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o an N JV fn Oregon Pile ix-Weeks- Crews Expected to Return To Jobs Immediately Union Committee Overrules Locals Portland - (UPD - The six-week-old Oregon Pile Driver strike was settled here Wednesday about 6:30 p.m. at a meeting between the As sociated General Contractors, an executive committee of the Carpenters International Union from Washington, D.C., and the Federal Mediation Service. Federal Mediator George Walker said members of the Pile Drivers, a Carpenters' af filiate union, were expected to return to their jobs today. Launched May S The strike was launched May 6 by two dissenting Pile Driver locals after the Ore gon District and Southwest Washington District Councils of the Carpenters approved the AGC three-year contract. The national union commit tee, which arrived here the first of the week, overruled the two locals Portland and Astoria - to end the dispute. The AGC had threatened a shutdown of all of its $400 trillion worth of construction projects in Oregon and South ern Washington if the Pile Drivers walkout continued. . About 1,200 men were af fected by the strike and some $15 million in projects were tied up. UMC to Set Goal For Fall Campaign The 1959-60 campaign goal for the United Medford Cru ssaHe ill be set at a meeting of the UMC board of directors Monday evening, June 22, at the Red Cross building. The admittance, budget and quota committees will report. Agency budget requests which were sent in June 1 for con sideration by the budget com mittee, show in detail agency expenditures for the past year, along with an estimated amount for each item for the coming year. Budget committee members study the budgets and discuss them frith agency representa tives, after which the budget committee adjusts agency budgets "so that the total fig ure i& not beyond reasonable hopg of achievement as a cam paign $oal," directors re ported. -. ud9et committee mem bers, appointed by Dr. Merle E. Foland, UMC president, are Robert J. Cunningham, chair man, Dunbar Carpenter, Rich ard H. Travis, Robert A. John son, Thomas H. Ness, William H. Prentice and Ray M. Sor-enson. Two State Conventions Expected to Attract About 300 Visitors to City Two state conventions bringing an estimated 300 visitors to Medford are being held this week 'end. The 7th annual convention of the Oregon State Life Un derwriters association will begin at the Rogue Valley Country club at 9:30 ajn. Fri day. Association president, William M. Caldwell, Med ford, will open the meeting and Medford Mayor John Snider will welcome the ap proximately 150 visitors. . Over 100 members of the Oregon Association of Public Accountants were expected at their 13th annual convention which began this morning at the Medford hotel. OAPA scheduled a golf tournament and a tour of Harry and David Bear Creek orchards at 2 pjn. today and a board of governors banquet at 7 pjn. at the Medford hotel. Friday Meetings Friday meetings will begin with an 8 p.m. breakfast, and a 9:15 ajn. greeting from Mayor Snider followed' by a busies meeting. Drummond, presi-, Old gi yaywy tm ft m wni, m n Tiinr t i " " - mmmmm m" t II I5 J SWWt'' j m Iff? V CHARLES A. MEYER Becomes Superintended Meyer to Become C Superintendent; Replaces J Central Point - Charles A. Meyer, who has served as ele mentary and junior high school principal in Central Point for 13 years, will re place H. P. Jewett July 1 as superintendent of district 6C. Eng ineers Plan Repo rt on Basin The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will report on its Rogue Basin study at a spe cial meeting of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Wa ter Resources association Thursday, June 25, at 8 p.m. The meeting, described as "important to all citizens of the Rogue basin," will be held in the circuit court room, Jo sephine county courthouse, Grants Pass. Henry Stewart and Walter Basham of the corps of engi neers will report on projects which the corps is suggesting for local consideration. Com plete physical data will be presented on storage projects, including Lost Creek on the Rogue, Elk creek, Lake creek on Little Butte, Meadows on Evans creek, Copper on the Applegate, and Lewis creek on the Rogue as an alternate suggestion to Lost creek on Elk creek. Financial data will be pre sented on the Copper project in the Applegate, but similar data on other projects will not be made public until ear ly in July. Bill Jess, Eagle Point, presi dent, of the association, stated that representatives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service are expected to be present to explain their evaluation of the fish and wild life aspects of the report. - dent of the National Society of Public Accountants, will speak at 10:45 ajn., prior to a luncheon at the hotel. Com mittee reports will be heard Friday afternoon and a ban quet, with State Senator Har ry D. Boivin of .Klamath Falls, as speaker, will be held at 6:30 pjn. An Oregon Trail breakfast will be served-at 7:30 ajn. in Ashland's Lithia park fol lowed by further reports and