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0 ,2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Urgent Defense Requests Get Unanimous Senate Okay WASHINGTON (AP) The Sen-, ate has given unanimous support to two of President Kennedy's ur gent defense requests. Party lines dissolved Friday as the Senate passed in rapid succes sion: Authorization for $975,570,000 for quick delivery of new missiles, ships and planes. The vote was 81-0. Authority to hold fighting men or units on duty an extra year and to call up to 250,000 rcserv ists to active duty. The vote was 75-0. Senate Itcnublican Leader Ev erett M. Dirkscn of Illinois had County WCTU To Raise Funds The Women's Christian Temper ance Union of Douglas County is making plans to help raise money to rebuild the chapel at me cnu dren's Farm Home at Corvallis, It burned recently. This was the ma jor action taken at the 69th annual convention of the county unit at Yoncalla this WOtien Doors to Total Abstin ence" was the theme of the meet ing which was well attended at Iho Church of Christ. County President Mrs. C. N. Cur rier of Florence and recently of Roseburg, presided. Rsnort Givan Reports were given by each of the four unions in the county, Yon calla, Lookingglass, Roseburg Cen tral and Wcstside itoscnurg. A potluck luncheon was held dur ins the noon hour. The afternoon session was open ed with a solo by Louise Gale. The devotions were given by the Rev. Valeria Cleveland, followed by a duct by Mrs. Jeanctte Bou- cock and Mrs. Clyde 1'owen. Officers were all re-elected. They Include: president, Mrs. C. N. Cur rier; vice president, Mrs. A. L. Wren; secretary, Rev. Valeria L. Cleveland; treasurer, Mrs. Arthur Marsh. Magaiirw Ordered It was voted to again order Tho Young Crusader magazine sent to all elementary schools in the coun ty for the school year. Because the recent loss of the chapel by fire at the Children's Farm Home at Corvallis, members of each union will assist in the financial program necessary to re build this church building. A total of 145 children are making their home there at the present time. Any member not present may call the president of her union for more information. Greetings were sent from tho rnnvention to Mrs. Ada Thompson, who was quite ill and unable to attend. 1 ' Accused Cow Stealer Requests Court Hearing ' William Charles Smirl, 22, Drain, has been committed to the Doug las County jail, with bail set at $3,000, to await a preliminary hear ing Aug. 7 in the court of Justice of Peace Warren Del.aVergne at Drain. Smirl, charged with lar ceny of a cow, asked for the hear ing on arraignment. Don Lewis Rhodes, 2.1, Disston, has been committed to the county jail after being bound over to tha Grand Jury by ltccdsport Justice of the Peace Orin B. Collier. He is charRed with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Thomas Joe Thrasher, 23, ol Roseburg, has been committed to the county jail for 10 days and fined $50 on a charge of attempting to commit larceny. He was sen tenced by Justice of Peace waru Watson at Sutherlin. James Robert Burton, 19, Gres- ham, is serving 10 days in the county jail, committed from the Justice of Peace court of Nina Pietzold at Canyonvillc. He was charged with vagrancy. Deer Meat Proves Costly Stale Police game enforcement officers reported they found deer meat hidden in a radio at the homo of Donald Dean Pulley, 23, of 325 Gregory St. Winston. Friday, District Judge Gerald It Hayes sentenced Pulley to 30 days in the Douglas County jail and fined him $150 and $5 qosls on a plea of guilty to illegal possession of a game animal. Ho was ar rested Friday. GILBERT TO CALL Ernie Gilbert will be guest call er at the Ituckcroo's dance tonight at 9 o'clock at the Buekoroo Barn near Winchester. AU square danc ers are invited. Outside Directors Take DETROIT (AP) - Outside di rectorsmen who hold no man agement positions with the com pany have taken control of the Chrysler Corp. for the first time since the late Waller Chrysler founded the auto firm in 1925. Following a meeting in New York recently the corporation announced the resignation of L. L. (Tex) Colbert as chairman, pres ident, chief executive officer, chief operating officer and di rector. The directors installed Lynn A. Townsend as president and abol Ore. Sat, July 29, 1961 urged unanimous Senate votes on 'the bills "to show Soviet Premier Khrushchev we mean business. Earlier Friday the House Armed Services Committee approved the measures by a 37-0 vote. Chairman Cal Vinson, D-Ga., said he would ask House action early next week. The additional $3,454,600,000 re quested by Kennedy to strengthen conventional fighting forces was tacked onto the regular annual de fense money bill by a Senate Ap propriations subcommittee. Sen. A. Willis Robertson, D-Va., manager for the money bill, said senators had agreed to withold