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University :f Orc-jj-n Library E'j.'vrvjj Dro t n COi P Tourney Opens Friday Act-ion in tha Roseburg Joyces Tennis Tournament is scheduled to begin Friday, with 16 state tourna ment berths up for grabs. For de tails see Sports page. Sister City City In Brazil considered at "sister city" for vote by Roteburg; residents next week. See story Pago 6. Established 1873 26 Paget ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1963 MO-63 10c Per Copy nn Rr?o fo nn n (MM : : PLEDGE FOR YOUTH The emphasis for this month's visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile is for more young peo ple to donate. D'Ann Fullerton, this yeor's Miss Roseburg, soys she'll do her port. She has pledged to do her part to ward filling the 300-pint quota marked off on the barrel on which she is seated. Since she is only 18, it is necessary for her to have her parents' permission, (News-Review photo) Mississippi Police Press Intensive Hunt For Slayer Of Negro Integrations! JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) Police pressed one of the most intensive investigations in Mississippi his ..toi'y,. today ,for the. .killer of Ne gro civil rights leader Medlar Kvet'R. A price of more than $22, 000 was placed on the head of the sniper. Detectives worked around the clock on several leads including a "good" fingerprint from tha ap parent murder weapon. .Mourning Negroes who had been led by Evers in months of integration demonstrations were called on Wednesday night to start a month of black armband mourning, fasting and abolition of all downtown shopping. Following the slaying, which Ballot Favors New Dunes City DUNES CITY. Ore. (UP Residents of this 1.800 acre tract around Woahink Lake near Flor ence have voted 143-74 to incorpo rate as a town and call it Dunes City. The area has 274 eligible voters. Next step will be certification of the vote by Lane County com missioners and election of five city councilmcn. Supporters of incorporation con tended they were mainly interest ed in home rule, zoning and plan ning and a spokesman denied the move was aimed at blocking a national seashore in the dunes area. A small part of the area is included in a bill by Sen. Maurine Neuberger, D-Ore., to establish a seashore. Douglas County Rodeo Set For Opening On Saturday If you've noticed the tempo quickening and the color increas-t ing in Roseburg and immediate en-j irons it's all because of the Doug-1 las County Rodeo due to get under way Saturday. Colorful western garb is being seen in increasing amounts and. yesterday afternoon and this morn- i ing the roads to the Fairgrounds I site have been carrying the weight j of trucks loaded with rodeo stock I from the Ray Kohrs stock ranch in California. According to rudeo offi- cials. the public is invited to come' out any time and look over the; stock prior to rodeo time. j The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Fair and continued warm today through Friday. Hiohett ttmp. last 24 hours 87 Lowest temp. lait 24 hours 49 Highest temp, any Jun 161) 102 Lowest temp, any Juno (54) ,34 Prtcip. last 34 hours 0 Procip. frorr. Juno 1 . . M Normal Juno Precip. . l.S Normal precip. 9-1 to 4-1 31.01 Precip. from Sep'. 1 33.13 Sunset tonight, 1:54 p.m. PDT Suwrwo tomorrow, 1:33 a.m. PDT President Kennedy called an "act of barbarity," 160 Negroes were arrested during spontaneous marches in this tens capital city There were sporadic incidents of violence, including the stoning of a ponce car Wednesday night in the Negro section. The vehicle was damaged but there were no injuries or arrests. Evers, field secretary for the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Mississippi, was cut down at the age of 37 early Wednesday by a single bullet from a .30 caliber sporting rifle. Evers apparently had some premonition that he might pay with his life for his militant civil rights stand in the Deep South. Widow Speaks At Rally His grieving widow and mother of his three small children told a tearful memorial rally Wednes day night that her husband talked with her briefly Sunday night, saying that if he had to die he would rather be killed in the midst of a fight for his people "than to sleep away" to death. "I don't want his death to be in vain." Mrs. Evers said from the pulpit of a church crowded with more than 900 Negroes. "That would be as big a blow as his death." Evers was shot at close range as he walked from his car to his neat one-story home following a civil rights rally. The bullet pierced his body, entered the house where his wife and chil dren were awaiting his return and ricocheted off a refrigera tor. The bullet was found on a kitchen table. Jay Delxizier. accredited secre tary of the Rodeo Corporation of America, is currently at the rodeo office at the Fairgrounds to sign up cowboy entrants. DeLozier is subbing for Kohrs who this morn ing was taken to Douglas Commu nity Hospital suffering from a pos sible kidney stone attack. Kohrs. along with Delizier and Mrs. Kohrs. arrived in Roseburg Wed nesday, accompanying the first con tingent of the stock trucks. To add to the local color, cow boy contestants are arriving in a steady stream