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University :f Orc-g.n Library CCiP Tiger Hunt Roseburg physician Dr. Hall Seely bagged a prize tiger during a recent safari in India. Story and pictures appear on page 6, section 2. Harper Resigns Bill Harper, coach of the Rose burg Indians and Legion baseball teams, resigned Wednesday to join the OSU staff. For detail tea Sports page. Established 1873 30 Pages ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963 133-63 10c Per Copy Wood Close PORTLAND (UPI) - Four big Northwest wood products pro ducers today began shutting down their plants and woods operations which employ members of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Un- (fc'ion (LSW) and the International Woodworkers of America (IWA). The action was ordered in retal iation for a strike by those two unions against U.S. Plywood Corp. and St. Hegis Paper Co. The four firms which ordered the shut down Wednesday on the basis of a "strike against one is a strike against all" agreement are Weyerhaeuser Co., Crown Zel lcrbach, Rayonier and Interna tional Paper Co. All are members of the so called "Big Six" which banded together to conduct negotiations with the two unions. Union lead ers announced their strike against U.S. Plywood and St.Regis Tues day after talks broke off. The decision by the four re maining firms will idle about 13,000 workers at some 30 com Gl's Disrobed At Gunpoint In Venezuela CARACAS (UPI) Castroite terrorists raided the U.S. military mission here Wednesday night, forced six unarmed Americans and four Venezuelan army guards to strip and stole their uniforms and the Venezuelans' guns. The terrorists then set fire to the mission building causing $20, 000 damage, burned a U.S. flag and a portrait of George Wash ington and fled. "Next time we won't be kid ding," one of them snarled as he fled. Police picked up three suspect ed terrorists near the mission shortly after the raid. The army summoned reinforcements to pa trol the neighborhood, but there were no further reports of trou ble. The raid was staged to com memorate the abortive revolt a year ago at Puerto Cabello, where Communists and rightists -mined forces in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow President Bomulo Betancourt. The Americans in the building l tha - time of the attack last night were Col. James K. Che raut, Corpus Christi, Tex., deputy chief of the mission and his 15-year-old son; Majs. Bernard Gardner and T. C. Blevins and Sgts. Jose Augustini. Archivaldo Saenz, Kenneth Smith and Ru dolph Felix. All of them except Chenaull and his son were forced to give up their uniforms. SPURN CASTRO OFFER WASHINGTON (UPI) An offer by Cuban Premier Fidel Castro to "normalize" relations with the United States on his own terms got a cold reception Wednesday at the Slate Department. Castro said diplomatic relations could be resumed if the United States would end its demands that Cuba break its tics with communism. State Board Elects Fisher As Chairman A career as a leader in educa tion which started 18 years ago in the one-room Kellogg School reached another high point Wed nesday night when Eugene Fisher of Elkton was elected chairman of the Oregon state Board of Edu cation. Fisher, whose name became prominent in Oregon education circles in 1!54 when he was ap pointed by Gov. Paul Patterson to attend a White House conference on education, replaces Ronald Junes of Brooks as chairman of the state board. Chairmanship Won He was appointed chairman at the conclusion of the quarterly board meeting in Salem Wednes day and will take oifice Aug. 1. E. S Brogoitti of Helix was re elected vice chairman. Fisher told. The News-Review; Thursday morning he was very I honored to have been appointed! chairman of the state board. He' is presently concluding his second year on the board. He was appoint! cd in 19fil to lill an unexpired term on the board and then appointed to a seven-year term in 19G2. His career as a leader in educa tion began in 1945. when he was elected to the Kellogg School! Board and became instrumental in the consolidation of that school district with the Elkton district. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Partly cloudy this afternoon, to night and Friday. Highest temp, last 24 hours Lowest temp, last 24 hours Highest temp, any June (61) Lowest temp, any Jun (54 Precip. last 24 hours Precip. from June 1 Normal June Precip - Normal precip. 