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Newspaper Page Text2 The New-Review, Roicburg, Ore. Sat., April 1, 1961 Almost All Major Issues, Including larger Budgets, kit Action By legislature SALEM (AP) If the Oregon Legislature achieves its ambition, to wind up the session three i weeks from today, it will have to pass bills a lot faster than it has: during the first 12 weeks. ! Almost all ol tne major issues arc still to be consi lered. I Here is a summary of the im portant legislation that still re quires action: TAXATION The House-passed hill to reduce income taxes 10 per cent is now before a skeptical Senate Taxation Committee. The ll.iuse will vote Tuesday on its tax committee's bill to repeal per sonal property taxes and to en act a 2.7 per cent lax on business net income. The Senate hasn't act ed yet on the House bill to let old people defer their property taxes until they die. The House hasn't acted on the Senate bill to exempt lodges from properly tax es. There has been no action on bills to change limber taxation, enact a sales tax, and to levy a cigarette tax. The Senalo has vot Shifting Floods Continue To Sweep Iowa Localities, With Spread Into Dixie Area By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The rampaging Cedar River In southeast Iowa receded today, but heavy spring rains in the south pushed rivers over their banks in that area for the second lime in five weeks. The Cedar, already responsible for millions of dollars in damage in Waterloo, crested more than six feet over flood stage in Cedar Rapids Friday and inched slowly back toward normal. Some 5,000 persons had evac uated their homes in Cedar Rapids, mostly as a precautionary measure, but the levees and dikes held and water reached only about 20 homes in lowland areas. Officials said Ihe river should drop during the day, but three villages to the southeast are ex pected to get some flooding as the crest moves downstream. They are Rochester, Cedar Bluffs, and Cedar Valley. Adult Education Classes Announced For Coming Week The Adult and Vocational Edu cation Department of the Roseburg Public Schools is starling a class in Bishop Method Sewing on Mon day night. Other classes to start this week arc: Electric Code, Bishop Method Sewing and Dressmaking on Tues day night, Advanced Blueprint Reading on Wednesday night, and a course in Intermedial!) Conver sational Spanish on Thursday night, accoruing lo Alex Kennedy, voca-i tional education director. I Instructors for the course nro . llargarot Robins for the 30-hour, Monday evening sewing class; Catherine Bladorn for the 30-hour, Tuesday evening sewing class; Margaret Robins for the 30-hour dressmaking class; Robert Hansen for the 25-hour Electric Code class; Heinrich Wacchter for the 30-hour Advanced Blueprint Reading class; and Gilbert l.opei for the 4-nour apanisn class. All classes start at 7 p.m. at Ihe I Roseburg Senior High School; and I lees lor the classes arc $10 except for the Spanish class which will cost $12.50. Additional Information mav be obtained at the Adult and Voca tional Education Office, Hit chard 3-5152. Jeffery Allen Shelton Jcffory Allen Shelton, six-week-old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Shelton of Myrtle Creek, died Thursday morning dfter a short illness. He was horn in Roseburg Fib. 20. 1M1. Survivors besides the parents Include one brother, Ray mond of Myrtle Creek; his pater nal grandfather. Delbert of Myrtle Creek: his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Elsio Underwood of Lindsay, I Calif.; his maternal grandparents,! Mr. and Mrs. Harlan. Phelps of Myrtle Creek. i Graveside funeral services will' be held at the Odd Fellows ccme tery. Myrtle Creek. Mondnv at II a.m., with the Hcv. Noel Mills of the First Baptist Church officiat ing. Gam Mortuary is in churgc oi arrangements. yw T. I. OSBORN'S jLUJonDEiv "i mini Miittti , lr M ftwtlM hMtoiiM rmt Mil ADMISSION Sunday, April 2 7:00 P.M. CHU1CH Of THI OPEN BIBLE 1643 S. E. Jockim St. mi ed to have a tax court to hear appeals from decisions of the tax commission. FINANCE The Joint Ways and Means Committee hasn't act ed on the big budgets, including those for education, higher edu cation, public welfare, and stale buildings. It has voted to increase state employes' saiaries 10 per cent, but there has been no floor action on it. The falo of the pro posed women's prison hangs in the balance. And it looks as if the committee won't be able to re duce Gov. Mark 0. Hatlicld'3 pro posed state budget. REORGANIZATION The gov ernor's plan to reorganize the slate government is