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KE flPlTA AY TO MAP 0 New Rogue Basin Report Due Soon Studies and reanalysis are under way to "outline a plan of development for the Rogue River Basin which would take into account the relative merits of . . . diverse interests," accord ing to the bureau of reclamation. Harold T. Nelson, regional director of the bureau in Boise, Ida., in response to a query from the Mail Tribune, said it is ex Dected that the report can be Aug. 31 Deadline For First Contract On Talent Project Auk. 31 is the deadline for the award of a contract for in itial construction work on the Talent Irrigation and reclama tion project at Deadwood tunnel according to the bureau of rec lamation. It is hoped the award can be made before tthe dead line. Otherwise the job may have to be readvertised. Bids were opened earlier this summer, with Lord Construction company making the low offer. Award could not be made until the election last week at which landowners of the Talent Irri gation district approved a re payment contract with the bur eau. The contract involves re payment of $3,800,000, about a quarter of the total cost Representatives of the district were to sign the contract today, and it is expected the bureau's regional office will give the go ahead to the construction firm within the next day or two. The bureau of reclamation will open bids at 10 a.m. tomorrow on another portion of the rehab ilitation work on the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irriga tion districts. Bids will be open ed at the bureau's office in Buil ding 234 at Camp White. Work involved is for earth work, pipelines and structures at the Yankee creek and Antelope creek siphons on the Medford I canal, both about IS miles north-1 east of Medford. - 'On Friday at 10 a.m., bids will be opened on asphalt tiling and stair nosing for the bureau's Camp White office. Vancouver Avenue Homes Burglarized Two residences on Vancouver ave. were burglarized between 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 6:45 a.m. Sunday, according to Med ford police. Hugh Downing Remington, 28 Vancouver ave., reported to po lice Sunday morning that his home had been robbed of about $11 in cash. Remington told po lice that someone had come into his bedroom during the night and taken his clothes from a chair near the bed. Police said Remington found his clothes in the morning on the work bench in his garage. The money was in his pants pocket. Remington said that all doors were unlocked and no force was necessary to gain entrance, po lice reported. The Rev. Kenneth Frederick Korby, 18 Vancouver ave., also reported to city police a break and entry at his residence Sun day. He said that while he was sleeping a wallet containing about $10 or $12 in cash was taken from his bedroom. Police reported that entrance was made by the front door, which was unlocked. Richland (U.R) Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson was scheduled to make a "routine rush visit" at the Hanford Atomic Works near here today. Wilson was to fly here from Washington. D.C., make the tour and then return. Governor Knight Asked To Explosive Feather Falls Labor Dispute Oroville. Calif. (U.R Luther A. Sizemore, international rep resentative of the B-otherhood of Carpenters, called on Gov. Goodwin J. Knight today to help resolve the explosive Feather River pine mills labor battle. Situation Said Tense In a telegram. Sizemore called the present situation at the Oro ville mills "tense" and asked Knight to contact top union of ficials and executives of the Georgia-Pacific Corp.. owner of the mill, to "suggest they make an honorable settlement of this undesirable labor dispute." Sizemore accused mill Gen eral Superintendent W. W. Gam ble of "encouraging employees to carry guns." He said "some bod is bound to set hurt prepared about the first of the coming year. The new studies were set in motion last March following the disastrous floods along the Rogue river. They were ordered by the then secretary of the in terior, Douglas McKay, who re quested an immediate review and reanalysis of all available studies and data on the basin. His action came less than a year after the bureau of recla mation's earlier report on a ma jor basin development for this area was ordered put on the shelf. The earlier report, pre pared over a period of several years, proposed a multi-purpose development of the Rogue basin, including a number of small dams on watershed streams and a high dam across the Rogue river at Lewis creek. The report was completed in lBoO. It was the subject of con troversy and dispute which reached its high point in public hearings in Medford in June. i4H, wnen advocates and op ponents of the project proposal presented their cases. Opponents consisted largely of fish, wild life and conservation interests. Supporters were advocates of more irrigation, power and flood control in the area. Because of the opposition, the plan was never placed in effect, although part of it, the Talent project, was. In April, 1955, Sec retary McKay told his bureau