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House Affirms
$9 Million To
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Maintain Army
More Than Ike
Requested in Bill
Washington (UPlp
The House overwhelmingly
passed a $38,409,56i;000 de
fense appropriation bill today
after beefing it an at
tempt to prevent a eft in
Army manpower.
The roll carl vote on'fingl
passage was 389 to 0.
On a roll call vote of 2
to 158, the House affirmed
its tentative decision of Wed
nesday to add $99 mimon 8o
the Army ca)be kejwr at its
present strength of 9p,000
men.
Sent To Senate
, Then the House passed the
measure and sent it to the
Senate.
House adoption of the am
endment to increase Army
funds came in the teeth of op
position by its own Appropri
ations Committee and the 9
enhower administration.
The Army, now slightly
above 900,000 men, is slated
to be cut to 870,000 by July
J? 1959 i$hder a decision by
President Eisenhower. Spon
sors of the amendment con
tended the cut would serious
ly - weaken this cointry's
ability to fight brushfire
wars. r)0
The vote tiroke o mostly
along party lines, with Dem
ocrats backing the amend
ment and Republicans oppos-
ed.
- Pk - - w
As passed ghy the House,
the bill contained $212,614,
000 more than Eisenhower re-
Siested to opQate the mili
ry establishment in the
year beginning the first of
next month.
A big share of the increase
was earmarked for submar
ines and rockets.
Hawthorne Pool to
s
Open Saturday
The municipal swimming
pool in Hawthorne park is
scheduled to open Saturday
according to Darell Huson,
city park .director. He added
that the opening would be
postponed in esse of bad
weather.
Swimming lessonscjyill sfrt
June 16. he reported, witfi
registration being held at t&
pool starting the. latter grt
of next week. The. exact dfttt
will be announced oon
as scheduled.
During the summer SctiSn
1957, 33,381 swimmei too
advantage of the city ?cg
ities, Huson said. The gr
vious year more tKfen 3,000
were registered during, 1$e
season. i
C C O
ON THEIR WAY Two new homes in Oakland, Calif., constructed on filled land, are
moving down a 100-foot slope toward the road at left The houses' 20-foot .patios,
which have already dropped away, had been supported by the concrete pilings here
shown leaning over to the left The houses have been evacuated, all utilities cut off
and a large trench has been bulldozed at th bottom of the slope to catch the houses
and dirt before they reach tig road. " '
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2 Pages
Approval Given
Ten Departments
j)y Budget Group
Budgets for 1937-58 for 10
county department! have
been tentatively approved by
tSe county budget committee
in meetings this week in the
county court chambers in the
courthouse.
Most were increased over
lfst year's budget.
' oBuflset Committee Chair
man Tom Wray said the ap
proves were somewhat ten
tative" because the committee
as Still considering the budg
et tS whole and some
chagAes may be made before
the meetings end, probably
lte today.
Approver! so far are budg
ets for tha county court, $Z5,
059, compared with $23,821.40
fbr the current year; circuit
court No. 1, $22,396, $22,
3f040 this year? circuit court
JTo. 8, 17,300, $19,340.40 this
year; district court, $11,
714.85, 12,732.50.
Ashland justice court, $8,
141, $7,096 this year; Gold
Hjll justice court, $2,670, $2,-
60; snenit s omce $ivv,zo,
$95,89.64; elections depart
ment, t31,356, $28,440; treas
urer, $11,993.60, $11,028.40;
nd district attorney, $20,130,
18.371.80.
Wray said the salaries ap
proved fbr employees in the
various department w c r
those recommended by the
county court, rather than
those recommended by de
pf rtkient heads.
Announcement of the first
budget hearing will be set as
soon as the meetings end.
County budgeting is late this
lyear because of the slow arri
val of the 30b classification
and compensation plans' from
the civjl service.
SaseMO
1TA.TIOMAL LEAGUE -
ittaMak S 1
ft Louis 4 7 0
Tti& and roils; Misell
04 H. Smith.
AtCEXICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 5 2
TUw Tor ;. 11 15 0
Wfmm. Fischar (9). Qualt
0t (?) ad Lollar. Batley
(7); i.usa, Duraa (7) and
Sana. .
eirt s 7 e
! 5 t a
1J1. Wilhalm () and
Brojra; tmilh, Feisuales
fialf (8) and White.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1958
County Workers
To Talk Wages
With Committee
Representatives of the Jack-
son County Employee's asso
ciation will meet with .the
county budget committee for
a hearing on job classifica
tion and salary scales at 4
p.m. Friday.
