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Newspaper Page TextU. cf 0. Library -Ueons , Oregon ill Ml M FO 0 Damage - ... Jl ir He DESTRUCTION BY THE SEA Only a year ogo this time, land extended nearly 100 feet seaward from the point where these people are standing. Churning action by the sea in this region the Umpquo Beach Resort at Salmon Harbor has cut back the shore line. Douglas County Commissioners Elmer Metzger and Ray Doerner met with Bill Owens, army engineers and Howard Hinsdale, owner of the Umpqua River Navigation Co. They are shown here inspecting the damage at the Ziolkowski county pork, Tuesday. (News-Review Staff Photo) Lumumba Moved To Jail In Katanga ELISABETHVILLE, the Congo (AP) The Katanga government announced today that deposed Congo Premier Patrice. Lumumba and two close associates had been transferred to a jail In Katanga Province because their army con finement near Leopoldville was not considered secure. Swedish U.N. troops at the Elis abethville airport when the fiery ex-premier arrived Tuesday said European-officered units of the Katanga police beat the three prisoners unmercifully. Lumumba was reported badly bruised. The Katanga government headed by an arch enemy of Lu mumba, Provincial President Moise Tshombe said the captives were taken to a place outside Elisabethville. ...... A Swedish source said they were in jail at Jadolville, about 60 miles from Elisabethville. Lumumba has been held at the military camp at Thysville, 80 miles southwest of Leopoldville, the Congo capital, but was freed briefly there Friday when some of the garrison rioted over pay. The ex-premier did not get away from the cainp, but rumors that he was free set off a panic among anti-Lumumba Belgians and Con golese in Leopoldville. A Katanga government com munique said Congo President Jo seph Kasavubu had requested Lu mumba's transfer because "the Thysville prison did not offer suf ficient guarantees." Swedish U.N. troops on guard Gas Dealers Object To Cigarette Taxes SALEM' (API The Oregon He tail Gasoline Dealers Association Tuesday voted opposition to the 3-cent cigarette tax which has been proposed in the legislature. As the association wound up its .three-day convention today, Virgil Rukke. Portland, was elected president, succeeding E. A. llaug stad, Salem. Other officers were re-elected: Al Lindstrom, Eugene, vice president, and Michael V. Morelli, Portland, secretary-treasurer. Russian People To Welcome Inauguration Of Kennedy MOSCOW (AP) The inaugura tion of President elect John F. Kennedy will be welcomed by the many Russians who are fatigued and frightened by the hard feel ings between Premier Khrush chev and President Eisenhower. The Soviets tend, naturally,' to lay all the blame on Eisenhower for the end of the seemingly friendly relationship that blos somed at the President's Camp David in 1959, only to be blasted apart a few months later by a combination of events, including the L'2 plane incident. Whatever may have been the political or military factors that halted Khrushchev's move to ward warmer relations, the sum mit conference breakup last May and the resultant worsening of relations caused only dismay among rank and file Soviet riti- The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Lew clouds and tag during tht night and morning heur. Partly tunny in th aftarnoon today and Thursday. Ceoltr. Hightit tamp, last 24 heurt 5f Lowtit ttmp. last 24 heurt .. 31 Higheit temp, eny Jtn. ('$) aS Lowest temp, any Jtn. ('57) .. Preip. It 24 hourt Trtce Precip. from Jen. I 73 Precip from Sept. I 13.53 Deficiency from Sepf. 1 2.60 Sunset tonight, 5:0 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:40 a.m. At Salmon Harbor .S3- -55r-SSri K rs3 at Elisabethville airport when Lu mumba arrived said he and two other prisoners with him got "a terrific beating" from Katanga po lice at the airport. The other two prisoners were the youth minister in Lumumba's Cabinet, Maurice Mpolo, and the vice president of the Congo Senate, Joseph Okito. "It was sickening," one of the soldiers said. "I had to turn away," said an airport official. "It was too much for me to watch." Lumumba and his companions reportedly groaned while the as sault was taking place but did not protest or ask for mercy. The ex-premier was reported severely bruised. Daredevil Divers Penetrate Tower NEW YORK (AP)-Daredevil skindivers plunged deep into the murky North Atlantic Tuesday night to penetrate for short dis tancesthe sunken Texas Tower radar station. They found much debris, but no sign of life. Further exploration of the storm-wrecked lower wasiield up until "hard hat" deep sea divers could stand by at the openings to assist divers using self-contained breathing units. The skindivers descended 160 feet to the stricken station, which is apparently resting on the ocean floor at a 45-degree angle. The Navy Tuesday reluctantly abandoned all hope of finding any of the lower occupants alive. Dead or missing are the 14 Air Force men and 