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SHOWERS Thursday Weather Report, Page 14A City Edition mm IANE COUNTY'S HOMS NEWSPAPER. 93rd Year, No. 117 TWO SECTIONS 28 PAGES Eugene, Oregon, Wednesday, February 17, 1960 Entnrcd as Second ClaM Matter at tha Pottofftca, Eugana, Oregon Price 5 Cents Ike to Make TV Report On National Defense, Students Flee Fire At Empire 400 Evacuated; None Injured South American Trip WOO STARf Fb.22 WASHINGTON 6FKUDA Brownies9 Business Must Go On Tuesday night was much like any other Tuesday night at Buckingham Palace. Princess Anne met with her Brownie Pack. However, "the princess was very excited," Brown Owl Mary Millican reported.

"She kept saying how much she is hoping to have a little sister." Elsewhere in the palace, Queen Elizabeth II moved Tuesday night to the maternity suite arranged for her after her doctors told her to expect her third baby "at any minute." In what may have been their final prenatal examination, the doctors found the 33-year-old monarch in the best of health. They anticipated no complications. The Queen moved from her own apartment to the ground-floor Belgian suite, at the back of the palace, which has been converted into a royal maternity ward. The suite is so named he-cause King Leopold I of Belgium used it on visits to Queen Victoria, a relative by her marriage to Prince Albert. It has accommodations for the lather-to-be, Prince Philip, and a lounge next to the room in which John H.

Peel, the queen's obstetrician, will deliver the baby. It was not expected that Elizabeth would leave the palace Wednesday. Philip had one engagement, to open an exhibition of architecture in nearby Portland Place. Queen Mother Elizabeth visited the Queen Tuesday. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan had his usual audience Tuesday night and told her of his trip to Africa, from which he has just returned.

SAN JUAN (AP Wlrephoto) SEATING PLAN This was the scene at a Portsmouth, department store Tuesday, minutes before a fight erupted between white high school students and Negro youths seeking service at a segregated lunch counter. One white youth was treated for a facial cut. Three Negro youths were charged with disorderly conduct. Eisenhower Schedules Sunday Talk By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH Of the Associated Press WASHINGTON (-President Eisenhower will go on nationwide television and radio Sunday evening to discuss national defense and his forthcoming South American tour.

Tha President announced this at a news conference Wednesday. And in cold anger Eisenhower called it despicable for anyone to suggest that he may have misled the nation regarding its defense position. Eisenhower said that if anybody believes that he has misled the nation on defense matters, he would like to deny it to that person's face. STRONG, AWESOME Eisenhower asserted that America's defense is not only strong, but also awesome and respected elsewhere. The President's Sunday evening talk will begin at 6:15 p.m.

(EST). He expects to talk for about 15 minutes. Major radio and television networks will carry tha speech. Eisenhower announced his plans for the talk after a reporter recalled that just before the Presl- dent's December tour to' 11 na BRITISH GUiANA Fob. 23 Resignation of Juvenile Aides On Advisory Council Agenda Return To Son von March 3 6 focfre Ocean PARAGua BARIIOCHE A I MH work policies and conditions under- the present administration.

The resignations were accepted by Director Jack Glass. tAP Wlrephoto) IKE'S ITINERARY Solid line trace the route President Eisenhower will follow en his South American tour, bbgiuriing next Monday, Broken line indicates return route to Washington, where he is due March 6 after visits to Puerto Rico, Brazii, Argentina; Chile, and Uruguay. The resignation of nine counselors at the Lane County Juvenile Dept. will be under consideration Wednesday night at a closed session of the citizens Ju venile Advisory Council, according to Chairman Richard Mc-Duffie. The nine submitted resignations Monday in a protest against Four Districts Give Okay To Merger ELMIRA-VENETA Voters In four school districts in the Route area west of Eugene Tuesday approved a proposal to consoli date the Elmira, Veneta, Central Walton and Noll school districts, But rejection, of the measure by voters in one district, Noti, left the issue at' least partially unresolved.