and are quartered in vanous motels throughout the area. Some have brought their own trailers. The rodeo court, selling booster but'ons, is increasing its activity as the final moments before the big weekend event draws near The buttons eniitle holders to admit tance to any or all of three dances scheduled as a pre rodeo specialty Friday night Also, with sale of the buttons, the girls in the court are competing for valuable prizes, first of which is S saddle. For the parade, set for North Roseburg at 10 a m. Saturdav. a total of at least 51 entries was reported M of tha morning. Macmillan Faces Continued Crisis In Sex Scandal LONDON (CPU Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan fought for his political life at a crisis meet ing of his cabinet for the second time in two days today and po litical observers said the next 24 hours might determine the fate of his government. The 69 - year - old Conservative party leader made it clear to his ministers . including three or four reported to be considering resigning that no matter what they did he would seek to lead his regime through the crisis caused by the Profuino sex scandal. Cabinet members filed grimly out of the meeting, most of them returning curt "no comments" to questions. Minister of Health Enoch Powell, reported in both national afternoon newspapers to be "on the brink" of resignation, hurried away, his face set and unsmiling. Political observers said one ma jor resignation such as Powell's might make it impossible for Macmillan to hold together an administration already under fire not only from its opponents but from "the establishment," a term which covers the church, profes sional class and aristocracy from which it drew much of its strength. Asked whether the government would remain together. Minister of Science Lord Uailsham snapped you una out. Minister of Housing Sir Keith Joseph, who earlier had denied that he planned to resign, said "Every minister is concerned by the moral issues," a comment echoed by Deputy Prime Minister K. A. Butter. Although the Labor party has forced a parliamentary debate Monday on the security aspects of the Profumo case, it appeared Simpson Timber, IWA Set Meeting PORTLAND (UPI) The first meeting between officials of one of the two big Northwest lumber unions and an employer since a strike hit part of the industry last week was scheduled here today. Officials of Simpson Timber Co. were scheduled to meet with negotiators for the International Woodworkers of America. The company has a meeting set with the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union next week. Simpson has been bargaining as an independent and was not affected by a strike against St. Regis Paper Co. and U.S. Ply wood last week. Four other com panies shut down their operations in retaliation, idling about 19,000 men. Federal Mediator George Walk er said today talks with both sides involved in the dispute were continuing in efforts to bring Ihem together at the bargaining table. City Airport Group To Talk Petition The Roseburg City Airport Com mission will discuss West Coast Airlines' petition for review of a Civil Aeronautics Board decision against dropping two flights ner day inlo Roseburg at its regular meeting rnaay. The meeting will be held at noon at the city man ager's office. The CAB denied West Coast's original petition to cut the number of flights into Roseburg from four to two. and WCA is now appealing that decision. The City Council Monday night voted to hack the CAB in its decision. The commission will also make a determination of whether or not the rental of flying club aircraft at the airport constitutes "com mercial" activity. Also up for discussion will he a county grant for ramp improve ments, status of the city's request to the state Board of Aeronautics for sealcoating of the runway, and the proposed restaurant adjacent to the West Coast terminal. Congressional Leaders WASHINGTON' (I'PIt Presi dent Kennedy laid his urgent new civil rights program before con gressional leaders of both parties todav but apparently won no im mediate consensus on his pro posals. tine participant said the Presi dent's program, which is not ex pected to go to Congress before next week, will put weight behind school desegregation, equal public accommodations and easier vot ing requirements but not a fair employment practices proposal. "FEPC is definitely out," this member told a reporter Key Republicans, whose sup port m vital rf Congress i to ap many political figures and the public at large were more con cerned with what the bishop of Southwark called "the smell of corruption in high places." Patrick Cordon Walker, who would become foreign secretary in a Labor government, returned from Moscow saying, "It is time to clean things up in Britain." He called for Macinillan's resigna tion. Gordon Walker said, however, that Labor would concentrate in the House of Commons Monday on whether there was a security risk in the fact resigned War Min ister John Profumo shared the favors of party girl Christine Kceler with Capt. Eugene lvanov, a suspected Russian intelligence agent. Venezuela Police Crackdown Follows Betancourt Attempt CARACAS, Venezuela (UPI) -Police