14 civilian work ers who were aboard the station when it collapsed Sunday night under pounding seas and gale force winds. Rescuers had been spurred by mysterious tapping sounds from the tower, indicating survivors might be trapped in watertight compartments. "It is now a salvage operation." said Rear Adm. Allen M. Shinrt, who directed the fruitless rescue attempt from aboard the air craft carrier Wasp. zens. It is a rare Soviet citizen these days who does not express hope that relations Willi hennedy will be better and immediately. Immediately after Kennedy's election, Khrushchev made a pitch for happier days with a message to the president-elect saving he hoped Soviet-U S. rela tions would return to the path followed during the administra tion of Franklin D. Roosevelt. On New Year's Eve, Khrushchev warmly toasted America and of fered to put aside old memories in the interest of better relations. Last November. Khrushchev won a battle at the Communist summit conference in Moscow for the Socialist world's approval of his efforts toward a reconciliation with the I nited States. But on no front has the Soviet premier shown the slightest sign of re treat as a friendly gesture toward Kennedy. Khrushchev has spt a relatively fast timetable for his work with Kennedy. Hp said late last year he wanted the troublesome ques tion of a divided Germany settled before the end of 11. He declared he is not prepared to wait until September, when West Germany elects a new Parliament, and Tuesday he hurled a new threat to sign a separate peace treaty with East (Jermany. Once more he made clear that his goal is unchanged, lo get the Western Allies oui of Berlin. President-Elect Moves For Peace With S. America NEW YORK (AP)-President- elect John F. Kennedy took a ma jor step today to improve rela tions between Latin America and the United States through use of Puerto Rico as a goodwill clear ing nouse. Kennedy announced a plan after a conference at the Hotel Carlyle here with Gov. Luis Munoz Marin of Puerto Rico. "Gov, Munoz and I have agreed to take measures to expand the availability of Puerto Kico's facil- ities for a meeting place and workshop where we in the United states and our neighbors in Latin America may learn more about our mutual problems and the pos sibilities for the great achieve ments that we. can attain by work ing together," Kennedy said. Kennedy's meeting with the Puerto Rico governor was one of a series of activities that kept him Dusy during tnd one-day, preinau gural visit to New York. The activities included a visit by his tailor. Sam Harris, to give the president-elect a final fitting ot nis inauguration wardrobe. Kennedy arrived in New York from Washington shortly alter midnight. He travled aboard a chartered commercial plane be cause the Kennedy family s pn vale two-engine Convair had been dispatched to Palm Beach. Fla., to bring his wife to Washington. Mrs. Kennedy, scheduled to ar rive in the capital in the after noon, has been recuperating in Florida since the caesarcan birth of a son last Nov. 25. Kennedy intends to fly back to Washington tonight and probably will attend another of the many pre-inaugural private parties be ing held there. Sutherlin Awards Banquet Saturday The Sutherlin Junior Chamber of Commerce has extended an in vitation to all residents of the community to attend the sixth an nual Distinguished Awards ban quet, to be held Saturday, at the IOOF hall in Sutherlin, according to Barbara Liesinger. Junior first citizen and senior first citizen awards will be present ed by the Jaycees and Chamber of Commerce respectively. Also to be honored at the banquet is the Honor Society of Suiherlin High and the key man of the Junior Chamber. Guest speaker for the affair will he Bill Tugman. former editor of the Eugene Register Guard, and former owner and publisher of the Umpqua Post-Courier. Following the banquet, which will be prepared and served by members of the Fair Oaks Grange, a dance is scheduled at the Suther lin Community Building, with Wayne Wagner's orchestra. New York Housewife Named Dimes Mother NEW YORK (AP) Polly Spangler. 31, a polio crippled nousewue irom laiuornia wno runs her household from an unu sual motorized wheelchair 'oday was named 19451 national March of Dimes Mother of the Year. Mrs. Spangler of Tustin. Calif., was stricken in 19.r4 with both bul bar and spinal paralytic polio. She made a comeback from an iron lung and total disability. The National Foundation, which presented Mrs. Spangler with a scroll, said she capably managei her own home, cares for her hu.s- hand, Jerrold, and their two chil dren, Caryn. 