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Wage and Travel
Clauses Rejected
By 6 To 1 Vote
Negotiations With
Mediator Slated
Portland (LTD Members
of the Operating Engineers
throughout the state have
voted 6-1 to continue the more
than four week old strike
against the Associated General
Contractors.
The next hope for a settle
ment in the dispute lies in ne
gotiations today in the office
of the federal mediator in
Portland.
The union voted to reject
the wage offer and travel
clauses of the proposal, and
accepted the working condi
tions sections of the offer.
Greater Majority
Portland members of the
union voted last week to re
ject those sections of the con
tract by an even greater ma
jority. The strike-lock-out which
has halted more than $400 mil
lion worth of heavy construc
tion in Oregon and Southwest
Washington brought Navy and
Air Force representatives to
Portland Wednesday to meet
with union officials.
Both the union and the mil
itary refused to reveal what
was discussed.
Deadline Extended
For Entering Fair
The entry deadline for 4-H
club members wishing to en
ter the 4-H county fair has
been extended, Glenn Klein,
county agent announced to
day. Klein said that the exten
sion was necessary because
several hundred fair premium
books, entral blanks, and iden
tification buttons apparently
did not reach potential en
trants. Approximately 400 of
the packets have been miss
ing for a week, he said.
All 4-H club members who
have not received their entry
blanks are to contact the 4-H
extension office in the coun
ty courthouse immediately,
Klein said. He also requested
that persons having extra pre
mium books turn them in to
him.
Boy Treated, Released
After Bike Accident
Alonzo Everett Alexander,
of 33 South Front st., was
driver of a Yellow Cab which
struck an 8-year-old boy on a
bicycle near the intersection
of South Grape and Ninth
sts. yesterday, according to
city police.
John Darrell Leavens, 610
South Oakdale ave., was treat
ed for cuts and abrasions at
Sacred Heart hospital after
the accident and released. No
citations were issued, police
said.
National Guard to Hold
Series of Sunday Drills
Both Medford companies of
the Oregon National Guard
will begin a series of Sunday
drill periods Aug. 10, it was
reported today.
The units, Company A and
Headquarters and Headquart
ers company, both of the 1st
battalion, 186th infantry, 41st
division, will assemble for
rollcall at the Medford arm
ory at 7:30 a.m., and will
spend a full day in the field.
Drill activities will center
in the Camp White National
Guard area, where the com
panies will divide into their
specialized platoons for train
ing. Company cooks will feed
the troops lunch in the field.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1958
U.S. Broadens Proposal for
Emergency Assembly Session
United Nations, N.Y. (UPD
The United States today
broadened its proposal for an
emergency session of the U.S.
General Assembly to permit
a wide-swinging debate on the
Middle East. The session
would open formally Friday.
A U.S. proposal submitted
previously to the U.N. Secur
ity Council called for an as
sembly session to discuss only
the plight of Labanon. Today's
revision suggested the assem
bly consider the situation in
both Lebanon and Jordan.
The Security Council met, at
the request of Russia, in the
U.N. headquarters to discuss
the U.S. resolution. Also on
the agenda was a Soviet pro
posal calling for an emer
gency convocation of the 81
member assembly to discuss
the withdrawal of U.S. .and
British troops from the Mid
dle East.
The U.S. resolution was to
be taken up first, and ap
peared certain to be approved
by the 11-member Security
Council. There can be no veto
in the voting.
Soviet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev dumped .the Mid
dle East issue into the lap of
the General Assembly in a
sudden shift in tactics, appar
ently a result of his talks with
Chinese Communist leader
Mao Tse-tung in Peiping last
week.
In so doing, Khrushchev re
jected Anglo-American pro
posals for a summit ' meeting
within the council which he
denounced as a tool of the
United States.
