Page 2 The Newt-Review Tue., Nov. 26, 1963
Johnson Sets Meetings
With De Gaulle, Home
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Presi
dent Johnson, meeting with a
series of world leaders at the
White House, conferred nearly
an hour today with Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev's top
Kremlin lieutenant, Deputy Pre
mier Anastas Mikoyan.
Mikoyan, summarizing his
talk with the new President,
said: "We had a pleasant con
versation. . .in which we touched
Assault Charge
Jails M.C. Man
Donald E. Warner, 52, of 150
Mill St., Myrtle Creek, has been
arrested by the sheriff a de
partment and lodged in the
Douglas County jail on a com
plaint charging him with as
sault and battery by means of
force likely to produce great
bodily harm. He is being held
in $2,500 bail.
Others booked at the county
jail over the weekend are Ed
win Hilcy Hanford. 23, of 4364
Stella St., Roseburg, probation
violation, and Jerry Robert
Eddy, 20, Winston, also booked
for parole violation.
Del Rny Carr, 28, of 22C8 Kerr
St., was arrested by the sher
iff's department on a complaint
charging assault and battery.
" Vern Medford, 47, Damascus,
has been committed to the
county jail for 40 days in lieu ofj
a $230 fine imposed for drunken
driving and malicious dostruc
tion of public property, from
Suthcrlin Municipal Court.
Victor Thomas Gratz, 19,
Drain, has been lodged by Yon
calla police on a charge of at
tempting to elude a police of
ficer. Bail is set al $300.
Daniel Alvin Pitt, 31, of 635
Chestnut St., Roseburg, is book
cd at the county jail on a Coos
County warrant charging truck
overload.
Mary H. Ward
Funeral services for Mary
Hlttson Ward, 62, of Talent
who was killed in a one-car
accident on the interstate high
way one mile north of Grants
Pass on Nov. 24, will be held
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the
Conger-Morris Funeral Home in
Medford. Interment will follow
in tlio Siskiyou Memorial Park
in Medford.
Mrs. Ward was well known for
her activities on behalf of civil
ian employes on Pacific Is
lands who were captured by the
Japanese in 1941 and imprison
ed until 1945, being the organ
izer of "Workers For Wake,
Guam and Cavitc. She report
edly devoted over 23 years of
her life to aiding both the men
involved and in many instanc
es, their widows and children.
Several of the men who sur
vived the imprisonment report
edly live in the Roseburg area.
Mrs. Ward was reported to
have "adopted" some 900 men,
women and children who were
affected by the capture of the
islands and to have made many
trips to the nation's capitol onl
their behalf.
She was born March 8, 1901
In Memphis, Ton n., and was
married to Leonard Ward in
Yuma, Ariz., in 1928. The cou
pie had resided in Southern Ore
gon since 1950, moving there!
from Southern California.
Besides her husband, M r s.
Ward is survived by one sis
ter, Margarete, of Pal m
Springs, Calif.
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Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Utng
It Sliuklc Memorial Chapel. Pri
vate committal will follow at
Roseburg Memorial Gardens.
Northeast
PORTLAND (UPI) - Two
state representative from north
eastern Oregon dpclared today
they will oppose the Boardman
Industrial Park legislation now
awaiting action at Salem.
Hep. Jack L. Smith, D-l'on-don,
and Rep. Clinton P. Haight,
D-liakcr, announced their deci
sion in a statement at a press;
conference. Haight, who had
gone borne when the legislature
recessed after the assassination!
of President Kennedy, did not
attend the conference.
"We want to save Roardmani
for Oregon's tomorrow, not gio:
It away for the sake of political
expediency today," the lawmak
ers said.
"These b 1 1 1 s ask us to give
tne Hoeing Company carte,
blanche in using to Its owni
romplrto advantage our state's!
upon matters of mutual interest."
The Soviet official, here as
Khrushchev's representative at
the Kennedy funeral, was asked
if the possibility of a Johnson
Khrushchev summit meeting
was dsscussed.
Mikoyan replied: "We did not
specifically discuss that subject
but we are of the opinion that
the policies of the United States
and our country on matters
such as this remain as they
were."
However, Johnson, moving
quickly to lay the groundwork
for his foreign policy, arranged
to meet with two allied leaders
in the near future.
At the time of his assassina
tion, the Late President John F.
