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Kennedy Seeks
Mew Negotiations
On Disarmament
WASHINGTON (AP) President
Kennedy gave final instructions
to his top disarmament adviser
today for a new round of negoti
ations with the Si.;,t Union on
setting up a new international
disarmament conference this
summer.
The President was understood
to have told disarmament chief
John J. McCloy that he should
make every possible effort in
talks beginning at Moscow Mon
day to work out arrangements,
including details of time, place
and the nations which would be
invited to attend.
Kennedy's meeting with Mc
Cloy and Secretary of Stale Dean
Kusk was one of two major for
eign policy sessions on his calen
dar today. The other was a late-
Ostrander's
Body Found
On Umpqua
The body of Charles Ostrander,
TU. 1, Roseburg, was found on the
bank on the south side of the Ump
qua River west of Freer Bridge by
skin divers on Wednesday evening,
according to the Douglas County
sheriff's office.
The names of the divers were not
immediately known.
The case was listed as an "ap
parent suicide" by County Coroner
Dr. John Donnelly. He had been
shot in the face, and held a .22
rifle, barrel upward, in his left
hand, between his legs.
Death Time Uncertain
Dr. Donnelly estimated the time
of death as a week, plus or minus
a few days. He pointed out that
in the current heat body decompo
sition is rapid, thus making im
mediate death pin-pointing some
thing of a "guesstimate."
The body was located by a pair
of skin divers from the Glide area
who were seeking lost fishing tack
le, according to sheriff's deputies.
They noted a strong odor, and con
sequently searched along the
shore. Approximately 20 feet from
the water, in heavy bushes, they
located the body.
He had last been seen on July 2,
a family relative told Dr. Donnelly.
His car was found last Thursday,
some distance from, the body, on
the old North Umpqua Road three
fourths of a mile west of the Glide
Wilbur cutoff.
Dr. Donnelly said that a divorce
action had been pending, according
to relatives; and that he had
threatened suicide on previous oc
casions, and had actually attempt
ed it, according to relatives. He
had been despondent for two years,
Dr. Donnelly was told.
Relatives Listed
He was born in Swansville, Minn.,
Feb. 17, 1913. He has been a resi
dent of the Roseburg area for the
past 28 years. During his life he
was a carpenter. He was married
to Phylis Quine in 1935 in Rose
burg. He was a member of the
Methodist Church. He is survived
by his wife Phylis of Roseburg, and
4 daughters Sharon, Penelope, Peg
gy and Susan, all of Roseburg.
Graveside funeral services will
be held Friday at the Roseburg
.Memorial Gardens at 1 p.m. the
Rev. John Adams of the Roseburg,
Presbyterian Church officiating.
Wilson's Chapel of The Roses are
in charge of arrangements.
Seven Children Killed
NATANYA. Israel (AP)-A taxi
cab ploughed into a group of
children running from a bus to
a beach here Wednesday. Seven
of the children were killed and
five others seriously injured.
Lightning Gets Blame
By ANITA EOIN
News Rtview Staff Writer
Lightning strikes from mountain
storms Wednesday set at least 39
and possibly more fires in t h e
Umpqua National Forest. Some
are under control and others are
still blazing today.
Some 19 fires have been report
ed in the Diamond Lake District
with smokejumpers dropping in on
two last night and one this morn
ing. All told, six jumpers have
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Cloudy tonight and early Friday.
Mostly sunny Friday afternoon.
Cooler.
Highest ttmp. last 24 hours 105
Lowest ttmp. last 24 hours 60
Highest tomp. any July ('611 104
Lowtst tmp. any July ('SSI 40
Precip. last 24 hours 0
Prtcip, from July 1 - .35
Procip. from Sept. 1 34. M
Excess from Sept, 1 . 4.56
Sunset tonight, 7:53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:45 e m.
afternoon meeting of the National
Security Council reportedly called
to discuss West Berlin. Rusk and
other policy makers were sum
moned to the NSC session.
The last such meeting on Ber
lin came two weeks ago. At that
time Kennedy assigned to Rusk,
Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara and other administra
tion executives various aspects of
the Berlin crisis. They were told
to come up with plans and rec
ommendations for meeting the
Soviet challenge.
The steps under consideration
include possible reinforcement of
the five U.S. divisions in Europe,
calling up of National Guard and
reserve units, and the declaration
of a national emergency to in
crease presidential powers.
U. S. officials say they are de
termined to make every possible
effort to come to some agreement
with Soviet leaders on new disarm
ament negotiations, but they face
the future with dwindling hope of
success.
