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U. of 0. I-ibrr.ry -Ueom, Oregon t msmm mm to hold i ui on ' Vi f r 4 ' ?" " " V S 1 THE BEDMATES in the'picture above ore on opposite sides of the political fence, but it doesn't worry the obviously bored new Democrat and Republican beside their mothers even though their names are Nixon and Kennedy. At left is Mrs. Daniel Kennedy of Riddle, mother of Timothy Eugene Kennedy, both Democrats. At right is Mr. Ted Nix on of Days Creek, mother of Pamela Diane, both Republicans. The mothers shared the same room at Mercy Hospital over the weekend. (Chris' Studio). Council Proposes Development For East Side Of City's Airport By JERRY CORNELL News-Review Staff Writer Proposals for the development of the east side o the Roseburg Mu nicipal Airport are being sought by the City of Roseburg as a re sult of Monday night's City Council meeting. After the council approved a new airport ordinance providing for op eration of the facility, the east side of the airport came into focus. John Warburton, city manager, suggested that it be offered for lease for non-commercial flight op erations in accordance with Fed eral Aviation Authority regula tions. Hamer Interested Councilman Virgil Walls asked if there were any persons inter ested in that side of the facility. Warburton replied that the Ha mer Corp. "has shown some inter est in it." Mayor Pete Serafin, In refer ence to a prolonged time limit for presentation of proposals for the land's use, laid he elt by next council meeting, June 26, any sug gestions could be presented. "I don't like to see it wait too long," he said. ' Councilman Orville Petersen moved to have all proposals con cerning this part of the facility presented at the next council meet ing. Lease With Good At that session, Warburton indi cated the city will sign a lease with Bud Good of Roseburg Sky ways for operation of the city's fa cility. Noting Good's present operation at the airport, Serafin said: "All I've heard about operations there now are on the good side nothing detrimental." Council action on the airport or dinance came after its third read ing. Serafin added that he planned to keep the airport committee, head- Kennedy Cancels Talk Engagement WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy cancelled a speaking en gagement today to speed recovery of his ailing back. Pierre Salinger, White House press secretary, emphasized in an nouncing that Kennedy had called off his speech that the decision indicated no worsening of his con- "It is just a question of allowing the improvement 10 conunue mm not doing anything to delay the improvement," Salinger told news men. Kennedy had been scheduled to address the U.S. Conference of Mayors at a luncheon in a down town Washington hoteL The engagement would have re quired him to drive about a half mile from the White House and, despite the crutches he is using, to put additional pressure on his back. Before Salinger announced the change in Kennedy's program, Democratic congressional leaders had reported the President seemed to be in excellent condi tion. "I never saw him look better. House Speaker Sam Rayburn, D Tex., said after he and other Dem ocratic congressional leaders held their weekly breakfast meeting with Kennedy. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Fair tonight, Wednesday and Wednesday night. Continued warm, Highest temp, last ?4 hours 71 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 41 Highest temp, liny June C$5) 6 Lowest temp, any June CM) 34 Precip. last 24 hours 0 Precip. from June 1 . .44 Precip. from Sept. 1 J4.J1 Etcess from Sept. 1 4.0 Sunset tonight, 7:54 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:32 a.m. ed by Petersen, in operation. The city's new ordinance "is pretty much the result of the airport committee, which did a fine and thorough job," he said. A request by the Roseburg Coun cil of the Civil Air Patrol for a piece of land at the airport 80 by 100 foot for a CAP building, was referred to the airport committee. Other Action In other action the council: Accepted a bid by the Douglas County State Bank on $98,214.71 for city bonds on sewer and street projects last year. Effective inter est rate will be 3.494 per cent with an interest cost of $19,123.05. Voted to hold public hearings on proposed sanitary sewers on NW Calkins Rd. from Jefferson St. to Lynwood Dr. 'and the SE Jackson and Main streets sewer system in the vicinity north of the old Rose School. Recommended condemnation pro ceedings concerning Oerding sew- City Police Chief Appointment Due Roseburg City Manager John Warburton Monday night announc ed to the City Council that by July 1 Roseburg will be able to name a new chief of police. For the past few months the de partment has been operating un der Acting Police Chief Bert Ea ton. The former police chief Ver non Murdock Jr. resigned. Warburton made the announce ment after a question by Council man Jack Davis concerning the ap pointment of a permanent chief. The city manager said 40 appli cations for the job were received by the deadline of May 30. A MAJOR HERO of the Aug. 7, 1959 blast in Roseburg, Fire Chief Don Starmer, is leaving his post to accept a position in San Francisco, Calif. (See story Page 2). Crowds Frighten Princess Grace DUBLIN (AP) The police guard on Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco was doubled today after wildly en thusiastic crowds broke cordons and frightened the princess to tears. Reinforcements also were add ed to the motorcycle escort around the limousine of the prin cess, former movie star Grace Kelly. Some of the outriders were swept off their machines as a crowd of 20.000 surged round the princess in Dublin Monday night. Truck Driver Killed PORTLAND (AP) A dump truck plunged into a gravel pit in northeast Portland today. The driver. Miles E. McCarthy, 60, was killed. Witnesses said he backed up the truck too far and went over the edge of the pit. 