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Area Boy, 11
Electrocuted
In Bathroom
A Myrtle Creek boy was a vic
tim of death by electrocution Tues
day, when he fell against an elec
tric heater in the bathroom.
Tobin Nelson Rust, 11, of Klim
back Road, Myrtle Creek, report
edly was taking a bath with two
of his brothers about 6:25 p.m.
when the accident occurred.
According to the report of in
vestigating officials, the bathroom
floor was wet. The boy slipped and
fell into the heater then touched
the metal shower stall. An ambu
lance was called, but the boy was
pronounced dead by County Med
ical Examiner Dr. James Gray,
and a Myrtle Creek physician call
ed to the scene.
The boy was born April 23, 1952
at Myrtle Creek, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson Rust. He had
lived all his life in that commun
ity. He was a member of the Naza
rene Church Sunday School and
the church Caravan Group for bovs
and had been president of the
Junior Missionary Society at the
church. He would have been in
the sixth grade this year.
Surviving are his parents: a sis
ter, Deborah; two brothers, Scott
and Timothy, all of Myrtle Creek;
paternal i grandmother, Mrs. Ma
mie Rust of Ashland, and mater
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Osborn of Myrtle Creek.
Funeral services will be held in
the chapel of Ganz Mortuary at
Myrtle Creek Friday at 2 p.m.
with the Rev. James Lais of- the
Myrtle Creek Church of the Naza
rene officiating. Interment will be
in the Civil Bend Cemetery in Win
ston. Persons who wish are asked to
contribute to a Tobin Rust Mem
orial for the new church which
the Nazarenes are planning to
build in Myrtle Creek.
Jet Fighter
Hits Bomber
MCCHORD AFB, Wash. (UPI)
Coast Guard vessels and planes
were pressing the search today
for the pilot of an F-106 jet fight
er who is believed down in the
Pacific Ocean 15 miles off the
coast of Washington's Olympic
Peninsula.
The fighter crashed into the
ocean after a midair collision
with a B-57 medium jet bomber
at about 1:10 a.m. today. The
bomber later landed at McChord.
The pilot of the fighter, 1st Lt
Roger Axlund, from Sioux Falls,
S.D., was seen to eject from his
plane. The search was being con
centrated in the area between the
mouth of the Hob River and De
struction Island.
Air Force officials said the
sea in the area where the pilot
was believed down was calm, but
the visibility was poor.
South Viet Nam Military Leaders
Accept Responsibility For Raids
SAIGON, South Viet Nam
(UPI) South Vietnamese mili
tary leaders, whose forces are
supported by American aid, put
themselves in direct conflict with
the United States today with their
acceptance of full responsibility
for the recent raids on Buddhist
pagodas.
The military chiefs said they,
and not Ngo Dinh Nhu, initiated
the crackdown which resulted in
the arrest of thousands of Bud
dhist leaders and the imposition of
martial law throughout this Communist-threatened
country.
The statement issued Tuesday
night by the entire joint general
staff headquarters of the Vietna-
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Fair with little change in tem
perature through Thursday.
Highest temp, last 24 Hours 8 .
Lowest temp, last J4 hours 52 !
Highest temp, any Aug. (5) 1034
Lowest temp, any Aug. (54) . 41 I
Precip. last 24 hours 0 !
Precip. from Aug. 1 T
Normal Aug. Precip. .031
Normal Precip. 9-1 to ! 32.72 lowed widespread anti-government ; tion at the Roseburg airport calls
Precip. from Sept. 1 35.05 j demonstrations by Buddhists who j for above normal temperatures
Sunset tonight, 7:54 p.m. PDT charge religious discrimination on through Monday. Highs will be gen
Sunris tomorrow, 4:34 a.m. PDT the part of the regime. I erally 78 to 90 and lows 46 to 56.
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THIS ARERIAL VIEW shows demonstrators gathering near the Washington monument,
(foreground) for the start of March on Washington ceremonies today. Entertainers are
performing on the stage at upper right. The tent at upper left is March headquarters.
