Solon's Get LBJ's Assurance
U.5; Able To Survive Attack
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi-
dent Johnson assured congres
sional leaders today that the
United States has the military
strength to survive a surprise
attack and destroy any aggres
sor.
Johnson made the statement
at a briefing of top leaders
both Democratic and Republi
can of the House and Senate
on the relative strength of U.S.
and Soviet military forces.
Pefense Secretary Kobert S.
XIcNamara, Secretary of State
Chest X-ray Unit
Visits Scheduled
The mobile chest X-ray unit,
sponsored by the Douglas Coun
ty Medical Fociety, county
Health Department and Tuber
culosis and Health Association
will be in three county com
munitics this week.
On Wednesday, it will make
visits to Yoncalla and Drain,
and on Thursday, it will be
stationed in Roscburg. This is
one of the services financed by
the sale of Christmas seals by
the Tuberculosis and Health
Association.
At Yoncalla, the unit will bo
at the Douglas Electric Cooper
ative building from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. only. At Drain, also on
Wednesday, it will be at the
U. S. National Bank from 2:30
to 7 p.m.
On Thursday, it will be sta
tioned at the playground on SE
Jackson Street across from the
Elks Temple from 9:30 to 1
p.m. and 2 to 9:30 p.m.
Anyone 21 years of age' or
older may secure the free X-ray
to determine lung or heart ail
menu, Ihe association urges
that these X-rays bo taken each
year.
Dean Rusk and Central Intelll
gence Director John McCone
participated in the hour long
briefing in the cabinet room of
the White House.
Afterward, the White House
issued only a brief statement
about the meeting. It said;
"The discussion covered both
the status as of today and as
it is forecasted to be through
the decade of the 60s.
"The President emphasized
that the U.S. military program
will continue to provide for a
strategic force sufficiently large
to absorb a surprise attack and
survive with sufficient power to
be capable of destroying the
aggressor."
On Mora Sttp
Today's briefing was reported
to be one more step in John
ASCS Committee
Re-Elects Barker
Curtis Barker of Roscburg
was re-elected chairman Mon
day of tho Douglas County Ag
ricultural and Stabilization Com
mittee for 1964.
The election took place during
an all-day ASCS county conven
tion in the Douglas County
Courthouse at Roseburg.
The session also saw Howard
Hatfield of Dixonvillc re-elected
vice chairman and Louis Brady
of Glcndalc, re-elected as a reg
ular member. These three, with
County Agent J. D. Vcrtrces
make up the county committee.
Leo Sparks of Oakland and
Cliff Agce of Roscburg were
named as committee alternates
Chairmen from the various
community district committees
acted as delegates to the con
soq's efforts to keep key con
gressional figures fully in
formed.
The session was similar to a
briefing given at the National
Security Council meeting last
week. It covered both conven
tional and nuclear forces.
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger noted that
members of Congress have re
ceived high-level military brief
ings before but said he did not
know if the;- ever got a com
parison of Soviet and U.S.
strength, such as was provided
today.
It was understood that the
President wanted to reassure
Congress that defense economy
measures he has approved will
not affect the pre eminent
American position in military
power.
In addition to the usual corps
of Democratic leaders who at
tended the weekly legislative
breakfast, Johnson invited
chairmen of the foreign rela
tions, armed services and ap
propriations committees of both
houses of Congress.
Hospital News
Visiting Hours
2 to 3:30 p.m. and 7 to S p.m.
Douglas Community Hospital
Admitted
Medical: Johnny Roberts,
Ruby Willis, Mrs. Linn Em
mons, Mrs. John BJcrkc, Mrs.
Dolph Boycr, all of Roseburg;
Kathleen Chlpman, Idlcyld
Park; Nyasa Kelly, Myrtle
Creek; Mrs. Wayne Shilts,
Glide. .;
Surgery: Donald Evans, Mrs,
Leon Olson, Mrs. Leon Scott,
all of Roscburg.
Discharged
Mrs. Hnzcl Guthrie, Mrs
Richard ,Hink, Edward Mcrritt,
Dclana Smith, Handy Young
Airs, itoger uurton and son
Gregory Roger, all of Rose-
burg; Mrs. John Wilvcrding and
daughter Dcnlso Ann, Glide
Pairlec Steele, Winston; William
Gilbert, Oakland; Robert Rob
ertson, Riddle; Susan Preston,
Dillard.
Morcy Hospital
Admitted
Medical: Mrs. French Trump,
Louis Miles, Vernon Hester,
Mrs. Helen Bitncr, Mrs. Harvey
Wells, Mrs Gary Edwards, all
of Roseburg.
Surgery: Steven McElimirry,
Joseph Johnson, Eric Lauranco,
all of Roseburg.
