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o no. 5b O '.VJ". Or..-; 'n Festival Near Candidates for queen of the Myrtle Creek Fall Festival can be appraised on page 9. Festival is scheduled this weekend. Loss Suffered Roscburg's American Legion Junior baseball team lost, 2-0, in a 10-in-ning titantic at Legion Field Monday. More action due tonight. See page 6. Estobliihed 1873 12 Pages ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1963 184-63 10c Per Copy O Gov. Wallace Defies Court Prayer Ruling WASHINGTON (UPI) Prayer and Bible reading will continue this fall in many U.S. public schools despite the Supreme Court's ruling that such religious ' exercises are unconstitutional. A nationwide UP1 check showed today that the court's June 17 ruling is being openly defied in some areas. Elsewhere, it is being circum vented by "interpretations" which seem to ignore the plain language of the ruling. Only a few states which previ ously had religious exercises in their schools have issued explicit orders for their discontinuance. Many said they are still "study ing" the matter. Some were un affected because the ruling con firmed their existing laws or poli cies. The survey turned up only two states Pennsylvania and Califor niawhich appear to be acting on the court's suggestion that it is perfectly all right for public schools to engage in "objective" study of the Bible and America s religious heritage. South Defies Ruling Defiance of the ruling has been especially forthright in Southern states, where no politician stands to lose many votes by attacking the Supreme Court and defending the Bible. In Alabama, the State Board of Education defied the Supreme Court Monday and made Bible reading part of the required cur riculum of public schools. Gov. George Wallace said if the courts rule out the practice in a specific Alabama school "I'm going to that school and read it myself." "I would like for the people of Alabama to be in defiance" of the high court ruling, he said. Ala bama law already required daily Bible reading in all state-supported schools and the resolution went a step further in making it part of the course of study. Soutb Carolina's superintendent of education, Jesse Anderson, has publicly notified teachers of his state that they may "feel free" to continue classroom religious exercises. "Continue to read the Bible and pray until someone stops you." The Florida legislature passed, with only one dissenting vote, a bill which allows each county school board to decide what it will do about religion in public schools. The sponsor of the bill pointed out that since Florida has 67 counties, it would take 67 dif ferent court suits to eliminate re ligious practices from the state s schools. But defiance of the ruling is not encountered only in the South. In New Jersey, the state De partment of Education, acting on the advice of Alty. Gen. Arinur .1. Sills, officially notified all lo cal school boards that religious exercises must be discontinued. But the school board of Mahwah, N.J., voted 5-4 to continue Bible reading and recitation of the Lord's Prayer. Spurns Order Similarlv. in Massachusetts, the state commissioner of education formally advised all school dis tricts that the Supreme Court nil fofi'Clearly means that "the Lord's Prayer may not be recited, nor may there be a reading of the Bible for deovitional or religious pin-poses." But the school super intendent of at least one town (Montague) spurned this notice and recommended that religious exercises be continued in the schools of his district Circumvention of the ruling by; interpretation usually proceeds on the premise that the high court merely forbade "mandatory" ligious exercises and did not ob-. ject to voluntary" ones. Paper Firm At Gardiner Joins Big Six Back To Work Program - International Pancr Co. at Gar-' diner has joined the back to work program announced by members ment. work is available, starting struck. James uagiey, general of the Big Six, but U. S. Plywood Wednesday at all western opera-: manager, said that work is avail at Roseburg will feel no effect tions of the company's tang-Bell able to anyone wishing to apply, from the Big Six decision. division . correspondent Dawn Peseau re- The International Paper Co. Gar- Employes To Report ports, diner operations, in a letter to em- Iower house employes were ad-: No Change Here ploves todav spelled out the local v'sl;(i lnat tne' coultl report on i Allen Miller, Eugene spokesman application 'of the association an-! the regular shift on Wednesday, j for U.S. Plywood stated that em nouncement of the "back to work" ; Au- 7- Shipping and maintenance ployes of the Shasta Box Co. at program starting Wednesday ac-1 crews are to report to their re-1 Redding. Calif., and the Douglas cording to A J. Myers, general spective departments on Wednes- City operation in Northern Cali manaoer of the IP Dlvwood and da-v at 8 a m- A" other plywood fornia would be expected to report sawmill operations there. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Fair and warm today, tonight and Wednesday. Highest Temp, last 24 hours Lowest temp, last 24 hours Highest temp, any Aug. 6) Lowest temp, any Aug. (56) Precip. from Aug. 1 Normal Aug. Precip. Normal Precip. 91 to 1-1 18 54 . 