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ke Sees lew Legislation To Offset Decisions By Supreme Court o O FINAL BUDGET HAS '57,269 INCREASE The final 13."7-53 Jackson C;nty budget totals $3,112,- 10.27, which represents an in crease of S57.2S3.15 over the luriget published prior to Mon day ' public hearing. There will be no tax levy. Th budget committee coin jjd work on the budget Tues ojv afternoon. The overall increase includes ihree major items, S3. SOU for a fi.mry and efficiency survey to it conducted in all county de partments by an outside inde yrident professional agency. 100 for the county's share tot slate secondary road con mruction: and $19,340.40 for op eration of a second circuit court, "Which was established at the session of the legislature. Sll.iSa Cut A total of $11,500 was cut 0 .fm the miscellaneous general county fund. A $6,300 item pro ryittmt for 3 per cent tax dis Count was eliminated and the herfl inspection item was re diced from S6.000 to $1,000 The tax discounts for those who pay te:r taxes in full before Nov. IS will be covered by surplus .'iikJs from O and C and other jreteniuj. The state will take Over some of the expense of tesiing cattle for bangs disease a.nd tuberculosis, which makes piblt the county herd inspec tion fund reduction. Salary adjustments, most of t)im smal, were made for em ployers in several county de partment. Some major salary rliustmrnts may be made in 1958-59. depending on results of 3e salary and efficiency survey, it ,as indicated. The survey will f started as soon as arrange ments can be made, according to J;ie budget committee. Changes in the budget are as Allows: lalary Increases Circuit Court No. 1. salary in state of $800 for the official iurt reporter. This increase recently passed by the leg islature and brings the report ers salary to $5,600. District court, salary incrrase tf $300 for the district judge. This increase also was recently Cashed by the legislature and brings the judge's salary to $8.,- jjoo Sheriff's office, salary in creases of $190 each for the 09inth and 10th deputies. Second Deputy " Clerk's office, total budget in crease of $3,140. A second dep uty in the legal department was Jnproved at a salary of $3, 0.40 and salary increases of J0 each were approved for the assistant photographer and re ception clerk. A proposed $60 salary increase for the legal and recording deputy was with drawn. Election department, total in crease of $372.95 for a new addressograph cabinet and two card files. School superintendent's office, a salary increase of $200 for the stenographer-receptionist was approved and an additional $193 was allowed for new equip ment. Assessor's office, total increase of $4,540.40. Assessor's and dep uties's travel allowance was in creased $500, an additional tax lot clerk was approved at sal ary of $3,040.40. and allowance for machines and maintenance was increased $1,000. Waqei Increased County jail, salary increase of 1R0 for the jailer was approved. Health department, salary in crease of $600 was approved for k IV. A. Erin Merkcl, bringing his total salary to $12,600. Road department, total in crease of $34,580 Salary of the ngineer was increased $700. bringing his total salary to $8. 200. Other salary raises were Unproved for the road super intendent. $60: transitman. &60; first chainman. $120; and Srcond chainman, $240. State :icondary road construction to taling $33,100 was approved and f'.inds made available since the last budget committee meetings. District Attorney's Office Some salary adjustments were irade in the district attorney's office, but do not alter the to tal budget for that office. The Woman, 73, Over 200-Foot Wrookings. Ore. V A 73- 1 ear-old woman was rescued .from an isolated stretch of beach Tuesday night after she fell from 200-foot bluff at Whale's Head, some 10 miles west of here along the Pacific Coast. Fermarly of Nevada :ie was identified as Mary V i iitrcci Hnpenstall. formerly of LbVcIoi . Xev. A physician at Seaside Hos P'".a" in nearby Crescent City. Ca. I. sad sIic was in "satisfac tory" cond:'.on. She suffered one l rrk-n rib and numerous cuts a-d bruises. X-ray were being adjustments include a $300 re duction in tile salary increase for the district attorney, bring ing his total salary to $9,500. The reduction was made at the district attorney's request and the $500 will be evenly divided between the first deputy, whose total salary will be $5,490, and the second deputy, whose total salary will be $4,870. Preparations for the 1957-58 county budget were sparked by more than the usual amount of discussion and disagreement. One of the more controversial points was the matter of pro posed salary increases. County officials Monday presented to the budget committee a resolu tion urging adoption this year of salary increases for key em ployees recommended in a job classification and salary survey. The survey was prepared by Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, county clerk. Similar Survey Hie officials further recom mended that during the coming fiscal year the committee order a similar survey conducted by the state civil service commis sion. They asked that salary ad