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oil Conference Title Ashland Oregon Tech successfully defenfled its Ore gon Collegiate conference track title by edging out Port land State 63V-602 here yesterday. Dick Hocevar of Oregon Tech got the top performers award with victories in the low and high hurdles a fourth in trie 220, and a tie for fifth in the 100. Hocevar had 14V points, only one-half better SpOrt OSCAR FRALEY Df KWflf X4tZ Sport Writer ui uuc z2j2asw Vn,te4 p,eM New York HP) The Los Angeles Dodgers had a grizzly by the galluses Saturday and the question was whether Na tional league president War ren Giles could beat it into submission with a velvet-covered blackjack. The Dodgers moved this season after a deal with the Los Angeles city council which shaped up as one of the biggest bargains since the Louisiana Purchase. But pub lic petitions with more than 50,000 signatures put consum mation of the deal to a public vote on June 3. Now Giles has declared thtt the public must approve ht contract or the Dodgers Not Bluffing, NL Prexy Says ' Los Angeles JIP) National League president . Warren Giles made it clear today he dasn't bluffing about the pos sibility of the league moving the Dodgers elsewhere if the Chavez ravine referendum is defeated. Giles said he was "surprised at the reaction" to his state ment Thursday about the pos sibility of Los Angeles losing the Dodgers if voters failed to pass the measure providing land in Chavez Ravine for a stadium. He said he did not regard his statement as a "bluff" but rather a "statement of fact." Giles Offends Man-in-Street Los Angeles (IP) The man- in-the-street indicated today he was offended by National League president Warren Giles' statement the Dodgers may be forced to leave Los Angeles if the Chavez Ravine referendum is defeated. But a United Press random poll of 22 people on the effects of Giles' remarks showed only two decided to change their votes because of the league president's statement. Of the 22 people questioned, 12 said they would still vote In favor of upholding the Chavez Ravine stadium site contract, six said they were voting against the referendum two because of Giles' re marks and four were unde cided. Bank Robber Gets 15-Year Sentence Portland OP) A Feder al District Court judge here Friday . imposed a 15-year prison sentence 'on William John Paul, 43, and explained that the sentence was light er than planned because Paul had voluntarily disclosed the location of part of the loot from the gunpoint robbery of the Sherwood bank last No vember. Sentence was imposed about an hour after the FBI disclosed that a gallon fruit jar containing $2,009 in cur rency, two revolvers, several rounds of ammunition and a money belt had been dug up in the yard of a home at Lith- onia, Ga. Some $3,900, was taken in the robbery of the Sherwood National Bank of Portland. Floyd Hamilton, one of Paul's court-appointed attor neys, said his client had vol untarily disclosed the loca tion of the loot and Hamilton immediately notified the FBI which reported the loot was found in the yard of Mrs. H. B. Christie of Lithonia. Judge Gus Solomon said he had planned to impose a hea vier sentence on Paul because of his past criminal record. The defendant had pleaded guilty of the Sherwood rob bery. USE ELECTRONIC BRAIN London IF) The informa tion sent to earth from Sput nik III is being sifted by an electronic brain, Radio Mos cow said Friday night. It said the brain processed the data provided by the Sputnik to calculate "the gradually changing elements of the orbit." Successfully than Bob Brown of OTI who was second and Len Lukens was third with 13. Behind OTI and Portland State was Oregon College of Education with 56V2, South ern Oregon college with ZWz and Eastern Oregon at 22. Brown of OTI set one of five meet records when he ran his qualifying heat in the 100-yard dash in :09.7 early in the morning. He ran a :10 will be derricked out of Los Angeles. It is an ultimatum. The de ciding factor will be whether there are enough fans, fearful of losing major league base ball, to overcome the rising weight of public indignation against what many refer to as an out and out land grab. Deal Involved Swap The deal in essence was this: Dodger president Walter O'Malley bought 12 - acre Wrigley Field for two million dollars and then was to swap it to the city for 300-acre Cha vez Ravine valued at 15 mil lion dollars. The city council approved the