Mpreme. Soviet approves Khrushchev's
Armed Fore
es M
Second French
Cabinet Officer
Quits in Upheaval
Resignation Follows
Pinay Departure
Paris - (UPD - Secretary of
State for Economic Affairs
Max Flecht followed Finance
Minister Antoine Pinay out
of the Gaullist cabinet today,
increasing the threat of a
complete withdrawal of con
servatives from the govern
ment. The resignation of Flecht
followed Pinay's departure
from Premier Michel Debre's
cabinet by a scant 48 hours.
Both men are conservatives,
members of the Independent
party.
Major Crisis Threatened
The resignations pose a
growing threat of a major po
litical crisis which could
force President Charles de
Gaulle to take extreme action.
The move by Flecht had
been expected, since he had
backed Pinay to the hilt in
fighting for continuance of
the economic policy which
had put France back on its
feet in the past year.
Third lo Quit
Flecht was the third mem
ber of the Gaullist Debre cab
inet to quit in less than a
month. At the end of Decem
ber, Education Minister An
dre Boulloche walked out in
an argument over the govern
ment's plan to give more fi
nancial aid to Roman Catholic
private schools.
De Gaulle himself was
pushing aside the simmering
political crisis and the prob
lem of a falling stock market
to give full attention to a new
drive for peace in Algeria,
wnere ngntist groups are
seething agains his "soft" ap
proach.
Budget Members
Named in District
Mrs. Tom Eaton, 967 Beall
lane, and Louis Straube,
Ruch, have been appointed to
the budget committee of the
Medford school district. They
succeeed Dr. D. Kirkland
West and Mrs. Sara Faye
Puhl, whose terms have ex
pired. Mrs. Eaton has served on
the budget committee and the
school board at Howard
school. Straube has been clerk
of the former Ruch school
district
Three persons were named
to the Medford district's advi
sory budget committee. They
are Robert Minear, South
Stage rd., representing the
Griffin Creek area; Russell
Mclntyre, Jacksonville; and
William Edwards, 3251 Lone
Pine rd., representing the
Lone Pine area.
Mrs. Eaton and Straube
will serve on the regular
budget committee which in
cludes P. G. Humphries of
West Side, and Otto Frohn
mayer and H. D. Christensen,
both of Medford.
The school board appointed
budget and advisory commit
tee members from areas
whose school districts joined
with Medford last year so that
the entire district would be
represented when the budget
is considered.
The first meeting of the
committee probably will be
held later this month or early
next month, school officials
indicated.
BLM Supervisor Says
1959 Was Good Year
Portland - (UPD Russell E.
Getty, state supervisor for the
Bureau of Land Management
in Oregon, said that 1959 was
a good year for the bureau.
Getty said that 910,131.000
board feet of O&C and Coos
Bay Wagon Road timber in
the O&C districts of western
Oregon were offered for sale.
Of the offered volume,
888.230,000 board feet were
sold for $29,296,444. The av
erage was $35.54 per 1,000
board feet. The average for
the calendar year of 1958 was
$26.78 per 1,000 board feet.
Ike Flies To Georgia
For Week End of Hunting
Albany, Ga.- (UPD -President
Eisenhower flew to Georgia
today for a week end of quail
shooting.
The President landed in his
jet plane after a I hour, 45
minute flight from Washing
ton. He was greeted in bright
sunshine at Turner Air Force
base, near Albany, by Mr. and
Mrs. W. Alton (Pete) Jones,
his hosts for the week end.
iif
MEREDITH WILSON
To Be Chancellor
Meredith Wilson
Quits University
Of Oregon Post
President Takes
Job at Minnesota
Eugene-(UPD-The University
of Oregon was looking for a
new president today.
Dr. O. Meredith Wilson,
president of the school for six
years, Thursday accepted a
position as chancellor and
president ex officio of the
University of Minnesota.
