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50th Year
Ford Rejects Union
Plan To Arbitrate;
Prepare For Strike
Detroit (U.R) Ford Motor
company Saturday rejected a un
ion proposal to arbitrate the me
thod of disbursing a $55,000,000
job security fund even though it
said it realized its action increas
ed the possibility it would be hit
by a company-wide strike "some
-No Fire Hazards
Found in 1,644
City Residences
No hazards were found in
1,664 of the 2,843 Medford
homes inspected by city fire de
partment crews during a month
long program which ended Fri
day. For the 1,179 residences in
which hazards were seen, 1,745
recommendations were issued
for correction of the conditions,
Fire Chief Gordon Barker re
ported. He said that defective
wiring was the most prevalent
fire danger found.
Firemen stopped at 5,314
homes, all the single, duplex and
triplex dwellings in Medford. No
one was home at 2,236 of the
residences and occupants of 235
others turned down the offer of
inspection.
The fire department has re
ceived 27 call-backs to inspect
houses where people were not
at home. Barker said that it is
assumed that residents not call
ing back do not wish inspection.
However, he said that residential
calls will be made at any time
they are requested. He brought
out that home inspections are a
service and are not being forced
upon anyone. . . '
Other leading hazards found
were stovepipes not properly
installed, f lamable liquids not
properly stored, and stoves or
heating appliances improperly
installed, in that order.
Some stovepipes were found
too close to a wall or ceiling.
Barker reported that many resi
dents had gasoline for power
mowers stored in glass contain
ers. This is dangerous, he point
ed out, since glass is easily bro
ken. Metal containers should be
used, he said. Where heating ap
pliances were hazards, they were
usually too close to combustible
materials, walls, partitions or
furniture.
Fire department crews began
their calls on May 2. They have
completed the regular home in
spection for the year. A detailed
fireman will make the call-backs
this week.
Guatemalan Consul
Killed by Woman
Heppner (U.R) Dellmore
Lessard, 57, Portland attorney
' and Guatemalan consul in Port
land was shot and killed instant
ly here Saturday night by a
woman identified as the wife of
one of his clients.
Held on an open charge in
connection with the killing was
Mrs. Anna Perkins Avent of
Heppner.
According to Morrow County
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, Lessard
had gone to Heppner with Fred
Avent, divorced husband of the
woman, to pick up their 13-year-old
son and take him to Port
land. The former Mrs. Avent, who
was tending bar in a cocktail
lounge when her former hus
band and the lawyer entered, ap
parently "blew up" and grabbed
a .38 calibre revolver.
Lessard. who was just recent
ly named Guatemalan consul,
was shot, in the head and killed
instantly.
Sports Bulletin
Th Medford Cheney Studs
rallied with four runs in the
sixth inning to defeat Grants
Pass Elks. S to 4. i Grants
Pass last night. Howard Mor
ris homered in the second and
Bill McClain in the sixth for
the Studs and Mel Friend
homered for the Elks in the
fourth.
Portland (U.R) A four
run ninth inning gave the
Hollywood Stars a comfort
eble 9-4 victory over the Port
land Beavers in a Pacific
Coast league baseball gam
tore Saturday aigM.
Me
United Press r-ull LuMd
30. Pages
time after midnight Sunday."
"We ar immediately making
all necessary plans so that on our
part, if a strike occurs it may
be as orderly as possible," said
John S. Bugas, Ford vice-presi-dnt
of industrial relations.
Cannot Arbitrate
"We think that Mr. Reuther's
(CIO president Walter Reuther)
demands are unreasonable both
as to benefit levels and as to du
ration of benefits. We are quite
willing to discuss this issue
across the bargaining table, but
it is an important matter of sub
stance and we can not submit
it to arbitration," Bugas said.
Ford and the union had agreed
that the company should set up
the multi-million-dollar trust
fund to supplement unemploy
ment benefits during layoffs. But
the union and company have
been unable to agree how the
money should be spent.
