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o o 2 The Newj-Revicw, Roscburg, Dm iglas County Budget Hits High At By JERRY CORNELL News-Review Staff Writer The County Court Friday adopt ed a budget for Douglas County for the next fiscal year totalling $8,230,689.40 a new high. Judge V. T. Jackson announced the adoption following a puhlic hearing earlier in the day at which several requests were made for slight increases in various depart ments. Prior to hearing the requests, the Court had received a report of the budget committee which rec ommended an increase in the pre viously submitted budget of $46, 478,75. DA Slash Talked Included in the budget commit tee's report was a recommended cut of $1,320 in the salary of the District Attorney. In the absence of Avery Thomp son, who is attending a District Attorney Institute in Portland, Dep. 3)ist. Atty. (ieorge Weigum asked the court not to put the sum out of the budget. "I think every county in the state proportionately pays more to their district attorneys than Douglas County pays its DA," Wcigum said. He pointed out District Attor ney s oflice handles a greai aeai of county civil work. Wcigum also stated: "General ly speaking, Douglas County ranks second in the state in handling to tal number of criminal cases. Continues Experts The Court maintained the state now makes adequate salary avail able to the district attorney so he does not need money from the county. After the hearing, the court de cided to leave tho expenditure in the budget. "The fact that h Is away is why wo are not cutting the $1,320 from the budget," Judge Jackson said. 'But' we don't have to give it to atfield Gets Blame For Cut In PORTLAND (AP) Multnomah County today reported a drastic cut in welfare funds. County com missioners at once blamed Gov. Mark Hatfield. The county commissioners met with welfaro officials Friday, learned of tho cut, then took up a proposal to cut welfare payments to 65 per cent of what lias been standard. They refused to go along with that. Commissioner Jack Bain asked William Smylhc, Welfaro Depart ment director of field service, what figure he had submitted to the Department of Finance for Multnomah County's needs. Sufherltn Lovelies Vying For Crown Kight pretty lasses are vying for tho title of Queen of the Timber Days at Sulhcrlin Aug. 11, 12 and 13. .Six ranilidnles from Sutherlin, one from Oakland and one from Roscburg are busy selling tickets for the three days of activity, he lection of the queen will be based on ticket sales. Those running and their sponsors are: Nancy Moore, Sutherlin, Girls Drill Team: Donna Leo Fu gate. Brown Chevrolet and Union Oil Co. of Sulhorlin; Bonnie Wolf, Beta F.ta Sorority and Sutherlin City Drive In Market; Carol Rob inson, Sutherlin High School Band; I. a Vaughn Stone, Phot Lab and Camera Sim ipn Roseburg; Jill Lytic, Oakland Garden Club; Mary Orchard, Frank Moore's Steam boat Inn and Frank ic Boh Flying A Station in Koschurg; and Gail K I. ii no Barklow, Sutherlin Lions Lllll). Chairman for the Kith annual event is Jack Culver, assisted by co-chairman Allan Andrews. r . V ':v i fin, -'-""-s- r.iZTZjfc"1 - JJ? J---.'rycP S V I - - .- ; vita RISING FROM RUBBLE Another shiny building rising out of the ruin of the Aug. 7, 1959, blast which razed eight blocks of Roseburg, is the Douglas Inn Motel. The rub ble in foreground is being clcored owoy from the former Modern Floor Covering build ing to moke way for a SE Oak Ave. entry and parking area. See story page 3. (News Review Photo). Ore Sat., July 1, 1961 Mem $83 Million him. We will wait until Wednes- day when he returns to make any decisions. But we did not feci we otild hold up the budget until then." Jfcvenues to finance the 1961G2 budget come mainly in two iunds the general fund, which will provide $2,090,085.65, and the road fund, which will provide $5,456,080. Current taxes necessary to balance the budget will total $687,240. Tax base used for the last fiscal year was $681,402.36. The statutory 6 per cent increase allowed by state law is $40,884.14 bringing the tax base for the new fiscal year to $722,286.50. Js'o vote will be necessary to ap prove the budget as the tax base is not over the 6 per cent limita tion. Timber Revenue Included in revenue is $3,515, 000 in Oregon and California Grant lands and $900,000 in forest timber sales. Final additions to the budget to tal $48,343.75. The general fund budget is $2,834,669.40 and the road fund is $5,456,000. Largest single item in the road fund is $2,789,580 for major road construction. This construction in cludes $500,000 for the North Ump- qua