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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1958
No. 60
la Saiilli's Plus
rarou
Government Turns
Tanks, Artillery
Against Port City
Rebel Leader Gets
Message to Return '
Beirut, Lebanon (UPD
Heavy fighting broke out to
day in the port city of Trip
oli, flashpoint of Lebanon's
three-week-old revolt.
' Government troops used
artillery and armored cars in
an all-out attack on the an
cient city where anti-govern
ment feeling erupted earlier
this month.
Rashid Karami, leader of
the rebel forces in Tripoli,
was in Beirut at the time the
army launched its attack. His
lieutenants sent him an ur
gent message to return.
Lebanese Protest
The new fighting occurred
as a Lebanese delegation
headed for Benghazi, Libya,
to protest to the Arab League
council against United Arab
Republic interference in this
strife - torn nation's internal
affairs. ' '
A government statement to
the heads of all diplomatic
missions Thursday night said
the U.A.R. intervention "en
dangered not only Lebanon
and the Arab countries but
the entire world."
In Beirut, Maronite Catho
lice church patriarch Paul
Meouchi said that President
Camille Chamoun should take
"a long vacation abroad" as
the best way of solving the
crisis.'
Opposition Demands
The opposition demands
that pro - Western President
Camille Chamoun resign are
at the base of the current
troubles. .
Meouchi told newsmen to
day that he thought Leba
non's complaint to the Arab
league and the United Na
tions about U-A.R. interfer
ence was "unnecessary."
He said all the trouble
could have been settled last
week if commander in chief
of the armed, forces Gen.
Faud Chebab had been
named premier. But now the
only solution is for Chamoun
to get out of the country for
a while, he said. ,
Bids Opened for
Highway Projects
A Medford contractor and
firms from Eugene and Al-
turas, Calif., were apparent
low bidders on three projects
in Jackson and Klamath coun
ties, when bids for 20 highway
projects were opened Thurs
day , in Salem by the state
highway commission.
Contracts on the 20 proj
ects, totaling $7,600,000, will
be awarded by the commission
in Portland June 19
Durbin brothers of Eugene
were apparent low bidders on
the largest of the. projects in
southern Oregon, at $206,345
for .77 miles grading, paving
structure and stockpiling rock
on the Crater Lake highway
about 23 miles north of Med
ford. M. C. Lininger and sons,
Medford, bid $107,125 for 1.11
miles of grading and paving
on Pacific highway in Ash
land. Moyer Gravel company, Al
turas, bid $34,560 for stock
piling rock on the Crater Lake
highway north and east from
Prospect, in Jackson and Kla
math counties.
The apparent low bid for
the largest project was sub
mitted by Morrison Knudsen
company, Seattle, Wash., for
3.21 miles of grading on the
Oregon coast highway about
8 miles north of Brookings.
Knudsen bid $2,544,395.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudi
ness through Saturday. Risk of
afternoon thunderstorms most
ly over mountains. High today
S3. Low tonight SO. High Satur
day 80.
TcnP.
Highest Yesterday 80
Lowest this Morning 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise -
4:38 a.m.
7:40 p.m.
3:50 ajn.
June 1
Sunset
Moonset Saturday
Full Moon
PROMINENT STAR
Deneb. low in northeast
9:07 p-m.
Tbis is one of the most re
mote of the bright stars. It is
now estimated that Deneb is
1S0O light years from the
Earth.
UPI Sand Exempt
(From Anti-Trust
Washington (UPI) The
Justice department has held
that the consolidation of the
United Press and Internation
al News Service into the new
United Press International
was ' exempt from the anti
trust laws because INS was
in "failing circumstances."
As a result, the department
said, "We do not plan at the
present time to move against
Wreath Placed on
Replica of Tomb of
Unknown Soldier
Placing a wreath on a repli
ca of the tomb of the Un
known Soldier climaxed Me
morial day exercises -this
morning in the city park " at
West Main and Holly sts. High
lights of the program were
recitation of Lincoln's Gettys
burg address, a talkby a Med
ford. attorney and welcoming
remarks by a veteran of the
Spanish-American war.
Robert Dames, who was
principal speaker in place of
the Rev. G. R. V. Bolster, who
was unavoidably absent,
traced the beginning of Me
morial dayto a custom estab
lished by a mother of Con
federate soldiers, who deco
rated the graves of "un
known" Union soldiers, dur
ing the Civil war,' in. Colum
bus, Miss.
