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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1957
No. 181
O
ISMOVEi
Condition Follows
Meetings Between
Officials, Pineau
Minister Confers With
Stevenson Today
Washington OP French
'foreign Minister Christian Pin-
(eau conferred with Adlai E.
Stevenson today amid strong in
dications that strained U. S. -French
relations are rapidly im
proving.
ne big stumbling block
U. S. arms shipments to Tunisia
;)ipeared to have been reduc
ed substantially with word from
''official quarters that the U. S.
has no- immediate intention of
sending any more guns to the
newly independent country.
Stevenson, Democratic party
leader and the state deartment's
special NATO adviser, met with
Pineau at the French embassy,
presumably to discuss the forth
coming "summit" mtinj in
Paris to strengthen the North
Atlantic Treaty alliance.
Touch on lasuv
Pineau an Secretary ot State
John Foster Dullet touched on
the Usui Tuesday hi their wide
eaning conference en Angle
JTrench affair.
Before levinf foe Nur York
(ehroute home thia afternoon,
Pineau had lunch with Defense
O Secretary Neil H. Mcllroy end
other top defense officials. Their
talks were expected to center on
'McElroy's plans for deploying
1.500-mile ballistic missiles in
Western Europe.
Pineau apparently wi leaving
town in much happier frame
of mind than he had on arrival.
His biggest complaint was the
diiipments of U. S. and British
(arms to Tunisia, a move that
touched off angry resentment in
France and threatened breach
in the allied solid front.
Bo Intention
U. S. officials reported that j
this country has no immediate j
intention of sending Tunisia
more arms. Moreover, they said,
if and when more shipments are
planned, France will be consult
ed first and Tunisia will be re
quired to give new advance as
(lyirances that the weapons will
not fall into the hands of Al
rgerian rebels.
w Stevenson, twice - defeated
Democratic presidential candi
. date, was to fly to Chicago later
today with Dulles, who is mak
ing an evening address to the
Chicago Council of Foreign Re
lations. A state department spokesman
said Stevenson, who sat in dur
ing part of the three-hour Dulles
Pineau talk, was present only
for matters dealing with the
NATO conference next month
for which he is helping the U. S.
develop means to strengthen the
allies against Russia's new mis
sile danger.
FiyeMen Appointed
For Sewer Advice
A committee of five has been
appointed by Mayor John W.
Snider from the Grandview-Ken-wood
district to advise with the
administration on construction
and design of e sanitary sewer
planned for the area.
The mayor appointed Elwood
B. Hedberg, 1690 Grand st., Roy
P. Wilkes, 1863 Crater Lake
Cave., Wayne Wakefield, 1018
Woodrow lane, Henry Padgham,
2707 Springbrook rd., and Mil
ton A. Lor os, 1862 Delta Waters
rd., to serve on the committee.
City Manager Robert A. Duff,
said the committee would be
only for the purpose of consult
ing with the administration and
would not be in effect after con
struction is competed. Duff said
the committee would meet some
time next week. Reports of the
committee with city officials
will be given to the city council
for their consideration.
A preliminary study of the
project has been made by the
Cornell, Howland, Hayes and
Merrifield engineers, of Corval
lis. The report outlines sewer
design and estimated costs.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fog or low clouds
with occasional drizzle to
nieht and Thursday morning.
Clearing partially Thursday
afternoon. Low tonight 30.
High Thursday 48-50.
Temp.
Highest Vesterdav 45
Lowest this Morning 42
Tree, to 10 a.m. Today OS
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:09 a.m.
Sunset 4:45 p.m.
Moonrise Thursday 7:07 a.m.
New Moon Nov. 21
PROMINENT STAR
Fomaihaut. due south 7:06 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, low in south
west 6:45 p.m.
Mars, rises 5:52 a.m.
Jupiter, in the southeast at
rise.
"Watch Where Ycu
Soviet Union Moves
To Bring Egypt into
Its Economic Orbit
BYW ALTER LOGAN
United Press Correspondent
The Soviet Union has moved
to bring Egypt into its economic
orbit along with Syria.