contract by a 10 to 4 vote and then the peti tions rolled in to force a pub lie referendum. On the surface, it was a deal of mutual beneficence. Los Angeles obtained major league baseball, - which it long had coveted. Chavez Ravine was an undeveloped are and the Dodgers were to convert a certain portion of it into a public park and playground So the Dodgers moved west and everybody except the abandoned fan in Brooklyn was happy. Certainly there could be no question but what Los Angeles was ready for big league ball. In the opening game at temporary quarters in the Los Angeles Coliseum the Dodgers set a National League attendance record of 78,672 For their first 20 games they drey 587,796 fans compared with 290,721 in their first 20. games at Brooklyn last season. Protest Grows But under the oiled surface, the water was rough. The whispers that the price was too steep for the commod ity became louder and louder. Several suits were filed, test ing the contract and the le gality of converting public land to private use. There have been indications of rising and ever more mili tant opposition. Which is where Giles, very possibly stimulated by O'Mal ley, stepped into the act with a 600-word ultimatum in which the most ominous words were: "If the vote indicates we are not welcome, it will be my personal recommendation to our league that we take imme diate steps to study ways and means of relocating the fran chise in another city." Can Go Home It was a man with his hat in one hand, a gun in the other. And it drew the expected re action. Councilman Patrick L. Rundberg, who cast the decid ing vote when the city fathers approved the Dodger contract, replied: "If this is the kind of state ment we can expect from the National League, the Dodgers can go home." There is a suspicion here that Giles threw a monkey wrench into' the works. There is a national pride, amounting to a heritage, to resist intimi dation. The Dodgers couldn't "go home" to an embittered Brooklyn. But it will come as no surprise if they wind up in Minneapolis or Toronto. Helicopter Rescues Caught Clam Digger Bayonne, N. J. (IP) The Coast Guard had to use a heli copter Friday to drag out a 61-year-old clam digger mired chest-deep and helpless in the tidal mud flats here. The clam digger, Andrew Lukas, told police he feel into the water while walking along moored barges. He said he started to walk toward shore in low water but became stuck in the mud. A Coast Guard Helicopter from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn dropped him a har ness and he then was taken into the helicopter and flown to a waiting ambulance. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL Yoa must be satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT Defends in Track SPORTS flat century to win the final. Pedro Colley of SOC broke an old standard by two inch es when he flipped the dis cus 139-4 to beat teammate Dave Lockard's old record of 139-2 set last year. Erv Garrison eclipsed the old record in the javelin with a throw of 194-434 to win that event for OCE. The old mark of 188-10 was set by Lowell Kolbaba of EOC in 1956. Oregon Tech's Jerry Fas teen registered a new dis tance in the shot put with a heave of 45-11, beating the 45-6 by OCE's Jim Atkins in 1955. The broad jump record was broken by John Carpenter of OCE with a winning leap of 22-7. It bettered the old mark held by Jack Harmon of EOC by six inches. Lukens of Portland State registered a double win by taking the mile and two-mile in times of 4:35.7 and 10:36.1. Brown also won the 220, in addition to the 100, in :22.8 to become the only other double winner. OCE had to come from be hind in the last three yards to edge Portland xout of the win in the mile relay. The lead changed hands twice dur ing the race. RESULTSS: Shot Fasteen OTI. Clark PSC. Adamson PSC, Simonson OCE, Col ley SOC. 45-11. . Javelin Garrison OCE, Francis SOC. McKinney EOC. Kramer PSC, uoraon Clayton suu. 194-434. Mile Lukens PSC, Damano OCE Cawood EOC, Hoisington PSC, Papen OTI. 4:35.7. Broad jump Carpenter OCE, Gordon Clayton SOC, Morse OCE, Brown OTI. Slayter OTI. 22-7. 440 Perkins EOC, Hedrick PSC, Williams OTI, F. Scott SOC, John son sue. :52.7. 100 Brown OTI, Gates OCE, Baker SOC. Smith EOC. tie for fith between Conley SOC and ttocevar oil, :io. High hurdles Hocevar OTI, Huckins OTI, Andrews OTI, Car penter OCE, Simonson OCE, :16. Discus Colley SOC, Fasteen OTI, Adamson PSC, Lockard SOC, Ever son OTI. 139.4. 