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Robert Cavanaugh
Piloting Twin Beach
Robert H. Cavanaugh, 36,
of 901 King st, Medford, was
one of four forest service men
killed in the crash of t forest
service plane about 20 miles
northwest of winthrop,
Wash., about 6:40 p.m. yester
day.
The Civil Aeronautics ad
ministration today began an
investigation into the crash
the United Press International
reported. Winthrop is
north central Washington.
Others killed were identi-
fiedd as Robert Carlman of
Winthrop, who was an ob
server plotting additional for
est fires, and Keith Hendrick
son of Winthrop and Gerald
Helmer, Sweet Home, Ore.,
who were cargo dropperrs.
Drop Cargo
The plane, piloted by Cav
anaugh, was dispatched to
Eight-Mile ridge to drop cargo
to a 25-man firefighting crew
in the Okanagon National for
est. The fire was one of sev
eral small blazes started by
lightning.
Forest service officials in
Medford said the fire lookout
at Sweet Grass mountain saw
the plane crash. It burned im
mediately after crashing, the
lookout reported.
Cavanaugh's regular job
was pilot for the smokejump-
er project in the Okanagon
National forest. He lived in
Medford during the off fire
season. He was flying a twin
Beach C18F at the time of the
accident.
He was a pilot for Mercy
Flights, Inc., Medford, and a
pilot with the rank of lieu
tenant commander in the
Naval reserve. He was to re
ceive a certificate of cpllege
and Navy credit tonight at
ceremonies at Southern Ore
gon college for completing a
40-week course at the Naval
Reserve Officers' Training
school.
Cavanaugh is surwived by
his wife and four children,
who live in Medford. Funer
al service s are tentatively
.scheduled in Oakland, Calif.,
forest service officials here
said.
Russia Repairing
German Embassy
Moscow (UPI) Soviet
Russia began repairs today on
the West German Embassy in
Moscow but failed to apolo
gize for the damage done by
1,500 demonstrators who bom
barded the building Monday
with stones and ink bottles.
West Germaa Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer was so an
noyed by the attack, carried
out in reprisal for an anti
Soviet demonstration in Bonn
last week, that he requested
20 German industrialists to
break off a tour of Russia and
return home.
The Bonn demonstration
was one of a series of world
wide protests by free nations
against the Sovietaction in
executing Hungarian freedom
Premier Imre Nagy and other
leaders of the October, 1956
anti-Communist revolution.
Portland (UPI) Four Ca
nadian destroyer-escorts are
in Portland for a four-day
goodwill visit.
Hoffa found
Of Wiretapping Charges
New York (UPI) A fed
eral jury Monday acquitted
Teamsters President James R.
Hofa and two other defend
ants of charges they tapped
the telephones of union sub
ordinates in the teamsters' De
troft headquarter.
Jury Out en Hours
The jury of eigth men and
four women deliberated seven
hours before clearing Hoffa
and his codefendgnt, Owen
Brennan, president of Detroit
Teamsters LocfJ S3?; nd Ber
nard Spindel, professional
wiretap eei9rt.
The fiv-weej trial was the
second in gbich Hoffa, Brtn-
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1958
Scanty Cover for
(Herblock Is
Power Knocked Out
In Ashland Storm;
Downtown Soaked
A storm wlych hit Ashland
Monday at 3:30 p.m. caused
little damage in the area, ac
cording to Ashland city police,
but left .33 of an inch of rain
in the downtown area during
the hour and a half storm.
Lightning struck a power
pole at the corner of Third
and C sts., according to Ash
land city electric department
officials, knocking down the
line.
The entire city was without
power for an hour and a half,
Negro Doctor's
Home Vandalized
Long Beach, Calif. (UPI)
Dr. Charles. T. Terry was
determined today, to live in
the two-story, $45,000 house
damaged by vandals who ob
jected to Negroes moving into
the exclusive ' Bixby Hills
district.
The 37-year-old physician,
a lieutenant in World War II
and veteran of Korea, bought
the house a month ago, spent
$10,000 redecorating it and
was nreoarintr to move in
when vandals struck.
