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SNORKEL in oction during a house fire in Roseburg Monday helped bring the blaze rnder
control in o smart fashion, Roseburg firemen report today. The aerial device is shown at
the fire at 233 SE Mosher Ave. after the blaze was quenched. Firemen in the basket of
the "snorkel" check over the charred section of roof to make sure no other sparks exist.
Damage of $1,000 was done to the Cleos Massey .residence at 10:25 a.m. when a flue
. fire spread to the second floor of the home. Firemen said an upstairs room was gutted by
the blaze which was reported by the occupant. The building is owned by Edith Counts.
National Committee Of GOP
Approves Campaign Report
SEATTLE (UPI) The Repub
lican National Committee Monday
unanimously approved the 1962 re
port by its joint committee on Re
publican principles for this year's
election campaigns.
The report, prepared by Repub
lican members of Congress, was
presented at the national meeting
here by Rep. Melvin R. Laird of
Wisconsin.
Unanimous approval by state
committeemen and committee
women comprising the national
group came after a minor amount
of nit-picking by a few individ
ual members. But there were no
major disagreements at any time
during the approximate hour and
a half discussion on the report.
Tax System Overhaul
Th rannrt. a 2.500-word state
ment, called for an overhaul of
iho tax svstem. without snecifical-
lv mentinnine tax reduction. It
liroed a "new direction for public
policy in order to advance the
cause of freedom at home and
throughout the world.
The statement also attacked the
Kennedy administration on sever
al matters, ranging from medical
care for the elderly to me nan
rilins of the Berlin crisis.
Earlier Monday, the chairman
of the national committee, Rep.
wniiam R. Miller of New York,
predicted GOP victories in Con
gress this fall because "the Amer
ican people now understand the
difference between promises and
performance." .
"Victory is in the air," Miller
said. "I can sense, and I think
the Democrats sense it, that we
are going to win substantial vic
tories.
GOP Win Expected
Miller then listed several states
where he expected GOP congress
men and senators to take over
Tipmncratic seats. He named
Pennsylvania. Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin. Nebraska, California
and "manv. many other states.
Rep. Bob Wilson of California
told the gathering that the elec
tion of a Republican House was
40 Scouts Taking
Umpqua Canoe Trip
Forty Boy Scouts and leaders in
the Oregon Trail Council are scoot
ing along the Umpqua River
somewhere between Roseburg and
Scottsburg today.
The scouts are on the council's
annual river trip which is being
held this year as in the past few
years on the Umpqua River. The
group is made up of Senior Scouts
and Explorer Scouts with their
leaders.
Ten 4-man canoes left with the
party Monday from Stewart Park.
They hope to arrive at Sawyer Rap
ids above Scottsburg Saturday.
It is expected the group will
have to make some portages en
route. Besides the adventure of
shooting some of the lesser rapids
of the river, the scouts will camp
each night along the river.
Man Questioned
In Looting Cases
A 74-year-old man, a patient at a
local nursing home, was question
ed Monday in connection with the
looting of several parked autos
around the Riverside School in
past weeks. :
Such items as auto robes, girls
sunshorts, pocket knife, billfold, as
sorted picnic items and cigarettes
were among items located by the
Sheriff's Department on investiga
tion. The man was released to the
home with provision for closer sur
veillance. Roy Crain, Riverside School prin
cipal, had complained to the sher
iff's department of the looting.
Theft of a quantity of tools,
branded "J. S.," and vandalism
to property at the Sabala Logging
Co. on Hubbard Creek Monday
nieht was reported to the Sher
iff's Department, reports Sheriff
In. Byrd. Investigation will be
made, he said.
needed to "help get America off
dead center." '
He said the United States can
no longer afford the double do
nothingness of a Democratic ad
ministration and a Democratic-
controlled Congress."
Wilsons report was on the
House side of the GOP situation.
The meeting will conclude today.