justments made in 1957-53 be adjusted in 1958-59 to corres pond witli recommendations of the commission. While officials and several tax payers attending the hearing spoke on behalf of increased sal aries, several others spoke against such increases. Principal opponents included John Nicdcr nieyer and Henry Conger. Official tabulation of the bud get is under way and is expect ed to be finished Thursday or Friday. Members of the budget committee will sign it and it will then be recorded and filed in the clerk's office. A certified copy of the bug- get will be given to the assess or, who will make the order on levy. It was pointed out that the latter procedure is primarily a matter of legal formality since there will be no levy on this budget, other than those already approv ed by voters. Kent, Wash., Boy Killed by Car on Highway 99 Tuesday Paul Byron Shanlain, 6. of Kent. Wash., was killed when he was struck by a car about a mile south of Rogue River on Highway 99 about 4:15 p.m. yesterday. State police said the boy and his mother, Mrs. Betty M. Shan lain, were in a rock and gem store across the highway from a rest area, and the boy, with out his mother's knowledge, went across the highway for a drink of water. The boy was running back across the highway to the store when he was struck by a car op erated by Evelyn Edmonds. 38, of Chemult, Ore., who was trav eling south. A Rogue River physician treated the boy at the scene, and he was en route to a Grants Pass hospital when he died, po lice said. The vehicle veered into a ditch on the right side of the highway after the accident, po lice said. No one in the car was injured. Police said no ci tations were issued. The fatality was the 12th in Jackson county resulting from traffic accidents thus far this year. Ontario Voters Defeat Proposal for Tax Levy Ontario W Ontario voters Tuesday defeated, 255 to 180, a proposal that would have per mitted a tax levy in excess of the present six per cent limit to pay for municipal facility im provements. The extra tax would have raised $51,049 to extend water mains, defray city park costs, fi nance street improvements and help cover additional city gov ernment costs. Rescued 10 Hours After Fall Bluff North taken to determine whether she suffered internal injuries. The woman remained semi conscious on the section of the beach, which was completely surrounded by high tide waters, for more than 10 hours before rescuers were able to make their way to her. They carried her out or. a stretcher through a narrow canyon that leads to the top of the sheer bluff. Discovered by Boy A hospital spokesman said Mrs. Hapcnstall apparently fell from a path halfway up the cliff ltp Tuesday morning. She was discovered at 4 p.m. by a 52nd Year M EDF0RD United Prnu Full L..rl Wir 22 Pages Heat Continues To Set Records On Both Coasts Mercury Soars To 104 in Los Angeles By UNITED PRESS Record high temperatures con tinued to bake both coasts today, but relief for the East was on the way from a cold front that dropped temperatures in the Midwest by as much as 30 de grees. The mercury bubbled into the 90-dcgree plus range again Tues day over most of the eastern third of the nation, climbing to 97 in Philadelphia for a third straight day of record heat in that city. 104 in Los Angeles In the West, readings soared to a record 104 degrees in Los Angeles for the hottest day there since Sept. 1, 1935. The heat was blamed for a rash of brush fires, cne of which destroyed nearly 2,000 acres at Lake Elsinore and another at Griffith Park in Hol lywood. The combination of hot weath er and floods in the Northern Midwest and Plains states boost ed the toll of weather-caused deaths beyond the 150 mark since last weekend. The United Press counted at least 115 persons drowned in try ing to escape the heat. In addi tion, at least 30 persons were killed in floods, eight died from lightning and two from heat pros tration to raise the number of weather deaths to at least 135. Drownings in the upstate New York vacation region claimed at least 15 lives. Flood Tragedy A flood tragedy at Munjor, Kan., killed two Roman Catho lic priests, and at least three persons were dead and two were missing in South Dakota floods. Another man drowned in a Mar shall, Minn., flood. Floodwatcrs continued to plague sections of Kansas and South Dakota in the wake of tor rential rains. New York City braced for the fifth straight day of more than 90-degree temperatures. Police and firemen were kept busy turn ing off fire hydrants opened by neighborhood gangs seeking re lief from the heat. At some places, the authorities were at tacked with rocks and bottles for shutting off the hydrants. Cooler weather was expected over the California coast today, but weathermen said the interior of the state will remain hot. 20 Bids Opened for Removing Sile Timber Howard G. Wirtz of Grants Pass was low bidder at $25,350 to remove brush and more than a million board feet of timber from the Howard Prairie reser voir sile. Twenty bids were received at the bureau of reclamation office at camp white yesterday for clearing the 870-acre area. Wirtz' figure was less than half the engineers' estimate of $54,495. Highest bid received