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o) f 1 52nd Year Price 10 Cents "How's That For Bold, Imaginative Thinking? MEDFORD Tribune D) 16 Pages 11 Major Differences Resolved Tuesday In Conference Salem (LTD Union and management negotiating com mittees in the five-week con struction strike-lockout came away from an all-day meeting with Gov. Robert D. Holmes Tuesday and announced "major differences" had been Portland UPD Members of the Associated General Contractors reported here today that they have been alerted and are ready to re sume work on more than 400 million dollars worth of construction projects in Oregon and Southwest Washington. resolved and that an agree ment had been reached pend ing ratification by both sides. The two committees said they would recommend rati fication of all points today reached in the agreement. The groups met with fed eral mediator Leroy Smith and Gov. Holmes in the gov ernor's office from 10:30 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. with only a lunch hour breaking up Ihe session. Authorized to Say , The announcement came about 9:45 p.m. The governor, who called the meeting, said the committees had authoriz ed him to say they had "re solved the major differences in the dispute and have reach ed a settlement subject to the ratification of the Operating Engineers larger 24-man ne gotiating committee, the union membership of Oregon and Southwest Washington and the Associated General Contractors." The governor said he under stood the 24-man committee of local 701 in Portland would meet this morning to con sider the offer and that a meeting of the Portland mem bers of the union would be held tonight to vote on the points in contention. The strike broke out in Southwest Washington five weeks ago and spread to Ore gon the following day. More than $400 million worth of construction projects are in volved and over 20,000 work ers have been idled by the strike-lockout. School Bus Men Hold Workshop A bus driver's workshop is being held at the. Hedrick Junior High school today and tomorrow for school bus driv ers throughout the county, according to Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent. Approximately 90 drivers are attending, he said. Purpose of the two-day workshop is to have the driv ers become more familiar with what is expected of them and their responsibilities, the county superintendent ex plained. Leonard Mayfield, superin tendent of Medford schools, Mekvold and Bruce Hitt, county curriculum coordin ator will talk on driver re sponsibility. Three representa tives of the transport division of the state department of education are present also, it was reported. Local Centennial Organization The oreanization of Jackson county to take full advantage of the opportunities created by Oregon's Centennial ob servance next year is progress ing well, it was reported to day. Ernie Hood, Jackson county centennial chairman, said that an increasing number of peo ple have become interested in preparing for the Centennial year, either through their own organizations, or directly through the Centennial organ ization itself. . Chairmen for each of the AGREEG9E BLOOD DRAWN Forty-five pints of blood for a heart surgery patient in Portland was donated by valley residents yesterday when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited in Medford. Above, Mrs. J. W. Burba and Mrs. Marie Rehling, both of Medford, hand to John L. Gregory of the Medford Civil Air Patrol Squadron blood which was flown Army Announc es Plans to Buy Tract; Swimming Pool Planned The west side of Medford may have a municipal swim ming pool by next summer, City Manager Robert A. Duff predicted today "V. . - His prediction followed an official announcement Tues day that the United States Army plans to acquire land from the Jackson County Housing authority for con struction of a $300,000 re serve training center. The site has been used for the public housing project, which is now being razed. The sale price of the 4.06 acres is $25,000, according to Mark A. Goldy, chairman of the authority. This money, plus an estimated $50,000 al ready in the authority's treas ury, is to be turned over to the city on the condition that it be used for the pool arid a surrounding park area. Triangular Tract The Army will occupy a triangular tract at the inter section of West Jackson st. and McAndrews rd. The pool would be situated to the east, near Jackson school. Construction of the reserve center will start prior to next July 1, according to the an nouncement. It is expected that local contractors will be allowed to bid. "This sale will assure enough money to construct thepool," Duff said. He is a member of the housing auth ority. Duff explained it would probably be six weeks at least before the actual check was received from the gov ernment. Upon its arrival, it would then be up' to the city council to authorize plans and specifications for the pool's construction. Make Pool Reality "I am