created by the 1959 session of the state Legislature. Powert Succeeded Dr. Babbitt was elected to the four-year term as Douglas County coroner in 19.S8 and would have served until 1962 if the medical investigator plan had not been adopted by the Legislature. Prior to being elected, he was appointed to the post by the County Court to AV-D Firemen Called fill the unexpired term of L L. Powers who resigned. Dr. Donnelly said tne new medi cal investigator plan, despite some i c. Following is a list of the days and hours the offices will be oper ated in the countv. Glendale City Hall. Tuesday of each week from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., from the Grants Pass office. Reedsport city recorder's office, Monday of each week from 9 a.m. to noon, from the North Bend of fice, r Sutherlin Community Building, Tuesday of each week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., from the Roseburg of fice. Canyonville City Hall, Wednes day and Friday of each week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., from Rose burg office. Drain. City Hall, Thursday of each week from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m., from Roseburg office. Roseburg is the onlv full-lime oi'fice of the Employment Service in Douglas County. . l f RECEIVE SCHOOL POSTS The Roseburg School Boord Thursdoy night appointed these three men as principals of three of the District 4 elementary schools. Two of the appointments were tor the principalships of the new elementary schools which will be com pleted in time for school next September. James Hoyden, left, will be the principal at Fullerton IV School, Hayden is currently principal at Fullerton III. Cecil Sherwood, center, who is presently serving as principal of Hie Wilbur-Winchester School, will be the first principal at Fir Grove Elementary School. Thomas Meehan, right, who is presently serv ing os part-time principal of the Melrose School, will be transferred to principal of the Wilbur-Winchester Schools. A principal for the Melrose School will be named at a later date. School District Election Slated Douglas County Court Temporarily Inactive If you have a nolo of business , . - i , , . . , ... i mat aiiiiiif av. nun uv mti tutimv noseourgs scnooi i usirici 4 wm,Court it ,oks s ,,,; hail hold a School Board eleclion ). heller wait unlil afler the first ol the year Business at the Douglas County Court has hailed. 15 to comply wilh a now stale law which says the district must be reorganized into an adminis trative district. Seven members will be elected In the hnaivl nl Uml iima unii all i j ... , i , . . , . j : ; ' iiiti KiriiiK nil uucijiiHMi, aim liiii Socialist leaders have denied fue nrpsnl mmhor if lh lxnrrf .:..;., l i....... i-.i: that the Communists are running j miist run for re-cleolion if they fornla visi,lnK relatives, (he court the movement. But at the same, desire to maintain the positions ! is nowcrless to act unon most busi- i i i i r - - . New Junior High Contract Award Slated Tonight The Ttosnburff School Board is nun i.om m issioner n u r o n expected to award a contract for Clough in a Portland hospital tin- time their requests that demon strators avoid violence have been ignored, indicating they have lost at least some control. Eyskens said "it is clear that the demonstrations have been or ganized with the aim of taking over power" hut declared his conservative government will not resign. None But States Tax Commission Kens This Soldier SALEM (AP)-Alty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton has received a complaint from Army Capt. John R. Berry, who said only the Ore gon Tax Commission recognizes him as a state resident. Berry loft Oregon for the Army last summer and now is stationed at Fort Myer, Va. Berry wrole that, since he had no Oregon address, he was told i by the registrar of elections he was not entitled to vole in Ore Igon, by the Department of .Motor Vehicles that he ua not nnlitlfiH A Series Of nieht raids bv in. In rptiklnr hit far in (It-nonn inH The Winston Dillard Fire Depart-1 lelligence agents brought the ar-jhv the slate Game Department ment was called to the Melvin Mil-1 rest of 15 men and two women, lhat he was not entitled to a resi ler residence at 5178 SE Lance plus a big quantity