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2 The KUwt-Rfv.tw, Roieburg, Ore. Tuei., Junt I J, ivi Main Street Garbage Cans Receive Beating At Council Meeting Monday Garbage cans on SE Main St. received a beating Monday night during the Itoseburg City Council meeting. Mayor Pete Serafin said Main St. in the last few years has picked up, with many St, Jackson St merchants opening their establish ments to Main St. traffic and some French, Rebels In Crucial Meet ' EVIANLES-BAINS, France (AP) French negotiators and representatives of the Algerian rebel government met today for what may be the crucial session of their three-weck-old peace con ference. The tone and approach of to day's session in Evian'a Hotel l)u Pare could decide whether the talks continue or break down. So far neither side has shown an clination to break off the talks and take the responsibility for the resumption of large-scale fighting in Algeria. The tense, gloomy atmosphere In which the parley recessed Saturday was further clouded over the weekend when Moslem terrorists struck with new fury throughout Algeria. Thirteen per sons were killed and 54 wounded. Five persons four of them Eu ropeanswere killed in terrorist attacks in Oran Monday. In Al giers a European and a Moslem were killed and six Moslems were wounded when a grenade was tossed into a crowded cafe. French extremists retaliated with three plastic bombs in front of Moslem stores, wounding three persons. Five persons were injured in a similar incident in Constantine, where a French captain was also shot and gravely wounded. In Paris, 16 persons were wounded, three seriously, by the explosion of a plastic bomb in hotel in an area housing many African workers. The bombing was blamed on French extremists opposing President Charles de Gaulle's Algerian policy. The French have ordered their forces in Algeria to hold their fire unless attacked, but the rebel command has refused to halt ter rorism, the nationalists' most ef fective weapon. Hospital News Vliitlng Hours 1 to 3:30 p.m. and 7 to t p.m Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Mtdical: Ralph Stewart, Mrs Donald Schelcr, Mrs. D. M. Head, Itoseburg; Percy Wolcott, William Banks, Camas Valley; Carl Willcy, unoe; liainryn wnite, Winchester; Mrs. Norman Peterson, Suthcrlin; Mrs. Archie Childers, Dillard. Surg try: Mrs. Warren Good, Suthcrlin; Carolyn Spencer, Oak land; Lois Pollock, Winchester; Beach. Discharged Clayton Bibby, Mrs. Jack Dibble and daughter, Christine Lynn, Mrs. Richard Drake, Mrs, Clcndon Dud ley and daughter, Kelly Louise, Gary Ingram, Mrs. Edmond Lew is, Mrs. Lee Perkins and son, Clif ford Lee, Eva Wood, Roseburg; David Boycr, Larry Bales, Dillard Wilson, Mrs. Wlllard Baker and son, Aurbin Lee, Suthcrlin; Mrs. James Bartlcy, Camas Valley; Les lie Perrin, Oakland; Mrs. Allan Sherlock, Winston. Marcy Hospital . Admitted Madlcal: Dcssie Payne, Ernest Burris, Roseburg; Mrs. Perry Al lan, Alfred Remy, William Wash ington, Suthcrlin; Mrs. Clyde Moore, Winston. Surgary: Andrew Welch, Win ston. Dlschargad Mrs. Carl Camp, Marvin Wright, Robert Dirkscn, Eric Carlson, Mrs. Richard Dow and daughter, Nnn- etto Marie, Roseburg; Mrs. Ted Nixon and daughter, Pamela Di ane, Days Creek; Grayson Hell man, Camas Valley. Roseburg Men Appear In Municipal Court Three Roseburg men were ar raigned in Municipal Court Mon day. James Paul White, 1325 SF. Cobb St., pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended operator's license. He received two days in jail and was fined $G0 plus court costs. Van Michael Stoval, 11.19 SE Main St., also pleaded guity to a count of failure to leave his name and address at the scene of an accident. He was fined SfiO plus Si costs. Hugo Fingal Fredrickson, 1057 NE Jacobscn St., pleaded innocent to a charge of drunk driving. His trial has been set for 9:30 a.m., Aug. 12. He was arrested Sunday and subsequently released on $300 bail. I OREGON FUNERAL PLAN The ONLY way you con be lure For information, with no obligation, coll now , , , ORchard 2-3273 W.T."Aly" Allen merchants fronting entirely on Alain M. However, he noted, Main St. is gradually gaining the nickname "Garbage Can Alley" because sev eral merchants do not bother to bring their garbage containers in doors. The consequent picture to visit ors or shoppers is not one con ducive to good business, he indicat ed. At the same time he noted mer chants pile trash and boxes out doors on Main