103 41 0 .031 32.72 Precip. from Sept. 1 35.0S Sunset tonight, l:2f p.m. POT i Sunriit tomorrow, 4:10 .m. POT & 6 LOIS ANN FROTTEN, now Mrs. John Burke of Hyonnis, Mass., proudly displays her new 5 lb., 10 oz. baby daugh ter, Linda Arlene, to photographers at Cape Cod Hospital. Mrs. Burke on July 18 last year was the girl who plunged 2,500 feet into Mystic Lake on Cape Cod after her para chute failed to open. The baby was born Aug. 3. Both mother and baby are doing fine. (UPI Telephoto) Haitian Exile Into Port Of PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -(UPI) A small invasion force of Haitian exiles who apparently crossed the border from the Do minican Republic advanced today U.S. Plans Retaliatory Tariff Moves WASHINGTON (UPI) The United States announced today it will take retaliatory measures against imports from European Common Market countries for in creased duties placed on Ameri can poultry by the Western Euro pean economic bloc. Christian A. Herter. President Kennedy's special representative for trade negotiations, said that for one thing, the United States would withdraw tariff concessions it has made on items in which the European Common Market countries do 846 million in export west 0f Fort Liberie, and trade with the United Slates per woll)d then miirch 85 mjies soulh i'cjr- J to Port au Prince in their cam- Hearings to determine the cx-ipajf.n t0 overthrow the autocratic tent of U.S. tariff increases will ,-cgjnie of President Francois Du begin Sept. 4. j valier. Herter issued a list of 19 ilems (He said the invasion encount- from which the United States, af- ter public hearings, will select j those on which to withdraw the! concessions it has made to Com-1 mon Market exporters. i The bieeest simile item is wine. I accounting for $22.4 million in to the United 1 sales per States. The next larsest item is made up of trucks and buses, on which sales bv Common Market countries to the United States are i $14.8 million per year. Oilier prin- rc-lcipal ilems include photographic papers, film, gelatin, brandy and electric shavers. The letter stated that in accord ance with the association announce- plant emplovps, unless otherwise directed, are to report on the regu- larlv scheduled shifts commencing with the day shift on Thursday. Aug. 8. Sawmill and lumber department employes, unless notified to the contrary are to report to their regularly scheduled shifts rnday, Aug 9 Gardiner area Woodlands mechan- ics were told to start at the regular day shift. Wednesday. Aug. 7. All other woodland employes except cutting crews are to report at the beginning of the regularly sched- uled shift on Thursdav. Aug. 8. Cutting crews are to conlact their foremen about ien to report. Forces Move Fort Liberte on the northern Haitian port of Fort Liberte, informed sources said here. There were no immediate reports of fighting and no government comment (In Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, rebel spokesman Paul Vcrna claimed the towns of Fort Liberie, Derso, Trou and Limon ade had been captured and a well-armed 500-man force was ad vancing on Cap Ilaitien on the north coast, Haiti's second larg est city. (Vcrna identified himself as a Haitian ex-diplomat and coordina tor for the exile Democratic Na tional Union (UDN). which claims credit for the ivasion. lie said the invaders landed at Fort Liberte early Monday morning from an island somewhere in the Carib bean. He said another landing would take place during the night. (The UDN spokesman said the rebels were led by Gen. Leon Cantave. former Haitian army chief of staff. He said they plan- i ..i.n r iT..;t;nn ...l,,.,!. cred "little resistance" in the first hours.) Veina's statements conflicted with the sources in Port au Prince which said reports of a oOO-man invasion, force appeared , greatly inflated" and said the invaders probably came across the border U,V Idlltl There was no confirmation of miljt....v encasements by reb el and government troops, me situation appeared normal in the Haitian capital and no unusual troop movements were noted Monday on the St. Marc coastal highway leading to Cap Hailien. United States Plywood Corpora - i tion's Rrcdsport operation remainsi to work at the regular times wed- ' nesday. ! However, the remainder of the j ; ft'daliington, Oregon ana California plants would not undergo any : change. .Miller added that the announce- ment would in no way change the present L.S. Plywood policies. An official of the Roseburg In- ternational Woodworkers of Amer - ica local stated that the union had no objection to the mills that were not being officially picketed return- ing to production, but added that ihe strike against U.S. Plywood .:nd St. Regis would continue un - til the union and-the" companies come to terms. i Uef Russian Inspection Plan May Interest United States Rusk .MOSCOW (UPI) Secretary of State Dean Rusk was reported by diplomatic sources to have told the soviet union toaay mat me United States may be interested in a Russian plan to prevent sur prise attacks by placing inspec tors in strategic areas in both East and West. Rusk, cautiously exploring new ways to ease cold war tensions in "the wake of Monday's signing of a partial nuclear test ban treaty, met twice during the day with British Foreign Secretary Lord Home and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrew Gromyko. Rusk was reported to have tak en the initiative at today's