Kennedy had indicated no im
mediate plans to meet with
Khrushchev, although personal
relations between the two
seemed to be growing more cor
dial. Pressed on the question of a
summit conference, Mikoyan
smilingly begged off with the
comment: "1 have to leave it
to the discretion of Chair
man Khrushchev."
The new President's first tan
Bible step was to arrange to
confer formally next year with
French President Charles de
Gaulle and British Prime Mm
ister Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
Cow Is Rescued
From Swim Pool
Something new has been add
cd to the list of services usually
performed , by a local towing
company. According to a report
this morning from Wall's low
inK and Ambulance Service,
they are now in the business
of removing cows lrom swim
ming pools.
This latest service was per
formed after an emergency call
Sunday morning from Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hansen ot m. i,
Box 350, on the North Umpqua
Highway in which they report
ed that one of their cows was
standing all but submerged in
the family swimming pool.
According to the llansens,
somo disturbance was heard
around their place in the early
hours Sunday, but a check in
the backyard revealed nothing
amiss. When the Hansen's arose
about 8 a.m. and went into the
backyard, one cow from their
scattered flock was in the swim
ming pool valiantly holding its
head above water but apparent
ly about ready to give up the
effort. The pool is around seven
feet deep in one area, the Han
sen's report.
A daylight check showed that
tho nighttime disturbance was
the cattle getting out of their
usual fenced environment. The
stranded cow apparently mis
took the dark plastic winter cov
er of the swimming pool for a
safe walking surface.
Rescue was accomplished by
means ol a sung pin aruuiui wu
animal and a crane to lift it
out of the pool. Latest reports
indicate that the animal, in poor
condition at the time of the
rescue, is now well on the road
to recovery.
Opal E. Willis
Mrs. Opal E. Willis, former
resident of Roseburg, died Sun
day at Pasadena, Calif., accord
ing to word received in Rose
burg today.
She was born April 12, 1!U2,
in Portland. She and her hus
band hail lived in both Port
lun am Roseburg and left
Roseburg about five years ago,
moving to Pasadena.
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Rosary will be said at Cabot
and Sons Mortuary in Pasadena
tonicht. Requiem mass will be
celebrated at 8:15 a.m. Wed
nesday at St. Andrews Catholic
Church in Pasadena. Interment
will follow at the Resurrection
Cemetery in San Gabriel.
Oregon Solons Oppose
finest remaining Industrial sile,
under a lease which was hold
lo be unconstitutional In several
clauses by the attorney general
last frmay."
Their announcement came aft
er another Democrat, Mouse
Speaker Urn Musa of The Dal
les, came out In favor of the
legislation to clear title to the
land so Boeing would honor a
i7yoar lease signed July 1.
"To me 77 years is a whale
of a long time." Smith said to
dav. 77-Yer "Tieur"
'It is not a good idea to tie
up valuable land for "7 years
and tie up the tax base on that
land, while a, the same time
giving Coring a right to sub
lease that land and saying they
must only occupy part of it."
Smith represents Gilliam,
This was done in advance of
Johnson's meetings later today
with Soviet Deputy Premier
Anastas I. Mikoyan and West
German Chancellor Ludwig Er-
hardt.
Johnson and De Gaulle ar
ranged Monday night to confer
in Washington next year, pos
sibly in February.
At a White House meeting
this morning, the President and
Douglas-Home also agreed to
meet "early in the new year.
The British leader said, how
ever, no time or place for the
get-together has been set.
Sir Alec told newsmen after
the meeting that he and the
President talked of "some out
standing problems but only
briefly." They decided to post
pone a more full discussion un
til their meeting next year, he
said.
No Actual Business
The British leader told news
men: "I have taken this oppor
tunity at the President's re
quest to come here for a talk.
We did not, of course, on this
occasion do any business but
we agreed to keep close con
tact as there had been in the
past. When the time comes,
President Johnson will propose
a meeting early in the next
year.
Johnson arranged to see visit
ing foreign leaders who had
come here from throughout the
world to attend the funeral of I
slain President John F. Ken
nedy. His first caller today was 71-ycar-old
Emperor Haile Sel
assie of Ethiopia. The African
ruler told newsmen he was
"very happy" with what he
termed his "small talk" with
the President. ,
"We wish for the American
government and people and
President Johnson that God will
find it possible to give peace,
happiness and prosperity to
mankind, Selassie said.
