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SIXTEEK MEDrORD (OKECON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, August 8, 1356 Second Largest Firm Signs Steel Contract New York U.R The Beth lehem Steel Co., the nation'i second largest steel producer, signed an unprecedented three year contract with the United Steelworkers Union Saturday. The action completed signing of contracts between the union and the "big three" steel pro ducers and brought to a virtual end the costliest steel strike in history. The nation's biggest steel cor poration, U. S. Steel and Repub lic Steel, No. 3 of the group, signed up with the union Friday night. Other companies that fell into line shortly after U.S. Steel sig naled the end of the 34-day, $2 billion walkout by accepting the 78-page contract agreement were Wheeling Steel Corp. and Jones and Laughlin. Produce Half U. S. Steel, Bethlehem and Republic, the nation's top three companies, produce more than half of the nation's steel and employ about hall of the 650. 000 workers who walked out 35 days ago. Great Lakes, Armco, Colora do Fuel and Iron and Allegheny Ludlum expected to sign yesterday. Inland Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube and other hold outs may sign. Local issues are again involved. Pittsburgh Steel signed early Friday. Crucible, the first major producer to reach agreement. initialed the contract Thursday night. John A. Stephens, U.S. Steel vice president -and chief industry negotiator, initialed his com pany's agreement with David J. McDonald, steelworkers presi dent, to the jubilant cheers of 200 union members present. Long Peace Sought Stephens and McDonald both voiced the hope that there will never again be a need for anoth er steel strike. McDonald introduced Stephens at the union's Hotel Roosevelt headquarters as "the greatest ne gotiator in the world." The steel workers gave Stephens an ova tion. Then an ovation for Mc Donald. Stephens told the boisterous union members: "The strike notwithstanding, the final settlement of the 1956 steel wage negotiations was ac complished with mutual respect prevailing between U. S. Steel and the United Steelworkers. We regard this as the basis of better and better labor management re lations in the years ahead." Prosperity Key Aspect Stephens said the most im portant aspect of the contract is that it guarantees three years of labor peace and "an opportunity to achieve progress and prosperi ty beyond the heights already obtained. The smiling, handshaking, backslapping steelworkers pres ent felt to the man it was a damn good contract." The union refused to disclose why Bethlehem, Youngstown and Inland have so far rejected contracts similar to the pact agreed to by U. S. Steel. Local issues, in all three .cases, were believed to be the bottleneck. The new contracts will give the steelworkers wage increases and other benefits totaling 45.6 cents an hour and three years of labor peace. There will be no wage reopencr, a condition agreed upon in previous contracts. FIGHT TO A DRAW Darsham, England (U.P.) After a lengthy argument with his angry opponent, farmhand Peter Hubbard got into a fist fight with a bull. The bull charged the 23-year-old Hub bard and fractured his thigh. Hubbard, a six-foot, 200-pound- er, retaliated with a vicious right to the back of the neck. The decision a draw. The bull retreated shaking his head daz edly. Hubbard crawled off and was removed to a hosoital. McKeon Sentence Draws Indignation Parris Island, S.C. U.R The "death march" sentence of nine months at hard labor and a bad conduct discharge for Marine S-Sgt. Matthehw C. McKeon touched off a flood of indigna tion today. But the drill instructor, found guilty of negligent homicide and drinking in the non-com bar racks, seemed to take his fate philosophically while waiting for the sentence to go up for review. Maj. Charles P. Sevier, Ma rine prosecuting officer, said he will need about two weeks to prepare the record and deliver it to Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas for review. McKeon, 31, was kept busy Sunday at his cottage home re ceiving telephone calls from persons in all parts of the coun try who wanted to express sym pathy. "I'd like to thank all the peo ple in the country honest to God, I would," McKeon said. The sentence also included reduction in rank to private and forfeiture of $30 of his monthly pay during his nine month sen tence, which probably would be served at a Portsmouth, Va., naval rehabilitation base. But the sentence may be re duced or suspended entirely by Secretary Thomas, who is to re view it as the authority conven ing the trial, or still may be appealed. Quotes From the News ONE OF HER BOYS Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) Mr. and Mrs. Cleodis Lee decided to get married because both were lonely. The new Mrs. Lee, whose second husband died four years ago, said of her 41-year-old third husband: "He seems more like one of my boys than my hus band." Mrs. Lee is 70. By UNITED PRESS London Lt. Col. Lindsay Fawkei, commander of the British aircraft carrier, Theseus, which sailed for the Mediterranean with almost 2,000 battle-hardened paratroopers aboard: I cannot say where we are going, but wherever it is, it is go ing to be warmer than it is here." Chicago Paul Butler. Democratic national chairman who has repeatedly expresied doub that President Eisenhower will run again, on whether he is finally reconciled lo the President's seek ing reelection: "There is a possibility the President's health and disinclination to put himself on the block for the peope around him may result in his not going on through after the