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ENDING HIS EVENTFUL eight-year tour of duty in the White House, Dwight Eisenhower
this morning became ex-President of the United States (the 33rd person, the 34th by
chronological order; with Grover Cleveland splitting his terms). He is also the third
living ex-President along with fellow Republican Herbert Hoover and Democrat Harry
Truman. The president is shown here with James Hagerty, who has been his press sec
retary throughout his Administration. The picture was taken at his farewell press conference.
Four Dead, 26 Injured
In Fiery N. Y. Jet Crash
NEW YORK (AP)-A jet air
liner crashed Thursday night sec
onds after taking off in a wind
whipped snowstorm. The huge
ship's speed sent it slamming
across a highway, clipping an
auto and skidding in flames inlo
a marsh.
Of the 106 persons reported
aboard, 102 escaped death, al
though at least 26 were injured,
several critically.
The dead tentatively were iden-
tified as four of the eight crew
Soviets To Turn
To Agriculture
MOSCOW (AP) Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev says the Soviet
Union will begin spending more
money for agriculture and con
sumer goods to raise the living
standards of the people.
His speech, delivered Tuesday
before the Central Committee of
the Communist party, was re
leased today by lass, the Soviet
news agency.
The committee approved his
call for a major reorganization of
the management of the nation's
farm program, with increased em
phasis on scientific methods.
"Our country now has such a
powerful industry, such mighty
defenses, that it can, without det
riment to the further development
of industry and the strengthening
of defenses, allocate more funds
for the development of agricul
ture, for increasing the output of
consumer goods, for further rais
ing the living standards of the So
viet people," he told the com
mittee. The committee approved the
recommendation he made m his
speech for setting up an agency
.'' to speed machinery and fertilizer
to state and collective farms.
Speakers at the committee ses
sions frequently blamed lack of
machinery for harvest falldowns.
The committee also called for
a new plan for irrigating millions
of acres of farmland to offset set
backs from drought.
JFK Gets Best Wishes
LONDON ( A P ) Newspapers of
Britain and Western Europe gave
John F. Kennedy their best edi
torial wishes today, and most of
them expressed high hopes for
the outcome of his leadership.
Even Communist and other left
wing organs cautiously suggested
that his inauguration may bring
a change for the better in inter
national relations. I
Junior College Committee
Is Getting Down To Cases
(See other story page 2.)
The Rosehurg Chamber of Cqm-i
nicrce's committee studying the,
possibilities of a lower division col-i
Icgiate program in the county is
gelling down to cases now. '
All school districts in Douglas
County except those on the coast
have been asked to lake surveys !
among juniors and seniors of their J
high schools to determine if they !
would be interested in taking such 1
a program. I
At the same time, an additional
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Night and morning low clouds
and fog. Partly sunny in the afttr
noons today and Saturday. Con
tinued cool.
Highest ttmp. latt 34 hours 38
Lowest temp. Iat 24 hours ... 29
Highest temp, any Jen. ('59) .. is
Lowest temp, any Jen. ('57) . 9
Precip. lest 24 hours 01
Precip. from Jen. I 74
Precip from Sept. 1 13.54
Deficiency from Sept. 1 2.89
Sunset tonight, 5:09 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:31 a.m. i
Last Day For 'Ike'
members three men and the
woman purser. Sixty-one of the
98 passengers aboard the four
engine airliner are residents of
the United States.
The airliner, a DC8B of Aero
naves de Mexico, went down at
8:25 p.m. It was bound nonstop
for Mexico City.
One survivor, G. Terry Sechrist
of Karminglon, Conn., said the
plane got about 50 feet in the
air, then skimmed down. Other
survivors weren't certain if the
plane ever got off the ground..
ldlewild Airport observers said
the $5-million craft had to get
aloft to clear a concrete fence at
the end of the runway. The plane
did hit a wire fence just beyond
the concrete barrier. Sections of
the wire fence were enmeshed in
the wreckage. The front section
of the plane became enveloped in
flames.