They poured bleach over
the wall-to-wall carpeting, cut
section of carpeting out of
the front room, and flooded
the house with water piped
from a garden hose. Damage
was estimated at between
$10,000-515,000.
Terry looked over the house
Monday and said there were
no words to express how he
feels. He laid the violence to
one or two intolerant persons.
And added: "I'm going to
stay. I don't think this repre
sents the feeling of my neigh
bors." ,
Reeder, Deputy to r
Attend DA's Institute
District Attorney Thomas
Reeder and his deputy, John
C. Anicker Jr. plan to attend
the sixth annual Institute for
District Attorneys in Salem
Thursday and Friday,. Reeder
said today.
The annual session will be
conducted by the state depart
ment of justice in cooperation
with the district attorneys of
Oregon.
Not Guilty
an and Spindel had been tried
on the same charges. The first
trial ended in a hung jury last
December when one juror
held out for acquittal.
Acquitted of Bribe
It. also marked the second
time in less than a year that
Hoffa had been acquitted by
a federal jury. In the early
case, he was acquitted in
Washington of charges that he
attempted to bribe a Senate
Labolr Rackets Committee
staff investigator into letting
him see committee files con
taining information on its
probe of the 1,300,000-mem-ber
truck union.
Killed
the Charnel Cart
on Vacation)
it was reported, with the areas
in which two transformers
were knocked out without
power for an additional three-
quarters of an hour.
Tree Blown Down
One tree was reported
blown down during a brief
wind which accompanied the
storm.
California Oregon Power
company officials in Medford
reported today that power was
restored to the majority of
their Medford customers. by
5 p.m. Monday after the storm
Sunday. Less than 10 houses
along Biddle rd., where 13
poles were knocked down,
were reported to be still with
out power, they said. The
homes included those where
the wind tore meter boxes
from the buildings.
Copco . crews are reported
to be "mopping up" today in
the Biddle rd. area.
Hail Damage
Hail damage to pears west
of Medford Sunday was esti
mated in some orchards as
running from 15 to 20 per
cent. This was the area hard
est hit by the storm. Orchard
ists emphasized, however, that
thorough checks of trees have
yet to be made. More damage
may show up later, they said.
. The larger producing areas
of Sams Valley and Table
Rock and other areas north
of town were reported touch
ed "very lightly" by hail. The
area south of Medford, in the
Fem . Valley-Suncrest area,
Was reported all in the clear.
This area's pear crop should
be about normal, about 2V2
million boxes, according to
fruit industry spokesmen.
Bartlett crop is estimated
from "good" to "very, very
good." Bosc are reported
good, cornice and D Anjous
both light. Spokesmen said
the crop will run a little light
er than last year.
Two Commended
For School Records
Ft. Lewis, Wash. Two
Medford National Guard offi
cers have been commended
by their regimental com
mander for excellent records
at basic infantry officer
school, which they recently
completed at Ft. Benning, Ga.
Letters of commendation
went to Second Lt. Paul J.
Blair, 725 Beekman st.,- and
First Lt. Richard A. Greer,
1003 West 13th st. They were
signed by Col. Robert L. Irv
ing, commander of the 186th
infantry. He commended the
men for attaining ratings of
third and fourth, respective
ly, in a class of 135 at Ft.
Benning.
Both officers are at Ft.
Lewis, Wash., where Med
ford units, along with the
Oregon and Washington Na
tional Guards are starting
their second week of the two
week camp period..
Lieutenant . Blair is with
company A, 186th infantry,
and Lieutenant Greer is with
Headquarters company, first
battalion, 186th infantry,
both of Medford. .
Tribune
No. 81
Fireworks Blast
In Bazil Kills
83; Injures 400
Doctors Appeal
For Blood Plasma
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(UPI) Fireworks collected
ior a religious noiiaay ex-
ploded with a blinding flash
m the market place of Santo
Amaro in northeastern Brazil
Monday, killing at least 83
persons and injuring 400.
