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STRIKE DEADLINE
AGAINST FORD CO.
Detroit (U.R) CIO Presi
dent Walter J. Reuther today
extended the strike dealine
against Ford Motor company un
til next Monday to give the un
ion and company more time to
explore a new offer from Ford.
The 140,000 Ford workers in
57 plants across the country had
.Peaceful Contract
Talks Expected
In Steel Industry
New York (U.R) Iron Age
predicted today the steel indus
try, with demand "highballing
into the summer months at an
all-time high," will wrap up a
new contract peacefully in talks
starting next Tuesday.
. The CIO United Steelworkers
launch sessions in Pittsburgh
June 7 with U.S. Steel Corp, and
five other steelmaking giants.
"Although the betting favors
a peaceful settlement," Iron Age
noted, "there is a certain amount
of strike hedging, particularly
among tinplate consumers.
Users Press for Delivery
"Other users are pressing for
delivery to beat the steel price
increase that is certain to follow
a wage settlement."
Industry sources speculate
that an hourly wage boost may
run about 10 and 15 cents. The
union has stated it will seek a
"substantial wage increase."
Wage talks come at a time
when incoming orders continue
to exceed shipments, said the
national metalworking weekly.
Maintenance Delayed
Referring to booming demand,
it commented that "the terrific
pace is an eye-opener to the
most optimistic among steel pro
ducers." Iron Age pointed out that ne
eessary maintenance has been
postponed about as long as pos
sible on some equipment.
"Steelmaking furnaces have
been "pushed to the limit," it
said. "Blast furnaces have been
operated to the hilt in order to
provide more hot iron and to off
set the effect of record steel
production scrap supply.
Bloodhounds Search
For Siskiyou Boy
Yreka, Calif. (U.R) Search
ers called in bloodhounds yes
terday to help look for 7-year-old
Bobby Davenpart, who disap
peared in the rugged Lick Flat
area near Somes Bar Sunday
while on a fishing trip.
Harris Fuller, the boy's step
father, said Bobby went back to
get his hat in an area where
they had been fishing and failed
to return.
The bloodhounds were flown
yesterday from Dallas, Ore., to
join sheriff's deputies, forest
rangers and others taking part
in the search.
Ivy
Baker Priest
Pays Fine for Speeding
" Bountiful, Utah (U.R) Mrs.
Ivy Baker Priest.x treasurer of
the United States, was home
here today with a red face be
cause of a minor brush with a
traffic patrolman in Nebraska.
"Is my face red," she said as
she revealed she paid a $14 fine
for speeding near Brady, Neb.,
while en route home.
Eisenhower's
Of Busiest of
Washington (U.R) June will
be one of President Eisenhower's
busiest months in his White
House career now that he has
agreed to speak at ceremonies
marking the 10th anniversary of
the United Nations.
The chief executive will make
a flying trip to San Francisco
June 20 for the U. N. ceremony.
Originally he had indicated that
he could not go to San Fran
cisco but apparently had a
change of heart in the last week
or 10 days.
Invitation Switched
He explained yesterday that
the date originally suggested to
him for San Francisco conflicted
with a previous engagement, but
that the officials arranging the
U. N. meeting switched their in
vitation to June 20 which he
could accept.
Mr. Eisenhower will have little
time for personal diplomacy
while he is in San Francisco. Ac
cording to present plans, he will
V
l k J D S
been poised to strike at midnight
tonight if agreement on their
guaranteed annual wage demand
had not been reached by then.
Reuther said, however, that
the union will not extend the
contract any farther than "next
Monday morning.
"If agreement has not been
reached between now and that
date a strike will begin," Reuth
er said.
Reuther confirmed reports
that Ford made a new offer yes
terday. He said "obviously there
has not been sufficient time to
explore fully the details of the
new proposal."
The company in its new pro
posal relaxed somewhat its pre
vious strong stand against the
union's guaranteed annual wage
demand. :
Details of the new offer were
not released immediately.
Both sides agreed to extend
the "blackout" on news develop
ments for another 24 hours as
they tried to reach a settlement.
The union said Local 551 in
Chicago which walked off the
job at the Ford assembly plant
this morning would return to
work tomorrow. UAW officials
denied they had ordered the pre
mature walkout.
