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Newspaper Page Textt Strike Makes Life Miserable For Everyone in Steel Town By JOHN CARROLL V UPI Correspondent :.. Braddock, Pa.-ftPD-When a strike settles over a steel iown like this one, life be comes pretty miserable. ; It's the waiting and uncer tainty that makes time drag. . Not only does it affect the day-to-day life of the steel worker and his family, but in Working Conditions Remains Big Issue In Steel Contract New oYrk -fliPD- One of the I R. Conrad Cooper, execu big issues preventing a settle-1 tive vice president of U.S. ment of the nationwide steel j Steel Corp., and the indus- strike is that of "local work ing conditions," and manage ment's insistence that the work rules be changed. This issue figures to be a tumbling block in the path of Federal Mediator Joseph F. Finnegan in his efforts to set tle the strike. The question involves the - fouchy and controversial topic of "featherbedding." Webster defines a feather bed rule as a union rule that requires an .employer to pay an unneeded : workman, or to pay for unnecessary or dupli cating jobs, or limiting the amount of work to be done in a day, as a means of stretch ing work. Steel management contends that efficiency is hampered by Tplant practices which foster r'featherbedding and loafing." It is also charged that extra men are frozen ipto plant pay rolls long after their services 3re needed. . : Steelworkers Union , Presi dent" David J. McDonald has" called the issue "phoney as a $7 bill." But the struck steel, com panies regard the issue as im portant and one which must be dealt with. Governor Long, Angry at Aides, Kicks Hotel Door . El Paso, Tex. - (CPD - Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana, fight ing mad because his aides went to sleep while he toured Juarez night spots, stormed into the Hilton Hotel early to day and tried to kick down a door. Capt. Douglas Durrett ofH the Louisiana State Police tried to restrain the enraged governor but Long cursed and kicked at the door of his room iintil a belboy rushed down for a key. Rebukes Associates Long stopped kicking and beating at the door when a .bellboy produced a key. Then he rushed into the room, woke his associates' and re buked them profanely for not being up to let him in. Durrett tried again to calm him down. Long rejected his efforts so violently that Dur rett, one of the most experi enced officers in the state po lice, came out crying. Joe Anselmo, another state police captain, went up to comfort Durrett, who begged: ."Don't leave me. Don't leave me." He meant he didn't want to be left alone with Long. State Sen. B. B. (Sixty) iKayburn and state Rep. Spen 'cer Myrick, who have been with Long since the start of his "vacation" in Texas, an House Committee OK's 97.8 Per Cent Of Request for AEC : Washington-(UPD-The - House Appropriations Commit tee recommended today that Con gress grant 97.8 per cent of the new cash requested by Presi dent Eisenhower for the Ato mic Energy Commission. : .: It approved for House ac tion Tuesday a bill carrying $2,629,114,000 to operate the agency in the new fiscal year which started July 1, This was $58,186,000 less than the President requested. Total Funds Boosted However, the committee said the bill would boost to tal funds available to the agency for the 12-month pe riod to $2,945,845,000 includ ing funds previously allotted and unspent. It said this was $234,456,568 more than the agency spent in the last 12 months. . "T The committee allotted $65 million for' continuing .rer search work oh development of a reactor for a. nuclear powered airplane. This was the same -as last year's allot ment but $3,700,000 less than Sihower asked. The com- noted that $140 million one way 'or another it touches just about everyone in town. The man who operates the corner grocery sees business drop. The woman who owns the neighborhood beauty par lor has no trouble with appointments-there was no wait ing list. Will Cut Business At the cigar stand, the try's chief negotiator, said over trie telephone from Pitts burgh today that the union has taken "a negative view" on management's insistence on negotiating changes in lo cal working conditions to per mit the industry to increase efficiency and productivity. He contended the union is "re sisting change." Asked to Consider Changes , In the steel companies' let ter of June 10 to McDonald they asked him to consider contract changes which would enable labor and management, cooperatively, to "generate new economic progress." The union's Wage Policy committee saw in these de mands "an effort to revert to the ' days of industrial