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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Oregon o o o COMP WW 'BACK mm mm THREAT ME Freedoms Bonds Strengthened By Visit To Berlin WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson brought back to President Ken nedy today a report that the free world's bonds have been strength ened by his 36-hour visit to West Berlin. The presidential j et touched down at nearby Andrews Air Force Base alter a 7 hour, 45 minute flight. The vice president's plane land ed on a mist shrouded runway. Despite the bad weather and the arduous and dramatic weekend journey, Johnson seemed in good spirits. Johnson had flown earlier from Reds Tighten Barricades In E. Berlin BERLIN (AP) Communists tightened their barricades around West Berlin a bit more today in the wake of Vice President Lyn don B. Johnson's visit. British troops turned out to keep watch on one wire-stringing job at the zonal border. British headquarters was espe cially interested in Red opera tions at Staaken. A main highway from West Berlin heads across Communist-ruled east Germany near Staaken to Hamburg, West Germany. About two miles away is a small grass airfield occasion ally used by Soviet and East German air forces. A company of British infantry men and four tanks deployed along a two-mile front there. Maj. Gen. Sir Rohan Delacombe, the British commandant, went out for a personal look at the activity of the workers and their guards, Red police and militiamen, who labored in a drizzling rain. Six Red armored personnel carriers wera stationed behind tho work- Delacombe told reporters he be lieved the Communists "are strengthening their wire to pre vent further escapes" as they have been doing along the city border between East and West Berlin. .... British officers said the Com munists are building an extra barbed wire fence about six feet behind one that had been there for years and apparently intend ed to fill the gap with coils of barbed wire. A battalion commander, Lt. col. Malcolm Sherman, said the Brit ish infantrymen and tanks were brought out after reports were re ceived that several hundred Com munist militiamen and the per sonnel carriers had been observed along the border. This is the first time such a deployment of Western troops had been announced publicly in the current crisis. However, British soldiers turned out as a precau tion during German rioting at the Brandenburg Gate last week. E.German Treaty Due Says Mikoyan TOKYO (AP) Soviet First Dep ..... ti Anaataa T AfikoVfln UIV j-jemici , declared today the Soviet Union will sign a separate peace wiiu East Germany at tne ena 01 una year and told the Western powers .ut tkAn "vmi'H havA to ask llldb mcu - them (the East Germans) for a pass if you want to enter cerun. "Without it, you won't get through." he declared bluntly in n nrm.wavinp sDeech before a leftist rally attended by an esti mated 10,000 singing fellow trav elers. It was the kind of political at tack that earlier brought a re buke from Japan's governing Liberal-Democratic party, which accused him of interfering in Japan's domestic affairs. Mikoyan is here supposedly on a friendly nonpolitical nine-day visit. He came to open a Soviet trade fair, but has been expound ing Soviet views on international nniiiioal affairs at nearly every opportunity. He leaves for home Tuesday. Mikoyan charged the United States artificially created "the so called Berlin crisis" and "accuses us of ulterior motives." The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Partly cloudy tonight and Tues day. Chance for afternoon and eve ning rhundershowers in mountain areas. Continued warm. Highest temp, last 74 hours 100 hcwest temp, last 24 hours . 5? ttghkst ttmp. any Aug. CM) 103 bawrtwt temp, any Aug. ('56) 41 Prtaip. last J4 hours 0 Prawi. from Aug. -1 T Prtcip. from Sept. 1 34.44 Gxctss from Sept. 1 4.32 Sumqf tonight, 7:07 p.m. SjinriM tomorrow, S.