2 The News-Review, Roieburg, Ore.' Frl., Jon. 13 1961 -
U.S. Unemployment Hits
Highest Mark Since 40
WASHINGTON (AP) Unem
ployment rose by half a million in
December 1o 4,500,000 highest
December total since 1940.
Employment declined by 1,173,
000 to 66,009,000. .
Announcing these figures today,
the Labor Department also re
ported that the rate of unemploy
ment to the total work force ruse
from 6.3 per cent in November to
6 8 per cent. This is the highest
December rate since 940. The
percentages are seasonally ad
justed. More Coming
Minor Accidents
Told To Police
Two minor traffic accidents were
reported to Hoscburg City Police
Thursday.
Cars operated by Richard Joseph
Kempas of Roule 1, Jtoseburg, and
Oliver Wiltner Kggleston, 611 SE
Leland Ave., collided at the inter
section of Jackson Street at Dia
mond Lake Blvd., at the triangle
at 2:40 p.m. liggleston, stopped at
the stop sign on jacKson, puuea
oui, inmKiug ne was m uic ticai,
the report states.
The Kemnas car suffered a dam
aged left front and rear fender,
and the Egglcston car had a dam
aged front bumper and dent in
the hood.
Earl D. Dixon. Rt. 4. reported
his car was sidcswiped by a car
which came across tne yeuow line
at the interescction of bE Wash
inglon and SE Stephens at 5:42
p.m. tliursday.
Woman Indicted
For Manslaughter
PORTLAND (AP) A woman
who, police said, admitted shoot
ing her husband after a quarrel,
was indicted Thursday on a
charge of manslaughter by a
Multnomah Counly grand jury.
Police said Mrs. Gerald Kred
Mitchell called Wednesday night
to report that she had shot her
husband after he had threatened
her. Police quoted her as saying
that she grabbed a pistol, closed
her eyes and fired.
Police found her 26-year-old
husband dead on the stairway of
their West Hills home. Ho had
been shot in the chest and killed
outright.
Mrs. Nellie Miner
" Mrs. Nellie Miner, widow of the
late S. VV. Minor, and resident ol
Winston for the past 13 years,
died at a local hospital Thursday
evening.
She was born at Randolph, Utah,
on Dec. 16, 1890, and was mar
ried at Vernal, Utah, Aug. 17, 1908,
to Solon W. Miner who preceded
her in death in 1956. She resided
in Malheur County for many years
and came to Winston from Vale in
1947. She was a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. L. A. (Esther) Pryor of Cam
as Valley; Mrs. Cecil (Mellora)
Lowe of Portland and Mrs. Buck
ley (Dixie) Boll of Koseburg; five
sisters, Mrs. Louisa Williams of
Salt Lake City, Utah, Mrs. Ethel
Hall of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Hoy
Hutchinson of Kmmelt, Idaho,
Mrs, La Ree Robinson of Sunny
vale, Calif., and Mrs. Eldora Law
son of Sandy, Utah; four brothers,
Will Doman of Ontario, Oro., Sher
man Doman of Hawthorne, Calif.,
Harold Doman of Bountiful, Utah
and Charles Doman of California;
six grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren, Funeral services will be held In
(he Chapel of Long Sl Orr Mor
tuary Monday at 2 p.m., with Bis
hop Ralph O. Anderson of the
Rosburg LDS Church in charge.
Concluding services and interment
will follow in the Civil Bend Cem
etery at Winston.
Seymour Wolfbein, Labor De
partment manpower expert, laid
thai the idle total js going up lur
ther this winter.
Wolfbein said that if the sea
sonally adjusted 6.8 per cent idle
rate remains unchanged the un
employed total will increase by
one million to 5Vj million during
January.
Oregon Employment
Highest In August
SALEM (AP) The stale Em.
ployment Department's annual re
port today noted that Oregon em
ployment reached an all-time high
of 7.17,900 last August, and then
fell to 647,700 in December.
The department said that only
four new labor disputes, involving
616 employes, were started in the
year.
The summary also shows a new
high record in the number of em
ployers under the unemployment
insurance system: 36,807, or 9,000
more than a year earner.
The service said it found jobs
for 384,728 persons during the
year.
Unemployment benefits during
the year totaled $28,470,427, or 14.9
per cent more than in 1959. Em
ployers paid $35,641,192 in unem
ployment taxes, or (1.7 million
more than the previous high in
1959.