and department heads the pro posed basin developments were no longer under consideration. However, last winter's floods resulted in the new directive, which told the agencies that "the object of the present coordinated review will be to reach agree ment on a plan of development which will properly take into account the divergent interest of the Interior bureaus, make pos sible the development of addi tional flood protection desired by local interests, and otherwise be acceptable to local interests and sportsmen's groups." Nelson's letter added: "The bureau of reclamation was directed to give specific con sideration to methods of flood control for the main stem of the Rogue river other than Lewis Creek dam in order to fully appraise alternatives which would minimize damage to fish ery resources. "The fish and wildlife service was directed to evaluate the fish ery losses which would result from construction of Lewis creek or other dams, and to prepare and appraise plans of remedial measures which would minimize or offset losses from all plans of development." Nelson said that a first hand inspection of the Rogue Rive basin was made by representa tives of the several agencies of the department shortly after the new directive was issued last March, and that the agencies are now gathering and evaluating data. He said the report result ing from these studies should be available about the first of the year. Robbery Suspects Arrive Tomorrow Deputy Sheriff Barney Ten nant is due to arrive here to morrow with two prisoners from Pendleton who are suspects in an $800 armed robbery here Aug. 12. John Albert Olson, 20, of 423 Plum St., and Roy B. Armstrong. 23, address unknown, reportedly turned themselves in to Pendle ton city police Saturday. They are suspected of robbing Fritz Boight of $800 cash at the point of a gun at 401 Orchards two weeks ago. Jackson county authorities held warrants for the arrest of the pair and they are being re turned to face charges here. killed." However. Sizemore de nied that "union people" were carrying arms. Sizemore said he had asked the union's international offic ers to approve the establishment of picket lines at all Georgia Pacific lumber mills with union affiliations. This could result in a nationwide walkout against the corporation, second largest lumber company in the world. No Strike at Feather Falls Meanwhile. Georgia-Pacific Vice President R. E. Floweree, in charge of West Coast opera tions, said there was "no strike at Feather Falls." "The employees of the mill rejected the union in 1954 and prefer no union," he said. 'Workers have the right to de- Usd M they wad to be anion- 51st Year li T7TYE7fYDT J$g&LJL United Press- -Full Leased Wire 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST State Treasury Surplus Neither Inequity Nor Iniquity, Portland (U.R) The $30 million surplus produced as a result of the surtax "it neither an inequity nor an iniquity," State Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem, vice chairman of the Interim Tax committee told the board of governors of the Oregon Asso ciation of Public Accountants at their meeting here last week end. Ohmart told his audience that "it is not necessary to defend any surplus." He said the state could just as easily have ended Egypt Delays Reply On Suez Canal Talks "Harold Has Been Rehabilitated" H ome Economics Fair Awards Given Ten home economics awards and the style review champion were announced Saturday eve ning at the special awards pro gram which closed the Jackson county 4-H and Future Farmers of America fair. Awards for the agriculture division were also presented. Linda Malloroy, Antelope, re ceived the style review award for being grand champion. She received an engraved trophy from the Medford Branch of the U.S. National Bank. Other winners included Susie Palm, S and R Sewing club, Eagle Point, and Virginia Mar tin, Phoenix, outstanding cloth ing club members, J. C. Pen ney's special award summer school scholarship; Pat Cranston, Medford, and Patsy Charley, Kandy Kids of Central Point, best food preparation or food preservation demonstration team, one-half toward summer school scholarship by Safeway Stores, Inc.; Marlena Coffman and Cheryl Ghelarde, Kandy Kids of Central Point, best food preservation or food preparation demonstration in which 25 per cent of the sweetening agent is honey, cash awards by Oregon Beekeepers' association; Joan Dobrot, Kandy Kids. Central Point, outstanding cooking club member, Larry Schade trophy donated by Schade's Jewelry store; and Pat Cranston, Med ford, and Nedra Harris, Phoe nix, highest scoring exhibit in each of the cookery and food Help Solve ized and the employees decided they don t want the union." Floweree said recent union activities were an "attempt to coerce employees." Non-Union Operation The Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union failed to reach agreement with Georgia Pacific in June of 1954 and walked out. The company began operating with non-union workers. Last week three incidents occurred which have been charged as be ing