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J 2 The Newt-Review, Roieburg,' Ore. Sat., May 19, 1962 Grand Jury Orders Investigation Of Estes Prober's Mystery Death BRYAN, Tex. (AP) A grand jury will look into the mysterious death of an Agriculture Depart ment agent who had been investi gating Billie Sol Estes' dealings in cotton allotments. Dist. Alty. Bryan Russ ordered the probe Friday "to clear the cloud connecting this with the Bil lie Sol Estes case if there is any connection." The jury will meet at nearby Franklin, Tex., Monday. April Precipitation Light In Douglas Precipitation was very light in Douglas County during April, up until April 27. Then the heavens opened up. At 17 of the daily precipitation measuring stations, more than an inch of rain fell in the 24 hour period of April 27. The greatest amount fell just outside the coun ty at Marial station at the head of the west fork of Cow Creek. The measurement was 2.20 in 24 hours. At Hogback, the measurement was 2 inches exactly. For the month as a whole, only five stations showed four inches or more of precipitation. They were led by Reedsport with 4.68. Other were Smith River Falls 4.32, Idlcyld Park 4.11 and Hogback and Steamboat Ranger Malum, Doin inches. Lowest precipitation level was at Riddle where the montn s unai was 1.4 inch. Medford Accident Claims Third Life MEDFORD (AP) Lester Mc Fall, 45, Eagle Point, died Thurs day of injuries suffered in a Sun day automobile collision that killed Mr. and Mrs. Jake Brown, also of Eagle Point. Still In critical condition is Mrs. Sharolyn Bennett, 20, Gold Hill. McFall's wife and Mrs. June Ry land, 28, Medford, are reported in fair condition. The accident occurred about five miles northeast of Medford when Mrs. Ryland attempted to make a left turn off the highway and met the McFall car coming in the opposite direction. The Browns were passengers In McFall's car. In addition to his widow, McFall is survived by eight children. Sister-ify Program Discussion Is Set Mayor John W. Snider of Med ford will discuss the sister-city pro gram at a no-host luncheon slated Thursday noon at the Broiler In Roseburg. Various public officials and civic leaders have been invited to at tend the meeting which was ar ranged by Roseburg Mayor Peter B. Serafin. Scrnfin suit he is personally in terested In the possibility of a sister-city program for Roseburg and aaid the city is seeking Informa tion on the feasibility, benefits and operation of such an activity. Snider will provide information and answer questions pertaining to the ister-city program, which is an exchange of good will and civic iideals among participating com munities. Numerous educational activities are involved in tho pro posal. First Christian Church Oratorio Slated Sunday A short, but difficult work by Felix Mendelssohn, will take the musical spotlight in Roseburg Sun day. It is his musical interpretation of the B5th Psalm, "Come Let Us Sing." The oratorio by the First Chris tian Church Choir will be perform ed in the church auditorium, start ing at 7:30 p.m. Also on the pro gram will bo works of Haydn and Handel. The concluding number will be a composition by direc tor S. Clarence Trued. An added fillip on the program will be young Peggy Oslraiuler'i rendition of "The Warsaw Con certo." The public Is invited to listen during the musical evening. Logger Hurt Wednesday, Worked For Burr Firm Carl Erickson, Glide, injured Wednesday morning when struck by a falling snag, was an employe of the L. I.. Burr lagging Co., and not of V, S. Plywood as previously reported. Burr does contract log -i 0ina for U. S. I'lV. The accident occurred on Bhti en Butte in the Taft Ml. Ski area 45 miles southeast of Roseburg. Ryan Still Critical The condilion of John Paul Ry an. 25, of 1131 SE Main St., re mains criliral following an automo bile accident Thursday nicht. Ryan was taken by ambulance Friday hum Mercy Hospital, where he was originally admitted, to Sa cred Heart Hojpi'al, Kugcre Ryan was involSd in a one car iccident and was suffering from undetermined head wounds. Meanwhile,, Sen. Ralph Yarbor ough, D-Tex., disclosed in Wash ington that only five months ago he received suggestions of a move to draft Estes to run for governor of Texas. Yarborough said he dis