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V. of 0. Ubrrry iiugcne, Oregon U' M1 Government Press Alarm While Latin Spreads Nations MS MB B if rZl''11' iwmwipiii'N u ii J !. mii)iiii .aiiiiuu uijmii.,1,...ii..UMii,Iw. j r - - ( -. : , , - J? ;, . . - -, t HAPPY NEW YEAR This 'is a "Happy New Year" in more ways than one for this little girl, Alana Faye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Bert Strain, 1063 NE Knoll Ave., Rose burg. Besides the new year, she will celebrate her first birthday Sunday. She was the second baby born in Douglas County on New Year's Day last year. (Andy Fautheree) Investigation Of Poison Pottery Launched Here By DAVID LORTIE , News-Review Staff Writer Supersleuth Dr. John H. Donnelly and his staff of trusty helpers at the Douglas County Health De partment are busily engaged at the present time tracking down leads in the case of the poisonous pottery. Sleuth Donnelly received a no tice recently from the Oregon Slate Board of Health calling his at tention to the fact that colored potterv produced by the Laurel Pottery Co. of Stockton, Calif, could cause lead poisoning under certain circumstances. Hazard Noted Contract Given For Lane, Douglas Roads' Grading A. L. Harding, Inc., Stayton, has been given a contract by the Bu reau of Public Roads for grading 13.237 miles of the Clark Creek and Canton Creek Roads in Doug las and Lane Counties for $639,840. The work is being handled by the BPR. for the-Biireau-of'T and Management and is designed to open additional areas of timber to harvesting in tne umpqua ana Wil lamette River drainages. The contract calls for grading a section of the Canton Creek Road, then grading branches extending east and west along the Clark Creek Road. Other bidders were F. II. 11c- Kwen, Eugene; J. N. Conley and G. I). Dennis, Portland: Donald 12 Pages ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1960 Negro Given FH A Post 'Sever Ties With Commies It seems the paint in the colored i M. Drake Co., Portland: M. J plates produced by the company Coleman and M. J. Coleman, Inc., ves off sufficient lead to produce ; Paradise, Calif.; Commerical Iron a significant hazard of human lead poisoning if exposed to nitric acid, acetic acid or certain foods such Miller & Hutchins, Inc., Roseburg. auDlesauce. salad dressing, to mato juice or other acidy foods. Two recent adult human cases of lead intoxication in Ohio have hoenj attributed to consumption of food i Immunization Clinic prepared or allowed to stand on; W;, R U-J T,.CJ.V e wnicn . , has been recovered by various health departments throughout the United States. The pottery is us ually sold in larger department stores and is also available at some trading stamp outlets. No Pottery Found Despite some intensive investi gating the Douglas County Health Department has not turned up any of the pottery in this county. Dr. Donnelly warns, however, that anvone possessing any colored "Cerama Stone" (the white pot sample submitted could not be re turned. JFK PicVs R. C. Weaver For Big Jub PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) President elect John 1". Kennedy today gave to a Negro trusader for civil rights, Robert C. Weaver of New York, the highkyel job of directing the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agent), The appointment of Wcaier to the topmost position ever hm by a Negro in the executive hanch of the government was annoyed by Kennedy at a news conferee. Weaver was at his side on the sun bathed patio of the Kenndy home. Weaver, 51, now is vice chii man of New York City's hou.sitg and redevelopment board. Long t civil rights champion, he is chaii. man of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He has a doctor of phil osophy degree from Harvard. In response to a question, Weav I er said he favors the idea of "open occupancy" and non-discrimination in housing. He made that reply when asked whether he favors a requirement that to be eligible for FHA insur ance homes should carry no re striction against sale to Negroes. Weaver said he did not care to go into detail on that now, but went on to say he is against any discrimination in housing. Another question was what Weaver thought would he the re action of Southern Democrats