Ohio Family Takes
Vacation By Flying
A hedge-hopping Ohio family has
found the ideal method of vaca
tion travel.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindy Straeifthau
of Middletown, Ohio, and their
children are traveling cross-coun
try in a four-seater Cessna 182 and,
from all indications, having a ball.
The youngsters are ages 9, 7 and
5.
Mrs. Straeifthau, whose maiden
name was Donna Largent, was
born in Roseburg. She left the city
with her parents 30 years ago,
The'Ohioans left their home
town the day before Memorial Day
with plans to visit the World's Fair
at Seattle and to visit relatives
alone the way.
The family visited the fair and
decided it was lust that: "fair.1
Mrs. Straeifthau said she felt the
fair was quite expensive and visit
ing the exhibits involved "t o o
much waiting in lines."
This morning the Stracifthaus
planned to resume their flight, this
time en route to Disneyland.
Their stops to date have includ
ed Sioux Falls, S.D.; Billings
Mont.; Potlatch, Idaho, (to visit
her uncle); Bellingham, Wash.;
Kewa, Wash., (to visit her cou
sin). Straeifthau pilots the plane, but
the "Mrs." has a student license.
The family spent the night at a
Roseburg motel. Roseburg Sky
ways advised the newspaper of the
family s arrival.
Mrs. Straeifthau thinks vaca
tioning by air is great fun. There
has been trouble during the flight,
she said.
"We had a little bad weather
over the mountains. But we are
having a fine time . . . and the
children think the trip is great.
We think it's . much better than
traveling by car. You actually see
more scenery."
Straeifthau is in the amusement
park device business.
Fitness Program
Set For School
A four-year physical education
program in line with President
Kennedy's physical fitness pro
gram from the previous three-year
schedule was made at Monday
night s meeting of the Canyonville
School Board held at the high
school.
Board members discussed
forthcoming meeting, June 25, at
1 n-Lity School at which represent
atives from Myrtle Creek. Riddle,
Canyonville and Days Creek school
boards will discuss further aspects
of reorganization of the districts.
Also discussed were bids to be
advertised soon for a hardtop play
area at the intermediate school
and next year's gasoline supply
The school insurance program
was reviewed but no action was
taken.
I 100,000 Sreelhead
Set For Whistler's Bend
PORTLAND (AP) The
state Game Commission will
plant some 100,000 fry steel
head this month at Whistlers
Bend impoundment on the
North Umpqua, to begin the
second year of summer steel
head production.
Phil Schneider, state game
director, said the impoundment
was constructed by the com
mission in I960 specifically for
the experimental rearing of
salmon and steclhead under
natural pond conditions.
A Tr opical Snake
In West Oregon?
Who says western Oregon
isn't a temperate paradise?
It even has tropical snakes
. . . .maybe.
The books describe the coral
snake as a "small, poisonous
snake with coral-red, yellow
and black bands around its
body, found in southeastern .
U.S. and subtropical America."
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wilson
of 660 W. Haggerty St., Rose
burg, are convinced they saw
one Sunday.
The Wilsons and Mrs. Wil
son's sister were returning
from Crater Lake when they
decided to pull off the road
and stretch. They were driving
along the Rogue River highway
near Prospect.
"I almost stepped on it,"
Mrs. Wilson said. She said the
snake, described as about 30
inches in length, slithered un
der soma rocks. -
Wilson, who got acquainted
with coral snakes while serv
ing in the South Pacific during
World War II, is certain the
glistening reptile sunning itself
on the rocks was the deadly
'coral. A brother-in-law, Arf
Gratzer, of Puyallup, Wash.,
shares the belief.
But Mrs. Wilson is eager to
listen to arguments against the
theory.
"I don't like to think about
this type of snake being in
western Oregon," she said. "It
certainly can't be very bene
ficial to our tourist industry."
Police Nab Youths
In Alleged Thefts
Two 16-year-old boys and a 15-
year-old boy were picked up by
Roseburg City Police and turned
over to juvenile officers in connec
tion with the alleged theft of $20
to S30 from George Denton of the
Denton store at SE Rice Ave. and
SE Hamilton St.