Russia accompanied the prom
ise of economic aid to Egypt
with new accusations today
against the United States and
Israel and said they were plot
ting war against Syria. It said
Tax Returns Still
Being Processed;
Officials State
Individual county tax returns
are still being processed in the
tax department, according to of
ficials. It was reported this would
continue for three or four weeks
before all returns have been
processed.
Officials said that the only
corporation returns that have
been processed are for the three
companies that submit the larg
est checks. They are California
Oregon Power company, Pacif
ic Telephone and Telegraph
company, and' the Southern Pa
cific railroad. The three com
panies paid a total of 5705,141.41
in county taxes.
Largest check of the three was
from the power company, it was
repsrted, with its check for
$421,147.04. The other checks
were for amounts of $212,269.72
from the telephone company,
and $71,724.65 from the rail
road. It is not known at this time if
the returns will yield a larger
amount of money for the county
this year than last, officials said
that the majority of returns
would have to be processed be
fore any trend could be deter
mined. Tax officials said most of the
individual returns were for an
nual tax payments with a few
making the first quarterly pay
ment. Taxes paid after the Nov.
15 deadline are charged with in
terest, they explained. Second
tax quarterly payment is due
Feb. 15, 1958.
Rail Officals Say
Speed Caused Wreck
Medford, Mass. OPt Railroad
and union officials agreed today
that a pasenger train that hur
tled off the tracks Tuesday kill
ing two persons was going too
fast.
But there was disagreement
over whether warning signs
about the temporary restricted
speed area were in place. Twenty-three
persons were injured in
the wreck but none was in ser
ious condition today.
Boston and Maine Railroad
authorities said flatly the cause
of the Montreal to Boston's Red
Wing express' derailment early
Tuesday was ' excessive speed
in a restricted area."
W. Paul Dugan, general chair
man of the B and M Local of the
Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen's Union, agreed that the
train was traveling about 60
miles an hour but maintained
that warning signs which should
have been posted were not in
their placet
'JS
Aim Those Things"
Israel was massing troops for an
attack oij Syria.
At the same time Cairo renew
ed its campaign King Hussein of
Jordan and attacked the United
States. It accused Col. James G.
Sweeney, U.S. military attache
in Jordan, of "eclipsing" Hus
sein from Jordanian military af
fairs. The Russian economic aid pro
mise to Egypt was made Tuesday
nisht in Moscow by Premier
Nikolai Bulaanin at a reception
for Maj. Gen Abdel Hakim
Amer,. the Egyptian, defense min
ister and commander of the joint
Syrian-Egyptian forces.
Nothing was said in Moscow on
the Soviet-Egyotian military re
lations although Amer met with
several high military figures in
cluding Defense Minister Rodon
Y. Malinovsky. But Moscow ob
servers noted that Amer visited
more Soviet military Installa
tions than any other non-Communist
soldier.
Observers recalled that Syria's
decision to link its economic
future with Russia followed a
smiliar visit to Moscow.
Russia is Egypt's largest cus
tomer and supplier, but Egyrjt
also has talks underway with
Britian in Rome and with France
in Geneva in an effort to repair
economic-relations with the West.
Moscow Radio, is a broadcast
monitored in London, said Tur
kish "provocations" were con
tinuing along the Syrian border
but it turned most of its venom
on the United States and Israel.
It said recent maneuvers by the
U.S. 6th Fleet "give rise to the
belief that Washington has now
decided to attack Syria from
both sea and land, more precise
ly from Israel."
Frarizke In Salem
On Nunn Appeal
Deputy District Attorney A.
Allen Franzke left for Salem
Tuesday afternoon to present the
state's case in the oral arguments
on the appeal of the Billy Jun
ior Nunn murder case before
the state supreme court, this
afternoon.
Nunn was found guilty in Jack
son county circuit court Aug.l,
1956, of the first degree murder
of Alvin William Eacret, 14, of
Klamath Falls. There was no re
commendation of leniency by the
jury so he received the manda
tory sentence of death in the gas
chamber.
Nation's Weather Returns to Normal;
Storms Kill At Least 32 Over Week End
By UNITED PRESS
The nation's weather, appar
ently exhausted in the wake of
three days of flooding rains, tor
nadoes and snowstorms, return
ed to near normal today in most
sections.
The succession of violent
storms which began Sunday and
ended Tuesday night claimed at
least 32 lives and left a trail of
destruction from the gulf to the
Great Lakes.
