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Locals Fireman Called Firemen re-, ported a washing machine fire: anout 9 40 a m. today at the resi-1 dence of Dr. G. A. Dierdorff. 2631 Hillcrm rd. They said' damage ws limited to the wash ing machine Surgery Patients Con- j valescing at Rogue Valley hos- ! pital following major surgery Friday are Mrs. Harry .Marsh. 33 North Orange t., Medford. ; and Mrs. Fred Lyon. 110 Clover; lane, Medford Convalescing j there following minor 9urgery i Mrs. Earl Locke, 340 Stewart 1 ivt., Medford. Outing Planned Town.'peo-. pie are invited to join a group f.'om Southern Oreion college j on at trip to Lava Beds National ! Monument south of Tulelake Saturday. Dr. Elmo N. Steven- son, college president, will lead the expedition, and charge is j $2.25 per person for transports-j tion expenses. The group will ! meet behind Churchill hall on the camups in Ashland at 5 a m. ; Saturday, and will return Sat-j urday evening. Tonsillectomies Convalesc ing at Osteopathic hospital fol lowing tonsillectomies this morning are Eleanor Alfonso, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eenjanim Alfonso. 14 South Bartlett St.. and Leslie Crouch, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crouch. Trail. At Rogue Valley hospital is Darell Gamier, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amil Gar nior of Happy Camp. Calif., who is convalescing following a tonsillectomy. Telegraphers, Press Service in Agreement New York IP The Com-; mercial Telegraphers Union and, the Associated Press reached ' agreement early today on a new contract, "Federal Mediator Wal-: ter Maggiolo announced. ' "A settlement has been reach-, ed subject to ratification of the members of the union," Mag-j giolo said. I The new contract agreed upon ' by the negotiators will run for one year. The money package averages S4 62 per employee. A number of other provisions pre viously agreed upon were in cluded in the contract. Coos Bay Paper Asks Ike, Nixon To Resign Portland 'V The Coos Bay Times Thursday charged that the Eisenhower administration was corrupt and called for the resignations of President Eisen hower and Vice-President Rich ard Nixon. The charge w as made in a tele gram from the newspaper's pub lisher, Shelton F. Sackett to managing Editor Forest Amsden which the newspaper published on page one. The telegram said in part: "I see no alternative for you this day, but for you, in front page editorial to call for . . . resignation of Mr. Eisenhower . . . I never thought corrup tion has gone so far." The telegram gave no further explanation of the corruption charge. Obituaries 1st Drive In RUN! tM MADISON 1st 'mm i:3fS. Drive k AO&INST Rwl THE HOUSE Fred MacMURRAY Jeffrey HUNTER ..Janice RULb i OFI I BONUS HIT! SATURDAY ONLY RANDOLPH SCOTT "MAN IN THE SADDLE" JOHN P. DALEY John Patrick Daley, 77, of Grants Pass, died there this morning. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland fUP.l Cattle or week 3 000. Average choice steers 23.75. other choice steers 22.75-23.50, good sieers 21 .25-23. standard 17 50-21. Choice heifers 22-22.50, with some 23, good heifers 20 50-22. standard 17 20.50. Commercial cows 16-17. utility 14-16, canners and cutters mostly 11 12 50 with heaw Holstein cutters to 1 3.50 Utilitv bulls 1 7-19. light cut ter bulls down to 13 50. Calves for week 450. Choice vealers 21-1:4. Good 19-21. standard 15-10. Good and choice slaughter calves 13 20.50. Cull and utility calves and vealers 10-14.50 Hogs for week 1650. Sorted No. 1 ana 2 grade butchers 22.25-22 50. mixed grade 21.50-22. sorted ofl No. 3 down to 21. Weights 240-270 to 20 21. Sows 300-500 lbs. 13.50-19. No. 1 and 2 to 19.50 Sheep for week 5.530. Choice spring ers mostly 21, with top of 21.50. Good springers 18 50-20.50 Good and choice old crop shorn lambs 15 50-16.50. Most good spring feeders 17-17 50 old crnp feeoers 12-15. Cull to good shorn slaughter ewes 3-5.30. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland U.P i Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 4l-42c: A large. 