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CONFERRING ON DEFENSE PROBLEMS are the nation s top leaders in Quantico, Va.,
in a thrc-day ?r.sion with top level eivilians. Left to riht: General Maxwell U. Taylor,
'mv; Gf-nersI Hantiolpli Ta'r, Marine?; General Nathan Twining, Air Forre; Admiral
rlnph A. P.'irkr, Navy, and Genrral Thomas D. White, Air Koree. They will take over
August 16. General Twining will be the chairman. (Interrntioml Sounrlphoto)
Western Components,
Formed for Electronic
A iwcl corporation for elcc
trnnie re-search and manufacture
cf electronic components lias
httn formed by Harry and
Daid of Bear Crock Orchards,
President David H. Holmes an
nounced today. The new firm
will be known as Western Com
piirenti, Inc.
It ep'cts to start local opcr
'ion ia a smalr way within
the next JO days. Holmes said.
nd mill have a "substantial
operation" by the first of 1!)53.
Holmea did not specify what
type eouipment would be manu
factured. The former American Fruit
Growers building at 10th and
South Fir sts. has been pur
chased and nt least a portion of
the new firm's production will
be carried on there.
Main gain Offic
The main sales office is lo
ra'ed in San Francisco. It has
ky-CT in operation since April 1.
T.ie office, according to Holmes,
handle the sales of electronic
owrvonent parts in central and
n-trtiiero California.
Holme aid estimates of the
numi er of people to be employ
ed locally by Western Compo
nent could not be estimated at
tbia cimt. Officers of the firm in
clude Holmes, president; W. J.
Williams, now vice president of
Bear Cree Orchards, executive
vice president, and G. A. Cot
ting.' am, wcretary and treas
urer. Wa-dcll L. Shackelford has
brtcn named production manager
in charge of the Medford plant.
He h;t been connected with Fri
den industries in San Leanriro,
Calif., and expects to move to
Medford soon.
Custom Listed
Western Components, Inc.,
lis's as customers such firms as
International Business Ma
chine?; Hewlett-Packard Elec
tronics, of Palo Alto, Calif.; Ber
keley Scientific company; Am-C-Pcx
corporation; Farnsworth
Electronics, and Litton Industries.
Oflto Ewaldsen Reelected
To School Director Post
Otto A. Ewaldsen was reelect
ed a director to the board of
rduitatiim of Sledford school dis
trict 49C yesterday. He re
ceived o.'tl votes to 234 for
Traocw Cheney, the opposing
Cnd ta
Te ne-year term starts July
f. Sth'M'l officials said the turn
out 1fa representative of a di
'jCCOrS election, and was com
O p"a'ie!y good.
" Ta the Phoenix district. Mrs.
fjl O. Grove received 108 votes
aod Xiwer Faytingcr received
2?. The term is for five years.
("C. IS. Glc;m was elected to a
X'teter term in the Talent dis
Ctf C. Glcim got 15 voles and his
Cpp:&ont, Samuel O. James, re-
rccrtd 10.
$1:1: Dorland Offenbacher was
(Vtec'.Oi to a five-year term in
(Ihe B-ksonvi'le district w ith 56
Cvores defeating Warren Davis.
rit received 13 votes.
I S:i uncontested vote. Archie
Jrw Jr., received 84 votes in
(jjjB Ashland district.
X". W. Anhorn and Wilton A.
JVite were elected to five and
So year terms, respectively, in
5.o-rict fiC, Central Point. An
Hire" received 61 votes.' and
5S6:te got 57 otes. By schools.
(JO total were Central Point
ihi.rn 4 . White 43: Sams Val
;rv. anhorn 8. While 8: Gold
Hill. Anhorn 4. Don Morrow 1.
and White 1. Morrow 1. and
Odsrn Kellogg 3. Morrow 'and
Kellogg were write-in votes.
Other Results
Other unofficial rlec'ion re
u!ls were Griffin Creek. Rob
ert C. Mmear. 132, Sam B.