to his appointment as boss of the federal housing program. With a smile, he called that a premature inquiry. Salary Cut Taken It will cost Weaver $1,500 in salary reduction to take over di rection of the federal housing program. His New York position pays $22,500 annually compared with $21,000 in the new position. Kennedy also said al the news conference that he has offered a federal job to Franklin D. Roose velt Jr., son of the late president, but that Roosevelt informed him that he has other obligations. Kennedy asked RooseVelt to think it over and confer with him again in New York next week. Republican Chosen The president-elect vigorously defended his reported choice of Harvard Dean MeGeorge Bundy, a Republican, for the assignment of his special assistant on nation al security matters. Gov. Foster Furcolo of Massachusetts said Fri day that Bundy is completely un qualified for such a job. The gov ernor added that it is incredible that Kennedy would consider mak ing such an appointment. Kennedy noted that Bundy ran unsuccessfully against Furcolo for the Massachusetts governorship in 1958. Alluding to this, and to the fact that Bundy is a Republican, Ken nedy saiil he has attempted to select men Tor jobs on a basis of disregarding whether they sup ported him politically. In announcing Weaver's selec tion for the housing job, Kennedy called it the U.S. government's top position in that field. He said that if America's lag ging economy is goinii to he stimu- of that day and a session about tember. He and his wife were lak-' lated, the housing . agency must Iwo weeks ago when its report ; en nun custody atler a police play a role of particular respon uas delavcd because no judge was; chase. The Grand Jury action dis-1 sibililv in achieving that goal present to hear the return misses the charge I As for the possible reaction of True bills were returned indict-1 The secret indictments will ne: Snmhrrn Democrats to anooint ing the lollowing on the charges announced when the persons in-inu,n, of Weaver Kennedy simolv listed: ivolved are taken into custody or ; r,,1P,i .., hi 'n,,i,. i.-, . me man mat lie regards as best J960 Sports Highlights Recapped In This Issue A year of exciting hippenings in the sporti world vt 1960. In today's News-Review these happenings are reviewed in story and picture. On pages 6 and 7, He top ten sports stories 'hat otturred in Douglas County durinj the past year are recounted. The stories included the Roseburg High School victory over Hie Marsh field Pirates in footbill, the suc cess of both the Drain Black Sox and the Roseburg White Sox in baseball, and 14 of Ike county's outstanding athletet this past year. National sports evnts are re viewed on page i Associated Press pictures tell the stories of the year's most outstanding sporting events suck as the Patterson-Johansson title bout end and the Pittsbirgh Pirates Series win. Explosive: Haul Permit fktained By Rosekg Firm School Contract Awarded To Todd Building Firm The Roseburg School Board Fri day night awarded contract for $391,992 for construction and re modeling of the Fullerton III Ele mentary School building to the Todd Building Co. of Roseburg. Todd Building Co. was the low bidder when bids were opened on the project Thursday night, but the contract was not let until the board had a chance to study its building budget and decide on which options in the architect's plans to adopt. The present Fullerton building will he remodeled ana six class- Tragedy To!! Of Holiday Mounting Up By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic 47 Fires 14 Miscellaneous 6 Total 67 Multiple fatalities. including seven in one accident, gave a grim boost to the number of traf fic deaths in the early hours of the long New Year's weekend. A young niolher and her two babies were among the seven per sons killed in a shattering two car crash on a rain-slicked high way near Alamogordo, N.M. Two other persons were critically in jured. In other multiple fatalities, three young persons died in a two car crash in Wisconsin and two sisters were killed in an accident near Bcthesda, Aid. In all, 24 persons were killed on the nation's highways since the count began at 6 p. in. Friday. Five others died in fires, and two in miscellaneous accidents for a total of 31. The 78-hour holiday period extends until midnight Monday. 