-24 a.m. Berlin to Shannon, Ireland, where a replacement of a cracked win dow glass in the military jetliner delayed him more than an hour this morning. The vice president was met at the airport with a minimum of fanfare by a handful of official greeters. They included House Speaker Sam Rayburn, D-Tex., House Majority Leader John W. McCormack, D-Mass., Undersec retary of State George W. Ball and West German Ambassador Wilhelm Grewe. Johnson was scheduled to re port to the White house after Kennedy returns late this after noon from his Hyannis Fort, Mass., summer home. In an arrival statement read beside his plane, Johnson said he had returned from his conferences with top German officials con vinced that ties between United Stales, West Berlin and West Ger many "already very strong, have been made even stronger and more enduring." The vice president who met with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt ana other West German officials praised what he termed the "distinction and responsibility of free German leadership." Johnson labeled his reception, and that of the 1,500 U.S. reen forcements dispatched to Berlin over the week end as "heart warming." He expressed belief he suc ceeded in removing "anxieties be tween friends." Youth Confesses Slaying Of Boys NEW YORK (AP) A 17-year-old youth, one of a dozen children of a Puerto Rican family, was charged today with the murder of two Brooklyn boys. He stabbed them 55 times in a fit of sexual frenzy, polico said. The confessed slayer, Israel Santiago of Brooklyn, a 5-1, 185- pound weightlifter, showed no re morse as he sloshed tnrougn a predawn rain to re-enact' the crime for police in a weedy marshland in the Canarsie sec tion of Brooklyn. Only once did he break down when he spotted a buddy out side a police station who had ac companied him to the marshland but who he swore was not present when he killed the boys. "Don't tell my mother noth ing," Santiago shouted at the pal, who was not held. Then he broke into tears. Raymond V. Martin, assistant chief inspector, quoted Santiago as saying "I'm not sorry" for killing Augustin Trinidad Jr., 13, and Jaime Luis Ruiz, 9, last Tuesday. The story told by Santiago at the scene and in his confession "jibes exactly with the facts as we know them," Martin said. Those facts, he said, indicated that Santiago and Herman Rosa, 15, went to the marshland as they often did. Santiago sent Rosa for cigarettes and, spotting the two boys playing there, tried to commit an unnatural sex act with Augustin. When the boy resisted, Santi ago knocked him down, tore off his clothes, bound him hand and foot and stabbed him 25 times with a kitchen paring knife, Mar tin said. Jaime ran for help but, unable to find any, returned and flailed at Santiago with his suspenders. Santiago easily overpowered the boy, tied him up with the sus penders and stabbed him 30 times, Martin added. London Daily Raps Action Of Minister LONDON (AP) Lord Beaver brook's Daily Express today cau tioned a Philadelphia minister against trying to collect about 270.000 pounds $756,000 for a church fence the Redcoats broke down during the American Revo lution. The Rev. Joseph Kocl Jr. of Philadelphia presented the bill to Chancellor of the Exchequer Sel wyn Lloyd. The Episcopal min ister asked for the cost of the fence plus interest for 183 years. "But suppose the British gov ernment were to submit a bill to the United States for the cost plus interest of protecting the American settlers from the red Indians in the years before the War of Independence?" asked the Express editorially. "That would make a nasty hole in the vaults at Ft. Knox," Ky. The editorial concluded with this advice: "It does not pay to dabble with history, Mr. Koci. Just stick to reading it." Beaverbrook's newspaper may have brushed aside the minister's I claim, but the British treasury took it more seriously. A spokesman "aid the bill has arrived and will be considered and replied to. 3m m$&mMw Established 1873 16 Pages Tunisia Asks Allies For Help To Oust French Appeal Made At Special U.N. Meeting UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) Tunisia today appealed to the United States and France's other Western allies to join in support ing U.N. action to get French troops out of Tunisian territory. The appeal was made by Tu nisian Delegate Mongi Slim at a special session of the U.N. Gen eral Assembly. France boycotted the meeting. Slim led off the debate after 32 countries had submitted a formal proposal that the 99-nation assem bly call on France to negotiate for withdrawal of all her troops from Tunisia, including the big naval base at Bizerte. The Tunisian delegate urged the Western powers to forget that France is a member of the West ern camp and to join with the So viet Union as they did last year in the Congo debate when they demanded withdrawal of Belgian forces. The assembly convened at 11 a.m. and got down to business quickly. Frederic H. Boland of Ireland, president of the last reg ular assembly, was