de tails until the full Appropriations Committee gives its approval Tues day. But other senators said the com mittee not only put in all of the President's latest requests but also tacked on $1 billion more of de fense items. Reported approved was $525 mil lion to continue production of long range B52 bombers and $448 mil lion to push development of B70 supersonic bombers as a complete weapon system. Kennedy and Secretary of uc fense Robert S. McNamara had asked no funds to continue jet bomber production and recom mended that the B70 be limited to an experimental prototype aircraft rather than a complete weapons svstcm These extra funds would push the current fiscal defense outlay up above $47 billion. Despite the unanimous senate votes, there were sharp protests that the European Allies Britain, France and West Germany were not carrying their share of the added burdens. "We must force our Allies to do their share," Sen. Allen J. Ellen der, D-La., a long-time foe of for eign aid, said. Sen. John Stcnnis, D-Miss., pro Talking Parrot Shouts 'Hey, Baldy' At Judge WIMBLEDON, England (AP)- Smokey, a talking parrot, was hauled Into court Friday as ex hibit No. I. Gazing around the august assembly, he shouted, Hello, Baldy" at one or. the magistrates. Told to "shut up" by a red faced court official, Smokey re torted in strident cockney tones: "cor blimey." Still, he did have some respect for the law and was reasonably well behaved. But when his case ended, he again burst into full voice with a shrilled "Oh, I have been a good boy" and gave a wolf whistle at an attractive police woman. Tho narrot had been in police custody for a week since Ken neth Hoskyns, 17, was accused of stealing it from his father. The youth was ordered held in custody for medical reports. Smokey was returned to ins owner. Skunk Invades Stage Gf Kansas City Show KANSAS CITY (AP)-A skunk Invaded the backstage at Kansas City's Starlight Theater during a rehearsal. Genevieve, me nery night club and television singer from France, said she'd walk out of the show if he was harmed. Tho outdoor theater in Swope Park Is a favorite prowling area for skunks after the nightly per formances. This bold one ap peared by daylight. Genevieve arrived on the scene as a man from an exterminating company was ministering to the skunk with a bottle that, nan a skull and crossbnnes on its label. Genevieve exploded in French and her almost unintelligible Eng lish. She calmed down when it was explained that the skunk was only being put to sleep for pur poses of removal, Local Men Plead Guilty To Drunkenness Charges Two Roseburg men pleaded guil ty to drunkenness charges m Win ston Municipal Court Friday, and both were fined by Cily Judge 11. J. Kieve. Ernest Bilger of 1532 SW Austin ltd. was charged with drunken driving. Ho was found guilty and fined $200. Meanwhile, Denny Cox, 39, Rose burg, was charged with being drunk in an auto. He was fined $25 and is being held in tho Doug las County jail in lieu of payment of the fine. Both men were arrested by city policeman Steve Mathews. ished tho rest of Colbert's jobs, even to reducing the number of board members by one to 17. For Colbert they created a new post chairman of the board of Chrysler of Canada, Ltd. This will enable him to keep his stock options (45.000 shares at $52 49 a share, slightly above the present market price) and to remain eli gible for his Chrvsler pension ($92,250 a year when he retires nine years hence.) The action came exactly one year after Chrysler disclosed it hid fired its previous president, tested that European partners were spending relatively less' of their incomes on defense than the United States. Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga., agreed that European Allies must contribute more. Referring to the build-up of non nuclear forces, Russell said he doesn't "think we should give any impression" that the United States would limit itself to a convention al weapons defense. "We once said we wouldn't be the first to use the atomic bomb," Russell said. That, he added, gives the Russians an advantage. The reserve call-up bill was pass ed without a proposed "lump sum incentive payment" sought by Sen. Francis Case, R-S.D., for those volunteering for 12 months duty. Case, in his amendment, also pro posed extra pay for all men called up under the build up program, whether they volunteered or not It was shouted down. Russell, floor manager for the bill, said Case's proposal would "clutter up the bill and would be costly and cumbersome." Pan-Am Jet Makes Emergency Landing SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) A Pan American World Air ways jet airliner with 174 per sons aboard made a safe landing Saturday after reporting that its hydraulic brakes were not work ing. The plane came in for what appeared to be a normal landing after emergency