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liirric in astern Or egom 52nd Year MEDFOE 28 Pajss fficial Declares perated Under Objectors Lifted From Jobs, Senate Committee Told Camera Equipment Bought With Funds Washington up a Bakery Worker Union official testified today that former union Vice President George L. Stuart ran "dictatorship." dipping into union funds and removing offic ers who objected to his rule. The witness. Anthony Confor ti. president of the union's big Local 1 in Chicago, told the Snate Rackets Committee he gave SB. 750 to Stuart to orjjan Iro workers of a cookie com pany. The company said in an affi davit that it was not aware any drive had been under way. Afraid for Hii Job Cnnfnrti also testified that $2.59:: of union funds was used to buy rarea equipment for Stu art in 1954. The Chicago union leader said he did not protest this and other practices because, "I was afraid of my job." He said officials of local un ions who disagreed with Stuart were summarily removed. Stuart s action in firing them, he said, was backed up by Wil liam F Schnitzler. then presi dent V the international union. Schnitzler now is secretary treasurer of the AFL-CIO. Exonerated by Board "In other words." said Chair man John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) "vnu wero und"r a dictator ship?" "Yes, sir," said Con forti. Stuart recently wa exoner ated by the International union's executive board of charges of misusing union funds. He later resigned, saying his action had nothing to do with the charses since he had planned to quit anrwav. 21 Appointments Made Wednesday Twenty-one persons made ap pointments yesterday to contrib ute s pint of blood when the Red Cross blondmobile comes to the Medford Elks temple Wednes day. June 12. The number was "very good" for the first day of registration, according to volunteer workers who spirit yesterday informing businesses, clubs and organiza tions about the bloodmobile visit. Medford' quota is 290 pints, which would require 350 donors to make allowance for rejectees. Appointments may be made by calling headquarters. SP 3-3813. Red Cross and bloodmobile of ficials recently discussed the possibility of discontinuing the periodic visits here because the expense was not justified by the clothing from a dwelling owned disappointing number of donors. I by Alfred John Greif, South It is being continued, however. I Stage rd.. June 1. in the hope that future 'quotas The case was continued pend will be met. those in charge ex-'ing receipt of records from the plained. 'federal bureau of investigation. Governor Issues Request For Strawberry Harvesters Salem IP1 Strawberry growers got an assist today from Gov. Robert D. Holmes who is sued a special request to state agencies and school officials for an all-out effort to get pickers into the fields to save a bumper crop. Biggest help, the Governor said, would be for schools to ex pedite the windup of the school jcar so youngsters could shift now from classrooms to berry patches. Some schools have already completed thrir year, but most are in the process of completing activities this week. Peak Comes Earlier Peak of tjie berry harvest us usally comes later in the month v hen schools are normally clos ed, but continued warn! days and nights have hastened the ri pening. Tiir Governor said. Gov. Holmes joined in a efn eral appeal from worried -grow-1 RUSsi3 Wants To . . . . ke-Macmi..an Interview Washington in The Soviet Union is reported willing to tele vise interviews with President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan for showing over Russian stations. . --. ..... : .:'J:-.: -. :-7 W'4-. i - j. : if I w7t V -I CONVENTION SPEAKERS Clyde A. Stocking (left) presi dent of the American Association of Nurserymen, San Jose, Calif . and Dr. Charles Vernon Covell, past president, Ameri can Rose society. Berkeley, Calif., will be among speakers for the ninth annual convention of the Pacific Northwest district of the rose society. The convention opens here Fri day morning in the courthouse auditorium, and continue through Saturday. Convention activities include the third annual rose show qf Medford Rose society, host organiza tion, which will be held in Medford High school cafeteria Friday. It will be open to the public from 1 to 9 p.m. without charge. Governor Signs 51 Measures Into Law Salem If" Gov. Robert D. Holmes signed 51 bills into law yesterday. Among them was Senate Bill 179 creating a second district judge for Lane county and Sen ate Bill 246 increasing district judges' salaries from $7,000 or Two Men Appear In Circuit Court Donald Raymond Rice. 27, of 217 South Riverside ave.. re ceived a year's suspended sen tence in circuit court this morn ing on a charge of using a motor vehicle without permission of the owner. Rice pleaded guilty to taking a car owned by Arlon Skinner, Medford. on May 5. Wenriall Glenn Tabor. 