The boys admitted the money
was taken from Denton's wallet by
one of them and divided up among
them, said city police.
They also are alleged to have
taken other money in the form of
change amounting to $253. They
would take the money, then sell it
back to Denton as change needed
for his store, it was reported.
Theft of two chairs from th
porch of Edward C. Moscr. 1368
SE Jackson, was reported to city
police Monday by his daughter,
Mrs. Ella M. Duncan of 1328 SE
Jackson.
Tom Johnson, 458 W. Ballf St.,
reported the theft of two recap
tires from his home while the fam
ily was away attending a show.
Tree House Death Trap
PORTLAND (AP) David
Koch, 11, died Monday of burns
suffered May 28 when a tree house
in the front yard of his home
caught fire
Authorities blamed the accident
on children playing with matches.
David was burned over 80 per cent
of his body.
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FOUR-H YOUTHS who comprise Douglos County's dela
gotion to the onnuol 4-H Chjb Summer School of Ore
gon State University gather for picture prior to their de
parture Monday from rh Douglos County Courthouse. The
Established 1873 12 Pages
SHADES OF BEN-HUR
Booster Button Show Set
With Host Of Attractions
The great chariot racers of the
famed Roman Circus in the era
before the birth of Christ would
turn over in their graves if they
could but see what their sport has
become.
Friday night during the Douglas
County Pioneer Days Rodeo Boost
er Button Show, a two-chariot
"grudge race" will be run around
the newly-lighted "circus maxi
mus" (arena) of the Fairgrounds.
Scheduled to "battle it out" are
"Ben-Hur" Church and "Octavius"
Knudtson. Both will be driving two
horse chariots in the event.
Many Event Due
The Booster Button Show, sched
uled from 7:30 to 9 p.m. will in
clude many more events and will
be fast-moving, according to mem
bers of the show committee.
Some of the attractions include
crowd-pleaser games with horse
back competition. Some include a
sled race in which a wooden sled
will be drawn about the arena by
a mounted cowboy. Rescue races
using the old calvary pick-up will
also be included.
Other highlights will be a mer
chants burro race, a local bucking
horse with local cowboys trying to
ride it, the Knights of Pythias
Girls Drum and Bugle Corps,
clowns, circus music by the high
school pep band, dog acts, Shet
land pony chariot races, a girls'
saddle horse race, horse and car
race.
For the girls' saddle horse race,
Alan Knudtson, committee mem
ber, said entries will be made di
rectly before the show by contact
ing the committee or announcer.
Horse, Car Matched
In the horse and car race, Knudt
son said a horse and a racer from
the Pacific Racing Association will
Jim Wassom
Still Critical
Condition of 16-year-old Jim Was-
son, Roseburg American Legion
junior baseball player today is un
changed, according to bis mother,
Mrs. Carl Wassom.
Young Wassom, struck in the
head by a pitched ball Friday in
a game with Myrtle Point, had
brain surgery in Sacred Heart Hos
pital, Eugene. His condition is cri
tical. However, Mrs. Wassom notes
that no further complications have
been discovered by doctors who
Sunday removed three clots from
the youth's brain. Two small clots
were inside the brain with one
large clot outside the brain.
Wassom's mind was not affected
by the clots, Mrs. Wassom told
The News-Review today. Also, she
was told today that if a speech
defect does occur, a person as
young as her son can overcome it
entirely.
Mrs. Wassom said another Doug
las County youth, Howard George
Gallois, 18, Myrtle Creek, also in
Sacred Heart Hospital in critical
condition, awoke today for the first
time.
Gallois was injured in an auto
mobile accident Friday.
' A third Douglas County resident.
Paul John Ryan, 25, Roseburg, also
in Sacred Heart Hospital, was re
ported by Mrs. Wassom to have
moved his feet today when told to
by nurses. Ryan, like young Was
som, remains unconscious and on
the critical list.
