EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
SCHOOL TO CLOSE
Rutland, Iowa (U.R) The Rut
land Board of Education said
Friday it may as well close the
community's high school for
good. Only 17 students are at
tending classes at the school.
In 1954-55,
the net tax levy
In Jackson County was
$362,000.00
In 1955-56,
the net levy was
$699,000.00
Your taxes
almost doubled
in one year!
I am a Jackson County or-
chardist and businessman. I
am running for Jackson
County Commissioner ONLY
because I am convinced that
with'proper management
COUNTY TAXES CAN BE CUT
IN HALF!
MELVIN
LATTIE
V M
Republican, for
Jackson County
COMMISSIONER
f At
J. C. STRONG
Manager Her
Plans for Expanded
Service Anonunced
J. C. Strong, manager of the
Medford and Klamath Falls
branches of the Tillman-Booth
company, has announced plant
to expand operations in this
area.
The firm, presently working
out the former Lorenz company
building at 10th and Front sts.,
recently purchased former
Woodbury Lorenz plumbing and
electrical stock here.
Strong was associated with
the Lorenz company for 17 years
prior to joining the Tillman
Booth firm. He said about eight
persons would be employed at
the local branch, all of them for
mer Lorenz employees. About 20
persons . are employed at the
headquarters office in Eugene,
he said.
Strong announced that Fred
Kunz, who was with Lorenz for
six years, has been named office
manager and assistant to Strong
here. Kunz was associated ,. with
the. electrical and plumbing de
partments about four years
while with Lorenz.
Wayne Gottfried, who also
was in the electrical and plumb
ing departments for Lorenz, has
been named plumbing, electrical
and heating buyer of the Med
ford branch, Strong said.
Wayne Newton was named
plumbing salesman. Strong said
Newton has worked as a sales
man in this area for five years
and will expand his sales terri
tory to northern California.
CROSSING IS LEGAL
Albany, N.Y. (U.R) State
Atty. Gen. Jacob Jarvis ruled
Friday that it's legal for a mo
torist to cross double white lines
on a highway if he's crossing
the highway. The no-crossing
rule applies to persons driving
"along a highway" not across it,
Jarvis said.
SndBT.May 13, 1958 1 WJnsf 0 Churchill
Flies to Germany
o o o
is a happy reptile . . .
Generally speaking, a turtle is pretty contented ...
and pretty comfortable. Why shouldn't he be? After
all . . . his home is perfect; it's exactly the right size
and shape; it's everything he needs.
People are the same way the only home they are
really contented in is the home they've built them
selves a home that's just the right size and shape, and
has every thing they. want.
If you're tired of living In homes built to fit someone
else if you'd like to build a home to suit just you
then Jackson County Federal can help you, as it's help
ed hundreds of other families in the Rogue Valley. Ask
about Jackson County Federal Home-Loans
TOMORROW!
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Grocery Clerks in
Portland Area Go
On Strike Saturday
Portland (U.R) Union gro
cery clerks went on strike Sat
urday against Safeway stores in
Portland and there were indica
tions the walkout over pay
scales would spread to other
chain and independent stores in
the area.
Some 370 Safeway employes
in the company's 37 stores in the
metropolitan area were affected
by the strike, called by the Re
tail Clerks Union. Pickets" were
placed around the stores.
Paul W. Hansen, Seattle, un
ion international representative,
said the union's purpose is "to
keep the strike from spreading."
Other Action
He said there was other action
the union could take "such as
going to court because the con
tract clause has been violated."
Hansen said the strike action
was taken against Safeway and
not the other stores in the Food
Employers, Inc., and Portland
Independent Grocery Employers
groups because . Safeway "had
time to resume negotiations
while the others did not."
Representatives of the Food
Employers and Independent
Grocery organizations were
meet-ing Saturday to determine
what action to take. Included in
the Food Employers group are
Fred Meyer, , Ceba Markets,
Keinow's, Piggly Wiggly, Luther
stores and 12 Mile stores.
The Independent group in
cludes the IGA and Scotty stores.
The union rejected an employ
ers' offer of a package of 18V4
cents an hour over a two year
period, with 7VS- cents hike as
of May 1, 6 cents more in Janu
ary and an additional 5 cents
next May. The union had the op
tion of accepting some of the in
crease in a health and welfare
program.
Boy Dies of Accident
Injuries in Eugene
Eugene (U.R) James Hunter,
16-year-old son of Mrs. Carol S.
Hunter of Corvallis. died hero
Friday nieht of iniuries suf
fered in an auto accident May 5.