of gelatinous i dent hunting and fishing license controversy arising from the tim-' Sl - ,h" Suzanne Addition of dynamite and weapons. The gov-l licrrv said the Tax Commission ing of the switvh over from cor-! Winston, Friday, to extinguish a ernment. said the dynamite was, did recognize hiin as a resident oner to investigator, is a great f'ue '' iof LS. manufaclure. The raids land said he is entitled to pay his imDrovement over the old coroner! The call was received at 9 40 were chiefly in suburban Man-1 stale income lax. svstem. He cited the fact that the . a.m.. and resulled in no damage ; ana01- Thornton wrote Berry the com H. BABBITT , .. . resigns Cuban Government Smashes Bombers HAVANA (AP)-The Cuban gov I ernment announced todav it has smashed three small bomb mak I ing centers and arrested 17 per sons as anti-Castro terrorists. medical investigator must be a to the home, firemen staled. The semiofficial paper Revolu-' plaint is justified and said he cion declared the accused group ; would confer Willi various depart took orders from the C.S. Km-! ment heads in an effort to bassy here. The paper charged j straighten it out. lhat seized arms, explosives and j documents show rounterrevniu-1 fj C lionanes have "relations with DOIVItl CXpCCtS agents they recpive direel aid lol 1 OD Senfe rOSfr Caroline's Antics Disrupt Top-Level News Conference By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH ia joint news conference to report PALM BEACH. Fla. (AP) on their discussion of a multitude r'amline KpnneHv rnlp. lilnnHp of grave problems. About 40 news. .nrt thre win old is likplv to men were Erouned around ihp : of a movie theater in Marianao go down in historv as the onlv ; moonlit p.nio at the Kennedy !an" mnirea seven persons. An- Senate presidcnl's ofhee in the daughter who ever completely and ' ocean-front home. 'other bomb reportedly went off ' c'apitnl at Salem next Mondav hilariously disrupted a high-level At that moment Caroline slipped l government-run supermarket evPn though Son Alfred II Cor- news conterence. sii ranks 01 iiinousiv . .-ii-nu. Caroline's daddy is John F. I scribbling reporters and into the Kennedy, the president-elect. And . glare of television newsreel flood-1 , if the nation is wondering how ;"'"-. wearing pinn pajamas and ; inn UTtlfe UDn VI On -as : r ' carry oul terrorists acts.' While the raids were going on. a bomb exploded in the balconv By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Harry 1). Huivin, D KIam- alh Kails, plans lo move into the thev now hold The major change in Hie reor ganization will be adding the two members to the hoard, as the Dis trict 4 physical boundaries will re main (he same. The decision to hold the eleclion Feb. IS was made at Thursday night's School Board meeling. The eleclion will also find the district putting a proposal lor ad ditional building programs before the voters. This will include a re quest for more funds, but only a request for permission to use funds left over from the present building program to carry out more con struction within the district. Key projects for the funds lefl over from the presenl $1.71)0,000 building program are a six-room addition lo llucrest and additions of two classrooms and a multi purpose room at Melrose. For two of the board members. Don Reed and Dr. Yernor Ander son, this will be the second eleclion in two years. Reed was elected lo a board position he had been ap poinled to previously, and Ander ness matters (his week. According to Oregon slate stat ute 203.110, whenever a counly court is lo act upon any county business within the county, a ma jority of the three members must be present. As a result of this system of majority, Judge V. T. Jackson has found himself in somewhat of a caretaker's position. He can't start or stop any business, or even real ly act upon any. The situation will exist only for this week, however, since Commis sioner Clough is reported to be convalescing well from his opera tion, and Commissioner Melzgcr is slated to return to Roseburg im mediately alter the first of the year. Republican Leaders Want Fast Action SALEM (AP) Republican leaders of the Oregon House want son was elected to the chair left I committees to get down lo work open by the retirement of Dudley ' quickly as possible after the Walion last spring I 'Kisi"ire ocKins Jan. , itep. r. I nder the new election law. the!