Itoad, $375,000 for the Riddle by pass and $220,000 for rccon struction of the Upper Cow Creek Rd. Of the additions to the budget largest is $40,000 for construction in the courthouse mainly for re vamping and construction of heat ing and air conditioning systems. Another $3,000 was added to the District Attorney's office to bring tho salary of the second deputy district attorney to $7,000, present salary of the other deputy. Guidance Clinic Fund A sum of $3,350 was added to the Health Department's child guidance clinic while $1,290.75 was Welfare "I'm not prepared to say." said Smythe. "You went along with the gov ernor," said Bain. "Thais what he wanted. That's what he got. Now we are stuck with the prob lem.". . "To my mind It is perfectly fantastic to starve people to death by steps," said Commissioner M. James Gleason. "Seventy cents a day. Why, we can't even feed at the jail as cheap as that. We are doing better than that on what we ship across the pond. If the state is in o position to dictate this and the county is a rubber stamp then we'd better resign and let them run it." The decision eventually was to curtail help for foster children and to maintain other welfaro needs at 85 per cent of what has been standard. Kven that will exhaust Mult nomah's welfare funds by July 20, commissioners were told. The county officials want to meet with the state Welfare Com mission to try to solve the prob lem. If that fails, they said they will press for a meeting with the governor. The county welfaro director, Gus B. Lange, suggested the county could divert funds from some other source to welfare. "Multnomah residents are al ready carrying a larger share per capita of welfare costs than other state residents. How far can the state expect us to go?" demanded Gleason. 1 ho cut in foster child care means alwut 130 children now in foster homes will have to he moved out before Sept. 1. The county will not accept any more children for placement. What will happen to tho chil dren? Welfare officials said they do not know. They hope privnln child care agencies will he able to take up some of the burden and find homes for the children. 'Ml- c - :' f added to the County Library budg et. Mrs. Dorothy Heath of the Rose- burg Junior Women's Club asked in behalf of the club why provision had not been made for a children's librarian. Judge Jackson said "in the op inion of the budget board, the li brary was treated very well." Commissioner Ray Doerner not ed that the library budget was in creased $11,000 over last year's. Mickey Cohen Gets Long Prison Term LOS ANGELES (AP) Ex-mob ster Mickey Cohen today was sen tenced to 15 years in prison and fined $30,000 for federal income tax evasion. The onetime boss of West Coast bookies could have received up to 32 years in prison and a $65,000 fine. Cohen, 47, was convicted Fri day by a federal court jury of seven men and five women. It acquitted him on five other counts. The 13-count indictment was similar to charges on which he was convicted 10 years ago, fined $10,000 and imprisoned for 3'i years. The jury deliberated 22'. hours before deciding. The trial lasted eight weeks. Cohen, 5feel-5, dapper and chubby, clasped his hands and bowed his head when he heard the verdict. His blonde girl friend Sandra Hagen, 22, burst into tears. U.S. Dist. Judge George H. Boldt complimented the jurors on a discriminating verdict. Cohen later told newsmen "They convicted me because I am Mickey Cohen. They thought they had to. Prosecutors charged Cohen owed the government nearly $400, 000 including about $350,000 ir taxes, penalties and interest for 1945-50, for which Cohen was con victed 10 years ago. The prosecution presented about 190 witnesses, who testified about Cohen's big spending, his $250 suits, $75 shoes, and the govern mcnt argued all this was evidence of high income, hence taxable. Cohen claimed tho high living was necessary to create publicity for a forthcoming book ami movie about his life neither has yet materialized . and thut friends meanwhile loaned , him money This money was not taxable, the defense cluimed, because it was in the form of loans. Canyonville Men To Stand Trial Two Canyonville men will come to trial in Roscburg Municipal Court July 11 on charges ranging from contributing to the delin quency of a minor to carrying a concealed weapon. Appearing before Judge Warren Woodruff Friday both men, James D. Griffith, 21, and Theodore G Mittendorf, 19, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Griffith is charged with drivin with a suspended driver's license, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failure