880 Thompson EOC, Gover OCE, Bump PSC, Kenyon OCE, Lukens mis. 2:02.7. 220 Brown OTI, Hedrick PSC. Gates OCE, Hocevar OTI, Smith EOC, 122.8. High jump Lee PSC. Gates OCE, Hocevar OTI, Smith EOC. 22:8. High jump Lee PSC, five way tie lor second Between liary Clayton SOC, Livingston SOC, Lemley SOC, Tuttle OCE, and Kramer PSC, 6-0. Two mile Lukens PSC, Papen OTI, Lopez PSC, Hoisington PSC, Berry EOC. 1036.1. Low hurdles Hocevar OTI, An drews OTI, Simonson OCE, Car penter OCE, :25.6. Pole vaultT Morse' OCE. Sprague PSC. two-way tie for third be tween Loken PSC and Urban OCE, Gary Clayton SOC, 12-3. Metro All-Star Coaches Picked Eugene (IP) The Eugene Active club members an nounced the coaching staff of the Portland Metropolitan team for the first annual Ore gon All-Star baseball game, to be played at Eugene's Bethel Park, home of the Eu gene Emeralds of the North west league, June 21. As in the annual all-star football classic, the baseball all-star event will match the best of the players in the Portland Metropolitan area with the best upstate players. Dolph Janes, chairman for the game, said that Coaches Barney Koch of Grant high, Jim Partlow of Lincoln high and Cliff Wells of David Douglas high had accepted positions on thie Metro coach ing staff. Grants and Lincoln placed one-two in the Port land . Interscholastic league and David Douglas is cham pion of the Metropolitan league. Suit Filed for Bridge Damage in Portland Portland (UPI) Zidell Machinery and Supply compa ny Friday was named defend ant in a $29,456 damage suit filed by Multnomah county for alleged damage to the Hawthorne bridge when two Zidell ships crashed into it last year. The county accused the Zi dell firm of carelessness and negligence. The ships, S. S. Louis A.- Milne and the S.S. Chateau Theirry, broke loose from their moorings and drift ed against the bridge April 14, 1957. 5 Pays Left To SAVE at the Big "Change of Ownership" Sale at Lucas & Howard With National Brands YOU Know Hiway 99 South of Central Point ' North of Medford-Phone NO 4-2243 TRYING TO SCORE from second base on Crandall's grounder to Cimoli in seventh inning, Wes Covington, Milwaukee Braves, is out at. home when Los Angeles Dodger John Roseboro blocks path to plate. (International) Industry Utilizing Wood Scraps May Start Next Month BY MAUDE ZIEGLER Mail Tribune Correspondent A new valley industry "to utilize scrap wood from local mills ' is expected to get under way next month with the opening of Handicapped In dustries, Inc. The two men launching the enterprise are Eric A- Allen, a relatively new arrival in Medford, and Die Walsh, Med ford commercial artistr Handicapped persons from throughout the area have ex pressed eagerness to begin work with the new factory, which will make "substantial wooden toys," Allen reported. Created Sample Toys Walsh has created sample toys such as a toss board for bean bags decorated with out er space designs and a "handee hanger" for tiny tots to hag their coats. A sales outlet for toys pro duced by the industry has been provided by the Halli day Sales company, Inc., Pali sades Park, N. J., which has national distribution, the two reported. Coporation papers are ex pected to be sent to Salem this week by Attorney Alan Holmes for filing. Appoint ment of three trustees will be announced soon, Walsh said. A lease of the 3,800-square-foot Medford Marine building on West Jackson is also to be signed soon, and a public open house will be held about June 1, it was announced. Sale of stock in the corpor ation at $1 per share is awaiting approval of the se curities and exchange com mission. Persons interested in Contracts Awarded For Engineers Work Portland (UPI)5-C and S Construction company of Mt. Vernon, Wash., has been awarded a $52,800 contract for clearing 220 acres in the Hills Creek reservoir area on the middle fork of the Wil lamette river, the Portland district Corps of Engineers said Saturday. The work must be completed by next Janu ary. L. S. Baier and Associates'! of Portland was awarded a $26,149 contract for repair of two anchor barges. A third contract went to Edson Stephan of Roseburg, Wash., at $4,752 for furnish ing a power boat for 480 hours at the mouth of the Columbia river. The boat will be used in connection with hydraulic measurement of cur rent velocities and directions in the Columbia river and Pacific ocean at a number of locations around dredge dis posal areas used in maintain ing the 48-foot