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Steel Company Plans
Explained for Board
embers of Chamber
Plans for the Laughlin Alloy
Steel company, which expects to
begin operations in the Camp
White area in July, were dis
cussed foi members of the board
of directors of the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce yes
terday. "
The company, organized two
years ago, has made few changes
in the plans announced when it
was first incorporated in 1953
and leased buildings and proper
ty in the area.
J. N. Laughlin, president of
the f irm said stock in the com
pany is wholly owned by mem
bers of the firm, and will not be
made available to the public. J
Payroll Plans
The company is capitalized at
$1,500,009, and it is planned to
employ about 65 men at first,
with an annual payroll of some
$350,000, according to Jennings
Pierce of Pierce, Dawkins, Inc.,
who spoke on behalf of Laughlin.
At capacity 256 men will be em
ployed, he said, with a payroll
of some $1,250,000 annually.
Laughlin, in a question and
answer period for members of
the board, explained that the
operation will not be a big one,
as steel processing plants go,
but will specialize in high-quality
alloy steels, using principally
scrap metals and local low-grade
ores, principally chrome and
managnese.
Five Division
The company will have five
divisions, all but one of which
will be located in the Rogue val
ley. They are mining and mill
ing, ore reduction, electric fur
nace steel manufacturing, ma
chine shop and fabricating, and
a pipe and tube mill. Only the
smelting operations of the ore
reduction department will not
be located here, Pierce said.
The company is not organized
to do its own mining, and will
purchase most of its ores locally
on the open market, and will
also do custom milling.
There were several reasons
, why Medford was picked as a
site for the company's opera
tions, it was explained. The firm
has methods of processing and
utilizing low grade ores found
; in abundance in southern Ore
gon and northern California,
Pierce explained. In addition, he
said, there is an abundance of
; electric power, labor, and mar
kets in the northwest have al
ready been established. '; -Equipment
Readied
Equipment already here or
ready for shipment here in-
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eludes an electric arc melting
furnace, tooling equipment, and
dies, patterns, jigs and other
fixtures.
Pierce and, Laughlin empha
sized that with the use of elec
tric furnaces, there will be no
smog, haze or fume problem re
sulting from the operation, and
that there would be no hazards
either to health nor to agricul
tural operations. - '
Laughlin will serve as general
manager of the company, divid
ing his time between Medford
and his other interests includ
ing the Laughlin Engineering
company, Los . Angeles, and
others. He is maintaining a Med
ford residence at the Medford
Plaza apartments.
Key personnel for the opera
tion will come here from Los
Angeles where they have been
associated with Laughlin, he
said but most of the working
force will be recruited locally.
Truck Drivers Get
Awards for Safety
At Pierce Dinner
Twenty-one Medford drivers
for Pierce Freight Lines,. Inc.,
received American Trucking as
sociation safe-driving awards at
a husband-and-wife banquet at
Kim's restaurant this week.
The drivers have accumulated
a total of 115 years of safe driv
ing, according to George P.
Davis, president of the firm.
Frank E. Landsburg, district
director of ,the Interstate , Com
merce Commission, spoke on the
value of traffic safety. Ben F.
Heinz, northwest safety engineer
for Transport Indemnity com
pany, congratulated the group
on their driving achievements.
Long Distance Driven
Davis pointed out that in 1954
Pierce Freight Lines operated
4,817,457 miles, or the equiva
lent of 194 times around the
world.
Heading the list of local win
ners was Arthur R. Davis, with
a total of 18 years of driving
without a chargeable accident.
Sam W. Steele received a 17-year
pin, and John R. Clark was
awarded a 9-year pin. Mason
Adair and Charles Cook gained
8-year pins.
Other driving awards were
Robert Cosier and Rufus Young
er, 7 years: William Grantham
and Virgil Rose, 6 years; George
Dunphy, Robert Guthrie and
Charles Ward, 4 years; Edward
Stevens, Harvey Hawley and Al
len Lee, 3 years; Glenn Kier,
Marvin Smith and Ray Schurr,
2 years and Leonard Negles and
W. W. Kendall, 1 year.
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY '
United Press Correspondent
Hollywood (U.R) Vivian
Vance, the homey neighbor on
"I Love Lucy," dons glamour
clothes tonight
to sing on a
color TV musi
cal that's her
proof of final
recovery from
a nervous
breakdown.
