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IMM II ! I 111! I Ill Hill mm I l' , rHri-ll I 'I lllfillf -k-V WW1" - ri1tTAi'l (MlMMHHMHHiMHMMnHVMMHMHHMnMIMMnMHHMMIBHHMHMHMHHI BLAST, FIRE LEVEL ROSEBURG . persons to be killed, and upwards of SOeinjured Friday looming in Roseburg. The devastated area covered about By FRANK JENKINS A Soviet radio commentator this morning assailed American poli ticians and "journalists" who, he lays, are trying to figure., out whether the United States or Rus sia will gain THE MOST from the Eisenhower-Khrushchev visits. "This kind of bookkeeping," he (aid, "can only do harm." I'm. half inclihed to agree with fcim. . The big question that interests THE PEOPLE of the two coun tries (as well as the people of .all the world) is this: Will BOTH the United States and Russia gain from these visits? They will IF out of the develop- ments following the new situation that has;, arisen-.th.ere comes the conviction that SOMEHOW all-out nuclear warfare MUST be avoid ed. . There is some room for hope. ' Ever since World War I poison gas has been in the possession of all the great nations of" the world, including Russia. It HASN'T been used. - A word now as to Nixon. Let's quit thinking about whether or not it helped his can didacy. Let's concentrate our thinking on whether or not it has helped the UNITED STATES OF AMER ICA and its people. - As this is written, catastrophe l as overtaken our sister city of Roseburg. An explosion, compa rable to an enemy bomb, has dam aged a considerable part of the city's business district. The rec ord at the moment is ten dead and 52 injured. At the scene of the explosion, there is a crater like a bomb crater. ' From all over the Pacific Coast, offers of help are pouring in. The telephone system is swamped with calls. The burden of these calls Is WHAT? CAN WE DO TO HELP VOU? - This is a pretty good country after all. Albany Fire Razes Plant ALBANY. Ore. (AP)-Firemen battled through the night a fire which destroyed a huge Albany plywood plant and ignited blazes over a large area. It leveled the two-block-long Linn Plywood Corp. plant, de stroyed one home and threatened a school and many other homes as the wind spread sparks. Unofficial estimates placed the loss of the plant at more than one million dollars. The fire was reported shortly before S p.m. Fire departments from Lebanon and Corvallis join ed the Albany firemen in fighting the blate. Flames soared as high as 200 feet in 25-mile-an-hour wind. Spot ires were reported as far south as Tangent, seven miles away. The home destroyed was unoc cupied. Only slight damage was caused to several other nearby homes as residents wetted their roofs with garden hoses. Grass fires were stopped short af a new housing development. Lost in the plywood plant was stockpile of plywood. Five box carl on a siding being loaded also were destroyed. AREA causing at least nin I Price Five Cents 20 Pagei Paddle-Vheel Satellite Hits Orbit; To Explore Outer Space Mysteries WASHINGTON (AP) Explor er VI satellite Is in orbit and will remain aloft for more than a year, the Space Administration announced this afternoon. ' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) A powerful Thor - Able rocket carrying a 142 pound paddle wheel" satellite roared aloft to day in an apparently successful launching. All three stages Ignited proper ly,, the Air Force announced, 15 minutes after the spectacular blastoff at 9:23 a.m. at Cape Ca naveral. , ' . , If successful, the satellite could open a new era of larger, more advanced space research ve hicles. The satellite, to be called Ex plorer VI if it orbits, contained a flying laboratory to investigate many mysteries of -space. The three-stage rocket was aimed at a highly elliptical orbit that would take it as far as 23,000 miles into space and as close as 160 miles to the earth. Because of this eccentric course, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it will be hours before it can be deter mined whether the satellite achieved orbit. The announcement will be made in Washington. Fifteen major experiment de vices were crammed into the spheroid-shaped satellite which is 26 inches in diameter and 29 Timber Sale Boost Slated Special consideration has been given by the forest service to the problem of timber supplies for Klamath Basin timber operators according