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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
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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.
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