At least nine persons were
killed on slippery roads, five per
sons died of heart attacks
blamed on a Midwest snow
storm, five others were killed
by week end snows in the West,
and 13 were killed in Southern
tornadoes and flash floods.
NOTED
Russia Seeking
To Force Summit
Disarmament Talks
Reds To Boycott New
Commission of UN
United Nations (W The So
viet Union is seeking to force
the United States into a "sum
mit'' conference on disarma
ment, western diplomatic ob
servers said today.
They said Soviet Deputy For
eign Minister Vasily Kuznet
sov made this clear when he an
nounced Tuesday that Russia
would boycott future meetings
of the U.N. Disarmament Com
mission. Kuznetsov said Russia "will
not be here in January" when
the commission is expected to
resume its talks in line with an
overwhelming mandate from the
82-member General Assembly.
The Assembly, by a 60-9 vote
with 11 abstentions, agreed late
Tuesday to expand the present
commission to 25 members by
adding Argentina, Australia,
Belgium, Brazil, Burma, Czecho
slovakia, Egypt, India, Italy,
Mexico, Norway, Poland, Tu
nisia and Yugoslavia.
Soviet Proposal
It also voted down, 46-9, with
24 abstentions, a Soviet proposal
for a commission comprising all
82 U.N. members.
U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge said Russia "cannot suc
cessfully disregard this massive
expresion of world opinion."
But the Russians said they
would do just that and western
diplomats said it would cost
them dearly in world prestige.
Kuznetsov said the Soviets
would not participate in the
commission unless its member
ship were evenly divided be
tween Soviet supporters and
"neutrals" on one side and west
ern backers on the other.
Communist Party boss Nikita
S. Khrushchev told United Press
Staff Correspondent Henry Sha
piro in Moscow last week that
a top-level East-West meeting
was the only way to prevent
war.
Wolfe Found Guilty
Of Larceny Charges
Willie Woodrow Wolfe, 36,
Los Angeles, Calif., was found
guilty this morning of grand
larceny during a jury trial be
fore Circuit Court Judge H. K.
Hanna.
Wolfe, who was arrested with
two other men last July, was
charged with robbing Grady Al
len Conner, apartment 6, 724
Victory st., Medford, at gun
point. Conner said he was kick
ed out of a car after being rob
bed on Suncrest road outside of
Talent. Reported taken in the
robbery was between $500 and
$700 cash, a wallet, ring, and
wrist watch.
The jury returned the verdict
of guilty at conclusion of the
two day trial. Eight witnesses
were called by the prosecution
with two witnesses testifying for
the defense. Wolfe did not take
the stand in his own defense.
Wolfe was represented by
Alan Holmes, Medford attorney,
with District Attorney Thomas
J. Reeder and Deputy John An
icker presenting the state's case.
The trial for Glen Eugene
Johnson, 36, Live Oak, Calif.,
arrested by Grants Pass city po
lice with Wolfe on the same
charge, is scheduled to begin in
circuit court tomorrow.
William Lloyd Johnston, 33,
Huron, Calif., who appeared as
one of the defense witnesses in
Wolke's trial, had pleaded guil
ty earlier to charges of larceny
from a person and was previous
ly sentenced to one year in the
county jail.
The blizzard-like snowstorm
swept across the Northeast Tues
day night and into Canada. Ear
lier, the autumn storm dumped
12 to 16 inches of snow across
sections of the Northern and
Central Plains and Upper Great
Lakes.
The storm, whipped by strong
wind gusts that piled up, four
foot drifts, snarled land and air
traffic and forced hundreds of
schools to close in the snow belt.
Most roads in the Midwest
were reported open today after
highway crews had worked
around the clock to clear roads
and free trapped motorists.
In the South, clearing weather
eased the threat of further flood
ing in Missouri, Arkansas, Ten
Acre
V
A.
pionee.
be used .
Branch Exsr..
.s of the
will now
.ern Oregon
-t station for
agricultural research, according
to Herald H. White, experiment
station superintendent.
Sale of the acreage located
west of Jackson creek on the
Jacksonville-Central Point road
was completed yesterday noon
when the former owners, Miss
Claire Hanley, Miss Martha Han
ley and Miss Mary Hanley, Jacksonville-Central
Point rd., signed
the deed to the property. The
county court signed the neces
sary papers before its members
left last weekend for a state
meeting in Portland, White said.
