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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon oomp noEToties Favor Juniot? fan Firm Hired To Study School Operations Board Defers Action; 6-3-3 Support Strong Estoblished 1873 26 Paget ROSEBURG, ORE. THURSDAY MARCH 26, 1959 72-59 New Deadline Scheduled On Move Of Moore House Dttailt page 2 The business operation of the Roseburg School District is due for some changes, if a plan adopted Wednesday night by the Roseburg School Board is fully carried out. The board agreed to allow John Paul Jones Associates a San Francisco efficiency research firm, to be hired under an "open end contract" to undertake a sweeping study of the district's business operation.

If the board decides after an Lot Owners Prepare Parking Area Plans system tends to afford adolescents with a premature air of maturity. However, he added that the plan seems to be acceptable "from a standpoint of academic curriculum." In addition, he said. "We would meet additional problems it we try to do away with the junior high schools." Based on projected figures, Walton said he figures about 24 rooms will have to be added to present elementary school facilities in order to accommodate seventh graders in those schools by 1960-61. He apparently was aiming specifically at a 7-2-3 setup. Full.rtoo Split Eyed He said one wing of Fulierlon School could continue to be used as elementary school space, with the bulk of the school becoming a third junior high school.

Deller had recommended complete conversion of the West Side school into a junior high under a pro ground, that a 30-day removal no Milo Couple Blessed With Houseful fjt JL tAf 4' i 1 Vm Y-f fj ft -J fill 3'-' 5 7 Wh --r 1 By BILL HENLEY 1 Ntws-Rviw Stiff Writtr A new deadline has been set by partners in a forthcoming oil-street parking venture for the removal of the LiUie Moore home from its location at. SE Hose St. and Washington Ave. The date has now been set for April 8, and it is apparently a "hard and fast" one. The partners Einil Rambcrg, George E.

West, Hans T. Hansen, L. E. Garrison and Roland West have written to Mrs. V.

J. Mi-celli, president of the Douglas County Historical Society, setting the new date. Mrs. Micelli verbally told the News-Review today that problems of moving the structure were being considered, and that a full-scale meeting of the society may be held early next week. "It has now been almost four months since the Lillie Moore property was purchased for the purpose of improving the same to provide critically needed off-street parking in congested downtown Roseburg," the letter stated.

"It Is now necessary for us to proceed with those plans." "Following the expiration of two weeks from the date of this letter (March 25) the residence will have to be destroyed in connection with said property improvement program, and such will occur when the improvement work commences without any further notice, announcement or extension of time." The letter pointed outf in back- VFW Votes Jet Delivery. Funds The City of Roseburg was as. sured of getting a F86A jet fighter for an added Stewart Park attrac tion Wednesday night when mem- bership of the Roseburg VFW Post voted the last $100 needed for its delivery. Councilman Virgil Walls, who has been working on the project with interested groups, said today arrangements already are made for bringing the aircraft to Roseburg from Reno, where it was acquired by Roseburg's Amer ican Legion Post from Air force surplus. Walls reported that through its local manager, Bill Greenfield, Oregon-Nevada California Fast Freight Inc.

has assumed $375 of the cost of moving the plane here. The remaining $200 in expenses is being shared by the two veterans posts. The F68A, which a few years ago was the mainstay of American air power in the Korean conflict, will be installed near the SP locomotive at Stewart Park where youngsters and adults can inspect it. The city's public works depart ment will move and install the aircraft upon its arrival in Roseburg, according to Ken Meng, city engineer. Spokane Police Still Seeking Murder Clues SPOKANE.

Wash. (AP)-Police said Thursday they still haven't found the lead tnat will crack the search for the slayer of 9-year-old Candy Rogers. Police Chief Clifford Payne said he was awaiting a report from the FBI on the girl's clothes which were sent to Washington, D. C. for analysis.

