CROWD-More than 1,500 persons viewed
the parade and other Centennial activities
in Shady Cove Saturday. Among float en
tries was one by Shady Cove 4-H club which
was sweepstakes winner which received a
DRUMS AND BUGLE-Members of the Bliss
Heine's drum and bugle corps -were among
the group in the parade Saturday in Shady
Cove during Centennial activities there.
Following the drum corps is the covered
Truman Calls for Repeal of
Third Term Ban for Presidents
Washington - (UPD - Former
President Harry S. Truman to
day called for repeal of the
ban on a presidential third
term as a "bad" constitutional
amendment. He said it was
devised to "get Roosevelt" and
. Is now hamstringing President
Eisenhower.
Truman said the ban was
"a bill of goods" sold to the
country by "Roosevelt hat
ers."
Truman told a Senate judi
ciary subcommittee that he
has "no personal ax to grind'
in the hearings on repeal of
the 22nd Amendment adopt
ed after the death of Franklin
D. Roosevelt -who was elected
four times.
StUI Eligible '
The amendment was inti-
ated by the Republican-con
trolled 80th Congress. Tru
man noted in a terse three and
a hall page prepared state-
Accidents Claim
Five Oregonians
During Week End
By United Press International
.At least five persons met ac
cidental death in Oregon dur
ing the week end. Three died
in auto accidents, a child
burne'd to death and a man
drowned.
; At Medford Saturday fire
swept the Franklin Jackson
home and Martin Elwood
Jackson, 3, died in the flames.
The mother carried a three-
month-old baby, John Henry,
from the blazing structure
and three other children also
escaped.
Burns Suffered
Mrs. Jackson suffered burns
when she tried to get back
into the house to try to rescue
Martin. His body was found
at the bottom of a stairway.
Vincent Smith, 38, Mt.
Angel, drowned Sunday in the
Siletz river when a boat in
which he and two other men
. were fishing overturned. The
others, Walter Smith, 44, Mo
lalla, brother of the victim,
and Ray Mitchell, 37, also Mo
lalla, managed to make it to
shore.
Hazel V. Hiedeman, 76,
Newberg, died Sunday in a
Salem hospital from injuries
suffered in a headon collision
, near Woo d b urn Saturday
night. Five others were hurt.
Vancouver Youth Killed
Paul Dean Crosby, 16, Van
couver, Wash., was killed Sun
day when his car skidded on
the Baldock freeway at Au
rora Junction south of here
and overturned. Three passen
gers received minor injuries.
David G. Mc Waters, 21,
Portland, was killed Friday
night in a two car collision
east of Hood River. -
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cash prize of $35- Other activities scheduled
included a flower show, a home economics
club display and riding exhibitions. More
than 30 organizations, businesses and indi
viduals entered floats in the parade.
ment that he himself is still
eligible to run for a third
term.
"Out of the 175 million peo
ple in this country," he said,
"I am the only one to whom
the amendment does not ap-ply-the
only one who could
be elected as many times as
he could get enough votes."
Lame Duck Presidents
Truman was a -witness be
fore the Senate subcommittee
on constitutional amendments
headed by Sen. Estes Kefau
ver (D-Tenn.).- Kefauver sim
ilarly condemned the two
term limitation on grounds it
blunts the "quality of flexi
bility" in the Constitution.
Sen. Thomas E. Hennings
(D-Mo.) also urged repeal of
the amendment.
- Truman said that what the
amendment rreally did "was
to make a 'lame duck' out of
every second term President
for all time in the future."
"It is ironic that the first
lame duck President to be
hamstrung by the amend
ment is one of the Republi
can's own," Truman re
marked. Makes 'No Sense'
. He said it makes "no sense"
to treat a President in such'
fashion, Republican or Demo
crat. "
"If he is not a good Presi
dent and you don't want to
keep him, you don't have to
reelect him," Truman said,
"There is a way to get rid
of him and it does not require
a constitutional amendment."
Affendanf .Ses Nine
Pairs of Hose for 39c
. One Medford filling station
attendant may stick to selling
fuel and lubricants from now
on.. 1 '
The attendant, Thomas Lo
well Boyd, told Medford po
lice he sold a pair of nylon
stockings for 39 cents Satur
day evening to a customer at
the Fortune station, 503 North
Central ave.
Just as the customer's car
was pulling away, he discov
ered the box containing the
stockings held nine pair, not
just one. But the car, be
lieved headed for San Fran
cisco, was out of ear shot by
then.
