U. of 0. libmry
..'Ueone, Oregon
sets mxm pe
JFK's
Proposed U.S.
Castro Militia
Hits Growing
Rebel Bands
HAVANA (AP) Between 10.000
and 15,000 militiamen, unleashed
by Prime Minister Fidel Castro
in a major offensive, have sur
rounded srowine rebel bands op
erating in the rugged Eseambray
Mountains of south central Cuba,
according to reliable reports.
It could not be determined if the
offensive was Dart of a nation
wide drive to fulfill Castro's
pledge to wipe out all rebel ac
tivity in Cuba this year, or merely
a one-shot attack to clean up an
area troublesome to Castro since
he took oower.
One of the hundreds of civilians
evacuated from the mountains in
Las Villas Province said the
militiamen were shelling an area
where the rebels were believed
concentrated and would move in
after the mortar and artillery
bombardment.
Castro claimed last fall that all
rebel activity in the mountains
was smashed. There have been
persistent but unconfirmed
reports that 300 to 1,000 insur
gents continued to operate in the
jungle-like area under the com
mand of ex-army Maj. Evelio
Duque and former Capt. Ramon
Perez.
There was no oficial word on
the reported offensive. Military
headquarters in Cienfuegos, in the
mountain foothills, indicated an
onensive was unuer way uui re
ferred all questions to Havana
headquarters.
It was unofficially reported that
70 to 90 persons were seized in
Cienfuegos on charges of links
with rebel activity. Hundreds of
peasants in the area were report
ed evacuated.
Castro's troops reportedly are
commanded by Maj. Dermidio Es,
calona, recently transferred to Las
Villas after commanding the army
in westernmost Pinar del Rio
Province.
In Havana, the Castro regime
continued a crackdown on accused
counter-revolutionaries.
Thirty-three men, one of them
a North American, were sentenced
to prison terms of 9 to 30 years
on charges they were involved in
various plots against the govern
ment. The North American, identified
only as Robert John Gentile, was
sentenced to 30 years on charges
he plotted to kidnap Cuban Presi
dent Osvaldo Dorticos.
Two American newsmen were
arrested and held six hours Sun
day. They were Richard Valeriani
of The Associated Press and
James Wallace of the Wall Street
Journal. Both were released after
questioning and after they signed
statements that "no charges
(against them) existed." Valeriani
said his questioners seemed to be
interested mainly in American
politics.
Authorities at first told Valeri
ani and Wallace they would be
''expelled but later said they could
remain in Cuba.
Labor unrest appeared to have
spread to the Bus Drivers Union,
less than 48 hours after Castro's
m-hour speech Friday demand
ing that workers close ranks be
hind the revolution.
The bus drivers, once strong
Castro backers, reportedly com
plained about compulsory contri
butions to a food fund for the
militiamen and cuts in pay and
privileges. The Transport Ministry
ordered alt union locals in Havana
to purge unpatriotic elements.
Chiang's Party Wins
TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) Chiang
Kai-shek's Kuomintang party
won 74S of the 929 seats on the
island's city and county councUs
Sunday.
Rockwell On Receiving End
Of Ripe Tomato 'Omelette'
BOSTON (API An angry crowd
estimated by police at 10,000, hurl
ing eggs and tomatoes Sunday
ripped a swastika off George Lin
coln Rockwell, self-styled "fuehr
er" of the American Nazi Party,
and routed an attempt by him and
four "storm troopers'' to picket
a downtown movie.
In Chicago, a group nf pickets
wearing armbands and calling
themselves the Fighting American
Nationalists were escorted away
from a I-oop theater by police af
ter scuffling with patrons. Police
dispersed a crowd estimated at
200.
Both theaters were showing the
same film. "Kxodus." a story of
the Jewish migration to Israel
and the establishment of the Jew
ish state.
' The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Occasional rain, periods of par
tial clearing tonight and Tuesday.