Unofficial results of the special school election on the proposal were: District Yes Ntf Elmira 83 41 Veneta 136 108 Central 53 32 Walton 35 27 Noti 48 64 lhe four districts that ap proved the measure will be con solidated unless a remonstrance is filed within ten days of notifies tion of official election results. William R. Woodie, county school superintendent, said Wednesday morning. It may be three or four days before the election is certi fied, he indicated. If a remonstrance is filed, a new election may be called to see if voters of the districts want to unify the schools under one board of education without Noti.

Noti will not be included in the consolidated district, Woodie said. However, he pointed out, Noti residents may still decide to join the consolidation plan since they are the only ones who re jected the proposal. In this case, Woodie said, they would have to hold another election. EMPIRE, Ore. UPI Flames broke out in the Michigan Avenue Grade School here Wednesday morning while school was in session.

The 400 students were evacuated from the building without difficulty and none was injured. The school burned to the ground. George Tait, principal of the block-long school, suffered minor face cuts when a window exploded as he was attempting to put out the blaze. The cause of the blaze wag not determined at once The flames apparently started in a corner of the one-story wooden building. The Empire Fire Department was called and it appeared for a time that the blaze was under control.

But the flames got up into a low attic and spread the entire length of the building. Other fire departments from the cities of Coos Bay, North Bend and Charleston were called. But the fire was out of control when they got there'. An adjoining gymnasium was saved. teach grades 3 through 8.

i The building was constructed in :1951 with several additions since the latest in 1957. The loss was completely covered by insurance. No damage estimate was Immediately available. The Empire department lost a pumper truck when the roof of building collapsed and buried it in flaming rubble. Flames from the fire shot as lliigh as 150 feet into the air.

The Hieat scorched a number of near by homes. But none oaught fire. Rlare Destrovs Bowling Alley BAKER (UPI) Fire Wednesday destroyed a two-year-old 'bowling alley here with loss es timated at $200,000. The blaze was believed to have started about 4 a.m. The cause was not immediately determined.

Firemen fought the-fire nearly four hours. The blaze destroyed the 10 lanes of the Baker Bowl, automatic pin setting equipment, (bowling balls and the lunch counter. i Only tha pumice block walls and the locker rooms escaped serious damage. The bowling alley was owned by Mr. and Mrs.

Clyde Scott who came here in 1958 from Spokane. The loss was largely covered by insurance and the owners said it would be rebuilt. Rhee Asked to Delay Vote in South Korea SEOUL, Korea Wl South Korea's opposition Democratic party Wednesday requested President Eyngman Rhee's administration to postpone the March 15 presiden tial election because ol the death of Democratic candidate Chough Pvong-ok. Chough's death in Washington Monday left Rhee unopposed. The home minister has said he has no intention of postponing the elec tion to allow new opposition can didates to register.

Funds Diverted to Route Completion of Route as a major highway to the coast won't it accomplished this year. County Commissioner Kenneth Nielsen aid Tuesday, because housewives nf the Coquille Valley put pressure on the State Highway Commission for another project. Nielsen told members of the Jlayor's Metropolitan Coordinate ng Council that when the state allocated $1,200,000 to rebuild Highway 42 from Coquille to Roseburg, the timetable for completing Route was delayed. The Highway 42 project was ordered after a delegation of housewives sppeared at the state capital during the last legislative ession, urging improvements for the narrow, twisting route. TOTAL IS HIGHER Deputy State Highway Engineer 'orrest Cooper said Wednesday that the Highway 42 project ac tually calls for expenditure of 11.500.000.

Sixty per cent of the Highway 2 funds. Cooper said, will come from tha federal government. The rest is to be provided by the Date. MIIB Af'onl'f Otvon Bin nr JANEIRO of Gas Line Urider Way the Oregon shora just east of the Sandy River. pipeline will be 20 inches in diameter to Carver, southeast otf Portland.

