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Pentagon Leans
To Air Industry,
Nickerson Says
Huntsvilie. Ala. W Col.
John C. Nickerson Jr., testified
today that service rivalries for
new weapons were usually de
cided in the Pentagon "in favor
of the aircraft industry." and thus
the A;r Force got the assign
ments. The outspoken colonel court
martialrd for leaking secret data
in h:s fielit 'to keep the 1.500
mile jupitcr ballistic missile in
the Army, used his trial to bring
the bitter inter-service disputes
and their relations with industry
into the open.
Speaking loudly and rapidly.
Nickerion piled into the aircraft
' industry which he said had no
indention f letting civil service
rontnctirg fet all the big missile
mre.
"Tsey realired tint contracts
for jrrraft ere going down and
thrwe ' for miiile were going
up." he aid.
Jf Voactae Fulled
A"d in lh Jcntaj(on, he said,
the tendency grew to settle strug
gle tor miwils money in favor
of the Air form.
Kickeri'in did not pull a punch,
except when he ventured near
rUMiftM ground, the thing that
(tot him court martialed. He has
-piegdei nuiltj to 15 counts of
fa-ling to safeguard secret data
in violation of army regulations.
Hi r6 his other witnesses were
attempting to show the 10-mem-bef
court martial board mitigat
ing and extenuating circumstanc
es which might lighten his sen
tence. H could serve up to 30
years, t hard labor on the charg
es. Nickerson said that Army
Chief of Staff Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor, Secretary of Army Wil
ber Brucker and Maj. Gen. John
B. Mcdaris, commander of the
Army ballistics missile agency
here, all shared his views that
the Army needed to produce the
Jupiter.
Counterpart weapoa
The Air Force has a counter
part weapon, theThor, which has
been described in published re
ports as a fizzle in three attempts
at launching.
He said that the Air Force had
embarked on its own project to
change the Defense Department's
mind when the Army was first
allotted the Jupiter project.
Explaining further his opinion
v th,e state of mind in the Fen-
Like Highway May
Be Done in 1958
The 455,000 realignment of
Crater Lale highway between
Elk Craig and Trail creek
should 1 completed by the end
of nct aummcr. according to
W. C. (Dutch) Williams, Oregon
itate highway engineer.-
"William, in a letter to State
Rep. 5. A. A1) Littrcll, said it
is planned to get the job under
way in the late fall or early
winter of thi year, in time to
be completed by the end of the
1958 construction season.
The project, while it is a federally-sponsored
job, will be
handled by the state. It involves
the realignment and paving of
the highway along that section
of the Crater Lake highway,
long sought by residents of the
upper river erea.
Williams elso told Littrell
that the state has as yet received
" no word from the bureau of pub
lic roads concerning the rebuild
ing of the Medford-Klamath
Falls road, via Eagle Point. Mc
Allister Springs and Lake of the
Woods, although approval of the
project is Expected soon.
Weather
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Srtne - 4:18 l.lti.
Sunset P.m.
New 12:53 p.m.
nuhhe. Merak. Phecda and Me
Itrei for :4e bowl of the Dip
per. Mrcre. i the rim of the
howl at tfce junction of . the
handle, i tf dimmest of the
suren stars f te Bit Dipper.
United States
Increases To
New York IP U.S. Steel
Corp. announced today steel
-?rice increases averaging S6 a
: n. which could affect the price
of hundreds of consumer items i goes into effect the same day
ranging from autos to hairpins, j and which the company con
The price hike, effective July ! tends will boost its labor costs
1. came a day after President ! by 21 cents an hour per man.
Eisenhower's renewed plea to in-1 U.S. Steel s hike, which is ex-
dustry and labor to show re-!
1 tagon, Nickerson said that "the
civilians woiking there usually
have high paying jobs in the
back of their minds and the air
craft industry is where the high
salaries are."
Nickerson said the team at
Redstone, with 20 years' experi
ence on the part of its German
born rocketters. is "bound to de
velop" a successful intermediate
missile "years sooner" than any
other agency.
