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ale Wdms Soions End Long Meet, LBJ Heads For Texas , , vtf Whoat S 4 I . ... v 1m Head Home I K mm iim -Him 1 1 it flh. -i mwWMtiilgil TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT With so many more youngsters to attend to, Santa Clous has found it necessary to go modern, too. Instead of his sleigh and eight reindeer, Santa may be seen tonight flitting from house to house in a helicopter. At least that's how he arrived in Roseburg during the pre-Christmas season during a stop at Roseburg Plaza. Whotever means of transportation he uses, his visits to Douglas County homes will mean a lot of hoppy young hearts in the morning. (News-Review photo by Andy Fautheree) Forrest Industries Pays S1.1 Million For Umpqua Timber Forrest Industries Inc. of Dil lard paid more than $t million tor a tract ot timber Monday for one of the biggest prices ever paid in the Umpqua Na tional Forest for a single tract The company paid SI, 139,(151 for the Wright Creek Sale on 402 acres 39 miles cast of Roseburg in the Little River District. The tract was apprais ed ul $7411,254. The company 1)1'! $.'M.05 for .'10,500,000 board foot of Douglas fir appraised at $21.25 per thou- sand and the appraised priresisand for nine million feet o( on the other species in the tract which has a total volume of 33,200,000 hoard feel. The ap praisal bids were $12.30 por thousand for 700,000 board feet of sugar and other pine species and $10.80 por thousand for two million feet of western hemlock and other species. Other bidders were Douglas Veneer Co. and .1. R, Standley SEAGOING CAR SAN DIEGO, Cali'. (UIM) -The U.S. C'oust Guard was on the lookout today for a sea going ear. Dr. Donald It. Ilautls, 31, said lie feared neighborhood teen agers had taken his "Amplii- car, a foreign-built red conver llble capable of traveling on land or water, for a nuutical spin. Pope Says Visit To Holy Land Is Not A 'Tourist Excursion' VATICAN CITY lUPIl-Pope Paul VI s (i ill today his pilgrim age to the Holy Land is no "tourist oxcursiun" hut rather an "historic voyage" to pray to (oil lor peace and unity in the world. In a speech to Hie cardinals and other members of the Ro man curia gathered for theirl traditional Christmas Kve audi ence, the pontiff saiil his trip will be "rich in grace and peace for the church and the world." "What is this trip?" he asked rhetorically. "A tourist excur .vion? A political expedient? An evasion uf our duties which keep us here?" Then, answering the question he posed, the Pope added: "We hope to encounter the I.nril in our trip, which seems The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Sunny end warm today, in creasing cloudiness tonight with rein and gusty winds Wednes dey. Warmer tonight. Highest temp, lest 24 hours 54 Lowest temp, lest 14 hours If highest temp, eny Dec. (SI) (9 Lowest temp, eny Dc. (41) H Precip. lest 14 hours 0 Normal Dec. precip. 3.4 Precip. from Dec. I .11 Precip. from Sept. 1 10.70 Sunset tonight, 4:41 p.m. Sunrise tmorrow, 7:44 e.m. and Sons Logging, hoth ol Roseburg. This was the biggest of three sales made Monday at the su pervisor's office. Another was the Hock Fork Sale on 248 acres 50 miles east of llosohul-i Son Studs Inc. o Hosoburg naid 815:1.458 for the 14.900.U00 board feel unm-aised ul $141,698. Us payment was based on a price ol $18. 50 per Ihousand for 2'I00,0(I0 board feet of Douglas fir appraised at S1J 40, I lie appraised $7.25 per thou Shasta red fir and noble fir, $10.80 per thousand for 600,000, feet of western white pine and other species of pine appraised at $10.75 and the appraised $.". 65 for three million feet ofi mountain hemlock and other species. Other Bidden Listed Oilier bidders were Jolfnes Timber Corp. of Canyonville, Paul a. Unit Lumber Cu. ol Dillard, III.! Martin Bros. Con- lainer and Timber Produclsl Corp. of Oakland and J. It. Standley ami Sons lagging. The last tract, the Mudslonc Salvage sale, was won by .1. R. Standley at the appraised price of $4,360. It involves 160,000 board feet of Douglas fir and pine appraised at $23.95 and 60, 000 feet of western hemlock and other species appraised at $8.80 for its novelty, for its signifi cance, for its resonance, to as sume great importance, the sig nificancp of which we cannot yet calculate, hut which we feel to be immense, at least as a symbol, at least us u portent." Pope Paul's pilgrimnge is scheduled for Jan. 4 6 In his Christmas inessago he recalled the .Magi, the three Biblical Kings who brought gilts from the Kast to the ncw-hnrn babe. Paul said the coming Christ mas filled his heart with de sire for world free from hun ger, for n world of peace and (or unity between men in Christ. The papal Christmas message was the first of several Vati can events in connection with Christmas