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r-TTL3 uLaZ hat to ao until the lire
department comes was demonstrated by Mail
Tribune linotype operation Chester Ashton
when a trash box full of paper caught on fire
in an alley between the Tribune office and
Sims' Cycle and Hobby shop about 9:30 p.m.
yesterday. Ashton grabbed a fire extirlguish
er that was handy and jumped out a ground-'
level window into the alley, where he squirt
Stale Policeman
Files Damage Suit
Against Convict
A state police lieutenant has
filed suit in circuit court asking
recovery of $15,935.88 in dam
ages against a Medford man now
serving a three-year sentence in
the state penitentiary for illegal
possession of narcotics.
IX Paul E. Morgan, 726 Broad
st., has brought the suit against
Donald La Verne Ambuehl, 31,
whose Medford address at the
time of sentencing was 1615
Crater Lake ave.
Morgan charges that as a re
sult of negligent operation of, a
vehicle by Ambuehl on July 18,
1956, he suffered "severe, acute
and permanent injury to chest
and heart muscles."
The state policeman was driv
ing a police car which was in
volved in an accident with Am
buehl's vehicle at 11th and Lau
rel sts., on that date. It was then
that Ambuehl was arrested on
illegal possession of narcotics
charges.
Ambuehl was sentenced in cir
cuit court to three years in the
state penitentiary and fined
$500 in January, this year.
Walter D. Nunley, former dis
trict attorney, is representing
Morgan as attorney.
Resort Building
Destroyed by Fire
Hornbrook The main build
ing . at Bur-Bel resort on the
Klamath river,' about six miles
south of here, burned to the
ground about 3 a.m. today.
The owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Preston E. Stretz, barely es
caped. He first detected the fire
after they had gone to bed. All
their personal belongings were
lost. The building contained the
popular 'restaurant, a cocktail
lounge and the Stretz' living
quarters.
Fire apparently started in the
storeroom, but Stretz had no idea
how it was ignited. The Horn
brook and Yreka fire depart
ments, and a forest service fire
crew from Yreka, were called,
but the building was gone in only
about 10 minutes. Rental units
behind the main building were
not burned.
Mrs. Stretz said this morning
that much of the loss would be
covered by insurance, but they
have not yet decided about re
building. The resort was built about 25
years ago by Irvin Sawyer, and
had several owners. Mr. and Mrs.
Stretz have owned it for about
six years.
Salem HP Oregon faces a
shortage of about 2,000 teach
ers. Superintendent of Public
Instruction Rex Putnam said to
day. Weather
FORECAST: Occasional cloudi-b-ss
tonisht nd Thursday.
Low tonight i. High Thurs
day J.
Temp.
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Lonrst Um Morning 46
Our Skies Tonight
Thf Sun rises . 5:32 a.m.
and sets .. S:SJ p.m.
The invisible stars in its hark
cround are now those ol the
rnnstrilalion. Leo.
The .Moon sets :3S t.m.
N'ear it tonight is seen Spica"
hrichtest star of Virgo.
J'irst Quarter Saturday night
Reformatory Riot In
Colorado Leaves One
Dead, Others injured
Buena Vista, Colo. (IP) Gov. j
Steve McNichols arrived here
today to make an on the spot
investigation of a riot of refor
matory convicts Tuesday night
that left one dead, several in
jured and two guards wounded.
More than 100 unruly prison
ers, who had kept up a din of
cat-calling and noise throughout
the night, became silent as the
governor drove -into the-re
formatory yard about 9 ajn.
McNichols went into an imme
diate huddle with Warden
James Thomas.
Fifty Guards
Fifty guards, armed with
rifles, patrolled the corridors
and grounds of this mountain
medium security reformatory.
They herded the convicts to a
late breakfast in small groups
from dormitories and cell blocks
that were quiet. k
But at 10 a.m., the 100-odd
troublemakers were still isolat
ed in "C" cell block, where the
riot started. '
McNichols told newsmen he
had heard . a rumor last week
that there might be trouble over
'racial relations" in the re
formatory. But Warden Thomas said he
was at a loss to understand the
outbreak, although he called it
deliberate.
Thomas earlier said he had
noticed grumbling because the
boys thought "they were worked
too hard."
Most of the 380 inmates,
some teen-aged first offenders
and others with extensive crim
inal records, work on farm
land and aie now in harvest
season.
Everesto Gomez, 23, of Den
ver, who touched off the riot by
attacking guard Robert Alinger
with a table leg, was shot to
death.
McNichols ordered an investi
gation today of what Thomas
called the first major .outbreak
at the reformatory "to my
knowledge." Thomas has been
warden here for 13 years.
