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Kennedy's Farm
Bill Approved
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DemocratJ overcame stubborn
Republican opposition and passed
a farm bill containing most of the
mandatory production controls
sought by President Kennedy in
an effort to reduce surplus wheat
and feed grain stocks.
The vote Friday after a week
of debate was 42 to 38 with one
Republican joining 41 Democrats.
Eight Democrats voted with JO
Republicans against the measure.
It now goes to the House, where
a similar bill has been approved
by the Agriculture Committee and
awaits floor action.
The new program would be put
to a vote of farmers, with a two
thirds majority needed for adop
tion. The main feature of the bill
is higher price supports and sub
stantially reduced production quo
tas from wheat corn, grain sor
ghum and barley.
If growers rejected the pro
gram, production would be unlim
ited but price supports would be
substantially lower and the sec
retary of agriculture would De au
thorized to dump some of the
present surplus stocks on the mar
ket, further depressing prices.
Other features of the bill:
J Increased penalties for sale of
excess production of these crops
A 25-acre exemption from pro
duction controls for farmers rais
ing wheat or feed grains for their
own livestock.
Payments to wheat growers
who divert wheat land for three
years.
A SlO-million pilot program
for assisting in establishment of
recreation facilities on land re
moved from crop production. Ken
nedy also sought controls on oats
and rye, but the Senate exempted
those crops from tne dui.
Republicans said the bill will
lead to government regimentation
of the meat, dairy, livestock and
poultry industries.
Sen. George Aiken, R-Vt., pre
dicting farmers will reject the
program, said it would mean
higher food prices and lower farm
income unless there were heavy
new government subsidies.
Sen. John G. Tower, R-Tcx.,
tailed it "a giant step toward a
planned economy."
Even Sen. Milton Young of
North Dakota, the only Republi
can to vote for the omnibus
measure, said he opposed the new
wheat and feed grain provisions,
The administration got nowhere
in its bid for lower dairy market
ing quotas accompanied by higher
price supports.
The committee rejected all
dairy proposals, leaving the pro
gram as it is now. And an at
tempt to write in higher supports
for milk producers who voluntar
ily hold production to this year's
level was defeated 70 to 13.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1962 125-62 10c Per Copy
JFK Predicts
Passage Of
Medicare Bill
MAX BURNS, left. Roseburg Retail Merchants Associa
tionand Dr. B. R. Shoemoker, biood drive chairman, seem
to have Mrs. Donna Gluesing over o barrel, so-to-speak.
Actually, the barrel was a clever idea by blood program,
officials to dramatize how much blood is needed to
achieve o 300-pint quota when the American Red Cross
Bloodmobile visits Monday and Tuesday. Burns is ad
vising Mrs. Gluesing on how important each pint of blood
is to tne county program. She agreed to do her part. Kose
burg merchants are supporting the drive by allowing
employes time off from work to donate blood. (News
Review Photo)
Merchants Support
Bloodmobile Visit
Roseburg businessmen are sup
porting a local blood appeal by
allowing employes time off from
work so they may donate blood
when the American Red Cross
Bloodmobile visits Monday and
Tuesday.
Blood program officials, pointing
out that Roseburg has a habit of
falling short on blood drive quotas,
were hopeful that the merchant co
operation might change the picture
some.
Max Burns, Retail Merchants
Association president, urged busi
nessmen to support the effort.
Facilities of the Bloodmobile will
be set up in the Elks Lodge from
5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday and
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
Douglas County has been
"dragging its heels" in its respon
sibility of providing blood to main
tain the vital Red Cross blood pro
gram, Mrs. R. H. Franks, blood
recruitment chairman, pointed out,
Hospitals in Douglas County al
ways use more blood than they
receive through the program.
A good response next week is
particularly important as the
Bloodmobile will not make another
visit to Roseburg until September,
Mrs. Franks said.
Canyonville Sets
Election June 18
Canyonville city fathers passed
a resolution to hold a budget elec
tion June 18 for $7,895 in excess
of the 6 per cent limitation during
their regular city council meeting
this week, reports Mrs. R. E.
Proctor, correspondent.
tor the first time in many
year, the Canyonville budget ex
ceeds the 6 per cent limitation in
order to purchase pipe for the city
water supply. According to Mrs
Ralph Goodell, city recorder, the
city borrowed irrigation pipe from
Pete Ulam and Darrell Brown this
past winter to use at the water
source to supply clean water to
residents.
