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Section B 5 Comics, Radio-TV LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 Springfield's Police Work Gained in '62 Statistics Shown In Annual Report The Springfield , Police De partment's work load increased markedly during 1962, Chief of Police Floyd Clower reported Thursday in his annual report. Major crimes rose from 599 In 1961 to 683 during 1962, an increase of 14 per cent. Lesser crimes increased 13 per cent and traffic accidents reported to the police department jumped from 488 in 1961 to 551 last year. . At the , same time depart mental activities were increas ing, Clower said a major prob lem affecting the department was the recruiting of "good po , lice applicants and of keeping them." "Good men rre hard to at tract, especially when our start ing salary $350 a month) is the lowest of all 31 cities in Oregon with over 5,000 population . They are hard to keep because of the higher police salaries' in nearby Eugene, Lane . County Sheriff's Department, and the Oregon State Police. Even so, we had only 10 per cent turn over in personnel during the year," Clower said. Court Cases Gain The annual report said that cities on the Pacific Coast in opringneia s population bracket have an average of 1.6 officer, per thousand population. "Here in Springfield we, have i population of 20,717 and an authorized strength of 28 offi cers. This is only 1.34 officers per thousand population. If we are to meet the Pacific Coast average for cities our size, we should have 33 officers," the chief said. Clower's report said the addi tional work load of the depart ment is reflected, too, in the increase in municipal court cas es. The 3,831 cases handled in 1962 is a 10.5 per cent increase over the 1961 load and a 39 per cent increase over 1960 totals. Traffic arrests during 1962 totaled 8,432 about 500 more than the previous year. The 728 speeding arrests last year are more than double 1961 speeding arrests, the report said. Officers investigated or re ceived reports on 551 traffic ac cidents during 1962 as compared with 488 in 1961. Injuries last year totaled 15817 more than the previous year. There was one traffic death last year. ' Age Groups Noted ' Drivers in the 25 to 34 age group caused the most accidents last year 140. The 35 to 44 group was next with 131 acci dents, followed by the 20 to 24 year old group with 112. Following are the leading causes of 1962 traffic accidents: Failure to yield right of way, 179: following too closely, 137; other improper driving. Ill; im proper turn, 29; speeding, 16; running stop sign, 13. Of the 683 so-called "major" crimes committed in 1962. 526 involved petty larceny. There were 446 petty larceny cases re corded in 1961. ' Other major crimes last year Included break and enter, 76; aggravated assault, 7; auto theft, 37; rape, 5: robbery, 2; and grand larceny, 30. Following is a break-down of miscellaneous complaints inves tigated: Dog and cat complaints, 138; vandalism, 349;. suspicious autos, 110; suspicious persons, 285; stolen property reports, 520: family fights. 167; missing persons, 52; children lost, 37; emergency calls, 122; lost and found, 124; complaints turned over to detective division, 971; disturbances, 443; possible prowlers, 253; lewd phone calls, 61; abandoned autos, 48. Railroads Approve Freight Rate Cut SALEM MT The Union Pacif ic and the Northern Railroad Lines have agreed to reduce freight rates on Oregon pota toes. Public Utility Commission er Jonel C. Hill said Thursday. The lower rates, filed with the Interstate Commerce Com mission, are the same as those approved last year for potatoes shipped from Idaho. Emerald Vital Statistics BIRTHS. (ACRED HEART HOSPITAL Eafene Mirth 2. 193 SHELDON Mr. nd Mri. Pul 8hl rtnn, 2570 Monroe St., Eulint, diulthtpr. ANDERSON Mr. ind Mrl. Jr An- derion. S7t Naduic . vuent, diu(hlr. MOORE Mr. and Mrs. Clnn Mooro, l73A'i Mots St.. Emno. B ton. RRUNKEN Mr. nd Mr.Dil Bran- ktn, 2960 DiKwood St., Euic n- GOULD Mr. nd Mri. Dwinli Gould, 1129 0k St . Eufenc. ton. Marrk 21. 1M) JARRE-IT Mr. and Mra. Howard Jarrttt, RL 1 Boi 1 C, luftna, .--V- ;,'.- . , 4 "r?