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fitn 4-4 ' OIULD AND E!:rfi:n C? Senate Chief Heeds fe:!o For Monday Demo Meet : PORTLAND IAP) The Deal' orratic Senate caucus called by state Chairman Robert W. Straub (or Monday evening in Salem will nave selection of a candidate for Senate president the No, 1 item on the agenda. , This is the issue that has split the party's Senate membership and on which a coalition of Re publicans and conservative Dem ocrats appears likely to beat the Democratic majority. . Straus, in an announcement Sat urday, said he was making the ." agenda public because he felt con fident most senators would attend and consider problems before UV party. Some have said they will not. In addition to the presidency the agenda lists as topics: Eire- boa of a majority leader art other floor tearierr. discussion of the Democratic legislative pro gram and recommendations of the platform convention: considera-iSefL turn of Senate rules and possible and method of selecting Arguments Are Silenced At Hearing On Resources PORTLAND (AP - The Oregon . Legislative Interim Committee on I Natural, Resources had a full ' house, and an indignant one, Fri day as it presented recommenda tions on three measures and cut off arguments against them. "You could say the boating people were hysterical in their anger," said a committee aide when opponents of a proposal that the Marine Board be put un der a new Department of Outdoor Recreations, got cut off. The meeting, with the recrea tion proposal listed first on the agenda, opened instead with dis cussion of the recommendation tn merge (be- game .and fish com The report was read. It said growing, conflicts between spoils ALTAMONT FTA will meet Tuesday. Dec. 13, at 7:45 p.m. ill the junior high school music nam. Guest speaker will be Dr. Cliff Robinson, new -county school superintendent Junior high cho rus will entertain with Christmas music All parents of elementary j and junior high school students are invited. Child car will .ba provided. . VANESSA BUTLER, senior re gent, 4423 Arthur Street, will host tn meeting ot tn executive of ficers of the Women of the Moose, 47. Thursday, Dee. 15, at 7:30 p.m. WOMEN OF THE MOOSE 411, Academy of Friendship and. Se cret Pals, will have their gift exchange and Christmas party in the lounge at the Moose borne, 1011 Pine, Tuesday, Dec. 13. EWAUNA .. TOA8TMI8TRE88 CLUB will meet Monday. Dec, U. at 7:30 p.m. at the Willard Hotel. Carol Whetstone will be presenting the fourth in a series of .orientation makes the differ BASIN MT. LAKI GARDEN CLUB workshop will meet at the Henley Grange Hall Monday. Dec. 12. at 10 a.m. Members are asked to bring a sack lunch and their own Christmas greeaery to work with. BONANZA HOME EXTENSION Unit will meet - for a Christ ma social in the library Dec. 13,. from 3 to 3:30 p.m. No gift exchange is planned, but mem ber are asked each to bring $1 to send to Fairview Home for Girls, Everyone is welcome. MR. AND MRS. ED SIMMONS were host her recently to Mr. and Mrs.. Pete Bray, Redding; Mr. and Mrs. George Bray, Eu gene; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bray, Eagle Point; Mrs, Nels Nelson and her sons, Sparks, Nev and daughter, Mrs. Augie Fryburg, Lake Taboe, and Mr. and Mr. Harry Bray. Bonansa. SAM DAVIS lost hi black and tan bound near Keno Springs last -week. H ask anyone who has bund or seen tb dog to no tify. Mm. MRS. HARRY FRAZIER Is in Portland vfctttaf bar granddaugh ter. Linda Fraxier. who is re covering from auraary at Shrin- " ClTYrDRIEFS .. ... People IUhJ : spot ads yo ' NEWS, Matet rath. Or. legislative employes. ' Sen. Walter Pearson, the bold over Senate president from last session, said recently that Strauh ought not have called the caucus. It is the business of the president. not the chairman, he said. Bull Straub said that in 1956 and 1968 the party chairman had made the call. Besides, said Straub, be had asked Pearson to call a caucus and Pearson had refitted. He railed that a denial of an oppor tunity for the Democratic major' ity to make party decisions. Straub said that Pearson instead had called the whole Senate to meet Jan. S, a day in advance of the regular start. He described this as allowing Pearson and Sen. Harry Boivin, Pearson's choice i for ' Senate president, to dictate