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'Inly dud mi Torch'
Business Agent
For Teamsters
Expected To Die
Uriels Vows To
Seek Vengeance
Pontiac. Mich (UPD
Frank Kierdorf, ex - convict
Teamsters Union business
agent, clung to life today, and
repeated to police that he did
not know who turned him
into a human.' torch. ,
Mean w h i 1 e, Kierdorf s
uncle Herman, who had vow
ed vengeance against his
nephew's attackers, had dis
appeared. Frank, 56, business agent
for Teamsters Local 332 in
Flint, Mich., was in St. Jo
seph Mercy hospital. Doctors
said he wcildn't live long.
He repeated to interview
ing officers that he did not
know the two men who
doused him with an inflam
mable fluid and set him afire
and gave no hint where he
thought Herman might be
hiding.
Disappear '
Herman disappeared Mon
day night from under the
noses of police guards at the
hospital but police admitted
only today that they didn't
know where he was.
They had obtained a war
rant charging him with pos
session of a silencer.
The silencer was found in
the home of a next door neigh
bor in Madison Heights. Judy
Tyler 15, residing at the
home, said Herman gave her
a briefcase that contained a
P38 automatic and the home
made silencer three weeks
agftv
Herman told police he had
no idea who attacked Frank
but he was, "going to find
out."
'If I Get There First
A lieutenant told him to let
police take care of the attack
but Herman replied, "not if I
get there first."
Frank, who last November
refused to tell the Senate
Rackets Committee about op
erations of his union, was
drenched with, a fluid, set
afire and dumped in front of
the hospital "looking like a
Zombie." ,
During spells of conscious
ness Kierdorf told how two
men took him from his home
in Flint and drove him toward
Pontiac to a wooded area.
There, he said, one man
poured inflammable fluid
over him and the other threw
a match. He burst into flames.
Kierdorf said the two men
then argued over letting him
die. One of them said, "We
don't want a murder rap on
our hands." Then they bun
dled his burned body in a
bathrobe, put him in their
car and drove him to the hos
pital where they dumped him
and sped off.
60 Classes Included in
County Fair
Competition in four depart
ments and more than 60
classes, ranging from food
and textiles to floral and land
products, will be included in
the Kiwanis club , sponsored
county fair Aug. 21-24, ac
cording to fair officials.
The fair, which will be held
at the Medford Armory, will
use the same rules used by
the Oregon State fair, Russ
Jamison, fair manager, said.
Fair officials have been ad
vised that only a limited
number of the more popular
classes should be opened to
competition this year, he
said, and that other depart
ments and divisions be add
ed as public interest de
mands.' The fair, long de
funct, is in the process of
being re-established through
the efforts of the Kiwanis
club and other interested organizations.
Year
MEDFORD,
HARVEST BEGINS The picking of Bartlett pears got under
way in many Rogue valley orchards this week and packing
houses and cold stbrage plants bustled with activity as they
prepared to receive the fruit. Above, Picking Boss Gordon
Peterson of Orchard Park farms, looks on while Mrs. Clyde
Peterson empties a bucket of pears into a lug box. Her hus
band is picking from a ladder in the background. Picking
will.be slow for about a week because the fruit has not
sized up as anticipated, according to County Agent Clifford
Cordy. '
Picker Supply Said
Adequate for Pears '
There is an adequate supply
of pickers for pear orchards,
according to John J. Patton,
'manager of the local office of
the U. S. employment service.
He explained this is typical
of the first few days of pick
ing. The pear harvest is not
expected to get into full swing
until some time next week, he
said. At the peak approximate
ly 2,200 to 2,250 pickers and
swampers will be used in the
orchards. This is an average
figure, he added.
No Mexican nationals have
been brought in, he empha
sized. Rumors that they have
probably resulted from Amer
icans of Mexican parentage
being emplojsed in some of
the orchards, he explained.
