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SPEAKERS BUREAU of the Mercy Hospital expansion fund drive met this week to sche
dule speakers to go before oil civic organizations in the county. From left are Aaron
Boe and Esther Geddes, co-chairmen; Phyliss Parret; John Dovenport, Toastmaster
president; ond Dr. H. L. VanDermark.
Nuclear Experts Probe Building
In Seeking Cause Of Idaho Bias!
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP)-,
Nuclear experts gingerly probed
within a silo-shaped building to
day, seeking the cause and na
tureof an atomic reactor explo
sion that killed three young serv
icemen. They were hampered by radio
activity so dangerously high that
each could safely remain inside
the structure little more than a
minute.
The damaged reactor was deep
inside the metal-sheathed building.
So, too, were the bodies of two
of its victims: It was too danger
ous to try to recover them. The
third body was removed within
Robert To Quit
Political Arena
WASHINGTON (AP) Robert
F. Kennedy, brother of the president-elect,
said today he will de
tach himself from politics when
he takes his oath this month as
the new attorney general.
"I am in the midst now of de
taching myself from the political
arena," Kennedy told a reporter.
He added that it's not a simple
task.
Since 1952 Kennedy has man
aged the political campaigns that
carried his brother, John F. Ken
nedy, first into the Senate and then
into the presidency.
Both were described by friends
as having decided that the attor
ney generalship will require broth
er Robert's undivided attention if
he is to do the kind of job they
both envision.
Any attorney general's actions
are subject to scrutiny for pos
sible political motives. Never be
fore has a president appointed a
brother to a Cabinet post.
Tousle-haired Bob Kennedy was
in shirt sleeves, his necktie loos
ened, and "up to my neck in
work" when he paused for the in
terview. Kennedy refused to discuss in
advance any of the policies he
contemplates.
His nomination to the post re
quires Senate confirmation.
He has found there are political
problems still to be settled, and
no one else has all the information
about them. These he must handle
himself, or tuen over to others
after giving them a fill-in on the
background. Patronage problems
would be among these.
State Gets Slice
Of Highway Melon
WASHINGTON (AP)-Secretary
of Commerce Frederick H. Muel
ler Wednesday parceled out to the
states S231,250.ouu in teuerai aia
for building primary, secondary
and urban highways in the 12
months starting next July 1.
The amount is in addition to the
$693,750,000 apportioned to the
states for these programs on July
26.
The extra amount was withheld
at that time pending completion
of the 1960 census. Population is
one of the elements involved in
allotting road funds to the states.
Wednesday's apportionment will
have no effect on the $2.2 billion
apportioned on July 26 for the in
terstate superhighway program.
The amounts allotted, including
the Julv 26 amounts, for primary.
secondary and urban highways
(with funds provided earlier for
the interstate system are listed in
parentheses) include:
Oregon, $12,214,735 ($37,530.2811;
Washington, $13,775,110 ($39,219,
469).
minutes of the explosion Tuesday
night.
It was the first fatal accident
involving a reactor in the history
of this country's atomic energy
program.
However, tnree employes were
fatally over-exposed to radiation
when they accidentally produced
chain reactions in laboratory tests
in August 1945, May 1946 and De
cember 1958, at AEC's Los Al
amos, N.M., laboratories.
Before the experts could find
out precisely what happened, they
Had to find a way ot plugging the
leaks in the reactor's heavy
sheathing leaks that permitted
the deadly radiation to spew into
the building surrounding the core.
The AEC said all three victims'
bodies showed the effects of se
vere explosion, indicating they
were killed by the blast rather
than by radiation.
But the building, from outside.
appeared undamaged. The AEC
was silent about what damage of
ficials found inside. In Washing
ton. AEC Chairman John A. Mc-
Cone promised the facts "will be
made available as they are es
tablished."
Best guesses were that some
kind of chemical explosion ruD-
tured the reactor's nuclear core
and released the radiation. It was
fairly certain there was no nucle
ar explosion of the type released
by an atomic bomb.
The AEC said the three service
men were working on the reac
tor's control rods, getting ready
to start it up after a 10-day shut
down. Such rods are used to control
Texmar Abandoned
To U.S. Government
ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) The
wrecked Liberry ship Texmar.
aground since Friday night in
Grays Harbor on the Washington
coast, has been abandoned to
the U. S. government.
Officials of the Calmar Steam
ship Corp., owner of the 423-foot
freighter, announced the decision
but said salvage rights to the
cargo were being retained.