The Civil Aeronautics Board and
the Federal aviation Agency be
gan on-the-scene investigations in
Opera House Tenor
Bitten By Leopard
LONDON (AP) Shapur the
leopard seems to have lost his
chance for a slink-on role in op
era. lie bit the tenor.
"1 don't think this leopard is a
suitable stage partner," said the
singer, Charles Craig.
Sadler's Wells Opera House next
Wednesday will present a new pro
duction of Strauss' opera "Ariad
ne auf Naxos." Craig will sing the
role of the god Bacchus, who in
mythology is usually accompanied
by a leopard. In the interests of
realism and publicity the, opera
management decided a live leop
ard was needed.
The Bertram Mills Circus oblig
ingly supplied Shapur for an audi
tion Thursday.
The 140-pounder from Bengal
seemed ) amiable enough, and
Craig stroked him to introduce
himself.
Shapur blinked, sniffed and
bit the tenor on the arm.
It wasn't a bad bite, but Craig
complained: "He hadn't even
heard me sing when he bit me.
Goodness knows what he would do
with a full orchestra and singers
in full blast."
"The audition was not a com
plete success," a spokesman for
the company admitted." The leop
ard uttered only one note a low
growl. That seemed more ominous
than operatic.
"It was only intended that the
leopard should appear for a short
time in the last act. But we may
have to change our plans now."
survey is being planned to deter
mine if adults in the county or
others not now attending schools
would take advanlage ot-such
courses.
Wayne Crooch, chairman of the
committee, said it has been gen
erally conceded that a community
college or other similar facility
was needed in the county, but nu
statistical outline of the need has
ever been made.
He said that between 60 and 70
students would be needed the first
year to make the program pay
for itself.
Crooch has set Feb. 1 as the
deadline fur the high school sur
vey. For others, the deadline is
Feb. 10. He said the reason for
the deadlines is to have all in
formation compilrd by the time
a new board of director is elee'ed
for the Hoseburg School District.
That election is scheduled Feb. 15.
He asked that all those not in
high schools, who would be inter
ested in taking college courses con
tact the Rosehurg Chamber of Com
merce, so a clear idea of need can
be determined.
The mihierts offered would be
college credit courses exclusively.
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an attempt to learn the cause of
the crash.
The one person aboard who
might have the answer is William
B. Poe, 52, of Miami, Fla. check
pilot aboard the plane. But Poe'3
condition early today at St. Jo
seph's Hospital in Queens was de
scribed as "still critical."
Noting that the plane took off
in a blinding snowstorm with
winds up to 25 miles per hour,
Rep. Steven B. Derounian, R-N.Y.,
said in a statement from Wash
ington: "Next week I will introduce
some legislation to make it man
datory that no takeoff or landings
of planes will be allowed unless
visibility is 2.5 miles and the
minimum ceiling is 2,500 feet."
Visibilitv at the time of the
crash was a quarter of a mile,
and the ceiling about 300 feet.
Derounian is a member of the
House subcommittee On transpor
tation and aeronautics.
Police tentatively identified the
bodies found in the wreckage as
those of Capt. Ricardo Gonzales,
the pilot; First Officer Antonio
Ruiz Bravo; Second Officer Javier
Alvarez Bacha; and Gloria San
chez Herrejon. the purser.
When the plane finally hailed,
passengers leaped through exit
doors and smashed windows and
fled in all directions in the sub
freezing temperature.
Many were picked up by pass
ing motorists and driven back to
the airport or taken to hospital.-.
The DC8B is the same type
plane involved ip the crash last
month over Staten Island, killing
134 persons in history's worst
commercial aviation disaster. A
United Air Lines jet and a Trans
World Airlines piston-driven Super-Constellation
collided while
coming in for landings.
5 Jewish Groups
Oppose Spcllman
NBW YORK (AP) Five na
tional Jewish organizations (lis
aL'reed today with Francis Cardi
nal Spellman's recent remarks on
federal aid to church schools
The Jewish religious and civic
bodies said distributing such funds
to other than public schools would
violale both public opinion and the
L'. S. constitution.