There will be five taps for the Portland area. The line will be 16 inches in diameter south of Carver until reaching Salem, then it will 12 inches until reaching a point between Albany and Lebanon. From there it will be 10 inches to Eu gene. FIRST NATURAL GAS The natural gas, to be marketed by Northwest Natural Gas will be the first natural gas to reach the Eugene area. A contract for the pipeline, Kayser said, was awarded in advance of the federal Power Commission action last week, which authorized the line.

The work, he said, began at once on the Columbia River crossing. The line to be buried under the river has walls an Inch thick, he added. Kayser said the contract for the line south of Salem has not been awarded. Sex Criminal Loses Appeal WASHINGTON Wl The Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a last-minute appeal that it stay the execution of Caryl Chessman, condemned sex criminal, in California's San Quentin Prison. The court acted on a petition filed.

Tuesday, asking issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. The petition was submitted to Justice Felix Frankfurter, but he turned it over to the court for consideration by all justices who could participate. Eight justices voted against Chessman. Chief Justice Earl Warren, former governor of California, has disqualified himself from acting on the many petitions and appeals filed on Chessman's behalf with the high tribunal. The court In its brief order had no comment, merely stating that a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied.

Chessman Is under sentence to be executed Friday. The court's denial apparently leaves only one remaining possibility for Chessman to escape the gas chamber by possible clemency from Gov. Edmund G. Brown of California. Ex-Resident Of Springfield Recaptured A former Springfield resident was one of three men recaptured a lew hours after they escaped from the Oregon State Peniten tiary annex near Salem early Wednesday morning.

He is Clarence Loroy Lousign-, ont, 22, who was sentenced to 18 months in the penitentiary from Lane County last June on a charge of malicious injury to personal property. Lousignont was the first prisoner to be apprehended. The other two are Everett Wil- lard Baker, 27, Linn County, serving two years for forgery, and Robert Paul Bryant, 26, Jackson County, serving two years for attempted burglary, according to the Associated Press. State Police Sgt. Roy Hunt said the men were captured in a slough area north of Albany' at 8:30 a.m.

They broke out of a dormitory eight hours earlier at the prison annex, some seven miles south of Salem. Soviet Premier, Burmese Confer RANGOON, Burma Wt Nikita Khrushchev discussed possible new Soviet economic aid to neutralist Burma in talks Wednesday with Burmese President Win Mating and resurgent political leader Nu. A government source said the Soviet Premier and the Burmese leaders also touched informally on relations between Burma and Communist China and the China-Indiu border dispute. Khrushchev reportedly applauded the agreement Jan. 28 settling some disputed points on the Burma-China border and agreeing to negotiate the others.

KFMY-FM Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., according to the program director. The nine are Emery Jones, Edna Belzsold, Leo Henry, Mar garet Budicki, Kenneth Viegas, Esther Turnbull, Norman Wyers Merlin A. Myers and Kay Ostrom They said a letter presented to the director Monday was sent for the purpose of keeping the door open for further negotia tions. At issue, they said, were working relationships and not salary. STAFF TRAINING The nine counselors also said Wednesday that they were hot the ones to break the issue to the public.

They said they were told the matters should be han dled within the department. Another issue is time spent In staff training. A committee was formed for this, the group said, but suggestions have not been followed and it has functioned "in body only." The counselors pointed out in reply. to a Tuesday statement that three, not two, have had previous probation work. "We've all had experience of a nature to prepare us for employment in this setting, and this by the evaluation of Mr.

Glass." Glass himself pointed out ear lier Tuesday that he is also new as a juvenile department director. He stressed efforts to work out problems and to cut work loads during recent months. But the nine counselors claimed that initiative is stifled in the department. "This is symbolic, we think, of the total work picture of the Lane County Juvenile the counselors said. "To the outsider, it looks beautiful," the counselors added.