Highest temp, lest 4 hours 59
Lowest temp, last 24 hours . 37
Highest temp, any Jan. ('59) .. e5
Lowest temp, any Jan. ('57)
Precip. lest 24 hours t
Precip, from Jan. I .73
Precip from Sept. 1 . 13.53
Deficiency from Sept, 1 2.30
Sunset tonight, 5:04 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:42 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) Fresi-I
dent Eisenhower's forecast of
budget surpluses this year and
next are disputed by President
elect John F. Kennedy's advisers.
Kennedy s economic task force
has predicted that, because of the
business recession, the govern
ment is likely to dip into red ink
in this fiscal year which ends
June 30.
Eisenhower's budget message
sent to Congress today estimates
a surplus of $79 million for fiscal
1961, followed by a $1.5 billion
surplus in fiscal 1962.
Surplus Shaky ,
Eisenhower acknowledged the
shakiness of the predicted 1961
surplus. It will be wiped out, he
said, unless postal rates are in
creased "not later than April 1,
1961." Congress is not expected to
Testimony Due
In Sea Tragedy
ASTORIA (AP) Stormy seas
subsided today and six Coast
Guard men were taken off the
Columbia River lightship where
they had been stranded since last
Thursday s sea tragedy.
The men were scheduled to tes
tify today in a hearing on the
disaster in which mountainous
seas sank three Coast Guard ves
sels and a crab boat. Seven lives
were lost.
Taken off the lightship were
three men from a capsized 40
foot boat, and their rescuers
who managed to get their crip
pled boat to the lightship before
it sank.
Engineman 2nd class Terence
A. Low, 20, Snohomish, Wash.,
one of the rescued men told
the Associated Press that he
didn't know until later the extent
of the tragedy.
"It happened so fast, I didn't
think too much," Lowe said. He
was in the water about six. or
seven minutes before rescued, he
said. i
Lowe said "it felt pretty good
when he was taken from the
stormy seas. He said the rescuing
boat then made another pass to
pick up the others from his boat
ana umpea to uie iignismp.
Paul Miller, commander of a
Coast Guard lifeboat from Point
Adams, told the hearing Sunday
of the crab boat's loss.
Miller said, his craft managed
to get a line to the crab boat,
but a huge wave rose up, en
gulfed the crab boat and snapped
the tow rope. The crab boat, with
two men aboard, disappeared.
Meanwhile, helicopters were
searching today for the bodies of
six men lost in the tragedy. One
body was washed ashore after
the sinking.
Engineman Gordon Huggins,
the only survivor of the Coast
Guard vessel Triumph, testified
for the board of inquiry Saturday.
Myrtle Creek Bus
In Minor Mishap
A bus load of Myrtle Creek High
School students was involved in a
minor accident 12' j miles east of
Roseburg on the North -Umpqua
Highway about 9:45 p.m. Saturday.
None of the 23 students was injur
ed, and the bus was able to pro
ceed under its own power.
Operator of the second vehicle
was listed by Stale Police as Jer
ry Palmer Akin. 19, of Idleyld
Route. Two passengers with him
suffered slight injuries. Norma
Jean Akin, 17, had a slightly in
jured hand, and Letitia Sue Akin,
14. had an injured cheek.
Both vehicles were southbound,
and the car attempted a left turn
into a, private driveway while the
bus was passing, according to the
police report.
Operator of the bus, who had
taken students to the Myrtle
Creek-Glide basketball game Sat
urday night, was listed as Paul
Barke Froehlick, Myrtle Creek.
I Rockwell, of Arlington, Va., and
his companions, were led away
through a side door of the thea
ter, taken to a police station in
protective custody and later
placed aboard a New York-bound
plane. No charges were placed
against them.
At Boolhbay Harbor. Maine.
old-time vaudeville and radio
comedian George K. (doc) Rock
well, a close friend of the late
rred Allen, identified the Ameri
can Nazi leader as his son. a for
mer Maine artist and publisher.
"He gets off on these things
every so often, the lather said
Mounted police and foot patrol
I men battled the Boston crowd for
more than an hour to rescue
Rockwell and his companions.
