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Efforts To Establish Nickel Production in III inois Valley Slowed by Need of Contract :V1 I 1 BY A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correipondent Washington The Office of Defense Mobilization has mom entarily stymied efforts to estab lish a major new industrial plant for nick el production in s o u thwest t ' n , u... tXis new solution "i i is n o w being P?w sought with s'ime promise A. obt mil iiiCKCl lorp Corporation of America has plans to build a plant in the Illinois River valley north of Cave Junction to produce some 30,000,000 pounds of nickel an nually from nearby ore. The plant would employ about 750 workers, the firm estimates. After the firm began acquiring mineral lease rights in the area, with royalties promised to local owners of the leases, it made churn drillings and determined that the operation would be econ omically feasible at current market prices for nickel. But it anticipated that ODM would purchase its output for the na tional defense stockpile, as ODM is purchasing the output of the Hanna nickel operation near Riddle in Douglas county. ODM, however, has informed the company that it has already bought or committed itself to buy sufficient nickel for the stockpile, so it isn't interested. Must Land Contract Before Nickel Corporation can finance the $20,000,000 to S30,- 000.000 investment it estimates will be needed to get into pro duction, it must sow land a con tract for no less than five year's output in order to satisfy in vestors of the soundness of the operation. Inasmuch as nickel is currently considered to be in short supply domestically, there is a demand which exceeds pro duction at this time. Domestic users of nickel, such as the large steel companies aren t anxious to enter into a long contract with a newcomer whose production couldn't be gin until 1959 because Interna- tional Nickel company, giant of the industry, has promised to mitigate the shortage by 1960 when it has new productive capa city coming in. Turning to the foreign market, the firm found willing buyers aboard, where nickel prices range up to $1.70 per pound, compared with the U.S. domestic price of 74c. But the Commerce Department has refused to issue an export license to the com pany, thereby preventing it Indiana Killer Gets Stay of Execution Pending Court Appeal Michigan City, Ind W A federal judge in a ruling deliv ered from the front porch of his home Monday night granted reprieve to Leslie Irvin only five hours before the Chinese execution-style slayer of six per sons was to die in the electric chair. Irvin was cnvictsJ at Prince ton, Ind., 19 months aga for the killing of W. Wwtoy Kerr, an Evansville filling station attend ant. He also was acaeed of kill ing two womfti in southern In diana and three memhsrs rd a Henderson, Ky., family. All of theictims were forced to kWel with thir hands behind their backs and then they were shot in the back of th head in the style of Chined executions. Irvin's head, ankles rnui wrists had already been shaved for the electrodes which were sched uled 14j jolt the life from his body at 1:01 a.m0(CDT) Tuesday when news of the stay of execu tion arrived at Indiana State penitentiary here. Earlier, Irvin's chances to es cape the electric chair appeared dim when a federal judge in South Bend, Ind., refused to grant a stay. But attorneys for Irvin, known as the "'Mad Dog" killer, raced against time to file an ap peal with the appeals court in Chicago and then to Danville, 111., for a personal appeal to Judge Walter Lindley of the U.S Circuit Court of Appeals. Extraordinary Session Lindley held an extraordinary session at his home and granted the 33-year-old former pipefitter a stay of execution about 8 p.m. c.d.t. Lindley said the stay would continue in effect pending a hearing on Irvin's appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chi cago, probably in September. from selling its output abroad Commerce officials point out that nickel is the last remining meiai unaer government con trol and exports are banned now because of the domestic shortage. Caught on the horns of this government - imposed dilemma, John H. White Jr., of Salt Lake City, head of the nickel firm, complained to Congressman Charles O. Porter, Oregon Dem ocrat. Porter called all the of ficials involved from ODM and Commerce to his office for a conference with White last week in an attempt to resolve the con flict. Upshot of this confab was that White was advised to negotiate with a foreign buyer and obtain a five-year contract with which to secure financing for the com pany's plant. By 1959, when pro duction is expected to start, ex port controls may have expired, White was told, and he would be granted an export license to ship the nickel abroad. If, on the other hand, controls are still on and no exports permit can be issued, it will be because there is still a domestic shortage and the foreign buyer can simply sell