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5 1st Year
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County Budget Approved by
Committee; Salaries Raised
The Jackson county budget
committee Friday afternoon ap
r proved the 1956-57 budget. Ma-
jor changes provided saiary in
creases for seven elected offi
cials. 10 sheriff's deputies, chief
deputies in three other depart
ments, the bookkeeper-payroll
clerk, two health department
employees, and two superinten
dents at the county farm home,
and two road department em
ployees.
Ihe revised budget total is
$2,645,389.07 as compared with
the original estimate of $2,636.
818.47. Members of the commit
tee said no tax levy would be
necessary this year. The budget
was balanced by increased O&C
receipt estimates.
ADDroval of the budget fol
lowed by an all-day public hear
ing, which drew what observ
ers called a "surprisingly small
crowd.
Officials Raised
Raises for elected officials are
as follows:
County judge from $5,000 to
$5,760: county commissioners
from $4,800 to $5,520 each; clerk
from S4.500 to $5,400; treasur
er from $4,500 to $5,040; sheriff
from $5,000 to- $5,520; assessor
from $5,000 to $5,520 and engineer-surveyor
from $8,100 to
$8,824.
Some people present when
these increases were approved
expressed the opinion that the
raises were not sufficient. The
committee agreed but stated the
relatively small increases rep
resented a "step in the right
direction."
Deputies Get Increases
The following salary increases
were approved for 10 sheriff's
deputies:
First deputy from $4,200 to
$4,600; second and third depu
ties from $3,960 to $4,234; fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth depu
ties from $3,969 to $4,164 and
ninth, 10th and 11th deputies
from $3,720 to $3,960.
Other chief deputies raised
from 53.821.40 to $3,965 were
one each in the county clerk's
office, assesor's office and tax
departments.
Salary of the bookkeeper
payroll clerk was also raised
from $3,821.40 to $3,965. One
health department employee re
ceived a salary increase from
$3,960 to $4.2000 and another
received an increase from $3,600
to $3,821.40. At the Jackson
county farm home a raise from
3.146 to $3,400 was approved
for the superintendent and a
raise from $3,036 to $3,400 for
the assistant superintendent.
Lai Changes
In the road department the
draftsman's salary was raised
$4560 to $4,800 and the chief
clerk's salary was rised from
$3,630 to $3,821.40.
Final increase for the sheriff's
salary and salary increases for
fhe two road department em
sployees were approved after the
hearing ended. Salary for the
sheriff was originally approved
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as 5,400 and was changed Sat
urday morning to $5,520.
During the Friday morning
portion of the hearing, the com
nvttee agreed to cut a $100 item
in the district attorney's budget
for tax forclosure and trimmed
theb oard of equalization budget
from $2,000 to $1,000.
Detention Home Discussed
Considerable discussion took
place during the morning ses
sion regarding the proposed
juvenile detention home. It was
stated that only $65,000 had
been approved by .voters for
construction of the home and
recommendations were made
against budgeting an additional
$25,000 for construction of an
administration wing in the
home.
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing proposed at the May 23
committee meeting that $25,000
be transferred from the court
house building construction fund
to finance the wing. The county
court subsequently toured other
detention homes in the state and
returned with reports that homes
containing administrative wings
in the same building appeared
to be functioning more efficient
ly than others.
Some protests were still aud
ible in the afternoon portion of
the hearing, but the committee
ruled the item for the admin
istration wing would remain in
the budget. '
Rebels, Communists
Fight Gun Duels as
Uprisings Continue
Berlin (U.R) Polish rebels
fought gun duels with Commu
nist troops from rooftops and
windows Saturday in the third
straight day of "their uprising
against Red rule in Poznan. Eye
witnesses said the death toll
Weather Conditions
Indusive to Fires
Atmospheric conditions are be
coming "ideal for fire outbreaks"
in local forest areas, officials at
the Oregon forest patrol head
quarters on Table Rock rd., re
ported Saturday.
Falling humidity and wind,
both indusive to fires, have been
noted in recent days, officials
said, and are expected to con
tinue. Only fire reported this past
week was spotted at 11:45 p.m.
Friday in the Prospect area. The
blaze, believed to be mancaused,
covered about one-half acre but
resulted in no damage. It was re
ported by the look-out at White
Point tower.