, The warden said "everything
had been normal and quiet.
There had been no indication
that a riot was impending."
Richard Benjamin, 19, , and
Jerry Troxell, 21, underwent
Scientists Say Strontium 90 Could Be Fatal
San Franciscc (IP Two U.S,
Navy scientists warned today
the concentration of strontium
90 could reach fatal proportions
by 1970 as a result of nuclear
weapons set off through 1955.
This warning came from J. D.
Teresi and C. L. Newcombe of
the U.S. naval radiological de
fense laboratory in San Fran
cisco. They spoke before a fall
out symposium at the American
Institute of Biological Sciences.
Scientists consider strontium
90 one of the worst hazards of an
atomic blast. The reason is that
three months after a nuclear
detonation, the danger from
other radioactive particles has
lessened but not that from stron
tium 90. Its beta rays attack the
bone structure of living beings
"for exceptionally long times."
As strontium 90 falls to earth,
plants, animals and eventually
humans take it up. It has an af
finity for calcium.
ed the 20 to 3u foot flame until the extinguish
er ran dry. Firemen arrived shortly afterward
to make quick work of the blaze. The trash
box was badly charred, but no other damage,
other than a smoked wall, was reported.
Above, Ashton,' shows Firemen Bob Coash,
Leonard Dusenbury and Walter Swaser how
he tried to put out the fire with the small
extinguisher.
surgery for gunshot wounds in
the back and stomach
at XtlO
Grande hospital at nearby Sa
lida, Colo.
Alinger, the guard, was in
fair condition with a possible
skull facture. Another guard,
Sam Montgomery, about 45, was
beaten on the, head. He was re
leased from the hospital after
treatment.
Medford Aviator
Swims From Crash
Grasonville, Md. HP) Lt.
Gayle Williams Jr., 28, Med
ford, Ore., and co-pilot Lt.
George K. Bowling, 25 Roa
noke, Va.( swam to safety Sun
day night from waters of Chesa
peake bay after bailing out of
their T-33 jet trainer.
The aircraft's electrical sys
tem failed as they were en route
from Andrews Air Force base to
Greenville, Miss.
Williams reached shore near
here after spending one hour
and 20 minutes alternately
swimming and wading. Bowling
was in the water for more than
two hours, but finally reached
safety at Parsons island.
Neither was injured. The
plane crashed near Bennett
Point.
Lieutenant Williams, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Williams,
619 South Ivy st., Medford,
called his parents Sunday eve
ning to say that he is all right.
The pilot had returned to duty
at Mellis Air Force base, Las
Vegas, Nev., Aug. 16, after
spending a week in Medford
with his parents. He recently re
turned to the-United States aft
er serving four years with the
Air Force in Germany.
Bomb Threat Halts
UAL Plane in Portland
Portland (IP) A telephoned
bomb threat that turned out to
be phoney last night forced a
United Airlines plane carrying
72 passei.gers from Vancouver,
B. C, to New York to turn back
to Portland for a check out.
Experiments indicate that 60
to 70 per cent of the strontium
90 which has fallen out in the
United States is in soluble form
and is therefore available to
plants," Teresi and Newcombe
reported.
The Maximum
The maximum amount of
strontium 90 that the human
body can carry safely is one
tenth of a mlcrocurie, or 100 mi
cromicrocuries per gram of cal
cium. Teresi and . Newcombe indi
cated the chances are "the body
burden would be 3.8 micromicro
curies per gram of calcium by
1970 as the result of weapons
detonated through 1955."
" . . . The possibility exists
that the body burden may reach
approximately 350 micromicro
curics per gram of calcium in
some individuals by 1970 as a re
sult of weapons dfctonated
through 1955."
52nd Year
Medford
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Beck Indicted by
Tacoma Federal
Grand Jury Today
Union Boss Charged
With Tax Evasion
Tacoma (IP Teamsters Un
ion President Dave Beck was in
dicted by a federal Grand Jury
here today on charges he
evaded paying federal income
taxes. Five other individuals
were also named in the indict
ment. It was the second time in less
than four months that the feder
al Grand Jury indicted the port
ly union boss on income tax
charges.
Named with Beck as defend
ants in today's indictment were
Dave Beck Jr., Nathan Scheffer
man, Chicago labor relations
consultant; his son, Shelton;
Norman, Gessert, general or
ganizer for the teamsters and
Fred Verschueren, auditor for
the Teamsters Union.
The government charged Beck
failed to report $254,000 income
during the years 1951, 1952 and
1953.