340 Deaths Top Extimate The National Safely Council es timated 340 persons might be killed during the period and safe ly campaigners pleaded for cau tion by travelers and holiday rev elers. Restaurant concessionaries along a number of highways of fered free coffee to motorists. Police were on special alert in many communities and in some were directed to transport overly happy revelers to their homes SALEM (AP) - Public Utility Commissioner Josd C. Hill Fri day gave Flury Sqiply Co., Rose liurp, a permit a Iransport ex plosives by truckk the Hercules Powder Co. The Flury Co. will haul the powder from i magazine 4'. miles north of tiseburg to poinls in Cous, Curry, lUraalli and De schutes Counties. Shipments also can be carried to pints along the Pacific Highway i Benton, Linn, Lane. Douglas, Josephine and Jackson Counties. Hill said the ttipany must use well marked, icially-equipped ratler than let them risk driving By THK ASSOCIATED TRESS The government press in Cuba toiliiy published a new cliarjje that U.S. Marines will invade Cuba soon. Two newspapers said Trime Minister Fidel Castro's regime has been informed the Marines will land before Jan. 13 on orders of the outgoing Eisenhower administration. In similar slurics, the semioffi cial Kevolucion and I He govern meut controlled F.l Mundo said the -Marines would be aommitled by President Eisenhower, the Cen tral Intelligence Agtncy and the Pentagon to present incoming President John F. Kennedy a war he would have to follow through. Foreign Minister Raul Roa was reported to have left Havana to denounce the alleged invasion plot before the United Nations in New York. The invasion scare appeared to derive principally from a report by the Cuban government's news agency quoting "well informed sources" in the Uruguayan capi tal of Montevideo. The dispatch said the United Slates had sent a secret message to Latin-American governments advising that the United States plans lo intervene in Cuba (o stop the reported build ing of missile launching sites in Ihe island republic. Washington Silent There was no immediate com ment from Washington on the in vasion stories. Coinciding with the reports, the Cuban Cabinet suspended regula tions that long have allowed Amer ican tourists to enter Cuba easily. Cuba's diplomatic relations also grew worse elsewhere in the hem isphere. Peru broke off relations with Prime Minister Fidel Cas tro's government Friday night. Diplomats said the move may start a mass move by other Latin American governments to isolate Castro. Crowing anger among leaders of hemispheric neighbors was evi dent over the activities uf Cuban agents charged with spreading revolutionary propaganda among; the masses. Uruguayan President Benito Marrone lold an interviewer Fri-.' day night that his government may expel the Cuban ambassador in Montevideo and cut all ties with Havana. There was speculation anions diplomats in Lima thai Columbia, Venezuela and Chile may follow suit and freeze out Castro agents. A petition was being circulated in Panama appealing to President Roberto Chiaii to break diplomat ic and trade relations wilh Cuba. Five oilier Latin American countries Guatemala, Haiti. Nic aragua, Paraguay and the Domin ican Republic have withdrawn llieir top diplomats from Havana. The Cuban charge d'affaires was ordered to get out of Peru as soon as possible and take with him all other members of lus staff. Peruvian Prime Minister Pedro Bellran's newspaper La Prensa said that Cuba had been spending $20,000 a monlh in Peru to foment a pro-Castro revolution. Opposition against Castro was reported hardening inside Cuba it self. A clandestine radio Friday night denounced his regime in a broadcast the announcer said was coining from "somewhere in the free territory of Cuba." rooms and a gymnasium will ne added to revamp it into John C. Fremont Junior High for the 1961- Works, Portland: J. R. Slandley &-62 school year. Sons Logging Co., Glide: S. W. This leaves the district a bal Groesbeck and Durbin Bros., Eu-1 ance f $50,000 in surplus funds in gene; E. A. Kruse, Yonealla: and l its budget to dale. In addition, S(!7,000 is set aside as contingencies on the overall building program. The amount left over from this, added lo the $50,000, is being sought as a supplemental budget to carry out extra building programs. Although the money is left over. the company's dinnerware Th i ar on v . small fraction I The Douglas County Health De- i....j partment s immunization clinic. ". rT hv " he I h a! H '? -sport on permission to use it for more build company and sold in recent months Tuesday. It will be held in the j ing must be given by Ihe voters, health office al the Rcedsport city This issue will come up for a vote building from 10 a.m. until noon. 