Among those voicing opposi
tion to the administrative por
tion of the building were rep
resentatives of the Jackson
Chamber of Commerce legisla
tive committee. Frank Van
Dyke, chairman of the group
later said some members of the
committee had been under the
erroneous impression the admin
istrative facilities and the de
tention home were to be housed
in separate buildings.
The chamber of commerce
group, raising frequent ques
tion about the budget, also rec
ommended that the committee
seriously consider having adequ
ate personnel on duty at the
county jail at all hours to per
mit attorneys to contact prison
ers. Personel Talked
It was stated that two sheriffs
deputies are required to ac
company visitors to the jail and
at the present time there are
not sufficient officers on duty to
permit jail visits between the
hours of 5 and 7 p.m. and 3 and
8:30 a.m. It was explained, how
ever, that the sheriff and dep
uties are on call at all times
and are available in cases of
emergency.
The chamber committee sug
gested that the constable's of
fice be combined with the sher
iff's office. The budget com
mittee took no action on this
recommendation.
"might run into the hundreds."
Returning businessmen said
the city e,arly yesterday sounded
like a battlefield in wartime,
then quieted later.
Strikes Continue
They said strikes were con
tinuing in the city. Thousands
of workers were reported threat
ening to stay off the job unless
the government releases prison
ers seized in a continuing round
up of riot leaders that -netted
more than 300 men, according
to the Reds.
City officials said the bodies
of 38 identified rebels, Commu
nists and soldiers were buried
Saturday, although Warsaw
radio said later that funeral
services were held for 48.
Returning British businessmen
said in West Berlin that Commu
nist sources admitted 70 dead
and 300 wounded. Several said
there were at least 100 dead and
one said the figure "might run
into the hundreds."
Armed Camp
The city was an armed camp.
Tanks clanked, through the
streets, jet fighters shrieked
overhead and jeeps filled with
soldiers careened through the
streets.
The rebels, workers and mem
bers of the anti-Communist un
derground, fought back with ma
chine guns, grenades, Molotov
cocktails, and rifles.
Food was reported short. Loot
ers smashed into closed stores.
The civilian population, control
led by a curfew, appeared sullen.
Transportation, except for taxis
and military vehicles, was non
existent. ;
Two City Bus
Be Suspended
Two city bus lines will be
suspended during the summer
months, it was announced yester
day by Ralph Matthews, man
ager of Evergreen Buslines.
He also said a readjustment in
inter-city fares has been request
ed by the company, and will go
into effect if approved by the
public utilities commissioner.
Both changes would become
effective July 10 if approved, he
reported.
The routes to be suspended
are the East Main st. line, which
goes to the Rogue Valley Coun
try club and back, and the west
side line on Oakdale and Stewart
aves, and Orchard Home dr. It
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1956
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Nation's 650,(
Steel Workers Go
On Strike Today
Negotiations Break
In Deadlock Saturday
New York (U.PJ The Na
tion's 650,000 basic steel workers
went on strike in 27 states early
today six hours after the collapse
of contract negotiations.
Following their traditinal po
licy of "no contract, no work,"
members of the United Steel
workers Union (AFL-CIO) refus
ed to enter the mills on the mid
night shifts in what could be the
worst strike in the nation's key
industry since a paralyzing 56
day walkout in 1952.
Talks Break Down
Contract talks in the "neutral
territory" of New York City
broke down at 6 p.m. (EDT) after
the 45th session between the un
ion and the industry's big three
U.S. Steel, Bethleham and Re
public. The chief deadlocks were
on the issues of a wake increase
and length of contract.
The nationwide walkout clos
ed all but a few mills which
have agreed to extend the pres
ent contract. Ninety per cent of
the nation's steel supply was
choked off.
It was estimated the strike will
cost $40,000,000 a day, and, if it
lasts for a prolonged period, cut
critically into nearly all U.S.
business and commerce.
The giant steel industry al
ready had ground to a halt as
USW pickets carrying strike pa-
cards went on the pickets lines
some of them hours before the
strike deadline. To protect their
multi-million dollar installations,
the steel companies had been
banking their furnaces and shut
ting them down for three days.