Rockwell's shirt was torn in the
scuffling.
A truck bearing 16 other Rock
well followers was intercepted by
police before it arrived at the
theater and was ordered out of
the city with a police escort.
J The Chicago pickets said they
were protesting the hiring of Dai
ton Trumho to write the screen
play for "Exodus." Trumbo was
one of a group of screen writers
; who refused to answer certain
questions nf a Senate investigal-
. ing committee during a hearing
inn alleged subversive activities
'several years ago.
Dispute
Budget
act on postal rates soon, if at all
tins year.
As for fiscal 1962, the President
said his forecasts "reflect expect
ed gains in the national economy,"
providing improved tax revenues
lrom rising incomes ana corporate
earnings.
Douglas Dillon, the present un
dersecretary of state who has been
picked as Kennedy's secretary of
the Treasury, gave a less, optimis
tic view last Wednesday to the
Senate Finance Committee.
Dillon, a Republican, said every
thing he has been told indicates
there will be a deficit in fiscal
1962.
'Miss' Recalled
The Kennedy economic team,
headed by Dr. Paul A. Samuelson
of Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, recalled how in its report
on Jan. S how widely Eisenhower
missed his estimate on the fiscal
1959 budget.
"Due largely to the impact of a
recession that everyone but the
authorities admitted was taking
place," said the Samuelson report,
"the announcement in early 1958
of a small fiscal 1959 surplus was
actually followed bv a final fiscal
1959 deficit of more than $12
billion."
A year ago, when the fiscal
1961 budget message was issued,
it called for a $4.2 billion surplus.
That has almost entirely vanished
because of sluggish business, par
ticularly the slump in corporation
profits.
Train Hits Car;
Drain Man Dies
Drain this morning was the
scene of Douglas County's sev
enth death from violent causes and
fifth in traffic accidents since the
start of the year.
Frank Shepherd, 63, of Drain
was killed at 7:30 a.m.. when his
car was stuck by a southbound
railroad train. Vision was not re
stricted at the time and the reason
for the crash is unknown, accord
ing to information given by offi
cers to Mrs. wiuiam ijumrie.
News-Review correspondent.
Death was instantaneous, accord
ing to a Douglas County . deputy
coroner. ,
A partial list of survivors in
cludes the widow and three sons.
with further information on them
as vet unknown. ,
The violent fatality toll this year
includes the five in vehicle wrecks
one logging death, and another
from an accidental shooting.
At the same crossing last month
a young couple was injured when
struck by a train while returning
from a dance.
Youth On Bicycle
Crashes Into Auto
Nicklas Beal. 11-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Beal of 817
W. Stanton St., Roseburg, was re
ported in good condition at Mercy
Hospital, after an accident in
which he ran into a car while rid
ing his bicycle Sunday.
The accident occurred about 2
p.m. at the intersection of SE Jack
son St. and SE Lane Ave. The
car. operated by Patricia Eliza
beth Pennell, 16, and owned by
Clifford Penne of 2056 NE Os
wego St., was traveling south on
Jackson. The hoy on the bicycle
was traveling west on Lane, which
is the wrong way on a one way
street. Citv Police report.
The driver of the car said she
didn't see the bov. who reportedly
was riding at a high rale of
sneed. said police.
The boy injured his nose and
mouth but apparently was not ser
iously hurt. He was kept overnight
at the hospital for observation ana
further examination.
Youthful Shoplifters
Apprehended In Stores
Three young folks were taken
into custody Saturday for shop
lifting, according to Roseburg City
Police.
About 11:55, police received a
call that two boys, ages 16 and 15,
from .Sutherlin were being held.
Thcv were apprehended in the F.
W. Woolworth store and taken to
Ricketts Music Store after a call
had been sent out to be on the
lookout for them.
They had in their possession
eight records, valued at 98 cents
each, one 10 cent box ot turtle
food and a cigaret lighter, taken
from the J. J. Newberry store, awl
20 records taken from Rickett's.
The two were turned over lo ju
venile authorities.