A police report at the time of
the accident said the Hnntpr
youth's car skidded on loose
gravel near Corvallis and turned
over several times. The boy was
taken to a Corvallis hospital and
then transferred to Sacred Heart
nospital lor surgery.
Search for Missing
Rockets From Jet
Mt. Clemens, Mich. (U.R)
Demolition experts Saturday
"swept".. swampy area near
here with mine detectors in their
search for three missing rockets
accidentally fired from a jet
plane.
' The missing rockets were
among 22 accidentally dis
charged from an F86D Sabrejet
te Selfridge Air Force Base
Thursday morning.
Bonn, Germany (U.R) Sir
Winston Churchill flew to North
Germany Saturday to review his
old regiment, the Fourth
Queen's Own Hussars.
Before leaving he entertained
Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer
the commonwealth ambassador,
the British commanders-in-chief
in Vermany and high German
officials at a luncheon.
LION HUNT ENDS
Detroit (U.R) The search for
Ben Levinson's lion, missing
since Wednesday night, ended
Friday when it was found two
blocks from his home. The lion
is ' a cast iron one weighing
about 150 pounds.
Two Girls Selected
For Miss England
London (U.R) A blonde
from Gateshead and a brunette
from Liverpool shared the title
of Miss England Saturday be
cause the judges could not de
cide which was more beautiful,
The judges in the Miss Eng
land contest found themselves
in a quandy Friday night after
narrowing down a field of 25
to the two finalists.
First they surveyed the class'
ic 36-23-36 proportions of 20-
year old blonde Iris Waller.
Then they gazed at brunette
Ilena Nelson, a year younger,
half an inch taller and an inch
more of waist.
They saw them in evening
gowns and scratched their heads.
They saw them in bathing
suits and pondered some more.
The judges went into a long
huddle. Two "hours later they
threw in the towel.
For the first time in history
two girls will share the title of
Miss England.
Miss Nelson will enter the
Miss Europe contest in Stock
holm and Miss Waller will enter
the Miss Universe contest in
California.
May Take Grand Jury
Case to High Court
Eugene U.R) Lane County
District Attorney Eugene C.
Venn said Saturday that he was
considering the possibility of re-
fering to the Oregon Supreme
Court a move to discharge the
current Lane county grand jury.
This week Venn petitioned the
court to discharge the grand jury
on grounds it was illegally
drawn, but Circuit Judge Dal
M. 'King, of Coos Bay, sitting
here after Lane county judges
disqualified themselves, denied
the petition.
Venn' said: "We are exploring
all the possibilities, including the
State Supreme Court.
"If it is the ruling of the court
that no one can attack the
jury, particularly the district
attorney when he has evidence
that it has been tampered with,
then a way must be found and
we will find it."
The grand jury is to consider
results of an investigation by
the attorney general into alleged
embezzlement charges involving
members of ihe Lane ' County
Bar Association.
Venn said: "The evidence we
were prepared to offer in court
Wednesday would have been
presented to the present grand
jury if it were a legally as
sembled body. However, it is a
nullity and without power or
authority to act on any criminal
matters."
TOO FRAIL
Cuckfield, England (U.R)
Mrs. Eliza Luckett, the oldest
woman in England, died here
Friday at the age of 107., When
she was born, doctors said she
was too frail to live.
Reports Indicate T
Archbishop Groesz
Released by Reds
Vienna (U.R) Reports from
behind the Iron Curtain said
Saturday the Communists have
released Catholic Archbishop
Josef- Groesz from house arrest
in Hungary and purged Vice
Premier Alexandru Birladeanu
in Romania.
The Red Radio said in a Buda
pest broadcast . Communist Pre
mier Andras Hegedues pardoned
Groesz "at the request of a dele
gation of .bishops" to replace the
late - Archbishop Gyula Szapik
as head of the church in Hun
gary. . -
Groesz was sentenced to
prison for 15 years as a "traitor"
in 1951. His sentence was "sus
pended" in October, and since
that time he had been confined
in a "church-owned building"
in the village of Toszeg.
Vatican Recognisation
The Vatican never recognized
Szapik, who died last month, as
Hungary's chief Catholic, and it
is not expected to accept Groesz
as his replacement. Rome still
regards Josef Cardinal Minds
zenty as primate of Hungary,
even though he has been unable
to resume church' duties since
his nominal release from prison.
Official Communist organs
from Romania carried the re
port that Birladeanu has been
dismissed from his posts as vice
premier and chief of the State
Planning Commission.