Payne said the report would be ready within a week or 10 days. The girl's ravished body was found just outside the city Sunday under a pile of pine needles. Candy disappeared March 6 while selling Cani) Fire Girl mints door to door. tice was given on Feb. 4.

and was later extended when "We ob served periodic statements publish- ea in tne rtoscuurg jNews-Keview apparently made by society representatives. We know of no plan to remove or dismantle all or any part of the Lillie Moore dwelling." The society hasn't been in di rect touch with the parking lot partners, the letter stated. Mrs. Micelli today said that a full board meeting is unlikely until next week but that potential house-movers will be contacted immediately. She said that in fact the society has been awaiting word from the moving contractors, in regard to problems attendant upon moving the structure to a desirable location.

She has been consistently am- Diguous on tne proposed sites of relocation, contending pin-pointing them would be premature be fore a decision is reached. Speculations Many Property near Winchester, oth er sites on the Roseburg side of the South Umpqua River, and the fairgrounds with a suggested waterborne pontoon moving the latest development there have figured into speculations on relocating the house. For the past several weeks Mrs. Micelli has expressed optimism about saving the house for historical purposes, stating that tne moving was the major problem. Two house moving firms Hob- son House Moving Co.

of Portland and the Dent Bros, of Eugene have offered advice and, she said, will be contacted now. She referred to the latest dead line as "flicking the horse in the tail when it's trying to move the cart as fast as it can." The parking lot partners purchased the lot from the General Services Administration for 000 in December 1958, and have an nounced they intend to start off-street parking operation by May 1. Unoccupied House Burns At Yoncalla A large, two-story frame house about one mile south of Yoncalla was destroyed by flames early to- oay. Correspondent Mrs. George Edes reported residents of the house, located on old Highway 99, were Mr.

and Mrs. Earl B. Smith. The Smiths had left several days ago for a vacation in California, she said. Efforts are being made to locate them and inform them of the blaze, she said.

The correspondent reported the house and furniture were covered by insurance. No monetary estimate of damage was available. Cause of the fire is undetermined, but police and fire insDectors are probing the ruins in search of clues, said Mrs. Edes. The structure, outside the zone covered by the Yoncalla Fire De partment, blazed unchecked before help could, be summoned.

The area is not serviced by a rural fire department, noted Mrs. Edes. The correspondent said the old house has been known locally as the Billy Wilson place because of its occupancy by Wilson in early years. Two Cars Collide Two cars were towed awav from the scene after an accident about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Highway 99 BR and Garden Valley Blvd.

The cars were driven by Lillian Droscher, Idleyld Rt. Box 117, Roseburg, and Helen Marlene Barron, Box 565 Camas Valley Winston, state police said. There were no apparent injuries to the drivers, police added. of a proposed business agent, probably would not result in any recommendation that such a job be created. Instead, Jones representatives have told the board, the re-organization of present jobs probably would be sufficient to save the district large sums of money perhaps as much as $30,000 before the end of 1959.

The firm will be hired on a per-man-hour basis, at a rate of $26 per hour. The contract can be terminated at any time the board feels the firm's services no longer are necessary. Death Forecast Of Aid Increase SALEM (AP)-The House Education Committee voted Wednesday that basic school aid to local districts should be increased from $105 per school census child per year to $120. The bill now will go to the Joint Ways and Means Committee, which will decide whether the slate can afford the $7,500,000 a year that the bill would cost. Rep.

Al Fleacl (D-Roseburel. chairman of the Education Committee, predicted the bill would die in the Ways and Means Committee because of the determination of legislative leaders to avoid new taxes. The Education Committee approved the bill by a 5-1 vote. Earlier, it had voted 5-2 to sub stitute the Senate bill to raise the aid to $120 for the house bill which would boost it to $,125. Flcgel moved for the substitu tion, opposing the principal of' the house bill that the additional money would be apportioned on the basis of flat grants per child, rather than use the equalization formula that governs distribution of present aid.