Pride in Heritage ;
Dames spoke of America's
pride in its heritage of free
dom of democracy, and said
that it is important for young
people in this country to learn
more about science and bolster
patriotism, in order to keep
pace with the potential Rus
sian enemy.
Col. W. H. Paine, who gave
the welcome, quoted from an
address of a southern -general,
and said that the cornerstone
of man's prosperity and honor
is man's courage and fortitude.
Women's auxiliaries of lo
cal patriotic groups were in
charge of the tribute to the
Unknown Soldiers of three
wars, and the wreath on a
replica of the tomb of the Un
known Soldier of World War
I in Arlington cemetery, was
placed by Mrs. Victor Eakin,
of Gold Star Mothers.
Vocal music was presented
by the Marion choir of St.
Mary's school, the triple trio
from Medford High school,
and . Mrs. Gregory MacDou
gall, soloist from First Metho
dist church. Mrs. Dorothy Mc
Quat played organ music.
Colors Posted .
' The colors were posted and
retired by a guard from Camp
White. The Rev. John Reyn
olds of First Presbyterian
church gave the invocation
and led in prayer, and the
Rev. Carl Mai of Sacred Heart
Catholic church gave the
benediction. Frank Buchter of
the Footlighters, local little
theater' group, recited the
Gettysburg address, wearing
a suit of the Lincoln era, and
armroDriate make-UD. Mrs. F;
A. Daugherty read General
John A. Logan's orders call
ing for genera observance of
Memorial day. Robert Shel
don, Medford High school,
played taps. j
Services also were held at
Bear creek bridge, where the
Rev. E. S. Tollefson of Ascen
sion Lutheran church led the
ceremonies, and members of
women's patriotic groups cast
flowers on the water in mem
ory of the dead of all wars.
Participants in the program
and patriotic groups marched
from the park to the bridge,
with the junior drum and
bugle corps of Cavemen aerie,
Loyal Order of Eagles, lead
ing the parade.' - .
Del Norte County
Stages Celebration
Crescent City (UPI) Del
Norte county this week is
commemorating the 130th an
niversary of the coming of the
white man to California's
scenic northwest.
Being honored is the name
and memory of Jedediah
Smith, the first explorer to
reach the Del Norte area
where arrived June 1, 1828.
. San Francisco. (UPI)
Evangelist Billy Graham led
16.000 persons in the San
Francisco Cow palace in a
prayer for the people of
France Thursday night.
I this acquisition" under the
. anti-trust laws.
Assistant Attornev General
'Victor R. Hansen, chief of the
Anti-Trust division, reported
the department's findings in
a letter to Frank H. Bartholo
mew, president of United
Press International.
He said the department had
concluded after extensive in
vestigation that the consoli
dation of the two press asso
ciations "falls squarely" with
in the "failing corporation
section" of the Clayton 'Anti
Trust act.
The supreme court has con
strued that section as mean
ing that a business which can
show that it is in bad finan
cial shape does not have to
stay in operation.
Began Inquiry Immediately,
Hansen noted that the de
partment embarked on its in
quiry immediately after
learning of the United Press
Internation News Service
consolidation.
He wrote Bartholomew that
the Anti-Trust division "mov
ed promptly to secure those
facts relevant to any determi
nation of legality under Clay
ton act, section 7." v
A justice department
spokesman, who said he had
been briefed by Hansen, said
"The INS had showed' the
Justice department that it has
been losing millions of dol
lars for the past 14 years."
The 'department spokesman
added that t'The United Press
showed the Anti-Trust divi
sion that on foreign service
it was making money and on
domestic service it was losing
money." He added that "on
the balance the situation was
not particularly favorable."
The Supreme court "deci
sion cited i. by Hansen , was
handed down by'the Supreme
court on January 6, 1930.
Jacksonville Vote
Set for June 18
Jacksonville Voters in the
Jacksonville school district
will vote on a levy for oper
ating 'the three Jacksonville
schools at a special election
Wednesday, June 18, instead
of Thursday, June, 5, as pre
voiusly reported incorrectly
in a Mail Tribune story.
Polls will be open between
2 and 8 p.m. in the music
room at Jacksonville High
school.
The school board has ap
proved a total levy of $141,
322.21 for operating costs. A
budget calling for a levy of
$153,404.40 was defeated in
an election earlier this month.