Tractor Thought Stolen,
But It Only Went AWOL
The Robert E. Butts thought they
had a self-reliant garden tractor.
But they didn't relize how inde
pendent it really was.
They looked out from their Rob
erts Creek Rd U.S. Highway 99
home this morning. And their new
wheelhorse tractor had disappear
ed. Stolen, perhaps? They worried
over that for a nloment. But then
they have six dogs with healthy
voices, and they figured the alarm
would have been sounded.
Indeed, the tractor wasn't taken
by a thief. It just went AWOL.
They found it a good 60 feet away,
entangcled in wires strung between
posts on the neighboring Buck
Sullivan property.
Stolen Property Charge
Dismissed By Judge .
Charges of receiving and con
cealing stolen properly brought
against LcKoy Jones, 19, of Kose
burg, have been dismissed by Dis
trict Judge Gerald R. Hayes on
motion of District Attorney Avery
Thompson.
The reason given In the dismis
sal order was that Die prosecuting
witness no lunger wishes to pro
secute and the defendant has nev
er before been convicted of a
crime. Dismissal order was sign
ed Wednesday. He had been ar
rested by City Police Monday.
Mrs. Carl F.Miller
Funeral services for Mrs. Carl
F. Miller, a former Hoscburg resi
dent, were held Thursday after
noon at the Ncwberg Friends
Church. She died suddenly Mon
day. She was born May 27, 188S in
Brownsville, Mich.
Survivors include her husband.
The Rev. Curl F. Miller: two
daughters, Mrs. Paul Geddes of
Hoseuurg and Mrs. G. I. Duna-
gan, Eugene; two sons, Bert Mil
ler, Los Angeles, Calif, and Ray
Miller, Warren, Ore.; and several
Bianucniiurcn.
On this same basis of assum
ing only seasonal factors, without
continued worsening of factory
employment, Wolfbein said that
the prospective idle totals will be
5.8 million in february, 5 4 mil
lion in March and 4 9 million in
April. The spring season general
ly brings improvement because
the warmer weather permits con
struction and other outdoor work.
Claims Increase
An indication how unemploy
ment has mounted since the mid
December date, when the 4 5 mil
lion unemployment was recorded,
can be seen in unemployment
compensation claims.
These increased by 600,000 from
Dec. 10 to Dec. 31, and reached
a record December total of ap
proximately three million. .
December usually brings some
decline in employment and in
crease is about triple the increase
that would be regarded as normal
for the month. The drop in em
ployment also was extra-seasonal.
For the first lime in a .year.
the employment total was smaller
than the corresponding total a
year ago.
Third Month
The number of persons Idle for
15 weeks or longer the long-term
unemployed remained at approx
imately one million for the third
straight month. Nearly half of
these workers have been unable
to find work for 27 weeks or long
era half year.
The unemployment rale for
married men reached 5.1 per cent
in December compared with 3.6
per cent a year earlier, a signifi
cant change Decause oi iamuy
responsibilities.
Ring Pleads Guilty
On Driving Count
Robert Ray Ring, 16C5 NW Ev
ans St., Koseburg pleaded guilty
to a reduced charge of reckless
driving in Municipal Court Thurs
day and was fined 575 and S5 costs
by Judge Warren Woodruff. He had
been arrested originally for drunk
en driving, and was free on $250
bail pending trial. His bail was
exonerated on the plea of guilty to
the lesser charge.
Randall George Young. 810 SE
Kane St., charged with reckless
driving, forfieled $150 nail tor laii
ii re to appear in answer to the
charge Thursday night.
In traffic court that night 13 oth
er cases and one trial on a not
guilty plea were disposed of. Sev
en persons forfeited bail, five paid
fines, and the person on trial was
found innocent of a parking violation.
There was one violation of basic
rule, one failure to keep vehicle
under control, three non-slop red
Unlit, two non-slop stop sign, one
duty to obey signs and signals,
two improper left turn, one driv
ing over fire hose and one no op
erator's license.
Judiciary Committee
Okays Bob Kennedy
WASHINGTON (AP)-The Sen
ate judiciary Committee today
approved without objection the
selection of Robert F. Kennedy to
be attorney general in the Cahinel
of his brother, President-elect
John t. Kennedy.
The committee acted immedi
ately after a two-hour hearing at
which some of the HeDublir.m
members made a point of the 35-year-old
Kennedy's lack of ex
perience in me private practice
of law.