Most of Viv
ian's fans idol
ize her as Lu-
Aline Mosby cille Ball's
sidekick on the popular CBS-TV
series wisecracking, plain-
faced Ethel Mertz.
But years ago Vivian played
sexy, alluring females in Broad
way musicals. Ten years ago
she sang with Danny Kaye in
"Let's Face It."
Then eight years ago she suf
fered a nervous breakdown.
Summer Stock
"I went to a psyschiatrist," she
said today. "Then I started back
to work. 1 was doing summer
stock at La Jolla when the pro
ducer of 'T Love Lucy' asked me
to take the part of Ethel.
"I Love Lucy' has been my
therapy."
For four years Vivian has play
ed no other role but Ethel while
she gradually regained her hap
piness. Then CBS asked her and
her TV husband, Bill Frawley,
to switch to new roles of a base
ball manager and his wife on a
"Shower of Stars" spectacular.
Vivian has sung on "I Love
Lucy" but in. "My Ethel Mertz
voice." Tonight on "Shower of
Stars' she'll sing "In my own
voice" for the first time since her
Boardway days.
"Of course, I'm still with my
pal, Bill Frawley, but I'll look
different," she said. "On 'Lucy'
I wear Ethel Mertz type hair,
like an old tvpe marcel. On this
show my hair will be swept up
into a bun.
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"I also get to wear real purty
clothes," she grinned.
When Miis Vance started the
"Lucy" show she was unable to
open doors because of her
breakdown. Being forced to open
doors during the program pull
ed her over that hurdle. She also
had been afraid to sing or play
the piano until the script called
for it.
"But much as you love your
own show ycu get tired of play
ing the same part. Now I'm
GENTLE AND FATAL
Shelbyville, 111. (U.R) Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Roby sold their
"gentle" three-year-old bull. On
the day they were to deliver the
animal to the new owner, a
neighbor heard the bull bellow
ing and went to the Roby farm.
He found Mr. and Mrs. Roby
both lying near their barn dead
from chest and head injuries in
flicted by their "gentle" bull.
Antique Show Draws
Out-of-Town Visitors
Several hundred out-of-town
people are being attracted to Med
ford today and tomorrow for the
Chin Up club's antique show and
sale. The event is the only one
of its kind in the state south of
Eugene! , . , ? . !
Antique dealers from seven
western Oregon communities fin
ished the task of unpacking and
displaying several thousands of
dollars worth of merchandise in
the Pioneer room of the Jackson
hotel this morning. The show
will be open until 9 p.m. and
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomor
row.
A small admission charge is
being made, the proceeds from
which the Chin Up club will pur
chase equipment for use by dis
abled persons.
Those attending the show are
under, no obligation to purchase
items, all of which are for sale,
club directors pointed out.
enjoying this 'Shower of Stars'
so much I plan other things. I'd
like to ' do a play and some
movies," she said.
Timber Sale Bids
More Than Double
Appraised Prices
Spirited bidding at a sale of
timber yesterday brought the
sales price to more than double
the appraised price, according
to officials of the Bureau of
Land Management here.
Two tracts of timber were of
fered. They were appraised by
the BLM at $93,718.30, and the
total sales price was $195,021.51.
Timber Products Co., Med
ford, submitted the highest of
12 sealed bids made for an es
timated 1,392,000 board feet of
lumber on Forest creek. Some
4,990,000 board feet of timber
on a tract in the Butte Falls
area went to McGrew Bros.,
Medford, on 'a high bid in an
oral auction, with three other
bidders participating.
Douglas fir, the major species
in both sales, went for $38.45
per thousand board feet on the
first tract and $31 on the second.
The appraised prices on fir
were $17.15 and $14.50.
The next regular BLM timber
sale will be June 16, when seven
tracts with nearly 10,000,000
board feet will be offered in
Jackson, Josephine, Klamath
and Douglas counties. Informa
tion ,regarding the sales is avail
able' at the BLM district forest
office in the Medford city, hall.
Legislation To Aid
Disaster Areas Killed
Washington (U.R) The House
Agriculture Committee has kill
ed legislation to give farmers
hit by disaster special acreage
allotments in controlled crops
like cotton.
Committee sources said the ac
tion was taken two days ago at a
closed session. Members were
understood to have decided the
special relief would not be fair
to other producers of the con
trolled crops.