the decisions. The Democrats have a 20 to 10 edge over the Republicans, and Alfred Corbett. Portland, if the choice of a majority of Senate 'Democrats for election as presi- and commercial fisheries made it advisable for. a unified agency over both. ' Questions were allowed but ar guments were not. One question asked why the report could nut be discussed by those who attend. ed the hearing. The chairman, Sen. Walter Leth of Salem, said the proper place for that would be - before the legislature after bills were introduced. The com mittee recommendation is just a blueprint, he said, which miph! well be altered in the drafting of bills.. The three measures outlined were the game and fish meiger, the recreation department pro posal and merger of three agen cies dealing with state, water problems. ' OUR LADIES CIRCLE of King sley Field will meet Monday, Dec. 12, at I p.m. at the home of Nancy Abel, 728A Wright Ave nue.' .- - DEGREE OF HONOR will hold its annual Christmas party for members and their families Mon day, Dec. 13, at p.m. in the KC Hall. A business meeting will precede the party at 7 p.m. Mem bers are asked to bring .cookies. SOJOURNERS members wUl hold their annual Christmas party and installation of officers Wed nesday, Dec. 14, at 12 p.m. at the Willard Hotel. The luncheon will be followed by gift exchange. Members are asked to make res ervations by calling C. N. Garri son, TU 2-03X9. .... JOLLY NEIGHBORS Christmas party and gift exchange will be held Tuesday, Dec. 13, at pjn at the home of Maxine Olsen. 1452 McCleflan Drive. Co-hostess will be Jean Collins. There will be an auction ,'of ; canned and baked foods. Members are asked to bring food for the Christmas basket for. needy families. : I BRIEFS lers Hospital. MR. AND MRS. JACK STARKV of Mai in visited Sunday with her son ana daughter-in-law and their family, Mr. and Mrs. I Richard Hawkins, here. MR. AND MRS. A. H. HAL. VERSON of Klamath Falls spent last weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jack Metier here. Merril WOMEN OF THE MOOSE. Merrill Chapter, will serve pot luck dinner and smnsnr m sift exchange Tuesday. Dec. 13. at Moose Hall. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Those attending am asked to bring a gift for ex change and secret "Moose sis ters." a short meeting will fol low the program. MERRII.r. - Mit-KRVTrpiav CHURCH Women's Association Will COndlIrt a rhrUlmiia nm. gram Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 2 i.m. n un cnurcn recreation ktt Extra WUDH lM SSO.w Cell 1 takiay, December 11, Mel dent. Boivin, though, has solid Republican support and claims enough Democrats lined up to beat Corbett. Youths Found Guilty In Uteh Murder Case SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Two! teen-aged youths were convicted of first-degree murder Friday night, but a jury's recommenda tion for mercy spared them the death penalty. The all-male jury deliberated about three hours before return ing the guilty verdict against George H. Mitropoulos, Monterey, Calif., and Dale Johnson, Salt Lake City, both 15. The two showed little emotion as the verdict was read, but Dist. Judge Stewart Hanson had tears in his eyes. Later, however. Mi tropoulos broke down but tried to hide his tears. . The. boys had chatted and joked with deputy sheriffs while the jury was deliberating their late. Judge Hanson set sentencing for Dec. 19. He indicated he would follow the - recommendation for leniency, which carries a life sen tence for each youth. . The two were convicted of kill ing Gordon w. . Bloxham, is, a substitute night watchman at a suburban war surplus store the night of Sept. 5. Bloxham had sur prised the two youths in a burg lary attempt. ' Hearing Phase Hears Its End WASHINGTON AP) - The cur rent phase of a Power Commis sion hearing on proposed dam construction in the Middle Snake River between Idaho and Oregon is expected to end about the mid dle of this week. After cross-examination of wit nesses for Pacific Northwest Pow er Co., the hearing will be re cessed until Jan. 4, PNP is seeking a license to build Mountain Sheep Dam. The application is opposed by Wash ington Public Power Supply Sys tems Inc. which seeks to build Nez' Perce Dam instead. Frederick C. Tonetti of New York, an engineer for Ebascol Services Inc., testified