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Newspaper Page TextC o W O S3 2 Me?" fer Rejected Sfee Contract Ike To Meet Nixon Monday; Listens To Some Favorite Music Washington U.R) A cheer ful President Eisenhower lis tened to some of his favorite music and read two news maga zines today following the "most optimistic" report yet on his re covery from his operation. . Mr. Eisenhower, in another Indication of his continuing im provement, also scheduled his first meeting with Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon for Mon day. He also will see Secretary of State John Foster Dulles then. A 12:45 p.m. (EDT) medical bulletin reported for the first time that the activity of the President's intestinal tract "has been restored." The intestines have been inactive since Mr. Eisenhower underwent major surgery last Saturday for an in testinal obstruction. Asks far Musie It said nis condition is very satisfactory." The liquid feeding by mouth is continuing, the bul letin said, and the President sat In his easy chair for about half an hour. In addition, it said, he took his regular walking exercises and transacted some official business. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen Mr. Eisenhower heard some mu sic for the first time. The Presi dent, he said, asked that operas, waltzes and band music be played by a local station which installed a line directly to his room in ward 8 of Walter Reed Army Medical center. The President, he said, also read two news magazines. Newsmen pressed Hagerty for comment on reports that MA Eisenhower might announce from the hospital whether he till intends to run for a second term. Ho Political Talk With some irritation, Hagerty insisted that Mr. Eisenhower has not talked politics with any of his aides and that he, Hagerty, did not intend to raise the ques tion while the President is in the hospital. "I thought I made it very Red China Releases Two American Priests Hong Kong (U.R) Red China released two American Jesuit priests from prispn today at the expiration of their sentences for alleged espionage, Radio Peip ir.g reported. The announcement quoted a New China news agency dis patch. It gave no indication when they would leave China. It said only: "Two American offenders. William M. Clifford and Thomas Leonard Phillips, who com pleted their prison terms on June 15, were released by the authorities today." Earlier reports from Shanghai aid the two American priests wefe taken on a "tour" of Com munist China by Red Chinese authorities. Medford National Guardsmen Will Leave For Two Weeks Summer Training Tonight About 200 Medford National Guardsmen from HQ and HQ Company and Company A, both of the 1st battalion. 186th infan try regiment of the 41st division, will leave by train at 12:01 a.m. Saturday for two weeks sum mer encampment at Ft. Lewis, Wash. Formations will be held at the armory about 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. today for final instructions and to pack footlockers. The Guards men will be dismissed about 8 p.m. and will return to prepare to board the train at 11 p.m. . Medford units will be station ad lit tha northeast sections of clear," Hagerty said crisply. Most of the political questions were prompted by a column published today by Stewart Al sop. He said that the President would announce he is still a can didate even before he leaves the hospital "if the confident expec tations of the Republican high command are fulfilled." When he was asked if such an announcement is expected short ly from the President, Hagerty repeated his previous state ments that the first order of business is to get the President out of the hospital and that there has been no political talk. Lions Clubs Set Convention Here The state Lions club conven tion for 1957 will be held in Medford June 20-22, it was de cided at the convention in Port land recently. About 1,200 dele gates are expected to attend. Eleven Medford Lions' club members attended the conven tion. They were Alva Perkins, outgoing president of the Med ford club. Le'.and Knox. Larry Neely. Alan Jewett, Joe Pecella, Bob Dames, Joe Tomiack, Tom Flynn, Ken Campbell, Dr. Lee Mellish, elected chairman for the 1957 convention here, and Herb Seitz. elected new president for the Medford Lions civ'a. Through Mellish's efforts the convention delegates ratified the proposal to hold the 1957 con vention in Medford. He was as sisted with letters and wires from the tourist and convention committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and from Mayor Earl Miller. i Speedy Action Seen On Civil Rights Bill Washington (U.R) Backers of President Eisenhower's omni bus civil rights bill felt certain today the measure would get speedy passage by the House. But there were no predictions it would get through the Senate Backers felt the main House roadblock was cleared Thurs day when the rules committee, in an open revolt against chair man Howard W. Smith (D-Va.), set down the bill for a commit tee vote next Thursday. It was expected the .rules group at that time will clear the bill to the