sure," Major John W. Snider said today, "that the council will make every effort to make the pool a reality. "This is the first step in our city-wide recreation program." Duff said he anticipated de velopment of the plans this winter, and construction of county's communities and ru ral areas have been named, the Toastmasters clubs have agreed to serve as speakers bureaus to tell the Centennial story to groups in the area, a local Centennial association has been formed, and work is under way to prepare an "in ventory" of the county's re sources so that they may be most effectively utilized dur ing the coming year. The "inventory" of the re sources of each community is important, Hood emphasized, so that the Centennial organi MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1958 Jl the pool in the spring. He said the pool might well be in" operation next summer. Duff indicated previously that -the' city--was deferring positive action on the pool pending word of the Army's intention, ' although funds were earmarked for this pur pose in the 1958-59 municipal budget. Without that $25,000, he pointed out, the city would not get enough money from the authority to carry out the construction. A vicious circle had threat ened to develop, since the authority, according to Goldy, intended to turn over its funds to the city only after the city had shown it defin itely would use them for the pool and not- for another pro ject. The authority has long planned to dissolve itself. It has evicted the occupants of its housing project and sold the buildings. The portion of land to be used for the pool and park area would revert automatically to the city on the authority's dissolution. Thanks to the Army's an nouncement, it is now all but certain that the authority will go ahead with its dissolution and turn over the ( $75,000 to the city, and that the city will proceed with plans for the pool.' The reserve center will have a 200-man capacity, ac cording to the announcement from Washington. Senators Wayne Morse and Richard Neuberger and Rep. Charles O. Porter relayed the message to Medford. The three reserve units currently located here in clude a combined strength of approximately 175 assigned men, according to Col. Wil liam H. Prentice, command ing officer of the 417th En gineer brigade. They are housed on the second floor of the old Federal building, 33 North Riverside ave. Structural deficiencies, it is understood, limit the floor's capacity for both men and equipment. Storage space is' zation will be able to coordi nate events, and to have infor mation readily available as to things to see and do for the million or more tourists ex pected in this area next year. Volunteer help in organiz ing the Centennial, and to do the many' jobs necessary for adequate preparation, will be most welcome, Hood stated. Anyone interested in playing a part is invited to call him, after 5 p.m. weekdays, at SPring 2-2150. The first response to Hood's request to community or area REACHE to Portland. A total of 249 pints, 41 short of the quota, was collected during the Bloodmobile visit. Of the 283 donors who appeared, there were 43 rejects, Red Cross officials said. The Bloodmobile will be in Ashland until 6 o'clock tonight. (Landis Photo) reportedly inadequate. Fur thermore, according to Col Prentice, "It's hot in the sum mer and cold in the winter." The ' three units include headquarters and headquar ters company-- of the 417th Engineer brigade; headquar ters detachment of the 382nd Quartermaster battalion; and headquarters detachment of the second battalion, 413th In fantry regiment. The office of the Reserve Unit Advisor, currently occu pied by Col. Frank M. Kehoe, will most likely be lodged in the new center too. But no other units or officers- are ex pected to be included, accord ing to Col. Prentice. Gold Hill Man Hired For Juvenile Robert L. Schmidt, Gold Hill, has been hired as a boys' counselor in the Jackson county juvenile department, according - to Kay Crowell, director. Schmidt is married and has two sons, one 15 years old and one 12 years old. He has lived in the county for seven years. The new counselor attend ed Northwestern university. In the service he served in the 11th airborne and 10th Mountain divisions. He be- WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Thursday. Low tonight 55. High Thursday 95. Temp. Highest Yesterday 93 Lowest this Morning 54 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:16 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:17 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 4:53 a.m. New Moon Thursday night PROMINENT STAR Altair. high in south 10:29 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets 9:27 p.m. Saturn, low in south west 11:07 p.m. Mars, in the east 12:3S a.m. Venus, rises 3:42 a.m. Progressing; First 'Inventory7 chairman for "inventory" and other information came from Bob Sorber, assistant district ranger at Star ranger station in the Applegate, chairman