couraged the move. And in Houston, Horace C. Har ris, officer in charge of the city's immigration and naturalization of fice, said Friday night that airline and shipping companies are being notified they will be penalized if they give Estes passage out of the country. In Washington, James L. Hen nessy, executive assistant to the commissioner of immigration and naturalization, confirmed issuance of the notice to all ports in the nation for relay to transportation firms. He described the order as fairly routine under the McCarran Walter immigration law, and said such action is frequently taken as a precaution while important in vestigations are under way. Hennessy said he had no indica tion that Estes might be planning to leave the country. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman has been invited to "come down if he has any per tinent information to offer" at the grand jury probe in Franklin, Dist. Atty. Russ said. Freeman has had no comment. Adoula Cautious Over New Talk LEOPOLDVILLE. the Congo (AP) Premier Cynlle Adoula to day cautioned against optimism regarding the outcome of his new round of talks with Katanga Pres ident Moise Tshombe. Tshombe arrived Friday to re sume negotiations with Adoula on bringing Katanga under central government authority. Adoula told a news conference that he had expected his first meeting with Tshombe today, but informants said Tshombe claimed he was not well enough to begin serious talks at the moment. He reportedly had suffered a recurrence of bronchi tis Adoula said his government could not agree with the optimism expressed by Katangan authori ties but he remains realistic. Adoula spoke in a moderate tone and re-emphasized his deter mination to reach a peaceful solu tion to the problem of the seces sionist province. Adoula said that he is ready to seek constitution changes to grant Katanga considerable internal au tonomy. Tshombe reportedly is holding out for more autonomy than offered. Gfendale Justice Race Undecided A battle between four candidates in the non-partisan race for Glen dale Justice of the Peace has thrown the issue to the November general election for final determin ation. Incumbent A. V. Mohr, who has served two six-year terms, was bested in total vote in the Friday primary by Jack Day by 25 votes. However, Day did not receive a majority of the votes cast (50 per cent plus one) to collect the vic tory and the post. He needed 17 more voles for the win. John F. Thomas, a former jus tice, and James R. Cox filled out the four-man race. Vote totals were Day, 267; Mohr 242; Thomas, 26; and Cox, 31. A total of 566 votes was cast. Seattle Group To Ask Full Fairgrounds Use SEATTLE (AP) A citizens' committee will recommend year- around use of the Seattle World s Fair grounds for cultural and sports events and conferences, starting in 1963, the Times said Friday. The newspaper said the commit tee's recommendations will not in clude a second season of the World's Fair, but will probably in clude some kind of summer festi val for next year. The city will assume manage ment of the silo and many of the buildings when tho fair closes Oct. 21. The committee is considering al ternate proposals for a nonprofit private corporation or a city coin mission to manago the grounds. Formation of the committee wasi nor of lomniercc. ine committee will make its recommendations to Mayor Gordon Clinton and the city council. Miller's Trial Date Set; Faces Murder Charge SEATTLE (AP) - James Vin cent Miller, accused of first de- sr(.P murder and arson after he I confessed ftittinff a hint whirh killed three of his children, will 1 a rj, juy 16 , Miller, 38. was arraigned in Superior Court here Friday. He pleaded Innocent to the charges. Police said Miller told of setting fire to his home last month while his family slept. Files Por Bankruptcy Hubert Keith Juelke of 2071 NE Si- hens St., Roseburg. has filed forbankruplcy V. S. District! Court in Portland. The Roseburg laborer reports debts totaling 910,-1 703.97. The death was that of Henry Marshall, shot June 3, 1961, on his farm near Franklin. Local au thorities said he died perhaps five hours after he fired five bullets into his abdomen from a .22 cal iber, bolt-action rifle. Marshall was chief of produc tion adjustment for