- Montgomery, It Eugene, said board member receiving the high est number of votes will serve a five-year term and (lie next high est vote getler will serve four years. The next two will serve Ihrec years, the fifth highest will serve two years and the last two will serve one yenr each. J & R Morgan Buys Umpqua Tree Tract li will roaot in in inlprn.itinnsl ! 8 nale hillp hulhrnbp SIia nl crisis after he takes office, it can j barefooted and was clutching a Qthpr RlKIMOCCOC flrtCO ...... -wIBIVV IWV be reported he f iced one on the ! pair of her mother's high heel i domestic front Thursday night and snoes. dealt with it admirably if with . "Hi, daddy." she piped. J Si R Morgan of Roseburg purchased 8.UI.0IK) feet of Umpqua National Forest lnnhcr appraised at $2A,742.S0 for .).;;. 50. This limber came in a salvage sale on 28 acres in ihe t ow ( reek Kangcr District 10 nulcs loulh nf ,n Tiller. The high bidder p.-id U6 2."i per niitv I rt . thousand board le ; lor TiO.OOO feet PI 111 OOlC MAMMIT W today Montgomery, GOP leader in Ihe House, said the Kepublican Com niillee on Committee will ask Ihat'commitlees meet early in Ihe morning and lute at night In cope villi a "tremendous quantity of legislation." The committee wanls a special reorganization commilti'e named to handle Gov. Mark O. Hatfield's proposals to reorganize the stale government. This would replace Ihe Committee on Planning and Development. The GOP rommillee's requests are being passed on lo House Speaker Robert B. Duncan, D M ed ford. Monlgomery said Duncan also is lioing asked lo give four com mutes chairmanships to Kepubli- about $400,000 for construction and remodeling the district's 'newest tumor high school to Todd Build ing Co. of Roseburg tonight. The board will meet in special session at 7 p.m. to decide on how high a contract to let. Todd Build inu Co. was Ihe apparent low bid der when the bids were opened al the regular School Board meeting Thursday night. 1 he low bid for conslruclion of five new classrooms, a junior high gym and remodeling of the pres ent Fullerton 111 building was $378,378. The hoard then consider ed adding four options, including a sixth new classroom, which brought Todd's bid up to 9401,793. rue announced amount in tne budget for this building was $383, 700, but Suiil. of Schools M. C. Deller said the district had actual ly allowed for up to S44G.OOO for Ihe conslruclion and equipment pur chases for the building. The Vik Construction Co. or u gene turned in a basic bid of ;MS1,947 and (he other bidder, Ihe R. L. Martin Co. of Oswego, turn ed in a hid of $393,000. Adding the four options would bring the Vik bid to $413,347 and the Martin bid lo S4I4.8.TO The reason for calling the spe cial session tonight before lolling the contract is lo give the District 4 administration an opportunity to double check all previous contracts to see how much surplus the nls I riot hns in ils building fund, which will inlluence how many of the de sired options are exercised in this contract hell, D Portland, has not (brown! 'oglas fir anil pine appraised i in Ihe towel in the battle for the, 1 w and Ihe appraised $7.2S Senate presidency per thousand for ho.whi feet ol TOT LQIUniDltl UfllH 1 ne iiemocraiie siale execu- " " k mi omt t species. live committee asked lhat ! nod, O'her bidders ere the Oregon release my pledges," Corbett n',''" ' nd Kir-IMy, Inc., both said. 1' Medloid: Bale Lumber Co., (orbelt has Ihe hacking of u Merlin; Pacific I' I v wood Co., Oil 1 : i. -i iiumim'ss PMHuusnmenis' . ., ,. - ".ii. i t- , , ' .. - .