cracked down on Commu nists today in the wake of an at tempt to kill President Romulo Betancourt. At least 150 Reds were taken into custody in Cara cas alone, according to a reliable source. The police action followed Betancourt's orders for the "pre ventive arrest" of all known Communists and fellow-traveling revolutionary left movement members. Betancourt Issued the order from San Felix, 465 miles southeast of here. Under current police regula tions, the Reds arrested today may be held without charge for 15 to 30 days. Betancourt called on congress to act speedily on pending emer gency legislation prescribing se vere penalties . (or ' hoodlumism and political crimes, "Today, I inaugurated the arch bishop's palace (in San Felix)," Betancourt said. "If the ' police hadn't been on their toes, my companions and I (at the inaugu ration) might have been blown to bits . . . "Last night, two Communist ter rorists were caught in the act of carrying three sticks on dynamite and a time clock into the palace." Reports from the scene said the time clock was set to explode the dynamite at the hour of the cere monies dedicating the church man's residence. A third terrorist Involved in the dynamite plot escaped, but it was reported that police know who he is and expected to apprehend him. Betancourt, who has been on a 2,500-mile lour of the provinces, announced that he would return immediately to Caracas. Explorer Scouts ; On River Trip Thirty-six Explorers and five lead ers make up the 1903 Umpqua Riv er expedition from the Oregon Trail Council, Boy Scouts of Amer ica. The group rendezvoused at Stew art Park in Roseburg Wednesday for a day of training in handling and packing canoes. . The Expedi tion of 41 Explorers and leaders and 20 canoes started their five day journey down the Umpqua Riv er this morning. There Terminal Point will be at Sawyer's Rapids, six miles below Elklon on Highway :i8. Parents of the boys will pick them up at this point at 5 p.m. June 17. Although all boys on the trip have passed swimming require ments, they all wear life jackets during the entire trip. Many fast moving rapids will be shot by the group. Head river guide for the Irip Is Hank .M inkier, Explorer advisor from Junction City. Minkler has made this trin with the Oregon Trail Council River Expcndition for the past five years. prove the President's ilill tenta tive new legislative proposals. ; planned a news conference later ! today to discuss their position. The White House meeting lasted an hour tnd 40 minutes and was ' another in a series of sessions the President has been holding both with legislative leaders and top officials in business and other fields A Den-orratic source said no commitments were sought by the President and no consensus was j reached. Senate Democratic Leader Mike i Mansfield, Mont., told reporters ithe VShite House conference re I viewed the President's enii rights Apollo Boss, Dr. Holmes, To Quit Post WASHINGTON (UPI) - The boss of America's $20 billion Apol lo project to land two men on the moon before 1970 is quitting his job. He told United Press Interna tional he believed the Apollo pro gram was firmly enough estab lished that it could be carried out on schedule, the country and Con gress willing. But D. Brainerd Holmes, 42, who on Nov. 1, 1961, became di rector of the Office of Manned Space Flight in the National Aero nautics and Space Administration (NASA), wants out of the project. The frustrations, poor pay, poli tics, and budgetary haggling which are a part of government serv ice have proved to be more than he can stomach. Will Help In Transition He will stick around as long as NASA needs him to help make the transition between the now liquidated Mercury program of one-man space flights and the forthcoming two-man Gemini project. In the meantime, for "personal, financial, and family reasons," he will be looking far a job in pri vate industry that will pay him more than the $21 ,000-a-ycar he draws from NASA. Before he went to NASA he was drawing more than $50,000. Holmes denies it, but some of his friends figure he is leaving the government in a mood bordering on disgust. NASA said there had been an understanding when he took on the manned flight job Hint his "obligation for government serv ice" would end in two years. Limit Unanrtounctd That was news. NASA had said nothing about the two-year limit when Holmes- went to worlc.'- Howevcr, in a private letter to NASA Administrator James E. Webb, Holmes had said he would take stock after a couple of years and see whether he wanted to stay on tho Apollo job. Last year he openly disagreed with Webb when the NASA admin istrator decided not to ask Con gress for a $400 million supple mental appropriation Holmes felt was vital to the manned flight program. Melrose School Plans Approved The Roseburg School Board was notified Wednesday night that work ing plans for the addition to Mel rose Elementary School have been approved by the state Department of Education. Ivan M. Luman, director of schoolhouse planning for the state department, advised the board by letter of the approval. Bids on the Melrose addition are scheduled to be opened later this month. The Green Recreation Associa