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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.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON
THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1963
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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."