Other callers on the Presi
dent's list were Philippine Pres
ident Diosdado Macapagal and
Turkish Prime Minister Ismct
Inonu.
City Council Meet
Set For Tuesday
The Roseburg City Council is
scheduled to act on a City Plan
ning Commission recommenda
tion to proceed wilh plans for ... Dvmmm DaLJa
off-street parking facilities in
the central business district
urea at its regular meeting
Tuesday night.
The meeting, originally sched
tiled for Monday evening, was
postponed one day in deference
to President John's call for a
national day of mourning in re
spect lo the late President John
F. Kennedy.
The meeting will start at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Three public hearings are set
for Tuesday night. They arc
(1) proposed acceptance of work
on the W. Pilgcr Street sani
tary sewer extension; (2) on
proposed assessments for the
NW Lynwond Drive sanitary
sewer extension; and (3) the
proposed annexation of property
lying cast of NW Kline Street
and north of NW Calkins Road,
with 100 per cent consent of
property owners.
The Airport Commission is
scheduled to report on progress
of a survey being made by
aviation consultant, R. T. Lam-
son, on improvement!! needed to
he made by the city to insure
futuro airline travel here
Mourning For Kennedy
Slows Mothers' March
The national day of mourn
ing observed for the late Presi
dent John F. Kennedy put a
damper Monday on the sched
uled Mothers' March for Mus
cular Dystrophy in Roseburg.
Although some workers made
their rounds in an appeal for
Ml) funds, many others will be
contacting their neighbors to
day and Wednesday, drive lead
ers reported.
Sherman, Wheeler, Umatilla
and Morrow counties, the latter
the site of the 100.000-acie pro
ject. Haight represents Baker
and Grant counties.
"I hove had to finally come
to the realization that if 1 am
to represent the people of East
ern Oregon, 1 must take this po
sition, Smith said,
lie emphasized that he does
not believe termination of the
Boeing agreement would be the
end of industrial development
at Boai'dmau. nor would it ne
cessarily mean the end of Boe
ing's interest in the area.
"1 have nothing against Boe
ing as long aa they sign a lease
at least as favorable to the state
as to themselves.'' he said.
lie predicted the state would
not have any trouble finding ten-
lants for an Industrial site as
Thanksgiving
Services Set
By Churches
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ing are scheduled by many ofJonns0n, who operated the res-
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the churches of the area, some
for Wednesday evening and oth
ers for the morning of Thanks
giving Day.
At the Faith Lutheran Church
in Roseburg, theme of e 10 a.m.
worship on Thursday will be
"How to Say Thank You" to be
presented by the pastor, the
Rev. Allen lngebritsen. The sen
ior choir under the direction
of C. A. Ricketts will sing spe
cial music. According to Inge
britsen, the public is cordially
invited to share in this festive
occasion of Thanksgiving and
worship.
Two Glide churches will also
hold services Thanksgiving
morning. The Glide Baptist
Church will hold a special serv
ice at 10 a.m. which will fea
ture congregational singing and
personal testimonies of Thanks
giving. Special vocal music will
be presented by Mrs. Don Red
dekot. The message will be
brought by the Rev. John Man
illas, pastor,
Also at 10 a.m. Thursday, the
Glide Church of Christ wili
hold services under the direc
tion of the Rev. Loy K. Antrim,
pastor. Congregational singing
will be featured. The public is
invited to both Glide services.
In the Winston Dillard area,
churches will combine to pre
sent a community Thanksgiving
service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
at the Winston Mennonite
Church, located on the east end
of Suksdorf St. in Winston. Min
isters of the various churches
will take part in the worship.
Thi nffprinir in ho InlrAn uilll
hp fnr th honofit nf th wfriT
Children's Farm Home in Cor
vallis. The public is invited to
attend
In Glendale, the Inter-Church
Fellowship will sponsor a com
munity Thanksgiving service at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the
Glendale Church of Christ. The
program will feature a mes
sage of hymns and scripture il
lustrated by colored slides. Lay
men from the participating
churches will have charge of
prayer, scripture reading and
other portions of the service. All
residents of the entire com
munity of Glendale, Azalea and
Wolf Creek are invited to be
present
I1VIIIIUII I iuiiji IIVIIUC
Funeral services for Norman
Prang Rohde, 28, of 589 NE
Brooklyn St., Roseburg, will be
held at the Macy & Son Funer
al Home at McMinnville Friday
at 2 p.m. Dr. John Whiteneck
of the Bethel Congregational
Church of Bcavcrton will offi
ciate and interment will be in
the Bethel Cemetery there.