The first three counts of the
seven-count indictment cHarged
Beck with wilful attempted eva
sion of his federal income taxes
during those three years.
Beck was not present in court.
He was in Los Angeles attending
a meeting of the union s Execu
tive Board. Contacted there,' he
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were, "it probably definitely is
in connection with income taxes."
Bond for the elder Beck was
set at $25,000 and for all other
defendants at ?5,000 each.
Federal Judge John C. Bowen
set Sept. 12 as the arraignment
date for all defendants.
Beck was indicted last May 2
by ..the same Grand - Jury on
charges of evading his income
taxes for the year 1950 in the
approximate amount of $56,000.
If convicted, Beck colild be
jailed for five years and fined
$10,000' for each of the nine
counts in the two indictments.
The maximum penalty . thus
would be 45 ytears and $90,000.
The fourth and fifth counts
charged that Beck aided and as
sisted in the preparation of
fraudulent returns for 1951 and
1952 for the Joint Council Build
ing Association, a teamsters real
estate company. ' '
The sixth count alleged a con
spiracy by Beck and his son, both
of the Scheffermans, and Ges
sert to evade Beck's taxes on in
come from a partnership be
tween the teamsters boss and
Nathan Shefferman.
The final count charged a con
spiracy between Beck and Ver
scheuren to evade taxes Beck
should have paid on income di
verted from union funds during
1950-53.. ,
Five Men To Apear .
In Circuit Court
Five men were scheduled to
face charges in circuit court in
a session opening at 2. p.m. to
day. Roscoe A. Smith, 27, of Port
land, and James W. Edwards, 59,
of Portland, were scheduled to
appear on charges of obtaining
money by false pretenses.
Local men expected to come
before the court were Joseph W.
Rawhauser, 46, St. Louis hotel,
charged with forgery; Robert
Gale Coftiett, 18, 516 Liberty st.,
charged with grand larceny; and
William Douglas Edwards, 31,
14ip Hilton rd., charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
They reached this figure by
combining the lowest reported
value for exchangeable calcium
with the highest surface contami
nation value.
"The probability of the occur
rence of this condition is not
known," they emphasized.
"Significantly, ; a predicted
1970 value of 64 micromicro
curies of strontium 90 per gram
of calcium was obtained for a
city in Wales, based upon an
actual observation of surface ac
tivity and available calcium con
tent and on the assumption that
individuals would obtain their
food supply solely from this
area," Teresi and Newcombe
said. '
Another Method
Using another method of cal
culation, the scientists found that
the . expected body burden of
strontium 90 by 1970 would be
1.3 micromicrocuries for the
Mr
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1957
roxmire isiece
To. McCarthy Se
'Miss What's-Your-Name, I've Fallen
In Love With You"
Ordinance
Requested
. All suggestions on the pro
posed Jackson county sub
division ordinance should - be
submitted in writing , to the
county court, county planning
commission officials requested
Monday night.
' The request came at the end
of a public question and an-
swer session on xne proposeu
ordinance in the Jackson county
. . i
courthouse attended by only a
few people. -
A public hearing on the ordi
nance will be neia some time
within the next 10 days, county
court members announced Mon
day. If the county court ap
proves the ordinance a 30-day
waiting period follows Derore
the new set of regulations, ber
come legal, Hobert O. Pritchard,
planning consultant, explained.
Legal Difficulties
No legal difficulties have
been encountered with the ordi
nance as far as can be de
termined, the planning consul
tant said replying to a question
by Al Franzke, deputy district
attorney. Franzke asked if such
an ordinance had ever been
challenged on its constitution
ality. Pritchard said the ordinance
has been established in many
cities. One city held 104 hear
ings on the ordinance .and adopt
ed it in its entirety, he said.
Purpose of the ordinance is
not to burden the small man
with lots of problems, he ex
plained. Its aim is that only
those areas which can be econo
mically serviced and main
tained will be developed.
A surveyor at the meeting
suggested that cluttering of a
subdivision map could be avoid
ed by putting a lot of the infor
mation in narrative form to be
filed with the final subdivision
map which is required accord
ing to the proposed ordinance.
The commission said they would
consider the idea further."
The same man said he has an
average case and 72 for the maxi
mum possible case. This was
based on direct analyses of bone
samples in 1955 showing an aver
age body burden of .12 micro
microcuries of strontium 90 per
gram of calcium.
"In case of atomic warfare,
the levels of strontium 90 may
be many orders of magnitude
greater than the present levels
so that the problem of living in
a contaminated environment af
ter the survival of the emer
gency period must be solved by
adequate countermeasures," sci
entists said. ' x
"Our survival and recovery
from the immediate effects of
atomic warfare will have been
in vain if we cannot cope with
the lasting global contamination.
