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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jeekion County
History from the fllei ot The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 veara ago.
10 YEARS AOlO
Sept. M. 10 (Thursday)
The right of the state pub
lic utllltlei commission to pro
hibit, Without a hewing, log
ging trucki from using state
highway! because of overload
ing, li being challenged In
circuit court. :
Bids for the widening of
the Union creek bridge will
be opened by the state high
way commission In Salem to
day. 20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 14, 1(40 (Be tut day)
A Medford man was killed
and the Camp Wlmer CCC
commander is In serious con
dition as the result of a plane
crash near Camp Wlmer yes
terday. '- ! 'J'
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column! "BUI
Bowerman, the high school
football coach, is as gloomy
n a sravevard over the pros
pects, and seea no chance of
a rainbow round me goat
posts." 30 YEARS A0)O
Sept. 14, 1930 (Sunday)
The local pear harvest will
reach Its season's peak during
the coming week.
Turkeys ot this valley are
to be pooled tn cooperative
movei there are many more
of the birds this year than
last.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 14, 110 (Tuesday)
Registration In M d f o r d
schools has Increased Consid
erably with 310 enrolled in
the high school alone.
A total of 483 carloads of
pears have been shipped from
Medford so far mis season,
SO YEARS AdO
Bent. 14. 1110 (Wednesday)
Mora than 140 carloads of
Bartiatts and early pears have
bean shipped from the Rogue
valley so tar this season and
are soiling at an average price
of $2.60 a box, slightly below
last year's average.
The annual convention of
the Jackson County WCTU
will be held Sunday at the
Baptist church here.
Whal't Your I.Q.7
Nina of ten term! It aeeerier;
even er eight It s.cellmti five
ill la good. . .
1. Who was the Aero of
Manila Bay during the Spaa
lsh-Amrlcan war?
2. Should the word "fed
eral" be capitalised If It 1
Dart ot a title?
3. In area, Argentina ti the
largest country in south
America; li It approximately
one-third, one-half, or two-
thirds the list of BrsiIlT
4, Persons born between
February IB and March II
are born under which zodl-
acal sign?
S. Which U.S. city Is nick
named "Quaker Clly"T
8, A hexagon has six, eight,
or ten sides?
7, Is Iowa located east,
west, or both sides of the
Mississippi Rlverr
8. The limbs on a tree do,
or do not, remain the same
height from the ground as the
tree grows?
8. Is Portlsnd, Maine, far
ther north than Portland,
Oregon?
Answer! 1. Comma deft
George Dewey. 2, Yes. 3.
One-third, . Pisses. I. Phila
delphia. I. Six. 7. West. I.
Do remain Ike same height,
f. No. i
Andther Annexation "Fight"?
We view with considerably mixed feelings
the prospect of another
We used the word
We have yet to see an annexation proposal which
hasn't generated strong feelings on at least two
sides of the issue, and,
We are also in the
in? able to sympathize
(Like the man said,
has holes in his neaa.;
e e
CIRST of all there are
their little suburban
purpose of getting away
want only to be lett alone.
Secondly there are
growing population is
sewage problems, and
sion that the only way
and their neighbors' health Is to clean It up, and
that annexation to the city may be the best way
to do this.
And third, there is
administration and voters and taxpayers), who
mav take a dim view of
tive headaches without
in the city's tax base.
SPEAKING specifically about the "southwest
ovoo" urMiVi io fonorl urltVi a uavavo aanirnr.tnn
problem, we certainly don't know what the best
solution would De. it
themselves (or, rather,
work out this problem.
But worked out it must be, for in this little
valley, lack of sanitation in one area affects
health everywhere.
The Medford Irrigation district has a right
to insist that its canals
cerned residents must seek solutions not only for
their protection but to avoid infrintrinp: on their
neighbors' rights; the city must decide, in turn,
what is best for it.
We don't know whether annexation is the
answer, or whether a sanitation district, for in
stance, might do the job. But the job will be
done. . . .
Perhaps the countv home rule committee will
be interested in looking
.ii
if a revised county cnarter wouio mane solutions
to Buch problems in the
Ei.Ai
Freeways and Sanity
Some vears aero this
Jin vain, it should be pointed out against the
location of the new Highway HH freeway smacK
through the middle of town.
Our fear was that the elevated freeway,
with a limited number of east-west arterials un
der it, and cutting off a good part of Hawthorne
park, would do great damage to the city.