But Soviet and Red Chinese
propaganda machines were go
ing all out to put the blame
on the West for torpedoing
the summit talks. The official
Communist Party newspaper
Pravda asserted Russia "has
emphasized that -in the pres
ent tense situation the swift
summoning of a conference
of the heads of government at
a summit level is particularly
necessary."
Red Chinese newspapers
supported Khrushchev's oppo
sition to a summit-council
meeting and criticized the
United States for insisting the
assembly should discuss its
resolution ahead of the Soviet
resolution demanding with
drawal of U-S. and British
troops from Lebanon and
Jordan.
There were signs, mean
time, in Washington and Mos
cow that the "crisis" atmos-
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington ...... 4 8 C
Boston 8 11 1
Griggs, Clevenger (2),
Valenlineiii (7) and Court
ney, Sullivan and While.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 2 7 0
Milwaukee 3 6 2
Friend and Foiles; Spahn
and Crandall.
The Sunday drills, insti
tuted throughout the state for
many Guard units, will last
until 5 p.m., and will be the
equivalent of two of the week
night drill periods, with the
men being paid for two drills.
It is reported they will be
held twice each month, in
place of the four week-night
drills of the past.
After the Aug. 10 drill, the
next is scheduled for Aug. 24.
Reason for changing to the
Sunday full day was not an
nounced by state Guard head
quarters, but it is believed
the full day is thought to be
more effective for training
purposes than the short week
ly drill periods.
1 Decft
phere in the Middle East was
dissipating.
The U.S. Navy disclosed it
had called off the four-hour
"alert" put into effect in both
the Atlantic and Pacific fleets
immediately after the Anglo
American troop landings in
Lebanon and Jordan.
And in Moscow, Soviet
newspapers published a re
port from the Ministry of De
'Oh, Great! That's All I Needed"
Convention Set for
Judge Nomination
A non-partisan nominating
convention, to choose a can
didate for Jackson county
judge, will be held here in
two weeks, it was announced
today. .
Several members of the
legal profession in Medford
announced they are sponsor
ing the ' movement. It is de
signed to insure that there
will be a legitimate candidate
for the post in the event pros
pective court actions rules out
DA Can Take No
Action in Case
The district attorney's of
fice can take no further action
in the disputed nomination of
Robert G. Danielson as dis
trict judge, District Attorney
Thomas Reeder said this
morning.
Reeder explained that the
only proper proceedings
which his office can take in
such a case are in the nature
of "quo warranto." He re
ceived the written opinion of
the state supreme court this
morning in which the court
rejected a bid by him to have
it decide, which, if either, of
the candidates for district
judge here had been nomin
ated. "I have no standing to
pursue the matter in circuit
court in light of the supreme
court's opinion," Reeder stat
ed. "The only remedy left is
for the parties themselves to
file some proceedings in cir
cuit court."
The supreme court ruled
yesterday that proceedings in
the nature of quo warranto
are limited to disputes of the
right of a man already hold
ing a public office to hold the
position. Therefore,' it rea
soned, the district attorney's
action was premature because
Judge James Main's right to
hold office is not being contested.
Price 1 0 cents
Tribune
No. 119
fense announcing the conclu
sion of military maneuvers in
the Caucasus and Turkestan
which border on Turkey and
Iran. The maneuvers began
July 18 at the height of the
Middle East crisis.
Under United Nations rules,
an emergency session of the
assembly must be convened
within 24 hours after the coun
cil votes such a calL
E. Roy Bashaw, Medford, or
Robert G. Danielson, Ashland,
as candidates.
(The two were on the pri
mary election ballot, but the
status of each is uncertain due
to Danielson's having moved
from the county prior to the
election, then receiving .the
most votes.)
Nominating Convention
It was explained that a
nominating convention of at
least 250 registered voters can
make . a nomination for the
position. Efforts will be made
to attract at least that many
people to the meeting, which
will be held in the Esquire
theater, 416 East Main st.,
at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21.
If court action determines
that either Bashaw or Daniel
son is a legal candidate, the
convention candidate will not
be eligible to be on the ballot,
sponsors stated.
