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Newspaper Strike
Goes Into Seventh
Day in Portland
Portland -(UPD- The strike
of Stereotypers against Port
land s two daily - newspapers
today moved into its seventh
day with "little hope" of
quick settlement.
"As of now, it doesn't look
very good," was the answer of
4 Federal Mediator Elmer Wil
liams-when asked about a
speedy settlement of the
strike. "I have little hope of
a quick settlement."
Williams said he had plan
ned no meetings with either
the Dubllshers or the union
today. : He said he was still
working for a joint- meeting
with taoth sides in the near
future.'
The Oregonian and Oregon
Journal, who have combined
to publish a joint newspaper
since the Stereotypers walked
out last Tuesday, boosted cir
culation over the 500,000
mark with a 40-page Sunday
edition. But readers had to
watch special television pro
grams in the Portland area to
see their favorite colored com
ic striDS.
Production difficulties
rna Saturday morning - for
the joint newspaper when En
gravers Union members did
not show up for workmoving
up a walkout deadline one
day. Their contract with the
newspapers expired at mid
night Saturday.
In a special printed pam
phlet issued by the Stereotyp
ers they told "the citizens of
Oregon" the union had been
"reluctant" to call the. strike,
and charged the strike had
been "forced by the publish
ers." Gov. Mark Hatfield offered
his help during the week end
as "an impartial coordinator"
in an effort to settle the
strike. But the governor add
ed, be would not step in un
less both parties wanted him
to do so. : ' .-'
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Senator Seeks More
Fundsfor Disease
Denver -WPD- Sen. .Richard
L. Neubergef (D-Ore.X tdoay
urged channeling of an in
creased portion of the nation's
resources to fight disease both
at home and abroad.
The Oregon senator, a for
mer cancer patient, spoke, at
a luncheon meeting here pre
ceding ground-breaking cer
emonies at the Eleanor Roos
evelt Cancer institute!
"Today we spend 15 billion
dollars for liquor and tobac
co, but less than 150 million
for cancer research," Neuber
ger said. '
He added that 40 million
Americans will be stricken by
this disease.
Neuberger said an increas
ed effort should be made by
the United States to expand
cooperation with medical re
searchers, in other countries.
Salem-OJPIl - Willard Carl
Swiger,'20, La Grande, acci
dentally shot himself in the
finger while visiting in Salem
Sunday, police reported.
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President Meets With
Officials on
Augusta, Ga. - (UPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower met today
with the high command of the
Defense Department and bud
get officials to put into firm
and nearly final shape the big
military budget for the next
fiscal year. :
Defense Secretary Neil H.
McElroy, Budget Director
Maurice M. Stans and Gen.
Nathan F. Twining, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
led, a large party of officials
who flew here from Washing
ton. ' ' .
They drove immediately to
the Augusta -; National - Golf
club and began their confer
ence with the President in the
handsome clubhouse trophy
room., '
In addition to the overall
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1959
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RECEIVE SHOTS The Fred McCuUough
family receive Salk Polio vaccine at the
Central Point clinic, which was oe of eight
held in the valley Saturday. Dr. Wayne
Roberts of Central Point administers the
.shots. The McCullough family was a typical
Public Relations
V
Heard at Meeting
A number ;of Jackson coun
ty school , superintendents at
tended a meeting of the Ore
gon Association of School Ad
ministrators Saturday in Port
land. 1 "
Attending were Dr. Leon
ard B. Mayfield, Medford;
Stanley Jobe, Ashland; Ernest
James, Phoenix; Glenn" Hale,
Eagle Point; and Alf Mek
vold, county school superin
tendent. . - .
.'Dr. Harold Kingsley, con
sultant for the National Pub
lic. Relations associatio -and
former public relations direc
tor for the California State
Teachers' association discuss
ed school public relations.
His talk was followed' by a
panel discussion, on public re
lations. Panel members were
a businessman, school board
director and housewife. The
panel members agreed that
the schools should let the pub
lic know what they are doing.