About 5 p.m. the same day, a
14-year-old girl was apprehended
with 10 records of 98-cent value at
Woolworth's. She was turned over
to juvenile officers.
Be-Cirdled Dachshund
Mothers Seven Puppies
The Roseburg dachshund
with the midriff which had to
he supported by I special sling
during her pregnancy has be
come the mother of seven pup
pic. The little dog. owned by Mr.
and Mrs. William Kernan nf
Roseburg, was pictured in The
News-Review a week ago in a
sling improvised by Mrs. Ker
nan. Mis. Kernan reports Fnedal.
Ihe mother, and her seven new
arrivals are doing fine.
fc I i r 1 n in i.ii . i I
Established 1873 14 Pages
28 Feared Lost In
Cryptic Underwater Sounds
Hint Survivors Are Trapped
In Compartments Under Sea
NEW YORK (AP) Cryptic un-l Texas' Towers because they were
derwater sounds hinted today there ! copied from offshore oil rigs in
may be survivors trapped beneath I the Gulf of Mexico was part of
the sea in compartments of a the Air Force warning system,
storm-wrecked Air Force radar I A sort of "radar island," it was
tower. ! triangular in shape. 67 feet tall
ine nuge siruciure, u nines on
the Atlantic coast, vanished in
raging sea Sunday night.
Hope that some of the 28 men
on the tower may still be alive
came today when the destroyer
McCaffery picked up lapping
noises on its sonar equipment
near the site of the vanished low-
Wreckage also was found near
the site of the six-story structure,
built on pilings in the ocean 80
miles southeast of iew York City,
it went unter in a howling gale
Sunday night.
As rescue snips comnea tne
area, the Coast Guard reported
one body was found floating amid
debris by the U.S. destroyer Nor
ris. The destroyer Berry also re
ported finding parts of a 15-foot
service boat.
A mattress, a life preserver,
and an oil slick also left poignant
signs of the tragedy.
The tower ot a type canea
Police Bullet
Fells Speeder
SALEM (AP) A hair-raising
chase at speeds up to 120 miles
an hour ended Sunday with a
police bullet felling a 15 year-old
boy.
The wound was described as
not serious, and the boy was ex
pected to be released shortly
from a hospital and to he taken
to the state-operated AlacLaren
School for Boys.
Police said the youth had en
dangered scores in a high-speed
chase from Albany to a point six
miles north of Salem.
Police identified the youth as
Delbert Been Palmer Jr., South
Beach, Ore. They said he had
been home on leave from the Mac
Laren school, but had taken his
father's car without permission
Sunday. South Beach is near New
port. The chase began at Albany,
where police identified the fath
er's car. The youth sped away on
the freeway toward Salem. There
he burst through the heart of the
business district. Police said he
ignored stop signs and barely
slackened speed, as he whizzed
through town.
He headed north out of Salem
on the road to the Wheatland
Ferry with police still in pursuit.
Six mites from town his car
skidded into a ditch. .
He emerged unhurt and began
lo run across a field.
Patrolman William- Robert Gra
ven of the Salem police said the
youth refused to stop, so he fired
at him. He said the boy was
wounded in the thigh.
PTA Sets Meeting
On Tavern Sites
The Roseburg PTA Council has
scheduled a meeting Thursday
night for everyone interested as
the first step in a move to limit
the proximity of taverns and li
quor dispensing businesses to
schools.
The meeting is slated at 7:30
p m. in the Douglas Lountv Court
house auditorium Thursday. On
hand lo answer questions on the
subject will be V. G. Van Hergen,
Portland, administrator of the Ore
gon Liquor Control Commission. .
Council President Mrs. Robert
I Snider said the purpose of the
meeting is to determine what can
be done to set a control on the lo
cation of taverns.
The move was precipitated by
the establishment of the Jersey
Lilly on NW Garden Vallev Road
near Riverside School. At I h
time, members of the Riverside
PTA objected and the matter was
later introduced to the state Legis
lative Interim Committee on Edu
cation when it met in Roseburg in
June.