35, Gait. Calif., was arraigned and pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary in court this morning. The charge involved theft of ers for all pickers available to report to the fields in the next few days. Agriculture Director Robert Steward said he was circulariz ing members of his department to have their families help save the crop. Other departments were expected to follow suit. Meanwhile. Labor Commis sioner Norman O. Xilsen appeal ed to all business representativ es of organized labor to start a drive to secure strawberry pick ers and other harvest help in Oregon. Nilsen tirsd labor leadtr to enlist the help of their member ship, all families and friends in giving all time possible toward helping harvest the bumper ber ry crop which must be picked immediately to be saved. Volunteers were asked to re port at tiie nearest employment office and to start work this week end or before. i nuKSDAY, JUNE akery ictatcrship' The . Eisenhower administra tion appeared today to be think ing about offering a substitute speaker. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Tuesday $8,000 to $9,000 were signed. slso j Funds to establish a state mo tor pool in Portland, to acquire vehicles for a motor pool in Sa- Salem Gov. Robert D. Holmes yesterday signed into law Senate Bills 274 and 275. which give greater powers of regulation over railroad pass enger service to the state pub lic utilities commissioner. The bills, sponsored by State Sen. Phil Lowry and State Rep. E. A. Littrell. among others, were the outgrowth of the abandonment in 1955 of all rail passenger service south of Eugene by the Southern Pa cific railroad. The PUC at tempted to uphold the end of such service pending a hear ing, but tl e courts held it had no such apriority. Hearings were held later, and the re sults have not yet been an nounced. The new laws empower to the PUC to suspend such changes in service for a per iod, and to call a hearing on the proposed changes. lem and to run the state's tuber culosis hospitals got final approv al from the Governor. Several motor vehicle bills were signed into law including SB 53 providing that no person shall drive a vehicle so slowly as to impede traffic. SB 77 clarifies the law which provides that persons causing death by improper operation of a vehicle may be found guiltv of negligent homicide while SB I 353 authorizes revocation of censrs for negligent homicide. I SB 212 provides that students in State Board of Higher Educa tion schools shall not be expelled or refused admission only be cause they are unable to attend classes on particular days be cause of religious beliefs. Milton-Freewater Fire Siren Shori-Circuited Milton, Freewaier ir As if the howling wind and clat tering hailstones were not enough in last night's storm, the city fire alarm system here was short-circuited and the siren sounded regularly every 45 minutes throughout the night. TRIBUNE 6, 1957 Union Televise . Eisenhower would not agree to a recorded TV appearance such as Soviet party boss Nikita Khrushchev made over a U.S. television network Sunday. But the President said at his news conference Wednesday that, "Somebody in this government would be glad to accept" any Russian offer to appear on a radio-television program in that country. Eisenhower noted that Khru shchev "is not the head of the Russian state, except in power . . . " This comment suggested that Eisenhower believes any similar appearance by an Ameri can should be an official below presidential rank. A Russian Embassy spokes man here told the United Press that any arrangements for such an interview would have to be referred to the Central Televis ion Studios in Moscow. The British newspaper "Man chester Guardian" reported that the director of the Central Tele vision Studios agreed "in prin ciple" to recording interviews with Eisenhower and Macmillan. The newspaper quoted the di rector, a Mr Osminin, as saying Soviet television audiences were enthusiastic about the filmed Khrushchev interview with American correspondents. Maybe From San Francisco Diplomats here speculated that Russians may offer the American Embassy in Moscow the use of Soviet radio-television facilities for the Fourth of July lhe Russians have offered air time in recent months to some foreign diplomats for patriotic talks on their country' national holiday. Informed sources said Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles is planning to deliver a major foreien ooliev address in San Francisco June 28 that could be used to answer Khrushchev s televised remarks. Although a speech topic has not been announced, Dulles will have a ready-made opportunity to touch on disarmament, nu clear tests, and other topics raised by the Soviet party boss. Dulles