(J.. Steel
By- Knife;
Hrannis, Mass. !UPD A
knife wound suffered by
Walter F. Munf ord, 59, U. S.
Siaal Corp. president, was
inflicted accidentally. Dis
trict Aitornty Edmund
Dinis said today.
"I am satisfied there was
no criminal action", in the
case. Dinis told newsman at
Cap Cod hospital where
Munf ord was recovering
from emergency surgery.
Dinis, after questioning
Mrs. Munford, house guests
and others, reported that
the executive suffered an
abdominal puncture from a
paring knife. Ho said the
accident occurred while
Munford was putting away
utensils in the kitchen of
his summer horn at nearby
Chatham Wednesday.
Hyannis, MasSv-flJPD-Walter
F. Munford, 59, president of
the U.S. Steel Corp, wounded
himself with a knife, it was
disclosed today by Cape Cod
hospital officials where he
underwent emergency sur
gery. In a sketchy statement, the
hospital did not say whether
the wounds were accidentally
inflicted. "
Abdominal Surgery
Munford was hospitalized
Wednesday ' and underwent
abdominal surgery. A police
investigation was begun when
Rabbit Association
To Meet Friday
The first Medford meeting
of the Rogue Valley Babbit
association will be held in
the Jackson county court
house Friday at 8 p.m.
- The group, which will meet
monthly in Medford, Rogue
River and Grants Pass, was
organized "to exchange in
formation in an effort to im
prove rabbit production and
the quality of rabbits raised
in this area," officers re
ported. .
Anyone interested in rab
bits or related activities is
invited.
Albers Milling company
and Medford Feed and Seed
will show a movie about rais
ing rabbits.
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details of the stabbing were
cloaked in mystery.
Munford's condition was
described as "good" today aft
er the surgery.
After the executive was
hospitalized Wednesday, two
policemen went to the Mun
ford summer home , at nearby
Chatham and confiscated a
six-inch fish knife. They also
interviewed Mrs. Munford.
The hospital said Munford
had been under care of his
physician for the past few
weeks suffering from fatigue
and nervous exhaustion.
Overnight Guests
His physician, Dr. Robert
B. O'Connor, medical director
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high school have been
charged with disorderly con
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street demonstration Tuesday
night.
The demonstration followed
announcement of new park
ing regulations at the school.
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for U.S. Steel, and Harvey
Jordan, executive vice presi
dent of the firm, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Munford Tuesday as
overnight guests, the hospital
said.
Wednesday morning, while
preparing to go with them to
Boston for further treatment,
"he apparently wounded him
self with a knife," the hospi
tal said.
District Attorney Edmund
Dinis dispatched several in
vestigators from his office to
determine "whether the stab
wounds were self-inflicted or
otherwise."
Dinis said Wednesday night
he' lacked sufficient details to
make a statement in the case
but added -that "because of
the nature of the knife
wound&Sunford has suffered,
we havV begun a full investi-
Price for Road
Claimed Too High
Portland (UPD A Forest
Service spokesman said today
that agency and Pacific Pow
er and Light Company have
not been able to come to
terms on federal purchase of
a company road that provides
access to seven billion board
feet of timber in Washington
state's Upper Lewis river
area. ,
Arthur W. Greeley, Forest
Service assistant chief of
lands, said price for the road
has snagged negotiations.
PP&L constructed the road
at a cost of some $4 million.
A company spokesman, E.
Roberts de Luccia, chief engi
neer, said PP&L wants to re
solve the road problem "in a
manner that protects both the
interests of the timber pur
chasers and the interests of
the electric consumers."
De Luccia said that mean
while the 15-mile road has
been available for public use
and that loggers have used it
on a steady basis in operating
on both private and. federal
timber in the area.
Use of the road for hauling
federal timber is subject to a
$1.25 to $2.50 fee per 1,000
board feet under a July 1958
agreement. .
