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Newspaper Page Text1 ' U. of 0. Library I I Showers Expected RHS Beats UO Frosh (Weather, Col. 8) (See Sports, Page 8) Established 1873 32 Pagei ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961 87-61 PRICE 5c tronaut Describes Eerie Sensation eiiiii g-Hi in i y ii i " ' ' ' mm ir 'I " ri' Vm "i i f i lii irr " " ' i',"f 1 iit.Y.iMi -- r -."-V- riiirn mri As fiessness - r.A v W J, ijl r . -i". 8 f-;. .VV' 2. 1,-! r - i , f ' ? i t " i i " v II ; sr-u --'X - L , . ' ' V t "ft t , I It - ,. f . v J ' b' , fj ' - - v v t4,c RADIATION DETECTION STUDIED Maintenance foremen and assistants, district maintenance superintendent and assistant division engineer for the Southwestern Oregon division of the state Highway Department Wednesday received orientation in use of equip ment to detect radiation. It was one of several such sessions being held in all state Highway Department divisions under the direction of John F. Hagemann, the depart ment's emergency planning engineer, right. The reason for the sessions is to train per sonnel on use of equipment in case of war-caused emergency or spilling of radio isotopes during trainsit along Oregon's highways. Hagemann described it as training to safeguard the public. (News-Review Photo) Special Election Slated On School Construction The Roseburg School Board Wed nesday night voted to call for a special ballot issue May 1 request ing an okay from residents of Dis trict 4 to spend some $125,000 for additional school construction. ; . The funds for this proposed con struction ars already in the Dis trict 4 treasury, and the desired additions would not require an ad ditional tax levy. The proposed additions are to Ilucrest and Melrose Elementary Schools, the two places where the School Board and the administra tion have decided the greatest present need for additional facili ties exists. Surplui Exists The money for the added con struction would come from surplus from the present Sl.750.000 build- Mail Said Beaten By Hitchhiker A Roseburg man was allegedly struck on the head by a hitch hiker and dumped along the side of the road as the unknown assail ant fled with his car early this morning. According to special report re reived from the Oregon Slate Po lice District Headquarters in Sa lem. K. C. Watson, Garden Valley Road. Roseburg, stated he had picked up the hitchhiker some where west of Boardman in Mor row County. Watson was struck on the head with a bottle by the man, the re port continued. The incident is said to have occurred about 3 a.m. Fulher details regarding the inci dent were not immediately available. Dillard School Budget Gets Nod; Increase Of Only $2,504 Sought The Dillard School Budget Com-1 millce has given its final nod of! approval to the District 116 pro posed budget for the coming school j vear. In this buduet, the district j is asking for an increase of only S2..VM.19. Fleming the normal increase of property value within the dis-t.-:ni nl,n rnm rnnct nirliiin . the ac tual 'millaae to individual property ..-nnr u-iii nrnhahlv show a de crease from the present 66-mUI lew. .Nupt. of Schools Georee Corwin said this mornina the District 116 School Board had ordered an rs peciallv tiuht operating budffot this year so the tax levy would nut The Weather i AIRPORT RECORDS Considerable cloudiness with scat tered showers toni9ht and Fridsy. Continued cool. Highest temp, lest 24 Hours . 31 Lowest temp, list 34 hours 40 Highest temp, tny April C57) 0 Lowest temp, sny April ('55) ... 2' Precip. lest 24 hours .04 Precip. from Sept. I 30. M Pretip. from April 1 U E'cess from Sept. 1 4.M Sunset tonight, 4:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, S:3J e m. Highway School Held ing program, interest on invested monies and Public Law 874, which gives the district a cash payment in lieu of taxes for chil dren of federal employes attending scnool within the district. " The request for a voter okay on this proposal will come up fur a vote along with the proposed budget for tbe coming school year at me may l annual scnool dis trict election. Actually, the district will be ask ing for an okay from the voters to spend all uncommitted funds from these three sources for the Melrose and Hucrest additions. The estimated balance from these sources stands at about $140,000 but an exact figure cannot be de termined until the present build ing program is completed. The proposal for additions to the two schools is set up to allow the district