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United Press Full Leased Wire
50th Year 22 Pages
Nuclear Energy Useu To Provide
Electrical Power in Idaho Test
Chicago (U.R) The Atomic
Energy Commission revealed to
day that the little town of Arco,
Ida., has become the first U. S.
community to receive all its
light and power from electricity
produced by nuclear energy.
The history making experi
ment was conducted on July 17,
the AEC said, and lasted more
than an hour.
Although Arco then went
back to normal electricity, the
AEC's national reactor testing
station, 20 miles from Arco, is
still generating electricity.
The AEC announced the new
advance of the atomic age simul
taneously in Chicago, Washing
ton, Arco, and Geneva, Switzer
General Electric,
Union Sign 5-Year
Work Agreement
New York Ml.?) The Gene
Wl Electric Company and the
CIO United Electrical Workers
hailed as "history making" to
day their agreement on a new
five-year contract although it
shuts out the possibility of a
guaranteed wage for at least
three vears.
The contract grants minimum
total wage increases of 2SVz
cents an hour for 100,000 GE
workers over the next five years.
It provides for no wage reopen
ing during the five-year period
but provides for reopening after
three years for a discussion of
employment security.
Said Short of Needs
Although the reopening would
allow discussion of the guaran
teed wage plan in 1958, GE said
there was nothing to indicate its
opposition to such a plan would
be anything less than it is now.
One of the 90-odd unions Gen
eral Electric still has to agree
with, the Independent United
Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers of America, said it feels
the agreement "falls far short
of meeting the needs of the peo
ple." The agreement provides for
4V4 to 10 cent hourly wage in-
u creases this year and additional
raises over the next four years.
' Present wages average $1.93
an hour.
The company said it was ne
gotiating similar pacts with
other unions, representing the
rest of its 220,000 employees
across the country.
Idaho Power Denies
Tax Wrife-Off Plan
Boise (U.R) Idaho Power
Company replied to one of its
O critics in the Hells Canyon dam
q case yesterday by saying no tax
write-off or reduction is in
volved with any company proj
ect.
T. E. Roach, company presi
dent, issued the statement in
reply to Sen. Wayne Morse (D-
Ore.).
Roach said that "Idaho Pow
m er's tax payments are the high-
01 est in ratio to revenue of any
C operating utility in the country
u and will continue on that scale
O during the big construction pro
O gram immediately ahead."
He was referring to three low
rfams at Brownlee. Oxbow and
O Hells Canyon on the Snake
river, which the Federal Power
Commission has authorized
q Idaho Power to build.
Creswell Family's Request
For 8 Korea Children OKd
Crtswell. Ore. (U.R) Mr
and Mrs. Henry Holt, who al
ready have six children romping
around on their 353-acre Cres
well f array, will have eight addi
tions to their family within a
month.
President Signs Bill
President Eisenhower yester
day signed a bill which will al
low the Holts to adopt eight chil
dren in Korea. All are offspring
of American soldiers and Ko
iris. Thev 'range in age
fror- one to three. Four are girls
The" Hdlts got tne iaea oi
adopting the American-Korean
children last Christmas when
thy srw a movie in Eugene de
picting the plight of the chil
dren. '
MEDFORD, OREGON,
land, where the International
Conference on Peaceful Uses of
Atomic Energy is now in
progress.
It said the operation's simplicity
of construction, ease of opera
tion, low cost, and high degree
of safety may make it suitable
for use in remote areas or in
conjunction with mining or
manufacturing operations.
AEC scientists accomplished
the Arco feat by feeding the nuclear-created
electricity into nor
mal transmission lines.
Utility lines supplying con
venal power from the Utah
Power and Light Company were
disconnected, leaving Arco's
1200 residents entirely depend
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BLAST LEVELS BLOCK-LONG BUILDING Aerial view taken from helicopter shows
ruins of business block in Andover, O., where at least 20 persons died and some 20
more were injured in a terrific explosion and fire. Operators of a dairy store in the
building, where most of the victims had taken shelter from a lashing rain and electrical
storm, said they had smelled "something like sewer gas" just before the blast.
