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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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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.