'ft,. ers and for the structure on lots 12 and 13 in Miller's Addition SE Kane St. and the structure on Lots 8, 9 and 10 in Hassel Addition, SE Hassel St. Condemnation of the structures was asked by the Rose burg Fire Department. A third structure at 1649 SE Booth Ave could be repaired, it was thought, and its owners were to be advised of this. Bills for May were approved as were the minutes of the last meet ing. Myrtle Creek's Grouping Plan Gets Airing Myrtle Creek's student grouping system in the elementary schools came in for an airing on Monday night, according to Lorraine Biren- baum, News-Review correspondent, and about 120 persons attended. The purpose was discussion, not de cisionwhether the system will be retained or rejected will be decid ed later. Essentially the system calls for grouping of youngsters into Uiree categories depending upon a per centile arrangement below aver age, above average and average. The highest category is 99 percen tile, the lowest 0, the average 50 per cent. It is based entirely on reading scores half vocabulary and half comprehension. The three categor ies move up in their grades, but at different levels of study and they can either rise or fall from various categories depending on their own merits. The system has been in opera tion for three years in Tri-City, a year in Myrtle Creek. Principal Ray Coffenberry of Myrtle Creek explained that for 1960-61 in grades one through eight the Myrtle Creek school system showed that better than three-fourths of each room were above the SO percentile and were above the natural normal in each room in each grade with the ability grouping. The replies to varied questions went like this: Most of the parents are in favor of the plan, according to a Myrtle Creek School Board member. The tests are on reading scores be cause you "cannot define intelli gence but you can measure it" and the "most critical factor in read ing intelligence is reading abili ty," according to Oregon educa tional authority Dr. John Water man. The grouping is used to "reduce the range" and be better able to meet the individual needs of the child. No vote of the people is required; the decision to use the grouping system is the responsibil ity of the Board of Education. An impartial substitute teacher list (certified) administers the tests, machine-scored at the county su perintendent offices. The Califor nia achievement test, recommend ed but not required by Oregon, is used. Officials conducting the panel in cluded Supt. Al Nect of the Myr tle Creek school. Principals Ray Coffenberry and Marvin Covey of Tri-City. and School Board mem bers John Meier Jr., Robert Tay lor, Gilbert Weaver, Bill Wirth and Burton Holt (with Dr. Bill Bayless absent on vacation.) Jacqueline Dancei ATHENS. Greece (AP) Jac queline Kennedy danced until 1 a.m. today at a sea Iron t night club looking out over beautiful Saronic Gulf off Athens. America's First Lady was the guest of Mrs. Constantlne Cara manlis, wife of Greece's prime minister, for dinner and the even ing of dancing. Oik Established 1873 14 Pages Jobless JFK Urges Expansion Of Benefits WASHINGTON (AP)-President Kennedy proposed to Congress to day a broad expansion of the un employment compensation system to increase the amount and dura tion of benefits and the payroll taxes to pay for them. Kennedy called for the most ex tensive overhaul of the jobless in surance plan that has been pro posed since it was enacted as part of Social Security during the Roosevelt New Deal. Long Range Changes Most of the suggested changes are long-range in character. They wouldn't go into effect for several years, some not until 1968. This gives Congress plenty of time to take a long hard look at the pro posals. The program was accomnanied by administration statements that the federal-state unemployment compensation system has long been in need of reform. It was stated that the system has proved its worth through the years, since enactment in 1935, not only in helping idled workers but in bol stering the economy in bad times. No cost figures were immediate ly announced, nor was there any estimate of the amount of addi tional revenue that would be raised by the proposed higher payroll taxes. Here are the highlights of Ken nedy's proposals: 1. The present temporary plan of extending an extra 13 weeks of benefits to out-of-job workers would be continued permanently for steady workers suddenly made unemployed. 