HURRICANE
Cape Hatteras, N. C. (U.R)
Hurricane Connie smacked
against the North Carolina coast
today and headed north toward
the heavily populated Eastern
seaboard while far to the south
west another tropical storm
reached full hurricane strength.
The new hurricane was Diane,
still 1150 miles east of Miami.
Highest winds already were up
to 80 or 90 miles an hour.
Connie bored inland at More
head City, N. C, in midmorn
ing with winds officially clock
ed at about 100 miles an hour,
but unofficially they were said
First Office Moved
Info New Annex
The . county school superin
tendent's office today began to
move equipment to its new of
fices in the courthouse annex,
according to County Commis
sioner L. G. Morthland.
The school superintendent's is
the first to be transferred to the
new addition. It will be followed
shortly by the county engineer's
and watermaster's offices.
Morthland indicated that
technicalities in the contract
were resolved yesterday, leav
ing the way clear for the move.
"Possibly it was the time of the
year," Mrs. Holt said, "but it al
most seemed as if the good Lord
told us to share our home with
as many of those children as we
could make room for."
Limited By Act '
The Holts decided they had
room for eight. But the refugee
relief act limited the number of
foreign children they could adopt
to two unless it meant dividing
a family.
So the Holts enlisted the aid
of neighbors and wrote letters to
the Oregon congressional dele
gation urging them to push
through a special bill to allow
the adoption of eight children.
The bill passed and the adoption
was all but completed with the
President's signature yesterday.
FRIDAY
ent on the nuclear energy.
The AEC said the experimental
nuclear power plant, known as
"Borax," which generated the
energy can produce more than
2000 kilowatts of electricity.
The power plant's reactor has
been under development since
1953 by the Argonne National
Laboratory, which is located
near Chicago and operates the
Idaho station.
The scientists decided that
experiments with the reactor
warranted the addition of a
turbo-generator so the steam
being produced could be con
verted into a usable form of
energy.
On June 28, 1955, this gen
to have been considerably be
low that shortly after they hit
the coast.
, The storm pushed tidewater
far inland, however, and streams
Two Firms Deny
Plans for Move
Unverified reports that two
large business establishments
planned to open branches in Med
ford are untrue, it was learned
today.
Word-of -mouth reports , in the
business community this week in
dicated that Meier & Frank com
pany, Portland's largest depart
ment store, and the Bank of Cali
fornia would open Medford out
lets. In checking the rumors,, the
Mail Tribune learned from Aaron
Frank, head of the department
store firm, that the recently
opened Salem branch is the only
one planned by the big retail
firm for the present, and from
R. W. Kimberling, vice-president
and general manager of the Bank
of California in Portland, that
the bank plans no branch here.
The bank will extend the
activities of branches in Port
land, Seattle and Tacoma, Kim
berling said, which "under pres
ent laws cannot be supplemented
with additional offices."
Search Continues
For Three Men
The search for three youths
wanted in connection with an
attack on a Medford woman
Tuesday night is continuing
state police said this morning.
No new leads have turned up
in the case.
Injured in the attack -was
Mrs. Evelyn Deutschman, who
with her husband operated the
Y Oil company, 1908 Table
Rock rd. She was waiting on the
three men at -the service sta
tion when one of them struck
her over the head, apparently
planning to rob the cash regis
ter. Screams by Mrs. Deutschman
frightened the trio away. Her
husband, who was sleeping in
the rear of the building, notified
police.
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erating plant was put into opera
tion and production of elec
tricity has been proceeding on a
routine basis since then, the
AEC said.
The reactor consists of a
pressure vessel containing en
riched uranium bearing plates
submerged in water and a num
ber of neutron-absorbing con
trol rods.
Water circulates through the
reactor core by natural conven
tion, the AEC said. Steam is
produced by the heat resulting
from the fissioning of uranium
atoms and is conducted into the
3500 kilowatt turbo-generator,
located in a nearby building.
