2 The News-Review, Roseburg,
Porter Predicts Demo Win,
But Foresees 'Hard Fight'
Charles 0. Porter, a Eugene
lawyer intent on recovering a con
gressional seat he once held, told
Douglas County Young Democrats
and members of his county cam
paign committee Friday he thought
the Democrats would win tne con
gressional seat but "we'll have a
hard fight."
Porter was the center of atten
tion at a small party luncheon in
the Umpqua Hotel.
He said he did not consider the
unopposed Republican, Carl Fish
er of Eugene, "a cinch" to beat be
cause "he is campaigning full time
now and will continue to do so up
to the November election." Porter
also indicated Fisher had the mon
ey back of him that none of the
four Democratic candidates will
have.
Durno Gets Barb
Turning to the more immediate
primary election, Porter said any
one of the four Democrats would
make a "fine congressman cer
tainly belter than the one we
have." His barb was aimed at Re
publican U. S. Rep. Edwin Durno,
who is giving up the seat to run for
V. S. Senate.
Porter said the decision on the
Democratic nominee would have
to be based "not on promises but
on achievements."
He went on then to list the ac
complishments he claims as a for
mer U. S. representative.
1. One of the most important, he
aid, was keeping in touch with his
constituents through repeated vis
its to the district, through the
mails and through offices in Med
ford and Eugene.
2. He says he launched the Ore
gon Coastal Ports Federation to
engender cooperation among the
pord of the state.
3. He claimed credit for estab
lishing the annual federal timber
policies conferences at the Univers
ity of Oregon in which federal for
est agencies could explain their
policies and practices to timber
men. Credit Claimed
Porter also claimed credit for the
national policies being reflected by
the Alliance for Progress. He said
he was opposed to appeasing Latin
American dictatorships. "I wanted
Light Plane Crashes ,
In Hood River Yard
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) - A
light plane's engine failed Friday
and it crash-landed in the front
yard of a home south of Hood
River.
Pilot Thomas I'anson, Seattle,
stepped from his badly-wrecked
Beechcraft Bonanza, unhurt eX'
cept for a cut finger. Ho is prosi
dent of I'anson Industries Inc.
Ha was flying through broken
clouds at about 2,500 feet when
the engine conked out. He set
down in the yard of Howard
Weathers, only a short distance
from an airport.
As the craft hit, the left wing
wheel gave way and the craft
spun around, almost ripping off a
wing.
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us to be on the side of those want
ing social and economic progress.
This means my stand has now be
come American policy," he insist
ed. In informal remarks before the
speech, Porter took a crack at the
Republican party on a current is
sue: "I think the Republicans made
a mistake in identifying themselves
with big steel and with the price
inflation spiral." He made the state
ment as a reaction to a Friday
story which said Republicans were
lashing the President for stepping
in to apply pressure to the steel
companies to force them to cut
back steel prices.
FAA Checks
Runway Beef
WASHINGTON (AP) Federal
Aviation Agency chief N. E. Ha
laby says the FAA is looking into
an argument between two pilots
over which had precedence as
they approached the same runway
at Washington's busy National
Airport.
In describing the incident at a
news conference Friday, Halaby
said It could have resulted in a
collision but for alertness of the
Northwest Airlines pilot and the
air traffic controller.
The argument was tape-recorded
by a commercial radio engi
neer Thursday night, and news
men asked Halaby about it. He
explained it this way:
Flights Converged
A Northwest Airlines DC6 from
Detroit and a DC3 owned by
Holmes Drilling Co. of Houston
both approached the airpert from
the south on gradually converging
flight paths about 8:30 p.m. The
weather was clear and the crews
of each plane could see the other.
The DC6 passed under the DC3,
or the DC3 overtook the DC6, de
pending on the pilots' conflicting
versions. .
Halaby said that when both
were about seven miles from the
airport they began arguing over
which had landing precedence on
Runway 36. He said tower person
nel, seeing the DC3 ahead at five
or six miles distance, gave it the
right of way.
The DCS circled again, landing
later on the same runway.
The news conference had been
called for Halaby to report on a
man-machine error which left two
airliners circling in the overcast
at the same altitude over the sub
urb of Springfield, Va., prepara
tory to landing at National Air
port last March 21.
Details Revoilod
The incident involved an East
ern Air Lines Electra, with 41 per
sons aboard, bound from Louis
ville, Ky., and a United Air Lines
Viscount, witn zo persons aboard,
from Huntsvillo, Ala., and Knox
ville, Tenn.
FAA officials said "Providence"
and the fact that the faster Elec
tra was making a wider circle
kept the two from colliding.