St. sidewalks at night, presenting another picture ol untidiness. City Manager John Warburton said the problem is one that crops up every two months. Merchants will keep the problem under con trol for a while and then it ap pears again, he said. As far as the boxes are con cerned, Warburton said, probably the only permanent solution is for the merchant to supply a fireproof container indoors. Fire Chief Don Starmer said he would rather see the boxes on the sidewalk than in a basement where they would pose a great lire Hazard. The council passed a motion to have a letter sent to merchants asking them to correct the garbage can situation immediately and at the same time seek a better way to handle waste boxes. City Attorney Paul Gcddcs said Charcoal Cooker Blamed !n Death BEND (AP) -Carbon monoxide gas from charcoal bricks in a food cooker was blamed for the death of a Grcsham High School teacher whose body was found with his unconscious wife in their car Mon day. They were the parents of five young children. Patrick Mallon, 32, and his wife, Patricia, 29, had been on outing at East Lake. 35 miles southeast of here. They apparent ly had returned to their car after cooking food on a charcoal broiler. which they brought back with them. Sheriff Forrest T. Sholes said t first it was thought they had been stricken with food poisoning. She was brought to a hospital here in serious condition. Mallon, a University of Portland graduate, was a Spanish teacher and boxing coach. The Mallon children runge in age from one to eight years. The three oldest were staying with Mrs. Mallon's mother in Portland. A baby-sitter was staying with the other two, at the Mallon home. Appling, Thornton Agreed On Claims SAI.EM (AP)-A(ty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton Monday agreed with Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. that a conservative auditing standard should be ap plied to legislative expense claims. Thornton said in response to Appling's request for an opinion that it is entirely within the dis cretion of the secretary of stale to require legislators to submit de tailed information in support of their expense claims. He said the secretary of state also may determine the degree of Information necessary to show whether a particular expense was reasonably necessary. Appling asked the opinion after an Oregon Supreme Court ruling upheld the right of the legislature to pay "legislative expenses. ' The state Constitution bars per sonal expenses. Hospital Ship Hope Is Bound For Saigon HONG KONG (AP)-The Amer ican hospital ship Hope was bound for Saigon today, carrying its mercy mission to South Viet Nam after a five-day overhaul in a Hong Kong drydnrk. The Hope, operated by the People-to 1'eoplo Health Foundation, spent seven months in Indonesia treating patients and tiaimng doc tors and nurses. The mission in South Viet Nam is expected to last several months. Reedsport Men Jailed For Drunken Driving Osmond Jack Ratcliff. 53, Reeds port. has been committed to the Douglas County jail for 3D days hy Justice of Peace Orin B. Col liers of Reedsport on a drunken driving chorge. Clair Lemont Zufrlt, 32. Reeds port, has been committed to jail by Judge Collier in lieu of pay ment of a $250 fine and $5 costs for drunken driving. merchants bad been operating un der "tacit permission" to store trash and paper in metal contain ers on the sidewalk. The point was made that people dig through these containers seek ing boxes and in the process litter the sidewalks about the containers. Youths Tell Tale Of Tragic Irony SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) Two teen-agers, in a tale of tragic irony, say they embarked on seven slayings in five states because as long as they had killed one "we might as well keep on." But the man they thought they had killed didn't die. Had they quit there, they wouldn't be fac ing murder charges. There's another irony. Both James Douglas Latham, 19, Mau riceville, Tex., and George Ron ald York, 18, Jacksonville, Fla., say they want to die. They'd pre fer the electric chair. But the stales with seemingly the strong est cases execute by other means Kansas by hanging and Colo rado by the gas chamber. What started it? The Army, they claimed at a news confer ence in Salt Lake County jail Monday. They complained about army harassment. They objected to racial integration in the Army and to serving under Negro offi cers. Though they expressed