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The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. May 26, 1959 Lumbermen 12 Billion Feet In County Affected In Taxation Plea By GEORGE CASTILLO News- Review Assistant Editor Rising taxes on timber threatto seriously deplete private timber and upset the stability of the county's economy. So said spokesmen for timber holders of the county at Monday's county Board of Equalization publie hearing at the courthouse. They asked for a cutback in the tax rates being, ordered this year the state Commission. The state commission has set stumpage values this year at per thousand board feet.

A depletion factor of 32 years is allowed, leaving true cash value set the commission of $8.80. The ratio of 23 per cent of true cash value set on timber then leaves an assessed value of The rate involves about 12 billion board feet of private timber in the county, according to George Neuner, attorney for several of the timber companies represented. Values Said Too High Neuner insisted the stumpage values are too high, and the depletion period too short. He an assessed, value of $1.55 per as more realistic." He used figures of mills he repre- 10 Persons Killed In Two Car Wrecks MALIBU, Calif. (AP)--Two cars collided on the Pacific Coast Highway Monday night, killing five persons.

Four the dead were trapped in the burning wreckage their car. Another was Killed" when thrown from the other car. The Highway Patrol identified dead as: thAn Aloysious G. Wysche, 63, Malibu; Joseph H. Horrell, 55, Kansas City, Ralph Muller, 65, Pacific Palisades, and Charles, in Jordan, one 42, car, New and York Mrs.

Pam Messer, 25, Santa Monica, Calif. Mrs. Messer's husband, Norman, 25, suffered a skull fracture. Highway Patrolmen said the car in which Messer and his wife were riding went out of control on a curve while traveling at an estimated 80 m.p.h. Student's Death Ruled Drowning YAKIMA A.

(AP) Sherwood, The death of Henry 17, during his suburban high school initiation May 19, was officially declared an accidental drowning Monday. Athletes being initiated into the Moxee Letterman's Club were paddled while they dove in and swam across a small pond. But Yakima County Prosecutor Pay E. Munson said investigaion showed this sold nothing to do with Sherwood's, autopsy death. showed the sophomore drowned.

A blow over his right eye could have caused a mild concussion, but Munson said this was not connected with the drowning. Drain Grade School Sets Wednesday Exercises Drain Grade School will hold its graduation exercises Wednesday at 8. p.m. with 41 students receiving diplomas. Valedictorian Kathryn Hess will give the welcome address.

Musical numbers will be presented by the seventh and eighth grade choir, followed by a play, "'The Natives are Restless," presented by members of the graduating class. MEETING SET Azalea Sunshine Club will meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Bob Gaedecke. sented to show stumpage values ranging from $20 to $22.

He also produced other figures which he said indicated a depletion period of 35 years was a more equitable figure. He insisted this was more equitable when log production, freight car loadings and general economic conditions are taken into consideration. The depletion figure is theoretical. It is based on total timber to be taxed and the present cutting rate. It is the theoretical time the timber would last if the present timber were cut at the rate it is being cut.

40 Years Recommended Bruce Cowan of Longview, representing International Paper said the company's cut in its holdings on the coast of Douglas County indicated a depletion figure of 40 years. He estimated stumpage values at $19.56. Lumbermen taking the floor to protest the state rate were James Whipple of Drain, Fred Sohn of Roseburg, Kenneth Ford Thomas Clark of Roseburg and Bud Johnson of Riddle. Sohn, an owner of Sun Studs Lumber said all costs have gone up and the added burden would tend to squeeze small operators out of business. He said a lower assessment was necessary to protect investments and continthe stability of the community.

Johnson of and Lumber Co. of Riddle said the private holdings the county are the "backbone of the economy." He continued that rising taxation will force, their private holdings timber faster. holders "If tax- to ation forces us to cut faster, the county won't have any timber to tax," he concluded. Stations Close In Eugene Area Fear Timber Hatfield Signs Income Tax Bill, 17 Others Into Law Other bills signed today: Hospital Change Okayed SALEM (AP) Gov. Mark field today signed House Bill 670, which increases state income tax receipts by about 10 million dollars a year.

