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COOL SPOT Thus unidentified dog cast
dignity aside when yesterday's 92 dcjree
temperature got the best of him. A stream of
water from an ir conditioner in a down-
Cancel B
Korea C
Genera! Declares
Western Decision
'Null and Void'
Panmunjom. Korea 'IP The
Communist high command de
manded today that the United
Nations cancel it decinna to
build up armed itrength in
South Korea to match that of
the Reria io ihe North.
Nortb Korean Ma). Gen.
Chunk Kook Bok aUo declared
"null and eoid ' the Western Al
Ilea' decision to abrosate that
part of the armistue agreement
freezing the armed strength of
both Sides at what it was when
the fighting ended.
The ml'.ivjry armistice com
mission meeting then recessed
for 30 ntioute. The first session
lasted SO minutes.
Maj. Gen. Homer Litzenberg
of the". S. Marines, senior Al
lied i-e?reertative. told the
Rods last ek the U.N. Com
msid was tossing out the arms
freeze part of the agreement be
cause the Communists had "flag
rantly and wilfully" violated it
in building up their own armed
strength.
The handsome North Korean
general, his voice crisp, red a
15-minute statement protesting
the U.N. action and denying the
Allied charges. It was no mili
tary buildup. Chung said, since
"We have only been engaged in
peaceful construction in North
Korea."
Allied intelligence said the
Reds had beefed up the armed
forces in North Korea by 100,
000 men. built up a force of
more than 700 jet bombers and
fighters, imported hundreds of
modern Soviet tanks and con
structed a chain of 20 or more
air bases above the 38th parallel.
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(1st game)
Pittsburgh 15 13 1
Chicago 5 10 1
Law and Rand; Poholsky.
Brosnan (3). Litllefield (5).
Kaiser (8) azd Neeman.
Morgan Visions Serious
Boxccr Shortage in Oregon
Salem 'P State Public
Utilities Commissioner Howard
Morgarj said today a serious
freight car shortage may develop
in Oregon.
Morgan said that unusually
heavy grain crops have caused a
re'i.;ion in expected demands for
boxcars. He added that a recent
FUC survey showed the first 13
days of June had demand for
350 more carloads of lumber
than for the same period of 1956.
Morgan said conferences have
MEDFORD,
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Schrunk Denies Bribe
Taken To Cancel Raid
Portland If Mayor Terry
D. Schrunk testified at his- per
jury trial today that he did not
accept a bribe to call off a raid
on an after hours club in 1955.
Schrunk. who raised his '"hand
to heaven," also denied that he
picked up any package when the
8212 Club was raided here.
Tfie mayor testified that a
city police car cruised by the
club on the night it was raided
and paid no attention to it.
Schrunk, who was sheriff of
Brewsler Convicled
On Contempt Charge
Washington HP Federal
Judge John J. Sirica today con
victed Teamsters Union Vice
President Frank W. Brewster of
contempt of Congress.
Brewster, head of the team
sters' 11-state Western Confer
ence, was charged with contempt
because he refused to give evi
dence early this year before the
Senate Investigation Subcommit
tee. Brewster himself was not pres
ent to hear the ruling. He had
waived his right to be there in
order to attend the annual meet
ing of the Western Conference in
San Diego where he was reap
pointed, chairman Monday by
Teamsters President Dave Beck.
Bids Called for
Hiatf Lake Timber
The Jackson county court will
open bids at 10 a.m. Friday on
sale of approximately 735.000
board feet of over-ripe timber at
Hiatt lake.
The timber is located on prop
erty designated as a recreation
area. It was decided to offer the
timber for sale because it has
been damaged by insects and has
started to deteriorate from old
age.
One member of the court said
the county expects to receive
about SI0.000 for the timber.
been held with Southern Facific
Railroad officials and that the
railroad had built up a reserve
of 3000 cars in the state two
weeks ago to met predicted de
mands. Ke said this reserve has
been virtually depleted.
Additional cars will be stored
over the July 4 holiday period,
he said.