doomed, but a little of it might be salvaged. His bills to abolish the Board of Control and the Welfare Commis sion are dead. The Senate has vot ed to create a department of com merce, and the House passed a bill to let the Board of Education name the superintendent cf public instruction. No action has been Damage in Cedar Rapids was relatively minor compared with Waterloo and suburban Evansdalc, where Ihe swollen river poured into 800 homes, causing an esti mated $60 million in damage. In the flood-weary South, hun dreds of persons evacuated their homes in southern Mississippi and western Alabama as a deluge of spring rain spread overflow water into lowlands. Most of the evacuees were among those who were driven oul by floods just five weeks ago along the Leaf and Bouie rivers in the Haltiesburg, Miss., area. The Weather Bureau reported as much as eight inches of rain fell in some areas Friday. Flooding and evacuations were also reported along the Yazoo, and Chickasawhay rivers. Most nro expected to crest Sunday to Monday.. ' Lesser flooding was reported along other rivers and creeks in southern Mississippi. Thunder Storms Lash Florida The spring detugo caused flash flooding in a number of western Alabama communities. Some Tus caloosa streets were under as much as a foot of water, and underpasses were flooded in Birmingham. i The turbulent vcnther pattern spread thunderstorms over most of Florida with rain, wet snow and sleet northward to tho Ohio Valley, lower Great Lakes, Penn sylvania and New York. Philins- burg, Pa., added three inches of snow in a six-hour period during the night. To the west a number of high ways were reported closed in Arkansas due to high water as heavy rain covered much of the slate, Tax Reduction Rules For Oregon Returns Clarified ' Refunds or credit nf stnfn itnj local taxes, which were claimed as a deduction on prior year's Federal income tax return, gen erally constitute taxable income and must be reported on Federal income tax returns in the year re ceived. A. G. Erickson, District Director of tho Internal Revenue Service for Ihe Stnlo of Oregon, issued th.s reminder today for Oregon taxpayers who have questioned the treatment of Oregon refunds or credits received during tho year twio. No B.rnfir Ho noted, however, thai where the taxpayer claimed tho standard deduction in the prior year, he is not considered lo have received a Federal tax benefit from such payment in the prior year and need not report a subsequent re fund or credit of state or local taxes paid. Taxpayers who have taxable rc lumij or credits to report shouln list them in Schedule 11 of Form lino, "li. S. Individual Income Tax Return." Forms IOWA and 1040W cannot be used for this purpose. Ru'a Appliti Erickson pointed out that the same rule generally applies in the case of subsequent refunds or re imbui somenls, by insurance or otherwise, of oilier deductible items such as medical expenses, casualty losses, interest, and other considerations. Refunds or credits of Federal taxes are not taxable income, and need not be reported on the tax return, but any interest received on local, stnle, or Federal refunds is taxable income. Erickson said taxpayers who have further questions about the treatment of refunds or credits may rail their nearest Internal Revenue Service office. Josephone Shurts Josephine Shurts, a resident of Sutherlin, died suddenly Friday at her home. Funeral arrangements will he announced later hy Wilson's Chap el of the Roses. taken on the bill to create com munity mental health clinics. The House voted to abolish the Hydro electric Commission. LABOR The House Labor and Industries Committee is taking a iiose iook ai senate-passed bills to provide state-conducted labor elections and to provide enforce ment against unfair labor and management practices. The bill to establish a $1.25 an hour slate minimum wage appears buried in a House committee. EDUCATION There has been no action, but it looks like the ba sic school allocation to local dis tricts will be increased from $105 per child per year to $115. There has been no action on bills to change the formula for basic school distribution or to establish junior colleges. Proposals to cnange the school district reor ganization plan are dead. Legisla tion to increase teacher minimum salaries is bottled up in the Sen ate Stale and Federal Affairs Committee. LIQUOR The Senate has vot ed to abolish liquor permits, but the House won't go along. The House has passed a bill to let the Liquor Commission determine the food service requirements where liquor is served. There