Twenty of the injured re
ceived agonizing burns and
were reported in critical con
dition. Doctors and nurses on
the scene- sent urgent radio
appeals today for blood plas
ma in an effort to prevent the
death toll from rising toward
the 100 mark.
Another Explosion
One person was killed and
50 were injured in a similar
tragedy in the" village of
Feira Santana, less than 20
miles away. There, too, color
fully dressed Brazilians had
poured into the market place
to buy firecrackers for Tues
day's celebration on the feast
day of San Juan.
Authorities blamed the
Santo Amaro disaster on a
short circuit in a high tension
line that touched off explo
sions in two fireworks booths.
The crowded market place
was ripped by the blast and
witnesses said it resembled a
battlefield.
Not Uncommon
A reporter said the market
place looked like a "scene
from Dante's Inferno."
Fireworks accidents are not
uncommon in Brazil, especial
ly around this time, of the
year. Last year 60 persons
were killed and more than
100 injured when a fireworks
factory blew up at Gramacho,
near Riode Janeiro:
20 Displays Set
For Fourth Show
More than 20 displays will
be featured in the Young
Men's Christian associations
annual Fourth of July Fire
works show, Cliff McGinty,
general chairman, has an
nounced. The show will con
tain 20 displays in addition to
the innumerable bombs, spin
ning wheels, flares, and
sparklers.
Dr. Frank Wilson, cochair-
man of the event, said ' pre
show will feature horses and
riding skills.
The show will start at 7
p.m. July rne norse snow
will last until 9:00 p.m. Some
of the fireworks displays will
be Spirit of 76, fur trapper
and Indians, pioneer mother,
stage coach,' gold' panning
logging wheels and oxen, Too-
nerville trolley, circus scene
and the Niagara Falls.
Tickets are now on sale by
ticket salesman or can be pur
chased at the YMCA.
Medford, Ashland Men
Elected by Accountants
Pendleton (UPI) to
ward n (Ted) Sommers ol
Ashland has been named presi
dent of the Oregon Associa
tion of Public Accountants at
the group's 12th , annual con
vention here. '
Garl H. Hasenkamp, Port
land,, was elected vice presi
dent. Five district governors were
elected. kThey were William
White, Medford; Keith E. Bil
lings, Portland; Samuel K.
Dobbs, Milton-Freewater; A.
Lenhart, Eugene and Wal
ter Fleet, Klamath Falls.
Washington (UPI) Pres
ident Eisenhower has named
Federal Civil Defense Admin
istrator Leo A. Hoegh to be
head of the new Office of De
fense and Civilian Mobiliza
tion. WEATHER ,
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Wednesday! Scattered
showers in the mountains. Low
tonight 58. High tomorrow 89.
... - Temp.
Highest Yesterday ' 80
Lowest this Morning 59
Our Skies Tonight .
Sunset today 7:53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow. 4:35 a-m.
Moonset tomorrow' .12:29 a.m.
Full Moon June 30
VISIBLE PLANETS
' Jupiter, to the left of the Moon.
Saturn, in the southeast.
in the evening twilight.
Mars, low in east .... 1:04 a.m.
Venus, rises i : 2:57 a.m.
FIRE SCHOOL At a special "mock" look
out tower near Butte Falls, District Assist
ant Douglas Finch of the U.S. forest service
at Butte Falls (at left in the foreground)
explains to two lookout trainees the func
Living Costs Set Another
Time
Washington '(UPI) The
government reported today
that, living costs hit another
all-time high in May. -
Food prices held steady aft
er a five-month climb, but in
creases in other prices pushed
the average to a new record.
The consumer price index
advanced one-tenth of 1 per
cent to 123.6 per cent of the
1947-49 average. It was the
smallest one-month rise' since
last December, the Labor De
partment' said..
Reasons Cited
The department's Bureau of
Labor Statistics attributed the
rise to higher prices for gaso
line and used cars, increased
physicians' fees, and a rise in
premiums for group hospital
ization plans in four cities.
It was the 19th time in 21
months that the cost of living
has set a record. The last time
it dropped was in August,
1956.