2. The president would be em powered during recessions to ex tend the 13-week extra benefits to all workers, even those without a long work history. These two provisions would go into effect in mid-1962 when the present temporary benefit exten sion legislation expires. 3. The government, under a grants program, would pay two thirds of the costs of benefits when a state experienced a heavy drain on its funds. This would go into effect in 1962. 3.5 Million More 4. Beginning in 1964 about 3.5 million more workers would be brought under the system, bring ing total coverage to about 50 mil lion. This would be done by drop ping present exemptions for cer tain small employers, employes of nonprofit organizations, various salesmen and shop operators, and agricultural processing workers. 5. Beginning in 1964 the states would be required to increase ben efits. An individual worker would be entitled to half his former reg ular wage, up to a fixed maxi mum. Required maximums would be at least half the statewide av erage weekly wage in 1964-66, 60 per cent of the state average in 1966-63, and 66 2-3 per cent after Jan. 1, 1968. At present the maximum bene fit amounts payable in 46 states are below half the weekly state wide average wage in each of the states. Weekly benefits now aver age about $35. 6. Additional taxes would go into effect in 1964. The base of the federal payroll tax would he in creased from the first $3,000 of wages to the first $4,800. Also the increased tax rate scheduled to go into effect only in 1962 and 1963, to pay for the pres ent temporary benefits extension would be made a permanent in crease. This runs to eight-tenths of one per cent of payrolls. After 1963, employers would lose allowable tax credits in states failing to meet federal require ments as to benefits. Idle workers also could lose their right to benefits if they re fused to take retraining or re fresher courses prescribed to fit them for new jobs. In this connec tion the administration earlier pro posed a four-year 3700-million retraining-relocation program. Mayor Asks Cooperation In Pioneer Days Fete Roseburg Mayor Pete Serafin Monday night asked City Council members to cooperate in any way possible with the Douglas County Pioneer Days celebration now un der way. He said councilmen are being sought to participate in the Satur day Pioneer Days Parade "on hors es or floats or aulos." It was noted that the klca of the Pioneer Days is to build the an nual rodeo in Roseburg into a coun tywide affair. He said that the only difference between the rodeos at Roseburg and Pendleton "is pageantry and that's what we're trying to build." mp$ifaw ROSEBURG, OREGON Insurance -v?4 41. i'MH S-V; J A "H . - if ff IT,- .'if A : , Jr-' i t APPEARING IN the 1961 Douglas County Rodeo will be Linda Lou Dreyer, 12, of Pendleton in her trick riding act. She will also appear during the Booster Button Show Friday night at the Fairgrounds. - Big Celebration Slated This Week By GEORGE . CASTILLO Maws-Rtview Managing Editor One of Douglas County's biggest celebrations starts . in Roseburg Wednesday. Its the Douglas County Pioneer Days, and it s all a prelude to a weekend of the 7th annual Doug-: las County Rodeo Saturday and Sunday. The final meeting of the Pioneer Days and Rodeo Booster Commit tee was held this morning at the Broiler to review the events plan ned. The accounting proved favor able. Loam Brought In Preparations for the big five days of activity started Monday night as the first loam was brought to the center of town, and the Jackson St. Corral was blocked off to traffic. The corral will be the center of most of the pre-rodeo activity. Also, Tuesday was officially set as the day for people to start wear ing western or pioneer garb in Hillsboro Boy Dies In Swimming Pool HILLSBORO (AP) -A boy died in a hospital here Monday night from injuries suffered in a fall at the Hillsboro municipal swimming pool less than an hour earlier. He was Donald Urich, 14, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kvan Urich of Hillsboro. An autopsy is scheduled, but doctors said indications were that he suffered either a broken neck or a fractured skull, or both. Mies Merle Wright, a lifeguard, noticed the boy at the bottom of the pool eight feet from the sur face and pulled him out, Richard Burke, pool manager, applied artificial respiration but he was pronounced dead shortly after an amouiance goi mm 10 uie nupuai. Three lifeguards were present, and some 250 persons were at the pool but. Burke said, apparently no one saw the accident. It was believed he may have hit his head on the bottom following a dive. New Explosions Rock S. Tyrol BOLZANO, Italy (AP) Two new dynamite explosions toppled more electric power pylons in the troubled South Tyrol area early today, further cutting power to Uie region. No one was injured, hut the Bolzano deputy state attorney. Le onardo D'Alessandrn, 46, died of a heart attack shortly after mak ing a predawn inspection of the wrecked pylons. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1961 Overhaul Asked recognition of Pioneer Days. Boost er Chairman Alan Knudtson said the dress would be enforced only among the downtown merchants and businessmen. He said the com mittee wants people visiting town to wear western dress, but they won't be put in the stockade as punishment for not dressing up. Children Fettd Wednesday has been set aside for the children. The Kids' Day ac tivities will include a pack train demonstration by owners of the Cascade Corrals from Dry Creek at 10 a.m.; horseshoeing demon stration in the Jackson St. Corral at 11 a.m.; horse show at noon. All times are standard time. In the afternoon at 2, a special pioneer Days movie will be held for youngsters at the Indian The atre. It is called aptly "Palomi no." As a special drawing card for youngsters during the horse show at noon Wednesday in the Jackson St. Corral, 25 free passes to the kids' matineo will be given away. Conducting tho earlier horseshoe ing demonstration will be Everett Jones of Umpqua. Activity picks up Thursday and Friday. With hardly a dull mo ment, tho events on tap are an tique car show, gun show, pack train demonstration, merchants' burro race, archery exhibition, merchant's tug of war, sheep dog trial and sheep shearing demon stration, booster button show, fly and plug casting demonstration, pony express race, parades and the rodeo events. Race Scheduled A late addition to the list of events is a cowboys' hardtop race at the Roseburg Speedway Friday night. It starts at 7 p.m., with only cowboys eligible for this one race. The winner of the event will receive a pair of cowboy boots, Mrs. Robert Schmitt, grand pa rade float chairman, reported that about 15 floats will be in the par ade. The entries will be judged be fore tho 1 p.m. parade, and an nounceri will be stationed along the parade route to describe the entries with loudspeakers. The only event planned which had to be canceled was the square dance. Knudtson said the support was just not strong enough. Proposed Power Merger Wins State Approval SALEM, (AP) The proposed mtrger of Pacific Power and Light Co. and California Oregon Power Ce. won the approval to day of Public Utility Commission er Jonal C. Hill. Hill said there was nothing In the merger plan that would be adverse to the public. He added that there was no opposition at recent hearings held in Mtdferd. 138-61 PRICE 5c Tractor Team In Havana For Parley HAVANA (AP)-The American mission 10 exenango tractors for prisoners arrived by air today and was greeted by middle-ranking officials of Prime Minister riaei Lastio s government. The four members of the mis. sion were received at the airport uy major Mil: trespo of the In- smuie or Agrarian Reform: En- ricue Cabre. chief of maphinprv of the institute, and Fernanda Otero, aide to President Osvaldo uonicos. The group went from the air. port to the Havana Riviera Hotel In a statement released to newsmen, rrof. Roy Banier of the university of California said the group plans to remain in Havana two days. He added that the ne gotiations will be "of a technical nature." , Castro loft for Oricnte Prnvini-n before the arrival of the mission. Before leaving Miami the group declared its "humanitarian pur pose" is to free 1,200 captured in vaders by exchanging 500 tractors for them, as originally proposed by Castro. The four man team of technical experts departed at 5:26 a.m. on the hour's flight to Havana with the avowed hope of working out a satisfactory tractors for prison ers trade in the next couple of days. A one-man protest demonstra tion greeted the U.S. negotiators as they went through final de parture procedures at Miami In ternational Airport. Douglas K. Voorhecs, a local real estate man known for his vocal advocacy of, causes,, loudly accused the team of going to Cuba to "submit to ransom, to DiacKmau. " He charged that the non-govern mental team of experts was vio lating the Logan Act which bars negotiations by private citizens with foreign governments. Voorhees demanded that the Dade County (Miami) police ar rest the U.S. team. The police in stead kept Voohees to one side of the departing group but let him talk on. The Kennedy administration, which supports the Tractors-for- Freedom drive, has told the group it is not violating the Logan Act. The technical team, while hope ful Castro would quickly agree to a swap because he needs trac tors, was apprehensive that the unpredictable prime minister might demand terms unaccepta ble to the American committee. Voorhecs was the only protestor to show up at the airport through there had been rumors there might be trouble. Jaycees To Give City Check For Swim Pool Rosobure Jaycees will present a check for more than $400 to City Manager John Warburton at a 7:30 p.m. dinner meeting tonight, Alan Brown, president, announced to day. The money is for additional swimming pool facilities. The check marks the windup of an extensive cleanup and beautifi cation project undertaken by the local civic booster organization. All Jaycees and Jay-C-ettes are urged to attend the meeting in the Gold Room of the Umpqua Hotel. Lvery member should also bring a guest, orown stated. Two Leave Sutherlin City Council Positions Sutherlin has two less council men today. The two, Ray Mullen and Frank Moss, resigned at Monday night's meeting of the Sutherlin City Coun cil. Their resignations were accept ed. Mullen, recently named superin tendent of Sutherlin schools, said he had not anticipated the advance ment in his