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one-way couplet will go into operation
Friday, with one-way traffic westbound
on Main st. and one-way eastbound on
Eighth st. One-way traffic will be be
tween Riverside ave. and Elm st. The
couplet is one of the major phases of the
city's arterial street programs. The map
above shows the couplet, and the direc
Supreme
Power in
The state Supreme Court
today declined to take original
jurisdiction on the controver
sy over the district court judge
election here.
The court, in a per curiam
opinion (by the whole court),
stated that the controversy
does not concern the right to
hold or exercise a public of
fice inasmuch as the office of
the district judge is now held
by James Main, whose right is
not in dispute. The court said
that therefore the action was
not a proper proceeding in
"quo warranto."
The original jurisdiction
conferred by the constitution
on the supreme court does not
extend to such a controversy,
the justices stated.
Appropriate Proceedings
However, the court sug
gested in the public interest
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tonight. Vari
able high cloudiness Thursday.
Slijhtlv cooler. Low tonight 58.
High Thursday 92.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 97
Lowest this Morning 51
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:26 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:09 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 10:51 p.m.
Last Quarter Tomorrow
Mars is seen quite near the
Mon tonight. Now about 2
million miles from the Earth,
Mars has become brighter than
all the stars except Sirius and
Canopus.
Discrepancies Found in
Story by 'Human Torch'
Pontiac, Mich. (CPD Au
thorities today punched full
of holes Teamsters Union of
ficial Frank Kierdorfs story
of how he was taken for a
ride by two men and turned
into a human torch.
May B Accident Victim
The theory gaining ground
with investigators was that
Kierdorf may have been a
irictim of an accident per-
naps of his own making.
Eighty-five per cent of Kier
Jorfs body was seared by
3ames early Monday. His
rondition today was reported
worsening at St. Joseph Mer
ry Hospital.
Kierdorf, 56, business agent
if Teamsters Local 332 in
flint, had told authorities two
nen he did not know took
lim for a ride, poured inflam
nable fluid on him at gun
point and set him. afire. They
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Court Declines
Danielson Case
an appropriate proceeding be
immediately filed in circuit
court. Orval J. Millard, Grants
Pass, and Herbert K. Hanna,
both circuit court judges, are
on vacation. Circuit Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly is the only
judge now on the bench. Ac
cording to a special state
statute, however, the court
may be considered in session
to settle, any election ques
tion, it was explained.
Jackson County District At
torney Thomas Reeder said to
day he expects a copy of the
opinion tomorrow. The dis
trict attorney said he will de
cide after studying the opinion
what he can do, if anything,
Safely Cable Placed
In Rogue River
Grants Pass A safety ca
ble, supported by yellow
buoys, -was installed just
above Savage Rapids dam on
the Rogue river Sunday.
Installation was by E. L.
Dixon and members of the
rural fire department, who
donated their services. Dixon
: said the markers are designed
to prevent accidents such as
the one in which two youths
were injured recently when
their boat went over the dam.
Materials for the marker
were furnished by volunteers.
later dumped him on the
lawn of the hospital here, he
said.
But a report by Oakland
County pathologist Dr. Rich
ard Olsen showed Kierdorf
had been treated with a salve
for his burns before being
taken to the hospital.
In Friendly Hands
Oakland County Prosecutor
Fred Ziem said there was
evidence some of Kierdorf's
clothing had been removed,
indicating the victim was in
friendly hands after being
burned.
Ziem pointed out other
loopholes in Kierdorfs story
of his "torch ride." Kierdorf
had told questioners he rolled
in the grass to put out the
flames after his attackers had
set him afire. But there was
no evidence of grass .or soil
clinging to his flesh to bear
the story out.
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tion in which traffic, will flow. Below,
Jake Eskew, employee of Trowbridge
and Flynn Electric company, connects a
traffic signal at Oakdale ave. and Eighth
st. Dwight Funk, Eskew's assistant,
watches from the street. Signals have
been covered with cardboard, and will
remain that way until the couplet is '
under the state law.
Robert G. Danielson and E.
Roy Bashaw, the primary elec
tion candidates for Jackson
county district court judge,
Saturday were served with a
nofice of a petition for su
preme court action to deter
mine which of -them was the
successful nominee.