37-39c. AA medium. o4-36c; A me dium. 33-35c; A small, 27-28c; carton. 1-c additional. Butter To retailer: A A grade prints. 67-68c lb.; carton, lc a pound higher; A prints. 67-63c; B prints. 65-i3bc. Cheese medium cured To retail ers: A grade cheddar. single daisies. 4o 'a-jiic: j-io. loaves. .Jl a-.TC. pru cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 41'a-44c. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Continued howerv and cooler through Saturday. Low tonight 48. High Saturday 70. Western Oregon: Cloudy with show r tnnipht. Partial clearing and di- i minishing showers Saturday. Continu i ing cool. Low tonight 45-52. High j Saturday 65-72. Northern California: Mostly fair to i night and Saturday except chance of : a few showers extreme north portion j tonight and high . fog on coast tonight , and early Saturday. Little tempera ; ture change. ; LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE; Mean yesterday ' 58 below normal 6. Record high this date 100 in 1916, I Record low this date 39 in 1945. I PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to mid : night. 02 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m.. : trace. Total this month. 02 inch, 50 inch ; below normal. f Total since Sept. 1 2147 inches. 4.13 inches above normal HUMIDITY. Lowest yesterday 41,, highest this a.m. 84"-. Ypster- a m i dav I High : Brookings 64 , Crater Lake 39 i Grant Pass 68 Klamath Falls 59 i MEDFORD ! Portland hr. Low Prec. 30 ROBERT WOOD Robert F. Wood, a former member of the V.A. Domiciliary at Camp White, died in Walla Walla, Wash. The body is be ing returned to Medford for services and interment at the Camp White cemetery, with Conger-Morris in charge of arrangements. After Dinner or the Show The Nicest Place To Spend The Balaoca cf The Evening Is . . . At WALKER'S DREAMLAND TTT XK XVTnTTT SAT. UA ld U ,LFj nite Aiwjyt Congenial Crowd Finest of Modern Music JOHN HENRY TONS Funeral services for John Henry Tons, 65, of 305 Edwards St., Medford, who died in a local hospital Monday were conduct ed this morning at the grave side in Siskiyou Memorial park, with the Rev. D. E. Millard of ficiating. Chapel Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Tons was born in Chad ron, Nebr., May 18, 1892. He came to Oregon from California, and in 1951 sold a machinery and equipment business which he operated. Since that time he has been prospecting and min ing in the Rogue valley. Survivor include two daugh ters, Mrs. R. E. Hess, Carmich ael. Calif., and Miss Frances Tons. Redding, Calif. Farm Market Willamette vallev berry growers re ported to the Portland market today that continued spririR rains had dam abed the western Oregon strawberry crop and scores of growers have stopped picking until it can be de termined if harvesting will be protit able. The processing price held un changed at 8 cents a pound for stemmed fruit, f.o.b. the plant. 63 Seattle 2 Spokane ! Yakima 71 Eureka fi3 ; Red Bluff 83 j Sacramento . 84 i San Francisco Los Angeles 69 Phoenix PS Denver - 67 Chicago - 7fi Miami 86 New York 86 Washington, D C 92 24- .10 Friday, Jun 14, W37 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUWS LBVKH Stock List Recedes New York W Stocks receded in light trading in the week end session today. Rails lost the most in the ma jor sections largely because of weakness in Illnois Central. POW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 511.79, up 0.21; 20 rails 147.27. off 0.89; 15 utilities 73.47. off 0.16: 65 59 -IS 52 72 46 63 77 .22 1.75 .01 Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland . 2 ,-4 lbs. 25c lb.; some ufiers at 24c lb.; light hens, too few transactions of Portland price; 9-1 lc lb. at ranch; heavy hens. 5 lbs. up, not enough trading or Portland price; at country, 12-13c lb.; old roosters, 7-9c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 42-45c lb; cut up. -8-51c; hens, light type, cut up. 34-37c; heavy type, whole drawn. 36-4'c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27-28c lb.; breeder hens. 24c lb. to producer on oven ready basis; breeder toms, 24c on same basis. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants i : Live white. 33-4'3c lb. f.o.b. dressing plants Portland. 23 26c; colored pelts. 4c under; old does. 10-12 lbs., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers 1o retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up. 62-65c lb. FIVE-DAY FOR KC AST (Through June 19): Western Oregon - Western Washing ton Temperatures generally below normal. Highs 63-75. lows 46-54. Pre cipitation more than normal. Widely scattered showers Friday night and Saturday. More general showers early in week Northern California S cattered showers in extreme nonh. OthrwHe no appreciable precipitation. Temper atures below normal. Portland Man Killed In Tractor Accident Portland W A tractor accident cost the life of M. J. McClure, 63, yesterday. McClure was killed when the tractor Collage Grove Man Killed by Automobile Eugene 'IP John Stalder. 58. Cottage Grove was struck and fatally injured Thursday night by a car driven by a Springfield youth about four miles south of Creswell, Ore. Donald Samuel Davis, 20, driver of the car, told police he was driving between 50 and 60 miles an hour when he saw Stalder standing on the side walk of a bridge. He said just as he reached the man he Stepped directly in front of his car. Witnesses said it appeared Stalder either jumped or fell in front of the Davis car. He was dead on arrival at a Cottage Grove hospital and Davis was not cited. turned over on him in a field near his house on NW Skyline rd., in Portland. Deputy sheriffs said the trac tor apparently tipped over back wards when it hit a stump while McClure was discing a field. The tractor was found about 200 yards from the scene of the accident. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale hav prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f o b. Portland $26-27 a ton. Wholesale prices as reported hv the VSDA market nws service: Wheat No. 2 sot white. S8."j a tn: No. 2 white oats 33-Ib. West Coast deiiverv. nomi nally S49 ton; No. 2 Vally whit oats. $46 ton; soy bean meal. $76.50 ton. fob. Porland; barley, No. 2, 45-lb. West Coast delivery. $43.50 ton; stand ard mill run. prompt delivery. $42-43 ton f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland. S62 .25-62. 75. Locals Have Eyes on Main In Saturday Hardtop Card At Valley View Speedway FO Fl ail over five 1 W each This offer good every day "TAKE OUT" Deluxe (25c) Hamburgers C With All The Trimmings Park Place Cafe 302 West Main OPEN AIR DANCES Rogue River City Park EYERY SAT. NITE THIS SUMMER 75e Per Person Sponsored by the RCGUE RIYER LIONS CLUB At The Beautiful GOLD HILL GRANGE HALL Every SAT. NIGHT V YIC FLOOD X&Z A fin Hoor jnd loft of friendly people Cam en out We'll make room for you somehow! Free Check Room. Dining Room I J Downstair! pr ,.i ANNIVERSARY DDAMCIE SATURDAY NIGHT Free Balloons! Free Prizes! - EAGLE POINT Thi Only Spring Floor In Southern Oregon PANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and The Rogue Valley Boys Will the local bovs" make good and overcome the "visit or" jinx? That is a big question as hardtop auto drivers await their Saturday night racing pro gram at the Valley View speed way near Ashland. There have been three pre vious racing nights this season. And so far none of the home track car jockeys, members of the Rogue Valley Racing asso ciation have been able to get the checkered flag as winner of the main event. First main went to Bud Cook, K-4, of Klamath Falls. Second night out the big race was taken by Art Pollard, R-87, of Roseburg. Last week end the visitor was Ray Asher, C-l, of Yreka, Calif. All three of the past winners may be on hand for this Satur day's races which start at 8 p.m. after 7 p.m. time trials. But they are certain 10 ineei a siern cnai lenge this time as the locals ac celerate in an all out effort. All the home tracksters ask is a change from their luck from bad to good. In consolation the RVRA driv ers have the major share of top places in