Page 2 The News-Review Sot., Dec. 21, 1963
US Sees Psychological
Motive In Wall Opening
WASHINGTON (UPI) U.S.i The act that the Soviet-con. matter in the broad scope of
officials believe the Christmas!
hole the Communists knocked!
in the Berlin wall may turn out
to have long-range political sig
nificance. The grim grey barrier,
breached for the first time
since August 1961 to permit
Berliners to visit their kin in
the Red-held Eastern sector,
can never have the same psy
choloEieal significance of per
manence again, they said.
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AFTER 64 YEARS IN PRISON, jumping Into the jet
age was quits an experience Friday for Richard Ho
neck, shown here as he sits in the extra pilot jump
seat in the cockpit of -a jet passenger plane before
kaving for the flight to his new home in California.
Honeck 85 enteredMenard State Prison at Chester,
III', in 1899, four ydqrs before the Wright Brothers
made their historical flight. He was -released Friday
and will make his home with a niece In Son Leandro, -Calif.
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Area Residents
Power Okay I,
Residents in the west end of
(ho Douglas Electric Coopora
tivo system were without pow
cr for two hours Friday, start
ing at 4 p.m. Places affected
wore Camas Valley, Tonmilo
Olalla, l.onkinggliiss, Melrose,
lilgaroso, Umpquii, Tyco and
areas of Garden Valley.
Cnusc of tho trouble was somo
broken insulators at the Bonne
ville substution at Lookingglass.
Douglas Electric made some
temporary repairs, : bypassing
tho defective section, until
permanent repairs could be
made.
About 1:30 a.m. Saturday,
Bonneville crews arrived and,
in half an hour, replaced the
Insulators which were found to,
bo dofoctlve.
Howard Crinklaw, Douglas
Electric Cooperative power use
supervisor, said the repairs arc
now porirlanent.
Tenmiie 4-H Group
Has Officer Election
At n recent meeting of the
Tonmilo section of tho Cam
Ten Horticulture 4-H Club at
the homo of the leader, Mrs.
Warren Painter, tho following
officers were elected: Presi
dent, l.aurlo Painter; vice pros
ident and treasurer, Sandy Mc
Kinney; secretary, Judy Hollo
way; game and yell leaders,
Teddy McKinney and Palty llol
loway, junior leader and news
reporter, Bonnie Painter.
At a later meeting at the Mc
Kinney homo Mrs. Nitn Spur
lock kavo a demonstration on
the making of corsages. Teddy
McKinney gave a talk on health
Mrs. .Walter Coats, correspond
ent, reports.
Congregationqlists
Slate Yule Events
The Congregational Christian
Church on Keasey Road will
present Its annual Christmas
program on Sunday at 7 p.m. 'John Clarno of the Apostolic il'lat I or Cooper Creek reser
with all age groups of the Faith Church officiating. Pri ; voir; and the grade stabiliia
church and Sunday School tak-jvate interment will he held at tion structures.
ing part. The one-hour programiWlllamette National Cemetery i
will also feature selections byin Portland, meeting that work on the I'lat; the remaining 50 per cent for
the children's choir. I reservoir lie initiated first as construction and other works.
Following tlie program, Christ-! n Ibcing of the most benefit inl Recreational develop-!
mas refreshments will be serv- yVriSt Hlirt In Fdll i11"' "'"mediate future. iments will be financed partial-
ed to both children and adults ! j The grade stabilization struc ily (in most cases 50 per centV
The public is jnvited. j a splintered left wrist was'11""" re measures to be taken by P.L. S6C. Municipal and in-
A special Christmas Eve can-isulfercd by Mrs. Maurice Web-ib) prevent accelerated sedimen-dustrial water supply projects
dlelight ceremony will be held er Sr. of Smith Deer Creek 'atlon of the reservoir from a'will be paid for by other funds,
at the church at 7 p.m. on Road as the result of a fall statural desllting basin. j However, on the latter, federal
pec. 24. Family groups will be; her home Friday altcrnoon. I Actual construction on these! funds can be loaned to pay for
Invited to approach the altar! According to Mrs. Albert Had 'projeets could start in the fol ithe construction and installa
for a blessing and the lighting cliffe, correspondent, Mrs. Web-jlowing yrar or two. Other por-Stion services, on the stipulation
of their candles A short wor- er was taken to a local hospi-ltions of the work plan would be-Uhey would be paid back with
M.ip service will conclude thc tal and underwent surgery on1 gin following the year the ini jin ten years. All costs for oner
"' i,nc . projects were begun. The ation and maintenance must be
trolled East German officials! the cold war, the temporary op
attempted in vain to extract po jening in the wall was consid
litical concessions before oucn -
ing the wall is proof, in the
view of officials here, that
there was real significance
the decision to take this action.