9-1 to i-1 .. Precip. from Sept. 1 Suncat taniaht B:S0 o.m. PDT Sunrise tomorrow, S:J4 a.m. PDT1 Firms Plants munities in Oregon. Washington and Northern California by Fn- i day. Another 6,000 were affected by tne earner strike. "It is obvious that the unions intend to pick off the companies one at a time." the producers said in a statement Wednesday. "In the face of these selective strikes and whipsawing tactics, the other members of the associa tion have been forced to the de cision that they must close their operations where members of these unions are employed." PuId and Daoer plants where workers are represented by other unions are not affected. The firms said "an orderly shut down" would begin immediately. Harvey Nelson, regional presi dent of "the 1WA, disclaimed any official knowledge of the employ er action and said the union "will take whatever steps are appropri ate" if the shutdown comes. There were indications union leaders would call the action a lockout. Nelson said earlier the two sides were about 13 cents apart on a wage increase for the next three years. The employers said their final offer, turned down by both un ions, was an increase of 22 cents an hour. The IWA revealed it had scaled its demands down from -10 to 35 cents. The LSW was de manding 60 cents. The strike situation remained the same in Koseburg Thursday morn ing, with pickets on duty at the struck U. S. Plywood Corp. plant and workers at all other plants in the area on the job. Officials of both the IWA and LSW here said members will remain at their jobs until further notice. Riversdale Votes To Kill District Residents of the Riversdale Fire Protection District voted unani mously 41-0 Wednesday to dissolve the district and open the way for annexation to the Roseburg Rural Fire District. Officials of the district also an nounced enough funds have been raised to pay off the district's in debtedness, about $350. A petition for annexation to the Roseburg Rural district will be cir culated later this month. It will call for annexing the residences in the area, but not including the large orchard lands on the fire protection district's tax rolls. Oakland Budget Vote Scheduled Oakland School District on Fri Hnv will vote on a revised school budget. The election, the third try in a series, will ne neia irom z to 8 p.m. at the Washington School. The budget, all of which is out side the six per cent limitation (the district has no tax base) is for $242,965. The figure to be voted upon is one pared down from an original budget of $253,580. A public budget hearing will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the high school so that voters may submit questions concerning the revised budget. He has served 17 years on the Elkton board, including numerous terms as chairman. Association Organlied In 1954, lie was instrumental in organizing the Douglas County School Boards Association, becom ing its first president. He was then appointed to the executive council of the state School Boards Association and won the appoint ment as representative to the White House conference on educa tion. He is past president of the state School Boards Association, serving two years ago as chairman of the organization's legislative commit tee. He was also the association's representative to the 1961 legisla ture. Fisher is currently serving as a member of the board of directors of the National School Boards As sociation, one of three members from the eight western states, and is serving his second term on the Douglas County Rural School Board. EUGENE FISHER itote boo rd choirmon r X ill 2AJ :kl ftlft $vr' -r: rr&'m&J- tlU GROUNDBREAKING ceremonies for the new Seventh-day Adventist School on NW Col kins Rood were held Wednesday evening. Turning the first shovels of earth to mark the start of the long-planned project are, on left. Elder Ashley Emmer, center, Mayor Tom Garrison, and on right with shovel, Dr. Gerald Casebolf, chairman of the building com mittee. Looking on are, from left, Palmer Robson, school principal; Richard Callis, contrac tor; Elder J. R. Nelson of Portland, director of elementary education for the Oregon Con ference of the Adventist Church; and on far right, Dr. Duane Fletcher of the school board. (News-Review photo) WORK TO START Groundbreak Staged For School Project Braving the cold wind and threat ened rain, members and friends of the local Seventh-day Adventist's elementary school were on the spot last night to break ground for the new school building on NW Calk ins Road. Dr. Gerald Caseboll, chairman of the building committee, acted as master of ceremonies. He re minded the group that the present school building had been in use for many years even before it was purchased from