Four citizens were present for
the annual budget hearing.
in oiner ousiness, a street ugm
was ordered installed at the end
of Mill street in the Mt. Reynolds
addition.
Rem Moore presided in the ab
sence of Mayor Ed Oaks.
Four Mysterious Blasts Put
Large Mole In Berlin Wall
WASHINGTON (AP) Presi
dent Kennedy told a group of
senior citizens supporting his
medicare program today he be
lieves their efforts will be suc
cessful. He said there is "a very good
prospect" for congressional pas
sage of the legislation this year.
And he added that if the meas
ure should not be passed this
year, it certainly will be next
year.
The President spoke to about
70 members of the National Coun
cil of Senior Citizens for Health
Care Through Social Security.
The group, led by former Con
gressman Aime J. Forand, D
R.I., assembled in the White
House rose garden.
Kennedy, who will be 45 Tues
day, said, "I hope when I become
a senior citizen myself, which is
getting closer and closer, that I
will have an opportunity to sup
port as effective a cause as you
are supporting.'.'
The President said the pro-
Dosed legislation provides an op
portunity to build the Social Se
curity editice more sirongiy.
We are fighting m a sense an
old fight," he said. "We. are op
posed by those who have opposed
progress in otner aays.
Kennedy, wno spoite ior oruy
two or three minutes, was
thanked by Forand for "the won
derful leadership you are giving
in attempting to get medical care
for senior citizens."
.The group applauded Kennedy
and sang "Happy Birthday" to
him.
Ths xnuniMl delegates are winn
ing up a two-aay organizational
rnnvention todav with adoption of
a constitution aimed at creating
nnrmanent organization to work
toward solution of problems fac
ing the aged, Including us cam
paign for medicare.
5,000 Open Season
At Diamond Lake
ADDroximately 5,000 fishermen
were busily tangling and untan
gling lines at noon today in Di
amond Lake.
Dick Piatt, assistant district
ranger for the Diamond Lake Dis
trict, at 10:30 rcportea 4,uu peo
ple at the lake with another 500
expected by noon. Cars have been
arriving since Thursday afternoon.
Piatt said that the Diamond Lake
campground was filled at 8 p.m.
Friday. The picnic area conse
quently was opened, despite snow,
and it too was filled.
Cars are parked along the Di
amond Lake Rd. up the gravel pit
in the area. At Lemolo Lake only
200 fishermen were counted at
10:30.
Weather in the area, according
to Mrs. Arthur Selby, correspond
ent, is partly cloudy with tempera
tures at 60 degrees. Fishing is fair.
BERLIN (AP) Somebody
blasted a big hole' in the Red
wall through Berlin early today.
The Communist regime rushed
workers to the scene to seal the
six-foot gap and before noon it
was solid again.
There were four mysterious ex
plosions around the area of Ber
nauerstrasse, scene of many dra
matic escapes.
West Berlin afternoon papers
speculated they were the work of
an East Berlin resistance group.
Several times wooden screens, put
up to stop people from the West i for the incident. But Solovyev sent
Two-Train Crash
Injures Eleven
RAVENNA, Ohio (AP)-Thiee
cars of a Baltimore and Ohio
passenger train were knocked off
the rails by the derailment of a
passing freight train today. Elev
en persons were injured, but none
was hospitalized. .
One passenger car was knocked
virtually on its side, the second
was tilted at a 45-degree angle,
and the third was tilted only
slightly.
The passenger, which had left
Washington at 9:20 p.m. Friday
bound for Cleveland, apparently
was traveling slowly through
downtown Ravenna when the ac
cident happened about 7:30 a.m.
(EDT). Ravenna is about 15 miles
northeast of Akron.
The freight train, bound from
Lorain to New Castle, Pa., left a
pattern of about eight cars jack
knifed along the right of way.
Railroad officials said it ap
peared that a car derailing near
the middle of the freight train hit
the passenger. It gouged the side
of the passenger's engine before
knocking the cars from the track
mere were about 30 persons
aboard the passenger, which was
due in Akron half an hour after
the accident.
This train is one of the last two
Washington-to-Cleveland trains. A
B&O application to discontinue
the two trains is pending before
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
peeking over the wall, have g-ne
up in flames in the neighborhood.
Origin Not Known
West police said they did not
know who set off the blasts.
Bernauerstrasse is one of the
most heavily fortified stretches of
the 25-mile wall. Behind the wall
are coils of barbed wire, a double
row of steel antitank barriers and
finally huge screens to block the
view into East Berlm.