tion was given permission to use the grade school baseball field and restroom facilities for its summer programs. Financial reports on the adult and vocational education programs were given by director Alex Ken nedy, showing the programs opera ted well willun their budget limita tions. Financial reports nn the adult and vocational education programs were given by director Alex Ken nedy, showing the programs oper ated well within their budget lim itations. A contract for operation of Park School was signed with the coun ty. Under terms of this contract, the county pays 50 per cent of the cost of operating the school, up to a maximum of $300 per child. Contracts were signed by the board for purchase of two pieces of property at Winchester to make I room for the expansion or win 'chester Elementary School, Get Kennedy's Urgent Civil Rights Program ; program in "general terms." He said the President's pro i gram "possibly" will go to Con I gress next week, but there were I indications there might be some lurtner neiay w permit wirier con i sultations with community and business leaders. "It s better to be a little more solid and take s little more time, ithan just to rush in," Mansfield said. The Democratic leader said he 1 would hope local and state su j Uiorities would "do what they could to meet their own respon I sihilities" in the current racial i crisis, which ha aaid ia a national I problem. DERAILED TRAIN is examined by a porter standing on the tracks, while passengers look out from th coooh. Six teen cars of the Union Pacific Domeliner passenger train were derailed near Pico Riviera, Calif., causing about 10 ihjuries, none of them fatal. (UPI Telephoto) Conviction Of Provenzano Said Big Victory In War Against Labor Racketeers NEWARK, N.J. (UPI) Asst. U.S. Atty. Richard Levin said Wednesday the conviction of Teamster leader Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano, was a victory for the Justice Department in its war against labor racketeers. "TJie door, has been opened," said the 31-year-old lawyer who served as co-counsel with Mat thew Boyland in Provenzano's trial. Levin said the conviction could lead the way to the con viction of other Teamster union officials. Provenzano was found guilty Tuesday night by a federal court jury of extorting $17,100 from Dorn Transportation, Inc., Rens selaer, N.Y., in return fur labor peace. Levin also said he was "posi tive" that word did not leak to Ihe jurors of the slaying of ex Marine Walter Glockncr In Ilo boken two days after tho trial started. Glockner, 27, a member of a rebel group within Provenzano's 14,000-member local, was to have been a witness for the govern ment at the trial. He was gunned down in the street as he left his home the night after attending a meeting of anti - Provenzano Teamsters. The killing has not been solved. The next day, U.S. District Judge Robert Shaw ordered the jury locked up in a hotel after every session of the trial. Levin said the U.S. marshal's office "did a superb job" of pro tecting the jury "from being con taminated" by news of the Glock ncr slaying, which might have swayed its opinions. Provenzano said ho knew noth ing about Glockner's slaying and announced plans to provide schol arships for the dead man's two daughters. 3 More Performances Of 'Bus Stop' Slated "Bus Stop" a production of the Merely Players, re opened Wednes day night at the Umpqua West Theatre, on the Melrose Road. Tho theatre, formerly known as Prcs chern's Barn, is about two miles west of the Roseburg city limits. The production, will continue through tonight, Friday and Sat urday starting at 8.20 p m. The play has been well-received by those attending. He said the GOP leaders were Included in today's meeting so they could be "in on the 'take off (of the civil rights program), so to apeak." Kennedy, who formally will spell out details of his program in a message next week, also ar ranged to meet at the White House later today with former President Harry S. Truman. He conferred on the racial problem Wednesday with another former President. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Meets Union Leaders Kennedy also planned another major civil rights meeting with about 250 national and state union Headers. He hoped to enlist their Provenzano, regarded by some as the most powerful Teamster union official in the country next to International President James K. Hoffa, was visibly shaken by the jury s vordict of guilty. "I fuel flno, fine," he said gruf fly aa bo stepped into his car fol lowing the trial. To newsmen's questions, the usually talkative union leader said tersely: "Sec my lawyer." He is currently free under $1,500 bail pending filing of a mo tion for a new trial June 26. He could be sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $10,000. Foresters Eye 'Six-Year Jinx' Threat To Woods SALEM (UPI) State forestry personnel, faced with one of the most potentially dangerous fire situations in the state's history, are wondering if the "six year jinx" has really been broken. Every six years since 1933 excepting 1957 Oregon forests have been laid waste by a series of gigantic fires. The six year cycle falls due again this year, and timber blown