chosen with out opposition to preside. The session was called to deal with the "grave situation in Tu nisia" after the Security Council deadlocked on steps to end the French-Tunisian dispute. The sponsors of the resolution included 31 countries from Africa and Asia plus Yugoslavia. The resolution calls on France to withdraw her troops occupying Bizerte. lt also calls on France and Tunisia to open negotiations immediately on the withdrawl of all French forces from Tunisian territory. . Rusk Says Allies To Stay In Berlin WASHINGTON (AP)-Secretary of State Dean Rusk sayi the West ern allies "will not be pushed out of West Berlin." While making this declaration Sunday night on the NBC-TV in terview program "Meet the Press," Rusk emphasized trying to find a peaceful solution to the Berlin crisis. "Wo do expect," he said, "that negotiations will take place on this matter. Just when and where will be determined by consultation among governments, including the government of the Soviet Union. But negotiations will occur." He said he did not yet know how, when or where such negotia tions would be conducted. "For perfectly obvious reasons," Rusk said, "It is not possible to talk about the details" of any propo sals the Western allies might make. Rusk did not rule out the possi bility of a summit meeting over Berlin. But, if there is one, he said, there should be full prepar ation so that it can be successful. Rusk was asked if the West would fight if there were any in terference with access to West Berlin. "I think at this point," Rusk replied, "it is better for us to con centrate on the vital interests and say that we want to protect those vital interests by peaceful means if possible." Rusk defined the "vital inter ests" of the Western allies as: "the presence of the West in West Berlin, the freedom and security of that city, its ability to live, its physical access to the rest of the world." Search On For Lost Eight-Year-Old Boy JOHN DAY. Ore. (AP) An 8-year-old boy, Steven Davis of Ontario, Ore., was sougni loaay by a growing party of searchers in the rugged, timbered country in northeast Grant County. The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Davis of Ontario, wan dered away from a party coming down a trail Saturday. When early efforts to locate him failed, Sheriff Ray H. Brisbois was, noti fied. He organized the search which this morning included state police, volunteers, a woods crew from a Georgia - Pacific Cofp. operation, and three hourrii feuai Oregon City. The boy was wearing only aariji and tennis shoes. Daytime temperatures have been high but nights have not been cold although there has been a chill in lb air. ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, AUGUST I A. jif ,. .tvv.tiYi.ii.'aiiii.WMiiaiii .kVi xutmKumtwMKiiu, fcarr wt v. ;f. i' i ,t ft m ii fix" an, rnr . ui 'k, tU'i mi FALL FESTIVAL FESTIVITIES highlighted lite in Myrtle Creek last weekend, as the Myrtle Creek Foil Festival was recorded as a booming success. The streets were packed Big Fire Hits In New Jersey WEEHAWKEN, N.J. (AP) A general alarm fire raged over half a mile of the Hudson River waterfront today. Fire depart ment officials said the blaze caused mora than a million dol lars damage. The fire apparently started at the New York Central Railroad abandoned 42nd St. ferry, officials said. The lirst alarm was re ceived at 3:15 a.m. Forty-five minutes later, the huge ferry terminal, adjoining docks, and several nearby freight sheds and boxcars had been re duced to a glowing pile of crack ling timber. Flames could be seen from the center of Manhat tan on the New York side of the river. The terminal building covered almost a full city block. It was a one-story, shed-type frame building. It had been abandoned about four years ago, when the New York Central eliminated pas senger service on that line. Four hundred firemen from 12 departments in Hudson and Ber gen counties were joined by fire boats from New York City and the Coast Guard in fighting to contain the blaze. It burned for three hours before being brought under control. During the fire, six trucks were recalled to West New York, N.J., just north of Weehawken, where a fire destroyed three piers at an estimated Sl-million loss Friday night. A light but steady drizzle not heavy enough to help quench the flames hampered the fire men at the terminal. James Woodcock, 42, received minor bums on his arms and hands while he was assisting fire men. Twelve persons were injured at the fire in West New York Fri day, none seriously. Ralph Cinque. 