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THE CHAMPIONS' DUGOUT abounded with joy Tuesday
night after Lockwood Motors won the Northwest Regional
American Legion Junior baseball championship. Dick
Williams, left, and Bob Manning, standing beside dugout,
shake hands after Williams fired a three-hitter to claim
the win over Billings. Standing next to Williams is Bruce
Wassom. Beside Manning are Mike Markham and Tom
Morrison. (Bob Leber Photo)
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THE BIGGEST THRILL for Roseburg baseball fans and officials alike came Tuesday night
when American Legion heads presented the 1963 Northwest Regional championship tro
phy to Roseburg's Lockwood Motors following. their "4-1 win over Billings, Mont., in the
championshp game. Coach Bill Harper is pictured holding the second regional trophy
won, by one of his teams. The first came in 1956. Left to right are Legion baseball com
mitteeman Jerry Coen, assistant coach Don Severson, Harper, and team manager Jim
Brittson. (Bob Leber Photo)
Pentagon Chief Claims Test Ban Treaty
Would Improve U.S. Military Postilion
WASHINGTON (UPI) The
S-'cntagon's research chief told the
Senate today that the limited nu
clear test ban treaty would "ac
tually improve somewhat" rather
than damage the U.S. military
position.
Dr. Harold Brown testified that
even if the Soviet Union cheated
on the treaty "to the maximum
extent possible" with secret tests,
they could not obtain "any sub
stantial military gain" compared
with unrestricted nuclear testing.
Street Resurfacing Slated
For Business Area Streets
; served, actually improve some
Motorist cooperation was urged ience and public patience and co-iwhat the position of U. S. vis-a-vis
todav in connection with a street i operation is urged during the con-j the Soviet Union as compared
"redecking" improvement schedul-1
ed to get under way this morning On the day when work for a par
in southeast Roseburg. i ticular street is scheduled, crews
Public Works Director Kenneth j of the city Street Department will
Meng said streets bordering the clean that street and install "no
downtown area will be closed or parking" signs. Meng warned it
blocked off at times while the work may be necessary to haul away ve
is in progress. This work activity i hides which arc left by owners
is expected to continue until the on the posted streets,
middle of next week. Roseburg Streets where work is scheduled
Paving Co. is contractor. j will be blocked off for approximate
Meng said the city will post signs four-hour periods while the im
directing traffic to alternate routes j provement activity is in1 progress,
while work on a particular street Eight streets are involved in the
is under way. These interruptions ; project. Work consists of putting
to the normal traffic flow are ex-1 new wearing surfaces on cstablish-
pected to create some inconven- j
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Mostly cloudy nights and morn
ings, fair afternoons today through
Thursday.
Hiahest temp, last 24 hours 81
Lowest temp, last 24 hours 51
Highest temp, any Aug. () iuj , Jackson from Douglas to Court;
Lowait temp, any Aug. (56) . .. 41 I Friday, Cass and Overlook from
Precip. last 24 hours Otchadwick to Terrace; Monday,
Precip. from Aug. 1 T Aug. 26. Main from Mosher to
Normal Aug. Precip. .031 : Hawthorne and Jackson from Mosh-
Normal Precip. -l to 8-1 32.72
Precip. from Sept. 1 35.05
Sunset tonight, 8:07 p.m. PDT
Sunrise tomorrow, :2 a.m. PDT
The Defense Department re
search - engineering director fully
supported the treaty and the gen
eral views given previously to the
Senate foreign relations, armed
services and atomic committees by
defense Secretary Robert S. Mc
Namara. Brown's testimony followed as
surances by President Kennedy lo
the Senate that he would carry
out "safeguards" to protect U.S.
security against possible Soviet
treaty violations.
stmction period
ed streets.' Specifically, this in-
i voives putting a 1-inch lift of as
i phalt on the existing surface.
Roseburg Paving Co.'s tentative
i work schedule for the streets was
I announced as follows:
i Today, Fowler from Court to
Deer Creek Bridge and Court from
Fowler to Jackson: Thursday
1 Main from Douglas to Court and:
er to Blarclv: Tuesday. Aug. 27.