The district attorney had
sought- the supreme court
hearing on the matter. He
named himself as plaintiff and
both Danielson and Bashaw
as defendants in the petition.
Render Opinion
Earlier, the district attor
ney's office had rendered the
opinion that Bashaw and not
Danielson was entitled to the
nomination.
Results of the primary elec
tion showed that Danielson
polled 7,537 votes to 7,308 for
Bashaw.
Richard House, Medford,
through his attorney, Stanley
C. Jones Jr., also has contest
ed the election of Danielson.
The case is still pending in the
Jackson county circuit court.
Grants Pass Market
Safe Burglarized
Grants Pass IUPD Some
$1000 was taken last 'night
from the Figgs Y Supermark
et near here by a burglar who
wheeled a safe into a back
room and peeled it with an ex
pert's touch.
The burglary was the third
at the store. Two years ago
bandits gots $3200 after hold
ing the store manager, his
wife, and son captives. Last
January thieves entered the
store again but were fright
ened away before they obtain
ed their loot.
Lebanon Premier
To Stay In Office
Beirut, Lebanon (DPD
Premier Sami Solh today ex
pressed his determination to
remain in office at least until
president-elect Gen. F a u d
Chehab takes over from Pres
ident Camille Chamoun Sept.
23.
Sports Bulletin:
Dublin (CPD Herb El
liott of Australia set a new
world record for the mile
run tonight with a lime of
three minutes, 54.5 seconds.
Medford
18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1958 No. 118
isenhoiw Warns
laagemeiif atnisfl labor
Check Profits,
Wage Increases,
President Urges
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower warned man
agement and labor today that
they would be headed for
trouble if they did not hold
down profits and wage in
creases to reasonable levels.
He did not say specifically
whether he thought profits
and wage increases have al
ready exceeded reasonable
levels.
But the President told his
news conference the Ameri
can people are going to rebel
if wages are raised more than
justified by increased produc
tivity and if management,has
profits excessive enough to
be robbing the public.
- He made the statement in
.answer- to a question about
what plans he had to curb in
flation in the light of the steel
price rise and prospects for
large federal deficits for the
next five years.
In his first meeting with re
porters in five weeks, the
President also:
Said that his doctors had
told him he was in good shape
despite the strain of recent
months and that he felt good.
Coldly brushed aside a
question about how he felt
justifjed in keeping on his top
aide, Sherman Adams, and
two White House women sec
retaries who had received
gifts from textile magnate
Bernard Goldfine. He said he
was not going to say anything
more about that matter.
Said he had no plans to
make any public pleas for
moderation in school integra
tion before the opening of
schools this fall. But he said
that if he thought of anything
that could be effective, he
certainly would not hesitate
to do it.
Refused to give his un
qualified backing to the Senate-approved
Labor Reform
Bill now pending in the
House. But he said he would
sign it if it reached his desk
in a form that showed prog
ress in the field, although it
might have some features .he
did not like.
Said that, all in all, Con
gress seems to be making a
pretty good record of accom
plishment on his legislative
program.
"Yes, It's Ulr
?
Work on Findings
Dn SP Case Starts
State Sen. Phil Lowry said
today he plans to complete
findings of fact in the case
seeking to compel Southern
Pacific to restore railroad pas
senger service on the Siskiyou
line and forward them to Pub
lic Utilities Commission How
ard Morgan as soon as pos
sible. Morgan Tuesday said his de
cision in the case is pending
receipt of "proposed findings"
by Senator Lowry.
"This is an extraordinary
request," Senator Lowry said,
"but if it will help expedite
the case, we will complete the
findings and forward them as
soon as possible." He said
work on the findings has
started.
Senator-Lowry, and-former
State Senators Gene Brown
of Grants Pass and Paul Ged
des of Roseburg jointly filed
a complaint two years ago
asking the PUC to investigate
the proposed discontinuance
and to require "reasonably
adequate service."
Concluding Testimony
Morgan said he reminded
Lowry that after recent hear
ings concluding testimony and
argument in the case, Lowry
had requested additional time
to file proposed findings. Mor
gan said the railroad filed its
proposed findings early in
July.