A statement was issued jointly
by the American Jewish ('(in
gress, Jewish Labor Committee,
Jewish War Veterans, Union of
American Hebrew Congregations
( reform ). and United Synagogue
of America (conservative).
The cardinal, Roman Catholic
archbishop of New York, had
aroused Protestant leaders by
saying at an archdiocesan meet
ing last Tuesday that plans for
federal school aid would he un
fair if the money went only to i
public schools and not to church-1
operated schools.
An education task force of the
incoming Kennedy administration
called for a $9.3-billion program
of federal aid to education. Car
dinal .Spcllman s remarks fol
lowed. The Jewish Rroups said they do
not consider exclusion of Jewish
religious schools from federal aid
programs discriminatory.
"We deem the maintenance and
furtherance of the Jewish reli
gion to be the responsibility of
the Jewish community, a respon
sibility which we have no desire
to impose either in whole or in
part upon the American taxpay
er," their statement said.
Rebels Arrest Belgians
I.F.OPOI.DVI1XE. the Congo
(AP) The l:. N. Command to
day said 12 Belgians have been
arrested by incensed rebels in
Stanleyville seeking revenge for
the transfer of Patrice limum
ha into the hands of his enemies
in Katanga Province.
V. N. overtures for the Bel
gian'1 release were curtly reject
ed. The rebels charged the 1'. X.
Command with connivance in the
ex premier's transfer from an
army camp near Leopoldville.
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14 Pages ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, JANUARY. 20, 1961
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"I da solemnly swear that
office of President of the United States and will, to
the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend
the Constitution of the United States. So help me God."
Crowds Bundle
To See Parade
WASHINGTON (AP) Specla
tors lined Pennsylvania Avenue
today, bundled up against the bit
ing cold, to watch the inaugural
parade for incoming President
John F. Kennedy.
Twenty-degree cold and an 8
inch snow failed to dampen spirits
as the early comers of an expect
ed large throng gathered along
the historic route and at the Capi
tol, scene of the swearing-in cere
mony. The l'i-mile parade route from
the Capitol to (he While House
had been cleared, risht down to
the pavement, by an army of men
and a huge array of equipment
borrowed from the Army.
Democrats, celebrating their re
turn to executive power in Wash
ington, jubilantly decided against
curtailing plans for the colorful
parade of men and missiles,
bands and beauties, and even a
Navy PT boat.
Three thousand workmen
worked all night in the cold and
snow to clear the route. At least
550 snowplows, dump trucks and
other removal equipment were
mustered.
The parade roster included 32.
000 people, nearly twice as many
as four years ago. Half the par
ticipants were military. There
were over 40 hands and a seem
ingly endless procession of drill
teams.
Governor Leads
Oregon Delegation
WASHINGTON (AP)-Veterans
and newcomers carried the Wash-
ington State banner in the big commission he can recall only four
Kennedy inaugural parade down 'times the commission has acted
Pennsylvania Avenue Friday. against the recommendations for
The much-honored and widely, licensing handed in by local gov
traveled Seattle police drill team, I ernmenis.
made up of working police officers
was making its third inaugural
parade appearance.
Blaring out the beat for the vet
erans was the youthful hand from
Dwight D. Eisenhower High
School at Yakima, marking the
first appearance of a Washington
high school band in an inaugural
parade.
Gov. and Mrs. Albert Rosellini'of Riverside and Fullerton
had a rar at the head of thcimcntary Schools.
Washington section. I
Oregon Gov. and Mis. Mark
Hatfield headed a large and color
ful section made uo of three units VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) A
the Immaculate Conception Laotian government column today
drum and bugle corp from Re-Ipushed to within 10 miles of the
vere, Mass., a IMmember colors important Phou Khoun road junc-
ann nonor guard made up or rep -
resenlatives of national veterans
organizations, and the 70-piece St.
Mary's. W. Va., hii.'h school band.
Named after the outgoing He
publican president, the Yakima I rehel base at Vang Vieng Monday
band and Eisenhower high are,d has driven 30 more miles
only four years old hut in the
short period, the 100 member or
ganization has won several slate
honors.
