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ONE YEAR OLDER Gar;
Sacred liart hospi'al. was
hospital personnel esterday on his ll'n birtriay anniversary.
Gary was wounded by an arcidental gunshot last February
and was paralyzed as a result. He ran now use his left hand
and ;;r-p to be up iii a wheel chair. Dunns his recovery he
won thf :.!! iion ,f the hospital sinff. who sponsored the
party. In abo' photo. Mrs. Hankins lianas Gary some ice
cream ord birthdav cake.
Eisenhower Confers
With Latin American
Presidents in Panama
Panama City 'UP President
Eisenhower met puvately today
with 10 more Latin American
presidents to wind up three days i
of ''gnod neighbor" conference
w hich brought a new declarat ion
of solidarity to the Western
Hemisphere.
The presidents, meeting to
gether for the first time in his
tory, gave enthusiastic approval
to a surest inn by Mr. Eisen
hower that keynoted the confer
ence of American presidents.
He suggested in a speech Sun
day that a special commission
he established to find new ways
of inirr-Atnerican cooperation
for the welfare of the Western
Hemisphere in peacetime. He
proposed that his brother. Dr.
Milton Kirnhnwer. ''who is
well-known to the people of j
Latin America." be named as the!
US. representative to such a
commission.
Chief executives from If of j
the 21 American states attended j
Mr. Eisenhower met privately,
with President Adolf Ruiz Cor- j
tines of Mexico Saturday night
and with seven others Sunday.
Busy Schedule Today
Today he was scheduled to
devote a half-hour each to talks
wtth the presidents of Vene-
niela Cuba. Bolivia. Chile. Nica-i 7
' , rl I eer said he will take charge of a
ragua Ecuador. Paraguav. r.l . . , . , . ,
' . . highwav mission which is work-
Salvador the Dominican Repub- .
j tj ln:: ,,nnPr a" asreerr.rnt be
lie and Panama, -'tween the United States and
The President's private plane j jraq
leaves for the return trip to j As hca(I cr the mission, he
Washington at 11 p.m. iEDT). j will advise the Iraq government
Most of the talks were expect- on highway matters,
rd to center on hemispheric eco-: Baldock will be the repre
romic problems. jscntative of the engineering
Mai. Gen. Howard McC. Sny
der. Presid'-nt Eisenhower's per
sonal physician, said he was
"amazed" that the Chief Execu-
Fire Burns 30 Acres
In Wolf Creek Area
A department of forestry j
crew was mopping up a 30-acre
fire in Josepnine county lms
morning which started Saturday!
noon.
Department officials said the
fire was believed to have been
started by a careless smoker.
The fire was three miles west
of Wolf creek near the Wolf
creek county road.
Low humidities and "terrific
heat" caused fire fighters trouble
Saturday and Sunday, officers
said. Three crews were dispatch
ed, four men in a crew. The fire
was under control and being
mopped up today
The Wolf creek fire brought !
the total number of fires on ; industry spokesman, and USW
state forest lands to 47 since the president David J. McDonald ar
fire season opened April I. j ranged the meeting in an in-
I formal telephone conversation
Neuberaer To Waae Fiaht Sunday
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Against oruces caay uam
Washington UP' Oregon
Senator Richard Neuberger to
day said he would wage a "de
termined and vigorous" fight in
tit Senate Public Works com
mittee against inclusion of the
Bruces Eddy dam in the Omni
bus Rivers and Harbors bill.
McKay Defends Al Sarena
Sees Attempt
Portland ;u.R' Douglas Mc- I
Kav has defended the granting
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of the controversial Al Sarena
nm-ing patents nere saiuraay
and dec!.' red the minority report
of the senate investigating com
mit tee showed the Democrats
hoped to use the case as a po
litical smear against him.
McKay said the case was per
fectly legal but the Democrats
hoped to twist the facts on the
southern Oregon mining claims
patents. Ke Mid an allitiavK ti
ii.i:.,.::: 1 1 -vear-oid patient at
honored by lamily, tnenns ana
live was able to stand the rou
tine of the conference so well.
Shows Unusual Fitness
Mr. Eisenhower demonstrated
unusual fitness, considerinu that
he was released from Walter
Reed Hospital only a few weeks
aco following an operation June
9 for ileitis. Dr. Snyder said.