(UPI Telephoto)
Actor Wins
With Love
VAN NUYS, Calif. (UPI) Ac
tor George Montgomery won a
struggle for his life Tuesday when
he returned home and was con
fronted by a love-struck former
maid with a gun. Montgomery
had to dodge one bullet that
passed only inches from his ear,
detectives said.
Ruth Wenzel, 37, who Mont
gomery said was employed by
him and his former wife, singer
Dinah Shore, about five years ago,
was bent on murder-suicide, ac
cording to Sgt. J. D. Barton.
"I am extremely sorry for her
mese army was interpreted as a
slap at the U.S. State Department
and was certain to cloud U.S.
Vietnamese relations still further.
The State Department had said
in a statement that the army
leaders had not been forewarned
of tlie Vietnamese government's
plans to arrest Buddhist monks
and attack pagodas to crush op
position to the administration.
It had been reported reliably
that Nhu, brother of President
Ngo Dinh Diem, had engineered
the crackdown on the Buddhists
last Wednesday and quietly took
power in a palace coup.
H ZL i ""
poured millions of dollars and
thousands of men into South Viet
Nam to help the government's
fight against Communist guerril
las, has expressed strong disap
I proval of the stroncarm tactics
used in tne pagoda raids.
The government claims the
raids were staged to block an
imminent plot to overthrow the
administration, which has been
; controlled by the Diem familv
since 1954. The crackdown fol-
Struggle For Life
- Struck Former Maid
and evidently she should be under
medical care," Montgomery, 47,
said. He added that Miss , Wenzel
had been dismissed after working
for him about eight months be
cause of her "erratic behavior."
Police said Miss Wenzel had
been in the home for two days
awaiting Montgomery's return
from a six-week trip.
The actor said he saw her
when he first entered his home
GEORGE MONTGOMERY
.... wins struggle for life
in this San Fernando Valley com
munity and ran -after her into a
bedroom.
There Miss Wenzel pulled a 38
caliber revolver from under a
pillow, police said. Montgomery
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and the woman struggled for sev
eral moments and the gun fired
once before he was able to sub
due her.
Detectives said they found a
note which Miss Wenzel had ap
parently written which said she
Warm Weather Expected
The five-day weather forecast ac-
cording to the Weather Bureau si a
it
didn't want Montgomery "fooling
around with celebrity girls and
ruining his reputation.
The former maid, who came to
this country from Dusseldorf,
Germany, about seven years ago,
also indicated in the note that she
had intended to kill Montgomery
and then herself.
Miss Wenzel was charged with
assault with a deadly weapon.
Montgomery was divorced by
Miss Shore, who since has re
married, in May, 1962. They had
two children, Melissa, 15, and
John, 9.
Heartbreaker
Dashes Hopes
Of Local Club
Roseburg's Lockwood Motors
came within a few feet of keeping
their national championship hopes
alive Tuesday, but dropped a heart
breaking 4-3 decision to Somer
ville, Mass., in the second round
of the Little World Series at Keene,
N.H.
Roseburg and Washington, D.C.,
were eliminated from the national
tournament Tuesday. Washington
dropped a 6-1 decision to Greens
boro, N.C.
The Roseburg squad's tentative
schedule calls for arriving home
sometime Friday morning.
With runners on first and second,
Tom Morrison blasted a long drive
that looked like it might give Rose
burg the victory, but it was taken
against the fence by Somerville
left Holder Vincent Cameho.
Roseburg ended the season with
the Northwest Regional Champion
ship and a highly-impressive 51-12
record.
Details of the Somerville-Rose
burg game appear in today's
wews-Keview sports pages.
Previous to their departure for
KoseDurg, tne team members were
to be guests today of the New
York Yankees at the game be
tween the Yankees and Boston at
Yankee stadium.
Capital
Civil Rights
Rally Draws
Huge Throng
WASHINGTON (UPI) Scores
of thousands of chanting demon
strators from all over America
marched from the Washington
Monument to the Lincoln Memo
rial today in the nation's greatest
rally for Negro rights.
