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University -i Orc-jj-jj Library ?Mr-.-n..t Oroj-rn C0:P Established 1873 12 PogeiROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1963 135-63 10c Per Copy AN UNIDENTIFIED Noshville, Tenn., white woman at tempted Friday afternoon to enter on H. G. Hill grocery store that had its doors blocked by a group of sign-carrying Negroes. She first stood there and looked, (left) then tried to push her way through with the aid of o white man Big Lumber Unions Seek Support In Wage Action By United Prti International Officials of two large lumber unions began a bid for support from other unions Friday in their dispute with the "Big Six" North west wood products manufactur ers. Western Regional President Har vely Nelson of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) and Executive Secretary Earl Hartley of the Western Confer ence of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union (LSW) met with officials of the Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Workers Union in Port land. The latter union recently refused a contract offer from some of the same employers involved in the dispute with the lumber unions. The IWA and the LSW went on strike against St. Regis Paper Co. and U. S. Plywood Corp. in Oregon, Washington and North ern California Tuesday night. Four other members of the "Big Six" shut down their opera lions in sympathy. They are Crown Zellerbach, Weyerhaeuser, International Paper and Rayon ier. The combined strike and shutdown idled about 19,000 work ers. Hartley and Nelson released a statement after Friday's meeting with the Pulp and Paper Workers saying they hoped to meet in the next few days with representa tives of the Teamsters. Sailors and Longshoremen's unions to discuss concerted action against the lumber firms. "We believe that through this type of joint effort the member ship of all unions will obtain greater benefits," the statement said. N. Idle Pay Meanwhile, officials of the Ore gon Department of Employment and the Washington Department of Employment Security said many workers affected by the strike and shutdown will not be eligible for unemployment beneftis. They said Oregon law provides workers are not eligible if their idleness is caused by a labor dis pute or by refusal to cross a picket line. The Washington agency said workers on strike, those who re Search Launched For Area Youth A major search by Glendale townspeople for a 16-year-old youth missing from his home since late Friday afternoon got underway. He is Richard Swanson, 16. Several small searches by mem bers of the family were made Fri day night and this morning, but no trace has been found of him. To day, the major search by anyone who wishes to take part, begans at noon at the Jack Day justice of peace court. The boy was last seen hiking along a hillside near his home. He told his sister he was going to walk to Glendale Junction about two miles away and get a milk shake. He showed no indications of wanting to run away, and had only .SO renls in his pocket. He was wearing blue jeans, faded orange meat shirt, black oxfords. He is 5 feet -7 and neighs 130 pounds. His complexion is blond. The youth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Swanson ho live about tuo miles east of Glendale on the Glendale Road. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Cloudy night and morning hours. Partly sunny afternoons today and Sunday. Little change in temper ature. Highest temp, last 24 hours 71 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 53 Highest temp, any June (41) 102 Lowest temp, any June (54) . .. 14 Precip. last 24 hours Precip. from June 1 M Normal June Precip. . 1.5 Normal precip. I to 4 1 31.01 Precip. (rem Sept. 1 33.13 Sunset tonight, 1:51 p m. POT Sunrise tomorrow, 5:13 a.m. POT fuse to pass picket lines and those locked out by employers cannot collect benefits in that state. The strike spread to one inde pendent plvwood producer Friday. The McMinnville IWA local called a strike against Yamhill Plywood Co. at 4 p.m., plant man ager Paul Mathiesen announced. He said supervisory officials will Religious Fanatics Draw Fire In Iran Demonstration TEHERAN, Iran (UPI) Gov ernment troops fired over the heads of small groups of religious fanatics staging new anti government demonstrations here today. Oakland Voters Approve Budget Oakland voters finally gave their approval of the school budg et Friday afternoon. This was the third vote on the budget. The approved amount was $242,965. There were 13? "yet" votes, with 44 dissenting. The original amount placed be fore the voters was $253,589 difference of 110,415. The dis trict has no tax base. Union Approves Fund Assessment Members of the Roseburg Local of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) have voted to accept a SI per man per day strike relief fund assessment. According to IWA assistant man ager Verdo Ligon, the members voted unanimously Saturday morn ing to accept the SI per day assess ment for all members still work ing. U. S. Plywood Corp. is the only plant in the Roseburg area which has been struck to dale. Funds paid by members of in dividual