President Perez Jiminez of
Venezuela was the first to jump
to the support of Mr. Eisen
hower's suggestion of expanded
economic development of Latin
American nations. He offered to
contribute ?33.n00.Q00 to a gen
eral Pan-American economic aid
fund if other Western Hemis
phere nations contributed in the
same proportion, according lo
their national budgets.
Baldock Resigns As
Highway Engineer
Salem
ot k has am
U.R. R. H. Rald
Hinccd his resigna
tion as state highway engineer,
effective Aug. 16. after 41 years
of service.
For past 24 years Baldock
has headed the highway depart
, mrni ,
firm of Edwards. Kelcey and
Beck of Newark. N.J., who have
contracted to do Iraq highway
work for the international cor
poration administration as
part of the United States for
eign aid program.
Before assuming his new
post. Baldock will tour Europe
and the Near East with his wife.
Union Negotiators
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W yptlimP flNK
Pittsburgh U.R) Steel
strike negotiators picked up
their own ball Sunday and agreed
to resume bogged-down contract
talks to end a 23-day industry
wide walkout.
Bargainers for the steel indus
try and representatives of 650.
000 striking United Steelwork
ers agreed to meet in New York
City Tuesday. They had broken
off negotiations here Saturday.
John A. Stephens. U.S. Steel
Corp. vice president and chief
U.S. Mediation
Director Jo
seph F. Finnegan said in Wash
ington the government had
"nothing al all to do" with the
revitalized talks. But Finnegan
and other top federal officials
hailed the new meetings and
exnressed hope that a "mutually
satisfactory agreement" would
be reached quickly.
at Smear by
the minority report contains an
expose that the case was to be
'used as a smear against himself
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land the Eisenhower administra-
tion.
"There are diffused nia.-ses of
ore on those claims." McKay
said, "and by using modern min
ing methods of moving tons and
tons of earth, those mines can be
good producers of lead, gold,
silver, zinc and other minerals."
The former Interior Secretary
said that pictures shown by
Drew Fearscn on television, sup-
Marine Sergeant
Slapped Recruits,
Witness Testifies
Incidents Cited
At Court Martial
! Parris Island. S. C iU.R)
! Two survivors of the Parris Is
: land ' death march'' testified to
j day they had seen Marine Sgt.
j Matthew C. McKeon slap his
i men.
i But on cross-examination one
; of the witnesses admitted that
.ilcKeon did not slap him to
inflict pain.
One of the slapping incidents
occurred just before the 31 -yea r-
' old Marine recruit drill instruct
or marched 74 members of his
platoon into the salt waters of
; Ribbon creek to "teach them dis
cipline." Six men died.
Possible Prison Term
The witnesses were Pvt. Mcl
vin Barber and Pfc. John Ma
loof. both of New York City.
McKeon is on trial by general
court martial, accused of invol
untary manslaughter, cruelty,
and drinking vodka on the day
of the fatal march.
The witnesses were the twelfth
and thirteenth produced by the
prosecution in its attempt to
send McKeon to prison for a
maximum six years and three
months.
"I have seen him smash a per
son on the back of the head,"
Barber testified.
In answer to a question by de
fense attorney Emilc Zola Ber
man. Barber said that such
smackings had occurred when a
recruit was not standing cor
rectly at attention.
A previous witness has testi
fied that McKeon took "one or
two or three" drinks of vodka
around noon last April S. The
march took place between 8:30
and 8:45 that night.
Night March Testimony
In answer to a question by
Berman as lo whether there
were any non-swimmers in the
platoon. Maloof said: "I don't
think so. Sir. I expect they were
loo lazy to get out there and
swim."
Barber previously had testi
fied that he was a non-swimmer.
The defense has announced it
will make a fiht to be allowed
to pie.-ent evidence iron) at
least 200 witnesses" that night
marches into the swamp and
waters of Parris Island have
been a standard part of training
here.
Northwest Power
Fight in New Round
Washington .U.R A row
over public vs. private develop
ment of power dam sites in the
Pacific Northwest goes into a
new round Tuesday before a
Federal Power Commission ex
aminer. In prospect is a Hells Canyon
like controversy involving the
same river and the same con
flicting interests concerned in
the proposed federal project
killed in the Senate last week.