Neither of the pilots nor the
control tower was aware of the
problem until the Eastern pilot
announced he was leaving the
pattern at 7,000 feet en route to
a landing.
Navy Recruiting Office
Gets Excellent Rating
The Roseburg Navy Recruiting
branch office has been rated ex
cellent during a recent inspection
by Lt. Cmdr. M. F. Wlrth, assis
tant officer in charge of recruit
ing for the Portland Recruiting
Area.
The Roseburg office is staffed
by chiefs Dclmar Hnckersmlth,
Robert Lewis and William Triska.
llnckorsmith Is in charge of the
office.
Mrs. Oliver Dotson
Funeral arrangements are pend
ing In Iloschurg for Mrs. Oliver
(Anna Cynthia) Dotson, 55, Can-
yonvillc, who was killed in an auto
mobile accident near Woodland
Calif., on Highway 40,
Mrs. Dotson was the wife of the
business agent of Local 2672, Lum
ber and Sawmill Workers Union in
Canyonvillc. She died as the result
of a chsin-reaction collision in
which three others were injured.
Wilson's Chapel of the Roses is
In charge of arrangements for the
funeral.
Newberry's
FOR YOUR
New Equality
Section Urged
For State Law
SALEM (AP) - A new first
section in Oregon's Constitution
was proposed today to guarantee
equal rights to women, and to ban
discrimination because of race or
religion.
The Human Rights Subcommit
tee of the state Constituion Revi
sion Commission recommended
that the first section read:
"To secure the liberty, the dig
nity, and the equal right before
the law of all men and women,
regardless of race, color, creed,
national origin or social condition,
the people of Oregon, exercising
the power Inherent in a free peo
ple, guarantee the rights of this
article in addition to and inde
pendent of any other constitution
or law.
They would follow guarantees of
the basic freedoms of religion
press, speech, assembly, rights of
the accused, and guarantees
against unreasonable search and
seizure.
These rights now are guaran
teed. But the new first section
more strongly guarantees these
rights to women and minorities.
The subcommittee's recommen
dations will be considered by the
17-member commission next . Fri
day and Saturday.
The commission is writing a new
constitution that would be sub
mitted to the 1963 legislature, and
then to the people in 1964.
The subcommittee has recom
mended that the death penalty for
murder be changed from the sta
tus of constitutional provision to
law. It took the same action on
the provision for liquor by the
drink.
This gives the legislature the
authority to abolish capital pun
ishment.
Portland Firm Seems
Lowest Bidder On Pipe
Armco Drainage and Metal Prod
ucts, Portland, was the apparent
low bidder Friday on corrcgated
metal pipe of various sizes and
fasteners for county road work.
Bids were opened by the County
Court with Armco bidding $20,298.
28. Other bidders were Beal Pipe
and Tank Corp., Portland, 821,131.-
77, and Concrete Conduit Co., Di
vision of American Marietta Co.,
Portland, $20,486.15.
The court will open bids during
the next week for civil defense in
surance and air conditioning of the
Courthouse. The insurance bids will
be opened Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
The air conditioning bids will be
opened Friday at 4 p.m.
The court is also asking bids on
asphaltic concrete pavements on
various county roads for May 2 at
10:30 a.m.
The work involves 42,800 tons of
asphaltic concrete. Included will be
the pavement for 15.5 miles on
the Wilbur-Glide Rd. (North Bank
Rd.); 5.3 miles on the South Myr
tle Creek Rd.; and 5.8 miles on
the Upper Cow Creek Rd. .
Bid work is to be completed on
or before Oct. 15, 1962.
Fellowship Tea Plans
Made By Merry Circle
The Merry Circle of the Olivet
Presbyterian Church in Glendale
met recently at the church, reports
Mrs. Gerald B. Fox, correspond
ent.
Mrs. Wayne Close led the Bible
study in the book of Romans.
Plans were made for holding a
breakfast at the church and for
participating in the May Fellow
ship Tea which is to be held at
the Azalea Community Church.
Members displayed project ma
terials which have been made at
home for shipping to an Indian
Mission school.
After the meeting, hirthday hon
ors were given to Mrs. John Sein
er. City Police Get Report
Of Stolen Auto Tire
Lester E. Walker, 516 W. Chath
am Dr., Roseburg, reported to city
police this morning the larceny of
a tire from his car.
Police reported he said the tire
was taken from the auto between
midnight Friday and 8 a.m. today.
The car was parked across from
his home.
Police are also investigating the
vandalism to a neon sign about 11
p.m. Friday at McKay's Drug
Slore, 547 SE Jackson St, Part of
a word on the sign was broken.
OPEN
until
LATE EASTER
MOVING in on a burning
The truck tipped over and
Portland. (UPI Telephoto).