"Not even the first step has
been taken toward employ
ment of Mexican nationals in
this area's orchards," Patton
remarked. "I would certainly
know about it before anyone
else since it is a governmental
arrangement. Such- an ar
rangement is made according
to an international agree
ment." Mexican nationals can be
brought in on short notice if
the pear harvest labor supply
cannot be satisfied locally, he
added."
Picking is a little slow right
now since the fruit size is
August 21-24
Russ Renner, chairman of
the Kiwanis club's special
events committee, will be in
charge of the individual ex
hibitors section, Jamison said.
Deadline for applying for ex
hibitor space is Aug. 15, he
said.
Renner said 39 classes in
the food- and textiles depart
ments of the home economics
section are planned. He urged
county homemakers to for
ward applications in prior to
Aug. 15 to be eligible to ex
hibit. The fair also will feature
project displays by 19 home
extension units from the
county. First, second and
third .place ribbons will be
presented in each class, Ren
ner said.
Advisor to the committee
in setting up the home eco
nomics section is Miss Mary
Pat Lucy, Jackson county
home extension agent.
OREGON, TUE5DAY, AUGUST 5, 1958
smaller, accordng to Clifford
B. Cordy, -county extension
agent. Growers are holding off
picking extensively until the
fruit grows larger, he ex
plained. At this time the fruit
will increase in size from 2
2V& per cent a day.
However, growers should
not try to hold fruit on the
tree until it reaches the de
sired size, Cordy advised. The
rate of fall will match the in
creased growth. Growers also
face the 'risk of having the
fruit split by hail or being
blown off the trees, he
warned.
Stark Nominated
For Council Post
A petition with 28 signa
tures nominating Stanley
Stark forv city councilman
from Ward 4 was filed yes
terday with the city recorder.
This is the first city coun
cil petition to be filed so far.
It is understood that other pe
titions are in circulation, in
cluding one for Robert Bac
cus ' to be councilman from
Ward 3. Three petitions nom
inating Mayor John W. Sni
der for a second term were
filed last week, with others
reportedly still being signed.
Deadline for filing peti
tions has been set by City At
torney E. Roy Bashaw as the
end of August. The election,
for mayor and four council
seats, is scheduled Nov. 4.
The mayor serves two years.
The eight councilmen serve
four years, with four of them
being . elected every two
years.
Stark, who lives at 97 Fair
Oaks dr., served last year as
chairman of the city's budget
committee. He moved to Med
ford in 1932, and since 1953
has owned and managed
Stark Finance company. He
also is a vice president and
director of the Oregon Con
sumer Finance association.
He is 46.
Space Committee
Said Lacking Courage
Washington (UPD House
Space eommittee members
charged today the administra
tion's proposed new space
program is a "pre-Sputnik
model" that lacks "boldness,
imagination and courage." '
Tribune
' Pennies
firay Ukarimigs,
On
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Public hearings on the
Army Engineers' Rogue Basin
development plan will prob
ably not be held before late
November or December, ac
cording to Ross Hatch of the
Corps of Engineers.
"Our present program of
dam site drilling will extend
through this month, and pos
sibly into September," he told
those attending a meeting of
the Rogue Basin Flood Con
trol and Water Resources asso
ciation in Grants Pass last
night.
When the results of all the
drillings have been evaluated,
a hearing date will be an
nounced. After that it will be
three or four months before
a report is ' completed, Hatch
said.
Scheduled Meeting
The association scheduled
its next meeting for Sept. 8
at 8 p.m. in the Jackson coun
ty courthouse auditorium. At
that time Hatch promised to
have more definite facts on
just what results would fol
low from construction of
dams at each of the proposed
sites.
Earlier in the meeting Ted
Watson, chief engineer for the
Oregon Resources board, told
the 50 persons attending that
his group has not made defi
nite conclusions from its
study of yield records on the
Rogue river. He said that a
report will be submitted to
the state legislature next
January. . .