(See Story on Page 11)
Eacles Convention
Gels Under Way in
City This Morning
A total of 625 Eagles and
auxiliary members registered
yesterday for the 1957 Oregon
state convention which official
ly started at 10 a.m. today.
E. C. (Chet) Lawson, Eugene,
convention manager, said it was
the heaviest first day enrollment
for a state Eagles convention in
the past 15 years. Registration
continued this morning, ani
will continue tomorrow morn
ing in the Eagles hall.
Unofficial Start
The convention got an unof
ficial start last night when 39
new members for the conven
tion class were initiated in
ceremonies in the Knights of
Pythias building. Participating
in the ceremonies were Erving
Reeter and Sherman Dahl, both
of Grants Pass.
The first of four business ses
sions also are scheduled at 10
a.m. tomorrow, and at 9 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
At 8 p.m. today, welcoming
ceremonies and memorial ser
vices, which are open to the
public, will be held at McLough
lin Junior High school. The
services will be a joint meet
ing of the Eagles and auxil
iary.
Competition Eventi
Winners of ritualistic, drilU
team and drum corps competi
tion will be announced at a
meeting at 4 p.m. Saturday at
the Holly theater. Ritualistic
competition started at 7 a m. to
day, and will continue at 7 a.m.
tomorrow. Both sessions are
scheduled in the Carpenter's
Union hall.
The drill team and drum
corps competition will start at
7 p.m Friday in the Medford
High school stadium. The event
will be open to the public. Drill
teams and drum and bugle corps
also will participate in a parade
starting at 1 p.m. Saturday in
downtown Medford. About 15
units are expected to compete.
Property Owners
Contacted by Court
The Jackson county court is
still contacting property owners
in connection with obtaining
more right of way for the state
secondary highway between
Ross lane and Jacksonville.
Members of the court began
discussing the right of way with
about 11 property owners Tues
day. They resumed the discus
sions yesterday and planned to
continue them this afternoon.
The court explained right of
v ay conferences have kept them
too busy to obtain the remain
ing signatures for the 1957-58
budget. However, they said they
hoped to contact Tom Wray.
budget committee chairman, and
Arnold B o h n e r t. committee
member, for their signatures to
day. All others have signed the
budget except Roger Rath, who
has refused to do so.
Boy
Questioned In
Connection With Fire
A small fire was started in the
second grade classroom at Lone
Pone school yesterday. Police ar
rested a 12-year-old Medford boy
in connection with the fire, and
referred the case to county juve
nile authorities.
The fire was reported at 10
a.m. by Harold Foster Boner,
3439 Lone Pine rd.
Steel Announces Price
Become Effective July 1
straint on the wage-price front
to ease inflationary pressures.
The price increase was made
to offset a wage increase which
pected to set the pattern for the ,
52nd Year
Mei
United Pr rull La.d
23 Pages
Hoffa Gave $2,
For Documents on
Beck, Witness Says
Step by Step Account
Of Arrangements Told
Washington W The gov
ernment's star witness in the
bribery-conspiracy trial of Team
sters Vice President James R.
Hoffa testified today that Hoffa
gave him S2.000 for Senate Rack
ets Committee documents on
Teamsters President Dave Beck.
The witness. John Cye Cheasty,
said the exchange took place
March 12 on a street near the
DuPont Plaze Hotel here the eve
ning before Hoffa's arrest.
Hoffa and his codefendant. Mi
ami attorney Hyman I. Fisch
bach, are accused of bribing
Cheasty. a New York lawyer, to
get a job on the committee staff
and pass them confidential in
formation on its investigation of
the big Teamsters Union. Cheasty
tipped off the Senate Committee
and the FBI before going to work
for the committee.
Step by Step Account
He gave a federal court jury
a step by step account of the
careful arrangements he made
with the FBI and the committee
to pass the documents to Hoffa
March 12.
He said he picked Hoffa up in
front of the DuPont Plaze Hotel
in a cab driven by an FBI agent.
He told Hoffa he had "some
stuff" from committee files on
Beck's deals with Nathan Shef
ferman, Chicago labor relations
expert. He said the documents
were selected from committee
files by Carmine Bellino, chief
staff investigator, and were de
livered to him the morning of
March 12 by an FBI agent.
