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Newspaper Page Textc a o P. o S a a o a rui A ioscow es , JOBERT BOYER Announce Candidacy Medford Attorney Seeks Democratic State Chairmanship Robert A. Boyer. 29, ha an nounced his candidacy for Dem ocratic Stale chairman. Boyer ha been resident of Medford aince 1937, and u a practicing lawyer here. He, his wife, and one child, Sharon Marie, seven months old, lie at 649 South Ivy st. For the past two years he has served as chairman of the Jack son County Democratic Central committee. He is a member of the State Democratic executive committee. Morgan Rign A meeting of the state central committee will be held probably next week at which time a new chairman will be elected to suc ceed Howard ' Morgan. Mon mouth, who Monday announced his resignation to undertake work on behalf of the presi dential candidacy of Adlai Ste venson. Only other announced candi date for the post is Chet Lowry of Washington county. In his formal announcement Boyer said: "During the past two weeks I have been contacted by Demo cratic party leaders, including several county chairmen and members of the state executive committee, urging me to run for the office of Democratic State Chairman. "After consulting ' with local Democratic committee members and giving the matter careful thought, I have decided to an nounce my candidacy for this high office. Pledges Etforts 'I am deeply honored that those with whom I have worked in party organization the last two years repose such confi dence in me. In response I pledge my wholehearted efforts to the Democratic precepts that I am convinced will be reflected in the general election in No vember. Boyer was born Jan. 7. 1927 In Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. He graduated from Medford High school in 1945, received pre-law training at Southern Oregon college in Ashland, and gradu ated from the law school of the University of Oregon in 1953. He received a bachelor of science degree from the Univer sity of Oregon in 1950. The candidate is a former of ficer and present member of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, a member of the American Legion, and a member of the board of directors of the Medford YMCA. Wavy loses Request To Buy Port Chicago Land Washington (U.R) The Sen ate Armed Services committee refused a Navy request to buy most of the land around Port Chicago, Calif., location of a na val magazine where an ammu nition ship exploded in 1944, killing 322 persons. The committee ordered an "objective study" of defense de partment ammunition depot needs, and added that it wants the Navy to consider "all poten tial sites on the Pacific coast, including not only the San Fran cisco area, but also the existing facility at Bangor, Wash." . Republicans About To Quit Hope on Air Washington (U.E Republi cans today virtually abandoned hope of blocking a Democratic drive in Congress to give the Air Force nearly $1 billion more in appropriations than the admin istration asked. They suffered a major defeat Tuesday when the Senate, hand ip? President Eisenhower his stiffest rebuff on military policy, voted 48 to 40 to allot the Air Force an extra S960. 000.000. It did so in approving. 88-0. a bill providing an overall $34,783. 734.000 in defense funds for the new fiscal year beginning Sun day. The defense measure now goes to a Senate-House Conference committee, where the extra Rampaging Storms Kill At Least Six In Midwest, South By UNITED PRESS Tornadoes and furious thund erstorms went on a rampage across the northern Midwest and South Tuesday night and today, ripping down buildings and kill ing at least six persons. At Grand Rapids, Mich., still jittery over a disastrous tornado last April, a false twister alarm sent hundreds of panicky office workers into the streets. Police said "A lot of people just went nuts." The Weather Bureau reported tornadoes Tuesday night in the Middleton, Mich., area, near Crawfordsville. Ind., and at Denmark, Wis., thunderstorms and high winds were even more destructive, accounting for three deaths by lightning bolts. Killed by Lightning At Chicago, temporarily un der a tornado alert late Tuesday, a lightning bolt killed ' Joseph Cimbino as he worked on a con struction job. Another bolt kill ed George Nelson, 45, as he fish ed on Wolf lake near Almond, Wis., and Mrs. Melissa Mabel Mcars, 55, was killed by a bolt which lashed down without war ning at Marianna, Fla. At Camp McCoy, Wis., light ning struck the tents where men of the 32nd Wisconsin National Guard division, undergoing sum mer training, were sleeping. Thirteen of the men were burn ed. A warning of possible torna does and a brand new siren were the key factors in the panic at Grand Rapids. Police had ban ned the use of all sirens in the city, even for emergencies, so that the city's siren could sound a warning of any approaching twister. Siren Cms Off In the middle of the alert, the siren went off. Office work ers, remembering the 17 dead in last April's twister, fled from downtown offices. Officials Peru Army Ordered To Enforce Measures