locals throughout the re gion will be sent to regional head quarters for distribution, Ligon said. Business manager .Marvin Wil liams said similar action is being taken by other IWA locals in the jurisdiction of the Western States Regional Council. He said the meeting in Roseburg drew so many members it had to be held outside the union hall, with the aid of loud speakers. He estimated the crowd numbered 500 or more. Legislature Created 12 New Appointive Offices And 1,800 State Service Jobs SALEM (UPI I Twelie new appointee olfices to be tilled by nv. Mark Hatfield, and about I, 800 new state jobs were created by the 1963 Legislature, it was re vealed Friday. The Department of Higher Edu cation got the largest block nf new positions, more than WW. About 450 of these are additions to the teaching staff, according to Freeman Holmer. director of the Department of Finance and Ad ministration. The Slate Public Welfare tie partment got 2BI job openings Holmer said 16 of these ere new "professional positions,'' motly cae workers The other job additions mere scattered throughout other state aEencies and departments. There ft ere 22.-AIQ authorized jnbs in stale service at the end of the 19o961 biennium. inside (center), and after turned and left (right). The because they say the chain or cashiers. (UPI Telephoto) I try to keep the plant open on a limited basis. The union's contract with the company expired June 1 along with all others in the Northwest. Other firms are staying open mi lder terms of the old contract, but Nelson said strikes will be called where negotiations are broken I off. Tho firing dispersed the agita tors, and police said there were no casualties. Further outbreaks were threat ened by Moslem religious leaders, however, and troops carrying bayoneted rifles patrolled down town streets in jeeps. Tanks moved back Into the city, 'i'hey had been pulled out Friday. Many of Iran's orthodox Mos lems oppose the Shah because of his land reform and female suf frage programs. Most of the na tion's peasants are believed to be supporters of the regime. To Disperse Troops Police said they had evidence that today's scattered demonstra tions were planned to disperse troops and police and clear the way for a mass march in the heart of the city. The university, closed by stu dent rioting Wednesday, reopened today briefly. Student soldier clashes broke out and the school was ordered closed again. Troops ringed the campus. Police said religious leaders in Qum and other cities were issuing statements promising their follow ers they would automatically "go to heaven" if they killed a police man or army officer. Gen. Nematollah Nassiri, mili tary governor of Teheran, said a "shoot to kill" order still is in effect. Religious fanatics passed out pamphlets here Friday calling for a holy war against the govern ment "because it doesn't serve the interests of God and it is the right and duty of the faithful to oppose it." Seek Religious Leader Police said they were searching for the religious leader who signed the pamphlet, Ayatollah Mohammed Behhchani. They said he would probably be tried with a limit 150 others who already are awaiting trial by special military courts on charges of fomenting the riots. A ixtlice spokesman said the pamphlet was "nonsense" since a holy war can be waged only against non-Moslems. He admit ted, however, it called for violent ' action to overthrow the govern i merit. This grew to an estimated 24.' 777 for the biennium which ends June 30. The governor's budget recom mendations called for more than 2b.uw slate jobs for the 196345 biennium. New appointments that can be made by Hatfield were listed by his legal advisor, Loren Hicks. The list includes two new cir cuit judges one each for Lane and Washington CountiPs who will take office next January. Hatfield can name a stale fire marshal on July 1. He ill he able to name a di rector of the newly-created De partment of Commerce which will be established in July of 19H4 It is expfcted the commissioner will be named sometime before the effective date of the new dcpait i menL finding herself unsuccessful, group is picketing the store will not hire Negro managers Britain's Famous Hard Luck Drivei Muffs Third Test LISBURN. Northern Ireland (UPI) Britain's favorite wom an driver flunked her third driv ing test Friday when she drove the wrong way down a one-way street. "Everyone else seemed con fused, but I was as cool as a cucumber," Miss Margaret Hunt er, 63. said after the examiner failed her on 12 of the 19 points tested. "They just don't want to give me a license, that's all." Undiscouraged, she Indicated she will try again. "I am very confident of my driving ability. Driving is a passion of my life and I could drive for hours and hours." She first drove Into the head lines in her native Stockport, England last year when her in structor, Stanley Davenport, jumped from her car in mid lesson and fled shouting "This is suicide!" Undaunted, ' Miss Hunter, a re tired school teacher, drove her self home and was fined $3 for driving without a license. Since then her driving esca pades have involved: A demonstration spin wilh a woman reporter aboard