an address by Lawrence L. Clark, trust officer for the First National Bank of Ore gon, Medford branch. James P. Rowan, member of Foster and Marshall, will speak Saturday noon and J. Earl Wetmore, vice president, western division, NSPA, will speak on national affairs at 2 pjn. ' v . Officers will be elected Saturday afternoon. A ban quet, speech by Drummond and installation of officers will close the convention Sat urday night. ' The underwriters will hear a talk "Look at the Golden Years Ahead" by Charles O. McGee, director of agencies, Drivers Wa but evett Jewett will retire on that day after 37 year's service to Central Point . schools. The district now includes Sams Valley, Gold Hill and Central Point. I Prior to his work in Central Point, Meyer was classroom teacher and coach in Coquille. He was born in Portland, graduated from Cleveland High school, has; a bachelor of science degree from Ore gon College of Education-and a master of education degree from Oregon State college. Graduate Work Meyer has done further graduate work at the Univer sity of Oregon and Southern Oregon college. He has been a member of the district teachers organization, Oregon Education association, Nation al Education association, and the Association for Supervi sion and Curriculum Develop ment. He also served as president of Southern Oregon Elemen t a r y Principals association and was on several state study committees. He belongs to three nation al honorary fraternities, Kap pa Delta Pi, Theta Delta Phi and Phi Delta Kappa, and is also a member of the Method ist church, Masonic lodge, Elks club and Veterans- of Foreign Wars. During the war, Meyer served in the Navy for four years and was on a destroyer in the Southwest Pacific thea ter. He is married and has one daughter who will be a sopho more at Crater High school this faU. . Hollywood (OPD Veteran actress Ethel Barrymore, oft claimed first lady of the American theater and matri arch of the Barrymore clan, died today at the age of 79. Lutheran Mutual Life Insur ance company, at 9:45 a.m. Friday; a talk by William B. Stannard, vice president in charge of agencies, Occidental Life Insurance company of California, at 10:45 a.m.; and a talk by Victor N. Miller, Portland, supervisor, North ern Life Insurance company, at noon. Golf, guided tours and en tertainment for women visi tors are scheduled following a Friday afternoon business meeting. , Aetna Life Insurance com pany will sponsor a social hour at 6:15 pjn., preceding dinner sponsored by the First National Bank of Oregon trust department. William C. Jones, dean of administration, University of Oregon, will speak on "We Hold These Truths" at 8:30 pjn. A leadership training meeting for incoming presi dents, secretaries and commit tee chairmen will be held at 9:30 pjn. Further business and elec tion of officers will precede a Saturday luncheon for the board of directors of OSLU. End Problems of Air Pollution Aired At Public Hearing 40 Persons Attend Court-Called Event Steps that have been taken, what progress has been made and what is still to be done regarding air pollution in Jackson county were discuss ed this morning at a public hearing called by the county court. Nearly 40 persons attended the meeting. Dunbar Carpenter, repre senting the Fruit . Growers League, said the group was inventorying the number and types of heaters used by val ley orchardists. . He explained that the in ventory would not be com pleted until July since the best time to obtain this infor mation was when the heaters were removed from the or chards. Speaks for Lumbermen George Flanagan, in speak ing for the lumbermen in the area, commented that al though the majority of the mills had taken steps in re cent years to clear up the smoke problem in the valley, the industry has agreed that additional steps could, and should, be taken to eliminate part of the air pollution prob lem. He stressed that the major problem faced by the lumber industry here is the distance from the market. He said that there is no local market for lumber wastes, adding that one mill had offered to give chips away free to a firm if they would pay the freight costs. The offer was refused He mentioned that consid erable study and time is need ed to find the solution since no two mills are alike. Mention Ordinance Bob Van Sickle? Medford city councilman, mentioned that the city plans to hold public . hearings in either October or November on a proposed air pollution ordi nance. He explained that the ordinance would be mainly to control persons . who arrive later in the valley and give credit to voluntary programs underway. T. M. Gerow, Grants Pass, with the state board of health, reported on air pollution tests conducted in the valley dur ing the -last three months. He explained that tests so far show little or no smog condi tion in the valley. He said from data colected so far Medford is at the edge of the situation where air pol lution is becoming a nuisance condition. - The smoke problem in Jack sonville was discussed by both residents and officials of the City