Mill Employ Hurt
Jimtnie Smith. 2S, a Roehurg
Lumber Co. employe, was injured
at work Thursday evening. He
was pinched between two logs on
a lathe and suiainod contusions
and alirsMdns
of Winston.
lie is a resident
The Best Of My
tt iei m n
I will faithfully execute th
Castro Firing Squads
Execute More Cubans
By ROBERT BERRELLEZ
HAVANA (AP) Fidel Castro's
firing squads executed two more
Cubans today. His regime began
dismantling some of its defenses
after 20 hectic days of alert
against the invasion that never
came.
The two men were executed at
PTA Group Hears
State Liquor Head
Oregon Liquor Control Commis
sion Administrator George Van
Bergen Thursday night told mem
bers of the Hoseburg Parent Teach
ers Council they would have to seek
action on a local level if they
wanted to curb the operations of
businesses selling alcoholic bev
erages near the schools.
Van Bergen said there are no
statutes in effect which regulate
the distance such an establish
ment must he located from a
school, church or public meeting
place.
No Yardstick
He said it would be impractical
to try and set up a yardstick
measurement for such cases be
cause what would he a practical
limit for a city of 12,000 might
not be practical for one of 2,000. lie
then encouraged the PTA mem
bers to confer with the Douglas
County Court or Hoseburg City
Council if they wanted such a re
striction placed.
The commission administrator
said he felt sure the local gov
ernmental agencies would act in
accordance with mass demands. He
added that in his 1.1 years in the
40 At MMt
Douglas County Judge V. T.
Jackson, Commissioner Ray Doer
ner, Hoseburg Mayor Pete Sera
fin and other city officials were
on hand for this meeting. All told,
40 people turned out for the dis
cussion. The PTA complaints were gear
ed chiefly at taverns in the area
Kle-
I Laotian Army On Move
.l(m commanding the western ap
proach to the rebel-held 1'laine
des Jarre.
The column had advanced north
from Vientiane. It raptured the
north, reports from the front said.
Algerian Rebels To Fight
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)
The premier of the rebel Algerian
government said today his people
will keep fighting the French un
til they gel guarantees satisfac
tory to them of a free referendum
to determine their future. Pre-
mier Ferhat Abbas addressed the
(Indonesian Parliament,
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Ability'
Havana's La Cubans prison. Their
names were not announced im
mediately. They and six-others were sen
tenced to die Thursday after con
viction on charges of terrorism
and sabotage. The newspaper
Hevolucion said the sentences of
two of the men, convicted of kill
ing militiamen, were reduced to
30 years imprisonment. Authori
ties were silent on the fate of the
other four. Seven olher defend
ants were given 30-year sentenc
es. The executions brought to 587
the unofficial total of those gunned
down . by Castro's firing squads
since he took power in January
1959.
Castro scheduled a speech this
afternoon to welcome home some
of the civilian militiamen being
demobilized as the government
pulled in its anti-invasion horns.
It was assumed he would repeat
his claim of last week that only
the 20-day alert and the arms
given him by the Communist bloc
prevented the invasion he had said
I lie Eisenhower administration
would order before it left office,
Castro's supporters kept up
their jihes at the outgoing Presi
dent. Foreign Minister Raul Koa
said in a radio address Thursday
night that only a few hours re
mained for "the most genuine rep
resentative of an arlerin-srlcrotic
policy of power to abandon the
White House and Wall Street."
Santiago University students
staged a funeral procession for
the Eisenhower administration.
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County's Biggest Steel Tugboat
Launching Slated At Reedsport
By DAVID McNABB
Nawi-Rtviaw Staff Writer
The Brandy Bar, tho largest
steel boat of its kind ever built
in Douglas County, will he launch
ed at 4 p.m. Saturday at Heeds
port. Howard Hinsdale, owner of the
I'm ixma River Navigation Co.. has
had the river tug designed and
huilt at a cost of nearly $100,000
in his own boat works at the coast
town.