' Holmes said: "We, as resi
dents, property owners and em
ployers, are deeply interested in
j the economic welfare of the
Rtgue river valley and are de
sirous of assistins in its orderly
growth and development. While
our primary interests are in
agriculture and will always re
;main so, we recognize that a
broader and more diversified
economy would be a good thing
for both the community and our
selves. Western Components,
Inc. has been organized with the
hope that it will afford greater
and more continuous employ
Resources
Defined at
The job of the state water re
sources board and the help it ex
pects from local groups in its
study of the Rogue river basin
were defined at a meeting here
vesterday noon. The meeting
was held in the Medford hotel.
L. C. Binford, state board
chairman, told a re-activated
joint Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce-county court water
resources committee: "How well
v.e do is going to depend on you
people in the local communi
ties." The last state legislature di
rected the board to make a
study of the Rogue basin and
present results to the next legis
lature. Don La-it, executive sec
retary of the board, and a for
mer secretary of the chamber of
commerce heie, explained that
the board must first find all ex
isting water rights along the
Rogue, then estimate the total
amount of water in the basin.
The total resources minus that
amount under water rights is
the amount the board will be
concerned with.
The study of the Rogue will
guide state water policy. Lane
said. Steps taken by the board
Harbison. 84; Ruch, Ravid B
Winningham. 9, E. H. Fossen, 2.
Milton Houston, 2; Eagle Point,
Jack Caldwell, 30: Lone Pine
William E. Edwards. 33, R. J.
Ritchey. 14. and Rose Cook, 16:
Applcgate. Francis Krouse. 30,
(non-high board. Francis Krouse,
46), Elk-Trail, James C. Wilson,
50, Roy A. Anderson, 25; Pros
pect, Clarence G. Hcdgepeth, 18,
Helen Hubbard. 1; Evans Val
ley, J. B. Wilson, 75, George
Johnston, 62, Marcclla McCul
lough. 1: Shady Cove, Ed Learn
ing. 24 (four-year term). Frank
Fagalde. 22. Ray Briggs. 2; Pine
hurst, Clyde Leard, 10 (five
year term), Robert A. Cooper.
10 (four-year term1; and How
ard, George C. Flanagan, 12,
John E. Chitwood. 11 (non-high
board).
School officials said H. F. Nor
wood was elected to the Rogue
River board, but total count of
votes was not complete this
morning. In the Butte Falls
election. Mrs. Hannah H. Dalton
and Elga Abott each received
20 votes for the single vacancy
on the board. Mrs. Dalton won
the position in casting of lots,
which is the legal procedure in
a school district election tic-vote.
For the non-high school board
zone 4. Edmud Ramsey received
131 votes and Francis Krouse
101 votes. For the rural board
member in zone 2, Mrs. Leo
Hoag received 56 votes and
Francis Poole 1 vote: William A.
Starzinger was elected rural
board member for zone 1. but
complete count of vo'es had not
been made this morning.
$ 1 f
MS'- II
Inc., Is
Research
ment than is presently avail
able to people of this area."
He added, "We oeneve tins
new organization will contribute
materially to better and more
stable economy in this area and
we hope will set a pattern and a
forerunner of expanding and di
versified industry in the Rogue
river valley."
The corporation president
pointed out that this type of in
dustry will create no air or
water Dollution and. by being
rcnrrallv morlprntp in size, will
, j
jnot upset established business
and industry in the area.
Board Job
Meeting
in making a sludv are:
1) Study existing resources, 2)
find means and methods of con
serving and augmenting resourc
es, 3) estimate present and fu
ture needs and uses, 4) formu
late an integrated, coordinated
program for use end control of
all water resources, 5) issue a
statement of '.his program, 6)
devise plans and programs for
development for t'"c most bene
ficial uses of the water re
sources. The statement (step five)) is
submitted to the legislature for
approval, then becomes state
policy. Only uses of Rogue wa-
Salem IP The next
meeting of the State Water
Resources Board will be held
in Medford July 1 at the Jack
son county courthouse. L. C.
Binford. chairman, said today.
ter specified in tiie statement
can be made, with two excep
tions. The statement cannot conflict
with existing .vater rights; and
it cannot interfe e with rights
given previously by the legisla
ture for special uses of the
Rogue.