Offered Supplement
The union said the money
would be enough to guarantee
workers payments big enough to
give them 80 per cent of normal
take home pay for as long as 52
weeks. Ford had offered to sup
plement unemployment pay for
26 weeks, giving workers 60 to
65 per cent of normal during
that period. ,
Apparently neither side found
much to talk about at the night
session. They .broke up the ses
sion after one and a half hours.
Negotiators for both sides ap
peared short - tempered when
they left the bargaining room.
But they agreed to meet again
at 10 a.m. (EST) today. Reu
ther wouldn't comment on the
talks. Ken Bannon, director of
the National Ford department of
the union, just shook his head
forlornly when asked if the two
sides had found any ' basis for
perhaps settling their dispute.
Live Polio Virus
Declared Found in
Cutter Salk Sample
Salt Lake City (U.R) Dr.
Louis P. Gebhardt, University of
Utah bacteriologist, confirmed
Saturday that he isolated live
polio virus in a sample of Cutter-produced
Salk vaccine.
The bacteriologist said the
positive virus was discovered in
one sarnie of one lot number of
anti-polio vaccine furnished him
by the Idaho State Health de
partment. The vaccine was man
ufactured by Cutter Laboratories
of Berkeley, Calif., he said.
Type 1 Virus
Gebhardt said laboratory tests
showed the virus to be of type 1.
It was discovered after one of
four Cynomolgus monkeys in
oculated with vaccine from the
sample developed paralysis and
died, bp said..
He said that in view of his
findings he believed "at least
some" of Idaho's recent 75 polio
cases might be traceable to the
vaccine if the victims received
"some of this vaccine that was
positive."
However, he emphasized that
onlyjhe one sample contained
positfi virus. He said that all
other samples tested typed out
negative.
Idaho Health officials recent
ly called an indefinite halt to the
mass vaccination program in
that state because of the recent
polio outbreak.
S no-Cats
The Tucker Sno-Cat, manufac
tured in a plant on South Pac
ific highway, Medford, will get
its most severe test within the
next year when at least 20
freighter type vehicles are taken
to Antarctica in expeditions by
four organizations from as many
countries.
Two vehicles destined to be
sent to the South Pole next fall
underwent extensive tests re
cently in France's Pyrenees
mountains by Dr.Taul E. Victor
of Paris, who is heading Exped
itious Polaires Francaises.
To Other Nations
Two more similar vehicles
have been ordered for the
French expedition and three oth
er nations, including the United
States, have placed orders for
about 19 vehicles, all for Ant
arctic expeditions this fall, ac
cording to company officials.
Production of the large Sno
Cats has started with construc
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FLYERS, FAMILIES, REUNITED With swaying palm trees as a backdrop, four U. S.
airmen are reunited with families in Honolulu after release from Red Chinese prisons.
From left: Capt Harold Fischer with parents Mr. and Mrs. Fischer Sr.; Lt. Col. Edwin
Heller and wife; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Parks with flier son Lt Roland Parks, and the
lieutenant's brother Richard; Robert Cameron, Mrs. Roland Cameron and her flier son
1st Lt Lyle W. Cameron and father Holland Cameron.
East Germany Puts
New Restrictions
On Berlin Traffic
Berlin (U.R) East Germany
refused to abolish its exorbitant
tolls on Berlin truck traffic and
suddenly announced new restric
tions Saturday night on travel
between the city and West Ger
many. The East German radio an
nounced the Communist Inter
ior Ministry was ordered to
limit travel "temporarily" be
tween West Germany and the
Soviet zone.
The reason given for the order
was to prevent the "epidemic"
of typhoid and polio in the West
from spreading to the Soviet
zone. . .
Flimsy Pretext
West' German" officials im
mediately labeled the pommun
ist move a flimsy pretext for
stepping up the "baby block
ade." They said there have been
no serious outbreaks of polio in
West Germany this year and the
typhoid epidemic in the Ruhr
is on the wane by now.
No details of the new travel
restrictions were given in the
Communist broadcast.