to carry out as much building as it has funds available for. Administration Confident The administration is confident of having enough funds if this pro posal is okayed by the voters to build a four classroom addition (with inside corridor) at Hucrest, costing some $75,000, and a multi purpose room at Melrose, costing some S49.000. If enough additional funds are available, two more classrooms will be built at Hucrest, estimated at $10,000 each, and two class rooms at Melrose, estimated at $10,600 each. The board gave its approval to preliminary drawings for the Hu crest addition by Eugene architect John Briscoe. Briscoe said that if the funds are granted by the voters May 1, he hopes to have bids opened, a contract let and con struction started on both projects by mid-June. show an increase and so residents of the district would get a t a x break as many work throuch the recovery of the economic dip hroiieht about by the plywood mar ket slump. Budget Up The actual operating budget is up only $18,984.19. Revenue from sources other than property tax es are up S12.8HO and bond pay ments arc down $3,600, making the $2,500 tax increase. The operatine budget for the coming year stands at $855,081.6.). as compared to $839,697.46 last! 5car. I District 116 residents will actual ly be voting on $.141. 589. 71 outside! the 6 per cent taxable limitation ! Last year they gave a favorable nod to a total of $377.413 outside the 6 per cent limitation. HcMfiprits of the district will vote on this issue May 1. At that time, the 'II also elect two members to the school hoard. (Iconic Marsh will oppose Alvin Greer f"r a fncyear post on the board and Ted Benedict of Ten mile ill be unopposed in his quest of a nne vear term on the board. IViih Marsh and Greer are lioin LooiciiKlass. Marsh, tvho wa appointed to fill out the unexpired term of J 1 m Here School To Oppose Proposed Access The Roseburg School Board Wed nesday night voted to stand pat on its earlier decision to oppose state Highway Department plans for con struction of an access road from the proposed SE Washington Ave. bridge to the Highway 99 freeway. The School Board has objected to the plan because it tales away high school property, does not fa cilitate better bus facilities and because it feels it will not offer any real relief to the traffic prob lem in the area. The Highway Department plan calls for constructing a street run ning from W. Military to W. Harv ard Ave., starting between W. Ma drone and W. Corey Sis. The High way Department said last week it will not proceed with the plan until all groups involved agree to it. Both the School Board and the city Planning Commission have voiced objection to the plan. The board also voted Wednesday night to stand pat on another pre vious decision not to add an other water main to the existing mains at Joseph Lane Junior High School. Rural Fire Chief Cliff Thrasher has said there is not enough water pressure available now to stop a good-sized fire at the school. The board voted against the issue before because they felt the insurance savings possible through addition of a $17,000 main would not offset the cost of instal lation. Shrine Visit Slated The official divan visitation by officers of the Hillah Temple of the Shrine Club is scheduled in Roseburg Friday night. The meeting for the officers who have jurisdiction of Southern Ore gon in the Shrine Club organiza tion will start at 7:30 with a social session. Dinner will start at 8. with a dance to follow. All activi ties will take place at the Rose burg Country Club. Williams when Williams resigned last winter, is currently a mem ber of the board. Benedict will be seeking election to the post now held by Virgil Vance, also of Ten mile. In Dillard School Board action this week, Bert Kleiner was hired to replace C. A. Dysjnger as prin cipal of the Dillard School. Klein er has been principal at Langlois Klementary School for the past four years. The board hired Robert Graf, who has been at Canyonville for two years, to replace Bill Bruie as band instructor at Douglas Hich and Winston Junior Hiih. Melvin Jonev who has tauht at Camas Valley fur four years, was hired to replace Francis ( hasm. Knslish instructor at Doug las HiKh. Other new teachers hired by the district were .Melvin Mar quardt, Irene Coniey, who will be at the I.ookinnelass School, and Irene McLaughlin, who will take over vocal training at Winston Junior Ilith on a half-time basis. The board also accepted resig nations lrnm Don