of the Applegate area for the Centennial. Hood said it was complete, specific, and will be immense ly helpful in the Centennial group's ' organization of the county. He said he is hopeful that additional responses will be received soon from other community or area chairmen. Here are samples of the in formation provided by Sorber Carpenter Heads Fund Committee For Theater Work Stage Rebuilding Set For Ashland Festival Alfred S. V. Carpenter of Medford has accepted chair manship of a committee that will conduct a drive for funds to rebuild the Oregon Shakespearean theater in Ashland, Robert Reinholdt, president of the Festival as sociation, announced today. Carpenter, a festival patron for many years, said the fund raising campaign would prob ably be planned to continue over a long period of time, but that the immediate goal would be for sufficient funds to rebuild the festival stage before rehearsals begin for the 1959 season. Arrange Campaign Named to the executive committee to arrange for the campaign, which will prob ably start in October, were Glenn L. Jackson and Otto Frohnmayer, Medford, and Mrs. John C. Cotton, William Dawkins, and Reinholdt, Ash land. The present festival stage was built of wood in 1947, primarily by volunteer labor using donated materials. While the audience in the outdoor theater is not endan gered, thei estate f ire marshal has declared the condition of i the structure as it ndw stands to be dangerous to the actors and staff. Besides this, valu able costumes and lighting equipment stored in the flimsy structure have suffered water damage frequently in recent years. Long range goal in the cam paign will be funds to build not only a new stage, but im proved audience facilities, public rest rooms, new stage lighting, adequate dressing room and ' shop, facilities, an administration building," and a new structure for the Insti tute of Rennaissance Studies. Department came a first lieutenant in the airborne division and was an instructor of skiing, parachut ing and swimming. He was also responsible for the division's- recreation program. While attending college Schmidt worked with youth groups for the Evanston police department. Here, he has worked in the YMCA and is advisor for a Gold Hill Boy Scout Ex plorer post. Schmidt is. also a substitute teacher for the Medford schools, Mrs. Crowell said. Joan Sorg, present girls' counselor, has resigned ef fective Sept. 16, according to Mrs. Crowell. She was sworn in here Tuesday as a second lieutenant in the Women's Army. Corps. Miss Sorg has been employed in the juvenile department since Sept. 1, 1957. Following basic training, she will be sent to college by the WAC for two years' graduate study. Following that she must serve two years in the WAC. in his response to the request for Centennial-oriented infor mation about the Applegate area: The Applegate area's main resource is scenery, with some historical sites and fine fish ing locations on the. side, Sor ber reported. The Ashland Loop rd. over Dutchman and Ashland mountains offers some spectacular scenery as does Whisky Peak, accessible by trail or poor road, he said. "The whole Applegate val ley is a rock pile," he de clared. "People pan for gold No. 124 Truck Industry Has 100 Jobless Due To Lockout SP Railroad Embargos Less Than Carloads An estimated 100 workers in the trucking industry in Jackson county will be out of work by this evening, the result of the coast-wide strike and lockout, it was reported here today. Major over-the-road truck ing companies generally are closing down as soon as cur rent deliveries are made. Complicating the transpor tation problem was the an nouncement by Southern Pa cific railroad it will embargo all shjpments of less than a carload lot, as a result of added pressure on the rail road from the labor dispute. Little effect on the fruit harvest is expected from the strike, an industry spokesman said today, although since most supplies come in by truck, the effects will be felt somewhat. He indicated that most essentials would be moved, however, some of them by independent truckr ers. Local short-haul pickup loadings, furniture shipments, and certain other types of hauling are unaffected so far. Shipments already in .tran sit' are being "cleaned up" according to Alva M. Perkins of Consolidated Freightways. One trucker radioed' in Fri day that a big boiler for the Wilson school here left Chi cago before the lockout start ed, and will arrive here on schedule. I Only two truck drivers atfe working for this firm to handle the cleanup. Office employees will be laid off tonight, Perkins said: "We have a contract with the teamsters and do not come under the strike," John H. Fitzgerald of Davis Transfer and Storage, said. Both Pacific Intermountain Express and the Los Angeles Seattle Motor Express person nel are .out, however. Davis is tied in with these two com panies in their long distance shipments. Fitzgerald said it will hurt coastwise shipping some. Oregon - Nevada - Califor nia Fast Freight is completely closed, according to Michele Rossi, company official. This temporarily puts a total of 30 local personnel truck driv ers and office workers out of work. Clyde E. Knight of Pierce Freight Lines, sees no change so far. His company is "closed up" tight affecting 25 local personnel. Comments Overheard On Deputies' Hats Apparently there have been a number of comments about the male millinery the men of the sheriff's of fice have been sporting lately. If there haven't been perhaps there should be, because the boys have come out with western style chapeaux.1 Ostensibly ihe uni formed . men ; are wearing the western gear to carry out the motif of the Rogue Valley Roundup, sponsored by ihe'Jaycees. which will run this week end, Aug. 15 17. However, there is specu lation that the deputies in sisted on the new style after viewing with envy the ap parel worn by two of their fellow lawmen who visited here recently from a South western state. in most of the small streams, and 'rock hounds' will find a paradise from which to add to their collections." A number of parks and pic nic areas are mentioned by Sorber including campgrounds at McKee bridge, Beaver Sul fur, Glade creek, Wrangle, Hutton, Carberry, and Thomp son creek. The Applegate river is stocked each spring to en hance its worth to fishermen as are Carberry and Sturgis creeps, he noted. And, he con tinued, California visitors l223 , , 1 0UK COMPETITOR g Rocket to Be Tried Sunday Washington (UPD In formed sources in Washing ton said today that a decision has been reached to try to fire America's first lunar probe rocket at Cape Canav eral, Fla., early Sunday mor ning if conditions are favor able, i ' The sources said the 100 foot, three-stage rocket car rying' an electronics instru ment package to photograph the moon could be blasted off as early as 5 a.m., (PDT) Sun day. If conditions are unfavor able, the firing will be post poned until a similar time Monday. Firing early Tues day is also a possibility. May Be Postponed But if conditions are un favorable on all three days, the sources said the lunar blast-off probably will be postponed into mid-September. The huge rocket carrier a 60-pound "payload," includ ing 30 pounds of instruments and radio transmitters for sending data back to earth. Officials have emphasized that even if the rocket fires properly, they regard the chances of it reaching the vi cinity of the moon on the first try as only around 1 in 10. , ' ' One of the instruments is Fortmiller Named To Ashland Board Ashland C. D. , Fortmiller Ashland department store owner, was elected to the Ashland school board Monday night. He replaces Dale Wil liams, who plans to mov to Eugene. Fortmiller is past-president of' the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary club, the Elks lodge and is a mem ber of the Presbyterian church. He has two sons and a daughter. The daughter at tends Lincoln school in Ash land. Fortmiller attended Ash land schools, has a bachelor of science degree t the Uni versity of Oregon and a mas ter's degree in business ad ministration at Stanford uni versity. Subdivision Law Slated for Agenda A proposed subdivision or dinance for the county will be discussed this evening at the' regular monthly meeting of the Jackson County Plan ning commission. Other business on the agenda for the 8 o'clock meet ing in the commission's office in the courthouse will be re ports from standing and spe cial committees. is Under should be told that Whiskey creek, Elliott creek, Middle Fork, and Butte Fork, all Cali fornia streams offering splen did fishing, are accessible only from this side. Historical sites which offer tourist attractions, include Kubli mill on Highway 238, and a number of former min ing town cemeteries, and some farms with buildings dating back more than 90 years. Projects being considered by Sorber are marking of Log Town and Log Town Rose, Kubli mill and Steamboat Moon May a photo-cell, TV-type "scan ning device" for taking a pic ture of the far side of the moon. The picture can be trans mitted to earth by radio, but the Defense Department has emphasized that it does not expect the instrument pack age to return toward the earth. The lunar package, after circling the moon, will prob ably shoot off and become lost in space. Tax Committee Sets Meeting A two-day meeting of the state legislative interim com mittee on taxation will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15 and 16, at the Jack son county courthouse audi torium, according to State Sen. Philip B. Lowry, a mem ber of the group. Jackson county residents in terested in the problems of state taxation are invited to attend all or parts of the meetings. Saturday, at 10:30 a.m., a period will be set aside for expression of views and opin ions by local persons, the lo cal senator reported. He add ed that frank and honest ex pressions from local county residents will be welcome. The Medford meeting is one