Lima. Peru (U.R) Peru's armed forces were ordered to day to enforce stringent govern ment measures aimed at ending a wave of violence in this strike paralyzed country. President Manuel Odria Tues day night suspended certain con stitutional guarantees and civil liberties following riots which caused injuries to some 60 per sons. The decree was issued a few hours after some 100,000 union ized workers walked out on an indefinite nationwide strike. Odria ordered the armed forces and police to enforce the decree which bans the right of haheaus corpus, public meetings and unrestricted travel within Peru for 30 days. Warren Unperturbed By McCathy Charge Palo Alto, Calif. (U.R1 Chief Justice Earl Warren today brushed off charges that he and the Supreme Court were follow ing the Communist line. The Chief Justice, here to at tend" the Ninth Federal Judicial Circuit conference, was smiling ly unperturbed when newsmen brought up the charges made in Washington bv Sens. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) and James O. Eastland (D-Miss.). "Since I've been Chief Justice, I've made no political com ments." Mr. Warren told report ers. "I don't answer political questions, and if that is not a political question, I don't know what one is. . Portland (U.R) Walter Lofgren, Astoria, has been elect ed president of the Oregon State Culinary Council. Force Funds money for the Air Force must again be passed on. But House Appropriations specialists indi cated today they will accept some and possibly all of the $960,000,000 voted by the Senate, most of which would go for increased plane production. Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas told a Senate Armed services subcommittee meantime that naval air power "could well become the balance of power in a struggle for survival.' With the latest jet attack bombers, he said, "there will be few important targets in the world which, if called upon, the Navy could not reach with atom ic weapons. couldn't figure why the siren went off, since there was no tor nado. Firemen, in charge of the device, called it "an act of God." More heat baked Northern California. The worst smog at tack of the year teamed up with an unusual 85 degrees at San Francisco Tuesday and a water shortage hit Mountain View, about 40 miles to the south, when a water pipe broke. Temperatures ranged from 90 to 100 degrees in California's Central Valley. Teachers Hired by School Board; Bids Called on Two Jobs Seven new teachers were hired at a special meeting of the Medford District 49 school board yesterday. New teachers are Mrs. Marian Montgomery, Kansas City, Mo., who will teach fourth grade; Miss Margaret Huson, Medford vocal music in junior high; Rob ert Huff, Kansas City, Kan., so cial studies and coaching at Hedrick Junior High; Mrs. Rob ert Huff, second grade; Mrs. Lil lian Bohrer, Medford, third and fourth grade. West Side; John A. Reed, Binton, Iowa, coaching McLoughlin Junior High; and Mrs. Patricia Cooley, Ashland, first and second grade. West Side. Resignation Accepted The resignation of Mrs. Les Taylor, teacher at McLoughlin Junior High school, was accept ed by the board. Bids on a pickup and panel truck were awarded. Courtesy Chevrolet submitted the low bid of $1,523.87 for the pickup truck, and Parsons Motor com pany, Medford, submitted a low bid of $1,649 for the panel truck. Five bids were received for the trucks. School --Superintenent. Leon ard Mayfield announced -that bids for construction work at two Medford schools will be opened at the board meeting July 10. Conversion Planned A two-story addition will be erected at Medford High school for a locker room in the lower level and two classrooms on the top floor. Bleachers will be de molished in the main gymnasium and the area will be converted to two floors of classrooms. At Hedrick Junior High school an area within the foundation walls under the main building will be converted to two class rooms, a book repair room and a speech audio-visual room. Other work includes moving a concrete wall, widening a corri dor, construction of a covered walkway with staircase on the main portion of the building, and construction of a one-class room addition. Mayfield said the work is necessary to handle the antici pated increased enrollment next fall. . Prison Term Meted For Accepting Bribe Dallas, Tex. U.R) A Fon- tana, Calif., civilian Air Force employee under a two-year prison term and a $1000 fine to day after being found guilty of soliciting and accepting a $5,000 bribe from Temco Aircraft offi cials. Odie Thomas Pipkin, 38, was sentenced by a federal judge when a jury returned a guiltv verdict afte? deliberating an hour. Pipkin filed an appeal no tice and was released under $1000 bond. Investment Director To Be Sent To Russia Portland (U.R) Ted Hallock director of public affairs for J. Henry Helser & Co., West Coast investment managers, is being sent by the company to Russia for a six-week informa tion - gathering tour " beginning July 4. Hallock will tape record in terviews with Soviet citizens. Bulletin Seattle (UP) The Air Line Pilot A