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Newspaper Page Textigypt Willi Allow Israeli Shipping inn Quit off Acgcoba a Coos Bay Man Named Director of Motor Vehicles James Johnson To Take Post March 15 Salem (UP) James F. Johnson. 33-year-old Coos Bay lumberman and port commis sioner W2s named director of the Department of Motor Vehicles today by Gov. Robert D. Holmes Johnson, who became the sec ond director of the 500-employee department since it was divorc ed from the secretary of state's office last July 1, will not take over his new duties until March 15. the governor said. Delay Requested Johnson has requested a month delay to put his business affairs in order and to "see to the end" a program as port com missioner to bring a Port Chicago-type ammunition supply de pot to Coos Bay. "I am highly pleased that Jim has agreed to bring his business and organization ability to the Department of Motor Vehicles," the governor said. "His talents as a successful businessman and civic leader fit him particularly well for this public office." Johnson succeeds Warne NurQ, Republican appointee of former Gov. Elmo Smith. Nunn rfsigncd the 59,500-a-year post to become assistant secretary of state. 35 Branch Offices Included under department operations are 33 branch offices in all parts of the state. Johnson, Coos county Demo atic Central Committee chair man during the 1956 campaign. (ias been a resident of the Coos Bay ca since 1943 and has op erated a retail lumber yard there since 1950. A native of the Northwest, he was born at Seattle Oct. 28 jaia. He went to sea as a com mercial fisherman in 1937 and (torved in the merchant marine during World War II. Safety Council Plans City-Wide Campaign Barry Bigham, vice president (jtf the Medford Safety council, today announced appointment of a three-member committee to plan a city-wide drive to combat accidents resulting from jay walking. Bigham, who presided in the absen.ee of Aubrey Loper, safety council president, named Emer sW Anderson, Grant Borquin and th Rev. John A. Ilg of Sac red Heart Ca'.holic church to the committee. Tl.C committee will meet with members of the city council and enforcement officials to work out final details. If the anti-jay-walking campaign is inaugurat ed, it will be preceded by a pub lic education program, council members emphasized. Special guest at the council meeting was Miss Noreen Kelly, Medford municipal judge, who commended the Medford Safety council and agreed to serve as a member of the group to rep resent judicial interest in safe ty problems. 05ovef Move in UN Seen Propaganda Maneuver w United Nations. N. .Y. iU.R) Western diplomats today viewed the Soviet move for a U.N. dis cus:n of the Eisenhower Mid dle East Doctrine as a pure prop aganda maneuver to divert the world's a'scnlion from Hungary. One diplomat said it appeared the Russians feared the Middle East situation was beginning to cool and that the spotlight would veer back to the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian people. Guilford, Conn. (U.R) The w body of author George Sessions Terry, who disappeared two months ago, was found today in a river. 1& j 4 v . ft . I SMILING RADIANTLY at her husband. Attorney Eaton Qi'alkley. is Susan Hayuard at their marriage in Arizona. Tr.ey will honeymoon in New Orleans. ilKurrMtianal) "Let Me Repeat I'd f'"" Clerk to Change 20 Precinct Boundaries The county court this morn ing signed an order authorizing the country clerk to re-shuffle boundary lines of 20 Jackson county voting precincts. The precincts each include more than 500 voters, according to Commissioner Chester Wendt. Law provides that no precinct may have more than 500 voters. Wendt said the re-shuffling will not necessarily result in ad ditional precincts since many near -the 20 have less than 500 voters. By adjusting boundary lines so smaller precincts can absorb some of the "ovedflow" from larger ones, it will be pos sible in many cases to avoid creating new precincts, Wendt said. He added that tha court and clerk's office will make special efforts to avoid creating too many new precincts because each involves considerable ex pense. However, he indicated it would be necessary to establish a few new ones. In the re-shuffling process, Wendt said an effort will be made to establish visible boun dary lines. In the past, he noted, many precincts have been bor dered by section lines or in visible lines, which have result ed in considerable public con fusion. This time, he said, street lines, streams or similar, -boun daries - will be used wherever possible. The court said the clerk's of fice will begin the project as soon as possible and July 1 has Baby Wounded When Trailer Fired On Oakland City, Ind. (U.R) A baby whose parents work in an industrial plant disrupted by strike violence was wounded critically today by a rifle shot fired into the family's house trailer. Four-month-old