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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Sot., July 21. 1962
$400 In Cash, WPA Carpenters
Marked Start Of Will Festival
ASHLAND (UPI) - The city
council voted $400 27 years ago
to humor a dreamer. '
The dreamer was Angus Bow-
mer, a young English teacher at
Southern Oregon Normal School.
The dream: a Shakespeare festi
val. With the $400 lor lumner.
WPA carpenters threw together
a rough replica of the Globe
theater of the. Bard's own ume
Students, housewives and young
professional people were recruited
in that Dre-television era to re
hearse and rehearse so the Fourth
of July celebration committee
could advertise: "Tonight Shake
soear. Tomorrow night wrestling."
Firecrackers caused amateur
Ihtonians to blow their lines
Seats were uncomfortable and
lighting was makeshift. But from
the beginning the Oregon Shakes
pearean Festival was produced
with flair and scholarship.
Bowmer is still in charge, as
croducing director, and tonight
Rescuers Seek
Missing Thai
Crash Victims
BANGKOK, Thiland (UPI) -Rescue
workers renewed the
search today for 17 bodies still
missing In the crash of a United
Arab Airlines jetliner which
claimed the lives of all 26 per
sons aboard, including three
Americans.
The . Comet IV-C jet, taking
many of the passengers to lotn
anniversary celebrations of the
United Arab Republic in Cairo,
plunged into 4,500-foot Khao Kiew
Mountain in tne inai national
Forest minutes before it was
scheduled to land here late Thurs
day. .
Mrs. Virginia Gilbertson, 38,
her son, Eric, 15, and daughter,
Christina, 12, were en route to
their home in Pittsburgh1 on a va
cation when the British-built
plane crashed. Mrs. Gilbertson's
husband, Dennla, 40, Is an execu
tive of the Blaw-Knox Co. In Tok
yo, where the ill-fated flight orig
inated. Some of the other victims were
Far Eastern newsmen en route to
Cairo at the Invitation of the UAR
government, which celebrates its
national day Sunday.
Nine bodies were recovered by
rescue teams Friday night.
Authorities cordoned off a waste
land of burned trees in the dense
teak forest m searcn tor tne ooa
ies of other victims.
The jetliner cut a 400-foot swath
through the jungle before strik
ing the mountainside 60 miles
north of here. Authorities were
unable to give an indication of
what caused the crash which took
the lives of 18 passengers and 8
crew members.
Heaven's Road Rocky
For 'Rich' Americans
FRESNO, Calif. (UPI) Dr.
Billy Graham said Friday night
that Americans have a harder
time reaching heaven than other
people of the world "because our
wealth comes between us and
God."
The Baptist evangelist addressed
standing-room crowd of better
than 25,000. He reminded them
that the Bible says it is easier
for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than for a rich
man to go to the kingdom of God.
"Americans are the rich men.
Christ was talking about us,"
Graham said.
rV 1 IU II (BUM
ill !t lm:m
MEETING at the annual Oregon Conference Adventist
camp meeting In Gladstone this month were Floyd Matula,
singing evongelist of the Rcseburg Seventh-day Adven
tist Church and Elder Joseph Move, one-time South Sea
Islands sovage and son of headhunters. Now a Gospel
minister, Pastor Move was converted to Christianity at
the age of 6 along with his headhunting parents. He was
ordained 1 1 years ago and is now superintendent of a
mission station in New Guinea, He is in the United States
to attend the World Conference of the Seventh-day Ad
ventist church and was a speaker Monday at the Rose
burg chur,ch.
0
the Festival opens Its 22nd sea
son some years were skipped
during World War II in a $275,
000 open-air theater with the most
modern but authentic Elizabethan
stagecraft and a staff and cast of
talented pros.
It's one of America's most
astonishing cultural success sto
ries. Without the name of Strat
ford as in Connecticut and On
tario, without name stars, the
Ashland Festival has quietly es
tablished a reputation as center
of the Shakespearean revival.
Bowmer has been the guiding
genius and around him has gath
ered a dedicated corps of direc
tors, actors and business and
publicity staffers drawn from a
cross the nation. College and uni
versity drama professors consider
Ashland a privileged pilgrimage
each summer.
Charles Laughton saw the com
plete repertory last summer and
told his old friend, Bowmer, it
was the finest Shakespeare he had
ever seen.
