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""""' ' ''v,J xiH nil GRISSOM AND HIS ROCKET Spaceman Virgil Grissom, wearing his silver spacesuit, nears the Redstone rocket that was to lift his capsule into space July 19. The scene was repeated today When he stepped into the rocket for i America's second manned space flight. More Fighting Erupts In Streets Of Bizerte TUNIS (AP) French and Tuni sians fought in the streets of Biz erte city today, and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba or dered seizure of the French pipe line that carries the output of France's Sahara oil field. Bourguiba said he had ordered his troops to seize the pipeline at Skhira, in southern Tunisia. The line carries the output of France's Kdjele field, 225 miles southeast of the Tunisian border. The president also called for volunteers, from all "brother na tions" to help in his desperate fight against France. He said Tu nisia's ambassadors in all coun tries had been ordered to enlist the volunteers and that Libyans and Algerians had already offered their services. The Tunisian government radio reported that dug-in Tunisian in fantrymen and civilian volunteers were battling French paratroops supported by tanks and rocket planes in the city of Bizerte astride the channel from the Med iterranean to the French naval base at Bizerte. Radio Tunis said French forces broke out of the besieged Bizerte naval base and launched a pre dawn attack on the Mediterran ean port city three miles away. Tunisian troops holding the city of 40,000 defied a French ulti matum to evacuate. They were ordered to fight to the death. The Tunis broadcast said there were "numerous d ea d and wounded" but Tunisian infantry were holding their own in the heart of the city. Officials esti mated 15.000 volunteers in and around the city were bolstering the troops. Many were wearing the red shorts and shirts of the $1,000 Prize Waits Winner Of County Fair Competition The winner in a new division of the Douglas County Fair will re ceive the top prize of $1,000 and will have the opportunity to take the exhibit to the Oregon State Fair. The division. Community Ex hibits, may be entered by the fol lowing cities in Douglas County: Rcedsport-Gardiner, Elkton, Drain, Yoncalla, Oakland, Sutherlin, Rose burg, Winston - Dillard, Myrtle Creek, Canyonville, Riddle and Glendale. The Fair Board will accept the first six exhibits since the number The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Fair tonight, Saturday and Sat urday night. Continued warm. Highest tamp, last 24 hours 90 Lowest temp, last 24 hours SI Highest temp, any July ( '61 106 Lowest temp, any July ('55) C Precip. last 24 hours , ,, 0 Precip. from July 1 .35 Precip. from Sept. 1 , 34.66 Excess from Sept. 1 4.52 Sunset tonight, 7:47 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:53 a.m. BLASTOFF No. 2: Loun chine of the second manned space not in the Project Mercury series wqs completed todoy. This 15- stone rocket wos essentially o du plicate of that made by Akin Shep rd. Most Importont sequences in the flieht ere shown at right. youth section of the ruling Neo Destour (Freedom) party. Paris reports and the official Tunis news agency reported other clashes between Tunisian "volun teers" and French forces in the Sahara Desert. The fighting spread as the U.N. Security Council was called into an emergency session at the re quest of Tunisia to deal with the mounting crisis. The Tunisians charged France with aggression and demanded the French give up the Bizerte naval base they kept after granting their former protectorate independence in 1956. A Tunisian government spokes man said up to last midnight 110 Tunisians were killed and 500 wounded. A French report in Paris had 90 Tunisians killed, 200 captured. French casualties were listed as 5 dead, 30 wounded. The United Stales showed grow ing concern over the clash be tween allied France and friend Tunisia and appealed to both to "end hostilities without delay." Arab nations lined up behind Tunisia and denounced "French imperialists." President Gamel Abdel Nasser's United Arab Re public and the Algerian rebel gov ernment based in Tunisia offered troops to fight the French. Tunis radio said the French laid down an artillery barrage and attacked with rocket-firing planes before paratroops stormed out of the naval base to drive on Bizerte itself. Bursts of gunfire could be heard from within the city, 40 miles to the northwest o this capital. Reports