Julia Ann Russell was taken to Deaconess hospital in earby Evansville, Ind., for emergency surgery. Doctors said she had a "chance" to live. Gov. Harold W. Handlcy or dered state police detectives to investigate. Two trooper already were at the gates of the strike bound plant as observers. Widow -of Former Oregon Governor Dies Salem (U.R) Mrs. Cornelia Marvin Pierce, 83 year - old widow of the late former Gov. Walter M. .Pierce, died yester day in Salem Memorial hospital. Mrs. Pierce, a native of Idaho, was Oregon's first state librar ian and secretary of the Oregon Library Commission. She had been ill for several months. Like Some Volunteers been established as deadline for completion. No additional employees are expected to be hired for the project, it was stated. Voters affected by the boun dary line changes will be noti fied of the changes by mail and it will not be necessary for them to reregister, according to Wendt. Metal plates, used for addressing voter pamphlets will be changed in the clerk's office. According to Wendt, the old pre cinct numbers can be stamped out and the new ones imprinted in a single operation. 1,005 Youngsters Get Polio Shots A total of 1,005 Jackson coun ty youngsters under 20 years of age had received the second shot of Salk vaccine by Tuesday noon, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physician reported. Shots weifc given yesterday at Phoenix elementary school, Med ford High school. Rogue River schol and Gold Hill school, as well as the county health de partment. .. Second round of shots was to to given this morning at Eagle PpintGrjffin. Creek, Hedrick junior High and Ashland Junior HiKh- schools. On Thursday, between 9 and 11 a.m., the vaccine will be giv en at Ruch, Evans Valley, Roose velt, Walker and Elk-Trail schools. Dr. Merkel said. Those under 20 years of age who have not yet received their first shots of vaccine may have them now and receive their sec ond shots at the clinic next month. Dr. Merkel pointed out. Motion Filed for New Trial for Ambuehl Medford Attorney Edward Kelly filed a motion in circuit court Monday for a new trial for Donald LaVerne Ambuehl, 31, of 1615 Crater Lak ave., who was found guilty last month of illegal possession and control of narcotics. The motion was based on er rors allegedly committed during Ambuehl's January trial. Ambuehl was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary and fined $500 Jan. 18 by Cir cuit Judge Orval Millard of Jo sephine county, who presided at Ambuehl's eight-day trial. The jury returned a verdict of guilty Jan. 11. Ambuehl was arrested by Medford city police and state police July 18 after a chase that ended with a collision between Ambuehl's car and a state police car. Seven Boy Seven Boy Scouts of the Big Pines district received major awards .last night at a district court of honor at McLpughlin Junior High school. Receiving awards were Arthur Thomas, Troop 113, Eagle award; Ferris Simpson, Troop 1, Silver award and Silver Palm; Ted Kimney, Troop 113. Life award; Dudley Bell, Troop 7, Ralph Gus land. Troop 46, Bobby Thomas and Paul Levison, Troop 113, all Star awards; and Tom Man ley, Troop 6, Explorer Appren tice. Presenting awards were Dr. Elmo Stevenson, vice president, Crater Lake Area council; J. A. McDougall, Sherril Doty, John Patton, and Harry Barneburg. Sweepstakes ribbon for the best window display among scout troops, packs and explor ers was shared by ack 1, Knights of Columbus, and Pack 51st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 20 Page Mrnnn; I V Will A Handy V ... Steelworker Post Sizeable 'Protest' Vote by Opponent Pittsburgh U.R) United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald appeared a handy winner today in his bid for re election, but his millhand op ponent rolled up a sizeable "pro test" vote in the steel centers of Pennsylvania. Heavy majorities in the mills of the West and South built Mc Donald's lead over Don C. Ra rick, candidate of a dissident group in the 1,200,000-member union, to insurmountable pro portions. Some Difficulty McDonald ran into difficulty principally in steel producing areas of Pittsburgh, Johnstown and some eastern sections of Pennsylvania. With unofficial returns from more than 500 of the union's 2, 700 local unions tabulated, the tally showed McDonald 98,106, Rarick 23,031. The election marked the first time a USW president ever has faced opposition in a bid for re election and a sizeable "pro test" vote could weaken McDon ald's position not only within his own union, but in the American labor picture. Treasurer Has Lead I. W. Abel, USW secretary treasurer seeking reelection, had a wide lead over his "protest" group opponent, William' Klug, Milwaukee, and appeared cer tain of victory. In District 16, he ran ahead of McDonald. District 16, where McDonald was reported trailing Rarick, in cludes the union president's home local. McMillan Appears For New Trial Here Carl W. McMillan, 50, of route 2, box 816, Central Point, who was found guilty of driving while under the influence of in toxicating liquor by a jury in district court Aug. 29. 