The meeting will concern
the recently released county
job classification and salary
scales prepared by the state
civil service commission, as
interpreted by the county
court. Various county depart
ment heads are being asked
to meet with the executive
committee and the county
budget committee, according
to the letter presented by
Mrs. Jean Brown, secretary
for the association, and Law-
Five Hearings on
Council's Agenda
The 'Medford city council
will hold five public hearings
at its meeting starting at 7:30
o'clock tonight in the coun
cil chambers in the city hall.
Hearings are scheduled on
rezoning about six, acres of
land on Biddle rd. at Mor
row rd. from single family to
light industrial, and on re
zoning property on Barnett
rd. from single to multiple
family to permit construction
of a convalescent home.
Other hearings are sched
uled , on annexation of the
proposed Ellendale subdivis
ion; constructing a sanitary
sewer on Siskiyou blvd., from
Modoc ave., to east of Verde
Hills unit 3; and paving East
wood dr. from Main st. to
Keene Way dr.
Public hearings will be
called on several paving and
sanitary sewer systems, and
plans and specifications for
paving and sewer prejects
will be considered.
Several other items also
are on the agenda, among
them consideration of a spur
track franchise; calling hear
ings on withdrawal of recent
ly annexed areas from spec
ial districts, and minor revis
ions to ordinances,
rence Tweedy, county juve-
nile counselor.
Tweedy declared that there
is a lack of understanding be
tween the approximately-SOO
county employees and the
budget committee. The meet
ing would result in "more
satisfied employees" and
would bring their problems
to the county court "in a re
fined package," .he said.
Follows Masting
The action followed a meet
ing of employee association
members and other interested
county employees Wednes
day night in the county court
house auditorium. .
The association liaison com
mittee will meet tonight when
information from the various
county departments will be
compiled. This will include
both questions and com
plaints on -the job classifica
tions and salary scales and
will be presented to the coun
ty budget committee during
the Friday hearing. It also
was agreed that an attorney
should be hired by the asso
ciation to advise them on its
legal status.
Various employees com
plained last night that the
application of classifications
and pay scales are not realis
tic. Seniority was disregard
ed completely, they said. One
county employee who is a
chief deputy in one of the
departments has worked for
the county for 33 years, but
is started out on base pay,
according, to the listed scale.
Others complained that the
same classification brings
different rates of pay in dif
ferent departments.
Salaries Cut
Lee Monroe, association
president, said as far as he
can determine the county
court has cut salaries to 10
per cent less than what was
proposed by the state civil
service commission. He added
that county employees have
not received substantial raises
for five years.
Mrs. Kay Crowell, director
of the county juvenile office,
and association member,
pointed out that the report
made by the state civil serv
ice commission is merely for
the guidance of the county
court and budget committee
and could be disregarded
completely if they desired.
She said it is customary in
other counties where she had
worked to make the job
classification sheets available
to all employees. Such a sheet
usually lists the' beginning
pay step, the hiring step and
states the county personnel
policy.
She said she had been told
by the county court that if
one of her employees should
resign she could hire a re
placement at the second step
if the applicant had sufficient
experience and training to
warrant it. Industry, she' said,
doesn't do this sort of thing.
. She suggested that the as
sociation combine with the
department heads and present
their salary requests as a uni
fied, body. Both the commun
ity and local industry would
support such a move,, she
added. It costs money when
there is a frequent turnover
of personnel.
Portland (UPI) A. chart
ered Northwest Airliner bear
ing Creswell Farmer- Harry
Hold and 81 Korean orphans
arrived here at 12:05 pm.
tpday. ' . . .
Tribune
No. 65
Four Gi
Get Diplomas at
St. Rose School
Four girls, wards of the
Jackson county juvenile court
who have been at St. Rose
school for girls in Portland,
tomorrow will receive their
high school diplomas and
leave the school, it was re
ported today.
Mrs. Kay Crowell, county
juvenile officer, said each of
the four is now a fully-accredited
high school graduate, and
has completed the course of
training at the school.
Five other girls who have
been at the school as wards
of the local court have also
completed training and will
be returning to their homes
this week, Mrs. Crowell said.
One of the girls will return
to her mother's home in Cali
fornia, and plans to go on to
college, Mrs. Crowell said.
Another will remain in Port
land, working as a nurse's
aide, and plans to work for a
degree in nursing. The other
two graduates will return to
their parents, in Jackson
county.
, The , schooLis. operated by
the Sisterhood of the Good
Shepherd, . an international
Catholic order, which oper
ates schools for girls all over
the world. Such schools are
maintained in Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Portland,
Seattle and Spokane on ,the
Pacific coast.
