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Newspaper Page Textp- 52nd Year Price 10 Cents 1RIBUNE 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1958 No. 123 -X : : 1 SPUTNIK The two elongated light streaks in the picture above is the image of Russia's Sputnik III rocket taken by time exposure as it passed over the Rogue valley about 10:45 p.m. yesterday. The satellite first appeared below the handle of the big dipper in the north and came straight up overhead, before disap pearing into the earth's shadow. Reports from the Portland area said it would House, Senate Conferees Agree On Klamath Indian Timber Bill By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington House and Senate conferees finally agreed Tuesday on a compro mise version of the Klamath Indian timber bill which guarantees sustained - yield management of the valuable forests whether purchased by private operators or added to the national forests. Agreement came after a week of stalling by some House members who had op posed the specific term sustained-yield. They finally ca pitulated Tuesday and signed the conference report. The report is subject to ap proval by House and Senate, but no difficulty is antici pated. Had this legislation not been worked out before ad journment, Klamath timber would have gone on the auc tion block. Agreement A Victory The agreement was a vic tory for Sen. Richard L. Neu berger (D-Ore.), chairman of the Senate members of the conference who argued for the language finally adopted in the bill. The compromise language is: "The portion of the Klam ath Indian forest that is select ed for sale ... to pay mem bers who withdraw from the tribe shall be offered for sale by the secretary of the inter ior in appropriate units, on the basis of competitive bids, to any purchaser or purchas ers who agree to manage the forest lands as far as practi cable according to sustained vield procedures so as to fur nish a continuous supply of timber according to plans to be prepared and submitted by them for approval . . ." The plans submitted by prospective buyers "shall in clude provisions for the con servation of soil and water resources as well as for the management of the timber re sources, as herein before set forth in this section," the bill now states, referring back to the sustained -.yield require ment. These plans must be ap proved by the forest service or the bid will be rejected. Wire Committee These conference changes presumably will meet objec tions raised to the House ver sion by Gov. Robert D. Holmes and Secretary of State Mark Hatfield, who re cently wired the House inter ior committee in favor of re tention of specific "sustained yield" language. All the Senate members agreed to this language im mediately, but only one House member went along with it, was worked out in conference last Wednesday. The others stalled until today before signing. They had been among those congressmen who objected to the sustain yield terminology which was in the Senate-passed bill and who substituted the "contin uous supply of timber" ter minology in the House ver sion. Neuberger and Rep. Al Ull man (D-Ore.), who did most of the work in getting the legislation through both houses, issued a joint state ment Tuesday, saying they be lieved the resulting compro mise would "serve the best interests of the Klamath In dians and the entire state of Oregon." "We are assured by high officials of the forest service that the great Klamath pine forests will be adequately protected under the compro mise language," they stated. be seen in the southwest, but in the Med ford area it comes up in the north-northwest, due to the angle of its' orbit. The shorter streaks of light are caused by movement of the stars during the time exposure. The satellite will appear to night at 8:50 and 10:32 p.m. and Wednes day at 8:39 and 10:21 p.m. in approxi mately the same area. "Whereas the term )continu ous supply' was retained, the words "according to sustained-yield procedures" were added to assure full protec tion against any damaging policies which might call for harvest of trees too quickly or too recklessly. "They noted that the bill retained the $90 million au thorization which the forest service will pay the Indians for the timber, if private op erators don't buy it. - Both Oregon lawmakers paid tribute to administration officials. Agriculture Secre tary Ezra T. Benson and In terior Undersecretary H a t Study, on Closing Railroad Crossing Set by Planners Study of the proposed Clark st. grade crossing closure was scheduled for a committee meeting Aug. 25 by the Med ford planning commission last night. The commission also sched uled public hearings on three zone changes and one zone va riance for its Sept. 8 meeting. Following a public hearing last night, it recommended approval of a zone change from single family to light in dustrial for part of the Lloyd Neilson property in Berry- dale. It rejected, after hear ing a committee report from Allan F. Perry, a request that the Roy Carley property north of the Big Y in Berrydale be rezoned for commercial use The Carley tract reportedly includes several acres zoned in four classifications. Would Save