Morgan added that negotia
tions are underway with Union
Pacific to assure sufficient cars
for the eastern Oregon grain
harvest.
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OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE
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town building was too tempting and he
plopped down in the gutter to cool off a bit
before continuing on his way.
(Mail Tribune photo by Bob Vroman).
ans,
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Multnomah county at the time,
said he learned that the club was
operating early in September of
1955. He said he drove by it the
morning of Sept. 11 and it was
open.
"Considerable cars were in the
area that night," he said. "As a
matter of fact, while I was
watching I saw a city police car
cruise slowly by this place and
not pay any attention to it."
Schrunk said he debated what
to do and decided to call in depu
ties for help. When two deputies
arrived he said he told them to
enter the establishment and look
for anything upon which an ar
rest could be based.
Walking Beat Made
He said when his deputies
came one reported not finding
anything upon which to base an
arrest so it was decided to es
tablish a walking beat in front
of the place.
Schrunk also said he called a
city police car to pick up a bi
cycle he saw. He said he helped
load the bicycle into the car and
it left within two or three min
utes. Schrunk said that another city
police car came by at the time
and parked.
Denies Solicitation
The mayor, who first took the
stand late Tuesday, also denied
he told one of his former depu
ties to contact racketeer James
B. Elkins for a donation for a
sheriffs' and district attorneys'
convention. Schrunk implied that
the deputy acted upon his own
when he contacted Elkins but
that the deputy had authority to
call on various persons for do
nations to the Party.
Most of Schrunk's Tuesday
testimony was devoted to his
background.
Eisenhower Opposes
Wage, Price Controls
Washington ilP President
Eisenhower said today lie vigor
ously opposes price and wage
controls as a means of combat
ing inflationary pressures.
Eisenhower renewed an appeal
to business and labor leaders to
show extreme restraint in price
and wage increases.
He told his news conference
that corporation directors should
put price increases into effect
only if they are absolutely neces
sary. Labor leaders, he said, should
restrict their demands for wage
increases to corresponding in
creases in the productivity of in
dividual workers or to cases
where workers are suffering ex
treme hardships as to their pay.
Washington (ffl Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles will
deliver a major foreign policy
speech in San Francisco Friday
on U.S. policy toward Red China.
26, 1957
ISP Won't
1 8th St. C
Southern Pacific railroad
company will not formally op
pose the grade crossing at Eighth
st., L. R. Smith, superintendent
of the SP's Portland division,
said this morning at the hearing
in Mcdford by the Public Utili
ties commission on a proposed
street crossing at Eighth st.
Smith added that the city
should bear the entiie cost of
the project. The company will
extend the easement to the city
for the crossing. The company
should pay only for maintenance
of the crossing signals, Smith
said.
Hamper Traffic
He said that the added cross
ing would unduly hamper rail
way traffic in the area due to
the heavy industrial train traf
fic between Main and 11th sts.
The proposed grade area would
include part of the industrial
switching track which is in con
tinued use all day.
During peak season. Smith
said, an average of 150 move
ments per day are made across
what is now the Eighth st. area.
On an average day 50 freight
car movements are made. With
the track shortened by the pro
posed crossing more movements
would result, he said.
The company feels. Smith
pointed out, that as a taxpayer
in the city it should not assume
additional costs in the construc
tion of the grade crossing.
Smith said that in addition to
hindrance in side rail traffic,
loading docks owned and used
by the railroad would have to
be moved.
He stressed that Medford now
has more railroad crossings per
mile than any other city in Ore
gon. Smith was the first witness
called by the SP to testify at the
hearing. Costs and additional cir
cuits needed at the crossing were
explained briefly by Frank Bart
lett. assistant engineer for SP
in Portland.
The hearing, conducted by C.
E. Jacqua, representing PUC,
was held in the council chambers
in the city hall.
Five Witnesses
Five witnesses were heard ear
lier for the city. They were Ver
non Thorpe, public works di
rector and city traffic engineer;
Don McNeil, manager of Jack
son Counay Chamber of Com
merce; Gordon Barker, chief of
the fire department; Bruce Cran
dall, representing the state high
way commission, Salem; and
Robert Duff, city manager.