the city in 1937. At that time Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wal lace bought it for the church for $1,000, they themselves paying half the cost and the church the other half. ' Dedication Eyed Elder Ashley Emmer, a retired missionary who served manv years m India, led the group in prayer that the turning or the sod for the new building might be a symbol of the turning of the heart to better lives more and more dedicated to the betterment of the community. Elder J. R. Nelson of Portland, director of elemen tary schools of the Oregon Con ference, expressed his appreciation for the plans for this new school building and stated that he realiz ed its erection will mean much sac rifice on the part of the church membership. "Because Seventh day Adventists believe that church and state must be entirely separ ate," he said, "they do not ask nor accept slate or government aid for the building or maintenance of their schools, even though they willingly pay their taxes to support the public schools." Mayor Tom Garrison expressed his appreciation for the church op erated schools where spiritual val ues can be emphasized along with the regular school work. Work To Start Work In preparing the site for the building is scheduled to begin Sunday, June 9, and will be com pleted as soon as possible. The 'Bus Stop' Opens Locally Tonight The Merely Players, in a brand new home they have named Ump qua West Theater, open a three run performance tonight of "Bus Stop," the William Inge play which made Marilyn Monroe famous. The performance starts at 8:20 ' tonight in the old Presehern Barn on Melrose Road. The story of an unlikely group of passengers stranded at a bus stop features the following play ers: Judy Knight as Sherry, Dave Hooper as Bo Decker, Allen Nash as Dr. Gerald Lyman, Patsy Bark well as Grace, Connise Bakke as the waitress, Felix Kama iron as the ranch hand, John Zcrbach a the sheriff and Dan Hilt as the bus driver. U. S., Russians GENEVA (I'PD United States and Soviet negotiators have ! reached agreement on establish ing a "hot line" teletype link be tween the White House and the Kremlin, highly authoritative sources said today The link would permit President It would be signed bv Ameri Kennedy and Soviet Premier Ni lcan and Soviet negotiators to the kila Khrushchev to communicate ! disarmament conference, Charles with each other instantly In pre-!C. Stelle and Semyon K. Tsarap venl war breaking out by i kin. who are co-chairmen of the accident , bilateral "hot line" talks. The high sources said the agreement reached after 18 meet ings between American and So viet ' technical experts here has been approved by President Ken- building program will be under the direction of Richard (Dick) Cal lis,, and will be started as soon as possible. Much volunteer help is expected. Present plans call for four classrooms, a library and a principal's room and a covered play area which will later be made into classrooms when enrollments warrant such a change. Future plans also include an adjoining au ditorium but for the present the auditorium on Military and Ump qua will continue to serve the so cial needs of the church and school according to the committee. Cost of the new structure, with out auditorium, will be $30,000, plus voluntcr labor on the part of the congregation. Board Approves Money Transfer For Kitchen Work The Roseburg School Board, at a special meeting Wednesday night, authorized transfer of $6,300 from the District 4 new buildings budget account to cover costs of enlarging the kitchen at Winches ter Elementary School. These funds will also cover the cost of remodeling the health room to make a temporary office for the principal at the same school. Work is to lie done in time for the open ing of the 1963-64 school year. The board also authorized trans fer of $21,900 from the same ac count to cover the cost of land acquisition for the same school. Supt. of Schools M. C. Dellcr an nounced that bids for construction of the addition to Melrose Ele mentary School will bo opened at 8 p.m. on June 26. Prequalifirations by bidders must be submitted 10 days before the bid opening. I he board granted a contract to Walpole and Hanberg, Roseburg accounting firm, to do the school district audit for the coming year. Dellcr also announced the resig nation of baseball coach Bill Harp- and the appointment of Don Severson as Harper's replacement. Details appear on the sports page of today's Mews-Review. Hatfield's Salary Object Of Committee's Petition SALEM (UPI)-E. G. Keal, re tired Salem loggnr, announced to day he