It goes without saying, they
added, that the Russians ap
proved the East German action
if they did not, in fact, order it.
Loottn Satellite Hold
While admittedly a smaller
Wilbur, Sutherlin
Holiday Services Set
A number of holiday services
have been, scheduled for the
Wilbur and Sutherlin Methodist
churches starting Sunday.
Special services are sched
uled Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at
Wilbur and 11:05 at Sutherlin.
Tho children's Christmas pro
gram and party will be held at
Sutherlin at 7 p.m. A similar
program is slated at Wilbur at
the same time Monday.
On Christmas Day, a candle
light service for both congrega
tions and the "Lord's Birth
day," a Christmas juint service
is planned at butheilin at 11
.m. ,
An old John Wesley custom
will come tu life Dee. 31 with
watch night service. The
New Year's eve service will
tak6 place at 11:30 p.m. at the
Sutherlin church.
Anyone interested may at
tend any of tho services, ro
ports Sutherlin correspondent
Mrs. William Blakcley.
Beulah F. Reid
Beulah F. Held, 57, of idleyld
lit. Box 485A, died Friday at a
local hospital following a short
illness.
Mrs. Reid was born June 2(5,
1906, in Greenwood County, Kan
She had lived in the Roseburg
area for the past 10 years, mov
Ing here from Portland. She
was married to Waller Reid in
Portland in 1912. Mrs. lieid was
a member of the Apostolic Faith
Church of Roseburg.
- Mrs. Reid Is survived by her
husband Walter, one son, Mel
vin, both of Roseburg; four sis
ters, Mrs. Mary Hansen, Mrs.
Ada Morris both of Klamath
Falls, .Mrs. Hazel Galbraith of
Sealtle, Wash., Mrs. Eunice
Mandcrson of Ft. Moody, Brit
ish Columbia, Canada; two
brothers, Cecil Hunt of Bonan
za, Ore., and Donald Hunt of
Del Rio, Calif.
Funeral services will he hold on on the clearing and snag jof utilities and administration
at Wilson's Chapel of the Rnses:ging of the drainage arcasluf contracts.
Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev.
icrcd to bo particularly reveal
ling when considered along with
Russian actions to ease tne n
inlgidity of their grip in other
areas of the East European sat
ellites
Secretary of Slate Dean Rusk
Friday referred briefly to the
holiday action of the East Ger
mans at a hastily called news
conference during which he dis
cussed a number of European
subjects
He said only that he was
"pleased" by the Comunist
action and hoped that both sides
would take "special care to
see that no incidents marred
the arrangement. He added that
it had "not been easy" to work
out,
Trial Date Set
On Auto Count
Trial date for James Ray
mond Gress, 26, charged with
larceny by bailee, has been set
for the week of Jan. 27. Gress
pleaded innocent to the grand
jury indictment when he was
arraigned in Douglas County
Circuit Court Friday.
The grand jury indictment
filed on Dec. 16, charges Gress
with larceny by bailee in the
alleged taking of a 1953 Chev
rolet, the property of S a y r c
Volkswagen, and converting it
to his own use.
Ball was set at $2,000 follow
ing Friday's arraignment.
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Sunday Programs
The Christmas theme will be
employed throughout the entire
program of the Glide Church
of Christ to be presented at the
Biblo School hour Sunday at
9:55 a.m.
Beginners will present an ac
tion song and primary and jun
ior students will use hand pup
pets while Ralph Sciplc, bass
baritone, sings off-stage. Junior
high young people will present
the choral reading "The Inn
lhat Missed Its Chance."
At the .11 a.m. worship; hour
the Rev. Loy Antrim will- sneak
on the topic "The Holy Olio of
Israel." Tho public is invited to
attend tha services. ,
Santa Sets Private
Visit To Mobile Park
Santa, as busy as he is. will
mako a private visit Sunday
evening to the 65 children v-
ing in the Town and Counlrv
Mobile Park.
In the true Christmas spirit
ana the belief that it is
pleasure to have youngsters in
residence, the management ol
tho park has arranged to have
St. Nick on hand to distribute
sweets and treats to the small
fry.
Dick Powell, manager of the
park, said the adults would get
refreshments, too.
Water Project Steps
For Sutherlin Development
(Also se story pag 1.)
A step-by-stop system of work
scheduling for the proposed wa-
ter control, irrigation and rec
reation project in the Sutherlin
area was outlined at a meeting
in Sutherlin Friday.
