2 Tht Newt-Review, Roseburg,, Ore. Wed., Jan. 4, 1961
Return To Normalcy Noted
In Strike -Plagued Belgium
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -Government
spokesmen claimed
today that strike-lorn Belgium is
slowly returning to normal, but
strikers called for new demonstra
tions against the government's
austerity program.
Leaders of the Socialist-led Gen-
Escape Charge
Nets Jail Term
Escape from an officer after an
arrest for drunken driving brought
a penalty of six months in the
Douglas County jail and a fine
nf $150 plus $5 costs for Albert
Wayno Crawford, 20, of Eslacada.
The penalty . was imposed by
District Judge Gerald It. Hayes
upon a plea of guilty by Crawford
luesitay. .
Resists Arrest
The compluint of Stale Police
Sergeant .Robert Keefe alleged
that the defendant, while being
booked for drunken driving on
Dec. 29 at the Hcedsport city jail,
ran out the door of the booking
office of the jail and ran several
blocks and hid behind a car in a
parking lot. The defendant then
resisted arrest violently and had
to be forcibly subdued and dragged
back lo jail and lodged by the of
ficer Kdward L. Bakkc, it stated.
Crawford's sentence is to run
concurrently with a sentence he
is now serving.
Driving Trial Set
Michael A. Smilh, Route 4,
Box 1010, Roseburg, pleaded in
nocent to a charge of drunken
driving before Judge Hayes and
his trial was set for Jan. 6 at
3:30 p.m. He was released on post
ing iJM nan.
The case of Rita Marie Rober
son (Stookcy), arrested by Rose
burg City Police for invesligation
into the alleged passing of a $30
worthless check for merchandise
at tho Tots to Toens store of A. J.
Svoboda in Roseburg, wiis contin
ued for 30 days by Judge Hayes.
Mrs. Roberson, 21, of Creswell,
Route 1, was released on $30 bail
prior to arraignment.
Special Program
Set At Winston
As part of the slate wide "Lights
on for Kducalion" program Thurs
day night, lights will be on at the
Winston Junior High School at
7:30.
A panel of educators and school
board members will present a pro
gram relating to education and
child welfare. Panelists will brief
ly discuss several of the proposed
measures which will bo introduced
in the 10G1 session of the Oregon
Legislature.
James L. Richey, local program
chairman and school board mem
ber, will introduce panelists George
A. Corwin, Superintendent of Dis
trict 116; C. A. Dysinger, Dillard
School principal; William N. lied
rick, Winston School principal;
Ray Talberl, Douglas High School
principal; Vince McGovern, Look
ingglass School principal; and Bud
Johnson, board member.
No Driver's License
Nets Jail Term, Fines
Ronald Manning, 21, of Yoncalla,
was fined and sentenced to the
Douglas County jail on two separ
ate charges of driving an automo
bile with a suspended operator's
license.
Justice of Peace Warren Del.a
Rorgne imposed a fine of $100 and
20 days in the county jail on the
first count and $150' fine and 30
days on the second count.
Shelby M. Anderson
Memorial services for Shelby
Madnncs Anderson, 19, who died
as a result of an auto accident Jan.
1, will be held at the Presbyterian
Church Thursday at 2 p.m., with
the Rev. John Adams officiating.
The family has asked that those
who wish may make donations to
tho Mental Health Association.
They may be left at the church
or at Wilson's Chapel of the Roses,
which is in charge of arrange
ments. Kone
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Mildred Wilton
Monogtnfl Owners
We endorse the Oregon Funeiol Plon
eral Workers Federation sum
moned strikers to a rally after a
morning attempt to close depart
ment stores collapsed before a
show of police force. ,
Parlament Guarded
Guarded by an iron ring of ar
mored cars and slate policemen,
Parliament met to discuss the pro
grain of higher taxes and reduced
welfare service that the govern
ment insists is necessary for sur
vival. The department store- strike at
tempt was -marked by scattered
violence, and there were clashes !
elsewhere in Belgium.
Police chased several hundred
pickets away from stores. The
pickets, about 40 . per cent of
(hem women, walked . meekly
away.
Trouble In Ghent
Trouble broke out in Ghent. Po
lice clashed with strikers who
threw rocks at windows of two
textile factories. Many teachers
in Ghent struck and few children
reported to school.
Police Administration Minister
Pierre Harmel declared that de
spile the sporadic disorders, vital
services were being restored.