celebrations. Tonight the pontiff will say midnight .Mass in the Sistine Chapel for members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. the Pope message, over Vaticon Radio, began by ex tending "to alt of you our best wishes for a blessed Christ mas." He said "people who possess so many objects of so called exterior happiness often stand in need of interior happiness." This "genuine, personal, pro found and sincere'' inner happl ness was his wish for all. The Pope said that in view ing the "panorama of nations' the pressing need of mankind is in'ace. Services Set For Orchardist Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Wil son's Chapel of the Roses for Arthur II. Marsh, well known Lookingglass orchardist, who! died at a local hospital Sunday afler a short illness. Marsh had suffered a heart attack on the Monday preceding his death. The deceased was born in St Paul, Minn., on Nov. 10, 1891 lie came to Oregon in 1906 to llvc " ms I'corge Marsh, and stepmother, F.lr.a bcth Marsh, on a ranch in Look ARTHUR H. MARSH . . . orchardist dies ingglass being developed by his father, a pioneer in fruit cul ture. He was married July 16, 1919 in Portland to Hazel Smith, who for many years has been Look- ingglass correspondent for The News-Review. Marsh attended Willamette Academy and Willamette Col lege for two years, graduating with the class of 1915. He was elected to the state legislature in 1920 as representative from Douglas County. He served for approximately 30 years on the local school board and for six years on the county Rural School Board. His service cov ered the entire five years that the Douglas County School Dis trict Reorganization Hoard was in effect. Marsh served as a director for the Douglas County Farm Bureau Cooperative Exchange from practically its beginning and was president of the board for many years. Ha was one of the orgauiiers of the 'Looking glass Cemetery Association in 1931 and served until the ores cut time as its first and only president. He was a member and life long supporter of Look ingglass Community Church and wi" active in building the new church there. Throughout his life he was ac live in community and civic betternient projects and mos recently was interested in de velopment of the Wixson Home lor llovs. He was a veteran ol World War 1, serving in the Army. Surviving in addition to hi: wife are a son, George William of UHikingglass. and four grand children. Persons interested may make delations in his memory to the hoys' home. Thesv may be left at the Chapel of the Roses or at any local hank. Vault interment will be made at UHikmgglass Cemetery. C. X. Currier of Roseburg will of ficiate ut the services. Yule Visit PHILADELPHIA (UP1) President Johnson, enroute to a Yuletide visit to his horn e came here today to pay his last respects to Rep. William J Green Jr., It-Pa., long time friend and veteran Democratic politician who died lasi Satur day. The President flew here from Washington after applauding House morning passage of the foreign aid bill with its contro versial wheat credit amend merit, an action he said was in the public interest. He said he was sure that the nation would be grateful. He was accompanied here by his daughters Lynda, 19, and Lucy. 16. together with a num ber of House members mostly from the Southwest. Those from Texas planned to fly bark there with Johnson and memncrs ol his family after the funeral. Visits House Members During the 24 minute flight from the capitol, the President visited up and down the plane with the House members. The presidential Air torce One settled on the ice covered, well sanded runway minutes af ter an almost identical plane made a landing and cautious annroach and rolled slowly to the landing piers. It was one of three planes, all in the presi dential class, which made the flight here, and carried a con gressional delegation. Rciwrters from a distance first identified it as the presi dential plane. Hundreds of airport visitors and persons in transit crowded along the windows of the piers and watched the presidential plane move smartly to the ramps. Met By Officials Johnson was greeted by May or James H. J- Tale, city rep- esentativc Frederic Mann and other officials as he stepped from his plane. The President's limousine, on its run to the cathedra', of St. Peter and Paul, was followed by an open automobile carrying Secret Service men. A detail ot eight motorcycle oollce led the procession. Those without credentials at the airport could not approach1 the planes because of security eslrictions. Police barricades were thrown up and airport emnlovcs were shooed back from the immediate area unless Ihev wore the clearance tags. The Johnson family was met I the rectory of the cathedral bv Archbishop John J. Krol of the Philadelphia archdiocese, who escorted them to their pew in the edifice. before leaving Washington, ne applauded passaga of tha for eign aid bill In a statement. I commend the House of Representatives for its construe tivc action. Men and women of good will put their country first. some at great sacrifice to sec that the national Interest was served. I am grateful to tinm, and I am sure the nation is grateful to them," he said. Dynamite Wrecks St. Louis Grocery EAST ST. LOUIS. 