Reuther said he was prepared
to "spend as many hours at the
bargaining table as the company
is willing between now and Mon
day." The extension put the Ford
strike deadline just 24 hours
ahead of the expiration date of
the General Motors five-year
pact. GM negotiations also are
underway here.
The chief issue in the Ford dis
pute is the union's demand for
a guaranteed annual wage. But
Reuther said many other matters
including wages, seniority pro
visions, pension improvements
and duration of the contract still
were unresolved.
(See stories on Page 3)
Corsi Says McLeod
Asked To Cancel Talk
San Francisco (U.R) Ed
Ward Corsi, here to speak before
the 82nd National Conference of
Social Work, said today Scott
McLeod of the State Department
cancelled an address before the
same convention because the
sponsors "didn't want him
around."
Corsi, fired by Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles after
only 90 working days with Mc-
ieoa in administration of the
refugee act, said the invitation
to McLeod was issued before the
Corsi controversy arose.
"It's my informration that aft
er I was fired from the State
Department the sponsors of the
conference asked McLeod to can
cell his speech because of a storm
of protest from conference mem
bers," Corsi said.
Woman, 52, Drowns
In Klamath Canal
Klamath Falls U.R) Mrs.
John Reginato, 42, drowned to
day in a diversion canal about
three miles south of here, Coun
ty Coroner George Adler re
ported.
Her body was found by
Charles W. Woodward and Earl
Adkins, Bureau of Reclamation
employees.
June Schedule To Be One
Career in White House
not be there for more than a few
hours, flying back to Washington
shortly after his appearance be
fore the opening session. He
might have time to shake hands
with such prominent visitors as
Sir Anthony Eden, the British
Prime Minister, and V. M. Mol
otov, the Russian foreign minis
ter, but little more, unless his
schedule is altered considerably.
Going To West Point
The chief executive's fast and
far moving June schedule begins
next Sunday afternoon when he
will fly to West Point for gradu
ation week end and his 1915 class
reunion at the U. S. Military
Academy. He will remain in
West Point until next Tuesday
afternoon.
On Friday, June 10, Mr. Eisen
hower will leave for Pennsyl
vania State University where his
brother, Dr. Milton S. Eisen
hower, is president. The chief ex
ecutive will visit with his broth
er and receive an honorary
United fre
, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1955
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HEADING FOR REUNION Shown above are the four Amer
ican fliers released this week from Red China prisons. They
were to arrive in Honolulu today where they will meet mem
bers of their families and will be greeted by an informal but
all-out welcome. They are Capt. Harold Fischer, Swea City,
la. (upper left); Lt. Lyle W. Cameron, Lincoln, Neb. (upper
right); 1st Lt. Roland W. Parks, Omaha, Neb. (lower left) and
Lt. Col. Edwin Heller,' Wynnewood, Pa. (lower right). See
story on page 10.
Britain To Mobilize
Cars, Trucks To Meet
Transportation Crisis
London U.R) Britain moved
to mobilize every car and truck
in the nation if necessary today
to meet the crisis caused by a
countrywide railroad strike.
Prime Minister Sir Anthony
Eden's government received the
legal power for this and other
Welfare Medical
Payments Curtailed
Medical payments to recipi
ents of public welfare will have
to be limited only to emergency
cases during June, a spokesman
for the Jackson County Public
Welfare department reported
today.
With one month remaining in
the fiscal year, the commission
here is so short of funds that
the requirement was made nec
essary. When the new fiscal
year starts July 1, the situation
will be changed because new
appropriations will then become
available.
The spokesman said the limi
tation applies to all classifica
tions of assistance,, and it has
been necessary to require a doc
tor's statement that a situation
is a medical emergency before
it can be approved for payment.
Rose Show Postponed
2 Weeks by Weather
Medford Rose society's first
rose show, originally set for Fri
day, June 3, has been postponed
to Friday, June -17, Mrs. L. G.
Gentner, co-chairman of the
show, announced today.
Weather conditions have not
permitted roses in this area to
mature sufficiently for exhibi
tion purposes, she said. The
show will be held in the Med
ford High school cafeteria in
stead of the Junior High school
gymnasium as planned. A re
hearsal will be held today at
7:30 p.m. as scheduled, except
it will be at the high school cafe
teria instead of the Junior High
school.
degree at university commence
ment exercises June 11. He may
return to Washington from Penn
State via his farm at Gettysburg.