Driver Killed Near Portland
As Tanker Crashes, Explodes
PORTLAND (AP) A blazing
inferno of gasoline Friday evening
killed the driver of a tanker truck
that toppled over and exploded as
it approached Portland's Ross Is
land bridge through a short
tunnel.
The driver, Edward E. Wright,
Gladstone, Ore., was the only ma
jor casualty. No other vehicles
were involved, police said.
The big truck-trailer, carrying
7,000 gallons of gasoline, ap
parently skidded as it came
around the tight curve just before
the tunnel and smashed into the
side of the tunnel. The accident
happened about 6:30 p.m.
Explosions Noted
Witnesses reported a scries of
tremendous explosions, followed
by flames that rose 60 to 80 feet
into the air, enveloping Harbor
Drive where It passes over the
tunnel.
The Harbor Drive overpass was
closed to traffic until engineers
from the Slate Highway Depart
ment could determine whether it
had been damaged by the ex
plosions. All the west side ap
proaches to the bridge also were
closed.
There were conflicting reports
on whether Wright was killed by
the explosions, or ran from his
cab to be enveloped by the
flames.
A passerby. Don Lee Kapfer,
33, told reporters he tried to drag
Wright away from the flames,
but had to drop him to escape
the intense heat. Kapfer was
treated at the scene for burns to
his face and hands.
Explosions boomed through the
tunnel as compartments in the
tanker were reached by the
flames. ,
Foam Truck Arrives
A foam truck was called from
the Portland Air Base to battle
the gasoline flames. Flaming gas,
carried on the surface of the wa
ter, several times forced firemen
and spectators to retreat to
safety.
As late as one o'clock this
LOYD HASTINGS is the new
president of the Roseburg
Lions Club. He wos elected
Thursday night to succeed
Frank von Borstel as new of
ficers take over July 1. (News
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gas truck in Portland is a U.S. Air Force foam truck Friday.
burned in on underpass leading to Ross Island Bridge in
morning, firemen stood by to
douse gasoline flames that caught
fire as far as 200 yards from the
scene.
Police were still investigating
the cause of the accident this
morning. Investigators said skid
marks were found 30 feet away
from the point where the trailer
tank top began to scrape the side
of the tunnel.
They were checking the possi
bility that the connecting pin, be
tween the truck and trailer, broke.
Police said Friday night they had
eliminated the possibility that a
tire blew or a wheel came off.
Tanker Undamaged
In Crash With Pier
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) A 504-
foot-long Standard Oil Co. tanker
escaped without damage when it
slammed into pier 2 at the Port
of Astoria early Friday.
Damage to the pier may run as
high as $40,000, and officials are
checking to see if oil pipelines
under the pier were hurt.
The tanker J. H. MacGaregill
of Richmond, Calif., was ap
proaching the dock to deliver pe
troleum when the craft apparent
ly was lifted against the pier by
the tide, port officials said.
A number of persons on the
pier made a dash for safety as
the bow of the tanker swung
around and hit the pier.
The tanker weighs more than
10,000 tons.
Girl Scout Day Camp
fs Planned For July
Glendale area Girl Scout leaders
met recently at the home of Mrs.
Alvin Howard to make plans for a
day camp which will be held some
time in July, reports Mrs. Gerald
B. Fox, correspondent.
Plans were made for two train
ing meetings at the park, the first
scheduled for May 7, beginning at
10 a.m. The second date will be
announced.
All those willing to assist with
the camping program are urged
to attend. Local leaders were as
sisted in their planning by a guest,
Mrs. Janet Stutz of North Bend,
executive director of Girl Scout
work in this district.
Egg Hunt In Riddle
The Riddle Volunteer Fire De
partment is sponsoring the annual
Easter egg hunt to be held Easter
Sunday at the high school football
field beginning at 1:30 p.m., with
Harry Erkcnbeck as chairman.
Prizes will be awarded for the
gold eggs to be found among the
120 dozen to be hidden. All chil
dren from pre school age through
age twelve arc welcome to par
ticipate in the hunt, reports Erma
Best, correspondent.
Firemen Called Out
Roseburg firemen were called to
a flue fire at the home of Harvey
Peeke, 746 NE Jackson St., at 8:26
p.m. Friday.
There was no damage.
Straub Favors
New Highway
To Coast Area
State Sen. Robert Straub of Eu
gene, one of the four Democratic
candidates for U.S. representative,
said at Myrtle Point this week, he
thinks another highway should be
bunt between Coos Bay and Rose
burg. .
"Building of an east-west high
way between Coos Bay and Rose
burg would in no way compete
with improvement work planned on
Hignway 42," he said.