meet ings to ask Gromyko to explain the surprise attack plen in great er detail. The surprise attack defense pro posal first was made by the Rus sians in 1958. It was revived by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev in a major Kremlin speech last July 19. It was one of a series of moves he called for including a non-aggrcssion pact between the Western NATO alli ance and the Communist Warsaw Pact to ease world tensions. Khrushchev suggested July 19 Military Pay Bill Approval Due In Senate WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate was expected to pass to day a $1.2 billion military pay raise bill providing increases Oct. 1 for almost all officers and en listed personnel in the armed services. Designed to encourage careers in the military and prevent loss of Uained personnel to private in dustry, the bill represents the first general pay increase for the services since 1958. Backers hoped to finish Senate action on it today and send it to a IIouse-SGnate conference com mittee to work out a final com promise with a different version passed earlier by the House. The administration-backed pay boost was approved unanimously Monday by the Senate Armed Services Committee. It would provide increases rang ing from $5 to $120 a month for 1.9 million officers and enlisted personnel on active duty, and also raise the pay of reserves and about 417,000 retired military men. The Senate version, drafted by a subcommittee headed by Sen. Howard W. Cannon, D-Nev., dif fered in a number of key areas from the House measure. Cannon's group trimmed sub stantial pay raises provided in the House bill for certain retired generals and admirals, and put more money into pay hikes for officers and enlisted men in the middle to lower ranks. The House allowed no increas es for those with under two years service. The Senate changed this, giving officers wilh under two years active service from $20 to $50 more a month, and enlisted personnel with the rank of E-4 and above $7 to $8 a month in crease. Those with two or more years active service would get an av- 1 i' ,"l..I!?redSC: u'" ""iimi, men iron, , lo 5120 a In all. the Cannon group made cms of $36.9 million in the House bill, and added $141.9 million in pay adjustments, for a net in crease of about $5 million a year over the House. 1 On I irf Soraainf - - - fw" ' 1 Held As Hostage PORTLAND (UPI) A man held a police sergeant as hostage for about an hour in the basement cafeteria of the downtown Lincoln Building today before surrender ing and giving up a gun, police reported. Police said the man turned over his gun after a Ulk with his Vet- l erans Administration doctor. The man had fired two shots into the ceiling before grabbing a VA doctor while many per- sons were drinxing coffee, police reported. The man also was re- ported to have had a knife. Sgt. William C. Ilogue talked the man into allowing him to trade places with the doctor. Oth - j ers in the cafeteria had been ; lowed to leave al- After learning the man's iden tity, they called his VA doctor. Police said he turned his revolver, a .38 caliher ElgUsh Weblev, over to Sgt. James Brouillette, who 1 had joined Iloeo, at ! 55 a. The Veterans Administration 1' i an occupant of tbif; building. t To Kg that the inspectors be stationed at such strategic installations as harbors, rail depots and airfields to keep tabs on troop movements that might he connected with a sudden attack by cither side. Husk. Home and oromyko were reported to have discussed such questions as the distribution of the inspectors at today's session. The diplomatic sources said the Soviet side apparently placed ma jor emphasis on observers in both East and West Germany. Purely Exploratory The sources emphasized, how ever, that the Moscow meetings were purely exploratory. If they show there is a real possibility for further East-West agreements, the sources said, they may be followed by a summit meeting be tween President Kennedy, Khrushchev and British Prime Minister Harold Mamillan. Informed diplomatic circles here have speculated that such a meeting might take place during the United Nations General As sembly meeting in New York this fall. The sources said he also recom mpndod any possible agreement include some form of the "open skies" inspection set-up first pro posed by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Gromyko was said to have made it clear the Kremlin would insist on fixed control posts only. Best Possibility Despite these differences, U.S. sources said, the surprise attack plan appeared to offer the best possibility for further tension casing agreements. Signing of a limited test ban agreement Monday was consid ered only a beginning. The world's leaders and news papers hailed the agreement as the start of a new era in cold war relationships, but diplomats here warned against undue opti mism over the prospects of to day's talks. They said that if the Soviets were genuinely interested in reaching a settlement, then the Husk-llome-Gromyko meet ings this week could mark the turning of a corner in the cold war. Express Caution But they also cautioned that the "spirit of Moscow" the So viets have been building up could be as short-lived as the "spirit of Camp Davids," which followed the Kliruslichev-Eisenhover talks in 1959 for a short time or the "spirit of Geneva" that