connected with the labor dis pute. A railroad trestle owned by the company was burned, the home of a Sacramento trucking executive was bombed shortly after he sent a truck through the picket line at the mill, and a truck driver who crashed the jacket Use we ht. Sen. Lee Ohmart Declares the accounting period with deficit of an equal amount. "Had we had an economic cession or a serious strike, we could just as well have had a like deficit," Ohmart contend ed. Ohmart reported that copies of the preliminary draft of the 11-member tax committee's pro posals are now available to groups and individuals who wish to study the plan, which includes repeal of the surtax and enact ment of a 3 per cent sales and preservation exhibit divisions, Foley Manufacturing company awards. Judging teams that will be at tending the State fair will be: food "preservation judging team, Pat Cranston, Susan Thompson, and Judy Holdridge: homemak ing judging team, Carol Myers, Glenna Brown, and Pat Cran ston; cooking judges, Laurene Kellow, Sheila Couey, and Carol Depner; clothing judging team, Joan Dobrot, Alberta Erwin, and Lucy Gardner; and the judging home economics team that will attend the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Port land in October, Virginia Mar tin, Mavis Strom, , and Nyla Murray. Outstanding judging contest club teams that received medals Saturday evening include:' Vir ginia Martin, Nedra Harris, and Delores Myer, members of Phoe nix Flying Stitches clothing club; Sheila Couey, Carol Dep ner, and Mavis Strom, members of southwest Medford cooking club; Susan Thompson. Judy Holdridge, and Starlene Wilkins, members of the Phoenix saucy canners club; and Glenna Brown, Carol Myers, and Joy Chapman, members of Table Rock home making club. Winner of the Doreen Bohnert trophy was Starlene Wilkins, Phoenix. Style review division champions include Linda Mal loroy, clothing 5, Antelope; Cathie Carroll, clothing 5, Eagle Point; Susie Palm, clothing 4, Eagle Point: Linda Warren, clothing 4, Central Point; Ro melle Fossen, fun and sun, Ruckettes: and Mavis Strom, fun and sun, southwest Medford. AFL-CIO Cracks Down On Three Unions Forest Park, Pa. (U.R) The AFL-CIO top command to day cracked down on three un ions with a total of 170,000 mem bers on charges of corruption in volving alleged union welfare fund abuses. The AFL-CIO's 28-member Executive Council approved rec ommendations raising a threat of suspension against the 25,000 member Distillery Workers, the 72,000-member Laundry Work ers and the 73.000-member Al lied Industrial Workers, former ly known as the AFL United r-:C- - Price 5e Tribune Full Leaned Wirst 27, 1956 No. 135 use tax with certain basic exemp tions. "It is the concensus of the committee that the sales tax will produce a marked reduction in the state income tax," Ohmart said, and assured his listeners that a sales tax would not be in addition to ther taxes. He estimated that a sales tax would yield $120 million revenue for the biennium, as compared to $147 million for the income tax and the surtax. Nasser's Decision On Invitation Due To Be Made Tuesday London U.P) Egypt put off for another 24 hours today any reply to a five-nation commit tee's invitation for further talks on the future of the Suez Canal. The committee headed b y Prime Minister R. G. Menzies of Australia . met for two hours to day in expectation of receiving an answer from Egyption Presi lent Gamal Abdel Nasser. Then it adjourned until Tuesday. Officials in Cairo announced that Nasser's reply would be de livered Tuesday when it will be presented through the Egyptian Embassy here. The Menzies committee, set up by the 18 nations which support ed Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' plan for international control of the Suez Canal, met to study semi-official Egyptian re ports that its members would be invited to hold talks in Egypt. Cairo Said To Be Scene These reports were under scored by Egyptian newspaper dispatches printed today With ap parent government inspiration, which indicated any further dis cussion of the Suez problem would be held in Cairo. The Egyptian government newspaper Al Goumhouria said Nasser had decided to adopt an "amenable attitude" toward the Menzies committee. . The Cairo newspaper Al Akh bar said "All indications point to the fact that the committee will not confine its talks to the U. S. proposal." Second Bear Creek Bids Open Tuesday Bids -for construction work along the left bank of Bear creek are to be opened in the Portland office of the Army corps of en gineers tomorrow at 2 p.m., ac cording to district engineer. Col onel Jackson Graham. Bids were first asked on July 16 and were opened Aug. 1. But failure to obtain right of way caused the awarding of the con tract to be delayed and the bids were cancelled. The project would include 5.260 cubic yards of excavation, 500 cubic yards of embankiient from gravel borrow and 4,020 cubic yards of dumped stone re vetment. Tydings' Wife To . Seek Seat in Senate Ocean City, Md. (U.PJ Mrs. Eleanor Tydings, wife of former Sen. Millard E. Tydings, has