Senator Lowry, peddes and
Brown have been active in the
case since its original open-
Nasser Receives
Trouble-Shooter
Cairo (UPD President
Gamal Abdel Nasser, who
kept visiting U.S. Deputy
Under-secretary of State Rob
ert Murphy cooling his heels
all day, received the Ameri
can diplomat at his home to
night. A planned meeting with
Nasser this morning was can
celled. But the U.A.R. Presi
dent finally summoned Presi
dent " Eisenhower's Mideast
trouble-shooter to a meeting
tonight.
Spokane (UPD The Colum
bia Interstate Compact com
mission will meet here Sept.
12.
Delicious'
Tribune
ings without compensation.
Morgan said he would "con
tinue to hold it (the casii in
abeyance for a reasonable
time to accomodate you and
your associates. However, I
feel that the public is entitled
to a decision on this case as
soon as it is possible for me to
make it."
Queen Will Be
Named at Dance
A queen and four - prin
cesses for the Rogue Valley
Round Up will be selected
from among eight candidates
at a dance at the tennis courts
at Medford Highchool Satur
day, Aug. 8.
candidates for queen are
Linda Luman, Pat Rushton,
Nancy Hurlbut, Janice Grove,
Barbara Read, Marion Chris
tian and Pat Huson, all of
Medford, and Doris Owens of
Central Point.
Sponsored by the Medford
Junior Chamber of Com
merce, the dance will start at
8:30 p.m. and continue until
1 a.m. Entertainment will be
provided by the Black Light
Square Dancers. The dance
will serve as the "kick-off"
event for the Round Up sched
uled Aug. 15-17.
The Round Up will feature
"Slim" Pickens, famous rodeo
clown, and War Paint, a buck
ing bronc well-known among
rodeo circles. The rodeo will
be held at the Jackson County
Sheriff's Posse grounds on
Sage rd.
Points earned in the rodeo
will count toward the world's
championship cowboy. Tickets
for the rodeo may .be pur
chased at the rodeo's head
quarters in the Holland hotel,
and tickets for Saturday nights
dance may be purchased at
the tennis court gates.
Sputnik Rocket
Visible in Valley
The rocket of Russia's Sput
nik III has been visible to .val
ley residents two consecutive
nights. .
John W. Haskins, 4769 Mer
riman rd., reported seeing the
rocket between 11:33 and
11:35 p.m. Monday, and Mrs.
Lillian. Knight and son, 2137
Sprinkbrook rd., and the Wil
liam Frake family 22 Rich
mond ave., reported seeing
the rocket at 11:29 p.m.. yes
Local Operating Engineers Vote on
General Contractors' Package Offer
Local operating engineers
crowded the downstairs meet
ing hall at Medford's Labor
Temple last night to vote on
the Associated General Con
tractors' "package" offer
aimed at settling the three-week-old
heavy construction
strike.
Results of this and other
secret voting sessions about
the state were to be forward
ed to Portland. Announce
ment of a statewide tally was
expected there today, accord
ing to Charles C. Lewis, local
union representative.
Voters here represented the
Medford, Ashland and Grants
Pass areas. Many were em
ployees of contractors on the
M -WILL. ATTEND
ASSEMBLY TALKS
Hoffa Angrily
Denies Payoff
By Laundrymen
'Didn't Get It
Teamster Boss Says
Washington (UPD Team
ster President James R. Hoffa
denied in a shouting match
with Senate Rackets investi
gators today that he received
any part of an alleged $17,500
payoff which Detroit laundry
owners made to settle a labor
dispute.
"I didn't get it," the con
troversial Teamster Union
boss said, his voice rising to
a high pitch.
He entered the denial after
a heated exchange with Sen.
Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.). Hof
fa's lawyer, Edward Bennett
Williams, appealed to Chair
man John L. McClellan (D
Ark.) to stop Ives from shout
ing at Hoffa.
A group of laundry owners
testified Tuesday that they
paid $17,500 to labor consult
ant Joseph Holtzman in 1949
to help them get a contract
with a Teamster's local.
Some of the laundrymen
said they regarded the pay
ment as a "payoff" to prevent
a strike and told the commit
tee they assumed that part of
it went to Hoffa, a friend of
Holtzman.
At the outset of today's
hearing, Williams accused the
committee of running a "leg
islative trial" and complained
about the introduction of ru
mors and hearsay in the tes
timony.