that last ed 100 yards before Miss Hunter hit a truck, wrecked her car and was fined $14 for reckless driving. Two driving tests in which she was flunked; once before she be gan because she could get no in surance in her hometown; once for making seven false starts, run ning a red light and parking three feet from the curb. Driving lessons from which two male instructors resigned precipitately. She came to this Northern Ire land town to make a fresh start. "My reactions are loo fast," she said in explanation for her turn up the wrong way street. Low Income Families May Receive Food Here Douglas County Welfare Direc tor Gary Loomas said today those low-income families in the Reeds port area who do not want to wait until June 25-26 to begin taking part in the abundant foods pro gram may come to Roseburg ear lier to be qualified for the pro gram. The Roseburg distribution center is open from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The center is closed on Fridays. Distribution in Hecdsport is sched uled for June 27. Applications for residents of oth er parts of the county will be taken beginning Monday. Hatfield was authorized to name one Oregon representative to the Interstate Vehicle Compact Com mission. This position Kill be open on Sept. 2. He will name five psychologists to the Board of Psychologists Ex aminers which was created by the legislature. The governor will name two members to the advisory com mittee for review and recommen dation of permits for selling logs for process outside the United Slates. The state forester will name the third member. Hicks, who Is still reviewing measures adopted by the legisla ture, said he believed these were the only new appointments opened to Hatfield, but that more than loO hills adopted in the final days of the session have not yet reached his desk for review, Souths Trouble Spots Get Tight (Police Security Wrap By United Press International State police watched potential racial troublespols in North Car olina and Alabama today and of ficers in Jackson, Miss., prepared for 'further antisegregation dem onstrations. A force of 125 state troopers rolled into Lexington, N.C., Fri day to discourage any outbreak of the racial rioting that saw one British Coolness To Nuclear Plan Prompted 'Mac' Meeting LONDON (UPI) - BrlUsh cool ness toward U.S. plans for an Allied nuclear strike force per suaded President Kennedy to in clude a meeting with Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan in the itinerary of his European tour this month, observers said today. The British government an nounced Friday night that Ken nedy and Macmillan will meet June 29 and 30 at Macmillan's country home. The brief talk will be sandwiched between Ken nedy's visit to Ireland and a trip to Italy. The Times of London reported last month that Kennedy turned down Macmillan's invitation to talks here for fear of becoming embroiled in internal British pol itics. The Times said White House circles believed Macmillan wanted Kennedy to come here to help re trieve his government's battered prestige. The report was played up in opposition newspapers. The government's announcement Storms Hit North U.S. D .. ln:aJ Drat. Infrarna.lnMal 1 tl,..n.ln..un.... n,.n..-lnr1 the northern half of the nation today after a aeries of severe storms across the simmering Mid west left at least one person dead. High winds and rain brought a violent end to a day of record breaking heat Friday. TU n,an,ni olimhnrl tn 1ftl He. grces at Concordia, Kan.; 95 at Springfield, Mo.: 99 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and 96 at Council Bluffs, Waterloo and Sioux City, luwa. mi wem iuiuiub. II. ...In.. ll.n niaM a llBBVV llllltl. UIIIH15 me iiiftiifc ,..-,., Jn..nv.M J,tnnnA liail anil HA UCi!llllll ulllllfJVM i, n. ' - inches of rain on the Texas Pan handle town of uozicr. The storm toll: rtl Vjlll.llllllll, JltlVf - " year-old boy was killed and three companions injured wnen ukiu nintf filling hed a tree under which !.., iniilr mfitia riiirinff a thun derstorm, winus up 10 ii iiiiicn ner hour damaged scores of homes and autos in Hamilton County, Ohio. A tnunaorsrorm ai niaumun, Wis., disrupted electric power In ..i ......... nt flia univ-ersitv artciai mw . . j ..it.. Ann tnnrkprl m number Of fires. A University of Wisconsin coed was presumed drowned and two other students were reported missing after 50 m.p.h. winds cap- . Anion aailhnata. Smile 37 other students pitched into the lake by high wave itm to shore. Madison strecta were blocked by felled trees. Power lines and trees were ripped down in Portage, Baraboo, Monroe, Mineral Point and Prai rie du Chien, Wis. A grain elevator was toppled u ac mnli wimli at Kankakee. 