Therefore it is imperative that
ecological studies be promptly
started on the urgent problems
that would result from atomic
warfare."
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aversion to putting the set back
line on the final plat as stipulat
ed in the proposed ordinance. If
a street is, vacated, the setback
is not vacated and involves the
builder too often in serious dif
ficulties, it was pointed out
further.
Not. to Control Land
Answering -further comments
and . questions, Pritchard said
the ordinance is not designed to
control land . use. Exceptions
would occur when such pro
posed use violates public health
regulations or similar situations
ine planning commission is
not trying to develop an over
all plan for use of land in the
county, John Pletsch, chairman.
explained. The commission may
recommend that subdivisions
not be located in certain areas
but that is all it is empowered
to do under the proposed ordi
nance, he explained further.
-Since the county ordinance
covers a broader area than the
city's proposed subdivision ordi
nance it is necessarily weaker,
it was explained
AFL-CIO Opposes
Hoffa, Sources Say
Washington (IP) By filing
corruption charges against James
R. Hoffa the AFL-CIO has given
a tip-off that it opposes him as
president of the giant Teamsters
union, miormed labor sources
said today.
Elevation of Hoffa now from
vice president to president of
the Teamsters would almost in
sure the ouster of the union from
the AFL-CIO, the sources said.
The AFL-CIO Ethical Prac
tices committee Tuesday sent the
charges against Hoffa, Teamster
President Dave Beck and vice
presidents Frank Brewster and
Sidney Brennan to the Teamsters
Union. The charges will be aired
before the committee late next
week at a meeting here.
While not made public, the
AFL-CIO indicated the charges
were based primarily on the Sen
ate Rackets committee investiga
tion which issued a 48-point ac
cusation against Hoffa. The sen
ators accused Hoffa of rising to
power in the 1,400,000 member
Teamsters, with the aid of rack
eteers, loaning union money to
his friends and borrowing money
from officials of ' companies
where the Teamsters have con
tracts. Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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New York 12 13 2
Conley. Trowbridge (3). Jol
ly (4). Pixzaro (5) and Cran
dalL Sawatski (S); Barclay,
McCormick (6). Crone (6) and
Thomas. Home run: Mdthews,
Milwaukee.
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Former Governor
Beaten by Large
Majority of Votes
Demo Party Claims
'Earthquake Victory'
Milwaukee, Wis. (IPI Dem
ocrat William Proxmire, Wis
consin's upset choice to replace
the late. Sen. Joseph R. McCar
thy, asked state officials today
to cut unnecessary red tape so
he can get to' Washington im
mediately. The 41-year-old baldish Prox
mire defeated former Gov. Wal
ter Kohler, an Eisenhower Re
publican, by a whopping 116,-000-vote
majority.
The state Democratic Party
called the election of Wiscon
sin's first Democratic senator
since 1932 "an earthquake vic
tory." Returns from all of the state's
3,361 precincts gave Proxmire
435,523 votes and Xohler 318,
894. Three other independent
candidates never were in the
running and got fewer than 25,
000 votes combined.
"Anxious" For Work
Proxmire asked the Wiscon
sin secretary of state to accept
unofficial returns and certify
him as the state's newly-elected
senator.
"I'm anxious to get to work,"
Proxmire said.
His victory increased the
Democrats' ratio in the Senate
to 50-46. Democrats in the state
and nation hailed Proxmire's
election in this traditionally Re
publican state as a "revolt" of
farmers and small businessmen
against ' the Eisenhower admia
istration.
Proxmire was ahead of Koh
ler in the balloting from the
start. A trend was evident
shortly aftert he polls . closed
when returns from traditionally
GOP precincts gave Proxmire
the edge.
His lead mounted steadily. At
10:12 p.m. (CDT), he claimed
victory and 25 years of Demo
cratic frustration was ended.
At his home in Kohler, Wis.,
Proxmire's foe, who had beaten
him twice in gubernatorial elec
tions, refused to comment.
Sights Full Term
Telephone calls to the Kohler
home went unanswered and the
house was dark. Kohler, who
had never lost an election, was
heavily favored and apparently
took the setback hard.
Milwaukee attorney Howard
Boyle, who campaigned as a
"McCarthy Republican," got 20,-
451 votes; Douglas Wheaton, an
'Always America First" candi
date," got 2,256, and Mrs. Geor
gia Cozzini, a Socialist Laborite,
got 762.
Kohler's expected strength in
rural areas never materialized.