City Closure of the Clark st railroad crossing would save the city an estimated $10,000, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff. At last month's meeting, some local residents protested the action According to Duff, the Southern Pacific railroad has agreed with the city to split 50-50 the cost of installing crossing signals at the McAn drews rd. and Fourth st. cross ings. It would pay the entire cost if the Clark st. crossing were closed Residents asserted the cross ing was necessary for their own use in commuting to and from -work, and for the use of .trucks and fire engines. One said the eventual opening of a park and Swimming pool in Misplaced Stone Marker Causes Dispute In Final Stages of River Water Suit San Francisco (UPD Tes timony about another disput ed piece of land along the Colorado river was to be pre sented today in the final stages of the Colorado river water suit. The land in question was 2.000 acres of the Fort Mohave Indian reservation. The dispute arose over a mis placed stone marker. The trial resumed Monday after a, three-week recess with testimony about 6,000 acres held along the river by California. Walter Jiechel Jr., a De partment of Justice lawyer, explained the boundary of the Colorado River Indian reservation was set in 1876 field Chilson, "who cooper ated with us continually and effectively in an effort to save the priceless timber, wildlife and watershed resources of a vital portion of southeastern Oregon." Lumber- trade associations lobbied against the bill. The final version is basical ly one developed by the inter ior department, with modifi cations made in" congress this session. . It will permit pay ment to withdrawing tribal members of their shares in tribal assets from timber sales. It will also create a na tional wildlife refugee from the Klamath marsh. the Jackson County Housing authority area would increase use of the crossing. Hearings Set Public hearings scheduled Sept. 8 are for zone changes on property adjacent to the Oregon State Highway com mission and state police prop erty in Berrydale from single family to light industrial, for property on the west side of the 900 block on South Grape st. be zoned for commercial use instead of single family and two family, and the area from Earhart st. , south to Stewart ave., and from River side ave. east to Bear creek from single family to limited commercial. A hearing also will be held on a zone variance for prop erty southwest of the inter section of Barnett and Mur phy rds. to permit erection of a sign advertising the Mont Crest subdivision. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 4 7 0 Cleveland 15 2 Wynn and Lollar; Grant, Ferrarese (7), Martin (9) and Nixon. Homeruns: Mi noso, Cleveland.,.- . Baltimore : 2 7 1 New York 7 14 3 Brown, Lehman (3), Pap pas, (6), Zuverink (8), Stea ler (8) and Triandos. Home runs: Mantle, New "York. Nieman, Baltimore; Mc Dougald, New York. as being the west bank of the river. However, the river has changed its course several times since then and now is east of the old position. The federal government claims the difference. But Californians have been farming this land in the be lief that they had clear title. The largest stockyard west of Kansas City, Mo., is located in the disputed portion. Jerome Muys, California attorney, objected to the gov ernment's testimony. He said special Master Simon H. Rif kind would have no right to decide the ownership of the land when its supposed own ers were not parties to the litigation. Trucking Lockout Tightens Grip On Area Haulers Moving Vans, Other Trucks Operating The long-distance freight trucking lockout has tight ened its grip on Medford. "We're absolutely shut down," Michele Rossi of Oregon-Nevada-California Fast Freight said today. "It looks like it may last quite a while," Alva Perkins of Consolidated Freightways said. The two firms, as well as Pacific Intermountain Ex press and Los Angeles-Seattle Motor Express, report they are still delivering freight that was on trucks or ware house docks when the lock out got underway yesterday. But they expect to finish these operations by tomorrow. And they have instructions from the Oregon Truckers as sociation in Portland not to accept more orders. Only long-haul freight has been affected so far. But in evitably local delivery serv ices will feel the pinch as the streams of incoming and out going freight dry up. Moving vans and trucks hauling heavy equipment not classified as freight continue to operate. Such products as gasoline, beer, milk and bread, handled . by private fleets, are still being deliv ered. Perishables, medical supplies and government car go, it is understood, are be ing allowed to move alo. Consolidated Freightways reported it plans to employ local cartage trucks to carry out its freight car-unloading operations. 