1956, ap peared in circuit court this morn ing in a new trial. McMillan, through his attorney Edward Kelly, appealed the case from district' court. McMillan was driver of a car which struck a jeep in which members of the Arthur Hen shew family were riding last July 21. Eight-week-old Michael Henshew was killed and other members of the family were in jured. Following the present trial, officials said, McMillan is sched uled to appear in circuit court on charges of manslaughter. He was indicted by a, grand jury on the charge last lalj. Vacationing President Takes Hunting Trip Thomasville, Ga. 0J.R Pres ident Eisenhower conferred to day by telephone with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and then set out on a day-long hunt ing trip. The President showed no ap parent concern over a "scratchy throat." . DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stoek averages: 30 indus trials 462.14, up 7.32; 20 rail roads 141.69, up 2.46r 15 util ities 69.74, up 0.35, and 65 stocks 163.99, up 2.28. Sales today were about 2.380.000 shares compared with 2,550,000 shares Tuesday. Scouts Receive Major 6, Washington school PTA. The Pack 1 display is at Mann's De partment store, and the Pack 6 display is at Feldman and Ol son Electric store, 237 East Main st Award for the best Cub Scout window display was won by Pack 60, sponsored by the Latter Day Saints church. The display is at Crater Lake Motors. Troop 13, sponsored by the Presbyterian Men's club, won the ribbon for the best Boy Scout window. The display is at Sam's Sporting Goods store. Best Explorer Scout window was that of Post 8, of St. Mark's Episcopal church, at the Home Appliance company, 115 East Main st. Chairman of the court last night was Dr. Abner C. Clark, district advancement chairman, and James Grigsby, assistant dis trict commissioner, was commis sioner. Mayor John Snider was "uS Cripples Atlantic Industries Urge Use of Lumber in School Building Advantages Discussed At Board Meeting Representatives of lumber in dustries from Medford recom mended to the school board last night the use of lumber where feasible and practical in con struction of new buildings and additions. Earlier this month, the school board announced plans to sub mit a $1,200,000 bond issue to patrons to finance construction of two new elementary schools and a major addition to Med ford High school to meet increas ed enrollment needs. Discus. Advantage. B. L. (Bud) Nutting of Med ford corporation, Tom Oliver of Timber Products and R. B. Thierolf of Big Pines Lumber company discussed advantages of using lumber where practic al and feasible in school con struction. Leonard B. Mayfield, superin tendent of Medford schools, said the board plans to have a bond issue and construction schedule for the proposed projects work ed out int he near future. School board members said construction is deemed neces sary because the 1956 school census taken last October indi cated the present student popu lation in Medford is what school officials two years ago antici pated it would be in 1960. The board also discussed with Architects C. N. Freeman and Palmer Hewlitt, of the Portland firm Freeman, Hayslip, Tufts, and Hewlitt, expansion at Med ford High school. Discussions on the proposed addition will con tinue at the next board meeting, Mayfield said. Two Medford architects. Jack A. Edson and Wayne E. Struble have been retained by the board to work on preliminary plans for construction of two new ele mentary schools. The board last night also re elected principals in Medford schools. They are Lester D. Har ris, Medford High school; Vin cent P. Bevis, Hedrick Junior High; Glenn L. Linn, McLough lin Junior High; Robert Baccus, Jackson; Kenneth Hulburt, Jef ferson; Roy Gilbertson, Lincoln; ohn Childers, Roosevelt; Robert Safe, Washington; Bruce Metz ger, Oak Grove; and Ernst Lud wig, West Side school. Public Concert Slated At Hedrick Tonight The Willamette university band will present a public con cert at 8 p.m. today in the Hed rick Junior High school audit orium. The band is appearing under sponsorship of the Medford High school band. Tickets for the con cert, to Include a variety of se lections, may be purchased at the door, according to I. A. Mir ick, supervisor of instrumental music at Medford High school. principal speaker. An Advancement Axe was pre sented Trqop 4 for having the highest percentage of Boy Scouts earning advancement. Winning merit badges from Troop 6 were Jerry Vokoe, Richard Champion, Bill Hobbs, Tom Manley and Russ Walker; Troop 7, Dudley Bell, Garry Olsen, Larry Olsen . and Jack Smeltz; Troop 8, Paul Bauer, Richard Connolly, Bill Dames, Philip Humphreys, Mike Mor risey, and Eddie McGinty; Troop 9, Curtis