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Z The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., Aug. 19, 1963 Scotland Yard Seeks Suspect - LONDON (UPI) - Scotland Yard checked passenger lists at London Airport today in search of a' tall, dapper man who may be linked to Britain's daring $7.3 million train robbery. Detectives believed a black sports car left near the airport may have been bought by one ot the gang the day after the Aug. 8 robbery. - Definite proof of the connection was not immediately available when the car was found Sunday flight, but police laboratory ex perts checked it out minutely for fingerprints and other possible clues. Other detectives went to the air port to check passenger lists for the possibility someone linked to the robbery was on an outgoing plane. , So far, police liave arrested five persons in connection with the robbery and recovered $877,420 in Stolen bills. The rest of the gang and the bulk of the loot were the Objects of a continuing wide pread search, Road Crash Puts Four In Hospital Minor injuries resulted from a pair of highway accidents investi gated over the weekend by Rose burg state police. At 8:10 p.m. Sunday a 18S8 sedan "driven by Norman Keith Badger, -16, of North Myrtle Road, Myrtle '."Creek, and a 1958 sedan operated "by Donald Wesley Hamlin, 37, also -of Myrtle Creek, were involved in 'a collision on Interstate Highway 5 .'-near the Booth Ranch Junction "south of Myrtle Creek. Susan Emra, IS, and Ted Sim ;';mers, 16,, both Myrtle Creek, were -passengers with Badger. The girl ;"was taken to Mercy Hospital by an ambulance from Tri-City. Her con dition was reported "good" this "morning. Z Hamlin and four passengers in -his car, Edith Hamlin, 34, and "three youngsters, were taken to Mhe Myrtle Creek Hospital, None ".was seriously injured. State police said the collision oc curred when Badger attempted to 'make a U-turn at the south end, of !a divider and pulled in front of the' pother vehicle which was traveling !outh. All occupants in the Hamlin vehicle were thrown out. e n-,, A second accident investigated "Sunday by Roseburg state police -occurred at 4:55 p.m. and involved n 1953 sedan operated by Paul .james Grlner, 19, of 509 Francis St. "Riddle, The accident occurred on Herbert Lumber Co. mill. """State police said the .vehicle was ..traveling cast when it ran oft the voad and went into a ditch.-, The .driver, It was reported, suffered a "dislocated knee, , of Tractor Contest Winners Named At County Fair Sa pictures pag 11 Roseburg Future Farmers America members walked off with top honors in the FFA-4-H tractor driving contest sponsored by the Roseburg Kiwanis Club at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Satur day morning. Bill Miller won first place in the senior division and his fellow club member Stan Holmgren captured first in the junior division. Miller picked up a $25 savings bond as his award and Holmgren won $10 cash. The Yoncalla 4-H Club claimed second and third place in' the sen ior division, with Larry Russell picking up $10 for second place and Robert Mill getting $5 for the num ber three spot. In the junior division, Gill Clay ton won $6 for second place and Wayne Strohm won $4 for third. Both are members of the Rose burg FFA. A total of 11 drivers, nine FFA and two 4-H, entered the contest, designed to encourage driving skill, safety and good maintenance. The contest involves driving a tractor (with a two-wheel manure spreader attached) through a pre determined course, similating a lane, gates and shed, for parking, One half of the course involves backing. In addition, the entrants took a test of 25 multiple choice questions involving safety, main tenance and engine practices. Virgil Lorn ax presented the awards on behalf of the Kiwanis. a jew-. ?5rSJ 2 Fires Rage Uncontrolled By Unittd Press International Two large fires were racing out of control in the grass and sage brush land of Eastern Oregon to day. The largest had burned about 3,000 acres some 25 miles north of Vale by mid-morning, accord ing to Kenneth Burkholdcr of the Bureau of Land Management in Portland. He said about 150 men, aided by trucks, other heavy equipment and a helicopter were battling to save a number of ranch buildings in the area. The second blaze had burned about 1,000 acres four miles west of Huntington in Raker County. Burkholder said 75 men were fighting the flames in sagebrush and grasslands. He said both wore' man-caused and broke out late Sunday. The BLM mopped up a number of smaller blazes during the weekend, as did the U.S. Forest Service. The Forest Service re ported 35 In Oregon and Washing ton, all but five caused by light ning. They burned only a total of five acres. KEEN INTEREST SHOWN Gov. Mark Hatfeld and his wife made a special point to visit the Glide PTA Traffic Safety booth at the Douglas County Fair Saturday. The two were welcomed by John Bernau, left, in a safety patrol uniform. Others in picture are, left to right, Mrs. Ralph Hickman, secretary of the Glide PTA: Mrs. ' Edward Karcher, vice chairman of the safety committee and Mrs, Fred Bernau, publicity chairman of the