Electric power stations are
working again in seven of Bel
gium's nine provinces, he said,
and trains are running to Italy
and Switzerland and air traffic is
normal.
The situation is still bad in
Liege and Hainaut, both industrial
centers hard hit by the strikes.
200,000 Demonstrate
The Socialist newspaper "Le
People" claimed that 200,000 per
sons demonstrated throughout Bel
gium Tuesday against Prime
Minister Gaston Kyskens' austeri-
Reaume Writes Reaume
To See If P's For Paul
A name, a name, what be a
name or a rose by any other
well, anyway:
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce
Manager Harold P. Reaume re
ceived somewhat of a surprise
Tuesday when he was informed by
the state Highway Department of
someone having the same name.
That someone was Harold P.
Reaume, of W. 4111 Everett, Spo
kand 15, Washington. He's an edu
cation student at Whit worth Col
lege in Spokane and wrote to the
Highway Department for informa
tion on the stale's history.
The name struck a bell with
Clark Jordan, director of the High
way Department's Travel Informa
tion Division, and he forwarded the
letter to Roscburg's Harold P.
Reaume.
Tho local Harold P. said he had
never in bis 58 years found anyone
with tho same last name, much
less the same first name and mid
dle initial. He's writing to the oth
er Harold P. and "if that initial
stands tor Paul I'll really be won
dering," he said.
"Never found one with the same
finish before, and now here's one
with the same start too," ho de
clared. Two Service Stations
Entered Tuesday Night
Two gasoline service stations
were broken into Tuesday night
via a similar method, according to
Douglas County Sheriff Ira C.
Byrd.
The Shell station at the Yoncalla
junction and llighwuy 99 and the
Golden Eagle station at the north
Wilbur junction, ubout two miles
south of Sulherlln, on (he same
highway, were each burglarized
sometime during the night, deput
ies said.
Oscar Butler, Yoncalla, manag
er of the Shell station, reported
about $6 in change and $15 in mer
chandise was taken from the prem
ises. The station is owned by W. C.
Lunney, who is currently hospital
b.ecl in Eugene.
About $15 was the loss at the
Wilbur junction station, reports El
mer Olson, manager.
Both stations were entered by
breaking the glass on the front
door and then reaching in and
opening the door from the inside,
deputies state. (
The thieves attempted to break
a lock on the regular gas pump at
the Yoncalla station but were un
successful, tho manager said.
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Meredith WiUon
ty program of higher taxes and
lower social security beneiils. The
government estimated the total at
75,000, a figure given credence by
tho 9,000 turnout in Brussels.
With the government coalition
parties the Social Christians and
Conservative liberals backing
him, tho prime minister won four
votes on various motions Tuesday
in Parliament. Eyskens' backers
considered them votes of confi
dence. Antwerp, Belgium's biggest
port, remained partially para-
iyzed
but a department store
fizzled there also.
strike
But in Soignies, near the south
ern industrial city of Charleroi,
police broke up rowdy demonstra
tions with bayonets, in Liege and
at Namur most stores remained
shut and transport was at a near
standstill.
Roseburg School
Election Slated
Petitions for nomination of a
Roseburg School Board member
are now available, according to
school superintendent.
They may be picked up at either
Barneburg's office in the county
courthouse, or the office of V. J.
Mieelli, school district clerk, 1058
W. Harvard.
Acceptance Needed
The dale for the special election
has been set for Feb. 15. The
election has been scheduled for
that date to coincide with another
special election the same day.
Final date for filing a " petition
is Feb. 8.
Persons nominated must also
file an acceptance. Final date for
this is Feb. 10, Barneburg said.
He emphasized the importance
of nominees being aware that this
year, for the first time, petitions
and acceptances must be filed in
the county school superintendent's
office.
In years past, petitions were fil
ed in the county clerk's office.
To comply with a new state
law, the district must increase its
board membership from five to
seven members this year.
The pelitions must be signed by
at least ten persons who are legal
school voters and havo been reg
istered at least 30 days prior to
the election, Barneburg said.
Polling Places
Candidates, in order to qualify
for nomination, must, have been a
resident of the district for at least
six months proceeding the elec
tion, and must be registered to
vole at least 30 days prior to the
election.
Polling places are the city's usu
al poll locutions. If, however, there
is a question as to the location of
tho polling places, persons are ad
vised to check with the county
clerk's office.
