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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1958
No. 123
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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.
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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.