It eliminates the federal income tax deduction in computing state income taxes. It also reduces the present rate schedule of 3 to 9.5 per cent to 2.5 to 7.5 per cent. If it is not attacked by referendum, it will become law Aug. 5 and apply to income earned this year. Hatfield did not favor the bill, preferring instead proposals to increase taxes in lower brackets.

Other bills signed today: HB565 Reducing tax on capital gains if the is reinvested in, Oregon. 00 for salary increases for state employes. HB1096-Appropriating funds for state institution building construction. SB17-Making it illegal for employers of six or more persons to Myrtle Creek Eighth Graders' Graduation Set By RUTH EVANS, Approximately 100 Myrtle Creek eighth grade students will graduin the school gym. ate in exercises Thursday at 8 a p.m.

The junior high school band will play the recessional and processional. John Myers, pastor of the First Christian Church, will give the invocation and benediction. The junior high chorus will sing. Speaker for evening will be Dr. Grace Graham of the University of Oregon school of education.

All eighth grade pupils wrote says on "What Do I Owe to My Home, My Community and My Two will be chosen to be read by the authors. Anton Bryant, principal, will present diplomas to be given by school board member. City To Employ Another Fireman The Roseburg Fire Department will fill a vacancy on its staff July 1, Chief W. E. Mills announced today.

Applications for the position of fire fighter are being received at the main fire station at SE Main St. and Oak Mills said. The vacancy was created during the initial stages of the city's financial retrenchment gram. Funds in the city budget going into effect July 1 will restore the department to its regular complement of 16 employes. Linn County Man Killed SWEET HOME (AP)-A logger was killed in an accident at the Lava Lake Logging Co.

camp at Lava Lake, some 50 miles east of here near the Cascade Summit Monday, Linn County Coroner Glenn Huston said. The victim, who lived at the camp, was Marvin Leon Cline. He was reported killed when a trailer house he was working on fell on him. Carpenters Back On Jobs CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -Union carpenters removed picket lines today and 1,650 building tradesmen returned to their jobs at the missile test center and nearby Patrick Air Force Base.

Several million dollars worth of construction was halted by the 10- day strike of 115 carpenters, who came to terms Monday night with General Contractors. Other union men had observed picket lines. Steel Talks Deadlocked NEW YORK (AP)-A deadlock on basic issues was indicated the steel industry contract negotiations which resume today go into recess until next Tuesday. Negotiators for the 12 largest steel companies and the United Steelworkers of America met for two hours Monday, and skipped the usual briefing session for newsmen after the meeting. GIFT FOR THE GRADUATE At West Bros.

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The center since has expanded its work to include treatment of cancer, leukemia other blood diseases and heart and chest ailments, including TB. The City of Hope last treated some 26,000 patients, free of year, almost charge. Public donations account wholly for the $18,000 needed daily to operate the huge plant. Mrs. Geidd said volunteer workers will contact homes in their own neighborhoods during, the caming a maximum of 20 homes.

She paign, with each marcher contacturged persons interested in the project contact her at ORchard 3-7485. Hoodlums Said Due For Death NEW YORK (AP)- The Post said here that several me who attended the Apalachin, N.Y., crime convention have been marked for execution by gangland leaders. Attributing the information to underworld sources, the paper said the doomed men were those likely to talk under police investigation. "The pressure that brought the summary decision to permanently seal the lips of some of Apalachin delegates came in federal them last indictments against 27 of Thursday on charges obstructing justice," the Post declared. Thirty-six other men who attended the meeting were named in the indictment as co-conspirators but not defendants.

The paper said the action "shook the security of the crime overlords. They haven't been so worried since Abe Reles began to sing about Murder, in 1940's and sent seven men to the electric chair. "The top boys have passed on the word to get rid of those most likely to talk." More Need Seen For Farm Credit BAKER, Ore. (AP) A group of credit production associations have been told farmers are going to need more credit. Paul Matson of Spokane, president of Spokane's Federal, Intermediate Credit that "Farms expanded to cope with the narrowing income margins must operate more efficiently.