Ganz Mortuary of Myrtle Creek
is in charge of local arrange
ments. Rohde was killed Sunday
about 4:25 p.m. in an accident
in which the car he was driv
ing was struck head-on by an
other operated by Fred Richard
Brown, 2046 SW Austin Road,
Roseburg. Rohde, his wife, Hel
en Louise, and their two chil
dren, Elizabeth Ann, 9, and Kim
Marie Rohde, 7, who suffered
injuries, were on their way to
Riddle to visit Mrs. Rohde's
fut her, Ed Dowdy, when the ac
cident occurred about three
miles north of Riddle.
Rohde was born March 29,
1035, at Rickreall, and had been
a resident of Roseburg about
a year, coming here from Til
lamook. He was employed by
Buckley Bell, contractor, at
Roseburg. He was married Aug.
1, 1953, in Portland to Helen
Louise Dowdy. He was a mem
ber of the Presbyterian Church
at Ocean Lake.
Besides the wife end two
daughters, he is survived by
his father, Fred Rohde, Salem;
his mother, Mrs. Ann Blacdon,
Portland: a brother, Ronald of
Rickreall; a half - brother,
Charles Blacdon, Portland;
three half-sisters, Suzanne and
Kay Bloedon, Portland, and Lin
da Kay Rohde, Salem.
Boardman
valuable as Boardman.
He also contended that the
lease with Boeing does not re
quire that firm to do anything.
"The plans of... Boeing...! r e
nebulous beyond belief," the
statement said.
H also brought up the threat
of pollidion cf the Columbia Riv-
or and the air over the area.
The statement said a Boeing
witness before the Ways and
Means Committee last week had
unlimited that fluorides and oth
er chemicals would be dumped
jinlo the Columbia River.
I "Even worse, Oregon would
have no remedy to combat pol
lution," the two lawmakers con
tinued. "Any interference with
the company's intended or de
sired industrial use. ..of the wa
terfront property...shall consti
Silver Nook
Grill Sold
The Silver Nook Grill, 537 SE
Jackson St., was being opera
ted today by new owners, Carl
and Ruth Bennett and Harry
and Lois Jones.
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taurant for two years, having
taken over from Edith Dame-
wood. -
The Bennetts ca.ne to Rose
burg about two years ago from
Yakima, Wash., after selling a
restaurant they owned there.
Bennett served as baker and
Mrs. Bennett as cook at the
Tom Tom Restaurant when it
first opened here. Then for a
short time they took over and
operated the Timber Grill on
SE Cass Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have
been in Roseburg since 1959.
Mrs. Jones is the daughter of
the Bennetts
The new owners state they
have no immediate plans for
changes in the restaurant oper
ation. They will continue open
six days weekly.
The Johnsons plan to remain
in Roseburg. Johnson recently
started in real estate with Har
ry Winter. Mrs. Johnson said
she plans to take it easy for
a while,
Gov. Connolly
Views Service
For President
DALLAS (UPI) Gov. John
B. Connally, wounded when
President Kennedy was assas
sinated, sat up in bed Monday!
and watched the martyred
president's funeral on televi
sion.
It was a personal loss for
Connally, who did not k n o w
that Kennedy was dead until
the following day. Connally was
a friend of the Chief Executive
and had served as his first sec
retary of the Navy.
The governor sent his 17-
year-old son John Jr. to ropre
sent him at the funeral. His
wife, Nellie, stayed with him at
the hospital.
Connally was rapidly recover
ing and Dr. Thorn Shires, chief
surgeon at Parkland Memorial
Hospital, said he is in excellent
condition.
Several Thefts
Probed By Police
Rosebiirg City Police received
a report from Bonnie McCarl,
1138 Fremont St., that a tire
and wheel was stolen from her
Volkswagen car sometime Sun-ison
day night
Gene Green reported the theft
of a white, long, leather jacket
with zipper and gold lining from
his car parked in the 300 block
on SE Jackson Street Monday
night.