Discharged
Ben lllythc, Mrs. Ralph Bcam-
cr, Mrs. Charles Carr, all of
Roseburg; John Chcatwood
Koy Mcdford, both of Sutherlln;
Mrs. Wlllliim Jackson, Larry
liriRgs, Mrs. Parry VanCleve
all of Oakland; Patricia Smith
Myrtlp Creek; Mrs. Stewart
KarlinRer, Idlcyld Park.
CURTIS BARKER
. , , re-elected
vention. The county committee
is in charge of the local admin
istration of the national farm
program.
Besido electing the county
committee Monday, the dele
gates reviewed tho agricultural
conservation program for 1064.
They will meet again Friday
with members of their commun
ity committees for a further dis
cussion in formulating n o x t
year s program with reprcscnta
lives from the Farmers Home
Administration, Forest Service
and Soil Conservation Service,
Page 2 The Newt-Review Tue., Dee. 10, 1963
Local Woman Suffers Exposure
After Ordeal Near Stump Lake
Mrs. Helen Bittner, 54, ofl
2S71 NE Stephens St., is being
treated for severe exposure at
Mercy Hospital today, after she
was found atone in her car
about Wt miles east of Stump
Lake on North Umpqua High
way Monday evening.
The sheriff s department re
ports Mrs. Bittner hadprevi
ously last been seen at her home
by her son, Robert Bittner, who
left following an argument to
go bowling about 4 p.m. Sun
day.
Jerusalem Film
Scheduled Here
The Roseburg Church of the
Nazarene will present at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday the feature
length Billy Graham color film
Jerusalem, jhe public is in
vited to attend and there will
be no admission charge a I
though a freewill offering will
be taken.
In the film, the history of the
4,000-year-old City of Jerusalem
is portrayed through dramatic
vignettes beginning with the
conquest of the promised land
and continuing to the present
dilemma of the divided city.
Many of the scenes arc par
ticularly relevant to the Christ
mas season and the entire film
is scored with music composed
and conducted by Ralph Car
michacl.
Host Pastor Edward Gallup
expresses the wish that many
area residents will attend this
showing timed to have special
significance dining the Christ
mas season. The church is lo
cated at 1134 SE Douglas Ave
'Safe Job' Muffed
In Drain Market
Burglary of the Bi-Lo Food
Mart at Drain Sunday night is
still being investigated by the
sheriff's department and Drain
City Police.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made to take the safe out of
the building and to break it
open, but the burglars satisfied
themselves by taking what
change they could find, some
beer, two wool shirts, several
pairs of gloves, tools, quantities
uf food and other items.
Entry was gained through a
rear door. Evidence indicated
someone had entered the build
ing before closure time and had
hidden by lying down on top
of the walk-in cooler, then when
the store was closed had open
ed the door to let in companions.
Indications were an attempt
was made to wheel the safe out
of the building on a dolly. It
was found away from its usual
place and apparently had fallen
off the dolly on its side. Numer
ous wrenches and other tools
were found beside the safe.
The burglars evidently help
ed themselves to beer while in
the building. Somo empty bot
tles were scattered around.
School Board Schedules
Wednesday Night Meet
Tho Roseburg School Board
will meet Wednesday night to
complcto its work on the trans
portation contract for next year
The only bid for transporting
children was entered at the last
meeting by Ellison Transporta
tion Co. of Roseburg.
The hoard will also hear re
ports from tho superintendent
and staff members.
Speaker Is Booked
At Dillard Church
The Rev. Ted Shirakawa
from Japan and presently as
sistant pastor of tho Roscburg
First Methodist Church will
speak and show pictures of his
work and the work of the
church in Japan at the Dillard
Winston Methodist Church
Wednesday evening at 7:30,
Tho public is invited.
The Woman s Society will
meet at the home of Mrs. Orcn
Ledgcrwood in Dillard on Thurs
day at 12:30 p.m. for a potluck
luncheon and Christmas party
There will be a gift exchange.
Tho junior high swimming
party has been postponed to!
Jan. 18. The group will spend
Christmas Eve caroling and en
joying a Christmas party at the
church, correspondent Phcbe
McGuirc reports.
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PHONE 672-4811
OPEN UNTIL 9:00 PM
Monday through Friday
KickoK Scheduled
For Mothers March
A "kick-off coffee" for parti
eipants in tho annual March of
Dimes Mothers March will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in
the Coral Room of the Umpqun
Hotel.
Mrs. Jack Norris, county
Mothers March chairman, said
plans for the fund-raising drive
slated in January will be dis
cussed, and a film dealing witli
National Foundation supported
research on birth defects and
arthritis will be shown.
Present for the meeting will
be Walker Larson, Portland, a
field representative for the Na
tional Foundation. The meeting
is open to anyone interested.