On June 15, Mr. Eisenhower,
along with members of his Cab
inet and about 15,000 other gov
ernment workers, will leave
Washington and scatter to a num
ber of secret relocation centers
for an elaborate three-dav civil
defense exercise involving at
least token evacuation . of the
nation's capital.
Secret Headquarters ,
The President will be away
from the White House during all
of the three-dav. test, oneratins
from secret headquarters estab
lished for the civil defense exer
cise. On June 22. Mr. Eisenhower
opens a six-day tour of New Eng
land, visiting, speaking and fish
ing in New Hampshire, Vermont
and Maine, returning to Wash
ington the afternoon of June 27.
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actions designed to insure con
tinuance of all essential supplies
and .services when Queen Eliza
beth proclaimed a state of emer
gency Tuesday.
Procedures Outlined
Officials acted promptly to
outline the procedures for using
the new powers if needed, but
emphasized the moves were not
designated to break the strike.
The nation itself responded
with smiling fortitude to the in
convenience caused by the four-
day-old walkout by 70,000 rail
way engineers and firemen In a
dispute over premium pay.
There have been no negotia
tions since the strike began
Sunday. There was little hope
for progress toward a settlement
at an emergency meeting today
of the Trades Union Congress,
central organization of the
unions.
Worst Crisis Since 1926
However, just 57 days after
taking office, Eden was faced
with the worst industrial crisis
since Britain's general strike of
1926.
He issued 25 emergency de
crees which became effective
Tuesday midnight. They em
powered Eden to waive vehicle
licenses and traffic laws, to
channel transport wherever it
was needed most, and to requisi
tion vehicles if necessary.
They authorized a partial re
turn of wartime austerity, in
cluding the rationing of power
and fuel.
Steel companies and coal
mines already were laying off
workers. Industrial experts pre
dicted unemployment of more
than 1,000,000 persons if the
strike continues for more than a
week.
Demands Rejected
The Associated Society of
Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men called the strike Sunday
when the British Transport
Commission, which operates
Britain's nationalized railways,
rejected its demands for in
creases of 21 to 77 cents a week
for its members.
ASLEF members salaries
range from $18.62 to $27.30 a
week.
Old Gold Miner, Father
Of Medford Woman, Dies
Yreka, Calif. (U.R) Lee
Nunskenstrum, Montague, Calif.,
a gold miner in the Snake river
country of Idaho for about 85
years, died here today at the
age of 108.
Nunckenstrum was born in St.
Louis, Mo., Nov. 15, 1947, and
had lived in Montague in Siski
you county one and a half years.
Survivors include his widow, Ida
and a daughter, Mrs. A. J. Mar
ineau, both of Medford, Ore.
Salem (U.R) George H.
Goldsborough, marketing spe
cialist with the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, conferred here
today with J. F. Short, Oregon
director of agriculture, on ways
in which Oregon might take
nart in match moneys for an
agriculture development pro
gram under the federal agricul
tural marketing act.
Philadelphia (U.R) The Phil
adelphia Bulletin, largest eve
ning newspaper in the nation,
today unveiled the latest in mod
ern newspaper pants to the pub
lie
1 jBBBSr-
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Thurs
day with slowly rising tem
peratures. Low tonight 40.
High Thursday IS.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 59
Lowest this Morning
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Yugoslav Envoy
Called To Report
On Soviet Talks
Importance Placed
By America Shown
Washington (U.R) U. S. am
bassador to Yugoslavia James W.
Riddleberger has been called
home to report firsthand to Sec
retary of State John Foster
Dulles on current Soviet-Yugoslav
talks, it was learned today.
The envoy probably will reach
Washington late next week or
the following week. Riddleberger
made headlines recently after a
verbal exchange with Soviet
Communist Boss Nikita S. Khrus
chev in Belgrade in which he
was reported to have bested the
Russian official.
Importance Shown
Riddleberger's call for consul
tations underscores the import
ance the United States attaches
to the current Russian effort to
woo Yugoslavia back into the
Soviet fold. American officials
have predicted the Soviet "peace
mission" will fail to win the Bal
kan power back but may per
suade Marshal Tito to make fa
vorable "adjustments" in Yugo
slav policies toward the Soviets.
