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INI o) n JV kju u ining Gromyko Plans Thursday Reply To Proposition Package Designed For Flat Answer Geneva (CPU The West moved dramatically to end the Berlin deadlock today by of fering a ban on nuclear weap ons in West Berlin and im plicitly agreeing to admit East German control person nel to East-West check points. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. who got a first look at the western pack age plan Tuesday night, indi cated at a Big Four secret session this afternoon that be will jconsider the plan. His promise of a "further reply" Thursday was enough to save the six week old For eign Ministers Conference from ending now in 'total deadlock. Final Package Gromyko was given a 600 word document that wrapped up the West's "rock-bottom concessions" in- a final pack age. It was frankly designed to get a flat answer from Russia on whether there is any point in continuing the present negotiations. But, while ;; granted big concessions on points empha eized by Gromj to in the past, it firmly nialntained western rights in Berlin, the full free dom of West Berliners, and non-recognition of Communist rule in East Germany. - s These were the big con cessions as extracted from an official summary of the docu ment: Must Be No Prejudice Control procedures in the 110-mile corridors across East Germany to Berlin may be carried out by German per sonnel where this is not al ready the case, so long as there is no prejudice to ex isting Four Power responsi bilities. East Germany was not mentioned specifically. Western forces in West Ber lin would continue' to be armed only with convention al weapons. Gromyko had ex pressed concern that missiles or nuclear weapons mignt De installed there. Limited Garrison . f The western garrison would be limited to its present level of about 11.000 men and the western powers would con sider the possibility of reduc ing this force if developments nermit. A Four Power commission would be established to settle any and all access oisputes and German experts would be consulted if necessary. Medford Man Fined On Weapons Charge Robert C. Cooper; 616V Cherry st., Medford, was finedv $100 yesterday after noon in district court for car rying an unlicensed and con cealed weapon. He pleaded guilty. ; He was arrested yesterday afternoon by sheriffs depu ties after neighbors complain ed that he was displaying a .45 caliber Colt automatic pis tol. Sheriffs officers found the "weapon in his car. The gun was confiscated on order of the district court judge. Local Pastor With National Group The Rev. Richard M. Jones, pastor of Eastwood Baptist church, was recently commis sioned by the American Bap tist Home Mission Societies to become a program associate in evangelism, American Bap tist convention. e received the appoint ment recently at the annual meeting of the church in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Jones will be director of evangelism for the western United States on the staff of the Berkeley Baptist Divinity school, Berkeley, : Calif. He will be a member of a staff comprising six persons, with each one associated with an American Baptist seminary. The position was only recent ly crrAted and will deal with Proposes Concessions End T 'Berlin Price 10 Medford 18 PAGES Satellites To Police Nuclear Test Ban Proposed Plan Will Be . Presented Next Week Washington-fflPD-The United States was reported ready to day to propose an agreement with Russia and Britain for jointly launching 12 earth satellites that could police a ban on high-altitude nuclear tests. Officials said that the U.S. plan would be presented next week to the East-West scien tific conference at Geneva on ways of detecting nuclear tests above the atmosphere. The conference starts Mon day. , . Wolfgang Panofsky. Stan ford University physicist, will present the proposal. He, head ed a 15-man U.S. committee set up to study detection methods above a height of 30 miles. The committee's report said the 12 satellites, which would blanket the earth and be in orbit at all times, could ade- auatelv detect with sensitive electronic -equipment any high-altitude explosion. How ever, they would be unable to pinpoint where the blast occurred. ; The satellite system would monitor the fourth area where nuclear test shots might be set off. The United States, Russia and Britain previous ly have agreed that a network of 180 stations would be able to monitor most underground, surface and within-the-atmos-phere tests. Areas Divided Under the U.S. proposal, it was reported, six of the satel lites would be sent into orbit at 600-mile altitudes, spaced and timed to cover all the earth area below them. The other six would be rocketed into 40,000-mile-high orbits, 16 times higher than any satellite launched thus far. They would be on guard for any clandestine shots con ducted in the area between the sun and Mars. Justice of Peace Named in Ashland Mrs. Francis I. Gallatin, 148 Central ave., Ashland, was scheduled today to take the oath of office as tempor ary justice of the peace for Ashland. Mrs. Gallatin will act as justice of the peace during the illness of Lee Peers Wil meth who is serving a four year term. Her appointment by the Jackson county court was effective yesterday. Wilmeth is still in critical condition at the Ashland Gen eral hospital where he was taken last Wednesday follow ing a heart attack, according to hospital attendants this morning. Takes Job study, research and experi mentation. . Mr. Jones, who has served as pastor of the local church years, is a graduate of Linfield college, McMinnville, Ore., and Berkeley Baptist Di vinity school. Prior to arriv ing in the valley he served as pastor of the First Baptist church, Sumner, Wash. While in Medford, he has been active in denomination al and community affairs and recently concluded a year as president of the Southern Ore gon Child Guidance Clinic as sociation. The local pastor submitted his resignation as pastor of the church June 14 and he will move with his wife and two children to Berkeley July 15. Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1959 "It's Getting So That People Don't Show Any Respect For A Witch Doctorate Any More" Wagon Train Hears Summer School Site Monroe-The Jackson Coun ty 4-H wagon train rolled on toward Corvallis today to the tune of a new song, "We're Moving On," according to Miss Marilou Garner, Jackson county 4-H agent. The song was composed by Mrs. Clyde Akey, Camas Val ley, who with her husband is one of the leaders with the Douglas county 4-H clubs' wagon. The song was sung for the first time last night around a campfire at the Eugene fair grounds. The train is on schedule with the members looking for ward to festivities scheduled for Corvallis Saturday. The wagon train crew expects to arrive on the outskirts of the city Friday night. Saturday morning it will parade through Corvallis. A lunch will be served at noon in Avery park sponsored by var ious civic organizations. In Good Snap Horses and wagons were re ported in good, shape. How ever, one of the saddle horses now being used as a team Bids Called for College Building Ashland-Bids for construc tion of a two-unit women's dormitory at Southern Oregon college have been invited by the Oregon state board of higher education. Offers will be received until 2 p.m. July 15 in Room 111, ;Churchill hall, on the SOCvcampus. Separate bids will be taken on four contracfc-for general construction, mechanical work, electrical work and built-in furniture. The dormitory will include 63 study - bedrooms housing two girls each. Plans call for two three-story, 37 by 81-foot dormitory units with full basements. The buildings will be of re inforced concrete with two inch solid lath and piaster par titions. The exterior will be cement plastered and the in terior finished in piaster or architectural concrete. The built-in furniture con tract will call for two- ward robes, fdam rubber and vinyl plastic covered backrests, two desks and bookshelves in each room.( Architect is Robert J. Kee ney, 210 Fluhrer building, Medford. . Salem-(DPD-The Oregon Su preme Court has ruled that laws taxing tugboats are constitutional. t'Pa I WrfHWT"! fmt horse had to be removed due to a sore shoulder and another horse hitched in its place. This was to replace a horse which died in Canyonville state park, owned by Ray Inlow, Ashland, who is accompany ing the wagon .train, Miss Garner said. Identity of the owner was withheld until wagon train leaders were sure the owner had been notified. The Inlow family had a strong sentimental attachment to the horse, Miss Garner added. The horses' shoes are be coming a little thin, but so far the group has not had the trouble with shoes some had predicted. Horses pulling the Douglas county wagon had to be reshod Sunday at Yoncalla since they had been shod orig inally for logging operations and not road travel. Take Turns Driving Many of the wagon train members are now taking turns driving, relieving ap pointed teamsters. The young sters had little trouble learn ing how to handle the teams, but handling both brakes and reins while traveling down hill was a little difficult at first, Miss -Garner said. The wagon train will stop tonight at Benton-Lane park near Monroe, on the Benton Lane county line. Tomorrow will be play-day for the wagon train members so they can take advantage of the heated outdoor swimming pool, rol lerskating rink and other re creational facilities there. The park is surrounded by a grove of pine trees and a number of picnic tables are provided, the county 4-H agent said. Few people came out as the train rolled through Eugene last night. A motorcycle po lice escort conducted the six wagons through the freeway and out to the fairgrounds. There the girls slept in a roofed-over sheep pen and the boys slept under and around the wagons. As usual, the campfire was kept burning all night with the watch taking two-hour shifts. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness through Thursday with a risk of afternoon and evening show ers over mountains. Continued warm. Low tonight SO. High Thursday 76. Temp. Highest Yesterday 78 Lowest this Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:34 aum. Moonset tomorrow 2:56 a.m. Full Moon June 29 PROMINENT STAR Arctorus, high in the southwest 10:01 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, near the Moon. Saturn, low in south east 9:3 J p.m. Venus and Mars, set 10:11 p.m. 54th Year Tribune No. 76 Dave Beck, Two Truck Tycoons, Indicted by Jury Taft-Hartley Law Violation Noted " , New York (DPD A federal grand jury indicted Dave Beck, former head of the In ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters, for taking $200, 000 and also indicted two truck tycoons for giving it to him in violation of the Taft Hartley Act. Named with Beck in the two count indictment were Roy Fruehauf, president and his company the Fruehauf Trailer Co.; Burge Seymour, president of his company As sociated Transport, Inc., and its subsidiary Brown Equip ment and Manufacturing com pany. . Taking Money Forbidden The Taft-Hartley Law for bids the head of the union to take money from management and at the same time forbids the payment of money by the employer to any union offi cial. - The indictment said that on or about June 21, 1-954, in New York, the individuals and their companies engaged in an industry affecting com merce and did unlawfully pay Dave Beck, then head of the teamsters, $200,000. On the same day Beck was accused of taking the money. All are scheduled to plead to the indictment on June 24. Conviction carries a fine of $10,000 and one year in pris on for the individuals. Rooster Crowing Contest Slated Rogue River The annual National Rooster Crowing contest will be held here Sat urday. The event, which has at tracted national attention in past years, will start at 10 ajn. with a parade. Jim Clith row, parade chairman, reports that 34 entries from Jackson and Josephine counties will participate. Between the parade and the crowing contest itself starting at noon, a horse show and a variety show, featuring 14 acts, will be presented. The "Can't Bust 'Em" Clown and the well-known clown, But tons, who has indicated he plans to retire in this area, will perform. The contest itself will be between 12 and 12:30 p.m., with a grand prize of 250 sil ver dollars , for the rooster crows the most times during the half hour. Other prizes, ranging from $5 to $75, will be for greased-pole climbing, the best cages, and, other con tests. A total of $500 in silver are offered as prizes. At 9 pjn., a dance will be held in the VFW hall, with Vic Flood's orchestra furnish ing the music. The Rogue Valley Boosters club is sponsoring the contest again this year. The club is a non-profit organization devot ed to the development of the Rogue valley. .'. - Bids Called for Road at Oregon Caves Bids for construction , of a road to a residence and park ing area at Oregon Caves Na tional monument - will be opened in the office of Thomas Williams, superinten dent of Crater Lake National park, at 3 p.m, July 15. - The work is part of the Mis sion 66 program to improve national park and monument facilities to handle the expect ed increase in public use by 1966, the 100th anniversary of the national park service. Steel Contract Talks Grounded Over Procedure Twelve Companies Involved in Threat New York (DPD Negotia tions aimed at averting a na tional skeel strike on June 30 were grounded today on the issue of whether contract talks should proceed on a joint industry-wide basis or on a company - by - company basis. Twelve companies, includ ing the U. S. Steel Corp., are involved in the strike-threatening wage controversy. Procedure Resisted David J. McDonald, presi dent of the United Steelwork ers of America, favors company-by-company negotiations but so far the industrv reDre- sentatives have adamantly re sisted such a procedure. McDonald. aDDarentlv dis turbed because the joint talks of the past five weeks have seemingly gotten . nowhere, wants a return to individual talks between the union and the 12 companies. He has ordered the union's 12 separate bargaining com mittees to stand- bv todav in the event the industry gives in ana agrees jto meet on a company-by-company basis. There was a possibility that some formula might be adopt ed under which negotiations would be conducted both jointly and separately at the same time. No Conclusion Reached A 2V6 hour session Tuesdav between two four-men com mittees-one headed by Mc Donald for. the union, the other led by R. Conrad Coon- er, U. S. Steel's vice president and hief negotiator - pro duced only a brief statement that they had met "to discuss procedure but have not yet reached any conclusions." Neither side meanwhile had made any , comment on the proposal of Sen. Stuart Sym ington (D-Mo.) that President Eisenhower summon steel in dustry and union leaders to an immediate White House conference in an effort, to settle the wage dispute. Underwriters to Convene in City Medford will play host to the seventh annual convention of the Oregon State Life Un derwriters association this week end at the Rogue Valley Country club. William M. Caldwell, Med ford, president o the associa tion, will open the convention at 9:30 a.m. Friday. About' 150 to 175 delegates are expected to attend. The program Friday will include a business meeting, luncheon, dinner and a social hour. , Four speakers will address the delegates Friday. They are Charles O. McGee of Waverly, Iowa; William B. Stannard of Long Beach, Calif.; William C. Jones, dean of administration at the University of Oregon; and Victor N. Miller of Port land. , Saturday's session will begin at 9:30 a.m.