This will require substantial outlays for machinery, equipment and labor saving devices." He said this will result in a greater reliance on credit, "Consequently," he added, "the substantial growth. in credit extended by production credit associations in the past years can be expected to continue." Italian Wine Makers Plan Portland Social PORTLAND (AP)-Italy, looking for a greater market for its wines, is planning a wine -tasting social here June 11. Some 1,400 Oregon residents have been invited to drop in at a downtown hotel and sip some 40 wines and liqueurs. The affair is being held in connection with Italy's exhibit at the Oregon Centennial Exposition next month. Sutherlin Eighth Grade Promotion Scheduled Seventy-six eighth graders in Sutherlin Junior High School will be promoted Thursday at exercises at 8 p.m.

in the high school gymnasium, reports correspondent Barbara Liesinger. Featured speaker will be Ralph Dyson, athletic director, for the Sutherlin schools. selected as speaker by members of the graduating class. New Babies Set Record WASHINGTON (AP) More babies were born during the first three months of this year than in any other first quarter. Reporting this today, the National Office of Vital Statistics estimated there were 1,034,000 registered live births in the first quarter.

That was 1.7 per cent more than the previous first quarter record set in 1957. 3 R's REPAIR Ray's Reliable Repairs Automotive, outboard motors, small engines our specialty, Pickup and Delivery Ray Arthur 1124 N. E. Baragar ORchard 3-6597 Power Potential Of Alaska Claimed Victim Of Neglect SEATTLE (AP) Alaska's power potential lies like a hibernating giant, kept asleep through federal neglect, while neighboring Russia is fast catching up with the U.S. in electrical production, Sen.

E.L. Bartlett (D-Alaska) said Tuesday. Less than one per cent of Alaska's gigantic hydroelectric power potential of more than 50 million kilowatts a year has been developed, Bartlett said in a speech prepared for delivery at the opening session of the American Public Power Assn. "Uncle Sam, as Alaska's keeper during our 92 years as a territory, did not live up to his responsibilities not only in power development, but in the whole gamut of governmental activities." Whenever possible, local political subdivisions and consumer groups should develop power projects, he said. "When and where local government cannot handle the needed power jobs, we should ask the federal government to tackle them.

Policies Thought Beneficial "The has for many years reverberated and still does to the thunderous sions of public and private power interests. From these battles have emerged policies and procedures which I believe to be in the best public interest." tions of the delegates, and Puerto Some 600 from all secRico were expected for the threeday public power meeting. Other speakers will include Vice Adm. Hyman C. Rickover, Sen.

Henry M. Jackson (D- Wash) Interior Undersecretary Elmer Bennett, economist Leon Keyserling and TVA power manager G.O. Wessenauer. In his prepared annual report, association General Manager Alex Pay Increase Plan Announced By State SALEM Oregon Civil Service Commission, announced Monday a plan increase salaries of state employes by $4,700,000 in the two-year budget period beginning July 1. The commission said it would hold a public hearing June 17-18 on the plan.

The state Emergency Board, a legislative committee, must give final approval before the plan can be put into effect. The salary increases, amounting to $20 to $25 a mostly, would go mainly to technical, professional and supervisory employes. a The commission said the salaries in the lower paid jobs now are competitive with what is paid by private industry. The Legislature appropriated $2,500,000 for salary increases in departments subject to legislative appropriation. An equal amount is available for increases in departments which produce their own revenue, such as the Highway Commission.

The Joint Ways and Means Committee recommended a 250,000 appropriation. It was cut $750,000 in the closing hours of recent session. Sportsmen Pilots Form Chapter At Roseburg A new organization for all those interested in flying, either as a business or for a hobby, was organized last week at an evening meeting at Horn's Appliance. The club has been named The Sportsmen Pilots of Oregon. Robert Horn was elected to head the committee on membership.

Mrs. Van Svarverud was chosen secretary. All interested persons are advised to contact Horn. Escaped Con Captured PORTLAND (AP)-Four hours after walked trusty James M. Wheeler, away from the prison farm at Salem he was captured in Portland.

Two detectives took him into custody on Southeast Union Avenue. Police said the Wheeler--who was serving a five-year term for robbery--had hitchhiked to Portland. Boy, 12, Tries Threats BEND (AP)-A 12-year-old boy picked two names at random from a phone book, and sent them extortion letters, Police Chief John Truett disclosed Monday. Truett said the boy admitted sending the letters, which threatened death if $1,000 was not The boy has been ordered to appear in juvenile court. Radin outlined public power's progress for the past year and then set up several 1959 goals, discriminate against or applicants for employment because of their age.