was $316,409. The bids will be sent to the bureau's regional of fice in Denver for awarding the contract. Work at the reservoir site in cludes clearing the land of all brush and timber, cutting stumps to a specified height, and re moving all vegetation down to a specified diameter. The land is cleared up to the high water level. The contractor has all rights to timber cut in the process. New York HP! Major pro ducers have slashed copper prices 2?i cents a pound to 29' 4 cents in efforts to stimulate de mand for the key industrial metal. of Brookings small boy who spotted her from the cliff. He summoned a group of loggers who were working in the vicinity, and one of the men reached the woman and remain ed with her until a rescue party arrived. Slymied by Cliff The task force of highway pa trolmen, sheriff's deputies and volunteers were stymied by the steep cliff and high tide waters which completely isolated the woman from shore. They were able to reach her when the tide receded, and she was rushed to the hospital in Crescent City. CRASH IN ATLANTIC Weather FORKCAST: Cloudv tonight and Thursday morning. Partly rlotidy Thursday afternoon with a f w show ens. Low to night 35-38. Hij:h Thursday 78. Tfmp. Highest Yesterday 89 Lowest this .Morning 61 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:34 a.m. Sunset 7:32 p.m. Moon rise 11:54 p.m. Last Quarter Thursday 2:23 a.m. PROMINENT STAR Rr cuius, tn the west 9:19 p.m. I.ate in July, Venus, the bright planet now seen low In the west after sunset, will appear near Regulus. Lions Convention Starts in Medford Thursday Morning 1,000 Delegates Are Expected from State The 33rd annual stale conven tion of Lions clubs will start with registration of an expected 1,000 Lions at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Pioneer room of the Jack son hotel. Host clubs for the convention are Medford. Crater, Ashland, Butte Fals, Central Point, Eagle Point, Gold Hill, Grants Pass, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Prospect, Rogue River, Shady Cove-Trail, South Grants Pass and Talent. John L. Slickly, Charlotte, N.C., International Lions club president, will be principal speaker at the governor's ban quet at Hedrick Junior High school Friday night. Stickly, his wife and daughter. Nancy, will arrive at the Medford airport at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Another Feature Another feature of the con vention will be a public appear ance of the Vancouver, B.C. girls bagpipe band sponsored by the Vancouver Lions club. -The 25-member band is on its way to the International convention in San Francisco and plans are being made for a street appear ance near the Cratcrian theater, where most of the convention business meeting will be held. Also scheduled are airplane trips over Crater Lake for con vention delegates Friday after noon in addition to other sight seeing trips. A golf tournament will be held at Rogue Valley Country club Friday. Bill Miller, international councilor from Coos Bay, will speak at a Friday morning breakfast at Hedrick . Junior High school at which key mem bers will be honored. The Lions auxiliary will hold its convention in Medford at the same time. Lowell Bish Bound Over to Grand Jury Lowell Allen Bish, 32, of 945 Brooksdale rd., Medford, waived counsel and preliminary hear ing and was bound over to the grand jury Tuesday afternoon in district court. ' Bish is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He was arrested Monday night at his residence after state police and sheriff's deputies fired 12 shots at the tires of his car. Bish's father, Louis Bish. 61, was hit in the leg by a bullet which ap parently richotted from a car wheel officers said. Bish was arraigned Tuesday morning when he asked for counsel and the case was con tinued until 3 p.m. Berrydale Census Shows 1,347 People An official census recently completed in the Berrydale dis trict by the city shows a total population in the area of 1,347. With the annexation of this area the total population of Med ford is 23.569, according to city officials. The previous popula tion was 22.222. The latest figures have been sent to the state census board which in turn will submit them I to the secretary of state lor ccr ' tiiication. WEDNESDAY, JUNE "Betcha We Get This Schrunk Perjury Trial Develops Wrangle in Officer's Testimony Portland flfl The pre-jurv trial of Mayor Terry Schrunk developed a legal wrangle today as the state began calling a pa rade of witnesses to try to prove that Schrunk lied before a grand jury when he denied picking up an envelope alleged ly containing a bribe. County Detective James E. Matteson testified that he dis covered that the 8212 Club was operating and that he made 3 report to Schrunk. Defense Attorney Object Matteson said two customers of the club said it had black- Eugene Firm Low Bidder on Park Work Dcller Construction company of Eugene submitted a low bid of $18,557.48 for water system improvement and expansion at Crater Lake Nattional park. Five bids were opened by the national park service here yes terday afternoon. Engineer esti mate was S27.000. The Work includes construc tion -of a reinforced concrete encasement on Annie