St. Rose school is a benefi
ciary of the United Medford
Crusade, Mrs. Crowell point
ed out.
Reports on New
ilding Sought
Federal department reports
on a proposal to build a new
Federal building in Medford
have been requested by the
committee on public works of
the U. S. house of representa
tives, it was reported today.
Mayor John W. Snider was
informed by Congressman
Charles O. Porter that Con
gressman . Charles A. Buck
ley, chairman of the commit
tee has asked the federal
agencies involved to comment
on the ouilding proposal,
which is contained in a bill
introduced by Porter.
Presumably, the agencies
would be those which are
now housed in various parts
of Medford, including the
bureau of land management
(in the city hall), the Veterans
Administration, selective ser
vice, bureau of internal rev
enue (at the Federal building
on Riverside . ave.), . and the
forest service and ' national
park service (m the post of
fice building). ' -
Porter's letter indicated the
congress has abandoned ' the
earlier plan of having federal
buildings constructed on a
lease-purchase program, and
has reverted to direct auth
orization and appropriation
by congress itself. It was for
this reason that Porter in
troduced his bill for a new
Federal building here, he told
Mayor Snider.
Bulganin May Be
Headed for 'Exile'
London UPI : Reports
circulating here today said So
viet Ex-Premier Nikolai A.
Bulganin soon may follow his
predecessor, Georgi M. Malen
kov, and . former Foreign
Minister Vyacheslav M. Molo
tov into provincial "exile."
Hillings See Victory
In California Election
Washington UPI Rep.
Patrick J. Hillings (R-Calif .)
said today-' it -is "now ap
parent" that he has won the
Republican nomination for' at
torney general of California. ,
Bu
De Gaulle Takes
Plea for Peace
To War Center
Crowds Varied in
Reaction To Words
Constantine, Algeria (UPI)
Gen. Charles De Gaulle car
ried his campaign for peace
in Algeria into this bloody
center of Algerian nationalist
fighting today with a plea to
the Moslem rebels to lay
down their arms.
In a speech to a cheering
crowd of 50,000 persons, the
new Premier again made his
pledge that this country's nine
million Moslems and one mil
lion European settlers hence
force would have the same
rights and duties.
Clamor of Cheering .
He struck that theme in
an opening speech in Algiers
Wednesday, repeated it here
this morning, and then flew
on to the small eastern Al
gerian city of Bone to make
it again.
In Constantine, the an
nouncement was almost
drowned out by the clamor
of cheering and applause by
the crowd, at least half of
which was made up of Mos
lems. In Algiers, the crowd, made
up almost entirely of Alger
ian French, received De
Gaulle's words with marked
coolness..
Despite the enthusiasm of
the crowd here, De Gaulle's
words received- mixed reac
tion throughout the French
Moslem world.
Criticism in Africa
In Cairo, the FLN Algerian
nationalist organization which
has been in the forefront of
the 3V-year fight for inde
pendence against France flat
ly rejected De Gaulle's peace
plan for this troubled land.
In neighboring Morocco, a
high government source
branded De Gaulle's speech
in Algiers "a catastrophe."
.AnotherJiigh Moroccan, per
sonage said "this speech sets
us back 25 years."
In Tunisia to the east, gov
ernment circles registered
new disappointment with De
Gaulle. They said the new
French Premier had "retard
ed" a solution to the Alger
ian problem. - -
Jury Dismissed
By Federal Judge
A hung jury in the case of
United States versus Walter
E. Wengren, operator of Bet
ter Roofing company, Grants
Pass, being tried in U. S. dis
trict court here, resulted in the
case being, tentatively sched
uled for retrial in August.
The defendant was charged
with income tax evasion in
volving underestimation of in
come for the years 1951
through 1953 and the under
payment of taxes. He was rep
resented by Elbert L. Mike
sell, Grants Pass attorney.
The case went to the jury
at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. With
an hour recess for dinner the
jury deliberated until 9 p.m.
At that time District Court
Judge Guss Solomon. Port
land, dismissed the jury when
it became evident that it could
not reach a verdict. r . .
The government called ap
proximately 15 witnesses. The
defensd called only Wengren
and Mrs. Wengren.
- The trial started Tuesday
and was the final case to be
tried by this session of district
court.
7-Year-0ld Found
In Tree Near Home
John Park Hudson, 7-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs? Gor
don Hudson, 220 Erie st., was
located Wednesday afternoon
following a four-hour search
by more than 12 Medford city
policemen, firemen, and vol
unteers. The boy was discovered sit
ting in a tree near his home.