It was a symbolic "march for
jobs and freedom" which covered
an actual distance of only eight
tenths of a mile. But demonstra
tion leaders called it a trek of
far greater dimensions for the
future of America. They said:
"We march to redress old
grievances and to help resolve an
American crisis.
The marchers came here
aboard 20 special trains, nearly
700 buses, nine chartered planes,
ana Dy car ana foot. An early
morning trickle of arrivals
swelled in a few brief hours to
scores of thousands.
Estimate Huge Crowd
At 11:15 a.m. EDT, police esti
mated the crowd jammed be
tween the monument staging
grounds and the Lincoln Memo
rial at 100,000 and still growing.
The weather was ideal. The
marchers appeared in holiday
mood. The mass turnout came to
resemble a gigantic revival meet
ing. The demonstrators came to the
capital singing. At the monument
grounds they broke into a vibrant
chant of "freedom, freedom, free
dom." This refrain was repeated
at intervals throughout the rally.
Placards, issued by , march
leaders, carried these, legends
"No U.S. dough to help Jim
Crow grow."
"We demand equal rights
now."
"We demand an FEPC (fair
employment) law now."
"We demand an end to police
brutality now."
President Views TV
While religious and union lead
ers supported the rally, and thou
sands' of white demonstrators
marched with Negroes down Con
stitution and Independence avenues
to the pillared memorial which
houses the heroic brooding statue
of the man who freed the slaves.
About one marcher in 15 was
white.
The White House said President
Kennedy, who has an important
political stake in the outcome of
the civil rights struggle, had "seen
some small portions" of dem
onstration events on television.
Every sort and condition of hu
manity was represented well-
dressed young men and women,
a few women in slacks, many a
clergyman in clerical grab, an oc
casional white beatnik in beard
and sneakers. A Negro in a wheel
chair came to "help my people."
A giant cross made of wooden
stakes was erected on the grassy
slope near the Washington Monu
ment. A throng gathered before it
and sang the civil rights "freedom
song."
The folksinger, Odetta, led a
huge audience in an emotional
version of "Where I Stand." Those
who didn't knew the words swell
ed the song's rhythmic beat by
clapping hands in unison.
As the thousands were pouring
into the monument grounds, lead
ers of the march were calling on
congressional leaders to plead lor
a strong civil rights measure.
No Specific Promises
A. Philip Randolph, chairman
of the march, said Speaker John
McCormack gave them assurance
that if a fair employment amend
ment is added to the civil rights
bill, it "will get through the
House."
But the leaders got no specific
promises from Capitol Hill on the
form in which the civil rights bill
may eventually be passed or
when.
The march organizers had
promised they would do their, best
to preserve order, and the crowd
generally was in a serious but
good natured mood.
Police herded George Lincoln
Rockwell, leader of the American
Nazi party, and a group of follow-
ers to one side of the monument
to keep them from heckling the
demonstrators.
When Carl Allen, Rockwell's
deputy commander, attempted to
make a speech without a permit-
police warned him three times,
then arrested him. Before his ar
rest, the only one by lata morn
ing, Allen said:
"We are here to protest by as
peaceful means as possible the oc
cupation of Washington by forces
deadly to the welfare of our
country."
RESCUE WORKERS don their rescue gear in preparation before going down main shaft
of Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.'s Crane Creek postassium operation. Some 25 workers are
trapped at about the 3,000-foot level of the mine. (UPI Telephoto)
Rescue Teams Start Search For Victims
3,000 Feet Underground In Utah Mine
MOAB, Utah (UPI) A multi
million dollar potash mine near
here was shattered by a fiery ex
plosion late Tuesday, trapping 25
men 3,000 feet below the earth's
surface.
Rescue teams were hopeful
today that at least some of the
men were alive. They said there
was a possibility that parts of the
crew were stranded in passage
ways leading from the base of the
vertical shaft of the mine where
rescue squads worked in 130 de
gree temperatures.
And, a worker who was blown
through a plywood windshield
while standing on the head frame
above the shaft top was doubtful
they survived.