HITS COAST
flooded their banks at scores
of points. Thousands were home
less. An amateur radio operator re
ported from a spot inland and
west of Morehead City that he
may have to close down because
the top of the tower where his
equipment was located was about
to blow away. "
Morehead City appeared to
have escaped major damage and
no injuries were reported.
The Red Cross housed 14,000
last night in shelters along the
North Carolina coast and anoth
er 6700 at Myrtle Beach, S. C.
The Miami Weather Bureau
passed control of Connie to
Washington weathermen but
picked up on Diane.
An advisory said Diane had
reached full hurricane force
winds up to 90 miles an hour.
That was almost precisely the
path followed earlier by Connie.
Connie was centered about 60
miles west of here, headed on
an "erratic" course toward the
north. Hurricane force winds
fanned out about 50 miles east
of center and gales for 250 miles.
Force of the storm is expected
to "weaken gradually after an
other six hours," the advisory
said. There was no further indi
cation of acceleration.
The weather forecast was for
heavy rain and high tides in the
storm's path north.
Progress Reported
In Pipe Line Work
Camp White Progress is being
made on the laying of a 3,800
foot auxiliary pipe line between
the Medford water main and
Camp White, Manager E. K.
Ricker of the Veterans Adminis
tration Domiciliary reported to
day. Extension of time for comple
tion of the line had to be granted
because of technical difficulties
and delay in procurement. The
line is expected to be opened by.
Dec. 1.
The ditch and other construc
tion operations have been com
pleted and 1,400 feet of the pipe
have been laid, it was announced.
Assistant Engineer Jack Duane
is in charge of the work under
supervision of Engineer Burton
Sims.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair tonieht and
Saturday. Little change in
temperature. Low tonight SO.
High tomorrow 90.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 92
Lowest this Morning .50
American Soldier
Slays Korean in
Pusan Uprising
Demonstrators Mill
Through Seoul Streets
Seoul, Korea (U.R) An
American soldier shot and killed
one Korean and wounded two
others today in an accident ex
pected to increase the violent
demonstrations against Com
munist truce inspectors guarded
by U. S. troops.
The shooting occurred off
Wplmi Island at Pusan where
American military soldiers said
the three Korean victims were
trying to steal milk. But Korean
police described them as peace
ful fishermen who were shot
when the soldier began firing
"wildly."
Demonstrators in Streets
Two thousand demonstrators,
including 200 Chinese residents,
milled through the downtown
streets of Seoul today, demand
ing withdrawal of the Polish
and Czech members of the Uni
ted Nation inspection team.
Communist newsmen at Pan
miinjom told United Nations
command reporters the neutral
inspection teams would ignore
a Republic of Korea warning to
leave Korea by midnight Satur
day. Korea has accused the
Poles and Czechs of spying for
the Communists.
Wild Rioting Expected
The rejection was expected to
touch off another wave of wild
rioting and American troops
throughout Korea charged by
the U. N. command with pro
tecting the neutral inspection
teams prepared for trouble.
They already were under orders
to shoot, if necessary.
Moscow, Peiping and Pyong
yang joined in a series of radio
broadcasts blasting the govern
ment. of President Syngman Rhee
for trying "fanatically to wreck
the armistice in Korea. Most of
the broadcasts gave full credit
to the Americans for trying to
protect the truce inspectors.
Verdict Expected
In Jury Suit
A federal district court jury
was expected to reach a verdict
early this afternoon in the per
sonal injury suit of Nancy J.
Copeland vs. Montgomery Ward
company.
-The case went to the jury late
this morning. i
If a decision is reached in
time, the court will begin hear
ing today in the case of Mildred
Balderson vs. O. D. Rasmussen,
an auto accident suit. C. S.
Crookham, Portland attorney,
represents the 'plaintiff, and
Roberts, Kellington, and Branch
field, Medford, the defendant.