equipment had been called out. The Boeing 707 jet, Flight 2291, carried 167 pas sengers and a crew of seven. A Pan American spokesman said in New York that the plane took off from Idlewild Airport for the nonstop flight and lost its hydraulic pressure shortly after take off. The airline identified the pilot as Capt. Jess Trantor. (The plane was ordered to con tine to San Juan for the landing because of rain and water on run ways in New York.) Friday night a huge Trans World Airlines jetliner circled Southern California airports for three hours with a disabled nose wheel landing gear before the crew was able to rectify the trouble. One Killed, 28 Injured , In Crash Of Charter Bus CANTON. Ohio (AP) One per son was killed and 28 others in jured early today in the head-on collision of a chartered bus and an automobile south of here at the intersections of U.S. 62 and Ohio 93. Killed was the driver of the car, Andrew Miller, 42, wincs burg, Ohio. Sara Fleckenstein, 21, Punxsu- tawney, Pa., was taken to Mas sillon City Hospital with a sprained back and contusions ot her spine. The other 26 passen gers and the bus driver, EJwood Garner, 36, Meadville, Pa., were treated and released from the hospital. The Ohio Highway Patrol said (he bus was returning from In dianapolis to Greenville, Pa., when the crash occurred during a rainstorm.. Marineland Whale Dies Of Undetermined Cause PALOS VERDF.S. Calif. (AP) One of Marineland's performing whales, Buttons, died Friday. She was 4, She died of undetermined causes. A spokesman said she had eaten poorly for two days, but the death was unexpected. Best known for her jumping ability. Buttons could leap 18 feet upward twice her nine-foot length. She was lured from the Cata Una channel 15 months ago with promises of a six-show a-day job. She quickly 'earned how to mod el bonnets, lift barbells and catch fish in the air. An autopsy will bo performed. Kennedy Donation Aids University In Formosa TAIPEI, Formosa (API-Presi dent Kennedy has donated $1,000 to the fund for the reactivation in Formosa of the Roman Catho lic Fu Jen University, formerly located at Peiping. Sites have been selected for the university, but construction of buildings nas not yet Deen Arthur M. Selby, Civil Defense di started. I rector at the courthouse. Control Of Chrysler Firm William C. Newberg, because hejbert and the directors by dissi-1 owned half interests in two com- panics whose sole business was making parls for Chrysler. New- berg had been Colbert's personal choice and close friend. Newberg was dismissed June 30, I960, but it was not until July 29 that the corporation spelled out the reason. After Newberg, Chrysler tried without success to lure top men from other auto companies as president with Colbert to remain as board chairman. Meanwhile lawsuits against Col- Multi-Billion Appropriations Bill Considered In Senate WASHINGTON (AP) Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, D-Mont.. told the Senate today he hopes "the White House will put no pressure on us" to cut back do mestic spending programs to off set the increased defense costs. Mansfield's comments came in a brisk exchange with Sen. Pres cott Bush, R-Conn., as the Senate was summoned into an unusual Saturday session to consider two multi billion dollar appropriation bills. Bush called attention to Presi dent Kennedy's recent billion-dol lar budget requests for strength ening defense forces to deal with the Soviet threat. He said he hoped that Kennedy would put pressure on Congress to stay with in his budget limits. - Teamster Pact Parleys Bogged SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Team ster negotiations with trucking industries in 11 western states were complicated Saturday be cause a local union group rejected what employers termed a final wage offer. The western negotiations, in volving some 100.000 teamsters, began last May, with President James R. Holla as chief nego tiator. Joint Council 7, with 10 locals, decided, however, to conduct its own negotiations. The local employers finally of fered a joint wage package of about 20 cents an hour spread over a three-year period. Present wage scales for drivers of big rigs are $3.12 Vi an hour in San Francisco; $3.10 in Oakland $2.66 in Sacramento and $2.60 Vj in Los Angeles, plus fringe bene fits worth 15 to 40 cents an hour. A mail referendum, conducted under the International Brother hood of Teamsters' new constitu tion, provided that a two-thirds vote was required to reject the local employers offer. The vote was 3,715 to 1,581 to reject the offer, or 185 more than the required majority. Officers of Joint Council 7 went to work at once on new proposals for membership approval within the next few days. A spokesman said members will be asked to empower their com mittee with authority to call a strike if a satisfactory agreement is not