Hoffa was arrested by FBI
agents at the hotel early the fol
lowing morning.
Hoffa. seated in the courtroom,
stared at Cheasty with no dis
cernible expression during most
of the testimony.
Benson Asked To
Help Ease Canned
Pear Surplus
Washington W Sen. Henry
M. Jackson (D-Wash.) asked Ag
riculture Secretary Ezra Taft
Benson today to take action to
help ease the canned pear sur
plus in the Pacific Northwest.
Jackson sent a letter to Ben
son urging prompt approval of a
plan submitted by B. I. Free
man, secretary-manager of the
Washington-Oregon Pear Asso
ciation, -which has its head
quarters at Yakima.
Freeman suggested that
canned Bartlett pears be placed
on the list of commodities which
get export marketing assistance
under Public Law 480.
Jackson told Benson it is "im
perative" that the department
adopt the plan.
CCC Payi Seller
The law provides that the gov
ernment will help export surplus
products to foreign countries.
Under the plan the Commodity
Credit Corp. pays the seller in
American dollars and the gov
ernment assumes the responsibil
ity for the foreign currency used
to pay for the products overseas.
In his letter to Benson, Jack
son said exports of canned pears
dropped from 6R8.000 cases in
1955-56 to 250,000 cases in 1956
57. The senator said the forth
coming crop of Bartlett pears in
the Northwest alone is expected
to be 20 per cent above last
year.
Pointing out that last year's
crop in the Northwest hit a
record high, Jackson said favor
able action on the request was
necessary to "alleviate this ser
ious situation."
rest of the steel industry, is less
than what many steel leaders
have insisted was necessary to
offset the automatic wage in
crease. Last August the steel
firms signed a three-year pact
with the United Stcelworkers of
America calling for automatic
increases in wages and fringes
each year,
KC
iuvusn c jo n
POSTAL
Senate Approves
Extra $133 Million
For Fiscal Year
President Expected
To Sign Appropriation
Washington W The nation
was assured today of full postal
service for the year beginning
July 1.
The Senate passed and sent to
the White House today a supple
mental Post Office Department
money bill providing an extra
133 million for next fiscal year.
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield had warned of new
cuts in postal services and the
shutdown of possibly thousands
of local post offices unless Con
gress provided him more funds
to run his department.
Summerfield had asked an ad
ditional 5149.500,000, but the
Senate, in approving the bill
Wednesday, went along with
House cuts of 516.500,000.
However, Chairman Carl
Hayden (D-Ariz.) of the Senate
Appropriations Committee as
sured his colleagues that the re
duction would not mean any
curtailment of daily rural mail
deliveries or suspension of Sat
urday service in cities and
towns.
Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-II1.),
voting agains-t the bill, accused
Summerfield of trying to inti
midate Congress with threats in
stead of seeking to save money
by modernizing the mail service.
Signature Expected
President Eisenhower, who
had backed Summerfield in his
fight to obtain extra funds, was
almost certain to sign the
measure.
The postmaster general had
curtailed postal services- briefly
earlier this year when Congress
refused to grant . him extra
funds to tide his department
over the fiscal year ending
June 30.
On another matter. Summer
field told the House Post Office
Committee Wednesday he and
Eisenhower would give "careful
consideration" to any postal pay
raise recommended 'by the
group.
$54,00TWorth of
Bonds Are Sold
A total of 554,000 worth of
general obligation bonds were
sold by the Kings Highway water
district to the First National
Bank last night.
The bonds were sold to finance
installation of a water main in
the area annexed to the district
May 8, south of Shafer lane.
The bonds sold at S98 per each
S100 per value, with interest rate
set at 4-1 4 per cent on S26.000
and 5 per cent on 528.000. The
whole issue will be paid off by
1980 at a net effective interest
rate of 5.0477 per cent.
Bonds were sold at a meeting
of the district board of commis
sioners last night, according to
attorney for the district, Mrs.
Jeannette Marshall. The United
States National Bank also sub
mitted a bid.