SB44 To retire judges at 75 years of age, provided the people authorize it in 1960. SB45 Giving the Supreme Court wide authority over trial courts. SB246 Changing the Unemployment Compensation Commission to the department of Employment, and replacing the three-man commission with a single director. SB249 Making it illegal to discriminate because of race or ligion in the sale or rental of property. S8510 Changing the tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles into Mid-Columbia Home for chronically ill mental patients.

SB84-Adopting a new appeals procedure for the Supreme Court. SB100 To prevent rapid fluctuation of the level of streams below hydroelectric power dams. SB116 Giving the Board of Health power to regulate trailer parks. SB133-Creating a state commission supervise and promote scholarships, for Oregon's univercolleges. SB163-Transferring jurisdiction over Oregon Technical Institute from the Board of Education to the Board of Higher Education.

SB172-Requires persons getting unemployment benefits to have worked 20 weeks in a year. SB188-Giving Board of Higher Education power to regulate parking and traffic on its campuses. SB202-Permits divorce courts to require either the husband or the wife to move out of the house during divorce proceedings, if necessary the best interests of the children. Minister Lodged On Murder Charge PORTLAND (APM( -A minister was accused Monday of first degree murder. A Portland detective signed the complaint accusing the Rev.

Carl Loston Anderson of Portland of killing Frank Johnkin, 35, here Friday night. The minister, 59, earlier had been booked on a manslaughter charge. Police quoted the Rev. Mr. Anderson as saying he pulled the trigger after Johnkin hit Mrs.

Anderson in the face. Johnkin had been the suitor of the Andersons' daughter, Mrs. Darneace Blue, 30, who still is in serious condition from injuries suffered when she tumbled out of a second story window two weeks Johnkin was in the room with woman when she fell, police said. Two Dillard Teachers Take Other Positions tonight at 8 in the school. Hospital News Mercy Hospital Admitted Medical: Mrs.

Robert Crites, Mrs. Jack Houston, Oakland; John Frohmader, Mrs. Shelby Broxson, Fred Miltenberger, Rupert Coffman, Roseburg; Mrs. Webster Briggs, Myrtle Creek; Clarence Malitz, Sutherlin. Surgery: Mrs.

Donald Wiest, Roseburg; Mrs. William Sutherlin. Discharged Mrs. James Wright, Don Mul. key, Justin Eifert Roseburg; Michael Kisinger, Mrs.

Oscar Franklin and son, David Randall, Winston; Mrs. Charles Clark, Wilbur: Mae Mode, Dillard; Piny Golden, Oakland. Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Medical: Yolanda Mann, Teresa Enright, Mrs. Malmie Rogers, Byron Millard, Elva Wood, Roseburg; Mrs. James Lyons, Azalea; Mrs.

Fred Vanous, Glide. Surgery: Mrs. Baker, Mrs. William Ryder, Reese Palmer, Mrs. Wendell Rockwell, Roseburg; Mrs.

T. Henry Coleman, Myrtle Creek; Mrs. Clarence Fraser, Oakland. Discharged Frank Myrtle Creek; Mrs. Frank, Cutlett and son, Mrs.

Jack Wright and son, Walter Jack; Johnnie White, Hannah Wallace, Ernest Swift, Alfred Boyd, Roseburg; Mrs. Brett Wilkison, Sutherlin; Grady Todd, Oakland; Orville Lovins, Thelma Baker, Winston. KRNR ALWAYS IN TUNE CBS 1490 WITH YOU teachers Three Dillard School, District have resigned their positions. They are Dale Olson, Charles Pazler and Mrs. Crystal Wilson, according to Supt.

George Corwin. Olson, Douglas High School social studies instructor, has accepted a position in the Eugene school system while Pazler, a seventh grade teacher at Douglas, has accepted a position in the Portland schools, Mrs. Ted Peterson, NewsReview correspondent, said. SCHOOL END NEARS School will be out at Glendale Thursday at 2 p.m., reports correspondent Mrs. G.