the state agri cultural stabilization and conserva tion office. Freeman said May 7 that much of the Estes case remains cloudy because many of the facts died with Marshall. In another facet of the Estes case, Texas Atty. Gen. Will Wil son, noting President Kennedy's statement Thursday that the ad ministration broke the case, re torted; "It is true the federal government filed the first official charge of transporting a fraudu lent mortgage across stale lines and caused Estes' arrest. But I think they had no idea of the scope of Estes' operations." "We were the first to get into Estes' records. We were the first into his grain storage operations. We were the first into the whole matter of Estes' relationship with the Department of Agriculture and the question of influence ped dling in Washington," he said. Sen. Buifj Goldwater, R-Ariz., said he expects the Estes scandal to be "a real shaker" before it's over. He said he expects the af fair to involve several more gov ernment officials. "You can't do the conniving Estes has done with out help from people in very high places," Goldwatcr said. Dutch Charged With Violation JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) One of President Sukarno's top general' charged today an Indo nesian plane downed by Dutch aircraft Thursday was attacked over Indonesia 8 waters in fla grant violation of her air space. Maj. Gen. Achmed Jam claimed the Indonesian transport was downed by a Dutch patrol bomber four miles off Indonesia's Ceram Island. It is clear the Dutch no longer respect Indonesian territorial boundaries," said Jani, whose gov ernment claims a 12-mile territor ial limit off its shores. Earlier reports from Hollandia, capital of Dutch-held West New Guinea, said the plane had been downed near the port of Fakfak about 100 miles west of Ceram. Tho Dutch said an undetermined number of Indonesians on the transport survived, boarding a rubber dinghy and the Dutch had arranged to pick them up. Sukarno has threatened to take Woaf hi mm flulnen hv 1nrtn If ha cannot get it by negotiation by the end of 1062. Siitherlin Firm Bidder At Little River Sale Timber companies bid above the appraised price in two Umpqua National Forest timber sales Fri day. ' In the first, Tillcy Logging, Suth- erlin, was the successful bidder at $26,923.75 for timber on 239 acres in the Little River Hanger Dis trict 46 miles east of Roseburg. The total volume was 925,000 board feet. Tilley Logging bid $31 per thou sand for 850,000 board feet of Douglas fir and pine appraised at Astronaut's Parents Visit World's Fair SEATTLE (AP) - The proud parents of the United States' first astronaut paid a second visit to the space-age World's Fair Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Shepard Sr. of East Dcrry. N.H. arrived unheralded. They made their first tour Wednesday, unrecognized. They made a point of touring the National Aeronautics and Space Administration exhibit Thursday and watching a film of their son's 16-minute flight in Project Mercury's Freedom 7 space capsule May 5, 1961. Few in the audience were aware that the parents of the film's star oerformer were present. Shepard said the film brought back the feeling of anxiety he and his wile experienced neiore ann during their sons historic tugm. During the flight, we had a feeling of anxiety, and yet a great deal of confidence It would be suc cessful," he said. "In a way. it hrought it all back," said Mrs. Shepard. The astronaut's father said he and his wife look forward to fu ture space flights by their son. "We want him to do exactly what he'd like to do," the father said. Philadelphia Orchestra f. C. ....... A.m.m.a JCI tUIJCIIC Mppcuiumc , Members of the t.ivic Music As - sociation will have a chance to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting, May 27 in Kugene. The concert will be held at 1 30 p.m. standard time in McArlhur Court. o Admission Is by CM A member- j ship only. The concert is the last1 in Ifr Eugene series for the I9tl 62 season. BOSSES BREAKFAST The Roseburg Credit Women's Club members entertained their bosses ot their annual "bosses' breakfast" this week. Above are officers of the organiza tion, posing with some of their bosses and with the guest speaker. They are, front row, left to right, Retta