The report meant that some
850,000 workers whose pay is
tied by contract to the cost of
living will get wage boosts.
In steel, aluminum, and can
ning about 750,000 workers
will get four cents an hour
more.
For the remaining 100,000
workers the pay boost will
range from two cents an hour
in some . aircraft manufactur
ing and local transit to nine
cents an hour.
The May price . index was
3.3 per cent higher than in
May, 1957.
A Labor Department offi
cial said he expected food
prices might be coming down
this month. But he declined
to predict what the over-all
cost of living would do.
Food prices averaged 6.1
per cent higher man a year
ago.
The ' department reported
that rents rose one-tenth of
1 per cent, about the same in
crease as in other recent
months. The cost of home re
pairs, maintenance, gas, and
electricity also went up.
Medical care costs rose
seven-tenths of 1 per cent
mainly ' because of higher
charges by physicians, hos
Committee OKs
Rivers-Harbors Bill
Washington-KUPD-A Senate-House
conference commit
tee today reached agreement
on a $1,556,600 rivers and
harbors authorization bill to
replace a measure vetoed
three months ago by President
Eisenhower. Vi
The bill brought out after
the 90-minute conference was
the Senate measure passed
last week with some technical
changes adopted from the
House bill. '
The authorization measure,
sometimes dubbed the "pork
barrel bill," gives congression
al approval, but no funds, to
about. 150 navigation, flood
control,' beach erosion, irriga
tion and power projects.
Portland (UPI The Rev.
James K. Egly,' Pilot Rock,
has been elected moderator of
the Presbyterian Synod of
Oregon. -
Ale
MA
'Record During May
pitals, and two group hospital
ization plans. '
Government economists
meanwhile predicted that un
employment will climb to a
17-year high in June.
If unemployment in June
climbs to between 5,400,000
and 5,500,000 it would be
more than a half-million in
Bomb Explodes Near
Auto of American
Envoy in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) A
bomb exploded 30 yards from
U.S. Ambassador Robert Mc
Clintock's automobile today
as he was driving along a
crowded street in the heart of
strife-torn Beirut. He was not
hurt. ,
The bomb caused no dam
age, but shook the ambassa
dor's car.
It was not known immedi
ately whether the bomb had
been planted with a time fuse
or deliberately thrown at Mc-
Clintock's automobile
The bomb was the second
to shake the Lebanese capital
today. The other exploded
outside a story 500 yards from
a hotel where U.N Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
has set up temporary head
quarters. It went off 15 min
utes after Hammarskjold en
tered the building and appar
ently was not meant for him
$45,000 Added to
VA Payroll at CW
Camp White More than
$45,000 will be added to the
annual payroll of the Yeter
ans administration here by
the 10 per cent increase for
federal employees, according
to estimates of the fiscal divi
sion at the VA Domiciliary.
Out of the 211 civil service
positions listed, only 105 will
benefit by the increase, ac
cording to Acting Manager
Banks Paul.
Of the 335 employees,. 140
are excluded from the raise
under their rating as member
employees. Also excluded
from the. 10 per cent increase
are "107 wage board employ
ees, whose pay is determined
by a scale arrangement.
In addition to the regular
ciassmea workers, the in
crease will include doctors,
nurses and other medical per
sonnel. The raise averages
$468 per annum per em
ployee. .' .
Hearing Slated for
Eastern Oregon Man
Canyon City, Ore. (UPI)
A preliminary hearing was
scheduled today for Robert E.
Sproul, 43, charged with the
slaying of Harlin H. Williams,
47, his brother-in-law, Satur
day. '
Sproul, a Mt. Vernon ranch
er, was being held without
bail in the Grant county jail.
He and" Williams had argued
over a road.
tions of a fire finder. The fire control
school, which ended Friday, is held each
year to brief the men on operating a look
out tower and methods of fighting forest
fires, before lookouts are manned.
crease over the 4,904,000 un
employment figure for May.
