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PORTLAN
Pinball Operator
Says No Payment
Given Teamsters
Terry Denies Effort
To Buy Into Union
Washington (U P.) A Port
land pinball operator today flat
ly denied testimony that he paid
$10,000 to a West Coast teamster
boss to buy his way into the
union and break its pir.ball
monopoly.
Stanley G. Terry told the Sen
ate Rackets Committee he did
not make the reported S10.000
payment to Frank W. Brewster,
vice president of the Teamsters
Union and president of its West
ern Conference.
Never Discussed Payment
Terry also swore that "as far
as I can remember, he never
discussed such a payment and
never told anyone he made it.
He said he "never saw" Brew
ster in the period when Terry
was trying to get back into the
' Teamsters Union at the time the
union was picketing his ma
chines in behalf of a rival's.
James B. Elkins. Portland
racketeer who has been the
committee's star witness the past
four days, said Thursday that
Terry once told him he paid
"a chunk of money . . . S10.000
or more" to Brewster in order
to buy his way into the union.
Answers Direct Question
Committee counsel Robert F.
Kennedy, after fencing with
Terry for several hours, abrupt
ly asked: "Did you pay $10,000
to Frank Brewster In San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, or Seattle?"
"1 am here under oath,"
Terry replied. "Of my own free
will, I say I did not."
"Did you ever make a state
ment to anyone that you paid
S10.000 or a large sum of money
to Frank Brewster in ordjr to
get into, the union?" Kennedy
asked.
"No, sir," said Terry.
He said he did not remember
any discussion with Brewster
about the possibility of such pay
ment. Portland (U.Ri Mayor Terry
Schrunk said today he has been
subpoenaed to appear before the
Senate committee investigating
labor racketeering in Washing
ton, DC.
New Clerks Contract
Effective Today
A new contract between gro
cery clerks and store operators
In the Medford and Ashland
areas went into effect today, ac
cording to representatives of
grocery store owners and opera
tors. The contract grants demands
of the clerks union for a 44-hour
week with the present 48-hour
salary, and a further reduction
to a 40-hour week at the same
pay starting March 1, 1958,
spokesmen said.
Earlier this year, the union
threatened to strike. Negotia
tions have been held between
the union and store owners and
operators for more than a
month.
Southern Oregon Farm Loan Association
Stockholders
Gold Hill Oregon farmers
and ranchers are making use
of long-term land bank credit
to refinance indebtedness, buy
real estate, make repairs and
improvements and purchase live
stock and machinery, according
to C. D. Putz, regional manager
of the Federal Land Bank of
Spokane.
He spoke to about 110 stock-bolder-members
and valley resi
dents at a meeting of the South
ern Oregon National Farm Loan
association in the Gold Hill
Grange hall yesterday.
Putz said farmers and ranch
ers from Oregon borrowed
S7.0G8.100 from the bank in
1956.
In the four northwest states.
Idaho. Montana. Oregon and
Washington, the bank's new loan
volume reached $34,545,300 last
year, an increase of about S2
million over 1955. according to
Putz, and the largest single year
51st Year
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JAMES B. ELKINS
Testimony Refuted
Dr. O.M.Wilson
To Speak at UMC
Annual Meeting;
Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, presi
dent of the University of Ore
gon, will be principal speaker at
the fourth annual meeting of the
United Medford Crusade Thurs
day, March 21, at Jcdrick Jun
ior High schol cafetorium. Dr.
Merle Foland. chairman of the
dinner committor has An
nounced. All contributors have been In
vited to the meeting, at which
the annual report will be made
and new directors will be
elected.
Contributors, member agen
cies, and UMC chapter repre
sentatives elect new directors.
Outstanding Service iwjrdi
Awards for outstanding serv
ice will be presented to several
campaign workers af others
who heloed make the camDaien
last fall a success, according to !
William H. Prentice, UMC presi
dent. Prentice said a large attend
ance is expected.