B. Fox. All classes will be dismissed at that time. Eighth grade promotion cises at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the high school, and high school commencement exercises are set RA Dulles' Body Lies In State In Capital WASHINGTON -John Foslie in state today in a quiet vaulted ter Dulles' body was brought to chapel of imposing Washington National Cathedral.

Just at noon, the sky gray above, a hearse carrying the flag. draped casket arrived' at the chapel entrance. Six servicemen carried the casket through a chapel door above which are enscribed the words "The Way of Mourning members of Dulles' family followed the casket into flower-decked Bethlehem chapel for a private few moments. In the chapel, where Dulles' body will lie on public view for 24 hours, are plaques commemorating other high personages who were buried from the cathedral, including another secretary of state, Cordell Hull. Dulles' casket was placed in the center of the chapel between 10 marble columns roped off with red velvet.

Many officials of the diplomatic world in which Dulles traveled so extensively had gathered at the cathedral before the body arrived. Pallbearers Present Standing in the doorway of the chapel were some of the honorary pallbearers, selected Dulles' widow. Among them were Adm. Arthur Radford, acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and undersecretaries of state Herbert Hoover Jr. and Douglas Dillon.

A large wreath of white carnations in the chapel carried a gold letter white ribbon "The Diplomatic Corps." Another wreath was sent by the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. An honor guard from the armed services will stand watch until the funeral Wednesday. For the funeral, the casket will be moved from the chapel into the great cathedral. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac from Washington. Dr.

Roswell P. Barnes of New York, Council of secretary Churches, of coffered World a brief prayer. Dr. Barnes will conduct the funeral service Wednesday. When the chapel was opened to the public 12:40 p.m., about 150 persons were lined up to walk past the flag-draped casket.

The white altar of the chapel had six small lighted candles and two white bouquets. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Senate Democratic leader, announced the Senate would adjourn tonight out respect to Dulles. Senators will attend the funeral in a body.

Dulles was a former Republican senator from New York. Outboard Jaunt Started By Pair NEW YORK (AP) Two men have left here to cross the continent They in are an John outboard Edwin motorboat. of San Jacinto, and John Dahl, 30, Columbia University student. They expect to wind up their waterway trip at Astoria, some 60 to 80 days from now. The entire trip, except for a 400- mile portgage over the Continental Divide, will be on lakes, rivers and canals.

The itinerary includes the Hudson River, Lake Champlain, the Richelieu River, the St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi, Missouri, Snake and Columbia rivers. Tenmile Grade School Pre-School Clinic Deleted Tenmile Grade School has canits pre-school clinic, previously, illness scheduled of first for grade June 1, teacher due Mrs. Thelma Baker. Parents can obtain information on the clinic Friday at the school during the school-centennial picnic, reports Mrs.

Walter Coats, NewsReview correspondent. Sackett Buys Hotel COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) Coos Bay newspaper publisher Sheldon Sackett Monday reported he had bought the Tioga Hotel here for $275,000. The purchase was made in the name of Central, a subsidiary of his World Newspapers. Sackett said he purchased the hotel from W.

A. Rushlight of Portland. LOCAL NEWS Zonta Club will hold its last meeting of the season Wednesday, May 27, at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. S.

L. Kidder on SE Stephens Street Rita Bareus, and Laverne VonSchriltz will have charge of the initiation and installation ceremonles. The retiring, president, Billie Tauscher, Erma Plett and Verna Denton will have charge of refreshments. BATH TOWELS harsh after washing? FLUFF WASH Makes them like new! The Laundromat Corner Main and Court St. which include a positive public relations program.

Radin said public relations is not a substitute for good service at low rates, but there were growing indications that public power needs more and better publicity. Private Power Rapped "That need is indicated by the general lessening of interest in public power issues by members of Congress, a the repeated unscrupulous and deliberately misleading propaganda campaigns of the private companies to buy out publicly verned utilities, the apathy about public companies in some areas served by public power systems and the unawareness by the younger generation of the benefits they are receiving from public The possible export of surplus Bonneville power to California was discussed by BPA Administrator William A. Pearl at the Northwest Public Power Assn. meeting Monday. "If we could find a market for some of our secondary power, it help with our revenue problem," Pearl said.