plans to speak before an audience of approximately 35.000 persons attending a Lions International convention in San Francisco's Cow Palace. It will be his first foreign policy ad dress since April 22 when he spoke in New York. Students to Receive Diplomas Tonight Commencement exercises for 284 Medford High school sen iors will be held in the Hedrick Junior High school auditorium at 8 p.m. today. Speaker for the 64th annual commencement program will be Cliff Robinson, director of sec ondary education from the state department of education. He will be introduced by Leonard B. Mayfield superintendent of Med ford public schools. Lester Har ris, high school principal, will announce awards. Diplomas will be presented by Otto Ewaldsen, chairman of the Medford school board. The Senior Singers and the high school band will participate in the program. There are 141 girls and 143 boys in this year's graduating class. ,.i 11 r. ii I Hailfl IK WAP. t MrlKP Stop at Astoria Washington 'l.1 Navy brass today rejected the request of Rep. Walter Norblad to have the atomic submarine Nautilus make a brief stop at Astoria, Ore., later this month. However, Vice-Admiral Thom as S. Combs, deputy chief of naval operations, said he would have the ship slow down as it goes past Astoria June 21. That would afford citizens of that community an opportunity to view the Nautilus, he said. The revolutionary undersea craft will be in Portland late afternoon June 13. Price 10c United Press Full Leased wire No. 66 Top Russians Head For Meeting With Finnish Leaders Khrushchev, Bulganin Lead Political Team Helsinki, Finland W The Soviet political team of Nikita S Khrushchev and Nikolai Bul ganin sped toward Finland to day on a visit aimed at wiping out Scandinavia's memories of Hungary with a display of Soviet-Finnish friendship. Premier Bulganin and Com munist Party Chief Khushchev were traveling with an impres sive group that included For eign Minister Andrei Gromyko, Culture Minister Nikolai Mik hailov. Security Chief Gen. Ivan Serov, Vice Foreign Trade Min ister Pavel Kumykin and Dc-p- j uty Chief of Staff Gen. Mikhail j Matinin. Finnish Officials Wait A small group of Finish for eign office officials waited at the border station of Vainifkala to meet the Russians' train when it crossed the border. The big red carpet welcome by Finnish government leaders was reserv ed for their arrival in Helsinki Iatr in the day. This was a quick return visit for Serov who spent two days in Finland last week checking se curity arrangements. A public uproar forced cancellation of his presence on the 1956 London visit of. Bulganin and Khrush chev but he was in and out of Finland without being recogniz ed. Finns Close-Mouthed The week-long visit will be crammed with sightseeing, re ceptions and dinners. Two oc casions were set aside for for mal talks but the Finns were close-mouthed about topics to be discussed. Speculation on the subjects of the talks ranged from new trade proposals to military "pacts. It was understood Russia might want to offer Finland more coal and oil and that Finland might be agreeable to expanding trade with Russia if it could receive payment in hard currency for depleted reserves. Hearing on Sears Property Tonight The Medford city council to night will hold a public hearing on annexation of an area of land north of Jackson st. and east of Biddle rd., proposed as the site for a new Sears Roebuck and company store. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall. The area, totaling 12.6 acres, is located in an "island" which is surrounded by the city but not part of it.' It is under pur chase option to Buttress and Mc Clellan, Los Angeles contracting and architectural firm, together with another 15.7 acres of prop erty now inside the city. The en tire 28.3-acre site, owned by Dr. I. D. Phipps, would be used for the proposed new store, includ ing parking facilities. The council may also call a public hearing on rezoning the area from "single family" to "limited commercial," to per mit construction of the store. In other business, the coun cil will consider authorizing Ma yor John Snider to sign an appli cation on behalf of the city of Medford supporting a Bear creek water shed development program. The application has been prepared by Jackson coun ty chapter of the Issac Walton league. A public hearing will be held on the change of zone from class IA (single family) to class V (light industrial) of area along the east side of Crater Lake highway, extending south of Delta Waters rd, about 1,600 feet. Weather roRFCAST: Fir throuih Fri day with rislnc tmpertar. Low tonight 14. Hiih Friday SJ. Tmp. Hlfht Ytrdj 74 Lowest this Morning S3 Our Skies Tonight Snnrise 4:3S .m. SunM . 7:45 p.m. Moonset Friday 1:25 a.m. Full Moon June 12 PROMINEVT STARS Arcturus. hirh in south S:23 p.m. Altair. low in east 0:35 p.m. R'ruliis. in th wpst . 