Ceremonies
Srhery Butler, daughter of Jim
Butler, masler mechanic in charge
of the building of the boat, will
smash the champagne bottle
against the prow of the tug, chris
tening her the Brandy Bar. She
will be assisted by Peggy and Jo
.McAlister, daughter of Calvin Mc
Alister, secretary of the company;
Mary Alice lx-ach, daughter of
Granville Leach, who is to be
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daughter of William Bryant, office
manager; and Sandra Schaefer,
riaiighU-r of John Schaefer, mana
ger of the company.
The Brandy Bar is 54 feet long,
IB leet wide, and has twin screws
driven by two 12 cylinder Cum
mins diesel engines of 300 ho' ie
power each.
j Puih Three Barges
I 'Hie hull was built upside down
1 'Deadly Serious J. Kennedy,
lie. eA i m.
At 4J, Is Youngest Elected
To Nation's Highest Office
WASHINGTON' (AP) A deadly serious John F. Ken
nedy became President today in deadly times with an
eloquent plea for the Communist to join him in a quest
for peace lest all humanity be destroyed.
At the cold, windswept, snow-covered Capitol the old
order left and the new came in.
Kennedy, at 1;5 the youngest elected president in our
history, took the oath as the nation's 35th chief executive
from Chief Justice Earl Warren at 12:51 p.m.
The simple, impressive ceremony took but a moment,
ana Kennedy immediately plunged into the world prob
lems mac win occupy most
next lour years.
The President began his inau
gural address with a vow that
this nation would remain strong.
"Let every nation know," he
said, "whether it wish us well or
ill, that we shall pay any price,
bear any burden, meet any hard
ship, support any friend or oppose
any foe in order to assure the sur
vival and success of liberty."
YW1CA Drive,
Dedication
Set Sunday
The fog drifted heavily into Rose
burg Thursday night but it failed
to dampen the spirits of the local
YMCA backers. More than 70 mem
bers of the membership drive
teams turned out for the tee-off
meeting to start the drive to sign
up at least 1,000 Y members.
YMCA President Dick De Bern
ardi said he appreciated very
greatly the response of the more
than 70 men who turned out for
this meeting and added he was
very optimistic about reaching at
least 1.000 members during the
campaign.
Sunday 'Push'
Although committee members
now have the ammunition to start
signing up members, the real push
on the drive won't start until Sun
day following the dedication of the
new Y building.
The dedication services will be
at 2 p.m. Sunday. The building
will be open for open house in
spection every day ot tne loiiow
ing week. (See other story Page 2)
Proaram : Mapped -
Enrollment chairman William
Christensen said Y officials are
presently mapping out the program
which will be designed to meet the
wants and needs of the community.
All memberships will be sold on
a yearly basis. A family mem
bership will be $f4, a membership
for couples will be $48, for indivi
dual adults $28 and $16 for young
people from ages seven to 19,
Memberships may be paid for in
cash or on quarterly or monthly
installments. ,
House Gets Study
On Reapportioning
SALEM (AP) House Repub
licans Thursday authorized their
leader. Rep. F F. Montgomery
of Eugene, to appoint a 12-mem-
ber citizens committee to study
reapportionment of the legisla
ture.
There' will be - three persons
from each congressional district.
Montgomery said that "t h e
more people who study the mat
ter, the better chance we have of
getting an equitable program."
The Republicans discussed Gov.
Mark Hatfield's proposal for a
one per cent tax on all personal
income, without deductions or ex
emptions. This tax would be in
addition to the existing personal
income tax, and is intended to
make persons in low brackets
pay some tax.
It was reported that some Re
publicans are skeptical about the
tax, which is supported by some
Democrats.
then turned over to receive the
engines and cabin structure. She
is equipped wilh radar, fathometer,
radio - telephone and industrial
short-wave radios. She is a pusher
typo tug designed for river opera
tion and has accommodations for
five men. She is fully equipped
for around-the-clock oiierations.
The Brandy Bar will he used
to push the Umpqua Barges One
Two and Three which are each
208 feet long, 52 feet wide and
13 feet deep. Each barge carries
2. .WO tons of cargo on a ten and
one-half foot draft.