Portland and Eastern Oregon generally have opposed the equalization formula for distributing the school money on grounds that those areas are forced to contrib ute to the support of western Oregon schools outside Portland, Helicopters Take Off Three U.S. Navy helicopters took off from the Roseburg airport Wed nesday after spending about three days here. They were on their way from Seattle to Oakland, calif. They set down at Roseburg Mon day because of bad weather and mechanical trouble. The helicop ters, designated as HC S-ls, are reportedly used in submarine patrols.

Good Reading In Today's News-Review is packed with news, features and editorials in another daily chapter of life in Douglas County and elsewhere. Here are some of the highlight readings. AIR SEARCH Two six porsons missing in Northwest, page 2, section 1, SUMMIT West agrees conditionally, page 3, initial 'meeting with company representatives to continue the study, the firm would instruct school employes during Ihe course of its study in how to achieve greater efficiency. The end result would be a re-organization of duties and possibly a shifting of personnel, according to explanations voiced by board members Wednesday niyhl during the regular meeting. The firm has told the board that the study, originally intended to determine the duties equal number of Rotary Anns, the club's auxiliary.

The assembly will be held April 26 and 27, and the two-day conference will follow April 2b and 29. The assembly will be devoted to training of incoming officers of clubs. And the conference is designed to educate Rotarians and Rotary Anns about the meanings of the service organization. Featured speaker during the two sessions will be Riley W. Does of Oakland, Calif.

He is alternate member of the nominating committee for president of Rotary International and a former international director. Leslie Whito of Albany is also expected to speak. The assembly will be directed by E. B. Lemon of Corvallis, and the conference by Alton Baker Sr.

of Eugene. Representatives are expected to attend from the following clubs of the district: Albany, Ashland, Bend, Brookings, Burns-Hines, Coos Bay-North Bend, Coquille, Corvallis, Eugene, Gold Beach, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Lakeview, Lebanon, Medford, Myrtle Creek, Myrtle Point, Newport, Port Orford, Redmond, Reedsport, Shady Cove, Springfield, Sweet Home and Toledo. Registration will start at 9 a.m. April 26. Business sessions will be held in the Elks Club oallroom.

Michigan Adventurers Reach Alaskan Sod SCOTTIE CREEK, Alaska (AP) Were in Alaska at last!" Mrs. Marino Sik, late of Jlichl gan, now of Alaska, whispered to the baby she held lightly in her arms Wednesday. The words reached the ears of 37 other modern-day adventurers clustered about Mrs. Sik and the Michigan 59'crs broke out with cheers. The 59'ers had 4.500 miles be hind them.

They had some 500 miles to go, to the Kenai Peninsula southwest of Anchorage. The dream of a new life in a new land, a new state, had its inception in the Detroit area months ago. The objectives were homesteads on the Kenai J'enin sula. The 59'crs crossed the line that separates Border City, Yukon Territory, from Scottie Creek, Alaska, at 5:30 Wednesday evening. By BOB CLARK Nows-Rtvlow Staff Writer The ranks of the Roseburg School Board apparently were formed Wednesday night In favor of re organization of grades in the dis trict schools with continuance of the junior high school system.

Action on the matter was defer red pending a report on projected construction costs by Supt. M. C. Deller. Such a report was request ed by board member Duuley C.

Walton, A special meeting was bet up for next Wednesday to allow the board to hear Deller's estimates on scope and cost of physical expansion of existing facilities. A decision on the controversial matter might be forthcoming during the session. Wavne Crooch. board chairman. told the board that action on organization of the grades should be the first order of business with re gard to the comprehensive set ot recommendations suDmntcu last week by Deller.

He said other decisions will have to be based on the factor of organization. Walton touched off discussion of the topic by voicing favor for grouping of students in various subtccts on the oasis 01 aouny. Other directors agreed. Feasibility Discussed Deller. asked whether ability grouping would be affected by organization of grades, answered negatively.