The dinner will start at 6:30
p.m., and reservations shoulg)
be made by March 15, Dr. Fo
land said.
Dr. Foland said reservations
for the $1.50 dinner may be
made by writing the UMC head
quarters, post office box 5000,
Medford, or by telephoning the
office. Medford 3-4287.
Doc Simpson to gocoi?Q
Citation from &OGA
Lewis L. (Doc) Simpson, for
ester and secretary-manager of
the Southern Oregon Tree Farm
association, will receive a cita
tion from the Keep Oregon
Green association at 8 p.m. to
day at a dinner-meeting at the
Jackson hotel.
Presentation of the citation
will be Rodney Keating, Jackson
county judge. The ciAation, in the
form of a wood piaque, is in
scribed as follows: "Lewis L.
Simpson, awarded for outstand
ing achievement in forest fire
prevention." It is dated Feb. 4
and signed by Gov. Robert D.
Holmes and D. L. Phipps of the
Keep Oregon Green association.
Hold Meeting
of volume in the bank's 40-year
history.
The volume of new loan busi
ness, Putz declared, is particu-,
l:rlv .i-nifirant in view nf ihpTre"uer creuu service to iarmers
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"tight money" situation, and
fshows the bank is keeping loan
funds available to farmers and
ranchers having a sound basis
for credit. The bank's loan ac
count on Dec. 31. 1956, totaled
$126 million, an all-time high, he
said.
The Spokane bank official ex
plained the bank's capital stock,
owned by the Southern Oregor
National Farm Loan association
and 64 similar associations in
the northwest, was $7 million
at the end of 1956.
Capital stock of the associa
tions is owned by farmer and
rancher members who borrow
from the bank.
Since the bank was chartered
in 1917. Putz said, it has closed
88,000 loans for S-H0 million to
farmers and ranchers in the
northwest.
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State Sales f ax-Seen
To Assist Education
Salem (U.R) Predictions that
Oregon eventually will have a
sales tax to help finance educa
tion, among other matters, were
made at a hearing last night on
a proposal to boost state basic
school support from SfcO to $120
per census school child.
Would Shift Load
Wendell Van Loan, superin
tendent of Corvallis schools, said
"I feel little doubt that Oregon
will be in the sales tax business
in a few years."
Floyd Light, superintendent
of David Douglas high school,
expressed belief that a sales tax
must be adopted eventually to
shift part of the tax' load from
income and property.
Mrs. J. W. Staggs of Milton
Freewater, president of the Ore.
gon Congress of Parents and
Teachers, said the purpose be
hind the basic school support
Chnmbct Directors
Endorse Senate Bills
The board of directors of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce yesterday voted
unanimously to endorse two Ore
gon Senate bills which would
increase the authority of the
public utilities commissioner
over railroads in the state.
The two measures. SB 274 and
275. were introduced by Sen.
POilip B. Lowry and Rep. Al
Littrcll, with others, and would
increase the PUC's regulatory
power over railroads and the
services provided by them, in
cluding the power to suspend
One Call Received
By CPRFPD in Montfl
Central Point There were no
fires in the Central Point Rural
Fire Protection district during
February, Fire Chief L.-C. Lis
enbee has reported.
The rural firemen received
one call during the month from
the Berrydale area and respond-
Ql when it was not certain the
blaze was in the Medford or
Central Point district. The small
grass fire proved to be in the
Medford district.
L;Q fire in protection area of
Central Point rural firemen was
an attic blaze at Table Rock
Four Corners on Jan. 31.
Porter Uaiks
Of Dominican Attach
WaslChgton (U.R) Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) wait
ed today to see if his attack on
Dominical strongman Rafael L.
Trujillo has "aroused the Ameri
can conscience" to demand a
congressional investigation. Por
ter charged Thursday that Tru
jillo's government was "liquidat
ing" American citizens with kid
naping, murder and terror as
tools of government policy.