But they declared the re
sult of court action is uncer
tain at present, and that for
the sake of the integrity of
the courts, one legitimate can
didate should be presented.
Otherwise, they said, a write
in campaign would be the
only way to select a district
judge.
Legal notices calling the
convention will be published
in : Jackson county's three
newspapers tomorrow. They
include the names of 30 elec
tors, five in excess of the
required number, who are
official sponsors of the meet
ing. The movement was spear
headed by several Medford
attorneys.
Little Girl Drowns
In River at Dunsmuir
Dunsmuir, Calif. " ' (UPD
Victoria Anne Youell, three-year-old
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford L. Youejl of Sac
ramento, Calif., was swept to
her death in the Sacramento
river here Wednesday afternoon.
Hoffa Promises
To Restore Money
To Welfare Fund
Pledge Follows
Perjury Suit Threat
Washington flJPD Teamster
President James Hoffa, threat
ened with possible perjury
action,' promised the Senate
Rackets Committee today he
would restore part of the
money paid to a prize fighter
from union welfare funds.
Hoffa pledged the repay
ment after Chairman John L.
McClellan (D-Ark.) called for
a Justice Department inves
tigation of possible perjury
in the testimony Hoffa gave
to the committee last year.
Call for Ouster ,
At the same time, commit
tee members called for the
ouster of Teamster Vice Presi
dent Owen (Bert) Brennan,
because of his alleged asso
ciations with gangsters and
criminals.
Hoffa's original story came
into direct conflict today with
testimony by former heavy
weight Embrel Davidson who
told the committee he receiv
ed a $75 weekly salary from
the Teamster welfare fund
while working for Brennan,
who was his manager.
The perjury question arose
when McClellan said conflicts
between Hoffa's testimony of
last fall and that of fighter
Davidson today necessitated a
Justice Department investiga
tion to "determine who per
jured himself."
"Definitely, such conflicts
could hardly be any misun
derstanding," McClellan said.
He also observed that the
records appeared to back up
the story Davidson gave the
committee today. ,
Someone Lying
"Either Davidson perjured
himself or Hoffa was not tell
ing the truth when he testi
fied before," McClellan said.
Migratory Labor
Hearing Set Aug. 18
The state interim commit
tee on migratory labor will
hold a public hearing at the
Jackson county courthouse,
Medford, at 1:30 p.m. Mon
day, Aug. 18, to gather in
formation concerning migra
tory labor in this area.
v Information gathered will
concern the use of and the
need for migratory labor in
this area, conditions of em
ployment and working condi
tions, housing and sanitary
conditions, educational oppor
tunities, welfare and health
services, community services
and any other information of
interest to the committee.
Rep. Don Willner is chair
man of the group. Committee
members who are expected to
attend the hearing here in
clude Sen. Truman A. Chase,
vice chairman; the Rev. Dan
iel W. Wessler, secretary; and
Dr. Hoyt C. Franchere.
ield To Attend
GOP Roundup Here
Secretary of State Mark
Hatfield, Republican candi
date for governor, will attend
the Republican Roundup at
Hawthorne park Monday,
Aug. 18, James M. Ragland,
general chairman of the
roundup, has announced.
The Roundup is being spon
sored by the Young Republi
can club, Jackson County Re
publican Women's club and
the Jackson County Republi
can Central committee.
A barbecued chicken dinner
will be served at the 6:30
p.m. picnic, with Arthur Van
Leeuwen in charge, Ragland
said. Those who wish may
supply their own . dinners.
Tickets for the chicken din
ner may be obtained from pre
cinct committeemen and wom
en, from members of the spon
soring organizations, or 'at
Robinson Brothers store, 114
East Main st., Medford.
Dinner music and enter
tainment are planned.