Hoffa clashed with commit
tee members on subjects
ranging from the Senate La
bor Reform bill to the stand
ard of wages in their states.
He conceded that he. inter
vened in the 1949 laundry ne
gotiations but said he did so
only to prevent an unneces
sary strike. He said the con
tract already was the best of
its type in the country for the
Teamsters, and , that he did
not believe in strikes "for the
glorification of certain peo
ple." This . was an apparent
reference to Isaac Litwak,
head of the local.
Autopsy Ordered
Into Jail Death
An autoDsv has been . or
dered 'in the death of William
Russell Blaine, 39, of Camp
White, District Attorney
Thomas J. Reeder said today
Blaine died in the city jail
ahout 2:25 D.m. Friday, ac
cording to city police.
Reeder said specimens have
been sent to the crime labo
ratory. When a report will be
returned is not known, he
said. .
Citv police said Saturday
they arrested Blaine two
hours earlier on a charge of
being drunk in public.
Henry Converse Lanigan, a
transient in the jail at the
time, saw Blaine collapse and
summoned police to tne ceii,
It was learned he was be-
in e treated at Camp White
for tuberculosis and "abdom
inal spasms.
Eight-Year-Old Hurt
In Bike Accident
An eight-year-old boy was
treated at Sacred Heart hos
pital today for head lacera
tions following an accident in-
volvin the bicycle he was
riding and an automobile.
Taken to the hospital by
Medford Ambulance was John
Leavens, son of Mr. and Mrs
Darrell Leavens, 610 South
Oakdale ave.
The accident occurred short
ly after noon today at the in
tersection of Grape and Ninth
sts., according to Medford city
police.
Talent project. They did not
participate in the original
strike, which spread from
Washington into northern
Oregon. They were idled
when the contractors employ
ing them complied with a
general stop-work order is
sued by the AGC July 10.
Strikers in Portland reject
ed the "package" wage offer
last Friday by a vote of 613
to 88. But it was decided to
hold special meetings in other
parts of the state as well.
Lewis was in Klamath Falls
Monday night for a meeting
there.
The "package" is said to in
clude: a 25-cent-an-hour wage
Lunar Probe Rocket
Launching Expected
Between Aug. 17-20
Washington (ITD The
Penatgon's Space Agency
and the Air Fore pressed
an eleventh-hour drive to
day lo launch the first U. S.
lunar probe rocket between
Aug. 17 and Aug. 20.
Space Chief Roy W. John
son gave the drive only a
"slight possibility of suc
cess" because he expects
technical difficulties to
force a delay into Septem
ber. But experts in charge of
the huge three-stage moon
rocket as yet have encoun
tered no insurmountable
barrier to an August launch
ing at Cape Canaveral. Fla.
Theft of $400 at
Farm Home Under
Investigation
Theft of approximately
$400 from the safe of the
Jackson county farm home on
South Pacific, highway is be
ing investigated by the sher
iff's office, it was learned to
day. Apparently the money
had been taken over a period
of time from some residents'
funds there.
The shortage was dis
covered June 11 by Millard
W. Hoffman, farm home su
perintendent, and a Jackson
county ' welfare department
worker, according to, reports.
The welfare department was
checking to see how much
money a resident on welfare
had in a personal account.
When the shortage was dis
covered in the one account,
Hoffman checked others and
found shortages there. None
of the accounts with shortages
had any activity money had
not been deposited nor with
drawn, .the reports indicated
Unlocked Only Once
The safe in the farm home
office was left unlocked only
once, as far as can be . de
termined. The office door was
also kept locked, but it was
discovered the bolt on the in
formation window was not se
ure. This has since been fixed.
All 19 employees at the
farm home are being ques
tioned with the assistance of
state police. Welfare Admin
istrator James Pullman said
his department is required by
low to make a check once a
year on how much money wel
fare residents have. Mr. and
Mrs. Hoffman took over the
operation of the farm home
about a year ago.
Actually, neither the county
farm home nor the county is
legally responsible for the
residents' money, ' Hoffman
added.
Saturday Review
Editor Plans Visit
Ashland Henry Hewes,
drama critic with the "Sat
urday Review," will visit the
Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val Thursday and Friday. The
drama editor will attend pro
ductions of "The Merchant of
Venice" and "Troilus and
Cressida."