Khruschev and Premier Nico
lai A. Bulganin went to Belgrade
last week in an effort to heal the
bitter 1948 break between the
two countries.
Could Detexmine Policy
Riddleberge's report to Dulles
could go a long way in determin
ing future U. S. policy on sup
plying aid to Tito's Communist
government.
So far, the United States has
made no change in its policy of
supplying military and economic
aid to Yugoslavia despite the So
viet mission. But .officials have
made it clear the United States
will cut off assistance if it thinks
Tito is swinging too far back
toward the Soviet fold.
Belgrade (U.R) The Russian
Yugoslav talks to bring about re
sumption of normal relations
between the two Communist
countries neared an end with re
ported general agreement today,
Lesser members of the delega
tions were at work here drafting
a final communique which is
expected to be released tomorrow
or Friday.
South Hails Court's
Segregation Order
Atlanta (U.R) The Su
preme Court's order giving states
a "breathing spell" to prepare
for mixed schools was widely
acclaimed in the South today
but there were some shouts of
'tyranny."
In all but the four main "hold
out" states public officials ex
pressed relief that the court's
order recognized that there are
serious local problems involved
in educating white and Negro
children together.
Gov. Marvin Griffin of Georg
ia declared, however, that so
long as his state continues to
operate its schools they will re
main segregated, "the federal
courts to the contrary, notwith
standing." Officials of Georgia, South
Carolina, Mississippi and Louis
iana were relying on plans re
cently set up by their legisla
tures or by constitutional am
endments to withstand a gaunt
let of litigation for years.
(See story on Page 10)
Playboy Indicted
On Swindling Charge
New York (U.R) Robert
H. Schlesinger, cafe society play
boy, who gave actress Linda
Christian $132,500 in jewelry
and paid for it with a check that
bounced, was indicted today on
charges of swindling three bus
sinessmen of $180,000 and at
tempting to make away with
$150,000 more. '
A New York County Grand
Jury returned eight first degree
larceny counts against the 37-year-old
Milwaukee socialite,
charging he promoted phoney
oil stock deals in which he al
ledgedly said his wealthy moth
er was interested.
Schlesinger is the, son of the
Countess Mona Bismarsk, the
former Mrs. Harrison Williams,
who is heiress to a 100 million
dollar fortune.
. Police sent out a 15-state
alarm for Schlesinger, who could
not be found.
Baseball
NATIONAL
Cincinnati . 5 0
New York 2 3 0
Nuxhall and Burgess; Hearn,
McCall (9) and Wtstrum,
Katt (8).
July 5 Set for Election
On City Budget, Tax Limit,
And Two Annexation Plans
The city council, in far-reaching action, last night designated July 5 as a day
for residents to make decisions on four qestions of importance to the city's future.
On that day there will be:
1. An election in an area south of Medford on the question of annexing some
3,000 or more acres to the city.
2. An election in part of the Laurelhurst addition on annexation.
3. A city-wide election on a city budget for 1955-56 which exceeds the 6 per
cent limitation by $66,510.
4. A city-wide election to raise the real property tax limitation from 12 mills
to 15 mills, to allow the budget increase.
4 5. Public hearings on the two annexation proposals.
6. A public hearing on the budget itself.
Here are the details:
ANNEXATION
The city council last night
adopted ordinances calling for
elections July 5 to annex more
than 3,000 acres to the city of
Medford. They will be held in
the two areas involved, now out
side the city.
The council also called public
hearings on the proposal's, in
volving a large area South of
Medford and part of the Laurel
hurst addition, after it voted 5
to 2 against holding an annex
ation election within the city.
The hearings will be held July
5.
Vote Is Opposed
Previously, the council in
structed City Attorney Frank
Farrell to draw up an ordinance
calling for an election within
the city on the south Medford
annexation. However, Council
man Donald Hansen said he
thought the council was passing
its work on to the people, and
proposed that the council itself
pass on the annexation plan.
Hansen said he does not think
a city-wide vote is necessary,
and believes that if residents of
Medford voted on the city budg
et at the same time as on an
nexation, the two items might
be mistakenly connected.
