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'2 A. The Week in California Labor Disputes Continue; Mitchell Promises Ruling By United Pru International The first days of summer, like (lie last days of spring, were clouded by continuing labor disputes. In Washington, Labor Sec retary James P. Mitchell promised fruit and vegetable growers a quick ruling on whether the federal-state em ployment service can refer workers to farms being pick eted by the AKricultural Workers Organizing commit ter, AFL-CIO. In San Francisco, federal mediator Arthur Viat told newsmen he was optimistic that a settlement could be reached in the strike that tied up some 60 northern Cali fornia canneries while mucli FBI Captures One of 10 'Niosf Wanted' Criminals Ray, Minn. - (LTD - A well spoken burglar who had turn ed his "smooth line" into a hideaway job in the far north woods was captured by FBI agents Saturday, only two days after he was placed on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. The FBI in Minneapolis said a newspaper photograph led to the capture of Richard Peter Wagner, 42, a lifetime criminal and an escapee from the federal correctional insti tution at Sandstone, Minn. Wagner, working as a hunt ing and fishing guide at the Chippewa lodge in this resort area about eight miles from the Canadian border, offered no resistance when seven FBI agents accosted him. The agents, representing themselves as a fishing party, came to the lodge after Min neapolis attorney Philip Lush reported he recognized Wag ner from a photograph in a newspaper. Lush, vacationing at the lodge with his family, said he saw the picture Friday night. Sources said Wagner, who admittedly carried a i wed off shotgun during a series of burglaries, agreed to take the agents on a fishing trip and left his lodgings with a rod and reel. One agent who said he had nrrested Wagner on another occasion asked: "Do you re member me?" "Yes," Wagner said and sur rendered. He was taken into custody and transported to Dultith, Minn., to face ar raignment before a U.S. com missioner. Lodge owner Bob Brice said Wagner had worked for him since May 13 under the alias, "Alexander J. Ilejna," first as a cook and then as a guide. Brice said Wagner "had a nice personality, was clean cut. but had a smooth line that inclined to stretch the truth." The FBI, in placing the burglar on the 10 most want ed list, described his as a con firmed thief who is said to be incapable of telling the truth" and said he "displayed an ut ter disregard for lawful au thority." Wagner, a native of Ash land county, Wis., walked away from a work detail at the Sandstone institution last Pee. 17, just two months be lore his 1 1-year term was up. He had been confined for carrying firearms and trans porting a stolen car across state lines. Wagner, a part-time trom lione player who was said to be interested mainly ill hunt ing and trapping, card games and women, once boasted he had committed M5 burglaries in IS states in tour mouths. The FBI said Wagner had RECORDS! RECORDS! Regulars and Stereos Hundreds of 'Em 40 During Our GIGANTIC ANNUAL Hurry! Buy Now! Only 4 Days Left Cash in on These Terrific Buys... at P1IRUCKER MUSIC HOUSE 1 1 1 North Central Ave. o Phone SP 3-7538 of the aprieot crop was ripen ing. Mitchell said he would give the "overall problems imme diate study and report on the results of that study as quick ly as possible." He made the statement fol lowing a two-hour conference with representatives of the California Farmers Emer gency Food committee. The 10 - man committee, headed by John Zuekerman, appealed to Mitchell to re verse a ruling by Irving Fer lu.ss, director of the California Department of Employment. Perluss held that the growers were involved in a "labor dis pute" which would bar re cruitment of workers and Mexican nationals from gov- committed crimes in states from coast to coast and had spent most of his adult life in prisons, including Alcatraz. He had been arrested in Mis souri, Minneapolis, Fargo, N.D., California, Kansas and Michigan. Following his escape from Sandstone, Wagner traveled to New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Duluth, the FBI said. Mrs. Neuberger Takes Dim View 01 Ike's Trips Los Angeles-ltlPD-The wid ow of Sen. Richard Neuberg er. (D-Ore.) campaigning for his seat, holds a dim view of President Eisenhower's world trios. In