The strike, which will cost the
nation 2,100,000 tons of steel pro
duction each week, went into ef
fect without government inter
vention. Labor Secretary James
P. Mitchell said the government
had no present plans to enter the
picture.
The union never publicly dis
closed its contract demands but
it has been reported seeking a
20-cent hourly raise during the
first year of a three-year con
tract. The industry which first
offered a five-year, no strike con
tract later suggested a four-year,
four-month pact providing wage
boosts of 7.3 cents hourly each
year, plus other benefits.
(See Story page 2)
Pear Harvest May
Start August 9
Rogue valley growers will
start harvesting the 1956 pear
crop Aug. 9, according to a ten
tative preduction from the Rogue
River Valley Traffic association.
The estimated date was set by
John Higdon of the Medford ex
periment station and Cliff Cordy,
county horticultural agent. They
caluclated on a formula using
temperature factors of the fruit
taken six weeks from full bloom.
The formula has been used suc
cessfully in some areas of Cali
fornia. The Aug. 9 starting date will
vary in some parts of the valley
but will hold true for the major
ity of orchards, they said.
Approximately 4,500 pickers
will be needed during the season
to harvest a crop which is expect
ed to reach 3, million boxes of
fruit.
Routes Will
This Summer
is planned to resume service on
the lines when school starts
again in the fall.
The rate readjustment, if ap
proved, would go into effect at
the same time as will increased
fares requested by Greyhound
and Trailways bus lines. On the
Medford-Ashland run all fares
except the maximum one, 35
cents, would be increased by 5
cents. On the runs to Central
Point and Jacksonville, mini
mum fares will be made 20 cents.
The latter changes will affect
only passengers using intermed
iate service, and the fares to
Central Point and Jacksonville
themselves, now 20 and 25 cents
respectively, will not be changed.
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COMMAND DECISION These National Guard officers from
Medford planned and directed operations of Company A, 186th
infantry regiment, in the two-week training encampment at .Fort
Lewis, Wash. Left to right are 1st Lt. Bert W. Riebe, executive
officer; 2nd Lt. John J. Harding and 1st Lt. Jack C. Phillips, pla
toon leaders; and 1st Lt. Oran C. Chastain, company commander.
National Guardsmen returned home Saturday afternoon. More
pictures and a story on their encampment appear on page 14 of
today's Mail Tribune. (Oregon National Guard photo)
Second Phase of SP
I ea ring Postponed
The second phase of a hear
ing on Southern Pacific's aban
donment of rail passenger ser
vice in Southern Oregon has
been postponed until Aug. 7, it
was learned here baturday.
The hearing, originally sched
uled to be held in Grants'Psss
on July 10, instead will be held
in the Federal Court room in
the Medford post office build
ing in Medford, site of the
earlier portion of the hearing.
SP requested the postponement
because some of its officers are
Medford Is Named
Eagles Confab Site
The Dalles (U.R) Some 1,200
delegates and their families
wound up th three-day state
convention of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles here Saturday
with a downtown parade and
sessions highlighted by the elec
tion of officers.
During the closing sessions
yesterday afternoon, the conven
tion named Medford as the site
of next year's meeting. .
Harry Seavy, Albany, was
elected junior past president of
the organization with Diem
Roskoski, Portland, named as
president. Francis Baker, Herm-
iston, was elected vice president
and William Bigoni, Portland,
named as chaplain.
Edna Pierce, Tillamook, was
named as junior past president
of the auxiliary, and Gladys
Plummer, Sheridan, elected
president. Grayce Johnson,
Pendleton, was chosen as vice
president, and Waunita Walters,
Prineville, as chaplain.
Sports Bulletins
Portland U.R) Port
land racked up its fifth'
straight win here last night
by rolling to an 8 to 1 win or
er Vancouver in the second
game of the Pacific Coast
League series between the
two clubs.
Weather
FORECAST: Continued clur
with sliehtly warmer after- ,
noons through Mondy. Hirh
Sunday S3; Low 45; High
Mondav V
TEMPtBATURE:
Hichut yesterday 19
Lowest yesterday 43
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .
Sunset .
4:38 a.m.
7:52 p.m.
Moonrise Monday .. 12:03 a.m.
