World Mows In Brief
Property Tax
Sees Relief
SALEM (AIM — A bill to re
duce property taxes 10 per cent
by putting a 20 per cent sur
charge on each Individual’s state
income tax was introduced in the
Oregon legislature Thursday.
Eymann says the property
taxes now "are carrying an unfair
burden in the operation of local
government and the schools, and
this bill takes a step toward a
remedy.”
He said the bill would provide
"substantial relief, particularly
for home owners and older people
on low fixed income.”
The money raised by the 20 per
cent would be given by the state
to the counties, depending on the
property valuation in each coun
ty. it was signed by ten other
Democrats.
Kepubliean Gov. Mark Hatfield,
who agrees with Eymann on many
tax proposals, has said he is
against this idea He says he op
poses the principle of turning
over state tax revenues to local
governments.
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Bruce Recalled
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Amer
ica recalled its Ambassador in
London, David Bruce, to Wash
ington, presumably to discuss
Britain’s futile bid to enter the
market. Bruce conferred with top
British officials today to sound
out their views on the next step
In France itself, the man known
as the Father of the Common Mar
ket, Jean Monnct, accused De
Gaulle, although not by name, of
imperiling the future of Euro
pean unity.
And the President of the Com
mon Market, Walter Hallstein,
says his commission will oppose
any effort by five other market
members and Britain to gang up
on France.
I S. offieals say that supporters
of French President Dc Gaulle
were told at least three weeks
ago that England’s effort to enter
the market must be blocked. It
was said they were told the Brit
ish bid must be thwarted because
France was in danger of being
enveloped” by NATO and the
U S. The statement was contained,
according to a Washington report
Thursday, in a confidential docu
ment circulated by the Gaullist
organization to friendly news
papers and local leaders in France
just before De Gaulle's news con
ference January 14th.
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$450,000 Fire Strikes
COTTAGE GROVE —, It was a
■ cool, uneventful, winter evening
in nearby Cottage Grove at 10;45
| p.m. Wednesday. Ten minutes
later a $450,000 fire was racing
through the community’s business
; district.
Destroyed in the blaze was a
half block section of businesses,
including the J. C. Penney Co.
store, Arcade Theater, and Carl’s
! Paint store.
FIRE CHIEF Tracy Arnold re
ported that the fire was believed
to have started near an oil furn
ace at the J. C. Penny Co. store
and spread to the adjacent estab
lishments.
The fire was first noticed about
10:55 p.m. when Glen Eastburn,
projectionist at the Arcade Thea
ter, saw smoke floating across the
theater’s screen during a film
showing. Patrons were ordered
out of the theater while East
burn investigated and another
employe telephoned firemen.
COTTAGE GROVE firemen ar
rived in minutes but the fire had
already spread to the department
store storage room and attic. The
fire then entered the theater at
tic.
Firemen battled the blaze for
nearly two hours before bringing
the inferno under control. Both
the department store and theater
were a total loss while the paint
store was extensively damaged.
Some merchandise and equipment
was salvaged from the paint
store.
ARNOLD reported that the fire
was the worst in the history
of the downtown district and the
worst fire in the area in 12 years.
In 1950, a lumber mill burnt with
a loss of $500,000 according to the
fire chief.
Thirty Cottage Grove firemen
fought the blaze. Additional help
and equipment was obtained from
Eugene and Creswcll.
Canadian Commons
End U.S. Debate
OTTAWA (L'PI)— The Cana
dian House of Commons ended its
debate on U.S.-€anadian nuclear
policy Thursday night without
taking any decisive action toward
a threatened no-confidence vote
against Prime Minister Diefcn
baker's government.
The House is scheduled to re
convene Monday and a showdown
vote is expected on the issue
then. Observers say this \ote
could topple Diefenbaker’s gov
ernment.
U.S.S.R. Proposes Talk
WASHINGTON (UPI)— Rus
\ sia has proposed that nuclear test
ban talks be returned to the
! Geneva disarmament conference
which reconvenes February 12th.
This was made known Thursday
night when the State Department
revealed that test ban talks
among the U S., Britain, and Rus
sia were terminated at Soviet re
! quest.
Greene To Enroll
JACKSON (UPI)—Another Nc
gro reportedly will try to enroll
in the University of Mississippi
this morning. Sources close to Ne
gro Dewery Greene, junior, in
Jackson. Mississippi, say the 22
year-old Navy Veteran will at
tempt to enroll at 10 a.m. (EST).
Bomb Explodes
CORVALLIS (AP)— A home
made bomb exploded Thursday
inside a guardhouse at the en
trance to the campus of Oregon
State University, destroying the
wood structure and causing a
$1,200 loss.
The state arson squad was call
ed to investigate the blast, which
was believed the result of a
“Molotov Cocktail”—gasoline in a
bottle with a lighted wick.
The guardhouse was unoc
cupied at the time of the bomb
ing.
Two such guardhouses, about 8
by 8 feet, are on the campus.
Both have been subject to vandal
ism in recent years.
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COTTAGE GROVE—Cottage Grove Fire Chief Tracy Arnold was
a busy man late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
1 A S45C.0M fire destroyed three stores in the community’s business
district. Arnold said it was the worst fire in the history of the
downtown Cottage Grove district. Firemen from Eugene and Cres
well were called in to aid the C-G volunteers. (Emerald photo)
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