Sanitary Service. The main problem was that the air currents carried the smoke from the dump into the main business district. The service explained that they are checking other meth ods for disposal of the gar bage including incinerators. Residents Complain Residents of Jacksonville complained that the dump had originally been planned to be a sanitary landfill, which was later not found suitable due to moisture con tent in the area. Robert Duff, Medford city manager, mentioned that the city had requested through the U. S. Public Health Ser vice for an official to check the area regarding the use of sanitary landfills. In summarizing the hear ing County Judge Earl Mil ler asked the patience of the residents. He explained that the economy of the valley was a major factor in deciding the solution to the air pollution problem and stressed the need for a systematic and volun tary approach, before the en actment of any ordinances. Astoria -fflPD- Gordon Fran cis Givens, 22, Tacoma, Wash., has been charged with man slaugher as the result , of a one-car accident at Seaside Tuesday. Thomas C. Laurent, 22, also of Tacoma, died in th crash. I Hatfield Names Committee on Criminal Law Evelyn Nye on Education Group Salem-TOPD-Gov. Mark Hat field today named four dis trict attorneys to the Legis lative Interim Committee on Criminal Law. His appointments were James Minturn, Crook county; Harry Hogan, Wasco county; James Craig, Yamhill county; and Al McMullen, Lincoln county. The committee was estab lished to study criminal law and procedure, sentencing, pa role and probation. It con sists of 20 members, four of whom are DA's appointed by the governor. Five positions are assign ed to legislators and the bal ance is made up of a Supreme Court justice, a circuit judge, a district judge; an assistant attorney general and four at torneys from the State Bar association. Natural Resources At the same time, Gov. Hat field named Charles Collins, Roseburg, and L. C. (Jack) Binford, Portland, to the Leg islative Interim Committee on Natural Resources. Binford is a former presi dent of the Izaak Walton League and Collins has serv ed as president of the Oregon Wildlife Federation. Binford is an attorney and Collins is head of the Douglas county parks system. Legislative members are: Sens. Walter Leth, West Sa lem; Andrew Naterlin, New port; Dan Thiel, Astoria; and Reps. Carl Back, Port Orford; Bill Bradley, Gresham; J. Pat Metke, and Frank Weath- erford, Olex. Education Committee Named to the Education Interim Committee were: James Yeomans, former member of the Portland School Board; Stuart Comp- ton, Salem Trust Company ex ecutive; William Bade, Port land, Tax Research staff mem ber; and John Hounsell, Hood River, ex-state senator and orchardist. This' committee will study school finance, administra tion, construction, curriculum and teacher supply. Public Assistance Appointed by Hatfield to the Public Assistance Com mittee were: Robert .Dickin son," Oswego attorney; Louise Humphrey, tax analyst, Port land; and Dr. Ennis Keizer, physician, North Bend. Legislative members of the Education Committee are Sens. Ward Cook, Portland; Dwight Hopkins, Imbler; Jean Lewis,- Portland; Robert White, Salem; and Reps. Al Flegal, Roseburg; John Ker bow, Klamath Falls; Nancy Kirkpatrick, Lebanon; Tom Monaghan, Milwaukie; and Evelyn Nye, Medford.' Legislative members of the public assistance committee are Sens. Alice Corbett, Port land; Mervin Goode, Albany; Richard Groener, Milwaukie; and Reps. Grace Peck, Port land; Ed Benedict, Portland; Wickes Shaw, Eugene; and Ed Oakes, Ontario. Interest Said High In Catfish Derby "The biggest derby ever" is forecast for the 24th annual Catfish Derby Sunday, June 21, at TouVelle State park. Bert M. Rostel, publicity director for the sponsoring Medford 20-30 club, said that interest has been high this year, with requests for infor mation coming from other states. Prizes have been donated by local merchants and tackle manufacturers. Some of the awards may be seen at Lam port's Sporting Goods. Reigning over this year's derby will be Queen Karen Simcox and Princesses .Vir ginia Larson, Dee Reed, Sus an Yoder and Betsy Beck, chosen by the Medford High school sophomore class. Quali fications include not only beauty, but scholastic stand ing, personality and popular ity. Concessions will open at 11:30 a.m. No registration or admission will be . charged and the public is invited to all the festivities. Portland (DPD Willamette Tug & Barge Co., Portland, was low bidder at $16,585 to make repairs to the Corp of Engineers' Willamette Falls Locks at West Linn. Price 10 Cents Medford 34 Pages MEDFORD, Flam Navy Statement Follows Furor OverShooting Suspicion Centers On North Koreans Washington -(DPD-The Navy said today a pair of tail ma chine guns is the only defen sive armament normally car ried on its Far Eastern patrol planes, like the P4M Merca tor shot up by Red jets Tues day. The service said in a state ment that such . light arma ment was "normal" for the 10 to 15 four-engine Mercators flying reconnaissance