Nellermoe, com mercial instructor and coach at DoiiRlas Hmh; Aire. Joyce Neller moc, a teacher at Winston Junior I Ii eh : Nellie Towne. a teacher at Dillaid: and Vireil Pease, a teach er at Lookinglass. Solon Asks Probe Of US Space Effort WASHINGTON (AP)-Rep. Vic tor Anfuso, D-N.Y., a member of the House Space Committee, to day called for a congressional in vestigation of the nation s man-in-space program. "I want to see this country mo bilized to a wartime basis "be cause we are at war," he said. "1 want to see schedules cut in half. 1 want to see what NASA says it's going to do in 10 years done in five. I want to see some first coming out of NASA such as a landing on the moon which I know can be done if we go im mediately into development of a solid fuel booster." Ruts Feat Discussed Anfuso's statement was issued as the House Space Committee discussed the Soviet feat of send ing a man around the world in a minutes as reported by Tass, the Soviet news agency. The committee shifted its hear ing to the largest meeting room in the House Office Building, and it was well attended with James Webb, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis tration, and Deputy Director Dr. Hugh L. Dryden on hand for questioning. Webb told the committee the U.S. space program is designed to meet the "sound, scientific ob jectives of this country, not to match what the Russians may do." U. S. Not Behind Webb agreed with Rep. James G. Fulton, R-Pa., that the United States "is not behind the Russians in over-all space achievements," although the Soviets have shown a sense of urgency and pulled off "spectaculars" that the United States has not matched. Dryden disputed a statement by Fulton that American intelligence knew ahead of time precisely when the Soviets would attempt their first manned orbital flight. But Dryden recalled he had said earlier ,this year that the Sovieta had the ability to loft a man into orbit at anytime, and could be expected to do it in the early part of this year. FBI Bullet Fells Suspect PORTLAND fAP) An FBI agent f a t a 1 ly wounded late Wednesday night a man wanted for questioning about a Seattle area bank robbery, chief agent Joseph Thornton reported today. Thornton identified him as Stockton Van Burcn Darneille, S3, hometown unknown. He was pro nounced dead on arrival at a hos pital. Thornton said that when agents knocked on the door of his motel room and identified themselves, he refused to admit them and one of them opened the door with a key. He said the man then drew a gun from his belt and pointed it at the first agent to come inside. The agent, not identified, fired and Darneille fell. Thornton said Darneille had been sought mainly in connection with the armed robbery of the Tukwila Bank near Seattle Oct. 18, 1960. He said Darneille was free on bond for a burglary in Arkansas last December. Agerjts traced him to the motel, where he was registered under the name Frank Turner. Queen Contestants v'X I f r v -' t'li- lini ii m i.lmirae PmnnHll A SUTHERLIN HOPEFUL foriSEEKING THE HONOR of the Douglos County Miss jAmerico contest is cute Gin ny Lee Wingler. Nineteen, .she hos attended Pacific Uni versity for two years, A sing er, she is interested in form ing and conducting children's j choirs, songwritmq, dress de signing, and cnoik drawings She is the daughter of Johnia Eugene television station L. Wingler, Rte. 1, Box 468, and will be sponored in the Sutherhn. Her sponsor is contest by Rickett Music First National Bank of Rose-1 Store, burg. i Kennedy For More WASHINGTON (AP) Presi dent Kennedy asked Congress to day to enlarge the Federal Power Commission as a step to reducing its backlog of cases and clearing projects which would put more persons to work. Exemptions Asked The President's reciuest to In crease the commission from five to seven members was in a spe cial messase on the federal reg ulatory agencies. He appealed, too, for the exemption of some small individual natural gas pro ducers from rate regulation. At the end of February, the President reported, the FPC had 193 applications proposing con struction of 5.7U1 miles of natural JFK Rules Out Cuba Action WASHINGTON AP) Presi dent Kennedy has ruled out any direct intervention in Cuba by U.S. forces. Kennedy outlined the U.S. stand at his news conference Wednes day in a statement which was as interesting for what he did not say as for what he did. No Armed Forces Kennedy said "There will not un der any conditions, be an inter vention in cuoa ay the