Wilson, treasurer; Gladys Bergh, chaplain, Edna Ebner, parliamen tarian; Cothe Berry, secretary; Hazel Saxon, vice president, and Connie Muggerud, president, Back row, Sam Suiter, Frank Bergh, Max Burns, "Tolly" Tollefson, guest speaker Ed I uckey of Eugene, and Lyle Mock. (Chris' Studio). Legislative Pay Measure OK'd By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon's legislators will be able to set their own salaries under a measure approved by the voters today. The second statewide measure, on the 6 per cent tax limitation, was defeated but the key provision goes automatically to the Novem ber ballot. Oregon's legislators have re ceived $600 a year since 1950. Three times since then the people rejected measures that would have increased the salary by specific amounts. But Friday, by a 13 to 10 mar gin, the people approved having the salary set by law . which means by the legislature. The 6 per cent limitation meas ure designed to protect the tax base of districts which skip mak ing a tax levy and also to allow directors of new districts to set the first levy without a vote, was rejected 2 to 1. However the legislature had provided that should this happen, that part of tne measure protect ing the tax base should go on tne November ballot. Douglas County voters endorsed the salary proposition 6,930 to 5..106. Tho county added its oppo sition to the limitation proposal, too. Tho issue was rejected 7,- 932 to 3,932. Successful $24.74 and the appraised price of $7.65 for 75,000 board feet of west ern hemlock and other species. Other bidders were National Ply- ood, Inc., Roseburg: Round Prair ie Lumber. Co., Dillard; R. A. briggs & Sons, Roseburg: and Paul B. Hult Lumber Co. Dillard. The second sale of timber, lo cated on 90 acres in the North Umpqua Ranger District, was won by Dwight L. Tinker, Roseburg. on a high total bid of $11,256.25 for tho 414,000 hoard feet of timber appraised at $8,056.25. Tinker bid $28 per thousand for 400.01X1 board feet of Douglas fir and pine appraised at S20, and the tppraised price of $3.75 for 14,000 board feet of western hemlock and other species. The other bidders were National Plywood, lnc Hound Prairie, Tilley Logging and Forrest Industries Inc., Dillard. The next sale will be May 25. Belle Fund Goes Over The Top PORTLAND (AMi) Portland's elephant pttrchasj fund now is substantially above the goal of $30,000. It reached $33,860.11 this week after receipts of contributions in cluding $371.51 raised by the Bca verton Junior Chamber of Com merce from elephant cans. City Commissioner Ormond Bean said everything above $30 wj 5)(,n, (() jn,pr0Ve the elopnlnt nmJSC tne city Meanhile the City Council authorued payment of $30,000 from the fund to Seattle animal owner Morgan Berry for Belle; her newly born son. Packy; and " "- " Coos Bay Voters Reject Fund For Urban Renewal COOS BAY (AP) An urban renewal proposal that would have cost Coos Bav taxpavers about ! $140,000 to match federal funds lost, but barely, in Friday's un- officii flection vote count. The vote was 1.132 yes, 1.134 no. 1 Odor Calls Firemen Rnh,.r t..m.n ir. -.iii i the home of Paul Flood. 6.M W.i,m" distance and military planes Stanton St., at 9: 12 a m. today when a strange odor was detected in the house. Kireuien said the odor was caus- ed from the furnace into which new parts had been placed recently. Here's How Counties Voted In Hotly-Contested Races U.S. REPRESENTATIVE Fourth District By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS County .... P PR D'c'n PTr Straub Coos 76 76 2474 3564 2114 Curry 22 22 343 791 Douglas 103 103 2437 2281 Jackson 123 123 6178 2268 Jos'ne 52 52 1501 848 268 1903 700 502 Lane 257 249 3623 5491 6847 Linne 104 104 1941 2129 1719 Totals 737 729 1849 17372 14083 STATE GOVERNOR Democratic County PR P'rson Th'nfn Baker 28 23 579 1289 Benton 48 48 1043 2012 Clackamas 221 213 3720 10692 Clatsop 47 46 952 2394 Columbia 34 31 729 2326 Coos 76 76 2240 5520 Crook 17 17 241 597 Curry 22 22 490 864 Deschutes 39 39 600 1571 Douglas 103 103 1685 4501 Gilliam 6 5 214 222 Grant 15 15 205 469 Harney 19 14 182 566 Hood River 22 22 330 771 Jackson 123 122 1591 5660 Jefferson 12 12 210 411 Josephine 52 52 1042 1600 Klamath 75 75 1420 2875 Lake ' 19 19 295 446 Lane 257 237 2248 10280 Lincoln 44 32 731 1915 Linn 104 104 1696 4047 Malheur ' 32 29 569 1014 Marion 163 163 2351 7967 Morrow . 