some offhand regret for some of the killings, they didn't for the slay ing of John A. Whitaker, an el derly Negro railroad porter in luuanoma, Tenn., who wos robbed and shot to death. "He was black." York ex plained. And Latham added: "We don't feel bad about killing a nigger." Both are AWOL from the Army. They fled a disciplinary unit at Fort Hood, Tex., May 24. Latham was serving six months and was to get a bad-conduct discharge ior taKing ?40 from a fellow sol oier. xorK nau Deen given six months for being AWOL. "We got what we were work ing for," said York, "to get out of this stinking rat race on the outside." But York said he doubled they would have killed anyone else if they had known that Edward J. Guidroz, the man slugged and left for dead near Baton Rouge, La., had survived. Congressional Approval Seen For JFK's Program WASHINGTON (AP) - Demo cratic conercssional leaders nre. dieted today that President Kennedy's forelen aid nrocram will "come out in nrettv eood shape" in Congress. Die leaders, after a conference with Kennedy, said they dis cussed a wide range of questions, with particular emphasis on the foreign aid program. House Speaker Sam Ravhurn of Texas described the Kennedy plan 10 put lorcign aid on a long-range rather than a year-to-year basis as the most controversial. Rayburn told newsmen he and other Democratic leaders re card ed the foreign aid program, in cluding the long-range feature, as vitally necessary. Young Democrats Plan July Fourth Observance Roscburg's Young Democrats arc making tentative plans for a 4th of July celebration which will include a parade and a community picnic at Umpqua Park. A representative of the organiza tion will call on the various busi nesses in town, seeking support. It is hoped that the group can get enough floats from businesses to have every president of the Uni ted States represented. You Are Invited TO ATTEND mm At The New Location Of The Roseburg Office Of The Oregon State Employment Service 846 S. E. PINE STREET 3 fo 5 P-M.-Wednesday June 14th Hi Tr-rmirr , ' " . . -; L . - - I'M ' i ' ' . . , ii i.i ' SBtfMfmeMfWJU! - J- : ' " "... , - - i ."si-1 WAVING FAREWELL to friends is this bus load of outstanding Douglas County 4-H Club boys and girls, who left Roseburg from ttiet Courthouse Monday for Corvallis. They will attend a week-long annual 4-H summer school, all of the 77 members attend ing on scholarships. To be eligible they had to bs 12 years of age and were selected on a basis of their achievements by the leader's Committee. The members were accompan ied by 4-H agents Frank von Borstel and Wanda Foree, and a leader, Mrs. Clara Rock well. (News-Review Photo). Donald Starmer Resigns As Roseburg Fire Chief By BILL SPARKS Niws-Rtview Staff Writer Don starmer, me young man who took command during Rose burg's greatest hour of disaster, Monday night turned in his resig nation as chief of the city's fire department. The 37-year-old Starmer moved up from his lieutenant s slot the fire department about 1:15 a.m. Aug. 7, 1959, when he took over command of the department immediately following the now- famous Roseburg blast. Directs Pattern Assistant Chief Roy McFarland was killed by the explosion and Chief W. E. (Dutch) Mills suffer ed a heart attack, leaving Starm er the senior officer in charge. Heading a gallant crew of city, Roseburg Rural and olher Doug las County firemen, as well hundreds of volunteers, Starmer was able to direct the fire-fighting pattern that saved an even great er area of the city from destruc tion. In a short time, he was appoint ed chief, replacing the late Dutch Mills, who resigned because of his heart and later suffered a fatal heart attack. ; Now Starmer has resigned that position to take a job as factory representative for the Crown Fire coach Co. in San Francisco, Calif. His resignation becomes effective July 16. City Manager John War burton said applications will be ac cepted for the opening in the near future. Long Honors List Highlighting the long list of hon- Alfred E. Gilley Alfred Eddy Gilley, 77, died yes terday at a local hospital following a prolonged illness. He was born Sept. 15, 1883, in Menomonie, Wis. He had lived in the Roseburg area for the past H years, moving here from Salina, Kan. He was married to Carrie Bradley in Sibley, Iowa, in 1912. He was employed by the Douglas County Lumber Co., until his re tirement three years ago. Survivors in addition to his wife include a