to obey signs and signals. His bail was set al $:!65. Mittendorf is charged with bein: drunk in an auto, and carrying a concealed weapon. His bail was set at $325. Improper Turn According to Roscburg Police the two men, a 17 year old youth and a girl were stopped in an auto Thursday at 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of SE Stephens St. and Lane Ave. The car was stopped after it had allegedly made an improper turn. Upon investigation of the auto, police officers filed the charges. The 17-year-old was turned over to juvenilo authorities. By early this morning Grif fith was still in the Hoseeurg jail. Mittendorf was released on bad. how . a -... - . - a t- j,-.f .. w m t v SCOTTSBURG'S new post office, which opened its doors for in near final stages of development. Postmaster Margaret equipment from the old post office in the Hedden bfore to (News-Review Photo). ' 14-Year-Old Recovering After Three Days Of Terror, Tragedy SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) A husky 14 - year - old boy, who watched two men die as they drifted on a flimsy raft, was re covering in a hospital today after three days of tragedy and terror at sea. Terry McClelland, a blond high school athlete from Huntington Beach, Calif., was rescued Friday by a fishing boat 90 miles south west of San Diego. Taken Aboard Sub Transferred to a submarine, he arrived Friday night in San Diego. He was pronounced in fairly good condition at a hospital. Ho told newsmen a rambling tale about three terrible days of shipwreck, thirst, delirium, death, hunger, heat and blinding glare of sun, sea and sky. lie and his companions Russell Bradford, 48, of Huntington Beach, his mother's stepfather, and Alvin Hartman, 57, of nearby Settlement Hopes Dwindle In Strike NEW YORK (AP) Hopes for an end to the nationwide mari time strike were dashed today. David L. Cole, chairman of Pres ident Kennedy's factfinding com mittee, said he was "not optimis tic about reaching an agreement that will get the ships sailing." Cole said all mediation efforts would bo cut off at noon Sunday to prepare the board's report for delivery to President Kennedy on Monday. This could lead to an in junction under the Taft-Hartley Act and an 80-day cooling off period. Cole said talks would continue today and Sunday morning but he noted that one union or one em ployer group could prevent a complete settlement. There has been a possibility that Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg might come here from Washington today hecauso of what a government mediator de scribed as the "real progress" made Friday. Paul Applegate Funeral services for Paul Justin Applegate, 75, who died Wednes day at Portland following a pro longed illness, will he held Sun day at 2 p.m. at the Yoncalla Methodist Church. Ren Hollister of the Yoncalla Church of Christ and Sunset Lodge No. 144 of Drain will officiate. He was born April 4, 1886 in Yon calla, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Applegate, Douglas County pioneers, lie spent his entire life in the Scottsburg area until last year when he went to Portland for medical treatment, lie was a member of the llillah Temple of Ashland and a Master Mason of the Blue Lodge No. 63. Survivors include a son, Rex Applegate of Mexico City, Mex.; a daughter, Paula Joyce Booze of El Paso, Tex.; one brother, Vin cent Applegate of Yoncalla; two sisters, Eva Applegate of Yoncalla and Mrs. Rachel Tully of Portland; and seven grandchildren. Sutherlin-Oakland Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Diilard Braves Win Friday, the Diilard Braves' Win ston Diilard League team topped Camas alley, 12 6. Braves' pitcher Steve Buell hit a two run homer in the last inning to break up a tight game. Meanwhile, the city league's team of Braves earlier in the week heat Norm Niblett's Winston White Sox by a score of 15 8. Buell j was also the winning pitcher in1 this game. He gave up two walks I and struck out seven. ; Firemen Called Out Winston Diilard firemen at 10:40 a m. today were called lo quench! a gras lire on Highway 99, Busi-; i ness Route 42. in Winston, i Fire Chief Mike Neeley said the fire was started by two boys play- j ling with matches. No damage wis jdone by the quarter-acre fire. The boys were turned over lo I their parents. Santa Ana, Bradford's friend set out for a month'- fishing cruise off Mpvicft last Tuesday. RraHfnrH was a plastering contractor, Hart-' man a hod carrier. After setting out from Newport Beach in their 36-foot boat, they encountered heavy 'Swells. They tried riding at anchor that night. "The sea anchor was pulling