-with a busi ness meeting and election of officers, followed at 12:30 p.m. by lunch for the board of di rectors of the association, v Other officers of the asso ciation, besides Caldwell, are Oscar H. Specht of Salem, secretary-treasurer, and John J. Howe of The Dalles, nation al committeeman. Office Manager Enters Guilty Plea Roy Lee Martin, 32-year-old office manager for the Crane company here, plead ed guilty yesterday before Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly to charges of grand lar ceny. A pre-sentence investi gation was ordered. Martin waived the right to a grand jury , hearing and pleaded guilty to district at torney's information. Martin was arrested Friday by Med ford police following a lengthy investigation leading to his implication in thefts of thousands of dollars worth of plumbing fixtures from the company office here and in Portland. Crane is one of the largest national producers of plumb ing and heating supplies. Martin, married with three children, had been under sur veillance by private investi gators and police for some time, it was reported. isenhower Asks Explanation of Sun Malfunction 'Washington-fflPD-President Eisenhower, expressing great concern, asked the Navy today to explain quickly why some of the guns on a patrol bomber were not functioning when it was attacked by Red fighters off Korea. Eisenhower told his newt conference that he expected the Navy to make a public report after it investigates reports from Japan that the plane's forward guns were unable to fire because of missing parts. . I The chief executive said he did not yet know the national ity of the jet fighters that attacked the American bomber while it was on routine patrol over international waters of the Sea of Japan. As a former military commander, he said the report of missing gun parts was a source of great concern to him and he had called on the Navy for a complete report on this con dition. Eisenhower, under questioning, said it seemed to be a strange coinfidence that the plane incident took place while the Geneva foreign ministers' meeting was bogged down. (Continued on Page 10) Ike Rejects Idea of Steel Conference Washington -(DPD President Eisenhower today rejected suggestions that he call steel labor and industry spokesmen to the White House in an ef fort to reach a wage settle ment. At the same time, he dis played interest in a suggestion that the government lay out Bridge Project Behind Schedule The Antelope bridge con struction project is about a month behind schedule due to the strike of the Pile Drivers union, Paul Rynning, Jackson county engineer said today. The $18,000 construction project was scheduled - for completion by the end of July, according to Rynning. R&M construction company, Central Point, is doing the work. "Every day of the strike throws the work that much further b e h i n d," Rynning said. The project was picketed Tuesday. , The state highway commis sion announced Tuesday it has decided to defer opening of any further highway improve ment bids until conditions are stabilized. The strike so far has not affected work on the Seven Oaks-Table Rock rd. section of the Highway 99 freeway, a spokesman for the local state highway department of fice said this morning. The strike is directed at bridges and structures and the local freeway section has only two structures. Concrete was being poured on two box culverts of the Seven-Oaks Table Rock rd. section Monday, the spokesman said. Meanwhile, in Portland, a special executive board com mittee of the United Brother hood of Carpenters started a probe into the strike of its af filiated Pile Drivers Union. Accountants Set Medford Convention The 13 th annual convention of the Oregon Association of Public Accountants will take place here tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. Registration begins .tomor row at 10:30 a.m. at the Med ford hotel, with a golf tour nament scheduled for the afternoon. Friday's agenda calls for reports and announcements and a reunion of past presi dents. State Sen. Harry D. Boivin, Klamath Falls, is scheduled to speak at a ban quet Friday night at the Med ford hotel. The delegates will start Saturday with a trail break fast at Lithia park in Ash land and continue with busi ness through the day, finish ing up with another banquet, installation of new officers, and entertainment by the Medford high school chorus. Diamond Lake Road Still Blocked An earth slide continues to block the Diamond Lake highway, about 8V& miles north of the Crater Lake high way junction, state police and the local state highway de partment office said today. No information was avail able as to when the highway would be. .cleared. its own statement of the facts in the steel dispute for the benefit of the public. At a news conference, the President reemphasized his unwillingness for the White House to get directly involved in the deadlocked necotia- tions. He said he would urge again that each side recognize the great dancers which would come from an inflation ary settlement. But he added that to intervene directly and to bring political or other pressure on the bargaining would be more hurtful than helpful. Defended Own Lobbying To other questions. Eisen hower defended his right as Chief Executive to try to in fluence Congress. He said the Constitution, through the right to veto, made him a part oi the legislative process. As to whether there was any administration lobbying in behalf of the nomination of Secretary of Commerce Lewis L. Strauss, he said he would use every influence that the executive