The atmosphere was very tense
along the wall as the Communist
regime gave a military funeral to
Peter Goering, 21-year-old East
German policeman who was shot
dead in a gun battle with West
German police Wednesday.
All Last German radio stations
went off the air for one minute
during the funeral at his home
town, Glashuctte.
The Communist regime has pro
claimed Goering a martyr. A
fierce campaign in the controlled
East German press calls for pun
ishment of his "treacherqus murderers."
Vopos Are Hostile
Western guards said the Vopos,
tne East German guards were
showing "a very hostile attitude,"
apparently looking for an oppor
tunity to avenge their dead com
rade,
The British sent a stiff protest
to the Soviet commander in East
Berlin, Maj. Gen. Andrei Solov
yev, blaming the East Germans
King Notes Anniversary
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) King
Hussein celebrated his first wed
ding anniversary Friday by going
go-cart racing and winning the
Challenge Cup presented by his
wife, Princess Muna.
The king led a royal go-cart
team to smashing victory over a
British services team from Cy
prus by 106 points to 13. British
born Muna presented the win
ner's cup to Hussein as captain
of the winning team.
With Nippon Pilot On Hand,
Brookings Festival Begins
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
BROOKINGS (AP) This Ore
gon coastal city of 2.600 people
starts its annual Azalea Festival
today with a special guest on
hand one-time Japanese pilot
Nobuo Fujita.
Twenty years ago, Fujita flew
over the forests near Brookings in
a submarine-based float plane
and dropped incendiary bombs,
hoping to start destructive forest
fires.
This failed, but the actual bomb
ing attack on the continental Uni
ted States did give the people
something of a start.
Fujita, now is a 51 - year - old
Tokyo businessman.
He came to Brookings with his
wife and their 25-year-old son Ya-
suyoshi at the invitation of the
Brookings
some local good will as well, the
Rev. Delbert Roth reported. As
Fujita toured a plywood plant
Friday, the Rev. Mr. Roth said,
some of the first to come up and
shake his hand were men who had
once been outspoken against the
visit.
His guide through the plant was
a one-time member of the Army
of Occupation in Japan, Robert
Gardner, who was stationed in
Tsuchuria the city where Fu
jita, in the cfosing days of the
war, was an instructor of Kami
kaze pilots.
The Fujitas' first day In Brook
ings Friday was one of informali
ty. They visited up and down
Mostly cloudy today and tonight.
Ftw showers today. Partly cloudy
tomorrow.
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Council To Study
Report On Economy
A report by the Bureau of Mu
nicipal Research on Roseburg's
"Economic Prospects and Indus
trial Location will be studied by
the Roseburg City Council at its
meeting Monday night.
The report marks completion of
another phase in the Community
Planning and Development study
which the Bureau is conducting for
the Roseburg metropolitan area.
Donald N. Johnson, Eugene,
planning consultant, prepared the
report. Johnson noted the study
has been prepared to take stock of
the Roseburg industrial land sup.
ply. It represents a survey which
charts a course of action for or
derly industrial development.
Funds for the work were provid
ed by the city of Roseburg and
the U. S. Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency under the federal
urban planning assistance program.
Johnson noted that a review of
economic conditions in the Rose
burg urban area indicates strong,
long-term growth trends. This
growth may be expected to be
principally associated with the log
ging, lumber and wood products
and related industries.
Johnson's reports outlines suit
able locations for industrial de
velopment and recommends future
study of potential industrial sites
in locations adjoining the urban
area. He said the planning com
mission may want to investigate
the possibility of establishing
"floating zone development
which would supplement the areas
designated for industrial uses "by
making it possible for industries
that rank high in terms of amen
ity to locate outside of industrial
zones.
The planner also suggested the
citizens here may want to check
the possibility of forming a plan
ned industrial district or corpora
tion to help solve the industrial
land problem.
Gavin Visits De Gaulle
PARIS (AP) U.S. Ambassador
James Gavin was received today
by President Charles de Gaulle
for the second time in 10 days.
No reason was given for Gav
in's call at Elysee Palace, but it
came when U.S.-French relationi
are undergoing new strains over
De Gaulle's insistence on creat-
Life Of Jouhaud
Placed At Stake
In Algeria Crisis
PARIS (AP) -Highly placed
French sources said today that
unless secret army terrorism in
Algeria noticeably slackens in the
next three days, ex-Gen. Edmond
Jouhaud s death sentence will be
carried out.