Rosa B. Parrott
Funeral services for Rosa B.
Parrott, 85, who died in a Port
laud hospital Tuesday, will be held
in the chapel of Long & Orr Mor
tuary Thursday at 2 p.m., with the
Rev. 11. James Jenkins of the
First Methodist Church officiating.
Following services in ltnsehiiri'
her body will be taken to Rest
Haven Memorial Park in Eugene
for cremation rites.
Miss Parrott was born in Rose
burg Sept. 19, 1875. the daughter
of Muso and Tennessee Howard
Parrott, pioneers who settled in
Roseburg in 1852.
She taught school for many
years in Roseburg. Sho received
her masters degree from Columbia
University. She just recently re
ceived special honors from the Uni
versity of Arizona.
She was a member of the Meth
odist Church.
Among survivors are two neph
ews, Fugcne Jewell, Fresno, Calif.,
and W. F. (Ted) Jewelt, Menlo
Park, Calif.; two nieces, Miss
Helen Casey, Roseburg, and Mrs.
J. L. Cauthorn, San Francisco,
Calif.; a grandniece, Mrs. Worth
(Hetty) Davis, Roseburg: and
two Rramlncphews, Col. Raymond
W. Bell, San Antonio, Tex., and
Col. Maynard Bell, Tucson, Ariz.
Fires In Flues Reported
The Roseburg Fire Department
answered two flue fire calls Tues
day, neither of them causing any
damage.
The lirst call came at 3:02 p.m.
to the Bill Brinklev home at 102:1
NW Almond St. The second call
was at the W. II. Workman resi
dence, 212H NK Commercial' Ave.,
at about 11:55 p.m.
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NOW READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION!
The Public is Cordially Invited to Attend
OPEN HOUSE
Thurs., Jan 5 I to 7 P.M.
COFFEE AND DONUTS WILL BE SERVED
GRANDVIEW HOME
1199 N. E. Grendview Drive, acroit from Curtii
Iret. Furniture en N. Sl.pS.nl, en the kilt.
LLOYD FROMDAHL, Owner and Manager
Slocum Quits City Job
As Judge; Woodruff In
Warren A. Woodruff was ap
pointed Tuesday nisjht to take over
the position of Roseburg municipal
judge only minutes after the City
Council accepted the resignation of
Randolph Slocum.
Slocum, who had served in that
capacity for eight years, said he
was resigning from the position
becuuse uf the pressure of his pri
vate practice.
Woodruff served as Douglas
County District Judge from 1954
WARREN A. WOODRUFF
. . . steps up
to 19C0 and entered private prac
tice late last year after an un
successful bid for a circuit court
judgeship.
Woodruff's first cases as muni
cipal judge were slated today, as
he was set to hear a case of vag
rancy and one of drunk. Both cases
were holdovers from luesday
when city clerk and recorder Mrs
Willma Hill had a chance to step
in as judge durin; the brief in
Bellingham Man
Hurt In Mishap
Thomas Clenn of Bellingham,
Wash., was given first aid treat
ment at the Glendale Clinic Mon
day afternoon and then sent to
the Forest Glen Hospital in Can
yonville for observation and treat
ment. The hospitalization resulted
from an accident in .which he
suffered a skull fracture to the
left side of the back of his head.
The accident occurred when
Glenn was standing on the back
of a pickup truck directing its
driver while he backed up trying to
get his bumpers in line with those
of Glenn's car, intending to push
the car and get it started. Glenn
slipped and fell, somersaulting and
landing on his head, according to
Mrs. G. B. Fox, News-Review cor
respondent. The accident occurred about
9:30 a.m., but Glenn was kept at
the Glendale Clinic for w couple
of hours for observation before be
ing sent on to the hospital.
Glendale Council
Business Routine
The Glendale City Council held
its January meeting Tuesday night
at the city hall, with most busi
ness of a routine nature, according
to Mrs. G. B. Fox, News-Review
correspondent.
A representative was present
from Honey's Fyr-Fyter In Rose
burg to discuss fire engines, and
while there wus some general dis
cussion the council was unable to
make a definite commitment.- Pur
chase of a new Glendale fire
truck will be dependent on income
from tax moneys, and according
to Mayor Ralph Place only about
$2,000 of $18,000 in tax funds due
at this lime has been paid.