1 The lock-out comes as the answer by employers in 11 states to a Teamster trike in California's Central valley and , western Nevada which began at 6 a.m. vestf"--. Declaring "a strike against one is a strike again , the Western Truckers' Em ployers Labor Policy commit tee immediatetly ordered the shutdown. Union to File Charges A teamster leader in San Francisco said today the union would file charges of unfair labor practices against the employers. Einar Mohn, president of the Western Teamster confer ence, stated, "They had no right to lock us out." He said the charges would be filed with the National Labor Rela tions board later in the day. Trucking employers here received word from Port land about 8 a.m. yesterday not to accept new orders until further notice. The Oregon Truckers association met yes terday afternoon, and con firmed the lockout for the state. While approximately 2,350 Teamsters went on strike, a total of 100,000 in the 11 states may be idled by the lock-out. The trucking indus try in these states is said to do a $2.5 million a day busi ness. States affected include, be sides Oregon, Nevada and California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Salem (UPD The State Board of Control today ap proved preliminary plans for a new $511,000 dormitory at MacLaren School for Boys (near Woodburn. "Very well, I'll take note of the objection," Rifkind said. The boundary question was introduced because it affects the number of acres for which the government can claim water. It asks about 20,000 acre feet for the disput ed portion of the Colorado reservation. The water suit was fifed by Arizona in an attempt to clarify rights to 2,800,000 acre feet of the river's main flow, plus the water of the Gila river system. , If Arizona wins the suit, California stands to lose from a million to 1,500,000 annual acre feet of its share of the water. 1 .... MRS. MOORE HAMILTON Named to Slate Board Mrs. Hamilton Named to Oreoon Education Board Mrsj Moore (Eva) Hamilton of Medford today was appoint ed to the state board of edu cation by Gov. Hobert D. Holmes. She-succeeds Mrs. Lucille O'Neil, Klamath Falls, whose term expired Aug. 1. The ap pointment is for five years. The board has supervision over the activities of the state department of education, which in turn exercises con siderable control over courses of instruction, textbooks, school standards and other phases of school administra tion throughout the state. Native of County Mrs. Hamilton, a native of Jackson county chapter of the National Foundation of In fantile Paralysis for many years. Her husband is Med ford's postmaster. She recent ly was named to membership on the board of trustees of the Medford Public Library. The appointee is a register ed Democrat, and has been active in party activities. The seven -member board includes one person from each congressional district, plus three members from the state- at-large. It is one of the latter positions to which Mrs. Ham ilton was named. Atomic Missile Is Fired in Pacific Honolulu (UPD The At omic Energy commission fir ed a guided missile with a nuclear warhead today at 3:30 a.m. (PDT) over John ston Island.- It lighted the skies over Honolulu, 700 miles away, like a giant flare that lasted only a fraction of a second. About a minute after the flash, a grayish-white cloud appeared low on the horizon, It lasted for about four min utes. - One observer described the cloud as "bulbous shaped." Neither the flash nor the cloud were as spectacular as on the last test which took place Aug. 1. That flash light ed up the skies with a daz zling glow and left a charac teristic fireball and mushroom cloud visible for some time. Thousands of residents jam med waterfront streets and Waikiki restaurants to watch the blast, creating traffic jams in some areas of Honolulu. Man Held To Face Livestock Charge Lester Howard Fields, 27. of 108 G st., Jacksonville, was held to answer to charges of larceny of livestock after appearing before Judge James Main in district court this morning. Fields waived pre liminary hearing and state ment and is being held under $1,500 bail. Judge Main also fined Wil liam Carley Campbell, 14 S. Bartlett, $25 plus costs and gave him a six-month sus pended sentence to the coun ty jail when he appeared be fore him for sentencing on Charges of petty larceny. Campbell, placed on proba tion, had been charged with stealing some mints from the Western Thrift store here. Route Approved For Forest Road Network by BPR Brown Advised by Agency Yesterday . The bureau of public roads has approved the route from Medford to Klamath Falls by way of the Lake of the Woods for inclusion on the forest highway network. Carroll Brown, supervisor of the Rogue River National forest, was advised by the re gional office of the forest ser vice in Portland yesterday that Bayard French, of the BPR, had given his agency's approval to the proposal. The action means that the route will be eligible for fed eral development and im provement funds for construc tion. Later, it will be main tained by the state highway department. Sign Document Brown said both the BPR and forest service Oregon of fices have signed the docu ment of approval, and that it has been forwarded to the state highway commissioner for its approval, which is ex pected shortly, inasmuch as unofficial approval already has been given by the state. All that remains is the sig nature of the Washington chiefs of the two federal agencies, but that is expected to be a mere formality, Brown said an agreement