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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.