19, has been missing since the blaze. Police said he leaped into the river when he was threatened by flames. The West New York fire razed three piers, a boat repair yard, two buildings and a dozen barges. Coast Guard Rushes To Help 3 Crafts NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) Coast Guard rescue boats were on their way through dense fog today to three vessels, reported in trouble near Newport. The fishing boat Leora was tak ing water about 20 miles south of the Newport Bay entrance and a rescue boat, carrying a pump, was searching with radar in fog where visibility was limited to 25 yards. Coast Guard commanding offi cer E. S. Klock said two persons were aboard the vessel, which was limping toward Newport. He said it was not certain what was the Leora's home port. Another boat, the Gertrude, was off the entrance to Yaquina Bay. Klock said his unit knew no other details, iut a Well ttmt a second Mssae uamvA wj iJ'ii-AffJ ttward MA UuM tfjc,Ql imported flourftfta w aat three miles ,ea'4 ef tV Crewmen on another eoa Guard boat were searcfeirp m n& fy Myrtle Creek Festival Jammed By Fun Seekers Myrtle Creek's annual Fall Fes tival was a booming success, as the streets of that southern Doug las County city were jam-packed with fun seekers Friday and Sat urday. Entertainment, prizes and high- spirited fun were the order of the day, as just about everyone got into the act, including a donkey who bested human competition irom several points to win first prize in the Saturday parade. Donkey Wins t Jake, the donkey,' walked off (or actually sauntered off with a big smirk on his face) with the first prize in the individual entries in the parade. Jake was sponsored Dy tne Myrtle Creek American Le gion. And just to prove he's an all-around good guy, in addition to being sponsored by the veterans organization, Jake is an honorary uoy scout. Second place in the individual competition went to Boots Wallace of Myrtle Creek, who rode the length of the parade on a bull. Third place went to the Woodrall boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Woodrall of Myrtle Creek, who drove a miniature Model T in the parade. The non-commercial float com petition was won by the Beta Xi Sorority of Myrtle Creek, with the Tri 'N Square Dance Club coming in second. Third place went to the Myrtle Creek 4-H Stockman, and fourth place was captured by the Myrtle Creek Grange. The Myrtle Creek German Band placed fifth. Western Auto Store of Myrtle Demo Head Enters Race For Congress EUGENE (AP) State Demo cratic Chairman Robert Straub said today he is entering the race for Congress. Straub, a state senator since 1958, will seek the 1962 Democratic spot on the 4th Congressional Dis trict ballot. The 4th District seat is now held by a Republican, Dr. Edwin Durno of Medford. Straub's decision will pit him In the Democratic primary against former Rep. Charles O. Porter, who said last month that he in tends to try to regain his old seat. Durno has also announced his in tention to run again. In making his announcement, Straub indicated that he will con centrate on 4th district economic issues as "the number one factor in the campaign." "The very generous and loyal encouragement that I have re ceived from the active party workers as well, as from many other Democrats prominent in the 4th District is most gratifying," be said. "I can assure them that I will make a strenuous effort...." Straub said that his previously announced resignation as state Democratic chairman will become effective Sept. 17. The Democratic State Central Committee will meet in Eugene on that date to pick a successor. Straub is 41, married, and the father of six children. He operates farms in Lane and Douglas coun ties, and is engaged in real estate development in the Eugene Springfield area. He is a Dartmouth College grad uate with a masters degree in business administration. 