111. (UPI1- Eight sticks of dynamite touched off an explosion in a Kroger store late Monday night in what police said was the most powerful of a year-long series of grocery store bomb ings in the St. Louis area. Police U. Fred Thcrias said the dynamite was placed in the doorway of the store. It blew out a U.S. mall box and shat tered all the glass in a filling station next to the store. Postal authorities were notified. A damage estimate was not immediately available. How ever, Kroger officials said the store would be open today for last-minute Christmas shopping One source said the explosion at the store was so severe it rocked the building and shat tered windows two blocks away- One policeman said a caller reporting the explosion said he heard "a loud boom." The last bombings occurred July 3 when an AiP store in South St. Lotus and a nation .il (mid store in East St. Louis were struck. Throe Kroger stores were bombed on both March 8 and May 9. Most of the bombings have come in series, but this was the only explosion reported Monday niiit in the area. No Paper WEDNESDAY CHRISTMAS II t.- BIG FAMILY-BIG CHRISTMAS Mr. and .Mrs. Andrew Fischer of Aberdeen, S. D., ore shown with their three-month-old tiuintuplets and their other five chil dren.' Holding the quints are, left, Denise (Mary Magdalene), 3; Julie (Mary Ann), 6; Danny (James Andrew), 8; Charlotte (Mary Catherine), 7; and Evelyn (Mary Margaret), 4. All of the quints were home by lost Saturday, just in time for a visit from St. Nick. (UPI Telephofo) Lakonia's Crew Draws Criticism Of Passengers FUNCHAL; Madeira (UPI) Three rescue ships brought 533 survivors from the Lakoma dis aster to Funchal today. Some of the surviving passengers im mediately , criticized the actions of the crew after fire broke out aboard the Greek cruise liner 180 miles to the northeast "The crew were no help at all," one woman, who was not Immediately identified, said aft er leaving one of the rescue ships. "We had to look after ourselves, getting into lifeboats. There were no ladders, and we had to get off as best we could. In London, tin Greek line' is sued an official statement which said no reports had yet been received about the fire. Say Lifeboats Checked We cannot comment on iso lated incidents." the statement said, "and can only say that the lifeboats were . definitely properly equipped and all had been checked during the relit period before sailing." Other passengers said the fire, which broke out Sunday night aboard the 20,314-ton lin er, turned everything into chaos." "One of us had to jump Into tha water," another passenger said. "Everyone was yelling and asking for ladders but the ladders didn't appear." The company also said It had received reports that 921 pas sengers and crew members had been rescued. The vessel car ried a total of 1,036 passengers and crew. ' The three vessels which ar- lvcti ncre mis morning wcreiMr, ..th. Iinanpia, .;.. nf the r. at v. liner siraineaen with three survivors, the Argen tine vessel Salta with 455, and the American vessel Rio Grande with 75 for a total of 533. Two other vessels, the Pakis tani freighter Mchdi and the British cargo ship Montclam, were bringing in more survi vors. The Mchdi was heading for Funchal and the Montcalm for Casablanca, Morocco. The Greek line spokesman in London said information had been received that the 7.051-ton American vessel Exporter had picked up 76 survivors and the 1, 029-ton French motor vessel Barakat had picked up 22 He said this brought the total to 921, leaving 115 unaccounted for. A British plane today report ed sighting lfl more bodies in the waters around the burning Lakonia, reducing the number of passengers and crew men i dead or unaccounted for to 105. White House Receives Christmas Decoration WASHINGTON ( I'Pl (-Christ mas decorations made their appearance at the vVhitc House Monday. The traditional Yuletide dec orations were delayed until af ter the SQ-day mourning period for President Kennedy, which ended Sunday. A 13-foot spruce tree was set up in the Blue Room and hung with hundreds uf glass bulbs and electric candles. In the large East Room there was a creche with delicately executed figur ines displaying tlte Nativity scene. There also wert four undec orated trees in the Kail Room, tour in the main entrance hail and two lighted trees on the north portico. II',' 'J - i New Firm