Springs, a 25.000 gallon steel reservoir and connection lines to the new Ma zama camp ground, water and sewer lines for the Annie Springs entrance station, and improvement of the Munson Spring water system which is the park's chief source of dom estic water. Other bids were from W. H. Conrad company, Medford, $37, 182.05; R and M Construction company. Central Point, $37, 001.03; Bessonette Construction company, Medford, $23,853.21; and Coast Consruction company of Eugene, $23,932.75. California Man Is Sentenced to Prison One man was given a peniten tiary sentence, another was given o suspended sentence ajid a third appeared to ask for counsel this morning in circuit court. Windell Glenn Tabor, 35. Compton, Calif., was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary on a charge of burglary. Bobby Lee Jones, 24. Delta City, Miss., was given a suspended two-year sentence on a charge of entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal. He is being held for Navy authorities, who reportedly are charging him with being absent without leave. Royal W. Calkins. 27, of 418 Plum St., was bound over to the grand jury in district court yes terday on a charge of using a motor vehicle without permis sion of the owjier. He appeared in circuit court today and Alan Holmes, Medford attorney, was appointed to represent him. Tribune 19, 1957 One Perfected First" jack and dice tables and sold liquor after hours. State Attorney John Pickett asked Matteson if he signed a complaint against the club. De fense Attorney Edwin Hicks ob jected and the attorneys and defendant went to Judge James W. Crawford's chambers where Pickett said the question would go toward showing Schrunk's motives in handling the case the way he did. Judge Crawford sustained Hick's objection to the specific question about a complaint but refused to take other action pending further trial develop ments. Hicks claimed the entire line of questioning was preju dicial. Homer Meyers, a member of the June 1956 grand jury, testi fied that Schrunk denied pick ing up a package. The state called its first wit nesses late in the Tuesday ses sion of the Schrunk penury trial. The first was Circuit Judge Alfred Dobson who told of the selection and swearing in of the June grand jury last year and the election of Miss Lulu Miller as foreman. Opening witnesses included County Clerk Si Cohn, Miss Mil ler, Court Reporter Katherine Marlowe, and Chief of Police William Hilbruner. The state's case, presented by Assistant Attorney General El liott Cummins, hinges on a raid in 1955 on an after hours joint where it maintains Schrunk, then county sheriff, accepted a bribe from Clifford O. Ben nett, manager of the 8212 club. Norwood Gets 193 Votes for Director School officials late Tuesday afternoon reported final counts for elections of school directors in the Rogue River district and rural board zone 1. In the Rogue River election, H. F. Norwood was chosen di rector with 193 votes, while Ella May Douglas received 29 votes and Richard DeArmond received 62 votes. William Starzinger was elect ed rural board member for zone 1 with 295 votes, defeating Rob ert DeArmond, who received 204 votes. Unofficial counts in all other school elections were reported Tuesday morning. Governor Names Two 7c Veterinary Group Salem 'IP The office of Gov. Robert D. Holmes today an nounced the appointment of Dr. R. L. Lewis of Redmond and Dr. G. F. Reid, Albany, to rep resent the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association on the Slate Eoard of Livestock Auction Mar kets. , Price 10c United Pth Full Leased Win No. 77 First Reports Say Eight Persons Die Off French Coast Vessels Converge On Crash Area Brest, France (in An Am erican tanker and a Greek mo torship - freighter collided in heavy fog today in the Atlantic "graveyard of ships" off the Brittany coast of France. Both ships burned so fiercely that smoke rose 4,000 feet above the sea. Radio reports reaching here late today said eight persons died in the collision of the 10 056-ton American tanker Stony Point, flying a Liberian flag, and the 9,345-ton Greek ship loannis. Twenty others were reported injured, 10 of them seriously Most of the injuries came from burns suffered when the two ships burst into flames and sea men were forced to jump over board. Vessels Converge Vessels from four nations con verged on the crash area. Radio reports said they had picked up 64 of the 77 crew members of the two vessels. Shipping re ports said the American tanker had a crew of 41 and the Greek ship 36. An American airman who flew an Air Force amphibian over the area said he had re ceived a report that "all sur vivors" had been picked up. but said he did not know how many were involved. Capt. Lowell Dibert, St. Louis, Mich., said visibility w.as so bad the rescue planes could barely see the burning ships. West of Brest The Stony Point, owned by the U. S. Petroleum Carriers. Inc., New York, and the Greek tanker collided shortly before 6 a.m. 14 miles west of Ushant Island, a rocky speck of land jutting into the turbulent Atlan tic 15 miles west of Brest. U.S., British. French and Ger man ships rushed into the area where the two badly burning ships