is a new proposal to increase the whiskey price 10 cents a fifth in order to finance mental health clinics. REAPPORTIONMENT The House-passed bill to do very little reapportioning of the Legislature appears headed for speedy Senate approval. HIGHWAYS The Senate has voted to ban billboards from scen ic areas, but the bill lo regulate the boards on freeways still hasn't received committee action. The Scnato has a House bill to let of ficers cite drunken drivers with out witnessing the actual viola tion, and the House has a senate bill lo require drunk drivers to tako chemical tests or lose their licenses for 00 days. There has been no action yet on a bill to adopt fixed speed limits. Bills to issue bonds for construction of tho Astoria Bridge and Coos Boy Roseburg Highway have been ap proved by the Joint Ways and Means Committee, and should bo considered by the House next week. Thero has been no action on a $17 million proposed bond Issue for highway construction. Compulsory auto liability insur ance and proposed gasoline tax reduction are dead. POLLUTION The Senate has passed a water pollution bill with out teeth, and a stronger air pol lution measure. A House commit tee put the tcelh back into Ihe water bill. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT The Senate has passed a bill to allow employers an oplion of tak ing their industrial accident in surance through insurance com panics or tho stale, or using self insurance. Tho House Labor and Industries Committee will hold a hearing on it at 3 p.m. Tucsduy. POWER The bill to let nen. pics' utility districts issue revenue bonds was killed by the Houso this week, ana a Senate committee buried tho bill to create a state power commission. The Senate has passed a bill lo let power distribution agencies agree to eliminate competition between themselves. CAPITOL The hill to reduce Ihe size of the Capitol Mall lies dead in the Joint Ways and Means Committee. There has been no ac tion on a measure to add a $1.5 million addition to the capitol to provido offico space for legisla tors. CONSTITUTION The Senale has voted to have a 16-mcmbcr commission to write a new con stitution. TRADING STAMPS The bill to regulate trading stamps lies dead in the House State and Fed eral Affairs Committee. OFFSHORE OIL The House Natural Resources Committee ap proved a bill to let the Land Board sign agreements for oil ex ploration off Ihe coast, but neither house has approved it yet. WELFARE The Senate will vole Tuesday on a bill to repeal Ihe relatives" responsibility law. There has been no action vet on bills to distribute surplus food to the needy and to provide medical care for the aged. The Senate will vote next week on the House bill to prevent Gov. Hatfield from moving the Welfare Commission headquarters from Portland to Salem. LEGISLATIVE The House Slate and Federal Affairs Com mitlee has voted for the principle of having annual sessions and to let the legislature fix its own sal aries. It hasn't received any ac tion, however. Legislation to repeal capital punishment, prevent dentists from advertising and to make lobbvisls register seem to be dead. There has been no action on a bill lo let localities adopt daylight saving time, nor has anything been done about prohibiting the sale of ob scene matter. William S.Shaw William S. Shaw. HB. died Thurs-' day at a local hospital. Born Dec. 14. 1874, in I'nionvillr. , Tenn., he was a Spanish American' War veteran. Survivors include daushter. I Mrs. Lucille Warner, Medford: a grandson. Robert I.. Staten, Med ford; and two sisters, Mrs. Olive Taylor of Studio CM v. Calif, and Mrs. Fva Crowcll of San Bernar dino, Calif. Funeral services will be held at . Inclewood Park Cemetery, Ingle wood, Calif, (lain Mortuary of Myrtle. Creek la In charge ef local arrangements, I Easter Special To This Group il n mi f I 'f f I' - fix .f-AtMiLA -' EASTER SEASON has special meaning to these three David Robison, 1961 Easter Seal child, Roseburg City Manager and Easter Seal Chairman John Warburton, and Johnny Schmidt of Tenmile. They are shown at the Children's Hospital school in Eugene, where David and Johnny were undergoing 'treatment. ft j i-v'S.tf' In ThREE DOUGLAS COUtsTY j drick, nurse at Mercy Hospital; Miss Peggy Long, hospital employ ar rviercy; ona Mrs. ueorge Castillo, are as faanar ed with the view master as Johnny and David. Miss Hend rick was a Camp Easter Seal counsellor, Miss Long aided in the drive, end Mrs. Castillo assumed the busy duties of Easter Sea! chairman for Epsilon Sigma Alpha. (Photo Courtesy Phil Wolcott, Eugene Register-Guard). By