Extreme I y Wi d e Select do o
gation into the "matter."
Dinis said Munford may
have received the wounds "as
much as two weeks ago." But
he said he did not know the
exact date.
industrials
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DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New Ybrk-IDPD-Dow-Jones
final stock averages Wed
nesday: 30 industrials
624.02, up 7.57; 20 railroads
152.47. up 2.19; 15 utilities
85.68, up 0.47, and1S5 stocks
206.96, up 2.36. Sales today
were about 3.000.000 shares
compared with 3,000.000
shares Tuesday.
Wednesday's prices en selected
stocks:
Allied Chemical
Alum Co. Am.
American Can
American Motors
-109
-108 V
- 42
AT&T
76 V
60
72
64
55:
Anaconda Copper
Armco Steel
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Air
Caterpiller Corp. -Chrysler
Corp.
Continental Can ...
Crown Zellerbach
Curtiss Wright .
Dow Chemical
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- 29
77
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85
..128
- 76
53
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45
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Du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Firestone
General Electric
General Motors
Georgia Pacific -Graham
Paige
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Homes take Mining
Idaho Power
I. B. M.
Int Paper
Johns Manville
Kennecott Copper
Lockheed Aircraft
Kaiser Ind ...
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26
16
4
23
49
51
28
60
Katy
Montana Power Co. .
Montgomery Ward ,
Nat l Biscuit
New York Central
Pac Gas & Elec
Penney. J. C.
Penn RR
Radio Corporation
Richfield Col ;
Safeway
Sears
Shell Oil
107-
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00-54
73
37
47
72
36
67
48
42
49
6
77
18
17
30
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Southern Co.
Southern Pacific
Standard California
Standard Indiana
Standard N.- J
Sun Mines
Texas Co
Texas Gulf Sulfur
Tex Pac Land Trust
Transamerica
Trans World Air
Tri -Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
United Air Lines
U. S. Rubber
134
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102
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Governors Plan
ity Talks at
Idaho Meeting
Sun Valley, Idaho - (UPD -Eleven
governors began con
verging on this vacationland
today for a four-day meeting
to unite western states on
their common problems.
The meeting was expected
to pave the way for a west
ern political bloc to back a
Democratic presidential can
didate favorable to the West.
California Democratic chair
man William A. Munnell dis
closed that a team of Cali
fornia Democrats went
through all 11 states earlier
this month and found a "very,
very friendly attitude every
where" toward a Western
coalition.
Munnell said the team sent
by the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee included
Leonard J. Dieden, an Oak
land attorney, and John Pur
chio, Hayward city council
man. He said they talked to
Democratic governors in some
states 'and state chairman and
national committeemen i n
states that have Republican
governors.
Natural resource conserva
tion and reclamation as well
as highways, public welfare
and other problems resulting
from p pulatioh growth were
high on the agenda.
These were the issues on
which the Democratic voting
bloc would choose a sympa
thetic candidate. None have
been mentioned so far.
The 11 western states will
have about 250 votes at the
Democratic National Conven
tion in Los Angeles next
summer. California will have
81 of these.
Pacific Television
Gets Coos Bay Channel
v Washington-(DPD-The Feder
al Communications Commis
sion granted Pacific Televi
sion, Inc., a permit Wednes
day to build and operate a
new TV station on Channel 11
in Coos Bay, Oregon.
f The grant, effective imme
diately, affirmed an exami
ner's recommendation.
Pacific Television operates
station KVAL-TV at Eugene.
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Churchill Comes
To Aid of Party
As Election Nears
London - (UPD - Sir Winston
Churchill charged out of semi
retirement with, oratorical
guns blazing Wednesday night
to come to the aid of his wor
ried Conservative party.
