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Established 1873 16 Paget (brush Rebuffs West's Plea For Test Ban Text Of Note Not Revealed Immediately LONDON (API Soviet Premier Khrushchev rebuffed today an American-British plea to join in speeding a treaty banning nuclear weapons tests, a qualified diplo mat reported. Khrushchev, in a long reply to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, described the Western move as propaganda, the informant said. President Kennedy and Macmil lan last Tuesday published terms of a request that Russia allow international inspectors to check any suspicious bangs. Soviet agreement, they said, would clear the way for an early test ban treaty, but Soviet refusal would mean the American series of nuclear tests will have to go forward later this month, as planned. Foreign Office Gett Not Soviet Ambassador Alexander Soldatov delivered the premier's message to the Foreign Office. A Foreign Office spokesman de clined to disclose its contents im mediately. The Foreign Office spokesman said the message was between 3,000 and 4,000 words long and was in the Russian language. He said the Soviet government plans to publish it in the Moscow news papers Saturday morning. Soldatov handed Khrushchev's reDlv to Sir Harold Caccia, per manent undersecretary for foreign affairs. As soon as it was trans lated it was hustled to Macmillan, weekending at his country resi dence outside London. The informant did not indicate If Khrushchev submitted any sort of counterproposals in his mes sage. He said, however, the entire tone of the Soviet note . amounted to a turndown of the British American request. Macmillan . Sands Letter Macmillan Tuesday sent a terse covering letter stressing to Khrushchev that the "object of verification (of suspicious explo sions) Is not to increase suspicion but to dispel it." Khrushchev today, according to the source, dwelt at length on this question of East-West suspicion and distrust. He was said to have argued that he conceded the right of the West to distrust Russian good faith. He said he assumed he had the same right to distrust Western intentions. Yet, he ar gued, these suspicions have not led the Soviet Union to submit ex cessive and rigid demands for safeguards In a test ban treaty. Freight Cars Block Oregon Rail Tunnel PORTLAND (AP) The Southern Pacific railroad line still was blocked this morning by three freight tor stuck in an Oregon tunnel. Railroad crews hoped to get them cleared away by noon and traffic rolling over the rails again before nightfall. The cars in the tunnel were among 23 that went off the track in a derailment two days ago in the Cascade Range some 75 miles southeast of Eugene .Crews have cleared away all but the three re maining. Anticipating the reopening of the line, the Southern Pacific sched uled one passenger train out of Portland, heading for California, this morning. A spokesman said there probably would be some de lays along the way. JFK, Macmillan Set Meeting On Berlin, World Problems WASHINGTON (AP)-President Kennedy and British Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan have worked out plans for two days of high-policy talks here on the Ber lin situation and other world problems. Macmillan and the President will meet at the end of the month, two weeks after the resumption Monday of U.S. -Soviet discussions on a possible Berlin settlement. Nuclear weapons testing is also understood to be a major topic on their program. According to present plans, the United States The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Fair today, Increasing cloudiness tonight with a few showers potn bit Saturday afternoon. Continued warm. Highest temp, last 74 hours Lowest temp, las? 24 hours . Hlfhtst temp, any April (57) Lowest ttmp. any April (55) 27 Precip. last 24 hour 0 Precip. from April 1 .04 Preclp.cJrom Sept. 1 29.17 Excess from Sept. 1 3.11 Sunset tonight, 4:54 Sunrise tomorrow, 5:3J a.m. ROSEBURG, OREGON BcLL RINGING FOR LIBERTY Legion, and Mrs. Myrtle Baker, president of the auxiliary, they explain the observance in Roseburg of "Bells Across flags will be flown, and bells will be rung at 10 o.rn. April Local Legion Post Will Observe 'Bells Across The Nation' Day Gov. Mark O. Hatfield, honorary chairman of "Bells Across the Na tion" day in Oregon says the ob servance April 19 "is intended to signal a massive mustering of our national will to survive, to the end that those leaders of Godless com munism may understand that Americans appreciate and will maintain their cherished freedom." The observance is an American Legion idea growing out of Pa triots' Day in Massachusetts. For a period of four minutes, starting at 10 a.m. April 