on the boat," the boy, mumbling and dazed from sedatives, told news men. "Two big swells picked up the boat and pulled the bottom out . . . "Grandpa (Bradford) said to cut the raft loose ..." Three Board Raft The three fishermen got aboard a six-by-three-foot raft of balsa wood and cork. Its bottom con sisted only of rope netting through which a few timbers were looped, and water sloshed through the bottom continually. They tried to attract several passing vessels Wednesday, their first day on the raft. Although they waved rags and poles, no one stopped. They had no food or water, only a few packs of cigarettes that Hartman grabbed before leaving the boat. After waiting in vain for res cuers under a blinding hot sun, Hartman "went crazy on the sec ond day," Terry said. "He started falling in the water and the raft turned over," the boy added. "Grandad got him back on the raft and gave him mouth-to-mouth respiration. But it didn't work." Body Lashed To Raft After Hartman died, Bradford lashed the body to the raft. Forest Service Scientist Moves To Portland Office William I. Stein, forestry scien tist who has been serving with the Roseburg Research Center for the past nine years, has been promot ed to the Portland office of the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. According to Roseburg Center Leader William 3 la II in , Stein will be in charge of a region-wide re search project on seeding and planting of trees in Oregon and Washington. The research centers are the scientific arms of the U.S. Forest Service. Duk Replacamtnt Stein will be replaced in Rosc burg by Dr. Richard P. Pilaris, who recently completed his work for a doctor of philosophy degree in tree physiology at Duke Uni versity. Tharis will continue projects started by Stein and begin new studies on moisture and nutrient requirements of local conifers. He received his bachelor's degree in forestry from the University of Washington and has had past ex perience during summer employ ment in that state. Stein's wife Dorothy, and their children Clifford, Kathleen, Roder ick, Bradford, Benjamin. Law rence. Margaret, Randolph, and Nicholas will move to Portland in August. lie came to the Roseburg Re search Center in July 1952. He has been in charge of the research on seeding and planting of forest trees while at Roseburg. He is recognized as an authority on seed ing and planting and the results oft his studies here paved the way for successful establishment of a new! stand after timber harvesting in I this area. Stein is currently work-1 ing on s detail ;d study of the j early growth of the important con-i ifers in this area. Results of this study will help solve some of the i remaining perplexing problems en-1 counteped in establishing new stands t trees after timber har- i vesting. j Bgini in Wi i Stein beijan his Forest Service career on the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon in 1948. j He went to the Wind River Experi- j vental Forest in Washington where he worked until his transfer! to Roseburg. lie received a bachelor's degree, in Forestry from Oregon Slate Uni-', versify in ltUS and a Masters De gree from Yale in 1952. He has completed course work for a Doc tors Degree at Yale and is not) writing his thesis. business today, is pictured Thomas moved all postal the new building Friday. Then, the boy continued, "My grandfather went crazy from seeing Al go crazy. He kept screaming and yelling and falling into the water. "I kept telling him: 'Grandad, don't die, don't leave me here alone. He fell asleep, Terry said, and when he awoke, Bradford was dead. He lashed him to the raft with Hartman and drifted on. Early Friday morning, while fog hung low over the Pacific, the raft was spotted by seamen aboard the Ruth Marie, an ocean ashing boat. Terry was taken aboard. The rescuers recovered Hartman's body but Bradford's body slipped from the raft and disappeared. The boy drank broth and later was transferred to the submarine USS Diodon, on maneuvers in the area. Slept Aboard Sub He slept most of the time aboard the sub and spoke little of his ordeal. He came ashore in a stretcher, sunburned and shoe less. He and his mother embraced tearfully. Terry's father, George McClelland, is estranged from Mrs. McClelland and resides at Salinas, Calif. Terry told his mother: "I'm all right, mother, but I don't want to talk about it." After a brief talk with news men, the boy was taken to Balboa Naval Hospital. There, a doctor said he had suffered only from malnutrition and exposure but was in fairly good condition. The doctor added: "His youth saved him." 1. . ; sril