The sheriff's department re
ceived a report from E. S. Ken
nedy, of Pleasant Motel, of van
dalism to a home, located
across from Billy Mohr's Wreck
ing Yard on NE Garden Valley
Road. The home is owned by
Gene Rushton and Kennedy
had moved out on Friday. He
said windows had been broken
out and part of the ceiling torn
off.
Someone other than the right
ful owners is going to enjoy
turkey dinner this Thanksgiving.
W. R. Reese of Kellogg Star
Route reported to the sheriff's.
office the theft of two turkeys
sometime Saturday night.
Mrs. Pairlee Steele's
Condition Improved
The condition of Mrs. Pairlee
Steele, 70, of Winston, critically
injured in an automobile acci
dent three miles north of Myr
tle Creek Sunday, was report
ed as slightly improved today
at Douglas Community Hospi
tal. hhc was a passenger In a car
operated by Fred Richard
Brown, 2046 SW Austin Road,
which collided with one operat
ed by Norman P. Rohde, 589itermenl win be at the Odd Fel
NE Brooklyn St., Roseburg.
Rohde was killed and his wife
and two children suffered injur
ies. Brown also was hospitalized
from injuries.
Lease
tute a breach of the state's cov
enant." Only a few hours before their
stand w a s announced, Gov.
Mark Hatfield said he did not
expect the state would request
Boeing to negotiate a revision
of the lease. He said it was the
same basic lease that was pub
lished in 1961. !
However. Smith contended
lhat sections covering the use
of waterfront property and -lowing
Boeing to sublease the
land for agricultural purposes
are new.
In Salem. Musa said he had
"a profuund faith in this propo
sition" and felt it would be of
Usting benefit to the area. The
Boardman issue comes before
the special session of the legis
lature which reconvenes next
Monday.
New President Was Ardent Admirer,
Got Boost From Franklin Roosevelt
WASHINGTON (UPI) IX
President Johnson bad to choose
one day on which his entire fu
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ture hinged, he probably would
, i , .a tnnm r ik.l
" lec APnl 10- -C37'.0n hat
Hau ha u'An a cruiiai alOiMinn
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for a seat in Congress
That alone would not have
made the day significant, but
by chance President Franklin
D. Roosevelt was on a fishing
trip off Corpus Chnsti, Tex
Johnson bad run on a straight
New Deal platform, backing
everything Roosevelt wanted to
do, including the backing of the
Supreme Court.
Roosevelt got interested in the
new congressman, and invited
Burglars Strike
Twice In County
Burglary of Gray's Home
Furnishings, 1343 NE Stephens
St., sometime Monday night is
being investigated by state po
lice and the sheriff's office.
A total of $348.84 was report
ed missing from an office safe.
Entry was gained by breaking
out a window in the second floor
at the head of the old unused
stairway at the north end of
the building. The safe apparent
ly was opened by the burglar
working the combination and re
moving the currency and
change. Nothing else was miss
ing. Burglary of the Glendale
High School sometime between
5 p.m. Nov. 24 and 7 a.m. Nov.
25 was also being investigated
by Glendale and county police
agencies. A total of $09.76 was
taken in bills and small change.
Entry was gained by breaking
out a window in the school kit
chen, the burglar then going to
the office and obtaining the
money.
Evidence revealed several
doors had been pried open.
Isaac N. Vaughn
Isaac N. (Ike) Vaughn, 75, a
resident of Roseburg, died Nov.
24 at a local hospital following
a short illness.
Vaughn was born April 15,
1888, in Meridian, Miss. He had
lived in the Roseburg area for
the past two years, moving
here from Prosscr, Wash. He
was married to Vera Wise Nov.
8, 1916, in Yakima, Wash.
Vaughn was a retired service
station operator and owner. He
was a member of the IOOF
Lodge of Prosser, Wash.
Vaughn is survived by his
wife, Vera, of Roseburg; one
daughter, Mrs. John (Murrcl)
Stradling of Seattle, Wash
Herbert died in 1935); one
brother, The Rev. George
Vaughn of Longview, Texas;
four half brothers and two half
sisters; one grandchild, and one
great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held
at the Flint Funeral Home in
Prosscr, Wash., Friday at 1
p.m. with the Rev. Reid offici
ating. Concluding services and
interment will follow at East
Prosser Cemetery.