Opinion Is divided on the ques
tion, but many authorities in high
position here see little prospect of
progress in disarmament talks at
this time. The reason: the tough
aggressive attitude which Soviet
Premier Khrushchev recently has
been developing toward the United
States and its allies, primarily over
Uie Berlin issue.
The announcement by Khrush
chev last weekend that he had or
dered a halt in previously sched
uled cutbacks in the strength of
the Soviet armed forces has been
taken here as typical of the tough,
tension - creating policy which he
now pursues.
His statement In Moscow this
week that the Soviet Union wouid
use force if necessary to- protect
its security interests against any
United Nations decision that might
threaten those interests is consid
ered in Washington to be in the
same vein of tough talk.
NEW MAN on job at the
Oregon Department of Motor
Vehicles office in Roseburg is
Georqe Schweitzer. He has
taken over duties as new
manager. See story page 6 of
second section. (News-Review
Photo)
Angler Pleads Guilty
To Using Wrong Lure
Thomas Timms Archibald, 27,
Glide, was fined $15 and S3 costs
on a plea of guilty to a charge of
angling with prohibited methods
Wednesday. He was charged with
fishing with a lure and bait at Ap
ple Creek on the North Umpqua
River, restricted to fly fishing,
Terry Gilbert Oncal, 20, Myrtle
Creek paid a fine of S15 and S3
costs for fishing with salmon eggs
in Copeland Creek. Arrests were
i by State Police game officers.
! The actions took place in dis
I trict court.
been sent in according to Larry
Thorpe, fire control officer for me
Umpqua National Forest. A tele
phone call from him at 10: la a.m.
today indicated that more jumpers
had been called.
A drain of smokejumpers at Cave
Junction has necessitated a call for
more jumpers from Okanogan Na
tional Forest in Northern Washing
ton. The men have arrived and
are standing by at the Cave Junc
tion station. Fires in Rogue Riv
er, Willamette and Winema dis
tricts have been responsible for the
call for many jumpers, leaving
few on call at Cave Junction.
Helicopter Celled
According to Thorpe, a helicop
ter has been called from Mc.Minn
ville to stand ready as needed at
the Tiller Ranger Station. The
South Umpqua District has report
ed five fires, most going in the
Slate Creek and Salt Creek areas.
A report of three came from the
Cow Creek District, with most cen
tered in the Elk Creek drainage.
Lishtning strikes set four fires
i in the Little River District in the
! Cavitt Creek and Flat Rock areas.
Established 1873
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Local Road
Jobs Closed
By Strikers
The crippling strike of Hoisting
and Portable Engineers in Oregon
and southwestern Washington
spread to Douglas County today.
The members of the union on the
Washington Ave. Bridge construc
tion project walked off the job at
11 a.m. Wednesday and pickets
were established. Meanwhile three
other highway projects in the coun
ty had been closed down.
The disconcerting development
will result in a delay of completion
of the bridge, which city officials
earlier this week estimated would
be early November. City Manager
John Warburton said it's now "any
body s guess" when the bridge will
be finished.
City Uneasy
He said the city is uneasy that
the strike may affect other proj
ects in the city. Several paving and
sewer projects are under way, the
biggest being the East Roseburg
sanitary sewer system.
Meanwhile in Portland, represen
tatives of the union scheduled an
olher negotiating session here to
day with the Associated General
Contractors, under direction of fed
eral mediators.
Picketing continued to spread,
however, to other projects beside
the one in Roseburg.
The state Highway Department
reported that two jobs on the North
Umpqua Highway in the Diamond
Lake area had been closed down
and one on Highway 38.
Two On N. Umpqua
The two on the North Umpqua
were on the Briggs Camp-Cascade
Lakes Highway section. One stop
ped work on a surfacing iob beine
handled by Warren Northwest of
Portland and the other was a grad
ing job by Blaisdelt and Stone Con
struction Co. of Portland.
On Highway 38, the repaying of
a section from Jack Creek to
Drain was closed. The job was
being done by J. C. Compton of
Corvallis.
W-D School Board
Gets New Members
Winston Dillard's School District
116 board this week swore in two
new members.
They are Ted Benedict of Ten
mile, elected to a one-year term
to replace Virgil Vance, and
George. Marsh, Lookingglass,
elected to a five-year term. He
takes the place of Jim Willis.
Phil (Bud) Johnson was elected
chairman of the board, and Jim
Richey, vice chairman.