Leva Laura Vian
Leva Laura Vian. 70. of Yon
calla died in Eugene Sunday.
She was a resident of Yoncalla
for 24 years, and was horn on
July 2.1, 1890, in Aurora, Nebr. She
was married to Ira Vian on Nov.
4. 1908, in Nebraska. He preceded
her in death in 1955.
Mrs. Vian was a member of the
Church of Christ. Survivors in
clude four (laughters and one son,
Dorotha I.oyd of Yoncalla, F.rmci
Curtrighl of Yoncalla. Wonitn
Brown of Springfield, Mary Mai
of Eugene, and Charles Vian of
Yoncalla; two brothers, Royal
VanWormer of Springfield and Lylc
VaiiWormer of Omaha, Nebr.; and
one sister, Delia Sarnham of Ma
pleton. Ore.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at Yoncalla Church of
Christ at 2 p.m., with Chester Ste
wart officiating. Vault interment
will be in the Yoncalla cemetery,
with the Mills Funeral Service of
Drain in charge.
k " I Hi '
terim between the expired term of
Slocum and the appointment of
Woodruff.
Arraigns Pair
She arraigned both defendants
and continued their cases until
today. Slocum had asked that bis
resignation be effective as of
midnight Dec. 31.
The new municipal judge is a
native of Colorado and a graduate
of Roseburg High School and the
University of Oregon School of
Law, class of 1952. He served as
a deputy district attorney here
from 1952 to 1954, before becoming
district judge.
He is a veteran of the U.S.
Navy and a member of the Ore
gon State Bar Association, Ameri
can Bar Association and American
Judicature Society.
Woodruff, his wife Tatia and
sons Richard 9, and Daryl, 7, re
side at 1264 SE Overlook Ave.
Slocum is a native of Louisiana
and a 1951 graduate of the Col
lege of Law at Willamette Univer
sity, He opened practice here in
1951 with Robert Stults and later
became a partner with John Horn
when Stults was elected district
attorney in 1952. He and Horn are
still in partnership.
Slocum was appointed municipal
judge in 1952 and has held that
position since. He is a member of
the local Elks, American Legion
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RANDOLPH SLOCUM
. . . steps down
and Masons, as well as the Ore
gon Slate Bar Association, t h e
OSBA committee on municipal
courts, the American Bar Associ
ation and the National Association
of Claimant Compensation Attor
neys. He and his wife Jo and son
Randolph Michael. 8 months, live
at- 328 W. Riverside Drive.
Glendale Sets ,
Education Meet
The public is invited to attend a
"Lights On For Education" Pro
gram to be held at the Glendale
Elementary School Thursday at
7:30 p.m. The meeting is part of
a state-wide project sponsored by
the Oregon Congress of Parents
and Teachers, the Oregon Educa
tion Association, and the Oregon
School Boards Association. The
object of the program is to give
persons in the community a chance
to consider the educational issues
scheduled to come before the 1961
state legislature which convenes
Jan. 9. according to Mrs. G. B.
Fox, News-Review correspondent.
The Glendale meeting is sponsor
ed locally bv the Glendale Educa
tion Association and members of
the Glendale School Board. It will
include a panel discussion involv
ing the following local residents
J. E. Bryan, secretary - treasurer
of the Glendale Education Associ
ation, panel moderator; Mrs. Joe
Anderson, legislative chairman for
the Glendale Education Associa
tion; Albert Vaughn, member of
the Glendale School Board; Marlen
Yoder. Glendale school superint
end Mrs. Robert L. Fisher, mem
ber of the Glendale School Board:
Chester Smith, vice president of
the Glendale Education Associa
tion: Lewis Price, eighth grade
teacher; and Mrs. Lewis Price,
president of the Glendale Educa
tion Association.
After the meeting, the Glendale
PTA will serve coffee.
Arrangements for the Thursday
night meeting were made by a
planning committee meeting held
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Joe
Anderson.
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U.S. Maintains Military
If Called On To Protect
WASHINGTON (AP) The
United States held the door open
today to a satisfactory political
solution to the civil war in Laos,
but maintained a posture of mili
tary readiness if called upon to
defend the tiny Southeast Asian
kingdom'.
Authorities here said mere is
little doubt extensive Soviet and
Communist North Vietnamese
participation in military opera
tions against the royal Laos gov-
Thornton Seeks
Salmon Money
SALEM (AP)-Atty. Cen. Rob
ert Y. Thornton today said Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho should
seek payment for salmon he said
were lost because of Idaho Power
Co. dam construction on the Snake
River.