But it was less than the six
million Labor Secretary
James P. Mitchell warned
Congress to expect for the
month. Exact figures will be
released during the first week
of July by the Labor and
Commerce Departments.
ine secretary-general was
working in the hotel on plans
which he hoped would end
the crisis which threatens to
provoke another war.
Informed Lebanese sources
said Hammarskjold is con
vinced that the "moral pres
sure" of UN observers sta
tioned in Lebanon will halt
rebel infiltration of men and
arms from the neighbboring
Syrian province of the United
Arab Republic.
Big Wind Storm;
Lashes Pasco Area
Pasco, Wash. (UPI)
Winds up to 72 miles per hour
lashed the Tri-City area Mon
day causing several auto ac
cidents, toppling trees, touch
ing off several fires and
knocking out electrical pow
er in some sections.
Dust whipped by the high
gusts reduced visibility to al
most zero severely hamper
ing the traffic flow in the
Richland - Pasco - Kennewick
area.
No fatalities were reported
during the four-hour storm.
However, at least eight per
sons were injured in auto ac
cidents and a 10-year-old
Pasco boy suffered a head
gash when he was struck by a
pumice block which had been
torn loose from a block wind
break. .
Fires ignited by the storm
destroyed several buildings
on a sheep ranch near Ken
newick and wiped out wheat
and rye crops on the George
Austin' ranch three miles
south of Kennewick.
Council Sets Date
For Public Hearing
The Medford City council
will hold a special meeting in
the court house auditorium at
7:30 p.m. Friday for a con
tinued hearing on ' the Ken-
wood-Grandview sanitary sew
er district
The original hearing, held
Thursday evening, June 19,
was: continued because accom
modations in the council
chambers were not adequate
for the large number of per
sons attending.
Many property owners and
other persons interested in
the district crowded the cham
bers and overflowed into the
hallway where they could not
hear the proceedings.
Action Would
Be 'Aggression
Statement Says
. Forces of Peace
Would Be Challenged
Moscow (UPI) The So
viet Union charged tonight
that any attempt to send a
United National police force
into Lebanon would amount
to "aggression" and warned it
would be the "duty" of peace
loving states to stop it.
A formal statement issued
by the official Tass News
Agency attacked Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles and
other western leaders for sug
gesting extension of the U. N.
force in Lebanon.
Would Be Challenge -
"... Foreign armed inter
vention in Lebanon would
constitute a challenge not
only to the peoples of the
Arab East who are defending
their independence, but also
to the forces of peace the
world over," it said.
"Therefore, it is the duty
of every state" and every gov
ernment genuinely concerned
with peace 4o do everything
possible to prevent aggression
against Lebanon."
It was the firmest Soviet
declaration on Lebanon since
a Moscow newspaper last
week raised the possibility of
"volunteers" joining the rebel
forces attacking the regime of
pro-western Lebanese Presid
dent Camille Chamoun.
Seen Attempt To Scare
Western experts said after
a ..first reading of the long
declaration that it appeared
to be a major attempt to scare
off any support for expansion
of the U.N. observer forces
already in existence in Leba
non. - U.N. Secretary-general Dag
Hammarskjold was winding
up his on the spot peace mis
sion in Beirut tonight and his
recommendations on" police
force proposals were expected
shortly.
PTT Rate Increase
Request Suspended
Salem (UPI) Public Util
ity Commissioner Howard
Morgan today suspended for
a period not to exceed six
months rate increases asked
by Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company.
The new rates would have
become effective June 30 and
would have cost Oregon users
about $5. million a year.
In filing for the new rates
May 28, the company cited
higher state and local taxes,
wages and construction costs
as reasons for the increase.
Public hearings will be
scheduled on the increase at
a later date, Morgan said.
Bean Picking Price
Set at 2 Cents Pound
Salem (UPI) The State
Labor commission has set the
1958 bean picking price . at
2V cents per pound with a
quarter cent bonus for pick
ing through the season.
The price, for pole beans
only, is the same as last year.
Moving Portland SP
Shops Draw Opposition
Portland (UPI) Members
of the Multnomah County
Central Labor Council Mon
day night-unanimously voted
to oppose moving the Brook
lyn yard diesel repair shops
of Southern " Pacific from
Portland to Eugene.