missions in the Far East. Guns Said Dismantled The statement followed a furor touched off when crew members of the crippled plane said in Japan they could not return the Commu nist fire because their guns lacked certain "hard-to-get" parts. But the Navy said Wednes day the top and front guns were dismantled to make room for reconnais sance equipment. The 20 mm, tail guns were knocked out by tracer bullets from the two Red MIGs. ' Meanwhile, suspicion cen tered on the North Koreans as the attackers. The plane was 45 miles from North Ko rea over the Sea of Japan when jumped. The Air Force said all Russian MIGs sent to the area were part of North Korea's forces. A Navy source said he did not think the jets were flown by Chines Com munists, who also have re ceived Soviet MIGs. Offensive Aircraft In its statement today, is sued in response to queries by United Press International, the Navy explained that the Mercator originally was. built for anti-submarine and mine warfare. "As an offensive aircraft it originally had three turrets A tail turret to defend against attacks from the rear and an upper turret and a bow turret for offensive attacks on sur face targets such as submarine and shore batteries adjacent to the area being mined," the statement said. "When these airplanes were assigned to the reconnaissance mission, their configuration was changed to accommodate the equipment required for these missions. Guns of No Value "The upper turret was re moved. The bow turret was left intact but these guns are of no value in defending the airplane against jet fighter at tacks. "The space in this turret on certain flights has been used to accommodate special detec tion equipment. In this in- sance (Tuesday), the bow tur ret was used for such pur poses." The plane's pilot and com mander, Lt. Cmdr. Donald R. Mayer of Litchfield, Conn., concurred in Yokosuka, Ja pan that the bow guns would have been useless against the attackers even if they, had been working. This presum ably was because the Commu nists struck from behind. (See Story on Page 7) $4,000 Granted Airport for Work Medford and five other Ore gon cities were awarded $4,000 airport rehabilitation grants yesterday by the state board of aeronautics. The money, from a $500, 000 fund established by the 1959 Legislature, is to be used for purchase of materials only, according to Medford Airport Manager Richard Hogan. Hogan -said Medford's grant would be combined with city funds to resurface the north west taxiway from the private hangar area to the cross run OREGON THURSDAY JUNE "Stand Back It Recreation Suggests County Buy Site on A 40-acre recreation site mile north . of the McKee bridge should be acquired by Jackson county as soon as possible, the Jackson county parks and recreation commis sion recommended yesterday. The commission asked the county court to have the dis trict attorney's office check the title to the mining claim hpld bv Earl Gebhard, Med ford. If the title proves faulty, the claim would revert to the bureau of reclamation which could turn the property over to the county, Ed Strother, Shadv Cove, commission chairman, said. Strother said the county should pay Gebhard for the cabin and other buildings on the 40 acres along each side of the ADDleeate river. Geb hard has set a maximum price of $3,500 on the mining claim, A mice of $3,000 would oe fair for the buildings, Geb hard said. Paved Road A paved road extends along one side of the property and an area resident has agreed to let the county pipe water into the property from hi3 spring. Part of the $4,000, which would be left in the current fiscal year's allocation for parks and recreation, would be needed for toilet faculties, Strother said. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, South ern Oregon college president, Offered to swap the 3A of an acre of the Peter N. Britt house and gardens for 5 to 10 acres on the Howard Prairie reservoir. He said attorneys for the college said such an exchange is legally possible. The offer was referred to the county court. Dr. Stevenson said the col lege would use the property for instruction of future teach ers in camping skills and crafts. . Strother said the commis sion has felt- that the old home of Peter N. Britt, pio neer photographer, should be removed and a small structure WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable clou diness through Friday. Low to night about 55. High Friday near 90. Temp. Highest Yesterday US Lowest this Morning 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:34 a.m. The Moon sets 3:47 a.m. tomorrow and is In Perigee. Full Moon, June 20 PROMINENT STAR Antares, well below the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, low in south east 929 P ". Jupiter, due south 9:59 p.m. Venus and Mars, sets 19:09 p.m. 54th Year Tribune 18, 1959 No. 77 May Be A Book" Group be erected to designate the spot on which the home stood. Destruction of much of the house by fire, including the pioneer photographer s studio, has made it useless to reno vate, Dr. Stevenson and Stro ther agreed. Postpones