New Moon July 7
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, in the south .. 9:11 p.m.
Jupiter, sets 10:ltfl p.m.
Mars, rises 11:37 p.m.
and is now nearly as bright as
Jupiter
cr
'gs
otherwise engaged elsewhere.
Earlier Hearing
At the earlier hearing, testi
mony opposed to the action of
the railroad was heard; on Aug.
7 SP will be given an opportun
ity to present its side of "the
case. . - - - --- -.
The matter was brought be
fore the Oregon public utilities
commissioner by three lawyers
and state senators, Philip B.
Lowry of Medford, Gene L.
Brown of Grants Pass, and Paul
E. Geddes of Roseburg. They
filed a complaint charging the
SP with disregarding the rights
of the people of southwestern
Oregon to modern, efficient rail
transportation, after the SP dis
continued its last passenger
train running between Eugene
and Ashland.
Under Obligation
At the earlier hearing, wit
nesses alleged the railroad had
'deliberately" killed off its pas
senger service along this line
since the main line was moved
east of the mountains. They ar
gued that since the Cascade line
south of Eugene provides the
railroad with substantial
freight revenues, the SP is un
der obligation to provide pas
senger service to the area.
The PUC hearing is not con
cerned with the railroad's legal
obligations under its original
franchise, which may be adjudi
cated in the federal courts later.
County, City Start
New Fiscal Year
The Jackson county ' court
house and the Medford city hall
were open for the last Saturday
morning yesterday.
Under the new budgets for the
fiscal year beginning today, both
city and county officers are on a
40-hour working week instead of
44-hour week.
The vcourthouse will be open
to the. public weekdays as usual
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. County
officers working in the court
house will come to work half an
hour earlier, at 8 a.m.
The city hall will be , open
weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Porky Eradication Contest
Gets Under Way in County
The year-long porcupine era
dication contest sponsored by
the Kiwanis club and the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce opens today.
All persons between 12 and
18 years of age who live in
Jackson county are eligible to
compete.
The idea of the contest is to
eliminate porcupines, which
are causing damage to timber
and orchards. A total of $500
worth of prizes donated by lo
cal lumber and logging firms
will be given at the end of each
quarter. Grand prizes are plan
ned for the end of the year.
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127 PASSENGERS,
CREW ABOARD;
WRECKAGE FOUND
Winslow, Ariz. (U.R) Two giant luxury airliners carrying
127 passengers and crew members crashed into the Grand Canyon
Saturday and a high Air Force search and rescue officer said it
was believed they possibly collided in the air to produce history's
worst commercial aviation disaster.
Wreckage of a four-engined TWA Super-Constellation, which
disappeared yesterday morning about the time it would have been
m the identical area at virtually the same altitude as a four-en-'
gir.ed DC-7 of United Airlines, was sighted by two brothers, Palcn
and Henry Hudgin, operators of the Grand Canyon Airlines.
It was strewn along the bottom of a big canyon, the character
istic triple tail sections of the "Connie" virtually the only portion
of the plane unconsumed by fire.
A quarter-mile away, in the little Colorado river, the brothers
said they believed they spotted the wreckage of the UAL plane.
The site was only about a quarter of a mile from the TWA wreck
age. If there are no survivors of the two planes, which were flying
a near-parallel course after taking of! from Los Angeles this
morning headed for Chicago and Kansas City, it would be the
greatest commercial air disaster in nearly a half-century of flying.
"It is very likely a collision occurred, said Capt. Byrd Ryland,
from March Air Force Base, commander of the search operations.
Boyer Reelected
Central Chairman
Bob Boyer was reelected to
another two-year term as chair
man of the Jackson County
Democratic Central committee at
a meeting Friday evening.
His reelection is looked upon
as an endorsement by local
Democratic workers of his can
didacy for the stale chairman
ship of the Democratic party,
which he announced last week.
Boyer, a Medford attorney, is
also a candidate for the state leg
islature from Jackson county.
Mrs. Neva Clarke, Jackson
ville, was elected vict chairman
of the party here. She succeeds
Mrs. Marion Lusk of Medford.
Larry Sheehan, Rogue River,
and Marcus Norton, Phoenix,
were named first and second
alternates to the chairman, and
Mrs. Myrtle Newton, Ashland,
was elected alternate tc the vice
chairman.