Camp White Man Hurt
In Scooter Accident
Floyd Henson White, box
391, Camp White, suffered
serious head injuries Wednes
day night when' his motor
scooter overturned on High
way 62 between Hilton rd.
and Delta Waters id., city
police reported. -
White was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital, by Medford
Ambulance service where his
condition was later described
as poor.
'Human
uspeot m Arson Case
Witness Tells of
Seeing Fire Set
At Cleaning Plant
Missing Uncle
'Definite Suspect'
Pontiac, Mich (UPD Human
torch Frank Kierdorf died to
day at St. Joseph Mercy Hos
pital only hours after police
produced a witness who saw a
Flint arson job on which he
was believed to have been
burned.
Doctors said Kierdorf 's
heart apparently stopped beat
ing at 8:25 a.m. (p.s.t.) but he
wasn't pronounced dead until
8:30 a.m.
The 56-year-old ex-convict
who was business agent for a
Flint Teamsters Union local,
staggered into the hospital
early Monday with burns over
85 per cent of his body.
He said he had been turned
into a human torch by two un
identified men who "took me
for a ride," but police have
been breaking down his story
piece by piece. '
Witness in Custody
State Attorney General
Paul Adams today confirmed
that police had in protective
custody a witness to the ex
plosive burning of a dry clean;
ing establishment at Flint.
He also disclosed that Kier
dorf's missing uncle, Herman
Kierdorf, was a "definite sus
pect" in the arson job.
Adams said that a half hour
before Kierdorf died the vic
tim apparently roused from
his coma and tried to raise his
arms and speak.
But he was not able to talk.
' "I don't think Kierdorf
made an honest statement at
any time since he arrived at
the hospital," Adams said.
Davidson; billed as a mys
tery witness, told the com
mittee he drew $75 a week
from the teamster welfare
fund while working for
Brennan.
Committee Counsel Robert
F. Kennedy quoted from the
transcript of Hoffa's testimony
last fall in which the Team
ster leader said Davidson got
no money from the union.
"Then that wasn't true, was
it?" Davidson was asked.
"Like I said, I got a check
every week for '$75," the for
mer Negro boxer replied.
Kennedy said Hoffa testi
fied that he and Brennan
owned Davidson's contract in
1952-53 and that most of his
fights were in the Detroit
area.
Council To Approve
One-Way Couplet
The Medford city council
is expected to give official
authority to the Main st.
Eighth st. couplet at its meet
ing tonight.
The couplet is scheduled to
go into effect tomorrow morn
ing, but a prior city ordinance
is required.
Other business on the coun
cil agenda for tonight's, meet
ing, scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
in the city hall council cham
ber, includes a report on the
City Sanitary Service rate in
crease reauest: and considera
tion of declaring the neces
sity of acquiring property tor
the Eiehth st. extension be
tween Riverside ave. and Bear
creek, in case current negotia
tions with property owners
fail.
Accident Victim
Taken to Portland ;
Donald Glenn Schrag, 27,
of route 4, box 447B, Medford,
was taken to the Veterans Ad
ministration hospital at Port
land at 10:30 a.m. today by
Portland Air ambulance.
Schrag, who was injured in
an automobile accident July
11, has been at Rogue Valley
hospital in critical condition
since that time, it was report
ed. Schrag was still unconsci
ous at the time of his transfer
to the Portland hospital, offi
cials said.
The patient was the driver
of a car involved in an acci
dent with a station wagon
on Culver rd. a half mile from
Phoenix. Four other persons
were injured in the accident.
Torch'
'TORCH DIES Frank Kierdorf, Teamster Union official
who was burned over, 85 per cent of his body Monday, died
in a Pontiac, Mich., hospital today. He is shown here being
questioned in the hospital. Police believe Kierdorf might
have been involved in the burning of a dry cleaning plant.
He had claimed that he was set upon by two mysterious men
and his clothes ignited. Police have found numerous loop
holes in his story. . ,
Couplet To (Open
City officials received final word from the state
highway department today authorizing the Main St.