the nickel here domestically until export controls are lifted. Negotiations are now in pro gress between executives of Nickel Corporation of America and prospective foreign buyers. Upon their outcome apparently rides the question of whether Oregon will get a sizeable new industrial payroll. Wednesday, Julr 10, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Editor's not: Ken Murray substi tutes toaay for vacationing Aline " odujwods columnist, i ''''''alSMMHflaMSIMMRtBSIIHMSHftfSMMflnMVMHBHtMMiM BY KEN MURRAY Written for the United Press Hollywood (IB It requires no crystal ball gazer to predict tnat the television trends this fall will include heavy emphasis on (a) Western, and (b) flying ad venture series. I figure the best hedge against inflation is to be riding both trends. I've got a foot in each bandwagon and I'm sitting pretty unless the bandwagons take off in different directions. "El Coyote Rides" is a Western telefilm series which Ken Mur ray Enterprises is producing in association with RKO-teleradio, and "Sky Dogs" which I am pro ducing for NBC, combines the K9 Corps' parachuting dogs with the adventures of Civil Air Pa trol flyers. Galloping or zooming, I've got them! Outlire Us All As far as the Western is con cerned, it will outlive us all. There are perfectly good rea sons for this, all of which, you may be sure, are exploited to the hilt in "El Coyote Rides," which is the story of Bat Master son, famed frontier peace of ficer, and his daughter, Jane. One of the factors which makes the Western deathless is the physicial action in which it abounds. Another is the scen ic backgrounds which it offers. Another great dimension of the Western is that in it all moral values become quite clear ly drawn. There is never any question as to which characters are on our ball team. Westerns Film Well And, of course Westerns "film" well. That is, the things that make for good Westerns are visual, pictorial things stuff you can get with a camera, as the technicians say. Still another reason the West ern will be with us forever is that horseback riding has more exciting razzmatazz than any other form of locomotion or travel. There is something static about pushing a button and zo- Veteran Sea Dog Dies Aboard Liner New York IW The death of Chota Peg, probably the most traveled dog in the American Merchant Marine, was reported Tuesday on the arrival here of the superliner United States. The 14 V year -old cocker spaniel, who logged more than two million nautical miles aboard four liners, died at sea July 1 and was given a sailor's funeral. Chota Peg Hindustani for Small Drink was the pet of Cmdr. John W. Anderson, mas ter of the United States. The dog had not been ashore since 1951. oming at the SDeed of lieht in an interstellar space-ship. There is noining static about riding a gal loping horse. Brother, there is action! , I Understand the rnmir-s have just about had it on television. "I've got a tip for Sid Caesar, Herb Shriner, et al: Become a TV producer, or, failing that, at least learn to ride a horse. POSTAL NOTE Anamosa, Iowa IW Joe Klink left a jacket here while travelling to the East Coast, so he mailed a letter to "First cafe west of drug store, south side of the street, Anamosa, Iowa." He got the jacket back prepaid too. UNDERWORLD DISSENSION? Houston, Tex. tfPI Bystand ers were astounded at the get away antics of a pair of bandits who robbed Captain John's Res aurant here. Police said the men jumped into separate can and roared off in opposite directions. Don't Say "Hello" Say "FILTER-FLO" REUNION Actress Ingrid Bergman (right) smiles happily after tension-packed reunion in Paris with daughter, Jenny Ann Lindstrom, 18, whom she left behind when she married Roberto Rossellini. It was their first meeting in six years. Shakespearean Festival Featured in Magazine Ashland Oregon's Shakes pearean Festival has again been, featured in a nationwide publica tion. In the current issue of "West Magazine" an article by Ted De Lay covers the past his tory and the present production schedule at the Elizabethan thea tre. Along with the article is a photograph depicting one of the scenes from the 1957 staging of "Love's Labour's Lost." The magazine is published quarterly in Las Vegas, Nev., and is sold on newsstands and by subscription through out the United States. Its theme, as the title indicates, centers on activities. 19 Fires Reported In District in June I A blaze covering 51 acres of j grazing land near Gold Hill was the largest of 19 fires last month in the southwest district of the state forestry department. ' Jackson unit had 16 fires and ! the Josephine unit three. Crews ', from both units worked on the Gold Hill fire. Causes of the fires were de Lris burning 6, smokers 5, log ging, camper, and railroad, all 1, and miscellaneous 5, according to the monthly report. Acreage burned by the fires was estimated at 74.27 acres, the report said. 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