More lay committees should
be organized in the commu
nity for other than school
board members to examine
various aspects of the school
program, it was decided;
-The businessman: thought
the schools should inform the
public when something is go
ing to be done and a repre
sentative group should help
formulate the plane, rather
than telling the public after
plans are drawn. The house
wife felt a need for more hu
man relations between the
school officials, teachers and
parents. 1 . . , ,- '
Budget
size of the new defense bud
get, expected to run about 41
billion dollars, the high level
conference was expected to
take up the Budget Bureau
recommen dation that the
Army's future role be restrict
ed to limited wars, thus elim
inating its traditional,'- and
costly, global war mission.
As -far. as the President's
participation in budget build
ing was concerned, time was
running out. He will be away
from Washington on a 20,000;
mile tour of Europe, the MicV
die East and Asia from Dec. 3
through Dec. 22. The Chief
Executive and "his administra
tion chiefs were determined
to "lock up" the budget in ad
vance of his departure.
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BATTERS
3,064 Polio Shots
Administered in
Eight Area Clinics
A total of 3,064 Salk polio
vaccinations were administer
ed Saturday in eight clinics in
Jackson "county, Larry -Allen,
Medford Junior Chamber of
Commerce president and
chairman of the project, said
today.
Junior Chambers- of Com
merce in Medford, Eagle Point
and Central Point sponsored
the clinics as part of a state
wide program by the Jaycees,
Allen said the Jaycees were
"pleased with the clinics," and
were encouraged by the num
ber of larger families which
received vaccine.
Allen estimated that about
40 per cent of the shots were
administered to children re
ceiving the fourth in the
series. A fourth shot recently
was suggested by physicians.
Parents Get Shots
Another 40 per cent of those
receiving shots were. parents
getting their; first shot, he
said, while the remainder, or
about 20 per cent, were chil
dren receiving their second
and third shots.
A large number of those re
ceiving shots were family
groups ranging from four to
eight in a family, Allen said.
Families were charged $3 for
shots, while individual shots
Were $1.
Allen said the average cost
of the shots administered Sat
urday was "about 70 cents per
shot. '
Bridge Completion
Slated for Dec. 15
Estimated completion date
of the new Eighth st. bridge
across Bear creek has been
set forward to Dec. 15, Ver
non Thorpe, city public works
director, said today.
The R and M Construction
company or uenirai roini,
which is working on the
bridge, reportedly was held
up by recent strikes, and en
countered unanticipated diffi
culties in excavation of the
bridge footings, Thorpe said.
Auto Dealers To Pay
$15,000 Surety Bond
aSlem-(UPD Oregon auto
mobile dealers applying for
1960 dealers licenses will have
to provide a $15,000 corporate
surety bond, the state motor
vehicle department announced
today. '
Motorcycle dealers will have
to obtain a $2,000 surety bond.
tores Will Be
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example of many families who took advant
age .of the clinics, according to Larry Allen,
President of the Medford Junior Chamber
of Commerce and chairman of the project.
Jaycees in this area sponsored the clinics.
(Knaekstedt Photo)
A total of 716 shots were
given at the Jackson county
health department office, and
575 "were administered at the
Red Cross chapter house, 60
Hawthorne a ve.
Other locations and the
number of shots were- Eagle
Point, 360; Shady Cove, 200;
Rogue River, 158; Central
Point, 625; Jacksonville, 105;
and Talent, 325.
Another clinic is scheduled
Dec. 12 at which the next in
the series of shots will be ad
ministered. Hoffa Loses Out
In High Court
Washington -(UPD Teamsters
President James R. Hoffa and
his scandal-scarred union lost
out in the Supreme Court .to
day in their efforts to chal
lenge the "clean up" orders
of the watchdog Board of
Teamsters Monitors. .
In a terse order, the high
court left standing lower court
rulings upholding the right of
the monitors to issue anti
corruption orders against Hof
fa and his subordinates.
; The court's ruling repre
sented a major set back for
the union in its fights with
the Monitors Board, which
was set up to eliminate rack
eteering and corruption within
the giant union.
In another major action,
the high court agreed to a
Justice department request
that it review lower court de
cisions restricting its right to
enforce ; Negro voting rights
in Macon county, Ala. -
The court will hear oral
arguments on this case and
another involving Negro vot
ing rights in Georgia later on
this term and will follow with
a written opinion. Both cases,
involve the interpretaton of
the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
WEATHER
Forecast: Variable high cloud!-;
ness tonight. Thickening and
lowering cloudiness Tuesday.