Bids for laying the water main
and installing fire hydrahts
throughout the district will be
opened in Mrs. Marshall's office
July 1. Work will begin as soon
as possible.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 2 8 3
Washington 7 10 0
Foytack. Hoeft (2). Aber (4),
and Wilson: Pascual, Cleven
ger (6). Stealer (E) and Court
ney, Yewcic (6).
Cleveland 2 5 0
New York 0 0
Wynn and Brown: Byrne
and Berra.
Chicago ".. J 8 1
Boston 8 8 0
Harshman, Fischer (1), Sta
ler (5). Derrington (6) and
Mess: Sullivan. Chakales (3)
and Daley.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 14 1
Milwaukee 2 4 0
Dryidale. Koufsx (8) and
Campanilla; Buhl and Rie.
N--
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE
SERVICE FOR YEAR
'It Seems To Be
Kennedy at Schrunk
Trial; Judge Vetoes
Motion for Mistrial
Portland dpi The defense to
day lost a motion for a mistrial
in the perjury case against May
or Terry Schrunk based on the
appearance of Robert Kennedy,
chief counsel of the Senate
Rackets Committee.
Defense attorneys claimed that
Kennedy's appearance late Wed
nesday was engineered by the
state and that Kennedy was
used as "a sort of Trojan horse."
They claimed he injected into
the trial prejudicial matter
which could not be removed by
any precautionary instructions
to the jury.
Thomas Tongue III, one of
Schrunk's attorneys, said Ken
nedy's testimony was offered by
Assistant Attorney General
Ralph K. Wyckoff to support
the idea that -racketeer James
B. Elkins as not out to frame
Schrunk. Tongue said Elkins
was not out to frame Schrunk.
Tongue said Elkins may have
argued this year against a Sen
ate investigation of the alleged
bribery incident but that this
had nothing to do with what
Elkins may have said and done
in 1956.
Motion Overruled
Tongue said: "Kennedy made
the grand exit. Here's the great
man come to town . . . this na
tional celebrity, the great vice
crusader ... to lend the weight
of his opinion ... to tell the
jury that he and the Senate
committee concluded the mayor
of Portland .was guilty of ac
cepting a bribe."
Circuit Judge James W. Craw
ford overruled the motion.
Prospects were that the case
may go to the jury Friday or
Saturday.
The defense called one more
witness and then rested its case.
He was Alexander C. Brown,
Portland city attorney, who testi
fied he had played no role in
calling Kennedy to Portland. De
fense Attorney Edwin Hicks said
there were two witnesses he had
hoped to call but that circum
stances which he could not dis
close to the jury made it impos
sible to subpoena them.
Trial Enlivened
The state then called Capt.
Delegate to Convention
Suffers Heat Stroke
State Secretary of the Eagles,
L. A. Hamilton. 59, of Salem.
suffered a light heat stroke while
attending convention activities at
the Holly theatre this morning.
Hamilton was taken to Osteo
pathic hospital by Medford Am
bulance about 11:10 a.m.. where
he was treated and released.
Highway Department
Repairs Front Street
A crew from the Oregon State
highway department was in Med
ford yesterday patching the
Front st. truck route between
Fourth and 10th sts.
Tribune
27, 1957
Rising Again"
! lyle Robert Mariels, who was
in National Guard uniform.
Mariels admitted arranging a
luncheon meeting between El
kins and James B. Miller, an
Oregonian reporter, at the re
quest of Miller who was "writing
a book" and wanted to meet
a "variety of characters."
The appearance of Kennedy
and of a mysterious redhead
enlivened the trial Wednesday.
Mystery witness for the de
fense was Mrs. Shirley Martin
who was flown to Portland from
cut of state by the defense and
who demanded police protec
tion while she was here.
Mrs. Martin identified hersedf
as a former waitress in a Port
land after hours club. She con
tradicted the prosecution testi
mony of John (Buster) Vance,
who had said he was at the
Clandestine 8212 Club the night
Schrunk is accused by the state
of accepting a payoff from the
club manager.
Mrs. Martin testified that
Vance was with her at the other
after hours . joint the night
Schrunk was at the 8212 Club.