to a statement made to day by regional forester, J. Her bert Stone. The shortage in supply caused by the partial withdrawal of Klam ath Indian Reservation timber dur ing termination proceedings will be more than offset by increased offerings from portions of four na tional forests tributary to the area Stone stated that an increase totaling 90 million board feet will be offered for sale from the Fre mont, Rogue River, Deschutes, and Umpqua national forests. Prelim Inary plans called for an increase of 50 million board feet. The new increase is the result of special consideration by the chief of the forest service in the allocation of funds made available by Congress for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1959. Funds have also been made available for the four forests in volved to do more advance sales preparation work during the cur rent year. The advance work will cover an' additional 100 million board feet of timber to be sold in the future. The location and tune schedules (or the additional offerings will be set forth in detailed plans pre pared by the individual national foresti, Stone said. Announcements of these plans will be mailed to timber operators in the Klamath Falls area. 12 city blocks, and damage, million dollars, was heavy in a' radius of six blocks from the explosion center. At left, firemen pour water on the Douglas KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, inches long. Its main mission was to study the radiation belts that surround the earth. Knowledge of this potentially deadly radiation is a key to manned space travel. The satellite was called a pad- dlewheel because of four solar vanes designed to pop out from its sides - These paddles were designed to convert the sun's rays into elec trical energy to power radio trans mitter batteries. If successful, fu ture deep space probe rockets will employ this device to send infor- Portland Greets Hiking Grandma PORTLAND (AP) - Portland extends its greetings today to grandma Emma Gatewood. The 71-year-old walking grand mother from Gallipolis, Ohio, ends her 2,100-mile hike from Indepen dence, Mo., to Portland. . State and civic dignitaries were waiting at Portland's city limits to greet her. A reception honoring Mrs. Gatewood was planned at the Oregon Centennial Exposition, Mrs. Gatewood arriving by car. Centennial officials are joining her on the last mile of her jaunt. She started three months ago to see the exposition and walked along the Old Oregon Trail. En route she passed the wagon train, plodding its way from Indepen dence, Mo., to Independence, Ore. She walked a half-day Thursday pausing eight miles east of here in a motel. While in Portland, she can have a car for her use and the Cen tennial Commission also has ar ranged for accommodations in a downtown motel. Ike Call For Strong Labor Measures Brings Charge By Walter Reuther WASHINGTON (AP) Criti cizing Congress' actions on a 'la bor bill thus far, President Eisen hower called Thursday night for a new law strong enough to end racketeering in ' labor-management- relations. ... Speaking out as the House head ed toward a bitter battle over the issue next week, Eisenhower ad dressed a nationwide radio-television. ' , ... "I am talking about a reform law a law to protect the Amer ican people from the gangsters, racketeers and other corrupt ele ments that have invaded the labor-management field,"; he de clared. , A bill the Senate passed last April "is not effective." Eisenhow er said, and a revised bill pre pared by .the House Labor Com mittee is even less so. He put his prestige behind a substitute sponsored by Reps. Phil M. Landrum (D-Ga) and Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich), and said that bill offers "a good start toward a real labor reform law." A few hours later AFL-CIO President George Meany said in a radio broadcast that the bill Ei senhower ' backed- is "blun- COMP. expected to reach several FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1959 mation back from millions of miles in space. A five-pound "kicker" rocket rode at the base of the satellite. If needed, this was designed to be fired by a ground signal. Scien tists planned to use it only if they determined that the satellite would burn up in the earth's at mosphere. ... The kicker would add 50 to WO rrfiles to the paylbad's 'low pdint. : The