Birladeanu is the second vice
premier Romania has purged
this month, following Dumitru
Petrescu into the discard. The
dismissal of both men is be
lieved to be a result of the Krem
lin's current "down with Stalin"
campaign, because both were fa
vorites of the late Soviet pre
mier.
Shoemaker Goes One
More Step in Rage
Braga, Portugal (U.R) Vil
lage shoemaker Miguel Costa
had been known to throw furni
ture and crockery in the brook
near his home when he ' flew
into rages, but Friday he went
one further.
He picked up his wife and
four . children and threw them
into the water, police said.
Neighbors dragged them out of
the shallow stream.
Contract for Planes
Washington (U.R) The Air
Force has awarded a contract
for its first supersonic jet trainer
plane to Northrop Aircraft, Inc.,
of Hawthorne, Calif. .
The Air Force in announcing
the contract award Friday said
the plane will have perform
ance matching "operational air
craft of the near future." That
apparently meant that its .speed
will be 800 miles an hour or
REAL SAVER' v
Elizabeth, N.J. (U.R) Execu
tors for the estate of Frank M:
Kettner. a 69-year-old truck
driver who . died recently, said
he left a personal estate of $115,-
000. "He was a real saver," at
torney William Parry said.
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Weather "fronts are th Wd-
ing edge of air masses which con
tinually move across the United
States in a generally easterly direction.
TO SPEAK HERE Dr. Morgan S. Odell (left), president of Lewis
and Clark college, and Dr. G. Herbert Smith, president of Willam
ette university, will be in Medford Tuesday and Wednesday in the
interests of Oregon Colleges foundation. They will speak at the
Rotary club on Tuesday and the Kiwanis club on Wednesday.
Alines Declared Lacking
In Sufficient Minerals
The bureau of land manage
ment has declared a series of 49
mines owned by Vivian Yar
brough, Arthur L. Yarbrough,
Harry C. Yarbrough and Mrs. R.
E. Jones lacking in sufficient
mineral content to justify hold
ing.
Records in the office of the
county recorder indicate the
mines are in scattered locations
throughout Jackson county.
Young Mother Freed
After Being Abducted
Orlando, Fla. (U.R) An 18-year-old
mother was rescued
Saturday from a knife-carrying
abductor who held her captive
for seven terror-filled hours.
Deputies with bloodhounds
tracked down a man identified
as Frazier Peterson, 34, of Holy
oke, Mass., and forced him to
release Mrs. Evelyn Johnson.
Police said the woman was
unharmed. '
Peterson was also wanted on
charges of kidnaping an 11-year-old
girl at South Hadley, Mass.,
last April 21. The girl was found
the following morning after she
was held captive for five hours.
Peterson was recently released
from Massachusetts State Prison
where he had served 13 years
for rape.
The woman, pale and shaken
from her experience, said Peter
son came to her home late yes
terday and requested a drink of
water. She said when he came
into her house, he suddenly
pulled out a kitchen knife.
Rivers Congress
Urges Research ,
Washington U.R) .The
National Rivera and Harbors
Congress Saturday urged the
Federal government to "inten
sify its efforts" in the fields of
hurricane research, rain-making
and the conversion of salt water
to fresh water.
' At the close of its 43rd annual
convention, the Congress also
passed resolutions which: -
Criticized the report of the
President's cabinet committee on
transport policy which recom
mended easing federal regula
tion of transportation.
Opposed proposed amend
ments to the watershed protec
tion act, claiming they would
"duplicate functions of the De
partments of the Interior and
the Army."
Favored flood and hurricane
insurance, but warned against
any official "complacency re
specting a sound program of pre
vention."
Urged more federal funds for
seawater conversion because
"this has been proven feasible,
but the cost is still too high . . ."
Commended the Weather Bur
eau and armed services for their
hurricane and rain - making re
search. It said artificial rain -making
"has shown enough pro
mise to warrant use of public
funds for further experimenta
tion." i
The Great Lakes support a
commercial fishing industry
which has a total catch of more
than 26,000,000 pounds a year.
Vote For ?
RAY J.
REALTOR - APPRAISER
Democrat For
COUNTY
ASSESSOR
For Jackson County
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It was through the efforts of
friends, who believe that the
County Assessor should be an
experienced appraiser with expe
rience and judgment Hi the market,
that I have placed my candidacy
for this office before you. "
EXPERIENCED IN
Administration
Accounting
Building
Appraising
Real Estate Broker since IMS-
Builder. Sales, Loam, Management.
In Various Businesses Since 192&
Resident of Jackson County aver
30 Years.
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