The board hired two teachers.
George McAdam, Oregon College
of Education graduate, replacing
Clifford Shelton at Winston Junior
High School. Shelton will be em
ployed next year in the Roseburg
schools.
Aldan LaBeck was hired to teach
world geography and art at Doug
las High. He comes from Linficld
and replaces Dave Sams. The lat
ter is leaving for California.
The board reviewed construc
tion on the new Winston Junior
High, where four rooms are being
added. Work is coming along iu
fine shape, members reported.
A new fire insurance policy was
contracted to Ken Bailey Insur
ance ot Roseburg.
The board reviewed its financial
status. It was revealed SI 1,000 in
cash reserves remains from last
year's budget, mostly in sums
left over from teachers' salaries
and from the emergency fund.
For Thirty-Nine Fires
Two of the fires are under con -
jtrol and crews are working in an!
I attempt to corral two more, re
! ports Mrs. Arthur Selby, News-Re-1
view correspondent. According to
i Little River Assistant District
Ranger Chuck Anderson, three
more fires have been discovered
by the aerial patrol, flying over
Little River, Steamboat and Dia
mond Lake districts.
Two Uncontrolled
Two fires are still out of con
trol in the lllahe Rock and Rey
nolds Ridge areas, and two others
are under control. Strikes in lllahe I acres on llinkle Creek, approxi
Kock area were dry, but a fewlmately 15 miles east of Sutherlin.
sprinkles were noted at Reynolds j The fire was a "sleeper fire," hav
R'd6e. ling occurred during the lightning
Bohemia District reports no fires storm on June 17 but just now
have been discovered yet. All of showing up. Twenty men from
the fires are still small with the llinkle Creek station and Rose
largest covering about half an burg headquarters responded.
acre. The strikes have all occur
red in rugged country, making it
difficult lur ground crews to reach
them. .
.More lightning storms and
strikes are expected today. Ac-
eorriiofi to a report from the For
est Service iire v.eaoif odf.e in
Pages
ROSEBURG,
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EVEN IF IT'S 105 IN THE
ore always ways of beating the situation. Take this group. They are Kennette, 15
months; ond mother Mrs. Kenneth Miller; and Lori, one year, and mother Mrs. Jim
Haney. They took to the water at Temptin Beach. (News-Review Photo)
Sutherlm Child
Strangles In Bed
A 4-morith-old Sutherlin child ap
parently died of strangulation ear
ly this morning when its head ac
cidentally lodged between the mat
tress and headboard of an adult
bed at his home.
Dead was Calvin Eugene Hag
gard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Maggard. Dr. John Donnelly, coun
ty medical examiner, said the
child was. discovered dead at
about 8 a.m. today by his parents.
He estimated time of death as 2
a.m. The parents last saw the child
alive at 11 p.m. Wednesday.
According to Donnelly, the child
had been sleeping on the adult
size bed which had a tubular frame
headboard. Somehow the child's
head slipped down between the
mattress and the headboard and
became caught between two of the
tubes. Donnelly ruled it was acci
dental death by slrangulalion.
The child was born .Feb. 26, 1061,.
in Roseburg. He is survived by his
parents; a brother, Cecil of Suth
erlin: his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Louie Baker of Oakland; a
grandmother, Vida Maggard of La
Russell. Mo.; and great-grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carlton
of North Bend.
Funeral services are pending
at Sutherlin-Oaklond Mortuary.
Sky Spy Satellite
Sets New Record
POINT ARGL'F.I.LO, Calif. fAP)
A Midas satellite equipped to
detect hostile missile firings was
circling the earth every 2 hours
and 40 minutes today in a record-
breaking orbit that repeatedly
takes it over the hoviet Union.
Midas 111, the first in the mis
sile-alarm series to be launched
from the West Coast, carries in
frared equipment which can spot
rocket exhaust.
The rocket a big Atlas booster
topped by an Agena second-stage
vehicle blasted off at 8:12 a.m.
Wednesday from this Navy mis
sile base adjacent to Vandenberg
Air force Base.