Ryan was injured in an automo
bile accident May 17.
Herbert Lindner, Roseburg
American Legion baseball commis
sioner, today said hospital bills in
curred by Wassom will be taken
care of by the Legion and its in-
surance program.
Lindner said the Legion has been
extremely concerned with Was
som's condition from the time he
was hit and taken to the hospital
Friday night to the present.
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be matched on an eighth-mile
course.
One of the other unusual events
during the show will be the han
dling of a six-pony hitch of Shet
land ponies an almost unknown
art these days, the committee said.
Cost of admission to the show
is to have on a booster button
which may be purchased from any
of the queen candidates.
Members of the committee be
sides Knudtson are Don Spencer
and "Whitey" Howell.
Deadline Extended
For Rodeo Parade
Entry deadline for the Douglas
County Pioneer Days Rodeo Pa
rade Saturday in north Roseburg
has been extended, Frank Lowery,
parade chairman announced to
day.
Lowery said entrants unable to
make last Saturday's deadline can
still enter by contacting him and
thus become eligible to win some
of the $750 prize money offered
this year. The money is donated
by north Roseburg merchants.
Prize money will be divided into
four categories: bands and march
ing units, floats, horses, and mis
cellaneous and novelty units.
No special theme has been se
lected for the parade floats, it wrs
announced.
Several musical units including
the Roseburg High School Band
and the Knights of Pythias Girls
Drum and Bugle Corps are among
the entries in the parade.
Entries may be telephoned to
Lowery at OR Z-4811 or OK Z-4596,
Last year's parade had $150
budgeted for It by the Douglas
County Mounted.
Glendale Voters Okay
Fire Truck Bond Issue
A small turnout of Glendale
voters approved a $20,000 bond
issue Monday for purchase of
new fire truck and related fire
equipment.
There were 35 votes In favor
of the proposal and 27 opposed,
reports Mrs, Gerald B. Fox,
Nws-Review correspondent.
City officials said the bond Is
sue it to be repaid over a 20
year period.
Roseburg Trucker Given
Extended Haul Rights
SALEM (UPI) A Roseburg
trucker, Lyle M. Miller of Miller
Trucking, Monday was given ex
panded Oregon hauling rights by
Jonel C. Hill, state public utility
commissioner, effective June 21.
Hill granted an extension of
Miller's PUC permit so he can
transport hay and livestock within
Coos County, and between points
in Coos County and other pnrts of
the state west - of the Cascade
summit. Miller's existing permit
allowed hay and livestock hauling
only in Douglas County.
Zane Crey's Son Slates
Marriage This Saturday
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.
(AP) The son of the late novel
ist Zane Grey will wed one of his
former pupils from San Fernando
Valley State College Saturday.
Lorcn Gray, 45, assistant pro
fessor of education, took out a
license Monday to marry Bonnie
Jean Tlnkley, 29, of nearby Wood
land Hills.
Grey and Mrs. Tinkley, both
divorced, met two years ago when
she attended bis education classes
to earn her teaching certificate.
boys and girls, each of whom is sponsored by some Doug
los County business firm or service organization, will spend
all week at the OSU compus. (News-Review Photo)
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1962
QUEEN CHERIE I will rule over this year's Rosoria after
her selection and coronation in Portland Monday. She
represents Woodrow Wilson High School and is its first
queen. (UPI Telephoto)
Petite Queen
At Portland
PORTLAND (AP) Hazel-eyed
Cherie Lynn Viggers reigns as
Queen of the 1962 Rose Festival
today after her coronation before
11,000 spectators at the Memorial
Coliseum Monday night.
Cherie, smallest of the 12 can
didates, stands 5 feet 3 inches tall,
weighs 107 pounds and has black
hair. She is Wilson High's first
queen. '.
The new queen begins a scries
of visitations and personal ap
pcarances with her court today,
including trips to the Shrine Hos
pital and the Avenue of Roses
sidewalk cafe.