It said East German Premier
Otto Grotewohl ordered his in
terior Ministry to impose the
temporary limitation on travel
between the East and West. He
acted after the health minister
reported the outbreaks of
typhoid and polio in West Ger
many. Granted Reductions
The new announcement was
made shortly after the Commun
ists granted "insignificant" re
ductions in the exorbitant tolls
imposed on trucks supplying
West Berlin.
The West German government
said the Reds refused to nego
tiate on the tolls in talks be
tween East and West German
traffic Ministry representatives.
Clifford Gee Given
One-Year Sentence
Clifford Quentin Gee, Harlan,
Ore., entered a guilty plea in
district court yesterday on a
petty larceny charge and was
sentenced by Judge Rawles
Moore to a year in jail. The time
will be served in Rocky Butte
jail in Multnomah county.
The case involved articles
taken from the Hartford Smith
home, Rogue River on Sept. 8,
1954. Previous charges of bur
glary and of receiving and con
cealing stolen property were dismissed.
Purchased For Use
tion of various parts of the veh
icles, but the first machine is
not expected to be completed un
til about Aug. 1.
The vehicles will have an ov
erall length of 20 feet and weigh
about 7,000 pounds apiece. The
Cats with 234 horsepower Chrys
ler V-8 engines, will cost about
$14,000 each. The 12-passenger,
freighter type vehicles will have
regular enclosed bodies, except
two being shipped to France.
The vehicles will be winterized
to withstand extreme cold.
Others Ordered
Between 10 and 14 will be
made for American Antarctic
Expeditions, four for the Trans
Antarctic Expedition, Ltd., of
England, and two will be made
for the Australian Antarctic So
ciety. Dr. Victor, who recently vis
ited the Tucker plant here, rec
ommended the vehicles to var
ious govtrnmenu and organiza
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Americans
Dn Russian
Vienna (U.R) Austrians
and Germans returning from
Communist captivity said Satur
day there are "many" Ameri
cans in Russia's slave camps,
including at least four U. S. air
men. Oregon State Elks
1955 Convention'
Ends at Ashland
Ashland The Oregon State
Elks climaxed its three-day' con
vention here Saturday-afternoon
with a parade and buffalo barbe
cue after picking Seaside as their
1956 convention site in a busi
ness session yesterday morning.
Participating in the parade
was Marilyn Denning, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Denning,
Camp White, and 1955 Pear
Blossom Festival queen.
Besides the parade, the grand
convention ball and Cabaret
dance were held last night.
Yesterday the convention of
ficially ended, but Elks partici
pated in a registered trap shoot
at the Medford Gun club today.
Other events on the conven
tion agenda included band con
certs, a bowling tournament, a
golf tournament and various en
tertainment facilities.
The Elks picked Seaside as the
1956 convention site by an over
welming vote over Portalnd, the
other applicant for the group's
annual meeting.
Egypt Warns Israel
Against Gaza Seizure
Cairo, Egypt (U.R) Egypt
warned Saturday that if Israel
attempts to seize the Gaza Strip
it will mean a new Hobrland war.
Egypt will not "be fooled by
armistice or cease - fire decisions
issued by New York (The United
Nations) and obeyed by one side
only," said a statement publish
ed Saturday in all Cairo news
papers and attributed to Premier
Gamal Abdel Nasser.
The premier's warning in
creased the danger of renewed
fighting between the Arabs and
Israeli and was followed by an
Arab League statement that all
the Arab states stood with Egypt.
tions planning expeditions. The
recommendations were based on
his experience with Sno-Cats in
Greenland and Alaska during
World War II and on private
expeditions.
Besides testing the vehicles in
the Pyrenees, Dr. Victor also has
compared the Tucker vehicle to
other type snow vehicles, and
believes the Sno-Cat will better
serve expeditions to the South
Pole.
The French expedition prob
ably will be the first to move the
locally manufactured vehicles
into the Antarctic.
To Train Officer
England's expedition will in
clude a transportation officer
trained at the Tucker plant here.
He is expected to arrive in Med
ford in the near future to study
operations of the Sno-Cat. Dr.
V. E. Fuchs heads the English
expedition.