He said such a plan probably would be affected most bv tne size ot tne scnooi tne larger the school, the more fea sible such a program. Walton said a junior high school plan "looks like it would be a good thing' as far as ihe Roseburg district is concerned. But he said he has certain reservations the basic one being that such a Strike Called In Construction PORTALAND (AP) Union pile drivers today called a strike that could tie up all major construc tion work in uregon ana south west Washington, Not all construction lobs will be affected, however, for the Associated General Contractors said they would not carry out their threat to treat a strike against one as a strike against all. The strike was announced bv Leo Neal, union business agent, after an all-mght mediation ses sion conducted by Gov, Mark Hat- Held of uregon. "Apparently we have reached a complete impasse.

We made counter proposals but the employers stood fast on their position," Neal said. Neal said pickets would appear at all jobs where pile drivers have been employed. W. A. Hammond, chief negotiator for the construction contractors, earlier said a strike against one would be considered strike against all, and the entire industry would shut down.

One exception was specified the construction work at the centennial exposition ground in Portland, where crews are racing the clock in an attempt to be ready for a June opening of Oregon's centennial exposition. The pile drivers are part of the carpenters union, which has been negotiating for months on a contract that expired in December. The carpenters set April 1 a strike deadline, but the pile drivers moved up their own strike date. They underwent one all-night session with employers earlier this week, and met again under the governor's auspices from 2:30 p.m. Wednesday until 4 a.m.

today. Neither side specified points still at issue, but they, said there were number. Neal said tne union demand for a hiring hall provision was a principal issue. The employers made no immediate statement, but called a meeting of their group to determine whether lo close all jobs. Survey Said Needed In Boxcar Problem SALEM (AP) The House Plan ning and Development Committee Wednesday approved introduction of a resolution asking the speaker of the House to appoint an expert to study the' state's railroad boxcar problem.

The committee voted unanimously to introduce the resolution in an effort to get the Legislature to help solve the shortage which Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Rose-burg) said could be very critical this summer. Southwest Oregon has been the hardest hit In recent years.

In asking Speaker Robert Dun can (D-Medford) to name an expert, the committee said efforts in the past to alleviate the problem have been largely unproductive. The News-Review FOOD Best buys in county for Easter, page 4, section 2. YOUTH Divorces approved, page 5, section 2. INCOME TAX Forms used can be important, page 14, section SPORTS Roseburg track Invitational nears, page 8, section 1. EDITORIAL County fights child molestation, page 4, section 1.

FIRST TRIPLETS ever to arrive at Forest Glen Hospital in Canyonville are these two sons and one 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmetr Srandridge, Milo. The daughter's name is Mary Eileen; the boys were unnamed as of Tuesday afternoon. Pictured with Mrs.

Standridge and her three latest additions is James Jones, Riddle, the attending physician. (Paul Jenkins) House Votes Daylight Time Referendum SALEM (AP) The Oregon House of Representatives voted 43- 12 today to let the people vote in November 1960 on whether they want daylight saving time, but rejected 29-26 a bill to put it into effect in 1959 and 19t0. The bill referring the question to the people goes to the Senate. The vote on the question of whether to have daylight time this year and next year was on a mo tion to indefinitely postpone, so the matter can't be reconsidered without a two-thirds vote of the House. That means it is dead for the session.

The vote came after an hour's debate in which both sides tried all of the parliamentary tricks. Supporters of daylight time tried to get the bill to make it effective immediately back into committee to save it, but that motion failed 29-25. House members were relieved to get rid of the issue, which brought them a huge flood of mail and telegrams. Daylight time was vigorously opposed by farm, labor and theater interest, while the chief sup port came from the radio and tele vision industry. Plan Lost 3 Times The people voted in 1950, 1952 and 1954 against daylight time.

But supporters argued that since many new people have moved into the state in the past five years, the people should get another chance to vote. Speaking on the bill to refer the question to the people, Rep. F. F. Montgomery (R-Eugene) told the house that theater interests have carried on a vigorous advertising campaign against the bill.