- ; , ,, nl inp j pn, fl inniAn..,. li..:.. inn . nil i .uuprinr i.iimiipr in some embarrassment. ! The conference was convulsed a,na Kocrnnirni oinces will he . - " "- (;endle Kennedy and Sen. J. William, in laughter. i " Monday, but the slate Em-1 J Vlrmorr Fulhnght. D-Ark.. were holding There was no slightest sign of Ployment Service oflice ,n Rose j " emmrals say they v., II vole sler as the president e ert i 15 remaining open. I ,.1"'., . UT I nrOJI .iV i ...,i,j i'. -i i l n.i... . .. i ne coniroversv nai hepn over - -w. I n,i,,:u vuiuiiiit- !iiii nun in- niiin ' imniin iiiicv, iiiauai-r Ol nie ,,.i,,iln- ' . ,. heel shoes and teeter precarious-! Roseburg office, said Ins. office 1 ,u 0 . I)rmwrals ly on Ihem. I would normally be closed, but he ' ,,y. ,nB dl0"'' ot ,hp At that point Kennedy look the has received ."ulhorizal.on lo Vpp i '"'"J" ?.. "1 hr p.ny. Th,s was youngster by the hand and asked .....j... . .. '""'"""n passed iy a Male The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS i '"""i.i'1 ujf trie in anii astern ; ... ... Mo.tlv !! wilh .h..r. ...jwhother she thought it would he T " . '.'nnay "cca ,5e. nl me emocratic convention ea.I.er night and Saturday. Not quite o " Rooa lne 10 on " ' ' ' ' ' "urR "'"n ' ,old. ,noue omce win remain open from I low... nmp. eny oec. I J . 21 Th. nr5,,.pnt.plprt an, l Pre f"m D "l " I',hr bu5'n"' f ,n' rovin "'' to 5 p m. ...... . i varonne niKioen smiune auree -i m nignen ramp, mi n noun . 11 ... ' . r j ' L.w.,t temp. 24 h.ur. ;r, 17. .. Whtr "" "d city of Misne.r remp. any o,. (;5i) .. , ,-." luesnay morning. The Retail Bundy My Get Post Husband's Life CASPER. Wvo fAPi Mrs. Paul English of Calgary. Alberta, rut her husband's llironl wilh a razor blade lo save his lile. The incident nrriiri-pil al Path finder Dam, 50 miles soulhwesl of I County WENATC1IF.K, Wash. (AIM -Aided by a $105,000 advance from three private power companies. Ihe Douglas Counly Public I'lilily District is preparing to push Ils application to hullil Wells nam on the (oliimhia River. The money was promised Thins dav hv two Oreuon companies, Poillanil (ienrral Electric and Pa ilip I'.iunr anil l.ik'hl. and Wash- inclnn's Puget Sound Power and Liglil Co. All im nnlenlifll power nurchas eis. which would be assured 2 per cent of Ihe nulpiil rmm 'ne piolerl on Ihe Okanogan Chelan iwrnrr hiisih-ih !"" FBI Agents Grab Pair In Portland PORTLAND (AP) Two men, wanted in Phoenix, Ariz., on charge of flight (o avoid prosecu (ion on charges of murder and robbery, were arrested by FHI agents In Portland Ihursday night. The FHI said (hat Charles Ed ward Hart, 21, and Carl Edward Davis, 28. surrendered quietly when laken inln custody at a Portland hoarding house. Fill agent Joseph E. Thornlon said they are arcuscd of Ihe fatal lipntiiiu nf William Zorbas and Ihe serious injury of Henry A. I Craig In Hie course of robbery of: a Phoenix bar last Sept. 28. County To Share In Defense Fund Change Won't Affect Local Operations The California Oregon Power Co. and Pacilic Power and Light Com puny merged today, A. S. Cum "ii"s. Cnpco president, announced in Medlor.l this noon. The merger is not expected (o alieil in anv wav operation of th Oouehis Connlv facililies of Copco; a company sooi.csinan at Rose burg said lo!;,y. (open has nine generating plants on the North Vmpqua river, eiclit al Toketee Falls, and one at W in chesier. The company also has nearly 15o employes on ils payroll here in Ihe county. No changes in personnel or rale changes are foreseen, the spokes man explained. The TP&L is lo be the surviving firm. Copco has been Ihe largest sin gle taxpayer in Douglas Countv for some years, having paid So77.82i as of November for the I960 tax. This is a full 10 per cent of all (axes received by the county. Directors Agree "Directors of the companies have reached Ihe conclusion that it is in the best interest of all coiuerned lo join together the two neighboring systems and integrate I heir power resources and develop ment programs." the Cummins an nouncement said. Subject to stockholder and regu latory commission approval, the merger would be affected by nit exchange ot stock, it was stated. The two boards were reported to have agreed upon an exchange ra tio ot l.z shares of PP&L common for each share of Copco common stock. Details of Ihe proposed consoli dation, including provisions for the exchange of preferred stocks, are to be worked out by a joint com mittee of the directors for sub mission lo the 81,000 stockholders of Ihe two utilities. "Rights and benefits of Copco's 938 employes arc recognized in the merger plan," said McKee and Cummins, "and it will be the pol icy of the surviving corporation to recognize the experience, senior ity and qualifications of all em ployes on an equal basis, regard less of whether they have been in tne employment of Copco or Pa cific. This includes