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'&i.t jgr-' " '-v , fUl ry Ethical' Practices Group Says Filing Based on Hearings Washington M The AFL CIO's Ethical Practices commit tee today filed a new set o charges against Teamsters Un ion Vice President Jamjs R. Hoffa. The committee said that the charge; were based primarily on evidence against Hoffa uncover ed by the Senate Rackets com mittee. Hoffa testified, four days before the committee last week. The charges against Hoffa and other high Teamsters officials previously named will be aired at a hearing late next weck in Washington. The charges were not made public. An AFL-CiO source said that some allegations other than those made by Senate investi gators are included in the com mittee's evidence against Hoffa, heir apparent to the presidency of the nation's largest single un ion. . . . At a hearing May 6, Teamsters President Dave Beck and Vje Presidents Frank Brewster and Sidney Brennan were named by the AFL-CIO as responsible for corruption in the union. A supplemental report, not made public, was issued to the Teamsters July 24. The Teamsters could face ex pulsion from the AFL-CIO if they fail to follow clean-up di rectives expected to be issued by the federation. The Teamsters Executive board is currently meeting in Los Angeles to decide what to do about the clean-up order The new charges egainst Hof fa were announced shortly be fore the Ethical Practices com mittee began hearings on al leged corruption in the United Textile Workers union. Committee Chairman Al J. Hayes, and Jacob Potofsky, pres ident of the Amalgamated Cloth ing Worker sat as a two-man committee. UTW President Anthony Val cnte and Secretary - Treasurer Lloyd Klenert, acAsed of mis using $128,000 in union funds, appeared with 20 members of the UTW executive board at the meeting. Call For Bids Issued For Park Projects Crater Lake National Park Bids have ben called on two park improvement projects here. Park Superintendent Tom Williams said today. On Sept. 10, bids will be opened on construction of a 1.530-foot electric distribution line for the park headquarters residentional area. It will be an overhead 2,400-volt system to connect with the present one. and includes six transformers. On Sept. 12, bids will be opened on about two miles of asphalt paving, including roads in the residential area and the rim campground, together with parking spurs. Widths will be 10 and 18 feet. Weather FORECAST: Continued fair. Low tonight 45. Hish Wednesday 85. Temp. Hish'lt Yesterday Lowest this Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise - "J Sunset f;J J Moonset P .- Kirt Quarter Aug. ik PROMINENT STARS Capella. rises 9:iS p.m. Arturus, sets 10:48 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets T:40 P-m. Venus, between Jupiter and the Moon. Saturn, sets 10:39 P m- 7 Fruit SVSen Propose Further Rate Talk Fruit packagers and shippers I on the west coast will try to ob tain a public hearing before an examiner of the Interstate Com merce commission on the coast to present their views on a 15 per cent freight rate increase requested by Railways Express Agency. Fruit men" claim tljaf since 1950 the shipping and packing industry on the coast has been reduced 50 per cent because of freight rate increases. They are fighting the proposed further increase. Meeting Today A meeting between represent atives of the fruit shippers and Lumber Exchange Opens in Portland Portland 't-PV Formation of the National Lumber Excharfge, pattend after similar commod ity exchange such as those for grain and otton, was an nounce here Monday. Founders of the venture said it was designed to put the lum ber industry on a par with other vital commodity industries and to spur lagging lumber sales with modern marketing and fac toring methods. Headquarters are in the Ter minal Sales building here. The Exchange has installed a Uni vac electronic brain costing one half million dollars. It said there is only one other like it in ex istence. Lumbermen held hopes that the Exchange would have far reaching effects on the industry by bringing the seller and the buyer together hi a single mar ket place equipped with all the refinements of automation. Fi nancing will come from a $5 fee for each carload of lumber listed for sale and for each one purchased. Officers of the Exchange in clude Frederick C. Talbot, San Francisco, chairman of the board and treasurer; H. E. Van Allen, Whitefish, Mont., presi dent, and Howard R. Baker, Portland, executive vice presi dent. Other officers are J. Paul George, vice president. F. Lyle Baker, secretary, and Joseph Hull, director. Mrs. Scales Renamed ! To Education Group Salem UP Reappointment of Mrs. Thomas Edna Scales of Sandy to the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Educa tion was announced today by Gov. Robert D. Holmes. Mrs. Scales is vice chairman of the Democratic State Central committee and a leader in state education fields. The commission includes three members from each of 11 West ern states and territories and