Court will adjourn this after
noon until 9 a.m. Monday. A
damage by fire case, Pacific
Engine and Machine vs. John C.
Rogers and Ruth V. Rogers of
Del Norte' Laundry company
(Calif.), will open the new week.
George W. Mead is attorney for
the plaintiff, and H. B. Collins
for the defendant.
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Mrs. Ruby A.Johnson
Succumbs to Burns
Mrs. Ruby A. Johnson, 49, of
819 South Central ave., died
yesterday in a Jocal hospital of
burns suffered a week ago.
Mrs. Johnson was burned in
an explosion which occurred in
a small shop at a trailer court
at 1832 North Riverside ave.,
when her husband, Glenn, cut
into an oil drum with a torch.
Johnson was severly burned
in the accident. He was reported
off the critical list today at Sac
red Heart hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Johnson are pending at Conger
Morris Funeral home.
Passenger Schedule
Hearing- Under Way
Salem (U.R) Arguments
opened before Circuit Judge Val
Sloper today on whether the
State Public Utilities Commis
sion has authority to intervene
with oassenger schedule reduc
tion plans of the Portland Trac
tion Company between Portland
and Oregon City.
Decision in the case is ex
pected to have an effect on a
ruling as to whether the PUC
has authority to force Southern
Pacific railroad to restore pas
senger service between Portland
and Ashland.
John E. Peurifoy,
Thailand Envoy,
Dies in Car Wreck
Sports Car Hits
Truck; Son Also Victim
Bangkok, Thailand (U.R)
U.S. Ambassador John E. Peuri
foy, one of the State Depart
ment's top cold war trouble
shooters, was killed today with
his youngest son, Daniel Byrd
Peurifoy, when their fast sports
car crashed into a truck.
A second son, John Clinton
Peurifoy, 14, was critically in
jured when the ambassador's
Ford Thunderbird crashed into
a truck near a narrow bridge
outside the famous seaside resort
of Huahinr 125 miles south of
Bangkok.
The flamboyant ambassador
who liked sports shirts more
than black homburgs was visit
ing Huahin with his two sons and
his wife, the former Betty Jane
Cox, an ex-school teacher from
Oklahoma who stood by him in
his battles against Communism
in Greece, Guatemala and South
east Asia.
Killed Instantly
Peurifoy and his son Daniel
were killed instantly.
Clinton was flown to Bangkok
in a seaplane ' used to haul in
supplies. He was suffering from
two broken legs, a badly bruised
right arm and a severe cut on
head. Mrs. Peurifoy flew along
with her son arid the bodies of
her husband and her youngest
boy.
No funeral arrangements have
yet been announced. ,
Peurifoy was 48 on Aug. 8. He
was a graduate of the military
academy at West Point and en
tered the State Department in
1938 as a $2000 a year appren
tice economic analyst.
Peurifoy rose rapidly and in
a few years became one of the
United State's top diplomatic
trouble shooters.
He was assigned to Bangkok
in July 1954 with the specific
task of helping thwart Commu
nist designs on the Southeast
Asia nation by keeping Washing
ton alert to new dangers.
He replaced William K. Donovan.
Senators Schedule
Medford Hearing
On Timber Sales
A U. S. Senate subcommittee
will hold a public hearing on
government timber sale policies
in Medford this fall, Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger today informed
the Mail Tribune.
Emphasis on Access
Emphasis probably will be on
the need for equal access by all
lumber operators to federal tim
ber holdings, Senator Neuber
ger indicated.
The five senators who - will
conduct the hearing include
Senators Neuberger, James E.
Murray, Montana, chairman;
Kerr Scott, North Carolina:
George Malone, Nevada, and
Thomas H. Kuchel, California.
Senator Neuberger said the
program calls for approximately
five hearings of one each day
in Oregon and a similar sched
ule in Washington.
Portland Area Milk
Pool Funds Distributed
Salem (U.R) First distribu
tion of funds .in the Portland
area milk pool, amounting to
846,261, is being distributed by
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry who is liquidating the
old Milk Control Board voted
out of existence in the 1954 gen
eral election.