Following Thursday night's
play, "The Merchant," Hewes
will be guest of the Festival
staff at a noon luncheon Fri
day, during which he will dis
cuss the Festival's aims and
methods with local officials.
At 4 p. m. Friday, Hewes
will , lecture in the Gresham
room of the Ashland library.
His topic will be the Ameri
can theater, and the public is
invited.
Salem (UPD Reappoint
ment of Dr. James L. Adams,
Oregon City, to a new four
year term on the Veterinary
Medical Examining board has
been announced.
increase effective April 1,
1958 ;an added 15-cent hourly
raise Jan. l, 1959; 10 cents an
hour for pensions July 1, 1959
and 5 per cent (approximately
17 Vz cents) an , hour Jan. 1,
1960. Travel time and a three
year extension of contract are
also under consideration.
Both sides have agreed on a
section' of the contract devot
ed to working conditions, ac
cording to P. R. Wages, a
union spokesman in Portland.
Approximately $6,750,000
in construction work has been
halted on the Talent project.
An estimated more than $400
million has been shut down
throughout Oregon and in
southwest Washington.'
President Wants
Wide Range of
Troubles Aired
U. S. Still Willing
For Summit Meeting
Washington (DPD Presi
dent Eisenhower said today
that he will attend the United
Nations special assembly
meeting on the Middle East if
he finds it necessary or desir
able that he should partici
pate. The President told a news
conference that he believed
the assembly discussion
should not be confined to
what he called little Lebanon,
but should range over a
wider section of the Middle
East because the causes of
the troubles there are so
widespread.
Eisenhower said the United
States is still willing to con
sider an eventual summit
meeting with Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev and other
big power leaders if proper
preparations could be made
toward worthwhile accom
plishments. Word on Troops ,
He said the United States
will start pulling its troops
out of Lebanon just as soon
as the United States and the
government of Lebanon feel
that there is no longer any
danger of indirect aggression
of the type that was being
carried on before U.S. troops
went into the area. He added
that any time the legitimate
government of Lebanon asks
the United States to pull out,
it will leave.
In his first news conference
since July 2, the President
told 241 newsmen that he had
made no specific plans as yet
to attend the special assembly
session on the Middle East but
that if he felt it necessary or
desirable to participate . he
would do so. .
' He said that so far, he knew
of no general intention on the
part of other chiefs of state to
attend the session but any del
egation could, if it wished, be
represented by the head of its
government.
Khurshchev Switches
The West had originally
proposed that the heads of
government meet at a summit
conference within the frame
work of the U.N. Security
Councili Khrushchev had orig
inally conditionally accepted
this idea but abruptly changed
his position and Tuesday
called for an emergency meet
ing of the General Assembly
totconsider what he terms
U.S. and British "aggression"
in the Mideast.
The President Tuesday
night promptly accepted
Khrushchev's suggestion but
made plain in a statement that
this country would insist that
the assembly weigh U.S.
countercharges of "indirect
aggression" against Lebanon
and Jordan.
The General Assembly meet
ing is expected to be called to
start next week in New York.
Britain announced today
that a General Assembly meet
ing on the Middle East "would
be acceptabile."
Freeland Electric
Low on Lake Work
Freeland Electric company
of Columbia City, Ore., yes
terday was awarded a con
tract to construct two com
fort sations, ah entrance sta
tion and a covered entrance
to the administration building
at Crater Lake National park.
Freeland bid $39,240 for
the' work. Five bids were op
ened at the national park ser
vice office here yesterday.
Other bidders were Salter and
Kline, Grants Pass, $49,826;
Jack Batzer, Medford, $48,
694; Myers D. Jones, Med
ford, $39,850; and Aiisland
Construction company, Grants
Pass, $47,000. Engineer's esti
mate was $38,470.
Tom Williams, park super
intendent, said work is ex
pected to start within a few
days. Freeland has crews at
the park, where the company
is completing a service sta
tion and a dormitory for sta
tion employees. '
The work is all in the head
quarters and Annie Spring
areas.
Baseball
AMERICAN' LEAGUE
Washington .2 3 0
Boston 2 12 2
Ramos. Valeniinetti (4),
Albanese (8) and Korcheki
Brewer and White.