---. .;&;fA fZjmM.z'S ; Storm Front Lags But It's Still Coming A weak storm front off the Pacific Coast of Oregon, which threatened to bring rain and showers to dampen the first day of spring paused long enough to bring bright sunshine Thursady morning. But the front, the Eugene weatherman said, is still due to bring its precipitation over Wes tern Oregon. In his Thursday morning forecast, he predicted showers tonight, with scattered showers Friday. - - - -Wednesday,' the last day of winter, brought a high reading of 70 degrees at the U.S. Weatn er Bureau station at Mahlon Sweet Airport, Eugene. Thurs day's high, the weatherman said, was expected to be 66 degrees in the Eugene-Springfield area. Friday s high is predicted at 58 degrees. Warmer temperatures were also reported Thursday morning at both Willamette and Santiam Passes, where some roadside snow was melting. No new snow has fallen on the passes in the last few days, and the snow depth is now 20 inches at Wil lamette Pass, 26 inches at Santiam Pass. I Fire Runs t (Runs from noon I, Wednesday to noon : .Thursday) , Eugene J 12:47 p.m. Wednesday f. Mistaken alarm, Skinner a Butte, control burning. I 6:45 p.m. Flue fire, I 2005 Monterey Lane, no damage. I I Springfield f None. a dauhter. SAMUELS Mr. and Mrl. Jamea Samuela, 3U9 Potter St., tufene, a aon. DESK1NS Mr. and Mm. Jimn Da klna, 10M Almaden St., Eusene, aon. COLLINS Mr. and Mra. f.ary Col lint, 244J w. 14lh Ave, Cufene, ton. HOWARD Mr. and Mrt. Mai How- ard, 12S E. llth Ave, Eutene, aon. MCKENZIE WILLAMETTE HOSPITAL ftprtBKflfld Muck II, IMS JOSEPH-Mr. and Mra. Kfltll Jntph. 22 Haydm Rrtdia Rd., Sprlnf flcld, a aon. (correction l. . f '.'WTaaaV " - - t? 'J 1 I ., . '"I. . J" ' I Squirrel Supplement You'd think that squirrels, with their magnificent teeth, would take the mod-: em chewable vitamins. But this 21-day- old gray squirrel prefers his in liquid. The creature was brought a few days Bond Drive Leaders Picked; To Meet Ex Mrs. America? Eugene banker H. Sanford Saari, appointed recently as chairman of the United States Savings Bonds program in Lane County, has named seven county chairmen to lead a 1963 Free dom Bond Drive here May 1 to July 4. , Saari, appointed to the volun tary post by the U. S. Treasury Department, is president of Citizens Bank. He succeeds Del bert Hill, manager of the West side Eugene branch of the First National Bank. Hill has held the county chairmanship for the past five years. . A meeting has been sched uled for 2:43 next Monday at the Eugene Hotel with the seven chairmen and George W. Mimnaugh, of Portland, state director of the U. S. Treasury's Savings Bond Division. ' Former "Mrs. America," Emi ly Tarrall of Portland, also will be on hand at the meeting, Saari said, to help publicize the bond-sales drive. The meeting is being called to discuss the sales drive and to review the savings bond program in Lane County. The seven chairmen named Metro Civic Club To Hear Barton Clarence Barton, speaker of the Oregon House of Represen tatives, will speak Friday noon in Eugene at a meeting of the Metropolitan Civic Club. Barton, D-Coquille, will speak about the taxation questions facing the 1963 Legislature. The Metro Club meeting will be held at Bev's Steak House in Eugene. Marrh M. 1MI DAVIS Mr. and Mrt. Jack P. Davis, 4222 Royal Ave., Eugene, a aon. DEATHS HOFFMA V Mrt. Div.d M- ( Bea trice A.I Hoffman, 44, of Tacoma, Wath , died In Ta-rrma on March 19. Funeral tervlre will b announced later by Buell Chapel, Sprlnffield. SCHUREMAN Earl Schureman. 74. of 1M6 Jefferson St., Eugene, died March 20. Privato aervlcea will be Friday at 10 30 a m. at England Funeral Home, Eugene. ZERO Allan E Zero. HI. of l,a. Salle Street. Haniiburaj, died March 20. Funeral arraniemenU will be announced by Murphy Funeral Home, Junction City. Wli) iil1,il.iiii'liiirii'iir ' 4 .! t Register-Guard ago to the Oregon Trail Pet Corral where visitor Susan Burian, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs'. Clifford Burian, 2143 Ranch Corral Dr., Springfield, tries her hand at the feeding process. , , , II . SANFORD SAARI Heads Lane Bond Drive by Saari, listed according to the areas they will supervise during the sales drive: Eugene Mcrvin O. Dahl, vice president and manager of the main Eugene branch of the First National Bank. Springfield Jack M. MaiU Meeting Tonight McKENZIE RIVER Lodge No. 195, AF and AM, meeting at 7:30 p.m. at McKcnzie River Masonic Temple, 850 E. 14th Ave., Eugene, for work in OBSIDIAN DANCE Night starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Obsidian Lodge, 29th Avenue and Spring Boulevard, Eugene. Everyone welcome. . Friday P.E.O. Chapter D.S. rummage sale starting at 8 a m. at The Center, 31 W. Seventh Ave., Eugene. SENIOR CITIZENS Invited service day from 10 am. to 4 p.m. at Celeste Campbell Senior Center, Skinner Butte Park, Eugene. Bring sack lunch. Coffee furnished. WEST CENTRAL District noon meeting at Osburn Hotel, Eugene. Speaker, William S. Fort, Lane County Circuit Court judge, will discuss "Marriage Laws and Family Court Legislation. McKENZIE RIVER Golden at Moffitt School. S. Fifth Street, Springfield. Special program. Bring cookies. Anyone SO years EUGENE YORK Rile Masons, Hiram Council No. 7, Royal and Select Masters, utatcd assembly at 7:30 p.m. at McKeniie River Temple, 850 E. 14th Ave., Eugene. Royal and select masters' degrees will be conferred. All royal and select masters invited. primn 1 " phoio by MirKo Puner) land, manager of the U. S. Na tional Bank of Portland. Florence A. L. Coit, cashier and manager