Meanwhile police had thrown
a tight security around the cap
itol and cancelled the usual pub
lic tours.
in Gold Hill
He said the only purpose of
the land bank and the national
farm loan associations is to
m I:. .
and ranchers at $ie lowest cost
consistent with sound business
practices.
Miss Marge Hatten of the
counTy extension office illus
trated her visit to Norway with
colored slides. The Crater High
School Glee club participated
in the program.
Association directors reelect
ed for three-year terms were
William C. Higinbotham. Cen
tral Point, and Oliver Round
tree. Williams. Other directors
are J. W. Blgham, Eaglgj Point,
A. E. Stevens. Phoenix, and Al
bert L. Straus, Gold Hill.
Elected for one-year terms to
the board of directors were J.
W. Bigham, president; Round
tree, vice president: F. E. Bow
man, secretary . treasurer, and
Margaret Morrison, assistant secretary-treasurer.
PAYOFrDENlED
law was that the state pay fjbout
half of Altai operational costs
of local districts. She urged the
$120 figure as bringing the fund
more closely into line with its
original intent.
Rep. Clarence Barton of Co
quille. chairman of the House
Taxation committee, said the
added burden would fall on in
comes, and he posc$ the ques
tion as to whether Oregon tax
payers would stand for having
their income taxes raised 28 per
cent to pay for the propod in
crease in basic school support.
400 Atlcjnd Hearing
The measure is estimated to
cost an additional $40 million
a biennium.
Sen. Jean Lewis of Portland,
chairman of the ways and means
subcommittee on education, pre
sided at the hearing. Some 400
persons filled the largest hear
ing room in the capitol.
proposed changes in rates or
services pending a hearing, and
the power to require them to
provide what the PUC considers
to be adequate service.
So Authority
The bills were submitted as
an outgrowth of the abandon
ment by the Southern Pacific of
rail passenger service fronV Eu
gene to the California border, an
v,,. ;, , Klt ,, jrJ
had no authority to halt undeW
existing law. Hearings on the
matter were held last year, but
the results have not yet been
ascertained.
At the time of the hearings.
the chamoer was active in or
ganising testimony and obtain
ing witnesses to testify that the
service was needed, and that
earlier service was inadequate.
The two senate bills would
include freight service under the
PUC's regulatory power. The
bills are now under considera
tion by the Senate committee on
commerce and utilities.
The board, in other action at
its regular meeting yesterday
noon, endorsed "Operation Home
Improvement" planned for this
spring, gave tentative approval
to the chamber's budget for the
coming year, and approved an
audit report on the chamber's
financial operations for the past
year.
Planning Commission
Sets Special Meeting
The Medford planning com
mission will consider recom
mendations on a proposed Berry
dale area annexation at a spe
cial meeting in the city hall at
7:30 p.m. Monday.
The Berrydale Sanitation com
mittee and the commission, act
ing as a committee, agreed on
proposed boundaries last week.
Since that time, a few minor
changes have been made. A map
and story on the proposed boun
daries appears onjage 10 of to
day's Mail Tribune, q
The commission also will con
sider a request for ahange of
zone from class IA (single fam
ily) to class IIIA (limited com
mercial) of property south of
Crater Lake highway and south
west of Delta Waters rd.
SfcSsen Now Undor
Supervision of Dullac
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisnehower today switched
Harold E. Stassen's office of dis
armament to the State Depart
ment and ordered him to report
directly to Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles hereafter.
Stassen remains as a special
assistant to the President but as
of today his operations were
transferred to the control and
guidance of the secretary of
stata
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 468.91, up 4.29: 20 rail
roads 142.42. up 1.38: 15 utilities
70.79. up 0.39. and 65 stocks
166.06. up 1.42. Sales today were
about 1.700.000 shares compared
with 1,620,000 shares Thursday.
Price lQc
Uniifcd Press Pull Leased Y?ire
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Nixon Receives
Rousing Welcome
At Morocco Stog
Traditional Dare
OOGoat Givea
Rabat Morocco (U.R) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
plunged into welcoming crowds
at the start of a goodwill tour
today with a handshaking, head
patting routine that had them
cheering in the streets.