They said they believe the department is not functioning as effectively as it might be. Director Glass, meanwhile, said Tuesday that the department has grown so rapidly during recent years that major Changes have been made and new programs started, causing a number of problems. PROBLEMS SOLVED He said he thinks some of the major problems have been solved. And, the department "is steadfastly working on others. Glass added that efforts, have been made during recent months to set up a good personnel program following the fulfillment or a building project and related jobs.

"We've been shooting for ad justments for tha counselors," Glass declared. One of the key things was a cut back in case loads for the counselors, according to Glass He cited a peak of 418 cases un der supervision in April of 1959 compared with 389 in December and January and 367 in Novem ber. In 1958, the case overload for counselors was 89 per cent, he pointed out. This had been cut to 30 per cent at the end of 1959, he indicated. General Improves NEW YORK Lenox Hill Hospital says Gen.

Douglas Mac-Arthur, 80, is still showing mod erate improvement. MacArthur entered the hospital Jan. 29 with a prostate gland disorder. Claim Plane Damaged TOKYO The Red Chinese claimed Wednesday that they danaged one Nationalist Chinese Acceptance of the resignations, effective immediately, was ap proved by the county's Circuit Court judges, who are actually in charge of Juvenile Dept. func tions.

The counselors had re quested a delay on the effective date of their resignations. INTERVIEWS PLANNED McDuffie said Tuesday ihat he will have no comment to make un til after the Advisory Council meeting. Then, he said, a state ment will be issued. Meanwhile, the nine counselors pledged Wednesday to continue fighting to regain their jobs. They were scheduled for inter views on Eugene radio station Hatfield Aide To Announce His Candidacy Oregon Secretary of State How ell Appling Jr.

will seek election to the job fro which he was appointed, and will be opposed by State Sen. Monroe Swectland, the Register-Guard learned Wednes day. Appling, a Republican, will make his announcement at a dinner meeting in his honor in Eu gene Wednesday evening, and Sweetland, a Democrat from Milwaukee, will make his formal an nouncement early in March, reliable sources said Wednesday. Tickets for the Appling dinner. will be on sale at the Eugene Hotel.

Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Gov. Mark Hatfield and State Treasurer Howard Belton are expected to be present. Appling was oppointed secre tary of stale in January of 1959 when Hatfield became governor. Sweetland made an unsuccess ful campaign for the office in 1956.

At that time ha was de feated by Hatfield. as the Coquille area did. "It's an unfortunate way to have to build a highway," said Nielsen. In other action, Commissioners Nielsen and Ralph Petersen said a local delegation met last week with the State Highway Dept. to urge better access from the Ferry Street Bridge into the proposed north bank park.

The coordinating council's plan would he for an access road lead ing under the Ferry Street Bridge approach. STUDY IS AGREED Petersen said the highway en gineers "saw tha logistics of the thing" and agreed to study the proposal. Most of Tuesday's meeting wss devoted to a discussion of new land use studies for the metropolitan area, presented by Frank Hruza, of the Central Lane Plan ning Office. Jim Weaver, co-chairman of the "One New City Committee" pre sented his group's plans for seek ing an election to merge Eugene Springfield and tha surrounding suburban sreas. tions he went on smtionwide TV-radio to discuss that trip.

1 The newsman asked whether the President planned another talk before he leaves next Monday for South America and if so, was there any possibility tha talk would deal as well with national defense. A controversy has been boiling in and out of Congress over the administration's defense policies. Eisenhower replied that he did intend to go on the air for 15 minutes Sunday evening. NATIONAL SECURITY Ha said that in addition to dis cussing his forthcoming visits to Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, the talk would deal with national security and defense. In the course of the news con ference, the President also discussed these matters: NUCLEAR He said the Soviet Union's latest program- looking toward suspension of nuclear weapons tests seems to get away from the completely rigid position the Soviets have maintained previously.