Vance had said he saw Club
Manager Clifford Bennett put
money in an envelope for a
payoff.
Cause of Illness
Sought by State
Portland dfl The state hoard
of health said today it was try
ing to determine the cause of
what appeared to be an out
break of food poisoning follow
ing a Lions' convention lunch
eon at Medford last Saturday.
Tho board said it was diffi
cult to trace the cause because
the convention delegates left
before tests could be made.
The Jackson county sanitarian
reported symptoms were stom
ach cramps and diarrhea. The
state board's epidemiology sec
tion is mailing letters to conven
tion delegates in efforts to de
termine the cause. 1
The board said the county
health department reported that
779 delegates and 32 dining
room workers had lunch Satur
day noon in a school cafeteria.
Food was catered by the Med
ford hotel. .
The county health office said
it knew of 23 known to have
been ill, and estimated the total
might have been close to 70.
Fire Breaks Out in
Logging Operation
State forestry department pa
trolmen reported a fire yester
day on a logging operation on
the south fork of Little Butte
creek. The blaze broke out
about 5 p.m. and covered about
one acre before being controlled.
Patrolmen said they were not
sure of the cause. Patrol and
operator crews were mopping
up today.
Price 1 0c
United Pr Full Leued Wtr
No. 84
ASSURED
Eisenhower Seen
Cooling To Idea
Of Bomb Test Ban
Stctssen Expected To
Present U. S. Position
London flfl Reports that
President Eisenhower might be
having second thoughts on the
wisdom of an immediate ban on
nuclear tests sent up storm sig
nals today at the London dis
armament conference.
Harold E. Stassen was keeping
the emphais on conventional dis
armament at today's session, but
he was expected to put forth the
American nuclear position soon.
Western delegates here receiv
ed another firm warning Wed
nesday from Soviet Deputy For
eign Minster Valerian Zorin that
any first step disarmament agree
ment must include a ban on tests.
Ike Retreat Seen
Observers interpreted Eisen
hower's latest declaration on the
subject as an indication of a re
treat from previous apparent
willingness to meet the Russians
on the issue.
Last week the President said
he would be "perfectly delight
ed" to accept an immediate ban.
Wednesday he appeared far less
ready and emphasized instead
the possibility of an "absolutely
clean" H-bomb, that is, with no
radioactive fall-out.
Stassen and his fellow Western
delegates received a stern warn
ing from the Russians about the
Soviet determination to halt
tests.
According to a Moscow radio
broastcast this morning, Zorin
told the delegates that those
who complicate the settlement of
the question of ending atom and
hydrogen weapon tests by vari
ous contrived conditions are, in
effect, raising obstacles to and
undermining the possibility of
ending the nuclear arms race.
The Zorin statement was ac
companied by another venomous
Soviet attack on U.S. Gen. Lauris
Norstad, the NATO commander,
which outdid the Tuesday state
ments by Soviet Foreign Minis
ter Andrei Gromyko.
Moscow radio said Norstad was
a "cannibal" who spends his
time dreaming "how to drop
thousands of bombs on our coun
try," It recalled that he was chief
of staff of the World War II 20th
Air Force which bombed Hiro
shima and Nagasaki.
Public Hearings On
Council's Agenda
Two public hearings are on
the agenda for the Medford city
council at 7:30 p.m. today at an
adjourned meeting.
One hearing is on annexation
of city and county property in
the old fairgrounds area, which
includes the new National
Guard Armory south of Med
ford.
The other hearing is on with
drawal of parts of five special
service districts annexed to the
city in the Berrydale annexa
tion. Other items on the agenda in
clude consideration of a plumb
ing code adoption and transfer
of budget items.
Planners Suggest Change
Of Zone in Berrydale Area
The Medford planning com
mission at a special meeting
last night recommended to the
city council that four lots in
the Berrydale area be rezoned
from single family to light in
dustrial. . .
The property is located west
of Highway 59 and north of the
Y. L. E. Juniper of Pacific Ma
chinery company requested the
change of zone, explaining he
wants to construct a business
building there.