The meeting was staged by
the North Douglas Soil and Wa
ter Conservation District, city
of Sutherlin, county and Suther
lin Water Control District.
The first step In the project
would be channel Improve-
ments. which ranee from the
mouth of Sutherlin Creek at:
W bur to vai ous snots
Sutherlin. Improvements would;costs for construction and in-
nlso be made on Camas Swale
Channel east of Sutherlin.
Steps Cited
Initial steps toward construe
tion, in 14, would also he tak
jabovo the reservoirs: cither thei
It was proposed at Friday's;
MORE THAN 100 new pictures will soon adorn the rooms at Douglas Communi
ty Hospital. Members of Douglas Community Hospital Auxiliary, working with the
hospital administrator, Carleton Lindgren, and Dr. Munroe, selected the prints.
Munroe then framed them.' Auxiliary members are currently in the process of
hanging the art work. It is expected that the picture project will also be carried
out in the new nursing care unit and pediatrics section which will be completed
nexl summer. Shown here with two of the pictures are, from left to right, Lind
gren; Mrs. Albert McBee, who with Mrs. O. J. Feldkamp is project chairman
for the auxiliary; and Munroe. (Chris' Studio of Photography)
Major Drug Firm Charged
With Hiding
WASHINGTON (UPI)
of the nation s oldest major
drug firms was accused by a
federal grand jury Friday of
keeping secret laboratory evi
dence that a new drug may
have caused serious damage to
research animals.
A 12-count indictment was re
turned here against the William
S. Merrell Co., a division of
Richardson-Merrell Inc. of New
York. It charged that when the
company asked for government
approval of the drug "Mer-29,"
failed to include damaging
results from tests on animals.
The indictment said false re
ports about damage to the eyes,
ovaries and bloodstreams of
monkeys, rats and dogs used in
testing the drug were given to
the Food & Drug Administra-,
tion (FDA). It said the firm
concealed the fact that several
rats died before experiments
were completed.
The drug was on the market
for 22 months and had been
prescribed by doctors for about
400,000 heart patients. It was
withdrawn from sale by the
company in April, 1962 under
Programs Scheduled $
At Assembly Of God
A Christmas program on Sun
day and a cantata on Christ
mas Eve will mark the holiday
observance at tho Roseburg As
sembly of God Church.
The Sunday program, to be
gin at 7:30 p.m., will be pre
sentcd b'y the beginner, pri
mary, junior .and intermediate
departments of the Sunday
School. Entitled "Christmas
Lights," the production will be
under tho direction of Rita Ba
con, assistant Sunday School
superintendent.
The young people of the
church will present the Christ
mas cantata "Wonderful on
Dec. 24 at 7:30 p.m. directed
by Mrs. Howard Flaherty,
church choir director.
The public is invited to the
programs.
Cooper Creek reservoir, if it fol
lowed I'lat 1 reservoir, would
begin in 1903, or vice-versa,
whichever of the two was start
ed first.
Bringing up the rear of the
schedule would be the diversion
dams on Sutherlin Creek, cast
of Sutherlin, to provide lor ir
rigation water.
Payment Divided
Much nf the mnnov fnr iMSiz.aoo; grade stabilization.
project would comc"rm fed-!struo,ll,es- 56.220; and clcar -
oral funds under Public Law'"S Hml n"88ing. $2,220.
Stilt, which nrnviilpi fm- inn n-r!
cent financing of flood control;
nUvurk 1' I. MR will hnnr .ii.ieacrai lunos ana me rema
stallation services. Other funds,
money from the people or agen
cies benefited by the work, will
pay all rests of land, case
unents, rights-of-wav. relocation
For irrigation, the govern-
ment will pay 50 per cent of
the construction costs and 100
per cent of the installation serv
ices. Other funds would cover
0 .
Test Results
One,strong pressure from the FDA
Harmful Effects
During the last three months,
suits totaling more than $25
million have been brought
against the firm alleging that
the drug, also known as tripar
nol, had resulted in various
harmful side effects.
R.H. Marschalk, president of:
the parent firm, commenting on
the indictment, denied any 'in
tent to deceive the government
and said he was confident ' a
"fair appraisal" would . vindi
cate the company.
The Merrell division, founded
in 1828, was a prime distributor
of the controversial drug thali
domide suspected of causing
deformities in babies when used
by expectant mothers.
An FDA spokesman said a
1962 law passed after the thali
domide scare could have pre
vented the Mer-29 episode. He
said the FDA now has a closer
check on clinical investigations
of drugs under the new law.