9 9 154 284 Multnomah 1216 625 13749 26140 Polk 49 49 617 2126 Sherman 5 5 118 199 Tillamook 38 38 505 2204 Umatilla 56 50 994 2336 Union 30 29 615 1379 Wallowa, 14 12 233 581 Wasco 39 38 474 1230 Washington 160 160 2969 7163 Wheeler 6 6 60 137 Yamhill 39 39 942 2432 Totals 3239 25B0 46793116310 Drain Chamber Hears Park, Road Reports Tom Myers reported at the re cent Drain Chamber of Commerce meeting that arrangements are satisfactory for a proposed county park in north Douglas County, ac cording to correspondent Jo Car lile. The state Highway Department is now in the process of renumber ing the highway connecting Curtin and Drain, Dram to Yoncalla. and Yoncalla to the freeway as Highway 99. Myers also reported. The free way will be designated as Inter state Route 5 from Curtin to Yon calla. Through Scotts Valley, sec tions of this highway arc still two lane and these sections will be tem porary Interstate Route 5 until they are made into four lanes. Also at the meeting William Gas ser told of his trip to Seattle and the Worlds Fair. Russ Torpedo Boats Drive Off Vessels VADSO. Norway (AP) Soviet torpedo boats drove about 58 Nor wegian, French and British fish ing vessels away from fishing grounds in international waters off northern Norway, a Norwegian : tract to build a new post office skipper reported today. at Albany, Ore., and lease it to Knut Blikfelt said he saw the!,n pp" Office Department has Soviet flotilla intercept the trawl ers Thursday at the Kildin Bank. 27 miles off Vadso, and well north nf Ssivi.t tnrritnf-ial water. Vadso, a Norwegian fishing cen - ter. lies 110 miles northwest of the Soviet port of Murmansk. The area is also fairly close to parts of the Barents Sea which were esleH nff frnm all hinninff during Soviet nuclear tests last Blikfelt said he said he saw a Urge number of Soviet naval ships in ' overhead. He expressed belief So- ; viet naval maneuvers were going ion. e The Kildin Bank is not normally ; disputed by the Soviets as inter Oilional fishing grounds. O U.S. SENATOR REPUBLICAN By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS County P PR Durno Un'd'r Baker , 28 23 377 685 Benton 48 48 1168 1608 Clackamas 221 213 4610 8105 Clatsop 47 46 95S 2284 Columbia 34 31 495 1136 Coos 76 76 2073 2165 Crook 17 17 194 415 Curry 22 22 550 438 Deschutes 39 39 574 1257 Douglas 103 103 2763 2427 Gilliam 6 6 61 330 Grant 15 15 169 592 Harney 19 14 156 277 Hood River 22 22 386 786 Jackson ,123 122 S461 2796 Jefferson 12 12 171 409 Josephine 52 52 2198 816 Klamath 75 75 1550 1760 Lake 19 19 241 438 Lane 257 237 5254 3255 Lincoln 44 32 662 1448 Linn 104 104 2629 1793 Malheur 32 29 -507 1073 Marion 163 163 5757 8151 Morrow 9 9 150 380 Multnomah 1216 1150 18819 36637 Polk 49 49 1112 2116 Sherman 5 5 105 284 Tillamook 38 38 722 1365 Umatilla 56 50 1156 2231 Union 30 29 337 1074 Wallowa 14 12 143 399 Wasco 39 38 511 1206 Washington 160 160 4348 8026 Wheeler 6 6 71 105 Yamhill 39 39 1386 2771 Totals 3239 3121 70216 103243 Ziegler Is Victim Of Reapportionment COBVALLIS (AP) - State Sen. Francis W. Ziegler, Corvallis, who has represented Benton County in the legislature wince 1949, is out of it, a victim of reapportionment. Ziegler was defeated in Fri day's primary election by state Sen. Walter Leth, Salem, who has represented Polk County since 1959. Under reapportionment, Polk and Benton counties were merged into one senatorial district, forcing Ziegler and Leth to fight it out for the Republican nomination. Leth was leading 4 to 3. He car ried Polk County more than 4 to 1 and barely trailed in Ziegler's own Benton County. Search For Lumberman Fails To Turn Up Clues LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) A search for James B. Rogers, a Longview lumberman missing six days on a flight from California has failed to turn up any clues, relatives of his said rnday. Rogers reportedly left Marys ville, Calif., Saturday and last re ported his position as 20 miles southeast of Medford the same day. His destination was Kelso, Wash. Rogers' wife and six children live in Longview. A brother of his was killed in 1959 plane crash. Beaverton Firm Gets Albany Post Office Job WASHINGTON (AP) A