House. It was expected to pass the House without too much trouble. But, like civil rights bills be fore it. Mr. Eisenhower's meas ure may die in the Senate. Southern senators have said if it is necessary they will filibuster to stop it Amarillo, Tex. (U.R) Louis Michael Stoian, sought by the FBI as a material witness in an Arizona bank robbery was ar rested Thursday ind has been identified as the bandit who rob bed an Amarillo finance com pany. Ft. Lewis, and will arrive back in Medford Saturday, June 30, about 12:30 p.m. Advanced detachments from Medford and Grants Pass Guard units left Wednesay in an 11 vehicle convoy for Ft. Lewis. The 41st ivision is now at its greatest strength since World War II, with about 10.000 men. It has gained about 1,400 men since last year's field training encampment. The division is under com mand of Brig. Gen. George S. Cook, Seattle, who took over as commanding general last year, succeeding Maj. Gen. H. G. Mai son, Salem, superintendent of Medford Unilea Prcta Full Leased Wire . 51st Year 26 Pages Major County Jobs Nearer Actuality With Senate Action Talent Project Funds Included in Works Bill With the passage of the ad ministration's public works bill by the Senate yesterday, two major Jackson county projects were a step closer to actuality. The Talent irrigation-reclamation-power project has an initial appropriation of $2,400,000 in the bill, and another item is for $208,000 for construction of fish screens at Savage Rapids dam. The bill, in slightly different forms, has been passed by both the House and the Senate, and has been referred to a House Senate conference committee where the differences will be ad justed. It will then be repassed by both houses and sent to the President for signature. The ap propriations wil become avail able for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. Bids Called Bids have been called for sev eral phases of the Talent work, mostly on tunnels and canals in the Green Springs area. But con tracts cannot be awarded nor construction started until the money becomes available, and until landowners in the Talent Irrigation district approve a re payment contract between the TID and the bureau of reclama tion, which will do the work. The contract is now in the fi nal stages of negotiation, with only a few points still to be worked out to the satisfaction of the bureau and the board of di rectors of the Talent district. It is hoped this can be accom plished soon, with an election on the contract to be held short ly thereafter. Wayne Morse, Wife Set Medford Visit Sen. and Mrs. Wayne L. Morse will be in Medford briefly Sun day, en route to a Democratic party picnic in the Illinois val ley, it was reported today. Oregon's senior senator and his wife are to arrive at the Med ford airport at 10:33 a.m. Sun day, and will be met by a num ber of local Democratic party members. They will be driven to Camp Grayback by Mr. and Mrs. Moore Hamilton where Sen ator Morse will speak at 2 p.m. at the picnic of the Illinois Val ley Democratic club. The group will return in the evening, and the Morses will leave .for Washington at 6:07 p.m. via West Coast air lines. Robert Boyer, chairman of the Jackson County Democratic Cen tral committee, said that anyone interested would be welcome to greet Senator and Mrs. Morse, and to attend the picnic. Conditions of Scouts Reported Improved General conditions of the two Medford Boy scouts injured in a fall Sunday while making a hike with other members of Troop 9 near Silver falls in the lower Illinois river area, are re ported greatly improved today. Tom Turpin,- son of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Turpin, 3533 Jackson ville highway, who suffered con cussion and other injuries, was unconscious for a time after the accident. He has regained con sciousness since the first of the week, according to a report from Community hospital, where both are patients. Bruce Blachly, son of Mrs. Ben Blachly, 1121 Spring St., received leg and arm fractures. Oregon state police. Under an agreement between Washington and Oregon, the command alter nates between states every four years. Highlighting the training pe riod will be the annual Gov ernor's Day review in honor of the governors of both states. Training will include weapon familiarization, marksmanship. map reading, combat techniques and other basic skills, and a field exercise. The Ashland National Guard, HQ battery, 732nd AAA, AW battalion, left at 4 a.m. today for Ft. Clatsop at Astoria .for ' two weeks encampment. MEDFORD, Persons Suspended In Non-Sensitive Jobs Ordered Back Washington (U.R) Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. today ordered that all govern ment workers in non-sensitive positions who were suspended as security risks be restored to duty immediately. Brownell said there are 17 such employees currently under suspension. Trailways Starts Service to Crater Lake National Park Trailways bus. lines today started daily service between Medford and Bend through Cra ter Lake National park. The bus leaves the Trailways depot here at 7:20 