the competition for the points championship of the track, Challenge to the "out-of-towners" likely will be strong est from among these point lead- Cycle Field Meet Slated A sportsman hill climb, an English trial and a parachute jump. Those are the events list ed for a motorcycle field meet ; on Sunday afternoon. The meet will be sponsored by j the Rogue Valley Riders Motor-: cycle club at its grounds in Sams : Valley. Evpnts begin at 1 p.m. A parachute jump will be : made by Bill Robert, member of the club, if chutes, which are ! ordered, arrive in time. They , were scheduled to come today, j There will be a charge per car for parking at the field meet site. . ers. Among them are Wayne Lemley in frontrunners spot. Bob Rose in second, Crock Hun ter in third and Bob Wilcox in fifth. There was some indication that Rose might not be on hand, however, this week end. Saturday's card will offer more than 85 laps of racing. Drivers are slated to go 25 times around in the main, 15 in the semi-main, 10 each in the four heat races and three or four in the A and B main events. The delegation from Roseburg is expected" back Saturday after absence last week end. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Zotolla's Country Club Located on Grants Pais Golf Course SERVING DINNERS DAILY Featuring FINE ITALIAN FOOD and PIZZA The Tally-Hoi ! ... Is the place to go for i pleasant SATURDAY NIGHT of DANCING and ENTERTAINMENT! Featuring the Sensational "TUNESMITHS" ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS in th CANDLE ROOM at the Medford Hotel 1 LJ L DON'T MISS THIS . . . SPECTAC ULAR--BIG EfflSORRS JULY 4th - 7 P.M. MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM Lots of Noise Color Pleasing Entertainment For All Ages 2nd ANNUAL YMCA CAMP BENEFIT SHOW This Ad Sponsored by DEAN & TAYLOR PONTIAC CO. tocki 177.50. off 0.27. Sales today totaled 2,090,000 ai compared with 2,630,000 Thursday. Cannery Worker Dies In Fall Into Machinery Pendleton IP Clarence W. Koonce. 44, died here yester day of injuries sustained at a canning company Wednesday. Umatilla county coroner Pat Fulson said Koonce either fell or fainted and was dragged into a viner he was feeding. Death was attributed to head injuries when mechanical arms of the machine struck his head and body. Fulson said the only clues to the man's residence was some papers found in his pocket that gave his address as 35 N. -Dearborn Ave., in Chicago. Koonce had only been em ployed at the canning company since Tuesday. Youths Arrested for c Illegal Possession Steven Alfred Jensen. 18. Myrtle Creek, was fine S35 in municipal court today on charges of illegp.l possession of intoxicating liquor. The youth wis liken into cus tody Thursday. alorqt 0h a 17-year-old Griffin Creek compan ion, when Central' Point Police Chief Wallace Bowen noticed the car in which the two boys were riding was being operated recklessly, according to city police. Bowen arrested both juveniles on South Riverside ave. near Ninth st. and turned them over to city police. No other passen gers were reported in the car. The 17-year-old boy was con fined to county jail. The case was referred to county juvenile authorities who are investigating la possible parole violation by the youth, police said. Detroit IP The ravaged body of six-year-old Mary De Caussin was found in a field to day near her home in suburban Ecorse. ' lll TONITE 4 SATURDAY ROGUE VALLEY SATURDAY ONLY -, BALLROOM J RD BONUS i - - FEATURE - ilTWJirlSTTlE I rm ' i iA TONITE & SATURDAY OT filifm fjTWO YEARS7 f'iA(W'!: I BEFORE " 'Ss ' j - PLUS - BARBARA BRITTON feaKEZI An Action Packed Hit , eJfij3j j? "UNTAMED 'j!2 If MEED" Mggi I xzK a I ENDS T0NITE -CONGO BILL" NOW SHOWING TOKYO never had it so hilarious as they get it in OPERATION KIMONO!; UWE MURPHY fSTM GEORGE NADER burgess mitm PLUS 3 SATURDAY ONLY BIG FEATURES HIT NO. 1 JON HALL C"isriNi ueuMi HIT NO. 2 1(0 pKj, on hail yugiwu Htwrrr " HIT NO. 3 Ul FEATURE Bugs Bunny Revue I ADMISSION Plenty' of Free Parking 4 to 11 p.m. Sundae 90 PER PERSON 7"vi'i Ji-Hr mm