19, bells of all sizes and kinds will be rung Three In Hospital After Road Crash Three persons were taken to For est Glen Hospital at Canyonville by Glendale ambulance for treatment after a two-car accident on High way 99 at the intersection of Quines Creek Rd. about 6 p.m. Thursday. Injured were Gertrude Imogene Lowden, and her two children Su san Diane, 13, and Debra Jean, 11. Extent of their injuries was not determined, according to state police. Mrs. Lowden was operating a 1955 station wagon, traveling south on Highway 99 and was slowing to make a left hand turn. A car oper ated by Scotty Lyman Stayton, Portland, was following and struck the Lowden car in the rear, caus ing it to go out of control. The station wagon left the high way and traveled on the shoulder a distance of 125 feet, knocking down two wooden posts and then veering back onto the highway, where it flipped over on its top and came to rest upside down in the northbound lane, state police report. The Lowden car received exten sive damage to its top, rear and both sides and had to be remov ed from the scene by Miller Bros. wrecker, Quines Creek. Stayton's car received front end damage and left the scene under its own power. Neither he nor passenger, John Wesley Jones, was injured. may resume atmospheric tests while Macmillan is in the United States although Kennedy still stands ready to cancel the series if the Soviets would agree, even at the last minute, to a nuclear test ban treaty with international inspection. Macmillan will arrive in New York in the evening of Wednes day, April 25. Thursday evening he will address the annual dinner of the American Newspaper Pub lishers Association. Friday afternoon, he will fly to Washington to attend a dinner of the White House correspondents ar,d photographer? ociatjons. Diplomats disclosed today that he will spend all day Saturday in talks with the President and other U.S. officials at the White House. He will spend Sunday with Ken- nedy at the President's weekend : estate, Glen Ora, in nearby Vir Jeinia. Macmillan will leave Sun jj day night on a flight to Canada. Thp nmhlpm of Guaranteed ac cess for the Western powers be (seen West Germany and Berlin is exiiected to be a major tonic when Secretary of State Dean Rusk meets with Soviet Ambas-i Sunday or Monday. Moderate pre sador Anatoly Dobrynin here cipitation it forecast for Monday Monday. FRIDAY, APRIL Cmdr. George Hunter of in Oregon. State Legion Cmdr. Charles Draper described it as a "simple, but dramatic act, as a means of giving expression to the unity of all Americans in their love of liberty." The Umpqua Post of the legion and auxiliary in Roseburg has mo bilized to do its part. It also has the cooperation of all service clubs of the city and the Roseburg Jun ior Chamber of Commerce. Post Cmdr. George Hunter re ports the legion and auxiliary will ring bells in the streets of the city. In addition. Equitable Sav ings and Loan Association will play the national anthem. It will then play patriotic music each hour on the hour through the day.- Hunter urged that residents of the area pause and reflect on their blessings as Americans. He said this would also be an appropri ate time to repeat the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Peter Serafin has pro claimed the day in Roseburg. Commission Gets Surplus Petitions Petitions seeking the distribution of surplus food in the county were presented to the Douglas County Welfare Commission Thursday dur ing its April meeting. The petitions were signed by more than 1,800 persons and or iginally given to Commissioner Ray Doerner to present to the County Court and the commission. Commissioner Elmer Metzger, chairman of the Welfare Commis sion, toid the representatives of the group seeking the surplus dis tribution, that the commission will study the surplus plan. Also, he said, the commission will take up the request with the budget committee. If approved, money will be put into the 1962-63 county budget to make provision for the program, Metzger said. Flemming Set To Speak At Scholastic Dinner Scholastic achievement among Douglas County schools will take the spotlight May 21 in Roseburg The Roseburg Rotary Club will sponsor a banquet that night at the Umpqua Hotel for 100 top stu dents from high schools of the coun ty. Booked as the featured speak er for the event will be Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, president of the Uni versity of Oregon. The announcement was made Thursday at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club in the hotel. The program included a film on house buying methods shown by Slan Hermann, secretary - manager of Umpqua Savings and Loan Associ ation. 