u, i. armed forces." The American government, he added, will do everything it can to make sure no Americans get involved in any actions inside Cuba." "The basic issue in Cuba is not one between the United States and Cuba," the President said. "It is between the Cubans them selves. I intend to see that we ad here to that principle." Kennedy added that it was Ms understanding that the administra tion's attitude was understood and shared by anti-Castro exiles from Cuba now in the United Slates. "-Hoe-State Department has been mum on a variety of reports that Cubans were being trained in southern U. S. slates and in Guate mala, with U.S. aid, for fighting in Cuba against the pro-Communist regime of ridel Castro. Kennedy also said the United States is against Cubans who wish to overthrow Castro only to re establish a dictatorship like that of Castro's predecessor, Fulgencio Batista. Asked about any effort to recov er the approximately $1 billion worth of American property seized in Cuba, Kennedy s a id Washington would only act through "formal and normal nego tiations ' with a free and inde pendent Havana government after it comes to power. Verdict Favors State In Compensation Suit Verdict in favor of the Oregon State Industrial Accident Commis sion as defendant was returned by a trial jury late Iuesday night in a sun for compensation nrougnt try Charles Fairchild. Judge Don II. Sanders tried the case. The jury denied Fairchild s claim that his condition had become ag gravated since Jin. 19, 1959, as a proximate result of an accidnt May 27, 1957. The trial started at 10 a.m. Tuesday and the jury re turned its verdict at 9:15 p.m. that night. if 'is k r"..l.. reigning os Miss Douglas County at this weekend's Umpquo Boot Show and Sports Fair is lovely Dianne A. Polm, 1 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Palm, 3660 NW Calkins Rood. She is o 1960 graduate of Rose- burn Hiah now emoloved bv Asks FPC gas pipelines at a cost of $850 million. This, he said, involved an immense potential for creating new jobs. "It is not to be assumed that all these applications would be granted, Kennedy said, "but it can safely be assumed that more prompt handling of these matters would release hundreds of millions of dollars for construc tion, giving substantial employ ment throughout the country and making firm commitments out of orders for materials that are now merely contingent orders that in turn would provide jobs for men and women in mills, factories and foundries." Rate Increases Pending Further, Kennedy said, there are now some 4,000 rate increases by natural gas producers and pipelines pending before the pow er commission "and still unre solved." He noted that such increases are usually temporarily suspend ed but said that under existing law they become effective auto matically, subject to possible re funds, six months after the ori ginal filings unless the commis sion acts on the proposals one wav or another. "This incredible backlog of cases, consisting frequently of rate increases piled upon rate in creases, involved hundreds of mil lions of dollars deemed ultimate ly refundable to the consumer," he said. Action Endorsed In this connection, the Presi dent endorsed a recommendation by a Senate subcommittee that the FPC be empowered to make sure that any excess rate which is ultimately disallowed will be returned to the consumer" by re quiring deposits of collections in escrow until me raio is nuauy approved. Mail Campaign Set For Cancer Drive The annual Cancer Crusade drive will be conducted in I new way this year. County Chairman Robert John son. Itoseburg radio station owner, said today letters will be sent out requesting contributions 10 uie ROBERT F. JOHNSON , , , Crusade chairman fund for cancer research. In the past, a house-to-house canvass was conducted. The goal this year will be $5,945. Last year, total contributions were $5,1:12. Johnson said anyone who does not receive a letter and wishes to contribute may do so by calling OH 3-4.')75. OK 3-4303 or by sending the contribution to J. W. Wilton at U.S. National Bank, PO Box 11(17, Itoseburg. Mrs. Hall Seclv and Mrs. J. A. Colhrunn of Itoseburg are mailing cnairmen lor me drive. ; :. : - j' . ' '.;' .'