The orincesses appeared on the
revolving Coliseum stage , i n
sheath gowns of pink and pink
satin shoes for the coronation
ceremony.
The crown, given by outgoing
Queen Linda Fuqua, was pre
sented by Prime Minister Ernest
J. Burrows of the Royal Rosa
rians. Mavnr Terrv Schrunk gave her
the key to the city after William
Moore, president oi me none
Festival Association had presented
a golden scepter.
Mrs. June M. Viggers Witnessed
the coronation of her daughter, as
did two sisters.
Tnilav's Festival highlights In
clude a presentation of "Flower
Local Labor Dispute
Still Is Not Decided
No decision in a labor dispute
between the Carpenters & Joiners
Local 1961 and the Charles Col
lins Construction Co., local con
tractor, has been reached, a union
spokesman said today,
Testimony from both Collins
and the union were taken in a
hearing conducted by the Oregon
Labor Management Relations
Board last Friday, but this testi
mony will have to go before the
stato board later this month for a
decision.
The hearing was to determine
whether Collins' employes have the
right to vote on the question of
union affiliation with the local car
penters union. Collins requested
the hearing under the new Oregon
State Labor elections laws. It was
conducted by Thomas Tongue,
Portland, board chairman.
Three of Collins' projects are
tied up in the labor dispute.
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138-62 10c Per Copy
Cherie Rules
Rose Festival
I Drum Song" at the Festival
Center in Holladay Park, and
opening of the Aqua-Spectacular
water show at the Coliseum.
Argentina Mourns
Vicitims Of Crash
BUENOS AIRES (UPI)-Publie
schools here closed their doors to
day in mourning for 41 persons
killed Monday in a collision be
tween a train and a school bus
the worst accident of its kind in
Argentine history.
Security Police Chief Luis M
Castro said the victims included
39 schoolchildren, aged 3 to 11,
and two adults, the .driver and
teacher. About 80 other children
wore injured.
Castro said crossing guard Al-
onso Aragon blamed the tragic
accident on failure of a bell that
was supposed to warn him when
a train was approaching the in
tersection. Aragon said he raised the safety
gate in response to a horn signal
from the bus. Just as the school
conveyance got to the tracks, a
train roared out of the fog and
plowed into it.
Roseburg City Council Sets
Meet On Downtown Parking
(
A meeting of the Roseburg City
Council and Roseburg Parking As
sociation has been tentatively set
for next Monday night to bring
councilmcn up-to-date on the as
sociation's plans and activities.
The council requested the ses
sion at its regular meeting Mon
day night after hearing an associ
ation request for financial assist
ance in designing a downtown
parking mall. The request, submit
ted by Emit Ramberg, asked for
$400 to match $400 the parking
group plans to provide for prelim
inary studies on the plan.
Ramberg s request noted the as
sociation "has been working to de
velop a workable plan for provid
ing an abundance of off-street
parking along with bcautiflcation
of the downtown area.
Prelect Researched
"Our subcommittees have done
I good job of research In determin
ing the general scope and charac
teristics of needed parking area."
He said the effort now requires
architectural help in developing ac
tual plans and costs "so concrete
information and visual projection
can be given to the people.
Councilman Jack Davis suggest
ed the council should receive com
plete information on the plans be
fore authorizing funds.
In another action, the council ap
proved Roseburg Planning Com
Charles Beck Is Elected
Commander Of VWW I
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) Charles
L. Beck of Gardiner is the new
department commander of th e
Veterans of World War I.
Elected with him at the recently
concluded state convention were
Jack Herman of Coquille, vice
commander; Charles L. Jones, Al
bany, quartermaster; the Rev. A.
J. Monahan, Toledo, chaplain, and
Stewart Arnold, McMinnville,
Judge advocate.
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-Three
bank robbers escaped from Alca
traz Prison and law enforcement
agencies today began a massive
land, sea and air search of San
Francisco Bay and its shoreline.