The board, although it has the
most comprehensive powers of
any similar stat organization
in the nation does not decide
water policy arbitrarily, Bin
ford said. It must work under
the state law which designates
the 10 "beneficial vses" to which
water resources may be allo
cated. These "beneficial uses" are:
domestic, municipal, irrigation,
power, industrial, mining, rec
reation, wiH life, fish life, and
pollution. The law is broadened
by including "other related sub
jects." Binford said the state board
wants representatives from each
of these uses in the basin area
to cooperate in furnishing in
formation and opinions. The
chamber commerce-county court
committee was re-activated for
this purpose.
Hearings will be held in Med
ford by the state board in No
vember, Binford said. At this
time, information gathered by
the local groups should be pre
sented to the board.
247 Enrol! for
Swimming Classes
A total of 247 beginning and
intermediate swimmers are en
rolled in the swim classes at
j Hawthorne park pool, according
; to City Treasurer Darrell Husnn.
Classes began yesterday. The
! total number is divided into sec
I tions. each getting a half-hour's
: instruction between 9 and 12
! a.m. daily. Instructors are Rob
Lert Sutherland and Doreen
I Bradshaw.
j Total attendance at the pool
'yesterday was 716. A new series
iof classes will begin July 8,
iHuson reported.
52nd Year
United P
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Civil Rigi um
Approved by House
Vote of 286-126
Southern Move for
Amendment Defeated
Washington 'ID The House
today finally passed the admin
istration's four-point civil rights
bill after defeating a last-gasp
southern move to tack on the
disputed jury trial amendment.
Passage came on a roll call
vole of 286 to 126.
The bill went immediately to
the Senate, where backers were
maneuvering to speed action on
it by by-passing the Senate Ju
diciary Committee.
Passage Anti-Climax
House passage was an anti
climax to the long and futile
southern fight for an amend
ment guaranteeing a jury trial
in civil rights contempt cases
that might arise under the new
legislation. Southerners based
their main fight against the bill
on the jury trial issue.
Passage came after the House
rejected on a roll call vote of
251 to 158 a final southern at
tempt to add a jury trial amend
ment. The House previously had re
jected four different versions of
the jury trial amendment on
non-record votes.
Clerk Had Bill Ready
The last unsuccessful soul hern
maneuver was a move to send
the bill back to the House Judi
ciary Committee with instruc
tions to attach the controversial
amendment.
The House clerk had the bill
ready for immediate transmis
sion to the Senate. This process
could have been stretched out
had there been any effort to de
lay this step.
But Speaker Sam Rayburn, in
response to an inquiry by Rep.
Kenneth B. Keating (R-N.Y.)
just prior to the final vote, em
phasized that there was no dis
position on the part of the lead
ership to hold up the bill.
Powerplant Bids
Opened Here Today
Camp While Wismer,
Becker and Lord Construction
company of Sacramento. Calif.,
submitted a low bid of SI. 802.
367.45 for construction of the
Green Springs powerplant, pen
stock and switchyard.
Four bids, ranging up to $2,
174,880, were opened by the
bureau of reclamation this
morning. The work is part of the
Talent project. Bids were sched
uled to be opened at 2 p.m. to
day on clearing Howard Prairie
reservoir in the Cascades.
J. A. Callan, project engineer,
said bids will be forwarded to
the Denver office. Engineers
estimate for the Green Springs
work was Sl.582.482.
The powerplant will supply
16.000 kilowatts of electricity,
and the penstock will provide a
1,755-foot drop into the plant,
which will be built on a site
southeast of Ashland along Emi
grant creek near Highway 66.
134 Deaths Blamed
On Record Heal Wave
By UNITED PRESS
A record heat wave blanketed
most of the nation for the third
day today, broken only by scat
tered storms that touched off
damaging flash floods in the
Great Plains and Ohio River
Valley.
The intense heat also caused
power shortages in New York
and Chicago, buckled streets
and highways and disrupted
work in offices and plants.
The United Press counted at
least 134 persons dead in dis
asters blamed on the heat and
a succession of floods since the
week end.