Compact Commission
Holds Over Debate
Portland-(UPB-Columbia In
terstate Compact commission
members met here Saturday
and heard a review of nego
tiations but voted to hold over
debate on problems to the
next meeting, June 8-9 in
Seattle. ' .
The group was formed
seven years ago to work to
ward an agreement on devel
opment, conservation and con
trol of water resources of the
Columbia basin.
wagon entered by the Shady Cove Grange
which received the first prize in the adult
division for floats. At the left in the fore
ground in top hat is Bliss Heine, Medford,
director of the drum and bugle corps.
Before appearing at the
Senate . hearing, Truman told
newsmen he is anxious to tell
the House Committee on Un
American Activities to its
face why he thinks it is "the
most un-American thing in the
country."
75 Years Old Soon
But, during his customary
morning walk, he told the
entourage of reporters that the
House committee will have to
wait a while.
The former President, dap
per and in high spirits, cut
short his stroll this morning
because of a threat of rain.
He will be 75. in just four
more days, but still strides
along briskly and is full of
pep as ever.
Truman said he will be un
able to fit an appearance be
fore the Un-American Activi
ties Committee into this Wash
ington visit, but that "I'm
sure to show up there even
tually."
The committee, headed by
Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.)
has asked Truman for a full
explanation of his remarks
about it.
Otis Children
Found After Night
Spent in Woods
Otis - (UPD - Thrse children
lost in mountains near their
home here after they went
for a hike Saturday after
noon were found about 6:30
a.m. Sunday on Fall Creek by
searchers.
(The, three were wet and
cold but otherwise well.
The children were Terrence
A. Gall, 10; his sister, Anna
Lorraine, 8, and a , brother,
Jimmy Lee, 5. Their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Gall,
of Otis, reported them miss
ing about 9:30 pjn. Saturday
and a search was organized.
Bloodhound Used .
About 65 persons including
state police and sheriffs of
ficers, a mounted sheriff's
posse and volunteers took
part in the hunt. The U.S. For
est Service from H e b o
brought in a bloodhound.
Three volunteers, C. O. Pin
yerd, Hebo, and Bill McFar
land and Herman Kramer of
Otis, came upon the trio hud
dled with their dog, a black
Labrador named Prince. The
children were found about
three miles from their home.
The sheriffs office said the
trio appeared to have suffer
ed no ill effects even though
temperatures in the region
dipped in the low 30s early
Sunday.
The Galls have two other
children, Penny Kay, 6, and
Arthur, 2.
Jubilee Souvenier
Publication Has
Space Available
Jacksonville - Valley firms
and organizations wishing to
purchase space in the souvenir
publication, "Jackson vllle
Gold Rush Gazette," have un
til May 15 to contact the Jack
sonville Gold Rush jubilee
committee for space reserva
tion, it was reported today by
Scotty Matheny, sales commit
tee chairman.
The publication will be on
sale during the jubilee, Aug.
1 and 2.
The May 15 deadline was
established to allow the com
mittee time to complete the
editorial layout of the publi
cation by the last week in
May, Matheny said.
The Gazette will be pattern-1
ed after a tabloid-sized news
paper of the 1850s. Proceeds
from the publication's sales
will be used in the restoration
of the U.S. Hotel in Jackson
ville, a project of the Jack
sonville Lion's club.
Firms interested in reserv
ing space in the newspaper
may contact Matheny at TWIN
Oaks 9-1006.
Proceeds from the Gold
Rush Jubilee will also aug
ment the fund in an effort to
raise the necessary $6,000 esti
mated to be necessary to make
the building safe for further
restoration or occupancy.
Ike Dunford and John
Crabb, general chairmen of
the jubilee celebration, an
nounced that contest details
for Goldrush Queen will be
made soon. - .
Lawrence Tierney
Arrested as Drunk
Hollywood-flJPD-Actor Law
rence Tierne,y Jr., 39, posted
$20 and was ordered to ap
pear today in Municipal court
on a charge of plain drunk.
. Tierney was arrested Sun
day morning after he became
involved in an argument with
men on a main street in Hol
lywood. He was arrested on a
similar charge in New York
last Oct. 14.
An average American will
drink seven gallons of beer a
year.
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COWBOY Randy Barnett, 7,
for his mode of transportation in the Shady Cove parade
Saturday. Bossy, who doesn't seem to object to being saddled,
was led by A. J. Connor, Prospect. Many animals, majority
of which were horses, were included in the Centennial
parade. Young Randy is well supplied with "tin cups" for
a long journey, but the drinking water seems to be lacking.
Steel Union Teams
New York (UPD Top of
ficials of the United Steel
workers of America today
briefed the union's bargain
ing teams which will meet
separately this week with 12
top steel companies.