of casualties in the un declared war now in its , third day varied. of booths is limited. The booths are expected to emphasize com munity living within the county. . In former years, the Fair Board has decided which exhibit would go to the state fair. This year, the winner in the Community Ex hibit will represent the county. Besides, Douglas, 19 counties have reserved space in the Natur al Resources Building for the 1961 Oregon State Fair Sept. 1-9, ac cording to an announcement made by Manager Howard Maple. They are: Benton, Lincoln, Til lamook, Jefferson, Jackson, Polk Union, Lane, Deschutes, Washing ton, Coos, Yamhill, Marion, Linn Curry, Umatilla, Hood River, Mai heur and Harney. Maple said that Columbia County also might par ticipate in ine exniDition. A panel of judges will view the booths on the opening day of the fair and will award $100 subsidies to all counties that score 70 of a possible 100 points. To qualify, booths must tell an important story of the county in marketable crops, specialty crops, industry and com munity living within the county. Other points will be awarded for quality of products and originality. ify ( llastoff! At bum-out, booster and escape rocket fall eyoaggt WDIDIS Established 1873 20 Pages Alaska Air Crash Claims Six Crewmen SHEMYA, Alaska (AP) An Alaska Airlines cargo plane Slo ping for a landing in fog hit 300 leet snort of the runway Friday and piled up in flames, killing all six crew members. There were no passengers on the military cargo flight. Visibility was one-half mile with a 100-foot ceiling as the transport crashed at this Aleutian Island base, a major refueling stop on me Great circle airline route. The DCS plane, under contract to the Military Air Transport service, was en route from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to Tachi- Kawa Atu near Tokyo. It had been scheduled for a re fueling stop at Shemya. 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. An airline official here said he had no word except that the plane crashed and burned at 6:30 a.m. PDT. The airlines identified the crew members as: Capt. Edward Bowman, 44, Seattle. Capt. Galvin William Sargent, 41, Danville. Calif. Copilot John Herman Bird Jr., 29, Kent, Wash. Flight Engineer Dwight Morton BaDcoek, 28, Seattle. Flight Engineer William Everett Donovan, 26, Seattle. Navigator Edson A. llarahrens, 41, Bellevue, Wash. The cargo flight, with no pas sengers, left Travis at 1 p.m. pdt, Thursday. It made a fuel stop at Anchorage before taking off for snemya. Officials of the airline and the Civil Aeronautics Board and fed eral Aviation Agency left Seattle tor bhemya to investigate. Sargent is survived by his wmow, uiaays, ana a son, Greg. airs, aargent is in Seattle. Nazi Troopers Get Road Gang ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) Two American Nazi storm troopers have been sentenced to 12 months on the state road gang for assault on a 13-year-old Jewish boy. The troopers are members of George Lincoln Rockwell's Amer ican Nazi party, which has its headquarters in this Washington suburb. Conviction Thursday of Robert Garber, 31, and Richard Braun, 26, was based on testimony bv the boy, Frederick (Ricky) Farber. He said that on July 8 ne was cnasea ly one of the Nazis carrying a lead nioe. threatened and forced into the headquarters, where he said he was handcuffed. Judge Hugh C. Creggcr Jr. im posed the maximum jail sentence for a misdemeanor. Cregger said the original charges of felonious assault had not been proved. Braun and Garber said they would appeal in October. In separate cases involving troopers, Anthony E. Wells. 23. was fined and sentenced to 60 days in jail for assaulting a 16-year-old boy whom he caught be hind a tree shortly after a rock was thrown at the headquarters Wednesday night. Two other troopers were found innocent of disorderly conduct charges aris ing from the same incident. Accused Slayer Taken To Jail ASTORIA (AP) George HoUy Jr., 32, was moved Thursday from an Astoria hospital to jail to await his trial on a first degree murder charge in the recent slaying of Cannon Beach druggist Donald Newman. He was taken to the Astoria hos pital for treatment of shock and exhaustion after his capture Sat urday at a summer home on the Sunset Highway near Cannon Beach Junction. The parents of the accused have obtained an attorney to rep resent him. He is George A. Van Hoomisen of Portland. Astronaut fires small jet to turn copsule blunt end first. Life ROSEBURG, OREGON