daughter, Mrs. Aletta J. Gilbertson of Sillvan Lake, Alber ta, Canada; one son, Bruce V. of Roseburg; one sister, Mrs. Alta F. Plum of Oskaloosa, Iowa; eight grandchildren and five great grand children. Funeral services will be held at Wilson's Chapel of the Roses Wed nesday at 2 p.m., standard time, with the Rev. Robert llempel of the First Church of the Nazarene officiating. Concluding services and interment will follow at the Rose burg Memorial Gardens. HOUSE fc-fc Ih it ors heaped upon the young fire chief for his action in the face of disaster was the Roseburg Cham ber of Commerce announcement in early 1960 that he had been named Roseburg s First Citizen for 1959. In addition, he has become popu lar as a speaker at various fire men's conventions, and has spoken in Washington, California, Wiscon sin, and is slated to speak at the Fire Prevention Conference in Las Crusces, N.M., Aug. 14, two years and a week after the blast. In turning in his resignation Starmer said, "I owe a great deal to you (Warburton) and to the city administration for the opportunity that was afforded me to be your fire chief, and I hope that I am partially repaying you by leaving you an efficient fire department that I believe is a credit to the City of Roseburg." "The Mayor, Cily Council and Budget Committee have also been most helpful and have made my job a pleasure," he declared. Nariva Son Starmer is a life long resident of Roseburg. He was born here Minor Thefts Occur In Roseburg Area About $75 in equipment was re ported stolen from a Roseburg Sign Co. truck over the weekend. The truck was parked in the lot of a Roseburg gas station Saturday nicht when the theft is thought to have occurred. Cily police are in vestigating the crime. Lee Perkins of 992 NW heasey Rd. notified Douglas County Sher iff's deputies someone had broken into his garage and taken a boat license and registration from a boat he is purchasing. One Bullet Wound Two Hunters In Australia BRISBANE, Australia (AP) One bullet wounded two youths in a hunting accident near Cairns, North Queensland. Frederick Moody, 17, acci dentally bumped the butt of his .22 rifle on the ground. 11 went off. The bullet passed through Moody's right leg and hit the right leg of his companion, Bruce Lederhouse, 25 yards away. Dies At Diamond Lake A 69-year-old Beaverton man died from what was described as a heart attack he suffered while load ing his boat at Diamond Lake Mon day. The body of Fred William Kempen was removed to a Klam ath Falls mortuary. AN rr v, Dec. 26, 1923, and graduated from Roseburg High School in 1942. He then joined the Army and served in Europe during World War II, returning here to serve on the city police department and fire depart ment. He was made a lieutenant in the fire department in 1952. Starmer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Starmer, reside at 482 NE Winchester St. He is married to a Roseburg girl, the former Melva Richardson, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Richardson, live at 528 W. Ballf St. Starmer is the father of two girls, Ardel 9, and Janice, 2, and a son, David, 5. Accused Acid Thrower's Trial Slated Wednesday MADRAS (AP)-Trials of two women facing first degree murder charges in Jefferson County prob ably will be held in early August. Requests for psychiatric exam inations of the defendants, Mrs. Gertrude Jackson and Miss Jean nace Joan Freeman, have been made by their attorneys. The bod ies of two children of Mrs. Jack son were found in the Crooked River Gorge May 12. The women were arrested later in California, and returned to Central Oregon. Circuit Robert H. Foley said that he had hoped to schedule the cases for this month, but legal complications plus inadequancy of the present Jefferson County court house have forced a delay. A new courthouse will be ready for occu pancy in late July or early August. TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS... tl'utot Fpoits s rof prbunlonil nun iw th wjtr dn ll Wirt IW l" "" litislni for kuir mothtri! Cordletsl Self Powertdi Transisloriitdt NO ElECTRICITY OR WHINS! NOTHING TO CONNECT, HUB IN, 01 INSTALL! 