Total purchasing price was
$50,875.
Levelling of the property is to
be done as soon as weather per-
Overdose Blamed
For Spicer Death,
Reeder Reports
The death of -James Vear
Spicer, 44, Medford, in the
county jail recently, may have
been partly caused by a self
administeried overdose of med
icine, according to District At
torney Thomas J. Reeder.
Reeder has completed an in
vestigation of the circumstances
surrounding the man's death, to
supplement a post mortem ex
amination, the results of which
have not yet been received.
Reeder questioned members
of the sheriff's department, and
also each of the prisoners who
were in the jail at the time of
Spicer's death.
He reported that there is no
doubt that Spicer had taken be
tween one-third and one-half a
bottle of some pills that are be
lieved to have been prescribed
by a doctor earlier.
He said, it is believed the pills
each contained one-half rain of
Large Number
He explained the persons he
talked to are sure that Spicer
took a large number of the pills.
He added that the county jail
staff had no knowledge of the
number of pills the prisoner had
taken. The empty pill bottle was
found the following morning,
Reeder said.
He stated it is his belief that
the pills were a major contribut
ing factor in the death. But, he
added, officials are still waiting
the results of the toxicologist's
reports.
The district attorney stressed
that in his investigation no evid
ence whatsoever indicated any
abuse of Spicer or any malfeas
ance on the part of the staff.
Reeder said no word has been
received" from the crime labora
tory at the University of Oregon
medical school in Portland where
specimens were sent following
the post mortem examination.
Chains Required on
East Diamond Lake Road
Salem (IP) Chains were ad
vised for travel in the East Dia
mond lake region today, but
otherwise Oregon highways
were reported fairly clear.
State highway officials said
there were some icy spots at De
troit, Bend and Senaca but no
chains were required. Ground
fog was reported at Corvallis
and Chemult. 1
DOW JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 433.37, up 1.64; 20 rail
roads 100.83. up 2.06; 15 utili
ties 65.82, up 0.51, and 65
stocks 145.18, up 1.11.
Sales today were about
2.400,000 shares compared
with 2,240.000 share Tues
day. nessee and Kentucky. About 850
families were evacuated Tuesday
in Missouri's Bootheel where
swirling floodwaters destroyed
prospects for a bumper cotton
crop. The evacuees were shel
tered in the Kenneth, Mo., Na
tional Guard Armory.
High winds also diminished
across the Southland and a surge
of cooler air, blamed for touch
ing off twisters in Alabama,
Tennessee, Mississippi and Ken
tucky, overspread most of Dixie.
Gusty winds continued Tues
day in the Upper Midwest and
Northwest. Winds were clocked
at 60 mph at Pellston, Mich.,
and gusts of more than 60 mph
hit Waterbury, Conn., Tuesday
night
chased
xperiments
mits, White said. First building
construction on the new site will
be for machine and implement
storage, the superintendent ex
plained. Office and laboratory
buildings will follow. Also in
cluded in the proposed construc
tion will be refrigeration and
ripening rooms for fruit.
Three Properties Listed
The experiment station now
consists of three properties, in
addition to the newly acquired
land. Of these three, the Med
ford station located off Kings
highway, devoted entirely to
horticultural research, will be
continued. This consists of 20
acres all in pears. Work now lo
cated on the other two pieces of
property the old Southern Ore
gon station and the experimen
tal farm will be transferred as
soon as the work there permits,
the superintendent explained.
The farm is located west of Tal
ent and consists of 47 acres de
voted to general agricultural re
search. The Southern Oregon
station consisting of 27 acres is
located on Highway 99, north of
Talent.
White estimates that the com
plete transfer of work will take
a period of three to four years.
Main Research Planned
Two major lines of research
will be conducted at the new
site according to White. These
are the general agricultural
crops work presently located on
the experimental farm west of
Ualent and the pear breeding
and variety testing work being
conducted at the old Southern
Oregon station on Highway 99.