Air Force officials were jubi
lant, since the high altitude and
circular orbit will permit the spy-
type vehicle to scan wider areas
1 Portland ih i:mi X'Qilnn .l
Forest has a 90 per cent chance
of lightning today and Friday
Gusty down drafts are expected
with the storms. Variable coulds
and cooler weather are forecast
with a humidity reading of 25 to
J5 expected for today and tomor
row. Conditions Critical
Thorpe staled the fire conditions
are critical, and there has not yet
ocen enougn rain to help ease con
ditions. The Douglas Forest Protective
Association rprinrtf.H a firit nf 71
! Two small lightning fires cameidicated
out of last nights storm. They oc
curred in the Tiller and Milo
I areas. Wayne Miller, Dl-PA dis-
patther wilh the Roseburg head -
quarters, said a plane flew the
! district this morning and will go!. Laxton s body will be shipped
up again this afternoon.
OREGON
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
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SHADE ond there doesn't seem
Local Water Demand Heavy
In Wednesday
The Oregon Water Corp. pumped 1
the greatest amount of water in
its history to meet the demands of
Roseburg residents.
Manager Alton Andrews said the
pumping equipment operated at all
available strength in the 24 hours
from midnight Tuesday to midnight
Wednesday. It pumpeed 7i mil
lion gallons, which is 250,000 gal
Ions more than the record set two
years ago. -
. Andrews f aid thai during the pe-.
riod, the reservoir levels fell by
approximately a quarter million
gallons. He said, however, the cor-j
poralion expects to make up mat
drop in the next lew days u me
cooling trend continues.
Andrews said that because of the
heavy demand, some of the areas
in the higher elevations were out
of water for limited periods during
the late afternoon and evening.
The principal trouble area, he
said, was West Roseburg. He said
the company had installed new fa
cilities costing $125,000 in the last
10 years to increase the supply to
West Roseburg, but new construc
tion of homes and other buildings
Kuwait Withdrawal
Slated For Troops
KUWAIT (AP) Wore of the
British troops that were rushed
into Kuwait to defend it from
Iraq's annexation threat have
been ordered to withdraw.
Britain ordered the pullout
Wednesday of more than 1,000
commandos and several hundred
other troops. Their departure will
leave 3,000 of the 5,000 troops
Britain rushed in two weeks ago
at the request of Sheik Abdullah
as-Saiim as-Sabah, Kuwait's ruler.
Kuwait told a meeting of the
Arab League in Cairo it would
ask for withdraw! of all British
forces if Iraq drops its claims,
or if the league sends Arab forces
to Kuwait to replace the British.
The United Arab Republic told
(he meeting that while it approves
sending Arab units to Kuwait, it
felt states bordering Israel which
include the U.A.R. should keep
their troops ready for any con
diet with their Jewish neighbor
U.A.R. delegate Mohammed Has
san el Zayat said troops for hu
wait therefore should come from
other Arab nations.
Kobe Police Hold
Slaying Suspect
TOKYO (AP) Maritime po
lice at Kobe are holding for in
vestigation a Californian, William
Leung, 36, of Pelaluma, in the
Sunday slaying of Charles E. Lax
ton of Portland, Ore.
Laxton, 33 - year-old chief ste
ward of the American freighter
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aboard his ship in the Port
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Kobe early Sunday and died an
hour later in a hobe hospital.
Neither the Kobe Maritime po
lice nor the American Consulate
had any comment on a report
that the stabbing stemmed from
a dispute over a union election.
Laxton had three stab wounds
in the back which punctured his
lungs and liver, an autopsy in
If Leung should he indicted, he
would be tried in a Japanese
court. The mailer is to be re-
i ferrod to the Japanese prosccu
tor's office.
!hack home, as his wife requested.!
to be much of that, there
s Heat Wave
in the area had absorbed all the
increase in capacity.
He said the company is planning
a replacement of sections of lines
with bigger pipe on W. Harvard
Ave., but it is being held up pend
ing final design of a proposed wid
ening of Harvard.
Collins Will Head
Development Group
wiaries a. i,oinns,. supervisor or
the Douglas County Park Depart
ment, has been named executive
vice president of the newly-organized
Cal-Ore Recreational Develop
ment Association.
Collins will continue to serve the
Douglas County department tem
porarily, until a successor is nam
ed, but will prepare to dovote full
time to recreational site develop
ment throughout the five-county
area (State of Jefferson) in south
ern Oregon and northern Califor
nia. The position is a considerable ad
vancement over the office now held
CHARLES COLLINS
, , , gets new job
by Collins who was chosen, the di
rectors report, for his background
in recreational work. Originally an
instructor with the Civilian Conser
vation Corps, and with a back
ground of engineering, he was pick
ed to serve as manager and super
visor of the Dougles County Park
Department. He was president of
the Roseburg Rod and Gun Club
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president of the Oregon Wildlife ! V" D'J,' n WjllardJ by h', fUar?n
Federation for three terms. andLJan ylM"' Jd8ment 'or 40;;
has been widely known for his ac
tivity in the field of recreation.
