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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
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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
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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."