It was reported that he had
been there the majority of the
time between 10:30 a.m. when
he 'was discovered missing
until found at 3:45 p.m.
. According to police reports,
the boy told his teacher at
Roosevelt, school that he
didn't feel well. The teacher
sent him to see the school
nurse and notified the school
principal when he failed to
return.
- Off duty police officers
Were called to aid with the
search.
"We Like It So Well, We Want
To Sail It For You"
Certificates of
1 .'-'
Nominations
To Erected
Certificates of nomination
went out this week from the
county elections department
to 299 individuals elected to
precinct committee posts or
nominated for the November
general election: , .
Only one 'candidate receiv
ed a majority of votes in the
primary did not receive; a
certificate. He was Robert
Danielson, former Ashland
attorney, whose possible elec
tion as district .judge is to
be decided by an attorney
general opinion in the nea
future. .
Danielson requested a cer
tificate of nomination from
County Clerk Bereth Hopkins
some time after . he had re
ceived more votes than" Med
ford City Attorney Roy
Bashaw in the race. .
Issue Bashaw
. District Attorney . Thomas
J. Reeder issued an opinion
that Bashaw had won the
election, inasmuch as Daniel
son was not a legal candidate.
Reeder also requested an opin
ion from the attorney general.
Five positions for precinct
committee posts which were
tied in the election were set
tled yesterday in the elections
department.
Obera Dunn, 715 Pennsyl
vania st., Ashland, is Repub
lican committee woman for
precinct 9, and James and
Mary R. Tungate, . 49 Mace
rd., Republican committeeman
and woman for 28 A.
Walter L. Townsend, Camp
White, is Democratic commit
teeman for precinct 73 arid
Joan Redden, route 1, box
349 A, committeewoman for 66.
'Winners in 15 Republican
and 14 Democratic committee
Bids Opened for
Fencing Highway
Harold W. Slater, Rogue
River, was apparent low bid
der on providing , and install
ing fencing along . relocated
Highway 66 at Emigrant lake
southeast of Ashland.
Three bids were opened by
the bureau of reclamation at
the Camp White, office today.1
The job is in connection with
enlargement of Emigrant lake
dam, and the fencing-will be
installed when the highway
is relocated. .
Bids on relocating Highway
66 around Emigrant lake have
been called by the state high
way commission.
Other bidders were Thomas
J. Parker, Ashland, $8,681.50;
and El Dorado Fence com
pany, Sparks, Nev.; $9,729.
Engineer's estimate was
$8,530. The bids will be for
warded to the Boise, Idaho,
bureau of reclamation office
for consideration and awarding-
Strauss Quits Post
On Atomic Commission
Washington UPI Presi
dent Eisenhower regretfully
accepted today the resignation
of Chairman Lewis L. Strauss
of the Atomic Energy Com
mission effective June 30 at
expiration of his five-year
term.
Portland UPI Mrs. Es
telle Berry, a Portland bail
bondswoman, said that James
Elkins" had guaranteed the
$5P00 bail she posted Wednes-J
day for Jmes Q. Jenkins, 36.
Sen?
Persons
posts were to have been de-
cided yesterday by . the elec
tions department in a straw
vote, but only those five per
sons called at the department,
it was said. -
Central committees will fill
the remaining vacancies. ''
259 Seniors to '
A total of 259 Medford
High school seniors will re
ceive diplomas during; the
65th annual commencement
at Hedrick Junior High school
auditorium at "8 p' flock.., to;
night.
Dr. Harry L. Dillin, presi
dent of Linf ield college, Mc-
Minnville, will speak, and
awards will be presented by
Lester D. Harris, principal of
Medford High.
Frank C. Bash, chairman
of the board of education will
present diplomas, and Leon
ard B. Mayfield, superintend
ent of Medford schools, will
introduce Dr. Dillin.
The Rev. Thomas McCam
ant, pastor of the Congrega
tional church, will give the
invocation and benediction,
and the Medford High school
band, under the direction of
I. A. Mirick, director, will
provide music for the pro
cessional and recessional. .
Other members of the
school board are William A.
Barker, Otto A. Ewaldsen,
Edward Branchfield and
Keith Hockersmith. Associ
ated Student body officers
are David Frohnmayer, presi
dent; Mike Russell, vice presi
dent; Sharon Walsh, secre
tary; Tom Morris, treasurer
and Frank Albert, business
manager.
WEATHER-
FORECAST: Scattered thunder
storm! - thii evening. Consid
erable cloudiness tonlfht and
Friday, with possibility of
thunderstorms again Friday
afternoon. Mild temperatures.