Developed Cataracts
Dr. John O. Nestor, an FDA
investigator, recommended in
November, 1961, that Mer-29 be
banned alter lour patients de-i
votcd cataracts. The FDA
did not act immediately be
cause there was no real evi
dence at that time that the ca
taracts were drug-induced.
It did, however, require the
firm to issue a warning letter
to doctors telling of harmful
side effects such as cataracts,
hair loss and other changes.
The product was used for an
other four and one-half months
before enough evidence was
found to justify its withdrawal.
Tho indictment charged the
firm plotted to deceive federal
investigators who asked about
reports of injuries to test ani
mals. Richardson-Merrell also was
named in tho indictment along
with three scientists who
worked for the Merrell divi
sion: Harold w. Werner, Wil
liam M, King, and Evert F.
Van Maancn. j
Listed
borne by other than federal
Hinds.
Total cost of the project Is
figured to be over $1 million
dollars. In a breakdown of costs!
per project, I'lat I reservoir
would cost a total of $295,070; j
Cooper Creek Reservoir, $494,
lln rerrpjitionnl facilities. SI 19.--
j30; stream channel improvo -
ents, $100,690; diversion dams.
Ot tile total, wlncn IS $1,031,-
m- $"09,945 will be borne by
nain -
ds.
der, $421,175, by other funds
When the final draft of the :
work plan is completed, some-;
time after the first of the year.i.jj
it will be submitted to the com-
mittee of Congress on Public
Works. With final approval by
the administrator, Initial funds
could be allocated In the next .-
fiscal budget.
Heading Friday's meeting ,
was Bob Lhamon of Yoncalla,
chairman of the board for th
North Douglas Soil and Water
Conservation District, and scv-
erai representatives irom inc!;.
t.S. Department of Agriculture,
Soil Conservation Service, in
cluding Oke Erkholm and Bill
Coffield.
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ROLF'S PREFERRED
INSURANCE
tr Ht iti'. lallilUMli .i ull
939 S. E. $tcphen 473-8166
Kidney Is Mom's
Gift To Daughter
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPD
Mrs.. Ethel Mark gave her 26-
year-old daughter the gift of life
for Christmas this year.
The daughter, Mrs. Louis
Sweet, 26, herself a mother of
three, sufered from a kidney
disease and physicians said she
would die unless a transplant
operation were performed.
Mrs. Mark, 53, agreed to the'
operation and on Dee. 13 one
of her kidneys was transplated
into the body of her daughter.
Mrs. Sweet still is under in
tensive care at St. Luke's Hos
pital and doctors said it would
be "at least a month" before
they could be sure her system
will not reject the gift kidney.
But everything thus far is fav
orable, they said.
Mrs. Mark already has at
tained the freedom of the hos
pital. Friday she rode in a
wheelchair to visit her daughter
down the corridor.
Mrs. Sweet, whose husband is I
employed by the Bei.dix Corp.,
suffered several years from a
chronic kidney ailment which
had grown progressively worse.
When doctors decided her only
hope for life was a kidney trans
plant, a brother, Norman Mark,
33, j stepped forward. The doc
tors turned him down because,
they said, his kidney would not
fit. Tho brother weighs 200
pounds. Mrs. Sweet is small and
slender.
Youihs Here Confess
To Theft From Cars
Two 17 - year - old Roseburg
boys admitted the theft of a
car radio and a hunting rifle
from two different vehicles
earlier this month when they
were questioned by Roseburg
police and Douglas County slier
iff's officers Friday.
The two admitted the theft
of a car radio from a vehicle
owned by Douglas J. Tudor, ofl
727 w. Luellen St., and a rifle
from a vehicle owned by Ger
aid A. Thomasson, 385 W. Cen
ter St.
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DOUGLAS CA
Eligibility Rules Explained
For Elderly Tax Exemption
County Assessor Leland Svar
verud Jr. today outlined the
eligibility and regulations in
volved in the new law which
allows elderly people property
tax exemptions.
The law, approved by the
1963 legislature, will become ef
fective Jan, 1 and will apply
to the 1964-65 tax bills.
To be eligible for this exemp -
tion, a taxpayer must be
years or older by March 1 ofiioate the deferral, and the taxes
the year in which he "lies forjthat have been deferred will
an exemption. He or she must then be due and payable. In-
not have received more than
$2,500 total aross receipts in the
preceding calendar year. (This
includes the receipts of the
spouse or other joint owners of
the property. Gross receipts in
elude pensions, Social Security
payments, rents, sales, services
rendered, wages and any other
receipts of money.)