No county or city ordinances set
ting distance limits are apparently
on the books. .Mrs. Snider said
the meeting will he designed to
determine exactly what powers are
available and what can be done to
improve tnem. wa, driving " NE Fulton St. to-
Anyone interested in the subject ward Diamond Lake Blvd. The
may attend, but special invitations j incident occurred between the rail
have been offered to the sheriff's ' rnad tracks and Diamond Lake
office, county court and city offi-, Blvd.
eials. : Tn,, police report stated a i-
: inch hole wa made in the wind-
Church Dynamited iwmg. and also paint chips were
Ifourd around the clock mounting
JOHANNESBURG, South Afrl
ca AP)
churches of
Vandalism against
various dcnomina -
tinns culminated Sunday
the:
dynamiting of Johannesburg's i Jones stated he had left home a a missile head but there was no thought the light might nave neen
tiiain synagogue, with damage c-! few tnimnes earlier. He then drove ! substantiation of such a claim. from transformer trouble. Also no
timated at several thousand dol 'to the police itation lo make the j Mrs. ;. B. Fox, (ilendale corrf-1 airplanes were reported as miss
lars. ', report. , spondent reported that she and. ing.
ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY, 16, 1961
land 187 leel long on each of the
three sides. Three huge domes
laden with electronic equipment
rose from the top.
The tower, damaged in last
September's hurricane Donna, had
been under repair when hit by
Sunday night's raging winds and
high seas. It was situated 66 miles
east of Barnegat light, N.J.
The first hint that the 14 Air
Force men and 13 civilian work
ers were in trouble aboard the
structure called a Texas Tower
came at 7:15 p.m. when a Navy
ship picked up a distress signal.
The vessel, the "iaiK-17, a
Navy ship that supplied the tow
er, was only iz miles away wnen
it received the "May Day" or
SOS.
For 10 suspenseful minutes, the
ship fighting high winds and 35
foot waves maintained radar and
radio contact with the doomed
tower. Suddenly, the tower s ra
dar image disappeared.
There were two lite boats ai
the tower and searchers hope sur
vivors were able to escape.
The aircraft carrier Wasp, ac
companied by two destroyers, was
about 80 miles from the scene.
The big flattop took charge of
rescue attempts as Loast i.uara
cutters and other ships joined ine
search.
Two Coast Guard planes and
helicopters from the Wasp man
aged to take to the air early to
day when visibility diminished
by driving snow and sleet lifted
somewhat 'and snow, turned to
rain.
But flares dropped into (lark
storm-tossed waves showed only
a few traces of the $20-million
tower. The Wasp reported finding
"a larce amount of debris" about
nine miles from the tower sue.
Ironically, the tower was under
repair because of another storm
Hurricane Donna when trag
edy struck. The hurricane last
September had severely damaged
the 8,000-ton tower, forcing the
Air Force to evacuate most of
the 90-man complement.
But for that, the tragedy coma
have been worse.
Onlv the small Air Force and
workman contingent remained.
Douglas Delegates
Propose New Bill
The Douglas County delegation
to the Oregon Legislature today in
troduced a bill in Salem which
would allow candidates for I'resi
dent of the United States to with
draw from the primary races even
if their names are entered by pe
tition.
The bill was sponsored by the
three Roseburg Democrats, Reps.
W. O. Kelsay and Sidney Leiken
and Sen. AI Flegcl.
Under present law, candidates
entered in the presidential pri
mary by petition cannot withdraw
But those whose names are en
tered by the secretary of state,
on grounds they are nationally rec
ognized candidates, are allowed to
withdraw.
The new legislation would extend
this withdrawal privilege to those
who arc entered by petition.
The bill was introduced in the
House.
Oilier new legislation was rec
ommended in the House today by
Interim Committees on Highways
and education. One bill provides
for rellectorized license plates,
while another would permit schools
to hold Saturday sessions. Another
new measure would increase the
si.e nf the state Board of Educa
tion from seven to nine members.