profession when he ran for the council seat last fall. He said he could not do an adequate job in both positions. Moss, Sutherlin high school teacher for the past several yenrs, said he had resigned his position at school and was leaving Suther lin. Terms Unexpired Both were elected last November for three years. Appointees to serve out the- unexpired terms are ex pected to be named at the next regular council meeting July 10. The matter of daylight saving time was discussed but no action was taken. It was the council s feel ing none was necessary, reports correspondent Barbara Llesinger. Competition Said Reason For Decision By GEORGE CASTILLO Newt-Review Managing Editor Six niainr lumhnr mmnanipn in central Douclas Countv have H,. cided to hold the line on daylight saving time despite the general swing in the Roseburg area back to standard time. Representatives of Pacific Ply wood Co. of Dillard, Martin Box Co. of Oakland, Roseburg Lumber Co. of Dillard, Evans ProducU Co. of Winchester, Sun Studs Inc. and United States Plywood Corp., both of Roseburg, met to discuss the is sue Monday night. Their decision came after consid eration of the competitive position of mills in Washington, Montana, the major part of Oreyon now on DST and California. They also con sidered the balance of the country when the manufactured products are being purchased. In their for mal statement, the representatives said "the group felt it had no al ternative but to meet the compe tition and remain on daylight sav ing time." "An example of the problem faced by the mills" the statement continues, "is that the east coast has already gone to lunch at 8 a.m. standard time here and, as a result, only a small part of the working day is effective for sell ing. Competitors 80 miles to the north and 100 miles to the south, because of daylight saving time, are able to take advantage of the lost time." A matter of additional concern expressed at the meeting was the "inability to secure needed ma terials and services locally at the start of business each day because of time differential." However, it was decided local suppliers would cooperate to aid the business cli mate, "particularly since the prob lem will recur every year. Battle Continues Meanwhile, on the Roseburg bat tlefield, more businesses continued to return to the standard time fold, and the running verbal battle be tween Harold Reaume. manager of the Roseburg Chamber of Com merce and Norman Lee, business agent of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2949, went on. Both major Roseburg hotels, the Hotel Rose and Hotel Umpqua rc- porica loaay tney are on stand ard time, nut at the Umpqua, civic clubs are still meeting on daylight time, Douglas ; Community Hospital joined Mercy Hospital In the de cision to return to standard time. A Community Hospital spokesman said today the hospital would re turn to standard Wednesday. This is the same day previously se lected by Mercy for a return. Reaume, meantime, charged Lee with deception in reporting Mon day that Local 2949 had written the Oregon Building and Construc tion Trades Council protesting the bill which set the stage for the time mixup. Lee said the local had sent a letter to the council. as well as the -chamber, in pro test. Reaume says in rebuttal: "The letter from Local 2949 was dated June 5 and was received by the Chamber of Commerce June 6. In a telephone conversation at 3 p.m. Thursday June 8, Norman Lee ad mitted lie had no knowledge of who requested the introduction of House Bill 1502 so any letter which Local 2949 may have writ ten to the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council was not written until they were forced into it by the facta being revealed." Continuing, Reaume says: "Mr. Lee states that the Oregon AFLa CIO stands for uniform time throughout the state. Just when, and under what circumstances, did they take that action? Why have they kept it a secret? Certainly no news media has reported it." Reaume also said Lee had "total ly avoided the question as to how many members were at the June 2 meeting." He also called a boy cott he said the union was using against DST businesses as "a vici ous form of pressure." U It isn't, he concluded, what is? "the use of brasa knucks, blackjacks, lead pipes and chains?" Most business places in the city have remained on standard time. The council granted permission to Sclmar Hutchins to erect a bill board on city property adjacent to Highway 99 freeway for 10 years. The sign will announce the southbound exit to Sutherlin. The proolem of water drainage created by the sidewalk now wi der construction on W. Central Ave. was placed before the council. It voted to allow installation of lower driveways on unfinished portions for drainage purposes only. George Stubbcrt, city manager, said 1,500 feet of sidewalk have been completed. He said another 1,000 feet will be completed today. The Branton St. sewer line has been completed, Stubbert said. He also informed the council the city has sprayed for mosquito control twice this year. A resolution was adoptd petition ing the state Highway Commission for funds from the special city al lotment for improvement of Ump qua St. between Central and Ev erett avenues.