Holmes, Bill Mills and Tom Turpin; Troop 113, Ted Kimney, Paul Levison, Pat Simpson, Randy Stewart and Bobby Thomas. Other merit badge winners were Richard Ragsdale, Troop 13; Grant Schroeder and Gor don Schroeder, Troop 16; and Stanley Johnson, Troop 46. Merit badges also were award N, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1957 Shipping at Coast Ports DR. G. A. DIERDORFF Reelected President Dierdorff Reelected YMCA President Dr. G. A. Dierdorff was re elected to a second term as pres ident of the Young Men's Christ ian association in Medford at a board of directors meeting last night. Other officers include. Carl Brophy, first vice president; Walter Garner, second vice pres ident; Cliff McGinty, secretary; and S. V. McQueen, treasurer; Elected trustees were D. Ford McCormick, John Dellenback, and Jim Rowan. One position on the board of trustees, which is made up of elected officers and elected members,, remains to be filled. - Directors last night discussed organization of committees which are the basis for all YMCA work with youth and ad ults. Board members will be as signed committees during the next week, YMCA officials said. Convalescent Home Fire Fatal To Six Council Bluffs, Iowa (U.R) At least six persons were burned to death and an estimated six or eight others trapped when fire swept a convalescent home here today. The fire raged out of control for two hours and Fire Depart ment officials dispatched all available equipment and ambu lances to the scene. ' Rescue workers confirmed that six bodies were removed from the rubble of the three slory frame building. Rescue workers took nine per sons to hospitals. One was re ported in "critical" condition. It was not known exactly how many persons were in the build ing when the fire broke out, but officials estimated the number was close to 30. Rescue officials said it was difficult to determine how many were missing. Olympia (U.R) Legislation to prohibit offshore netting of sal mon has been received by the Senate. Awards ed Jack Joyce, Ship 3; Douglas Kliever, Ship 3; Bob Frazier. Post 8 and Jerry Mathern, Squad ron 14. Winning class 2 awards were Donald Clogston, David Crocker and Barry Goodroad, Troop 4; Larry Sander, Troop 6; William Albrant and William Thomas, Troop 7; Don Benson, Jim Gallo way and Don Miller, Troop 9; John Casad, Duane Culbertson, Lance Jennings, Dean Luehrs, Jerry Niedermeyer, Arden Mc Laughlin and James Rowden, Troop 41; Frank Silto, Troop 46; David ackson, Warren Jack son, John Kerns and Albert Logan, Troop 110: and Gary Campbell, Troop 113. Class 1 awards were presented Paul Borgan and Jack Smeltz, Troop 7; Davis Elmgren, David Caldwell, James Henson and Richard Morgan, Troop. 13: Jim Wilkinson, Troop 41: art James Tompkins, Troop 1J0. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wim No. 279 Bailie Forecast Although Parties Voice Optimism Tugboat Strike Cuts Fuel Supplies New York iU.R A strike of 45,000 longshoremen tied up shipping along the Atlantic coast today from Maine to Vir ginia. Mediators and the disputing parties were optimistic over an early settlement, but the presi- San Francisco (U.R) West Coast longshoremen today re served the right to strike, but gave no hint whether they would join a walkout by At lantic Coast dockworkers. dent of the striking dockworkers forecast a "knockdown, dragout battle.'" Coupled with a 13-day strike of tug and barge crewmen, the dockworkers' walkout almost paralyzed the huge port of New York. Ocean liners, already forced to dock without the aid of tugs, now faced the prospect of dis embarking and taking on passen gers compelled to carry their own baggage. Of greatest concern, however, was the tugboat strike, which has cut off 70 per cent of fuel deliveries to the Greater New York area, affecting an estimat ed 15 million persons. Continua tion of a three-day cold snap, after a week of relatively mild weather, sharply increased fuel consumption, threatening the area with a serious fuel crisis by the week end. Notes of optimism were sound ed by several negotiators, Inter national Longshoremen's Associ tion President William Bradley said,"I don't see any possibility of getting together for a while." "This is going to be a knock down, dragout battle between us," he said. The strike was scheduled to idle ports at Boston, Portland, Me., Providence, R.I., New Bed ford, Mass., and Searsport, Me. In some ports, longshoremen jumped the gun Tuesday. In New York, dockworkers han dled the mooring lines of the liner Independence and then walked off their jobs at 4:40 p.m.while negotiators were still striving to head off a strike. The premature walkout forced some 790 passengers aboard the luxury liner to carry their own baggage. Hatfield Calls for Program of Action Portland (U.R) Secretary of State Mark Hatfield called for "a program of action and humanitarian concepts govern ing those actions," for the Re