John R. Lodwick of London
SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1955
Said MeM
Prisons
Dr. Hermann Dalhammer, one
of the returning prisoners, said
he knows the names of "several"
American and British captives of
the Russians, but he refused to
make them public.
"I am going to do everything
I can to get them all released
through official channels," Dal
hammer said.
May Have Died
One prisoner who tried to
smuggle out pictures of the im
prisoned airmen said he fears
some of them may have died
since he last saw them seven
years ago.
The . prisoners also reported
that an undetermined number
of slave laborers were massa
cred last month by Soviet guards
at Camp Refta, 300 miles south
east of Moscow, when they pro
tested against intolerable work
ing conditions.
It was uncertain whether the
dead at Camp Refta included
any Americans. '
15 Die In Riots
At least 15 persons were killed
in month-long "mass sex. riots"
last year, when the Russians
tried to segregate men and wo
men at a group of camps 1,600
miles southeast of Moscow, the
returning prisoners said. Seven
men are belived to have been
executed for starting the riots.
The dead included a number
of women who threw themselves
under the treads of Russian
tanks used to quell the disor
ders. '
The ex-prisoners who reached
freedom here Saturday included
about 250 Austrians and "ethnic
Germans" Central Europeans
of German descent some of
whom had been in Soviet pris
ons for as long as 15 years.
The Russians, who had pre
viously denied holding any more
prisoners of war, blandly agreed
to return those still in their pris
ons as part of Austria's reward
for accepting "neutrality" under
the terms of the recently-negotiated
peace treaty.
POOL OPENING UNCERTAIN
City Park Director Darell Hu
son has reported that the date
for opening Hawthorne - park
swimming pool has not definitely
been set. He added, however,
that the pool operation may be
gin next Saturday or Sunday.
Supervised playground activity
is scheduled to start by the week
of June 13.
By Four
recently visited the . Tucker
plant on behalf of the Antarctic
expedition to obtain technical in
formation regarding fuel and lu
bricants for below-zero opera
tions. Lodwick is with a British
petroleum company.
The British expedition plans
to cross the Antarctic continent,
a distance of about 2,000 miles,
and hauling gasoline and other
supplies will be done with trail
ers pulled by Sno-Cats. The Cats
will not be changed from the
vehicle finished at the plant
here.
May Buy Trailers
Morris Tucker, one of three
sons of Emmett Tucker, inven
tor . and manufacturer of the
Sno-Cat, said the English expe
dition may purchase its trailers
from the local company, but as
yet no order has been placed.
The Trans-Antarctic Expedi
tion, Ltd., ordered Sno-Cats on
the basis of favorable reports
Menon, Dulles Set
Conference on U.S.
Prisoners in China
June Conference jn
Washington Expected
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles and
India's roving Ambassador, V.
K. Krishna Menon, will confer
this month on prospects of ob
taining the release of more
Americans held prisoner by Red
China and the outlook for re
lieving Far Eastern tension.
There is some question, how
ever, of when and where they
will meet. White House Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty said
Menon is "coming to Washing
ton and has an appointment with
the Secretary of State."
Dulles Surprised
But Dulles seemed surprised
by the White House announce
ment as he took off from Na
tional Airport for Columbia, S.
C, on the first leg of a cam
paign to line up bipartisan sup
port for the coming Big Four
conference.
Informed sources reported
Saturday that the United States,
Britain, and France will propose
next week to Russia that the
"Summit" meeting be held at
Geneva, Switzerland, beginning
July 18.
Dulles said he expects he will
see Menon, who conferred in
Peiping recently with the Red
Chinese leaders, at the San
Francisco United Nations con
ference June 20-26.
"I expect I'll be seeing him
he s going to be at San Fran
cisco at least," Dulles said.
- When the two men meet it is
obvious that chief topics of their
talks would be the recent re
lease of four Airmen jet fighter
pilots, prospects for release of
all 63 Americans still believed
held by the Reds, and what .-
be done to avoid war in the Far
East.
Menon conferred recently
with Chinese Premier Chou En
Lai in the Red Chinese capital
on the Formosa crisis and the
release of, American prisoners.