Residence Involved
The exemption applies to the
principal personal residence of
the taxpayer. The residence
may be shared with his spouse,
unmarried minor r' ldren or
blood relatives actually support
ed by the taxpayer. The tax
payer must own the property
or be purchasing it under a re
corded instrument of sale.
The amount exempted will be
determined by the taxpayer's
age. Exemptions will involve up
to $10,000 true cash value. Those
in the 65-08 age bracket will re
ceive a 10 per cent exemption.
Other age brackets and percent
ages are: 69-71 years, 30 per
cent: 72-74 years, 50 per cent;
75-77 years, 70 per cent; 78-79
years, 90 per cent; 80 or oyer,
100 per cent. . ;' .
The law provides that the
taxpayer must file a claim with
the county assessor for an ex
emption on or before April 1
of each year.
In addition to the exemption
law, the legislature also provid
ed for an optional tax deferral
for taxpayers 65 or older. The
deferral may be applied to the
taxes on the taxpayer s resid
ence and will prevent foreclos
ure of the taxes as long as the
deferral status is maintained
The taxes will eventually be
Two Men Arrested
For Stealing Purse
Two men accused of stealing
$184 from a woman s purse
early Friday morning are be
ing held in the Douglas County
jail on $1,200 bail each.
They were formally charged
on arraignment Friday in the
court of District Judge Gerald
with larceny of personal prop
orty over $75. ' . .... I. , ;
The two are Jasper L. Os
born, 24, and Stanley Milo Slier
man, both of Winston. They
were cha.ged by Ruth Mary
Lewis. In her complaint, she
said she and the two men had
left their car for a time and
when they returned her purse
was missing. She said t h c
purse contained $184.79. The
purse and part of the money
were recovered.
Wrong Photo Shown
The engagement announce
ment of Jo Morast and Fritz
Kuykendall which appeared in
The News-Review Friday was
shown with a picture of the
former Miss Tampka instead ofj
that of Miss Morast. Tho cor
rect picture will be published
next week.
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paid when the property is sold
or by the heirs if the taxpayer
dies.
The deferral may be used in
conjunction with the exemption
if desired.
Filing Needed
In order to obtain a deferral,
the taxpayer must file a sworn
jdeferral claim with the assessor
on or before April 1 of each
65jyear. Failure to file will term-
terest will be charged at 6 per
cent per annum on the deferred
taxes.
Forms and further information
are available at the Douglas
County assessor's office.
Assault Case
Demurrer Filed
The attorney for Dale An
drew Hargraves, 19, Myrtle
Creek, who is charged with fir
ing a shotgun blast into the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Campbell in Myrtle Creek Dec.
9, demurred to the charges.
Attorney Randolph Slocum in
the demurrer said the slate
'has attempted to blow a larg
er balloon than is necessary
with regard to the offense and
thereby to embarrass tho de
fendant." He points out that two
separate sets of charges have
been filed. One includes assault
with intent to kill and assault
with a dangerous weapon involv
ing Campbell. The ether involves
the same charges involving "
Campbell's wife. He says there
are two greater crimes alleged
and two lesser crimes. "The
state should probably have gone
from the sublime to the ridicu
lous and included simple assault
and assault and battery," the
demurrer says.
The demurrer insists the state
should elect between offenses to
prevent "prejudice and embar
rassment to the accused."
Slocum says that if the do-
murrer is denied, he moves for
an order requiring the state to
elect on which of the several
charges contained in the indict
ment it intends to proceed
against the defendant.
The Myrtle Creek youth was
arrested Dec. 9 after he alleged
ly came to the Campbell home
after having spent some time
in a tavern with Mrs. Campbell
and fired the shotgun blast
through a window, wounding
Mrs. Campbell. The incident oc
curred after an altercation.
Lee William Cowar t
Lee William Cowan of 425 Ce
dar St., Drain, died at a Cot
tage Grove hospital Friday.
lie was born in Sheldon, N.D.I
Nov. 15, 1898 and was married
in Lisbon, N.D., Feb. 24, 1921,
to his wife, Kathryn, who sur
vives him. . ;
Williams had been a resident
of Drain for the last six years,
coming here from Myrtle Creek.
Also surviving him are a
daughter, Dora Randleman Of
Toledo, and a brother, Stanley
Cowan of Minneapolis, Minn.
Funeral services are schedul
ed Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Wil
son's Chapel of the Roses, Rose
burg. Interment will follow at
the Roseburg Memorial Gar
dens. Funeral , arrangements
are being handled by Mills Mor
tuary of Drain.
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