branch could use when his conscience told him that something was right. The President, showing some slight evidence of hoarseness at his first meeting with reporters in two weeks, made these other points of news: He said the Geneva Foreign Ministers' Conference reflect ed an unwillingness on the part of the Russians to dis cuss matters which might lead to fruitful negotiations at the summit. Save Wheat Surpluses He rejected the idea of de stroying the nation's mount ing wheat surplus or dump ing it overseas in a "crash giveaway program because this would be ruinous to other wheat producing nations. He said that if he has to go to Europe on any other busi ness, he will make a special effort to see French President Charles de Gaulle in an at tempt to resolve differences between France and the Unit ed States over France's de mand for access to nuclear weapons. In another congressional field, he said he thought the Congress was justified in in vestigating the relationship between contracting officers of the government and repre sentatives of private industry. Historical Plaque b Installed in Medford The last of three historical plaques created by students of Medford schools for the Jack son County Centennial associ ation has been installed on the apron of the First Baptist church, Fifth st. and Central ave., Medford. The plaque, a four-foot dia meter cross section of a fir tree, is marked to indicate events in Oregon history cor responding . with the tree's growth rings. Other plaques are located at the Medford airport and at the stockade welcome booth on Siskiyou summit. Indicated on the plaque at First Baptist church are dates on which Captain Gray en tered the Columbia river, Lewis and Clark reached the mouth of the Columbia, Astor ia first settled, provisional government , established at Champoeg, territorial govern ment established, Oregon be camt a state, Applagata Crew Unable f Defend Againi Attacking MIGs Interc6m System Failure geporte Vashinoion - (CP?-Xl$) navy said todaf lat t&Q) forward guns f )44 plana which was ttlac) by Communist aircraft tat) been delibertel mate 'ttfct) ' operable" t mrfe gaf mj recoanaistnce eui4t Yokosukf, itstn --) crew of a U.S. New oK) bomber attacked by Commu nist MIG iets over the Sea of Japan said today they were unable to fire back because some guns were out of order and the Reds knocked out the tail gun. Lt. Cmdr. Donald Mayer of Nyack, N. Y., and Litchfield, Conn., heroic pilot of the plane, gave the order to re turn the fire but a broken intercom system kept the order from reaching tail gun ner Eugene Corder of Jack sonville, 111., an aviation elec trician's mate. By the time' the order was relayed Corder had been bad ly wounded - the only one of the 14 men aboard the plane to be hit and his uns re mained silent. The fbmargj) guns could not bf JtMfc t cause of missing part &ietft cue uiiiicuii, io gel. "I'll sure try to af (in) parts" for future miftcS, Rear Adm. Frederic ft. Wifn) ington, commanded oC Ci Naval forces in 3pf, ig) ai a press conference Salt ffe describe the shooting incitas& Limped on To ErnQ The crew told newsmen Hfi big Mercator patrol' plan limped back on two engirA riddled by 15 to 20 bullets and its guns out of order. The attack occurred 45 miles off the North Korea coast and the bomber made it back 700 miles to a Japanese airbase. Both engines on the right side of the plane were knocked out by Communis) gunfire and Mayer flew homp on two. At one point on jf them spluttered and belchafe " forth white smoke and lay radioed he would hsv taj) ditch in the sea - but hf.ig) it home. . Mayer was commtnf al his heroism by Adm. Hrleigfe A. Burke, chief of naval oj erations. Burke cited hrfi 'prompt and effective actiott and superb airmanshiD" in bringing the severely dam aged aircraft safely home. It was the 33rd such attach by Communist planes since 1950. The attacks have cost the Americans 112 dead and missing. In this attack the crew was unable to determine , whether the planes were Rus sian, North Korean or Chi nese Communist. ' 0 No Picketing in Area Reported No picketing of Tillamook cheese outlets in Medford by the Teamsters, union was re ported today by an official of Local 962 this morning. The Teamsters union boy cott on the cheese company was reported yesterday to be extending to the Medford area. It was explained that a survey is being conducted on local sales outlets for the cheese. , Tuesday union off i- cials said that grocers and others who do not take the cheese off their shelves will be subject to picketing. opened the southern route in Oregon, gold discovered in Jacksonville, and the railroad coming to Oregon. The ring which indicates the birth of the tree is dated 1628, two years after the pil grims landed at Plymouth rock. Timber for the plaques was furnished by Elk Lumber com pany. They were delivered to the sites by Oregon-Nevada-California Fast Freight com pany, Franklin Transfer and Storage company and Pierce Freight lines. Students did re search into dates for the plaques. The Rev. James W. Nealy and the board of the First Baptist church granted per mission for installation on the church property. The first Protestant church west of the Rockies was established in Jacksonville June 1, 1854 by the Rev. Joseph F. Smith. 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