Our protests were ignored, and the Bear
Creek route was chosen by the highway commis
sion, with the tacit or vocal approval of the city
council, planning commission and chamber of
Commerce.
WHETHER or not our fears were justified
will soon be known, for work will begin
this fall and winter on
wav.
Medford will have
the only city on. 99 (soon to become Interstate
No. 5, by the way) where the freeway will go
throuch. rather than around.
Presumably, this will
ants and others who cater to the traveling traae.
But to some of us it BeemB a victory of matter
over mind, the sort of thing Charlie Brown had
in mind last week:
IsiaiYiiaM Uftg -rig V
( WOfilD GONE" I
No UFO's, Alas!
"UFO'a Reported In City, Hllts."-M.T. headline,
Sept. 13.
Though UFO's may flit and fly
And make their way across the sky,
To date, thus far, Irve been denied
A chance to see them, though I've tried.
I'd love to see a UFO.
I've heard it said, "Myt How they go I"
But never, never have I seen
A flash, or blip on radar screen.
Some folk will swear they've seen them fly,
At night across a starry sky.
But as for me, I've missed, alas.
They're always other things that pass
In regal state across the blue,
A jet, balloon no FO (U).
I'll keep a watch upon the sky.
I'd like to see one going by.
E.A.
o
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annexation fight.
"fight" advisedly, too, for
occasionally, on a third
unhappy Dosition of be
With all the viewpoints,
"He'B bo open-minded he
e
the people who obtained
acreage for the express
from city life, and who
those who realize that the
creating drainage and
has come to the conclu
to safeguard their own
the citv itself (both city
adding more administra
a commensurate increase
must De for tne people
a majority of them) to
not be polluted : the con
into the matter to Bee
ii i
future eaBier to solve.
newspaper protested
construction of the free
the distinction of being
benefit the city's merch
SINCE WHEN IS A FREEWAY
RPAllY MORC IMPORTANT THAM
A 006S HWtErHAvC WE
LOfJT OUR SANITY?
E.A.
wt
MEDFORD MAIL
Dennis the
Alovte gonna wash.w're gonna
ORy, M'J'M GOflNA Ol3ESr.
Matter of Fact ey wPh ai,cP
HAVING AND EATING
THE CAKE
Washington - On the eve
of his departure for active
Campaigning, Vice President
Richard M.
Nixon went
on the air to
suggest,
a m o ng other
things, that
there ought to
be a "cutoff
date" for dis
cussion of the
so-caller relig
eous issue, ei
OSKPIi
ther by himself or by Sen.
John F. Kennedy.
"The best way candidates
Can keep it out of the cam
paign is by not talking about
it, said the Vice President.
As the news from Texas
indicates, Senator Kennedy
did not immediately heed his
rival s advice. He could not
do so, in fact, and for a quite
simple reason. The reason is
that Kennedy is now the tar
get of an immensely wide-
pread, evidently well-financ
ed and increasingly open anti-
Catholic campaign.
Kennedy cannot remain a
ilent target, when the attack
on him on pure religious
ground is already reaching the
proportions of the attack on
Alfred E. Smith in 1928. It is
not the sort of thing that can
be shoved Under the rug, by
a "cutoff date" for discussion
on the subject - which will
not "cutoff" the anti-Catholic
campaign itself.
TN CHARACTER, the cam-
palgrt takes many forms.
There is much gutter stuff,
like a widely circulated pam
phlet, "To Kill Protestants,"
in which an organization call
ed the Pilgrim Tract Society
suggests that the Catholic
church may well be preparing
a new St. Bartholomew's Eve
In the United States. There
are also outwardly respecta
ble manifestations, like the
National Citizens Conference
for Religious Liberty, presid
ed over by Dr. Norman Vin
cent Peale.
Even Dr. Peale's outfit has
Its peculiarities. At the or
ganised meeting in Washing
ton, one of the chief speakers
was Dr. L. Nelson Bell, who
proclaimed that the key issue
in this campaign was "free
dom of Americans from Ro
mish Influence." The fact that
the organization Was specifi
cally keyed to the election
Was indicated when the or
ganisation secretary, the Rev.
Mr. Donald Gill, told the or
ganising meeting that $5,U00
Was already in hand, but "we
will need at least $25,000 be
fore the campaign is over."
When subsequently ques
tioned, the Rev. Mr. Gill re
fused to release either the list
ot contributors, or the list of
participants in the organiza
tion meeting In Washington.
