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Kyi iv ; r7 V- EVEN WITHOUT ENGINE, it's fun to be oirborne says this pilot of a glider which took part in the annual Roseburg Airport Recognition Days and Air Show over the weekend. Pilot Don Hunt is shown as he arrives back on the around after a soaring flight into the blue. Gliding was just one of a host of events in two jam-packed afternoons of air activities. See story, page 1 . (News-Review photo) Pennsylvania As Lightning By United Press International Fair and dry weather prevailed over most of the nation today aft er scattered severe storms ruined crops in North Carolina, knocked out utility service in Pennsylvania and lashed Montgomery, Ala. The storm in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County Sunday knocked out electrical and telephone serv ice in several Pittsburgh suburbs. The storm dropped the tempera ture 16 degrees in two hours. A lightning bolt struck and kill ed a 15-year-old girl in Shawnee State Park near Bedford, Pa., and another bolt struck a home in Brentwood, Pa. Damage To Tobacco Crop ' The hail and lightning caused thousands of dollars of damage to the tobacco crop in eastern BRING YOUR- Sewer Drainage Septic Tank Drain Field Excavating PROBLEMS T0-PRE-MIX CONCRETE PIPE CO. 672-2694 CARTER TIRE CO. COODYEAR SAFETY CENTER Brake and Front End MICE COMBINATION OFFER All 3 For Rc9 Just Say . . . "Charge If Take 6 Months To Pay . . . 95 Girl Killed Bolt Strikes North Carolina. The damage ran between 80 and 90 per cent on some farms. A roof was blown off a lumber company in Coats, N. C. In Virginia, a severe thunder storm hit six cities, killing a 72 year - old Hampton, Va., man, causing at least one fire and dumping enough rain to create some flooding. The downpour at Montgomery buildings and knocked out power. A steel storage shed was de molished and the debris scattered over a 30-foot area. A small tornado was reported to have touched down near Tam pa, Fla. causing minor damage. Residents Mop Up Tulsa, Okla., residents con tinued mopping up from an 8.7 inch rainfall the hardest rain in the city s history. The Satur day downpour sent small creeks out of their banks and drove about 200 persons from their homes. More than a dozen minor fires were caused by lightning, and dozens of cars were submerged at Hooded intersections. Unofficial damage estimates ran as limit as S100.00C. For the 24 hours ending Sunday night. Oklahoma City, Okla., re ported 2.07 inches of rain and Midland, Tex., .96 inches. During six hour periods Sunday, Atlantic City, .V.J. and Glens Falls, N.Y., received 1.43 inches each, Cape Henry, Va., 1.18 inches and Springfield 111., 1.12 inches. Only... ANY AMERICAN CAR ALIGN FRONT WHEELS 7 - And Steering Gear Adjustment 10.50 Reg. Front Whesl Balancing 4.00 Brake Adjustment And ITZ Front Wheel $$j&Bt. 4.50 Final Rites Slated ! For Crash Victim i Funeral services (or Fred Lee Dickinson. S3, Elkton, are sched uled Tuesday at 2 p.m. in uie urst Christian Church in Elkton. Dickinson was killed in an auto mobile accident Friday at Odell Lake Junction in Lane County. He was reoortedlv on his way to East ern Oregon to take a job on a ranch. He had been a log truck driver in the Elkton area for 14 years. In the same accident, three Massachusetts residents were in jured. State police said Dickinson's car (ailed to negotiate a curve on Highway 58 and collided with a car driven by H. Alden Bunker, 27, Lenox, Mass. Bunker's wife, Ju dith, 27, and Lucille Perry. 16, Hi tarn. Mass.. were passengers in the Bunker venicie. uicKinson was Dorn juiy 0, ivw, in Holdenville, Okla. He would have been 54 Sunday. He was married to his wife, Lizzie, Dec. 19, 1934. She survives him at Elkton. Also surving are his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. George Dick inson of Fresno, Calif.; four sons. Fred A. and Donald R., both of Roseburg, Ray H. with the U. S. Marine Corps in Honolulu, Hawaii, and James 0. with the U. S. Air Force in England; and two daugh ters, LaWanda Solomon of Elkton and Margaret L. Maddox of Peta luma, Calif. In charge of the service at Elk ton will be the Rev. Ed West of the Elkton Christian Church. Inter ment will follow in the Elkton Cem etery. Oakridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Three Youths Hurt In Auto Accident Three teen-agers received minor injuries Saturday night when the car in which they were riding went off the road and rolled over twice near the junction of the Wilbur and Del Rio roads. . Injured were the driver of the ve hicle, Myron Clell Goin, 19, and two other youths, Jim Vernon Van Zandt, 14, and Walter Luther Nee- ley, 16, all of Sutherlin. A fourth boy, Raymond Wayhc Fowler, 14, ot uakiand, was reportedly not in jured. Roseburg state police said the boys were in a 1958 station wagon wmeh was traveling south on Wil bur