State Rep. Fayette Bristol,
Grants Pass, contended that
the Rogue river and its tribu
taries do not carry as much
water as they used to. To sup
port his case he showed a
number of color slides of the
rivers and streams.
A picture of the Applegate
near Highway 199 taken last
September showed the river
as it was moving, at seven
second feet. Twenty years
ago Bristol said, the river
moved at from 75-100 second
feet during the same time of
year. "You can't raise fish on
hot rocks," he noted.
Two Programs
Hatch said that it now ap
pears as though either of two
alternative construction pro
grams for the main stem of
the Rogue appear economical
ly feasible. Lewis creek dam
apparently would provide the
most nearly complete develop
ment of the upper river that
could be economically justi
fied for flood control, irriga
tion, and power, he said.
From the standpoint of
flood control, however, he
said, the Lewis creek site is
too far upstream.
The alternative to Lewis
creek includes dams on Elk
creek, Big Butte creek, and
on the Rogue river at the
Lost creek site, Hatch report
ed Flood control, irrigation,
and other water conservation
functions would be served
equally well by either plan,
he contended. But, power
benefits from the three-dam
plan would be about 30 per
cent less than from Lewis
creek.
Balancing Loss
Balancing that loss, the en
gineer stated, would be the
fact that the three-dam plan
would destroy a much smaller
portion of the anadromous
fish spawning beds. Continu
ing, he said that the three
dam plan -cannot be economi
cally justified,, so it really
becomes a two-dam plan,
probably omitting construc
tion of Big Butte dam. This
plan does not offer quite as
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good control of the streams,
he noted. -
They1 are drilling at Lost
creek now and are fairly cer
tain that an adequate dam
can be built at the site, Hatch
announced. "Our present plan
is to drill two more holes at
the Lost creek site and three
each at the Elk creek and
Copper sites," he said.
"In "addition to the storage
on the upper river, we will
probably be able to justify
construction of dams on Little
Butte creek, Evans creek, and
Applegate river," Hatch re
ported. Main-Eighth St.
Couplet to Open
Friday Morning
Inauguration of the Main st.
Eighth st. couplet is now set
for Friday morning, Aug. 8,
according to Vernon Thorpe,
city public works director.
Traffic on Main st. will be
one-way westbound from Ri
verside ave. to Elm st. Traffic
on Eighth st. will be one-way
eastbound between the same
limits.
Personnel from the state
highway department are ex
pected to arrive today br to
morrow to supervise place
ment of signs and temporary
barricades. A crew from the
Southern Pacific railroad is
scheduled to set signals in
operation at the Eighth st.
crossing.
Flashing Yellow
Meanwhile, Main st. signals
have flashing yellow lights as
traffic signal adjustments are
made. With the couplet in
operation motorists on both
streets will find the signals
timed to allow an uninterrupt
ed flow of traffic, Thorpe re
ported. Thorpe and City Manager
Robert A. Duff advised motor
ists approaching Riverside
ave. on Eighth st. to get in the
proper lane for what they
plan to do next. Traffic ex
pecting to continue north on
Riverside, ave.. is advised to
stay in the left lane on Eighth
st. and on Riverside ave. after
they turn.
Traffic expected to turn
east on Main st., one block
north of the intersection, is
urged to get in the right lane
on Eighth st. and move to the
right side of Riverside ave. to
facilitate turning rght on
Main st.
They also warned that mo
torists traveling southeast, on
Oakdale ave. can no longer
turn across Eighth st. onto
King st. by the county court
house, since they would meet
Eighth st.'s eastbound traffic.
They must instead either turn
west on Main st. and then
south on Laurel st. or else con
tinue on Oakdale ave. and
turn south further on.
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower will hold a
news conference Wednesday.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and warm
through Wednesday. Low to
night 55, high tomorrow 95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 91
Lowest this Morning . 54
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:27 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5.08 a.m.