BILL HENLEY Ncwi-Revitw City Editor The rabbit you see today on the front page of The News-Review tells you it's Easter. In a different kind of way, so do these young sters shown here. They tell you that, for many, Easter comes the hard way. So does Christmas, and Thanksgiving. And the other 363 days. But they're making it. The help Ihey get comes from the sale of Faster seals, just now drawing to a close. Hut mainly the help they get comes from an inner reservoir within themselves. Oregon conducts a four-way pro gram for those children afflicted with crippling problems. There's the Children's Hosflilal school in F.ugene, with about 30 youngsters in recent attendance including tho two from Douglas County in the accompanying photo graphs. Children from 3'a to 15 years are cared for. They must be able to learn and the school must be able to do them some good. Their parents contribute to their support if they can. There's Camp Faster Seal at Lakeside. Here Ihe children enjoy Oregon )obless Benefits Boost Contract Sought PORTLAND (AD David Cameron, Oregon employment commissioner, will leave for Washington, D. C , Monday to sign a contract with the federal government which will provide ad ditional jobless benefits for some 5,000 to 10.000 Oregon workers. A bill proposed by President Kennedy and approved by Con gress will provide 13 additional weeks of benefits to certain unem ployed workers who have usiM up the normal jobless compensation. The law will become effective April 9 Applications for addition al benefits will be accepted bv the state Department of Fmployment on April 10 First checks for those eligible will be mailed the week of April 21. DAYLIGHT SAVING OK'D PORTLAND (AP) Directors of the Portland Chamber of Com merce Friday endorsed a bill be fore the Oregon Legislature which would permit local government units to establish da light saving time. ft' I f ft 1 I mi ni Mimilinri 31 residents, Miss Delvina Hen- the outdoors, and all that goes with it fishing, speedboat rides, camp ing out. And there's (he mobile therapy clinic, which travels throughout eight counties in the state. And there are individual case services. They include walkers, crutches, hydraulic lifts, artificial limos and braces, and oilier needs. Easier Seal sales the direct mail campaign now concluding and w-hich City Manager and Douglas ! County Chairman John Warburton has reported as doing a job j go to support 80 to 85 per cent of the program. I When you go to the church of I your choice Sunday, you might pause in the midst of your prayers 1 for you and your Jamily. And re- neci. If it's a good Easter Sunday for these youngsters and they make it that way for themselves then doesn't it just have to be a good one for everyone? Controls For Teeners At Public Dances Set PORTLAND (AP)-Mayor Ter ry Schrunk introduced an amend ment to the Portland city code Friday which would provide strict controls on tefn agers attending public dances. ! The measure would bar minors from dance halls after 9 p.m. un less they were accompanied by a responsible adult. Public dances for teen agers would have to be chaperoned by a matron from Ihe : Police Bureau. ! Such dances would have to end ! in lime for minors to comply with ihe curfew ordinance, but not lat er than 11:30 p m. NO FIRE DAMAGE The Roseburg Fire Department was called to the 500 block on ! N E Winchester St. at 6:43 Friday afternoon where an automobile w as ' reported ablaie. The 1H.VS car was owned by Rich ! ard Oakley of Roseburg. Cause of i the blare was a flooded carbur etor. There was no damage, j A few minutes earlier, at 6 40, the V inston -Dillard Fire Depart ment was called to the Virgil l ee ; residence on Brown Ave. in Win j sion where a flue fire was report ed. Afsin there was no damage. New US Plywood Plant Manager Announces Plans To Increase Output In By LEROY INMAN News-Review Buiints Editor William W. (Bill) Wells took over the position of manager of United Stales .Plywood a Roseburg operations this week, and today announced plans for an immediate step-up in production. wells replaces Kaipn u. ue- Moisy, who announced his resig nation early in March to enter private business. He had been man ager nere lor aooui two years. Afternoon Shift The new manager comes from Eugene, where he was assistant general manager of the Oregon Division under the company's vice president, Marshall Leeper. wells slated mat a temporary afternoon shift will be added at the Roseburg sawmill the middle of the week, Later, probably around April 10, the plywood plant pro duction will De increased accord ingly