'Feb. 15. County Grand jury Returns New Batch Of Indictments In Wind Up Of Busy Session The Grand Jury for Douglas! Burnett was accused of attempt- lery is safe) should submit a sam-1 County Friday returned eight true ed larceny in connection wilh the i . k. k..in, j.,,.i,ni t-1 bi s. two not true bills and six se- alleged rifling ol the till at Ihe testing. Dr. Donnelly said that any; i r -v..-..., .,..,., ..... ...,.. ... ... , trucks which taply with all safety regulation The permit ah authorizes the return of unun shipments lo the magazine. Hill restricted i explosives to be transported liiynamite, nitro carbonitrale. i and safety fuses, with loadi luited to 16,000 pounds. 4 Shoorer Cf Stare Cop Asks Grand Jury Hearing MKDFORD ( AP John R. Fred William Hunter of Riddle.lhave posted sulficient hail Taylor, an ex-convict accused of charged with rcccuing and con-' Judge Don E. Sanders, who shooting a stale policeman and cealing stolen properly; bail set heard the report of the Grand iur then fleeing in stolen cars, Fri-' at SI. WW . jors chairmaned by Alelvin K. Ilei- day waived the right to a grand! Richard Slayter. 26. Days Creek. 'gels, issued an order, on recom jury hearing on two counts of charged with statutory rape; bail mcndatinn of District Attorney grand larceny. i $1) 500. Avery Thompson, dirmissing them. But he asked a grand jury! James Franklin Upton. 19. Oak-' They have completed their work, hearing on the charge of assault land, larceny in a dwelling; bail alter one of the busiest sessions on with intent to kill. The larceny j $1,000. record. charges stem from alleged car Jack Ansuras. 26. Days Creek. A new grand jury will he drawn thefts. The assault charge steins contributing lo the delinquency of for the new term of court on Jan.! New Business Code ForOregon Up To Legislature SALEM f API - A new com mercial code, (Mrning virtually every kind ol tointrss transac tion, will be Wuced in the Oregon Legistei. Sam Haley, legislative cow!, said Friday. This 150-page U probably will be the longest it the session, which opens Jul, Haley said. It was dratlidly the National Conference of (mniissioners of Uniform State u. It has the blessing of the Aiffiran Bar As sociation and Ik American Law Institute. Its purpose ii ' modernize business and Iflws, and to have uniform immercial laws throughout the (rtry. Six stales tian loopted it. They are PcnnsyiirJ. Kentucky. Rhode Island. W. Connecticut and MassachuiW . , ' In the Oregon Ugislature. the bill will be spot':"! by the state Committee on lrn 1 ? 1 e Laws, headed Y "me9 L enclorf, Portlane iwrney. The authoisiT o sV ' will help biniri" and bank ers hy simpliW1"' '"ws af fecting them Wl- y lha' consumers woui tt increased protection. The weather added a foreboding nole for many sections of the country wilh forecasts of snow or freezing rain or drizzle. During a similar three-day per iod over the Christinas holiday, 488 deaths were counted in traffic accidents. Just a year ago, a record num ber of deaths lor a three-day New Year's weekend were counted wilh 374 in traffic, 63 in fires and 76 in miscellaneous accidents for a total of 513. Roseburg Snow Short Lived; Cold Spell Stays Snow fell lightly in Roseburg and most of the rest of Douglas Comity early this morning, the Roseburg Weather Bureau said. The snow started about 4:30 a.m. and cnnlinued until about 7:15 a.m. The Weather Bureau estimated Hint about a half-inch fell in the three - hour period. However, it melted almost as quickly as it fell. The snow was caused by a weak rold front that moved in from the Pacific Ocean. The Weather Bu reau said the front