ar rived at by agencies in the field is seldom if ever over ruled in Washington. Route No. 53 Brown . reported the route will be known as Oregon For est Highway Route No. 53. It goes from Lake Creek and Brownsboro areaspast McAl lister Soda springs, Fish lake and Lake of the Woods, join ing the existing paved road to Klamath Falls there. It will be a low-gradient, all- weather route, replacing the Green Springs highway as the principal road joining Jack son and Klamath counties. The forest supervisor said the BPR has been requested by the forest service to make a detailed engineering survey of the route. This survey, and construction to' follow, de pend on the availability of funds. The route must take its place among other Ore gon forest highways in the al location of funds. Governor, Union Officials Meeting Salem (UPD Contractors and representatives of the Op erating Engineers Union met with Gov. Robert D. Holmes here today in an effort to set tle a month-long tie-up of heavy construction in Oregon. The meeting got under way shortly before 11 a.m. with a Federal mediator expected to enter the discussion later. The Governor called the meeting in an effort to get ne gotiations under way again. They were broken off last Friday when the Union of Hoisting and Portable Engi neers rejected an offer in the dispute over wages and fringe benefits. Representing the Associat ed General Contractors at the conference were A. H. Hard ing, R. E. McNutt, Ed Hurbert and E. R. Neill. The labor committee con sisted of P. R. Wages, George Wesling, Carl Reams and R. F. Cleveland. The discussion was con ducted behind closed doors. Tokyo (UPD A Japanese Nippon Airways plane carry ing 30 passengers and a crew of three was reported overdue today on a flight from Tokyo to Nagoya, 175 miles west of here. WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing high clouds tonight and Wednesday. Continued warm overnight, 58. High Wednesday 98. Temp. Highest Yesterday 91 Lowest this Morning 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:18 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:16 a.m. The Moon rises 3:45 a.m. tomorrow and Venus, the brightest planet, appears be tween it and the star, Pollux. New Moon Aug. 14 The Perseid meteors are now at their height and the dimin ished light of the Moon should make them noUceable. "This One Is In Your Department" jjl Hoffa Repeats That Criminals Will Be Ousted From Union Washington (UPD Team sters President James R. Hof fa, asserting he is not afraid of anybody, today rejected any suggestions that he is "controlled by gangsters." Hoffa repeated his earlier promise that "in due time" ac tion will be taken to rid his sprawling union 'of criminal elements. But he told the Sen ate Rackets Committee it will be done by adhering to the procedures of the Teamsters Union constitution. That, in essence, was Hof- fa's reply to committee sug gestions that he might be "frightened" of the criminal element or perhaps just "not tough enough" to get rid of them. Both those terms were used by Robert F. Kennedy, chief committee counsel. Kennedy's questions came as the committee confronted Hoffa with the names of a string of his subordinates who have criminal records in vari ous cities across the nation. A Sordid Story Chairman John L. McClel lan (D-Ark.) said the continu ance in office of teamster aides with criminal and court his tories "has become a sordid story." McClellan recalled that Hoffa had promised a clean-up. He said the team sters president had acted to "pepetuate" the situation in stead. At one point Hoffa's coun sel, Edward Bennett Williams, commented that Congress had never ousted any of its mem bers for misconduct until their appeal procedures had been completed. Among teamsters officials with arrest records listed by Kennedy "was Joey Glimco of Chicago, whom he identified as a close friend of Chicago gangsters Tony Accardo- and Paul (The Waiter) Ricca. Ken OSC Men Investigating Stony Pear A new potential danger to the valley pear crop is being investigated this week by Dr. J. A. Milbrath, Oregon State college pathologist, County Agent Cliff Cordy reported this morning. Dr. Milbrath and County Agent Don Berry are investi gating cases of stony pit in Bartlett pears. Cordy said that until last year his office had no evidence that Bartletts were being hit by the disease in this area. Prior to that time it had been confined primar ily to Bosc and more recently had spread to D'Anjous. "Growers should be alert when picking Bartletts and where fruit with stony pit is found the trees should be marked and then completely removed," the agent warned. In California the disease has been striking the Bartletts hard enough to cause alarm, he noted. It has not reached that stage here yet, he added. Although the disease may appear on only a single limb of a tree the entire plant nedy said Glimco had a record of 36 arrests and "a number of convictions." ' , Kennedy also mentioned Frank Matula, a Californian, who, according to, Kennedy has been convicted of perjury. Hoffa said Matula's case is still on appeal. McNeil To Take Special Studies Donald P. McNeil, manager of the Jackson County. Cham