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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
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Sunset f;J J
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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