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t MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, December 7. 195 'One Book Rule' Wanted by Beck New York (U.R) Dave Eeck, president of the 1,300,000 member International Teamsters union, said yesterday his union would remain in the AFL-CIO as long as the merged group's industrial union ; department treats all unions "under one rule book." At a press lunch, called to answer a report that the Team sters might withdraw from the ; merged AFL-CIO over a dispute '"concerning embersirip in the industrial union department. Beck said, "The Teamsters nev er wilfwalk out unless the AFL CIO fails. to treat them with the sarrl degree of fairness giv en to everyone else." George Meany, AFL-CIO pres ident, said Monday that the in dustrial department would ad- Paratyphoid Fever Outbreak, Pennsylvania Lancaster, Pa. (U.R) An outbreak of 33 cases of para typhoid fever was reported here yesterday and a local milk bot tling plant closed down temp orarily at the request of health officials. Several infants who contract ed the disease were reported in critical condition. The Bad Lands of South Da kota are called that because the land is too poor to farm and is extremely difficult to travel. mit only those members of the Teamsters who were organized on an industry-wide basis. Beck said this ruling was all right with him as long as it was applied to other unions. Under this ruling, he said, about 700, 000 members of his union would be eligible for membership in the industrial department. Horticultural Group Protests Tree Tax; Supports Sales Tax Two resolutions, one protest ing the taxation of fruit trees and another supporting a sales tax to be used to relieve prop erty taxes were passed at a Cor vallis meeting of the Oregon Horticultural society, last week'. About 1,500 growers, scien tists, distributors and marketers attended the two-day meetings. A standing committee was ap pointed to take the protest against taxation of fruit trees and a protest against agricultur al projects being used as an Ore gon tax base to the next session of the legislature. Discriminaiing lo Farmers The society felt that proposed levying of taxes on berries, and e DAM PATCH CO., Inc. 2080 WEST MAIN STREET DECEMBER 5TH JANUARY 5TH o $ S SAVE! SAVE! Get a Discount on Your .. . ROOFING SIDING WEATHER STRIPPING ... Master No Draft Interlock Metal Weather Stripping Pabco Windproof Roofing Shingles e Pabco Asbestos Precision Panels Shake Siding ' 0 o JH. A. tl With The DISCOUNTCoupon I o o; NO OBLIGATION FOR ESTIMATES Designate on $ie Coupon Below What You Are Interested In. T5 e The Dan Patch Co., Inc. 2080 West Main o Roofing Siding Name ....e...... Address Date : .... Time House Q Apartment Weather Strip Motel . Check One other horticultural products, stimulated by the recent tax on fruit trees, is discriminatory to farmers according to Cliff B. Cordy, Jackson county agent. Orville Hamilton, Central Point, was elected second vice president of the society. David Lowry, Phoenix, was reelected as a trustee. The society voted to purchase about 10 acres of land near the Oregon Horticultural experi ment station north of Corvallis, and donate the use of it to the experiment station. The pur chase was made with funds that the society has had in trust for several years. Spatz Awarded, Ward Spatz, 1036 Reddy ave., was awarded a silver trophy cup for outstanding contribu tions to horticulture over a per iod of years. Spatz was one of the organizors and original members of the .Oregon Agri cultural advisory council. He has been interested in horticulture for 35 years, is now president of the Oregon fruit growers league and has been a director of the league for 20 years. . . He re-organized and vitalized the Oregon Horticultural society when it was a dying organiza tion and has aided the organiza tion's growth. i I The cup was presented to Spatz by F. E. Price, dean of the school of agriculture at Ore gon State College. The cup was originally donated to the society by David Lowry. Body Unearthed From Crude Tomb Casper, Wyo. (U.R) A body believed that of a young house wife missing for more than two years was unearthed from a crude concrete tomb in the base ment of a home here yesterday Police Chief C. J. Carter said the body may be that of Mrs. Barbara Alexander, 27, who dis appeared from her . home here on July 13, 1953. The body was found in the basement of the house where she lived with her husband James Alexander about 50, at the time of her disappear ance. " Alexander, a former high school teacher here and now a Worland, Wyo., subcontractor, was present when a team of po lice using pneumatic drills dug into the basement today. 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