preceded it in 1955. Rusk and Home did not come here to negotiate with the Rus sians. The talks will be purely exploratory and will search out what steps might be taken next to case tension. Shoplifting Control Forum Is Scheduled A forum to help Roseburg area businesses control shoplifting is scheduled Thursday at the Ump qua Hotel. The Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce has set the meeting for 8 a.m. during which the Roseburg Police Department will present a program outlining methods of con trol. The forum is for all personnel having prevention of shoplifting as part of their duties. A film showing how shoplifters , op(,ratc is plamed and a renre- i .,.., ffice ,m pxn,ain ..i,,prp necessary for conviction and the legal liability involved in appre hending shoplifters. Larger firms of the area have been asked to notify the Chamber of Commerce how many employes they will send, so that arrange ments for coffee and doughnuts may be made. Idaho Auto Crash Claims Riddle Man A Riddle man was killed and two companions were injured Mon day in a one-car automobile acci dent about four miles south of Pat terson, Idaho, the United Press In- ternational reports According to a state policeman, the car, driven by John D. Hansen, 40, of Howe, Idaho, was turning right on a curve of a gravel road. He said the car slid off the road, overturned four times and all 1 three occupants were thrown out Killed was Robert Gilbath, about 35. of Riddle. The officer said the' car was apparently traveling at a high speed. It careened 562 feet before coming to fi .ston. Hansen ana s passenger, Glenn H. Wilson, 49, Howe, were brought to a hospital in Challis, Idaho, for treatment. ix Offer Expected ytf Mil 14 SUPREME COURT JUSTICE William O. Douglas and his bride. Miss Joan C. Martin, of Williamsville, N. Y., are pictured after their marriage Monday in Buffalo. Justice 'Douglas, 64, recently was divorced by his second wife in Klickitat County, Washington. A spokesman said Douglas and his bride left after the ceremony for a month's camp ing and hiking trip in Montana and Washington. (UPI Telephoto) Douglas Takes Heads West For Honeymoon BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas headed west today for a month-long camping and hiking honeymoon in the mountains while his former wife prepared for a Mrs. Douglas Sets Wedding BEVERY HILLS, Calif. (UPI) IWcrcedcs Hester Douglas, sec ond wife of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, and Washing ton attorney Robert Eichholz planned to be married today at the home of a friend. Douglas, 84, was married Mon day in Buffalo, N. Y., to the for mer Joan Carol Martin, 23. Douglas and his second wife were divorced last Wednesday. John Metzenberg, a long-time friend of Eichholz, said the cere mony would be performed in his home by Los Angeles County Su perior Judge Irving Hill. He said the wedding prubably would take place in the afternoon, depending on when the jurist would be free. The couple planned to make their home in Washington follow ing a cross-country honeymoon by car. Congress Committee Action On Kennedy's WASHINGTON (UPI) A con gressional committee today held up action on President Kennedy's plan for settling the rail dispute to await results of a renewed ne gotiations between the industry and the train unions. The House Commerce Commit tee suspended consideration of the administration plan after be ing briefed by Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz. Chairman Oren Harris, D-Ark., said after the closed session with Wirt!! that the committee's next step would depend on "any fur ther developments." Harris did not divulge any de tails of Wirtz's "status report" on the possibility of a negotiated set tlement. Harris said he was "not at liberty" to speculate whether labor and management might be able to resolve their controversy without congressional action. Another member of the com mittee said that he felt "neither Forester Promoted PORTLAND (UPI) -Russcl P. McRorey, chief of the lands divi sion in the Forest Service Region al Office in Portland, has been promoted to director of the Forest Service Division of Land Adjust ment in Washington, D.C. McRorey will be responsible for supervising acquisitions right-of way procurement. use-sharing j road agreements and procedures iior boundary surveys, Young Bride, honeymoon trek in Ihe opposite di rection by auto. Mercedes Hester Douglas, -who divorced Douglas last Wednesday for cruelty, will remarry today in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 64-year-old Douglas mar ried Joan Carol Martin, 23, here Monday. The couple had met in October 1961 while Douglas was giving a lecture at Allegheny Col lege in Meadville, Pa., where Miss Martin was a coed. The quiet church ceremony was followed by a family-only recep tion at the home of the bride's parents in suburban Williamsville. The newlywcds then departed for a month-long honeymoon camp ing and hiking in the mountains of Montana and Washington. Later Monday John Metzenberg, a long-time friend of Mercedes Douglas, announced that she would be married here today to Robert Eichholz, a Washington, D.C. attorney. The 48-ycar-o 1 d Mrs. Douglas had been the jur ist's second wife. She and Eichholz, according to Metzenberg, will honeymoon cross country by car, winding up in Washington. Miss Martin was described by friends as a "very pleasant young woman.'