Thorpe explained the city's
traffic situation and the proposed
one-way couplet if the Eighth st.
crossing is approved. Traffic
would move, west on Main st.
with Eighth st. for east-bound
Forest Fire Danger
Steadily Increasing
Forest fire danger is steadily
increasing, according to Tenny
Moore, fire control officer for
the Rogue River National forest.
Moore said the situation is not
critical, but danger is increasing
because of lack of rain in the
last two weeks. He urged camp
ers, tourists and logging oper
ators to be especially careful
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First Step?"
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Oppose
rossing
traffic. At the present time,
Thorpe said, 12.600 cars pass
through Front and Fir sts. in a
single day.
The city's case was presented
by E. R. Bashaw with Edwin
Graham of Portland attorney
for the SP.
The examiner took the matter
under consideration.
Two Contracts Are
Awarded (or Work
At National Park
Two more contracts have been
awarded for work at Crater
Lake National park, according
to Tom Williams, park superin
tendent. Both jobs are part of
the 10-year Mission 66 program.
A $124,356 contract was
awarded Deller Construction
The rim road at Crated Lake
National park opened today
for travel, according to Tom
Williams, park superindent
ent.
He said some sections of the
road will seem narrow because
of vertical snow banks on each
side. However, the road is
plowed to provide safe two
way traffic.
company of Eugene for construc
tion of employee residences. The
contract calls for six residential
units in two buildings, and are
the first of 31 units contemplated
in Crater Lake's Mission 66
plans.
Summer Cabins
Park employees have been
living in cabins designed for
summer use only, Williams
noted. The new structures will
provide living space above the
snow line.
Another contract has been
awarded to Dorman Construc
tion company of Vancouver,
Wash., for reconstruction of rim
campground roads, surfacing the
new Mazama campground, and
the headquarters residence area
roads. The contract also calls
for construction and surfacing
picnic area roads and stockpil
ing crushed rock for other pro
jects. Dorman submitted a bid of
$119,475.05 for the work. M. C.
Lininger and Sons, Medford,
was the only other bidder for
the work at S123.209 50.
Seven Contracts
The contracts bring to seven
the number awarded for work
in the Mission 66 program
Others have been for camp
ground water and sewer system
two campground comfort sta
tions, campground tables, water
and sewer systems at head
quarters, and improvements and
expansion to two other systems.
Several more projects are ex
pected to be started in the Mis
sion 66 program, Williams said.
They include picnic area de
velopment, additional resi
dences, more campground de
velopment, trail construction
and improvement, a new en
trance station and interpretive
roadside markers.
American Proposal
Would Put Surplus
Arms in Depots
Many Details Still
Must Be Worked Out
London OP The Soviet
Union gave immediate agree
ment in principle today to a new
American proposal for mothball
ing ships, planes, tanks and guns
in a "first step" move toward
East-West disarmament.
The U.S. plan, presented to the
five-power disarmament talks,
proposed a reduction of conven
tional armaments with the sur
plus arms to be placed in speci
fied depots. The depots would be
subject to international inspec
tion and control.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Mini
ster Valerian Zorin, who had
been filled in on the oroiect in
advance, expressed immediate
acceptance of the idea in princi
ple. '
American officials considered
this one of the biggest moves yet
lowara agreement on disarma
ment. But they cautioned that
many details still needed to be
worked out.
U.S. delegate Harold E. Stas
sen proposed that Russia, the
U.S., Britain and France agree
on lists of conventional weapons
which would be mothballed un
der international supervision un
til the first disarmament step had
successfully been carred out. The
weapons would then be scrapped
or converted to peaceful uses.
He proposed that conventional
arms, such as tanks, artillery and
aircraft, be reduced by agreed
numbers and types and placed
on surplus lists.
The agreed surplus arms would
then be stored in depots where
they would be subject to inter
national control and inspection,
according to the U.S. plan.