The site involved is called
Pleasant Valley. It is some 30
miles down the Snake river
from Hells Canyon. Four North
west utility companies have com
bined to seek licenses for that
site and a subsidiary clam called
Mountain Sheep. They would
cost about S300.000.000.
The applications will be op
posed by attorneys for the Na
tional Hells Canyon Association,
who also opposed the Idaho Pow
er Company in its successful bid
for FPC licenses iO build at
Hells Canyon.
The association contends the
Pleasant Valley-Mountain Sheep
project will preclude construc
tion of a federal dam at the Nez
Perce site farther down stream.
Military Construction
Measure OK'd in House
Washington iU.R The House
gave its final approval today to
a SI. 691.341. 875 catchall appro
priation bill carrying funds for
military construction and a va
riety of unrelated government
! functions.
Most of the money will go
into work on hundreds of mili
tary bases and construction proj
ects, in this country and abroad,
during the fiscal year that began
1 Julv l.
Mine Patents;
Democrats
! posedl:
of Al Sarena land, have
been identified bv the forest
service as a timber burn at Buck
Base and a Jim Creek forest ser
vice timber sale, on the opposite
side of the mountain from Al
Sarena.
Instead of "clear-cutting the
claims." as the Democrats
charged, the owners logged only
mature timber, McKay said. '"For
this the Al Sarena owners re
ceived about S23.000 no great
financial gross." the Republican
senatorial candidate added-
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tatemen.
barred as
A statement reportedly writ
j ten in Alturas. Ca'if.. by Billy
: Junior Xunn. confessing the
April 19 murder of William Al
I vin Eacrei. 14, Klamath Falls,
will not be admitted as evidence
I in N'unn's first degree murder
trial.
j Tape recorded portions of con
i versation between Nunn and in
vestigating officers in the Modoc
county jail at Alturas have also
been barred as evidence in the
trial.
Evident In Court
The decisions by Judge H. K.
Hanna were evident in court 1his
morning after the judge, attor
neys on both sides, the defend
ant, clerk and official court re
porter returned to the court
room. The official court group held
closed sessions in the judge's
chambers Friday afternoon.
Saturday morning and fur about
an hour this morning to consider
Accident Victim
Reporled in Fair
Condition Today
Carl Wallace McMillen. 50. of
route 2. box 816. Central Point,
was charged in district court
this morning with driving while
under the influence of intoxicat
ing liquor.
McMillen was operator of a
vehicle involved in an accident
early Saturday night in which
Michael Elmer Hanshcw. cight-week-old
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Hanshew. 211' 2 Colum
bus ave., was killed stale police
said.
McMillcn's hearing was con
tinued until Wednesday at which
time he will enter a plea. Nnreen
Kelly is attorney for the defense.
Bail was set at S209.
In Fair Condition
Mrs. Hanshew was in fair con
dition at Rogue Valley (Commu
nity) hospital this morning. Her
husband was released from the
hospital after treatment for
minor cuts and bruises.
State police said the Hanshew
jeep was going south on High
way 99 near the Mason-Ehrman
rd. when it was struck from be
hind by a car driven by Mc
Millen. Three oilier fatal accidents
occurred in Jackson county Fri
day and Saturday.
Other Accidents
Bobby Burdcttc Ashley, 28. of
Ashland, was killed Saturday
morning in a one car accident
on Avenue G. Camp White;
James Richard Kerchcr. 14, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Kercher.
route 1. box 286. Central Point,
drowned in an irrigation pond
in the Willow Springs area Fri
day afternoon: and Frank Lee
Vaugh, 61, of Grants Pass, was
killed in a logging accident
about noon Friday in the Savage
creek area.
Officials of the Southern Ore
gon Timing association, which
sponsors activities at the Camn
White drag strip, said the group
had not authorized any timing
events for Saturday. The dra;
strip, they said, is only a quarter-mile
strip. The accident in
which Ashley was killed was at
the west end of Avenue G. about
two miles from the actual loca
tion of the drag strip, associa
tion officials and state police
said.
Thousands Ignore
British Strike Call
London iU.R) Union lead
ers ordered 50.000 auto workers
to put down their tools today in
the biggest strike against Brit
ain's automobile industry since
World War II but thousands ig
nored the call.