Jouhaud was condemned to
death April 13 for being No. 2 man
under ex-Gen. Raoul Salan in the
secret army and for taking part
in the abortive putsch of the gen
erals in Algiers last year.
He was granted a temporary
stay of execution when his law
yers filed an appeal to the su
preme court Friday asking a re
trial.
The Frencli sources, who de
clined to be further Identified
said that while a stay went into
effect on the filing of the appeal.
there need not be a review. The
court could simply reject the appeal.
This would leave Jouhaud s fate
in the hands of President Charles
de Gaulle. Only De Gaulle could
save Jouhaud, and this possibility
now seems remote unless the se
cret army halts its campaign of
terror.
It was understood that Jou-
haud's execution was considered
for this weekend, but that it was
decided to wait three days to see
if secret army murders in Algeria
halt or noticeably slow down.
It is common knowledge that
De Gaulle was in a rage that
Salan, confessed leader of the ter
rorist organization which is trying
to block Algerian independence,
got off with a life sentence.
But De Gaulle, in respect of the
democratic processes, would not
intervene in the verdict, sources
said he had hoped that the secret
army might sharply . reduce its
campaign of terror.
The contrary has resulted, since
Salan's escape from a sentence of
death the secret army has pushed
ahead with its program of killings
in Algeria. In Algiers especially
Moslems are bombed and snot
daily on the streets of the big port
city.
It was this upsurge of violence,
the sources said, that forced the
grim decision to wait only mree
more days. Then, if Algeria docs
not quiet down, the 57-year-old
former general will De executed.
Background
0( Victims
Under Probe
CENTERVILLE, Iowa (AP)
Civil Aeronautics Board investi
gators said Saturday that an ex
plosive force of unknown origin
occurred within a Continental Air
lines jetliner, causing it to crash
and killing 45 persons Tuesday
night.
Edward E. Slattery Jr., CAB
public information officer, said in
a statement:
"Investigators have determined
that an explosive force of un
known origin occurred within the
aft portion of the fuselage and
caused the aircraft to break up '
in flight."
The J5.5 million Boeing 70T
crashed on a farm near Union
ville, Mo., while on a flight from
Chicago to Kansas City and Los
Angeles.
Debris from the plane as It
disintegrated in flight has been
found as far as 150 miles north
east of the crash scene.
"Portions of the cabin interior
and fuselage structure have been
sent to Washington for laboratory
analysis to ascertain the nature
of the explosive ingredients."
A mockup of the rear fuselage
of the plane was being construct
ed at the Centerville fairgrounds
by investigators.
It was reported that the maxi
mum insurance coverage, $225,
000, was bought for one passenger
just before the plane took off front
Chicago. Backgrounds of the pas-,
sengers are being checked inten
sively. There also were reports that
fragments of the tail section show
marks of an explosion, and that
there may be powder burns on
some of the bodies.
W. Mark Felt, in charge of the
FBI's Kansas City bureau, hur
ried back to the scene of tha
crash near Unionvllle, Mo., Fri
day with a squad of agents. Ha
flying it to the Kodak laboratories would not what they . era '
hero because they feared thcyllookin8 for
might damage it further. Robert Six, Continental presl-
u , . , ivuuuk experts cua noi give up "l A'cuver ura cumpany
bunging members of tho newly- all hopa ot saivaging the Wm believes some man-made condition
some degree. tore ine plane apart In the air.
"We're trying to thmk of ways instead of the turbulent weather
to bring up the linage," said All which the plane's crew was trying
the letter back to British head
quarters.
A visitor to the wall was Dr.
James B. Conant, former U.S.
ambassador to West Germany. He
took a look at it during a tour
of West Berlin with his wife. He
is visiting West Berlin educational
institutions.
Guards Race To Wall
The four blasts went off within
15 minutes shortly after 1 a.m.
About 50 East German border
guards raced to the barricade.
West Berlin riot police and a
French patrol also appeared.
One blast punched a six-foot
hole in the wall on the corner of
Bernauerstrasse, scene of many
dramatic escapes, and Schwedcr-
strasse. Here the barricade makes
right-angled turn as it runs
along the border.
Algiers Blast
Fatal To Four
ALGIERS (AP)-A time bomb
planted in a pickup truck exploded
on the Algiers waterfront today
killing at least four persons and
wounding a half dozen. One Eu
ropean perished, but all the other
victims were Moslems, police
said.
Hundreds of screaming Mos
lems surged out of the nearby
Casbah at the sound of the blast.