nomination." Port Royal, S.C. SSgt. Matthew C. McKeon who was sen tenced to nine months it hard labor and a bad conduct discharge from the Marine Corps for leading six recruits to their deaths in a night swamp march: "In nine months. I'll be free physically. But mentally I'll never forget those six kidsor their parents either." Ridgecresr, N.C. Vice President Richard M. Nixon to a reli gious conference en the role of religion in setting a moderate ap proach to race relations: "I wonder if, in this cue, the forces of religion could serve as a conciliator." San Francisco Leonard Hall, Republican national chairman, on his opposition to a debate between President Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson: "Debates resolve nothing. They never resolve who is facing the facts." London The cook for Marilyn Monroe and new husband Ar thur Miller on the couple's honeymoon bliss in England where the blonde actress is making a film: "Sometimes all they seem to want to do is to relax in each other's company except when Miss Monroe comes into the kitchen to ask me how to make goulash, which she seems lo be eating all the time." Washington (U.R) Close associates of Sen. Estes Kefauv er (D-Tenn.) reported Saturday that he is available for the De mocratic vice presidential nom ination but is not actively seek ing it. I Beware Wash Tub Wilt When Summer Cottons Are Home Laundered! let the Sanitone COTTON CLINIC Keep your pretty dresses as crisp end nice as new H l s f. J 7 ' COTTON CLINIC I I I! Complex Water Rights Case In Week Recess Rep. Hinshaw of California Dies Washington (U.R) Veteran Rep. Carl Hinshaw of California died Sunday night at Bethesda Naval hospital. The 62-year-old Republican had been admitted to the hospital on July 27. The hospital said death re sulted from extensive pneu monia, complicated by conges tive heart failure It said Hinshaw responded briefly to oxygen therapy, antibiotics and cardiac stimulants, but succumb ed following an overwhelming toxemia. Hinshaw, a member of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, represented the 20th District of California. The 20th District includes the Pasadena - Glendale area near Los Angeles. He is survived by his wife. Roberta; two sons, John V. Hin shaw of New York Citv. and William R. Hinshaw of the Uni versity of California; and his mother, Mrs. William Wade Hin shaw of Washington. He was elected to the 76th Congress Nov. 1, 1938, and has been returned to each succeed ing Congress. NATO Says Iceland Needs U.S. Troops Washington (U.R) The North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion said Friday Iceland will risk "occupation and the extinc tion of its freedom if it insists on withdrawal of U. S. troops stationed there. iceiana claims The troops are no longer needed. But the NATO Council said the international situation "has not improved to such an extent that defense forces are no longer required in Iceland." The firmly worded statement was signed by all of the NATO members except the United States and Iceland, which did not vote on the declaration But a State Department spokesman said the council's views "coin cide entirely with the views of the United States." . r Iceland has asked the Coun cil, under terms of the 1951 NATO defense agreement, to re view the necessity for maintain- Pendleton Roundup Cuts Ticket Prices Pendleton U,R) The Pen dleton Roundup, that (rand daddy of Oregon's western shows, will have a reduction in ticket prices for many people attending the 45th annual show next month. A special area in the center of the grandstand has been created with $12 buying a seat for the four-day show. Ticket prices in the steel reserved sec tion also have been slashed and a wholesale price has been put on wooden bleacher seats for the opening day show. The Roundup is scheduled io open sept. 12 and continue through the 15th. ing 5000 American troops in the area. Unless the controversy is resolved the agreement could end on Feb. 1, 1958 18 months from last Wednesday when Ice land asked for the Teview. A 'DUKE BOX' London (U.R) The latest rage in Britain is the "Duke Box," a juke box with royal trimmings operated by a duke. The first duke box is at Woburn Abbey, where the Duke of Bed ford has opened a milk bar to help pay the estate inheritance taxes. The chrome and glass duke box alone netted him $11.20 the first week. New scientific way to keep dainty cottons immaculate fully restores original body of even the daintiest fabrics. Never before an equal for our Sanitone Cotton Clinic Service to keep dainty Slimmer cottons at their loveliest,. 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Arizona filed the suit with the Supreme Court to establish title to 3,800,000 annual acre feet of Colorado river water. California opposes the bid, claiming 5,363, 000 annual acre feet. There is not enough water to supply both demands. Rifkind Appointed Rifkind was appointed by the Supreme Court to recommend a verdict in the case, which also involves the U. S. government, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. Earlier Friday, Ely cross-examined Dr. Paul D. Christian sen, a Utah professor, regarding his testimony on the waste of water in the Imperial and Coa chella valleys of California. Christiansen admitted that he had spent only 24 actual hours inspecting the irrigation prac tices of the Imperial area, and said he had no technical know ledge of the amount of water needed in the Imperial area to control salt balance of soil. Use Tribune Want Ads jMobilhwtl Distributor "OIL TO BURN" Let Ut Fill Your Tank Now Medford Fuel Co. 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