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FOURTErX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, December 21, 1955 Expected Strike By Pilots Fails To Materialize 0 Los Angeles (U.R) A pi lots strike expected early to day by Western Air lines fail ed to materialize and all flight inrougnout tne system were continued on schedule. A" dispatcher at the airport said morning crews checked in and&vere going out as usul. Reservations were being taken t ticket offices.o Word Received Western had prepared to close down Its "entire route" despit an announcement by the pilot: Tnai me waiKoutcover a con tract gpuld not be called this morning. Spokesmen said they had not received word from the pilot's association of any post ponement. The association and company have been involved in a co tract dispute which centers .around, the pilot's demand for (.increased company contribu tions to an annuity pension pro gram. Western President Terrell C Drinkwater said the company which serves 45 cities in 12 Western states and Canada, was "expecting a strike at 6 a.m because the pilots have set that strike time and we have heard nothing directly to the con trary." The Air Line Pilots associa tion postponed the strike yester day In order to meet with Lev- erett Edwards, chairman of the Federal Mediation Board. But an ALPA spokesman added that tiw association was ready to strike "as soon as the Mediation BoaJ releases jurisdiction." Printers To Join Newspaper Strike Detroit (U.R) Printers will join the three-week strike against Detroit's three news papers today, stalemating nego tiations progress with theo an nouncement that the Pressmen's union will sign with the publish s. Members of the Detroit Typo graphical Union 18 voted 217 to 14 to join the striking stereo types and mailers at noon to day. . The Pressmen's union, one of the largest of the newspaper unions, announced that it was ready to sign a contract with the publishers. r.-, Kennofl Hull, president of the printer's uniMJ,r:said the union voted to strike because of wag es, hours, working conditions, Gfontract expiration and the un ion's claim to jurisdiction over a new type of printing process. Hull charged that the publish ers "are not bargaining in good faith" and said several issues remained unresolved. i CONGRATULATIONS ARE GIVEN Colin P. Kelly III, son of heroic Air Force captain killed after bombing Japanese bat tleship Haruna in Philippines, by mother, Mrs. J. Watson Pedlow, after he receives Eagle Scout award. They live in Concordvilte, Pa. President Roosevelt asked his successor in office to appoint young Kelly to West Point. (International) Touring Russians Get Joyous Welcome on Return From Travels Moscow U.R) Russia's i their junketing around India roving rulers arrived home to a Burma and Afgiianistan had ... I Vioon (neofiil " joyous welcome from their i u""u" I C 1 r m month-long Asian tour today and ol??n oi i our . , , , , , , I Khrushchev said he and Bui- declared they had exposed the j ganin found that India and Rus. policies of the colonizers in j sja "are brothers In adversity Asia." i and fortune." The phrase "India Communist party leader Nik- ita Khrushchev said in a home coming statement that he and Premier Nikolai Bulganin had found colonial regimes to be a blot on mankind." He said in the midst of a welcome by tens of thousands of cheering Rus sians lining the main streets that Soil Bank Plan Should Be Nationally Used Corvallis '(U.R) A national soil bank plan to take lands out of production of surplus crops should not impose on any one commodity, according to repre sentatives of nine Oregon farm and commodity groups. The representatives, at a meeting here yesterday, agreed that the burden of adjustment in developing a soil bank type of crop controls should be spread over a broad agricultural range. They also agreed that payments would be made at lev els that would permit retirement of land without marketing pro eduction from them. Standley Bookkeeper Guilty on Tax Charge Portland OI.R) Mrs. Nellie J. Hollenbeck 55, San Diego, former bookkeeper for the Standley Brothers Logging com pany in Powers, pleaded guilty in Federal court yesterday to an income tax charge. Federal Judge' Gus Solomon ordered a pre-sentence investi gation. Mrs. Hollenbeck has been ac cused in a secret indictment of aiding partners of the company to evade taxes. The partners, James Adamek, Noble Stand ley, and Robert Wilbur Mer chen, had earlier surrendered to indictments charging them with tax evasion and were freed on S2500 bond pending arraign ment. The government claimed some $150,000 was involved for the years 1949 to 1951. EDDIE FISHER SIGNED . New York (U.R) The Na tional Broadcasting Co., an nounced last night that it had signed singer Eddie Fisher to a new 15-year radio and television contract. The exclusive pact put an end to reports that the 27-year-old entertainer might move to CBS. JUST OPENED BROWN'S FURNITURE NEW MERCHANDISE Daveno & Rocker $129.95 NOW I Platform Rocker So now