reached. A spokesman for Hoffa said the future of both negotiations local and for the 11 western states seemed to depend on how quickly Joint Council 7 locals get another employers offer as a basis for another vote or resumption of ne gotiations. Naval Enlistment Ratings Reopened U. S. Navy Recruiter Chief Bob Lewis today announced the Doug las County Navy recruiting office is now prepared to accept re-enlistments of "open" or "critical" rates. This program, he explained, is one in which certain former Navy personnel rates may re-enlist without a reduction in their pre vious rate and retain the same benefits as if they had re-enlisted within the normal three - month time limit. Regular Navy personnel who have been discharged more than three months but less than four years and Naval Reserve person nel discharged more than three months but less than two years are eligible for this program. The new listing has been ex panded to include 76 general serv ice ratings and 31 submarine rat ings. The normal re-enlistment bonus, retirement programs and other benefits are not altered by this new program. Other detailed information can be obtained at the Navy recruiting office in the Douglas County Court house. Oregon Solons Give Shelter Tax Exemption The 1961 Oregon legislature has provided for an exemption from property taxes of fallout shelters which comply with certain regula tions, according to I. eland W. Svar verud, Douglas county assessor. Fallout shelters meeting specifi cations and requirements contain ed in civil and defense mobiliza tion publications will qualify for an exemption, if they're located within 100 yards of the dwelling. The exemption is limited to $1,500 true cash value. A claim for such exemption must be filed with the county assessor by April 1 of the year in which the exemption is to be claimed. Fallout shelter construction In- (formation may be obtained from dent stockholders complaining of 1 the management began to pile up. Last fall a committee of the oulside directors set out to find a new man. Townsend. a finan cial expert who only joined the company in 1957, was told early this week he was their choice. Townsend's elevation came con currently with the company's an- nouncement it had made a $6.2 million profit in the second quar- ter of 1961. Chrysler lost $21.9 million in the first quarter. Townsend, 42. who became ad-1 Bush offered amendments to slash about $278 million in funds from health, education and wel fare programs which the Senate Appropriations Committee added above Kennedy requests. Mansfield told Bush that the amount of such funds "is the Sen ate's business" as part of its duty to look after the nation's welfare. Bush insisted that Kennedy and White House aides had not hesi tated about applying pressure to Congress on spending expansion, such as housing. "We also need help from the White House if we are going to exercise some economy," he add ed. One of the money bills before the Senate today carries funds for increased effort to put a man on the moon by 1970. The $549 million asked by Pres ident Kennedy to speed along the moon project is included in a bill appropriating $9.1 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and 19 other in dependent federal agencies. The other bill would provide $5.16 billion for the Welfare and Labor Departments, including $835 million for research work at the National Institutes of Health at nearby Bethesda, Md. The moonshot money marks only a start on the outlays that will be necessary to carry out the program of landing a three-man space team on the moon by 1970. Kennedy has estimated the cost will mount to $20 billion. Altogether, the independent of fices bill provides $1.7 billion for the civilian space agency. The $549 million included for the moon project was not considered by the House when it passed the bill. Sixth Victim Dies In Shooting Spree MIDLAND, Tex. (AP)-A 15-year-old girl whose father shot her three brothers, a sister and then himself, died Friday night in a hospital here of a gunshot wound also dealt by her lather. Fred Milton Kinsey and his four other children died in the shooting spree in the early morn ing hours last Monday at their farm home near here. Vera Louise, critically wound ed, ran 2'4 miles to tell neighbors of the shootings. She was wound ed in the abdomen. The mother, Vera Kinsey, was in F'ort Worth where she had giv en birth to a baby and placed it for adoption. Mrs. Kinsey, 41, told police and newsmen the father had filed for divorce because she became preg nant by another man. Officers found a note which said, in part, "The kids have to go. They'll have a better home. Mother is coming." The other dead were J. D. Kin sey, 17; Johnny, 13;' Jay, 8, and Lilly, 7. Public Hearing Set On Riddle Crossing A public hearing is scheduled next Thursday at 9:30 in the Doug las i.ouniy