Senator Raises Questions
In Alaska Statehood Bill
Washington (UPI) Chair
man James O. Eastland of the
Senate Judiciary Committee
today challenged the constitu
tionality of the Alaska state
hood bill under debate in the
Senate.
Three Points of Order
The "Mississippi Democrat
raised three points of order
against the measure. He
warned that if his objections
were not sustained he would
move to send the legislation
to his committee for further
study.
Eastland protested specifi
cally that Section 10, which
provides for turning over
No Evidence of
Adams Influence,
Committee Told
Prosecution laid e
To le lmprti
Washington (UPI) The
head of the Securities & Ex
change Commission said to
day there is "no shred of evi
dence" that Sherman Adams
ever got SEC favors for indus
trialist Bernard Goldfine.
Chairman Edward N. Gads
by told the House .influence
investigating subcomm i 1 1 e e
that his agency has prosecuted
two Goldfine companies for
failure to file financial r
ports. .
This prosecution, Gadsby as
serted, was carried out "vig
orously and effectively,"" and
with something approaching
impartiality and detachment."
Inquiries Had No Effect
Gadsby said the record
shows that mfluiries from theQ
White House and from Con- -gress
"had absolutely no ef
fect" upon SEC actions
against Goldfine companies. .
"To put it bluntly the com
mission could hardly have
done more if Mr. Adams were
Mr. Goldfine's worst enemy,"
Gadsby said.
The subcommittee has charg
ed that Adams, President Eis- .....
enhower's chief assistant, got
preferred treatment for his
generous friend Goldfine from
the Federal Trade Commis
sion and also interceded for
the New England mill owner
with the SEC. Adams strong
ly denies he ever got any. fed
eral favors for Goldfine or
anyone else.
Statements Not Filed
Gadsby was called to testify
about SEC action against the
East Boston Co.- and the Bos
ton Port Development Co.,
two Goldfine firms which,
failed to file required SEC
reports for eight years.
Adams testified last week
that, at his ftquest, Gerald D. ,
Morgan, special counsel to the
President, inquired about the ,
status of the case two years
ago. Adams said Morgan ob
tained a report but nothing
further was done.
Gadsby testified that after
the White House inquiry Feb.
17, 1956, the SEC took these
"affirmative actions" against
Goldfine:
Opposed delay in its' ac
tion to collect a $20,000 fine
from Goldfine, and quickly
appealed a court order vacat
ing the fine.
Filed a petition charg
ing criminal contempt of the
court's order, which e ventu
ally was dropped as part of
a "final, enforceable stipula
tion." -
Pursued the case and got
a court order requiring East
Boston to pay $3,000 for civil
contempt and to file correct
ed reports.
Stated a private investi
gation "looking toward the
possibility of additional action
against the company."
Petitioned for a civil con
tempt charge against East
Boston for failing to file its
1956 report.
"I cannot believe that any
fair and objective appraisal
of this record can lead to any
other conclusion but that the
commission and its staff per
formed their duties in this
case in a commendable fash-
ion," Gadsby said.
Banker Kidnaped;
Released Unharmed
Newport Center, Vjt. (UPI)
A banker was reported kid
naped from his office here to
day but several hours later
he .telephoned his wife that
he - had been released un
harmed. He was identified as Ran-
some Willis Adams Jr., 41,
manager and assistant vice
president of the North Troy
Bank.
Washington (UPI) Pres
ident Eisenhower will, not
hold" a news conference
Wednesday. ...
large area of Northwest Alas
ka to the Defense Department,
is unconstitutional. .
He also said that Section 9
of the Alaskan Constitution is
in "direct violation" of the
U.S. Constitution in fixing
the "manner and terms for the
election of U.S. Senators."
Judiciary Consideration g
Eastland asserted the legis
lation should have been con
sidered by the House and Sen
ate Judiciary committees be
cause "much of the substance"
in it falls within the province
of those two groups. The bill
was cleared by the House and
Senate Interior Committees.
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