Innerspring Mattress waTSl now TvumJIa BhmI DaJ Was IIUIIUIB UUIIR UCU $69.95 Dl3Sk $22.50 2-3-Drawer Night Stands 23x12 Linoleums ?97 Child's Wardrobe & Chesty NOW NOW ere .95 NOW NOW NOW $109.95 34.50 24.5G 58.50 19.50 19.50 5.95 18.50 and Russia are brothers" was the slogan of their 7,000-mile Indian tour. , Referring to Western ' denud ations of his anti-British and anti-American remarks on the tour, Khrushchev said he would "go on saying" that colonial re gimes are a "blot" regardless of "hatred" in the bourgeois press. Bulganin, in a brief address after his co-tourist spoke, said they had a "wonderful trip." He said the enthusiasm that greeted them in Asia reflected friendship and cooperation which will be "an important fact for peace which no one can ignore." British Invile Sticks In London, the British gov ernment stuck to its invitation to the two Russians to visit Brit ain as a bloodsucking colonial power and his statement that Britain, the United States and France were behind Hitler's at tack on Russia. New Spring Knit USED MERCHANDISE Davenport & Ghair $22.50 Bunk Beds With Box Springs & Pads . 25.00 Washer (very good!) 39.95 NOW 29.95 A B Apt. Range (A-l shape) . ... .. 45.00 30-Gal. Electric Water Heater 40.00 Lamps, Vases and Baby Things for the Last Minute Shopper 120 South Main, Phoenix PHONE (Medford) 2-4921 KNIT this new spring suit: So thrifty looks stunning! Use two colors for jacket in tweed effect. Knit skirt in matching solid color. Pattern 7083: Knitted suit the skirt has permanent pleats. Easy directions; Misses' Sizes 32-34; 36-38 are included in this pattern. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P. O. Box 168. Old Chel sea Station, New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS, and PATTERN NUMBER. Order our ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. Enjoy pages and pages of exciting new designs knitting, crochet, em broidery, iron-ons, toys and novelties! Send 25 cents for your copy of this wonderful book now. You'll want to order every design in it! Council Calls Two Public Hearings; Several Other Items Given Consideration The Medford city council last night called public hearings on two proposals recommended by the planning commission.. Both hearings will be held Feb. 7. One is on vacation of a north south alley in the Edwards Place addition, and the other is on a change of zone from multiple family to commercial for prop erty north of the YMCA.' Both requests were recommended by the planning commission last summer following public hear ings. The recommendations were accepted by the council, but no action was taken. Grants Set-Back The council adopted an ordi- nance granting t a set-back change on a piece of property in Eastwood subdivision after a public hearing at which there was no opposition. The set-back change was requested for con struction of a car-port and was recommended by the planning commission. Another ordinance authorized assessments for a sanitary sewer line along Oregon ave. from Keene Way dr. to Oregon Ter race. The cost will be S3.65 per front foot, compared to engi neer's estimates of S5.04. City Manager Robert Duff said the difference in actual cost and en gineer's estimates was because of relocation of the line. The Oregon ave. sewer proj ect was accepted with another ordinance, as was the Eastwood Capital ave. sanitary sewer line. Assessment Ordinance An assessment ordinance for paving Park st. between West Jackson and West Second sts. also was adopted. Based on lin eal foot basis, cost will be $6.44 per front foot, compared to $6.39 estimated by city engi neers. The council also adopted an ordinance authorizing prepara tions of plans and specifica tions of a sanitary sewer area south of Capital ave. between Sunrise ave. and Valley View dr. The council tabled an ordi nance authorizing preparation of plans and specifications for a sanitary trunk sewer, southeast, of Medford. Members of the council believed action should be deferred until after an an nexation election in the area Jan. 16. The council will meet Jan. 17 to canvass ballots and councilmen believed considera tion should be given a sanitary sewer then if residents approve annexation. Retirement Compensation Authorization was given for revision to public employees re tirement system to provide cov erage for policemen and fire men who retire at the age of 60 and before 65 when social se curity becomes available. Duff pointed out that under the pres ent system, a policeman or fire man may retire at 60, but can not collect retirement compen sation until 65. Duff was authorized to sign proof of loss regarding an ad justment of $70 from insurance companies for covering half the cost of repairing the roof of the Boy Scout building in Haw thorne park. The roof was dam aged by hail about two years ago, but was not discovered un til construction was started on the annex to Girl Scout quarters in the building, Duff said. The council granted conver sion of a private hangar lease at the airport to