10, and Mike, 9. Spangler built a battery-operated wheel chair tor his wife. Mrs. Spaneler also was named honorary chairman of the 11 Mothers March for Funds, which begins at tha end of January. Established 1873 12 Poo.es ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 18, 1961 14-61 PRICE 5c Communist Rebels Defenders Set Guerrilla Op erations THA THOM, Laos (AP) Pro- Communist rebels bore down on two kev eovernmenl positions in south central Laos today, and the outnumbered defenders prepared to take to the jungle for guerrilla operations. "The Keds are coming mere is no question about it," said Maj. Phong Kave, commander of the undersized battalion at Tha Thorn. "We are reverting back to guer rilla warfare," said Col. KJiam Khong at Paksane. Swarming through the jungles, two rebel columns struck out across the narrow waist of Ulis tiny Buddhist kingdom. The double-barrelled attack scattered government forces massing at Paksane, 90 miles northeast of Vientiane, and this forward outpost 40 miles to the north. The rebel advance spelled doom, at least for the present, to government plans to mount an at tack from Paksane and Tha Thorn on the rebel-held Plaine des Jarres and Xieng Khouang Prov ince to the north and northeast. Col. Khan, who was to have led the offensive from Paksane, said his defense forces for the entire area totalled two battalions, half of them in Tha Thorn and the other half scattered through the mountains: He had only 70 men in Paksane itself Tuesday. On the western front govern ment forces were meeting with more success. The capture of Vang Vieng, on the road to Luang Prabang.'the royal seat 140 miles north of Vien tiane, i cleared the way for a flanking movement against the Plaine des Jarres. Rebel commander Kong La, of feredonly token -resistance in Vang Vieng. His forces pulled back to guard the plateau, which is the rebel's important air and communications area. $15,000 Goal Set In Dimes Drive Douglas County March of Dimes Campaign Director Bob Sargent, of Roseburg, today said the March of Dimes campaign goal this year has been sel at $15,000. He pointed out this is about ), 000 more than the total raised by the drive last year and added he feels the money is needed des perately to finance National Foun dation programs in patient aid, re search and professional education. Envelopes Mailed The campaign got inlo swing this week, as the men who prob ably walk more than anyone else in the county, the U. S. postmen, be gan delivery of more than 17,000 envelopes to allow residents ol the county to contribute by mail. All funds raised go to the Na tional Foundation to work toward preventing crippling diseases of birth defects, arthritis and polio. Coin Collector The March of Dimes also put in a bid to round up all the loose change in Douglas County this month by beginning the distribu tion of coin collectors throughout the county. Volunteers are placing the con tainers in stores, supermarkets, restaurants, offices and other ap propriate locations to collect funds to aid the National Foundation. "Kvery contribution made, "Sar gent said, "whether it is in a coin collector or by mail, is a personal contribution to the National Foun dation. It is only with the wide spread public support that we can eliminate these cripplers through medical research." Guardsmen Given 'Superior' Rating A "superior" rating for the sec ond year in a row has bien given to Co. D, lSBth Infantry, in Rose burg according to information just received by the group. I H i the highest possible rating for a military unit, and it marks the first time in history the unit was honored twice in a row. The company was inspected Dec. 112 in all areas of training, admin istration, and supply maintenance possible.' according to l.t. Richard A. Booth, public information offi cer. The inspection team was head led by Lt. Col. George H. Watson, ; inspector general. ! Capt. John Parionv unit com mander, received a letler of corn- mendstion from Maj. Gen. Alfred , E Hinti, the adjutant general of mander, and also from Maj. Gen. 9mes, ond Chorlie Kash Gilman C. Mudgett, deputy com- secretory-treasurer. Board of manding general for Reserve Fore- directors' member chosen ";. - . . . ,. , 'were Garrett, Tolly Tollefson, ( o. D had a strength of 91 en- , c, , r i J listed men and six officers for the. LorrV rde( Combs, ond two-hour inspection night drill. I C -.'.A p GRAND CHAMPION BULLS at the recent Western States Bonanza at Sacramento Calif., are these entries of Malon C. and Helen Moore of Days Creek. Shown are the three judges, Mr. Richardson of Reno, Nev.; Les Longdahl of San Antonio, Tex.; Fenton O'Con nell of Gilroy, Colif.; and Moore. Adlai Says U. N. Is Peace Hope WASHINGTON- (AP)-A - crowd which overflowed the hearing room heard Adlui K. Stevenson promise today to work with President-elect John F. Kennedy lo help lead the world away "from the risk of senseless war." The twice-defeated Democratic presidential candidate said the United Nations, to which he has been named ambassador, offers the best hope for fashioning a peace which accords "with the aspirations of free men every where." He spoke before a public ses sion of the, Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee where there was every evidence his upcoming 'nom ination would he given over whelming approval. Simultaneously the Senate Com merce