Weather
FORFCAST: Partly rlourtr to
night and Wednpsday. Chanre
of xhowrrs nvfr th moun
tains Wednpsday afternoon.
1. n w tonight 5S. High
Wednesday 88-90.
Temp.
H'Ehet Yesterdav 90
Lowest this Morning 5S
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4. a m.
Sunset 7:51 p.m.
The Moon, in Apojee.
rises 11:?T p.m.
Last Quarter . June 20
PROMl.VFVT STAR
Altair, high in south
east ....12:15 a.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets . S:1 p.m.
Mar, se's .... 9:22 p.m.
Saturn. rju south ..10:SS p m.
tuplter. low in west 11:42 p.m.
TVLA XT
Tight Money Policy Upheld
As Best Guard on Inflation
Washington
W Treas
ury Secretary George M. Hum
phrey today defended the admin
istration's so-called tight money
policy as the only practical way
to block "a new round of in
flation." But he conceded that, despite j
this policy, "the threat of renew
ed inflation ... is perhaps our
most serious domestic economic
problem." Price increases, par
ticularly in the past year, have
hern "more than I like to see,"
he said.
Humphrey war the first wit
ness at the opening of a broad
investigation of the Eisenhower
administration's economic and
n:oncy policies by the Senate Fi
nance Committee.
He testified before a commit
tee including some Democratic
members who have charged that
the tight money policy, with ac
companying spiraling interest
rates, has retarded economic ex
pansion. Small Business Hurt
These Democrats also con
tend that consumers and small
businesses have been hurt with
the major benefits going to big
money interests.
Humphrey listed six alterna
tives to the tight money policy:
Credit controls, compulsory sav
ings, price and wage controls,
higher taxes, voluntary re
straints and a return to federal
reserve support of the govern
ment bond market.
"The use of any of the first
three alternatives in peacetime
would have been inequitable,
impractical and inconsistent
with our traditions of freedom,"
Humphrey said.
12 Shots Fired in
Arrest of Medford
Man for Assault
Lowell A. Bish. 32, of 945
Brooksdale rd., Medford was
lodged in the county jail on a j
charge of assault with a deadly j
weapon after slate police andj
sheriff's deputies fired 12 shots j
at the tires of Bish's car about j
3:10 p.m. Monday. j
Bish's 61 -year -old father,
Louis, was wounded in the leg
by a bullet which apparently
ricocheted from a car wheel,
deputies reported. He was taken
to Rogue Valley hospital for
treatment.
Four deputies and one state
police officer went to Bish's par
ents house to arrest him on a
warrant charging assault with a
deadly weapon. The warrant
was issued three weeks ago on
a complaint by a state police
officer. The officer accused Bish
of pointing a gun at him when
he stopped Bish's car on a pub
lic highway.
Driving From Garage
Deputies said Bish was driv
ing his car out of the garage
when they arrived at the resi
dence. As the officers approach
ed him, Bish reportedly backed
the car into the garage and clos
ed the doors. They said Bish's
father then came out of the
house and attempted to per
suade his son to come out of the
garage. When Bish refused to
come out, officers said they
urged the father to go back into
the house where he would be
safe during the shooting.
Deputies said the father refus
ed to leave the scene but stood
behind a bush away from direct
firing range when the son sud
denly drove through the garage
doors. Police said they fired at
the tires of the car and hit three
of them. They said Bish finally
got out of the car and surren
dered. According to police, a 20
gauge shotgun, 30-30 carbine, .32
caliber automatic, .22 caliber re
volver and a pellet gun, all load
ed, were lying on the front seat
of the car along with a sizable
supply of ammunition, eight
Oregon car license plates and
parts of other license plates.
Numbert Altered
Police said numbers or dates
on most of the license plates
had been visably altered.
Bish appeared for arraign
ment on the charge before Judge
James Main in district court
this morning and was given un
til 3 p.m. today to obtain coun
sel. Bail was set at S2.000.
Louis Bish s condition was re
ported "all right" by hospital
attendants.
,JN, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1957
Higher taxes "would not have
teen acceptable," he said.
