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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-,
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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. .
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