Low tonight 25-28. High Tues
day 55-58.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 57
Lowest This Morning 22
Our Skies Tonight
Snnset today ....... 4:49 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:04 a.m.
The Moon rises .- - 6:09 p.m.
tonight and is in Apogee.
Last Quarter Nov. 23
PROMINENT STAR
Aldebaran, leads the Moon.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, low in ' southwest at
moonrise. Venus, high in south
west at lunrise.
No. 199
Second Blast of
Arctic Air Moves
j
Into Wide Area
' Helena, Mont.-fllPD-The sec
ond raging blizzard n a week
roared eastward today, leav
ing weather-battered Montana
shivering under another blast
of arctic air.
Cold wave warnings were
issued for a band of states
in the country's midsection.
from the Dakotas to north
Texas' and New Mexico. ,
, Hard-hit Montana, cleaning
up after a fresh onslaught of
snow, received the full force
of the bitterly cold winds as
readings of more than 35 de
grees below zero were re
corded.
(The weather bureau said the
mercury plunged to minus 36
degrees at Helena this morn
ing, while it was 35 at Butte,
26 at Lewiston and 21 at Cut
Bank.
High winds, clocked at gusts
to 40 miles an hour, whipped
snow into giant drifts that
closed many rural roads in
Montana and isolated several
communities when the second
blizzard howled out of Canada
Sunday.
More Snow Piled Up
The new storm piled up
more than eight inches of
snow in this capital city, im
mobilized by a record 21 V2
inch snowfall last week. Just
as last : week, stalled cars
jammed the main street and
pedestrians fought their way
through waist high drifts.
The new storm closed air
ports and gave fresh trouble
to stockmen battling to keep
thousands of cattle from star
vation. Power failures blacked out
several communities in Wy
oming and " Montana. Gale
force winds slapped telephone
and power lines together,
causing much of the failures
High winds and. freezing
temperatures accompanied the
blizzard as it moved into the
Dakotas, Wyoming and Ne
braska today. ,
Western Nebraska was buf
feted by icy north winds gust-
ing to 50 miles an hour.
The frigid air ; drove the
thermometer from a high of
64 to zero in nine hours at
Scottsbluff, Neb. The weather
man saidH;his included a 30
degree drop in four minutes,
from 49 to 19 Sunday after
noon. ' . ;5 . ';
Backers Say Rocky
Completed Mission
Boise, Idaho -(UPD- Backers
of New York Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller said today they
feel he accomplished his mis
sion on his tour of the Far
West. ,
But they willingly conced
ed that if the governor decid
es to enter the presidential
sweepstakes, he still has a
long way to go in California,
Oregon, Washington and Ida
ho to match the strength 'of
Vice President Richard . M.
Nixon for the Republican
nomination.
Neither Nixon nor Rocke
feller as yet is an announced
candidate - but Nixon has
been regarded as the GOP's
logical choice to succeed Pres
ident Eisenhower. Rockefeller
admits he is testing sentiment
to see what his chances would
be if he ran. -
Cattle Herded From
Yard by Patrolmen
Between 50 and 75 head of
cattle were discovered Friday
evening in the front and back
yards of a home at 424 Mur
phy st., Medford, according to
city police.
The cattle, beloriging to
Lewis E. Conger, 1646 Ross
lane, apparently left their pas
ture by way of a broken fence.
Two police officers nerded the
cows home and repaired the
fence.
Conger informed police he
would pay for damage done
by the cows.
0peim
ERUPTION Shown above is Kilauea Iki
crater near Honolulu which erupted Satur
day. The picture was taken from the volcano
rim within 30 minutes after eruption began.
Cranberry States
May Be Declared
Disaster Areas
Washington -(UPD President
Eisenhower has been asked to
declare five cranberry-producing
states as "disaster areas"
to provide federal aid for
farmers who face a 50 mil
lion dollar loss from the can
cer scare.
The plea was contained in a
telegram Sunday from George
C P. Olsson, president of
Ocean Spray Inc. The firm
represents 75 per cent of the
industry. :
It cam as the Food and
Drug administration announc
ed that laboratory tests show
ed most cranberries to be free
of contamination. ' -
Olsson accused Arthur S.