Fifteen unions called out their
members at 13 plants of the Brit
ish Motor Corp. in a dispute over
the dismissal of 6.000 surplus
employees. BMC fired the "re
dundant" workers with three
weeks" extra pay. The unions
contended this was hardly ''ade
quate compensation" for the loss
of jobs.
Picket lines were thrown up
around the plants when the mor
ning shift, was due. Special police
guarded the plants to prevent
possible clashes between the
pickets and non-strikers.
Reports reaching here said that
thousands of workers showed up
as usual. They ignored pleas
from loud-speakers to "stay out"
and braved taunts of "scab" and
"trailer" to enter the plant.
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tinn
l science
written and tape recorded state
ments. State Police Sgt. Thomas
Eaton was called to testify this
morning for the second time be
fore the jury. He told cf con.
versations in the Alturas jail
May 3, the day following Sunn's
arrest, involving himself, the de
fendant. State Police Sgt. Earl
Tichenor of Klamath Falls and
Chief Deputv Sheriff Joseph
Walsh.
Questioned
Sgt. Eaton said the defendant
was questioned in three sessions
totaling three hours and 42 min
utes. He said they informed
Xunn the Eacret boy had been
murdered and showed him pho
tographs of the victim. Nunn
first denied having seen Eacret
or having been with him. the
sergeant testified. He stated
Nunn asked to talk with an at
torney and the Modoc county
district attorney was summoned.
Eaton said Nunn and the district
attorney talked for about a half
hour. District Attorney Walter Nun
ley asked the witness if Nunn
were aware of any portions of
the conversation being tape re
corded. Sgt. Eaton commented.
"If he knew it, I didn"t know
he knew it." It has been stated
that the tape recordings were
not made for use in court, but
for purposes of training other
law enforcement officers in tech
nique of interrogation.
Sgt. Eaton said later that day
the defendant showed interest in
penalties and degrees of crime
and asked several questions,
which the officers answered.
"The defendant then asked for
a pencil and some paper and
said he wanted to write his own
confession." the witness stated.
Objection Sustained
Sam Harbison, court-appointed
defense attorney, objected to
this phase of the slate police of
ficer's testimony and requested
it be stricken from the record.
Judge Hanna sustained the ob
jection and ordered stricken the
reference to the written state
ment. The district attorney asked
Sgt. Eaton whether or not any
conversation took place concern
ing the fictitious name. Donald
English, the defendant was using
in Alturas. Sgt. Eaton said Nunn
claimed he was not using the
name for purposes of avoiding
detection, but had assumed it
to avoid embarrassment to his
employers if his true name were
to come into the murder investi
gation. Nunley asked Sgt. Eaton
if the defendant had given any
reason for thinking his name
would come into the investiga
tion. Harbison objected again and
the objection was sustained.
Trip From Alturas
The witness tola the jury of
conversation between Nunn,
himself and Deputy Walsh on
the trip back from Alturas. In
his testimony were details of
N'unn's trip with the murder vic
tim from the time they left
Klamath Falls until Nunn left
Tub Springs state park alone.
The witness told the jury of
Nunn's oral confession of the
crime, in which he said he stran
gled the boy. then tightly wound
a narrow belt around his neck
and stuffed a handkerchief into
his mouth.
After removing the remainder
of the boy's clothing and hiding
it, Sgt. Eaton said Nunn ran
through the brush to the park
ing area where he left his car .
En route to Klamath Falls. Sgt.
Eaton testified Nunn claimed he
disposed of Alvin's jacket and
lunch bucket along the roadside.
Retire to Chambers
Prior to tli is part of Sgt
Eaton's testimony, court offic
ials again retired to the judge's
chambers for five minutes.
Sgt. Eaton baid the officers
and Nunn stopped at the park
and Nunn showed them the
scene of the crime. Cross exam
ination of the witness was lo be
gin at 1:30 p.m. today.
First witness this morning was
Charles Ronald Kinard. Ashland,
who was picnicking at Tub
Springs park April 29. the day
the body was found. He said
three teen-age girls summoned
him and a friend. Earl Etters of
Medford. and the two men look
ed at the body. He said they had
just been to church and had a
Bible, from which they read
while standing over the body.