Committee heard Luther H. Hodges, former governor of North Carolina, and promptly gave unanimous approval to his selection as secretary of com merce. The formal ' nominations for Cabinet ami other offices are ex pected Friday and the Senate plans to vote on them Saturday. Hodges, a North Carolina indus trialist before he went into pol itics, said one of his chief aims will be to stimulate foreign trade. As if to clear up any possible misunderstanding of where he stands in Ihe new diplomatic set up, Slevcnson said he is delighted to he working with such "trusted friends" as Dean Rusk, incoming secretary of stale, and Chester A. Bowles, Kennedy's selection for undersecretary of state, who will be heard Tuesday. r DOUGLAS COUNTY'S sheriff Posse recently held its elec- j tion ond nomed the officer panel tor I Vol. Chosen for coptoin (above) wos O. G. (Ike) Gorrett, while John Robertson was nomed first lieutenont. John Woodman second lieutenant of drill, Del Combs $ecooJ lieutenant of Kash. -1 ft j . "4 Bear Down In Laos Best In Seven States o Q i1Sf,W I I ii 1 iLdJ Days Creek Rancher Shows Champ Steers In case anyone 'thinks, Douglas Counly is exclusively a one-indus try area, they're referred to the Alalon C. Aloores of Days Creek. Malon and Helen Aloore, and sev en Aberdeen Angus bulls, wcro at the Western States Bonanza at Sac ramento, Calif., which was held last week. Grand Champions Competing against city slicker and country-fed on thc-hoofers from seven western slates, the three one-year-old bulls were declared Nixon Packing For Departure WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Richard M. Nixon packed today for his departure from Washington with the as surances of (iOP colleagues thai future national service awaits him. Nixon was said by aides to be undecided yet on which of several olfcrs he will accept from law firms in California. The Nixon home in a fashion able Washington residential dis trict is up for sale. Whether his two daughters will remain in school here until June hasn't been decided. Several of his Republican sena torial colleagues told Nixon Tues day that though he may be leaving office Friday because of his narrow defeat in Ihe presi dential race, they expect him lo be back in harness again. Nixon is regarded as one of the likely conlcnders for the 10ti4 Re publican presidential nomination, lie has indicated he does not plan to run in 1902 for any California office. Nixon touched off a 75-minulc series of tributes including some from Democrats when he said goodby to the Senate Tuesday. The vice president left behind a gift of two three-minute glass sand timers. Ho said subsequent presiding officers could juggle them to enforce the three-minute rule on speaker in what the Senate knows as its "morning hour." Senate Republican Leader Ever ett M. Dirksen of Illinois praised Nixon as "one of the most dis tinguished vice presidents of this country." Nixon tat quietly, twisting a ball of paper in his hand as otheri joined in tributes. Air Mail Letter Gets Fast Trip KNOXVILI.E, Tenn. f AP) An air mail letter, posted at 3:13 p.m., Monday in Limerick, Ire land, was delivered here at 2:45 p m., Tuesday Postmasler C. Edwin Graves i Pf sonnlly . dcUw-red the letter to .Mrs. William M. Bieclow (ler post office employes tailed his at-1 lent Kin to the recent postmark. Graves said Ihe letter was! flown to the I'nited Slates hy a iel airnlane ami apparently made ail the connections at Ihe rislit I time. 1 reserve grand champions of the show. They thus outranked overi izo entries. The Moores have about 50 head of Aberdeen Angus cattle, plus registered herd of Southdown sheep. Last year's champion lamb and steer at the Douglas County fair were bred at tha Moore's Heather Angus ranch. The Moores are indulging in no noooy. Ana neillier are they pro viding those brave and valiant Dulls which Writer Ernest Hemini?. way loves to see do combat against me apanisu matadors. Sold et Auctions No, they're strictly in the bus! ness for a living, and they're in uie meat mantel. The bulls on the Sacramento fan were sold at auction to a Mr. siepnens ol Alluras, Calif. There's more lots more where they came from. And anoth er Bonanza at Sacramento next year. Who says all Douglas counly has is uees: Housewife Turns Table On Bakery's Salesman FARKVILI.E, Mo. (AP) -"Any bread today?" a bread salesman called, slopping his truck at the home of Mrs. Jred R. Moran Jr. ro uiaiiKs, I nave made my own," she replied. The bread man sniffed and sniffed again. Pointing to a crus-ty-hrown loaf, he asked. "How much? "Fifty cents," replied the house wife. Ihe salesman laid down half- dollar, picked up a fresh loaf and departed. COP Effort Gets Under Way To Trim Hatfield's Budget SALEM (AP) A Republican led effort lo trim Gov. Mark O. Hatfield's $.1.19 million general fund budget gut under way in the legislature today. The leader of the movement Is Rep. Robert L. Klfslrom, Salem, who was GOP House leader in the 19.19 session. Elfstrnm said