Wilson's Chapel of the Roses
is in charge of arrangements.
Daisy Larimer
Daisy Larimer, 79, of 366 SE
Fowler St., Roseburg, died at
a local hospital Monday evening
after a . lingering illness.
The deceased was born Aug.
20, 1884, at Old Landing, Ky.
She had resided In the Rose
burg area for the past 39 years,
coming here from Lebanon,
Ore. Her husband preceded hc-r
in death in 1947.
She was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Rose
burg. Surviving are three daugh
ters, Mrs. Frank V. Johnson
and Mrs. Genevieve Simmons,
both Roseburg, and Mrs. George
Crandall, Lebanon; one son,
Dan Barnett, of Eugene; five
grandchildren; and 13 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 11 a.m. at Long &
Shuklc Memorial Chapel with
Dr. Eugene Gcrlitz of the First
Baptist Church officiating. In
lows Cemetery,
day at 3 p.m.
Lebanon, Fri-
Gordon Larson
Funeral services were held to
day in Wilson's Chapel of the
Roses for Gordon Delbert Lar
son, 47, who died Friday from
injuries received in an auto
accident near Myrtle Point.
Larson is survived by his
wife, Alice of Roseburg; two
sons; two" daughters: his moth
er. Mis. Frank Kalm of As
toria; and a sister, Mrs. Ar
lene Messer, also of Astoria.
Rain Is Forecast
The five-day weather forecast,
according to the Weather Bu
reau station at the Roseburg
Airport, calls for recurring
rains totaling more than nor
mal and with above normal
temperatures.
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WOODY'S HEATING
him to travel to Washington onjwords. Gradually, Johnson be
the presidential train. They came convinced he couldn't get
shared Manhattan cocktails on1 the nomination. The fact that he
the trip, Roosevelt talked and'was a Southerner was against
Johnson listened. Back in Wash
ington, Johnson began to re
ceive invitations to breakfast at
the White House and to get
good committee assignments in
the House of Representatives,
Had Narrow Squeaks
Thereafter Johnson had some
narrow political squeaks, which
would make Hollywood can-
hangers seem Improbable, but
he definitely was on his way up
the Washington ladder. Year by
year his influence increased un
til his career reached its cul
mination last week at the Dallas
airport where he was sworn in
as President of the United
States.
Roosevelt kept urging Johnson
on Jo bigger and better things,
specifically persuading him to
run for the U.S. Senate seatiimpossiDie to resist.
vacated by the death of Sen.
Norris Sheppard Politics in Tex
as is gaudy and the infighting
is fierce. Johnson had 27 op
ponents for the Senat; seat. The
most formidable was Gov. Lee
O'Danicl whose followers con
stantly exhorted him to "pass
the biscuits. Pappy." Pappy's
technique for discussing the is
sues was to hire a hillbilly band
and employ a girl singer called
Texas Rose. Johnson retaliated
by employing a diva weighing
285 pounds and billing her as
the Kate Smith of the South."
As insurance, he also retained
the services of some dancing
girls and a black-face comedi-l
an. It was in vain. Pappy de
feated Johnson by 1,311 votes.
Saw Active Duty
Two days after Pearl Harbor,
Johnson obtained leave from his
seat in the House and, as a re
serve officer, went on active
duty with the Navy as a lieu
tenant commander and saw
service in the Southwest Paci
fic. Roosevelt ordered him to
return to his duties as a con
gressman, and in 1948 Johnson
made his second run for the
Senate. His opponent was Gov.
Coke Stevenson, who had never
lost an election. Johnson
changed tactics, substituting a
helicopter for the diva and the
dancing girls. He roared back
and forth across Texas in the
helicopter ani cotton field work
ers frequently were astonished
to hear a voice from the skies
bellowing: "Hello down there.
This is your candidate, Lyndon
Johnson."
In a run-off election between
Johnson and Stevenson almost
one million votes were cast. It
was so incredibly close that the
final count gave Johnson the
victory by 87 votes, and when
he took his Senate seat he had
lo learn to keep smiling while
people referred to him as
"Landslide Lyndon.
Kept Mouth Shut
He spent three years in the
Senate making friends and
largely keeping his mouth shut.