Education leaders and Gov,
Mark Hatfield expressed re
gret at Wilson leaving Oregon
and praised him as a leader
of outstanding ability. Wilson
takes over the $27,500 yearly
job July 1.
Meeting This Month
Dr. John Richards, chancel
lor of the State Board of High
er Education, said considera
tion of a successor would get
under way soon. The board
next meets in Portland Jan
25 and 26 and it was indi
cated procedures for naming
a new president would be set
up then.
Wilson, who was in Minne
apolis to accept the job, said
he had been happy at Oregon
and "I leave it with consid
erable sorrow."
At Oregon Wilson received
a salary of $20,000 a. year.
Hawk Carrying Bird
Enters EP Home
Eagle Point - Mrs. Elbert
Hefley and her daughter,
Cheryl, 10, were startled
Wednesday morning at their
home on North C st., when
a hawk carrying a small bird
in its beak crashed through
the kitchen window.
Mrs. Hefley, who did not
want to battle a frightened
hawk, called City Marshal
Oran Chastain, and Dave Han
naford, who netted the bird in
the. dining room.
The bird, which seemed to
suffer no ill effects from the
incident, may be taken to the
Ashland city zoo.
Mrs. Hefley said she thought
something had exploded when
the window broke. Glass was
thrown over a three room
area.
Scientists Study
Data From Thor
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPD -Scientists
began taking apart
a data capsule from the nose
of a new "hot rod" Thor mis
sile today to find out if the
space rocket booster did
everything it should in flight.
The data capsule was con
tained in a new conical nose
cone driven by a new propul
sion system. It was recovered
from the ocean northeast of
Antigua Island two hours
after the Thor roared 1,700
miles over the Atlantic Thurs
day. The test flight was the first
in a series of three for the
"hot rod" Thor engine with
which the Air Force hopes
to increase the missile's use
for civilian space experi
ments. Jones is head of Cities Serv
ice Oil chain. The party left
immediately for Blue Springs,
the Jones plantation outside
Albany.
The President planned to
remain in Georgia until some
time Sunday, according to the
White House.
The sunny weather here
was in direct contrast to the
cold, gray Washington he left
this morning.
Portland Papers
File Unfair Labor
Practice Charges
Document Lists
Six Charges
Portland-(UPD - The Oregon
Journal and the Oregonian to
day filed unfair labor prac
tice charges against the strik
ing Stereotypers Union. The
union has been on strike
against the two daily newspa
pers since Nov. 10.
The document, filed with
the National Labor Relations
board here, was signed by D.
S. Haines for the Journal and
W. R. Morrish for the Orego
nian. Six charges were listed.
The newspapers said a ma
jor cause for continuation of
the strike was union insist
ence that publishers discharge
non-union employees and re
hire union members. They
said this was contrary to the
labor management relations
act.
Charges Listed
The six charges said:
1. The union has attempted
by its strike to coerce employ
ers into requiring by contract
compulsory union member
ship and union control of fore
men who process grievances.
2. The union failed to har-
gain in good faith, adamantly
refusing to negotiate on nu
merous subjects.
3. The union attempted to
coerce employers to agree to
contract clauses in violation
of the labor management rela
tions act and to discrimina
tory hiring of union mem
bers, as against non-union
workmen, contrary to law.
Law Said Violated
4. The union has violated
the law by insisting publish
ers discharge non-union em
ployees who have been hired
as permanent replacements
for ex-members and rehire
union members only.
5. The union has violated
the act, since the strike, by
insisting that it will not nego
tiate a settlement and return
to work unless and until all
employees not working as the
result of the disDute have re
turned to work. .
6. The union has violated
the" act bymakihg as a condi
tion precedent to contract set
tlement, settlement of - con
tracts with all other unions
and establishment of a uni
form expiration date. The
charge set forth that the Ste
reotypers Union may not le
gally maKe a settlement af
fecting employees for which
it has no right of representa
tion. Shaw Reelected fo
Oregon Council Post
Robert Shaw, secretary
manager of Medford Team
sters Local 962. has been re
elected trustee of the Oregon
Joint Council of Teamsters.