a.m. and the Medford Greyhound depot at 7:30 a.m. daily and arrives at Crater Lake lodge at 9:30 a.m. Stops are made at intermediate points of Eagle Point, Shady Cove, Trail, McLeod, Prospect, Union Creek and Annie Spring camp. The bus from Bend leaves Crater Lake at 4 p.m. and ar rives in Medford at 6 p.m. daily. Connections are available at Bend for cross country sched ules. William Niskanen, vice presi dent and general manager of Pa cific Trailways, said eight pass engers boarded the bus for Cra ter Lake today with three of them going to the lake. The company has published a schedule folder for through bus service between - Dallas, Tex., and Portland and between St Louis and Portland with a pic ture of Crater Lake on the cover. Other pictures of the Pacific northwest also are featured. Niskanen said 100,000 of the folders will be distributed throughout the country. Another folder published by Trailways gives a brief history of the Lake and legends con nected with it, as well as several pictures. The folder also include transportation service to the park, and accommodations avail able. Trailways bus service will be effective through the park be tween June 15 and Sept. 15, Nis kanen said. Promotion Program For Pears Discussed Charles King, New York rep resentative of the Oregon-Wash-ington-Califomia Pear bureau. told members of the Rogue River Valley Traffic assocaition last night that the 1955 promotion program was successful in main taining substantial movement of fresh pears through the market ing season. King noted that the program had a tendancy of stabilizing the pear industry. He said new methods of packaging and mer chandising, along with point of sale advertising, has increased domestic consumption and in- increased the outlook for the export market. Prospects are for a large pear crop this year since there has been no damage to the crop thus far, he said. He estimated about 450,000 tons of bartlett pears and about 4V4 million boxes of winter pears would be produced m the Pacific coast region this year. Of the total amount, about 30 per cent is produced in the Rogue valley. Argentina Arrests Labor Agitators Buenos Aires, Argentina (U.Fft The government arrested scores of labor agitators today for causing new disorders at La Plata, scene of the bitterest fighting in Sunday's abortive counter - revolution by Peron ist sympathizers. The disorders broke out soon after a gang of vigilantes armed with machineguns raided the residence of the Haitian am bassador in Buenos Aires and captured former Gen. Raul Tanco. one of the leaders of Sunday's revolt. New York U.R) French For eign Minister Christian Pineau has arrived by plane for Atlan tic alliance talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary of Stat John Foster Dulles. Unlled OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE The action was taken to com ply with a Supreme Court de cision last Monday that the se curity law applied only to per sons in "sensitive" government jobs. All Departments Advised Brownell's directive said all departments and agencies have been advised that any employee holding a non-sensitive position and presently under suspension in pending civilian employee se curity proceedings should be re stored to duty immediately. Additionally, it said, the ag encies were advised that, pend ing further study no removal proceeding should be com menced against any employee in a non-sensitive position . . ." The court's decision was handed down in the case of Kendrick M. Cole, a New York food and drug inspector who was fired in 1954 by former Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby. The present security system. providing for the dismissal of security risks, was established in 1950 by a law which originally named 11 key government ag encies, including the State and Defense departments. Extended in 1953 It was extended to all federal workers in 1953 by the Eisen hower administration. , The court held that Cole's job as food and drug inspector could not be considered one of "na tional security." It said Con gress had intended the law to apply only in such case'.. Nearly half of the govern ment's 2.300.000 employees were removed from the security pro gram by the .decision-The - re maining 1,300,000 employees work in departments and agen cies specifically listed as sensi tive in the 1950 statute. Federal Court Holds Night Session Here A federal court session was held last night in an effort to complete the government's case against Noble C. Standley. James Adamek and Wilbur Merchen of Standley Brothers Logging company, Powers, in the post office building here. They are charged with tax evasion. Court recessed at noon today with cross examination of Wal ter Sanders, of Portland, special agent for the internal revenue bureau. Sanders, qualified by the court this morning as an expert witness in accounting, is testifying in support of his audit of 'he Standley Brothers busi ness. The government is expected to complete its case today, ac cording to government officials. The trial is expected to end Tuesday, officials said. There