, v Reduction of the levy by
$12,082.19 was made possible
by cutting the transportation
allowance and the reserve to
cover unpaid taxes, and by
reducing the. proposed, total
for salaries, according to John
Crabb, school superintendent.
Because the district has no
tax base, the entire, levy is
considered to be in excess of
the 6 per cent limitation land
therefore must be submitted
to the voters.
Crash Victim
Praises Town
Fresno (UPI) Band
leader Bruce Davis who sur
vived a light plane crash with
his wife last month ' returned
home Thursday ' night with
high praise for the people pf
John Day.
"They were wonderful to
us," said Davis, 'who had
struggled through snow for
three days after the crash to
get help for his wife, Patricia,
who stayed at the wreckage
site in central Oregon.. - ,
Mrs. Davis still is under
treatment in a John Day hos
pital where "her left foot and
toes on her right foot were
amputated because of frost
bite she suffered during the
ordeal. , Davis said she prob
ably will remain " there for
about two months.
Davis plans to return to
John Day Wednesday, taking
with him their two children,
Scott, 10, and Kim Elizabeth,
12. ' -
Hayward (UPI) Twenty
five aircraft took off from
Hayward municipal airport
today bound for Las Vegas,
Nev., in the fifth annual 20-30
club light plane race.
FRANK H. GRAY
Retires After 50 Years
Manager of Western
Union Office Here
To Retire June 1
Frank H. Gray, manager of
the Medford Western Union
office for 25 years, will re
tire June 1 after-completing
more than 50 years of tele
graph service.
He will be replaced by Har
ry Hyder, present manager of
the Corvallis office, as soon as
a replacement is arranged for
Hyder. Meanwhile, the local
office management will be as
sumed by Robert L. Griffith,
present night manager.
Air Force Denies
Air Lines Pilot's
'Buzzing' Charge
Washington (UPI) The
Air Force today denied a
United Air Lines pilot's
charge that a B48 jet bomber
"deliberately buzzed" his com
mercial airliner over Kansas
Thursday. v
Acting Air Secretary Mal
colm A. Mclntyre said, "there
is absolutely no justification
for the allegation and it must
be considered ah irresponsible
statement impugning the in
tegrity of Air Force pilots,
who are mature, dedicated
conscientious officers."
Mclntyre, in a written state
ment issued at the Pentagon,
said the B47 pilot was oper
ating "in accordance , with
CAA (Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration) procedures and
current rules of the air."
The bomber pilot, the state
ment said, was Maj. Eugene
Mathis, "a veteran Strategic
Air Command pilot, with 5,500
hours of flying experience,
flying out of Schilling Air
Force Base, Kans. .'
! The Schilling AFB public
information officer, Capt. J.
W. Hinds, told newsmen there
that "We dra have planes in
the.air at that time, but none
was in the immediate vicin
ity."
The Air Force said Mathis
was flying ''on an approved
CAA IFR (instrument flight
rule) flight clearance."
Eugene (UPI) Orrin H.
Perry, 26, of Leaburg, drown
ed Thursday in the Willam
ette river about 300 feet be
low the Eugene Water and
Electric board's power dam
at Leaburg. i
'Consistently Cold Year' Recorded
A "consistently cold year,"
requiring 21 nights of orchard
heating in the Rogue valley,
,was reported in the seasonal
summary prepared by Frost
Forecaster William J. Rogers.
The meteorologist made his
final regular frost forecast
last Friday evening and will
return to Pomona, Calif., this
week end. He is spending this
week packing 20 .sets of in
struments while on a stand-by
frost-warping basis.
' "The 1958 season had more
cold nights. than have been
recorded since the first dis
trict reports were issued in
1926, and. the 21 nights of fir
ing equals a record set in
1929," he reported.
Marginal Nights
Many nights were marginal,
with temperatures just under
32 degrees. None was unusu
ally cold, and on many nights
only a few growers fired.
General firing occurred on1
only five nights.
Rogers characterized the
season as "one with a large
number of mildly cold nights,
with a few cold nights of
greater intensity sprinkled
through the season."
Gray completed his tele
graph training in 1906 and
went to Alamosa, Colo., as
manager. Later he was man
ager of the Ft. Collins office.
He recalls hearing the news
of the San Francisco earth
quake while studying Morse
telegraph in the Ft. Collins of
fice. Prior to coming to Medford
in 1933, Gray served as office
manager in Wyoming, New
Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and
California. .