to balance out overall pro duction. The stepped-up program is coup led with the betterment in mar ket conditions and a resumption of logging operations with improv ed weather. SO Man Required About SO men will be required for the afternoon shift at the saw mill. Additional employment will be required in the plywood divi sion. Wells said most of these jobs will be filled by men laid off in early winter and from the active file of applicants. A contract logger will be start ing next week primarily in timber land where theere is a considerable amount of timber blown down from storms of the past winter. The timber fall was more than usual, said Wells. Immediate sal vage is important. Inventory High The company's log invenlory cur rently is near capacity, so lumber and plywood production will be stepped up in order to consume the raw material in an orderly manner. The company routes its peelable logs through the plywood plant and others through the saw mill. The plywood plant production increase will be only to provide the balance necessary in tne or derly consumption of the raw ma terial. Wells expressed himself as be ing optimistic with the market trend. He said that, while some plywood quotations are listed as high as $72 for Winch AD sanded plywood, it will probably be May before any of it actually sells for that figure, as orders are usually Penalties Handed Two At Session Of District Court Jerl Higgins, 46, Coos Bay, was sentenced to serve 30 days in the Douglas County jail and fined $50 plus $5 costs for the admitted theft of a can of shrimp. Penalty was imposed by District Judge Gerald R. Hayes Friday, alter Higgins changed a previous pica of innocence to guilty. The petty larceny ollense allegedly took place March 23, at Emery's 1GA Store of Reedsport, Inc. Hig gins was given credit for the time already served in jail since March 24. He has a long list of arrests for other petty offenses. Jean Alston, Myrtle Creek, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and fined $100 and $5 costs for conducting a wrecking busincs without a fenced enclosure, to which he pleaded guilty. Imposi tion of the jail term, however, was suspended for one week, and if by the end of that time he has an adequately-fenced enclosure, the sentence will be indefinitely sus pended. The fence must be. six feet high. Gerald LeRoy Looney, 44, Cam as Valley, pleaded innocent to as sault and battery and his trial was set for April 21, at 9:30 a.m. He is accused of beating his wife, Ruby, in a complaint brought by her. Walter Raymond Fields, 34, Myr- jlie ireeK, accusea oi laKing anu using a motor vehicle witnout tne owner's consent, asked for a pre liminary hearing on appearance with his attorney Friday. Judge Hayes set the hearing for April 3 at 1 p.m. He is accused of using the car of Isaac Sanders on March 12, without intent to steal. Roseburg Student Wins Graduate Fellowship Leola C. Lorenzen of Roseburg. a student at Washington State Uni versity, has been offered a grad uate fellowship in physics for the 1961-62 academic year. The fellowship, given by the Na tional Science Foundation, is for $2,200. John Creighton John Creighton, a former resi dent of the Ollala area, died sud denly Friday at his home in Orick, Calif. The body Is being brought to Wilson's Chapel of the Roses and funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. Roseburg Lions Club Dates Dance Tonight The Roseburg Lions Club is hold ing a dance tonight (Saturday) from 9:30 p m. lo 130 a m. in the I'mpqua Hotel Gold Room. The dance is for members and invited guests, according to Chairman John Looslcy. A crab feed is planned for next Thursday night's meeting at the hotel. For the program Thursday night of this week, Vondis Miller. I mp. qua National Forest supervisor, showed colored motion pictures of mountain areas and forests of Ore Son. The film was prepared by the Forest Service. Roseburg Operations yw ynyfi' Mil li : WILLIAM W. WELLS . . . U.S. Plywood official about four weeks ahead of deli very. Currently most plywood is selling for $64 and some as low as $60, but the higher figure should be in effect within the next three or four weeks. Wells is a native of Fort Scott, Kans., being born March 9, 1926. He served during World War II from 1944 through 1946 in the Army Air Force as an aircraft engine Robert Good Replaces Rt L. Beverly As City Airport's Manager NEWS '-S- i -fir. FLY GUY CHANGEOVER Robert (Bud) Good, new head of Roseburg Skyways, Inc. and manager of the Roseburg airport, points out a time back when he ond former man ager Dick Beverly, left, met