Kent 'U.Ri Orland Summers,
17. has confessed to the slaying
Saturday night of his 76-year-old
grandmother, Mrs. Margaret
Watt Summers, in her Kent
home.
vONDAY, JULY 23, 1956
"Code Of Ethics? Why, Yes, I Believe There Was
Some Talk Of One"
Stassen To Support
Hester as Candidate
For Vice President
Washington lU.Ri Presiden
tial Assistant Harold E. Stassen
announced today he will support
Gov. Christian Herter of Massa
chusetts as Republican vice pres
idential candidate.
Stassen, who is President Ei
senhower's special assistant for
disarmament, said he will fight
to gel Herter in second place on
the GOP ticket instead of Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.
Stassen told a news conference
he believes thai an Eiscnhower
Hcrter ticket "will run at least
6 per cent stronger than an Eisenhower-Nixon
t icket."
He said tills difference could
be "decisive" in a number of
close congressional races and
"may well be the margin of ma
jority or minority in the Con
gress." "Under some circumstances
this difference may even be very
important in the presidential
election itself." Stassen said.
Stassen. former governor of
Minnesota, was the first leading
Republican official to break pub
licly with the lineup of GOP
leaders favoring Nixon for vice
president.
Republican National Chair
man Leonard W. Hall recently
announced after a visit with
President Eisenhower that the
President is "absolutely" for
Nixon as his November running
mate.
Nixon was not immediately
available for comment.
'Dump Nixon' Movement
Earlier this year there were
reports of a "dump Nixon"
movement within important cir
cles of the Republican party. But
Hall has said repeatedly that Mr.
Eisenhower wants Nixon for his
running mate and that an "Eisenhower-Nixon"
ticket definitely
will be nominated at the Repub
lican National Convention in
San Francisco next month.
After seeing the President at
Gettysburg recently, Nixon told
newsmen he still stands on his
previous announcement that he
Planning Commissions
Set Joint Meeting
The Medford and Jackson
county planning commissions
will hold a joint meeting at 7:30
p.m. today in the county court
house, City Manager Robert
Duff, said today.
Purpose of the meeting will
be to discuss to city and county
joint planning, Duff said.
Aberdeen, S. D. (U.Ri Aver
ell Harriman took his campaign
to South Dakota today.
Weather
FORECAST Continued ht
through Tuesday. Increasing
rhantr of afternoon or eve
nine thunderstorms over
mountains. Low tonight 60.
High luehday 0i-104.
Temp.
Highest vesterdav 10
Lowest this morning bU
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:55 a.m.
Sunvet 7:10 p.m.
Moonrise 7:53 p.m.
La-t quarter July 30
The planets always move east
ward amon;; the stars but at
times a combination of their
movements and that of the
Earth makes them appear to
stand still and thn move west
ward amonr the stars. Mars now
appears nearly stationary In
Aquarius.
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is "ready and willing" to be Mr.
Eisenhower's running mate
again.
Stassen said that by taking
his action he was not compro
mising his position as an aide
to the President. He also insist
ed that reporters wait until Mr.
Eisenhower himself speaks be
fore they trv to determine the
presidential reaction to Slassen's
action.
He s;dd reporter should not
look lo National Chairman Hall
or others for this reaction.
Traffic Claims
Three in Oregon
By UNITED PRESS
Traffic accidents claimed the
lives of three persons in Oregon
over the week end and a fourth
Oregon resident drowned in the
waters of the Columbia river
near Vancouver, Wash.
Two of the accidents involved
small children. An 18-month-old
child drowned in the Columbia
river near Vancouver Saturday
when she fe'l into the river from
Lady island. She was Cheryl
Lyune Sheldon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Sheldon, Port
land. A 23-year-old mother was ser
iously injured and her eight-week-old
baby killed in a two
car collision one mile north of
Medford Saturday night.
Killed in the rear-end collis
ion was Michael Elmer Hanshaw,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
M. Hanshaw of Medford.
Bobby Burnett Ashley, 28. of
Ashland was killed Saturday
near Camp White when his car
failed to make a turn and crash
ed into a dirt bank.
Francisco Montiel Yebra, 24.
of Ontario, died Saturday in an
Ontario hospital from injuries re
ceived in a one-car accident on
Highway 30. 11 miles north of
Ontario Friday night.
Washincton U.R; Air Force
officials have asreed to set bids
for continuing the private train
ing of a group of petroleum sup
ply technicians now schooled at
the northwest technical institu
tion at Tillamook, Ore.