Approximately 350 steel
workers, members of the
locals representing each z
pany's employees, met behind
closed doors at the Hotel
Roosevelt to hear the union's
contract demands spelled out.
The union bargaining teams
will kick off 1959 wage talks
Tuesday with U.S. Steel, Beth
lehem Steel, Republic Steel
and Kaiser Steel. On Wednes
day, separate talks will begin
.w.-Awmvwv.
Up till recently this service station did good business.
But a new freeway has just been opened, and traffic on
the old road has dwindled to a point where it can.no
longer support a modern, high-cost station. The oil
company has closed it and opened one along the freeway.
Nobody said, "You can't shut down that station. A few
people still go by there and you must keep it open for
their convenience, even though you'll be losing a lot of
money." Nobody questioned the right or good judgment
or motives of the oil company.
But what happens when a railroad wants to adjust
its service?
Travel habits have changed, and more and more people
are going by automobile and air. As a result, some of our
trains have been carrying very few passengers.
Naturally we've wanted to discontinue such trains or
trim their schedules. But unlike most businesses, a
bf Prospect, saddled a cow
Briefed
with eight other major com
panies. At there meetings, the
teams will present the union's
formal demands to the in
dividual companies and will
hear the position the induS'
try will take in the forthcom
ing negotiations.
Contracts Expire June 30
! Upon completion of these
preliminary talks, possibly in
a week or so, actual give and
take bargaining on a new
contract for 500,000 steel-
workers will ge underway be
tween four-man negotiating
teams representing manage
ment and labor. The current
three-year contract expires at
midnight June 30.
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Negro Students
Stage Strike To
Protest Attack
Tallahassee, Fla. - (UPD -
About 750 Negro college stu
dents plan to stage a class
room strike today in protest
against the rape of a 19-year-
old classmate. Four young
white men are charged with
the rape.
The Negro students at
Florida A&M University turn
ed out by the hundreds Sun
day night at a mass meeting to
try to focus nationwide at
tention on the case.
Another meeting was sched
uled today and student Presi
dent Clifford Taylor an
nounced "no loyal student will
attend classes today."
Asks, Fasting, Praying
Taylor called- on the stu
dents to spend the day fast
ing and praying. "We want
the world to know that we
are disturbed about this," he
said.
The student rally was call
ed after formal - charges of
rape were filed Sunday
against the four young white
men, aged 16 to 24.
If convicted on the charges,
the four could be sentenced
to death, Florida's maximum!
penalty for rape.
A police investigator said
the four told him they had
been drinking and drove
through the predominantly
Negro section near the uni
versity ,"to scare" students
attending a Friday night
dance.
Boys Frightened Away
Police said the accused
rapists found the girl and her
date with another Negro
couple in a parked car. The
white youths allegedly fright
ened the two Negro boys away
with a .12 gauge shotgun and
switch-blade knife. Then- they
forced the girl into their car.
The other girl broke away
and hid in the bushes.
"They took this girl by use
of gun and knife into the
woods and all had intercourse
with her a couple of them
twice," the sheriff said. An
investigator, who asked his
name not be used, said the
youths admitted raping the
girl.
railroad can't make such changes on its own. We have to
ask for permission.
Our requests to make such changes have been widely
publicized, and some people feel we want to get out of
the passenger business. This isn't so, and we want you to
know just what our passenger policy is.
4 We want to run passenger trains that you need and use.
We welcome passenger business and we hope more
people will ride our trains.
O We want our passenger trains to be good trains. We
think our passenger service is as good as any in the
country . . . and we intend to keep it that way.
O We feel, however, that it is sensible to limit our service
to trains and schedules which many people need and
use, and to discontinue those which few people us
and which are obviously no longer needed.
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Truman Declines
Ike's Invitation
Washington - (UPD - The
White House said today that
former President Harry S.
Truman declined an invita
tion from President Eisenhow
er to have dinner at the White
House this week with Sir Win
ston Churchill.
Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty said Eisenhower in
vited Truman to join a White
House stag dinner for the for
mer British Prime Minister
Wednesday ' night.
The former president, who
is in Washington until Wed
nesday afternoon, sent his re
grets because of a previous
engagement that night in New
York.
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Actor, Songwriter in
Satisfactory Condition
Hollywood-UPD -Actor Paul
Muni and songwriter Ira
Gershwin, both hospitalized
last week, were reported in
satisfactory condition today
and expected to be released
some time this week from the
Cedars of Lebanon hospitaL
Muni was under treatment
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