The committee tabled not only
a bill aproved by the Senate, but
also about a dozen house bills
either identical or similar to the
Senate measure. . : ,
The proposed legislation grew
out of a freeze that hit many
peach growers. However, it was
broad enough' "to cover other
crops and all-types of disaster
including drought, , flood, and
pest. '
Broad Band of Rain
Soaks Part of Nation
By UNITED PRESS
A broad band of rain soaked
the nation today-from parts of
Missouri and Southern Iowa into
the Middle Atlantic states.
' Meanwhile, dousing rains end
ed in the Southwest after five
days of welcome dampness.
Drought-stricken Texas cities
such as Ianpasas, which conduct
ed a 14-hour session of prayers
for rain, had been showered
2.25 inches of moisture.
On the Pacific Coast, choking
smog was expected to : clear a
little in Los Angeles. , But offi
cials still urged a ban on trash
burning and unnecessary auto
mobile driving. - -
Today's rains had soaked Bur
lington, la., with .51 inch, Mai
den, Mo., with .85, and Walnut
Ridge, Ark., with .74.
More rain was premised for
the Northern Midwest as a low
center and cold front moved out
of Canada. The front was ex
pected to sweep through parts of
Minnesota and Wisconsin to
night and tomorrow.
Medford Youth Editor
Of OSC Barometer
Corvallis i (U.R) James E.
Lattie, Medford, yesterday was
named editor of the Oregon
State, College newspaper, the
Daily Barometer, for next year.
Lattie is a junior in the school
of agriculture. He is currently
news editor. -
Robert C. Scott of Salem
moves up to the post of business
manager. He has been advertis
ing manager during the past
year. The appointments were
made by a student-faculty com
mittee, v
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Br MERRIMAN SMITH
Washington U.R) Backstairs
at the White House: "
The Eisenhower house at Get
tysburg, Pa., should be truly
completed this week.
. The builders thought they had
the place finished until Mrs.
Eisenhower . : decided - that she
wanted the front porch enclosed
in glass. That took quite some
extra work because the wrought
iron trim on the porch had been
set in concrete before the First
Lady made up her mind.
More than 30,000 U.S. tourists
visited Ireland in 1954 and spent
an estimated $200 each in that
country.
Quite conspicuous by his ab
sence at the Gridiron club din
ner Saturday night was the
President's press secretary,
James C. Hagerty. He was men
tioned in the club skits, but Jim
wasn't there. .
, With his family, Hagerty was
in New Jersey at his old prep
school, Blair school, being hon
ored as one of the school's more
distinguished alumni.
If other nations ever need
proof of democracy at work,
their envoys should have seen
the Gridiron dinner. The Japa
nese ambassador, and this on the
anniversary of VE-day in Eu
rope.
The two envoys appeared to
get along - famously over the
Gridiron's happy banquet board.
Vice - President Richard M.
Nixon has been traveling so
much recently that he says his
golf game is suffering. '
Roseburg Woman
Killed in Accident
. Portland (U.R) A Roseburg
woman was 'killed and a Port
land woman seriously injured
last night when their automobile
left the highway and dropped
off a 15-foot embankment just
east of here.
Gertrude M. Stapleton. 73, was
dead on arrival' at a Portland
hospital.
Winifred Mitchell, 63, Port
land, was listed in "improved"
condition at Providence hospital
with head injuries and wrist
fractures.
The accident occurred at
about 5:30 p.m. near the Fair
view Junction of the Columbia
River expressway.
Dead line Sunday Classified fe at
noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday- other days 5:30 orevious day
Nixon is a golf tyro. He took
up the game seriously only after
the Eisenhower administration
took office. And now he shows
promise of being .able to match
the master, the President, him
self. Nixon says, "Give me a couple
of months and I'll take up the
game seriously.", '
Which means he's working
like the devil to cut down his
handicap which has gone from a
starting 22 to a , new respect
able 18.
He may quarrel with the han
dicap, but it is about accurate.
Nixon is knocking at the door
of a gross 90 and has broken it
on celebrated occasions.
Ward " Morehouse, writing in
the Free Press of Colorado
Springs, Colo., describes the con
duct of Backstairs as:
"The prototype of that zestfuL
aggressive, hard-hitting prankish
reporter Immortalized by Hecht
and MacArthur in 'The Front
Page.' He fears no man, neither
presidents nor kings.".
Shucks, Mr. Morehouse, I
haven't played a prank in years
and besides that, I'm . scared to
death of Mr. Eisenhower or any
president.
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