sociation hu withdrawn its strike threat against West Coast Airlines, an airline official announc ed here today. The spokesman said the pilots would submit to mediation here Friday. Medford -Full Leased Wire 51st Year 22 Pages Air Force Tanker Plane Falls Info Field; 11 Killed Craft Catches Firs Shortly After Takeoff Roswell, N. M. (U.R) Eleven airmen met flaming death Tues day night when a giant Air Force tanker plane crashed, fully load ed, in an open field and explod ed. The KC97 refueling plane caught fire shortly after takeoff from Walker Air Force base and spun to earth. It was bound for a rendezvous with an Air Force jet bomber for a practice re fueling. All Bodies Recovered The plane slammed almost vertically into the field 10 miles south of Walker. It blew up on impact but all 11 bodies were recovered quickly. The bodies were badly mangled and burned, and early today, only five had been identi fied. A Walker AFB spokesman said the names of the dead would not be made public until identi fication was complete, and rela tives notified. The KC97 is powered by four propellor-driven engines. It is so roomy and easy to fly that airmen call it the "Cadillac of the Air Force." It can refuel the Air Force's B52 and B47 jet bombers, as well as smaller inter ceptor and fighter planes. Cause Unknown "We have no idea what caused the fire and crash," a Walker AFB spokesman said. He said a board of inquiry will supervise the re-assembly of the wreckage in an effort to determine what went wrong, but "it will take a long time." The crew on the ill-fated KC97 was assigned to the 509th Air Refueling Squadron . at Walker AFB. ... . --.v - Walker personnel in the traf fic tower saw the plane catch fire shortly after it rose from the runway. They said it gained only about 1,000 feet of altitude when it went into a spin and crashed. Dulles Sees Possible Cut in Defense Bases Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles be lieves Iceland's election results may make it necessary to cut down the number of U.S. de fense bases there and elsewhere. Dulles did not indicate what other overseas bases he might have meant. Tne secretary's views were re layed to newsmen by Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) after Dulles met Tuesday in closed session with the Senate Republican Pol icy Committee. The popular vole in Iceland's election went against the Con servative Independence party the only party favoring Ameri can bases there and left a Com munist minority controlling the fate of the American bases. Bridges said Duller felt that in light of the Icelandic vote "we would have to readjust our sights" and that it "might be necessary to cut down there and elsewhere." Public Works Bill Sent To White House Washington (U.R) Congress approved and sent to the White House today a compromise $856, 000,000 public works appropria tion for the fiscal year 1957 be ginning Sunday. The House passed the bill and sent it to the Senate where it was quickly approved by voice vote. The bill carries funds for work in the next 12 months on 288 flood control, navigation, public power and reclamation projects. Woman Receives Fine On Driving Charge Here Margaret H a y t o n Wingert, 2036 Table Rock rd. was fined $100 in municipal .court this morning when she pleaded guilty to charges of driving while un der the influence of intoxicat ing liquor. She was arrested by city police about 2 a.m. today. Washington iU.R) The House Un-American Activities Commit tee has voted 6-0 to give Arthur Miller, playwright fiance of ac tress Marliyn Monroe, 10 days to purge himself of a possible con tempt ciUtibn. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1956 Compromise Proposal Seen in Steel Dispute Three-Year Pact Believed Offered Union Negotiators U.S. Steel to Begin Banking Furnaces New York U.R) Negotiators for the three biggest steel com panies were believed to have submitted a three-year compro mise contract to the United Steelworkers union today in an effort to stave off a strike at midnight Saturday. Banking Plant Procaed But U.S. Steel Corp. went ahead with plans to begin bank ing furnaces at its sprawling Gary, Ind., works tonight as a precaution against a walkout of 650,000 steelworkers. Negotiators for U.S. Steel, Bethlehem and Republic, the in dustry's big three, entered the bargaining room this morning carrying papers believed to be a compromise offer aimed at breaking the deadlock over the companies' original five - year contract proposal. An industry spokesman, asked if a new contract plan had been proposed, said "It is a logical as sumption." Package Increase Informed sources said Tues day the proposed three-year pact called for a package in crease of 20 cents an hour in the first year, including a di rect wage increase of 10 cents an hour. The companies' original five-year- offer, turned, down flatly by the union, called for a total package offer of 65 cents an hour over the life of the con tract. U.S. .Steel announced that it planned to begin banking fur-4 naces at Gary tonight. An official of the world's biggest steel company