deep channel over the entrance bars to the Columbia river. VON BRAUN HONORED Bremen, Germany Dr. Wernher von Braun, the U.S. Army's German-born rocket expert, has accepted an honorary membership in the German Rocket Society, the society announced Fri- Furniture Barn information or in helping with the enterprise are invited to call Walsh or Allen, they said. Walsh's studio is at 46 North Front st. Allen's address is 216Vz North Peach st. (There are two men named Eric Allen in Medford, Eric A. Allen, mentioned in the story above, and Eric Allen Jr., a Mail Tribune employee. The men are not related, and the latter has no connection with the toy enterprise.) If v J LJ YES . . . anytime you want a REAL TREAT, choose this grand-tastmg FIESTA ICE CREAM ... it's a combination of the rich butterfat from Rogue River Valley's dairy farms PLUS that, added ingredient NUTRIMIX which gives added energy and "oomph." ADD to this the finest of flavoring AND the skill of Jorgensen's Dairymen and you have the FINEST ICE CREAM YOU CAN BUY! Always National Guard News Last weekend Lt. R. Greer, Sgt. James Heberling, and Pfc. J. Martin attended driv ers' training school in Port land. This training is to better supervise convoys formed at home station for trip to sum mer camp and return. Lt. Greer is motor officer and Sgt. Heberling is motor sgt. Capt. S. J. Fagone attended the 186th Regiment staff school at Portland Air Base the same weekend. The school course was orientation of the new battle group concept. Also pre-camp planning for all battalion and unit com manders. The school was from Saturday morning to Sunday evening. The unit strength of Head quarters Company now stands at 76 full strength is 81 en listed men. There is a vacancy for a communications officer and 5 enlisted men. The unit gained the following enlisted men at the last meeting: Rob ert Sevcik of 26 Willamette ave., enlisted for 3 years; D. Greb of Ideal Court, enlisted for 3 years; Curtis Mason of Shady Cove, enlisted for 3 years. These men will not at tend summer camp but will leave for six months training program in September. Those enlisting prior to camp will not attend camp if they are obligated to take six months program. We can accept young men with a selective service classi fication of 1-A even if they have been notified of their physical date but they must take the six months program within 120 days from the date K':J?I 77 if J- ' P ri A - Ask for "Jorgensen's" of enlistment. For full details call the armory and see Sgt. R. Ber minghousen of Headquarters Company. Sam Martin and R. Christen have recently returned from the six month program. Mar tin completel the clerk school and Christen completed com munications school. The unit has J. Garbaden at engineer school at the present time. The following man has re-enlisted for 3 more years: SFC. Duane Chaney of Shady Cove. He now has 9 years of service. Richard Walls was promot ed to sergeant and Arthur Guches was promoted to ser geant. Pfc. Cranston has been promoted to SP3 as 1st cook. The training of the unit this past week was care and clean ing of equipment and packing equipment for camp. The dates for camp are the same as last year, June 14 to 29. We will move by train and the ad vance will leave by motor convoy of 21 vehicles. Sgt. Virgil Cool will attend the pre-camp mess school at Ft. Lewis three days prior to camp. The unit has completely dyed their boots black as pre scribed by regulations. Sgt. Hardld Vessey has been assigned to the position of first sergeant of the unit and Pfc. Anthony Mische has been assigned as company clerk. The morale of the unit is at a high standard and the men are anxious to get to camp. At STUBBORN SOIL? Low Rates on Sawdust Mulch McGINTY FUEL CO. Phone SP 3-6297 mum mm ENJOY REFRESHING y MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Open Market on Mined Baker, Ore. (UPI) An ap peal for an open market on mined gold was made Satur day following a meeting of the Oregon mining depart ment board with Eastern Ore gon Mining and Mineral as sociation. In supporting the associa tion's views on freeing the market on gold, local miners latest report the Oregon Na tional Guard will convert to battle group concept, which the regular army now oper ates under. Take along OK Famous Chicken Barbecued by Infra Red Lamps Ready to eat Done to a turn! HOT-READY-TO-GO In Special Container! OK MARKET, 1 202 N. 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