- An Allegheny College faculty member said she had done her senior research project on Douglas political philosophy. irore or less optimistic" after the session with Wirtz. He indicated that Wirtz himself was not willing at this point to appraise chances of success. Return Negotiations Meanwhile, carrier and union officials resumed negotiations with guidance from the Labor De partment. "This was a useful session," said Assistant Labor Secretary James J. Reynolds following a two-hour meeting. "I think both sides are seriously addressing themselves to the suggestions Secretary Wirtz made for bar gaining." Reynolds conducted the meeting along with Chairman Francis A. O'Neill Jr. of the National Media tion Board. This morning's meeting in volved the carriers and represen tatives of the Firemen's and En gineers' unions. Another session between the railroads and three train - service brotherhoods Con ductors, Trainmen and Switch menwas set for later today. Described At Exploratory The negotiations first face-to-face bargaining sessions in several weeks were described as exploratory by Reynolds. It was learned that a recent "suggestion" for renewed negotia tions put forth by Wirtz to both sides revolved around general recommendations made last spring by a presidential emer gency hoard. Wirtz's proposals apparently would modify the board ulan so that pme of the Offer Comes As Surprise To Unions PORTLAND (UPI) - Officials. of the International Woodworker of America (IWA) and the Lum ber and Sawmill Workers Union (LSW) were expected to reply to day to an offer of the Big Six employer group to resume work at plains shut down by four mem- uer arms. Coordinating committees of thn two unions scheduled a 3 p.m. meeting to make a decision nn the management proposal. The surprise offer came late Monday as the Northwest lumber strike entered its third month. , Lowry Wyatt, Tacoma, vico president of Weyerhaeuser Co. and spokesman for the employer group said attempts to resume operation would begin Wednesday at plants ot tnc tour members which were shut down June 7 in retaliation for a strike called two days ear lier against the other two mem bers. About 20,000 members of the IWA and LSW are idled at Big Six plants in Oregon, Washington, California and Montana. Some 9, 000 other union members are out on strike against otlier companies in the region including the Georgia-Pacific Corp. Wyatt said work would be re sumed beginning with the day shift on Wednesday, or as soon thereafter as preparatory work would permit, at the woods and plant operations of Crown-Zcller-bach, Weyerhaeuser, International Paper and Rayonier. Struck Firms Too He added work also would be available for the employes of the two struck firms, U.S. Plywood and St. Regis. Wyatt said the association took the action upon review of recent developments involving other lum ber industry firms and the two unions. He said the association employ ers shut down their plants as a defensive move in the face of selective strike action by the un ions against two members of the six-company bargaining associa tion. "The recent combination of cir cumstances no longer requires the necessity of a shutdown in order to preserve the integrity of the associatoin," Wyatt said. "The association believes it is in the public interest to provide this opportunity for employes to return to work at this time." Wyatt said the employers would continue to seek settlement for the dispute. He indicated willingness to meet with the unions at any lime there appeared to be a pos sibility of reaching an agreement. Army To Lot Bids PORTLAND (UPI) Army En gineers will call for bids Wednes day for a bank protection job at Tansy Point four miles west of Astoria. The work is expected to j cost $225,000. Bids will bo open Sept. 10 with a year allowed for completion of the job. Postpones Rail Plan features considered objectionable by the unions would be altered. In another development. Sen. Vance Hartkc, D-Ind., said the "chances arc good" that the Sen ate Commerce Committee might accept a plan he is co-sponsoring whereby the unions and the rail roads would conduct a round of "glass bowl" type negotiations under the watchful eye of a con gressional committee. This is patterned after a rec ommendation by AFL-CIO Presi dent George Mcany. But whereas Meany suggested open-end talks, Hartkc and others put in a stipu lation that progress would have to be demonstrated in 60 days, else Congress would move back into the dispute. Other congressional news: School Aid: Rep. Alphonao Bell, R-Calif., today moved for a show down in the House on the contro versial issue of stopping federal aid to segregated schools. Bell was set to offer an anti-discrimination rider to a federa'i aid bill for vocational education programs. Under Bell's proposal, federal aid would be banned to states practicing racial discrimination in vocational schools. Space Center: Sen. Clifford Case, R-N.J., today conceded the battle to kill a proposed $50 million space research center for Boston. Case agreed that there are not enough votes to stop the project, which is part of the $5.5 billion space au thorization bill. The project was approved last week by the Senate Space Committee, reversing an earlier vote tentatively killing the measure. J is) a e:3