. Mrs. Frances Hamilton, Cen
tral Point, was named secretary.
and Charles Shepherd, Medford,
was elected treasurer. Mark Mc
Kenzie, Medford, was elected
"congressional c o m m i tteeman,
and Mrs. Donna Straus, Sams
Valley, is the new congressional
committeewoman.
Other business transacted by
the committee included setting
July 29 as the date for the an
nual Democratic party picnic. It
will be held at TouVelle State
park, starting at 12:30 p.m. It is
hoped to have one of Oregon's
two Democratic senators as a
speaker.
Harry Birch Named
To State VFW Post
Roseburg (U.R) James C.
Gilroy, Portland, was elected as
department commander of the
State Veterans of Foreign Wars
as the group wound up its an
nual state encampment here
yesterday ' afternoon.
Some 500 members and mem
bers of the organization's auxil
iary, named Pendleton as the
site for next year's encamp
ment. Harry Birch, Medford, was
named as senior vice command
er, and Harry Liebel, Eugene,
was chosen as junior vice com
mander.
Contestants are to kill porcu
pines, abiding by contest rules
and state and federal' forestry
regulations. Porcupine noses are
brought to the county clerk's
office in the court house or to
the Prospect office of Elk Lum
ber company. There they will
be given a $1 bounty per nose
and a receipt.
Prizes are awarded on the
basis of the number' of bounty
receipts collected by contest
ants. The Kiwanis club plans to is
sue a circular soon containing
contest rules and a list of com
panies which are helping with
prize.
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No. 87
Smoke Reported;
Hear Radio Report!
Ryland reported he talked to
the Hudgins and they reported
they spotted smoke about 11:15
a.m., but thought nothing of it
until they heard radio reports
that two airliners were missing.
The two planes were due to
check in over Tuba City, in the
heart of the Painted Desert area
on the watershed of the Grand
Canyon at 11:32 a.m., at which
time their flight plans called for
them to be only 1,100 feet apart.
When they heard of the miss
ing olane. the Hudgins flew back
to the scene and identfied the
tail section of the big red
"Connie." This was reported to
search and rescue headquarters
here just before dark.
Area Inaccessible
"From the amount of stuf
and the distribution of it and
the way the planes were de
molished, it looked like there
wouldn't be any life here,"
Henry told Ryland.
Hudgins said the TWA wreck
age lay scattered down the
scopes of Chuar Butte, west of
the mouth of the Little Colorado
river and about 45 miles due
west of Tuba City, where the
planes were to have checked
in by radio at 11:32 a.m. (PDT.).
They never checked in. Over
head, blanketing the entire
painted desert area, the sky wag
filled with typical desert thund
erstorms, flashing lightning and
prting-up towering white thund
erheads, filled with turbulence,
above the storms.
Physicians stood by "on the
ready" for transportation into
the area should the morning
sun reveal signs of life around
the wreckage. The search and
rescue unit was figuring log
istics on food and water so that
they can be dropped into the
scene if survivors are located.
Helicopters scanned the area
at low altitude this morning.
Search headquarters here said
a plane would fly over the area
at daybreak to determine if it
will be possible to parachute men
to the scene of the wreckage.
If that is impossible, it is antici
pated it may take two days to
reach the wreckage on foot.
Rugged Terrain
The park ranger said it will
be almost impossible to send a
ground party into the area lie
cause of the rugged terrain.
Ryland said it was possible the
rescue teams would have to use
rafts on the river to approach
thf! scene because of the difficult
terrain. -
If none escape, the twin
crashes would be the worst dis
aster in commerical aviation
history. Only one plane crash
in nearly a half century of fly
ing would have exceeded it in
fatalities the crash . of C-124
Globemaster Air Force plane
near Tokyo in 1953 which 129
servicemen were lost.
Both airlines remained close
mouthed. W. A. Patterson, pres
ident of United Airlines, took
an unprecedented step and flew
to Winslow, Ariz., to head a
35-man investigating team.
Winslow sources said that TWA
planes from the coast were
bringing in another team to set
up headquarters in Winslow,
which is on the southern edge
f the Fainted Desert.
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