Chairman James O. Eastland,
D Miss., announced that all the
committee members had been
recorded in favor of recommend
ing Senate confirmation except
Sen. -William A. Blakley, D-Tex.
Blakley was in Texas and could
not be reached, Eastland told
newsmen. .
The action was informal bill
clears the way for quick formal
approval once Kennedy is inaugu
rated and can send the Senate his
Tugman Named Speaker
At Sutherlin Banquet
William Tugman. well-known Or
egon newspaperman until his re
tirement earlier. -this year, will ue
the featured speaker at tne hiuner
lin Junior Chamber of Commerce's
Distinguished Service Awards ban
quet Jan. 21.
Tugman was editor of (he Eu
gene Register-Guard for many
years before buying the Port limp
qua Courier at Reedsport. He sold
the Reedsport paper last fall and
became campaign manager for Ed
win R. Durno in the laltor's suc
cessful race for the position of
U. S. Representative.
The banquet is scheduled at the
IOOF Hall at 7 p.m.
Eubanks Returned
For Re-Sentencing
larvey Lee Eubanks, , 21, for
merly oi Bragg v.uy, mo., was re
turned to Roseburg Thursday from
the Oregon Slate Penitentiary for
re sentencing on a charge of as
sault and robbery. He was return
ed here by C. R. Borgman, chief
criminal deputy of the Sheriff s of
fice. Deputy District Attorney George
Weigum said that re-sentencing of
I'-uoanKs is scheduled lor Jan. 19
in Circuit Court.
Eubanks, sentenced to serve 15
years in the penitentiary, won a
right for re sentencing under the
postconviction law, on grounds
that the judge had imposed the
15-year-penalty to make sure that
Eubanks served at least five years
in the penitentiary. Normally con
victs are eligible for parole after
serving a third of the sentence.
A Marion County circuit judge,
ruling in Eubank's appeal had
claimed that such imposition of
sentence made it null and void.
The maximum penalty under the
law could have been life in prison.
Eubanks was 18 at the time of
sentencing.
Trusteeship Ends
For Union Locals
WASHINGTON (AP) Four
Northwest, an Alaskan, and four
Canadian locals of the Teamsters
Union have been .released from
trusteeship.
They were among 17 released
nationally Thursday, international
headquarters here announced.
They were (local numbers in pa
renthesis): Seattle t451); Walla Walla,
Wash., (556); Pasco, Wash., (8.19);
Pendleton, Ore.; Vancouver, B.C.,
(151, 351, and 842); Kodiak, Alas
ka; and Edmonton, Alta. (5141.
A spokesman said the locals re
leased are scheduled to nominate
officers this month and hold elec
tions in February. The target date
for turning the locals back to local
control is March 1.
Locals are placed in trustceshm
for various reasons, the spokes
man said. They include miscon
duct of officers, financial difficul
ties or factional fights.
nominations' for Cabinet positions.
Eastland said that under a mo
tion made by Sen. John L. Mc
Clellan, D-Ark., Robert Kennedy's
nomination, when it is received
by the Senate, will not have to
be referred to the committee.
As a witness before the com
mittee, Robert Kennedy said he
had sold all of his stocks to avoid
any possible conflict, of interest
as attorney general. '
Kennedy gave his testimony un
der oath to the committee on his
selection to become the nation's
chief law enforcement officer at
the age of 35.
The attorney general-designate
came, under some needling from
Republicans but there was every
prospect that the committee
would approve his nomination;
. There was smooth sailing for
other Cabinet appointees of the
new. administration, several of
whom were before other Senate
committees simultaneously.
The Senate Labor .Committee
informally approved the choice of
Arthur J. Goldberg to be secre
tary of labor. Formal action can't
be taken until after Kennedy's in
auguration. ,
Gov. Abraham A. - Ribicbff of
Connecticut, the secretary of welfare-designate,
had . a friendly
meeting with the Senate Finance
Committee and heard a predic
tion by Chairman Harry F. Byrd,
D-Va., that he would be confirmed
unanimously by the Senate.
Byrd also told newsmen he be
lieved that Douglas Dillon would
have no trouble in winning con
firmation . as secretary of the
Treasu.-y.
Former Gov. Orville L. Free
man of Minnesota, the secretary
of agriculture-designate, had a
two-hour meeting with the Senate
Agriculture Committee and was
told by Chairman Allen J. Ellen
der, D-La., that the committee
would approve his nomination
within minutes after it begins for
mal consideration.