John Dellenbeck, Medford at
torney,. appeared at the meeting
on behalf of Juniper. No oppo
sition to the rezoning was
voiced.
Although last night's session
was an adjourned meeting for
the purpose of holding a hearing
on Juniper's request, thi com
Many Terrified
Residents Flee
Storm's Path
o
Cities Cut Off
By Howling Winds
Port Arthur, Tex. itn An
unseasonable and vicious hur
ricane, which already had killed
10 men, swept across the Texas
Louisiana coast today and beat
inland cities with winds of 100
miles an hour.
The wind, torrential rain and
crashing waves of hurricane Au
drey isolated whole towns. Elec
trical power was knocked out
in Port Arthur and Beaumont,
Tex., and in Lake Charles. La.
Terrified residents, 50.000 in
Port Arthur alone by one esti
mate, fled their homes. Some
took refuge in schools, churches
and steel-framed buildings. Oth
ers fled in their automobiles to
sectors out of the tempest's
path.
Raging seas more than 200 mil
es down the Texas coast swept
four vessels, including the 400
foot Sinclair Co. tanker Sheldon
Clark, aground in Arkansas Bay.
The other vesels were two barges
and a tug. The crews apparently
were safe.
The New Orleans Weather Bu
reau said the center of Audrey
was about halfway between
Beaumont and Lake Charles,
along the border between the
states, and moving northward
about 15 miles an hour.
The hurricane victims were
all drowned, nine of them in a
fishing vessel that went down
in the threshing Gulf of Mexico
near Galveston.
The calm eye of the hurricane,
surrounded by a vast doughnut
of deadly winds, passed straight
up the Louisiana-Texas border.
Observers clocked its passage as
the wind stopped when the eye
was directly overhead.
Then, as the eye passed, the
wind started howling again from
the opposite direction. The eye
first passed over Port Arthur,
the first major city in its path.
Then, at 7:15 a.m. (p.s.t.). Orange,
Tex., about 25 miles northeast,
reported the cye passing over- o
head. o
But the worst winds were in
the northeast quadrant of the
hurricane, which was slamming
into the Louisiana coast in the
Cameron area and east.
As Audrey raged toward the
shore, it hurled a two-masted
fishing vessel, the Kcturah, into
an oil rig ear Galveston. The
Keturah went down with all
nine crewmen on board. An
other man was drowned Wed
nesday night off the Texas coast.
Deputy Sheriff L. D. Farrow
at Port Arthur estimated that
50.000 persons fled the city.
All except two families fled
the little town of Sabine, Tex.,
five stores and a population of
260, south of Port Arthur. The
two families were cut off.
The worst part of the storm
appeared to be passing east of
the rich manufacturing triangle
of Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange
on the southeast Texas coast.
High Waves Reported
At Galveston waves were
crashing over the seawall there
and white caps were smacking
against hotels. Galveston is a
kesort city, southwest of the
Beaumont-Port Arthur sector,
where the worst hurricane on
record killed between 5,000 and
8,000 persons in September,
1900.
It was feared that conditions
might be critical at Cameron,
La., which was isolated hours
before the center of the storm
hit.
In Houston, the largest city
in Texas, wind did heavy dam
age on the north, southwest and
east sides. Giant limbs were
blown out of trees. Signs and
small trees were blown down.
Heavy rain flooded out one over
pass, but Houston escaped hurricane-strength
winds.
mission set dates for two other
hearings.
A hearing will be held Mon
day, July 8, on rezoning from
single family to light industrial
a portion of property tt the
corner of Spring st. and Crater
Lake ave. The property is owned
by Wayne (Shady) Wakefield and .
it was reported that Associated
Oil company wants to construct s
a service station there. 5
Rezoning from single. familyC
to light industrial other prop-
erty owned by Wakefieffl in then
area will be discussed July 8.Jj
Another hearing will be held
July 8 on a change of setback
for property on the southeast
corner of Clark and Oak sts.,
owned by Alvin C. Lucas. Lucas
has requested the setback be
moved from four feet to the
property line to accommodate
garage expansion project.
o