Gov. Mark Hatfield heads the
list of state officials and college
Dresidents who will attend the
ceremonial Feast of the Tribe of
Will in picturesque Lithia Park to
nighta giant barbecue prepared
by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce of Medford.
The feast traditionally proceeds
the festival's opening production.
It begins at 6 p.m. pst. Highlight
ing the affair will be "The Maske
of the Wood" featuring' music
and dances in the Elizabethan
manner. Pipers will lead patrons
up torch-lit paths and into the
theater to begin the evening's
play.
Then the lights go up there
is no curtain on Comedy of
Errors, which opens a season
jasting until Labor Day. Other
plays, presented in rotation, are
"Henry IV, Part Two," "As You
Like It," and "Coriolanus." A
music - dance production, "A
Thieves Ballad," opens Aug. 6 fol
lowing "Comedy of Errors" and
will follow each "Comedy" per
formance thereafter. No wrest
ling anymore.
Bowmers dream was an un
likely and wistful imagining of
with a weed-grown and dili-
tated Chautauqua building, whose
NEW CUSTOMER service
manager for the Roseburg
Montgomery Ward store, is
Doyle Cook, 28, of Roseburg.
With the firm in Roseburg
for the past seven years, Cook
formerly had charge of tele
vision repair for the store. His
promotion puts him in charge
of the store's repair facilities
for customers merchandise.
Cook is married and has three
daughters. (News-Review Pho
to)
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round dome had been condemned
and torn down and which boasted
only a vine-covered circular ce
ment wall.
A generation and several hund
red thousand dollars later, the
wall still stands but now encloses
a comfortable ampitheater filled
often to overflowing with Know,
ledgable tourists and homefolks,
overcoated and blanketed against
the bracing Ashland nights.
Even Ashlanders who don't dig
Shakespeare, and there are some,
like the money. It costs an esti-
mated $128,000 to produce the
plays and Festival visitors leave
around $5 million in stores and
motelt.
There was a total attendance
of 47,743 last summer. The festi
val as sold out with standing
room only on 29 of the 42 nights.
Festival spokesmen say the event
has grown from 10 to 20 per cent
in attendance, each season.
Tonight's audience will include
Sebastian Cabot, noted stage and
screen actor and a star of tele
vision's "Checkmate" series, Na
tional Broadcasting Company pro
ducer Andrew C. Love, and var
ious state dignataries. -Gov. Hat
field will address the audience
prior to the play.
Adoption Baffle
Continues Today
CARLSTADT, N.J. (UPI) - A
white couple's fight to adopt a
6-year-old Negro orphan continued
today amid assurances by the
State Board of Child Welfare that
racial prejudice would not be a
factor in its decision.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur V. Sand-
berg have thus far been stymied
in their effort to adopt little
Michael Eley. Sandberg, 58, has
charged that he and his wife,
Doris, have not been allowed to
sec the boy since November.
But the state board, which has
custody of the boy, said it would
recommend the adoption if it is
shown Michael would benefit from
the move.
The board's findings would be
reported to the courts, which make
the final determination In adoption
proceedings.
There nas oeen some sugges
tion of racial prejudice as a factor
in this case," the board said.
"This is emphatically not true
and any such charge is complete
ly without foundation."
The board said me sananergs
had requested an adoption home
sludv and the study would be
based on the commonly accepted
adoption standards of capacity of
the couple for parental aiicction
and care, economic security ana,
above all. a family situation where
the child's potential for good citi
zenship can develop.
City Council Agenda
Ready For Monday
A proposal to improve Tcmplin
Beach, action on a plan to provide
more all-dny downtown parking
space and a proposed alley vaca
tion to facilitate development of a
shopping center are on the Rose
burg City Council agenda for Mon
day night.
City Manager Craig McMicken
said a petition requesting vacation
of an alley portion west of St. Jack
son St. between Douglas and Wash
ington Aves. will be considered.
This vacation is desired by the
Roseburg Plaza development group,
A letter from the Roseburg Cham
ber of Commerce recommending
rcmovcl of 13.1 parking meters to
provide all-day parking in the cen
tral business district is expected to
result in final Council action on
this proposal.
McMicken will present a recom
mendation in regard to a recent
petition from residents in the Tern
plin Beach area requesting im
provements lo the bench.
2 Killed, 3 Hurt
In Highway Crash
NEWPORT (UPI) Two per
sons were killed and three others
injured seriously when their car
left U.S. Highway lot on Otter
Crest Friday niRht.