a WILLIAM I. STEIN ... to Portland RICHARD P. PHARIS ... to Roseburg While at Roseburg. he has been active in the Society of American Foresters. Rod & Gun Club, Boy Scout activities and the Knights of Columbus. Abel's Bid Lowest William H. Abel of Canvonville submitted the low bid of $8,940 lor reconstruction of the June Moun tain and Middle Fork roads in Lane County. The roads are owned by the U. S. Forest Service. Isaacson Bros, of Roseburg was one of the bidders, submitting a bid of $19,-324. Bv, . Speedy Pickup Blamed In Death Of LAS VEGAS. Nev. (AP) A speeding pickup truck Friday night roared down the wrong side of a four-lane highway and smashed into a station wagon, killing 11 persons. It was the worst auto accident in Nevada's history. The Nevada highway patrol said the truck was heading south on a northbound lane of U.S. 91, the maior highway between Los An geles and Las Vegas, when it bit the station wagon. The wagon was crammed with nine persons three generations of Tibetan Orphan Gets New Life OLYMPIA FIELDS, IU. (AP) An orphaned Tibetan refugee named Deeju steps from a silvery jet plane into a new world and meets her new parents today her 14th birthday. Deeju less than a year ago only a face in a crowd of Tebetan refugees in Darjeeling, India will become Deeju Cooper, adopted daughter of a Chicago public re lations executive who was moved by her plight. Deeju was wandering around the self help center in Darjeeling last fall when Harry J. Cooper came along. Cooper was helping produce a film about the Tibetans. The little girl had been orphaned at four and reared by an aunt. A Tibetan official helped her into India as tho"sands of her country men fled the Communists in March 1959. So moved was Cooper by Dee ju's tale that on his return to Olympia Fields, in Chicago's south suburbs, he and his wife, Nancy, began adoption proceedings. It was a race against time. The U.S. law governing adop tion of children under 14 ended Friday. Cooper managed ' to get her visa approved in Calcutta with only a few days to spare. Deeju will be met by her new parents and a new brother, Brad ley, 11, and a sister, Sandra, 19, at O'Hare International Airport. In Olympia Fields she'll be greet ed by a "welcome home, Deeju" banner at the Cooper home. Besides being perhaps the best birthday in her life, it'll be the longest. As her jet plane streaks across the Middle East, Europe, the Atlantic Ocean and the United States it'll be racing the sun, stretching her 14th birthday into 35 li hours. MacArthur Leaves For Philippines NEW YORK (AP)-Gcn. of the Army Douglas MacArthur set forth once again today for the Phiilipine Islands. He called it a "sentimental Journey" to take part in Independence Day cere monies July 4. But it also will be a hero's re turn for the renowned World War II leader, whose vow that "I shall return" kept alive Phiilipine hopes during the dark days of Japanese occupation. Gen. MacArthur, accompanied by his wife, will be treated to many honors during his nine-day visit, including a ticker-tape pa rade in Manila with more than a million persons expected to line the streets to hail him. Before departing on a presiden tial jet liner operated by the Air Force, he said slowly in an emo tional tone that the next few days will he "among the happiest of my life." He is 81. Then he added with a smile: "But I shall return." Nyssa Athlete Wins Court Test VALE. Ore. (AP) Louis Vcn drell. 23. won a $25,000 suit against the Nyssa, Ore., school district Friday for injuries suf fered in a 1953 football game. Vendrell was inserted into a game against Vale as a 140-pounJ freshman and suffered injuries during the contest. He claimed he had been inadequately coached. After a 3Vi-day trial, he got what he asked $20,000 in general damages and $5,000 in special damages. The court's decision is believed to be the first of its kind, hold ing a school district responsible for injuries suffered by a student during a school activity. School districts had been held immune from such suits until the state Supreme Court earlier this year issued a ruling that gave Vendrell the right to sue. Horse Racing Will Be Feature At County Fair Horse racing will return as a feature event at the Douglas Coun ty Fair and Exposition in Rose- hnro Alio 7i thrntioh 97 it u-ac I announced today by Fair Manager I Dick Turley. j Representatives of various Doug las County Horsemen's groups met recently at the Fairgrounds to i make plans for the racing. C. A. t Tollefson. Fair Board member, I was named chairman of the com- mittee on arrangements and pro motion. Races will take place Sat- i urday