Keating Returns
From O&C Meeting
Jackson County Judge Rodney
Keating returned Tuesday after
noon from Portland, where he
attended a meeting of the Associ
ation of O and C Counties exe
cutive committee.
He reported the committee
voted unanimously to file a writ
of certiorari with the U.S. su
preme court in the case of A. W.
Lafferty and Richard L. Merrick,
Washington, D. C. attorneys.
Lafferty and Merrick were at
torneys for Clackamas county
in the O and C controverted fund
dispute of several years ago, and
claimed fees for their services.
The O and C counties' action
is, in effect, a request to the su
preme court to review the action
of the lower court, in which Laf
ferty and Merrick were found
eligible to a fee, and to set the
amount of the fee.
The various legal actions re
sulted in impounded funds, total
ing some $6,500,000, being ds
tributed to the counties. Jackson
county's share, some $815,000,
mostly went to school districts
for payment of bonded indebted
ness. Appearing on behalf of the at
torneys was Stan Skoko, former
Clackamas county commissioner,
now of Vancouver, B. C.
General Assembly
Debates Supression
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Diplomats from 29 nations met
here today to decide whether to
ask the General Assembly for
further action on Russia's bru
tal suppression of the Hungar
ian revolt.
U.S. Ambassador Henry Ca
bot Lodge Jr. invited represen
tatives of the other 23 nations
who sponsored last week's re
port on Hungary, along with
spokesmen of the five countries
who prepared it, to a meeting
this afternoon.
Representatives of several na
tions, most notably Australia,
have urged that the assembly
be recalled to consider the reve
lations of shocking Soviet bru
tality contained in the 150,000
word report.
Othello, Wash. W The
Hamilton Produce Co. warehouse
was destroyed Tuesday night by
a fire which started when an
acetylene tank tipped over and
damage was ertimated today at
more than $100,000.
16,500 Acres
Would Be Reclaimed Under
Cave Junction W) Steps
were taken here Tuesday to call
for a vote on formation of an ir
rigation district to furnish water
to 16,500 acres in the Sucker
creek and Illinois river valleys.
The action is to implement
the report on one section of the
over all Rogue River basin sur
vey made in 1955 by the Bureau
of Reclamation. The survey
ri.R FOR CONVENTION -Arriving at Medford airport
yesterday to participate in the Oregon stale aerie Fraternal
Order of Eagles convention Tnursaay, Friday and Saturday
in Medford, was this group of state officials of the lodge.
Welcoming State President Clem Roskoski, right, front lop,
is E. C. (Chet) Lawson, state convention manager. Betweit
the two men is Gladys Yokom, state president of the laditsj
auxiliary. In the "western"' attire are, left, Mrs. FrancftC
Baker, wife of the state vice president, and Grayce Johnson
state vice president of the ladies auxiliary. At the top al
state vice president Francis Baker and Ethel Ritner, chairmen
of the Eagles "home on the range" committee. Registration fe
the convention will start tomorrow at the Eagle's halL
Eagles Arrive FoF
State Convention
Delegates and guests of the
Oregon state Aerie Fraternal
Order of Eagles convention
started arriving in Medford to
day. The three-day event offic
ially starts tomorrow with reg
istration at the Eagles hall.
State officers will be welcom
ed at a banquet at 8 p.m. today
at the Medford hotel by City
Manager Robert Duff and Po
lice Chief Charles Champlin.
About 1,200 are expected to
attend business sessions in the
Holly theater and Knights of
Pythias hall, ritualistic compet
ition, and joint meetings of the
Eagles and auxiliary.
Public Events
Two convention events will be
open to the public. They ar:
the welcoming ceremonies and
memorial services at McLough-
Rural School Board
Canvasses Vote
The Jackson County Rural
school board yesterday can
vassed the vote for two members
of the board elected at the re
cent annual school meeting.
The canvass showed William
Starzinger defeated Robert De
Armond, 295 to 200, in zone 1,
and Mrs. Edith Hoag, Prospect,
received 55 votes in zone 2. G.