Nixon and his party, including
his wife, Pat, and a group of
newsmen, landed at colorfully
decorated Sale Airfield outside
Rabat in two U. S. Military Air
Transport Service DC6B planes.
It was the first stop of a three
week tour aimed at countering
Communist advances in Africa.
Crown Prince Moulay Hassan,
cabinet officials, government
dignataries and the diplomatic
corps greeted the Nixons.
After the customary courte- (
sics, Nixon was given the tra
ditional Moslem welcoming fare
of goat's milk and dates. Mrs.
Nixon received two huge floral
pieces.
Engulfed Br Crowd
Twice during the five-mile
trip into downtown Rabat, Nixon
scrambled out of his black con
vertible and shouldered his way
through a police guard into the
welcoming crowds.
Dark-robed Moslem men, bare
foot children and veiled women
clustered around him, grinning,
laughing and reaching to touch
him.
At Sultan Mohammend Ben
Youssef's palace the scarlet-and-
. . ir0. ..-,,, fla..
gold uniformed "Black Guard
snapped to attention as Nixon
walked in.
Gave Personal fclesinge
The vice-president gave the
ruler of Morocco's 9,600,000 in
habitants a personal message
from President Eisenhower. They
chatted for 15 minutes, with only
a Moroccan interpreter and the
Sultan's two sons present.
A lurf?h given for Nixon by
the Sultan followed by pro
longed talks between Nixon and
Moroccan officials.
. Chief topics were reported to
be the question of American fi
nancial aid and the status of
five key U. S. air bases in Mor
occo. Airport Zojiing Board
Adoofs Regulations
The joint city-county airport
zoning board last night adopted
the Medford airport zoning regu
lations after a public hearing at
the Jackson county courthouse
auditorium.
Adoption of the zoning regu
lation Q as recommended by the
Medford planning commission
last November. The commission,
at the board's request, served as
an "airport zoning commission"
to advise the board and to pre
pare reguQitions.
Regulations restrict the height
of structures and natural growth
in the Medford airport vicinity
by creating an airport hazard
area, and property, approach and
transition zones. Existing struc
tures will not be subject to the
proposed zone, only future build
ings, the board noted.
Members of the board are Irv
ing Allen, Chet Hubbard, John
Neidermeyer, Dolph Phipps, and
Ralph Pierce. The city building
department has responsibility of
administering the zoning regu
lations. Maps and copies of the regula
tions are available at the city
hall for residents interested in
the zoning restrictions, according
to City Attorney E. R. Bashaw.
Veather
FORECAST: Generally rlnudy
tonight and Saturdav. Low to
night 42. High Saturday fin.
Temp.
Hichest Yesterday 64
I,nwet thi Mnrninc 4fi
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset
6:48 a.m.
t:01 p.m.
There will be two eclipses of
the Sun this year: the first in
April and the second in Octo
ber. Moonset d O) p.m.
First Quarter March 3
There will also he two eclipses
of the Moon: the first in May
and the second in November.
"I Demand
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Marshal Recommends
Fife Hazards Removal
The Jackson county court has
received a copy of 10 recom
mendations for the removal or
remedy of fire hazards from the
state fire marshal's office in
Salem.
The recommendations were
made after an inspection of the
courthouse Feb. 20 with- County
Commissioners C. H. Wendt and
R. A. James, Sheriff.' Howard
Gault, Medford Fire Marshal
Truman NCson, and Deputy
State Fire Marshals M. J. Gilson
and W. P.-Roble.
Included In the proposed
changes are provision of a stair
way emergency egress from the
custodOn apartment on the fifth
floor to the annex roof level,
and provision of an emergency
egress from the jail section on
the fourth floor as remote as
possible from the existing inside
stairway.