governs the exchange of students in specialized fields through an interstate compact. Frank J. Van Dyke, Medford, was recently reelected chairman of the commission. Third mem ber is John R. Richards, chan cellor of the Oregon state system of higher education. Dulles Will Consider Visa From Red Reporter Washington M Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said to day the U.S. will consider ad mitting a Communist Chinese reporter if one applies for a visa. DESTROY PINBALL MACH INES Three pinball machines, confiscated by Jackson county sheriffs deputies on March 15, and ordered destroyed last week by district attorney Tom Reeder, received "sledge hammer" treat ment at the city dump yester day. At left Chief Deputy Joe Walsh gets a workout as he breaks apart one of the machines. His helper was deputy Dean DeBerry. On hand to watch the operation were Reeder and Medford Police Chief Charles Champlain. Confiscation of the machiens involved arrest of four local businessmen, who pleaded in nocent to "paying off on the machines. Each forefeited $100 bail when they failed to appear in court on the trial date. The devices were taken from the Talent club, The Tavern and the Medford hotel. A total of about S200 in nickels, found in side the machine, "will be turn ed over to the county treasurer to be applied to the county school fund. an Oregon Public Utilities com- mission representative was held in Medford this morning. C. W. Ferguson, director of rail transportation for the com mission, conducted the confer ence in the court house. Packing and shipping men present said they would send a letter immediately to Hovard Morgan, public utilities commis sioner, requesting him to ap point Ferguson as commerce counsel for them, opposing a freight rate rise. Want Hearing Fruit packers and shippers want a public hearing before an ICC examiner to be held seme wheie on the west coast so their views can be made plain. Morgan called the conference here this morning. He said he expected the ICC to hold hear ings on the express company request some time this fall and that any increase in rates, prior to the Christmas season would prove "highly detrimental to express shippers of fruit." Among those meeting with Ferguson were Richard Gray, president of the Gift Packers and Shippers association of the West Coast, and Dan Hull, Med ford, of Pinnacle Orchards and Packing company. Teen-agers Injured In One-Car Mishap Two teen-age youth were re ported in "fairly good" condition at Sacred Heart hospital this from a one-car accident on South Stage rd. last night. The driver, Dennis Caddy Horn, 18, Camp U-Rest, Phoenix, was reported by state police to have severe cuts on his head and deep cuts on his right arm. His passenger, Richard Smith, 17, also of Camp U-Restj was reported by State police to have a bad cut above his right ear, and numerous abrasions on his body. The car appears to have been travelling at a high rate of speed west on South Stage rd., state police, reported, when it failed to make a sharp curve. A witness told state police the car rolled end over end three times. Offi cers said the vehicle travelled 132 feet, 6 inces after leaving the highway. It came to rest upside down against a pear tree 20 feet off the pavement. State police said the vehicle jumped an irrigation ditch and tore up a small tree in its path. Public Health Cases of Asian Washington (IP) A Public Health service spokesman said today there have been about 30,000 cases of Asian flu in the U. S. to date with confirmed out breaks in 20 states and the ter ritory of Hawaii. He said the 30,000 figure "probably is an underestimate." In addition, suspected out breaks of the new type flu, not yet confirmed by laboratory tests, have been reported in nine other states and in Alaska, Dr. C. C. Dauer, public health sta tistical director, said. He gave the report at the open ing session of a special confer ence of health officers from all states and territories. The two day conference was called by Surgeon General Leroy E. Bur ney to prepare for the nation wide epidemic of Asian flu which is expected to strike this 52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 18 Pages Syria's Neighbors May Urge Nation Away From Soviets Officials Doubt U. S. Can Do Anything Washington (IP) U.S. officials said today the United States hopes Syria's Arab neighbors will urge Syria to ease away from its pro-Soviet policies. The most up-to-date official American view on 'the Syrian crisis was expected to be reveal ed by Secretary" of State John Foster Dulles. He called his first news conference since pro-Communist Syrian militarist ieaders began tightening their hold on Syria's Soviet-equipped armed forces. American officials doubt the United States alone can do any thing to change the Syrian drift to the left. But experts hope that Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and possibly Egypt might have some influence with the Syrians. Dispatches Trouble Shooter Dulles dispatched his ace. trou ble shooter, Deputy Undersecre