Voluntary restraints on price
and wage increases, he said,
"can help immeasurably but can
be achieved only if other pol
icies are effective."
"Thus, as a practical matter,
the real choice is between the
anti-inflationary course which
v.e have pursued and a new
round of inflation," Humphrey
said.
Committee Chairman Harry E.
Eyrd (D-Va.) opened the inves
tigation with a statement that
Tempers High When
Budget Hearing Ends
Tempers were high when the
public hearing on the 1957-58
Jackson county budget came to
a close about 3 p.m. yesterday.
The budget committee went
into "executive session" imme
diately after the hearing but did
not complete work on the bud
get. The three members of the
county court, who are also
members of the budget commit
tee, were attending a county
welfare commission meeting
this morning. They were expect
ed to resume work on the
budget either late this afternoon
or tomorrow.
Yesterday's session was de
scribed by one long-time county
official as the stormiest budget
hearing in the county's history.
Most of the controversy cen
tered around whether or not sal
aries of the county's key em
ployes should be increased for
the coming year.
Small "Flare-up"
Several small "flare-ups" oc
curred during the morning ses
sion as county officials and tax
payers, particularly farmers,
voiced disagreement on salaries
and other aspects of the budget.
But the major argument oc
curred soon after Assessor Ray
Schumacher presented to the
budget committee a resolution
signed by nine county officials
urging adoption of salary in
creases they recommended prior
to the hearing.
John Nicdermeyer, Jackson
ville farmer, commended the
budget committee for efforts to
hold down expenses and urged
the committee to have a job
survey conducted in each county
department by an outside group
of efficiency experts in the com
ing year.
He said county officials had
done "a good deal of election
eering" while promoting their
individual department budgets.
Nicdermeyer suggested that in
the future department heads
try to work out their problems
with the county court and budg
et committee in advance of the
public hearing. If they are un
able to resolve their problems
then, he suggested the officials
present their cases at the hear
ing in brief statements.
Denies Electioneering
Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins,
county clerk, angrily denied
there had been any electioneer
ing by department heads and
claimed they have a right at
budget hearings to take as long
as they feel necessary to explain
their requests. She also claimed
local farmers are making "war
time profits" and indicated they
were not justified in discourag
ing the proposed salary in
creases. Henry Niedermeyer, another
Jackson county farmer, aaid to
the committee, "I hope you have
guts enough to throw away that
resolution." ,He referred to the
resolution submitted by county
officials in favor of salary in
creases for key employees. "I
hope you have guts enough to
consider it," said Mrs. Hopkins,
who prepared the survey In
which the salary recommenda
tions were included.
Most county officials were
present during the hearing to
explain their budgets, and many
of them claimed the committee
had cut essential items in the
budgets they originally submit
ted. Most of these items were
proposed salary increases and
equipment purchases.
Raises Bond Premium
Treasurer Karl Janouch pouit
ed out the committee had raised
his bond premium from $250 to
51,350 and stated he regarded
the increase s unnecessary, Tom
Wray, chairman of the budget
committee, said the bond had
been increased at the suggestion
of the auditor. Janouch, stating
he felt Wray'g remark was per
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TRIBUNE
United Press Full Leased Wir
No. 76
world confidence in the Ameri
can dollar is the chief restraint
on Russian aggression.
Humphrey struck back at
Democratic critic:, with a charge
that they are, "whether unwit
tingly or by intention, inflation
ists." "Their proposals for further
credit expansion are proposals
to further reduce the purchasing
power of the dollar, to rob every
housewife, every farmer, every
pensioner, every wage earner,
and every family with savings,"
he said.
sonal, said the auditor had found
I no errors during his term of of
fice.
Commissioner Ralph James
said the auditor's reason for sug
gesting the bond increase was
based on the fact that Janouch 'a
wife serves as his chief deputy.
Janouch said he felt that re
mark, too. was personal and
pointed out the treasurer is in
structed to obtain a deputy he
trusts and who is capable of
handling the job.
Although some argument had
been expected in connection
with the S104.000 sinking fund
for purchase of a new agricul
tural experiment station site
near Jacksonville, no opposition
was voiced at the hearing.