Roseburg A new corporation, Cemetery Management Association Inc., has acquired all the stock of Roseburg Memorial Gardens, and civil actions against the latter have been settled out of court, it was announced Mon day. A. L. Kittelson is new presi dent of the association; J. W. Motfat, vice president, and Rob ert M, Stults, secretary-treasur er. Moffat also will serve as general manager They replace the former offi cers and directors of Roseburg Memorial Gardens who have resigned. They were Robert A Dudley f Orictlo Dudley and Carl Camp.' This action ' was announced with the filing of a motion in Circuit Court asking for dis missal of a law suit brought by A. L. Kittelson and Rosa B Kittelson, his wife, against Rose burg Alemorial Gardens, Inc., for the appointment of a receiv er. Grounds listed for dismissal were that the former officers had resigned and the new offi cers have taken over. The mo tion states also that "all the stock of Roseburg Memorial Gardens' has been purchased by Cemetery Management Associ atcs Inc., an Oregon corpora tion, and the new officers, di rectors and stockholders desire to comply with all laws govern ing operation of cemeteries, per taining to endowment care trust funds, trust deposits and re serves for the future delivery of vaults, grave markers and memorials." The motion also notes it ap (h the corporation have now been put on a solid foundation and no counter-claim or cross-com plaint has been filed in said suit." Correction: A picture in Saturday's N'cws Review showing pictures being prepared for hospital rooms by- Douglas Community Hospital Auxiliary erroneouily identified the man who had framed the prints as Dr. Monroe. Actually, this was Clarence Munroc, fath er nf Dr. A. B. Muiproc, both of Roseburg. Mrs. Kennedy Preparing Christmas For Children PALM BEACH, Fla. (I'Pli Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, buoyed by the good frishes of her countrymen, prepared a quiet but bountiful Christmas today for her children. She planned a private Mass with the children of the late President at the home of his parents, former Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy. A spokesman said Mrs. Ken nedy and the youngsters, Caro line, 6. and John Jr., 3. would also eat Christmas dinner in the evenin? at the oceanside home of the elder Kennedy, about a mile from the mansion of C. Michael Paul where .Mrs. Kennedy and her family have been staying. The former First Lady has been in seclusion since arriving here last Wednesday, but ven tured nut on a lat-mimite shop ping trip late Monday on Palm Beach's exclusive Worth Ave nue. When a crowd gathered. 3 J Controls Cemetery Kittelson had brought suit claiming Roseburg Memorial Gardens was indebted to him in a sum in excess of $33,000 for money loaned by him. The suit stated further that debts of the Gardens exceeded its as sets, and that the defendant was unable to pay its obligations. It also alleged the defendant had failed for more than one year to make any payment to the endowment care fund, al though collecting" large sums of money from the sale of ceme tery spaces and sales of pre arranged funeral plans for fur nishing vaults and markers. District Attorney .Avery Thompson said' today that the suit of The Oregon Bank, a trustee of the endowment car funds, against the Roseburg le morial Gardens and naming him also as a defendant because of his interest in the public trust will be continued. The bank had asked to with draw as trustee for reasons tha no money had been placed in the trust fund. The trial had been scheduled for Friday An order of continuance ha been prepared and sent to the Oregon Bank. It was expected to he returned today. Thompson stated that the or dor of continuance will set up provisions to guarantee that the trust funds are properly nan died. It will provide for the ap pointment of a certified public accountant to inspect the books and keep an audit. It will pro vide also for bending of the new corporation to guarantee that trust fund monies be prop erly used. The new corporation will be required to build lip the trust fund to take care of perpetual cemetery care and there shall he no profits declared until this is taken care of. Ilulf of the profits received from perpetual care will go into future care, with the remaining half to build up the past trust funds. Thompson stated the district attorney's office will continue to scrutinize the past activities to determine if the law relative to trust funds was complied with. The Oregon Bank, meanwhile, has tentatively agreed to con tinue as the trustee under the new ownership. she cut the trip short. Accompanying Mrs. Kennedy were the youngsters, Ally. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Secret Service men. Mrs. Kcnnodv went into two shops but when people began recognizing her. she climbed into a car with the children and drove away. Christmas at the Kennedy winter home will not be the same as in other years when a gathering of the clan had been traditional. This vear. there will be Mrs. Kennedy, the! elder Kennedys, the former rirst Lady's sister. Princes Lee Radziwill and her two chil dren, and perhaps one or two other family members or close associates. The attorney general and the other brother ot the late Presi dent, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-j Mass.. were here during the weekend, but planned to return to their own families in Wash ington today. WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi- dent Johnson today won his first big struggle with Congress when an unprecedented dawn session of the House voted down its own attempt to curb wheat sales to Communist nations. Johnson called the action constructive" and said "I am sure that the nation is grate ful" to the lawmakers. Immediately alter the bitter ly contested vote, the weary House members agreed to ad journ the first session of the 88th Congress on Monday. This meant that for all practical pur poses the longest session of Congress in more than 20 years was over. The roll call vote on the wheat credit amendment to the S3 billion foreign aid bill was 189 to 158. Voting in support of Johnson's stand were 187 Demo crats and 2 Republicans. Vot ing against it were 133 Republi cans and 25 Democrats. Wore Down Opponents The administration victory look 10 days, three tries and a lot of bruised feelings that all but destroyed the honeymoon with tho While House. The House twice before had voted for the contrc versial amend ment to the foreign aid bill but administration forces " finally wore down opponents with tac tics that included an all-night session Friday night. The Senate still must give routine approval to the foreign aid bill but this is scheduled for Friday. Only the pending Senate vote prevented Congress from adjourning finally until Jan. 7 when the second session begins. As a result, some House members will have to stick around through the Christmas holidays. Most congressmen, however, headed straight for the highways and airports. Bitter Wranolins The extraordinary dawn ses sion was. marked right down to the end by the bitter wrangling, and snappish debate that has' marked congressional reaction to the storm that blew up oven the amendment. Under the compromise plan finally adopted the White House must make the final decision on whether attempts to trade with Russia and other Red nations should be sweetened with V. S. government credit guarantees. After scarcely more than a month in office, Johnson al ready had drawn heavily on the reservoir of good will that he carried into the White House on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22. At today's early session mem bers plainly were tired, some of them angry, and all of them ready for a quick final show down on the issue. Debate was interrupted by cries of "vote!" and loud grum bling from one side or the other. Some members Who wanted to talk were told blunt ly to sit down and put their re marks in the Congressional Record. And there was a final round of charges and countercharges. Hep. Charles A. Halleck, R Ind., the GOP lerder, said the issue was whether or not to help Russia get in better posi tion to cause trouble "anywhere in the world including Cuba." Rep. Carl Albert, D-Okla., the Democratic leader, shot back hotly that this wasn't the ques tion at all. "We have a new President," he reminded the members, "the Tree world is watching to see whether he is strong enough to he a reliable leader or whether he is weak." Wants Cash Rep. Howard W. Smith.- D Va., chairman of the rules com- Imittce and the Southern con servative leader, put it this way: "I'm willing to sell wheat to Russia if they want to buy it. But I want cash on the bar rel." Smith said Russia still owes this country $11 billion from lend-lease shipments in World War II. Private bankers propose to fi nance the wheat deal, if it ma terializes. However, it is ex pected they will want their loans guaranteed by the Export Import Bank. The House tied to a S3 billion foreign aid hill a specific prohibition against any such guarantee. Today's House action cleared the way for final, belated ap proval of the aid bill, already almost six months overdue. It carries money lo imance for eign military and economic as sistance in the 12 months that began on July 1. House members first had ap proved the trade curb Monday of last week. Johnson persuad ed the Senate, w hen it took up the aid bill, to reject the provi sion. A conference committee brought back to the House a compromise putting Congress on record against it but leaving the final say-so up to the White House. (Continued on Peg. 3)