down by the Columbus Day storm has left forosts throughout Oregon explosively dangerous. The "six year jinx" was born in 1933 when 257,000 acres were blackened in the great Tillamook burn the largest forest fire in the state's history. In 1939 about 200,000 acres of the same scarred area were blackened again. Then in 1941 it happened again in the same area, and 180,000 acres were ravaged. Six years later In 1951 the Tilla mook Burn area was spared, but three major fires, near Scottsburg in southwest Oregon, west of Roseburg, and east of Salem took a 55,000 acre toll. ' The pattern of the "jinx had been well established, and forest ry personnel prepared for the worst in 1957. But there were no major fires that year. help in wiping out job discrimi nation, a major complaint of Ne gro groups. Acting Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher said Uie invitation went to perhaps 250 national and state leaders of unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO. He said the huge Teamsters union whose president, James L. Hoffa, and the Kenne dys are arch-foes was not includ ed because it is out of the AFL CIO. It was the latest In scries of meetings with a cross-section of influential persons whose volun tary efforts to break down racial barriers would supplement the legislative proposals Kennedy Lewis, Logan Release Date Is June 25 SALEM (UPI)-Gov. Mark Hat- field has charged two of Oregon's three industrial accident commis sioners Willi "inefficiency in of fice" and dismissed -them effec. tivc June 25. The dismissal notices were sent Wednesday to Chairman Sidney B. Lewis, Salem, employers repre sentative whose term expires Jan. 7, 1907. and to Emily P. Logan, Corvallls, public representative whoso term expires Jan. 2, 1965. me inira member, William A. Callaghan, Portland, labor renre- sentative on the board, was not aiscnargcn. Both Lewis and Logan told UPI they would not resign. Letter Quoted Hatfield wrote both: "I herehv remove you from the office of in dustrial accident commissioner, effective June 25. If you wish to appear and be heard on your own defense, a public hearing will be neiu Aionaay, June 24, at 2:30 p.m. in the Board of Control room." Attached was a list nf rhnifes. Both were notified thev wnrn he. ing dismissed for "inefficiency in nffien " Warne Nunn. Hntfiolri' event. tive assistant, would not nxnlain what the governor meant by "in efficiency in office." Both Lewis and Logan indicated they would appear at the hoaring. Lewis said "I am not resigning, everything is as usual." Mrs. Logan said "1 am not go ing to resign." Special Bill Killed During the recent legislative session a special bill was intro duced which would have termi nated tho terms of all three com missioners, and allow tho gover nor to appoint a now commission. i ne nui was Killed in Uie House. Opponents sold if tho govornor wanted to got rid of the commis sioners, ho should do it himself, nnd not pass tho buck to the leg islature. Il'hc i- controverslol - workmen's compensation measure, which was killed In the House, in the final days of the legislative session, also contained a provision for ending the terms of the three commis sioners. Rumors that some members nf the commission would resign swept tha capitol Tuesday and Wednesday. All three commissioners said Wednesday they would not resign, hut Lewis said ho might make a statomcnt Inter in the day. It was not until Mrs. Logan ad mitted receiving the dismissal no tice that tho governor's office re leased the text of the demand. Scouting Mishap Takes New Victim ESCALANTE. Utah (UPI) - The 13th victim of the Escalante scouting expedition disaster died Wednesday night in a Panguitch, Utah, hospital, raising the toll to seven Boy Scouts and six adults. Marvin Porchatis, 29, Salt Lako City, died after remaining in cri tical condition since the tragedy 35 miles southwest of here Mon day afternoon. Brake failure caused by an empty master cylinder was blamed for the mishap. The open bed truck, carrying 46 persons, stalled on a steep hill as the driver attempted to shift into a lower gear. It rolled backward, then crashed down a 35-foot em bankment, killing 13 persons and injuring 33. Col. Lyle Hyatt, chief of Utah Highway Patrol, said reports of the patrol's formal Investigation would be turned over to the Kane County attorney who would deter mine whether charges of neglect would be pressed. Mechanic Killed ESTACADA (UPD A mochanie was killed Wednesday at a log ging site 13 miles east of here when a bulldozer slipped off a log and struck his head. The victim was Maynard C. Bevers, 44, of Gladstone! plans to send Congress next week. The President met a week ago with about 100 executives of busi ness chains with hotels, motels, restaurants, retail stores and oth er outlets in southern states. He also has discussed the ra cial problem with a small group of governors, a large group of mayors, Democratic and Repub lican congressional leaders and, on television and radio Tuesday night, with the entire nation. Kennedy conferred for an hour and 10 minutes Wednesday with Eisenhower about the special mes sage on civil rights to be sent to Congress and about "civil rights problems in general."
