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Dndustrial Survey Scheduled To Determine Valley Potential Grants Pass The Jackson is what should be done to offset County Chamber of Commerce will contribute $1,000 as part of a 54,000 industrial survey of the Rogue valey to determine its potentialities in respect to a large pulp operation, it was an nounced here Wednesday. The survey will be undertaken In cooperation with the Oregon Development commission. De cision for the survey was reach ed at a meeting called by the Josephine County Development committee in the Josephine coun ty circuit courtroom. Ralph T. Moore presided. Immediate Objective Financing the $4,000 survey was seen as the project's im mediate objective, Moore said. It was tenatively agreed that the Josephine County Chamber of Commerce would provide $1,000 and the Oregon Development commission the remaining $2,000. Sandwell and Company, of Vancouver, B.C., will be retain ed to make the survey, Moore announced. The survey .will cover all phases of the proposed operation, including water avail ability, effluent disposal, pos sible water and air pollution and the raw material needed for either a kraft or sulphite type pulp mill. The company also has design ed pulp mills now operating at Albany and Toledo, it was noted Exploratory Nature Moore warned that present ac- tion is exploratory in nature and will bring no assurance of a pulp mill either in Grants Pass or ; elsewhere in the Rogue valley. The survey is designed only to obtain all data necessary if such a mill is to be established, he . said. "Many residents in the valley feel that recreation, which re turns about $5,500,000 annually to the area, and a beautiful spot to live are preferable to indus try expansion," the chairman said. Glenn L. Jackson, Medford i vuiuviim uii . n tiiviu t uib Oregon Development commis sion, noted that Oregon lacks diversified industry. According to Jackson the urgent problem declines in income from agri culture and lumbering. Interested In Resources Orego has resources in which industry is interested, he said. The commissioner added with California facing "standing room" and water shortage prob lems, it will be only a matter of five to 10 years before industry spreads to Oregon. Jackson emphasized that availability of water and waste ILWU Financial : Records Inspected, Bridges Discloses San Francisco (U.P.) Harry Bridges, president of the Inter national Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, dis closed Thursday that treasury agents are inspecting the union's financial records. Bridges told delegates to the ILWU's 12th biennial convention that the agents "are trying to get something on us, but they can't find anything." A union source said the In ternal Revenue Service was ap parently trying to obtain evi dence that funds collected by the ' Bridges-Robertson-Schmidt defense fund went into someone's pocket. If so, they would be sub ject to income taxes. No Corruption The defense committee was disbanded after the U. S. Su preme Court in 1953 dismissed perjury - conspiracy charges against Bridges, J. R. Robertson and Henry Schmidt, who are also ILWU officials. The investigation was dis closed during debate over a pol icy statement on the Senate Rackets Committee. "They can investigate us until hell freezes over," Bridges said. "but they will find no corrup tion or racketeering here." The convention ended Friday with nomination of officers to be elected in a membership ref erendum. ' disposal would be of vital con cern in any proposed pulp de velopment. "We do have sufficient toler ance in the Rogue river for waste disposal, without harm ing fish life," he said. "I don't believe people of Grants Pass or Medford want to consider a pulp mill unless air and water pollu tion problems are solved. I don't believe we want to exchange one industry for another," he added. Jackson pointed out Oregon law must be amended before water for industrial purposes can be taken from the Rogue river. Industries other than pulp require considerable amounts of water, he said. 'Malicious Thinking' Josephine county officials termed as "milicious thinking" rumors that Grants Pass actual ly does not want new industries and new business development. L. C. Hansen, Josephine cham ber manager, declared never to his knowledge had any legiti mate development been dis couraged. Other speakers voiced the opinion that dams would in crease recreation potentialities of the area, and that there really should be no basic conflict be tween sportsmen and those favoring increased industrialization. Decision to continue with the pulp survey, in cooperation with the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Oregon De velopment commission, was made by unanimous vote. tM DAYS MI These Features Genuine Cellulose Sponge 8 inches long . 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Practice teachers at McLough lin Junior High school will be Bill Seymour, algebra; Ronald Maurer, arithmetic; Ray Thiess, science; William Wiggs, geogra phy; Wallace Parmalee, geogra phy; Bob Myrick, English; Leon McDougall, English, and George Brady, arithmetic. Teaching in Medford elemen tary schools will be Mrs'. Anita Birdseye, Jackson; Miss Marlys Franklin and Mrs. Jonelle Maur er, Jefferson; Bill Anderson and Miss Marcia Houghton, Lincoln, and Mrs. Frances Jones, Miss Dona Sundberg and Dale Bates, Roosevelt. Talent Teachers Accept Positions For School Year Talent About 27 Talent elementary and high school teachers have returned notifica tions to school officials here of their acceptance of positions for the school year 1957-58, school officials have announced. Salaries of' several teachers were increased about $300 and salaries of others