satellite ' twas expected to make only one Orbit every -12 hours because of the long journey into space. This compares with an average of two hours for most earlier satellites. The paddlewheel satellite car ried the most comprehensive sci entific package ever sent aloft by the United States. This symbolizes the complex type of research veloped, such as Thor-Delta, Atlas-Able, Vega, Centaur and Sat urn, will make this advance pos sible. ' The paddlewheel devices , were grouped in six main categories: Van Allen radiation belts that hover over the earth at altitudes between 1,300 and possibly up to 52,000 rrales. Although the satellite's intended apogee is only 23,000 miles, these instruments could record' radia Hon millions of miles above. the Van Allen band. TIPSY TEEN CYCLIST ILKESTON, England (UPI)-A drunken driver was placed on probation today after confessing he had drunk several bottles of beeron the job and had steered a bit wobblingly on his way home, The qffender, whose name was withheld, was a 15-year-old baby sitter, on a bicycle. derhuss that would Inflict crievous' harm on all unions," whether they are corrupt or clean. Most labor unions are opposing even the bills Eisenhower de scribed as ineffective and are backing still another bill which Meany said is aimed at "getting rid of crooks, instead of getting rid of unions." It is sponsored by Rep. John F. Shelley (D-Calif). Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers head and AFL-CIO vice president, said the President had been "taken in" by labor's foes. Reuther asserted Eisenhower had been "given a few catch phrases' tu support legislation he, does not understand. The National Assn. of Manu facturers, however, said Eisen Mower "has fulfilled an obligation to speak out on the critical need lor real labor reform legislation.' And Sen. Thruston B. Morton H Ky), Republican national chair man, praised the President's at tack on secondardy boycotts and "blackmail" picketing as getting o"er salient points In terms under ictandable to the people. Sen. McClcllan also backed Eis enhower, saying: "I hope the Con gress heeds hit message. I'm con Bias County Flour Mill to cool the from spreading. The building was at the south edge of the disaster area. Center, flames and smoke pour from the Telephone TU 1-8111 No. 6467 EMERGENCY The Herald and News facili ties are being used to publish the Roseburg News-Review to day because of the blast which damaged their plant. The read er's Indulgence is requested dur ing this emergency. FOREST FIRE DANGER TODAY KEEP OREGON GREEN Weather, FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Saturday. Low tonight 54-69; high Satur day 9045. High Thursday 89 Low last night 57 Precip.' last 24 hours 9 Since Oct. 1 '.....'.'$. Same period last year .'.L... 11.57 Northern . California Fair through Sunday except scattered thunderstorms in Sierra and night and morning fog on coast south of Fort Bragg; little change , in temperature. STUNT COST MOUNTS . LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPI)-Of ficials of the Lafayette National Bank who budgeted $8 for f pro motion stunt added up the bill to day and found they'd actually thrown1 away $2,808. The bank sold 800 silver dollars for 99 cents each. Thursday, they said, they were advised that the mint-condi tion 1896 coins have a collectors value ,of $4.50 each. fident the great majority of the American people . support the views he expressed. But other Democrats were not so kind. Sen' Mike Mansfield ID-Monti accused the President of making a political issue out of labor leg islation. Both. Mansfield and Rep. Stewart L. Udall (D-Ariz) de manded equal time for the net works to answer Eisenhower. Kennedy; whose bill Eisenhower criticized, said the President was "wholly misinformed" in describ ing his and the House committee hills as ineffective. He said they would eliminate racketeering in trade unions without wrecking the legitimate trade union movement, as he contended the Landrum Griffin bill would do. Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson of Texas in elfcct invited Eisenhower to stay out of congressional battles, saying: - "it seems to me that our government functions at its best when the var ious branches do not try to take each other over. Rep. Griffin said the President's talk could swing what is now a closely divided house to the Land rum-Griffin bill. fire and' keep the flames 10 Reported Dead, 52 Injured By Dynamite Truck Explosion ROSEBURG (AP) - A truck loaded , with 6 ',j tons of explo sives blew up with shattering force here early today. At least 10 persons were killed. Buildings, were smashed and a raging fire spread over the down town area in this city of 12,200. In the. truck were two tons of dynamite and four and a half tons of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer with explosive nature that caused the Texas City, Texas, disaster a number of years ago. : The blast' came soon after Ire was discovered In' a building be side which the truck was parked, three blocks from the, center of the business' district.' .'' .' . Fred ', Munz, , controller ,. of Pa cific Powder Co. at Tenino, Wash., identified his. truck's cargo as dy namite- and ammonium nitrate, i The -forces of the blast was so great it bowled over people walk ing .several blocks away, crushed walls of buildings, and damaged numerous houses and small apart ments.. :'.'. Hospitals said they had 52 pa tients, . several of them in critical condition! Blood plasma and phy sicians were flown from nearby Grants Pass.' ', ' ' i A coroner's deputy said some of the dead would be Identified only, through dental records. , Asst. Fife -Chief Roy McFarlan and Harry. Carmichael, "about 50, were identified at the outset as among the" dead.' Policeman Don ald De Sues, 32, was seen stand ing near :the truck shortly before the blast 'and was reported mis sing afterward; , The , coroner's' office said it could identify four of the bodies as men but could not say immediate ly, whether the others were men ori women,, they were so heavily charred. . , : The .fire, fought by men and equipment from ' as far away as Eugene, .75 miles north, was con trolled some four hours after the blast came at 1:20 a.m. There was a crater 50 feet wide and 20 feet deep where the truck, from Pacific Powder ,Co. Tenino, Wash., had stood. . , ' ,. The truck-blew up moments af ter the 'fire siren had sounded, the alarm for a blaze at the Gerret sen Building Supply Co. building beside which- the driver had parked it while he got a cup of coffee. i ' The driver, George Rutherford, Uhehalis, wash., said he was walking back toward it and was knocked ' down by the blast. He was hospitalized, with injuries be lieved not -critical. Volunteer .fireman Tony Shukle said he was knocked down too, blocks away. He got up, he said, and "the sky was red with em bers.". Then, he said, fire began to spread. There was tire all over," he said,, the big one and probably four or five small ones. For a time there was fear that a propane gas storage tank might explode but firemen cooled it with water. ' At the height of the fire the six story Umpqua Hotel's 65 guests and employes were evacuated, The manager, Dick Smith, said COLLEGE ACCEPTS NEGROES MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UPI) - Memphis State University Thurs day accepted six' Negro students for the fall term. They are the first Negroes accepted since uni versity President Jack Smith an nounced in July that the formerly all-white state supported school would accent qualified Negroes. body shop of Hansen Motor Co. on Stephens Street. Right, the center of the holocaust was photographed from the second floor of the Umpqua Hotel 2' blocks away. mm that at his home, two miles away, windows were blown out. As the flames spread they caught a building beside which a railroad tank car of propane gas was parked. After early fears that it might explode, firemen said they had it cooied down and dan ger was averted. Roseburg, 185 miles south of Portland, is at the heart of the ROSEBURG (AP) A .list of casualties provided by Douglas Community Hospital follows: Dead: : Harry Carmichael, about 50, Roseburg. . 1 ' Rof McFarlane, Roseburg. 1 One body has not been identi fied. Injuries: where statement of condition Is missing, it was not provided.' The hospital said 30 patients were treated for minor Injuries and released. . . . : , Injured: Richard L. - Davies, 49, Eu gene, Ore. ' " '' ,' Joe Cappa, 32, Roseburg, fair, Alvin M. Kuykendall, 48, Rose burg. '' ' ' Janet Kuykendall, 41, Rose burg. . Virginia Lee Kuykendall, four, Critical, Roseburg. " Lela BeU Kuykendall, '. 