The Texmar was outbound for
the East Coast with 2,500 tons of
pulp and 5 million board feet of
lumber when she grounded on a
mud flat seven miles west of here
in a heavy fog.
The ship's plates cracked and
keel broke as she lay in the mud.
The decision to abandon her was
made after an on spot inspection
and a conference of marine at
torneys, salvage experts, ship
underwriters, laimar officials and
a representative of the Bethlehem
Steel Co. Calmar is a subsidiary
of Bethlehem.
The 7,146-ton Texmar was built
in 1945 at Brunswick, Ga., and
had Wilmington, Del., as home
port.
In Seattle, the district Army
Engineers office said experts
would be sent to the wreck no
later than Friday to determine
whether it should be removed as
a menace to navigation.
CELEBRATION SLATED
The South Deer Creek Grange
will celebrate its 50th anniversary
Saturday, reports Jean Radcliffe,
correspondent. A potluck dinner
will he held at 7 p.m., followed by
a program and meeting. Elmer
JlcUurc state Orange master,
will be present. The event is open
to the public.
Hospital Drive
Office Reopens
The Mercy Hospital expansion
drive campaign office is open
again for the final two months in
tensive campaigning, Paul Bellen
dorf, assistant hospital administra
tor said today.
The Campaign Speakers Bureau,
under the joint leadership of Aar
on Boe and Mrs. Esther Geddes,
met this week at a dinner meeting
to schedule speakers to bring the
story of the campaign to local or
ganizations. The organizations include the Ro
tary, Kiwanis, American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lions,
Knights of Columbus, Toastmas
ters and Douglas County Realty
Board.
Mrs. Geddes is working to bring
the story to the county's women's
clubs.
Bellendorf explained that t h e
drive for funds to match the $250,
000 the hospital is to receive from
the federal government is sched
uled to close Feb. 28.
the nuclear chain reaction that
takes place inside a reactor. If
a reactor should get out of con
trol, even briefly, it could gener
ate enough heat to melt down its
nuclear fuel. If some molten met
al should come in contact with
boiling water within the reactor,
it could precipitate an explosion.
Two of the dead were Army
men Spec. 5 John A. Byrnes, 27,
and Spec. 4 Richard L. McKinlev.
22, both living in Idaho Falls with
their wives. The third was Navy
electrician Richard C. Legg, "26
of Roscommon, Mich. Byrnes for
merly lived in utica, N.Y., and
McKinley in Kenton, Ohio.
The Kaclor they were working
on was a two-year-old prototype
of one intended for use as a mo
bile heat and power plant by
armeu lurces in rumuie areas, me
armed services have been training
military personnel in operation of
the reactor. Legg and Byrnes were
listed as "certified reactor oper
ators" and McKinley was due for
certification next month.
Dennis Must Pay
$100 Per Week
LOS ANGELES (AP) A judge
ordered Dennis Crosby to pay
$100 a week support for a 3 year
old girl a jury last week declared
to be his daughter.
Superior Court Judge Clarke E.
Stephens also ruled Wednesday
that Crosby should pay $7,500 in
attorney's fees on behalf of the
child's . mother, Marilyn Miller
Scott.
Crosby, 26, son of crooner Bins
Crosby, previously had paid $2,500
to the lawyer.
Mrs. Scott, 28, a tall, brown
haired divorcee, said, she expected
to continue working at a manu
facturing firm.
The daughter, Denise Michelle,
was born Nov. 24, 1957.
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Ccorgine Darcy Seeks Fame,
Fortune In Movie Capital
YOUNG ARTIST Tom Rice, a Roseburg youth o,nd
student ot the- California Academy of Arts in San Fran
cisco, is shown here with his collection of paintings on
display at Knudtsons' Jewelers in Roseburg. One of his
works, a collage (small, center picture) won second place
in the Academy's fine arts show. (News-Review Photo),
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HOLLYWOOD (AP) Can a
beautiful girl named George win
fame and fortune in Hollywood? j
"Just call me George, every-1
body does." said blondo Georgine i
uarcy, a gin witn more curves
than an Alpine pass. I
dcorge is a Brooklyn girl with ,
a problem, She always is being I
discovered and then slipping backj
Baptist Church Papered
By Glendale Volunteers
Two ladies of the Glendale South
ern Baptist Church have been busy
this week repapering the Junior
Department in the upstairs part
of the Church annex, according to
Mrs. G. B. rox, fews-Kcvicw cor
respondent.
Ollvat Met
The Glendale .Olivet Presyyter-
ian Church has scheduled its an
nual business meeting for Tuesday
evening at the church.
