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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-
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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
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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.