Space Flight
Film Damaged
By Sea Water
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP)-The
motion picture film record of
America's second manned orbit
in space was heavily damaged by
sea water and may be of little
use to space scientists, it was
learned in Rochester today.
Sometime during the period
when astronaut Scott Carpenter's
space capsule bobbed in the wa
ter awaiting pickup, enough wa
ter sloshed into the capsule to
reach the pilot-observer camera.
Eastman Kodak Co., spokesmen
said.
The film was rushed here dur
ing the night and a crew of 25 to
30 worked to develop It. The film
was of vital interest to scientists
of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) be
cause of the confusion over just
what happened during the third
orbit and re-entry period.
The capsule dropped into the
Atlantic 250 miles beyond its
scheduled landing area. For near
ly three hours, Carpenter sat in
a raft beside the capsule, waiting
to be picked up.
Critical Portion Damaged
The most critical portion of the
275 feet of movie film in the
puot-oDserver camera, made dur
ing the re-entry period, was on
the outside of the reel and suf
fered the most damage, it was
reported. The film was not re
wound by NASA scientists before
formed Moslem police force on
the run to head off a riot.
Fire engines and ambulances
rushed to the scene, but most of
the ambulances returned empty.
Moslems generally refuse to let
European - manned ambulances
transport their wounded or allow
European hospitals to treat them
Stretcher bearers of the Nation
al Liberation Front (FLN) carried
the wounded to a first aid point
in the Casbalt several hundred
yards away from the waterfront.
Calm was restored in the area
half an hour after the blast.
In other terrorist action today,
15 plastic bombs exploded almost
simultaneously in the suburb of
Maison Carree, shattering Moslem-owned
stores and other prop
erty. No one was reported in
jured. '
Grand Jury Issues
Three Indictments
Two indictments, one not true
bill and one secret indictment were
returned Friday by the Douglas
County Grand Jury.
Indictments charging larceny in
a store building were brought
against Fred M. Edwards and
Mena Kim. They were ordered to
appear for arraignment at 9:30
a.m. May 31.
The pair is charged with theft
of $1,237.60 from the Drain Variety
and Dry Goods Store on May 12,
the money being the property of
Thad Thompson and Wilma Belle
Thompson, owners and proprie
tors.
A not true indictment releived
Thomas Floyd Cantrell, 18, of
Ramp Rd., from a charge of lar
ceny in a dwelling. He had been
accused of stealing a shirt from
a house in Roseburg.
Sunset tonight, 7:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:3? a.m.
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at a oesture of international sood ick. "Thev accented seconds." i ing an independent French nu-
j will. o (said Mrs. Roth with a pleased clear striking force and U.S. re-
1 it bai apparently produced ; smile. jtusai 10 aid sucn a scneme.
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Auto-Train Crash
Claims One Victim
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) -A
car crashed into a slow-moving
switch engine at a Springfield In
tersection Friday night, killing I
78-year-old woman that was riding
in the car.
The victim was Lucy Long, 78,
F.usene. oolice said. She was rid
ing in a car driven by Maynard
James McGrady, 66, Springfield,
who was hospitalized with unde
termined injuries.
The warning light and bell '
the intersection were wm ;
when the accident happened,
nesses said.
The death was the 150th of the
year in Oregon traffic, in the As
sociated Press count, and the 29th
i in May.
McCoy of the company's choto
recording methods sales division.
"How we're going to come out we
don t know. The Images are very
weak and very flat. We hope to
improve the image and the color,
but they are only hopes right
now.
Still Photos Okay
In contrast, the - still photos
made by Carpenter himself ap
parently were undamaged and will
be normal. It is hoped they will
provide pictures of the fireflies or
snowllakcs that both carpenter
and John Glenn, as well as Rus
sia s Ghcrman Titov reported see
ing outside their capsules' viewing
windows,
Carpenter also made photos of
the colored balloons he trailed be
hind his capsule to test visibility.
Carpenter was clutcning nis
hand camera as he was pulled
from his life-raft to the rescue
helicopter.
I've got too mucn invesiea in
this camera, I wouldn't want to
lose it," he was quoted as saying.
I went through a lot of effort to
get the film."
The damaged pnoi-ODserver
camera film is the only visual
record of Carpenter in orbit.
to avoid.
Blackmail Used
TORONTO (AP) Prince Philip,
often called Britain's best sales
man, says he's "a sort of impre
sario." He told a group of high school
students Friday that the "impre
sario description fitted nis role
in organizing the Commonwealth
Study Conference held in Canada.