has now pass ed, and partly cloudy weather with continued cool temperatures should prevail over Ihe weekend. The temperature in Roseburg Friday reached a high of 33 de grees and dipped to 31 late last night. The freezing level had been at ground level last night, but by 10 this morning it had raised lo 1,500 feet. Two Stolen Roseburg Automobiles Recovered Two automobiles were reported stolen Friday, according to Hose burg City Police, Boll) vehicles were recovered. The first was reported stolen be tween the hours of 6 and 10 p.m. Thursday. It is owned by Lonney 1. Mimic. fl'U .CP 1tfr..n II.. It was recovered Ihe ncxl , 1 , Negro President Of Student Body Weds White Grad CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (AP)-Thc first Negro president of the Indi ana University student body and a -white HHiO graduate of the Uni versity were married here Friday. Thomas Atkins, Elkhart, 1ml., senior l.U. honor student, and the former Miss Sharon Soash, form erly of South Hend, were mar ried at the courthouse by Justice of the Peace frank Mccormick. The couple had been issued a license here Dec. 23. Miss Soash was listed by the university as a Roman Catholic. Atkins' religion was not known. The couple was reported plan ning to return to Bloomington next week and live in the university housing unit for married students. Atkins was elected student body president last spring by 45 votes out of 6,000 cast. He had been president of the sophomore and junior classes. An honor student, Atkins is one of the 12 members of the Board of Aeons, a group of outstanding students appointed by University President Herman B. Wells to ad vise him. Picketing During Dispute Illegal, Rulina Of NLRB WASHINGTON (AP) - It is il legal .for a union to picket retail stores handling products of a man ufacturer wilh which the union has a dispute, Ihe National Labor Relations Board said Friday. The hoard ruled in a Birming ham, Ala., case that such picket ing violates the 1059 secondary boycott amendments to the Taft Hartley labor-management rela tions law. In Seattle, members of the Teamsters I'nion posted pickets Thursday and Friday in front of 10 stores selling apples processed by struck Yakima Valley lirms. Fred Bowen. representative In Seattle of Yakima I-m-.-il 706 ol the Teamsters, said Friday night would take the New MURCER CHI'E FILED nTi ivn ifi- The Mult nnmah (', cil J'"? Friday burg - . , . .... K ACOKIA II mnrnind n,. r f-,.,,i it qualified for the inh lie ,l,l,i i p ' . W degree mur- had been oricinallv narked, nnlire i 5Ulne Picketing luesilay. that he hopes that all Americans i der ehni ee in lyrnngling of his , slate. It had apparently been push- "We're just asking the public Year's weekend off but would re apply the sa llirkne Ready. from the wounding of slate po liceman Donald Cain at Ashland. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS j Partly cloudy tonight and Son day. Continued cool. Highost torn p. last 14 hours 13 Lewtst ttmp. last J4 hours . !.9 Hightit terpp. any Otc. C58) .. it Lowtst ttmp. any Dec. ('55) . .. 13 Procip. last 14 hours 04 Procip. from Doe. 1 1.14 Prtcip. from Stpt. 1 11.80 Dofic. from Sept. t .47 Suntot tonight, 4:47 p.m. Sunriio tomorrow, 7:4S a.m. a minor: bail SLOW 9 Anna Lea Baker. 18. Canyonville. Arraignment Dated contributing to the delinquency of; On Thompsons recommendation, a minor; bail $1,000. Judge Sanders set Tuesday, Jan. 3 Jerry Dale Holmes. 19. Glide j for those indicted to he arraigned charged with rape; bail S5,0OO. on Ihe respective charges. The Francis Kdward Boutin. 49. of hour was set for 10 am. Merill: two indictments, one charg-1 January will be a heavy month! - 11 ing communing lo the delinquency lor criminal trials, along with a of a minor and the other charging 1 generous sprinkling of civil trials, rape, with bad set at $2,500 on; Total of 18 criminal cases are each count. j scheduled lo he heard at jury trials Two Cases Oismissod by Judge Sanders and Judge -Not true bills were returned Charles S. Woodrirh. against James Albert Thompson.! Opening the series will he the .19, of 3148 W . Harvard Ave , Rose-! trial of Billv Dale Mitrhrll. 