Following his talks, the four
American pilots were released.
However, the United States
feels that the U. N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
played the major role in obtain
ing release of the fliers.
Deadline for School
Petitions June 73
One more week remains in
which petitions of nomination
for candidates for election to the
school board of District 49 can
be filed.
The election is on June 20,
and petitions must be filed by
June 13, which is a week from
tomorrow.
One candidate, William Bark
er, has filed his candidacy so
far.
Bulletin
Portland (U.R) There will
be milk on Portland. Ore.,
doorsteps this morning.
The labor dispute that
stopped deliveries to homes
and stores in the Portland
'area since Thursday was "sus
pended" last night. Mayor
Fred L. Peterson made the an
nouncement after all-day ses
sions with Union and manage
ment leaders.
Antarctic
from private and military sourc
es on their effectiveness.
The Australian expedition
will 'be headed by E. Graham
Turbott of Auckland, New Zeal
and. The Australian Antarctic
society ordered the vehicles on
the basis of previous experience
with Sno-Cats. Ten vehicles have
been used in the Australian
mountains during the past feWj
years.
Most Extensive
The American Antarctic ex
pedition probably will be the
most- extensive research pro
gram. The 10 to 14 Cats for the
American group were chosen on
the basis of reports and obser
vations of performance through
out the country.
The American expedition is
being carried out in cooperation
with the Navy and the Snow,
Ice, and Permafrost Research
Establishment (SIPRE) of the
Army Corps of Engineers. The
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Car Teeters on Edge
Of Embankment Until
Girl Helped to Safety
Diane Orene Tuttle. 17, of
Shady Cove, was assisted from
a teetering automobile just
before it plunged over a 20
foot embankment and was de
molished "Friday afternoon,
according to state police.
The officers who investiga
ted the accident said that Miss
Tuttle, driving south from
Shady Cove at a moderate rate
of speed, took her eyes from
the road for a moment, and
the car left the pavement as
it rounded a curve. The driver
slammed on the brakes and
the car spun, skidded and rol
led over, coming to rest on its
right side, balancing precar
iously over the edge of the
bank.
A passer-by, Roy L. Colling
wood, 625 Losier lane, Med
ford. came to Miss Tuttle's aid.
and pulled her out of the car
just as it tipped and crashed
down the ehibankmenx.
Alone in the car at the time,
the driver was reported to
have suffered minor cuts and
bruises, but was to be taken
to a physician for a check as to
possible other hurts.
The car was wrecked in the
plunge down the bank, police
said.
Greece, Turkey on
Soviets' Schedule
For Neutralization
Vienna, Austria (U.R) Rus
sia and Bulgaria Saturday night
announced an agreement that in
dicated Greece and Turkey may
be the next targets of Soviet
Communist party chief Nikita S.
Khrushchev's drive to build a
line of neutral nations across
Europe.
A communique issued in Sof
ia, Bulgaria, said the accord be
tween Russia and Yugoslavia
reached this week should "con
tribute to the amelioration" of
Soviet and Bulgarian relations
"with the neighboring countries
of Greece and Turkey." '
Eastern Anchor
Turkey and Greece form the
strategic eastern anchor of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation (NATO). They are allied
with Yugoslavia in the Balkan
mutual defense pact designed to
help protect the Middle East
from Soviet aggression.
Obesrvers in Belgrade had
spectulated that one purpose of
Khrushchev's mission there
might be to undermine the Bal
kan pact.
Khrushchev and Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai A. Bulganin are
barnstorming their way home
from Yugoslavia through the
capitals of the satellite coun
tries. Their mission apparently
is to explain Russian concessions
to the, "former renegade" Mar
shal Tito.
Friday the Soviet leaders stop
ped in Sofia. Saturday they con
ferred with Hungarian and Ro
manian leaders in Bucharest, Ro
mania. But the joint communique on
the Sofia talks was only made
public last night. The Bulgarian
press agency transmitted it over
Sofia radio.
