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Action on Amendment to Fire 'ode Deferred by City Council amendment to : Councilman Donald Hansen was not published with the sta- Pg'iion on an -Mies recently adopted fire code said he voted azainst it because imnrv tim limii. If ,t.Hd, Medford; he d.d not thoroughly under- PIans and specifications were - ,SIIt ..u... SUII1U ,i, I1U ausB..iL-u 11 UK Uia- I authorized for rntKtri.Minn r,f executive i sanitarv sewer nn tt'millsum ave. between Windsor st. and participa- tion in lands remaining to be acquired, j Public Hearing I A public hearing will be held ! Friday, July 5, on paving Marie st. from Saling to Jackson st. ; Previous notice of a hearing County Youths Not i Registering for Draft Barneburg rd. and for six pav ing projects in Mont Crest Park unit 1. The latter projects in clude two on State st. and Olympic St., and on Alameda and Morrison sts.. and will be done by George W. Field to city specifications. Bids were awarded to M. C. Lininger and Sons for paving projects on South Grape St.. Rose ave.. South Front st. and Newtown st., and to Rogue Ri ver Paving company for paving on Lyman ave. In the latter proj ect, city crews will provide the tack coat. A bidder's pre-qualification statement of United Contracting company was approved. The council granted Theodore A. Anderson for a 30-day exten sion of the closing out sale of Terole's Jewelry at 39 South Bartlett st. report by City Manager Rob-: cussed between the "rV)uun committee and the administra- Tr. proposed amendment con tion. fp-rs- sprinkler systems in base- The council accepted a grant Sjgn Under the recently agreement from the Civil Aero (?!npted fire code 'approved nautics administration granting 8 itorra.uc sprinkler systems , federal funds totaling not more s"ali lis installed in all base- than S37.440 for land acquisi nms having an area exceeding tion of clear zones at the air 3.5()0 !uare feet." prt The administration recom- U Thg fire code was made re- mended accepting the grant so lriaV-tne to include ail build-; the city would be reimbursed trig,. After Fire Marshall Tru- j for land purchased and be elig- ..,,, lLU uown-; ibie lor government ijyrn DUiiair.Bs, ne issued 10 or Q?r tJ hjve automatic sprinkler vstem insalled prior to Dec. '30, 135'?. JU.oet Hearing Two of the 10 property own e requested hearing because they did not think an automatic system 'gias necessary. Chet Hubbard of Hubbard BrotherJ hardware questioned the use of a sprinkler system in ai; old buildir. such as Hub- hard Rrnthprs nnintinfl nut that" the basement is inspected! Bclween H a"d 20 Jackson periodically by Nelson and thaticountv youths of draft age are there is an adequate supply of overdue in registering with the fire extir.uishers. jselective service board, accord- He said it would not la- prac-!ine to Guy T. Applewhite, chair tical for the company to install jman. such a system because there is a Applewhite said, "the cur low ceilir.sj and the basement rentlv rerinenri munihlv rallc fnr could not oe used to advantage, i induction in Oregon lias result- i Benjamin Hooper family woke po.mea oui mere are ai least ed in an increased letdown of two means of access to the base-1 prompt registration bv young merit from the outside in case of: men upon reaching the age of flre. leighteen years. This is not a will- Warren E. Olson, representing jful disregard of the law in most Ue Crane company, said ha felt j instances, but is considered to an automatic sprinkler system; be an oversight. It is a condi ln the basement of the firm s j tion. however that should be building would not be justified j promptly corrected." since the material stored there i He added that the Universal includes pipes and other plumb-! Military Training and Service ing supplies, lie said if the coun-act still requires young men to cil considered the system neces-! register with the selective serv sary, then it could be installed, lice at the local board office or but Fire Chief Gordon Barker! with an appointed registrar said he did not believe such within five days after he reaches system would be necessary in 113. this particular case. j Local draft board office is City Attorney if. R. Bashaw j located in the federal ' building, pointed out that the fire code is corner of Sixth st. and South 1 " 1 "y-t'r"?! a- 4- s , vS V. -. ; , m"! ' jjj I METROPOLITAN OPERA STAR ROBBED Wagnerian tenor Lauritz Melchior and hfs wife, Kleinchen, show po lice officers how they were bound by four masked ban dits who forced their way into Melchior's Hollywood home. The bandits robbed them of $250,000 in cash, jewels and furs. Some of the jewelry was part of the crown jewels once belonging to Queen Anastasia of Russia. Parents of Boy Saved From Well Face Devasting After-Effects Manorville, N. Y. 'IP The a preventive regulation, and noted that fire in a basement presents g problem of acces by the fire department. He said an automatic sprinkler system is the best preventive fire method. The proposed amendment would provide that a sprinkler system is not necessary if no combustable material is stored in the basement, or in that part in vhich the material was not stored. It aso would provide that if there are at least two di rect means of access by exterior openings, g sprinkler would be ;exeirjt. Duff wag instructed to com- JJiigi , report, including other factory which may have an ef- t&l on automatic sprinkler in- (aii:ttioria ;Pl01ai9 Coia T' council's executive com- qjrjitttfl r!3 Duff will discuss a pft?lC-i plumbing code, which 3V reconsidered by the coun put tfl it vored 5 to 3. against ra4cptir. it Earlier in the (fietini jBiff pointed out that the city 3D Jlcrit. h;ii no plumbing cxJe Tbg proposed code is bd on the state plumbing code. Riverside ave. Registrants must bring verification of date of birth. Crusade Sets Record, Billy Graham Says New York (IP1 Billy Graham said Thursday night that "more than twice as many persons have given their lives to Christ in our New York Crusade than in any other of our American cru sades." The North Carolina evangel ist told a Madison Square Gar den audience of 16,000 that in the first five weeks of his cru sade more than 20.000 persons had made "decisions for Christ.'' Thursday night's 559 decisions brought the total to 20.611 since the crusade began May 15. Graham said that "It's a sac red and holy obligation for us not to publish names of those who give their lives to Christ here, but