said it will begin cooling furnaces in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area Thurs day. Anywhere from three to four days are required to shut down a steel mill, depending on its size. Industry spokesman said that banking operations must begin at this time to avoid" costly dam age to the furnaces in the event of a steel strike at midnight Sat urday, when the companies' contract with United Steelwork ers union expires. The shutdown is expected to result in heavy tonnage losses to the booming steel industry. Production throughout the in dustry has been averaging 2.3 million tons a week this year. 100-Degree Reading Anticipated Today Medford and vicinity baked under the hottest temperature so far in the year yesterday, and the reading by the U. S. weather bureau office at the airport was expected to be even higher this afternoon. . A temperature of 93 degrees was recorded by the weather sta tion here yesterday. A reading of 100 degrees was anticipated today, with a forecast of 95 de gree maximum on Thursday. Hottest previous day this year was May 16 when the weather station thermometer recorded 90 degrees. The bureau forecast fair and warmer weather for Thursday with the possibility of thunder storms in the mountains in the afternoon and evening. Weather FORECAST: Fair and warm through Thursday. Threat of thunderstorms in mountains Thursday afternoon and eve ning. Low tonight S7. High Thursday 95. Temn. H1chtt Yesterday 93 Lowest this Morning S3 Our Skies Tonight Sonrna Sunset . 4:3 a.m. 7:53 p.m. ..lft:14 B.m. Moon rise.. Last Quarter Sunday a.m. The summer triangle of et?a, Deneb, and Altair will be well tip In the east at moonrlse. Navigators often use these three stars in determining their posi tion at sea or In the air. "I've Been Deceived Little Two Patrolmen Resign At Police Department Two patrolmen are resigning from the Medford police depart ment next month, one new man was hired yesterday, and three others may take jobs within a week. f .RoyL, Thonipsqn. gave. Chief Charles Champlin notice of his resignation Monday. It will be come effective July 15. The other patrolman. Edward John Zander, gave Champlin notice June 22, and will be retiring July 1. New Patrolman Neil Pierce Parker. 22, of 434 Manzanita St., Central Point, went to work as a patrolman at noon yesterday. Parker is mar ried, has one child, and is a four year veteran of the Air Fbrce. Thompson lives at 1557 Stew art ave. According to Champlin, he will be moving from this area soon. Thompson said his reasons for resigning were "personal rather than connected with the force." Zander, who lives at 1146 West Eighth St., is "dissatisfied" with the department, Champlin said, and will accept employ ment elsewhere after his resigna tion. Both Zander and Thompson were hired by the department in 1953. Ronald Gene Hopkins, 328 North Central ave., will report to work July 2 as a new patrol man. Hopkins is married and came here from Oklahoma in February of this year. From 1954 to 1955 he attended Oklahoma A&M college. Champlin was attempting this afternoon to contact two other men, who, if they accept, will be hired in the near future. They, are Gerald Lee Butler, 21, of 518 Franquette ave., and Donald Ray Davis, 20, Ashland. Butler lives with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lucas, and Klamath City Hall Janitor Found Dead Klamath Falls U.P Henry John Laube, 62, . janitor at the city hall and city jail here, was found dead in his "basement apartment at the city hall with a bullet in his head. County Coroner George H. shot himself in the temple with a .22 rifle. Friends said he had been in ill health for some time. i . Violent Rainstorm Lashes Kansas City . . Kansas City, Mo. U.R) A violent rainstorm, with winds clocked, up to 100 miles per hour, struck Kansas City late today. Power lines went down, tele phone communications bogged, and many streets were blocked by fallen trees. There were several reports of persons trapped in cars on which trees had fallen. Salem (U.R) Some 5,000 per sons are expected for the North west district assembly of Jeho vah's Witnesses here Aug. 2-5, 1IBUNE -Full uutd Win Price 5e No. 84 And I'm A Lonesome Girl" had some experience in the Air Police of the Air Force. Davis plans to move to Med ford soon. Davis is married and has one child. He has been at tending Southern Oregon col lege and served in the Air Force, Present Strength Champlain said that the force is now at its present budgeted full strength of 21 patrolmen. After July 1, its budget will call for 25 patrolmen. The resigna tion of Thompson and Zander will leave the department six men short. When Hopkins, Butler snd Davis are hired, it will be three men under full strength. The chief reported that the depart ment is now processing applica tions from three more men, who, if they are taken, will bring the force to full strength of 25 for the 1956-57 fiscal year. Reserve File Champlain emphasized that he would still like applications from eligible men for a reserve file. The department would prefer men who are residents of Med ford. The