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, ,
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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.
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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.
All were reported in satisfac
tory condition at Klamath Valley
Hospital in Klamath Falls, Ore.,
today.
The Highway Patrol said Tin
dall cut sharply into the opposite
lane in an apparent attempt to
pass anotiicr auto and struck the
Gilmer car lieadon.
to safety by Lowcn's son, Robert
Wyoming Crash Fatal
Mrs. Etta Aphis, 48, Springfield,
died in a one-car crash on U.S.
Highway 30 west of Rawlins,
Wyo., Saturday night. Her hus
band, Earl, 53, and son, Bobby,
30, also were in the vehicle but
were not injured.
Robert Blakeslcy, 37, Ontario,
lost his life when a wheel from a
racing stock car crashed into the
pit area during the Canadian
American Modified Racing Asso
ciation races at Meridian, Idaho,
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