Asked how the privately-spon
sored conference was financed, he
replied: "By a system of black-
mall and an extraordinarily effi
cient treasurer."
'Everyman' Heads For Tests
Despite U. S. Court Order
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-A triple-hulled
30-foot boat, whose
three crewmen oppose nuclear
testing, sailed into the Pacific to
day in defiance of a federal court
restraining order to stay out of
the U.S. nuclear testing area near
Christmas Island.
Cecil Poole, U.S. attorney, said
he was hurrying to the home of
a federal judge to get an order
holding the crewmen' of the Ev
eryman in contempt.
The crew of three left aboard
the trimaran from its Sausalito
mooring on the north shore of the
bay, crossed to San Francisco's
marina and then headed out to
ward the Golden Gate.
Presumably Poole planned to
dispatch U.S. deputy marshals in
a pursuing boat once he has tne
contempt ruling.
At 10 a.m., Poole said the pa
pers still were being prepared for
the judge's signature.
Asked if federal authorities
could halt the boat even If it is
outside the three-mile territorial
waters limit, Poole replied
"Yes we can and will."
The federal government at
man, when U.S. District Judge
William T. Sweigert issued a tem
porary restraining order Friday,
U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy
reportedly ordered the court ac
tion
"We're more concerned about
the consequences of the tests than
the consequences of violating the
court order," said Skipper Harold
Stalllngs, 30, of nearby Menlo
Park.
Coast Guard patrol boats ap
parently made no effort to stop
the ship. A spokesman said the
Coast Guard had no authority In
the case unless specifically re
quested to enforce the order.
"I see nothing illegal in our
voyage and I question the legality
of any action to stop us. We don't
intend to be delayed." said crew
man Ed Lazar, 30, a recent lead
er in the San Francisco-to-Mos-
cow Peace March.
The third crewman is radio en
gineer Evan Yoes, 30, of Berke
ley, a University of Texas gradu
ate. The Everyman's proposed Jour
ney to the area off Christmas and
Johnston islands, where the Unit
ed States is conducting tests, is
Laos Guerrillas
Hit Near Capital
VIENTIANE. Laos (AP)-Prn.
Communist guerrillas slipped be
hind government lines to within 13
miles of this canital todav and
blew up an army truck loaded
with troops, an informant said.
There was no official confirma
tion of the attack.
The informant, who claimed he -
was at the scene, Bald five sol
diers were killed and two others
were wounded. He quoted the sur
vivors as saying pro-Communist
Pathct Lao rebels set off a mine
to blow up the truck on the Pak
sane road north of Vientiane.
The cease-fire line is nominally
set at Ban Hin Heup, 60 miles
north of Vientiane, but Pathet Lao
troops frequently have violated It
to roam the countryside and har
ass government forces.
A royal Laotian military spokes-,
man earlier had claimed that pro-
Communist troops are threatening
the southern Laotian town of para
vane. It was the first report of rebel
troop movements since the Pathet
Lao broke the year-old ceasefire
two weeks ago and scored sweep
ing gains In northwestern Laos,
bringing American and other Al
lied forces rushing Into neighbor
ing Thailand. There were no re
ports of. new rebel moves in ins
northwest.
The Vientiane government's an
nouncement of the rebel move
ment in the south came in tne
form of a denial of a report from
Bangkok that pro-Communist
troops had already occupied Sar
avane, 50 miles from the Thai
land border.
County Agencies
Get Land Funds
A total of 1124,585.99 has been
distributed to various agencies In
the county from public land sale
profits and commissions.
Bert Laurence, county treasurer,
said the distribution was complet
ed this week.
Distributed was: iz,8z.Z3 to me
county General Fund; 114,485.23 to
County School office; $31,863.45 to
the Rural School Board; $57,752..
53 to the various school districts;
$3,765.15 to Reedsport Union Hlgn
School; $1,438.12 10 ciues m mo
county; $847.76 to Southwestern Or
egon College, Coos Bay; $916.84 to
Lower Umpqua Hospital; $30.80 to
the Rural Fire Department; $414.
43, to Port of Umpqua; $194.66 to
the Riddle Cemetery; and $14.96 to
the Winston-Dillard Fire District.
Newspaper Shut Down
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)
The Venezuelan government has
shut down the leftist opposition
newspaper Clarin for 15 days on
charges of publishing a false re
port that gunmen tried to assas-
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tempted to block the scheduled I sponsored by the Committee for s.nate President Ropulo Betan
sailing of the boat, e Every 'Nm-Violent Action. 'court. i)