of the Lane Coun ty Bank at Florence. Cottage Grove Charles E. Hart, manager of the Cottage Grove branch of the U. S. Na tional Bank. Oakridgc R. J. "Curly" Bry ant, manager, Oakridge branch of the First National Bank. Junction City D. S. Mont gomery, manager of the Junc tion City branch of the U. S. National Bank. Creswell Clyde Hollcmon of the Hollemon Motor Co., Cres well. Those committee chairmen, Saari said, will in turn appoint committee members to help conduct the drive. As a goal, he said, the campaign will be attempting to convince every Lane County family that it ought to invest in at least one savings bond. Savings bond purchases, Saa ri said, not only provide inves tors with a "sure yield at 3 per cent interest, but also they make it possible lor tne inai vidual to do his part In reduc ing the government debt. Notices fellowcraft degree. Refreshments to participate in community of Oregon Social Welfare Assn, Age Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. or older welcome. M Street Widening Costs Issue Studiedby Council Should Eugene property own ers pay all the costs of widen ing streets they live on to handle increased traffic loads? This question was considered Thursday noon at a meeting of the Eugene City Council, Warren Coombs, who owns property at 973 Hilyard St., told the council, meeting as a committee-of-the-v, hole, that he thinks the city should pay the entire costs of such projects. At least part of the council agreed with him. Coomhs appeared before the council to speak out against an assessment for the widening of Hilyard Street from Broadway to 13th Avenue last summer. ' The city, under a policy adopt ed in January, 1962, assessed 2 Malagasy Educators Due Here Two educators from Mada gascar will visit a cattle ranch and attend a tea at the chancel lor's home, among other things, when they stop by Eugene this weekend. The two are Laurent Botoke ky, minister of education, youth and sports, and Andre David, director of academic service in the Ministry of Na tional Education. Madagascar is a self-govern ing republic, member of the French Community in the ln dian Ocean. It is the worlds fourth largest Island and is situated off the southeast coast of Africa. , On Observation Tour , The two officials are on a six-week visit to the United States observing the American education system. They will be in Oregon Thursday througn Sunday and In Eugene the last two days of that time. Jpnnnlle Moorhead. coordina tor of the Institute of Inter national Affairs of the State System of Higher Education's r.iMipral Extension Division, is making arrangements for tne visit. To Attend Game KalnrHfiv mnrninff the two will be taken by County Exten sion Acnnt Cleve Dumdi to a cattle ranch near Saginaw. They will attend the A l state basket ball final game at McArthur Court Saturday night. Sunday morning they will be taknn hv Melvin Moore, princi pal of Edison Elementary School, on a tour of that scnooi. Sunday afternoon, before de parting from Oregon, they will ottonrl n tea at the home of Chancellor of Higher Education Roy Lieuallen. Fiscal Office Recommends CD Review SALEM (DPI) A further re view of the civil defense budget has been recommended by the legislative fiscal office in a sup plemental report on the gover nor'i budget requests. The report recommended ( review of $22,000 requested for state aid to local government units for purchase of equip ment. The supplemental review cov ers the governor's requested $410,000 CD budget for 1963-85. No mention was made of the alternate $50,000 budget being considered by a ways and means subcommittee. The fiscal office said that "in most states, there is no state participation in the purchase of equipment for local civil de fense operations." The office made no recom mendation regarding the $22, 000 item other than to slate "this is an appropriate Item for further evaluation by the Joint Ways and Means Committee." U of O Professor To Conduct Seminar Marshall Flxman of the Uni versity of Oregon will be one of two scientists conducting a two-week seminar on statistical theory of macromoleculcs at Dartmouth College this summer. Fixman is professor of chem istry and director of the univer sity's Institute of Theoretical Science. Conducting the course with Fixman will be Walter H. Stock mayer, Dartmouth professor of chemistry. the property owners the full cost of widening the street be yond its existing width. Resi dential owners were assessed for widths up to 36 feet and owners of R-4 (apartment zone) property were assessed widen ing costs up to the full width of 44 feet. A public hearing is scheduled on the assessment of Hilyard at next Monday night's council meeting. Tho first reading of an assessment ordinance for the widening of Patterson Street, done at the same time as Hil yard, is also scheduled. A public hearing will come