Johnson was a write-in candi
date for zone 1, and Edna Clev-
enberg and Mannie Poole each
received one write-in vote In
zone 2.
Lyle Van Scoy who has served
on the board since 1950, an
nounced his resignation. He be
came ineligible because his resi
dence district, Eagle Point, be
came a first class district.
Glenn Smith was reelected
chairman of the board, and Star
zinger was named vice chair
man. Alf B. Mekvold, county
school superintendent, was again
named secretary.
Other members of the board
are Paul Gasparotti, zone 3, and
Edith Hoag, zone 2 and Clarence
Holdridge, zone 5.
Budget Still Lacks
Three Signatures
Jackson county's 1957-58 budg
et still lacks three signatures.
Members of the county court
said they are reasonably sure of
obtaining signatures of lorn
Wray, budget committee chair
man, and Arnold Bohnert, com
mittee member, sometime today.
Members of the court, who are
elso on the budget committee,
signed the budget last week.
The other committee member,
Roger Rath of Ashland, has re
fused to sign the budget.
of Illinois Valley Land
recommended a storage dam on
Sucker creek with two main
canals at an estimated cost of
$14,262,000.
The project was" found to be
feasible with a cost benefit ratio
of S1.89 to SI. The bureau esti
mated the development would
bring under cultivation more
than 150 full time and 300 part
time farms on land which is now
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lin Junior High school arWi'
at 7 p.m. Friday. Winners of
the drill team and drum corps
competition will be announced
at a joint meeting of the Eagfee
and auxiliary at 4 p.m. Saturday
in the Holly theater.
Drill teams and drum eufpi
competing Friday night will oaf
ade in downtown Medford sterfe
ing at 1 p.m. Saturday. ? ft :
parade will form at Ivy and
West Main sts., proceed ea OH
Main st. to Bartlett, norte td
Sixth St., west to Ivy St., ajt'
south to Main St., and disbanrf
in front of the Eagles hall. Abrgsf
15 units are expected to partes
pate.
No-Host Breakfast
Past presidents of the ta:
will be honored at a no-heist rj
breakfast at the Medford hotel n
at 7:30 a.m. Friday. Dances are? u
scheduled each night at the
Eagles Hall for registered Eagles
who will be admitted by mem
bership card only.
Among those attending the
convention will be Robert W.
Hansen, past Grand Worthy
president of the Eagles and na
tional chairman of the program
and activities department; Mi
chael T. Gaffney, financial ad
visor for the Grand Aerie Eagles,
both from Milwaukee, Wise;
Lawrence Leahy, Wenatchee,
Wash., Grand Worthy president;
and Ralph Goodman, Vancouv
er, B.C., Grand Aerie president
of the northwest region. Good
man will speak at memorial ser
vices Thursday night, and the
others will speak during regu
lar Eagles business sessions.
Sheriff's Deputies
Arrest Four Juveniles ;
Sheriff's deputies this eek
arrested four juveniles in con
nection with alleged vandalism
sometime between June 14 and
17, at the Girl Scout camp on
property owned by Mrs. Helen
Olson east of Talent.
The youths, all boys ages 15
and 14, were turned over to ju
venile authorities. Two of the
boys are Talent residents and
two live at Phoenix.
Veather
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hteh rlnudtncss through
Thnrsdav. i.nw tonight 54.
High Thursday 90.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ... . f2
Lowest thi Morntnc 52
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:35 a.m.
Sunset 7:53 p.m.
Moonrlse Thursday .. 4:38 a.m.
New Moon Thursday p.m.
Alfoth U the brightest of the
seven stars that form the Big
Hipper and Is the third star In
the handle. Between it and Al
kaid Is Mlzar.
Survey Plan
dry and most of it not cleared.
The proposed development is
the second irl the Rogue basin
report to be put before the
voters. The first was the Talent,
Ore., project which has now
been authorized.
No date has been set for the
election until detailed descrip
tions are worked out with tha
county court.
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