continued to stay afloat al though their crews jumped over board immediately after the dis aster. One radio report said rescue operations had been "hampered by intense heat from both burn ing vessels. "t Explosion Reported Another radio report, the only means of communication into the disaster area in the early part of the day, said there had been' an explosion. But both vessels stayed afloat into the afternoon. Desperate calls went out for medical supplies. The big liner America, with a hospital aboard hurried into the area. Lumber Shifts, Selma Man Crushed To Death Grants Pass W Duayne L. Barnhart, 26, of Selma, Ore., was killed Tuesday when lum ber on a partly-loaded truck shifted and crushed him. Barn hart was working at the M and Y mill at Selma when the acci dent occurred. Survivors include a wife and three children. Girard Case May Be Taken Directly To Supreme Court Washington IT The govern- men today was expected to by pass the U.S. Court of Appeals and take its appeal in the Girard case directly to the Supreme Court. To Challenge Ruling A decision already has been made to challenge in a higher court Tuesday's ruling by Dis trict Court Judge Joseph C. Mc Garraghy. He held that the gov ernment cannot proceed with its plan to turn GI William S. Gi rard over to the Japanese for a manslaughter trial but must try Girard before an American mili tary court-martial. Justice Department officials planned a ton-level conference today to decide whether to ask President Declines To Tell Thoughts About Rulings Civil Rights Defended At News Conference Washington W President Eisenhower indicated today the administration may ask new legislation to offset recent Su preme Court decisions affecting the executive and legislative branches. The President refused aC his news conference to tell reporters what he thinks about the deci sions. Like any layman, he said, he has some "fixed convictions" about the rulings and some of them are "pretty strong." But he would not say what his convic tions are. Court Decisions The high court in recent de cisions has. ruled that (1) gov ernment must turn over certain Federa. Bureau of Investigation information to the defense in federal criminal cases, and (2) that congressional committees must have specific legislative purposes in quizzing witnesses. Monday the court said Congress has no right to conduct investi gations for the sole purpose of exposure. The executive branch has con sistently fought to preserve the confidential nature of FBI files, and Congress has fought just as hard to keep its investigative functions unshackled. Civil Rights Program Eisenhower said the court's decisions are now being studied by the Justice Department to see whether any action by the Executive Department is war ranted. In other news conference highlights, Eisenhower: Defended his tivil rights program, passed Tuesday by the House, as a very moderate, de cent one. He said he was dis appointed that some opponents contended it would destroy their own civil rights. He appar ently referred to critics who at tacked the measure on grounds it would deprive persons in cer tain cases of trial by jury. He said there was no thought of persecuting anyone. He ducked a question as to whether he would ask Republicans to try to keep the Senate in session long enough to break any southern filibuster against the bill. No Comment on Girard Declined comment on a fed eral judge's ruling that the gov ernment may not turn Army Specialist 3C William S. Girard over to Japanese courts for trial on manslaughter charges. He said he would not want to say anything that might damage Girard's case when it comes to trial. Described the most recent disarmament proposals by the Russians as hopeful signs which deserve the most earnest and energetic study. He said that he would be willing to make some temporary arrangements to sus pend nuclear tests, with safe guards as a preliminary step toward general disarmament on a permanent basis. Supported Defense Mobili- zer Gordon Gray in his refusal to turn over to senators certain Executive Department papers in the Idaho Power Co fast tax write-off case. Unless such a pro cedure was followed, the Presi dent said, there soon would be no coordination in the Execu tive Department. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 0 5 0 Boston 6 10 1 Garcia. Pilula (7). Aguirre (8) and Nixon; Sullivan and While. Detroit 2 8 2 New York 10 15 0 Maas. Sleater (6). Tsitouris (7) and House: Sludivant and Berra. NATIONAL LEAGUE (1st game) Philadelphia 9 3 Chicago 9 10 6 Cardwell. Rogovin (5). Morehead (8) and Lopata; Droll and Neeman. the Supreme Court to assert jurisdiction over the govern ments' appeal. Such a request would be made on grounds that a final decision in the case is im portant to one pnase of U.S. for eign policy. For Good Relations The government, acting under an agreement with Japan, had decided in the interest of good relations with that country to release Girard. a 21-year-old soldier from Ottawa, 111., to a Japanese court. He was to stand trial there for killing Naka Sa kai, a Japanese woman who was scavenging for scrap metal -on a military firing range where Girard was on official guard duty. rs.