he would intro duce a bill to use $11) million of the $40 million surplus fur debt retirement. This would have Ihe effect of cutting the governor's la51 -62 budget hy $10 million, because Ihe aovernor proposes lo spend all of the surplus during the next bi cnniiun. Elfslrom said he already has received the support of many leg islators. But, he added, he will give all of the lawmakers i chance to co-sponsor the bill. j "It is just good sense," Elf slrom said, "to put away part of! r surplus to pay off some of ; mir state debt. Times are good . nnw. anil thia it Urn nroocr tune 10 do it." When told that his proposal would he the same as forcing a $10 million cut in the governor's budget, Elfstrom said: "That is exactly what I inlend lo do. I Stale Treasurer Howard C. Bel- Balanced IIS. Budget Asked Of Congress WASHINGTON ( AP) President Eisenhower predicted today lhat Ihe faltering economy would ad vance soon into "a period of sound growth." Ihe Presidents annual econom ic report his last major message to Congress called tor 14 pieces of legislation. None could be called an anti-recession measure. Instead, Eisenhower uroed on Congress these policies for sus tained prosperity: Keep his new SHI billion budget in balance. Keep inflation under control. Sharp Conflict In tone and content, the mes sage was in sharp conflict with the most nearly comparable Dem ocratic document, the Jan. 5 re port of President elect John F. Kennedy's economic task force. The Democratic group called for emergency federal action ex tending unemployment compen sation for workers who have ex hausted their jobless pay, along with other programs boosting fed eral outlays by $3 billion to $5 billion in the fiscal eai starting July 1. Eisenhower conceded Congress should consider providing some supplement to jobless pay "in periods of especially high rates of unemployment." But his eco nomic advisers told newsmen that the present rate 6.8 per cent wasn't high enough to justify fed eral help. President's Want List The President's legislative want list was topped by a demand that 12 appropriations "be held with in the limits of expected reve nues. It then repeated all the tax pro posals of Monday's budget mes sage and other measures most of them identical with last year's requests. lhcy included: postal rate in creases to make the postal sys tem self -supporting; removal of the 4V4 per cent interest ceiling on government bonds; additional legislation to assist cnromcaiiy depressed areas; a "moderate" increase in Ihe $1 minimum wage. In all its 214-page length, the message never spoke of a reces sion, business dip, or downturn as marking the closing months of the Republican administration. It relerred lo "moderate lale 1960 declines in production and employment as being mainly Ihe result of industry's liquidation ot an over-accumulation ot inven tories, and suggested that this, may soon be slopped and inventory-buying resumed. House Demos Break Coalition's Grip WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats at a harmonious cau cus today approved an increase in Rules Committee membership to break a coalition's grip on that committee. Thev shouted approval of a res olution by Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas to increase the member ship to 15 from 12, with 10 Demo crats and 5 Republicans. There was no roll-call vole. Rules Chairman Howard W. Smith of Virginia told the caucus he would call a committee meet ing to act on the increase as soon as the committee is tormaliy cre ated, probably next week. It was one of the briefest cau cuses in party history, lasting only about 15 minutes. The action, subject to House ap proval probably next week, repre sented an initial victory for Ray burn in his drive lo crack he Rules Committee control held in the past by a coalition of four Rebublicians and two Southern Democrats, Northern Democrats had pre dicted in advance that the cau cus would approve the change. They were less confident about how the plan will fare on the House floor, where Republicans and Southern Democrats have combined in the past to have a dominant voice in the House. The final outcome could have a great bearing on the success of President-elect John F. Kennedy's legislative program. ton, also a Republican, has urged that all of the $40 million surplus be used for debt retirement. Rep, Clarence Barton, DCo quille, chairman of the llou.-o Ways and Means Committee, said he thinks the Hatfield budget could be reduced by several mil lion dollars. . The Joint Ways and Means Committee now is studying the governor's budget. The surplus is the amount of money that will be left in the general fund when the bienniuin ends next June 30. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein The current spell of roin- j fall, with occomponying rite in streams, revives rne question of whether the proposed catch basins in the Umpquo oiea, to insure water for crops during dry seasons, will ever material ize. Let not hopes be discarded.