Recommended Enclosure
Also recommended were en
closure of the main stairway on
the third floor with not less
than one-hour fire resistive ma
terial. Installation of approved
type fire doors in the enclosure,
equipped with self-closing de
vices, was includedin the recom
mendation. On the second floor,- installa
tion of an "emergency exit only"
sign over the sheriff's office
door leading to the inside stair
way was recommended. For the
first floor, it was recommended
that both Oakdale ave. stair
ways, leading from the first to
the second floor, with one-ho'ur
fire resistive materials was rec
ommended. Installation of firemen's lad
der and standpipe on the west
side of the building was recom
mended as were adequate "exit"
signs wherever necessary from
all floors of the entire building.
Fire Alarm System
It was further recommended
that all fire doors be normally
kept closed or equipped with
fusible links. Installation of a
fire alarm system with gongs
and switches located on each
floor and wing of the building
was the final recommendation.
The letter stated plans for
these installations Should be sub
mitted to the state fire marshal
for approval prior to construc
tion. Extension for compliance
Princeton Professor
Sues Conant for Libel
Trenton, N.J. (U.R) Judge
William Clark of Princeton has
filed a $150,000 libel suit in
federal court here against Dr.
James B. Conant, president
emeritus of Harvard University
and former U.S. High commis
sioner in Germany.
Conant, who dismissed Clark
as high commission chief justice
in 1953, Nvas served a summons
by a U.S. deputy marshal in
connection with the suit at
Princeton University Thursday
where he delivered the last of
three special lectures on Ger
man affairs.
Conant would not comment
on the suit. "
Clark, in a statement, said as
a result of Conant's "assertions,
the U.S. State Department had
reneged on their expressed
promise to reappoint me as a
chief justice of the high com
mission." Bulletin
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower today nomi
nated Thomas S. Gates Jr..
now the undersecretary of
Navy, to succeed Secretary of
Navy Charles S.Thomas whose
resignation becomes effective
April 1.
Sanctions"
with the recommendations was
granted to allow appropriation
in the 1957-58 county budget.
Commissioner Wendt, superin
tendent of the courthouse struc
ture, said the county court in
tends to invite representatives
of the state fire marshal's ' s
partment to Jackson county for
further discussion of the recom
mendations.
Planning Council
Meeting Here Today
About 50 people were present
for this morning's session of the
Jackson county agricultural
planning council all-day meeting
which started at 10 a.m. in the
courthouse auditorium.
Eighteen committees were to
present reports and recommen
dations during the day. Their re
ports were to cover such things
as family and community living,
youth activities, various phases
of horticultural and agricultural
activity, livestock and fish and
game studies.
More than 200 people were se
lected to serve on the commit
tees last October and have made
studies of these phases of county
activity since that time. Recom
mendations for improvements
submitted at the public meeting
today are based on these studies.
Detailed stories on the com
mittees' recommendations ap
pear on pages 5 and 12, section
one, and page 3, section two, of
today's Mail Tribune.
Central Point Girl
Bruised in Accident
Cetnral Point Dianne Holt,
about 9, Central Point grade
school student, '. suffered leg
bruises Wednesday afternoon
when she was struck by an un
identified car while crossing
Kirtland rd., after she left a
district 6C school bus, according
to Leonard Freeman, driver of
the bus.
According to Freeman, the
girl was knocked to the ground
when she was grazed by the car
fender. She was not injured seri
ously, and was not taken to the
hospital, he said.
The girl is the daughter of
Philip Holt, route 1, box 46D,
Central Point.
Athena-Weston Rancher
Named To Succeed Mann
Pendleton (U.R) Stafford
Hansell, 43-year-old rancher
from the Athena-Weston area, to
day was named state representa
tive from Umatilla county to
succeed the late Irving Mann.
The appointment was made by
the Umatilla county court.
Fair Weather
March Week
By UNITED PRESS
Mostly fair weather was pre
dicted today for Oregon's first
1957 March week end and
streams were on their way down
throughout the slate.
But hard-hit Malheur county
still felt the effects of high water
and Gov. Robert Holmes asked
President Eisenhower for $500,
000 for relief ior the area.