Friday that steam plants to provide equivalent power for the Pacific Northwest would cost at least" $5 million more per 'year 1 than Mountain r Sheep Dam. California Briefs EDWARD LATCHEM, Grouse Creek, attended a meeting of Sis kiyou Miners' Association Sunday at Yreka Inn. He is chairman of the association. He recently made a business trip to San Francisco and to Los Gatos for a visit with his mother.' MR. AND MRS. JAMES AR- BUCKLE, East Callahan Road, drove to Red Bluff to visit Mrs. Arbuckle's relatives for a recent weekend. MR. AND MRS. THOMAS BUR' CELL and their seven children of Hombrook spent the weekend vis iting Burccll's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burcell, here, MR. AND MRS. JOHN CAMP BELL drove to Redding Friday to attend funeral services for Mrs. Campbell's sister-in-law Sat urday. The)' returned Sunday. MR. AND MRS. JOE ROBERTS drove - Sunday to Yreka, where they were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Halbert Smith on their wed ding anniversary. They had din ner at Shamrock Cafe. , MR. AND MRS. RALPH CUM MINS left Tuesday for Sonora, where they will spend the win ter. MR. AND MRS. E. V. HELM. Callahan, have returned home aft er, spending a few weeks at Teco- pa Hot Springs in Southern Cali fornia. Save! Big Auction Sale TODAY 1 P.M. A terrific cwiiHnrMfit rlmni like new furniture end eeplHMce. Dealt Meetr Dinini Mt with rremtnetat curved tfaju-frw china cefciMf, kree table end 6 taem rubber chein; new Malo double bsdres-m tuts, new Maple twin bidrm Mti, aew Meet caueer bed, mw Maple bunk badi, rnw Maple rwia beds, sprfaas and marrmMt; fiends bunk btd sat, laby Grand plana, Combinatien TV, radia and retard player, electric ranfei, wethers and dryert, cadar chettt, new daoene and chair sett, mlrren, bikes, dretiar, frceiart, and a vary Urea let at china, aleta and breuet tram a ekint Srerete warahaate. Like new tall 4 Hawaii tMM meie auMit template. If You're Net luyinf At THE RESALE HOUSE Yeu're Parle Taa Much) lift la. trri S ' ill' I i in i in i ' - TWO CAREER AIR FORCE MEN congratul.tedWh other last week after receiving certificates of retirement from Col. Rupert C. Welch, Kingiley Field bate comman der. Cpt. Earl R. Mitchell, left, and M.Sgt. Roy . Dow each earned retirement after completing more than 2d years in the military. Captain Mitchell spent most of his career as bomber pilot while Sergeant Dow was an air craft maintenance specialist. Colonel Welch commended both men for their long end faithful service. Retirement Certificates Presented Air Force Men Two Air Force men were pre sented with retirement certificates last week by Col. Rupert C. Welch, Kingsley Field base com mander, after completing more than 20 years active military serv ice. ; Both men. CapL Earl R. Mitch ell, 859th Radar Squadron, Red Bluff. Air Force Station, and M.Sgt. Roy E. Dow, 408th Con solidated Aircraft' Maintenance Squadron. Kingsley Field, re ceived the coveted certificates, signifying more than half their lives spent in service for their country. Captain -Mitchell, a native ot Slick. Okla., enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a private in Feb ruary, 1940. Alter completion oi aviation cadet school, he was Bad Check Passers Busy Now SALEM (AP) The attorney general's Crime Prevention Divi sion today said this is the time for everybody to be on the alert for bad-check artists wno in crease their activity in the holiday season. ,' '" ' The American Banker Associ ation, in a letter to Division Di rector Philip G. Averill, said bad- check, artists try to take advan tage of the Christmas rush. These swindlers .are wen ac- mialnted with the fact that during the holidav season . tne rusn oi business is greater and the desire to be accommodating is strong er , .