later. Coombs told the council Thursday noon he would have less opposition to street widen ing projects if the city picked up the entire tab. Most people, he said, don't want their streets Eugene Qleemen Schedule The Eugene Glcemcn, 60- voice men's chorus, have a busy schedule ahead of them tho next two weeks. Next Tuesday night they'll present a concert at Elmira High School to benefit Little League baseball teams in the area. On Thursday, March 28, they'll sing at the Lions Home Show. And on Wednesday, April 3, they will present their annual home concert in Eugcno under sponsorship of the Eugene Ki- vanis Club. Besides these engagements, tho Gleemen are scheduled to make a tape recording for a half-hour television program or United States savings bonds, A crew front Portland Is ex pected to make tho video tape with the Gleemen singing In an outdoor setting. ' Their voices will provide background music 'The Creditors' Opening at UT Tickets will be on sale at the door tonight for the opening performance of Uni versity Theatre's "The Credi tors" in tho lab theater of Villard Hall on the Univer sity of Oregon campus. Curtain time is 8 p.m. Tick ets are $1.29. The box office in the UT building will be open through 7 p.m. After that tho box office will be shifted to the first floor of Villard, which is directly behind tho UT building. The phone number is tho same for both box offices, DI 2-1411, ext. 1781. ;'The Creditors," a satirical drama by Strindbcrg, will play tonight through Satur day this week and Thursday through' Saturday next week. Performances , for both Fri day nights are sold out. Honest to Horace Greeley, Gents-1 Saw It, 1 Did! By DONN BONHAM ' Ruliur-Ooard Cltj Editor " . I've flipped. 4 This seems to be the consensus in the Register-Guard news room. ' . But I saw it Wednesday night. I really did. So did six of my Willakenzie (Westward Ho) area neighbors. But neigh-, bors don't count with cynical newspaper reporters and desk , men. " . , . , There was this light, see. And It sort of darted around In' the sky. Occasionally it would stand still. Then it would move again. Slow, fast. Straight, crooked. Finally, after about 45 minutes, "it" landed. Our theory involves a gas-filled balloon, a kite and a light of some kind. Kids, probably. ' I figured all sorts of agencies would be getting calls about it. But no. My assistant called the Federal Aviation Agency man at the airport. Yea, he had had one call "from someone -out in Westward Ho." One of the neighbors. , Won't someone else please come forward? ur.v.aihi1 HopeVa; REALIZE H3b ANODAOUEiS (drift 4 WWtfTMAKS widened into arterials anyway, and that getting a bill for the widening project adds to the ill feeling. Councilman Wallace Swanson said he agrees that there would probably be fewer objections. But, he said, it would hardly be fair for the city to eliminate assessments for widening proj ects when such a policy dates back to the early 1950s on streets like West 18th Avenue and South Willamette. Swanson made a motion that the council committee go on record supporting its present policy. The vote was a 3-3 split with two of the eight council members absent. Accordingly, the Issue will come before tho council Mon day night without a committee-of-the-whole recommendation. Heavy for a film featuring Oregon scenery. The tape is to be used this spring on television atations around the state. Tickets for the April 3 home concert, to be held at the Ag riculture Bldg. at the Lane County Fairgrounds, are avail able from Gleemen and from Eugene Kiwanis members. The price is $1. Proceeds will be used by the Kiwanlans for their various civic projects. Many Gleemen fans will be I hearing the group under its I new director, Neil Wilson, for the first time at the home con cert. He took over the baton when Dean Theodore Kratt died last summer. The Gleemen also have a new accompanist, Don Loftus, replacing Stacy Green, whose death also removed him rom the Gleemen ranks. " The Gleemen have been en tertaining Eugene and Pacific Northwest audiences for 37 years. Besides giving benefit concerts for civic groups, the men's chorus has sung for con ventions as far away as San Francisco and Seattle. , , Dist. 19 Announces Courses for Adults - The schedule of adult educa tion classes to be sponsored by Springfield School District this spring was announced this week. Classes meet in Springfield High School. Moat of the class es are for 10 weeks and meet or.ee a week in the evening. In formation may be obtained from the adult education office, . RI 7-3331. The classes listed are basic sewing, furniture upholstery, furniture refinishing, combina tion welding, typing, French for children, conversational Chi nese, civil defense, and driver training.. 50 r DIDN'T MAKE THE HONOR RflOl THAT DOtSNT MEAN THE 1D0W.P ISCTMIN6T0AWErO,D0ESIT? I . asdaaafel stM?v mi