10:21 p.m. Anures. in the south 11:35 p.m. 'Fly North Entrance Road At Park to The north entrance road to Crater Lake National park will open June- 12, according to Park Superintendent Tom Wil liams. Crews have been working ex tra hours during the past several weeks in an effort to get the popular entrance open. Three heavy bulldozers and two rotary snowplows were employed to carve a slot through snowdrifts up to 40 feet in depth. The crews "holed through" last week and are now engaged in widening the slot to provide safe two-way traffic. Road Parallel The road from the Rim Vil lage to the North Entrance par allels the rim of Crater Lake for a distance of six miles and pro vides many spectacular views of the lake and surrounding coun try, Williams noted. It connects with State Route 230. which in turn connects with U.S. Route 97. . State Route 62 from Medford and from Klamath Falls is main tained all the year and provides the winter visitor with access to the rim of Crater lake. A part of the snowplow crews and equip ment has already started plow ing the balance of the Rim road but the opening date cannot be foreseen at this time, Williams said. Every effort is being made to have this section of the scenic Rim road open by July 1, he added. Traditional Date June 15 is the traditional date for opening the Crater Lake Lodge, cabins and cafeteria, and will be observed this year. Crews are readying facilities for the opening day. A new addition Mississippi Man Bound Over Today Bobby Lee Jones, 24, Delta City, Mass., was bound over to the grand jury this morning after being arraigned in district court on a charge of larceny from an auto. He was arrested by stale police at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday on High way 99 near Phoenix while driv ing a vehicle with a Virginia license. He waived counsel and preliminary hearing this mor ning and is being held in jail. Bail is set at $1,500. Police said he is suspected of stealing a purse, auto tire, wheel and jack from a car belonging to Mrs. Jo Offenbacher, route 1, box 66, Jacksonville. According to police reports, Mrs. Offen bacher had stopped the car off Highway 238 in the Applegate area and got out of the car. The thefts reportedly occurred dur ing her absence from the vehicle. Police said the purse was re covered a short distance from Mrs. Offenbacher's car. It had been thrown into an irrigation ditch. Reports indicated $15 to $20 was taken from the purse before it was discarded. Police said the car Jones was operat ing contained a tire, wheel and jack believed to have been tak en from Mrs. Offenbacher's car. Building Permit Value Increase Seen in May Face value of building permits issued by the city in May totaled $450,125. as compared to $560, 867 in May of 1956 and $224, 210 for May the year before, ac cording to H. E. Mackie, city building inspector. Among permits issued last month w-ere 11 new single fam ily dwellings, $105,000; 18 resi dences remodeled, $30,630; two new duplexes. $16,000; six new business establishments, $231, 000; nine businesses remodeled. $37,500; and one new swimming pool, $5,000. Open Soon 1 to the cafeteria was completed last fall and will be in operation this summer, providing more floor space and improved serv ice to the public. Williams reminded, residents i the regular daily bus service to the park from Medford, Klam ath Falls and Bend will be re sumed on June 15 by Pacific Trailways. Although it is uncertain at this time, Williams said he ex pects Cold Spring camp ground to open on June 10, Annie Spring camp ground on June 15 and Rim camp ground on July 1. Compensation Rate Schedules Changed Salem 'II The state Indus' trial Accident Commission today announced the new workmen's compensation base rate schedule for the fiscal year starting July 1. Fifty-eight rates were de creased, 154 increased and 19 unchanged resulting in a net con tribution increase of 15.8 per cent. Benefit increases allowed by the 1957 legislature plus sharply rising claim costs required in creases of 37.4 per cent in agri culture, 19.6 per cent in lumber ing, 20.6 per cent in transporta tion, 15.2 per cent in manufac turing and 18.6 per cent in serv ice classifications. Construction was increased only 7.7 per cent, mainly be cause of an intensive industry wide accident prevention pro gram. Mining rose 8 4 per cent, governmental agencies 7 per cent and trade classifications 5.1 per cent. Aviation is the ony classifi cation group that will receive a reduction, averaging 21.4 per cent because of a combination of favorable claim loss experience and increased experience rating reductions. Increases were required in farming.