-.," the association's protec tive bulletin said. The bulletin said this practice can be curtailed If the public and businessmen will be alert and join with law enforcement efforts to stop IU It warned that the baa enccx artist depends upon the gullibility of his victim particularly the clerk hired just for the Christmas rush. The need for alertness on the part of bank personnel is borne out by the fact that during De cember checks will be negotiated in srealcr volume and by more people than during any other month," the bulletin said. Bridge Players Attend Session ETNA Scott Valley Bridge Club met at the home ot Mrs. waner McCrary on Dec. 1. This club is 38 years oia ana mere were five charter members present. A noon luncheon was served. Bridge was then played by the following: charter members Mrs. Nerve M. Haydcn Sr., Mrs. John Jenner Sr., Mrs. Robert Reynolds, Mrs. Walter McCrary, Mrs. Pan sy Davidson," and others present were Mrs. Kclsey Glende ning, Mrs. Robert DcNure, Mrs. Dora Marlahan. Mrs. Nellie Burton. The priie winners were Mrs. John Jenner, high: Mrs. Pansy Davidson, second; Mrs. Dora Marlahan. low; honor prize to Mrs. Nerve M. Haydcn. commissioned a second lieutenant and attained the rank of captain prior to his release from active duty on Oct. 10, 1953.' On 'Jan. 8, 1954, be enlisted in the Air Force an airman first class, and has served continuously since that tune. During the past 20 years, Captain Mitchell served as a bomber pilot, logging more than 2,900 hours flying time in B-25s and B-26s. His final duties saw him performing with efficiency in the organizational supply career Held. M.Sgt. Roy E. Dow calls Big bandy, Tex., his home and enlist ed in the regular Army early in 1940. He attained the rank of master sergeant before his re lease in 1945. Re-entering the service in 1946, he has served continuously since that time. - Their commendations, in part. read: "His standards of leader ship and. conduct have provided an excellent example for those who have been associated with him during his military career." Both men left Kingsley shortly after the ceremonies, each taking a different path Captain Mitch ell to Cupertino, Calif., and Sgt. Dow to Littlefield, Tex. Pollard Rites Set On Monday LAKEVIEW Funeral services for H. A. Pollard of Lakeview will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church here. Interment will be at Sunset! Park with the Rev. William Sny der officiating. Interment will be under the direction of Lakeview Masonic. Lodge. The body will lie in state at Osterman Chapel til 1 p.m. Monday. ........ Bishop Visits Mrs. Vesta Shogren and La- verne Smi'h have been given hon orary memberships this year in the United Presbyterian Women's work by the Association of Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Shogren's membership is in Missions, Mrs. Smith s is Chris tian Education. i - . X . on a LOWREY in Take edvenraae at aur FREE HOME TRIAL attar and trart hamina re play the lewrey ereen new. ' Vt, w art InUrr-iIrS In vr FREE hvmt irmsDBtralUn t Iht l.tn.ii. LOW HI V OIGA.N. Nktnr , Mlttu . . ra. NOTE: Orl S wfk rate mule lrMn WHO Mr arcart arraiir. Mall Iku eaapan la klaraala Made l.Mtr, 111 t. Mala, Hlaaaalk lalla, Ora. KLAMATH MUSIC CENTER State Studies S9.9 Million In Low Road Bids SALEM (AP)-The Oregon High way Commission received low bids of $9,975,000 Friday on 20 road projects. The bids were 5.3 per cent less than Highway Department esti mates. The projects and low bid in cluded: Baker County Con-(met over- crossings over union Pacific tracks at Encina and Alder Creek Road on Baker-Pleasant Valley section of Old Oregon. Trail High way, Morrison - Knudsen Co., Boise, S254.C66; and over tracks at Pleasant Valley on Old Oregon Trail Highway, Momson-Knudsen, 3443,856. . Coos County Grade and oil 3.9 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain King Creek section of Coos. Bay Roseburg Highway, White Broth ers Construction Co., $1,051,420. Douglas County Grade and pave 7,16 miles of) Rice Hill-North Oakland Junction section of Pa cific Highwoy 25 miles south of Cottage Grove, Roy L. Houck Sons Corp., Salem, $1,581,649. , Douglas County Install 2.41 miles of median barrier on Gar-' den Valley Road-Roseburg section of Pacific Highway,4 J. C. Denton & Sons, Portland, $52,612. Douglas County Grade and pave .32 miles of Douglas Avenue Sluth city limits section of Oakland-Shady highway, southbound, Pine Street, in Roseburg. B F Construction, Inc., Salem, $80,547, Douglas County install traffic signals on Coast Highway at 19th Street in Reedsport. Steeck Elec tric Co., Medford. $5,990. Douglas Construct South Rice Hill undercrossing at South Rice Hill interchange on Pacific High way 7 miles north of Oakland. Sig Anderson, Coos Bay, $63,560. Hood River County Grade and pave i.56 miles of Multnomah County