But the Rev. Dr. George M.
Docherty, pastor of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian
ALSOP
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CBRF
NKAR THE! CIVIC CENTER there's a little flower shop
Whose owner spends most of his tihie in a saloon next
door. HI customers refer to hira as the Petrified Florist.
Mr. Block has just
(dded to her art collec
tion ft water color that
sho describes es ''an au
thentic mssterpiecel" it
Is, too. It's signed, "By
Pablo Masterpiece."
;
Til nvr forget my
husband's last words,"
sobbtd a young widow.
"It laid, 'I don't under
stand how they can make
a profit out of this stuff
at t dollar a quart'."
Mr. Barnacle finally found a
dUbvrssher. So divorced bun.
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Menace
church here, who was one of
the invited participants, ex
pressed the opinion that "this
move came from right wing
Republicans."
e
COMMENTING on the for-
mation of the National
Citizens Conference, the Vice
Presidents press secretary,
Herbert Klein, said that Nix
on would not repudiate sup
port from this quarter, but
deplored the introduction of
the religious issue into the
campaign. A comparable atti
tude is revealed in the case
of the Rev. Mr. Jess Moody,
of the First Baptist church in
Owensboro, Ky.
The Rev. Mo Moody is the
Circulator of the anti-Catholic
ducument falsely attributed
to Thomas Jefferson, whom
James Rcston, of "The New
York Times," rather surpris
ingly tracked down to t h e
office of the Republican na
tional chairman, Sen, Thrus-
ton Morton. He was in the
Morton office by Invitation Of
one of the Vice President's
campaign assistants, William
Stover. He says that at the
beginning of their meeting,
Stover and Senator Morton
'straightly charged him" not
to discuss the religious issue
with them, and there was no
such discussion.
But when interviewed by
telephone, the Rev. Mr. Moo
dy further slated that he was
never "straightly charged"
not to discuss the religious
issue elsewhere and later on.
He added that he was Indeed
"going to do so in a discreet
manner.
e
THAT Just about sums up
thtt nrnmnl nnclHnn fin
the one hand, the Vice Presi
dent and his staff have had
nothing to do with organizing
the anti-Catholic campaign.
But on the other hand, Nixon
is the campaign's intended
beneficiary, and he will in
fact benefit by it materially
In some parts ot the country.
Yet, he has not repudiated
the support of the campaign
ers, as he would certainly re
pudiate the support of James
Hoffa, for Instance. And his
aides, when in contact with
the campaigners, have not
asked them to stop campaign
ing.
It remains to be seen wheth
er this Is a politically tenable
position. A similar position
would certainly not be ten
able for Senator Kennedy,
Suppose the Brooklyn "Tab
let," perhaps the most influ
ential Catholic newspaper,
were now calling on Catholics
to vote for Kennedy on re
ligious grounds, instead of at
tacking Kennedy on political
grounds. If this were the case,
Kennedy would certainly be
clamorously accused of try
ing to have his cake a,id eat
it too, if he merely said the
subject ought not to be dis
cussed or failed to repudiate
the Tablet."
(c) 1160 New York Herald
Tribune tne.
....
way ot getting rii of h old
. . -s-f-
New Latin
Polite Skepticism; Safd 'Empty Words
By PHIL NEWBOM
UPI Foreign Editor
It the just-concluded meet
ing of the American states In
Bogota, Colombia, proved
anything, 1 1
was that $800
million in Lat
in American
aid is not go
ing to win the
United States
any popular
ity contest
south of the
Vini-rta,
som mis is mon
ey which the United States
Congress has authorized but
not yet appropriated to be
used in a program of educa
tion, housing and argicultural
reform throughout Latin
America.
With the exception of Cuba
whose Communist - oriented
government labeled it just so
many empty words, other
Latin American nations greet
ed it with polite applause and
considerable skepticism.
Some observers m Bogota
believed a reason the pro
gram was received as well as
it was, in part at least, was
due to Under Secretary of
State C. Douglas Dillon s per
sonal popularity among Latin
Amer'J:ans. They give him
credit for much jf Washing
ton's new Interest In their
well-being.
Less Than Germany
Latin Americans acknowl
edge that U.S. aid since World
War II has amounted to well
over $3 billion, but they point
out it was spread over an en
tire continent, while in Eur
ope a single nation, Germany,
was receiving considerably
more.