21, 1961 both days, as fun seekers from all points of the county poured in to the southern Douglas County city to take in the fun. (News-Review Photo) Creek won first place in the com mercial float competition, with Warren's Studio finishing second and Del s Building Supply of Tri City coming in third. The Merketles of Roscburg won the marching groups contest, with tne Myrtle Creek Majorettes plac ing second. Cub Scout Pack 326 of Myrtle Creek placed third, and the Nazarene Caravan of Myrtle Creek was fourth. The Grants Pass Cave men won a blue ribbon for the most humorous entry. The Riddle Fire Department won a water ball fight in a flip of the coin showdown over the Jtoscburg Rural Fire Department. The two teams had defeated Myrtle Creek and Winston-DHlard in preliminary matches and tied four times in playoffs before they went to the coin to decide the winner. They washed referee Don Martin down the street to even up for his in ability to pick a winner. Canadian Trip Won Contest prizes were won by L. Sobodin of Roscburg, who receives a free trip to Canada. Barbara Johnson, sister of the queen, won a camera; W. Caralon of Gardi ner won a radio; Ross Maddox of Myrtle Creek won a baby beef; and Shirley Weaver of Myrtle Creek won a doll dressed in one dollar bills. Roseburg Team Homeward Bound St Sports Page The Roseburg Legion Junior base ball team, which battled through the most gruelling schedule of any team at the Western Regional play off in Bend, was headed home to day. The season ended when a Cin derella team from Hawthorne, Nov., went wild in the first inning of the playoffs Sunday night to build up a lead Roseburg couldn't match. The Hawthorne team entered the regional finals by winning, 11-9. It will meet Phoenix, Ariz., to night. If Phoenix wins, the tour nament is over. If Hawthorne wins, another game will be necessary in the double - elimination action. Phoenix handed Roseburg Its first loss in the tournament. Civil Rights WASHINGTON (AP) The Sen ate plows into a scrap over smol dering civil rights legislation to day, while the House takes up a bill providing a death penalty for airplane hijackers. Promising sparks In the Senate was a leadership-sponsored move to suspend the rules and hook onto an appropriation bill a two year extension of the Civil Rights Commission, now due to expire Nov. 9. 1 Advocates of other civil rights measures planned to try to get in some licks of their own despite the damper the Kennedy adminis tration has put on legislation in this field this year. The hijacking bill up for action in the House, along with a string of routine measures, is similar to legislation recently passed by the Senate in an effort to halt an outbreak of piracy in the skies. It provides for a maximum pen alty of death, and not less than PRICE 5c Tillamook Man Found In Woods Lou Mills of Tillamook was little the worse for wear today, but he had a tough 35 hours over the weekend after he fell into a can- yon on Thunder Mountain 35 miles southeast of Roscburg. Mills, an owner of the Trask River Transportation Co. ot Tilla mook, went out Friday to make an estimate of cost to construct a timber sales access road on the mountain, reports correspondent airs. Arinur selDy. He had gone at the reauest of u.. i-iywooa corp. of Roseburg. But Saturday evening, his Dnrtner called from Tillamook and asked u.s. Plywood officials about him. He said Mills was to have re turned to Tillamook Friday night. Dwayno (Bud) Shrum. U.S. Plv- wood engineer in the Little River District, was called. He then got in loucn wun jjon Wrtght, U.S. Ply logging superintendent, to hunt for the man. The two split up and Wright, who had gone up the Blitzen Butte Rd., found Mills trying to crawl up out of the canyon to his pickup. He was irrational. It was estima ted he had been irrational and un conscious at intervals for 35 hours. He was suffering from heat and overexertion. The two U.S. Plywood men radio ed for an ambulance and Billy Mohr soon arrived from Rose burg. Mills was released from the Douglas Community Hospital this morning after observation at the hospital. Thunder Mountain is a landmark which has been eulogized by Zane Grey, who often camped in the North Umpqua area. Arraignment Set In Slaying Case McMINNVILLE (AP) Carson John Hauger, 64-year-old Gaston farmer charged with second-degree murder, was to be arraigned in McMinnville at 1:45 p.m. (PST) today. Hauger is accused of shooting Henry Albert Moore, Portland, 51, at the Hauger home Thursday night in an argument over a $10 check. 