tary of State Loy W. Henderson, to the Middle East last week end. Henderson at meetings in Turkey already has talked about the Syrian crisis with Turkish Prerrtier Adnan Menderes, King Hussein of Jordan and King Feisal of Iraq. - State Department officials vig orously denied statements made in Syria and elsewhere that Henderson is trying to get some sort of armed action against Syria by members of the Bagh dad Pact. They said Henderson's mission is to gather information from Syria's neighbors oh how they view the Syrian problem. Neighbors Upset Syria's neighbors, Arab and non-Arab alike, are upset' over the large number of Soviet arms and technicians pouring into Syria. The unusual activity has prompted fear the Syrians may eventually try aggression. While the United States hopes that other Arab countries will put pressure on Syria, there is some doubt that anything other than political influence will work. Contract Awarded For Fish Screens Peter Kiewit and Sons with local offices in Medforri were awarded the contract yesterday for construction of a fish screen on the Savage rapids dam on the Rogue river above Grants Pass, according to the U.S. Bu reau of Reclamation office here. Kiewit was considered low bidder, at $126,452, of seven companies submitting bids. Sec ond low bidder was Misco West Coast Construction company of Seattle, Wash., at $137,179.75. The Bureau's estimate on the job was $127,269. , Following examination of spe cifications the work is expected to start in 30 days, it was re ported. . The work consists of two re volving screens to be placed on the upstream side of the turbine. This will prevent fish from go ing through the turbines and being destroyed, a bureau of rec lamation official explained. No screens exist on the dam now. Part of the trash -rack will be dismantled to make room for the new construction, he added. The bureau office at Camp White will supervise the con struction. Washington (IP) The Senate Interior and Insular Affairs committee unanimously approv ed today the appointment of William F. Quinn as governor of Hawaii. Spokesman Says 30,000 Flu Have Been Reported fall or winter. Burney warned the conference that there is "always a possibil ity" that the new virus will be come virulant and produce a severe form of the disease. So far, it has been mild and there has been no evidence of a growing severity. But, Burney said, because the virus is 'rela tively unpredictable," health of ficers should be on guard for changes in the event of an epi demic. Dr. M. R. Hilleman, chief of the Department of Respiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, told the confer ence that results from tests- of the new vaccine against the Asian flu on 700 human volun teers at Walter Reed have been "very promising." While definite conclusions on the effectiveness of the vaccine MEDFORD, I Dulles Says Claim Will Not Hinder Balance of Power Red Announcement Not Precise, He Notes Washington (IP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today that Russia's claim to have developed intercontinental ballistics missiles will not affect the East-West balance of mili tary power now. Dulles voiced doubt that the Russians accomplished any sud den breakthrough in the long range missiles field. He noted that the Soviet an nouncement was not precise and was carefufly worded. He suggested at his news con ference that the announcement may have been influenced by international politics. Dulles nevertheless said he has no particular reason to doubt the general veracity of the Soviet statement. The U.S. gov ernment, he said, is making a careful study of the announce ment through its intelligence agencies. Appeals For Funds Dulles said it must be assumed that there are some facts which underlie the statement. Dulles said the Soviet an nouncement emphasizes the for midable threat posed by the So viets to the Free World, and the importance of maintaining allied defenses against Soviet strength. Dulles appealed anew for ample foreign aid funds to main tain air and" missile bases on al lied soil. He flatly rejected Moscow's claim that its missile test made strategic air power obsolete. Many stategists believe strategic air power will continue for a long time to be the most effec tive means of delivering wea pons to their targets. Peaceful Use of Space Dulles said that most of what the Russians said in their missile statement has been known in general for some time. Dulles urged anew that the Soviets accept U.S. disarmament proposals which include a pro vision for East-West agreement on using outer space for peace ful rather than destructive pur poses. So far, he said, the So viets have not accepted this proposal. Street Work Starts On City Projects Vernon Thorpe, public works director, announced today that work on two street improve ment projects has started. The Rogue Valley Paving company started paving Marie st betwen Saling and Jackson sts. Monday. Thorpe said he ex pects the project to be com pleted by Sept. 80. M. C. Lininger and Sons re cently completed