will be no court session Satur day or Sunday. Subway Motormen Suspended for Strike New York (U.R) The New York Transit Authority today suspended 27 men who partici pated in Thursday's wildcat strike of subway motormen de spite union threats to paralyze transportation again if discipli nary action was taken. However, the transit authority reported that subway service was "100 per cent on schedule' this morning for the city's 4,500,- 000 riders from Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens. Coffee Prices Due To Go Higher in Salem . Salem U.R) A retail coffee price increase of about three cents within the next two weeks was foreseen here today by George Roth, vice president of Willamette Grocery company, Roth said wholesale prices on several popular, coffee brands went up about three cents this week. The new top wholesale list price will be $1.04 on popu lar brands. Board of Equalization Reconvenes Here Todoy The Jackson county board of equalization reconvened today and board members are studying reappraisals made last week by a group of appraisers from Klam ath and Josephine counties. County Judge Rodney Keat ing said the board expects to finish its business this afternoon. Tribune Press Full Luud Wire 15, 1956 .y ..-'- f"- r J3-" i 4 - :.l ,-. : -t V ' 1 1 "ii'l .7 : s-imni 'V- . j 15Bic f8 V mmmm' s ' J ' "s?T iii i "'sr & i " ' " SIGHTSEEING IN CAPITOL, Charles Knecht (left), New ark, N. J., named "Boy of the Year" by Boys Clubs of America, is presented pen by Vice President Richard Nixon during visit to Nixon's office. (International) Employees Schools at Workshop About 245 building service employees of Oregon schools are in Medford from throughout the slate to attend a four-day convention and workshop. Ses sions are being held at Medford high schooL R. E. Wicker of Medford is program chairman. At elections Thursday, John Brown, Salem, was elected pres ident; John Hudson, of David Douglas High school, east of Portland, vice president; A. C. O'Toole, Medford, treasurer. and Guy Davis, Roseburg, sec retary." Browri is " retiring vice president and O'Toole and Davis were reelected. Davis is a for mer Medford resident. Retiring president is Chris Schindler, Portland. Zone Officers Zone vice presidents elected are Tom Graf, Hillsboro: Dean Morrow, Eugene; Marcus Brown, Hermiston, and "Cap" Tucker, Bend. The association first was formed in 1941 and was known as Oregon Janitors association. It was limited at that time to custodians, but now is open to all noncertified persons em ployed in Oregon schools, wheth er public or pnvate. General workshops are held once a year. Next year tne group is invited to hold . their con"ention at Hermiston. Better Service Through Training." is the group's slogan, and inservice training for the employees is the main purpose. Regional training sessions are held throughout the various dis tricts during the year. Doubled Membership Tha group has doubled in membership since last year and much of the credit for the ex pansion is given to C. J. Dun- myer, Lebanon, who has been organizational chairman. Train Hits Car; Car Hits Woman Salem (U.R) A Salem school teacher escaped serious injury yesterday when she was struck by her owncar which had stall ed on the Southern Pacific main line as the Shasta daylight pas senger train approached. The train struck the car and knocked it into fleeing Marjo rie Nelson. The impact knocked the woman to the ground, but she apparently suffered only minor shock. The train was trav eling, slowly and did not damage the car extensively. Weather FORECAST: Cloudy tonight ' . with ceattotiftl llKht rain. Saturday, brief sunshine- be tween showers. Low tonight St, high Saturday (S to 6. Temp." idlest Yesterday 7 Lowest this Morning . 47 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . . 4:34 a-m. Sunset - Moonset Saturday . Full Moon 7:50 p.m. . 12:22 a.m. June 22 VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets shorUy after sunset. Jupiter, in the west - 9:2S p.m. Saturn, due south 10:17 p.m. Mars, rises 12:21 a.m. and Is now less than (7 million miles 1mm the Earth. - INSIDE TODAY Sports news appears on pages 9. 10, 11. 12 and 13 of today's Mail Tribun. Locals and Personals axa en paga 15. Price 5c No. 74 of Oregon Four - Day in Medford Through his efforts seven new schools have been added. A banquet will be held to night at the high school cafe teria when Winston D. Purvine, director of Oregon Technical in stitute, Klamath Falls, will be main speaker. During the convention various groups are making sight seein; trips of the valley. iateNewBrielr. SUIT DISMISSED Portland (U.R) A suit brought by the operator of baby shop challenging Portland's anti-pinball ordinance was dis missed today by Circuit Judge James R. Bain. The operator. Hazel Newbill, had contended the ordinance out lawed certain toys -which she sold at her shop. The judge said he failed to see where the toys came under the provisions of the ordinance. PAY BOOST WON Portland (U.R) AFL-CIO bakery and dairy store clerks here have won a 1314 cent hour ly pay boost in