Bartholomew, Collins and Skinner. The ar rangement is one in which the city charges land rental fees for private hangars. Rental Space Granted Rental space was also grant ed Avis Rent-A-Car system in the airport terminal. The lease is effective Jan. 1. and will ex pire Dec. 1, 1960. Terms are $60 per month the first two years, S65 per month the third year, $70 per month the fourth year, and $75 per month the fifth year. The council authorized instal lation of a stop sign at Leland st. and Stewart ave. to conform with other intersections along Stewart ave. Leland st. is in the Wilson Park addition just south of Columbus ave. City Attorney Frank Farrell was instructed to prepare an or dinance calling a public hearing on a change of zone of the Marrs Gibbons property at the corner of Clark st. and McAndrews rd. The planning commission recom mendation was accepted. The request was submitted to change the section from two Bobo Rockefeller's Father Succumbs Washington, Pa. (U.R) Fun eral services for Julius Paule kiute, retired coal miner and father of Bobo Rockefeller, will be held Friday in Pittsburgh. Paulekiute, who died of a heart ailment here yesterday, was 68. His daughter was named Jie vute, which means "Little Eva" in Lithuanian. But Bobo, as her friends called her, changed her name to Eva Paul while a stu dent at Northwestern University in 1933. She married Richard Sears upon graduation, but the (mar riage ended in divorce. She married wealthy Winthrop Rock efeller at Palm Beach, Fla., in 1948, but the stormy marriage ended in lengthy divorce action Aug. 3, 1954. Packing Warehouse Planned at Salem Salem t- (U.R) Plans for a $100 000 warehouse at the Blue Lake Packers, Inc., plant here were disclosed at the annual meeting, of the co-operative yes terday. Officials said almost 2,000,000 cans of produce had been pro cessed during the year. The new warehouse will be modern and provide additional storage space, officials said. family residential to heavy In dustrial so an industry now op erating there will conform. Accept Recommendations A planning commission recom mendation "that the facilities of the City of Medford be made available only to those areas that are within the corporate limits of the City of Medford" was accepted and placed on file. No action was taken. Duff reported that city-owned property at the corner of 10th and Washington sts. was zoned for two family residences and in the opinion of Farrell could not be used to house the Jackson county disaster car. Farrell said the association which owns and maintains the car, is not consid ered a public organization, al though the purpose of the car is public. Duff said the city owns a lot on Beatty st., which is zoned for light industrial uses, and which could serve to house the car. Of ficials of the association indicat ed they would consider the property: The association requested housing facilities for the car, which is practically furnished. , (Other Council Stories on Pages 1 and 15) Filipino Soldiers Killed By Underground Gunmen Manila, P. I. (U.R) A band of gunmen, believed to be mem bers of the Communist-led Huk, ambushed and killed four Fili pino soldiers in Laguna Prov ince south of here, according to Army reports today. It was the fourth attack fti five days in Luzon blamed on remnants of the outlawed under ground organization. Fifteen persons have been killed and 26 wounded in the attacks. MERRY CHRISTMAS To Tht Whole Family With SYLVANIA HALOLlGIfT A Gift the Who! Family Will Enjoy The Year-Round q America's Easiest Wching Television at the Lowest Price of the Season. Halolight "Sur round Lighting." Giant 21" Viewing Screen. I FONTAINE u YOURS FOR ONLY $2.60 PER WEEK City Appliance Inc. 127 N. Central Ave. 137 East Main St. Medford-Phone 3-5306 Ashland-Phone 9-5831 OPEN EVERY NIGHT 'TIL 9 UNTIL CHRISTMAS THE LLANO HOTEL JOYCE and KEN HAMNER Extend to you the Season's Greetings, and invite you to spend Christmas with us . Sunday, December 25th. DINING ROO will be open from 1 1 :00 a.m. till 9 p.m. LOUNGE Will Be Open From 11:00 a.m. Till 2:30 a.m. YOUR CHEF: JOHN CROTTY O TAMALES 54 Q CHILI lit TAMALES 54 Q CHILI 27 O CO LU S U. X u z UJ to LU U. X u z ui Li. A short drive out North Riverside "The place to meet and eat.'" Jack's Drive-Up, 911 N. Riverside "MEDFORD'S LARGEST 19c HAMBURGER PALACE" Brings You Another Sandwich Sensation! U " SANDWICH "T" for Tender-'T'for Tasty Q "A SQUARE MEAL ON A ROUND BUN" e The INTRODUCTORY OFFER THIS THURSDAY Free Bag of French Fries with the purchase of j BIG "T" Steak Sandwich Jack's is the home of s The PIZZA-BURGER 34 A TASTY TREAT YOU'LL LIKE TO EAT FRIED CHICKEN 69c 1 TENDER FRIED CHICKEN a nest of golden French fries Fish and Fries 49c Shrimp and Fries 59 c BECAUSE OF WINDOW SERVICE YOU PAY LESS JACK'S DRIV GIVE MOM A BREAK e CALL 2-9761 Your order will be ready when you arrive at JACK'S DRIVE-UP or a taxi will deliver for a small charge. ; H m z m 79 n O 7s O I o z o X o O HAMBURGERS 191 O STATE INSPECTED MEAT O HAMBURGERS 19 O oo