196-61 Scrap Looms In Senate 20 years' Imprisonment, for hi jacking airliners. In addition, it makes federal offenses of assaults, murder, robbery and other crimes committed aboard planes. In the Senate, Democratic Lead er Mike Mansfield of Montana and Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois will try to at tack a bill extending the Civil Rights Commission to a $761-mil-lion appropriation measure for the State and Justice Departments and the federal courts. To carry out this maneuver, it will be necessary to obtain a two thirds majority to suspend a Sen ate rule banning extraneous leg islation In an appropriation bill. Mansfield told a reporter ha ex pects the move to succeed a prediction that was not challenged by Southern senators who fought creation of the commission and who oppose giving it a new lease on life. "We appear to be at a disadvant Borate PI MM e IUII Gives Assist !n Hot Blaze FirM rnvniTpit nvnr H OOO mrpl of grass, brush and timber in Douglas County with major fires situated in timber of the Umpqua National Forest at Tiller and grass lands of Robert? Mountain near Myrtle Creek. The Tiller fire has burned be tween 600 and 700 acres of tim ber, some open area and soma slash nvd threatened the town of Tiller. Fire at Roberts Mountain has blackened approximately 2,500 ac res according to the Douglas For est Protective Association but is now contained, lt began along tho Clark Branch Rd. about 12:30 p.m. Saturday. According to Vondis Miller, su pervisor of the Umpqua National Forest, the Tiller fire has swept 500 to 600 acres surrounding tho town and in three spots jumped over the South Umpqua River. crews irom the Tiller Hanger Station snuffc out two of the spot fires quickly. The third grew to about 40 acres in size and for a while threatened the Tiller Ranger Station. However, it was controlled this morning. "We think we can pick up tho main fire today," Miller said. He noted that an aerial tanker dumped about six loads of borate on the fire Sunday and has dump ed about four loads of borate on ' hot spots by noon today. Three hundred twenty-five men, five "cats" and five to six tankers are battling the fire at present. Cause of the fire is not known, but Miller said it began at tho up-river edge of the town and swept down the hillside to the main group of buildings. "It very definitely is a threat to the town's building," he said. Miller said about half the men on the fire are from crews in the Umpqua National Forest and tho other half are from logging firms working in the forest and some volunteers. One of thi forest's crews is stilt on the Olympic National Forest fire. The DFPA said it hopes to hava 1,8 2,500-acre fire completely out m ,our days. Sunday, firefighters in the area thought the firo had been contained. At night it jumped lines rigged along the Bilger Creek side and burned 100 acres more. Sixty men are now on the fire - with five "cats" and about seven pumpers from the DFPA and Ranchers Pa trol. Perimeter of tho fire is eslimat. ed to be 18 miles. It was spotted Saturday by the Live Oak Lookout. Sunday at 4 p.m. the DFPA snuffed a 30-acre fire north of Rice Hill a little east of Hiehwav 99. A crew of about 10 men and a 'cat" from the Whinnls- Mill- Drain, fought the blaze, reported to have atarted from a railroad train. The cause Is listed an eithpp hot brakes or carbon from exhaust stacks. The State Forester is expected to call . "hoot-owling" into effect tonight at midnight. Loggers will be able to work In the woods from midnight to noon. Areas expected to be affect ed are 13A, 13B, 14, 17 and pos sibly 19. This includes most ot Douglas County. Jack Price, Little River District Ranger, today said the firs dan ger is extremely critical, the worst lt has been all year, reports Mrs. Arthur Selby, News-Review cor respondent. Communist Paper Raps LBJ's Visit To Berlin MOSCOW (AP) The Commu nist party paper Pravda today printed a Berlin dispatch declar ing U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's mission to the di vided city was intended to "heat up the already tense situation in West Berlin." Tho writer, correspondent Vlad Imer Kuznetsov, said it seems West Berlin not East Berlin has become "a military polics camp." He said provocative military demonstrations were held in West Berlin after Johnson's arrival and commented that the 1,500 Ameri can reinforcements who arrived Sunday marched through the city to the tune of military bands. age," said Sen. Richard B. Rus sell, D-Ga., leader of the Dixie forces. He maintained, however, that extension of the commission is wholly unnecessary. He said it al ready has had more time to carry out its work than its sponsors or iginally contended it needed. FOREST FIRE DANGER TO-DAY KEEP OREGON GREEN Fire danger is extreme today with temperatures expected t a range about 90 to 100. Humidity will range from 20 to 23 with light northerly winds.