Eighth st. couplet to be opened tomorrow at 7 a.m.
Effective at that lime traffic will be routed, on Main
St., one-way west from Riverside ave., to Elm St.; on
Eighth St., one-way east from Elm st.' to Riverside ave.;
on Elm st., one-way south from Main st. to Eighth it.
Traffic signs and signals have been installed to con
trol the couplet's operation. City police plan to patrol
the streets closely, according to Lt. Rollie Pean. .
Seasonal Increase
Noted in Area Jobs
Some seasonal increase in
employment was noted dur
ing July, according to John
J. Patton, manager of the
Medford office of the state
employment service.
Job openings increased
over June, he said, but did
not reach the level of a year
ago. There were more clerical
and professional job oppor
tunities but the demand for
unskilled help was somewhat
lower than usual, he added. .
Employment' in Jackson
county at the end of July had
declined from the June level
when large numbers of stu
dents were entering the labor
market. There were an esti
mated 878 ' unemployed at
the end of July, compared to
920 at the end of June. The
estimated unemployed July
31, 1957, was 800, and at the
end of June a year ago, there
were an estimated 1,150 un
employed in the county.
Basis for Estimates
. Unemployment estimates
are based on those who are
regularly on the labor mar
ket, Patton noted, and do not
include transients or those
seeking temporary employ
ment in the fruit harvest. -
A labor dispute involving
operating engineers halted
construction work on the' Tal
ent project, Patton noted,' but
men. involved in labor dis
putes cannot draw unemploy
ment compensation benefits
while the dispute is in pro
gress. The shutdown caused
layoffs of persons not directly
involved in the strike, and
some of those filed claims for
compensation keeping the to
tal higher than usual . this
time of the year. . '
Pear and peach thinning
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday. Low tonight
60. A little cooler Friday with
high near 90.
- Temp.
Highest Yesterday 98
Lowest this Morning 60
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:25 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:10 a.m.
The Moon, at Last Quar- -
ter .-. . 9:48 a.m.,
rises tonight at 11:25 p.m.
PROMINENT STARS
Arcturus, in the west 9:46 p.m.
Antares, low in , south- . .
west - 10:59 p.m.
The conteUation, Libra (the
Scales) in the southwest at
9:21 p.m.,
is found between the above
two stars.
lies;
were completed during July,
and picking started the last
couple days of the month. The
main harvest will not get un
der way until this month, Pat
ton noted. All state employ
ment offices are cooperating
in a program designed to re
cruit sufficient domestic help
to complete the pear harvest.
No Mexican Nationals '
No. Mexican nationals are
in the area at this time, Pat
ton pointed out, and none will
be used as long, as the supply
of domestic help proves ade
quate to do the job.
When the harvest gets into
full swing he noted, the local
unemployment is expected to
go to a low level. Not every
one will be able' to work in
the harvest, since ladder work
is too heavy for most women
and teenage youths.
The lumber and plywood
industries increased activity
last month, and with whole
sale prices increasing employ
ment in the lumber industries
should remain steady at least
for the immediate future.
Work opportunities in gener
al, he said, should increase
steadily throughout August,
and are expected to remain at
a high level until the second
half of September.
Donors Needed to Give
Blood for Operation
Six more donors are needed
for blood, for a 4V-year-old
girl who will under go open
heart surgery in Portland next
week,- the Jackson county
chapter of the American Red
Cross said today. - .
. The local chapter is spon
soring the operation, and 30
pints of blood will be needed,
Red Cross officials said. Blood
will be flown to Portland im
mediately after .drawing at
12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12.
Persons who have B posi
tive type blood, and who have
donated within the past year
may register as donors, the
Red Cross said. A total of 40
donors 'are needed to assure
30 pints, officials said.