. tentatively expected to finish up, per 70's and 80's and lows of 45
i with Jackson from Haynes to to 55. A few showers are expected
I Waite. 'in northwest Oregon.
By BILL SPARKS
News-Review Sports Writer
Dick Williams, who had his siz
zling fast ball and his sharp-breaking
curve nipping at the corners
of the plate all night long, pitched
a brilliant three-hitter to lead Lock
wood Motors of Roseburg to a 4-1
victory over Billings, Mont., for the
Financial Aid Needed
For Finals Broadcasts
Plans are being made by
KQEN to broadcast the games in
whir-h Rcseburg will participate
in the national, finals.
The costs involved are so
large, however, that the station
cannot meet them in the usual
way and has, therefore, turned
to Roseburg area baseball fans
for help. Donations to aid In de
fraying the expenses involved
are being received at all three
Roseburg banks.
Northwest Regional championship
Tuesday night at Legion Field.
Williams kept an overflow rec
ord crowd of 3,501 on the edges
of their seats (or on their toes for
those who weren't lucky enough to
find seats) as he blanked the pow
erful Billings squad for eight
The President, at his news con
ference Tuesday, .also rejected a
charge of physicist Edward Tell
er that the American series of
atmospheric tests in 1961-62 was
curtailed for political reasons by
the administration.
The President said Teller's
charge, aired Tuesday before the
three-committee group, was not
"Valid."
Substantial Expenses
Brown said today that while
"substantial but not overriding"
reasons exist for conducting at
mospheric nuclear tests, any vio
lator would have to incur "very
substantial expenses" to have even
a chance of avoiding detection.
Brown concluded: "The treaty
! before the Senate will, if fully ob-
with a situation where both sides
are not bound by a treaty to re
frain from tests in the prohibited
areas."
The treaty would ban all but un
derground explosions.
On the controversial question of
whether the treaty would deter
development of an effective anti
missile system, as contended by
Teller, Brown said U.-S. anti-mis
sile development efforts "arc com
parable in magnitude and success
with those of the Soviets.
The research expert added that
"with or without U. S. nuclear
tests" American missile systems
would be able to penetrate any
existing missile killer network
"with a large margin of safety
in effect saying the Russians
have not developed an effective
system.
Cooler Weather Due
The five-day weather forecast ac
cording to the Weather Bureau sta
tion at the Roseburg airport calls
for temperatures averaging a little
: below normal with highs in the up-
straight innings before yielding a
lone run in the top of the ninth.
With Jim Beamer and Bob Man
ning providing the power (plus an
assist from Mike Blomberg in the
base running department) Williams
struck out 14 Billings batters to
give Roseburg its first regional
championship since 1956.
The next stop is Keene, N.H.,
Where the Lockwoods will meet
the winner of the St. Paul, Minn.-
Omaha, Neb. regional playoff at
7:30 p.m. Sunday (EDT).
Coach Bill Harper said the team
will leave Roseburg from the high
school at 1 p.m. Thursday and
board a jet for the Little World
Series site at 7 a.m. Friday.
The regional championship TueS'
day night was a fitting tribute to
Harper, who made bis final borne
appearance in the third base
coach's box for the Legion squad.
Harper, whose 1956 team finished
third in the national tournament,
will leave Roseburg this fall to join
the staff of Oregon Mate Universi
ty. Williams came back from a top
flight relief job Monday night in
which he preserved a win over
Lewiston, Idaho, and went the full
nine innings to gain the win. He
was rewarded not only by the vic
tory for his team, but also by be
ing named the "outstanding play
er" in the tournament.
Center fielder Bob Manning, who
hit 11 for 23 in the tournament,
won the "outstanding hitter" tro
phy. "Outstanding sportsman" tro
phy went to Billings shortstop Dale
bcilley. (Detailed story page 6).
Israel-Syria
Flareup Gets
UN Attention
JERUSALEM, Israel (UPI)
United Nations truce observers to
day rushed an investigation into
the latest flare-up between Israel
and Syria in anticipation of an
emergency U.N. Security Council
meeting on the tense situation.
Gen. Hail Yahu, Israeli foreign
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what' Ire' termed "Syrian" -aggression."