Road. At the junction of Del Rio Road, the police report stat ed, the vehicle skidded, flipped over the south bank of Del Rio Road, rolled over twice and came to rest on its wheels. The accident occurred about 7:45 p.m. The injured boys were taken to the hospital by ambulance. All were treated and released Sunday morning. No injuries resulted when cars driven by William David Ledbet ter, 18, of Winston, and Pamela Boatright, 17, of Roseburg, collid ed on Garden Valley Road near , the W. Kline St. entrance, at about 7:10 p.m. Sunday. State police said the 1961 model car driven by Ledbetter was travel ing east and the other car, a 1959 sedan, west, on Garden Valley Road. Officers said Ledbetler's car failed to negotiate a sharp turn, crossed over the center line and smashed into, the front end of the other car. Damage to both vehicles was reported minor. Ledbetter was cited for failure to drive on the right side of the road. There were four passengers in th car with Ledbetter. They were Steve Jimmy Melson, 18, Richard Lee Green, 18. and Laurence Syl vester Norton. 21. all of Winston, and Oscar Harry Simmons, 22, Roseburg. A passenger wilh Pamela Boat right in the other car was Frances Beth Simpson, 17, of Roseburg. Park Improvements Slated For Review The Roseburg Park and Pl.iv. ; ground Commission will meet Tues- ! aay at 4 p.m. in the office of the I city manager to review Stewart Park improvements and other ac ! livitics in city parks. I At Stewart Park, the improvc I mcnls to be discussed are road I construction, Softball field, golf 1 course. Legion Field, the irriga tion plan and master site develop ment plan. It will also review the Junior Chamber of Commerce tennis pro gram, .outh golf tourney and plan ned steps for future work on Mu nicipal Pool renovation and repair. Park Director Tom Keel will give a report during the mcetine on such subjects as youth employ-! ment, departmental reorganization I and maintenance schedules. j Chairman Robert Norton notes ! that the status of land acquisition i for Gateway Memorial Park will also be discussed. LOST tU LICENSE 10 0l' Set ROLF'S PREFERRED INSURANCE 'If Inl Iclm lauiliraiati Ituiilli 939 S. I. Stcphent 673-8166 DON'T BE DEAF!! YOU MIGH1 GET HELP! H. A. Kirlland BELTONE Consultant 0"fM t'ite'4 Dflf No. Ill FREE Heorino, Test in Your Homo PH. 679-5024 Mon. Hire Sot. Ptitrc im Si?tent for All Mi SUIO'tf MV Bf 0L AV,rVF 9 ft ' i 441 in 'fin lMf Roseburg's Roseburg Sister City Chairman Peter Serafin has received word its request (or a sister city in Mex- MARX KIN GUEST MOSCOW (UPI) Frederic Longe, great grandson of Karl Marx, has arrived in Moscow as a guest o( the Soviet I'nion of Artists and the Karl Marx Muse um, according to the Tass News Agency. 11 m 1! swumos I Ud To 1 imi mi m ' til 1 I 1 ipf I I 1 MEW'S ftnv fttomS, lt I 6lttS' I Condonets,ffc I spR'NG regular v a ffcNS, 1 I WIJ BUY iv- 1 1 WEAR M0RE-V i npnn.. rnilC I rllAU i l! 1! I OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 9:00 )f''TrrT.. . jgipjMiMM'iimiii 1 "'"WJIMIHI r Sister City ico is getting the attention of the U. S. Informalion Agency in that country. Although the Roseburg Sister City Committee will make the fi nal selection of the Mexican city with which it will affiliate, the VS1A will make efforts to outline a list of Mexican cities which might be interested in the aftiliation. The report was made by Rich ard Oakland, director of Town Af filiations in the American Munici pal Association, which has been the fan ft3 si id) ffl rn re Program Gets Attention clearing house for efforts to secure, affiliations. He noted the AMA has no active j requests from Mexican cities at j present, so it will rely on the CS1A, for recommendations. I MORE THE MERRIER KING LYNN. England (UPD Mrs. Alice Auker, 68, claimed to day she was Britain's top grand mother with 50 grandchildren and commented: "1 wouldn't mind if 1 have a hundred." She has 10 married children. Meanwhile, the Roseburg Sister City Committee is busy compiling: its own list of possible cities based on comparable populations. The cit-j ies are being taken from approxi-i mately the northern two-thirds o( the country. The plan is to select a city which is not too distant for feasible travel from Roseburg. The committee decided increase of the likelihood of personal contact be tween the two cities would form Mon., July 29, 1963 The Of AMA an even stronger bond in an affili ation. Cities with populations of 2U.00 m au.uw win ot' considered. When this list is compiled, it will be m.'itrhpd with th urn i-w.ni,.,.l from the L!S1A. The Sister City program is part of the People-to-Pcople program de signed to promote greater under standing between the people of the United Slates and other countries of the world. News - Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 266 S. E. Stephens St. Phone OR 2-3393