publican party in a Lincoln day speech here yesterday. "Gettysburg in 1960 might well become the burial ground of Eisenhower's modern Repub licanism unless youth is enlist ed, a program of action is evolved and humanitarian con cepts govern those actions," Hat field said. "The President from Illinois died, but his party lived," Hat field said. "The present danger of presidential assasination lies not in the man himself but the assasination of those things for which he stands," he added. Kidnap Charges Filed Against Prison Escapee Kingman, Ariz. (U.R) Feder al kidnap charges were filed here today against a fugitive from Leavenworth prison who was talked into surrendering by an 82-year-old spinster. Federal authorities filed the charges against Charles T. Tur ner, who gave himself up after a running gun battle with po lice here late Monday. Richmond, Ind. (U.R) Sev eral cars on a Pennsylvania rail road mail and express train were derailed near here today. Withdrawal of Troops Contingent Unon Decision i Dulles' Plan Given Study by Israelis Washington (U.R) Egypt has informed U.N. Secretary- general Dag Hammarskjold that it will allow Israeli shipping to pass through the Gulf of Aqaba if Israeli troops withdraw from Egyptian territory, informed sources said today. This assurance was relayed by Hammarskjold to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who, in turn, passed it on to Abba Eban, Israeli ambassador to the United States. Key Development This was the key development which enabled Dulles to come up with his new two-point plan aimed at getting remaining Is raeli forces to withdraw from Egyptian territory and at provid ing Israel some assurances of protection from future Egyp tian attacks. Israel today was giving Dulles' plan urgent study, but there was no indication whether it would be accepted. U. S. officials warned, how ever, that if the plan is not ac cepted, the United States would go along with an almost-certain move in the United Nations to apply sanctions (reprisals) against Israel for refusing a U.N. order to withdraw its troops from Egypt. Big Question The big question was whether Israel would accept Egypt's pri vate assurance to Hammarskjold that it recognizes the principle of freedom of navigation in the Aqaba Gulf or whether the Jew ish nation would demapd a stronger guarantee that the prin ciple will be adhered to. Dulles told Eban Monday that in return for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Egyptian ter ritory controlling the mouth of the gulf and from thg disputed Gaza Strip, the United States would: . 1. Declare that it considers the gulf open to the shipping of all nations, including that of Israel. Egyptian guns formerly kept Israeli vessels out of the waterway. 2. Support a move to have U. N. troops or U. N. observers stationed in the Gaza Strip to keep it from being used as a base for Egyptian commando raids into Israel. April 21 named As Pear Festival Date Saturday. April 27. has been selected asl he date for the fourth annual Pear Blossom Fes tival, according to Festival of ficials. Selection of the date was vot ed this morning by 18 members of the Festival committee repre- senting the pear industry, Jack son County Chamber of Com merce, retail merchants, the city of Medford and several other interested clubs and organiza tions. Jay Pierce, president of the committee, noted that the date was selected on the basis of a , compromise between several conflicting factors. Included in consideration was timing to avoid interference with religious observances of the Easter season, selection of a date which would coincide most near ly with the height of the pear bloom and planning to compli ment the normal spring merch andising program of area bus inesses, Pierce said. Oregon House Passes Anti-Picketing Repeal Salem (U.R) The Oregon House today passed companion bills repealing the state's so- called anti-picketing law and set ting up a conciliation service along federal lines. Rep. Don Willner, Portland Democrat who sponsored the leg islation, said the two bills "rep resented an approach to indus trial relations based on fostering collective bargaining rather than forcing either labor or manage ment to act." Washington1 U.R) The White House has under "active consid eration" an atomic shelter pro gram that could cost $20 billion to S40 billion. Weather FORKC AST: Partly rlmidy t nieht and Thursday with a few scattered light showers. Patrhy valley foe earlv Thursday. Low tonight 35. High Friday 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 50 Lowest this Morning .,, 38 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 05 Our Skies Tonight sunrise 7:11 am. Sunset 5:41 p.m. Moonrixe 5:02 p.m. Full Moon . Thursday VISIBLE PLANETS Mars. In the west at 9:53 p.m. Jupiter, In southeast at mid night. Saturn, low In southeast at 4:15 a.m.. is now nearly A tationarv imont the stars of I Ophiuchus.