of a series of meetings being held throughout the state by the committee of - members. All five state senators and six representatives will be in Medford for the meeting. Subcommittee meetings will include inheritance and gift taxes at 9 a.m. Friday; tax ex emptions, 1p.m.; timber and natural resources, 3 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. ad valorem and transportation taxes. The general meeting of the full committee will then be held. State Sen. Walter Pearson, Portland, is chairman with Senator Lowry and State Rep resentative Fay Bristol, Grants Pass, as the southern Oregon members. Petition Nominates Stacy for Council A- petition nominating George E. Stacy for Medford city councilman representing Ward 4 was filed at the city hall this morning, according to Darell Huson, city finance director. The petition contained 32 signatures. Previously filed have been three petitions for John W. Snider for a second term as mayor, and one for Stanley Stark for councilman, also from Ward 4. Way in County cemetery, erecting a welcome to Applegate valley sign; dig ging out some of the history and stories of the area for publication; and a general sprucing up and cleaning up of the roadsides. Sorber sent letters to all the organizations in his area re questing their cooperation and assistance in promoting the valley and state during the centennial. He is now in the process of organizing a centen nial committee made up of representatives of these organizations. 'Do-lt-Yourseir Economic Plan for Arabs Included President Appears Before UN Assembly United Nations, N. Y. (UPD President Eisenhower today proposed an all - embracing six-point peace program for the Middle East, including a do-it-yourself economic plan for the Arab states and a U.N. police force to protect it from "ballistic blackmail." The President spoke for 28 minutes before an emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly called to consider the Mideast crisis. His proposal, calling for "an Arab development insti tution on a regional basis," was a departure from U S. tradition which heretofore nas dealt only with nations on an individual basis. "The institution should be governed by the Arab states themselves," he said. The President delivered his address without 'Interruption, but at the end the delegates applauded him for 34 seconds. They gave him another ova tion as he left. Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko, who followed Eisenhower to the rostrum 10 minutes later, did not applaud. Russians Are Silent Gromyko and his aides stood silently as Eisenhower left the chamber. It was the President's first appearance there since his dramatic "at oms for peace" proposal Dec. 8, 1953. Gromyko, only other listed speaker for the day, launched immediately into a condemna tion of U. S. "armed interven tion." First Soviet reaction came from Gromyko himself after taking the rostrum. "The extending of economic aid to the countries of the Near and Middle East is cer tainly good," he told the as sembly. "The Soviet Union will always extend such aid Without any strings attached. The question of economic as sistance to the states of the Middle East as set forth by President Eisenhower requires careful consideration. But first we must have withdraw al of the foreign troops from the area." The assembly adjourned af ter the speeches until Thurs day. Eisenhower left for Wash ington immediately upon con clusion of his speech. The President's speech drew immediae praise. from western nations. The Arabs, for the moment, were noncommittal. A spokesman for Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd said Britain "warmly welcomes" the President's speech. It also was praised by Ireland and Italy. The President denounced efforts of Soviet Premier Nik ita S.-Khrushchev "to create a war hysteria" in the Mideast crisis. Without mentioning Khrush chev by name, Eisenhower said the Russian leader's ef forts "to exploit man's horror of war" could be called "bal listic blackmail." Lists .Program The President said it was "important" that his six-point plan be viewed as a whole. He listed it: "United Nations concern for Lebanon. "United Nations measures to preserve peace in Jordan. "An end to the fomenting from without of civil strife. "A United Nations' peace force. "A regional economic de velopment plan to assist and accelerate improvement in the living standards of the people in these Arab nations. "Steps to avoid a new arms race spiral in the area." (Continued on page 5) The need for individual and group promotion locally, county-wide, and state-wide is ex pressed by Sorber in the let ter: "To those of our fellow citizens who think that some one else can take care of the centennial or who have no time to give I would like to emphasize the fact that no one, aside from the people of Oregon can make this full year observance a success. Everyone, young and old, has a part to play. The stronger the representation the easier the job."