! Administration Keeps Silent On Russ Space Information WASHINGTON (AP) The Ken nedy administration is keeping a tight lip on information about So viet space shots and Pentagon of ficials said today the aim is to avoid giving the Soviets an idea of the effectiveness of U.S. track ing facilities and intelligence. Officials, who told this to a re porter, said another purpose was to deny the Soviet what was termed advertising on their space achievements. A Defense Department spokes man said that among other things, there would be no public disclos ure when U.S. tracking stations pick up a Soviet rocket launching until after the Soviets announce it themselves. The policy was developed In meetings among officials of the White House, the Stato and De fense departments, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis tration and the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said. They indi cated it might possibly be changed at some future time. The policy was described an Congress Members He asserted Congress should provide exemption from rato reg ulation for small individual na tural gas producers handling less than 2 billion cubic feet a year and now accounting for only about 10 per cent of total interstate scales. Also, he said pipeline exten sions to benefit existing custom ers and which do not invade an other supplier's territory should be given partial or full exemp tion from the usually lengthy FPC permit procedure. Kennedy Waits Laos Agreement WASHINGTON (AP)-The Unit ed States is looking forward to an agreement this week from the Soviet Union to a cease-fire in Laos. President Kennedy set the ex pected time for the Soviet reply at his news cofcrence late Wed nesday. He expressed hope that the reply would enable both East- West leaders to halt their supply of arms to the opposing forces in Laos. Kennedy did not say what would happen if there were no response from Moscow. But ne lett a clear implication that American supplies would be continued to the royal government. The Slate Department already has warned that any further delay in Soviet agreement to a cease fire would be cause for serious concern in Washington. The United Slates has insisted that the shooting he stopped be fore it sends any delegation to a 14-nation conference to settle the Laotian crisis. Kennedy avoided any threats or bluster. He took issue with reports earlier this week from official sources that there hnd been a siz able increase in the Soviet airlift of arms to the rebel Patliet Lao forces. ...... . . "The Soviet supplies have cm tinued. but I do not think it is fair to say, or accurate to say, that mere nas been a snarp step-up in the last few days, Kennedy said. State Department officials said the earlier reporta of greatly in creased boviet supplies wcro the result of a Soviet airdrop of arms to rebel forces in a combat zone near Muong Kassy. This was initially believed to be an over-all increase in the Soviet effort, but apparently the airdrop was uivei&iuu ui ovvivi piancN to the combat zone, rather than an over-all increase.) Sutherlin Council Approves Budget The Sutherlin Cllv Council has approved budget for the 1901-112 city operation which will be $350 less than it was this year, reports correspondent Barbara Liesinger. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled May 8, preceding the next regular council meeting. Vot ing on the $41,241.50 outsido the 6 per cent limitation is scheduled May 16. Total amount of the city's pro posed budget is $82,411.40. Drain Men Pleads Innocent Of Assault Carl Frank Buchlcr. 63. Drain. pleaded innocent to assault and battery on arraignment in the Dis trict Court of Gerald R. Hayes Wednesday. He is accused in a private complaint of beating Ernest It. White on March 23. Judge Hayes set Buehler's trial for April 19 at 2 p.m. He is free on 2M bail. His arrest was by Bill Carstensen, resident deputy sheriff at Drain. extension of one formed late In the Eisenhower administration. There was considerable confu sion Wednesday when newsmen sought information from NASA on Uie Soviet manned space cralt. Space agency officials said they had been tracking an object in (he approximate path of tho vehicle, but that it presumably was the burned out casing of the rocket that carried the craft into orbit. The first contact they reported came some hums after the Soviets said their cosmonaut had return ed to earth In his capsule. At the White House. Pierre Sa linger, the press secretary said he had a report of a contact at a time Just after the spaco craft had pass ed over the Asian land mass Salinger said it was his under standing "It was the space ship mat was tracked. Salinger told newsmen his infor mation came from sources other than the space agency. 