announced she is a candidate for the Maryland Democratic senatorial nomination. Tydings. who lost to Sen. John Marshal Butler (R-Md.) in 1950 after five terms in the senate, won the Democratic nom ination in a close primary race with George P. Mahoney, a Bal timore contractor. However, Ty dings withdrew last week be cause of illness. Mrs. Tydings told a meeting of the United Democratic Wom en's clubs of Maryland Sunday night that she was entering the race "to carry on the Tydings name in November." South Carolina Governor Urges Stevenson Backing Columbia, S. C. (U.R) Gov. George Bell Timmerman urged South Carolina Democrats today to fight their battles within the Democratic party and asked them to' support Adlai E. Steven son as the 1956 presidential can didate. . fti v' .1; FORE! President Elsenhower gets in a little golf practice on famed Cypress Point at Pebble Beach, Calif. His gallery consists of newsmen from across the nation who came to the Pacific Coast to cover the GOP convention in San Francisco. The President is taking a short golfing vacation before returning to Washington. Pacific Palisades Slide Cleared Away; No Vehicles Trapped Santa Monica, Calif. (U.R) The Coast Highway below tow ering Pacific Palisades overlook ing the Pacific ocean was clear ed today, and workmen found that no vehicles were trapped m the slide which Sunday carried four women down a 150-foot cliff. Two of the women suffered fractured vertebrae and two es caped serious injury in their terrifying descent down the per pendicular bluff. Officials said the important route, Highway 101, would be open later today. The four women were pic nicking in a park on top of the cliff Sunday when a 150-foot sec- lionof. -the bluff edge crumbled with a roar and carried them tumbling to within 15 feet of the six-lane coast highway at the bottom. Mrs. Eugenie Baughman, 72. nearly was buried in the mass of sliding dirt, trees and picnic ta bles, but managed to free her self with the help of bystanders. The other three picknickers were identified as Eugene Baugh man, 72, Maude Hankerson, 64, and Lucille Glenn, 48, all of Los Angeles. Mrs. Glenn and Mrs. Hankerson suffered spinal frac tures. Their, companions - were given emergency treatment for shock, cuts and- bruises, and sent home. Heavy earth-moving equip ment was swung into action and manned throughout the night at the spotlighted scene. Motorist Bobby Sullivan and a companion, Jim Lotus, missed being buried alive by inches when Sullivan spotted the crum- Russian Explosion Object of Speculation Washington U.R) Govern ment experts speculated today on whether the recent Russian nuclear explosion was part of a guided missile test. President Eisenhower an nounced Sunday that the Soviet Union had set off a "nuclear de vice" in southwest Siberia on Aug. 24. However, he did not say whether it had been a hy drogen bomb. Speculation that the Russians had used a nuclear device as a guided missile warhead was stirred by a statement Commu nist party boss Nikita Khrushr chev made in England April 23. Khrushchev said in a speech at that time he was "quite sure that we will have a guided mis sile with a hydrogen bomb that can fall anywhere in the world." Salem (U,R) Supreme Court Justice Walter Tooze is resting at his home after release from Salem Memorial hospital last Friday. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to . night and Tuesday. Slightly warmer Tuesday. Low tonight 48. High Tuesday St. Temp. Highest yesterday -7 Lowest this morning 46 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset ... Moonrise 5:31 a. IB. 6:54 p.m. . 9:34: p.m. Last Quarter Tuesday taight VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn. In southwest 8:28 p.m. Mars, due south 1:24 a.m. (High above Mars is seen the Great Square of Pegasus) Venus, rises 2:13 a.m. (South of Venus is the constel lation of Orion) bling of the sandy earth and swerved to the left across the highway. "It sounded like a waterfall,'" Sullivan said after climbing from his partly buried car. No More Picnics Mr. Hayward said she rememb ered "being afraid we were go ing to be buried" in the tons of falling earth. "We were tumbling over and over and dirt was coming down on top of us and everywhere else," she said. The women said the fact that the earth was soft and moist probably saved them from death. Mr. Glenn said, "the next guy who says picnic to me ; . . " The Pacific Palisades have been a constant slide threat for years. Twice this year huge chunks of the cliffs have broken away and buried the highway. Ashlanders Lost Temporarily Sunday Three persons, members of a picnic party of about 10, were reported lost in the vicinity of Wrangle Gap camp ground on the Siskiyou divide late yester day, but were found by other picnickers before an official search could be organized. Mae Brusten, about 70, Gus Hendricks, 70, and Robert Hen dricks, 10, all of 726 B St., Ash land, were thought to be lost when others of their party called the Ashland city police at 9:15 p.m. The Ashland police called the forest service officers at Star Ranger