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8 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1960 PREPARED BY OREGON STATE ; SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION I tub atCtMMM BY 1970... 26,000,000 IN REUMtCH O RANTS r CClENTISTS AT THE C1 UMIVERSITY OF OREGON ARE BUSY WTTVI WVUCT M1AUT B.F CALLED MOLC0ULAR ENGINEERING TAKIWO APABT ELEMENTS OF NATURE, TMPM RECONSTRUCTING TUCM TO FORM NCW ELEMENTS. STUDIES BY UK, D.F. SWINE HABT HAVE CON- -JRIBUTEO MANY ADVANCEMENTS PETBOLEtM 3M ED PRODUCTS. Priest Sought on Sex Charge Leaves Texas Before Warrant Served San Antonio, Tex.-IUPII-A deputy sheriff carrying a war rant for the arrest of the Rev. John F. Feit, charged with assault with intent to rape a ' 20-year-old college co-ed, was told Saturday the young Ro man Catholic priest is out of slate. , Deputy Sheriff Heriberto Sanchez drove from Edinburg In the lower Rio Grande val ley to San Antonio to serve the warrant on 27-year-old Father Feit. Accompanied by two San :Anlonlo officers, Bexer coun ty Deputy Sheriff Alfred Car reon and Chief Investigator Tony Morin, Sanchez went to the Demazenod Scholastic ate Seminary, and talked to Father Albert Kippcs. Faher Kippes told Sanchez that Father Fell was out of the slate. Father Kippes rec ommended that the officer get in touch with Fred Semaan, .a prominent .San Antonio crlmminal attorney. Semaan could not be reach ed for comment. He was re- sported to 'be' driving id the Pacific coast on vacation, and his brother, A. Semaan, said he was due to arrive In Ari zona Saturday night. j Today Marks Anniversary of The Day Roseburg Blew Up; City Works Hard to Rebuild Roseburg -(UPII -A year ago today, in the predawn black ness, this quiet lumber town blew up. The peaceful dreams of its sleeping residents were shat tered by a blast of vartime violence that ripped the heart out of the downtown area. Thirteen persons were killed, 135 were injured and property damaged totalled $12 million. A million pounds of glass was, blown out of doors and windows. Today, a year after a minor fire ignited 6'A tons of explo sives aboard a parked truck and critically wounded a city, 24-sheet billboards call tour ists' attention to the remain ing scars. A boy lies in a nurs ing home, still unconscious, lawsuits jam the courts. Many citizens are trying to forget. But the city in general, de nied government disaster re lief by a technicality, is pull ing itself out of the rubble. The city passed a $198,000 bond issue to aid in blast re habilitation; a new shopping center is planned on the site of a high school torn by the explosion; the Farm Bureau has erected two buildings near the blast site; a new bridge will span the Umpqua river. Building permits this past year have totaled $3.6 mil lion, compared to $1.3 million the previous year. For some the aftermath is more tragic. Alvin Kuyken dall, who lost his wife, his daughter and his business, and was himself crippled for sev eral months, reflects the opin ion of many. "You try and keep your mind off of it." A 18-year-old boy lies in a twilight world in a Eugene, Ore., nursing home. James Siles has never regained con sciousness since the blast drove a four-inch bolt into the base of his skull. The blast shattered the lives of some, inspired heroism in others, and brought a change to all the citizens. Roseburg, because of a le gal technicality, was never declared a disaster area in the eyes of the state or federal government. As a result, the city has had to proceed on its own with whatever resources it could gather. Visitors to Roseburg are im mediately made aware of its day of tragedy. Huge bill boards are posted about the town. "Blasted - 34 blocks - Tour the area-See a city rebuild," they read. "It's kind of like inviting someone to see your grave yard," Mayor Arlo Jacklin said. He added, however, that the signs have interested visi tors in what the city is doing to rebuild. Sentiment against the bill boards ran high at first, he said, but opposition has died down. Still, there are people who want to forget-survivors of the victims, and the injured and scarred. But with rehabilitation in progress, Jacklin said the city is pulling together as never before. "We're getting along like a family with a disaster or hurt and working out of it," Jack lin said. "Most of the scars are healed, I think. It's kind of like a bad dream." Roseburg Praised For Recovery Salem-UPD-Gov. Mark Hat field Friday wrote to Rose burg Mayor Arlo Jacklin con gratulating the city for the way it has rebuilt, "not only physically but in spirit as well" since the explosion which destroyed most of downtown Roseburg one year ago. A truck loaded with explo sives blew up Aug. 7, .killing 13 persons and causing mil lions of dollars in damage. "One can never forget the fear and frustration in the faces of citizens nor can one forget the damage that was done," Hatfield said. "But what a thrill it is to see in Roseburg today a confidence that came about because you people rallied to the occa sion." "As you review the memo ries of those horrible days of recovery please be assured of the pride with which all Ore gon ians view your efforts," Hatfield said. o State CONTRACT AWARDED Salem - fUPU - The Oregon Highway commission Friday gave Newport Con struction company of Portland a $38,983 contract for 10.3 miles of oiling on the Bomber Range road 13 miles southeast oTBoardman in Morrow coun ty. There were two higher bids. POLITICAL LEADER DIES Toronto, Ont. IUPD Former Prime Minister Arthur Mei ghen, 86, Canada's oldest po liOcal leader, died at his noma Friday after a brief illness. Police Dog Gets Off to Bad Start St. Louis, Mo. - (UPII - Police figure rookie police dog King VI isn't ready for his final exams. King VI bit a police officer. FLOWERS Play A Major Part In Bringing Happiness To Us And All Mankind ... OUR FLORAL. DEPARTMENT Flowers Designed for All Occasions by QUALIFIED FLORISTS Funerals Weddings Grand Openings Pot Plants OUR. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT Insecticides Fertilizers Ceramics Gard en Seeds Garden Tools Trellises Hang ing Baskets Patio Plantings OUR NURSERY DEPARTMENT ' Container grown trees and shrubs, moved' without loss, any time of year. We carry full line of bedding plants. MARSHALL NURSERY & FLORIST 12th and Newtown We Deliver Phone SP 3. OPEN SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS TO NOON 1657 Earlier, District Attorney Robert Lattimore said at Ed inburg that Sheriff E. E. Fick ers had been advised thai any communications between his office and Father Feit would have to be made through Fred Semaan. Vickers sent Sanchez to San Antonio with the warrant after Father Feit failed to surrender Saturday at Edin burg, as he was expected to do. Father Feit was believed to be in San Antonio, but this had not been confirmed. There has been no communications from him since the charge was filed Friday. Meanwhile, Justice of the r t I i i i i-uaue uue iuupH seu ounn hi $5,000 Saturday on t h e i charge, Lattimore said a Hidalgo county grand jury prgbably will study Ihe case in September. .. Lattimore filed, the charge against Father Feit on a com' plaint signed by Maria Guer ra, a Pan American college coed in Edinburg. She claim ed she was attacked last March 23 in Sacred Heart church here but fought off her attacker. Demos Give Advice on How to Get Voters Out Washington - IUI'11 - Demo crats were circulating how-to-do-il pamphlets among their election campaign voting reg istration workers Saturday. They contain a variety of sug gestions, including what to do when you meet a Republican. The pamphlet is part of a kit intended to provide all of the materials for organizing a doorbell-pushing campaign to sign up eligible but unreg istered voters. Included is a summary of state registration and voting laws, sample registration forms, a red and brown chart and a statistical report on the '"voting potential" of each state. Theme of literature is: Or ganize your registration cam paign as comprehensively as a general planning for battle and then don't spare the shoe-leather. But it is the 19-page pam phlet that goes into the heart of the problem - the person-to-person contacts that Demo crats feel could lap a treasure trove of potential votes. The pamphlet, entitled, "Registration -First Big Step Toward Victory," stresses that the canvasser must be as en thusiastic as a cheer -leader and polite as a Boy Scout, and always diplomatic. Under a heading, "If You Find Republicans," the pam phlet oilers this advice: ' "Make a polite exit with 'Even though our politics dif fer, I'm certain you agree with me on the importance of registering. Goodbye . 'If the person who answers the door or telephone does not want to be disturbed or is otherwise antagonistic, can vasscrs should not be argu mcnlive or persistent," the pamphlet says. It suggests that new house-to-house campaigners should be started out in pairs to give more confidence. ' As a morale booster, 11 sug gests that several workers get together during the course of . their drive "so they can talk over their experiences and give each other advice." The pamphlet advises the campaign chairman to concen trate his manpower first .n districts with the highest ra tion of Democratic voles. ; It-said the second priority ihould be in precincts where the parly won or lost by a small margin, and after that the campaign should be pitch ed "where volunteer vanvas sers are most readily available." D e m o c r alic presidential campaign strategists said they were setting up the most in tensive voting registration drive in the party's history. Spokesmen said about 200 of the kits were distributed to Democratic leaders through out the nation and about 800 more probably- will be sent out before the campaign ends. The pamphlet urges its workers not to miss anybody, including shut-ins and those who live in trailer camps. It said the canvasser should be ready to provide transpor tation and even a baby-sitler if needed to get his prospect signed up for the general election. Roseburg Damage Still Unknown Portland - 0IPU - Total dam age from the fire and explos ion that leveled part of Rose burg one year ago today has not yet been completely tabu lated. The General Adjustment bureau said property damage resulting from the disaster was estimated at $9.3 million, but there were many losses not covered by insurance. There were a total of 6,450 claims. Some estimates have placed loss as high as $12 million. Damage suits now pending total more than $1 million. The claims are against Ihe Pa cific Powder Co., of Tenino, Wash., and the Gerretson Building Supply Co. The newest simulated dia mond looks like a gem and even, the manufacturer says, cuts glass - passing one of the layman's test for telling a real diamond from a fake one. The retail price: $16 a carat. Sizes range from one to 20 carats, but the manufacturer makes larger ones upon re quest. A pear-shaped 45 crat stone, set in 14 carat gold, re tails for $2,500. 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