were adjusted to the correct level on the Jack son county salary schedule, school officials said. Mrs. Alfredia Wheeler, who is retiring, and Ralph Carroll, who will attend the University of Oregon for further study, are the only teachers who taught in 1956-57 not returning for the next school yean Public school faculty at Talent next year will include R. B. Parr, superintendent; Eugene Vinckel, high school principal; and Eugene Farthing, elemen tary principal. Elementary Teachers Elementary teachers will be Ida Bowman, Cecile Fifield, Mary Ann Conger, Genevieve Holdridge, K. Yvonne Mearns, Nellie Young, Doris Corry, Char lotte Hannan, Esther Newcomb, Ruth Dews, Richard Reum, Merle Atkinson, William Mearns, Virginia Schopf and Richard Thorpe. An addition to the elementary school staff is Mrs. Annette Fel lers. Special education teachers will be Karl Hayes and Kath erine Baalman. High school teachers include Irving Thomas, Irma Parr and Gordon Hart. Mrs. Merrilee Stephens will continue as school district clerk and high school sec retary. Talent school officials an nounced that the Talent High school band will enter the" South ern Oregon Band contest to be held during April in Medford and will participate in the Em erald Empire Band Jamboree May 18 in Eugene. Counseling Discussed At Group Meeting , Gordon Raney, assistant di rector,. Oregon Alcohol Educa tion committee, discussed coun seling with alcoholics and their families at a recent meeting of the local mental health commit tee in Medford. The problem discussed was one phase in a series of marriage and family problems to be con sidered by the committee. The discussions are in connection with an overall family counsel ing program in the Medford area. The committee announced ' it will be available to participate in panel programs with civic, business and PTA groups who wish to discuss family problems. Mrs. John Schroeder is in charge of scheduling panels of three to four professional peo ple who will discuss the prob lem with groups. She can be con tacted by telephoning 2-4765. A film, "A Family Affair," will be available for community use from May 4 to 18. The film depicts the affects of personal problems on family living. The' film can be scheduled through Mrs. Schroeder. Eastern Star Officers Installed This Week Cave Junction Officers of Western Star chapter 64, Order of Eastern Star, were installed at the Masonic temple in Kerby, this week. - Taking office as worthy ma tron -nd worthy patron were Winnifred and George Mulvey of Grants Pass, who succeed Mr. and Mrs Pete Blue of Selma. Installed with Mr. and Mrs. Mulvey were Ina Yandell, as sociate matron; Henry Floyd, as sociate patron; Grace Downing, secretary; Frances Racknor, treasurer; Leone Wemgart, con ductress; Fay Snider, associate conductress. Edna Hoskins, chap lain: Margaret Simington, mar shal; Clara Basham, organist; Edith Heidenreich, warder, and Homer Snider, sentinel. Instelling officers were Lu cille Floyd, past matron, install ing worthy matron; Lester Hoff, past patron, installing worthy patron. Ruth Masters, installing marshal; Clara Hammer, instal ling chaplain. Maude Hogue, in stalling secretary and Muriel Coilman, installing organist. Portland Drum Corps To Cease Operations Portland (U.R) The Portland police drum and bugle corps, formed in the depression years' of the 1930's, decided Thurs day to cease operations because of budget problems. The 44-man group voted to call it quits after Police Chief William. Heilbruner told men bers they could no longer re ceive overtime credit for prac tice sessions or pubic . appear ances. The police department and other municipal bureaus have been asked to cut down on em ployee overtime because of an anticipated cut in city services due to upcoming budget slashes, 1 STORES Phone 2-7119 214 S. Riverside Newer Weaponsfor Korea Said Planned Washington (U.R) The United States is planning to put newer-model weapons in Korea to partly offset a reported Com munist military buildup in North Korea, American officials dis closed today. The action will be taken un der a liberal new interpretation of the 1953 armistice which- end ed the Korean fighting. There is no intention of declaring the armistice void despite repeated evidence of Communist violations. Some highly - placed persons have suggested that the United States and its fighting partners in Korea declare the 1953 armis tice agreement dead because of the Communist infractions. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles earlier this week ruled out such action on the ground it might lead to new fighting in Korea. . SAVE MONEY! DO IT YOURSELF! 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State Bank Shows Increase in Deposits The Rogue Valley State bank showed deposits totaling $3,097, 612.47 as of March 14, this year, compared 'to $2,716,741.17 in March, 1956, according to Ralph E. Pierce, vice president. In crease for the year was $380, 871.30, he said. Loans and discounts on the call date were $1,011,615.93, compared to $954,066.04, a year ago, Pierce said. The increase was $57,549.19, he noted. Friday, April S, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE A 'REAL' DEMOTION Hollywood (U.R) Film mak er Mervyn LeRoy finally per suaded Air Force Master Sgt. Al bert Williams to accept a part in 'No -Time for Sergeants," a film on which Williams is a technical adviser. Williams re luctantly accepted a role of a corporal. 'Wild Caveman Orgy Moscow (U.R) Former So viet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov told a congress of Rus sian composers Wednesday night that American boogie woogie and rock 'n roll music "repre sent some kind of wild caveman orgy." 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