The Soviet proposal certainly is going to be studied by this country, the President went on. However, Eisenhower hit at one aspect of the new Soviet plan-that calling for a limited number of inspections to detcrmina whether any nuclear power was cheating. When you get into the business qf limiting inspections, Eisenhower said, you fit the same tims get into a long argument because you get into the old numbers racket. NIXON In more than seven years of working closely with Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Eisenhower said, never once has Nixon been at any major variance with him regarding administra tion policy.

A reporter had told Eisenhower that some people feel that he and Nixon seem to have a somewhat different philosophy on some matters and a different approach to handling problems. Eisenhower commented that there probably aren't any two per- IKE SETS TV REPORT (Continued on Page 2A) Deal Made This ad didn't make a swap but did sell the tractor (or cash. FORD tractor. Trad for two cows or hetfera. Phone 01 0-0000 FARMERS READ Classified for the livestock tad equipment they need.

To reach them, with aa ad lust dial DI 5-15-51. Construction To Eugene PORTLAND Wl Construction a 10 V4 million dollar pipeline down the Willamette Valley to Eugene already is underway. This was announced Tuesday by Paul Kayser, president of El Paso Natural Gas in a speech at the Rotary Club here. Kayser said the pipeline will open a potential Industrial mark et equal to 50 per cent of the industry now served by gas in tie Portland metropolitan area. ADDITIONAL LINE The new line, Kayser said' will be in addition to the one thai now runs as far as Lebanon, Albany and Corvallis.

It will connect with the main pipeline in the Camas-Washougal area of Washington anrf cross under the Columbia River, reaching INSIDE TODAY Ike, Demos to clash on four major issues. Pige 3A. Pentagon hal authority to order airborne alert. Page 4A. Women's Nfws 9-11 A Editorials 12A Vital Statistics IB Sports 2-4B 6B Theaters 7B RadioTV 5B iMarkfla 8B Clasflficd 9-13B seven of which the department plans to recommend to the council, Smith said.

The basic bid was for a station to house two pieces of fire-fighting equipment, main tenance training classroom, drill tower, pump testing pit and black-topping of the drill area. Alternates included such things as fencing, cabinet work, sidewalk and a gas tank and pump. Other firms and their total bids on the station were: Ordell Construction Vic Construction Ree Construction Co. $78,720 and Gale I. Roberts, $77,777.

Smith said he had estimated the cost at $80,000 and that the architectural firm of Balzhiser, Seder and Rhodes had estimated $76,000. Coquille Valley, Completion Delayed Bids on West Side Fire Hall Below Original Cost Estimates Cooper added that there is no current plan for completion of Route paving. Funds are not now available, he said. PROJECT IS PLANNED Nielsen said further improvement will be made on Route this year but the final 4V4 mile stretch between Austa and Walton won't be rebuilt. Planned this season, Nielsen said, is a $190,000 improvement project on the section of Highway 36 from Mapleton to Florence.

Also programmed, he said, is paving of the portion of Route currently under contract to the Earl McNutt Co. Nielsen said it was the county commissioner's understan ding that the state planned to take on about 4Vi miles of new paving a year. But there's no secondary highway money now, he said, be cause of the Coquule-Roseburg project which is in the same "road district" of the state as Route F. Fred Brenne, Eugene Chamber of Commerce manager, suggested that perhaps Lane County should organize a "housewife brigade" The low bid of $73,711 which was submitted Tuesday for construction of a McKinley Streit fire station and training facilities in Eugene was from $2,000 to $6,000 below original cost -estimates, according to Fir E. L.

Smith. He said the low bid wa made by the Eldon B. Shields firm of Eugene and was one of five submitted. Smith said Wednesday the bid would be submitted to the city council for action Monday and, if accepted, constnlction is expected to begin inmediately, He said the department hopes to occupy the west side station in July. i Tha bid aurtnittad by the Shields firm the other four bidders inclurts eight alternates, piane in tne air battle over me Formosa Strait Tuesday.

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