He said there has been no organized support for it. Then Rep. Ed Benedict (D-Port-land, chairman of the Planning and Development Committee which drafted the legislation, ar-mipri that "The motion picture hi' dustry is dying out anyway so daylight time wouldn't save it." He said It would help the centennial celebration, too. The chief argument against the bills was given by Rep. George Annala (JJ-Hooa mver), a iarmer, who said he has to get up at 4 a.m.

now and doesn't want to have to get up any earlier. He said day light time would nun tne nignt entertainment at tne centennial celebration. Rep. Shirley Field (R-Portland) said. "If Oregon wants to be a big league state, then it should get in line with the big league states that have the fast time." Under the bill that was passed clocks would be advanced one hour from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September, be ginning in 1961.

New Bill Considered After the referred measure was Dassed. the House then considered the one to have daylight time in 1959 and 1960. Ren. Clarence Barton (D-Co- ouille) jumped to his feet to move indefinite postponement. He said it is "ill-advised and contrary to democratic processes" to pass a bill that had been rejected by the people.

Then Rep. Joe Rogers (D-Inde- pendence) moved to taole the Dill. It was deteated 37-18. At that point, the sponsors of the bill, sensing defeat, made their move to try to get the bill back to committee. This was beaten 29- 25, with opponents wanting to kill it nn the lloor.

Then the whole matter ended with passage of Barton's motion to indefinitely postpone. said, was Allic Derrick, a lum ber salesman at Mill City, south ot nere. Derrick told police that after he got back into his car after eating lunch at Amity, a man iaised up from the back scat and said: "You know what happened in Brownsville. I've killed several fellows. Keep on driving After driving to Portland, Derrick said he suddenly shouted: "I ain't driving any further." Then, Derrick said, he leaped out of the car with the keys, and rushed to a nearby police station, leaving the gunman in the car.

Minutes later the search started here for Hunt, a blond-haired ex-convict who once served a term in the Montana State Prison. After Ernest AlcPhee was abducted earlier, and Robert Kern-now shot, warrants were issued charging Hunt with kidnaping and assault with intent in kiil. Kemnow was reported holding I his own at a Lebanon hospital. I A rifle bullet hit him in the head. 4 April Rotarian Conference To Draw 500 To Roseburg posed 6-3-3 plan, Walton, using a rough estimate, arrived at a $360,000 figure as cost of grade school expansion to include the additional grade.

But. he stressed, he wishes to hear the superintendent's estimates on extent and cost of expansion before deciding ou an or ganizational plan. Another director. Harold iloyt. said he is "satisfied that it is no accident" that more and more school systems have adopted the 3-3 plan in recent year6.

He said the discipline problem In the first six grades is relatively minor and that addition of the seventh grade to those grades would needlessly compound the problems faced at the lower levels. Grouping Not Natural Hoyt also declared that eighth and ninth graders "don't belong with the older students" under a natural grouping. The educational potential we can offer our children over the next six or seven years seems to lie with the 6-3-3 system," he added. Crooch noted that thinking of ed ucators in recent years seems to be preponderantly in favor ot the 6-3-3 setup. Director Arthur Lamka, as wen as Crooch, voiced endorsement of the 6-3-3 method of organization.

City To Project Water Needs Roseburg city planners hai-e moved to make available to the federal government a projection of municipal and industrial water needs for the next 25 years. Members of the City Planning Commission plan to draft a report for submission to appropriate government agencies sometime this fall which will point up future water requirements here in order to take advantage of proposed federal water resource development The study was requested by the federal government. The program, approved by Con gress in 1958, was explained to memoers or tne city nanning commission, Roseburg Chamber of Commerce representatives and Ben R. Irving, Water Resources engineer for Douglas County, by Leonard Dworsky of the U.S. Public Health Service, Portland.

Under the program, agencies building government dams will make allowances for city and industrial water needs in the future. Heretofore, federal dam projects have been limited to storage for water power, irrigation and flood control. Law Provides for Increase Dworsky explained the new fed eral law "provides for an increase in uses of federally-stored water." He said the city can sunmit a request for future water without entering a firm contract. No payments to the government from the city are required in the first 10 years, and "only Interest" is ask ed it the water is not usea in tne next 10 years. Thereafter, the city will pay on the principal and interest "in the event the water is needed, Dworsky said.