Heat Wave Will Continue;
Medford Lists 100 Degrees
By UNITED PRESS
Oregon's mid -summer heat
wave went into its eighth day to
day with prospects that many
parts of the state would top the
century mark. No indication of
a break in the torrid tempera
tures was seen in the immedi
ate future by the Portland
weather bureau.
Fire Danger Up
Forest fire danger was on the
upswing in most sections of the
state today. The weather bureau
forecast that fire danger would
be high in all sections except the
coastal strip and the valleys of
northwestern Oregon.
One death was blamed on the
heat yesterday in Portland. Doc
tors attributed the death of the
Rev. John Dawson, senior pres
byter of the Episcopal diocese of
Oregon, to heal exhaustion.
Measure Appears
To Face Certain
Death in Senate
Passage Obtained
On 279-126 Vote
Washington UR. The House
approved the administration's
civil rights bill today over South
ern opposition. But the measure
was almost certain to die in the
Senate.
The roll call vote in the House
on final passage of the bill was
279 to 126.
A powerful coalition of Repub
licans and Northern Democrats
drove the bill to final passage. A
baby filibuster" staged by the
outnumbered Dixie bloc delayed
passage for a week.
Rush for Adjournment
Barring a major upset, the bill
will die in the Senate where it
is not expected to get past the
Senate Judiciary Committee. The
rush toward week end adjourn
ment and threat of a Southern
filibuster will almost certainly
prevent Senate action.
The final vote came after the
house beat down a Southern
move to kill the bill by sending
it back to the Judiciary Com
mittee. President Eisenhower had an-
pealed for passage of a civil
rights bill. The measure was rec
ommended by Attorney General
Herbert Brownell Jr. Backers of
the legislation termed it a "mod
erate approach."
Denounced by Southerners
But southerners roundly de
nounced it as "vicious" legisla
tion. They said it was a politi
cally inspired attempt on the part
of Republicans and Northern
Democrats to woo the Negro vote
in the fall election.
The bill would:
1. Create a bi-partisan commis
sion of six members to investi
gate alleged civil rights viola
tions, including "unwarranted
economic pressures" because of
color, religion or nationality.
The House last week tentative
ly approved amendments to em
power the commission lo inves
1 tiate economic pressures result
ing from a person's sex and re
quiring the commission to follow
' fair play" rules of procedure
in its investigations.
New Justice Division
2. Establish a new division
within the Department of Justice
under an assistant attorney gen
eral to handle civil rights cases.
3. Authorize the attorney gen
eral to bring suits directly in
federal courts to protect citizens'
rights.
4. Strengthen exisfinn federal
laws on the right to vote by au-
moruing the attorney general to
bring damage suits lo protect
this right.
Paving, Sewer Jobs
Started in Medford
Work started this morning on
two paving projects and one
sanitary sewer in Medford dis
tricts, according to Vern Thorpe,
public works director.
Rogue River Paving company,
of Medford, started paving Whit
man st. from Holmes to Garfield
sts. The work is being done for
the Vandcrgrift Leever Realty
agency, of Medford, Thorpe said,
who are developing the Cornice
subdivision village.
Installation of a sanitary sew
er in Verde Hills was started
this morning by E and W Con
struction company of Eugene.
The city council awarded the
contract July 3. The bid was
$71,750.80.
Paving was also started on
Kenwood ave. from Humphrey
to Second sts. by Rogue River
Paving company and the Hughes
and Dodd Construction comp
any, subcontractors. The bid on
the project was $7,305. The pro
ject is one of seven awarded the
companies by the city council
for improvements of Medford
streets, Thorpe said.
Medford was the only spot in
the state reporting a reading of
100 degrees yesterday but Pen
dleton was only two degrees
cooler at 93 and The Dalles re
ported 96. It was 91 at Klamath
Falls. 92 in Lakeview and 94 in
Redmond.
92 at Roseburg
Western Oregon temperatures
were nearly as high with Rose
burg reporting 92, Eugene and
Salem each 91 and Portland, 86.
Astoria recorded a high of 73.
All forest operations in south
west Washington were shut
down today and the area north
of Kelso went on "hoot owl"
schedule.
U.S. Forest Dispatcher Cuy
Johnson predicted that "Every
thing will probably be buttoned
down tight west of the Cascades"
in Oregon today because of low
humidity.
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