if I were to tell you the names of some of those who have come forward, names known by all of you, it would shake this city." up this week to the morning after a "miracle." In some respects it's beer, a headache. Benny Hooper Jr., 7, fell into a sandy well hole five weeks ago Thursday night. The eyes and prayers of the nation were fo cused on the yard behind the Hooper's neat little gray house as hundreds of rescuers fought shifting sand and exhaustion for 24 hours. Benny was saved. "How can we possibly thank everybody for what they did," Mrs. Hooper said today. "We are so happy at what all of them did." But the after-effects have be come more devastating than the destruction of the Hooper gar den beneath the feet of the res cuers and the tires of their trucks. There are trouble that were born of public kindness as well. "If I sat down to think about them all at once, I'd be in Islip right now." Mrs. Hooper said, referring to a nearby state men tal hospital. Big Doctor Bill At the top of the list is a SI. 500 bill from Dr. Joseph Kris, who stood at the top of the well throughout Benny's imprison ment, directing life-saving oxy gen to his sandy prison, and tended him through a subse quent week in the hospital. "I don't know what to think," Mrs. Hooper said. "If we had their money, we would try to pay it, but you can't get blood from a stone." Hooper, a road worker, brings home S62 a week. Mrs. Hooper earns an additional S43 working nights as a telephone operator. She has been unable to work since the "miracle" there've been too many other things to have totalled less than $400. Mrs Hooper said. That has made up her salary and just a bit more, she said. There have been two SI, 000 payments for television appear ances. One is a trust fund which cannot be touched until Benny is 21. The other the Hoopers gave in gratitude to the volunteer Manorville Fire Department for Asia Flu Reported At Newport Navy Base Newport, R.I. rtP) The Navy today reported a "mild outbreak of Oriental influenza at the Newport Naval Base." The Navy said the flu which has swept the Far East has been detected on eight of 110 Newport-based ships since June 3. An estimated 500 personnel have been stricken, the Navy said. The Navy statement said: "The outreak is mild since only 2 per cent of 27.500 sailors in the Newport-based ships have been effected. "After an intricate series of laboratory tests the flu virus was determined this week to be the same type as in spreading through the Asiatic countries and along the West Coast of the United States." River Gives Up Last of German Army Victims Munich, Germany (IPi The final four bodies of the"15 West German army draftees drowned in the Her river 18 days ago have been recovered, it was an nounced today. The soldiers drowned during a training march at Kempten. The search for the bodies was cope with. She expects to return 1 aided the past few days as the next week. level of the swirling river fell A sympathetic public has made ' rapidly during the current heat gifts to the family. In cash they wave. its part in the rescue, she said. A magazine bought Mrs. Hoop er's story for another S400, but that hasn't been paid yet. Car That Runs Benny has received boxes of bubble gum, comic books and small toys and three big presents, his mother said, a car that really runs, a bicycle and a valuable German shepherd dog. The result "Our insurance has gone up," Mrs. Hooper said. "There have been so many sightseers, and the children all want to ride in the car," she explained. The family has had to increase its liability insurance. The insurance man has urged that they fence the yard in addi tion, she said. They haven't de cided what to do about that. One other gift the family did accept the offer of a Pennsyl vania resort owner for a nine day vacation on the house. "Our family doctor told us to go." Mrs. Hooper said, and they did. But they came home Sunday to the morning after. "It's been a bad week," she said. "Our car broke down. And 1 had to have a tooth pulled in Pennsylvania. That cost us $40." incorporation Articles Filed for Ashland Firm Salem Articles of incorpo ration were filed here this week for Oregon Exploration Inc., Ashland, a mining operation, with capital listed at S150.000. Board of directors for the firm are Mr. and Mrs. George Yock el, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Guise, and Kenneth E. Reynolds, all of Ashland. The firm will explore for min erals, particularly uranium, on claims owned by the directors in eastern Oregon and Lake view. A mill that will process the dirt taken from the mines is being constructed near Lake-view. Friday. June 21, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB Swedish Diplomat's DaughterPage Boy Return To Mothers Washington TP The future of the troubled teen-age ro mance between a Swedish dip lomat's daughter and her hand some Capitol page boy hinged today on the outcome of a mother-and-daughter talk. Pretty 16-year-old Christina Wennerstrom and 18-year-old Huw Williams were back with their mothers again after a two week Canadian "honeymoon" without benefit of clergy. Police had searched for them in 13 states. Arrested for Speeding Christina returned from the arms of her sweetheart to the arms of her mother Thursday after the runaway teen-agers were arrested on a speeding charge near Williamsport. Pa. Christina carried a huge teddy bear. Both Christina and Huw wore wedding bands, but finally ad mitted they were not married. They said a county clerk in Charlestown, W. Va., refused to give them a marriage license be cause they were too young. Sweden Return Expected Swedish press attache Hugo Lindgren told newsmen the fu ture of Christina's "relationship with the boy will be left up to Christina and the American au thorities after she has talked it all out with her mother." However, Lingren said he be lieved Christina would agree to return to Sweden for the pres ent and continue her romance with Huw by mail. Her father, who strongly opposed her mar riage to Huw because of their age, already has returned to Sweden for reassignment. Man Crushed To Death By Truck Load of Money Washington W A truck load of money has crushed to death an employee of the Treas ury Department. Anthony Schroeder, 29, of Silver Springs, Md., was buried beneath 800 pounds of money Tuesday when a money truck overturned at the Bureau of En graving. He died Thursday at a Wash ington hospital. 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