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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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