Flemming, secretary of
health education and welfare,
of conducting a "cranberry
witchhunt." ... '.:.. w. .r. ''.
Says Warning Unnecessary
He said Flemmmg's "un
necessary, untimely and im
prudent" warning to house
wives just before Thanksgiv
ing that some cranberries
were tainted with a weed kill
er which could induce cancer
in rats had ruined the indus
try. - ;
The government said its
scoreboard" of lab tests on
cranberries showed 199 out
of 202 lots to be safe for the
Thanksgiving dinner table.
However, the tests were not
expecttd to be near, comple
tion until the end of this
week. Seventeen district of
fices are working overtime to
speed the effort.
Resumes Cranberry Sales
The Grand Union Co.,
which has 451 supermarkets
on the East Coast, announced
in New York it was resuming
the sale of cranberries today.
The firm said it carried out
its own investigation and
found its supplies to be safe.
Olsson told the President
that the states which should
be declared as "disaster
areas" and tnus become ei'gi
ble for federal aid aire Wash
ington, Oregon, Wisconsin,
New Jersey - and Massachu
setts. !
Hatfield in NY
For Club Address
Salem-UPD-Gov. . Mark Hat
field was in New York City
today for an address 'to the
National Republican club of
that city ' tonight. .
The governor, who left Port
land International Airport for
the east Sunday night, will
be presented a distinguished
service award by the Republi
can club. '
Tuesday he is slated to ad
dress the National Municipal
League at Springfield, Mass.
The League paid for the gov
ernor's trip.
Hatfield plans to leave New
York for Oregon Wednesday
afternoon, arriving at Port
land shortly after noon Thurs
day. Walnuts Cause Fire
In Basement of Home
Salem (UPD - Fire caused $1,-
500 damage Sunday to . the
George Ditwiler home here.
Fireman said Ditwiler was
drying walnuts on a wood fur
nace in the basement when
they ignited and caught the
basement ceiling afire.
yn$il.;$' ''Clock. Tonight
Volcanic Eruption
Provides Tourists
With Large Show
Hilo, Hawaii-(UPD - A spec
tacular volcanic eruption in
Kilauer Iki crater provided
Hawaii today with its biggest
tourist attraction in recent
years.
Fewer Persons Pay
Taxes at Office
Total property tax receipts
which were brought in in per
son to the county tax depart
ment numbered 308 less than
last year by closing time Fri
day,, according to Mrs.- Mar-
jorie Brooks, chief tax deputy
today."
, Tax receipts brought in Fri
day totalled 12,700 compared
to 13,008 on the same date in
1958, she said. Deadline for
Davment of taxes for taxpay
ers to receive the 3 per cent
discount was Sunday, mid
night. All letters to the tax
office containing tax pay
ments postmarked by that
time will be credited with the
discount. The office closed
Friday night and was closed
for Veterans Day Wednesday.
"We had about the same
number of people lined up for
last minute personal pay
ment," Mrs, . Brooks noted.
"Although taxes are much
higher this year in" some
places, we had less complain
ing this year, for some rea
son." Largest tax millage increase
this year was in Ashland
which went from 58.9 mills
to 81.3 mills.' Medford prop
erty owners had a slight in
crease, 74.4 mills last year
and 88.8 mills this year. Jack
sonville had the largest drop
in tax-millage, from 108 mills
last year to 80.6 mills this
year.
Crater High School
To Be Evaluated
Central Point - Crater High
school will be evaluated by
the Northwest Secondary
School administration, .for ac
creditation, Thursday, accord
ing to Charles A. Meyer, Dis
trict 6C superintendent. ;
Evaluation , will be along
lines similar to standardiza
tion requirements by the state
department'of education, Mey-
ersaid. '
! The school officials have
mailed various material for
study and evaluation by the
association. Thursday an as
sociation group will check the
physical plant, the teacher
load or number of pupils
taught by each teacher, li
brary facilities, gym facilities
and the amount of modern
school equipment Crater High
school has.
Power Company Says
Earnings Unchanged
Salem -UPD- Pacific Power
and Light company told the
Public Utility commission to
day that while electric serv
ice revenues have increased
during the current year the
company's percentage rate of
earnings has remained vir
tually the same as last year.