The 84 - year - old former
prime minister, the oldest can
didate up for a parliamentary
seat in the Oct. 8 general elec
tions, told voters in his con
stituency in the suburb of
Woodford that Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan was the on
ly man to represent Britain
in forthcoming crucial sum
mit talks. . .. -Drop
in Popularity
Macmillan and the Conserv
ative party, which began the
election campaign with a com
fortable edge over the Labor
ites, are reported "running
scared" in their bid for reelec
tion because public opinion
polls and private reports
showed an alarming drop in
Conservative popularity.
Churchill, wearing his us
ual black overcoat, black hom-
Fire Damages
Eugene Building
Eugene -4UPD- A tavern and
apartments above it in the
heart of downtown Eugene
were damaged by a two
alarm fire early today which
took only 20 minute, to con
trol. No injuries were report
ed. ,
The fire was reported at
1:06 a.m. and was controlled
at 1:26 a.m.
Firemen said the damage
did not appear to be exten
sive. The fire was believed to
have broken out in the card
room of the Cosmos tavern
and then spread upstairs. The
tavern was closed at the time.
Apartment tenants were
safely evacuated.
Other buildings in the
block include a large furni
ture store, other apartments
and- some smaller stores.
They were not damaged.
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burg, cigar and fiercely be
nign expression, made one of
his rare public appearances
to demand that the voters
keep his party in nower.
Approves Policies
To build may have to be
the slow and laborious task of
years," Churchill said. "To
destroy can be the thoughtless
act of a single day.
"Let us pray that Oct.. 8 is
not such a day." v
Churchill made it clear hp
fully approves of Macmillah's
foreign and .domestic policies.
He said he regards a summit
meetine with Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev as "desir
able" whether or not concrete
results come from it. .
Youth Honor Day
Contest Slated
The theme for the annual
Youth Honor day essay con
test sponsored by the Med
ford lodge of the Loyal Order
of Moose has been announced.
Senior high school students
in the -county who enter the
contest are to write on the
topic, "Is juvenile delinquency
a serious problem in Jackson
county?"
Rules and entry forms are
available from the contest
chairman, Don Darneille, at
McLoughlin Junior High
school. The essays are to be
from 300-500 words in length
and submitted to Darneille on
or before 4 p.m. Oct. 22.
Entries will be judged on
content, form and style, he
said.
A first place winner will
be selected both from boy and
girl entrants and. a number of
awards will be made. In addi
tion, the winning couple will
reign as queen and king of
the Youth Honor day ball
Oct. 31.
"Live" music, including
performances by The Shadows
singing group, is planned for
the dance. The only require
ment to attend will be a sign
ed card pledging, on the sign
er's honor, not to multilate
property or perform harmful
acts during the Halloween
season.
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Cigar; Gives Steel
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Pittsburgh -UPD-Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev was
handed a cigar by a steel mill
workman today. He accepted
it, then took off his expensive
wristwatch and handed it to
the cigar donor.
The American was Kenneth
Jackey, 45, an attendant in
the tool storeroom at the Mes
ta Machine Co.
Jackey said it was a "spur
of the moment thing."
"Last night I bought a box
of El Verso cigars and figured
as long as he was coming to
our plant I was going to try
to give him a cigar, I never
figured the security people
would let me get that close
to him.
"When he was passing the
storeroom I walked up to him
and handed him the cigar. It
was just like that. First, he
gave me a medal showing a
rocket hitting the moon.
"He walked away, but stop
ped and took off his wrist
watch and gave it to me. One
of the interpreters said 'He
wants you to have this and he
says God bless you.' Then
Khrushchev and I put our
arms around each other.
"Everybody in the plant is
coming around to see the
watch. It's chrome or silver.
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1,100 Fish Pass
Dam on Deschutes
Portland (DPD George
Eicher, aquatic biologist for
the Portland General Electric
Company's Pelton Dam, said
Wednesday that 1,100 ana
dromous fish have passed the
dam on the Deschutes river
this season for spawning
grounds.
He said this was one of th;
largest counts of upstream
migrants ever recorded on
that part of the river.
Some of the fish passed the
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