Clashes occurred Tuesday
on the ground and in the air.
U.N. sources in New York pre
dicted the Security Council would
meet Thursday or Friday to hear
the Israeli complaint.
(In Damascus, Syria accused
Israel of violating the truce.)
Situation Deteriorating
The always potentially danger
ous situation in the Middle East
began to deteriorate suddenly
Monday when Israel charged that
two 19-year-old Israelis were
killed by Syrian gunfire while re
turning from work in the fields.
Yahil said the two youths were
more than a half-mile inside Is
raeli territory and "not in the de
militarized zone" when 10 Syrians
in uniform opened fire on them.
He claimed Syrians have staged
70 incidents since the first of the
year.
Tuesday night the governmnt
announced that French-made Is
rael Mystere jets damaged at
least one Russian-made Syrian
MIG17 during a dog fight over
Israel. A spokesman said the air
battle followed two clashes be
tween Israelis and Syrians in the
area of the Sea of Galilee.
(In Syria, Damascus Radio said
one Israeli jet was shot down by
Syrian planes when it crossed
over Syrian territory and that all
Syrian aircraft returned to tbeir
bases safely. It accused Israel of
violating the truce by opening
fire first on the ground.
Call Emergency Session
(The Syrian army reported it
knocked out one Israeli armored
car and inflicted a "number of
casualties." No Syrian losses
were reported.
(The Syrian National Revolu
tionary Council convened in an
emergency session in Damascus
Tuesday and instructed its U.N.
delegation to call the "serious
ness of the situation" to the at
tention of Secretary General
Thant.)
Accidental Shot
Fatal To Youngster
A 10-year-old Oakland boy was
accidently shot to death at bis
home early Tuesday evening, state
police reported today.
They said the boy, Craig LeRoy
Kopp, was rushed to Douglas Com
munity Hospital, where he was pro
nounced dead on arrival. Craig,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Kopp.
Rt. 1, Box 76A, Oakland, had been
playing with a 12-year-old brother
when the accident occurred, state
police said.
According to the police reports.
the brother said he and Craig were
at the barn on the Kopp ranch and
he (the brother) had been shooting
at hawks. The brother placed the
rule against a building and bad
left when he heard the shot, police
said. Craig was shot in the stom
ach, they said.
The accidental shooting took
place about 6 p.m.
South Viet Nam Under Martial Law
Injured Man
Still Alive
In Coal Mine
HAZLETON, Pa. (UPI) Res
cue workers began anew today
the grueling task of drilling
through 33r feet of rock and
earth to reach three miners
buried for nine days in a cave
in. A 12-inch drill ground to within
138 feet of two of the miners
Tuesday but the hoped-for escape
channel had to be abandoned
when one of the trapped men,
David Fellin, 58, reported by tele
phone that pressure was causing
cracks in the ceiling of the tiny
chamber where ho is entombed
with Henry Throne, 28.
' The third miner, Louis Bova,
42, is separated from Fellin and
Throne by a wall of debris.
Sixteen hours were consumed
in sinking the probe. Its with
drawal indefinitely prolonged the
desperate effort to rescue Fellin,
Throne and Louis Bova, 42.
Suggests Removal
Fellin, communicating through
a six-inch-wide hole drilled ear
lier, suggested that the probe be
moved. Officials withdrew their
equipment and planned a new
probe 18 feet west of the present
hole, to start as soon as the drill
could be moved.
Fellin and Throne have been in
good condition throughout their
ordeal. They joked and conversed
with their wives over the phone
Tuesday. But for 39 hours since
9 a.m., EDT, Monday Bova
o remainca sneni ne wasi
feared dead. i
Three taps i -the "traditional
sign of safety in the Pennsylvania
mines disclosed late Tuesday
that Bova still was alive. Fellin,
who had shouted to his co-worker
to tap, relayed the dramatic news
to the surface.
Rescue workers, officials, sepc-
tators and newsmen shouted,
Eva Bova, 32, froze, then sank
gratefully into the arms of
friends. She was driven to her
home in nearby Pattersonville for
some rest.