The statement was made as
hearings resumed into PP&L's
request for a 14.5 per cent
rate increase.
At top are the series of-lava fountains spil
ling, their molten fire 300 feet dpwn the
crater slopes to the bottom, where a river
of fire is formed. (UPI Telephoto)
Lava was still flowing free
ly from the wall of Kilauer
crater on the mountain of
ManuaLoa Sunday night, Sun
day night, forming a lake of
red, glowing molten rock in
side the crater.
Volcanologists have expect
ed no danger of an overflow
because the crater is 650 feet
deep and a quarter mile wide.
The eruptions, which began
at 8:09 p.m. Saturday follow
ing seven sharp earthquakes,
were expected to continue for
several jmore days at least
The Kilauer crater is lo
cated just below the famous
Maunaloa crater, 35 miles
from Hilo and 200 miles south
of Honolulu.
Crowd Into Park
Thousands of tourists and
residents of the island have
been crowding into Hawaii
National Park ,to view the
phenomenon since Saturday
night. Two inter-island air
lines reported Sunday that
they had flown more than
two thousand passengers on
special flights over the flow
ing red crater.
Five of. a series of seven
fountains from the eruption
area had died by dawn Sun
day and by nightfall there
was only one left. But, the
single fountain was still put
ting on a big show Sunday.
Volcano Observatory ' Seis
mologist Jerry Eaton said the
single fountain could increase
its flow, or other eruptions
could break out along the
crater wall. v-
The last eruption in the
Kilauea Iki fissure of the
crater came in 1868. The fis
sure is located only one mile
from a motel and resort area.
I Salem (UPD The Legisla
tive Interim Agriculture com
mittee will meet in Astria
Monday, Nov. 23, to give in
terested persons an opportuni
ty to present the area's agri
cultural problems to the com
mittee. ......
'Your Slip's
Midnight Flight
Across Gulf of
Mexico Is Fatal
'Search Planes See
Bodies in Area
New Orleans - (UPD - A Na
tional Airlines DC-7B carry
ing 42 persons on a midnight
flight across the Gulf of Mexi
co crashed into the open" wa
ters early today apparently
killing all aboard.
Search planes reported a
number of bodies, many clad
in life preservers, floating in
the area, about 120 miles east
southwest of New Orleans.
Debris and pathetically
empty life rafts bobbed in the
turbulent waters.
Coast Guard and National
Airlines search planes report
ed not a sign of life.
Reports No Troube
The plane had reported no
trouble and there was no im
mediate explanation of what
happened. The area was
heavily covered at the time
with fog which seriously ham
pered rescue operations until
well after daylight.
The plane was found in
about 90 feet of water. The
Coast Guard said early re
ports that a section of the tail
was sticking above the sur
face was erroneous.
The craft was spotted simul
taneously by a National Air
lines search plane and by a
Coast Guard plane.
The plane last was sighted
on an Air Force radar screen
at an altitude of 14,000 feet.
Then it suddenly dropped off
the screen. Whether it plung
ed suddenly into the Gulf was
not known.
Another Question
Another question was why.
if the passengers had time to
don life jackets, the crew did
not radio a distress signal.
"If they had issued a signal
"we would have received it,"
an Air Force spokesman said.
The Coast Guard said there
was "plenty of bodies, life
preservers and life rafts"
floating in the debris, scat
tered over about a half-mile
f adius of the wind-swept gulf.
The Coast Guard dispatched
three ships to the scene where
they were expected to arrive
about 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. e.s.t.
The Coast Guard said the
last fix on the plane put it in
the vicinity of Chandeleur
Sisland, a long, narrow chain
of islands between Mobile,
Ala., and New Orleans.
Wagner Recaptured
After Sunday Escape
Portland-flJPD-The man who
admitted he was responsible
for a fire which destroyed a
warehouse storing fireworks
in July of last year was at
large in the Portland area for
a few hours Sunday.
Police arrested Richard
George Wagner, 21, Milwau
kie, shortly after 4:30 p.m.
Sunday after he was seen
wandering near a bowling al
ley in southeast Portland.
An all points bulletin was
received by the sheriffs office
Sunday morning from Salem
saying Wagner had escaped
from the State hospital.
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