'The way the explosion knocked
me back I'm sure it must, have
come from the bottom of the
mine," said Matt Rauhala, 47, a
MOAB, Utah UPI) A rescue
worker searching through debris
at the site of tho Moab mine dis
aster made voice contact today
with nine of the 25 man trapped
underground. '' -i -' ',
bucket dumper who was not seri
ously hurt. "The explosion was so
strong I really don't think that
anyone in the bottom could have
survived it."
Steve Hatsis, state mine inspec
tor, also was doubtful.
The situation is very, very
grim," he said. "It would be a
miracle if anyone is alive."
Hatsis reported that huge quan
tities of carbon monoxide were
flowing from the mine. He said
the carbon monoxide meant that
Cash Stolen;
Police Seek
Two Suspects
Law enforcement agencies are
still looking for an out-of-state car,
it's man and woman occupants and
about 51,200 they are suspected of
taking from a service station at
the Riddle Junction Monday morn
ing. State police report the larceny
took place about 11:30 at the Free
way Shell Service Station at Riddle
Junction, operated by Norman Gra
ham.
Graham told investigating offi
cers a man and woman in the out-
of-state car came into the station,
purchased $2 worth of gasoline.
then the woman went into the rest
room. She came out in a few min
utes and reported to Graham that
the plumbing was plugged.
Graham went Into the rest room
to check on the plumbing and when
he came out the car and occupants
were gone.
He told officers he had been pre
paring a bank deposit, and when
the customers came into the sta
tion, he put the papers and money
for deposit in a drawer. When he
started to continue the deposit
check, the money wasn't there.
An immediate call was made to
police and patrols in the area alert
ed. An all-points bulletin has been
put out, but so far no trace of the
suspects has been found. A good
description of the car and occu
pants was obtained by Graham.
Children Blamed
For Three Fires
By United Press International
Three more fires caused by chil
dren playing with matches were
reported today by the Oregon
forestry Department.
They were among 11 small
blazes noted Tuesday on state
protected forest and rangelands.
Two of the children caused
blazes occurred in Central Ore
gon, and the other in the Clacka
mas-Marion district. This brings
to 11 the number of such blazes
reported by forestry officials dur
ing the past five weeks.
All of Tuesday's fires were
small, and all were reported out
or controlled.
debris probably was still smolder
ing in the mine, designed
primarily for commercial fertiliz
er production.
However, Hatsis conceded there
was a chance some of the men
were in an air pocket.
The men had been working in
three groups one in a shop area
near the base of the shaft and
the others in the two horizontal
passageways tunneled in opposite
directions from the shaft.
Blast Cause Unknown
The area in the mine and cause
of the blast were not known. But
rescuers theorized that if tho blast
originated in one of the passage
ways, members of the crew In the
other might be alive.
Another factor was continued op
eration of high pressure steel pipe
lines which supplied compressed
air for the workers' tools. The
blast did not knock out the lines
Above ground, the mine and
nlant buildings, sprawled over a
wide area a half mile from the
Rescuers
Signs That Bova
Is Still Alive
SHEPPTON, Pa. (UPI) Res
cue workers drilled through 305
feet of earth, rock and coal to
day to the chamber where they
beieve Louis Bova, 42, has been
trapped since Aug. 13. They low
ered a microphone and camera to
detect possible signs of life.
The super-sensitive mike, cap
able of picking up the slightest
breath or heartbeat, was lowered
by rope down a 12V4 inch wide
shaft, which was completed short
ly after 8 a.m. GUT, A camera
also was lowered.
Lt. Richard Anderson, a U.S.
Navy survival expert, listened at
the surface through specially de
signed earphones for any trace of
Bova.
All drilling stopped and the
crowd of onlookers was pushed
back to cut down the noise. Res
cuers said the mike would be "left
down there" until it was definite
ly established whether there was
a trace of life. They said this
could "take hours."
Though there has been no com
munication from Bova for eight
days, David Fellin and Henry
Throne who were dramatically
rescued early Tuesday believe
their comrade still may be alive.