courthouse auditorium on a proposal to build a grade crossing over the Southern Pacific tracks near Riddle. The crossing is being proposed by the county as part of its Riddle bypass route. The 31-4-mile route will stretch from the west end of the Primer Bridge to the Monroe Lumber Co. mill. The crossing in question is just west of the bridge. The hearing will be conducted by the Public Utility Commission, starting at 9:30 a.m. County Engineer Al II. May said no remonstrances to the crossing have been indicated. He said the bids will be let on the road as soon as a favorable reply is re ceived from the public utility com missioner. Janice Callaway Janice Marie Callaway of Myrtle Creek died this morning at Forest Glen Hospital in Canyonvillc The infant was born March 21. 1961. She died at the age of 4 months 8 days. She is survived by her father and mother, Mr. and Xlrs. Fred Callaway; sisters. Juanita Sue, Barbara Ann, Lilyie Earline, Lin da Faye, Mary Jo and Fern Rosi etta; a brother, Raymond Allen, all of Myrtle Creek; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. llollingsworth of Eagle Town, Okla.; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Callaway of Broken Bow, Okla., and an uncle, Jack W. Brown of Myrtle Creek. Funeral services are scheduled in the chapel of Ganz Mortuary in Myrtle Creek Monday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Noel Mills of the Myrtle Creek Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will follow in the lOOF Cemetery in Myrtle Creek. For First Time ministrative vice president last ! December, has been the chief architect of a drastic cost-cutting 'program at Chrysler. Both Colbert and Townsend re- iuseu io eiaooraie on me meet- in., in V.t.u V.trL- C rli f.i.t.a ' & II, " ..,n. . wiu H. Love of Pittsburgh, who be came chairman of the new exec utive committee of the corpora tion. In addition to Love its mora- hers are R. E. McNeill of New York, Neil McKlroy of Cincinnati ti. L. F. McLollum of Houston; and Townsend. W hen the Chrysler board meets ! New Developments, But Utile' Progress Seen In Month-Long Engineers' Strike By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday saw several new de velopments, but no signs of pro gress, in the month-long dispute between the Hoisting and Portable Engineers Union, Local 701 and the Associated General Contrac tors. The dispute has closed most major construction in Oregon and Southwest Washington. New pickets were posted Fri day at a Coos Bay rock quarry project, three Tigard area con struction jobs, and a building job on Portland's southeast outskirts, an AGC spokesman said. The AGC spokesman said unfair labor practices charges were filed against the union Friday by the AGC's Portland chapter, accusing Local 701 of five violations of the Taft-Hartley Act. Rural CD Topic Of August Meet Civil I defense directors from Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson and Josephine counties and the chair men of their rural Civil Defense and women's advisory committees have been asked to meet with rep resentatives of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture (USDA) and the county extension services Aug. 17 in Roseburg. They will discuss the rural Civil Defense information program in their areas. The meeting, one of five sched uled throughout the state during August, is designed to acquaint Ci vil Defense personnel, members of the USDA County Emergency Plan ning Committees and county agents with the rural Civil Defense information program. The pro gram was recently assigned the USDA by President Kennedy as a part of the shift of responsibilities from the Office of Civil and De fense Mobilization (OCDM). Rep resentatives of the state Civil De fense Agency, the state Women's Advisory Committee and the state Rural Civil Defense Advisory Coun cil will also be present. Cooperative Venture A recent memorandum of un derstanding between the USDA for Oregon and the state Civil Defense Agency stated that all ru ral Civil Defense information ac tivities will be carried out with the cooperation of county and local Civil Defense. This is the same pattern of responsibility that had existed in Oregon when OCDM was involved. The state Extension Service will lead the federal program in Ore gon consistent with existing state and county Civil Defense plans. Its activities will be coordinated with county civil defense directors. Other meetings will be held in Corvallis, Portland, Pendleton and Redmond. Plan To Boost U. S. Military Strength Raises Questions For Nation's Economy NEW YORK (AP) The United States' economy was confronted during the week with many vital questions raised by President Kennedy's program for beefing up the country's military strength to meet the Berlin crisis. If the situation doesn't degener ate into a shooting war, business stands to reap vast