negotiations with Food Employers, Inc., it was re ported today. PLEADS GUILTY Roseburg (U.R) E 1 m e r G. Baldwin, local attorney, today pleaded guilty to an embezzle ment charge and was sentenced to a maximum of three years im prisonment by Circuit judge Carl E. Wimberley. Residents Reminded Not to Pick Up Fawns The state police game officer for this area has reminded resi dents not to pick up fawns found alone in the wods . Picking up fawns which ap pear to be abandoned is against the law, the officer stated, and often the mother doe is in nearby concealed place. Does often leave their fawns while browsing, but eventually return to them. It was pointed out that some times a doe will refuse to take back a fawn that has been touched by humans, even if it has been released. The officer also explained that loss of a nursing fawn can have damaging effects on a doe's health. - . Bonded Indebtedness of County Schools Decreases Outstanding bonded indebted ness of county schools for fiscal year 1956-57 has dropped instead of climbed for the first time since 1950-51. Karl Janouch, county treasurer, reported to day. Janouch said outstanding bonded indebtedness for 1956-57 is $5,434,250 as compared with $5,882,750 in 1954-55. He said the decrease is largely due to $685,859.07 in O and C surplus funds given schools by the county court for bond re demption purposes. Ashland District ailed in Union President Calls Proposal Wholly Inadequate Too Little, Too Late, McDonald Declares New York(U.R) The United Steelworkers today angrily re jected a contract offer from the steel industry's, big three. David J. McDonald, president of the union, said the compan ies' counter offer to the union's demands was entirely "inade quate." "The industry offer is too lit tle, too late and too long," Mc Donald said. Fiva Cents Offered McDonald said the companies have offered the steelworkers a take-home pay increase of five cents an hour and "no mathe matical juggling" can obscure that figure. Industry sources had expect ed the Wage Policy committee to reject the companies' initial re ply to the union's basic contract demands. However, both sides expressed optimism that a new contract would be signed well before the June 30 strike deadline, possibly as early as this Sunday. U.S. Steel, . Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel have offered the union's 650,000 basic steel workers a package increase ap proaching 15 cents an hour, in cluding a wage hike, a form of guaranteed wage and other fringe benefits. Seeking 25-Cent Package The union was reported look ing for a package offer of around 25 cents an hour. The ex perts predicted union and man agement would get together around the 20-cent mark. A 20-cent an hour package increase would cost the industry about $300 million a year and probably would presage a $10 to $11 a ton price increase. The companies felt their pack age offer was "substantial enough" to warrant hopes that a new contract wili be written long before the strike deadline. McDonald has been aiming at a settlement by June 17. Industry spokesnten said the booming production pace being maintained by the industry this year mitigates against a strike in 1958. There was little speculation here on how receptive the union would be to a long-term contract calling for annual wage in creases based on some type of productivity formula. Have Final Say McDonald was reported as saying he would accept a long term pact if the companies made it "sweet enough." The wagepolicy committee is made up of the rank and file of the union's membership. They have the final say on whether to accept or reject any proposal. A peaceful settlement in the steel industry this year would avoid a costly strike that could upset the economic apple cart in 1956. Oregon Man Given Sentence in Yreka Yreka, Calif.- (U.R) Frank Wasson, 31, Cornelius, Ore., was sentenced to seven months in the Siskiyou county jail here yester day by Judge E. M. Axtel in connection with an auto accident June 3. Wasson had been charged with leaving the scene of the accident in which Charles Mulkey, 29, Klamath Falls, was injured. He was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor. The California highway patrol said Wasson's car plunged down a 20-foot embank ment off Highway 97 one mile north of Dorris, Calif. Mulkey is recovering from a broken leg and other injuries. Chicago U.R) Dupont Guerry, a Virginia eye doctor, says that the wrap-around wind shield is a "diabolical device" that creates visual distortions which could lead to traffic accidents. approximately $188,000 worth of bonds due between Jan. 1. 1957,. and Jan. 1, 1959. Shady Cove district 89 and Talent Dis trict 22 called in bonds of lesser amounts, Janouch explained. The treasurer listed outstand ing bonded indebtedness figures from 1952-53 through 1956-57 as $2,954,500 in 1952-53; $3,874,500 in 1953-54; $4,594,000 in 1954-55; $5,882,750 in 1955-56 and $55, 434.250 in 1956-57. Outstanding bonded indebted ness in 1950-51 showed a de crease of $23,500 as compared with the previous fiscal year, the treasurer said.