The Moon rises 10.18 p.m.
tonight and is in Apogee at
the point on its orbit around
the Earth at the greatest dis
tance from us. Apogee distance
this month is over 251,000
miles; Perigee distance on the
17th will be less than 227,000
miles.
Hoffa Declared
To Be Aligned
With Underworld
Evidence Claimed
By Sen. McClellan
Washington (UPD Chair
man John L: McClellan (D
Ark.) said today the Senate
Rackets committee has evi
dence that Teamster Presi
dent James R. Hoffa had
"aligned himself with certain
underworld characters."
These characters, McClel
lan said, "are a part and par
cel of the criminal elements
and most sinister forces in
this country."
McClellan's statement
opened a session in which it
was expected that Hoffa,
making a return appearance
before the committee, would
be questioned about the "hu
man torch" attack on one of
his Michigan associates.
'No Comment'
Hoffa himself refused to
talk to reporters about the
attack on Frank Kierdof, bus
iness agent for Teamster Lo
cal 332 at Flint, Mich.
Surrounded by lawyers and
aides, Hoffa told newsmen "I
have absolutely no comment
about anything."
McClellan said in his open
ing statement that the team
sters, largest and most pow
erful union in the country,
had given Hoffa a tremen
dous "potential for gsod and
evil." If that power should
be misdirected, the chairman
said, 'Hhen it could become
an extremely evil and de
structive force in the social,
political, and economic life
of our country."
Improper Practices
McClellan said the commit
tee record was "replete with
improper practices and con
duct on the part of Mr. Hoffa
ar.d some of his associates."
He said this raised a "serious
question" about Hoffa's "mo
tivation and the direction
and leadership he proposes to
give this great and important
union."
Missing from the hearing
room at Hoffa's return ap
pearance was Sen. Barry
Goldwater'(R-Ariz.) who had
clashed with the union offi
cial repeatedly in the past.
I
Truck Driver
Killed in Mishap
Everett Fred McCall, 42,
of Grants Pass, was killed
about 10:30 o'clock this
morning in a logging accident
at the Steve Wilson lumber
mill south of Medford.
McCall, a log truck driver
employed by Theno and Mas
ters contract loggers, w.a s
crushed when a log rolled
onto him from his truck. Mill
authorities reported that the
victim had unfastened the
binders on his load before the
unloading tongs had been se
cured. He is s u r v i v e d by his
widow.
Holmes Welcomes
Labor Support
Rdseburg (UPD Republi
can attacks on Gov. Robert D.
Holmes and on organized la
bor were labeled by him as "a
a deception on the people and
a djsservice to the state" in a
speech to the annual conven
tion of the Oregon Labor
Council here Monday.
The Governor departed
from the main economic
theme of his speech to discuss
the political charges. He said
he welcomed support from
labor because he found inter
est in labor promoting good
government for all of Oregon
and because they had never
attempted to extract any
promises of favors.
He said he had always
found the members of organ
ized labor "helpful in making
great legislative decisions."
Porter Says Venezuela
Aware of Red Dangers
Washington (UPD Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore),
said today that despite re
ports to the contrary, the gov
ernment of Venezuela is
"fully aware" of the dangers
of the dangers of Commu
nism. Porter, who visited the
South American nation last
month, took issue with a
published report from Cara
cas, "Venezuela, implying that
only the Venezuelan army
has a full understanding of
the Communist threat.
"Yeah, But It Gives Us The Feeling
We're Controlling It"
Lebanon Premier
Threatens
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI)
Premier Sami Solh has threat
ened to resign unless Ameri
can troops are withdrawn im
mediately from Lebanon, in
formed sources said today.