John Snider, president of the
council presiding in the absence
of Mayor Earl Miller, pointed
out the council originally asked
the city election as a "vote of
confidence." He added that he
does not believe such a vote to
be necessary.
Boundary Told
The boundary of the area pro
posed to be annexed south of
Medford is:
From the east city limits just
north of Hillcrest rd. east to
about 150 feet east of Foothills
rd., south to north of Sta?e rd.
south; west to include Pacific
highway; north to opposite Char
lotte Ann st.; westward to about
150 feet west of Thomas rd. then
north 150 feet west of Thomas
rd. and Lozier lane to 150 feet
north of Jacksonville highway.
The area includes about 3,030
acres, and will about double the
present area of the city.
The district will be divided
into three precincts. They in
clude the area east of Bear
Creek, the ' area between Bear
Creek and South Peach st., and
the area west of South Peach
st.
715 Homes
In a preliminary report, it
was estimated that the area
would include some 715 homes,
42 commercial businesses, and
9 industries, in addition to agri
cultural tracts and orchads, and
a proposed hospital site. The es
timated valuation for 1954-55 n
the area was $1,742,470. The
population is estimated to be 2,
500. The area was chosen for an
nexation because it is an area
of rapid development. City Man
ager Robert Duff said.
The Laurel hurst addition will
be a precinct by itself. The
area includes the portion of the
addition which is not now with
in the city limits. It goes 150
feet north of Stevens st.
Residents in the area recent
ly petitioned the council for an
nexation, but an election is nec
essary because 100 per cent of
the landowners' signatures were
not on the petition.
Rejection Expected
On Trucker Proposal
Los Angeles (U.R) Three
more AFL teamsters locals were
scheduled to vote today on a new
wage offer by the California
Trucking association and it was
expected they would follow the
lead of Local 357, which rejected
the proposal by a two to one mar
gin. The Western long-haul truck
ing strike, meanwhile, entered its
14th day.
Local 357 voted 456 to 223
against the CTA offer of a 27
cent hourly increase spread over
three years. The offer was made
after three days of negotiations
last week, and was not recom
mended to union members by
Frank Brewster, president of the
Western Conference of Team
sters. Long Line Drivers Local 224,
Local Freight Drivers 208, and
Long Beach Local 692 were to
vote on the proposal today.
Portland Area
Carpenters Strike
Over Pay Issue
Portland (U.R) A strike was
voted last night by Portland
area carpenters against three
builders associations.
Clell Harris, secretary of the
Portland area carpenters, and
about 3000 members of the 10
local unions involved voted
about 3 to 1 in favor of the
strike.
The Portland carpenters had
sought a raise of 10 cents an
hour as against a 5Vi cent hourly
boost accepted by upstate car
penters. The increase has been
included since February 15 in
Portland pay scales but was not
accepted as a final figure by the
union.
No Picketing Plans
The carpenters voted to strike
against the Portland Home
Builders Association and the
heavy and building divisions of
Associated General Constractors.
Harris said carpenters were noti
fied to stay off the job today but
there were no immediate plans
for picketing.
Harris said the strike did not
affect carpenters already work
ing under agreements signed
with independent employers.
The Portland district includes
Multnomah, Clackamas, Yam
hill, Columbia and Washington
counties.
About 82 per cent of the home
construction in Portland will be
affected by the strike, according
to Alford Norbraten, president
of the Home Builders Associa
tion. Heavy and highway con
struction also will be affected,
acording to A. H. Harding of
Associated General Constractors.
Salem Man Fined
For Evasion of Taxes
Portland (U.R) United
States District Judge Gus J. Sol
omon today fined a Salem orch
ardist $4000 for failing to file an
income tax return in 1951, 1952
and 1953 and lectured him for
being "too darn penurious."
Herbert P. Noble, manager of
Skyline orchards at Salem, owed
about $16,000 in back taxes.
mainly as a result of dividends
from stock, according to Assist
ant united States Attorney Rob
ert R. Carney.
Judge Solomon told Noble in
Federal court here, "you are
too darn penurious." And he
continued, "money is only good
for the purposes for which it
can be used."
He suggested that Noble spend
some of his money on commun
ity projects.
John R. Brooks, Noble's at
torney, said delinquent tax re
turns have been prepared and
that Noble planned to oav the
amount due by June 15.