111. At Morris, 111., a woman nu a heart attack at the height of the storm anu aiea ieiur icia tives could reach a physician. Glamour Lecture Draws Protest WASHINGTON (UPI) - Some persons were upset to learn inai 105 state ueparimeni secreianna cvi.miniilj iflamnr lee. lure while their colleague! were hard at work on tne v-uoan crisis. But Mrs. Frances Knight, di rector of the department's pass port office, couldn't understand ,k. uha ir.ii a pnniiris nnsi subcommittee that her girls at- queline Cochran, the aviatrix and board cnairmao 01 a r.ew ioi cosmetics firm, as part of a "sec retarial training course." "Did you also invite Helena t..lu.n.fatnV aabiMl Ren John J. Rooney, D N.Y., sarcastically. "No.'1 replied Mrs. Knight ".Wayne next year. "I do not think you will ever do that again, will you?" Rooney asked. I "1 think it's a very good pro- 1 a. . lad I gram. lata nn. m. ,., !brii?hlly. Mrs. KniRht't bo, Abba P. C.L....4 .lfniiilralnP nf I h .HIIWHIIf., oiiiiiiiniii and rnnaular I Affairs, took the unusual step nf . ... ii l iL. remixing Mrs. ivnigni aurr ra bad heard the irate Rooney. c.k. .-t. ...A lira Knight rild not ask permission to hold the ; lecture, lie am not near ni n, Schwartz said, until tnree monuis later, and laid he would not have approved It H he nao been essea man shot to death and a news photographer wounded Thursday night. Lexington Mayor C. V. Sink appealed to persons Friday to stay off the streets but small groups of white youths gathered Friday night and about SO Ne groes attended a prayer service near the scene of the rioting. A thunderstorm scattered the clusters of youths, however, and Friday night attacked this theory by implication when it noted that .Macmillan and Kennedy have met on the average every six months since Kennedy took office. Five Injured In Collision Five Glendale women were In jured when the car in which they were riding was struck by a log truck and rammed into a bridge railing near Grants Pass Friday. lhe five, four of whom were re ported to have required surgery, were taken to Josephine General Hospital in Grants Pass following the accident. A sixth woman pas senger in tho car and the driver of the log truck were not injured. According to state police in Grants Pass, the accident occurred about 6:20 a.m. Friday near the intersection of the Mcrlin-Galice Road and Azalea Drive. The wom en were reported to be on their way to work in a hop field when tho accident occurred. State police said both vehicles were headed west on the Merlin CJ u lice Koad and that the car with (ho six women in it had pulled to tho right shoulder of the road, ap parently planning to make a left turn onto Azalea Drive. The ve- hide, driven by Mrs. Ilcssie May Walson, 42, allowed one log truck to pass, then apparently not seeing a second log truck behind the first, pulled into its path, stato police said. Tho truck, driven by Newton John Leohr of Grants Pass, ram med the car forward 80 feet into the right bridge railing on the Jump Off Joe Creek bridge. Mrs. Watson, her daughter, Wan da, 18, Lorcne Dowdy, 54, and Matlie Regan, 42, were all report ed to have required surgery. A fifth woman hospitalized was Alta West, 48. The sixth woman in the car, Evelyn Watson, was not Injur ed. DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY" ANKARA, Turkey (UPI) Tho prosecution has demanded tne death penalty for 36 of the 103 persons accused of taking part in the abortive May 21 revolt. Grange Award Won By Drain Pair A young husband and wife from Drain have been named "Young Couple of the Year" from Grange couples throughout the state, ac cording to an announcement mado this week by the Oregon State Grange. Stain Youth Chairman YOUNG COUPLE OF THE YEAR Award for the out standing young Grange couple in the state went this yeor to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Boss of Drain, The selection was mode by the Oregon Stole Grange. Mr. ond Mrs. Boss ore members of the North Douglas Grange ond were chosen as o result of their activities in the Grange ond their con tribution toward civis activities. (News-Review photo) police prevented any further gath erings during the night. Police and state troopers sealed off the University of Alabama campus today to all but students and authorized persons. Two Ne groes are scheduled to register under federal court order at the institution next Tuesday. Former Birmingham, Ala., Po lice Commissioner Eugene Connor "As it is now six months since they last met and there are a number of problems they can use fully discuss, President Kennedy and the prime minister have felt that it would be useful to take advantage of the President'! visit to Europe to have informal talks together," the announcement said. Informed sources said a topic high on tho agenda will be the U.S. -sponsored proposal for an Allied force of surface vessels carrying U.S.