Extends Wishes
Walter P. Marshall, West
ern Union president, extended
best ' wiches to Gray along
with a "certificate of honor
able retirement in recognition
of more than a half century of
loyal and conscientious serv
ice." Gray also was presented
a life-time "frank" authoriz
ing him to send and receive
telegrams anywhere in the
country without cost.
Hyder, who is 37, began
service with Western Union in
1938 as a. messenger at Long
Beacn,, Calif -r-where he-work-,
ed up to Automatic operator.
He served in the Army four
years, two of them with the
office of strategic services in
the China-Burma-India, the
ater. .
After the war, he became
delivery manager at Bakers
field, Calif., and later became
manager at Whittier and other
California offices. He was
transferred to Oregon in. 1956
when he became manager of
the Corvallis office. '
Suit Settled Out
Of Federal Court
Mrs. Ruth Simmons, Crater
Lake highway, received 'an
undisclosed amount Wednes
day night in an out-of-court
settlement of a damage suit
she filed against Oregon-Nevada-California
Fast Freight,
Inc.
The case, which started
Wednesday afternoon in U.S.
district court before Judge
Gus Solomon, resulted from a
traffic accident in Medford in
March, 1957, involving Mrs.
Simmons' car and an ONC
truck. She had sought $120,
000. Medford Attorney O. H.
Bengtson and the Portland
firm of Poole and Farris rep-;
resented Mrs. Simmons. Neff,
Frohnmayer and Lowry rep
resented ONC.
It was one, he said, in
which the growers lost more
sleep and did more worrying
than they did heating."
32 Cold Nights . . v
Ten cold nights occurred in
March requiring 8 firings;
15 in April requiring 10 fir
ings; and 7 in May requiring
3. The 32 cold nights were
the most for any season on
record, considerably more
than the 19.6 cold night
average.
The 21 nights requiring fir
ing compare with a 10.4
average. .' .. ' . , ' '
Warmest season on record
was in 1940, when there were
only six cold nights and only
three firings.
- Low night temperatures
have required orchard heating
only once in the month of
June, according , to records,
that occurring in 1952. ;
.Blossoms Ahead
Blossom development wis
ahead of usual this year after
mild daytime temperatures
and above normal nights in
February caused a much earli
er break in dormancy, accord
ing to Rogers. -
Development by March 1
City Budget for
1958-59 Approved
By Committee
Includes $75,000
For Swimming Pool
The Medford budget com
mittee last night approved a
general fund budget for fiscal
year 1958-59. totaling about
$882,224, an increase in the
general fund of about $89,264
more than the preliminary
proposed budget. -,
The largest item approved
in the increase is $75,000 in
parks and . swimming pool.
Other items in the increase,
including $5,000 in a recrea
tion sinking fund and $7,000
in an off-street parking sink
ing fund, were recommended
by the budget committee pre
viously. The $75,000, which has been
earmarked for construction
of a swimming pool on prop
erty now owned by the Jack
son County Housing 'Author
ity, will come from the Hous
ing Authority on dissolution
of the Authority. The amount
is what the Authority esti
mates will be available in
money when the Authority is
dissolved this summer.
Letter To Committee
In a letter to the budget
committee, the Authority said
that members of the housing
authority committee agree to
dissolve the' authority "if its
monies and property would be
used for the benefit of the
people of the City of Medford
and primarily of the westside
area by the construction there
on of a public swimming pool,
park and other recreational
facilities." ''
The Housing Authority
previously announced it plan
ned to demolish and remove
the remaining dwellings on
the property. It is located at
the corner of McAndrews rd.
and Jackson- st. and includes
about 13 acres. Three acres
would be sold to. the Army if
present negotiations are suc
cessful. It would be used for
a new reserve armory.
The rest of the property,
under Oregon law, would be
come, property of the city
when the Authority is dis
solved. Increase in Base
The $5,000 and $7,000 rec
ommended for sinking funds
for recreation and off-streeti
parking is part of about $14,
264 available from an in
crease in the city's tax base
because of recent annexa
tions and from previously un
appropriated funds.
Another $1,000 has been
added to the . general fund
budget for landscaping at the
Medford airport. The rest, of
the funds available were mis
cellaneous allocations.
, A public hearing .on the
proposed budget will be held
by the city council Jjlly 3.