Meanwhile, two more U.S.
ships arrived with another
1,000 men and more than 200
vehicles, bringing the total
American strength in Leba
non to 14,300. An Army
spokesman said the troops,
which included hospital, ord
inance, signal and graves reg
istration personnel, were the
last in the scheduled buildup
Officers Named
For Area Firms
Earl R. Dean, Hood River,
was elected president of Co
lumbia Utilities company and
its subsidiary, the California
Oregon Telephone company,
at a recent stockholders meet
ing. He also is president of
the Oregon-Washington Tele
phone company.
Columbia, with headquar
ters in Medford, provides a
large area of the upper Rogue
basin with telephone service.
All three companies are
owned by United Utilities,
Inc., of Kansas City, Mo.
Dean succeeds D. O. Hood
as president of Columbia Util
ities, and E. R. Hood as presi
dent of the California affil
iate. Other offices elected are
John W. Kirby, Medford,
vice president and general
manager ;J. S. Middleton,
Portland, secretary-treasurer;
and W. E. Driscoll, auditor
and chief accountant.
Directors elected are Alden
L. Hart and John T, Naylor,
president and vice president,
respectively, of United Util
ities; Dean; D. O. Hood, and
Ernest R. Hood, Portland. D.
O. and E. R. Hood have been
retained" as management con
sultants by both companies.
The same officers were
elected by the California-Oregon
Telephone company, ' an
affiliate of Columbia Utilities.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
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St-Louis .13 21 1
McDeviti, Kipp (3), Ers-
i kine (4), Birrer (7) and
Roseboro; M u f f 1 1 and
Gzeen.
Bartlett Pear Crop Due
To Hit Markets Earlier
Portland (UPD Due to an
exceptionally fine growing
season, fresh Bartlett pears
from the mountain orchards
of Oregon and Washington
will hit the market nationally
shortly after mid-September,
or about three weeks earlier
than usual.
Over-All Crop Smaller
Richard A. Patterson, secretary-manager
of the Oregon
Washington Fresh Bartlett
Pear council, said that while
the over- all West Coast Bart
lett crop is down, the Oregon
and Washington crop is some
what larger than last year.
The canneries are making a
heavy demand for Bartlett
pears this year, but recogniz
ing the increasing demand for
fresh Bartletts, the four prin
To Quit
here, though he added that
some additional small units
may follow. He said all the
units were from Germany and
sailed from Bremerhaven.
Demand Not Discussed
Solh made his evacuation
demand at Monday's cabinet
session the sources said, with
out discussing it first with
President Camille Chamoun.
A source close to the pre
mier said the move was pri
marily a maneuver designed
to reveal his deep personal
disatisf action with contacts
which U.S. diplomatic trouble
shooter Robert Murphy had
with rebel leaders and was
not a genuine' threat
The source said Solh felt
that Murphy had by passed
him to deal behind his back
with the rebel leaders.
Solh told the cabinet min
isters Monday the American
forces were no longer needed
in Lebanon because the elec
tion of Gen. Fuad Chehab as
president was a big step to
ward the solution of the
crisis, the source said.
Chamoun was said to have
been surprised by Solh's de
cision and to have dissuaded
him from presenting it for
mally to the cabinet for a vote.
Chamoun said he would not
request the withdrawal of the
13,000 U.S. Marines and
Army paratroops from Leb
anon. But Chehab said the
withdrawal of the American
forces was a primary plank in
his policy.
Baseball Players
Fight on Airplaine
San Francisco (UPD Dusty
Rhodes and Joe Margoneri of
the San Francisco Giants'
Phoenix farm club were kick
ed off a Western Airlines
plane Monday for staging a
knock-down, drag-out fight
while en route from Portland
to Los Angeles.
The plane radioed ahead
for police to meet it and made
an emergency landing at San
Francisco International Air
port. '
Rhodes one-time Giant
World Series star, and Mar
goneri broke lounge chairs,
smashed tables and terrified
other passengers as they
lunged at one another in the
plane's narrow aisle. Steward
ess Betty Hunt of Hollywood
told police. "
The two men were smiling
and well-behaved when they
stepped off the plane between
three airport security police
officers.
cipal growing and shipping
districts will market between
900,000 and 1,000,000 boxes
of fresh wrapped and packed
pears. The districts are Yaki
ma and Wenatchee in Wash
ington and Medford and Hood
River in Oregon. This year's
pack-out should be ample to
supply retailers through Octo
ber. - - ' .