Commenting on the trans
action White said, "This is the
result of some four years of
study by the station staff and
advisory committees represent
ing general agricultural and hor
ticultural interests of the Rogue
valley. Operation of three sites
is obviously an expensive, in
efficient type of operation, ne
cessitating duplication of facili
ties and equipment."
"More serious, however, is the
condition prevailing on two of
the sites. Orchard plantings on
the old Southern Oregon station
on Highway 99 are largely the
remnants of more than 40 years
of research and no longer adapt
ed to modern research methods,"
he said. "Extensive repair to
the irrigation pipe lines and
buildings would have to be made
in the future."
"The experimental farm lo
cated west of Talent is the site
of an old apple orchard which
for many years prior to the dis
covery of DDT was sprayed with
lead arsenate for control of cod
ling moth. Soil under the drip
area of the old apple trees con
tains a high concentration of
lead arsenate which is toxic to
many types of crops requiring
research. The lead arsenate
exists in the soil in an insoluble
state and there is no known
economically feasible means of
eliminating its effect on plant
growth," White explained.
The Southern Oregon Experi
ment station is a branch of the
Oregon agricultural experiment
station system with central ad
ministrative headquarters and
laboratories located at the Ore
gon State college in Corvallis.
It serves the Southern Oregon
area, White explained. Its opera
tional funds come through state
and county appropriations , and
from the sale of crops which are
a by-product of theresearch con
ducted. Physical facilities, how
ever, such as land and buildings
must be provided by the county
in which the station is located.
This is county property assigned
to the experiment station and as
such reverts to the county, when
not used for agricultural re
search, he added.
Fund Established
Purchase of the property was
financed from a $104,000 sink
ing fund established by the
county.
"The county court, feels this
move should greatly improve
the facilities of the Southern
Oregon Branch Experiment sta
tion and will make possible even
better service to the area,"
County Judge Rodney Keating
stated. "A substantial portion of
the Jackson county economy is
based on agricultural income
and the prosperity of all the
people is directly affected and
influenced by the conditions of
the agricultural industry lo
cally." National Flu Toll
Approaches 900 Mark
Chicago OP) The national
influenza toll today approached
900 with the addition of 34 new
flu deaths in Ohio.
The spurt of deaths reported
in Ohio hiked the nation's count
to 878 fatalities attributable to
Asian flu, other types of influ
enza and complications of both
illnesses since the Asian virus
began its invasion last summer.
1
R. L. (BUD) PALMER
March of Dimes Chairman
Palmer Appointed
Medford Chairman
Of Dimes Drive
R. L. (Bud) Palmer has been
appointed as the 1958 chairman
of the March of Dimes for Med
ford, according to Curt Butter
field, county chairman for the
drive.
Palmer said the cost of financ
ing of the 1958 program is about
$44,900,000. This money is chief
ly used for care and rehabilita
tion of post-acute polio cases, ie
said. The amount also includes
continuation of virus research
and training of needed medical
personnel.
He said advances in rehabili
tation made it possible for per
sons formerly confined to iron
lungs and wheel chairs to return
to useful daily living. This is a
costly program with local chap
ters spending 90 per cent of
their funds for old cases, even
though the Salk vaccine has
drastically reduced the number
of new polio victims.
March of Dimes supported re
search will be expanded in 1958
with grants in virology, which
led to the discovery of the Salk
vaccine, "Palmer said. He said
this has opened new avenues of
discovery in diseases other than
polio, as well as polio-related in
lections.
He said the officials of the na
tional foundation have said that
the organization would embark
on a new program when polio
no longer takes all their time
and funds.
Palmer, who lives at 2415
Chester lane, is employed by the
California-Pacific Utilities com
pany as division chief clerk for
Southern Oregon and Northern
California. He is a member of
the Elks, Presbyterian church
and on the board of directors of
the Medford Safety council.
Expenditure Okayed
For Civil Defense
Ashland A total expenditure
of $500 for local civil defense
equipment was authorized by
the Ashland city council last
night, it was reported.
Ashland Civil Defense Direc
tor C. W. Davis was allocated the
money to be used for radiological
fall-out testing equipment and
two-way radios for operation by
two teams in the Ashland area, it
was explained. Maj. Gen. J. H.