Republican Leader Everett M.
Dirkscn of Illinois quartcrbacked
the GOP o.uestioning of Robert
Kennedy.
Drain Extends Contract
For Evaluation Study
The Drain Union High School
Board at the meeting this week
extended the contract for the cur
riculum evaluation being conduct
ed by Dr. Keith Goldhammer of
the University of Oregon School of
Education.
The evaluation committee will be
in the Drain High School in the
near future to make its study, Mrs.
William Guthrie, News-Review cor
respondent, reports.
The adult education classes were
postponed indefinitely by the
board. Lack of available money in
the school district's budget forced
the postponement.
The board also voted to hold the
high school basketball games'
schedule to 18 conies a year. No
games will be played on Tuesday
evening under the new schedule.
Williams Chief Clerk
SALEM (AP)-A. N. Williams,
retired chief of the appellate staff
of the U. S. Internal Revenue
Service in Portland, will be chief
' -V of the Senate Taxation Com
mittee. .-en. Ben Musa, D-The Dalles,
committee chairman, made the
appointment.
Kennedy Confers Vifh Rusk Today
,mm m -. . I I
On U. 5. Foreign Policy wooiems
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)-
President-elect John F. Kennedy
confers today with the new ad
ministration's secretary of. state,
Dean Rusk, on foreign policy
problems and organization mat
ters.
Rusk flew to Palm Beach Thurs
day night after indicating in
Washington, in testimony to the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, that the Kennedy regime
plans no immediate sharp de
partures in dealing with trouble
spots around the globe.
Kennedy and Rusk scheduled a
morning meeting and a luncheon
session at the president-elect's
ocean-front home.
Keeps Ike Officials
Kennedy announced he is re
taining two Eisenhower adminis
tration officials.
Joseph Charyk will continue to
serve as undersecretary of the
Air Force.
Thomas D. Morris, now an
assistant director of the Budget
Bureau, will be assistant secre
tary of defense for supply . and
logistics.
Auto Charge Holds
17-Year-0ld Youth
A 17-year-old Roseburg boy has
been turned over to juvenile au
thorities after apprehension by
Roseburg City Police Thursday aft
ernoon for alleged entering, mani
pulating or starting a motor ve
hicle without the owner's consent.
Police were called to the scene
in front of the F. W. Woolworth
store in the 600 block on SE Jack
son about 2:55 p.m. by William H.
Schemer, who told officers he
found the youth in his car at
tempting to start it on his return
to where it was parked, police re
port. Schemer had the boy in his cus
tody and turned him over to the,
officers. However, as he was about
to get into the patrol car, he broke
from the officer and ran. Officer
William Curnow, along with Lyle
G. Wescott who was making the
arrest, gave chase and caught the
boy at the corner of Jackson and
SE Cass. He has been lodged in
the county jail.
Ski Resort Conditions
Reported By Operators
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon ski conditions, as report
ed by resort operatbrs:
Hoodoo Ski Bowl Total snow
37 inches, 5 inches new dry snow,
temperature 32 at 8 a.m., snow
flurries, packed snow on road,
well-sanded, skiing conditions ex
cellent, .lowers slopes packed, all
lacumes uperauiig, shimg rnuay
and Saturday nights under lights,
start of 8-week Jaycce ski school.
Willamette Pass Total snow
27 inches, 8 new over packed base,
temperature 18 degrees at 7 a.m.,!
snow flurries, skiing excellent, all
facilities operating, roads sanded.
Timberline Lodge Three'
inches new snow, total depth 84, 1
temperature 20 degrees at 7 a.m.,!
wind west six miles an hour, over
cast, skiing good, all facilities op
erating, snow on roads, carry i
chains.
1 lie JJI CSIUttll-l IL V .
night chose Edward Gudeman,
Chicago investment banker, to be
undersecretary of commerce.-
Gudeman, 54, is a former vice
president and at present a direc-
Kennedy Converts
Personal Holdings
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)-President-elect
John F. Kennedy
appears to have investment assets
valued at perhaps up to $10 mil
lion. This was indicated Thursday
night when 'it was disclosed that
Kennedy has converted all of his
investments over which he had
control into government bonds
federal, slate and municipal.
Pierre Salinger, his press sec
retary, told newsmen in response
to questions that the president
elect's total holdings now consist
of such bonds, plus the houses he
owns in Washington and at Hyan
nis Port, Mass., and three trust
funds set up for him and his
brothers and sisters by their fa
ther, Joseph P. Kennedy.