Expeditions
expedition will be made in re
lays. An advance party is present
ly in Antarctica, and the sec
ond group will go this fall with
the first Sno-Cat.
To Make Adjustments
The vehicles will' be winter
ized by the purchasers, which
also make any adjustments nec
essary. For example, the
French group ordered vehicles
without bodies so it could fur
nish cabins with combination
sleeping quarters and laboratory
facilities.
Winterization will include
weather stripping, low tempera
ture lubricants and gasolines,
high voltage ignitions, special
hydraulic fluids, and engine pre
heaters for temperatures ranging
to more than 60 degrees below
zero.
Each organization will train
its own drivers and technicians
for Sno-Cat operations.
Weather
FORECAST: Generally fair flu
day and Monday. A Uttle
cooler Monday. High Sunday
IS; low Sunday nifht 48; high
Monday 78.
Highest yesterday 8S
Lowest yesterday morning 57
Pree.
To 11 p.m. Yesterday
No. 65
Geneva Selected as
Site of Conference
Starting July 18
Sen. George Warns
Against 'Miracles'
Washington (U.R) The Big
Three western nations will invite
Russia next week to hold the
Big Four heads-of-state confer
ence at Geneva, Switzerland, be
ginning July 18, official sources
reported Saturday.
The U.S.-British-French pro
posal represents a compromise.
London (U.R) Indian
"peace" envoy V. K. Krishna
Menon was reported Saturday
to have unfolded to British
leaders a three - point Formosa
cease - fire plan said to have
the backing of Red China.
Informed sources said the
plan provided for Nationalist
evacuation of the off - shore
islands of Quemoy and Matiu, '
renunciation of force by both
Nationalists and Communists,
and a conference to settle
their conflict.
The western nations originally
suggested Lausanne, Switzer
land, and Russia wanted the
meetings held in Vienna.
Sees No Miracles
As plans went forward for
the conference, Sen. Walter F.
George warned Americans to
"look for no miracles'' in the
conference. However, he said
"we should approach the con
ference with a positive attitude."
The veteran Georgia Demo
crat, chairman of the Senate For
eign Relations committee, said -"the
best we could hope for
would be to find a direction that
will lead to a lessening of ten
sions." That is th view that P.L
jdent Eisenhower and Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles have
taken of the forthcoming con
ference. They see it as one of
the first steps on a rocky path
toward peace.
George refused to be drawn
into a reported difference of
opinion between the State de
partment and Vice-president
Richard M. Nixon about the im
portance of the conference.
Unhappy About Remarks
. Although the department offi
cially declined comment on Nix
on's remarks in a speech at Chi
cago Thursday, it was reported
unhappy about them. Nixon said
the Big Four meeting may be the
last chance to settle world dif
ferences peacefully and avoid a
disastrous war.
Dulles brushed off questions
about the speech Saturday. He
said. "I haven't read the soeech
myself...! don't like to com
ment on speeches on the basis
of headlines ...I don't think it's
fair to comment on speeches un
til you've read them." ;
The West apparently does not
intend to propose how long the
conference, should last. Main
participants will be President
Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nik
olai A. Bulganin, British Prime
Minister Sir Anthony Eden, and
French Premier Edgar Faure.
But Mr. Eisenhower has said he
favors a session of about three
days.
Police Investigate
Explosion Reports
City police, who investigated
a report of two explosions at the
courthouse about 4:30 a.m. yes
terday, said that they were of
the opinion that Elks lodge mem
bers staying here in connection
with the state convention at Ash
land caused the detonations.
Exact nature of the explosions
was not determined. They were
heard by prisoners in the county
jail and by others in the vicinity.
Irving Willian Houschild, clerk
at the Medford hotel, told offi
cers that he observed smoke
rising from the courthouse lawn.
A check of the courthouse was
made to determine if the ex
plosions might have been inside
the building.
Washington (U.R) Dave
Beck, head of the AFL Team-'
sters Union, said Saturday he
plans to combine forces with
the two rival East and Gulf
Coast Longshoremen's unions .
and launch a giant organizing
drive mainly in the South. .