line-East Cascade Locks section of Columbia River High way, Vernie Jarl, Gresham, SI, 363,736. Jackson County Elk Creek- Robbers Roost section of Crater Lake Highway, 2.88 miles of wid ening, Roy Norquist, Sweet Home, $29,974. Josephine County - Grade and pave 5.87 miles of Applegate Riv er-Grants Pass section of Red wood Highway, 21 miles north of Cave Junction. Roy L. Houck Sons. Corp., Salem, $839,848. Lake County Grade 9.03 miles of west unit, Adel-Blizzard Gap section of Adel-Nevada state line road, Stanley Wilt, Corvallis, $212,379. Lane County Install' traffic signals at Monroe and Washington streets on Pacific Highway in Eu gene, L. H. Morris Electric Co., Eugene, $10,983. Bids had initially been asked to grade and pave .69 miles of S.E. 9th-S.W.. 4th streets section of northbound Pendleton John Day Highway in Pendleton but that was cancelled. 4-H NEWS ETNA ETNA Recently a meeting was held of both the junior and senior members of the Etna 4-H Club, to practice for Parents' Night. Parents' Night is held for the parents of the 4-H members so they can see what their children are doing and how they are pro gressing. Afjcr the practice the meeting was adjourned. Sharon Hjcrtager, News Reporter. You can play carols by Christmas morning! y K laaM aa . mIIII your own home s K K K K K K it R ft ft K K ft ft School Men Will Study Book Tiff , , TIGARD. Ore. ( AP) - The Ti gard School Board plans to take under advisement the matter of subversive authors. But school Superintendent Del bert Fennell said the board is not planning an investigation of the loyalty of authors whose worl: appears in a textbook that is un der fire here. The book has been criticized as cheap and "dime novel stuff" by a group ofTigard moth ers. It is "Adventures for To day," used as a supplemental reading text in English classes. Mrs. James Willotk, who acts as spokesman for the mothers' group, said also that some of the writers, whose work appears in the anthology have been investi gated by a California agency which probed subversive authors. Chairman Warren Forsyth told Mrs. Willock ' that the book has been approved by the state Text book Commission and that teach ers and school administrators have recommended its continued use. . . The book, which was with drawn when the mothers first protested., nas since been re turned to the school's reading pro gram, -v Mrs. Willock also asked that parents be allowed : to aid the teachers in selection of books Forsyth said that all books would be available for public inspection Town Assists Fire Victims ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) Towns people today ' began collecting clothing and household goods in an effort to get the James Sister family re-established after fire Friday destroyed all they had. Mr. and Mrs.- Sigler and their five children, aged Vk to 6, slept upstairs in their frame house. One of the children .awakened his parents to (ell them his bedroom was hot, and he was frightened. Sigler investigated, found fire breaking out, and he and Mrs. Sigler gathered the children and ran outside into 15-degree weath er. By the time they had reached a neighbor's, the upper part of the house 'vas engulfed in flame and smoke. It : burned to the ground. . '- : - The family is living with rela tives temporarily. Sigler is a wholesale grocery employe. WARN AGAINST TOURS WASHINGTON (UPI) The State Department has . warned American students not to sign up for Christmas season tours of Cuba being offered by a group called the Fair Play for Cuba Commit tee. A department spokesman said Friday that the committee, which operates in New York, is actively promoting the tours on behalf of the Castro regime." The group has been advertising 10-day tours of Cuba beginning Dec. 23 for $220 from New York and $100 from Miami. You'll want The policeman who named a hit song ... The dog who became a drunk The mother whose dream came true . . . Former Socialite Pleads i Innocent To Child Murder PORTLAND (API-Mrs. Joseph L. Garrett, 33, a former Dallas, Tex., socialite, stood before Cir cuit Judge Charles M. Redding Friday and in a clear tone said "not guilty" to a charge ot mur dering her youngest child. One of her attorneys told the court he would file a written in tention to enter the plea as inno cent by reason of