Proxmire won . 56 of the state's
71 counties. He also nailed down
populous ' Milwaukee county,
which had been viewed as pivot
al. '
Proxmire will serve out the
remainder of McCarthy's term,
which ends in January,- 1959.
Even as the vote totals came in,
Proxmire was looking ahead to
campaigning for the full six
year term.
State Representative
Changes Registration
Salem (IPI Stave Rep. Joe
Rogers, Independence, an
nounced today he was switching
his registration from Democrat
to Republican.
Rogers, who was chairman of
the House Education committee
in the last legislative session.
said the move was not a break
of faith with the voters because
he was elected on both tickets.
"No threats or reprisals were
involved and no political favors
are expected," Rogers said. "I
simply found ' I ' was ' more in
agreement with the Republican
party.
The Polk county farmer said
he decided to switch after long
and careful study and after talk
ing to local Republican leaders.
He added, however, that Repub
licans made no effort to pres
sure him into the change.
Rogers said he was not bitter
at the Democrats, but would
at
simply "run next time as a Re
Zorin Agrees to
Stay To Hear Rest
Of American Plan
Open Skies Program
Also Rejected
London (IP) Russia deliv
ered a flat no today to the
West's demand for suspension of
nuclear tests as part of a first
step disarmament package.
But Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Valerian Zorin agreed
to keep the faltering disarma
ment conference going at least
long enough for the West to.
present the rest of its package
plan.
Tuesday, Zorin rejected the
plan's key proposal for open
skies inspection, and indicated
rejection of the latest western
offer to halt nuclear tests for
two years was certain. He de
livered that rejection today.
In Washington, President Eis
enhower warned Russia that
hasty rejection of western dis
armament proposals would con
demn the world to a future of
"immeasurable danger."
Pledges Efforts
The President pledged the
U. S. to continued efforts to
"establish a just and lasting
peace" despite Zorin's bitter at
tack here Tuesday.
Eisenhower delivered his in
direct appeal and warning to
.Russia in a statement issued
after a one-hour conference this
morning with Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles.
Shortly afterward, the State
Department ' announced that
U. S. delegate Harold E. Stassen
is making a quick trip to the
U. S. this week end to report on
the London conference and to
attend his son's wedding.
Zorin told today's meeting,
which was shorter than usual:
"We do not regard the West's
proposals of Aug. 21 for a con
ditional two-year nuclear test
suspension as a basis for agree
ment." What Zorin rejected today
was a major concession by the
West. The Aug. 21 plan propos
ed a two-year suspension of
tests.
Zorin condemned the open
skies and nuclear-test -suspen
sion offers made by the West
in a blast delivered here less .
than 24 hours after the' Soviet
Union announced it had success
fully tested an intercontinental
ballistic missile. '' '.
But American and British of
ficials said today they consid
ered it highly unlikely that the
Soviet Union would follow up
its attack on the West with an
abrupt walkout from the con
ference. . "Russia has been very careful
to try to make it seem as if any
trouble at the conference is. en
tirely the West's fault," one dele
gation member said. "It would
not stand to reason for them
to take the onus of breaking off
the talks."
Stassen discussed Zorin's bit
ter words with his western col
leagues before today's session.
Tentatively, at least, it was de
cided not to make any immed
iate rebuttal to Zorin, who ac
cused the West of playing a
"double game" and "preparing
for war."
Police Official Kills
Children, Himself
Queen City, Que. (IP) A
high-ranking police official
Tuesday night hurled two of his
children to- their deaths in the
St. Lawrence river, then leaped
to his own death clutching his
third child.
Authorities said that Roland
Masse, 42, chief of the detec
tives in the Quebec City police
force' was walking along a pier
when he suddenly flung his son,
Richard, 4, and a daughter,
Micheline, 8, into the harbor.
The third child, Lisete, 12,
ran along the pier, screaming
hysterically for help. But, as by
standers looked on in horror
Masse caught the child when she
tripped over a coil of rope. He
then leaped into the water
clutching her in his arms.
Crew members of a ship tied
up nearby threw life, buoys into
the water in a futile rescue at
tempt. Authorities said Masse had
appeared depressed the last two
months. They said he left his
office Tuesday evening, went
home and told his wife he was
taking the children for a drive
in a police cruiser.
The children were walking
along the pier with their father
as darkness was setting in when
he suddenly turned on them.
STAMPS PLANNED
Washington IP) Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said
today he has been notified by
the White House that Postmaster
General Summerfield has al
ready started planning for the
commemorative postage stamp
that will observe the centennial
of Oregon's admission to the
union.