'Banana Belt' Weather Comes Back To Douglas After hard winter, the balmy, "banana belt" weather returned to Douglas County Thursday. Temperatures hit a new high for the year with a reading of 82, just eight degrees under the all-time high for April. More of the same was scheduled today. The U. S. Weather Bureau station at Roseburg estimated the reading would be near 80 today. The five-day weather outlook in dicates still more warmth Satur day, with a cooling trend expected lor Tuesday. , 13, 1962 Umpqua Post 16. American take on a patriotic look as the Nation" day. American 19, Reedsport Sets School Bond Vote The board of directors of Reeds- port Union High School District Thursday night voted to seek a bond issue in the amount of $290,- 000 for the construction of addition al school facilities, reports Dawn Peseau, correspondent. To be constructed, if the bond issue is approved by the voters, are a new cafeteria, a boy's phys ical education locker room and shower, facility, a . football grand stand, a band room, a cnoraf room and covered walkways. The re modeling of the present cafeteria for dual use as one large class or assembly room with removable partitions is included in the gener al estimate. -Remodeling Included The remodeling of the present cafeteria kitchen for office and other use is included in the gen eral estimate. Rejected by the board in the present construction plans was a proposed auditorium which had been considered and debated through three informal public hear ings. Several speakers, including mem ber! of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Umpqua Lit tle Theatre group, urged the im mediate building of an auditorium. All the members of the school board concurred in the need for the auditorium but decided it would push costs too high. Another Meeting Set To be resolved at a special board meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. will be details of the proposed new construction. Whether the cafeter ia facilities should be designed as cafetonum will be decided. Also the scheduling of the bond retire ment will be decided. The U13 dis trict is currently free of bonded indebtedness. Target date for the bond issue election as proposed by school at torney William Jayne is Tuesday, May 15. A rough breakdown of the con struction estimates includes $115, 000 for the cafeteria, band, room and choral room; $77,000 for the physical education room; and $40,- 000 for the grandstand. Reedsport School Budget Okayed The voters of both the Reeds port High School District U13 and the Reedsport Elementary District 105C approved the 1962-63 fiscal budgets by overwhelming majori ties in light voting Thursday. In the high school district the vote was 82 to 12 on the proposi tion to exceed the 8 per cent limita tion in the sum of $210,454.80. In the elementary district the proposition to increase the tax levy over the 6 per cent limitation by $153,362.09 was approved 83 to 1, according to Dawn Peseau, needs port correspondent. Solon? Vote To Double Budget Of Peace Corps WASHINGTON (AP) Congress has voted to more than double the Peace Corps budget and let the agency sign up thousands of new volunteers. The Senate passed the authori zation bill Thursday and sent it to President Kennedy, who had asked for the expansion. Under the measure, Kennedy Is authorized to spend $63.75 million to put 9,970 volunteers into the corps by the fall of 1963. 4 University cf Oregon Library- Eugene, Oreean 88-62 10c Per Copy School Bill Written Off By Kennedy WASHINGTON (AP) The Ken nedy administration appears to have written off for this year a school bill that had been designed to ease the problem of aid for church schools. Secretary of Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff indicated this- Thurs day by failing to include the bill in a list of education measures the President is pushing for action on. The bill, a broadening of the 1958 National Defense Education Act, was approved by the Senate Labor Committee last year and has been on the Senate calendar ready for debate since July 1961. Much Time Spent The Senate Education subcom mittee spent more hours working on this complex bill last year than on any other administration pro posal. But Senate leadership sources confirmed today there were no plans now to call it up for at tempted passage in 1962. The controversial feature of the bill is a $375-million loan provision for construction of classrooms for specified subjects in parochial and other private schools. Administration lieutenants drew up this provision to ease the un happiness of the church schools at being excluded from the $2.55-bil-lion general aid school bill passed Dy ine benate last year. At one point, Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana, said the defense education measure with its private school loan fea ture would follow promptly after uie general Dill. But signals were switched after blowup in the House, caused in part by the religious controversy, mac Killed all education legisla tion in 1961. Delayed Until 1943 Ribicoff said he would like to see the bill passed now. But he explained that his understanding was that the whole matter would u yutf WVC1 UIILU I.J Aside from the private school loan provision, the defense educa tion bill would Kreatlv increase lunns lor college student loans; add English and physical fitness to the subjects whose teaching was aided under the original act imarnematics, science and mod ern foreign languages); increase the number of graduate fellow ships; provide grants for mater ials ana equipment to be used in college courses; set up a new pro gram of international affairs stud ies; and furnish money for library improvement programs. May! Date Is Set For Yoncalla Vote May 1 has been selected for m vote on the Yoncalla city budget and two special issues. The deci sion was reached at this week's City Council meeting. ine Dudget amount on which votes will be east is $7,608 outside the 8 per cent limitation, reports correspondent Mrs. George Edcs. Also to be voted on is resolu tion 28 asking the amount of $2,- lbB each year for six years for the purchase of a new fire truck, fully equipped. Resolution 29 Is for $5,000 a year for five years for a sinking fund to be used in surveying and making sewer lines. Mrs. Bernice Radtke. civil de fense chairman, was present and gave her report. A special meeting of the civil defense will be held in the Little Theatre of Yoncalla High school, April 30, at which time state civil defense officials and Arthur Sclby, county defense chairman, will be present. All those interested from Elkton and Drain are invited to attend this special meeting. All Nike-Zeus Stages Tested POINT MUGU, Calif. (AP) - The Nike-Zeus antimissile rocket, still under development, has made its first transocean trip in which all three stages were tested. "Missile and ground guidance elements of the system used in the test performed as expected; test objectives were met," the Army announced after Thursday's launching. The Nike-Zeus system Is de signed at a weapon against at tacking !nr',nntinnntl missiles, seeking them out and destroying their effectiveness before they reach their targets. Nevada Test Fired WASHINGTON (AP) The Atomic Energy Commission hat touched off another low-yield un derground blast at itr Nevada test site. The test fired Thursday, waa the 27th announced in the current series and had the blast equiva lent of not more than 20,000 tons of TNT. S Blough Claims Steel Mike Noninflationary, Essential To A Healthy US Economy NEW YORK (AP) Roger M. Blough, board chairman of U.S. Steel, refusing to back down on his company's new price rise de spite its denunciation by Presi dent Kennedy, defended the boost as noninflationary and essential to a healthy national economy. In a nationally televised press conference Thursday, Blough said there was nothing irresponsible about the action the company had taken. Blough said U.S. Steel's action was overdue, adding that proper pricing was part of the picture involved in keeping production fa cilities up to date and competitive. 'When costs keep moving up- Inland Breaks Chain Of Steel Price Increases CHICAGO (AP) The Inland Steel Co. broke the chain of price rises by steel firms today by an nouncing it will not make any changes in prices at this time. The company, in an action which may cause price boosting firms to reconsider, issued this statement: "Inland Steel Co. today an nounced that it will not make any adjustments in existing prices of its steel mill products at this time. "The company has long recog nized the need for improvement in steel industry profits in rela tion to capital invested. It be lieves this condition, which does exist today, will have to be cor rected. Nevertheless, in full recogni tion of the national interest and competitive factors, the company feels that it is untimely to make any upward adjustments." Roger M. Blough, chairman of U.S. Steel, was asked Thursday at a New York news conference whether the price increase could stick if Inland and Armco Steel Corp. decline to boost prices. "It would definitely affect us," Blough said, "and I don't know how long we can maintain our position. ..." . Sf ate Orders Suit Against Log Trucker SALEM, APRIL 13 (AP) The Oregon Highway Commis sion today authorised Its Legal division to bring a suit for more than $40,000 for damages to the Kellogg bridge on the Elkton Sutherlin highway. The bridge collapsed last Sept. 12 as a loaded logging truck was crossing it. The suit would be brought against Roy W. Simmons, Springfield, owner of the truck, and Robert C. Parson, Cottage Grove, the driver. The bridge new Is being re placed. Leonard Lindas, commission at torney, said he would file the suit if investigation shews that Simmons and Farsen have the money to pay the damages If the Commission ii awarded a verdict. 