In 1951 he was chosen whip of
the Senate Democrats and from
there went on to become Dem
ocratic leader. It is an office
that requires tact, patience and
hard work. Johnson had to be
come a bridge between the
Southern conservatives and the
Northern liberals in the party.
Sometimes he had to enforce
party discipline with stern
measures. Sen. William Prox-
mire of Wisconsin complained;
publicly that Johnson was run
ning a one-man show that re
duced his fellow Democrats to
the role of yes men.
Johnson undoubtedly would
have taken the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1956
if it had been offered to him
which it wasn't. In 1960 he
made a hard run for it. But he
arrived at the Los Angeles Dem
ocratic Convention to find that
John F. Kennedy's travel and
hard work at the political grass
roots had made the Johnson
cause all but hopeless.
Exchanged Harsh Words
Johnson fought on and before
the balloting started he and
Kennedy exchanged some harsh
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him, organized labor was skep
tical about him, he seemed to
be closely tied to the conserva
tive oil interests in the South
west. If those things made it im
possible for him to get the pres
idential nomination, they were
precisely the reasons Kennedy
wanted him for the vice presi
dential nomination. The ap
proach was made to Johnson,
the differences were smoothed
over, the harsh words were for
gotten and forgiven. Kennedy
shrewdly appealed to Johnson
on the grounds of party unity
and a potential Democratic vic
tory. To a man like Johnson,
for whom almost every waking
n.oment is filled with political
considerations, the appeal was
Next: The tough early years and
what the future holds.
Man Is Charged
After Striking
Policeman Here
Robert M. Collom, 38, a Rose
burg native but listed by police
as a transient, faces charges of
vagrancy and resisting arrest,
in Roseburg Municipal Court,
and assault and battery, as
charged in a District Court
complaint.
A Roseburg policeman, Offi
cer Stephen Ryder, suffered a
cut on the upper lip, a tooth
knocked out and other front
teeth loosened, when he alleg
edly stopped a blow from the
fist of Collom in an arrest at
tempt. The officer's report stated
Colom was accosted when seen
leaving the rear entrance of the
Oak Hill Apartments Friday
about 1:45 p.m. The man was
seen walking south on SE Main
St., but reversed his direction
on observing the officer.
Officer Ryder stated that Col
lom became belligerent and re
fused to give him routine in
formation as to identification
and employment, then struck
him in the mouth and ran.
Two county weighmaster em
ployes, Floyd Haas of Idleyld
Rt., and Delbert Anderson of
1582 SE Eddy St., happened by
and gave assistance to Ryder.
Collom allegedly fought with the
three men until the officer got
the handcuffs on him. He is
booked at the city jail.
In other action, police Satur
day night took into custody Verl
Dean Tandy, 33, Waldport, and
his estranged wife Christine
Ann Tandy, 25, of 1325 SE Cobb
St., Roseburg, booked for dis
orderly conduct. Mrs. Tandy
was released on posting bail.
GLENDALE EVENT TONIGHT
The music department of the
Glendale schools has scheduled
a band and choir concert for to
night at 7:30 in the high school.
There will be no admission
charge and the public is urged
to attend. The Glendale music
instructor, Victor Hehn, will di
rect the all-school band and the
choir in a varied and interest
ing program, according to Mrs.
Gerald Fox, correspondent.
r SENIOR CITIZENS AS
BLOOD DONORS
O- Should oldrr prrtnni
fire nre called "teninr eiii.
sent") donate blood?
A. Most blood-collecting agen
cies will accept blood from
donors who are between 18
and 59 years of age. The up
per age limit is imposed in
order lo protect persons
whose health might be im
paired by the rapid loss of
an amount ot blood that rep
resents 7 to 10", of their total
blood volume. Therefore, peo
ple who are 60 or older are
generally not accepted u
donors.
COLA BEVERAGES
Q. Do cola tfrinfct contain
ra ff fine f
A. All cola drinks contain
caffeine. The Food and Drug
Administration permits use of
.caffeine in these beverages up
to 1.2 grains per 12-oz. bot
tle. By way of comparison,
the average 5-oz. cup of cof
fee contains about 1.5 grains
caffeine.
Ve parkace pre rriplions in
mfr, rf f irienl container lhat
prolrrt the medicine again!
pnxihie harmful effects of
light, air or moisture.