benefits through greater production of a wide range of goods. The additional $3.2 billion sought by the President for the armed forces in the current fiscal year will span a great range of the economy. Obvious beneficiaries would be industries such as steel, copper, rubber, chemicals, railroads, air craft and electronics. While the President didn't ask for tax increases at this time, he said he would next January if necessary. This left business men wondering if additional pro fits might not be wiped out by higher taxes and other controls. What the expanded defense ef fort will mean in the way of man power is another question. Business and industry stand 10 lose many skilled workers, tech nicians and executives when Na tional Guard and reserve units are called to active duty. On the other hand, refilling these workers' ranks and the ad ditional demands of increased production and higher draft quo tas should put a sizame aent into the total of unemployed. The first immediate effect ot the President's statement was to I spur the stock market into its big gest gain in more than two months. Financial experts felt the extra defense spending would stimulate the current steady rise in bus iness conditions to an out-and-out boom. Love will preside. He said he will resign as chairman of M. A. Han- i na Co. and as director of Na tional Steel Corp. to devote more time to Chrysler. From its inception until the past April, mryslers Doard nas k.... J I ...J 1... - . . 1 Ut-flt UUMMUtllt'U uy lUMipdlljr cm pioyes and controlled by the pres ident or board chairman who had the power to fire such employes. In April the board offered a revised slate of directors to the annual meeting which for the first time put the balance of power with directors not warkw jar' Chrysler. The contractors' charges against the union included at tempting to force subcontractors to fire employes who do not join the union, and failing to bargain in good faith because of insist ence of bargaining for employes not within their jurisdiction. Meanwhile, P. R. Wages, busi ness agent for Local 701, made a union statement on the strike is sues. He said the contract demands were in line with terms granted other locals of the union on the West Coast. Wages said the union wants a hiring hall arrangement to give union members first crack at jobs that become available, and said the engineers' membership rejected an offer of a three-year wage increase totaling 35 cents an hour because: "Our wage scale is lower than any other on the coast." Wages had this to say about the activities of a group of union members' wives who have been critical of union leadership: "They don't concern me too much. In the first place they aren't signing anybody on their petitions." Since the wives began their ef fort, Wages said he has received "a flood of telegrams and tele phone calls from union members telling those women to stay home and run their washing machines." Perhaps the most puzzling de velopment in the dispute came Friday night at Eugene. A meet ing of union members had been scheduled at the Lane County Courthouse in Harris Hall. Some 30 members of the union arrived but no one could be found who had called the gather- 'Bonanza' Actors Due For Roundup Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon (Adam and Little Joe Cartwright), stars of the top-rated TV series, Bonanza, will be ar riving in Eugene on Friday, Aug. 4, for their three-day appearance at the Emerald Empire Round-Up, Aug. 4-6. The two western stars will be arriving in Portland on an early morning flight and will be driven to Eugene by rodeo officials. Land on and Roberts informed rodeo of ficials by wire they will be leaving the "Bonanza" set just in time to catch a flight north. In addition to the three rodeo performances, the pair will be fea tured at many other roundup acti vities: Both buckaroo breakfasts, grand marshals of the parade, and at the roundup dance. They will also be making numerous televi sion appearances and a side trip to the children's ward at Sacred Heart hospital for those less for tunate kids who won't be making it to the roundup. Stock volume during the week totaled 17,360,360 shares com pared with 13,552,340 in the pre vious week and was the largest since 19,721,550 shares were trad ed in the week ended June 10. Indications of business improve ment were apparent in second quarter earnings reports issued by many corporations during the week. While only a few exceeded a year ago and the 1961 first half figures were unimpressive against the 1960 period, there was ample evidence of a gain over this year's first quarter. "The improvement in general business activity which began in the first quarter gained momen tum in the second quarter," said Chairman Frederic G. Donner of General Motors Corp. "The auto mobile industry responded strong ly to this