1 Lindas said Simmons carries $10,000 liability insurance, and that the Insurance company hat denied liability. Infant Whooper Gets Treatment ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP)-A four- day-old whooping crane, one of only 46 tuch birds in existence. was flown here from the Audubon Park Zoo in New Orleans Thurs day for treatment of a slipped tendon in its right leg. George Douglass, superintendent of the zoo, brought the whooper for examination by veterinarians on the research staff of the Rals ton Purina Co. The researchers quickly diag nosed the ailment and started treatments. The whooping crane, fifth hatched at the Audubon Park Zoo, is slightly larger than a duckling. It was unable to stand without toppling over 00 its side because of the defect. Today It Don't Day NEW YORK (AP)-Don't walk under any ladders today. Dun'l let & tlici est er?! your path. Don't forget, it't Priday the 13th. P.S. Don't be superstitious. Polling Timet Told Polls will be open in Roseburg from 2 to 8 p.m. May 1 for the annual city budget election. The city it asking voters to ap prove $288,621.07 outside the 6 per cent limitation in a total budget of $614,187.04. Polling places were listed in Thursday's Newt-Review. ward and prices remain substan tially unchanged for four years," Blough said, "the need for some Improvement in the cost-price re lationship should be apparent." Blough added that U.S. Steel's own profits in 1961 were 5.7 per cent of sales and, at $190 million, were the lowest since 1952. During questioning by newsmen, Blough indirectly indicated that the steel price rise of $6 a ton possibly might have to be can celed if two Midwestern producers held out against it. Neither Armco Steel Corp.. 6th- ranking producer, nor Inland Steel Co., the No. 8 firm, has indicated whether it would follow suit. Asked whether the price mark up would stick if Armco and In land decided against a similar in crease, Blough replied: "It would definitely affect us, and I don't know how long we can maintain our position." He interrupted a followup ques tion, saying "It would make it very difficult for us. Between them, Inland and Arm co in 1961 produced about 1114 million tons out of industrywide production of 98 million ingot tons. They were the most profitable operators among the industry's 11 largest companies on a tonnage basis. Inland, with net Income of $54.7 million, made 7.48 cents per one dollar of sales. Armco, with net income of $57.5 million, cleared 8,48 cents per one dollar of sales. At Middletown, Ohio, Armco de- Swanson Rites Slated Saturday Funeral services for Sherman Henry Swanson, 65, of 341 NW Ce cil St., Roseburg, will be held Sat urday at 10:30 a.m. in the Long & Shukle Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Donald Smith of Westside Christian Church will officiate. Private interment is set at Rose burg Memorial Gardens. Men Diet Thursday Swanson died Thursday morning while working on a road mainten ance job with the county Road De partment. He and a crane opera tor, Kenneth Neavoll, from the de rartment were getting set to clean rocks from one end of a culvert under Road 47 near Brockway. Swanson unhooked the- cable which held the mobile crane's boom to the bumper after the crane arrived on the job. He held the cable at Neavoll raised the boom. Neavoll said the boom was too close to the overhead power line and the line pulled into the boom. The operator did not know this and did not know Swanson still held the cable. He heard a sizzling noise, saw Swanson holding the cable, saw the boom touching the power line and lowered the boom. As ha did so, Swanson collapsed to the ground. Neavoll applied artificial respira tion until the Winston Fire Depart ment emergency crew arrived and took over. Swanten DOA Swanson was pronounced dead at Douglas Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 4, MSB at Stockton, Calif., and lived in the Roseburg community for the past 18 years coming here from South Gate, Caltf. He worked tor uie Road Department as a truck driv er since 1955 and 'was a member of Local 2949, Roseburg, and Doug las County Employes Local 263. Swanson married Mattie Carter, Oct. 23, 1929 at Wenatchee, Wash. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving besides hit wife, are a stepdaughter, Mrs. B. L. (Ethcl- yn) Powers, Roseburg;- a stepson. Warren Carter, Winston: two grand-children and two great grandchildren. Cornish Rooster's Life Spared; Chinaman Testifies Without Oath By BARBARA J. STAMBAUGH Charleston Newt A Courier Staff Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)-A Cornish rooster's life was spared, the chopping block and meat cleaver went unbloodied, and a Chinese restaurant owner, Chu Kev Soon, told bis story in the Court of Common Pleas but not under oath. "I've always been told things happen In Charleston that never happen anywhere else in the world," observed Judge Julius B. Ness. Lawyers for Soon, who had been involved in an automobile acci dent, explained to the judge Thursday that the rooster Soon brought to court was vital to his oath to tell the truth. Swearing on the Bible was nit binding on a Confucian, they explained. "His religion requires that he say a prayer to Confucius and chop the rooster's head off in the court room," one lawyer said. The alternative oath-taking n.ethod burning incense to a stat ue of Buddha was out of the question. Boon's statu had broken clined comment Thursday night on its price plans. In Chicago, In land said it was still studying the action of other concerns. Blough firmly defended the ac tion of U.S. Steel, by far the big. gest producer and the first one to move. Replying to sharp criticism by President Kennedy, the industrial ist said there was nothing irre sponsible in the boost and that he was as concerned as others about the nation's welfare, strength and vitality. He said he was surprised by the bitterness of White House reac tion and was not in any sens defying anyone. Pentagon Order Affects Steel Price Raisers WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon today ordered defense contractors and their suppliers to shift steel purchases to those com panies which have not raised prices. lhe action was announced by . Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. In a statement and brief news conference, McNamara also said that: If the steel price increase "fans out" across the country's econo my, national defense costs could rise a billion dollars or more a year. the impact of increased costs could affect the dollar balance abroad and "we cannot expect to maintain our forces overseas if our trade balance does not im prove." At the direction of President Kennedy, the Pentagon is exam- mining possible substitutes for steel. McNamara said that iron and steel prices have Increased 90 per cent since 1947, while nonferrous metals prices have increased only 40 per cent. Two Men Are Dead In Chemical Blasts MARS, Pa. (AP)-MultipIe ex plosions and a raging fire at a chemical plant killed one man to day and led to the death of an other. A third worker was injured in the blast and flames which de stroyed the Treesdale Laborator ies and Pittsburgh Metals Purify ing Co. Inc. plant about a mile south of this western Pennsylvan ia town. Unofficial estimates placed the loss at about $1 million. Coroner J. Clinton Atwell of Butler County identified one of the dead as William cooper or. Sarver. Clyde Hilllard, 40, of Sarver died in a hospital at Butler. Jo seph Baxter, 23, of Pittsburgh was lbted in fair condition. The plant manufactured a chemical product which removes impurities from steel. Attorney To Ask New Cohen Trial LOS ANGELES (AP) Dlst Attv. William B. McKesson says he will ask Superior Court April 1 18 to tet a new trial for Mickey Cohen and four codefendants on murder and conspiracy charges. They are accused of the fatal shooting of Jack (The Enforcer) Whalen in a restaurant Dec. 2, 1959. A jury failed to agree and was discharged last Tuesday in the trial of Cohen, Sam Frank LoCig no, Roger Leonard, George Perry and Joseph DeCarlo. and the lawyers said there was none to be found in the city. Judge Ness told a crowded courtroom, "I am not going to have an exhibition. This doesn't appeal to me a bit." "I've sent down to the local li brary and am informed that a Chinaman may be sworn by breaking a china saucer would that do it?" he asked. "That's only in North China," re plied the diminutive Soon. "I was afraid of that," said the Judge. "Wouldn't it be sufficient," the judge offered, "to let you cut this chicken's head off somewhere else?" "I must cut It off In front of the judge," replied the determined Chinaman. Judge Ness then turned to the defendant's lawyers. "Would you agree," he asked, "to let Mr. boon take the stand if he promises to tell the truth, without being under oath?" They agreed. Soon agreed to tell the truth and both sides agreed not to contest the ease later on the absence of the )ath.