Ray Martin To Speak
To Jaycees Tonight
Ray Martin of Martin Bros.
Container and Timber Products
will be tho featured speaker to
night at the regular meeting of
the KnsrhurR Junior Chamber
of Commerce. The meeting
wilt be held at the Elks Temple
at 7:30 p.m.
Martin is . state chaliman of
the "Decent Literature" Com
mittee, lie has worked for ten
years with the committee and
is Interested in control of the
literature available to young
people.
At the bowling alley he re
ceived a call from her, and she
told him she bad left a note for
him to read when he returned
home. Becoming worried he
called a neighbor, as he got no
further response on calling
homo. The neighbor went to
the house, got the note and read
it to him. The note indicated
despondency, said the sheriff's
department.
On his return home, her son
found Mrs. Bittner had left, tak
ing only her purse. The sher
iff's office was notified to be
on the lookout for her, and a
description was given.
Mrs. Bittner, an employe of
the Veterans Hospital, was lo
cated Monday about 4:30 in her
car, and a call fromNthe Toketee
Ranger Station was put through
to state police and relayed to
the sheriff's department about
4:50 p.m. Two officers and an
amlulance were' dispatched.
Just how long Mrs. Bittner
had been there has not been de
termined, but she was found
lying down in the front seat,
suffering from extreme cold
There are several inches of
snow in the area, but the road
has been kept open by plowing
The lower part of her body
and legs were most affected
The car battery was dead, in
dicating she had tried to use
the car heater.
It was believed the snow plow
had gone by during the day,
but the operator had not seen
the woman in the car. She was
discovered by a passerby.
Car Hits Tree,
Man, Boy Hurt
A 21-year-old Riddle man and
a 15-year-old boy from the same
city were listed as being in fair1
condition Tuesday morning at a
Myrtle Creek hospital where
they were being treated for in
juries sustained in a one-car
accident near Dillard late Mon
day morning.
Hospital officials said Harold
Klggins, 21, had suffered an
injury to his left leg and mul
tiple cuts and bruises. They
said Donald Alan Wilson, 15,
suffered an injury to his jaw
and cuts and bruises on the
body.
Stato police said the accident
occurred about 11:55 a.m. three
iles south of Dillard on High
way 99 BR. They said the ve
hicle, driven by Kiggins, was
traveling north, failed to nego
tiate a curve, and struck a
tree.
Club At Winchester
To Talk Landscaping
The landscaping of the new
Winchester School will be un
der discussion at a meeting
Wednesday of the Winchester
Civic Club. The meeting will
take place at 7:30 p.m. at the
school.
Also on the program is a film
on water pollution.
attorney that the city acquire
the Oregon Water Corp., a pri
vately owned water company
serving Roseburg, will be turn
ed over to a citizens' advisory
committee.
The Roseburg City Council at
its regular meeting Monday de
cided it should be left to a citi
zens committee to aeciae u
there is any merit to the idea.
Citizens Advisory Committee
To Study Public Water Plan
A suggestion by a Roseburg The council further decided that
Gladys Harlow
Gladys (Fisher) Harlow, for
mer teacher in the Roseburg
schools, died Monday in Mil
waukie, Ore., following a long
period of ill health.
A daughter of Mrs. K. M.
(Ella Fisher) Day, a teacher
in mathematics in the Roscburg
High School for a number of i
years, she attended scnooi in
Roseburg and Eugene, return
ing to Roscburg to teach for a
short time. She later taught in
the schools of the Eugene area.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, the late
Charles Harlow, resident of
Lane County for many years.
A son, Ray Collins, Milwau
kic, survives.
Funeral services are to be
held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at
Simon-Lounsbury Mortuary, 1152
Olive, Eugene.
Mrs. Harlow was a cousin of
Mrs. Charles V. Stanton and
Mrs. Fred L. Porry of Roseburg.
Jaycees Ask Aid
In Shopping Tour
The Roseburg Junior Cham
ber of Commerce is well under
way with plans for its annual
Christmas shopping tour for un-
derprivileged children, but it
needs a little help.
Purpose of the project is to
provide children of needy fam
ilies with money to purchase
Christmas gifts for their fain
ilies.
The Welfare Department wil!
pick 44 children from ages 0
to 10 to make the tour. Each
child will be presented with $5
and will be accompanied by a
Jaycee while they make their
purchases.
The tour is set for Dec! 19,
and will get under way at 6:30
and 8 p.m. Afterwards, mem
bers of the Jay-C-Ettes will
wrap the presents purchased by
the children with gift wrapping
donated by the local merchants
But now the hitch comes in
the Jaycees are still shy some
money for the project. To bol
ster the fund they will be out
in lull strcngtn xnursaay at
the Garden Valley intersection
on NE Stephens to ask motor
ists for contributions.