Hicks, head of the Jackson coun
ty Civil Defense, said this is a
major step in civil defense for
the city. General Hicks, who at
tended the meeting, also said
considerable ., concern was ex
pressed over the open water res
ervoirs in Ashland which are ex
posed to fall-out contamination.
During other business a pub
lic hearing was held on the va
cation of Melody lane to be used
for Southern Oregon College's
science building site. No objec
tors appeared, it was reported.
A ity ordinance is to be drawn
up for the city council's approv
al at the next meeting.
Engineers Working Against
Time to Save Residences
Seattle (IP) City engineers
said today they were progressing
well in their race against time to
save several homes from toppl
ing into Seattle's giant sewer
line cave-in.
James Robertson, assistant
city engineer, said the by-pass
sewer line around the damaged
section will be completed by
early Thursday.
While working on the by-pass,
the engineering department had
another major problem in un
plugging the main sewer line be
low the area of the break which
will be sealed off permanently.
Robertson said he hoped an
opening could be forced in the
sand-filled sewer by Thursday,
so the by-pass could function
Secretary Appears
At Hearing Behind
Closed Doors Today
Talks With Newsmen;
Denies Hurry-Up Plan
Washington (IP) Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy said
today the United States is in
"good shape" on its intermedi
ate range ballistic missiles and
there "probably" will be a
speedup in developing anti-missile
missile defenses.
McElroy said, however,
"there's a good deal we need to
know" before going into a rush
program on the anti-missile
weapon.
He denied that a hurry-up
program, calling for an outlay
of six to seven billion dollars
over three years, has been laid
before him by Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor, Army chief of staff.
A published report had said
Taylor laid his "dramatic" pro
posal before the joint chiefs of
staff. A spokesman for the joint
chiefs later issued a one-line
statement: "We know of no dra
matic proposals made to the JCS
as published."
McElroy talked to newsmen
after testifying at a closed door
session of a House Defense Ap
propriations subcommittee which
is investigating this country's
lag behind Russia in missile and
satellite work.
Money Was Withheld
Subcommittee Chairman
George E. Mahon (D.-Tex.) told
reporters the administration had
withheld some production funds
voted by Congress for the Air
Force IRBM, the Thor.
Mahon said this money was
withheld despite the fact "we
are undoubtedly behind Russia"
on the IRBM.
Mahon declined to assert spe
cifically, however, that the ad
ministration erred in its decision
to slow production of Thor mis
siles pending further testing and
elimination of early bugs in the
device.
He conceded that there was a
problem of perfecting the mis
sile. But he said he hoped the
work could be pressed as fast as
possible.
May Build Two Types
One factor in the decision to
delay all-out production of the
Thor was an effort to decide
whether it or the Jupiter of
fered the best prospect. Recent
ly McElroy has seemed to hint
that production may go forward
on both.
Ruling Expected
On License Case
Municipal Judge Noreen Kelly
announced this morning that she
would rule at Friday morning's
session of court on new evidence
presented by Ray DeMarrs, own
er of the Ray's Barber shop, who
was charged with conducting a
business without a license.
DeMarrs told the court he felt
the ordinance was. illegal be
cause he believes the notice of
the ordinance was not properly
presented on the council agenda
on the evening it was passed by
the city council.
He also told tne court he be
lieves the ordinance is illegal
because the council would have
to vote to suspend the rule con
cerning advance notice of a pro
posed ordinance before introduc
ing and adopting it at the same
meeting.
City Attorney E. R. Bashaw
contends that no rules concern
ing council procedure on passage
of ordinances was violated by the
council in passing the business
license. He told the court that
according to another rule the
council did not have to vote to
suspend the rules on advance
notices if a majority vote was
gained in passing the ordinance.
(The ordinance was passed by a
7 to 0 vote, one council member
being absent.)
and eliminate seepage of more
water in the area under the 200-by-1
50-foot hole which is more
than 60 feet deep". .
In another job, the city was
erecting towers on either end of
the hole. A cable will be stretch
ed between t he towers, per
mitting workmen to descend on
a platform to the crater bottom
where they will pump a chemi
cal cement into the sandy ooze
in order to solidify it and pre
vent further underwash.
But even when that job is
done, probably sometime next
week, Robertson said the dozen
homes around the hole will not
be safe until the hole is filled.
Work on that job will begin as
soon as the cementing project is
completed, he said.