Mrs. Larry Hill of Quines Creek,
near Azalea, enjoyed a visit Dec.
29 from her sister, Mrs. Loren
Dcardorff of Bend, and their moth
er, Mrs. Ithlph Young of Myrtle
Creek, with whom Mrs. Deardorff
has been visiting.
Mrs. Hilina Stranne of Glendale
spent the Christmas holidays vis
iting with her daughter, Mrs. Virg
il Burdette, in Coquille. Mrs. Bur
detle drove over after her on Dec.
20 and brought her home on Thurs
day' of this week. Mrs. Stranne
was also able to visit with three
grandchildren, all former Glendale
residents and graduates of the
Glendale high school and with
their families.
They are Gene St. Clair and his
family of Coquille; Frank St. Clair
and his family of Port Orford
and Mrs. Alvin Hashaerger and
her husband of bmpirc.
into obscurity. Once she was in a
movie with James Stewart and
the now princess of Monaco and
got more publicity than either out
of the movie.
It was an Alfred Hitchcock
thriller called "Rear Window."
Stewart, confined to his room,
spent his spare time in the movie
looking at his apartment house
neighbors through binoculars.
George was a curvaceous party
girl who lived across the way and
Stewart's binoculars focused on
her most of the movie.
Hitchcock dubbed her "Miss
Torso." He said he just couldn't
bring himself to call her George.
Then she faded. Looking back,
she reflects: "1 guess I should
have pushed myself after that
publicity but I'm not a pusher."
Next Jerry Lewis discovered
her, put h?r in a movie or two
and then made her a stooge in
his night club act. George is a
dancer and singer, too.
When that ended, she went
quietly back to obscurity and
waited.
Lucille Ball next discovered her
and made her enroll in the Desilu
Workshop.
"Lucy has never stopped help
ing me," says George, "and she
has given me more encourage
ment than anyone. She found out
that I am really a shy girl. She
told me that she is too and showed
me ways of overcoming shyness.
She spent weeks helping me with
comedy timing."
Miss Ball spotted George in
Desilu's "Harrigan and Son" TV
show where she plays the impish
secretary.
George asked me how she can
prevent another lapse into ob
scurity? My answer: "Next time
vou meet a producer, don't tell
him your nickname is George. Use
Georgia or Georgine."
Many Seek Jobs
At Legislature
SALEM (AP) The deluge of
persons seeking. jobs with the leg
islature was described Wednes
day as one of the heaviest in
many years.
Both House Speaker Robert
Duncan, D - Medford, and Sen.
Harry Boivin, D-Klamath Falls,
said they had received numerous
job applications. Boivin is expect
ed to be named president of the
Senate.
There are 275 positions to be
filled including the 80 secretaries
for the legislators. Some of these
traditionally go to the wives of
legislators.
Some key workers already are
on the job. The chief clerk of the
Senate, Meda Cole of Portland,
moved in Tuesday along with As
sistant Clerk Twyle Zinn, Journal
Clerk Christine Holland, Calendar
Clerk Jane Watkins and Reading
Clerk Rex Adolph, all of Salem.
Vcrn Drager of Salem will be
back at the Senate sergeant at
arms post. The House will have a
new sergeant at arms because
Patrick McCarthy of St. Paul
was sworn in Tuesday as a Mar
rion County commissioner.
Duncan said he was- recom
mending Harry Wells, La Grande,
for sergeant at arms. Wells was
assistant rules clerk at the last
session.
He also announced the appoint
ment of Mrs. Jean Birrell, Salem,
as chief clerk of the House bills
and mailing room.
Dr. Frank Roberts, Portland,
will move up to the House chief
clerk replacing Ruth Renfroe,
who is not returning. Richard
Kennedy, Eugene, will be read
ing clerk, replacing Roberts.
Other jobs to be filled include
some 30 doorkeepers, assistants,
pages, clerks and messengers.
There also are committee clerks,
secretaries and others.
The chief clerks in the 1959
session were paid S22 a day.
Other clerks drew $17 a day, sec
retaries, $12, committee clerks
$13 and assistants and pages $10.
A secretary for the full session
was paid $1,380 in 1959.
Salaries for employes in the
coming session will be set by the
two houses after the session begins.
PROGRAM SCHEDULED
Benson School PTA will hold a
"Lights On For Education" pro
gram tonight at 7:30 in the Benson
School gym. Current school legisla
tion and some proposed school
measures will be discussed by Wil
liam Campbell, assistant superin
tendent of Douglas County schools.
The public is invited.
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