In a letter to Gov. Mark O, Hat
field, Thornton urged Hatfield to
discuss such joint action at Hat
field's coming meeting with gov
ernors of Washington and Idaho.
Hatfield said he had not seen
the letter and thus had no com
ment. Thornton said his office looked
into the law on the question and
found there is a legal precedent
for a claim against the company.
The company may settle as a
matter of public relations without
the necessity of filing a suit,
Thornton said.
Idaho Power Co. blocked the
river while constructing Brownlee
Dam and the fish were lost,
Thornton said. He said biologists
had counted 4.680 dead salmon
and estimates of the number that
died ranged up to 10,000.
Thornton said damages should
be measured by replacement cost
and recommended an indemnity
large enough to defray the cost of
building a hatchery to replace the
salmon.
While Brownlee Dam is on the
Idaho-Oregon border, both states
have thoroughly investigated the
fish loss, he said.
Thornton said it would appear
that Washington might also have
an interest in the destroyed fish.
He said in view of this it would
be impossible for any one state
to claim sole ownership of the en
tire spawning run.
Thieves Enter
Home At Glide
' Douglas County Sheriff Ira C.
Byrd reports that sometime over
the Christmas holidays burglars
broke into the home of Clarence
(Cap) Gunderson, Glide.
About $75 of miscellaneous items
were reported taken, including one
unopened Christmas package to
the, family from the Gunderson's
bon, now on sea duly with the
Navy.
The Gundersons live on Little
River Road.
Program Slated
At Oakland Meet
Oakland PTA will combine its
program entitled "Lights On For
Education ' Thursday at r.w p.m.
at the Oakland High School Li
brary. Eugene Fisher of Elkton will ad
dress the group at 8 p.m. A pan
consisting of Cecil Barnett, Dale
Roberson and Jim Stearns will be
included on the program. State leg
islative issues concerning educa
tion will be the subject for the
evening. The public is invited to
attend. Refreshments will be serv
ed. Canyonville Saw Shop
Burglarized Tuesday
The McCulloch Chain Saw Shop
at the north end of Canyonville
was burglarized sometime Tues
day night, according to Oregon
State Police.
Entry was made into the shop
by kicking in the front door, po
lice said.
Seven chain saws, five of them
new ones, five separate chains and
three saw bars were reported tak
en from the shop.
Canyonville Police Chief Reed
Gross made the report to the stale
police office. State police and sher
iff's deputies are investigating the
I crime.
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United States at a period ot maxi
mum disadvantage.
Exploitation Seen
The outgoing administration of
President Eisenhower turns over
responsibility to President-elect
John F. Kennedy in a scant 16
days. Officials believe the Com
munists are seeKing 10 expioiv any
advantage they can find in the
meantime.
The State Department Tuesday
put on the record the Soviet and
North Vietnamese airlift of arms
to Communist forces in Laos. In
a statement it cited 184 observed
flights by Soviet transport planes
carrying war materiel to rebel
forces. The bulk of the arms de
liveries went to Vang Vieng, a
rebel concentration point about 60
miles north of Vientiane.
In addition substantial numbers
of North Vietnamese military per
sonnel were said to have been
parachuted into the area.
Solution Awaited
"If we are awaiting a political
solution and the Soviets are taking
military steps it does not bode
well for the future of Laos,"
snapped Chairman Clement i J.
Zablocki, D-Wis., of the House
Foreign Affairs subcommittee on
the Far East. The congressional
group was given a two-hour secret
briefing by Acting Assistant Sec
retary of State John M. Steeves.
Zablocki predicted action by the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza
tion (SEATO) if the situation
worsened.
One Possibility
State Department press officer
Joseph Reap said the reconvening
of the International Control Com
mission for Laos is one of several
Education Lights
Program Slated
All Douglas County schools have
been asked to participate in the
"Lights On For Education" pro
gram being undertaken throughout
the entire state, according to Ken
neth F. Barneburg.
The public is invited to attend
the program at any of the partici
pating schools Thursday at 7:30
n.m.
This program is being sponsored
locally by the individual school
boards and Parent Teachers Asso
ciations. he explained.
"Lights On for Education is an
opportunity for our community to
consider education and child wel
fare issues the 19G1 Oregon Legisla
ture will be considering," Barne
burg stated.