He has served on the council
for the past seven years.
bhaw has been affiliated
with the Teamster movement
for the past 25 years. He also
serves on the general hauling
division of the Western Con
ference of Teamsters, a posi
tion he has held since the
group was organized.
He has been secretary
treasurer of the Medford local
since April, 1951.
South Salem Youngster
Dies of Gunshot Wound
Salem -(UPD- A 14-year-old
south Salem boy died in a
hospital early today of a gun
shot wound in the head. State
police and the coroner's office
were investigating the death.
The victim was Michael
David McKillop, so nof Mr.
and Mrs. Archie W. McKillon.
The youth was found in a field
by his father Thursday after
noon. Hatf ield Forced To
Cancel Appointments
Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield was forced to cancel
all appointments today and
remain at home because of a
sore throat.
An aide said the condition
is not considered serious. Hat
field is continuing some paper
work at home.
Murder-Suicide at
Roseburg Investigated
Roseburg -(UPD- Police here
were investieatine an arDar-
ent murder-suicide of a moth
er and daughter today.
Police chief Vern Murdoch
said Mrs. June Lee Thomp
son, 35, and her daughter,
Cindy, 12, were the victims.
Salem -(UPD- Public Utility
Commission statistics revealed
that total revenues from elec
tric energy sales in the state
for 12 months ending Novem
ber, 1958 were $96,477,025, up
9.41 per cent over the pre
vious year.
Unemployment
Number of Jobs
Reaches Record
For December
Average Weekly
Earnings Increase
Washington - (UPD - Unem
ployment declined by 93,000
in December to 3,577,000, the
government reported today
and the total number of jobs
climbed by 59,000 to 65,699,
000, a December record.
The monthly report also
showed that average weekly
earnings of factory workers
rose to a new all-time peak
of $91,53 as the nation's
economy bounced back be
cause s,teel production re
sumed. Counter lo Trends
The Labor Department said
the changes in employment
and unemployment ran count
er to seasonal trends, Decem
ber employment usually falls
by 700,000 because of cut
backs in outdoor work but
last month was the first post
war December in which there
was no decline.
Joblessness usually in
creased by 100,000 in Decem
ber, the department said.
The changes mainly reflect
ed the recall of about 150,000
auto workers to their jobs
after steel production got go
ing after a 116-day strike.
'Marked Improvement'
Over-all, the job picture
showed a "marked improve
ment" last month, the depart
ment said.
The seasonally adjusted
rate of unemployment fell to
5.2 per cent of the labor force
-lowest level in five months
and nearly back to the pre
strike level of 4.9 per cent
last spring.
Unemployment last month
was a half million lower than
a year ago.
Funds Received
For Hotel Work
The Siskiyou Pioneer Sites
Foundation Thursday night
received $1,100 in funds to
help restore the old U.S. Ho
tel in Jacksonville.
The money was raised by
the Jacksonville Lions club
during Jacksonville's Gold
Rush Jubilee last summer.
Dr. Frank Haines, associ
ate professor of social sciences
at Southern Oregon college,
was named chairman of a
foundation committee which
will supervise the restoration
project. Other committeemen
appointed are Everett Rave
nor, P. E. Matheny, Art
Davies, and Ernest Mclntrye,
all of Jacksonville.
The U.S. Hotel, built about
1880, has been condemned as
unsafe. After restoration, the
city of Jacksonville will de
cide whether to use it as a
civic building or to reopen it
as a hotel.
Plans and specifications for
the project are being handled
by Medford Architect Jeffery
Shute. The plans are expected
to be completed sometime
this summer.
The foundation already has
received numerous donations
of needed materials, accord
ing to Dr. Haines. If all mate
rials are donated, he said, the
estimated cost of restoring the
hotel, including contract and
labor costs, would be about
$8,000.