dicta torship." - McDonald's attitude was expressed when he said, as the wage negotiations col lapsed, that it was "simply inconceivable to the union that a local working condi tion such as the great Ameri can coffee break is preventing a settlement." McDonald said the coffee break matter had actually been brought up during the negotiations. nounced they were returning home and taking Durrett with them. They said they had to re turn "for business reasons" and Rayburn said he expects to rejoin Long Sunday, but it was known that Long's day and night escapades had al most exhausted them. Plans Changed One of Long's associates disclosed that he has changed his travel plans. He said Long now wants to visit Tucson, Ariz., and Los Angeles, and that, unless he changeshis mind, he will leave for Tuc son Sunday. Long, hatless, tieless, and rumpled, turned up at the hotel at about- 7 a.m. today after making the! rounds in Juarez, Mexico, all night. His associates, apparently unable" to match the governor's fes tive pace, dropped out and returned to El Paso. The door-kicking at' the hotel capped a night of revel ry for the Long entourage. The . revelry ended when Long's colleagues restrained him from starting a fight in a Mexican cafe and when they found themselves threatening a brawl in the streets of Juarez." ' Long spouted 'curses and threatened to shoot newsmen following him into the cafe. in new funds actually would be available because the de fense money bill carries $75 millions for the same project Half of Request Rejected The committee rejected half of the President's request for $6 million for isotope develop ment. The $3 million was the same as last year. The commit tee said industry would pay a heavier share of the costs be cause the program promises to cut costs of industrial pro cesses. For peaceful uses of nu clear explosives the commit tee" allotted $6 millions com pared with $2,700,000 last year. The administration re quested $8 millions but the committee questioned the need for "a cash program" of research on the use of such explosives to. excavate har bors and canals, recover oil from shale and attempt to de velop power through under ground explosions. About 92 per cnt of Massa chusetts' people live in cities, towns and villages. salesman tells you he's still , taking in nickels and dimes ) "but if the strike lasts long j it will cut my business by i one-third." James Roy, , an automobile dealer, is one man who re members only too well what a steel strike can do. "The last one nearly wiped me out," he said. "If this one goes on long, it could finish the job on me." The men who run the local saloons and taverns aren't too worried right now. They say they get some business during a walkout " 'cause the guys have too much time on their hands and have nothing else to do." But the tavernkeeper's headache comes later, when the strike is over. Save To Pay Debts "That's when the men stay away in order to save money to pay off their debts," said Pete Tampas, one of the bar keeps. ' Maurice Braun, .. owner of Braun's Jewelry Store here, is one of many small business men whose sales plunge down ward. "These people don't have any money to kick around on luxuries like watches and jewelry. They're too concern ed with stretching the dollar to : meet the food bills for their kids. And a typical steel worker usually has a pretty big family," Braun said. . Lucy Bartlett, who runs a beauty parlor, never saw busi ness so bad. Strikers' Side "Women are fixing their own hair now. My trade is off 40 per cent already and the strike is only three days old. Mike Janosko, a mainte nance worker in one of the big mills for nearly 30 years, gave the' strikers' side of the story. 4 "Sure we hate to see the business people suffer. j They're our friends, our neigh bors, he admitted. "I'm going to suffer, too, "and so are my wife and kids. Strikes aren't pleasant. I've been through them before. We'll just make the best of things until we'win this one." OBITUARIES JULIA, PIERCE . Mrs. Julia Pierce, 86, for merly of 365 Charlotte Anne rd., and a native of Oregon, died in ' Jacksonville this morning. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Chapel Mortuary. RONALD VINCENT Funeral services for Ronald Emory Vincent, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Vin cent, 550 Wilson rd., Central Point, who. died in a local hospital Wednesday, will be held at the graveside in Sis kiyou Memorial park at 9 a.m. Saturday. The Rev., John Ilg of Sacred Heart Catholic church will officiate. Chapel Mortuary is in charge of ar rangements. Besides his parents,' the in fant is survived by two broth ers; David Wayne Vincent and Rex Allen ' Vincent; one sister Cindy Denise Vincent, all at .. home; his paternal grandparents,, ..Mr. and Mrs. Emory Vinciht, Gold Hill; and his maternal grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Da vich,' of Medford,. MARY D. MOSS Funeral services for Mrs Mary D. Moss, 89, mother of Mrs. Edna Moss Miller, who djed at her home, 34 Rose ave., yesterday afternoon, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Chapel Mortuary. The Rev. James W.'Neely,-pastor of the First Baptist church will of ficiate. Interment will be in the Jacksonville cemetery. Mrs. Moss, the daughter of John W. and Edna Payton Moore, was born in Millville, Calif., Jan. .1, 1870. She was married in Lakeview, ' Ore., Sept. 7, 1887, to William Z. Moss and they lived in Lake view for many years, .where Mr. .- Moss' 1 operated a stock ranch. The family moved to Medford 22 years ago, where Mr. Moss died in 1949. Mrs.. Moss was a member of the First Baptist church, the Rebecca, lodge at Lakeview, and was a past-president ot the Rebecca Assembly of Ore gon. Her enly survivor is her daughter, Mrs. Edna ,Moss Miller, of Medford. LESLIE C. CARR Funeral services for Leslie C. Carr, 53, who died in San Francisco Wednesday, will be held in the Conger-Morris Fu neral home Saturday at 10 aon. The Rev. D. E. Millard will officiate. Committal will be in Rock Point cemetery at Gold Hill with the Grants Pass Eagle's lodge in charge of graveside services. , Mr. Carr was born in Gold Hill Dec. 6, 1905, and lived in that area until 18 years ago when he moved to San Francisco. ..-' Surviving are his wife, Mar cella, of San Francisco; two sons, Allan L. Carr of Linda 1 A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or iU Friday, July 17, 1959 Edward Gebhard Dies at Home in Central Point Edward W. Gebhard, 76, of 505 Beall lane, died Thursday at the family residence. The valley orchardist and .farmer was born Jan. 4, 1883, at Stel la, Nebr., the son of Henry Gebhard .'and .Louisa , Buch mann debhard. As a small boy he moved with his" parents to Kansas where he lived until 1910 when he came to Medford. He was employed by California Oregon Power company for a number of years before going into ranching. Mr. Gebhard married Mel va Miller in Long Island, Kan., Feb. 14, 1906. Survivors Listed Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a son, Allen E. Gebhard, Medford; two daughters, Mrs. Inez Quack enbush, Sams Valley, and Mrs. Marjorie Grigsby, Central Point; three brothers, Gus Gebhard, and Elmer Gebhard, both Long Island, Kan.; and Walter Gebhard, Central Point; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Richardson," Mrs. Leila Young and Mrs. Vadis " Thomas, all Long Island, Kan.; nine grand children and four great grand children. One son, Harold L. Gebhard,' died April, 1958. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 20, at 10 a.m. at the Perl Funeral home with the Rev. Leonard Wes ton, Pacific Grove, Calif., for mer pastor of the Medford Assembly of God church, offi ciating. Interment will be in Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be four grandsons of Mr. Gebhard, Dalton Quackenbush, Vernon Gebhard, Loren Gebhard, and Kenneth Gebhard; and two nephews, Edwin Gebhard and Franklin Gebhard. In lieu of flowers, the fam ily said that donations may be sent to the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults,. 1135 SW Yamhill, Portland 5, Ore. f Mar, Calif., and Terry G. Carr of San Francisco; one brother, William H. Carr, of Burlin garrie, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Maude 'Carle of "San Fran cisco, and Mrs. Elizabeth Har rison of Foots Creek; and five grandchildren. GLEN K. KOGER Graveside services for Glen K. Koger, 56, of Ramsey CanT yon rd., Sams Valley, will be held at Sam's Valley ceme tery Saturday at 9 a.m. The Rev. William C. Piper of the First Christian church will of ficiate. Conger-Morris is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Koger was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 17, 1903.fHe moved to Gold Hill in 1917 and was a veteran of World War it. , r Survivors include two brothers, Ralph Koger of Med ford; and Ray Koger of Okla homa City; and one sister, Mrs. Catherine Rear of Cres cent City. MAJOR ALBERT FRANK Funeral services for Major Albert Frank, 76, who died Jury 9, in Ontario, Canada, will be held in the First Meth odist church Saturday at moon. The Rev. George Roseberry will officiate. Committal will be private in Siskiyou Me morial park, Conger-Morris is in charge of arrangements. Major Frank was born in Jewell county, Kansas. He married his wife, Sarah, who survives, on