station, who in turn tele phoned the county sheriff's of fice in a request for aid. Star Ranger Vern Taylor said he dis patched Wear Chisholm, lookout at Dutchman's peak, to the camp ground. When Chisholm got there he found a note saying those missing had been found and were all right. The lookout' called him about 30 minutes after the first report from Ash land police, Taylor said. According to the Ashland po lice, the woman had become lost about 4 p.m. and Gess and Rob ert Hendricks went to search for her. They did not return and were assumed to be .lost also. They were apparently found be tween B and 10 p.m. by other members of the party. Week End Traffic Mishaps Fatal To Four By UNITED PRESS Four Oregonians died in week end traffic accidents, two in a single collision in Washington. Two other persons were feared drowned and a man was killed by a train in other week end mishaps. Car-Truck Crash Fatal Dean E. Records, 52. and his wife, Dottie, 48, both of Milton Freewater, were killed five miles south of Connell, Wash., last night when their car and a peach truck driven by James R. Gallagher, Spokane, collided head-on. . Mrs. Ada Bell Murray, 63, Hood River, was killed yester day in a two-car collision five miles east of Cannon Beach on the Sunset highway. Kenneth Paul Bromaain, 29, Gstokamee, was killed ear jretv Reelection Plans Will Be Announced Soon Alter Return President Will Spend Week End at Gettysburg Pebble Beach, Calif. OJ.R) President Eisenhower, no longer a oost - onerativa convalescent. will fly back to Washington luesday to map plans for his re election campaign against his Democratic opponent, Adlai E. Stevenson. The chief executive planned to take Off from the Mnnterew Naval Air station early Tues- aay, arriving m Washington be tween 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (EDT). In a briefing this morning. Press Secretary James C. Hager ty said the President's plans would be announced soon after his return to the White House. This probably means some time next week be cause the President plans to drive to his farm at Gettysburg, Pa., Friday, for the week end. Plays Golf Again This morning the President played another 18 holes of coif over the tricky Cypress Point course, his fourth round in ae many days. Hagerty's announcement that the President would return to Washington Tuesday oame lome what as a surprise to some White House corresnonripntjs. who, along with the White House staff, thought the Presi dent might remain at h fw. pres Point club through Wed nesday. However. Haeertsr KhmooA off the suggestion that the re turn Tuesday represented a cnange in plans, from other sources, however, it developed that the President was flvine- back Tuesday for two basic rea sons: Mamie UnenMuitiastie 1. Today was foggy and ore cast along the Monterey penin sula, leaving Mrs. Eisenhower something less than enthusiastic about staying longer. 2. The President is well aware that his Democratis opposition has started campaign slugging early and he wants to huddle with . GOP National Chairman Leonard W.. Hall on, plans' to open his own campaign Sept. 15. Festival Scenes On Radio Tonight The annual nationwide broad cast from the Oregon Shake spearean festival theater in Ash land will be heard over radio station KMED beginning at 8:30 p.m. today. The show will orig inate from NBC in Hollywood. Andrew C. Love. NBC execu tive from Hollywood, was ki Ashland earlier this summer su pervising the tape recording of scenes from "Richard III" which will be broadcast tonight. Don Gunderson stars as Richard, Wil liam Oyler is narrator, and Frank. Pinnock of KMED is the announcer.- William Dawkins prepared the script. A re-broadcast over KMED is scheduled for Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. today, station KBES-TV will feature a half hour show sponsored by the First National Bank of Portland. Gunderson will star and David Thayer.-teacher of television at Iowa State college, a festival technician, will direct. New Haven, Conn. ttJ.E) .'Ed Sullivan, TV master of cere monies and newspaper columnist has left Grace-New Haven hos pital where he was admitted a week ago for treatment of a lung congestion. r San Francisco !U.R The western division of Safeway Stores, Inc., said it did not in tend to raise coffee prices locally, despite a four-cent raise an nounced by the New York di vision of the chain store. Oregonians teraajr wnen his car struck a pole and lodged against a tree near Portland. . Bert Harland, about 65, Port land, was feared drowned after he failed to return from a fish ing trip on the Columbia river. His 14-foot boat wag found wrecked several miles upstream from Portland. Hans Hurula, Clatskanie, was presumed drowned late Friday night after he fell into the Co lumbia while apparently trying to free fish nets which had be come entangled. Man Killed by Train An unidentified man was killed about noon yesterday when he was crushed beneath the wheels of a train in Albany. Deputy Coroner Walter Kropp said the man was believed knocked from the top of a tat u it vent oder a trestle.