The association ot coffee
growers of Colombia voiced a
common sentiment in a mes
sage which said Colombia's
"scanty" $25 million share In
the new program would not
even come close to making
up the losses Colombia suffer
ed through drops in coffee
prices.
On Dillion's side, it took
considerable persuasion to
convince the Latin Ameri
cans that $500 million Was
only the beginning of the aid
program.
Under the U.S. plan, the
funds would be administered
by the Inter-American De
velopment Bank, which would
take local currencies in repay
ment for loans as various pro
jects were completed. In this
way it would be a revolving
fund always available for new
projects.
Limited Production
A difficulty common to
nearly every Latin American
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
Hurricane Donna's toll:
More than 100 persons kill
ed and hundreds injured as
she churned up through the
Caribbean, aimed a Sunday
punch at the Florida Keys and
then turned northward for a
swipe at Central Florida.
A helicopter flew over the
Keys area and radioed back
that it was a jumbled mess.
Damage was placed at about
40 million dollars. More than
500 homes, business firms,
trailers and boats were DE
STROYED In the Keys and
8,000 were damaged.
The Red Cross in Washing
ton estimates that at least 659
homes were destroyed and
12,500 others damaged In
Florida alone. Report trick
ling in from areas where
communications were destroy
ed are expected to add to the
toll.
N THE New York area, the
Coast Guard evacuated
more than 4,000 persons from
Fire Island, which lies off
Long Island.
Southern New England
closed shutters, threw up
sandbag windbreaks and fast
ened everything down.
Rhode Island placed the
National Guard on alert, and
closed schools and advised
residents living in low areas
to seek higher ground.
QUESTION for th poli
ticians: Isn't It getting about time
to propose a law FORBID
DING hurricanes if your side
wins?
BUT
You may say
That can't be done. It
WOULDN'T WORK.
Listen:
A law forbidding hurri
canes will get Just ss far as
law declaring that hereafter
everybody shall be rich and
happy without Working and
saving.
MOVING farther sway from
the home front, here is the
situation in the Congo:
President Kasavuba has
fired Premier Lumumba.
Premier Lumumba has
fired President Kasavuba.
WHERE does that leave
everybody?
Well, United Nations' Dag
Hammarskjold says that the
Congo CONSTITUTION does-
PHIL NK
o
American
aation If a one-side economy-
coffee In Colombia, tin in Bo
livia, oil in Venezuela.
Falling price and limited
markets have added to the
difficulties.
. . . Communications . . ,
Letters la the Editor must bear the nam nd address of id . though under
V.lr, eireumiiancM in us of a Pn nam or initial for publication is p.rmliilblt.
SVASt t. dlt .11 Utter, with 1 Ttow to clarification .d
condensation. L.tt.rs submitted for publication must not xt.a 400 words. Th. Lit.,,
printed In this column do not MCMsaillr rprsnt th viws of th paper) in fact th
contrary Is often tn eas. i
Men and Issues
To the Editor: With dismay
I have lately noticed both In
the national press and maga
zines and in discussion with
friends an increasing empha
sis on religious affiliation in
the present political cam
paign.
To my mind an essence oi
the Christian religion is Char
ity, or love of one's fellow
man. No such high human re
gard can exist without toler
ance. The arbitrary rejection
of a presidential candidate on
the basis of his religious be
liefs and without regard to his
avowed statements on that
subject or regard for his opin
ions on the many most serious
issues confronting this nation
represents Intolerance of very
serious degree.
One wonders what assaults
on the Constitution or Bill of
Rights a Catholic president
could make. Surely there are
ample safeguards In our sys
tem of government to prevent
the dangerous inroads of any
prejudiced, d 1 s criminatory
group or, individual. Any pres
ident is required by his oath
of office to sign. veto, or let
pass by inaction any legisla
tion submitted to him by Con
gress.
And surely, neither intelli
gence nor patriotism are dealt
out on a partisan religious ba
sis. Men of all common west
ern religious persausions have
served this country loyally
and well since 1776.
I can only surmise that the
present agitation and concern
over the religious issue is a
deep - seated emotional re
sponse similar in nature to
that prevalent In the dark
days of earlier centuries when
matters of faith were cause
for most inhuman and cruel
actions which we now com
monly recognize as unjust and
un-Christlan.