insanity.. Mrs. Garrett, a tall blonde who made her debut at Dallas in 1947, was returned to the county jail where she is held without bond under indictment on a charge of first degree murder. Although only the death of her -month -old daughter Gave is charged, two other of her children and their governess died in a fire at the Garrett home Oct. 7. . The state says Mrs. Garrett set the fire. She was rescued from a porch roof as she stood scream ing in the night. Neighbors man aged to save Wendy, 5, too, hut flames beat them back as they tried to enter the house to get others: -,' Gaye was found in the arms of the governess, Patricia Mae Grn vatt, 21, and nearby were the bodies of Vickie, 15 months, and Angela, 3. Mrs. Garrett is the former Con stance Owsley. Her father, Alvin M. Owsley, was one of the found ers of the American Legion, and her maternal grandfather founded the Ball Brothers Co. of Muncie, Ind. She was removed to a hospital for, psychiatric treatment alter her rescue. Her attorneys sought to get her released from jail to continue treatment but this failed. Mrs. Garrett's husband, repre sentative of a steel fabricating company, was not home the night ut the tire. Police said he had left to spend the night in a motel fo!- Tighten Curfew Since Abduction SEATTLE (AP)-Kine Countv Sheriff Tim McCuHough says the county's 10 p.m. curfew will be enforced more strictly because of the recent Portland lovers' lane slaying and probable abduction, McCuilough instructed his depu ties to enforce the curfew and ask ed the cooperation of young people in avoiding late-hour parking. The curfew requires that all persons under 18 be home by 10 p.m. A sherilt s spokesman said the recent slaying in Portland "should be a very tragic reminder of what can happen on a parking date." Larry Peyton. 19, was stabbed to death Nov. 27. His companion. Beverly Allan, 19. of Port Town send, Washington, vanished and police fear she was abducted. Bargain Corner SPECIAL! v GENUINE TOOTSIE TOYS The Original All-Metal Die Cost Toy! 1.00 75c Shop Our Toy Department! J. W. KERNS 734 So. 6th to meet (33 Jim Bishops unequalled their dreams, humor and heartaches come alive in his writings has made him one of America's most popular authors. His best-selling The Day Lincoln Was Slwt was followed by The Day Christ Died, the No. 1 Best-Seller and Literary Guild selection. Now-you can enjoy the poignant, heart-warming, humorous writings of JIM BISHOP: Reporter three times a week lowing a family quarrel early in the evening. State Asks Enforcing Of New Law PORTLAND (AP) The Or.-. gon Liquor Control corrtmissiun. has appealed a case to the state' Supreme Court in an effort to en force its food-liquor regulation. The regulation, announced last May, requires that food sales in bars equal at least 25 per cent of the gross sales. The licenses of a number of bars were canceled this summer because of violation of the regu lation. Three bar operators took the matter to court. Circuit court judges in Portland and at Coos Bay ruled that the commission did not nave legal authority to enforce the regula tion. , . , The commission is appealing one of these rulings tn the hish court. The case involves Van's Olympic Room in Portland, op erated by Eiwin Van Riper. In other action Friday, the com mission: Reported that liquor sales were down for the second month in a row. November sales were down 3.02 per cent from November of last year. Canceled the license of Liberty Store, Salem. The establishment was accused of selling alcoholic beverage to a minor. Baccalaureate 1 Stand Clarified PORTLAND (AP) Portland School Supt. J. W. Edwards Fri day clarified the school system's policy on baccalaureate services. On Thursday it was announced that the services would no longer be held in Protestant churches because of objections by the Ro man Catholic clergy. Edwards said that if a large majority of students want bacca laureate services in a church, they probably can be arranged. A definite decision will be made by. high school principals before next spring. He reaffirmed that Easter pro grams in ' schools have been banned because of the objections of the Jewish clergy.. WANT TO LfAH TO KUYL7 Phsne TU 4-7490 Phone TU 4-4197 ability to make people starting Monday in the Phone TU 4-3360 R Pk. TU Mill 515 I. Main