Grounds en Shoilt
One hundred years ago Saturday,
Captain Sylvester Hinsdale, How
ard's grandfather, returning from
San Francisco in 1 ship he built
himself at Scottsburg. grounded on
a shoal in the Umpqua Hiver. In-r-liwlwt
in thp rarim was a large
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Scottsburg Rosehurg and a, far
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south as Josephine County
A portion of the brandy was
dumped overboard, hut some was
consumed by the crew also, in or
der to lighten the ship so It would
float off the bar and could tail on
to Scottsburg.
Nary Pint
"The company has dug (travel
all around Brandy Bar," Hinsdale
announced, "but we've never found
ot iiis thoughts during the
He never mentioned the Com
munists by name when he said:
"To those nations who would
make themselves our adversary,
we offer not a pledge but a re
quest: that both sides begin anew
the quest for peace, before the
dark powers of destruction un
leashed by science engulf all hu
manity in planned or accidental
self-destruction."
Notablat Attend
Xearly all the notables in the
nation were here governors, sen
ators, representatives. Supreme
Court justices. A few, including,
former President Herbert Hoover,
were kept away by Thursday
night's snowstorm.
But ex-President Harry S. Tru
man was on the inaugural stand,
beaming to see a Democrat take
over the White House again after
eigni years ot itepuDiiean rule.
Ana uwignt u. Eisenhower, at
70 the oldest president in U.S. his
tory, listened quietly as his youth
ful successor confidently said:
"Let the word go forth from this
time and place, to friend and foe
alike, that the torch has been
passed to a new generation of
Americans born in this century,
tempered by war, disciplined by
a cold and bitter peace, proud of
our ancient heritage and unwill
ing to witness or permit the slow
undoing of those human rights to
which this nation has always been
committed, and to which we are
committed today."
no Explanation
There was no immediate expla
nation, but Kennedy, who had ar
rived at the Capitol early, did not
come on to the inaugural stand
until 12:12 p. ill., or 12 minutes
late.
Even then the program wasn't
ready to begin, and there was
considerable muling about on the
platform.
Eisenhower and Kennedy didn't
seem to mind.(Xhey chatted ami.
ably and at times energetically.
Neither smiled much.- Mostly,
Kennedy listened soberly, squint
ing into the sunlight made ex
ceptionally bright by the snow.
The program finally got under
way 20 minutes late.
There were the Dravers from
leaders of four faiths. Roman
Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and
Greek Orthodox.
Martial Music
There was the stirring, martial
music, the singing, and. curiously.
there even was comedy. At the
most inappropriate moment. Dur
ing the invocation by Archbishop
Richard Cardinal dishing smoka
poured from the lectern. Whatev
er the origin of the fire, it was
quickly extinguished. Cardinal
Cushing was undisturbed. A flit
ting smile crossed even Kenne
dy's face.
finally, came the Domt of all
this proceedings, taking the oaths.
Lyndon B. Johnson's turn camn
first. The tall Texan, who had
such high hopes of being presi
dent himself, was sworn in as vice
president by his old friend, fellow
Texan and political coach, House
Speaker Sam It ay burn at 12:41
r.M.
Kennedy slipped out of a topcoat
protecting him against the 22-de-gree
weather and itepped for
ward.
Facing Chief Justice Warren,
and speaking in a loud, clear
voice, he repeated his oath to up
hold the Constitution and took on
the awesome job of leadership.
When he limshed the oath, lie
turned to now ex-President Eisen
hower and smiled broadly, Eisen
hower smiled back and they snook
hands.
even a pint of it. We're still digging
gravel in hopes."
"Everyone in the county Is In
vited to come to Reedsport to
watch the launching," he conclud
ed. Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizenstein
In hit budget message to
th Legislature, Gov. Hatfield
ignored the interim commit
tee's recommendation tor a
tales tax, which hat been re
jected six times, via the re
ferendum, but asked far a
cigarette tax, which elto has
been turned down by popular
vote. The Governor's budget
proposed a $46 million in
crease, which he said would
not require an income tax
boost, which mokes it apooir
that the Governor has acquir
ed the art of magic. Th tax-
. ik. wavina of a
I Py Y'"9
I magic wand.