Primary purpose of the Cal-Ore
Recreational Development Associ
ation, it is reported, is to work
with federal, state, county and pri
vate agencies and landowners to
develop more recreational facili
ties within the area. County gov
ernments and major industries are
expected to form the association.
Directors presently are County
of;Jud8ff Robert Walker Klamath
iTniintv nrotirlnnf Hill Mf'aur
County, president; Bill McCaw,
Modoc County supervisor, vice
president; Elmer Metzger, Douglas
County commissioner, treasurer.
The execulivo vice president will
also serve as secretary.
Traffic Toll Hits 252
ENTERPRISE, Ore. (AP)
Oregon's traffic toll for )l is up
to 252 in the Associated Press
count ncr me death Wednesday
01 airs, jieivin Due, jusepn.
She had been pinned under her
auto when it overturned Monday
on the highway between Enter-
prise and Joseph, r
PRICE 5c
France Warns
Soviet Union
On Germany
PARIS (AP) President Charles
de Gaulle said Wednesday the
West will never let the Soviet
Union settle the fate of Berlin
alone as u the three great pow
ers had no rights there."
The French leader in a televi
sion speech warned the Soviets
mey are creating a crisis over
the former German capital that
inreaiens me peace of the world.
De Gaulle charged the Soviets
with calling for peace "while for
mulating ..requirements ..which
threaten to put it in danger."
"The Soviets are renewing their
threat of unilaterally settling the
fate of Berlin ... if Washington,
London and Paris do not give up
the present status of the town as
required by Moscow," he said,
then warned: "1 declare once
more, there is no chance of this
being accepted."
Soviets Warned
He further warned the Soviet
Union it must bear the full re
sponsibility for any "grave con
sequences" of a crisis over Ber
lin. At the same time he called
for an atmosphcro of true cooper
ation and coexistence in which "a
problem like that of Germany
would lose much of its bitterness
and might, at some moment, be
considered objectively by the in
terested powers."
De Gaulle told his own nconle
that France must speedily pur-
cnase modern arms to replace the
World War II weapons that most
of her forces have. Starting in
September, he said, the length of
French draftees' military service
win ne cut ny an unspecified
saved will be used to modcrnite
the army.
In MnKMW mennutiiln Ilia
West fjernian ffnvnrnmpnt tnln Mia
Soviets tree elections throughout
divided
Germany must precede
the signing of any German peice
treaty.
Replied To Soviets
' The West German note replied
to a Soviet note proposing that
separate peace treaties be signed
with West Germany and Commu
nist East Germany, Bonn replied
mac a peace treaty must be con
cluded with a legitimate German
government freely elected by all
the German people.
A separate peace with only
part of Germany wouid violate the
right of self-determination of na
tions laid down in the charter of
the United Nations, which the
Union of Soviet Socialist Repub
lics has recognized and pledged
to respect," the Bonn note said.
Child Struck By Auto
Recovering In Hospital
Four-year-old Van Gilbert Hay-
den, 762 Newton Creek Rd.t is still
confined to Mercy Hospital follow
ing an accident Tuesday evening.
His physician said he sustained
mutiplc injuries and is in critical
condition, though he is "coming
along pretty well."
The youngster was struck by a
vehicle driven by Carol Ann Mark
ham, 142 W. Broccoli Rd. Police
said that the youngster ran in
front of her car in front of the
"pro" shop on Stewart Park Rd.
The youngster was struck by the
right front headlight of the car.
The youngster is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Hayden.
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Plaintiff Awarded Damages
In Local Malpractice Suit
A jury verdict awarded the plain-
000 in an alleged malpractice suit
against two doctors, following a
week-long trial concluded Wednes
day in the Circuit Court of Judge
Don H. Sanders.
Dr. J. M. Ilutson, former Rose
burg practicing physician and prin
cipal defendant in the suit, came
here from Los Angeles for the
trial. The other named defendant
was Dr. A. B. Munroe. local doc
tor with whom Dr. Ilutson was
associated in practice in Roseburg
at the time the alleged incident
took place.
Impairment Allegedly Results
The complaint claimed that the
plaintiff, an infant, suffered from
hemophilia, and that Dr. Ilutson,
after administering a smallpox vac
cination July 26, 1957, caused bleed
ing from another part of the
body, which resulted in excessive
loss of blood and permanent im
pairment of the child's health.