Aug. 25, 1908, in -Atlanta, Ga. The Franks moved to the Medford area in 1942 where he was an officer at Camp White until his re tirement. ' Surviving, besides his -wife, are one brother, George Frank of Jewell, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. A.'M. Black, Scottville, Kah., and Mrs. Delia Jordan of Tbpeka, Kan. - GERTRUDE M. HUGHES Ashland Gertrude Mary ann Hughes, 72, of 23 Sher man st., died July 16 after a year's illness. She was born June 6, 1887, in Marshfield, Wise, and had been a resi dent of Ashland for the past 20 years. " She - married David J. Hughes Jan. 19, 1907 at Marshfield. They lived in North Dakota" and California prior to moving to Ashland. Survivors include her hus band; one sister,- Mrs. Nora Severhs, Wasau, Wise; four sons, Irvin Hughes, Burbank; Roland Hughes, North Holly wood, Calif.; Douglas Hughes, Hilts; and John Hughes, Ash land; five daughters, Mrs. Harriet Caudel, Mrs. Helen Speece, Mrs. AltaSpeece, Mrs. Vivian Osborn, and Miss Delia Hughes, all Ashland, and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 21, at 10 a.m. at Litwiller's Mt. View chapel with the Rev. R. L. Cornwall, officiating! Inter- Waste Canals Are Carry Insecticides (Continued from page 1) - Rivers pointed out the area which is believed to be the source of chemicals ., which killed fish in the creek this spring. - At Crooked creek, near where it enters Bear Creek by Barnett rd., Weiland said, "We really have got a mess in the city of Medford'." Lat eral ditches, or waste canals, are thought to carry insecti cides from orchards to the creek. . Rivers declared that many such chemicals are accumu lative in the fish and wild life and many be injurious "although amounts are hard ly measurable or traceable." Improvements Noted Improvement in chemical pollution is being" accomp lished through education, he added. Under a sign, "Dangerous water; Stay out; Stay alive," Harold Sexton, manager of the Rogue River Valley Irri gation district, explained the diversion dam on Biddle rd., between McAndrews rd. and Jackson st. Water temperature was 82 degrees. ment will cemetery. be in Mt. View DILLA B. MARSH Ashland - Dilla Bufdette Marsh, 83, French Camp, Calif., died July 14 in Stock ton, Calif., following a long illness. Mr. Marsh was a for mer Ashland resident where he was an orchardist in the Bellview district. His wife, Adah, died in August, 1945, and following her death Mn Marsh moved to California. Survivors include four sons, Richard E. Marsh, Medford; Burdette Marsh, French Camp, and George Marsh and La Verne Marsh, both El Cajon, Calif., 10 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 18, at 1:30 pjn. at the W. C. Wallace and Sons chapel in Stockton. Graveside services will be held Monday, July 20, at 10 a.m. in Mountain View cemer tery with arrangements by Litwiller's Funeral home. The Rev. James C. Sinclair will of ficiate, i JOSEPH RICHARD KRUPP , Funeral services for Joseph R. Krupp, 59, who died Thurs day, will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in the Conger-Morris Funeral home. The Rev. James W. Neely of the First Baptist church will officiate. Committal will be in Hill crest Memorial park. Mr. Krupp was born Oct. 25, .1899, in Hays, Kan., and on Sept. 21, 1923, at Ala mosaj Colo.,' he married Miss Martha Knapp, who survives. Mr. Krupp - had lived' in Central Point for 21 years and for the past 19 years he own ed and operated Krupp's Fly ing "A" service. He was a charter member of Myers Hol land. Post, American Legion, and a member of Central Point Lodge AF&AM. For many years, Mr. Krupp was active' on the Central Point Planning commission. Mr.' Krupp served duringl World War I as sergeant first class, 10th division, Army. Surviving besides his wife, are one son, Richard Krupp, and one daughter, Mrs. Dean Wilson and five grandchil dren, all of Central Point. Friends, who wish, in lieu of flowers may make a con tribution to the Heart Fund. Pallbearers will be J. F. Riely, Arnold Bohnert, Harry Tonn, Charles Bateman, Lloyd Livingston, and John Paudois. MARY DeNURE SMITH Mrs. Mary DeNure Smith died yesterday at her home, 3232 Jacksonville highway. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris Funeral home. . LAWRENCE F. ZIRKLE The body of Lawrence F Zirkle, 67, who died Wednes day, was forwarded yester day by Conger-Morris Funeral home to his former home in Yakima, Wash., for services and interment. ' Mr. Zirkle was born April 28 1892, at Yakima and on May 1. 