The blood will be drawn
just prior to the regular visit
of the Bloodmobile here Tues
day. The Bloodmobile will be
at the Red Cross office, 60
Nine Entombed
Below Decks in
Blazing Vessel
Crash Occurs at
Entrance To Bay
Newport, R. I. (UPD Two
tankers, one loaded with a
million gallons of choline,,
crashed in flames in thick fog
today, killing at least 15 men
and injuring 36.
At noon (8 .m. p.s.t.), five
hours after the collision, nine
bodies were found entombed
below decks in the larger of
the two ships. Six other men
died when they leaped into .
the fiery sea after the collision
off Fort Adams.
Of the injured, 31 were held
in hospitals,for treatment and
five were released. Several of
the hospitalized were report
ed in critical condition from
burns.
The ships, the 10,000-ton
S. S. Guilfoil out or Philadel
phia, and the coastal tanker
S. S. Graham, collided in a
half-mile channel at the en
trance to Narragansett Bay.
The collision occurred with
in sight of the still-beached
wreckage of the Norwegian
freighter Vebteville, which
ran aground last September.
Captain Dies With Ship
The Guilfoil skipper, Capt.
M. Eden, Port Arthur, Tex.,
perished with his ship, which
later went aground off Fort
Adams. Flames and smoke
spewed from both vessels five
hours after the collision, punc
tuated by a rocking explosion.
The Graham burned fierce
ly at the southern tip of Rose
Island in Newport harbor. At
one time, the heat was so in
tense that fireboats could not
get near the vessel and it had
to be towed off the shore.
The Graham carried a crew
of 12'.
Engineer Melvin J. Wroten,
aboard the fully-loaded Gra
ham, said "it was like a stick
of dynamite. It was awful (
and it was beautiful and, oh
my God, I lived through it."
Wroten was the last to
leave the Graham with Capt.
Karl. Anderson, Chester, Pa.
He said the fire flashed along
the port side of the ship, then
gasoline-fed flames licked to
the starboard side where the
men were attempting to
launch a lifeboat. .
"We all ran forward," he
said "and dove into the water.
By the time the lifeboat hit,
it was all aflame. But most
of the men were calm and all
but one boy wore' lifejackets.
I got to him a few minutes
after we .were in the water.
Fire Everywhere
"Fire . was everywhere. I
didn't even see the other
ship."
Wroten said it was "like
watching my home go boom."
He said after he was picked
up by a coast guard boat, "I
sat down on the deck and
just shook. There was noth
ing else to do."
Geyserof Water
Comes from Break ;
A 40-foot geyser of water
burst from a broken main at
the intersection of Mae and
Stevens sts. early this morn
ing, city police reported.
The city water department
reported that service was re
stored , shortly after 10 a.nu
The eight-inch pipe served ap
proximately 15 customers
along Stevens st., according
to Robert L. Lee, water super
intendent. ''
"We believe the break was
caused by defective pipe," Lee
said. He described it as a
"watermelon split," six to
eight feet in length.
Hawthorne ave., between 1
and 6 p.m., with a quota of
290 pints.
Those who have thus far
donated blood for the special
drawing include John Flagg,
Douglas Gordenier, Mrs. Les
ter Harris, Mildred Main, Dale
Flowers,-John Hensen, Fran
cis Kirk, Mrs. Oscar Nord
strom, Mrs. Ethel Schulz, Bert
Staats Jr., Milton Acker, Mrsl
Nelda Bristiin, Sam Colton;
Victor J. David, Thomas W-"
Dugan, Joan Driscoll, Leon F.
Offenbacher, Anne Palmer, C
A. Rasmussen, Allen Sterton,
Thelma Tolles; Lindsay Vin
sel, Patricia Watson, Mrs.
Thelma Williams, Robert Ste--vens,
Elinor . Cheney, J. V.
Marshall, Charles Offenbach
er, Mary Moffett, Kermit
Greenwood, -Vernetta Brain-erd.-Gale
Culy, Thelma Edi
son, and Darrell Davis.