Promotion Campaign
Paterson saia a newspaper
and radio advertising promo
tion campaign will back up
introduction of this year's
crop. The campaign will break
in mid-September. Newspapers
or radio, or both, will be used
in the 25 major consuming
cities, including several in
Canada.
General Assembly
Order for Troop
Ouster Demanded
Security Council
Held 'Not Capable'
Moscow (UPI) Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
tonight rejected Western
terms for a summit conference
and instead demanded an im
mediate U.N. General Assem
bly session to order Western
troops out of the Middle East.
In a dramatic and sudden
switch of tactics, Khrushchev
told the Western Big Three
that a General Assembly
meeting is necessary since
"the governments of the Unit
ed States and Britain have de
clined to call a conference of
heads of government of the
five powers."
'Not Capable'
He said the U.N. Security
Council "has shown it is not
capable of ensuring a solu
tion" in the Middle East.
Khrushchev said Russia's
delegate to the United Nations
had been ordered to request
an immediate General Assem
bly session.
Khrushchev revealed the
new line in letters to Presi
dent Eisenhower, British
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan and French Premier
Charles de Gaulle.
As for an eventual summit
conference, Khrushchev said
only that he hoped the Gen
eral 'Assembly session might
"prepare the ground for ex
pediting" such a meeting.
And he made it plain that
the Soviet Union intends for
the General Assembly to de
mand immediate U.S. and
British withdrawal from Leb
anon and Jordan.
Khrushchev concluded his
message to Eisenhower:
"I would like to express the
hope that the government of
the United States will support
the proposal for an extraordi
nary session of he General
Assembly which would be a
good step toward the relaxa
tion of tension and would pre
pare the ground for expedit-
ing a meeting at the summit." !
Follows Peiping Visit
The Khrushchev letters;
were made public shortly aft
er the Western ambassadors':
received them at the Soviet
Foreign Ministry.
Khrushchev's move f o 1- :
lowed last week's secret trip :
to Peiping where he discussed -summit
policy with Commu
nist China's Chief of State
Mao Tse-tung.
The Western ambassadors
had been standing by for the
Foregin Ministry summons
since Khrushchev's return
Sunday from his hurried trip
to Peiping.
The time and place for a
summit meeting had awaited "
Khrushchev's answer to Eisen
hower, Macmillan and De
Gajle.
President Eisenhower and
Macmillan suggested a meet
ing "on or about Aug. 12"
within the framework of the
U. N. Security Council. De
Gaulle stated his preference
for a summit conference of
the Big Four and India outside
the United Nations on
Aug. 18.
Washington (UPD U. S. of
ficials said today there ap
peared to be no possibility of
an early summit conference
on. the Middle East as a re
sult of Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's rejection of a
lop-level meeting within the '
United Nations Security Coun
cil. The White House and State
Department had no immediate
comment on Khrushchev's ac
tion. But the belief in official
quarters here was that
Khrushchev decided to turn
down the Anglo- American .
summit offer rather than go
into a U. N. Security Council
meeting where he would be
bound by rigid procedures
and unable to have free sway
for Soviet propaganda attacks.
Painters Start Job
On Medford City Hall
Painters from Riverside
Painting and Decorating com
pany are painting the exte
rior of the city hall and re
pairing windows.
"The most permanent col
or of the most permanent
paint mixture" is being used,
according to Alva Q. Murphy,
one owner of the company.
He said this paint job unlike
the last one would not fade.
Salem (UPD The Capitol
Planning Commission has ap
proved final plans for the ex
terior of the new labor and
industries building to be lo
cated on the Capitol MalL