'Hold On There, Hotspur!"
Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages
uspected Airplane Siflioisfle
oiiiber. Said Possibly Swindler
JULIAN A. FRANK
Killed With 33 Others
Cost of Stadium
Estimated About
$75,000-$100,000
Cost of a wooden all-purpose
stadium at the Jackson
county fair grounds is esti
mated at $75,000 to $100,000,
county court members learned
during an inspection of the
Eugene ballpark yesterday.
The estimate was made by
Jim Huser, second vice chair
man of the class B profession
al ball club in Eugene. Huser
inspected the proposed sta
dium site here and said an
excavated stadium would not
be practical, in his opinion,
because of drainage problems.
A local citizens' stadium com
mittee had considered the ex
cavated type of stadium with
the possibility that fill dirt
could be sold from the excava
tion. No Decision Reached
"We have not reached any
decision on the stadium pro
posal yet," County Judge Earl
Miller emphasized.
Estimated cost of Eugene's
stadium at Bethel park was
$35,000 to $37,000 plus dona
tions of material, the county
court learned. This is a com
pletely wooden structure. It
is used only for baseball with
a capacity of 4,800 people.
Some money and materials
for the stadium construction
were donated, club officials
said. Profits from the stadium
operation are given to the
baseball program for young
sters. Officials doubted if a
Jackson county stadium could
be considered a profit making
venture.
The engineer who planned
and built the stadium will in
spect the Jackson county pro
posed stadium site in the near
future and consult with the
county court, Miller said..
Declines To 3,577,000
MEDFORD OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1960
Almost $900,
In Insurance
Recently Taken
Activities Said
Under Investigation
New York -(UPD-Julian An
drew Frank, suspected of kill
ing himself and 33 other air
liner passengers with a sui
oide bomb, was under inves
tigation for a series of alleged
swindles which may total
more than $1 million, it was
revealed here today.
Frank, 32, New York attor
ney, had taken out almost
$900,000 worth of insurance
in the nine months before his
death last week and - had
boasted that his death in a
plane crash would make his
wife "the richest woman in
the world."
Complaint Filed
It was reported today that:
-St. Louis and Kansas City,
Mo., attorneys had complain
ed to the New York district
attorney against Frank last
month in an alleged charity
fund drive swindle.
-The FBI is investigating
complaints that a "phantom"
firm set up by Frank had
collected large fees for mort
gage dealings and then failed
to complete ; transactions,
-Frank was under investi
gation by the New York Bar
Association on charges of a
client that the . lawyer em
bezzled $20,000 of his funds.
The charge is part of a coun
ter suit filed in New York
Supreme Court after Frank
had sued to collect a $13,000
legal fee.
Trips lo Las Vegas
Attorney Archibald Palmer,
involved in court action on
behalf of one mortage com
plaint, said Frank made fre
quent trips to Las Vegas.
Palmer said he suspected the
attorney had connections
there with large gambling
interests.
Local law enforcement agen
cies joined federal investiga
tors today looking into the
crash of the National Airlines
DC6B airliner last Wednesday
in which Frank and 33 other
persons were killed. Testi
mony in Washington Thurs
day disclosed that the inves
tigation is centered on the
possibility that Frank explod
ed a bomb aboard the airliner.
Bids Opened for
Two Fair Buildings
Two metal buildings at the
Jackson county fairgrounds
were sold by the fair board
and the county court yester
day. Two highest bidders of 10
who submitted bids were
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints for building
No. 1, $260, and Dean Owens,
Eagle Point, for building No.
2, $206.
The two buildings, located
near the Stewart ave. exten
sion, are to be removed by
Feb. 15.