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The total vol ume was three million board feet appraised at $83,380. There was 2, 800,000 board feet of Douglas fir and pine appraised at $29.20 per thousand and 200,000 board feet of white fir and other species ap praised at $8.10 per thousand. The high bidSer was Eugene Ply wood Co. of Eugene, with total bid of $115,160. The bid included $40.55 on Douglas fir and pine and the appraised price on the other species group. Other bidders in cluded Evans Products Co. of Coos Bay, Pacific Plywood Co. of Dil lard, Douglas County Lumber Co. of Roseburg, L&H Lumber Co. of Sutherlin, Sun Studs, Inc., of Rose burg, Paul V. Hult Lumber Co. of Dillard, Nordic Veneers, Inc., of Sutherlin, and Round Prairie Lum ber Co. of Dillard. The second sale was on the Lit tle River Ranger District 47 miles east of Roseburg on 41 acres. The total volume was 2,900,000 board feet appraised at $76,690, with 2, 400,000 board feet of Douglas fir and pine appraised at $30.85 per thousand and 500,000 board feet of Western hemlock and other spe cies appraised at $5.30 per thou sand. Nordic High The high bidder was Nordic Ve neers, Inc., with a total bid of $77,650. The bid included $31.25 per thousand oh Douglas fir and pine and the appraised price on the other species group. One other bid der was Douglas County Lumber Co. The third sale was on the Dia mond Lake Ranger District 81 miles east of Roseburg on 42 acres. The total volume was 2,200,000 board feet appraised at $43,6C0. Of the total 1,900,000 board feet was in Douglas fir and pine ap praised at $22.45 per thousand and 300,000 board feet of white fir and other species appraised at $3.45 per thousand. Diamond Lake High The high bidder was the Dia mond Lake Lumber Co. of Che mault, with a total bid of $66,585. The firm was $34.50 per thousand on the Douglas fir and pine and Bob Griggs Gets Two-Year Term Bobby Griggs, 28, of Idleyld Route, Monday pleaded guilty to a Grand Jury indictment charging larceny over $75. He was sentenced by Judge Charles S. Woodrich to two years in the Oregon State Peni tentiary. Griggs admitted the theft of cop per wire from the Douglas Electric Co-op April 26. His brother had earlier pleaded guilty to the same larceny charge. Griggs was indict ed by the Grand Jury Friday. ...ItOKYoutS M7r Add It up: How many hourt do you waste "holding" the phone? Waiting "just a minute, please"? Fumbling with the receiver or try ing to do impossible things with just one hand? A macniFone alongside your telephone saves this precious time, ends annoy ances. You talk with the other person as if in the same room, from any distance up to 10-12 feet. With both hantit free to open drawers, spread books, make notes, or to do anything rise! 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Feero of Roseburg, with total bid Of $58,330. He bid $36 per thousand on the Douglas fir and pine and the appraised price on the other species group. Other bidders in cluded Douglas County Lumber Co., Paul V. Hult Lumber Co., and Nordic Veneers, Inc. Winston Teen Club To Begin Activities The Winston Teen Club will re sume activities for the summer starting Thursday at 6:30 p.m. standard time at the Winston Com munity Hall, under the direction of Leslie Wolfe, advisor. Requirements to participate are that teen-agers must have their Douglas High School student body card and pay a small admission fee. Those desiring to bring guests must have a clearance from ad visor Wolfe. Activities will include ping pong, cards and dancing by a record player, which the teen-agers bought and donated to the Community Club in appreciation1 for the use of the hall. ' The club is operated on the pro ceeds from the admission charge and through the sale of soft drinks, reports Phebe McGuire, corre spondent. Riddle Cemetery Board Slates Land Purchase As a result of the unanimous af firmative vote on the $6,083 budget for the Riddle cemetery mainten ance district cast in the special election on June 5, the directors are proceeding with arrangements for the contract purchase of an ad ditional 8'4-acres adjoining the northern boundary of the present cemetery. They also plan improve ments of the grounds of the pres ent cemetery for easier mainten ance, according to Erma Best, News-Review correspondent. Directors and budget committee members arc: J. L. Aikins, G, J. Aspey, William Strobridge, E. P. Blundcll, E. S. Pruner and B. R. Reynolds. I Gregory Alan Roderick Gregory Alan Roderick, 5-month- old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rod erick of Winston, died this morning at a Eugene Hospital. Funeral ar rangements will be announced la ter by Wilson's Chapel of the Roses. INTRODUCTORY PRICE COMPLETE 2995 - 7406 or OR 3-6078 Vic Bakala