Acting Warden Arthur Dollison
said the Inmates presumably fled
the island prison Monday night on
an improvised raft or piece of
driftwood in an attempt to reach
nearby Angel Island or the main
land. The missing men were identi
fied as John William Anglin, 32,
and his brother, Clarence, 28, and
Farris Egbert Morris. It was not
immediately known whether they
were armed.
Dollison said the men fled by
removing a portion of the backs
of their cells with a spoon, which
admitted them to the utilities area
pipe tunnel.
Bar Sawed
"They then climbed to the roof
and removed or sawed a bar pro
tecting a skylight and from there
went down a pipe to the rear of
the island and presumably went
into the water on an improvised
raft or piece of driftwood appar
ently in an attempt to get to
Angel Island or the mainland."
The inmates were discovered
missing at a morning bed check,
and the alarm was immediately
sounded.
Guards scrambled along the
cave-pocked shore of the famed
"Rock," but found no trace of
the men.
A Coast Guard helicopter, four
patrol boats and prowl cars of
the San Francisco Police Depart
ment and California Highway Pa
trol joined the search.
The hunt was centered in the
San Francisco Bay waters sur
rounding the island prison, San
Francisco, and M a ri n County
across Golden Gate Bridge.
Would Be First
If the three succeeded in es
caping, they would be the first
convicts known to have done it
since Alcatraz became a civilian
prison in 1934.
"It takes 10 minutes to get
here, and 20 years to get back,"
one middle-aged convict once re
marked.
About 250 of the nation's most
dangerous convicts are housed in
the buff-colored cell blocks on the
12-acre island. It is separated
from the mainland by a mile and
a half of cold, tide-swept waters.
Several convicts have attempted
to' swim to freedom, but have
failed, although two men who
made the try in 1937 ware never
heard from again. Officials pre
sumed they were swept out to
sea. -
Descriptions Given
Anglin was described as white,
165 pounds, close-cut brown hair
and wearing a navy-type pea-coat.
blue trousers and blue shirt.
His brother is 5 feet, 8 inches
tall, weighs 155 pounds and has
dark brown hair. He was be
lieved wearing the same kind of
clothing as John Anglin.
Morris is 5 feet, 7n Inches tall.
weighs 150 pounds and has dark
brown wavy hair, with the same
type of clothing as the others.
The Anglins were arrested
Jan. 22, 1958, in Hamilton, Ohio,
for a 119,000 Alabama bank rob
bery. A third brother, Alfred, and
his wife and John Analin's girl
I friend also were arrested.
mission report which recommend'
ed denying an annexation request
by Henry A. Denn. Involved in the
annex proposal is an area of East
Roseburg property located north of
Diamond Lake Blvd. and describ
ed as a portion of the original Denn
estate. The commission's report in
dicated Denn's legal description
contained minor errors and includ
ed aspects which made the pro
posal unsuitable for annexation in
its present form.
Advice Given '
Denn was advised to present 8
correct formal petition containing
signatures of all legally interested
property owners, a correct legal
description and map outlining
the proposal.
The council approved a request
from downtown merchants to block
off three blocks of SE Jackson
Ave. on Friday and Saturday for
a "Fun in the Sun" promotion. The
merchants want to block off Jack
son from Washington to Lane
from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the
two dates. Max Burns, local mer
chant, attended the meatlng in
support of the proposal.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Mostly fair tonight and Wednes
day. - Not much . temperature
change.
Highest temp, last 24 hours 76
Lowest temp, last 24 hours . 42
Hlghett temp, any June (25) 106
Lowait temp, any June (52) 35
Preclp. last 24 hours - 0
Precip. from June 1 49
Precip. from Sept. 1 . 32.4
Excess from Sept. 1 3.14
Sunset tonight, 7:54 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:33 a.m.
Logger's Fire Weather
Strong west wind flow through
Columbia Gorge and across north
ern Casccdcs, becoming northerly
Wednesday; little change in tem
perature or humidity,
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