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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.
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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."
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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.