1913, at Yakima he married Miss Mildred Poole, who survives. He lived in Klamath Falls from 1928 un til 1956, when he moved to Medford. ' Surviving, besides his wife, are five children, Donward Zirkle of Yakima; Ira Zirkle of Likely, Calif:; Jack Zirkle of Klamath Falls; Mrs. Faye nrlinff of Canyonville, and fMrs. June Hult of Medford; seven brothers, mrvey, George, Emmett, Arthur, and Pearl, all of Yakima, Shirley of Seattle, and Homer of Klamath Falls; one sister, Mrs. Laurel Smith, of Yakima, 12 grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. - ANNIE FLEMING Mrs. Annie Fleming died this morning in a Salem hos pital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. Sexton said his district ex- pects the new Talent project to increase flow considerably to the Biddle rd. point. Traveling further down stream, the group expressed surprise at the sight of con crete from truck and equip ment washings which has nar rowed the creek bed to a few feet near McAndrews rd. Liquid Refuse Liquid refuse from a meat packing plant on Table Rock rd. colors the water red at least 50 yards downstream in the late afternoon, Wei land charged. A spokesman for the firm said the plant uses hundreds of thousands of gallons of water monthly to dilute the screened refuse, but added that, "By all means, we cer tainly would" join "tne Med ford sewer system when pos sible. . Final stop on the four-hour tour was a gravel operation on Hamrick rd., where the murky water; is used once more to wash sand and gravel" before it is returned to the streambed. Weiland quoted a company official as saying settling tanks will be constructed soon to clean the water before it is returned. "We can work with indus try and get their coopera tion," Weiland declared. Pollution Source One more pollution source was pointed out as the bus passed highway construction in the Central Point area. Weiland accused the highway department of creating one of the worst problems, that of silt accumulation. Representatives of the highway department spoke to the group when the tour end ed at Hawthorne park. Mor gan described the location of the four-lane elevated free way which will rise over the Knights of Columbus Name Committees "Committeemen for the com ing year for the Rogue River council, Knights of Columbus, were appointed recently by Bill Dugan, grand knight. Named were Bill McKib ben, general program chair man; Bob Hamelin, Catholic activity; Bob Rombach, coun cil activity; Frank Harden, fraternal activity; Bob Mes ser, youth activity; Ron Sing- ler, publicity chairman; Ron Ricketts, membership; and Ken MacDonald, lecturer. New officers will be in stalled at a meeting of the council July 27 in the Carpen ters' hall. The council will hold its annual picnic at TouVelle State park on Table Rock rd. starting .at 1 p.m. Sunday. Prizes will be awarded in various contests. Rombach and Wayne Ratty are nfaking arrangements for the picnic. Albany Man Dies As Result of Fire Albany (DPD - Olin Oliver Bryant. 67, of Albany, died in a Salem hospital Wednes day from burns suffered June 29 when his clothing caught fire. A sheriff's deputy, Ken neth Goin, saw Bryant run ning down an Albany street with his clothes ablaze, ran after him, and put out the flames with a fire extin guisher. - CamD Announced For Homemakers Grants Pass - Homemakers from all Oregon are invited to attend the annual home makers' camp sponsored by the Josephine County Home Extension service. The camp schedule is July 19-25 and will be held at Camp, Chin quapin on the Oregon Caves highway as in past years. Visitors day is set for July 22. Visitors are asked to take potluck food for luncheon. A program of crafts is planned for the camp session, and homemakers will make either plaques or rugs. Each I is to take her own supplies . according to Rizpah A. Doug- j lass, county extension agent : in home economics for Jose-; phine county. LEGAL NOTICES CALL FOB BIDS Sealed bids will be received by the Jackson County Court at the Courthouse at Medford, Oregon, on or before 10:00 o'clock ajn. on the 29th day of July, 1959. for the pur chase of one (1) self-propelled, rubber tired, 10 ton rated road roller. Instruction to bidders and speci fications for the roller can be in spected at the offices of the Countv Court or the County Clerk and can be obtained at the office of the County Engineer at the Courthouse. All bidders are required to in elude a certified check or money order of 2 of bid as a good faith bond as prescribed by Oregon statute. JACKSON COUNTY COURT Earl M. Miller a County Judge v Chester H. Wendt County Commissioner B. A. James " County Commissioner Thought to to Creek park and city from Jackson to Cottage st. Dunlap spoke briefly of state park plans in southern Oregon. 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