new patrolmen will be given a standard and advanced first aid course by Sgt. Clyde Fichtner and on the job recruit training by the sergeants and chief, Champlain stated. Swimming Pool Has Record Attendance The Hawthorne park swim ming pool yesterday held its greatest number of refugees from the summer heat in one day since in opened in 1950. Darell Huson. city- treasurer, re ported that 927 persons were at the pool yesterday. This is the third day in his tory that attendance has gone over 900. The pool had 915 visit ors in July of 1952 and 901 in July of 1955.' Yesterday's total brought the number of persons who have been to the pool since it opened this year. June 11, to 6.630. Oregon Veneer High Bidder On Forest Service Timber Oregon 'Veneer company, Meatora, was nigh bidder on 5,900,000, board feet of timber in the Willow Prairie area of the Butte Falls ranger district at a public auction Monday. The sale included .3.150,000 board feet of Douglas fir, 350, 000 board feet of pine, and 2, 400,000 board feet of white fir and other species in the Rogue River National forest. Oregon Veneer submitted a bid of S179.775 for the timber. A total of 94 oral bids were re ceived. The sale is to be a salvage type cutting to i remove mistle toe and beetle killed and infest ed trees, snags and windfalls and other decadent and higfl rut International Communism Seen At Internal Odds Truths Catch Up, Secretary Declares Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today that Russia's anti-Stalin campaign has thrown interna tional Communism into "a state of perplexity" and has greatly weakened Moscow's control of foreign Communist parties. He declared, "International Communism is in a state of per plexity and at internal odds be cause certain basic truths have caught up with it." Dulles said these truths are (1) Communism . has "great diffi culty" in being effective in a cold war without the "brutal ter rorism" of the Stalin era and (2) iron-fisted rule will not be tolerated forever unless it pro duces a string of victories. Dulles said there have been no recent victories. Wave of Discontent He said the recent anti-Stalin speech by Soviet Communist party boss Nikita Khruschev has touched off a wave of discontent and dissatisfaction in the Com munist world. Dulles cautioned, however. that the revolt against the way Josef Stalin controlled the Com munist world doesn't mean there won't continue to be an affinity between Moscow and other Com munist parties. But he said the degree of control has been great ly weakened and It will be diffi cult for Russia's new leaders to regain this tight control unless the free world loses it unity and vigor. In other news conference de velopments, Dulles said: 1. The United States would continue to put pressure on the Soviets for German reunifica tion. He noted that this policy was successful in obtaining Aus trian independence but that it took years. Says Tito Independent 2. He agrees in principle with Foreign Minister Christian Pi neau that there is a growing tide in the Soviet bloc toward great er freedom for peoplg behind the Iron Curtain. But he indi cated he and Pineau do not sea eye to eye on how the Free World should capitalize on this development. 3. He has found no conclusive evidence that Yugoslavia's Mar shal Tito has swung back to the Soviet camp. He finds it incred ible to think Tito again would become subservient to Moscow in view of the risks he took in challenging the Kremlin bosses. 4. He thinks Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov prob ably failed to get all he wanted from the Egyptians during his recent trip to Cairo. Ike Expected To Quit Hospital on Saturday Washington UPJ The White House said today Presi dent Eisenhower probably will leave Walter Reed Hospital Sat urday morning and drive to his Gettysburg, Pa.; farm to recu perate. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen that the President'i doctors seemed to be "aiming" at Sat urday and it "looks now" that this will be the departure date. ' Hagerty said as far as he knows now the President will drive directly to the farm for an indefinite period of convales ence. Hagerty said photographers will be able to take pictures of the President for the first time since the June 8 operation for ileitis the day he Uaves for Gettysburg. Salem (U.R) The Oregon Supreme Court has declared the Physicians and Surgeon's hospit al in Portland has to pay S3500 in damages awarded by a jury to Dolores Ackerman. trees from the stand. Each green tree to be cut will be marked in advance by forest service per sonnel and removed with trac tors to cause the least possible damage to the remaining stand. The next major sales in the Rogue River National forest are planned or the Union Creek and Ashland districts in the near future. At Union Creek, two sale of ferings of green timber in the Crater creek and Wizard creek drainages of about 20,000,030 board feet each will be offered. At Ashland, two sales of blow- down timber in the Daley creek area, totaling more than 8.000,- 000 board feet, "will be -adver tised. !