48.! - burg, charged wilh forging his, Yonealla. charged with rape. It will , name to a credit sheet fnr casn-' start TiintiHav jil 10 a m hnfm-n : line, and Stanley Allen Burnctl, 43,' Judge Wood rich and is scheduled or San Hrunn, lalif. 'In last l'i days. me sianuard. I gn- friend. Ml - - - m- am mum . AjmiiM n it i ! U M III! No PPer Monday ed down lull and abandoned, they I not to buy apples," Bowen said, said. . I The pickets carry signs saying The second car reported stolen' "Washington Apples Unfair." was owned by Karl Christian Bade. I The NLRB said members of the employed al Helen's Cafe. The ve- United Wholesale and Warehouse hide had been parked in hack of I Lmployes picketed Birmingham the cafe on NK Jackson St. The stores 'last March with signs ask car was recovered later in Oak-iing the public not to buy products land. I of the Perfection Mattress and A teen age hoy is suspected of Sonne Co. naving taken me naoe car. Douglas County's Unemployment Tops State List Nearly one-third more Douglas Counly people were reported out of work for the week ending Dec. 22 than in the same period in 1957, the last year seeing a major slump in the plywood industry. Better than one out of every five workers found themselves un employed on Dec. 22, as the figure pr unemployment reached 21.9 per cent, highest in the slate. . State Employment Office mana ger Francis Riley said he felt lha plywood market slump and regu iar seasonal layoffs were respon sible for the sharp incline in un employment. He said he hopes lo see the number take a marked downward turn following the holi days, when mills are expected lo reopen. Riley pointed out the Employ ment Department paid out nearly $160,000 in claims in Douglas Comi ty in November of this year and added that figure will be topped when December tabulations are completed. He pointed out they had antici pated processing about 9,000 con tinuous! claims during the month, hut said the figure would reach to better than 12.000. Grants Pass ranked second hinh. est in the state in unemployment wee. a, wnen zu.a per cent of the working force there was off lha job. Riley said this year's 21.9 per cent for Douglas County compares 10 i.i per cent a year ago. Jwc years ago it was 8.6 per cent anil the 1957 plywood slump year saw a peak of 14.7 per cent unemployed. The big dip in unemployment came in December, as only 8.8 per cent of the labor force was out of work in late November. Salvation Army Dates Program, Feed Tonight Capl. Leonard Blix, commandim? officer of Ihe Roseburg Salvation Army, said the Army will hold a New Year's Kve program at their headquarters on NK Winchester St. tonight. lie said Ihe program will start with a dinner at 6 p.m.. followed hy a musical program at 8 o'clnrt- The Billy Graham movie, "Mr. Texas," will be shown in color al p.m. and the watch night service will start at It o'clock. Capt. and Mrs. Glen Gildcn will he the featured speakers duiinir the holiday weekend. In addition to speaking at the watch night services, he will bring the me. sages during the Sunday morning and evening services. All 36 Patients Saved In Texas Hospital Fire The board said this was a viola- linn of the 1U..9 amendment for two reasons. First, it said, the picketing coerced Ihe relail store employer PORT ARTHUR TW ipi to withhold business troin the A fast-spreading fire heavily dam-l manufacturer with whom the un- aged tho Park Place Hospilal 'on was in uispuic. early todav, but all S.1 palienls. Second, the picketing sought to including eight liny babies, were induce employes of the neutral evacuated without injury. employer to strike or quit work The fire broke out around a in order to force their employer stenliier in a surgery room of tlie lo cease handling thi manuiactur-1.155-bed hospital and spread .er's products, through nne wing and the main In Ihe apple industry dispute, section of the modern one-story i the union has made no open ap buiiding. There was no patient in peal to employes of the stores surgery at Ihe time. Uo join in the strike. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein By currently concerning it iclr with the higher echelon of sports racketeering, congress offers impoticnt devotees in the lower brackets ultimate probing of the integrity 0f horseshoe pitching and croquet. 1 Ft" ' f i. f A- -1 , I. ii n lm