Not Bleeding
The Bova family doctor asked
Fellin to determine if Bova was
bleeding. By the tap system, the
trapped miner indicated he was
not, and that he was not covered
by rock. Nevertheless, there was
concern about his condition.
A cave-in last Tuesday caught
the three men deep in the mine
shaft. As debris tumbled down
the shaft of the mine, Fellin and
Throne dove in one direction,
Bova in another: the plummeting
rock separated them by about 18
feet.
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RESCUE WORKER presses his ear to the six-inch pipe
through which communication ond supplies ere main
tained with trapped miners in Pennsylvania coal mine,
some 300 feet below the surface. Two of the trapped
miners communicated with the third in onofher part of
the shaft, by topping on the wall and told rescuers the
third man was injured, but not covered with rock. (UPI
Telephotn)
An Editorial
It's Been A Glorious Week
What a proud, glorious week it has been for Roseburg
sports fans.
-Saturday night, the State all-stars spearheaded by
two of Roseburg's greatest football players, won the
'Shrine All-Star game for the first time since 1956.
But overshadowing even this show was the great per
formance of the American Legion Junior baseball team.
It won the Pacific Northwest Regional championship
for the second, time in an exceptionally successful his
tory. The last such championship was in 1956.
The week will go down in the annals of Douglas Coun
ty sports as one of the great ones, but there's still more
coming in both football and baseball.
Fans will be watching quarterback Paul Brothers and
lineman Doug John, a couple of high school all-Ameri-cans
who seem destined to reach high college pinnacles,
for another four years as they play for Oregon State
University.
More immediately, Roseburg's tremendous Legion
Junior team will make its bid for the biggest sports
title ever bestowed on a Roseburg athletic 6rganization.
It will try to better the record of the 1956 team which
earned the ranking of third team in the nation at the
national playoffs.
Whatever it achieves at Keene, N. H., next week, it
has earned much more this year, and particularly dur
ing the last week. They have earned the respect of op
ponents and fans alike. They displayed the greatest at
tributes a fine sports group can display sportsman
ship, modesty and fair play of the highest order.
The Roseburg Legion was cited as one of the two fa
vorites in the regional tournament, but it was soon evi
dent the team members recognized their role as hosts.
They played hard and they played to win. But a lot of
little things reflected their efforts to conduct them
selves on the highest level of sportsmanship. Many
people will remember, for example, Jim Beamer's ac
tion in offering the rosin bag to an opposing batsman.
Officials and coaches attending the tournament were
unanimous in their praise of the team, as well as the
community. With the conduct of both fans and team,
Roseburg can expect to be selected again for this out
standing baseball tourney.
Meanwhile, Rosebuvg and the rest oODqubIus Qpunty
T "cuii swell with pride for' the 'kind of "young man it is"
sending baclc to New Hampshire to represent them at
the national championship playoff.
The county and city also owe the team its continued
support in the week ahead. But the season attendance
figures of more than 50,000 paid leaves little doubt that
support and good wishes of a lot of fans will go with the
new champions.
Joint City-County Zoning
Study Under Consideration
The Roseburg Planning Commis
sion will recommend to the' City
Council that it enter into a plan
ning program in cooperation with
the county for a complete study
and revision of the zoning ordin
ance. .
The decision was made at a
meeting of the commission this
week.
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Also under consideration is. the
possibiity of temporarily splitting
the present commercial zone into
two commercial classifications.
one of which would affect com
mercial development in residential
type areas.
Essentially, this zone would per
mit only those commercial enter
prises which are compatible with
residential areas and would in
volve, according to the proposal.
restrictions as to the manner in
which these commercial enterpris
es could develop. Zoning would
place controls on these develop
ments in regard to such things as
noise barriers and landscaping.
The commission, which consider
ed the proposal at its meeting this
week, plans to review zoning set
ups of other cities prior to the
commission's next meeting with an
eye to making a possible change at
that time.
In other matters this week, the
commission reviewed a proposed
surplusing of three unused parcels
of city-owned property referred
from the City Council. The com
mission recommended the proper
tics be surplused, finding no need
to retain the property from a
planning standpoint.