Present studies are under way for future dam sites in the Rogue River Valley and Umpqua watershed. Seals Seen On Umpqua, May Herald Salmon Run Seals are being seen in the low er Umpqua River up as far as Scottsburg this week. This is not a common occurrence, but may indicate a run of Chinook salmon up the river, according to old timers of the Reedsport area. Salmon fishing in the river above Scottsburg has not been too good. A lot of fishermen, are reported try ing ineir iuck, due not many have been successful, according to reports.

Levity Fact Rant By F. Reizenstein Proposal tor Roseburg to adopt a Western motif prompt a few suggestions, lath as: 24-hour livery stable service, one-hand roll-your-own and thumbnail match Ignition, practice on the quick draw with a "hogleg," and self-drill on just tha proper intonation on tha ultimatum to "smile whan you tfay that." Portland Police Theorize New Kidnaping By Gunman Has Provided Escape From City Roseburg is expected to host about 500 Rotarians and Rotary Anns in April in the first Rotary International Assembly and Conference in new District 5il just formed last year. It will be the first such conclave of Rotarians ever held in Roseburg. District 511 was carved from former District 510 last year. It includes 25 clubs in southern and west central Oregon.

The district has 1,518 Rotary memheru and an Jury Absolves Man Of Morals Charge A circuit court jury Wednesday afternoon found William Elvis Mask, 4220 NW Hooker innocent of a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The 51-year-old barber was indicted on the charge by the grand jury. The jury deliberated an hour and 40 minutes before returning a verdict in the two-day trial. Tuesday afternoon, the jury visited the scene of the alleged crime, Mask's home on Hooker Rd. Mask was charged in the indictment of being involved with a 17-year-old girl who testified in the trial.

The girl testified that she tried to get the district attorney to petition the court to dismiss the case. Last week, she was deemed a meterial witness by Judge Charles S. Woodrich and ordered to put up $1,000 in sureties to insure her appearance in court. Storm To Follow Brief Dry Period In County The U.S. Weather Breau station at Roseburg Airport reported today that interior Douglas County can expect only a brief weather improvement before another storm strikes the area by late Friday night or Saturday morning.

The bureau said the storm front which dropped .60 of an inch of rain on the Roseburg area in the last 24 hours now has moved to the east and is weakening. But another storm front, located in the Aleutian Islands area late this morning, should arrive over Douglas County by early Saturday after a brief jpell of warmer, drier weather. PORTLAND (AP)-The search for a gunman continued here today. Police said, though, he may have gotten out of town the way he got in by abducting a motorist. Police conducted a block-by-block search of rainy downtown streets Wednesday and Wednesday night, but failed lo find a trace of Richard Allen Huiit.

27, a dairy worker from near Harris-burg. Ore. The manhunt began after one police chief was briefly at Harrisburg Tuesday, and another shot later at Brownsville. More than 100 men were pressed into the search of timbered hills, but that quest was called off after a motorist said he- was forced at gunpoint to drive a young man north to Portland. It was then police here launched the search, checking used clothing stores, bars, cafes, a theater and a score of skid road hotels.

"We have really scoured the downtown area," said detective Prescott Hutchins. Hutchins said police were posted at airports, railroad stations and bus depots here. "I doubt if he could get out that way," the detective said. Hutchins added: "He might have gotten out of town the same way he gut in. He could climb into the first car with a driver in it, and be going yet." The motorist forced to drive the gunman into Portland, police The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Fair tonight and Friday.

Warmer Friday. Highest temp, last 14 hours 62 Lowest torn p. last 24 hours 40 Highest tamp, any March ('53) 79 Lowest tomp. any March ('54) If Precip. last 24 hours 60 Prtctp.

from March 1 1.44 Precip. from Sop-t. 1 24.41 Excess from Sept. 1 .24 Sunset tonight 4:32 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:05 a.m.

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