State To Call Up 1,000 Young Men By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon Selective Service direc tor Sprague Carter announced Thursday that 1,000 young men will be called up for pre-draft physical examinations in the state in the next three weeks or so. Carter said he has not received word of an increased draft quota for the state, but he wants to have a pool of men available should tile quota be increased. In the first three weeks of Julv, Reds Want Talk On Berlin Crisis LONDON (AP) Pravda said today the Soviet Union wants to settle the problems of Germany and Berlin at the negotiating ta ble "and the sooner Western poli ticians agree to this, the sooner will the black war clouds disap pear from the horizon." A Pravda article bylined Ob server and broadcast by Moscow radio said: "From beyond the ocean we can hear the mass beat ing of war drums in American newspapers. A number of leading statesmen and politicians, sena tors and representatives, have laKcn to tne warpath. Pravda is the official organ of the Soviet Communist party. Ar ticles in it signed Observer are usually taken to represent the official line. "Some hotheads In the West do not want negotiations on the (West Berlin) issue. They do not want to make any constructive proposals," said the article. "They want to preserve at any cost the present high explosive situation in Europe and they threaten tonf,"a third world war, against anyone who tries to re move the delayed action bomb that is endangering the peace of the world. "But we do not want war. The sabre-rattling provocateurs inti midate no one. They are merely pushing the world further along the dangerous road of an accel erated arms race. Paving Bids Called For Highway Job The Oregon Highway Coinmis sion will set the stage for con struction on Highway 42 July 27 which will push the relocation and improvement project closer to Douglas County. The commission has announced it will receive bids for 1.97 miles of grading, 2.48 miles of surfacing and oiling work and construction of two bridges on the King Creek Bridge section of the highway. The jobs will start about S',1 miles east of Myrtle Point. Plans call for grading and sur facing work on improved align ment and grade, with two rein forced concrete structures to be built at new crossings of the Mid dle Fork of the Coquille River. A temporary oil mat surfacing 40 feet in width is to be construct ed to carry traffic until such time as a future paving contract is ap proved. Completion of the project is scheduled for early fall of 1962. This will complete the relocation and temporary surfacing work on the highway from Powers Junction to Bridge. Man Pleads Innocent Jamie Paye, alias James Jun ior Page, 45, Sutherlin, entered a plea of innocent when arraigned before Circuit Judge Don H. Sand ers Thursday on a charge of ob taining money by false pretenses. The judge ordered the case set down for trial, possibly in Septcin- i bcr. The defendant is continued on bail previously set. He was in dicted by the Douglas County Grand Jury March 31 and accused of presenting a worthless check for $33 at the Curtis For-Scrvice. owned by Oliver Curtis, at Curtin on Jan. 28. Mercury coasts to top altitude; lerc-grovity for five minutes. University Library- c-ugene, Oregon COMP As Capsule IP Eugene, Oregon FRIDAY, JULY 21. 1961 only 100 men were called for ex aminations. Several other slates were re porting they also were increasing their pools of available draftees. selective Service officials in Washington tied the increase to the already announced 8,000-man August draft call, 2,000 more than this month's call. Indications in the capital were that the administration planned to rely primarily on trained Na tional Guardsmen and reservists in any defense manpower build up. Larger draft quotas would be used only as a possible long range support measure. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger declined com ment on reports Kennedy will de clare at least a partial national emergency and call up reserves and National Guardsmen. He said he would not comment in ad vance of Kennedy's planned re port to the American people by radio and television next Tues day evening. Some state Selective Service di rectors said they were acting on orders from Washington in build ing up the available supply of rectors said they were acting on men eligible for induction into the armed forces. A Selective Service official here pointed out that some increases had been expected there were no draft calls for May and June with 14,000 men to be drafted in July and August. "I think perhaps some state di rectors may have sent out calls for more men in anticipation of further increases," he said. "But there have been no increases since the call of 8.000 was an nounced for August." ' Selective Service officials said the state calls had no connection with the Berlin crisis. JFK May Freeze Guard Divisions NEW YORK (AP) President Kennedy was reported ready to day to ask Congress to freeze six National Guard divisions on ac tive duty indefinitely because of the Berlin crisis. Warren Rogers Jr., in a Wash ington dispatch to the New York Herald Tribune, also wrote that the President is prepared to ask Congress to increase the Army's manpower limit to 975,000, from the present 875,000. The six National Guard divisions now on their annual two week's training are: 26 Infantry (Massachusetts), training at Camp Drum, N.Y., July 22-AUg. 5. 28th Infantry (Pennsylvania): Camp A. P. Hill, Bowling Green, Va., July 15-29. 30th Armored (Tennessee): Ft, Stewart, Ga., July 16-30. 36th Infantry (Texas)i Ft. Hood, Tex., July 16-29. 35th Infantry (Kansas-Missou ri): Camp Ripley, Minn., July 23 Aug. 6. 38th Infantry (Indiana): Camp Grayling, Mich., July 23-Aug. 6. Guard division may be frozen if the President or Congress de clares a national emergency or if Congress passes a joint resolution extending indefinitely all officer appointments and enlistment terms. Reedsport Boy Killed By Truck REEDSPORT (AP) An 11- year-old Reedsport boy was killed this morning when his bicycle was struck by a logging truck in Reedsport. The boy Danny Ritchie, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Ritchie ap parently rode his hike directly into the path of the northbound truck on Highway 101, according to Reedsport police. The accident happened about 10 a.m. Driver of the truck was E. Roscoe Davis, 32, of Coquille. The boy was Oregon's 259th traffic victim this year in the As sociated Press tabulation. Twenty have perished so far this month. The death brings Douglas Coun ty's fatality total to 28. fu Mercury coasts to top m Retrorockett slow mM Drogue parachute of Oregon 170-61 PRICE 5c Tunnel Blaze Claims Life Of Fireman SAN RAFAEL. Calif. (AP)-A burning railroad tunnel collapsed inursuay mgnt, swallowing an apartment house and oluneed a fireman to flaming death. The. fire broke out late Thnrs. day midway in the 2,000-fool Northwestern Pacific fremht tun ncl through Puerto Suello Hill in north San Rafael, 20 miles north of San rrancisco. Pohce believe the timber shor- ings may have been deliberately set aname Dy juveniles. Thousands gathered to watch scores of firemen battle the wind- whipped blaze. Flames shot out 100 feet. Fireman Fred Kinslcr, 44. had parked his auxiliary fire truck over the tunnel 300 yards from the northern tunnel exit when heat caused Lincoln Avenue to crack and cave in. Kinsler and his truck plummeted 40 feet into the floor of the burning tunnel. Minutes later an apartment house bordering the gaping hole was consumed by flames licking up from the cave-in. The 12-unit building toppled into the cavern It had been evacuated before it caught fire. This is a complete night mare, said a fireman. Traffic on adjacent U.S. High way 101 was backed up for miles, Police cars with loud speakers tried to disperse spectators. Leave the area, leave the area, it is unsafe," the loudspeakers warned. A water main broke and flood ed a portion of the fire at the cave-in. But hydrants became useless and firemen had to pump water from nearby swimming pools. The cave-in was about 100 feet lone and 50 feet wide. Firemen, hampered by spectators and the loss of water, could do little more than guard - the northern and southern entrances of the tunnel and wet down Under dry hillsides around the blaze. A Northwestern Pacific em ploye, Frank Gladwin, discov ered the blaze on a routine in spection tour. He found three small fires at the south end and the large one at the opposite end. He said timbers were soaked with creosote, and rags and sticks had been used to start the blaze. Police questioned youths help ing fight the fire. The boys said three other juveniles had act the blazes. Early estimates put the prop, erty damage in excess of $100,000. UFO Over Wilbur Still Unidentified An explanation of an unidentified flying object over Wilbur Thursday is still lacking. No one except Wilbur residents appear to have seen