I submit that the grave na
tional problems before us re
quire a more reasoned opin
ion, that the dangers to the
commonwealth in this sort ot
division of Its citizens is great,
and that each of us is morally
obliged to make his choice
on the basis of men and is
sues, not theology.
Thomas Rutter
1033 Queen Ann ave.
Medford.
Ait American Family
To the Editor: Please allow
me to express, through the
medium of the people s col
umn of your paper, my sin
cere appreciation for the as
sistance, kindness, patience,
courtesy and, above all,
thoughtfulness accorded me
and my family by an Amerl-
can family, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard A. Cuslc and their
son, Richard, Who recently
moved from Portland and
have taken up residence on
Dakota St., Medford. The rea
son why I emphasize that the
Cusic family is an American
family is because I am an
alien) to me every American
represents AMERICA.
I have been In this country
for over three years, and my
family has been here since
April, 1059. In spite of our
strange oriental custom, and
plus the fact that Mrs. Wood
does not understand English
the Cuslcs always treated us
with patience and under
standing, and in such a way
that we felt we were most
welcomed. We are far away
from the place which we
once called home, It is so
encouraging and reassuring
to have friends as the Cuslcs.
I did not know Mr. Cuslc
before I came to this country
We worked in the same office
where he was my immediate
supervisor. On Dec. 116, 1958,
we were given notice that our
services would be terminated
on Dec. 31; despite the sud
den and averse situation In
which we both found ourselv
es Mr. and Mrs. Cusic invited
me to stay with them and
that I could stay until t re
locate In other employment.
With th help of Mr. Cuslc
I found employment before
Dec. 31, 1958.
Mr. Cuslc Is not rich. He
is an ordinary American who
has to work for Ms living.
His pleasant personality, in
ate courtesy, understanding
and respect for other's cus
tom have portrayed to me as
th kind of American who
n't entitle th premier to fir
th president,
But
The communists are back
ing Lumumba , . and
WHAT'S A CONSTITUTION
AMONG COMMUNISTS?
Aid Pragram Draws
Tn massive attempt to re
form Ita own agriculture, Ven
ezula found 11 had to start at
the very bottom with the in
dividual peasant. Most are il
literate, and will abandon
would be respected and wel
comed In foreign countries.
I regret that my limited vo
cabulary has prevented me
from expressing myself more
aoDropriately and explicitly
for what Mr. and Mrs. How
ard A. Cusic have done for
me and my family.
Thomas Wood
1103 N.E. Skldmore st
Portland 11, Ore.
Dog Show
TO the Editor: On behalf of
the membership of the South
ern Oregon Kehnel club,
wish to express our thanks to
the Medford Mail Tribune for
the fine coverage given to the
12th annual All Breed Dog
Show, which appeared in the
Sunday. Sept. 11, edition.
Along with the beautiful
weather which we all enjoyed
the day of the show, your ar
ticles and pictures have added
to the pride we feel in putting
on the best dog show in re
cent years.
William O. Herring,
President Southern
Oregon Kennel Club
P. O. Box 171
Medford.
First Day of School
To the Editor: Monday
morning a youth I like started
to drive to New York.
I wished him "Happy Land
ing," then went out to gath
er flower seeds. Glancing up,
I saw a mother taking a pic
ture of her children just be
fore they left for their term's
first day of school, I wonder
ed were there tears in her
eyes? Always were in mine.
I think regardless of what
the almanac tells us school
commences on the longest day
in the year.
Recently, I have heard
another mother say "What a
relief it will be when these
brats of mine are in school
Today she called me and
said "Gosh, I feel so all alone
that I just can't work; I hope
they like their teacher."
I know that a few hundred
miles from here, my brood
now grown are watching
tneir youngsters march school
ward about now.
Some of mine passed away
from this troubled world.
I added a Couple of lines
to this quotation;
me good die young so
they may not be corrupted.
The sinners live that they
may repent.
It seems as tho' good pleas
ures were interrupted.
Only God knows each long
sleep was Heaven-sent.
My tots had to walk over
two miles to school. One day
a storm brought waist-deep
snow. Their father fashioned
a v-shaped snowplow and
made a path for them.
We watched them from the
window as they wallowed
along several feet to the left
of the nice smooth trail.
Books and lunch kits held
high, collars full ot snow,
cheeks aglow they battled
on.
Their fathers laughed, but
I thought of turpentine and
goosegrease for colds. They
did not catch on all winter
and It wasn't because they
were too slow.