It is opposed by the board.
J Roseburg Police
Investigate Shot
Roseburg City Police are investi
saline the report of a shot through
the window nf a car owned and
operated bv Donald Jones of 2170
NE Fremont Ave. about 8 p.m.
Saturday.
June told officers th hullet
i came Ihro'inh the windwing of the
i rft front d'Kir of his car while' he
lon the ila-h board. There were
itwo small lead shavings from on
1 top of the flasn ooara near wncre
the bullet struck.
Tower
First Secretary
Of Government
Proposed By Ike
WASHINGTON (AP) - Crea
tion of a "first secretary of the
government," to serve in effect
as a presidential deputy, was sug
gested to Congress today bv
President Eisenhower.
Recognizing President - plrrl
Jonn . Kennedy s nuht to sneak
for himself, Eisenhower did not
embody his proposal in specific
legislative recommendations.
"But I do commend them for
earnest study," he said in his
budget message.
Kennedy was not exnertert tn
embrace the plan, in view of his
iimivmeu oeuei mai me president
should exercise strong personal
leadership in national securitv
and foreign affairs.
Ihe proposed supersecrctary
would outrank all Cabinet mem
bers, advise with the president on
national security policy, and rep
resent, nun in meetings with high
foreign officials.
The idea is not new to the president-elect.
As a Senate member,
Kennedy visited some sessions of
the subcommittee on national ma
chinery policy, which aired the
first-secretary plan last year. The
subcommittee staff rejected the
idea.
The staff report said the presi
dent "cannot be relieved of his
burdens by supplying him with a
'deputy' to do what only he can
do.''
Thousands Hit
By B.C. Floods
VANCOUVER, B.C. (AP)
Soaked for almost - a week by
steady rain, southwestern British
Columbia an area with a popu-
lauon ot just under a million-
was virtually isolated today.
It has limited communications
with the rest of Canada, there arc
no trains running and only one
main nignway links Vancouver
with the interior. It, too, may
close.
From four lo 10 inches of rain
fell Saturday night and Sunday
morning on an area from Hope,
100 miles east, to Vancouver and
the south end of Vancouver Is
land.
Dozens of homes were evacu
ated as the occupants fled the
banks if rising rivers.
One man died. R. J. McMillan
of Kamloops, a bridge master of
Canadian National Railways, was
crushed under a slide as he in
spected a washout in the Frascr
Canyon.
It was in the same canyon that
road and rail links were cut.
There the Frascr River enters a
deep gorge and tumbles 75 miles
lo spread eventually into its del
ta. The canyon ia annually hit by
rock and earth slides, hut Sun
day's chaos was described by
Highways Minister Gaglardi
"the worst in 30 years."
Atom Contract Inked
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -The
Soviet Union sinned a con
tract over the weekend to build
Indonesia two atomic reactors.
Numerous County Residents
Sight Mysterious Fireball
By LEROY INMAN
News-Review Staff Writtr
A strange light in the sky Sun
day evening about 10 o'clock
brought numerous inquiries to po
lice authorities in Douglas County.
It reportedly was observed as far
south as San Francisco.
As near as could be determined
the flash of light, described by
some as a bluish and by some as
a red fireball, crossed the sky in
the vicinity of the Winston area,
dropping somewhere west nf thai
town, according to observers.
Not Lightning
The light, traveling from west
to east, was observed strongly in
the Roseburg and Winston areas.
State police at Coquille and Grants
I Pass received calls of sighting the
light. An Associated Press report
out of Eureka said ground observ
ers in northern California and
southern Oregon and pilots flying
as far south as San Francisco Bay
area, 300 miles further south, re
ported seeing the mysterious flash.
People calling in to Stale Police
and Roseburg City Police describ
ed the object variously, but all
seemed lo agree that it appeared
like a hall of fire, creating a
bright light, hut definitely not the
color of lightning.