Highway 30 Reopened
Highway 30 just north of On
tario was reopened to one-way
traffic at 9 a.m. today at the
Malheur bridge after being
closed earlier in the week.
Rural schools in Malheur
county were asked to remain
UNEF To Be Sent
Info Areas; Must
Keep Aqaba Open
'Full, Prompt' Troop
Removal Disclosed
United Nations, N.Y. (U.R)
Israel today announced plans for
"full and prompt" withdrawal
of its forces from the Gaza and
Aqaba strips with the under
standing that the U.N. Emergen,
cy Force would be sent into the
areas and the waterway kept
open to ships of all countries.
Israeli Foreign, Minister Mrs.
Golda Meir announced Israel's
decision in a statement to the
General Assembly.
Leans on U.S. Support
She leaned heavily on U.S.
support expressed for Israel's
policy in American-Israeli dis
cussions in Washington daring
the past two weeks and upon
policies enunciated by President
Eisenhower.
In agreeing to withdraw from
the Gaza Strip, Mrs. Meir re
peated Israel's contention that
the disputed land finger must
not again be used for Egyptian
military activities against Israeli
territory.
If Gaza reverts to its status
as an Egyptian base for raids
on Israel, she said, "Israel would
reserve its freedom to act to
defend, its rights."
Proposes Meeting
Mrs. Meir proposed immedi
ate meetings between Maj. Gen.
E. L. M. Burns of Canada, com
mander of UNEF, and the chief
of staff of Israel's Army to ar
range for the U.N. forces to take
over the Gaza and Aqaba stripr.
"We have repeatedly stated,"
she said, "that Israel has no
interest in the strip of land over
looking the western coast of the
Gulf of Aqaba. Our sole purpose
has been to ensure "that, on the
withdrawal of Israeli forces,
continued freedom of navigatiqn
will exist for Israel and inter
national shipping in the Gu'l
of Aqaba and the Straits of
Tiran ..."
Four Appear in
Circuit Court
One man pleaded guilty,
another received a penitentiary
sentence, one woman received a
suspended sentence and another
woman received a penitentiary
sentence this morning in circuit
court.
Elmer Boyd Gravelle, 25, of
421 Clover lane, Medford, plead
ed guilty to a charge of using a
motor vehicle without permis
sion of the owner and his case
was ordered continued pending
receipt of FBI records.
Mrs. Millie B. Yates, 45, Pros
pect, was given a . suspended
three-year penitentiary sentence
after previously pleading guilty
to a charge of attempting to ob
tain a narcotic drug unlawfully.
Glenn Arthur Andrew Meske,
19, Portland, received a three-
year penitentiary sentence and
probation revocation for bur
glary not in a dwelling. Meske
was extradited from The Dalles
by Deputy Sheriff Veryl Va-
noose and was lodged in the
county jail yesterday.
Miss Donna Lou Brereton, 26,
Portland, received a sentence of
one year aid six months in the
state penitentiary and probation
revocation for uttering and pub
lishing a false check.
Small Plane Lands
On Baldock Freeway
Portland (U.R) A small pri
vate plane made a forced land
ing on the heavily traveled
Baldock freeway about eight
miles south of Portland city
limits last night without injury
to either of the persons aboard.
Pilot of the plane was Philip
Carrell, 21, Portland. He said
that an oil leak, possibly from
a broken line, forced him to
bring the plane down.
Aboard the plane with Carrell
was George Voss, 37, Portland.
Greets First
End in Oregon
closed for another week to Per
mit repairs on hee vily damaged
county roads.
The Vale elementary school
suffered loss of all its floors to
the high water.
The Willamette river was go
ing down today and the Santiam
at Jefferson was back within its
banks after passing flood stage
because of heavy rains earlier in
the week.
Some Rain Predicted
The weather bureau said some
rain may fall in northwest Ore
gon early next week. A disturb
ance from the south brought
light rain as far north as Rose
burg this morning. Tempera
tures were. mild.