Architect William H. Sei
bert, Medford, hopes to have
plans and specifications ready
by the first part of February
for a new all-purpose build
ing for the annual Jackson
county 4-H and FFA fair. The
building will include a par
tially enclosed livestock ex
hibit area and a enclosed kit
chen and eating space.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night with valley fog early Sat
urday. Increasing cloudiness
Saturday afternoon. Low to
night 25. High Saturday 38.
Temp.
Highest yesterday . 40
Lowest this morning 28
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ' 5 3 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:8 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 7:10 p.m.
Last quarter Jan. 21
Venus circles the Sun every 225
days; Jupiter takes nearly 12
years. Next week Venus will
pass to the east of Jupiter and
again next Fall, in the evening
sky, rapidly mqving Venus will
once more pass to the east of
slower Jupiter.
54th
LOOT. POLICEMEN SEIZED
loads of stolen goods confiscated at homes of eight policemen
is moved into the state's attorney's office at Chicago. Eight
Chicago policemen were seized and held for investigation
in what authorities said, may turn into a major police force
scandal. -They -were -seized after a. .burglary suspect charged
that they acted as fences.
8 Chicago Police
Officers Nabbecl in
Burglary Scandal
Chicago -rtJPD-Flying squads
of police rounded up eight
fellow officers in swift, pre
dawn raids today and booked
them on burglary charges in
what authorities said may de
velop into a major police
force scandal.
Police officials said the
raids, staged in secrecy remi
niscent of the quickie round
ups of Chicago's gang war
years, turned up four patrol
wagon loads of stolen goods
enough to fill two rooms at
the state's attorney's office.
The round-up was launched
on the tip of a burglary sus
pect who charged that the
eight policemen acted as
fences for a gang of thieves.
First Assistant State's At
torney Frank Ferlic said a
"goodly" number of other po
licemen were believed in
volved.. Some reports said the
number might go as high as
40. But only eight had been
seized.
Police Commissioner Timo
thy J. O'Connor immediately
suspended the arrested police
men from the force and they
were booked on burglary
charges by Deputy Chief of
Detectives Howard Pierson.
The investigation, one of
the biggest scandals to hit the
Chicago police force in re
cent years, started with a
City Police Are
Called for Unusual
Services Lately
City police have been
called on to perform some
unusual services lately.
A car transporting an ex
pectant mother to the hos
pital broke down about 4:30
o'clock this morning, and
the husband called for po
lice assistance.
Police look Mrs. Dwain
Leroy Johnson, 814 East
Jackson st., lo Sacred Heart
hospital where she gave
birth lo a girl at 6:37 a.m.
The report added that she
is doing fine.
Thursday afternoon, po
lice received a call that
there were some cows loose
on Crater Lake ave. Sure
enough. Officers found three
cows standing in the inter
section of Crater Lake ave.
and Delia Waters rd.
They herded them back
lo their pasture al 2226 Del
la Waters rd., without in
cident, the report said.
Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 251
Part of the four patrol wagon
; 1' ! ;:'. . ; . (UPI Telephoto)
burglar awaiting trial on
charges of theft.
The suspect, whose name
was not revealed, threatened
with a 10-year to life sentence,
told police he would cooper
ate for a lighter sentence by
"breaking the town wide
open."
He accompanied teams of
policemen early today as they
seized the officer suspects at
their homes and hauled off
goods identified as loot.
Refer Named to
Board Chairmanship
Raymond R. Reter, owner
of Reter Fruit company, Med
ford, has been appointed
chairman of the Portland
branch of the Federal Re
serve Bank of San Francisco.
He has been a member of the
board since Aug. 4, 1959.
The appointment was an
nounced by F. B. Whitman,
chairman of the board of di
rectors of the San Francisco
bank.
Other branches are located
in Los Angeles, Salt Lake
City and Seattle. The branch
chairmanships are for one
year.
Salem (UPD - Marshal N.
Dana of the Portland Dock
commission has called for
more trade between Oregon
and Japan.
Central Committee
Commends Tom Reeder
The Jackson County Dem
ocratic Central committee this
week commended Thomas J.