Dead are Marianne Isabelle
Mnrirt, 54, nf Portland and Rotch
ley Clare Jones, 60, of Yachats.
Willnrd Leo Harvey, 48, of Port
land is listed in poor condition at
a hospital here, and Mrs. Ellen
Orians, 50, and her seven-year-old
daughter, Terry Lee, also o(
Portland are In serious condition
at a Portland hospital. They were
transferred from tho Newport hos
pital this morning.
Slate Police said the car ap
parently was going at a high rate
of speed when it left the nyd,
sheared off a concrete post, went
into a wide ditch and rolled over.
Relatives Pay Visit
At Oakland Residence
By EDITH DUNN
Mr. and Mrs. jR- Miscic of Port
land visited in Oakland recentlv
with the laltcr's mother, Mrs.
Kdilh Hickman, on their way back
to Portland after a visit with rela
tives on California, o-Mrs. Miscjc
I the former Idell Hickman.
Ronnie Bunch and Carrie lienlry,
great-grandchildren of Mrs. Edith
Hickman, are spenlyg several
weeks with their greaYgrandmoth-
TWO ARTISTS who will display their work in person at the RoseburgArt Association
outdoor art show next Saturday are Mrs. Paul Beaver, seated right, whose forte is pot
tery, and Mrs. Ralph Johnson, left who paints in water colors. See story on page three.
(News-Review Photo).
Three Michigan Residents
Die As Tornado Hits Auto
By United Press International
Thunderstorms that spawned kil
ler tornadoes drove toward the
drought-plagued Northeast today.
The Weather bureau held out
hope of rain to parched areas of
Pennsylvania, New York and New
Jersey, where 69 counties have
been declared drought disaster
areas with the designation request
ed for 17 more.
A twister picked up a car and
tossed it more than 80 feet
against a tree near Britton, Mich.
Friday night, killing a mother,
her son and a niece. Authorities
said they found Mrs. Patricia
Reed, about 34, and her son,
Francis, 10, dead inside the
smashed auto. The body of Mary
Applegate, 14, was found a short
distance away with two of Mrs,
New Guinea Dispute
Nearing Settlement
WASHINGTON (UPI) The
Dutch-Indonesian dispute over
West New Guinea appeared today
to be moving steadily toward set
tlement after 12 years of bitter
argument climaxed , by the cur
rent military clashes in the primi
tive territory.
Diplomatic sources said Indone
sia's Adan Malik and J. H. van
Roijen of the Netherlands had
made major progress so far this
week in their secret talks at the
estate of Texas millionaires in the.
nearby Virginia hunt country.
Some conference sources went
so far as to predict Malik and Van
Roijen might agree by the end of
next week on a definite program
for gradual transfer of control
over the sprawling region from
the Netherlands to Indonesia.
Malik's usual post is ambassa
dor to Moscow. Van Roijen is the
Dutch ambassador to the United
States.
Sources said tentative agree
ment had been reached on a coup
le of thorny issues which hereto
fore blocked progress toward
agreement on the terms for trans
fer of sovereignty from the Neth
erlands to Indonesia.
These apparently provided for
modifications in the so-called Bunk
er proposal for gradually giving
the Indonesians full control with
in two years over the territory,
which they call West Irian.
Nebraska Man Suffers
Severe Heart Attack
Frank Newell, News-Review ad
vertising director, received news
this morning that his father, Walt
er Newell, 74, had suffered a se
verc heart attack.
The father was en route by plane
lo his home in Nebraska following
visits with sons and daughters. He
was in Roseburg. visiting his son
and family at 2771 Sandy, Rose-
hm-g, from July 8 to 16. Previously
he had visited a brother in Colo
rado and a son In Oswego, Ore,
After leaving Roseburg, he stop
ped in Fairfield. Calif., to visit a
daughter, then took the plane to
return to his home at Pender. Neb.
When the plane arrived at the Den
ver airport early this morning, he
collapsed and was removed to the
veterans hospital, according to the
rcnort.
He has been suffering from a
heart ailment for several years.
Minor Accideit Occvrs
At City Intersection
Cars driven bv Wlndal Reed Drls
kell. SO. of 632 SE Parrott ,Sy
Roseburg, and Stanley Melvin
Jones, 32, of Ixs Angeles, were
involved in a minor accident about
4:45 p.m. Friday at the intersec
tion of SK Pine St. and SE Mosher
Ave.