Judge Solomon granted 90
days to pay and imroseri a three.
year probationary term.
Salem (U.R) Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles H. Helt
zel has authorized Portland Gas
& Coke Company to borrow
$14,000,000 in the furtherance
of its conversion to natural gas
distribution.
CP. Rural Fire
In Election; Code Approved
Central Point Members of
the budget committe of the Cen
tral Point Rural Fire Protection
district will meet tonight to de
termine what action can be tak
en following defeat of a special
tax measure.
Residents of the district in an
election yesterdsy rejected a
proposed $8,629 special tax to
defray expenses of the establish
ment, equipment and mainte
nance of the district and to pay
indebtedness. At the same time
they approved a fire prevention
code.
: Vote on the tax proposition
was 84 no and 37 yes. The code
was favored 67 yes to 55 no.
The added levy was to have
been outside the 6 per cent and
4 mill limitation. It is possible
BUDGET
A general fund budget of
$625,202 was adopted by the cit
izens' budget committee and pre
sented to the city council last
night.
The amount calls for a tax
levy of $290,276, or $66,510 over
the 6 per cent limitation. An
ordinance was adopted calling a
special election July 5 on the
amount over the limitation.
The council also adopted an
ordinance calling for an election
at the same time on amending
the city charter. The charter,
adopted more than 40 years ago,
sets a 12 mill tax limitation. The
amendment would raise the lim
ition to 15 mills.
Set Public Hearing
A public hearing on the hurt?.
et will be held at 7:30 n.m..
July 5.
Previously, the council hart in.
structed City Manager Robert
Duff and City Attorney Frank
Farrell to draw up an ordinance
calling for an election for annrrv.
val of $49,107 over the limita
tion. However, that total did not
include the regular library fund
levy of $17,400, which is part
ot tne general fund levy.
ine amount needine annrnval
by the voters totaled $66,510
when the library fund was ad
ed. The adopted budget includes
$34,760 added by the citizens'
budget committee, an amount it
ieit necessary to continue exist
ing services and for items added
because of the city's growth.
General Fund Expenses-
General fund expenditures as
approved last night include: air
port, 36,288; building and inspec
tion, $17,626; city hall, $14,372;
engineers, $53,402; finance de
partment recorder, 18,887, and
treasurer. $11,295- transfer in
fire department, $64,164; general
administration, administrator,
$21,533 and non-denartmental
$62,809; legal, $10,581: mavor
and council, $2,400; transfer to
parK and swimming pool, $7,610;
planning commission, $7,500; po
lice, $159,885: sewer denartment.
$58,594; sewage treatment, $32,-
oua; trattic engineering, $35,.
1 to; emergency fund, $10,000.
estimated receipts for fiscal
year starting July 1 total $328,
597. The estimated balance in
tne general fund is $23,729, leav
ing a total of $290,276 to be lev
ied. -
Amendment Needed
The levy under the charter
cannot exceed 12 mills, but if
the $66,510 addition to the levy
is approved an amendment will
be necessary to raise the limita
tion. The budget committee also ad
opted the water department bud
get totaling $360,371. The budg
et is unchanged from the pre
liminary budget submitted
earlier:
AFC Approves Kaiser
Contract for Reactor
Idaho Falls, Ida. (U.R)
The Atomic Energy commission
has approved a contract with the
Henry J. Kaiser company for
"architect-engineering" of an en
gineering test reactor, it wai
announced here today.
Kaiser's Engineers Division,
Oakland, was selected by the
AEC's Idaho Operations office
from a list of 29 companies. Op
eration of the reactor at "de
sign characteristics" must begin
by March, 1957, the AEC said.
Tax Beaten
that a second election may be
called on the issue, Fire Chief
Richard Krupp reported.
The code adopted provides
regulations for prevention of
fires and for inspection of prem
ises by fire department officers.
It regulates the use and handling
of combustibles in certain build
ings and provides for the stor
age and use of explosives, flam
mable liquids and liquefied pe
troleum gases.
Trash burning permits are re
quired under the code. The
measure also prohibits accumu
lation of litter and concerns
heating appliances, store - win
dow decorating, use of flame
producing devices and smoking
under certain conditions.