"A recent proposal of ours was that some of this secondary power be sold in California where a large percentage of the electrical generation is by steam plants." The BPA and Bureau of Reclamation will launch a study to termine if the interstate power link is feasible, he said. Four Plead Guilty In City Court Cases EUGENE (AP) More than a dozen service stations closed last weekend in Eugene-Springfield area in a move protesting pricing, policies of the major oil companies. The closure came a week ahead of a threatened statewide Memorial Day shutdown. closed for the were independSeven of the stations which Chevron stations. Most stations here are selling regular gasoline 31.9 cents a gallon, several cents below their usual price, as a price war continues.

Mrs. Lena Mae Garrison Mrs. Lena Mae Garrison, 62, died Sunday in her home near Highway 99 between Glendale and Wolf Creek following three-year illness. Mrs. Garrison was born in Greenville, and following marriage to Theodore R.

Garrison in 1918, moved to Hoquiam, Wash. Later the couple moved to Grants Pass, where they remained for seven years. They moved to Wolf Creek four years ago. Survivors include her husband; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Watson and Mrs.

Irene McCarthy, Detroit, and Mrs. Ruth Wilkeson, Sikeston, four brothers, George V. Barrow, San Francisco, Elmo Barrow, Sam Virgil Barrow, all of Detroit. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the L.

B. Hall Funeral Home in Grants Pass. Burial will follow at the Grants Pass Masonic Cemetery. Pilot Escapes Crash LAGENS AIRBASE, Azores (AP) Maj. Gen.

William C. Ragon of Silverton, is recovering here from slight injurles he suffered Sunday when his F100 jet fighter plane crashed into the sea, He was rescued by a helicopter. ANNUAL DECORATION DAY Millinery Sale! 3-DAY SALE Special Purchase! SUMMER WHITES Laces All at a low low bud- Airy Straws Summer Fabrics get price. Actual 6.98 to 10.98 Values! $4.99 Miller's 2nd Floor MILLINERY Fashions Four guilty and one innocent pleas were entered Monday in Roseburg Municipal Court. Charles Roscoe Mathis, 19, Idleyld Rt.

Box 115A, Roseburg, pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail. Roseburg police arrested Mathis about 2:20 a.m. Sunday after they stopped his 1950 sedan at NE Eden St. and Garden Valley Blvd.

Two passengers in the car pleaded guilty to vagrancy charges. They were Harvey Ray Satterfield, 19, of 1426 SE Pine who was also sentenced to 10 days in jail and a 17-year-old Roseburg youth who was meted a $15 fine. In other municipal court cases Monday, Arlie Elnor McVay, 42, Box 248, Winston, pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated and trial was set for 9:30 a.m. June 18. A passenger in the car, Harvey George Shelly, 25, General Delivery, Roseburg, pleaded guilty to being drunk in an automobile and was fined $35.

Roseburg police arrested them about a.m. Sunday in a car which was stopped at SE Burke Ave. and Stephens St. TV 'Eye' Elected Exposition Emcee PORTLAND (AP)-Television's Perry Mason, who is actor Raymond Burr when he is not appearing before TV cameras, will be master of ceremonies at the opening of the Oregon Centennial Exposition and Trade Fair here June 10. The opening of the 100-day show will be marked by howling sirens and the ringing of church bells throughout the city, the Centennial Commission said.

The commission, meeting this week. approved spending 000 to bring the San Francisco Opera Co. here for six performances in September. Firm Closed For Funeral Moore Steel Service of Roseburg was closed for two hours today while employes attended the funeral of Nancy Sullivan, who was killed last week in an automobile accident in California. The young student nurse was the daughter of Spahr Sullivan, a sales representative the steel service company.

The company closed its doors between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Driver Meted Jail, Fine Everett Earl Perry, 19, Box 65, Whistlers Lane, Roseburg, pleaded guilty in District court Monday to a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced to 10 davs in the county jail and fined $150. He was arrested by a deputy sheriff Sunday on Little River Rd. SENTENCES COMMUTED HAVANA (AP)-A military appeals tribunal in Holguin, Oriente Province, has commuted the death sentences of four convicted war criminals to prison terms ranging from 20 to 30 years.

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