Roseburg City Police said Dris
kell had slopped for a stop sign
but apparently pulled too far out
Into the intersection. In trying to
back up, his car hit the other ve
hicle which was directly behind.
There were no injuries and dam
age was minor, police ssld.
t " 'A r ,.Vk Y.S 3
Reed's other children who were
injured. All were from Britton.
A nearby home was partially de
frayed by the tornado, but it was
empty and no one was hurt.
Tornadoes and severe rain
storms skipped across northern
Indiana, ripping the roof off a Lu
theran church, uprooting trees and
damaging homes in Griffith. East
of Bristol, a funnel cloud tore
down trees and damaged a house
trailer while another one touched
down briefly near Ossian but did
no damage. Fallen trees blocked
several rural roads.
Lightning killed a cotton worker
near Quail, Tex., as thunderstorms
struck wide areas of the Panhan
dle and extreme western part of
inai siaie.
Pennsylvania Gov. David Law
rence asked the federal govern
ment to consider nine more coun
ties drought disaster areas in ad
dition to the 40 already so classi
fied. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of
New York made a similar request
for eight counties in his state,
where 24 have been designated
disaster areas.
Airlines Hiring
Flight Engineers
MIAMI (UPn Fnetorn Air
Lines hoped today to sign up
enough striking engineers . on
terms reforfpH hv thoii. ,minn h
Tuesday to permit the line to set
uate ior resuming operations.
But a snnkpsmnn . for tha
grounded airline still was imaMo
Friday night to report how many
memuers oi me f light Engineers
international Association (FEIA)
have a Breed to the
ultimatum to return to work by
Tuesday or be replaced.
eastern, grounded since June
23 bv an pnffinppr' etrilra am.
qualifications of the third man in
jot cocitpits and other issues.
claims some engineers have
agreed to return and accept train
ing to qualify them as pilots as
wen as mgni engineers.
The offp.r wna mnHp fn the on.
gineers individually after talks
with the union collapsed in Wash
ington Wednesday night. Eastern
said engineers who refused to re
turn after Tuesday would be re
placed. The airline began Friday train
ing 80 jet co-pilots as flight en
gineers to take the places of en
gineers still on strike as of next
Tuesday, and to fly as engin
eers while FEIA members who
do return to work are given train
ing to qualify them as pilots.
When it resumes operations,
eastern plans to use three-man
flight crews on its jets, a pilot,
co-pilot and third man qualified
both as a pilot and flight engin
eer. Before the strike, Eastern
flew with three pilots plus a
flight engineer aboard its jets.
The airline snnkpsmnn cnirl
Eastern has engineer bases in
Miami, New Orleans. Boston.
New York, Chicago, Atlanta and
Washington, anrl Ihnt rnnrtrU hori
not been received from the seven
cities on the number of engineers
responding to the ultimatum.
TTninn IpaHprc mnintsinoH Vri.
day that not more than a half-
dozen of tne 575 striking r EIA
members had agreed to return to
wnrk. and that mmt nf thnca
were supervisors.
False Alarm Summons
Local Rural Firemen
A false alarm summoned men
and equipment from the Roseburg
and the Roseburg Rural Fire De
partments to the Veterans Admin
istration Hospital early today.
Two pumpers and the "snorkel"
from the Roseburg department an
swered the 7:13 a.m. call while
one pumper and 12 men from the
rural department answered. The
call, on a mutual response basis,
came from the fourth floor of
Building No. 1 of the hospital.
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DeGaulle Urges
U. S. Replacement
For Gen. Norstad
PARIS (UPI) - French Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle recom
mended today that another Amer
ican replace Gen. Lauris Norstad
as supreme commander of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion.
A communique issued by De
Gaulle's office said the French
government regarded Norstad's
resignation with "great regret."
It praised his "great military val
ue and the great sincerity of his
character."
"Considering the relative forces
supplied NATO by the various
Atlantic states, the communiaue
said, "France feels the supreme
command over the forces should
normally be held by an American
general officer.
The statement mentioned no
specific candidates for the job.
The West German government
in Bonn also praised Norstad
highly Friday.
f rench newspapers headlined
reports that Norstad resigned be
cause of differences with Presi
dent Kennedy over nuclear policy
for the alliance.
Other newspapers in the NATO
countries of Europe generally paid
tribute to the department com
mander and said he will be
missed. .
Mother, Children
Perish In Blaze
ATHOL, Mass. (UPI) A mother
and three of her children perished
today when a ball of fire appar
ently caused by an explosion
nasned inrougn their frame house.