in Springfield several years ago. Beverly will leave the local managers spot to take a job with the Federal Aviation Agency in Richmond, Va. News-Review Photo). The Roseburg Municipal Airport goes under new management start ing today, as Robert (Bud) Good replaces R. L. (Dick) Beverly as airport manager and head of Rose burg Skyways, Inc. Beverly told The News-Review he is leaving Roseburg to assume a new job with the Federal Avia tion Agency in Richmond, Va. He will take over there as an airway safety inspector for the FAA. Vat Flying Program Good, a native of the Eugene Springfield area, is a World War II Navy aviation veteran and a qualified instructor who'll be able to continue the veterans flying pro gram started by Beverly. Announcement of the change in the Roseburg Skyways, Inc. opera tion was made Friday afternoon at a meeting between the two owners and the city's Airport Committee. Roseburg Skyways, Inc. operates under a lease from the city, for which the corporation pays $50 per month plus two cents a gallon for all gasoline sold. Beverly has operated the airport for more than three and a half years, taking it over when it was mainly just a gasoline selling oper ation and seeing it grow into a presently thirviug business. Four Improvements In leaving, he said he feels there are four major improvements needed to bring the airport up to top shape. First, he said, the ta,xi strip should he extended. Second ly, more airplane parking space should be provided. Thirdly, more hangar space is needed, and he added this may be forthcoming in the near future. The fourth item of improvement he listed is the addition of a shop, which he also Johns-Manville QUALITY ROOFING At Competitive Prices CHECK US FOR OUR LOW PRICED ESTIMATES ON NEW OR REPAIR JOBS GERRETSEN BUILDING SUPPLY CO. Flcgel Bldg. Odell and Casper Sn. OR 2-2636 One Block Off Diamond Lake Blvd. (.A specialist. He was educated in Cal ifnPnia at rhin Ktatp from which he holds a bachelor degree with combined studies in Dusiness ana engineering. Following graduation in 1949 he was employed by Bear Creek Log ging Co. in Bedding, Lain., laier by Shasta Plywood, Inc., then sub nf llnilort stars Plvwood Corp. When USP acquired Oregon operation in early ism, ne iraus ferrcd to Eugene as administrator for both the Associated and Maple ton Divisions. These were consoli dated into the Oregon Division upon acquisition of Youngs Bay Lum ber Co. Politically Active In 1958 he became manager of the Willamina operations and in 1959 returned to Eugene as assist ant general manager of the Oregon Division under Leeper. Wells has been active in national politics and in local civic affairs, having served as a committee chairman in the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Lane County Red Cross board of directors, among other activities. He is a memoer oi me Westminister Presbyterian Church and of the Elks Lodge. Wells said he has sold his home in Eugene, and this weekend is moving his wife, Lorraine, and their daughter lo the Oakhill Apartments. They will make their home there until they establish permanent residence. indicated may be in the offing. "I feel the city government must understand that it is not, in the near future, going to have an oper ation at the airport that is going to add any great sums of money to the city treasury, but that this op eration and the man who handles it is vital to the present activity and future growth of the city and county." "I feel that Bud Good rs a well qualified person who will do a good job for the city and every one interested in aviation in Rose burg," Beverly continued. "He and I knew each other in Springfield and have discussed the possible sale for some time, so his taking over is nothing that came up over night." Good who came within one Zero of shooting down enough Japanese aircraft to become an "Ace" dur ing World War II, started the Springfield airport in 1945. He holds a commercial pilots license and is qualified for all types of pilot in struction being carried on by Bev erlv. In taking over the airport. Good said, "I plan to try and continue the pattern of steady growth Dick has put in this operation since tak ing over. I'v? studied this situa tion for some time now, and I feel Roseburg holds a great future for such an operation, and that it can play a big part in the future of the entire area." Good said he plans the purchase of some new equipment in the near future, including a new trainer plane. Beverly will remain in Roseburg for about two weeks, before head ing for his new job in his home state of Virginia.