participation in retirement plans, medical and hospital insurance and group in surance programs." Directors Remain The merger agreement will pro vide that most ot the present di rectors ot the' California Oregon Power Co. will become members of the Pacific board, it was slated in (he announcement. Cummins, Copco president, and G. L. Jack son, now a vice president of that company, will become vice chair men of the board o the merged company. The merger would result in a system serving 415,000 utility cus tomers, including 242.000 in the stale of Oregon and 21.000 in the adjacent northern California area now served by Copco. The merged company would have 64.5 per cent of ils business in Oregon, 6.5 per cent in Cali fornia and 13 per cent in Washing ton, with the remainder in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Integration of Conco's 367.000 kil owatts of hydroelectric generating capacity in southern Oregon and northern California wilh PP&L's 779.000 kilowatts lo the north and east will help hold the line on pow er costs on both systems, it was staled, total generating capacity of the two companies would be in creased to more than 1.500.000 kilowatts by the pending develop ment of an additional 400,000 kilo- walls of hydro potential. Construction Big PP&L and Copco have spent $213 million on new conslruclion in the nasi five vpnr nntl pii.i mate that they will be required tul do over S.ioo million of conslniclioi in (he 111-70 period to meet iln power needs of customers. Present gross plant Investment of (he two. companies is approximately $570 million. 1 Magnitude of Ihe rapilal require menls to do this big ronstnictio' job was cited as an important re son for looking toward a broader l-nsed :ilility operation. I'egon communilies served n; Copco include Medford, (irinl' Pass. Roseburg, Klamath Fa' and Lakeview. California cotrm nilics include Tulclake, Yr Weed. Dimsmuir, Allurit t kCresrent Cily. .. . Lines of Copco ami j a point soulh of Collage ( Meruer of the companies require approval by Ihe f Power Commission as well ecu a orv commissions ol ti slates having jurisdiction. Bookshnis Found Gu' Joseph Bookshnis, Por(l found guilty of drunken di a trial jury alter half a deliberation following b' trial in District Court 1 The Irial was conducted 1 lierald It. Hayes. Hookshnis filed Imnu tire of appeal and wa ,YK 'API. -The New I fii'P hnnvpr n.,11 ... T. W ....... va, n,,t ,,,,, uin-ii limn 1 7 i. ... - . . ' ' ; " limes said imiay I'resMent- nhv.ipi.- i -i tv-i.- iiniier nam, ail lines souinwesi nil ,. ' Hh I here, on Christmas Ee. It didn't H'"'1" " ,),m n"rln "f until Casper Dificit from Sept. I . Sum ,, 'iht, 4:4 p.m. Sunr vnw, 7:4S .m PIRCl ( in r. hrnnilv hut rhninn ' i- . ..i; i- . .... Trades Committee of the Hnse. I Mc(ieorge liundv. a llarvirH dean V VI I.1.1 I - . . - . n. . Ilhl,..;- , u. 1... ''.,r " ....in v.iioinm-1 in commerce has' ...,...,.,, ,., ,- , lnro(,i , (in. llim ..;. t ,. also decided that ils members ill T. ii"iii arvuiny r, rea isn't going in be dull in the White 'remain closed on Mundav. the ri-i ...J.. ed his wife how In open his throat u -..1- ti... . . . .. - j . nunnv. si. is nean or me taeu iviuitn a rmr h a. 10 ne couiii of arts and sciences at Harvard1. ' gpt air. ilelip Arthur Sclbv. counly Civil De fense direrlor, today leponeo mat Blpr posting $.100 appe ii.iiiuIas Coimlv will receive a I niiion nf Ihe J7S.0O0 in federal funds allotted (o (he ilale for Civ il Defense. The slate, eiglil rounlies anil the rllv of Portland will share in the snioiml for (he first half of 1MII. The amount Douglas Counly will receive has not been announced The money was budgeted In ad vance in Washington, and Is to be s y y. -i ' tin. ssed I House ilh Mist Caroline around, i after New Year's. Ui.liinnliin Waler Power or spo kane hail participated previously in preconsin ''.""i.m It will file The counties arc Clackamas, I' 11 mm, i,ikii". 1 ... ,,.,,.. i'. .rlniles Doui! as. h amath. an ailli'lliirH npiMi. n,.iin ..o... ... .... . - . . ... . with Ihe Federal Power Column rnln, Polk, Imalilla and War used for administrative expenses pre conslruclion financing but I Most Civil Defense pcrsunnel are weeK. " " ' Levity ;J L By L. F. rJrenst 1 1 I Inn. yt Her h H.r - behind and X Jr