it, and none of the agencies which usually keep their eyes on the skies could give an explanation. The first report of the UFO came from Mrs. Francis Welty of Wilbur. She said it appeared to be floating almost motionless over the area. She described it as being red, white and blue in color. Another resident, Mrs. Floyd Russworm, called to report it as a red, white and green object fly ing very high. Both women described it as on- long. They said it traveled from east to west in an erratic manner. Sometimes, it would be almost mo tionless, then it would turn and move quickly. It was first sighted over Wilbur at about 11 a.m. It disappeared over the western horizon about two hours later. The U. S. Weather Bureau sta tion in Roseburg said it might have been a balloon, but no re ports of lost balloons were receiv ed. The Federal Aviation Authority office in Portland indicated it knew nothing of the object. No Weather Change Due The airport weatherman doesn't offer anything new in the way of weather conditions for the next five days. Temperatures are expected to remain a little above normal. Retrorockett slow capsule; it plunges toward earth. Loss Of $2 Million Craft Not Expected To Postpone Project Mercury Program CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) I rials said no effort would h mad. na.iuuaui Hfcll 1. VJU3- A .............. v;...;t i tr..- , som survived a 5.280-mile-an-hour journey in space today, then made dramatic swim for his life as his capsule plummeted to the bot tom of the Atlantic Ocean, Loss of the $2-million space craft and its equipment will not delay the Project Mercury pro gram, which is aimed at placing a man in orbit a tew months from now and on the moon later, an official said. Films of Grissom and his con trol panel went down with the cap sule, but Robert C. Gilruth, Proj ect Mercury director, said most of the information desired was re ceived through telemetry. Earlier, a space agency information offi cer had indicated to newsmen that loss of the space craft might delay the program. Gilruth said it has not been de termined whether this would be the last suborbital flight. It had been suggested that there might be two more before the attempt is made to fire a man into orbit. The capsule sank in 2.800 fath oms (16.800 feet) of water. Offi- Memory Theme Parade Choice Theme for this year"s 15th an nual Douglas County Timber Days Parade Aug. 12 in Sutherlin will be "Remember When." Civic and non-commercial organ izations are invited to enter floats. A cash prize of $75 will go to first placo winner, $50 to second place and $25 to third place. A sweep stakes trophy will also be awarded to the best float. All entries must be confirmed before Aug. 5, states Felix Bottie chio, in charge of parade arrange ments. Activities Many Also on tap for Timber Days celebration will be a host of eve ning and morning activities in ad dition to the regular contests and demonstrations throughout the day. Starting Friday night the queen's ball will be held, with Wayne Wag ner's band playing from a p.m. to 1 a.m. Late Saturday afternoon, be tween the hours of 5 and 9, a bar becue chicken dinner will be serv ed at Central Park. Following this another dance will be held from 9 to 1 a.m. No rest periods have been sched uled, because the Lions Club of Sutherlin will start serving a log gers' breakfast immediately fol lowing the dance Saturday night and it will last until everyone nas had his fill. Carnival Sat A carnival will be held on the Timber Days ground during all the festivities, to furnish additional en tertainment. A highlight during the logging contests Sunday afternoon will De a contest in which a $40 barbecue set will be the prize. This week a meeting was neia of the Timber Days committeemen, and Jack Fox was elected co-chairman of the celebration. Also announced at the meeting was the addition of a fourth prize to the truck rodeo event to be held Saturday, Aug. 12. Kennedy. Signs Bill For Space Projects WASHINGTON (AP)-Only a few hours after this country sent its second man into space, Presi dent Kennedy today signed a bill authorizing vastly expanded space projects, including a start toward sending a man to the moon. Kennedy took note or capt. Vir gil I. Grissom's space flight as he put his signature to the bill. It authorizes the National Aeronau tics and Space Administration to spend $1,784,300,000 in the year ahead. The amount was every cent Kennedy had asked. In a brief statement, Kennedy said it