The ' money will be sent to
various pooling agencies and
then allocated to the individual
milk producers who are mem
bers of such pools.
The Portland milk shed in
cludes Multnomah, Washington,
Yamphill, Marion, Hood River,
Wasco and Clackamas counties
?nd portions of Tillamook and
Clatsop counties.
Salem Firm Low Bidder
On Highway Tree Proecf
Portland (U.R) Knight
Pearcy construction company of
Salem appeared today to be low
bidder on a highway 99 planting
project. The company's bid was
510,416 to plant trees, shrubs
and vines at 18 highway loca
tions between Eugene and Cen-
Mleion
Zurich, Switzerland (U.R)
Thomas Mann, German-born
author and American citizen,
died in Cantonal hospital today
FREED AIRMEN ARRIVE
AT TRAVIS AIR BASE
Travis AFB, Calif. U.R) Eleven American airmen freed
after 2V years in Communist Chinese prisons returned home to
day and their commander issued an emotional "categorical de
nial" of published , reports that they had confessed to Chinese '.
espionage charges.
Col. John K. Arnold called a special press conference and
told reporters in a voice choked with emotion that the Reds "got
not a God damned thing from us."
In some accounts of interviews we have given on the way
back I have noticed some misquotations." Arnold' said. "Most of
them were minor but one bothers me very much.
Wholesale Denial To Confessions Made
"I want to categorically deny that anything we ever said or
did comprised a confession to the espionage charges that the Chin
ese Communist laid on us. I challenge them to produce anything
that will substantiate their charges if they have anything."
Two Air Force planes brought the 11 airmen on the last
leg of their long flight home from the Far East.
Only a few relatives were here to greet the returning fliers
who had signified earlier that they preferred to hold reunions
with their families at home.
The first of two Air Force planes carrying the men on the
last leg of their long flight from the Far East touched down from
Hawaii at 7:57 a.m. (PST). Aboard were Col. John K. Arnold,
Montgomery, Ala.; Airman Daniel C. Schmidt, Redding, Calif.;
Airman Harry Benjamin, Worthington, Minn.; Lt. Wallace Brown,
Montgomery, Ala.; Capt. Eugene Vaadi, Clayton, N. Y., and Air
man John W. Thompson, Orange, Va.
Second Plane Lands Two Minutes Later
The second plane landed two minutes later at this base north
of San Francisco. It carried Capt Elmer Llewellyn, Missoula,
Mont.; Maj. William H. Baumer, Lewisburg, Pa.; Sgt. Howard W.
Brown, St. Paul; Capt. John W. Buck, Armathwaite, Tenn., and
Airman Steve Kiba, Akron, O.
Arnold, pilot of the ill-fated B29 shot down over North Korea
in January, 1953, was the first man off the first plane. He was
greeted by his brother, Dr. Robert Arnold of Sunnyvale, Calif., and
tne latter s pretty wile, Ellen.
"I thought I would never get here," the colonel said. "Ellen
come here and get yourself a big kiss."
Schmidt Won't Talk About Wife's Remarriage
Arnold said he expected to leave for Alabama as soon as pos
sible today for a reunion with his family. e
A few feet behind Arnold was Schmidt, the airman whose
wife remarried while he was still in prison.
"I will not discuss anything about the situation with my wife,"
he said. "I'm only going to be here a few minutes. I will not dis
cuss it."
Schmidt's wife, Una, did not come to the air base to greet
him.
She'was waiting at an undisclosed spot to discuss their tangled
marital situation. o
Schmidt said he did not plan to place a telephone call to his
wife from Travis.
Requests Privacy for Talk With Wife e 1
"I don't even know where she is," he said. "I would appreciate
it if I could discuss the case with my wife in privacy. It is my
own decision and I want it this way."
Schmidt was swamped with hordes of newsreel cameramen,
photographers and reporters, and although he refused to discuss
his marital status he managed a broad smile and shouted into
radio microphones: 1
"Hello folks, I'm glad to be back. Thanks for everything."