10 newsmen, tnis pointed to the Pentagon, since the Navy and Air Fnrre do most of tho tracking work. Gagarin Says Space Flight Is All Work MOSCOW (AP)-Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin said today he worked on his notes, and even ate and drank while objects were floating around in the realm of weightlessness as he orbited the earth, the Soviet News agency Tass reported. The Soviet astronaut, Tass said, described the eerie situation in tho space ship when weightless ness took over. Work All The Way The entile flight, he assorted, was work all the way and par ticularly in that phase. Even so, he said, he felt ex cellent during that period of hi' 108-minute flight. As he waited in the Soviet in terior for a hero's welcome in Moscow Friday, the 27-year-old astronaut told for the first lima about his experiences as his five ton space ship hurtled around the earln. Premier Khrushchev is ex pected to cut short his vacation at the Black Sea resort of Sochi to head the welcoming commit tee when Gagarin arrives in Mos cow about noon. Everything Easy When he became weightless, Gagarin said, it became easier to do everything. "This is quite natural." he com mented. "One's legs, arms weigh, nothing, objects float in the cabin. Neither did 1 myself sit in the chair as 1 did before that, but hung in midair. While in tho state of weightlessness, I ate and drank and everything occurred just as it docs here on earth. "I even worked in that condi tion, wrote, jotting down my ob servations. My handwriting did not change although the hand does not weigh anything. Only I had to noio tne noieoook, otherwise it would float away. I maintained communications over different channels and tapped the tele graph key." Gagarin said he learned first hand that weightlessness don not deprive a man of an ability to work, Tass reported. Transition Smooth "The transition from weightless ness to gravitation." he said, "to the appearance of the force of gravity, is smooth. One's legs and arms feci as before, as during weightlessness, but again acquire weight. And I am no loneer how. ered over the chair but eased myself into it." As to what he saw from snnrA Tass said Gagarin reported; "I did not see the moon. Th sun in outer space is tens of tlmej brighter than here on earth. The stars are visible very well. They are bright and distinct. The en tire picture of the firmament is murn more contrasty than when seen from the earth." uaearm said the sunlit aide n the earth was Quite nlain and hn could see easily the shores of con tinents, islands, great rivers, folds of the terrain, large bodies of wa ter, lass said. Farms Seen Flying over the Soviet Union, he reported ho could see the great squares of the collective farms and could even tell cultivated from meadow land. Emphasizing he was no mere passenger as his space ship cir cle the earth at a maximum al titude of 183 miles, Gagarin told Tass: "I was entirely concentrated on carrying out the flight's program. I wanted to carry out every point of the assignment and to do It as well as possible. There was a lot of work. The entire flight meant work." While the space ship was undef ground control for the landing. Gagarin helped with the control phases, Soviet scientists said when the historic flight was an nounced Wednesday, Promised Wtlcom The hero of the Soviet Union has been promised a tremendous reception by Khrushchev. "Wo shall celebrato with you with all our people, this great feat in the conquest of outer space," fhe premier told Gagarin by telephone. Banners were going up In Red Square, the show case for the biggest Soviet celebrations. Tall, silver-colored flag poles were in place. Crowd barriers were being put up. Millions from this capital and the suburbs will pour out to lino the route from the airport to Bed Square. As he awaited his flight by jet liner to Moscow, the man few in the Soviet Union knew before Wednesday's dramatic announce ment was the toast of the nation. Earth Appears Blue Soviet writers interviewed him at an air center somewhere in the interior. He told of the won ders he had seen from the spaco ship, of the earth appenring blue beneath him, the sky black over: head. Ho still wore his blue spaco suit and helmet as he spoke to a cor- respondent for the armed forces newspaper Hed Star. "I feel well, as you can see. T Am .-fA inH mntfnA Tho filch equipment worked extremely well. 1 1 am boundlessly h;ripy mat it has fallen to my lot to open to mankind the way into apace," Red Star quoted him as saying.