committee. (Chris Studio) ' Weekend Highway Mishaps Claim Ten Lives In Oregon By United Pri International Twelve persons lost their lives in accidents in Oregon during the Posse Trail Ride Set For Aug. 24-25 The Douglas County Sheriff's Posse will hold a weekend camp and overnight trail ride Aug. 24 and 25. All members of the posse, Saturday night. Blakeslcy, a para Dleeic. was sitting in the pit area. He was secretary of the Ontario ! together with their invited guests. weekend. Ten died in traffic and 1 Racing Association. ! will attend. two drowned. I Friday traffic accidents killed! The camp will be held at Whis Coy. Hatfield Takes Look At Glide Safety Display Gov. Mark Hatfield, a strong ad vocate of traffic safety campaigns on the community level, took a look at Glide's effort during the Douglas County Fair. injury and death," Hatfield told the Glide safety group. The estab lishment of a network of commu nity safety organizations simil ar to the Glide, PTA group is needed to present a united front Hatfield made It a special point I for traffic safety, he said. to visit the Glide PTA Safety Booth I The Glide booth placed parlicu during his tour of fair exhibits Sat- lar emphasis on the problem of urday: He was impressed, as were other fairgocrs. "It is imperative that citizens of Oregon take an active role in the campaign against traffic accidents, Juvenile Forgery Ring Is Probed PORTLAND (UPI)-Police were investigating operation of a pos sible juvenile forgery ring at Grant High School here. The probe began Saturday when a 16-year-old boy was arrested while trying to cash a forged chock for $23.65 at a Lloyd Cen ter store. Police said they found another forged check, an operator's li cense and Social Security card bearing false names. The youth said he bought the items from a boy at Grant High School for $3. lie said a number of other youlhs also j.had pur-, chased forged items. ' children going to and from school Citizens of the Glide and Dixon villc areas were on hand to dis cuss the problem. The "one room school house" safety booth distri buted hundreds of traffic and pe destrian safety leaflets. Mrs. Fred Bernau, publicity chairman, said her group feels the exhibit contributed to a better un derstanding of highway dangers and a greater respect for traffic laws and their enorcenient in the future. Two other Oregon residents died in out-of-state traffic accidents. Thomas McGrath, 13, Beaver ton, was killed in a two-car colli sion on the Wilsonville - Hubbard Highway near Aurora Sunday afternoon. Three other persons were injured. Anthony Naglich, 47, Portland, was killed when he leaped in front of a moving car on State Highway 213 near Portland early Sunday. State Police called it a suicide. Mrs. Martha Geelan, 63, Auro ra, drowned in a small lake across the Willamette River from Newberg early Sunday. Her body was recovered. Six Die Saturday Traffic accidents Saturday took! six lives in the state. Jimmy Holliday, 9, Rose. Lodge, was killed when he was struck by a pickup truck on State High way 18 near his home in Lincoln County, and Iva Ludwick, 58, ! Stayton, died in a two-car acci dent on State Highway 22 near Stayton. James "Moulton, 40, Veneta, was killed in a one-car crash on State ' Highway 126, 10 miles east of Springfield. David Coursey, 26, : Eugene, lost his life when his ; motorcycle collided with a car at . a Eugene intersection. , Mrs. Helen Krochek, 54, and her son, Robert, 22, both of Spo One 1 kane, were killed in a two-car, about 20 miles south of Roseburg. i Willie Lowen, 41, Keno, drowned in the Link River at Klamath Killed outright was Asa Tindall, Falls while attempting to rescue 69, Mount Hebron, Calif. . jll-ycar-old Stephen Michels Satur-, Iniurr-rl woro Paul fiilnw ! uay aiiernoun. Jlieuuy was uku of Seattle; his wife, Peggy Ann, 38; their children, Robin, 14, Delbert Johnson, 31, Springfield; James Olsen, 18, Portland, and William Easton, 75, Myrtle Point. Groceries Stolen tier's Bend Park, and the trail ride will be in the surrounding terrain. Everett Partin, chairman of the Trail Rides Committee, said it would be easy riding and inexper ienced riders should plan to come. Harry F. Ruchaber complained : He also advised taking swim suits to Roseburg City Police that a and fishing poles. , group of teen-age boys took a wa-l termelon, two loaves of bread and! ... i a package of buns from his de William LdWSOII Smith livery truck Saturday afternoon j while the vehicle was parked at; William Lawson Smith. 75. of East Side Market. I Suthorlin. died Sunday at a local He said the boys raced off in a 1940 or 1941 model vehicle and he tried to follow them in the truck but could not keep up. Police in vestigation was continuing. hospital following a prolonged ill ness. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced later by Wilson's Chapel of 'the Roses. One Killed, Six Hurt ! In California Accident MACDOEL, Calif. (UPI)- man was killed and six other per sons injured in a two-car collision near here Sunday. Kalhy 13, and Peggy Ann, 9; and a passenger in the Gilmer car, Joseph Arthur, 58, San Francisco. 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