-built Polaris mis siles and manned by crews of mixed nationalities. This proposal won a tentative go-ahead at the Atlantic Pact council meeting in Ottawa last month. The British are known to be cool to the plan, and were re ported to have emphasized this reserve when Adin. Claude V. Rickctts, vice chief of U.S. naval operations, visited hero this week. Road Agency Calls Bids On Timber Access Road Bids will bo received until June 26 by the Bureau of Public Roads in Portland for a timber access road extending northwest from Tyee along the Wolf Creek and Ra dar Creek drainage basin to a junc tion near the headwaters of Camp Crock. The job calls for grading and bridge construction on this section of the Tyco road which moasurcs 10.587 miles in length. Three re inforccd enncroto bridges are plan ned crossing Little Wolf Creek, Mi ner Creek and Wolf creek. Tho project, to be completed In 270 days, will expedite salvage of blowdown and damaged timber and imnrovo administration of for ested areas by the Bureau of Land Management. Tho bids will be opened at 2 p.m. in tho BI'K Portland oltice. DRINKERS MUST WALK SPRINGFIELD. III. (UPD-StU- dents will have to take a walk if they want to toast their alma ma ter. Tho stato House Friday passed a bill prohihlting tne saio oi in toxicating beverages, excluding low-point beer, within 1.500 feet of state universities. Gerald Riley notified the couple by telephone. They are Mr. and Mri. Bruce Boss, who with their two children, Donald, Vi years old, and Bar bara, six months, live just north of the Drain city limits. Selection for the high honor was mad m told t crowd of about 200 person! at a Citizem Council meeting In Tuscaloosa, Ala., home of the uni versity, Friday night that integra tion could not be stopped with guns and brickbat!. He said the only way to "whip" integration is by boycotting white merchant! who desegregate their businesses, Police arrested 47 domonstra tors at Jackson Friday to bring to 664 the number of persona taken into custody for antisegre gation marches. The demonstra tion Friday was staged despite a Mississippi state court Injunction against such activity. Negro lead ers were told by attorneys for tho. National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored Peopla (NAACP) that the injunction wai illegal and should be ignored. 'lliero were these other racial developments: Raleigh, N.C. Around 180 Ne groes sang in front of segregated business establishments Friday night, several hours after 200 Ne groes staged an hour-long protest march through downtown Ralelglv Tallahassee, Fla. Necroes demonstrated in front of the state . Capitol Friday to emphasize their -demand for state jobs above tha.l level of janitor and yardman. B.v.rly Hills, Calif. About 20 . pickets paraded in front of the . Beverly Hilton Hotel Friday night, ' appealing to President Kennedy,.; staying in the hotel, to sponsor stronger civil rights legislation. ". Austin, Tex. A total of 38 restaurants, or 70 per cent of the eating places in the Toxas capi tal, have agreed to let Negroes start using their facilities imme diately. St. Louis, Ma. Negro Parent! led by a whito woman blocked school buses transporting hun dreds of Negro children to public. schools Friday in a protest against the city's school program. savannah, Ca. Mayor Mal colm McLean vowed Friday night to continue arresting Negroes at tempting to desegregate down town restaurants until the bust ncss operators themselves decide to lower racial barriers. Washington Southern sena tors say. they are ready to fili buster against President Ken nedy'! civil rights program but they fear such action is doomed to failure. The legislation is ex pected to go before Congress next week. Merrykhana Parade 1st Event Of Rose Festival PORTLAND (UPI)- Portland'! 55th annual Rose Festival gets in to tun swing tonight with the Merrykhana Parade. Alwut 500 youngsters were on hand Friday afternoon as the fes tival officially got under way ai Uie Festival Center opened. Tne parade will begin at uie Memorial Coliseum and will end at Lincoln High School Miss Rain Drop, 19-year-old Irene Svensson, is to reign over tho event. basis of contribution to the onv munity and to tho Grange. Many Offices Held Both have held many offices tv the North Douglas Grange. At pres ent, Bruco, a 10-year-momber. kt serving as youth chairman ana nut wife is Grange secretary. Mra. Boss, Donna, also lerved during the past contest year as den moth er of the Grange-sponsored Cub Scout troup, on numerous commit tecs and on projects in conneci Activities were judged for the pe tion with the North Douglas Fair. riod ending May L Making and erecting sign posts, helping with dances, card parties and other com munity activities for enjoyment of area residents were among the projects undertaken by the young couplo. Flood and fire relief assist ance given by the couple also fig ured in tho evaluation of their ef forts. Church Sunday at the Grange waa another of their special proj ects. Bruce Boss, 21, was born In Eu gene and has spent all his life In Oregon and particularly In the Drain-Eugene area. Ha waa grad uated from Drain Union High School in 1957 and Is employed by the Duncan Lumber Co. of Drain. Mrs. Boss was graduated from Ingham, Wash., and spent the first nine years of her life in that area before moving with her family to British Columbia. The family later moved to Riverside, Calif., where Mr . Boss was graduated from Riverside Polytechnic High School in 1957. She attended the Uni versity Business College in Eugene from 1957 to 1958. Married In Creswell The couple was married June 8, 1958, in Creswell at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Maier, who now reside in the Drain area. Bruce's mother, Mrs. Dora Boh, also lives here. In expressing their gratification on being notified of the award, the young couple said they planned to continue their efforts on behalf of the Grange and the community.