Perhaps Meteor
Federal Aviation Agency spokes
j men theorized it might have been
a tailing meteor, unoinriai onserv-
era mentioned the possibility it was
12-61 PRICE 5c
Collapse
New Budget
Sets Up Fund
For Umpqua
President Eisenhower's proposed
budget lor the 1061-62 fiscal year
includes money for continued in
vestigation of the Umpqua River
by the Bureau of Reclamation and
money for increased access road
development from O&C funds.
Oregon's Rep. Walter Norblad
said $30,000 has been included for
the continued investigation of the
Umpqua River basin for possible
flood control and irrigation im
poundments. Currently being stud
ied are projects on Olalla Creek,
houui umpqua Kiver and Lalapoo
ia Creek.
He also reports the Bureau of
Land Management budget for Oregon-California
grant lands in West
ern Oregon will be 59,200,000. That
amount includes a $1,200,000 in
crease for building access roads
on O&C lands, reforestation pro
jects and recreation facilities.
This is the amount returned by
the western Oregon counties from
timber tax sales refunds they re
ceive. A fourth of the total pro
ceeds to counties from O&C tim
br sales are returned to the fed
eral government for use in build
ing roads and other facilities. The
addition of recreational facilities
to the list is new this year.
uther projects iNorblad said will
he in the budget for the Bureau
of Reclamation are:
The Dalles (Western division)
$350,000; Klamath (Oregon and
California) $1,034,000; Rogue Riv
er Basin Talent division) $789,
000; -Vale project (Bully Creek
extension) $690,000.
Reconnaissance -study for John
Duy project on the Columbia Kiv
er, $12,000; rehabilitation work in
Kogua Kiver isasin, $150,000.
For operation and maintenance
Crooked River Basin, $20,000:
Rogue River (Talent division)
$.i8.000; Klamath Oregon and
California) $55,000.
Norblad said Ihe President's
budget proposals' would include
$3,800,000 for the Bureau of Indi
an Affairs in Oregon with $270
000 earmarked for rehabilitation
of the Chemawa Indian School
near Salem.
The Bureau of Commercial Fish
erics budget includes $4,098,000 in
funds tn be transferred from the
Army Engineers to finance Co
lumbia River fisheries research,
Norblad reported. This item in
cludes an increase of $224,000 for
expanded research on the problem
of fish migration over dams, the
congressman said.
Other projects include:
Lower Columbia River bank
protection fOre, and Wash.) $600,
000; Rainier drainage district,
$381,000; Sauvie Island drainage
district, $259,000; John Day lock
and dam, $31,000,000; McNary
lock and dam, $285,000; Columbia
River mouth, $700,000.
Strike Halts Flights
MEXICO CITY (AP) A strike
by ground personnel against East
ern Air Lines forced the line to
cancel all flights in and out of
Mexico City Sunday. The workers
ask salary increases of 20 to 30
per cent. The company would
agree only lo 5 per cent.
her family sighted Ihe object as
they drove in from Wolf Creek to
ward Clendale.
Into Silhouette
She described it as a bright,
white light with an intensity some
what greater than arcing high ten
sion wires, in the northwest sky.
The light lasted only a few sec
onds and appeared low in the skies.
unaccompanied by sound, it an
pearcd to he on the opposite side
of a mountain bringing the entire
mountain into backlighted silhou
ette. The sides of some of the higher
points of the mountain were bright
ly lighted. At the Clcnuale junc
tion. Franklin Daniels, operator of
a service station, and Maynard Da
vidson, an employe, and his son,
reported seeing the light at about
the same time (10:251. Davidson
said he had first noticed it in the
north, traveling to the northwest.
An unidentified motorist who stop
ped at the station reported seeing
the same light as he was traveling
over Canyon Mountain between
Canyonville and the Clendale junc
tion. Fire With Tail
Roseburg City Policeman Darrell
O'Dell reported the object appear
ed to be a ball of fire with a
tail.
Checks with California Oregon
Power Co. reported no disturbanc
es nf the power in the west part
of the county. It was at lirst
$42.9 Billion
Is Proposed
For Military
WASHINfiTON fAPl p..i.
dent Eisenhower proposed today
a record peacetime military budg
et to equip American armed
forces for any form of aelinn
from limited emergencies to a
general war.