The effort to locate Bova . also
involved two other shafts a
three - inch hole that was nearly
at the 178-foot mark, and a 6V4-
inch shaft that had progressed
more than 100 feet.
The shafts, within a dozen feet
of each other, were plotted by
Fellin. 58, who blueprinted
today s drilling.
Auto Crash
Claims 2
A California woman and her 10-year-old
son were killed today in
a one-car traffic accident oocurlng
at the Sutherlin Interchange on
Interstate Highway 5.
The victims were Mrs. Albert
Stevens of Palo Alto and her son,
Peter Craig.
Three other occupants in the
car- the woman's husband and
two other children, were taken to
Douglas Community Hospital were
reportedly not seriously Injured,
according to Roseburg state police.
Investigating oficers said the
accident oc cured when rear tire
of the oar blew out, causing the
vehicle to go tnto a skid and go
over a 25-foot embankment.
The two victims were thrown
out of the car.
Colorado River and situated in a
picturesque valley formed by steep
cliffs, was bustling with rescue
operations.
"The number of men has been
definitely established at 25," re
ported Frank Tipple, general man-. -agcr
of the Texas Gulf Sulphur
Co. plant. "The blast knocked out
the mine's communications and
we are not certain of the men's
location."
Twenty four of the men, em
ployed by Harrison International
Co., were putting finishing touches
on tho shaft and an underground
chamber when the explosion oc
curred at 4:40 p.m. PDT. The
other worker was a Texas Gulf '
inspector who had entered the
shaft when the crew's shift start- -ed
an hour and 10 minutes
earlier.
"There was a violent surface
disturbance," Tipple said. "Smoke
later curled forth from the shaft
but cleared up in about an hour
or so."
Rescue Squads On Scene
Three rescue squads were sent to.
the mine, located 18 miles west
of Moab in the rugged Badlands.
The small community is in south
eastern Utah, 237 miles from Salt
Lake City.
The rescue teams, working in
groups of three men each, were
equipped with tanks containing a
two hour oxygen supply. They
were brought to the surface for
rest periods after working in the
shaft for an hour;
Moab's civil defense organiza
tion was activated. A Civil De
fense spokesman said emergency
blood supplies were on hand and
a 20-bed hospital was available.
There were only four doctors in
Maob. Additional physicians and
clergymen were summoned to the -scene
from surrounding areas in
the state. -
Slaying Suspect
Shot To Death
By Detectives
NEW YORK (UPI) One of
two men wanted in the killing of
two New Jersey policemen was
snot to death today in a violent
struggle with detectives in a mid
town Manhattan hotel room.
The dead man, Frank Falco,
23, had been sought since early
Monday when the two oficers
were forced to disrobe and then
were shot to death in the Angel
Lounge, a mgntciuD in Lodi, N.J.
Thomas (Rabbi Tom) Trantino
25, Falco's alleged companion in
the New Jersey shooting, still
was at large.
Lawrence McKearney, Manhat
tan chief of detectives, said his
office received a tip late Tues
day that Falco was hiding out in
the hotel where he had registered ,
under the name of J. Rello, of
Newport, R.I. .
Lt. Det. Thomas Quinn said he
used an emergency key to enter
Falco's room and found the sus
pect asleep on a bed.
Quinn said he took out his gun,
placed it against Falco's throat
and ordered the suspect to get
up. He said Falco woke up
screaming, grabbed the detec
tive's gun and a hand-to-hand
battle followed during which six
shots were fired.
Quinn said both he and Falco
were holding on to his revolver
during the struggle. The officer
said he emptied his gun.
"I don't know how many times
I shot him. I was mainly inter
ested in holding on to my gun,"
Quinn said.
Seconds later four other detec
tives raced into the room and
one of them shot three times at
the suspect. Falco fell dead on
the floor.
Police said later Falco had
been shot seven times.
Trantino and Falco were ac
cused of slaying Det Sgt Peter
Voto, 40, a father of three chil
dren, and probationary patrol
man Gary Tedesco, 21.