The county school superintend
ent indicated that all school com
munities will be joining schools in
every county in Oregon in this
Jan. 5 program. It is part of a
statewide project u focus atten
tion on many of the vital education
and youth legislative measures to
be considered when the Oregon
State Legislature convenes Jan. 9
in Salem.
This program is being sponsored
bv the Oregon Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, Oregon Educa
tion Association and Oregon School
Boards Association.
Trapper Does Flap
As His Cat Turns Sap
C. E. Young, Glendale old-timer,
reports that vicious cats avoid
traps, but curious cats don't, ac
cording to Mrs. G. B. Fox, News
Review correspondent.
Young lost a fat hen to a bobcat
Friday night, and Saturday a
neighbor. Olger Selher, assisted
him in baiting and setting a trap
for the predator near the point
where he had dragged his victim
out of the chicken house and eaten
it. Monday the trap was sprung,
but unfortunately, the enticing trap
had trapped no bobcat.
One of Young's own house cats,
a yellow lorn, vas caught, and so
far he hasn't come out of hiding
long enough for the family to apol
ogize for the mistake. In the mean
time, the trap has been set farther
up the hill, but with no results.
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Readiness
Tiny Laos
possibilities which the United
States had been discussing in con
sultations with other governments.
Indian diplomatic sources here
reported some improvement in tho
chances for working out a nego
tiated settlement of the Laos dis
pute. India, Poland and Canada
made up the International Control
Commission which supervised a
cease-fire in Laos until 1958.
Litwiller Acquitted
On Driving Charge
Darrell Lane Litwiller, 330 NE
Garden Valley Blvd., was acquit
ted of a charge of reckless driving
in the District Court of Gerald R.
Hayes Tuesday.
Judge Hayes ruled tnat tne evi
dence submitted in the trial was
not sufficient to prove the driver
was driving recklessly. He heard
the case without a jury.
The arresting officer. State Po
liceman George J. Winterfeld, off
duty at the time of arrest, testified
that Litwiller backed across two
westbound lanes of traffic on Gar
den Valley Blvd. directly across
from Riverside School.
Oifficer's Version
He stated that Litwiller then
drove east crossing two westbound
lanes of traffic, passing through
the crosswalk designated as a
school zone, entering the inside
lane of the east bound lanes of traf
fic, and that he entered NE Steph
ens St. headed south at an esti
mated speed of 40 miles per hour.
The officer further testified that
from the time the defendant stop
ped backing, the wheels of his car
were spinning until he entered NE
Stephens St. The alleged offense
took place at 12:40 p.m. on Dec. 16.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Verden Hock
ett after the trial commented that
children of Riverside School are
recessed for the noon hour be
tween 1:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. He
added that about a year ago a
child was killed in this general
area.
Insufficient
He added that the statute under
which Litwiller was charged states
that "any person who drives a ve
hicle on a highway carelessly or
heedlessly and wilfully or wanton
ly disregards the rights or safety
of others is guilty of reckless driv
ing." Judge Hayes in court declared
the testimony apparently to be
true and that the evidence present
ed by the officer was uncontradict
ed, but slated that the evidence
submitted was not sufficient to
show the driver was driving reck
lessly. Child Rape Case
In Jury's Hands
The Circuit Court trial of Billy
Dale McMichacl, 50, formerly of
Yoncalla, went to the jury this
morning, after. Judge Charles S.
Woodrich gave his instructions.
The trial of McIV'ichacl on a
Grand Jury indictment charging
rape opened Tuesday morning.
Testimony was given during the
morning and afternoon. Deputy
District Attorney Charles F. Wei
gum and defense attorney Harri
son Winston presented their ar
guments just before court was ad
journed Tuesday.
Testimony brought out a sorid
tale of two families, numbering a
total of sometimes 11 and some
times 12 persons living under one
roof in small, makeshift homes,
first at Medford and then at Yon
calla, where the alleged crime,
took place in March of 1960.
Shoplifting
The families then went to Cali
fornia a'tcr the two women had
been arrested for shoplifting at
Yoncalla and then were released
on bail. They were re-arrcstctl,
along with McMichael, on com
plaints they had signed in Califor
nia, the testimony brought out.
The 11-year-old girl (now 12) in
volved took the stand, along with
two eye-witnesses and an examin
in , physician for the state and
fu'cMichael for the defense.
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