improvement." Roger M. Blough, chairman of U.S. Steel Corp., said he expect ed the steel industry to show im provement during the balance of the year. He predicted produc tion in the second half would run around 53 to 55 million tons, com pared with 44.8 million in the first half. New passenger car sales in the middle 10 days of June were Ihs highest for any midmonth sales period this year and for the mid June period since 1955. Dealers sold 177,400 American-made cars, about 13 per cent more than a year ago. Production this week fell to an estimated 79,000 cars from 102 875 last week as more plants closed for model changeover. Uncertainties arising from the automobile industry's labor nego tiations continued to cloud the steel industry's immediate out look. Steel sources said automak ers were holding down their Au gust orders. Steel output during the week totaled 1,858.000 tons, about 6$ per cent of estimated capacity, and almost the same as the previous week's 1,860,000 tons. The cost of living nudged up to a new high in June, the Labor Department reported. The con sumer price index the average costs of a typical city-dwelling family advanced two-tenths of one per cent to 127.6 per cent of ne 1947.49 base period. " Challenging W""SRWiWSBW9!l f ; fe-sWfc ing, and none of the persons present could venture an opinion as to the reason for the meeting. The wives' group said Friday it had been asked to arrange a meeting place by a man who iden tified himself as a union member but one of the wives told news men they had nothing more than that to do with the meeting. Opinions both for and against the action of the union leaden were expressed informally by the men present. 'Atoms In Action' Scheduled At Fair "Atoms in Action," one of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission's newest traveling exhibits, will be shown at the Douglas County Fair, August 24-27 in Roseburg. The free exhibit, to which the public is in vited will be on view throughout the Fair. "Atoms in Action" consists of colorful panels and models design ed to provide explanation of the many peaceful uses of atomic en ergy in a graphic, easy to under stand manner. One panel describes the principal components of the atom the building blocks of the universe. Another explains how useful energy is obtained by atom ic fission the splitting of atoms of heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium. Other panels show how radioactive materials are used in agriculture, medicine, and industry. Visitors will also see three "is land" exhibits: an animated mod el of an atomic power plant; an illuminated explanation of the fu sion process, where power is pro duced by uniting atoms of light elements at extremely high tem peratures and pressures; and a three foot model of the NS Savan nah the nation's first nuclear propelled merchant ship. Like all of the Atomic Energy Commission's free traveling exhib its, "Atoms in Action" is operated for the Commission by the Museum Division of the Oak Ridge Insti tute of Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge, Tennessee a non-profit educational corporation of South ern universities and colleges. Fire Roars Over 40 Acres Of Land Forty acres of brush and re forested lands went up in smoke Friday on Rattlesnake Creek just off Mt. Rueben Rd. near Glendalc. The blaze started about 4 p.m. and by 8 p.m., 25 men from the Quines Creek, South Douglas and Roseburg stations of the Douglas Forest Protective Association, had it under control. A tractor was also brought in from Roseburg. There was no estimate as to loss and cause was undetermined. The increase resulted from higher transportation and housing costs and a seasonal rise in food prices. Machine tool orders, an im portant business barometer, rose in June to $60.6 million from $49.6 million in May and $55.1 million in June 1960. F For CHRISTMAS! In Coquimbo, Chile, every boy in the worst slum sectors of town received a pair of blue jeans for Christmas! These were the first, clean, whole clothe many had ever had in their lives! This clothing was collected from American churchgoers and sent to Coquimbo. Lists of needy children were, gathered from public. Protectant and Catholic schools and a Jewish refugee or ganized the outfitting job. By Christmas, 5.000 children were dressed in clean clothing! This is one example of Ameri cans supporting the Overseas Aid Programs of their faiths, l hile this case is Protestant all three faiths Protestant, Catholic and JewUh maintain programs that provide not only clothing but job, tools, housing, schooling and food for those in need overseas! Next time an ap peal is made give generously! PROTESTANT Shan Our Sunjlw wal CATHOLIC Bishops' Clottin CoBictiM JEWISH Uirtk Jtwiik Appal Pubtiihed public rvict In coope'tion wth The Advertising! 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