a nress conference Fri day, Maurine Neuberger said the President's trips impress ed her as "window dressing' and "just a sop to make peo ple think something was be ing done." "A lot of negotiations could be better handled through the United Nations than through the Summit," she ad ded. Mrs. Neuberger said she was a longtime admirer of former Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson, but did not rule out a liking for Sen. John F Kennedy (D-Mass). Mrs. Neuberger, who said she plans to attend the Dem ocratic National Convention here next month, although not as a delegate, was here for a banquet of the Southern Cali fornia chapter of the Nation al Kidney Disease Founda tion. Hospital Escapees CaughtinWoodburn Woodburn IITII State police said Saturday two 15-ycar old state hospital escapees from Salem were taken into custo dy here Friday when they attempted to take a truck from a car dealer agency. One of the youths was caught 111 the truck as it was being driven away and the second boy fled hut was pick ed up a few hours later. Police picked up another state hospital patient, a '24-ycar-old man, at Dayton Fri day. He escaped Wednesday. CONVENTION SET Turner (llPP - The annual Oregon Christian Church con vention here is expected to attract about 2.000 clergy and laymen June to July 3. Marti ENDS THURSDAY T: ern mcnt employment agencies. Later in the week, Perluss said that all the communica tions he had received from the labor department had sup ported his ruling on the ex istence of a labor dispute. Perluss said that if Mitchell revised the federal regulations dealing with disputes, the slate would quickly comply. In the cannery strike, ne gotiations were scheduled at week's end between the Cali fornia Processors and Grow ers Inc., Oakland, represent ing cannery operators, and Teamsters Union officials. There were reports that the union and the canners were nearing agreement on wage demands. Gov. Edmund G. Brown said he was "ready, willing and able" to sit in with the union and cannery represen tatives to help with a quick settlement of the strike. He urged negotiators to "make a supreme effort to take care of these thousands of small farmers who are being hurt by this." Leans Toward Jack These were other news de velopments in the state: Kennedy: Gov. Edmund G. Brown conceded that he is leaning toward Sen. John F. Kennedy as the Democratic party's presidential nominee. Commenting on press reports that he is inclined toward the Massachusetts senator, Brown told a news conference that "I wouldn't want to broaden that statement." Then, the governor added, "I have great admiration for the way in which Kennedy went into all those primary election states and discussed the issues frank ly." Cheryl: A Los Angeles juve nile court referee ordered the return of Cheryl Crane, Lana Turner's 16-year-old daugh ter, to a school for wayward girls from which she has twice escaped. The ruling went into immediate effect as Cheryl was taken straight from the hearing in Sanla Monica to the El Retiro Mini mum Security School for Girls. Tregoff: The slate supreme court refused lo disqualify Los Angeles Superior Judge Leroy Dawson from the sec ond murder trial of Carole Tregoff, accused as the ac complice of her lover, Dr. R. Bernard Finch, in the killing of his wife. The joint trial was now expected to get un derway shortly. It was post poned twice before because of efforts to disqualify the judge. Budget Surplus Surplus: State Controller Alan Cranston released fig ures indicating that Cali fornia's budget surplus for the current fiscal year is nearing the 100 million dollar mark. General fund revenues for the 11-monlh period ending May 31 totaled $1,380,449, 317. With expenditures of $1 202,323,694 for the same period, the state's 1059-60 general fund cash balance amounted to $88,125,623, Cranston said. Davis: Actress Bette Davis hmkn into tears in Los An geles when a superior court jury awarded her a total of $65,700 in damages for injur ies she suffered in a fall. "These are just tears of joy." Miss Davis said when the ver dict was read. The actress had brought suit for $85,000 in damages against owners of a rented house where the accident occurred. Britt: Twentieth Century Fox studios denied it planned to drop the services of con tract player May Britt, fiancee of Negro entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. Out