One member of Schmidt's family was her to greet him. Mrs.
Paul McQuary'of Alameda, Calif., a first cousin, came to welcome -him
although she had not seen him since he was 16.
Wartime Buddies on Hand To Greet Fliers e
Others in the welcoming party included two former members
of the fliers' wartime outfit.
Col. George Pittman, the squadron commander who sent the
11 airmen on their ill-fated flight that led to their capture, "tame
from his present station at San Bernardino, Calif.
And John Gibbon, a former Air Force officer, came from his
home at Oakland, Calif. Gibbon said he missed being a member
of the luckless B29 crew only by a quirk. He said Llewellyn wae
late coming back to the squadron base at Yokota Air Force Base,
Japan, and Gibbon was assigned to take his place as navigator.
But shortly before the B29 took off for its Korea mission
Llewellyn returned and Gibbon was taken off the crew list.
Central Point Blaze
Damages Two Houses
Central Point Four persons
escaped injury early today when
fire extensively damaged two
houses and a garage in the 200
block of North First st. here.
The fire, which started in a
garage, spread to the residence
of Mrs. Doris Coleman at 250
North First st. From there it
spread to the house occupied by
Mrs. William Land and her child
ren, Elmer, 14, and Nancy 12.
Possessions Destroyed
: AH four escaped injury, but
most of their possessions were
destroyed. Central Point Fire de
partment received the alarm
about 12:50 a.m.
Central Point Fire Chief Oran
Chastain and a spectator were
injured during the fire. Chastain
Dynamite Blast Breaks
Windows at Chiloquin
Chiloquin (U.R) Dynamite
blast set off at 6:25 ajn. today
by a work crew installing a wat
er, main to -the new $300,000
Chiloquin elementary school
startled the neighborhood and
blew out or cracked every win
dow, except one, in Mayor Earl
Greear's home.
Greear said the one intact
window was part way open
when the blast was set off.
There were numerous other
reports of cracked windows in
the area, but none as complete
as the mayor's.
Strike Quiets Radio
Station at Oregon City
Oregon City U.R) Radio
Station KGON at Oregon City
went off the air at 8 a m. today
when recently unionized employ
ees walked off the job and set
up a picket line around the sta
tion. Irwin S. Adams, manager and
co-owner, said he expected "to
be on the air shortly."
Chuck Hoffman, business
agent for the union, said the sta
tion had . declined to negotiate
"to improve its substandard
wages."
suffered a broken toe when a
fire hydrant wrench fell on his
foot, and an unidentified specta
tor was slightly injured when
he walked into a Jive electric
wire which had burned in half
near the buildings.
Chastain said the spectator ap-
parently suffered only minor in
juries, but warned spectators at
fires to use care near electric
lines. The accident occurred
prior to California Oregon
Power company men turning off q
power.
Third House Ignited
The garage was located at the
rear of 250 North First st. be
tween the houses. A third house,
which was damaged by fire sev
eral weeks ago and never re
built, also was ignited from the
intense heat.
The buildings, built during
World War II, were owned by
O. L. Williams of Shady Cove.
The houses were wood frame
structures.
It was the third fire at the
location within the past year
and a half.
Extortion Attempt
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Brings Guilty Plea
Portland (U.R) Two Portland
men yesterday pleaded guilty to
an attempt to extort S30.C00
from Solomon Olimansky, 72, by
threatening to deport him to his
native Russia.
Multnomah County Circuit
Judge William Dickson ordered
pre-sentence investigations for
John W. Corbin, 25, and Roy L.
Bower, 44. They admitted pos
ing as immigration service Offi
cials to threaten Olimansky.
Maximum penalty is two years
in the state penitentiary. O
JUDGE TO BE HERE
Judge Charles Foster, Lake
view, will take the Jackson coun
ty court bench Monday. He wifi)
be here approximtely two weeks
while Judge H. K. Hanna is on
vacation.
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