con- been awarded to the Alcan Pa cific Co., Beaverton. The Post Office announced the award this week. The contract re- :1u,,r" " company to build the 0,flce "h P"v,'e '""ds. then ip"5' " 10 "lepartinent (or t35500 " department "'a . ! BentOtl COUIlty VotefS j ADDrOVf Dfld LOntrO rr a CORVALLIS (AP)-Dogs won't be allowed to run at large in Ben- ton County from now on. i The voters decided 2li to 1 in ; Friday s election to require that : they be under control when off I their owners' property. Trial Jury Acquits Port Orchard Medic PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) Dr. Robert E. Boehme, 42, a physician-surgeon in this small Puget Sound town, was acquitted Friday of charges that he tried to kill his wife by injecting poison into her arm. - The jury of 11 men and one woman deliberated eight hours before finding Dr. Boehme inno cent of first -degree assault charges. Mother Hurls Two Children Out Of Hotel BOSTON (AP)-A mother killed her two small children, police said, by throwing them from a ninth floor room of the Statler Hilton Hotel late Friday night. Police identified the woman as Mrs. Ann Peters . of Worcester. She is about 30 years old and a former mental patient. The children, Norman, 7, and Marguerite, 3, died within min utes after they landed on busy Columbus Avenue at the rear of the hotel. A police lieutenant said the Peterses have been' separated about a year. " The husband, Theodore, a truck driver, was located in Worcester early today and immediately headed for Boston, about 50 miles away, to be at his wife's side. Mrs. Peters and the two chil dren checked into the hotel at 5:19 p.m. Friday. She said they would stay about one day. At 11:40 p.m. a doorman at the rear of the hotel was checking parked automobiles when the first of the children came hurtling down, followed quickly by the other child. Police said Mrs. Peters would be held for observation. No charge was placed against her. Train Hits Auto Stuck On Tracks Anyone who has missed the thrill of having a car bog down on the railroad tracks with a train fast approaching might get some views on the subject from Jerry Lee Newell or Alonzo Carl Myers of Winston. A 1956 two-door sedan owned by Newell was clobbered last night by a Southern Pacific trajn after the vehicle high-centered on railroad tracks at the crossing located near the east entrance to Gcddes Park. Newell and Myers weren't hurt. They beat a hasty retreat when it became apparent their efforts to move the car were hopeless. Roseburg City Police said the front end and top right side of the car were damaged from the train's impact. The locomotive was pulling out from the city center. Myers was driving the car vhen th: predicament developed. He told officers he had driven the car over the tracks toward the park and then turned around to come back. He said he thought the road made a curve to the right just on the oth er side of the crossing and started to negotiate a turn accordingly. It was a wrong turn. The ve hicle high-centered and while the men were trying to get it off the tracks, along came the train. Hazards Of Electricity Course Slated Monday All crane operators and all fire men in Douglas County have been invited to attend a course in the "Hazards of Electricity," 7 p.m. Monday at the Roseburg Fire De partment. LeRoy Seibold, Roseburg fire chief said Claude Haggard, safe ty engineer for Pacific Power & Light Co., will present the course. The demonstration lasts for slightly over two hours. Man Will Appeal Fine For Appeals SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The State District Court of Annual fined Eugene Taliaferro of San! Pablo $1,000 recently for "gross misuse of the right of appeal." The court said Taliaferro, 64. j has managed to block a property settlement with his divorced wife' for 19 years by filing one appeal' after the other. Some half dozen: of these are still pending in the; same court. j Admitting the fine was lit.: tie discouraging, Taliaferro an nounced to reporters: "I'll ap peal." Ft. Lewis Soldier Killed In Collision TACOMA (AP) - Conrad M. Ottley, 34, a member of the 115th Ordnance Co. at nearby Ft. Lew. is, was killed Friday when his car and one driven by Ben D. Kladder of Corvallis, Ore., collided. Kladder suffered a