may head a petition com mittee for a constitutional amend ment requiring the governor to be the state's highest paid state em ploye. Gov. Mark Hatfield will receive '$21,500 a year under a salary fscaie approved in the final hours !of the legislative session. Reach Agreement On Hotline Hook Up nedy and Is now awaiting formal approval from Khrushchev before it can be signed. If all goes well, they said, Khru shchev will approve it in a matter of days and the agreement can ! be signed in Geneva next week. The hookup, officials said, Is to be by commercial transatlantic cable, passing through Helsinki Stockholm and London. At each end would be a teletype machine! Teenager Hobbles Home To Safety On Broken Limb Thirteen-year-old Dwight Roberts was two miles from home on a lonely, untravclcd road when he broke his leg Wednesday. But he didn't panic. Dwight remained calm and col lected, despite pain from his in jury, after being thrown from the motorcycle he was riding. He im mediately set his mind to working, lound some sticks to use as splints, fore up his T-shirt to use for thongs to bind them on his broken leg. Then with the use of broken tree limbs as crutches, he hobbled the two miles to his home at Rt. 3, Box 153, Roseburg. His father, Doyle Roberts, took him to Mercy Hospital,' where Ills examining physician found the breaks so well set, he did not have to do the job over. X-rays showed a clean break and set. The accident happened about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday on a little used logging road which extends from the Melrose area over the hill to Lookingglass. Dwight was on his way lo visit a friend, when his motorcycle hit a slick place, spill ed him, and the handlebars struck his leg, breaking both bones in the leg a short distance above his ankle. He set to work and in less than an hour had his leg set and splint ed, but it took him until 1 p.nu to hobble the two miles up over the hill to his home. This plucky youngster, however. was not without some previous ex perience with broken bones, which may have helped him in having some idea of what to do. Last November the Fremont Jun ior High ninth grader suffered a break of the same leg about an inch below his present break. His leg was in a cast for about three months then, but the break had ful ly healed. Two Face Grand Jury James Lindsey Eastburn, 20, of Cottage Grove has been bound over to the Douglas County Grand Jury on a charge of burglary not in a dwelling, He waived prelim inary hearing when arraigned be fore District Judge Gerald R. Hayes Wednesday. Ho is accused of breaking into the J. W. Mac Donald service Station at Rice Hill May 26. Allen Fredrick Harris, 28, of Central Point, also has been bound over to the Grand Jury on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. SANTIAM JOB AWARDED PORTLAND (UPI) Carl M. Ilalvorsen, Portland, was low nf seven bidders at $914,524 for the first major work on the Foster Dam project on the South San tiam Itiver, Army Engineers aaid. equipped to Instantly and auto matically code and decode writ ten messages. There apparently will he no telephone hookup. The code which Kennedy and Khrushchev would use to con verse still must be worked out be tween U. S. and Soviet experts.' Each country will he able to choose where it wants its terminal of line lo be, There have been reports that Kennedy plans to place his in the Pentagon com munications center, rather than in the White House. The Idea of a "hot line "hot1 fin the sense it would always he open goes back to at least early Wallace Will Defy Federal Authority By United Press International Alabama Gov. George Wallace appeared determined today to defy federal authority over the admission of three Negroes to the University of Alabama. At Oxford, Miss., the second Negro ever to attend the Univer sity of Mississippi begins classes today. Wallace told Alabamans in a statewide telecast from Montgom ery Wednesday night that he would try to preserve segregation at the university "regardless of whatever risk 1 must take." He appealed for law and order, however, and said anyone at tempting to create violence at the university during the Negroes appearance next Monday would be arrested promptly. Federal Judge Scybourn Lynno Wednes day issued an injunction prohib iting Wallace from physically blocking the Negroes' admission, but a Wallace aide said the order would "make absolutely no changes in the governor's stand." Negro Clove McDowell was ac cepted without incident Wednes day at "Olo Miss" in marked contrast to tho rioting that claimed two lives last fall when James II. Meredith integrated the institution. The reception was so pcacoful that McDowell said he did not "hear even one rudo remark." Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnctt said in Jackson that the state was "yielding to the armed might of the United States" In not re sisting McDowell's enrollment. There were these other racial developments: Chattanooga, Tonn. A Negro minister was arrested and three Negro youths were struck by a white man Wednesday when 20 Negroes tried to enter a down town cafeteria. Danville, Va. I About 100 Ne groes entered the municipal building Wednesday, singing and wnvinE antisegrcgation placards. Two ministers and a Negro gin were arrested and later freed on bond. Jackson. Miss. Nine Negroes carrying small American flags were arrested in downtown Jack son Wednesday and charged with narodina without a permit. The arrests brought to 817 the num ber of persons arrested since a campaign of antlscgregation dem- onstrat ions began insi ween. Spartanburg. S.C. Most down town lunch counters and restau rants desegregated tncir taciiuies Wednesday and Negroes ate in aevernl nf the nlaccs without In cident. Columbia and Greenville earlier lowered racial barriers in nuhlie eating Dlaccs. Savannah, Ga. Police arrested eight Negro teen-agers Wednes day for refusing to leave a privately-owned restaurant. They Suitcase Due For Airplane Explodes Safe LONDON (UPI) A suitcase about to be put aboard a Portu guese Jet airliner expioueu v London Airport louay. There were no reported Injuries, smnka billowed from the bag gage loading bay on the ground floor of tho terminal nuuuing. ro lice cordoned off the baggage area and firemen swamped burn ing luggago with water. The case was about u do put aboard a Portuguese Caravclle bound for Lisbon with 77 passen gers, The explosion came 30 min utes before flight time. Airport worker Jack O'Lenry said he was standing just a few yards away when "there was a sheet of flame. It seemed almost like a full minute before the smoke drifted out." A Ministry of Aviation spokes man said "seven or eight other pieces of luggage have been dam aged." Police and fire experts took the exploded suitcase for examination. The flight was automatically de layed. "In Just another 20 minutes the case would have been aboard the plane," an airport officials said. "God knows what would have happened If It had exploded aboard. last year when the United States proposed it in a draft disarma ment treaty as one of a number of measures to reduce the risk of war by misunderstanding. But it was the Cuban crisis last October which gave real impetus to the plan. During that crisis both Kennedy and Khrushchev found they could not exchange messages fast enough and, in order to avoid misunderstand ing, both at times resorted to making puhlio statements to be transmitted Instantly by the news services rather than sending mes sages through slower diplomatic channels. I were charged with trespassing and released under - $100 bond each. Birmingham, Ala Around 400 Negroes have sought to register as voters so far this week, ac cording to the Jefferson County Board of Registrars, which said only a few white persons applied during the same period. Winston-Salem, N.C. A biro cial committee said Wednesday that a majority of the city's mo tels, hotels and restaurants would open their doors to members of all races immediately. Negotia tions to desegregate theaters still were in progress. Key Positions Filled In UF Drive Here Mrs. Elmer (Hazel) Saxon of 544 NE Clover Ave., Roseburg, has accepted the chairmanship of the Central Douglos United Fund 1963 64 campaign drivo, reports John Kennedy, president of tho board. He also announced that Eino Hemmlla has been appointed chair man of the budget and quota com mittee. Working with Hcmmila on the committee will bo Fred Lock- wood, Al Coffman, Maurice New land and Norman Lee. Cliff Hukari will serve as assist HAZEL SAXON , , . campaign chairman EINO H EMM I LA T , , heads budget committee JFK Signs Bill Allowing Currency Change-Over WASHINGTON' (UPI) - Presi dent Kennedy has signed a b i 1 1 that permits the government to go ahead with plans to replace alt $1 bills now in circulation with a new kind of bill. Tho currency change-over will "unfreeze" big stocks of govorn-mcnt-owncd silver that must be held now for backing of the present $1 hills which are called silver certificates. The new bills will ho backed by one-fourth of their valuo in gold and will be Federal Reservo notes. Tho currency change-over proba bly will not take place