and Sunday afternoons, Aug. : 26 and 27, with about two and one half hours of events scheduled i each day. I "We are very happy to have this popular event of some years ago i return to the Fair schedule," Tur key said. 1 1 Persons the same family. The truck. equipped with a camper top, car ried an adult coupie. All died before ambulances ar rived. All were from California, apparently seeking an early start on the July Fourth holiday week end. The only survivor of the crash was a cocker spaniel in the back of the pickup truck. Patrolman Richard McDcrmott said the truck went past a high way patrol checking station at Jean, Nev., about 32 miles south west of Las Vegas, at about 68 miles an hour on the wrong side of the roadway. It hit the station wagon 100 yards past the station. Wreckage was strewn for yards around the crash site. The highway patrol fatality list: In the station wagon: Driver George Neal Gibson, 35, Big Creek, Calif., and wife Laura, 31. George's brother John, 48, San Bernardino. Parents Wilburn Gibson, 77, and wife, Stella, 75, San Bernardino. George and Laura's children, Tommy, 11, Margie, 10, Marilyn 8, and Sherill, 7. In the truck: Leo Hollis Wat kins, 52 and wife, Floree Francis, 49, Manhattan Beach. The worst traffic accidents on record in the United States each claimed 19 lives. Two trucks col lided in June 1957 at Fayetteville, N.C., with a loss of 19 lives, equal ling the toll in a truck collision in Texas, in August 1947. The record toll of lives lost in a single-car accident was posted in April 1940 when 13 persons died as a result of an accident at Slay- ton, Minn. Former Resident Held In Eureka A man arrested by Eureka, Calif., police Friday apparently has a Roscburg connection, a tele type to the Roseburg Police indi cates today. Edward Lee Richard, 24, of St. Louis, Mo., was arrested by Eure ka police after he apparently tried to hold up a liquor store. According lo the report, the be ginning of Richard's alleged crime foray was south of Gold Beach where he was picked up as a hitch hiker by two soldiers. Ex-Employer? He forced them at gunpoint, the report said, to come to Eureka c the way to Los Angeles. The gun, according to police, was stolen from E. S. Wright, Rt. 3, Box 780, Roseburg. Wright is purportedly a former employer of Richard's. Upon arriving in Eureka, Rich ard forced one of the soldiers to accompany him into the liquor store where he made a purchase. He then pulled his gun out and held it on the clerk. While his eyes were on the clerk, the soldier hit him over the head with a bottle of wine. Check Activities The soldier then subdued Rich ard, police said, until their arriv al. Police are checking on Rich ard's past activities. The Douglas County Sheriff's of fice today had no report of a stol en gun from E. S. Wright. Church Group On Tour OfU. S. Visits Here A group on tour from the Church of the Brethren rolled into Rose burg Friday on a tour of the Western United States and Canada. The group stopped at the Ump qua Hotel for a luncheon before continuing on its way. It is com prised of 66 members of the church mostly from Indiana where the tour started. Organizer and leader is the Rev. Lawrence W. Shultz of North Manchester, Ind. The tour started June 8 and will end July 13. From June 19 to 25, a conference was held in Long Beach. Calif. , F'rom Roscburg. they will hVad north through Oregon and Wash ington and swing through Canada before arriving in Spearfish, S. D., for the "Passion Play." This will be the highlight of the tour. Rev. Shultz is director of Breth ren tours to Europe, and has con ducted many of them in the past. This is his second tour of the Unit ed States. E. Myrtle Creek Bids To Be Opened July 18 Bid opening for construction of the new East Myrtle area water system in Myrtle Creek has been scheduled for July 18. The job is expected to cost more than $50,000, part of which will be paid by the city and part by the resident. of the area. The area was annexed within the last year because of the desire of East Myrtle to secure city water. Work will start on the system 10 days after the bid is awarded. Stamp Club Sets Meet The postal history of Germany and its associated states will he j the feature of discussion at the regular meeting of the Umpqua j Valley Stamp Club in Roseburg ; Monday. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the home of Frank von i Borstel, 1543 SE Eddy St. j Trade Treaty Signed I TOKYO (AP) Indonesia and japan today signed a treaty of trade and commerce giving most favored nation treatment to each : other's goods and liberalizing i travel restrictions.