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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
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Medford
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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. It
alsp was the First Baptist
church. v -
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