He contended the road could be
built without the use of state high
way funds. He said the state would
not enter the picture until after
the highway was built and became
of general public use. "The main
funds and support for building the
highway would be federal access
road money and existing access
roads already in the area."
Earlier Straubb had indicated the
road might be built along the route
of tne old Coos Bay Wagon Rd.
Straub urged that people in the
south end of Coos County get be
hind the east-west road as a means
of increasing chances for continued
improvement of Highway 42. "What
builds one part of Coos County
builds all of Coos County," he
said.
"The Port of Coos Bay is a sleep
ing giant with vast potential not
being realized. Building an east
west highway would be one of the
significant developments to in
crease the amount of commercial
tonnage carried by the port, as
well as make the recreational fa
cilities of the small boat basin at
Charleston readily available to peo
ple living in the valley," Straub
continued.
He concluded that the proposed
route would bring Roseburg with
in one hour's driving time from
Coos Bay.
Mothers' Day Projects
Made By Glendale Girls
Members of the Girl Scout troop,
led by Mrs. Alvin Howard and
Mrs. Dean Swanson of Glendale,
met recently to work- on Moth
er's Day presents, reports Mrs.
Gerald B. Fox, correspondent.
They made plans for holding a
weiner roast at the city park.
After the meeting, Pamela Jones
served refreshments.
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South Douglas Chamber
Hears Roseburg's Mayor
Peter B. Serafin, Roseburg may
or, was principal speaker at the
recent meeting of the South Doug
las Chamber of Commerce, reports
Mrs. oeraici a. fox, correspon
dent. He said he was interested in the
group and offered his assistance.
Serafin, a member of the Doug
las County Planning Commission,
recommended to the group that it
consider the possibilities of bring
ing more retired people into the
area as an aid to its economy.
Brochures Due
During the business meeting, it
was reported that insert sheets ad
vertising Southern Douglas Coun
ty, which are to be used along
Oust Castro
Effort Noted
MIAMI, Fig. (AP)-A new non
political military movement aimed
at overthrowing Cuban Prime Min
ister Fidel Castro's Communist
government has been organized
underground in Cuba . and openly
in the United States.
A committee of three designated
to represent the group in the Unit
ed States announced formation of
the movement Friday. The com
mittee said Col. Ramon Barquin,
former Cuban army officer operat
ing a military school in Puerto
Rico, had been chosen from in
side Cuba to organize and head
the movement.
Ignacio Mendoza, one of the
three committee members, said
the movement had begun opera
tions underground in Cuba. He de
clined to elaborate, saying the
military aspects of the movement
would be secret.
Another . committee member,
Jose Aleman, said the movement
would remain nameless because
of its military functions.
Mendoza and the third member
of the committee, Juan Adler, be
long to the Peoples Revolutionary
Movement (MPR), one of the
strongest antiCastro groups not af
filiated with the Cuban Revolu
tionary Council. But Mendoza said
the new group had no connection
with the MRP.
Thank You !
We wish to express our appreciation
to our many customers and friends who
have patronized Richies during the past
12 years.
Our Best Wishes to the new owners,
Mr. and Mrs. George Powers, whom we
are certain will continue the same good
service and fine foods - A Pledge at
Richies.
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with brochures on the entire coun
ty, will soon be ready. Chamber
official estimate that the area can
make use of some 20,000 to 25,000
of the brochures and inserts. '
It was also reported that the
large signboards furnished by Pa
cific Power and Light Co. to give
the name and some pertinent facts
about each community in the
South Douglas Chamber of Com
merce membership will be ready
for erection on the highway soon.
An announcement was also made
concerning the need for bean pick
ers early this summer. A large ad
ditional acreage of beans is being
planned for Southern Douglas
County, and extra pickers will be
asked to sign up bean pickers
ahead of time so they will be
available when needed. Many pick
ers will be needed in the Canyon
ville area where beans have not
been planted previously.
There was some discussion of
the proposed Galesville Dam, and
of whether or not water rights on
Cow Creek, presently owned by
farmers on the stream, will be hon
ored if the dam is put in. Ralph
Place, mayor of Glendale, report
ed from the Douglas County Water
Resources meeting, held in Rose
burg the previous evening, that all
such water rights will, indeed, be
honored. He said those having suf
ficient water under their ceded wa
ter rights, will not have to pur
chase more in acreage payments,
after the dam rs put in.
Truckdriver Arrested
Roseburg police report the ar
rest of Harold A. Mahan, 32, truck
driver of 945 SE Mill St., Rose
burg, on a district court warrant
from South Salem.
He was reported stopped by po
lice on NE Stephens St. The war
rant charged group overload with
bail fixed at $198.
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