- raising contributions from $3 to S4.40 per $100 of pay roll. Western Oregon logging went from $7.20 to $9.40 per $100. Third Blaze Reported Near Camp White Today Central Point Between 20 and 25 acres of Game commis sion management land in the Camp White area were burned today, according to the Cen tral Point Rural Fire Protectioa district. It was the third grass fire re ported this week in that area. Today's fire was extinguished within an hour, officials said. Fires in the same area were re ported Monday and Tuesday. Five acres were burned in those two fires. Eisenhower Watches Naval Demonstration Off Florida Aboard U.S.S. Saratoga flp The Navy demonstrated for President Eisenhower today that carrier-based planes in the Pa cific can span the continent in hours and reiforce fleet units in the Atlantic. The demonstration was part of an intensive, 24-hour show of naval power being put on off Florida for Eisenhower and oth er top government officials on the National Security Councils. Planet Take Off The chief executive, after a flight from Washington, put to sea this morning from Mayport, Fla., aboard the pride of the Navy the new 60,000-ton super carrier Saratoga. As soon as the Saratoga head ed into the Atlantic cast of Jack sonville. Fla., jet fighters and heavy attack bombers took off Bonneville Towers Heavily Damaged; Buildings Wrecked Worst in History Of Bonneville Power Pendleton, Ore. IW Emer gency crews early today reached the scene of destruction wrought by hurricane vinds up to 100 mph that flattened 15 high volt age power transmission towers to withstand the dirtiest weather the 'Pacific Northwest can pro duce. Wednesday's freakish electrV cal storm with its accompanying 2 gales killed a seven-year-old girl in Western Oregon and picked up strength east of the mountains to reach its climax in the Pendle ton area and in southeast Wash ington. Wont U History It was the worst storm in the history of the Bonneville Power administration which dispatched crews to work around the clock until temporary wooden poles are installed to carry power lines moving 210,000 volts of power. Damafe is estimated in excess of $200,000. At Sweet Home, Ore., Dolly Walters, 7. one of six children of widowed Mrs. David Walters, was killed when a lightning bolt struck the chimney of her home and into a metal stove on which she happened to be sitting while her brother swept the floor. The damaged transmission towers, weighing from 10.000 to 12,000 pounds, are located in a two-mile stretch 11 miles south west of Boardman, Ore. Build ings on a sheep ranch in the same area were demolished. The storm struck at about 4 p.m. yesterday. Q Temperature Drops In Pendleton, the temperature dropped 23 degrees in 15 min utes from 91 to 68. Several injuries were reported ir, Southeastern Washington Four Walla Walla residents were injured when their 21-foot cabin cruiser was slammed against the rocks during a sudden squall upstream from Wallula on the Columbia river. Jack Quinn of Prosser was knocked unconscious by light ning while broadcasting at Ra dio Station KERY in Prosser. He was revived by station em ployees. Crop Damage Feared Ranchers in Southeastern Washington expressed fears crop damage from the storm might be heavy. Hail and wind flattened wheat on some irrigated farms in the Columbia Basin project. Work at Ice Harbor dam near Pasco was halted for the night because of the storm. Small craft warnings were raised for the first time since May 18. Agencies To Be Moved From State Building Salem W Several state agencies wil be moved from the state office building to other lo cations, including the capitol, so that long-delayed repairs may be made, Secretary of State Mark Hatfield said today. Hatfield said that, $110,000 worth of repairs are needed to extend the longevity of the state office building and to prevent further serious deterioration. The first floor has been shorn up for the past several months to keep heaVy files and equipment fromQ sagging the basement ceiling. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee I 4 1 New York : 15 1 Buhl. Jolly (8) d Rice; Gomez and Kait. St. Louis 6 12 1' Pittsburgh 0 6 0 Dickson and H. Smith: Kline. O'Brien (2). Pepper (6) and Foiles from the carrier Bon Homme Richard near San Diego, Calif. They were making a transconti nental flight of 2.200 miles to the expansive deck of the Sara toga. They were due in late af ternoon. The purpose of the cross-coun-tr flight the first for carrier based planes was to demon strate that the Navy can quickly shift its aircraft from one ocean to another without relying on land bases or the Panama Canal. Dulles Goes Along Accompanying the Chief Exec utive on his overnight cruise aboard the Saratoga are Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles, Secretary of Treasury George M. Humphrey. Defense Secre tary Charles E. Wilson and Chair man Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission.