until late 1964 or 1965. It will avoid need for tho Treas sury to movo into a high-priced market to buy silver bullion to make coins, Rapid development of a huge vending niacluno business has aggravated a steadily Increas ing demand for coins. Sutherlin School Hearing Planned The Sutherlin School Board will hold an open meeting to hear voter expressions concerning budget items before beginning work on a revised budget. The meeting is to be held in Room 14 of the high scnooi on Tuesday, June 11 at 8 p.m. All residents of the school dis trict are urged by tho school board to take this opportunity to express their opinions regarding budget preparation. Following this open "town meeting," tho budget committee will be recalled and begin work on the third version of the 1963 64 Sutherlin School budget. Richmond, Va. The state Pu. pil Placement Board Wednesday assigned 15 Negroes to white schools in Culpeper County and said it would meet later this month to consider requests by 97 Negroes for tra.isfer to segregat ed schools in Prince George County. Washington Sen. John C. Sten nis, D-Miss., Wednesday accused the Civil Rights Commission of "activities. . .calculated to foment strife, turmoil and bitterness" throughout Iho nation. Stennij spoke at a hearing on a proposal to extend the life of the commis- , sion, ant campaign chairman with Mrs. Saxon. Mrs. Saxon has lived In Douglas County for 15 years. She and her husband have a son in the Ma rines and a married daughter. She has worked on the UF campaign since 1960. Hcmmila also has been associ ated with tho United Fund for the past few years as a leader in the drive. Court Care Eyed For City The Rosobura Cltv Parks nnct Playground Commission has agreed to ask the city to assume responsibility for the mnintenanco of Uie tennis courts at Stewart Pork. lhis will Include replacement of net tapes, unintinc. maintennnen of the lighting system, etc. The jaycees win continue to conduct a tennis instruction program, and uio city win supply lunds to em ploy an instructor and to purchase ueeucu icnms Dans, Those terms wero agreed to at tho recent Parks and Playground Commission mooting. In othor Itmcs dealing with rec. reational activities at Stewart Park the commission adopted a plan for site duvelopmnet for horseshoe pits; approved a plan for lighting the proposed Softball field: anil rn. jectcd because of cost a request to have the city build restroom facilities on the golf course. The commission also recnmmnnrieil some improvement nlona for rnnil through Stewart Park. A Plan bv Parks Dlreclni- Tnm Keel for the proposed development of a Qulntus Pork (in tho Clookc's Ferry area) was approved by the commission. Sito improvement will be made as soon as funds be come available. 1963 Teacher Meet Slated Tho 1963 Douglas Countv Teach. crs' Annual Institute Is to be in tho form of an educational fair, Kenneth F, Barneburg, county su perintendent said today. The ses sion, scheduled for Nov. 12, will be at the Douglas County Fair grounds. School boards and the general public are being invited to view the exhibits and the hall will be open. In tho evening for the convenience of visitors, In the morning the teachers will assemble to hear a kcynoto speak er. Ample time will then bo given for the teachers to inspect the books and equipment on exhibit Tho committee assisting Supt, Barneburg consists of William lied rick, Winston; Ralph Peterson, Douglas High; Ruby Holloway, Sutherlin: Marcclla B. Chiavaras, Canyonville; Evelyn Mann, Riddle; Ella H. Hilkcmeicr, Drain; John Thompson, Glide; Leland P, Linn, county school office. Accident' Victims In Fair Condition The condition of two persons In jured in an accident that took tho life of Mrs. lna E. Updcgraff, 53, of Dillard about 8 a.m. Wednesday, was listed as fairly good. Both aro at Douglas Community Hospital. Bessie Margaret Wilkcn, 57, also of Dillard, reportedly suffered two broken knee caps, a broken leg, sprained ankle, bad cut on the arm, chest injury and bruises about the head and neck. She was operator of the car in which Mrs. Updegraff was a passenger when tho accident occurred about three miles south of Roseburg, Operator of the other car was James H. Bosard, 81, of 918 SB Pine St., whose condition also was reported fairly good. (Bosard's age was listed as 18 in Wednesday's News-Review), Police reports were that Bosard, headed south and making a turn onto the new Interstate 5 High way, collided with the north bound car operated by Mrs. Wilkcn. Funeral services for Mrs. Upde graff still are pending at Long & Shukle Memorial Chapel