Salinger said- the president
elect's income from these trusts
set up in 1926, 1936 and 1949
amounts to about $100,000 annual
ly, after taxes. The income before
taxes reportedly is about $500,000
a year.
Assuming interest at the rate of
about 4 to 5 per cent, the funds
could have a principal value of
close to $10 million. Kennedy, has
other holdings, including the un
disclosed value of investments he
has converted into government
bonds.
His home in Washington's fash
ionable Georgetown area re
portedly is valued at about $100,
000. The Hyannis Port place is an
additional asset.
Salinger refused to give figures
on Kennedy's holdings beyond the
income realized from the trust
funds.
The three trusts are irrevocable,
which means the president-elect
has no control over investment of
the principal. His mother report
edly is one of the trustees.
Fifes For Bankruptcy
Three Douglas County men have
filed for bankruptcy in U.S. Dis
trict Court at Portland.
They are Edwin K. Chilcolt of
Canvonville, a truck driver, who
lists" debts totaling $11,860.84; John
Leroy Craven, a Drain plywood
worker, who reports debts of $6,
706.36; and James Lewis Palmer,
a Reedsport millworker, who re
ports debts of $1,619.48.
tor of Sears, Roebuck and Co. He
is a graduate of Harvard College.
In his Washington testimony,
Rusk was questioned by Senators
about his views on Red China,
Cuba, summit conferences, Anier
ican fliers being held by the
Soviet Union, and U.S. relations
with the nation's allies.
Clear Sailing
Indications are Rusk will have
clear sailing in winning Senate
confirmation of his nomination,
which Kennedy will formally sub.
mit after taking office a week
from today. 1
On Communist China, Rusk
said he sees no present prospect
of the United States establishing
normal diplomatic relations with
the Rea regime. JBut he said.
"The presence in mainland China
of a large and powerful force is
one of the facts ... we cannot
ignore." '
As for the anti-American Castro
government ' of Cuba, Rusk said
he is very much disturbed by that
situation. He called for intensified
efforts to get the truth to the
people of Latin America, through
the United States Information
Agency. , ,
Talks Left Open
Rusk left open the possibility of
Kennedy attending a summit con
ference with Soviet Premier
Khrushchev provided there was
some hope such talks would be
fruitful.
. He said the new administration
will do its best to win freedom
for two U.S. Air Force fliers held
by the Soviet Union since their
plane was downed north of the
Soviet Union last year.
Rusk arrived in Palm Beach a
few hours after Kennedy had
made public summaries of five
study committee reports dealing
with the international situation.
All the groups were appointed by
the president-elect.
One of the reports recommended
that Kennedy "resist, insofar as
possible . . . demands for early
statements on the subject of arms
control" and disarmament. The
committee said the matter should
be thoroughly debated within the
administration and a clear policy
worked out before any public
stand is takem
Seeks Agency
That committee also called for
creation of a semi-autonomous
agency, apparently within the
State Department, for handling of
disarmament policy and prob
lems. It recommended that the
head of such an agency work as
an equal to the secretaries of
state and defense.
Kennedy last week picked John
J. McCIoy, former high commis
sioner to Germany, to be chief
of the U.S. Disarmament Admin
istration, now a State Department
unit.
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Bank Gets Judgment
In Logging Firm Suit
,The Douglas County SUte Bank
has been awarded a judgment for
$6,349 by a trial jury against Mor
ris H. and Betty Lou ilakke, co
partners, doing busiuess as Little
Bet Logging Co.
The judgment also Included $154
plus interest amounts, and attor
ney fees of $950, set by the judge
as stipulated by the parties.
The trial, conducted by Judge
Charles S. Woodriih, opened Tues
day and the jury drought in its
verdict at 4:35 p.m. Wednesday.
The amount granted was alleged
due on a promissory note by the
partners in the now defunct business.
Savings Bond Sales
Show Drop In County
Douglas County's I960 U.S. sav
ings bunds sales fell short of the
19.'i9 figure, according to figures
published by Ihc Treasury Depart
ment. The tolal sales through Dec. 31
were $884,032. This was only 84.1!
per cent of the $!I59,845 total of
1959.
The December sales also reflect
ed a drop. For the month in I960,
it was $54,738, as compared to $87,
911 in 1959.
The 10 E anil II bond sales In
Oregon were $33,602,311. For 1959,
the tulal was $33,90,061,
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