The father, Richard J. Begor.
39, managed to escape the flames
with a daughter Lynn, about 7,
in his arms. He was found wan
dering dazedly on the lawn of his
home.
Police identified the dead wom
an as Lillian Beaor, 37. They said
the couple had five children. One
older boy was said to be in mili
tary service.
Neighbors reported an explosion
shook the quiet residential neigh
borhood just after dawn. The Be
gor home was turned into a ball
of fire according to a policeman
who was one of the first to reach
the scene.
By the time firemen reached
the two-story dwelling there was
no chance of saving the occupants.
No Injuries Reported
After Two-Car Crash
No Injuries resulted from a two
car collision at 7:15 p.m. Fridav
five miles west of Snthcrlin on
Nonpareil Rd.
Roseburg state police said the
accident involved a 1957 two-door
sedan driven by Weber Morell, 53,
of buthcrlin, and a 1956 sedan Op
erated by William Burrcll Martin
eau, 18, of Eugene. There were
no passengers in either car.
Investigating officers said Mor
ell was traveling west on Nonpar
eil Rd. followed by the other ve
hicle. Martineau started to pass
tne front car just as Morell sig
naled and negotiated a left turn
into a private driveway, according
to the police report.
Martineau told officers he was
unable to reduce his speed suf
ficiently to avoid a collision and
his car smashed into the left door
of the Morell auto. Both cars end
ed In the south ditch.
Patrolmen said Morcll's vehicle
received damag to the left door.
The other car received heavy
front-end damage. Both autos were
removed by the operators.
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Celebrezze Delays Resignation
To Take Kennedy
CLEVELAND, Ohio (UPI) -Mavor
Anthony J. Celebrezze to
day delayed his resignation to be
come a member of President Ken
nedy's cabinet until next Friday
to save the city the cost of a
special election and to help Dem
ocratic candidates in the Novem
ber contests.
Celebrezze had planned to re
sign Monday to become Secretary
of Health, Education and welfare
in the Kennedy administration.
He decided to wait until Friday,
however, at the request of Demo
cratic leaders in hopes the elec
tion to choose his successor would
fall on Nov. - 6, the date of the
general election in whi'.h Ohio
Judge Restrains
Negro Leaders
ALBANY, Ga. (UPI) A fed
eral district judge today issued
a temporary injunction restrain
ing Negro leaders from staging
against segregation in 'this South
Georgia city.
Judge Robert Elliott of the Mid
dle Georgia district court at Co
lumbus, Ga., named eight integra
tion leaders including Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., and four organi
zations in his restraining order.
Copies of the order were rushed
to this racially tense city and of
ing the defendants.
A force of about 250 law en
forcement officers were poised
for the expected mass demonstra
tion by Negroes, set for 4 p. m.
EST today. It was announced by
the pro-integration Albany Move
ment. Between 300 and 500 Ne
groes had been expected to dem
onstrate. City officials obtained the in
junctions by charging the defend
ants and others with "sponsor
ing, encouraging their members,
agents. . . and others to come to
Albany. . . to voment violence,
to provoke breaches of the peace
and other law violations."
Albany officials said the order
specifically forbade the Negro
leaders to carry out plans for a
march on city hall this afternoon
in what was announced as a
peaceful protest against city pol
icies.
A similar demonstration last
December resulted in arrests of
more than 700 Negroes.
The court order also restrained
the defendants from "continuing
to sponsor, finance or encourage
unlawful picketing. :
Miss Salem Double
Winner In Contest
SEASIDE (UPI)- Alice Berg
lund of Salem and Vickie Kinzer
of Milton-Freewater won prelimi
nary honors in the 16th annual
Miss 'Oregon Pageant here Fri
day night.
Miss Berglund won a talent tro
phy and Miss Kinzer won a swim
suit award in the second night of
judging in the three-day pageant.
Miss Oregon will be selected to
night.
It was the second preliminary
victory for the Salem entrant. She
won in swimsuit competition tn
day night. Judy Martin of Cor
vallis came in first in the talent
judging in the opening night.
The winner of the pageant will
be picked from 10 semifinalistsl
who were scheduled lo be selected
today. There are 22 girls com
pcting for the title.
Miss Oregon will represent- the
state at the Miss America Pag
eant at Atlantic City, N. J. Jody
Bourne of Salem won the contest
last year. She will crown this
year s winner.