For those wishing to offer
contributions by phone, they
may call 672-1656 before 5:30
p.m. and 673-8598 after 5:30. A
Jaycee will come to the donor1
to collect. Money for this proj
ect may also be sent by mail
to "Christmas Shopping Tour,"
Box 681, Roseburg.
BAZAAR PREVIEW TONIGHT
The preview of the First
Methodist Church bazaar will
be held tonight from 7 to 9 in
the Fellowship Hall of the
church with pie and coffee to
be served between these hours
All area residents are invited
to come in and browse around
the various sale tables.
The bazaar proper will bo
held on Wednesday from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. with a luncheon to be
served at noon. The public is
invited.
Mayor Thomas Garrison should
appoint the committee, wmen
will not exceed 15 members.
George Luoma, the local at
torney who dropped the idea of
a public water system into the
council hopper at a meeting two
weeks ago. had more to say
Monday night. The substance of
his remarks to tne council was
that patrons of the water sys
tem here pay too much for their
water in comparison with other
cities.
Comparison Made
He said a Roseburg family
pays $6.69 for $2,000 cubic feet
of water as compared to $2.64
for Eugene, $3.50 for Myrtle
Creek, 53.60 for Portland, $3.90
for Salem, $4.54 for Grants
Pass, $2.99 for Medford and
S3.75 for Cottage Grove. All of
the communities mentioned in
the comparisons have public wa
ter systems.
Three persons addressed the
council in support of municipal
water system ownership. Dick
Stevenson, representing the
Douglas County Board of Re
altors, said his group is on rec
ord supporting the plan and
said he personally favored the
idea of a citizens advisory com
mittee. Bob Gordon, realtor and
former city councilman at Myr
tle Creek, said Myrtle Creek is
in an "enviable position" due to
municipal ownership of its wa
tcr system. The program has
provided a surplus for the city
general fund allowing a reduc
tion in tax millagc, he said.
Joe Dent, local realtor, also
supported the. citizens' commit
tee suggestion.
Medford Cited
As part of a second report to
the council, Luoma compared
the Roseburg and Medford wa
ter systems, comparing gross
income, operating expenses and
operating profit.
Medford s publicly owned
water system makes money for
its citizens with lower rates plus
profits left over, presently be
ing used for payment of wa
ter system assets," he said. "In
1961 over $123,000 was budgeted
in Medford for payments on wa
ter system bonds. Because of
future growth, Medford bat
projected water system replace
ments and additions by 1980 to
cost an additional $14,800,000.
"If Roseburg in future years
spends anything like this for
expansion and replacement, you
can imagine how much higher
our water bills will be in the
future. Under our privately own
ed water system future expan
sion and replacement must
come out of our water' charges
which must also allow for mil
lions' of dollars in federal and
state income taxes and share
holder profits," said the attorney.
Fisherman's Hip L
Broken In Fall
Frank Stillwell, 60, of Suth-
erlin is reported in good condi
tion' at Douglas Community
Hospital where he was taken
Sunday with a fractured hip
following a fishing accident.
According to a report today
from Walt's Ambulance Service,
Stillwell was fishing in the
Umpqua River three miles west
of Umpqua when the accident
occurred around 2:30 p.m. as
Stillwell was attempting to
cross a log over the water to
get to a better fishing spot. He
fell approximately 16 feet into
waist-deep water where he re
mained until removed by the
ambulance crew summoned by
his brother, George Stillwell.
The brother, while not fishing,
was in the vicinity when the
accident occurred.
No complications were report
ed by hospital authorities to
day. .
SUTHERLIN EVENT SET
The Fair Oaks Home Exten
sion Unit will meet at the Fair
Oaks Grange Halt in Sutherlin
beginning at 10 a.m. Wednes
day. Don Cordon will be pres
ent to show colored slides of
his recent trip to Alaska. The
public is invited.
Going Out of Business Sale
ROSEBURG JEWELERS
506 South East Jackson Opposite Pay Less
SPECIAL REDUCTIONS
ON DIAMONDS and WATCHES
Save 30 To 75 '2 Price On Most Mdse.
Sale Continues Til n r. Selling Out T
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Roy Barker, head of a hair
dressing school, said today he
plans to include a course in
"conversation" to teach his pu
iils how to gossip with custom-ers.
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DISEASE
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"patted around" by using
thet Mine comb or hair
dryer?
A. Infectious scalp diseases
can he transmitted among
people using the same comb
and perhaps among people
using ihe same hairdryer.
Hairdryer-acquired infections,
although possible, probably
occur rarely.
DECAFFEINATED COFFEE
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are. advertited at having fil
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true?
A. Soma decaffcinaled cof
fees are labeled "91 caf
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O.I dm. (1H gr.) caffeine,
this means that by compari
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Urn. caffeine per cup.
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