County Commissioner Chester
Wendt announced that the Han
ley sisters, owners of the prop
erty, had accepted the county's
bid of S14.000 down payment,
S625 per acre and 2'i per cent
interest on the unpaid balance.
He pointed out the balance
would be placed in time deposit
where the money would earn the
the 2'2 per cent, which thus
would not come from county
funds The site consists of about
90 acres and the purchase would
be completed in five years.
Jerry Latham presented sev
eral resolu'.ions on behalf of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce govermental opera
tions committee. One was in sup
port of the court's proposal to
purchase the new experiment
station site. Another was in fa
vor of publishing any surplus of
county funds instead of the cur
rent policy of showing only
enough receipts to balance the
budget.
Among new items in the 1957
58 budget is one providing for a
second circuit court which was
established here during the last
legislative session. A total of
S18.540.40 was proposed for op
eration of the new court.
Rev. George Trobough
Reappointed to Church
The Rev. George A. Trobough
was notified Monday that he has
been reappointed assistant pas
tor of First Methodist church,
Medford. He was notified in a
telegram from Bishop A. Ray
mond Grant of Portland.
Mr. Trobough had been as
signed assistant pastor of the
First Methodist church in
Springfield, Ore., during the
four-day conforence of the
Methodist church in Corvallis
last week.
"I'm Strictly A Budget Cutter, Mister"
(ZL Jiff f y ,
Federal Judge
Rules Against
U. S. Government
Move Would Violate
Rights, Decision Says
Washington OP Federal
Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy to
day barred the government from
turning William S. Girard over
to the Japanese government for
a manslaughter trial.
McGarraghy said "the propos
ed delivery" of the soldier to the
Japanese government "would vi
olate rights . . . guaranteed by
the Constitution of the United
States and will be enjoined."
Government To Appeal
The government has indicated
that it will appeal the case. Un
der this type of ruling it has a
right to take it directly to he
U.S. Supreme Court.
McGarraghy delivered his rul
ing just one week from the day
the case was argued in his court.
Dayton Harrington, Girard's
Washington attorney, was jubi
lant at McGarraghy's decision.
"This is exactly what we hop
ed for." Harrington told report
ers. "This turns him over to the
Army for trial by court mar
tial." McGarraghy detailed the cir
cumstances of the incident in
which Girard allegedly killed a
Japanese woman on a firing
range, and discussed the agree
ments with Japan under which
the government proposed to
turn him over to Japan for trial.
He said the question was not
whether Girard would receive a
fair trial by the Japanese.
Legal Question
He said the legal question
could be decided on the conced
ed fact that the incident "arose
out of an act or omission done
by Girard as a member of the
American armed forces in the
performance of offical duty."
"Since Girard's act was com
mitted in the performance of of
ficial duty . . . Girard is account
able only to U.S. federal Juris
diction for any act or omission,"
the opinion said.
Secretary of Slate John Fost
er Dulles had urged the court to
hand down an opinion promptly.
(See Story on Page 5)
Man Killed Trying
To Slop Log truck
Reed Shackelford, 26, was
killed at 6:15 p.m. yesterday
while attempting to stop a run
away log truck, according to
Jackson County Coroner Carlos
W. Morris.
Shackelford and his cousin
were loading a truck when an
air hose on the trailer apparent
ly broke and the truck began
to roll forward. Shackclfeird
tried to stop it but fell under
the wheels.
The deceased came to Med
ford from Walled Lake. Mich.,
Wednesday to work for his cou
sin, Wendell McGuire, Murphy
Stage rd., who is logging on
Cougar Creek about three miles
west of Copper. Conger Morris
is in charge of funeral arrange
ments. Fourth Atomic Blast
Of Series Detonated
Atop Angels' Peak, Nev. W
The Atomic Energy Commission
detonated the fourth atomic
blast of the spring-summer test
series today a pie-dawn explo
sion designed in part V study
the effects of the blinding atomic
flash on the eyes.
The secret test device was
fired at 3:45 a m'. (P. ST.) from
a platform suspended beneath a
captive balloon floating 500 feet
above the Nevada desert