Truck Crash Kills
One. Injures Others
SALEM (UPI) One woman is
dead in the wake of a crash of a
truck carrying 14 migrant farm
workers near Salem Friday.
Mrs. Marie Cantu, 39, died this
morning in a Salem hospital as
a result of internal injuries. Still
hospitalized were her husband,
Genero, 42; a daughter. Gloria,
15; a nenhew. Amador. 17: Ren
jamin Villarrcal, 16, and his two
sisters, Virginia, 17, and Belia,
13.
All were reported In satisfactory
condition.
Seven other members of the two
families escaped with cuts and
bruises.
Their truck plunged over a 35
foot embankment Friday after
noon in the Eola Hills, three miles
west of here. The two families
were picking cherries. They lived
in the Independence area.
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Cabinet Post
will name a U.S. Senator, Con
gressmen, and state officials. It
was felt that electing a mayor on
that date would sir local interest
and bring out more Democrats
whose votes would help candidates
in state races.
The new date for Celebrezze to
leave means the primary to
choose candidates for mayor will
be Oct. 2 with the mayor being
elected Nov. 6.
Celebrezze, originally scheduled
to resign effective 10 a.m. Mon
day, said a new date on which
he will leave office was to be de
cided later today at a meeting
with Law Director Ralph S. Loch-
cr and other cabinet members.
Celebrezze decided on a brief
postponement in order to save the
city about $125,000 in the cost of
a special election. The delay was
sanctioned by President Kennedy.
the decision was expected to
have a major bearing on the
chances of the Democratic state
ticket in November, in which Gov.
Michael V. DiSalle is in a tough
race for re-election.
If the mayoralty election coin
cides with the general 'election,
Democratic state candidates were
expected to profit from a heavy
Democratic vote in Cleveland, a
mayors race would arouse.
But if the election for mayor
was held Oct. 30, as planned un
der Celebrezze's original resigna
tion plans, it was felt the Demo
cratic organization here, long at
odds with DiSalle anyway would
ignore him and concentrate on an
effort to capture City Hall.
Probe Of Grain
Charge Asked
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Sen. Karl
E. Mundt, R-S. D., said today
that Senate investigators ought to
look into charges that government
grain is missing from Billie Sol
Estes' elevators.
Mundt, a member of the Senate
investigations subcommittee dig
ging into the Estes case, said
"the subcommittee could be ac
cused rightfully of doing less than
half its job" if it failed to look
into the reports.
The subcommittee now is study
ing Estes' cotton allotment manip
ulations. Sen. John J. Williams, R-Del.,
said in a Senate speech Friday
that the Agriculture Department
found a shortage of more than
68,000 bushels in Estes eleva
torsalthough it told Congress
there was none. He said the short
age was reported to him by the
General Accounting Office. '
The Agriculture Depart
ment quickly branded Williams'.'
complaints "erroneous" and said
the shortage, a small fraction of
1 per cent of all Estes' govern
ment grain storage commitments,
falls well within the, tolerancfc al
lowed for shrinkage 'and errors of
measurement.
The statement also noted that
funds held in escrow and a $10
million insurance policy protect the
department. It stood on the pre
vious statements by Agriculture
Secretary ,Orville L. Freeman that
the government won't lose a cent
through shortage in Estes Eleva
tors. Prisoners Flee Jail
To End Prosecution
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (UPD
Chargcs of unlawful flight to es
cape prosecution were on file here
today against two men who es
caped from the Walla Walla
County jail Wednesday where
they were waiting trial.
Dclbert M. Fuston, 36, Uma
pine, Ore., and Larry D. Bundy,
19, used a hacksaw to saw
through their cell bars on a back
window in the jail.
Sheriff's deputies said it was
believed the two had stolen a car
some time last night from the
State Line Lumber Co. near
Milton-Freewater, Ore.
Fuston was charged with armed
robbery and Spokane had issued
warrants charging him with two
counts of robbery. Bundy was
charged with first degree forgery.
Both men were considered ex
tremely dangerous, the sheriff's
office said.
Crass Fire Doused
The Roseburg Douglas Forest
Protective Association crew Fri
day night put out a small grass
: and brush fire on the George Short
ranch near the Wilbur mill,
j The DFPA said the fire covered
ta half acre and caused no dam
age. A spokesman said it is be
lieved the fire started from burn
i ing debris at the mill. Fire occur
red at 8:40 p.m. '