blacktopping Newtown st. between Belmont st. and Stewart ave. Concrete driveways and the, final cleanup will be the final item in im provement, Thorpe said. The target date for completion has been set at Sept. 30. AEC Preparing for Wednesday Testing Las Vegas, Nev. (IP) Scientists and Army officials today hurried to complete pre parations for the scheduled fir ing Wednesday of the most "sensitive" nuclear device of the current Atomic Energy Commis sion 'test series. cannot be made on the basis of such a limited test, he said, the responses in the volunteers in terms of. increased level of pro tective antibodies have been "as good or better than hoped for." Authorities have hoped the vac cine would be about 70 per cent effective. Following the pattern in the Far East, the so-called "Asiatic flu is expected to attack 15 to 20 per cent of the population. All age groups will be affected, but the disease usually takes a high er toll on infants and older peo ple. Persons with chest or heart conditions are expected to be given a priority on vaccine shots. They are considered more susceptible and more liable to complications. President Eisen hower received his flu vaccina tion Monday. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1957 "You Can Still Buy Of the 92nd State Fair May Be Most Outstanding Salem (IP) Oregon's 92nd State Fair which opens here at 8 a.m. Saturday with the cut ting of a ribbon by Gov. Robert D. Holmes should be the most outstanding in recent years, ac cording to Fair Commission Chairman Jack Travis. New entertainment features, a widened midway, 100 new pic nic tables and many new entry classes in various departments will be found at the fair, Travis said. Heading ' the entertainment list will be the Ames Brothers, TV and recording stars, who will be seen at the night revues. " Portland zoo will -have 95 animals on display in Nosy's Jungle Town along with 150 trained mice in a Mouse circus. Free Acts Daily Free acts daily on the midway will include Helen Haag's Chimp act; the Sky Kings in a high pole act; the Eugene Highland ers, a Scotch bagpipe act; and Monte Brooks' band in several concerts daily, The horses will race every af ternoon except Sunday and the rodeo and horse show will be presented each evening with matinees Sunday and Monday afternoons. The garden and floral show area has been completely rede signed this year to include a pool and lagoon. Fair officials Contracts Awarded For Sewer Projects W. H. Conrad, Medford con tractor, submitted the lowest bid for part of the city's new planned system of storm sewers, according to Vernon Thorpe, public works director. The new section will be 5,981 feet long. It will start at Eighth and Hamilton sts., run toward Laurel st. and then to Wall st. From Wall the storm sewer will run to Tenth and east to Bear Creek. Conrad's bid was $82,141.25, which was more than the city's estimate of $68,319.25. Thorpe said there were nine bids on the project ranging up to $124,500. A time limit of Dec. 31 has been set by the city for com pletion of the new project. The contractor has estimated an 85 day construction period follow ing city council approval of the bid. Southern Pacific Train Delayed by Accident Klamath Falls (IP) The Southern Pacific passenger train Cascade was delayed lor more than two hours about 1:10 a.m. todav when it collided with a car at a crossing near Dorris, Calif. There were no injuries. Milton H. Critchfield, 18, Dor ris, jumped from his car as the train bore down upon him. Al Kusler, district freight and pas con oor affpnt for the SP at Klamath Falls, reported that Critchfield was returning to Dorris from his work in the fields and was blinded by lights of an oncoming car. Seattle (IP) The Coast Guard todav searched for a fishing ves sel which was reported in a sink ing condition 37 miles from Yaquina Bay, near Newport, Ore. Tribune Picture Postcard Scenery" said the largest begonia display evers hown in Oregon will be a highlight of the floral show. Most fair buildings have been repainted yellow and green. Travis said the aim of the Fair commission was to make the state fair "Oregon's biggest annual family event." He pre dicted that with good weather, attendance should outstrip last year's record. The 4-H poultry show has been tripled in size this year, Travis said, and new direction al signs have been placed to guide the crowds. Seventeen Oregon counties will have exhibits at the fair. Kreisman To Talk To Extension llni Dr. Arthur Kreisman, head of the humanities department at Southern Oregon college, will speak to extension unit members of Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties during the an nual district five meeting to be held, at Susanne Homes hall in Southern Oregon college to morrow. He will speak on "As a Leader One Serves." A summary of his message will be given by Mabel Mack, assistant director of the Oregon State college extension service. Discussion of the topic will follow also. Registration, will begin at 10:30 a.m., Mary Pat Lucy, Jack son county extension agent for home " economics, said. Jackson county women will be in charge of the arrangements. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, will give the welcoming address. Rec reation during the morning ses sion has been arranged by the Klamath county women. Mrs. James Edge of Eagle Point, ac companied by Mrs. John Hughes of Ashland will lead the singing. Miss Frances Clinton, state home demonstration agent of Oregon State college extension service will be among those attending. "This is a chance for extension unit members of Jackson, Jose phine, and Klamath counties to exchange ideas so they can im prove their own unit program," Miss Lucy said. "It will be a day of enjoyment as well as inspiration." Suit, Filed Against Power Company For Fire Damage California-Oregon Power com pany is being sued for damages up to $19,232 by two couples who claim negligence in a fire September of 1955. Frank and Verl L. Hoover, of route 1, box 92, Rogue River, and W. L. and Mary Ellen Dres back, Sykes creek, are the plain tiffs, represented by Kelly and Kelly, Medford law firm. In separate suits, both couples charge Copco with negligence in a fire Sept. 5, 1955, allegedly caused when a power line snapped on property in the Sykes creek district. They claim that the power company allowed "trees, brush and debris to accumulate and pile up" along-a transmission line right of way. Also, they charge the company "failed to inspect Price 10 United Presa Full Leased Wirt No. 136 Missile Capable of Travel Anywhere in World, Tass Says Announcement Viewed As High Pressure By DOUG ANDERSON United Press Correspondent . Russia said today it has beaten the world to the "absolute wea pon" the intercontinental bal listic missile. U. S. sources were inclined to regard the Soviet claim as a bid for "victory through hot-air power." The official Soviet agency Tass said in Moscow that a "super long distance intercont inental multistage ballistic rock et" launched somewhere in Rus sia recently reached an "unprec edented altitude," covered a "huge distance in a brief time" and "landed in the target area." "The results obtained show that it is possible to direct rock ets into any part of the world," Tass said. U. 5. government experts said the United States came to this conclusion some time ago. The question is whether the Russians really have a weapon ready for production that can convert the possibility into reality. Viewed As High Pressure Western observers at the cur rent arms talks in London re garded the Russian claim as an attempt to high-pressure other nations of the atomic "Big Five" into accepting Soviet proposals for disarmament. U. S. senators shared the view that the Russian claim was in tended for propaganda purposes. Even if taken at face value, the Tass statement is too indef inite to indicate the extent of the claimed Soviet achievement. Defense officials in Washington said that if it merely means the Russians have tested an ICBM it does not represent any signif icant advance. Missile Blew Up The United States launched its first ICBM in June. For rea sons that have not been announ ced officially, the self -destroying element installed as a safety measure blew up the missile soon after the start of its flight. More promising results have been achieved in U.S. tests of an "intermediate range" missile, designed to reach targets within 1,500 miles. Test rockets fired from the Florida coast have trav eled over 3,000 miles, more than half the 5,500-mile "intercont inental" range. , Milk Squelches Fire And Saves Curtains Drinking milk is not only good for a person's health but it is good for putting out fires, William Mattson, 820 South Riv erside ave., found out early this morning, according to city police. Mattson was sitting on the floor talking over the phone with his girl friend when he ac- cidently set fire to the curtains with a cigarette. In the encite- me'nt that followed, he pulled the curtain off the hanger and tried to stomp th- fire out. This proved unsuccessful and he then grabbed a bottle of milk setting ont he table and poured is on the flames. In the mean time, his girl friend had mis understood what was going on and called the fire department. The damage was confined to the curtain, friends said'. Salem (IP) Gov. Robert D. Holmes today proclaimed the week of Sept. 22-28 as refugee week in Oregon. and repair faulty lines.' The lines crossed property owned by- Dresback, which ad joins land owned by Hoover, ac cording to the complaints. The Hoovers claim about 200 acres of Douglas fir and pine tim ber were burned off their prop erty, valued at $7,466. They ask damages of $7,466 or $14,832. The latter would be recovered under sections of Oregon law which stipulate that double dam ages may be received by owners of property destroyed or in jured by fire in violation of the law. The Dresbacks charge the fire consumed 100 cords of wood and 8,000 board feet of lumber piled on their land, plus an acre of young tree growth. The property was valued at $2,2000 or $4,400. nil