Action The commission postponed action on a portion of prop erty owned by Harlan Can- trail along the Applegate river now used by the public for a fishing and swimming area. If and when the bureau of land management constructs a bridge across the river near the Cantrall property, it might be wiser to obtain a site across the river, members suggested. Mrs. Marcell LePiniec was asked to find out who plans to log the stand of timber across from the Cantrall prop erty and to ask them to leave an area suitable for recrea tion. Cantrall would like to have his property patrolled to prevent rowdiness and drunk enness. It's almost impossible to police the morals of the public at a public park or recreation site, it was pointed out. John Leyen, Rogue River, commission member, was asked to check a suggested recreation site between Gold Ray dam and Gold Hill and between the railroad tracks and the river. Strother suggested that com mission members check the re cently published list of de linquent tax property for possible recreation sites. Wagon Train Take Day Off Junction City - Fifty-eight members of the Jackson coun ty 4-H wagon train basked in the sun or took part in other recreation - at Benton -Lane park today while awaiting the final section of their "pioneer". trip to 4-H summer school at Oregon State college. The group slept until 10 a.m. today according to Coun ty 4-H agent Miss Marylou Garner. Those who had to care for horses were up early, but were back in bed after feeding and watering the ani mals. Call at Park Miss Garner reported that quite a few" guests had called at the park to see the trekkers. The youngsters have been singing an original song about their trip and the callers who come to see how they eat and sleep. The train will leave at 7 a.m. Friday for the final l miles to Corvallis and will Applegate Subtle Warning Against Russian Stalling Tactics Gromyko Again Postpones Answer . Geneva - (DPD - Secretary of State Christian Herter sum moned his plane from the United States today in a subtle warning against new delaying tactics in the current Big Four talks by Soviet For eign Minister Andrei Gro myko. Gromyko apparently t$ stalling until Premier Nii) Khrushchev can use new Bgf lin strategy after nearly t) weeks of "little summit" ttlff) with leaders of the Commf nist East German pugmf) regime. ; Answer Fus OA For the aeeonfl Say IW ning, Gromyko put off hit ! ' swer to the West'a three-ttf old compromise plan for BtK lin. He asked for ani granted another 24 hour ae lay in the Big Four cftt meeting scheduled for todfSl Herter vu reported tD noyed at the Soviet tectis$ In a gesture backing up MD West's warning that it flX not talk here indefinittfl without progress, he calMd Itf) personal plane to Genav MfJ ordered it to stand by Q quick departure. The pilot, Ma. Orl ife Harkness took off from Yafr ington National Airp4tii Wednesday night and Iftnteg; here at 2 pjn. (5 gjn. The plane was immeditalf! re-serviced for use in cfjka gjv) talks are recessed. Airplane Guarded American security m ftft) steel-helmeted Swis soldigaf) bearing carbines moungt) guard over the big U.S. Force Contellation. Western diplomat &trg) braced for some new tXirgrigf) from the unpredictably KftMfe shchev. Thy believed Grf myko' himself was Wniirjj$ still until Khrushchef $ff the word. ' 0 - Some feared a n tif over move on Berlin, prfigpsD an "agreement" handing of control of the outpoat ciif East German control. Others thought th CrSn lin merely was rafdying Communist sugar-coatina fbr o some concession to the Wg$t at Geneva. With the parley now beir stalled again, Herter under scored that warning, by gut ting his plana in full fie gf Geneva Airport. Countf Won't Gcf Bookmobile in Fill Jackson county will not ftt a Bookmobile this fall, cccr& ing to Mrs. Jane Bakfr. itc& son county librarian. Shy plained that according to ii& formation received from 9 lem the state does not hgea sufficient funds to staff anJ operate more than on Book mobile this fall. Lane county had praviouSi requested . a Bookmobil, tta said, but there is a poteibilitf that Jackson county aiaa fe tain one in 1960. The local librarian slsjtti that ther 2 had been wide spread interest in the count for obtaining a Bookmobile, but explained that the. mont for the vehicles is distribute! on a "first come, first ferved" basis. Members Riding camp tomorrow nifht at Wil lamette park near the city limits. The grand entrance into Corvallis is scheduled for 10 a.m., when the trsan will cross Mary's river and travel up Corvallis main street. Remain at OSC. Most of the party will re main at OSC next week Ibr 4-H summer school which be gins Saturday. Approximately 10 trekkers, their chaperones, horses and wagons will re turn home via car and truck Sunday and Monday. Although traffic has been heavy on the Eugene-Junction City stretch, Miss Garner said the train has held up motor ists very little. Flag men, both in cars and afoot, have assisted the train. Corvallis groups have scheduled a luncheon for the 4-H train at Avery park Sat urday. . I