In his linul budget mesinrf tn
Congress, he recommended a
$42.9 billion outlay for the vear
urginning next July 1 $1 4 billion
above tho estimate for the cur
rent year.
Largest Since 1952
The new mililarv request wis
the largest since World War II,
except for the year beginning
July 1, 1952. In that costliest year
of the Korean War $43.7 bil
lion was spent.
Eisenhower proposed no change
in total military manpower.
President-elect John F. Kenne
dy and his secretary of defense,
Robert S. McNamara. can and
will make whatever changes they
desire in the budget request.
Kennedy, in last fall's cam
paign, hinted at some changes:
Acceleration of the missile pro
gram, expansion and moderniza
tion of conventional forces and
more defenses against enemy
missile submarines.
Price Increases Factor
The increase in the fiscal 1962
military spending program re
flects several factors: A step-up
in the readiness in manpower
and deployment of arms; deliv
ery of new, complex weapons
and whole weapons systems; the
steady increase in prices for ma
terial and labor.
In addition to the budget for
the next fiscal year. Eisenhower
said a supplemental appropria
tion for the current fiscal year
will be needed to cover civilian
pay increases, readiness meas
ures already taken and other
items.
This supplemental request to
tals $288,549,000 of which $196,649.
000 is civilian pay, $73,800,000 for
readiness measures and the bal
ance for other smaller items.
"The recommendations for 1962
continue a strong posture of read
iness and add to the capability
of our military forces." Eisen
hower told Congress. He added:
lo take full advantage ot the
results of scientific and techno
logical developments, rapid and
sometimes drastic changes must
continually be made in military
forces and programs.
Four Timet Greater
"Just a few years ago the Unit
ed Slates was programming twice
as much money for manned
bomber systems as for strategic
missile systems. The budget for
the coining fiscal year, by con
trast, programs more than four
times as much for strategic mis
sile systems as for manned 'foomli
er systems. Similarly, defense
against ballistic missile attack
took only a small part of the to
tal capital investment in conti
nental air defense as recently as
fiscal year 1957, whereas in the
coining fiscal year it will be a
substantial percentage of the to
tal: ;
"There has been a gradual shift
from guns to missiles on surface
ships, and from conventional to
nuclear power for submarines.
For surface ships, the relative
utility of nuclear or conventional
power is a question that requires )
case by case consideration in each
year's shipbuilding program.
. "In total, there has been an
emphasis on versatile and mod
ern multi-purpose military units
equipped and prepared for all
forms of military action from
limited emergencies to a general
war."
No Manpower Chang
Under the budget recommenda
tions, total military manpower
would remain unchanged at 2,492,
900. Each service would hold the
same manning table: Army 870.
000; Navv 625.000; Marine Corps
175.000; Air Force 822,900.
Nor would the numerical
strength in weapons and units
change radically The Army
would continue at 14 divisions; the
Navy's combat fleet at 381 ships;
the Air Force would decrease
from 88 to 84 combat wings, but
with more new aircraft in the
units.
Five Polaris Sub
Eisenhower asked funds for five
more Polaris submarines, which
would bring to 19 the number of
the rocket -firing, nuclear pow ered
subniersibles for i"hich full fund
ing was provided. In addition, he
recommended money for buying
equipment in advance for five ad
ditional Polaris boats.
Funds were asked for 30 new
ships of various types, including
three more atomic-powered attack
submarines.
Spending for research, develop
ment and testing of new or im
proved weapons systems would
total $4.38 billion about $240 mil
lion above the present year.
Arrangements Complete
LONDON (AP) Britain and the
United Arab Republic completed
arrangements over the weekend to
reopen diplomatic relations, brok
en off during the 1956 Suet in
vasion. Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
"Lev thy neighbor os thy
self." Restrain that impulse to
tile a complaint against him
because of tho visiting habit
of hit dog.