was significant that the bill was signed on the day Ameri ca's second astronaut made his flight "before the eyes of the watching world and with all the hazard it entails. It is also significant that once again we have demonstrated the technological excellence of this country," the President said. As our space program contin ues it will continue to be this na tion's policy to use space for the advancement of all mankind and to make free release of all sci entific and technological results." The bill was passed only Thurs day by the House and Senate. Drogue parachute stabilises fall; radar chaff ii released ummets -. MJ rCCUVer 11. Grissom blew his escaoe hatch and left the sinking capsule in the manner all astronauts had horn taught in their rigorous training. Alter swiminmg about 70 feet, Grissom was nicked up by a heli copter two minutes after his es cape from the capsule. Attempts to recover the spacecraft failed as it plummeted to the bottom. Give me something to blow my nose. My head is full of sea wa ter," America's No. 2 space man said when he was deposited on the deck of the aircraft carrier Randolph. Otherwise, he was re ported in good condition. Grissom rode 118 miles high on the nose of a Redstone rocket and 303 miles down the Atlantic mis sile range. And he looked down on a view so fascinating he forgot momentarily that he had chores to perforin during tile 15-minute journey. President Kennedy watched on television with millions of other Americans as Grissom followed the space trail blazed May 5 by astronaut Alan B. Shcpard Jr. Then he expressed "great pleas ure and satisfaction" in a tele phone call to Grissom on the Randolph. The 35-ycar-old Air Force cap tain had flown higher (two miles), farther (one mile) and faster (by 180 miles) than Shcpard. His petite wife, Betty, who also sat glued to a TV screen at New port News, Va., disclosed also that he "achieved a first." She and their sons, Scott, 11, and Mark, 7, "talked by tele phone to Gus as he lay flat on his back in the capsule before it was launched," she said. Shepard told newsmen Grissom "sprung sort of a big leak. It was coming in through the door." After making his escape from the doomed space ship, Grissom was not in danger of sinking. His flight suit was buoyant. But he did go under water briefly in the wake of the rescue helicopter's spinning blades. The pickup was made at 7:51 a.m. (EST), 31 minutes after the Redstone booster rocket thun dered away from Cape Canaveral. At 8:01 a.m., the Randolph re ported it had Grissom on deck. He was smiling and appeared In ex cellent condition, none the worse for the crushing forces he had suffered in the blastoff and re entry and for his swim In shark-. infested waters. Another helicopter tried to get a cable on the rung of the space capsule but It disappeared In the depths. Also See Story, rag z. Here's Comparison Of Space Flights CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -Facts and figures on today' second U.S. man-ln-space shot (May 5 shot figures in parenthe ses): Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Gris som, 35, Air Force captain and hero of the Korean War. (Navy.) Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr., 37. Spacecraft Mercury capsule weighing 4,040 pounds and named by astronauts the "Liberty Bell 7." (4,040 pounds, named Free dom 7.) Time of launch 7:20 a.m. (EST). (9:34 a.m., May S) Altitude of flight lis miles. (116 miles) Distance 303 miles. (302 miles) Time of flight 16 minutes. (15 minutes) Top speed of spacecraft 5.310 miles an hour. (5,100 m.p.h.) Period of weightlessness 5 min utes (Approximate). (Same) Booster rocket Army Redstone with 78,000 pounds of thrust. (Same) Recovery By helicopter from aircraft carrier, USS Randolph. (USS Champlain) Destination of astronaut Hos pital at Grand Bahama Island for extensive examinations, then re turns to Cape Canaveral in about 48 hours. (Same, except Shepard went to Washington lor a hero i welcome.) Previous space flights orbit of the earth April 12 by Russia's Yuri Gagarin; 116-mile high flight May 5 by U.S. astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., virtually a duplicate of today's flight. Dillard Man Jailed Harry Allen Eason. 56. Dillard. was found guilty in a Thursday trail before District Judge Gerald R. Hayes on a charge of drunken driving. He was sentenced to 30 days in the Douglas County jail and fined $150 and $5 costs. At 10,000 feet, main 'chute opens; capsule plashes into tea. ft