Prior to that, it will be pub
lished. Bulletin
Indianapolis, Ind. (UPI)
Jimmy Bryan, Phoenix. ,
driving the car Sam Hanks
; piloted, in 1957, won the In
dianapolis Speedway' 500
mile race today.
was about three weeks ahead
of normal, with earliest pears
in the cluster bud' stage at
that time. Lower tempera
tures during March slowed de
velopment, except for a rapid
growth period about March
27. Full bloom for pears oc
curred beginning about April
5, only two days " ahead of
normal. Development of small
fruits was slow until the sec
ond week of April.
Pollenation weather for
years was fair to good.
, The first general firing this
season, occurred March 6-7,
just after the forecaster ar
rived and before instruments
had been set up. The last was
May 12-13, when a low of
about 27 degrees was record
ed and a large number of
blistered fruits were found
in unheated orchards. About
20 per cent of the fruit was
killed in the coldest orchard,
Rogers said. ... .
There was no frost damage
"to speak of" in heated or
chards this year, according to
the meteorologist. Most of the
damage in unheated orchards
occurred the night of April
26-27 when Boso were . par
"We Have A Report That A Newspaperman
- Asked You What Time It Was
And You Told Him"
Housing Officials
Home Construction
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Government
and private housing officials
here believe that the home
construction industry, upon
which the vitality of Oregon's
lumber industry greatly de
pends, is now making "a
strong recovery" from the
slump of the past year or
more.
' They flinch at any sug
gestion that another housing
"boom" is getting underway,
but they say builders are opti
mistic. This is reflected in the
rapid rise this month in ap
plications for FHA and VA
mortgage loan insurance and
guarantees. It is reflected also
in the private predictions of
home builders themselves who
gathered here for their an
nual meeting recently.
Emergency Housing Act.
This spurt in housing activ
ity this spring is pegged to
the emergency housing act
which Congress, passed in
TMarch and which -President
Eisenhower signed into law
April 1. The, act authorized
the Federal , National Mort
gage association to buy $1 bil
lion in government-backed
Grand Jury Indicts
29 Oil Companies
Alexandria. Va. (UPD A
federal Grand July Thursday
indicted 29 oil-companies on
charges of consniring to vio
late the anti-trdst laws by fix-
ing prices or gasoline ana
crude oil. - - ,
Companies reached .for
comment categorically denied
the charges and said- they
werp confident their nosition
would be sustained when they
are brought to trial. -
New York (UPI) Paul
Miller, president Jpf the Gah
net Newspapers, was named
on the advisory board of the
American Press institute July
1, it was announced today.
ticularly susceptible to dam
age.
"While a few individuals
suffered crop reduction from
very severe to only slight,"
he reported, "crop reduction
due to frost for the valley
as a whole will be negligible."
Practically all of the cold
orchards are now adequately
heated, preventing crop losses
which could have been con
siderable. Rogers issued frost warn
ings each evening on local
radio stations, reporting the
expected -weather conditions
during the night, and time
firing was expected.
Preliminary forecasts were
issued each morning.
Another service - to grow
ers was the pre-season check
ing of ' more, than! 500 ther
mometers, which was dpne
this year by County Agent
Don Berry. . '
. Blossom counts were made
in unheated orchards after
each cold night to determine
blossom kill.
Twelve" survey stations
throughout the valley record
temperatures during the season.
J i
ry in
home loans, thus freeing lend
ing institutions to offer more
mortgage money to builders
and private individuals who
wanted to build new homes.
This relaxed the administra
tion's "tight money" policy.
This .week FNMA an
nounced that its purchase of
mortgages was running well
above expectations. It had
been given $300 million of its
extra $1 billion in expectation
that this amount would last
until July 1. But $220 million
had been used up by this
week, so another $300 million
was-released by the Budget
Bureau.
In addition FHA reported
that applications for FHA in
surance in April were 80 per
cent higher than for April of
last year. Figures for this
month will probably reveal
still further increases.
Congress is considering an
other housing bill which
would increase the - total au
thorization, for FHA insurance
by $4 billion for each of the
next four years. A Senate sub
committee has . approved this
Dill. FHA this week run into
the ceiling on its insurance
authorization of $25.7 billion
and ordered its field offices
to stop issuing more mortgage
approvals until the housing
bill has been enacted.
The largest ; increase in
home building appears to be
in relatively low-cost hous
ing, the $13,000 to $15,000
range. This is pleasing to the
National Association of Home
Builders which has made a
survey of its 307 associations
around the country and found
that at least 200,000 housing
units in this general price
range could be sold this year.