Low tonight SS. High Friday 82.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 7
Lowest .this Morning 54
Prec. to. 1 a.m. Today,. Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .. ,.- 4
Sunset 7:
Moonrise : : H
Last Quarter :.
PROMINENT STAR -Arcturus,
high: In '
south
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, due south. .... S:
Saturn, low in south
east S
Mars, rises .. : 1
Venus, rises 3
it a.m.
:4 p.m.
:J1 p.m.
'June S
27 .m.
IS p.m.
31 p.m.
:4S a.m.
:0g a.m.
Receive Diplomas
50 Boy Scouts to Hike
Along River
A group of 50 Boy Scouts
and five adults- headed by Dr.
William H. Roberts will leave
Medford Sunday morning on
a hike along the Rogue river
to Gold Beach. They will re
turn here June 14.
The group will- .leave
Graves creek Sunday morn
ing and will hike to Agness.
From there they will take the
mailboat to Gold Beach when
cars will return them here.
According to Dr. Roberts,
this is Che first time the hike
has been made since 1950
when 35 Boy Scouts made the
trip. He reported that the
trip is being , financed . by
money earned by the Scouts
through various projects dur-
ing the year.
Aid Stations o
Established To
Care for Injured
Victims Stand in
Line at Hospital .
Menomonie. Wis. (UPT)
Tornadoes cut a 40-mile wide
swath through the peaceful
dairy country of Northwestern
Wisconsin Wednesday night,
killing at least 30 persons and
injuring more than 100.
Hospitals in four citiies
were filled to overflowing
with casualties and emergen
cy first aid stations were set
up in armories and school
gymnasiums. Sixteen persons
hovered between life ' and
death.
"It was like a battlefield,"
said Dr. G. J. Neumann, a den
tist at Colfax, hardest-hit com
munity in the area. .
'I was in World War II and
I've seen a lot of people die,
but when you see your own
towns-people killed its some
thing different. . ." . .
Twisted Automobiles r
One-third of the homes were
leveled in Colfax and at least
13 persons were killed. Auto
mobiles were twisted into gro
tesque shapes. Hundreds of
trees and fallen telephone
poles meshed and formed mac
abre arches through the
stricken area. Roads, were lit
tered with debris, pieces of
metal, boards, and five bodies
were found together, "horri
bly mangled." "
Starting in late afternoon.
the tornadoes struck hard in
a two-state area. A twister
damaged homes near St;.
Cloud, Minn., then clubbed an
estimated 25 farms in the Al
bany, Minn., area. Several in
juries were reported:
Crossing into Wisconsin, the
violent storm pattern hit with
deadly force. One man was
killed in Wilson and there
were reports of heavy in
juries. Pursuing a zig-zag pat
tern, the tornado ' generally
followed U.S. 12 into Me
nomonie, then skipped north
east into Colfax where it un
leashed its full fury. On some
farms, not a stick was left
standing.
Communications Cut '
It was discovered early to
day that the twister had con
tinued into neighboring Clark
county and killfl a 30-year-old
woman at Tnorp. Cutting
a two-mile path of destruc
tion, it tore down all com-'
munications and made it im
possible for rural residents to
contact the outside world until
today. ,
"There Is no telling what
the casualty list will be,"
Clark County Coroner Bob
Lulloff said. "Right now,
there's.' no . communications
and the roads are blocked. The
livestock destruction is fan
tastic. The hospital at Stanley,
Wis., Is jammed. People are
standing in line outside the
hospital."
In Chippewa Falls, a trail
er court owner told how the
tornado demolished seven
trailers, throwing two of them
into a ravine. Within sight of ..
the trailer court, at least a
dozen automobiles were over
turned. (See story on page 11)
Lebanon Insists on
Pressing UN Charges
United Nations, N.Y. .
UPI Violent-torn Lebanon
insisted over Western" and
Arab . league objections on
pressing charges today that
the United Arab Republic is
stirring up' and aiding Leba
nese rebels. ' '
Only Arab League action
could prevent the shawdown
in the Security Council this
afternoon.
to Agness
The boys and leaders will
camp out along the river, and
at Agness will be guests of a
rancher.
Dr. Roberts said that any
Boy Scout physically able
who has proper equipment,
and is at least 11 years of
age, is eligible to make the
trip. - i
He said this is the first year
that the Wimer Troop will
have a representative group
on the trip.
Dr. Roberts, who has made
the trip by trail three times
and by boat five times, said
the forest service has been
alerted that the group will be
in the area and that they
have checked the forest serv
ice trails along the rifer.