The original complaint asked for
judgment in the amount of (250,000
on two separate causes of action.
Subsequent amended complaints
lumped the sum asked in the total
amount of $500,000 on a tingle ac
tion. The fifth and final amended
Gunfire Puts
Two Others
In Hospital
KREMMLING. Colo. (AP) A
hundred officers, some with sub-
machineguns, stalked through the
rugged northwestern Colorado
mountains searching today for a
fast-draw gunman accused of kill
ing two officers and woundin two
others.
State Patrol Lt. Hiram Short,
49, of Craig, Colo., and Under
sheriff John Clark. 68. of Eaele
County, died Wednesday night
from bullets fired by the tousle
haired desperado.
Two Hospitalited
Sheriff Chancy Van Pelt. 54.
of Grand County, and Robert
Hoover of Grand Junction, a State
Game and Fish Department edu
cation officer, were hospitalized
at Denver with serious bullet
wounds.
The slayer, described as in his
early 20s, was driving a car pur
chased July 3 at Sioux City,
Iowa, by a man giving the nanio
of Dclmar Dean Spooner of Storm
Lake, Iowa. Officers said Spooner
left Storm Lake July 6.
Officers said they believed they
trapped the gunman in a ravine
near State Bridge, Colo., about 15
miles southwest of Kremmling
near Piney Creek. The are, pop
ular with fishermen, is about 130
miles northwest of Denver.
The gunman abandoned his car
after a gun fight in which Clark
was wounded in the jaw.
Some officers said the despera
do may have been wounded be
fore fleeing on foot into the moun
tain fastness.
Officers pieced together this
sequence of events:
Suspicion Aroused
Hoover, driving westward on
U.S. Highway 40, stopped to as
sist a motorist whose car ap
peared to be stalled. Hoover be
came suspicious after the driver
failed to produce adequate identi
fication and radioed for the sher
iff and the state patrolman.
The three questioned the motor
ist for a few minutes and decided
to take him to Kremmling for
further examination. They started
walking to Van Pelt s car when
the motorist drew a pistol and
fired rapidly at Short and Van
Pelt.
After wounding them, the gun-
"J?1 A ""l4 ott Hr' V,h ha1
rolled into a roadside pit In an
effort to escape the shooting.
Gunman Fled
The gunman raced away in hfs
car, driving through Kremmlmg
and turning southward on a road
toward Eagle County.
Sheriff Henry Knuth and his tin-
dersheriff, Clark, drove north
ward to intercept the fleeing
man. ' When they attempted to
stop the approaching car, the
Iowa auto rammed Into the offi
cers' vehicle.
At the same time. shot
through the window struck Clark
in the jaw. The gunman jumped
from his car and ran into dense
roadside woods..
Young Democrats Boost
Thornton For Governor
The Roseburg Young Democrats
have gone on record in favor of
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton as
the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor in 1962.
Thornton was requested by let
ter today to run for the office now
held by Mark O. Hatfield. Thorn
ton received the letter from An
nette McGee, secretary of the club.
She said the Young Democrats had
voted unanimously to support
Thornton as the Democratic nom
inee. The resolution adopted by the
group called Thornton "the best
suited, most capable man within
the boundaries of our great state
to hold the office of governor. . ."
It urged rhornton to seek the
nomination and pledged "our pro-,
found and undivided support" to
him.
complaint put the damages sought
at $50,000.
Trial evidence brought out that
the baby had been a patient ot
Dr. Munroe at his Roseburg clinic.
and that knowledge of the hemo
philia condition was on record. He
had administered first Inoculations.
Dr. Munroe was not in the office
when the baby was brought in for
follow up shots, which were ad
ministered by Dr. Hutson.
ihe mother and guardian testi
fied! she was told by Dr. Hutson
there was no cause for concern
about the bleeding, which started
at the office, and that it would
stop soon.
Next evening, on advice of Dr.
Munroe the baby was taken to a
specialist in Eugene. That physi
cian, Dr. R. M. Overstreet, testi
fied he diagnosed the baby's case
as hemophilia. The baby was hos
pitalized in Eugene until Aug. 2,
1957, it was brought out.
The trial opened Wednesday of
last week, and was resumed Mon
day of this week, continuing
through Wednesday. The jury was
out only a couple of hours before
bringing In its verdict at 3:37 p.m.
The case went to the jury just be
fore noon, and deliberation w
started after the nagn hour.