That hilarious eroub of
mine grew up so very fasti
I lost all their photograohs
When our home burned, but
they are Imprinted indelibly
in my memory.
Still today, the first day of
school affects me deeply in
spite of my happy-go-lucky
spirit.
Gram
Jacksonville, Or.
Magic Solution
To the Editor: There have
always been welfare problems
arising from the necessity of
caring for those unable to
provide for themselves, How
ever, only recently have the
welfare burdens of the entire
planet been heaped upon the
American taxpayer. This
world-wide welfare has now
Cost the American people
Close to 100 thousand million
dollars with no end In sight.
Politicians have concluded
that this foreign aid program
is about all that the general
Voting public will bear and
till keep present incumbents
In office. In view of this en
lightenment, the free spend
ers have decided that some
minority group, too small
vote-wise to endanger their
tenor of office, must be found
jo carry th domestic welfare
load.
The mash) anlntlrm k..
last been found. They will
simply declare all domestic
Welfare programs to be self
liquidating and not to cost
ffifcrlfesfcAY. SEPTEMBER 14. I960
land rather than attempt to
reclaim it.
Education cannot be accom
plished overnight, nor can in
dustrialization, which requires
both education and money.
the majority of taxpayers one
cent. This is to be accomplish,
ed by saddling all such pro.
grams on to the employer
group, In the form of payroll
taxes.
It matters not whether th
small business man realizes
anything for himself, he can
jolly well provide all manner
of welfare programs of th
public at large. Under pres
ent progressive "liberalism,"
the employer, whether or not
he makes a profit, must pay
3 per cent Federal and State
Unemployment taxes, with
no coverage for himself. The
employer is already legislated
to bear 4 per cent Social
Security Taxes for his em.
ployees, as well as all of the
cost of his own policy. In
addition the employer must
pay substantially all of the
cost of Industrial Accident In
surance, or workmen's com.
pensation, for his employees
with only rare coverage for
himself. Then there are all
kinds of fringe benefits, un
ion retirement and welfare
funds, etc., which must b
financed by the employer
even if he goes broke in th
process.
Despite all of these present
burdens modern "liberals"
have heaped upon the em.
ployers, it appears that they
are still not satisfied and are
determined that this class ot
minority voters must be to.
tally liquidated. One can only
conclude from the actions
and speeches of these aggres
sive apostles of stateism that
they stay awake nights devis
ing new schemes to shift
more and more welfare pro
grams to the backs of the
harrassed small businesses
that employ people, a function
which they would eventually
reserve to the government
If real justice were sought
why should not the entire
economy share this welfare
load with the employers?
Surely all of those who pro.
vide employment are not
thought to be more able to
pay than people on large Bal.
aries, speculators, gamblers
and other non-employers.
If we eliminate small bus
iness from the American
scene, and leave only a few
huge monopolies in control
ot the economy, it would be
a much easier task to replace
those colossals with govern
ment ownership than would
now be the case with millions
of small businesses in the
field.
Earl Glldewell
P.O. Box 1053
Hermlston, Ore.
In Appreciation
To the Editor: Some time
ago, In letters to the ditor,
I read where a few people
were unhappy because doc
tors refused to do what they
thought was required of them.
Following recent surgery
performed on me for a benign
tumor on the gum, I would
like to say mv doctor, dentists
and orthodontist went above
and beyond the call ot duty,
and I would like to take this
opportunity to thank them
publicly.
And thanks to the many
who prayed for me.
This world is full of won
derful people and I'm happy,
thanks to God, I will be her
to enjoy them.
Mrs Delbert Casey,
Route 1, Box 358,
Central Point, Or.
NLRB Nullifies
Oregon Contracts
San Francisco fUPB A Na
tional Labor Relations Board
examiner nullified three con
tracts signed by Oregon firms
in the Willamette Valley are
with the International Union
of Operating Engineers, local
Ml, tn Portland, It was re
ported Tuesday.
NLRB Examiner William E.
Spencer said the union had
coerced three sand and grav
el firms Into withdrawing
from the Cascade Employers'
Association and jigned indi
vidual contracts after negoti
ations with the employers'
group broke down.
The contracts were signed
with the Wildlsh Sand &
Oravel Co., Corvallls Sand &
Gravel Co., and Eugene Sand
St Gravel Co., after the union
picketed the firms, Spencer
said.
The- decision requires that
the union resume negotiations
with the employers' group as
a collective unit.