They Go at POPS CLASSICAL JAZZ RECORD SALE! n't Waif oil May Lite! Kryyfi'wniiii in in i 1 11 M81 MEDFOHD. MAIL "V-.rTL.i' t 1 1 "S f J SUPER-AIRCRAFT ORDERED This art ist's drawing shows the new Super VC-10 puns-jet, 10 of which have been ordered from Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. by BOAC for delivery in 1965 at an approximate cost of $70 million. The super-aircraft is a devclop- Hatfield Enthusiastic About Plans Salem-dJPD-Gov. Mark Hat field Saturday accepted with enthusiasm Washington Gov. Albert Rosellini's plan for a Mexico to Alaska coastal high way as an implied promise to make available matching funds from Washington for the proposed Columbia river bridge at Astoria. Friday, Rosellini called for a meeting of spokesmen from four western states plus Mex ico's State of Lower Califor nia, or Baja, Calif., and Brit ish Columbia to map plans for an international coast high way from Juneau, Alaska, to Baja, Calif. Hatfield, in accepting the invitation, said that Oregon already has the "finest coastal highway of all western states" but does need Washington state's help in matching funds for a Columbia river bridge at Astoria. fcS. STRAW Formerly to $12.95 Kimel Geppetto Patents All Colors Good Sizes TRIBUNE, MEDTORD. mcnt of the Vickers standard VC-10 and is intended for hign density rouies. Ii can carry up to 212 passengers and is 24 feet longer than the standard model. Its makers claim it will be the quietest long-range jet in operation. (UPI Telephoto) for Highway The 1959 Oregon legisla ture approved a $24 million bond issue to finance Oregon's share of building the bridge. Washington state officials haVe provided no money to date. "We think a Pacific Trail Highway such as Governor Rosellini envisions is a won derful thing," Hatfield said, "and we invite the other Pa cific states and provinces to match Oregon's progress and achievements in building this coastal highway." The Oregon Coast High way, U.S. 101, has been work ed on constantly since the end of World War II. One of Oregon's biggest construction projects, under way for nearly three years, is 27'i miles of rugged coast country from Brookings, near the California border, to Gold Beach. The project involves a y Ly 1 4,000 Of Better Footwear 35 OFF -jSr 45 OFF CASUALS 90 Every Shoe on "VT.if t" J fS . t 4rW f : , $1 million, 340-foot high bridge. Total cost ot the im provement is estimated at more than $15 million. There also are plans to re locate highway 101 between Astoria and Seaside. This in volves more than 11 miles, and a new bridge across Youngs bay. Cost will be be tween $4 million and $7 mil lion. Lumberman Killed In Wafer Mishap Roseburg-IUPD - Clifford J. Baxter, 45, Roseburg, a prom inent southern Oregon lum berman, was killed five miles north of here Friday on the North Umpqua river in a wa ter skiing accident. Baxter was a major stock holder in the Wilbur Lumber company in Wilbur, Ore. The accident occurred about one and a half miles above the Winchester dam. ill LaPointe's Big July -jJilibmLt 3 DRESS Formerly Sale From I 1 Formerly Rebel Emissaries Visit Paris to Set Peace Talks Paris-IUPD-Three emissaries! of the Algerian Nationalist rebels flew to Paris aboard a crippled airliner Saturday to arrange for peace talks with the government of President Charles de Gaulle Only designated officials were allowed to approach chief emissary Ahmed Bou- menjel, 54, and his two assist ants. They were landed at a remote end of the Orly air-1 port outside Paris and taken by helicopter immediately to the county administration building of Melun, 28 miles from the city, to begin pre-1 liminary negotiations. They) landed on the back lawn at i Melun. The Algerians flew from Tunis aboard a Tunisian Air lines DC-4. One of the plane's four engines developed an oil leak half way on the five- hour flight and the plane came in on three engines. Roger Moris, de Gaulle's secretary of state for Algerian affairs, opened talks with the Algerians at Melun after a : lunch. Gen. Hubert de Gastines, I assistant to the commander of the first military region (Par is) also took part. Boumenjel said in Tunis Friday night he thought the talks would last two or three days. They were designed to pave the way for formal cease-fire j negotiations to stop the five- year-old war in Algeria. 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