ber of Commerce, has been admitted to the Academy of Organization Manage m e n t, Michigan State university, ac cording to United States Chamber of Commerce offi cials. The; course of advanced studies is scheduled for Sept. 14-20, it was announced. Entrants are selected after rigid examinations covering educational and occupational achievement, scholastic apti tude and professional back ground, a spokesman explain ed. The course is given in one-week periods each year for three successive -years. Graduates are awarded certi ficates of recognition. Purpose of the program is to provide professional guid ance for chamber of com merce and association execu tives. The course covers such subjects as "The Philosophy of. Management," "Sociology in a Mechanized Civiliza tion," "The Communication of Facts and Ideas," "Re search and Analysis" and special group case work in problem solving decision making. Pit Problem should' be removed, he cau tioned, because stony pit is systemic and when the in fected limb is . removed the disease will spread to other parts of the tree. This is also the right time for apple growers to apply another DDT spray to control worms, the horticulture agent announced this morning, and winter pears should be spray-, ed. The only apples which should not be sprayed are the early ones such as Graven steins, which are about ready for harvest. Cordy said the correct DDT spray mixture, using 50 per cent DDT, is two pounds of DDT to 100 gallons of water, 10 pounds of DDT to an acre, or a heaping table spoon of DDT to a gallon of water. Winter pears should be sprayed to suppress storage rot, using seven pounds of Ziram per acre or one and a half pounds to 100 gallons of water. If growers are apply ing hormone spray now, they can simply add this mixture to it, he noted. U.S. Forces To Be Withdrawn from Lebanon Positions Debate Will Start By United States Washington d'PD Presi dent Eisenhower plans to speak Wednesday to the U.N. General Assembly ses sion on the Middle East cri sis, the White House said today. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the President planned to leave for New York, later today and stay overnight at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. United Nations, N.Y. (UPD The United States will lead off the General Assembly's emergency debate on the Mid dle East Wednesday, with President Eisenhower the most likely possibility to pre sent the American plan. Bolstering the President's position if he does not decide on a dramatic appearance will be the fact that U. S. forces who landed to insure the in dependence of Lebanon on July 15 already will have be gun their withdrawal. It was announced here that the U. S. will open the debate after the assembly convenes, and it was anticipated that an other announcement from Washington would say that Eisenhower will make the presentation. Washington dispatches said a "strong speech" had been written for the President to deliver, emphasizing the U. S. desire for guarantees of se curity of peace in the Middle East. A U.S.-Soviet clash was in prospect at the 'very begin ning of debate. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was listed as the second speaker. Gromyko was understood to have prepared a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of American and British forces from Lebanon and Jordan. He was expected to intro duce it at the end of his speech. Arab sources who claimed to have seen the meas ure said Gromyko did not plan to call for the assem bly's condemnation of the U.S. and Britain for sending troops into the Middle East. Answer To Charges In preparation for the "grand debate" here, the U. S. announced today it is with drawing part of its forces from Lebanon because of im provement in the situation. The announcement was an ob vious answer to'Soviet chages of U.S. aggression in the Mid dle East. The withdrawal of a full Marine battalion of 1,700 men will take place Wednesday as Russia attempts to push its al legations against the U.S. and Britain at a special session of the U.N. General Assembly, from which the sense of urgency was disappearing. The U.S. was expected to push vigorously the western counter-campaign designed to guarantee peace in the critical mideastern region. Washing ton was reported to present a still-secret plan for Middle East economic development if the extraordinary session in dicates a constructive ap proach is possible to lift the area out of its political and economic chaos. Both Britain and the U.S. also were reported in favor of a strong U.N. police force to maintain peace in the Mid east. Historical Society v Director to Visit Thomas Vaughan, Portland, director of the Oregon His torical society, will be a Jackson county visitor tomor row. His visit is in connection with plans for the Oregon Centennial observance next year. He is a member of the state Centennial commission. While here Vaughan will meet with members of the Southern Oregon Historical society, the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites foundation, the Jack son County Centennial asso ciation, and others interested in preparation for next year's celebration from an historical basis.