"We are shooting for fam
ilies with a take home pay of
$80 to $90 a week," a spokes
man said. "We think there is
a big market for homes for
folks making around $5,D00 a
year."
The home builders organi
zation is' pushing builders to
respond to this need, and from
all indications this market is
now about to be tapped.
Forecast Increase
At its recent annual spring
meeting, the home builders
forecast a 10 per cent in
crease in' housing starts this
year over 1957. This would
mean about 1-1 million. Last
year housing starts numbered
only 989,700, the lowest num
ber in a decade.
"We do not think this is a
housing boom," said a spokes
man for the home builders.
"We're coming up off the
floor. A steady recovery seems
to be taking place now."
He added that while a re
covery in housing will affect
lumber and many other manu
facturing industries allied to
building and equipping homes,
"housing can't carry the whole
economy on its ; back." His
point . was that recovery in
other . industries would be
helpful to housing,, for it
would likely mitigate the
hesitancy of those with money
who now may not buy a house
because they are playing it
cautious during this recession.
A Housing and Home Fi
nance administration official
shared the feeling that hous
ing is showing "a strong re
covery but it's not a boom."
Indicates Retreat
From Prior Stand
Of Opposition
Ex-Premier Mollet
Sent to General
Paris (UPD rThe powerful
French Socialist party, last
remaining stumbling block to
Gen. Charles de Gaulle's im
mediate rise to power as head
of a . "government of' public
safety," asked today for a
preview of his plans if and
when he takes office.
It was a further indication .
of the Socialists' steady re
treat from a previous stand
of unyielding opposition to
the former Free French lead
er whom President ' Rene
Coty has described as the
only man who can save
France from civil war.
The Socialists sent former
Premier Guy Mollet to see
De Gaulle and to ask him
about his plans to reform the
constitution before- they place
their final approval on him.
Meanwhile, reliable sources
reported that one of De
Gaulle's first., acts after he
takes office will be to visit ,
Algeria to restore the broken
ties between the army there
and France.
Confers with General
He will take the opportu
nity also to straighten out re
lations with' Gen. Raoul Sa
lan, commander in chief of
the 400,000-man French army
in Algeria, and the all-Algeria
"Committee of Puhlie
Safety."
Thursday night a minority
of 20 held out against De
Gaulle and the meeting with
him today was decided in an
attempt to swing unanimous
backing for him.
Mollet, who is sympathetie
to De Gaulle, sped at once
to Colombey-les-deux-Eglises
to see ' him. Mollet was, ac
companied on the flight by
special plane by floor leader
Maurice Deixonne.
. Full Socialist support is es
sential for De Gaulle to win
a majority in parliament.
The party hoped to give its
definite reply as soon as Mol
let and Deixonne return.
Coty Works Tirelessly
The 76-year-old Coty was
working tirelessly to whip to
gether solid middle-line back
ing for De Gaulle.
Pledge Full Support
The generals and French
settlers who began the De
Gaulle-to-power movement in
Algeria May 13 said they
would accept whatever way
the general chose to take over
the government.
There were no incidents
this morning and police wore
broad smiles as they watched
several hundred demonstrat
ors march around the arch of
triumph at 3 a.m. shouting
"Vive De Gaulle." -
It probably was the - first
time , in the nation's history
that the head of state had
acted so for a premier-designate.
The negotiations - on De
Gaulle's takeover, were ex
pected to last .through Satur
day. Thus he might appear
before the national assembly
Monday but only if absolute
ly assured in advance 'of over
whelming support from all
non-Communist parties.
Jobless Total
Continues Drop
Washington (UPD The
fifth straight weekly decline
in the number of unemployed
workers drawing unemploy
ment - compensation benefits
was reported Thursday night
by the Labor department. .
The number dropped by
82,000 in the week ended May
17 and brought the number
of. workers drawing jobless
insurance down to 3,019,500.
This still was sharply above
the 1,364,200 listed a year
ago.
The decline was due in
great part to the fact 55,000
workers exhausted their bene
fits. The other main factor
was a seasonal pickup in out
door work, mainly construc
tion. The department also said
jobless claims by newly un
employed workers reached, a
six-months low in the week
ended May 24 when such
claims dropped by 34,700 to
324,500.
New York (UPI) Singer
Pat Boone will be graduated
from Columbia university
next Tuesday. -