Robert Stultz, representing Wal
ter Ulrich, presented a nronosed
property development for Ulrich
propertylying in the Nw Kline
and Lynwood area and north of
NW Calkins. The commission made
suggestions but no action was tak
en. Gardiner Pipeline
Dredging To Start
Undersea dredgin? operations for
installation of Inteirational Paper
Co.'s pulp and paper plant efflu
ent pipeline at Gardiner will begin
late tl.is week or early next week,
general manager Tom l'ayne said.
The Salvage Chief, a specially
constructed 204-foot tug boat, own
ed and operated by Portland sal
vage diver Fred Devine, will drop
anchor in the surf off the Umpqua
north beach. With two anchors
ashore, it will begin the back and
forth operations which will jet out
a trench 3.000 feet Into the ocean.
A specially-constructed propellor
will do the jetting for laying the
44-inch pipe, which consists of four
inches of concrete.
Crisis Hits
Diem'frRule
SAIGON. South Viet Nam (UPI)
President Ngo Dinh Diem de
clared martial law inrougnouc
South Viet Nam today and sent
his heavily-armed troops storming
through pagoda headquarters of
Buddhist opposition. -
At least 100 Buddhist monks
were arrested in raids carried out
under a state of siege decreed by
Diem amid reports that a coup
d'etat was Imminent.
In a massive crackdown on
anti-government elements,, the
president appointed a new mili
tary governor of Saigon and .: a
new chief of staff. He also im
posed press censorship.
The long-smouldering religious
political crisis in this Southeast
Asian country exploded suddenly
early today when thousands of
soldiers and policemen swept into
the main Xa Loi pagoda and
rounded up more than 100 monks!
The government forces fired
pistol shots and used tear gas
bombs and hand grenades as they
swarmed into the center of Bud
dhist opposition to Diem's author
itarian regime.
Raid Other Pagodas
Soldiers also raided at least
three other pagodas in the mos(
serious flare-up of violence in the
la-week dispute between the gov
ernment and the Buddhist major
ity over alleged religious discrim
ination. Thousands more troops were
deployed at vital points in and
around Saigon at the airfield, the
national xadlu building, the presi
dential palace, telephone and
power stations and road intersec
tions. '
It could not be determined im
mediately whether there were
any casualties in the raids.
The sudden crackdown on anti
government elements took placo
just a day before the new U. S.
ambassador to Saigon, Henry Ca
bot Lodge, was due here to re
place Frederick Nolting. Lodge
arrived in Tokyo today en route
to Saigon, but refused to com
ment on the Vietnamese situation.
A presidential decree broadcast
by the national radio declared "a
state of siege throughout the ter
ritory Of Viet Nam, beginning
from the day of the publication
of the decree and continuing until
further notice."
Warned Of Coup
The decree was broadcast just
a day after Diem's brother and
chief adviser, Ngo Dinh Nliu, was
reported to have warned the
country's military chiefs that a
coup, was brewing and ordering
them to be on guard.
The Buddhists, who comprise
about 70 per cent of the popula
tion, charge they are being per
secuted by Diem and his top
aides, who are Roman Catholic.
The government counter-charge
that the Buddhist protests, which
have included at least five sui
cides by priests, are politically
inspired.
The national radio said that
under the presidential decree the
armed forces are entrusted with
the responsibility of preserving
public order and security. It said
the military was empowered for.
the duration of the state of siege
to:
Search houses and arrest all
persons whose activities are con
sidered harmful to public secur
ity. Forbid public gatherings like
ly to endanger public order and
security.
Restrict press freedom and
control radio broadcasts, films
and theatrical plays.
Prohibit the holding and cir
culation of all printed materials
harmful to public order and se
curity. U.S. Plywood
Crews Return
R. J. Moore, manager of the
U. S. Plywood Corp. plant in Rose
burg, said the majority of the
plant's full crew was back on the
job Wednesday.
The plant reopened earlier in the
week after being closed down about
two and a half months when the
IWA went out on strike against all
U. S. Plywood planta in the North
west as part of a move against
the Big 8.
Agreement between the unions
and the Big 6 was reached last
week and ratified bys the union
members Sunday.
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