Reeder "for faithful and con
scientious service to his com
munity in the office of dis
trict attorney."
The unanimous resolution
was adopted at Wednesday
night's meeting.
"Tom Reeder has conducted
the office with quiet and dignified-
efficiency using it to
serve the best interests of his
community, rather than as a
springboard for personal am
bitions and journalistic pub
licity; taking over the office
at a time when unfortunate
practices had undermined the
public confidence in this vital
position, ' Tom' Reeder ' re
stored confidence and morale
Other Nations
Asked To Follow
Russia's Lead
Reduction Given
Unanimous Vote
Moscow -(UPD- The Supreme
Soviet today unanimously ap
proved Premier Nikita Khru
shchev's proposal to cut Soviet
armed forces by 1,200.000
men, thus putting it into
effect.
Both houses of the Russian
parliament approved the new
law after Khrushchev again
took the rostrum to note that
"all people who spoke on my
report and on the draft law
expressed their approval."
Gratitude Expressed
"Allow me to express my
gratitude," he added, voicing
his thanks for the confidence
given him by the Communist
Party Central Committee and
the government.
Khrushchev also asked the
Supreme Soviet to approve a
resolution calling on all the
world's parliaments to follow
Russia's lead in cutting their
nations' armed strength.
Vote Unanimous
Both houses formally ap
proved the resolution and then
ended the first 1960 session
of the Supreme Soviet.
The vote on the Khrushchev
arms-cut law was made by a
show of hands in both houses.
There was no dissent.
The final day of the two-
day session of the 1,400-mem-ber
parliament saw speaker
after speaker giving his ap
proval of the troop slash
which Khrushchev proposed
Thursday. During his speech
making the proposal, Khru
shchev said the Soviet Union
would depend for its future
defense on a nuclear rocket
force and a "fantastic" new
weapon now in development.
GOP Chairman to
Speak in Medford
Republican State Central
Committee Chairman Peter
Gunnar will address Jackson
county . party, leaders and
members at three GOP events
next week. :
He is expected in Medford
Wednesday, Jan. 20, on an
official visit to southern Ore
gon. A dinner in his honor is
scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Wed
nesday at the Rogue Valley
Country club. The dinner is
being arranged by the Jack
son County Central commit
tee.
Gunnar expressed hope to
meet as many local precinct
committeemen and women as
possible at the dinner to dis
cuss individual problems. In
terested Republicans are in
vited and are urged to make
reservations no later than
Monday, Jan. 18, by telephon
ing Mrs. James Ragland, KEy
stone 5-2317; Mrs. Ralph
Brindley, SPring 2-7643; or
Mrs. Philip Lowry, SPring
3-2622.
Other functions scheduled"
for the state chairman are a
breakfast meeting with coun
ty finance committee mem
bers, candidates and office
holders, and a luncheon con
ference with county central .
committee members, candi
dates and office holders.
Oregoncms Urged
To Get Flu Shots
Portland -(UPD - The State
Board of Health today urged
Oregon residents to obtain
Asian flu shots to ward off a
possible epidemic in the state.
Asian flue has been report
ed on the rise in various parts
of the country.
Salem (UPD- The PUC has
suspended proposed adjust
ments in rates of Mt. Angel
Telephone company which
would mean increases to all
exchange users.
by undeviating devotion to
the public interest untram
melled by personal considera
tion; and, by his consistent ad
herence to the finest traditions
of the office, Tom Reeder has
furthered the impartial and
orderly administration of jus
tice." The resolution was signed
by Frank Christian, Talent,
committee chairman, and Mrs.
Marvin Madden, secretary.
Reeder announced yester
day he would not seek reelec
tion this year. He was elected
district attorney four years
ago.
Gerald J. Scannell Jr., now
chief deputy district attorney,
will be a candidate for district
attorney, Reeder indicated in
yesterday's announcement.