41, critical, Roseburg. . Carol May Marical, 11, Rose burg. - Lorraine Hope Ross, 17, Route 1, Box 1791,; Bremerton, Wash. Lauretta Anne Rusher, ' 15j 2702 Marine Drive, Bremerton, Wash, ' George D. Rutherford, . 43, 61632 'New York St., Chehalis, Wash. J , Vv James Fred Sllcs, 15, Rose burg. k ,1 . ! Rollln J. McDonald, 51, Rose burg. ; , ' ... ., ', ' . , Lee Townsend, critical. - Mary Unrath, 40, . Roseburg. Keith Warner,' 47, poor. . John Garrecht, 62, Roseburg. State Halts Road Building SACRAMENTO (UPI) Cali fornia has halted more than 40 per cent of its contracts lor the l&S-ttO budget because of the threat that Congress may not ap propriate federal funds. A total of 241 million dollars in contracts were halted Wednesday by order of Robert B-, Bradford, state director of public works.. He said the projects are in jeopardy because of the slowdown or stop page of the federal highway pro gram. Included in the .halted projects were a grading, paving and struc ture building on 6.1 miles of four lane freeway from .8 miles north of Shotgun Creek to half mile south of Castclla In Shasta County. It was to have cost $8,300,000. Also halted was a Siskiyou County proj ect to grade and pave a section of U.S. 99 from Weed to Shasta River $1,620,000. Highway Engineer George T McCoy said he had been inlormed by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads that beginning -some time this fall federal aid for highways would be stopped unless Congress takes some action to increase the money available. He said, . however,, that the state will proceed with projects already underway and on purchases of rights of way. Douglas fir lumber industry. Lum ber and building supplies occupied several buildings in the stricken area. The National Guard was called out to prevent looting. ' Surveys of damage showed seri ous losses distant from the blast. Jewelry store display windows, three blocks from the blast, were thrown into the street. Bank doors were blowh in. . :. ' ROSEBURG "( API-Most. Rose burg residents were asleep when a great explosion shook, the city from edge to edge. -. ' . " Here's what happened to a few who were awake or at work:)ij. - ' Truck driver George' ftutertoi oV' missed by only a couple of.' min utes of getting his truck loaded with six tons of explosivos out of (own. ... , . ' The Tenino, Wash., driver was too. late. The explosion scattered fire through the heart of the city. Rutherford was knocked down a block away on his way back to the truck. In a, state of shock. at a hospital Rutherford said, "I tried to' -find a place outside of town to park my truck. . " . ' ": ' i I decided to 'drive into town and parked along side the ware house. I went to the hotel for meal and some sleep. As soon as heard fire trucks, I went: down to move, my truck." .v He got two-thirds of the way when the blast struck. ' 1 Mrs. ' William Unrath saw "her . husband enter the burning ware house as' the truck exploded.-. He hasn't been seen since, y ."He went outside and saw the fire and rushed over to it," Mrs. Unrath said. "The last I saw of him he was entering the build ing." He is a volunteer fireman. Fred Siles was passing by an automobile showroom-. The; blast pushed him through the heavy glass window. His son, Jimmy,'-15, was ahead to get a better look at the. fire.- He is in serious condi tion. ' .'. 4 .'. ' '"I was sitting in a chair," po liceman Edwin Gammon said. "I live 20 blocks away but I got knocked out of the chair." A volunteer fireman was cros sing the' street to the fire station. "The explosion knocked me flat," fireman Tony Shukle said," It was like a bomb." House Slices; Building Funds WASHINGTON (AP)-The House Appropriations Committee today criticized Pentagon construction policies as it whacked $278,187,- 300 from the $1,563,200,000 request ed for military building programs for the current fiscal year. The $1,284,012,700 it recommend ed, subject to House action next week, is about 18 per cent less than the President requested to finance hundreds of construction projects in the United States and abroad. The committee gave the- Air Force $777,066,600 of the 915 mil- lion it sought. The Navy' request lor 253 million was cut to $188,. 637,000. The Army's bid for 371 million was trimmed to $277564, 100. . ' . The committee : approved . all funds requested for air defense missile facilities - and electronic ground environment facilities.