fractured leg, and his wife, Rose, received cuts and bruises about the head. They were taken to Madigan Gen eral Hospital, near Tacoma. DU PCNT '501' Nylon CarXtt Ami Quality Wool Corsttf BOB ALLEN FLOOR COVERING PKo.. OR 2-1 S01 I "It'a a sense of relief, after nearly 7Vi months of very trying ! ordeal," Dr. Boehme said after jthe trial, "although we never felt I at anv time the outcome was in ! doubt." The doctor's wife, Dorothy, 37, maintained throughout that her husband was innocent. While a tense courtroom audi ence awaited the jury's return, the doctor performed a tonsilec tomy, then mowed the lawn. His wife baked cookies. The couple also had lunch with their pastor. After the verdict, the Boehmes went to a church social, where Mrs. Boehme played the piano. The prosecution had charged the tall, dark-haired physician with trying to murder his blonde wife last Sept. 20 because of an other woman. Dr. Boehme's lawyer, Ray Greenwood, contended prosecutor Gordon Walgren instigated the charges because of jealousy. Earthquake Hits Western Mexico MEXICO CTTV CAP1TI,. .... Ond sham parthmialro in B;nki days struck in several central central western states today, causing heavv Hnman in .i ia4ft one oita and sending thousands in mis capital rushing into the streets in nanii A r,.;.. k..: ness man collapsed and died of a llCdll iiuacK. The heaviest damage appeared to be in the west pnact am. nf Acapulco, hardest hit by the quake May 11 that killed 3 per sons and inilirprl 100 nthaya Q..f communications were broken and me numoer ot casualties, if any, could not be determined. One report from the area said several hnmp rnllnn0H in town of Iguala, about 150 miles southwest of Mexico City. The Canadian who died in the panic that spread through Mexico City was Roy A. Blay, president of Akiminio Industrial Mexicano, whose home town was unavail able. With others, he ntct.t.n' fmm hi. office building next to the U.S. i-inuassy as ine eartnquake still was rolling:. He cnllanseH nn tho sidewalk, apparently from a heart attack. He was taken to the American Hnsnital where ho died. The earth shock was recorded in Mexico City at 8:58 a.m. and Toctnri ninca lh4. - ml.. f U- earthquake that hit May 11 lasted nine aeiunus. The government seismograph bureau said the intensity of the quaKe was aoout tne same as last week's. It said the' center of the disturbance could not be pinpoint ed immediately because the trem bler damaged some equipment. In IMfvim fitv Ihmir.n. l alarmed citizens and tourists fled to tne streets tor lear that build ings might collapse. None did. Commiinifatinne war, rlict-nrttorl between the capital and Acapulco, a racuic coast resort city near Iguala. Much of the damage from last week's quake was centered in this area. No serious damage was report ed in Mexico City. Salinger Stays Mum On Khrushchev Talk NEW YORK (AP)-White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger says he spent 13 hours talking with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, but that he brought no message from the Russian leader to President Kennedy. Salinger arrived here rridav night by plane and said he would meet with Kennedy over the week end. In response to questions by newsmen, Salinger said: "I won't get into any further discussions on my talks with Mr. Khrush chev." As for planned television ap pearances by Kennedy in Russia and Khrushchev in America, Sal inger replied that such an ex change proposal was "on the shelf for a while, but will come even tually." Three Americans Hurt By Grenade In Saigon SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) Three American servicemen were injured tonight by a grenade tossed on a crowded sidewalk in Saigon. The grenade was said to have been of the homemade type simil ar to that which slightly injured two Germans Thursday night while they were seated in a Saigon sidewalk cafe. No details on the identity of the Americans injured were immedi ately available. Witnesses said two of them anneatvd to be bleed ing profusely from the legs when taken from the scene to the hospi tal. Zenith Hearing Aid Representative Now ot Chapman's Pharmacy Every Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. RcpeirtBorterifff Acclisoritl for most mokti SOUTHERN OREGON HEARING AID CENTER