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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1965)
No 55 Vol. LXVI UNIVERSITY OF ORKUON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1965 Off Shore Ol O^eraiians Underwater Land Interests Drillers Several of the major IJ.S oil companies arc shooin'’ ini * st* in blocks of underwater land on the continental self off the Or ■ gon coast for the purpose of drill mg underwater oil wells. This was the observation mad" by John Byrne in his lecture, "Oil Off Oregon,” given at li pm JOHN V BYRNE I'hoto by Hob lie an is ton if i? Drilling to Begin NEWPORT'.'P Shell Oil Co ex pert* to begin drilling for oil 12 15 miles off Yaquina Ray in June from a platform that will have nearly an acre of deck space Four Shell executives disclosed that Tuesday while in Newport to make arrangements for dock and storage space and other shore facilities The drilling platform will have a crew of 50 working on it After a week, the men will go ashore for rest while another crew of 50 take over. The huge platform will be 232 feet high from its feet to its uppermost part. 'Escapades II' Plans Develop More than 70 nations have al ready lined up to participate in the various phases of the Inter national Festival, "Escaoadcs in Orbit II.” About 40 nations will be represented in routines for the three shows. Over 20 international and American students attended the organizational meeting last night Other students interested in par ticipating in the shows shoidd call the YMCA office at ext. 1838 or the YWCA offiice at ext. 426 if they are interested or need help In deciding what to do and in organizing u routine. Descrip tions of routines are due by .Ian 22 Ticket sales for three produc tions of the show will start in ten days. Already a $1,500 budget for the stage sets and the decorations has been received from the com munity. About 8,000 cookbooks of inter national cuisine are being sold throughout the state. This week 1,000 pasters will be put up and letters will be sent to the various organizations on campus. Tuerday nig'it to 250 people in tlu* SU Ballroom Pyrne shoved. hv th<* use of projected slides, tin- various types ol oil traps common'y fo in ) un der water ; nd how th«* ro<*k for mations o»f the Oregon eo'is* could possibly contain some of these oil trams Shell and Standard Oil compan es, in particular, have invested iravily in certain und rwater docks close to Astoria and t h e no **h of tiie t 'mp'"ia river Although the common depth of he blo-'ts leased is l><Hi feet, manv a' < drilled oTsltore wells of n eh greater depth. Shell Oil 'omosnv ha*- leased one under vatcr block oT Southern Oregon that is 1.200 feet deep. LBJ's Education Program Allots $9 Million to Oregon irnin .'thSfiriaw-ti rresx nepo'ist O--gon could expect in excess of nine million dollars from the federal government in the edu cation program President Lyndon Jo in.son recommended Tuesday The ('resident asked Congress to appropriate SI 5 billion for the :ic c.iool aid program, which vo ’Id touch almost everyone in American schools—from kinder garten to college. Johnson called education “the number one business of the Amor can people.” He said, "Nothing matters more to the future of our '-v’ntry Freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.” Or g.»n's share of the program would he $9.03d.748. according to an estimate from the Office of Education. Idaho could expect $3,122 881 and Washington 412 872 952 i ne major emphasis of the President’s program will be on im proving the grade and high-schol training of children from poor families. Two-thirds of the new aid would be aimed at better schooling for five million young sters whose families earn $2,000 or less a year. Administration officials said the nancing details of the $250 mil lion college portion of the John *on program were not firm. How ever. the most costly item on the program is cxpicF'd to be some MOO 0 direct federal scholar ships The grants are expected to average about $500 Federal Loan fiusrpn'v The plan also called for crea tion of a federal guaranty for loans by banks and other private lenders to college students along 'he lines of the Federal Housing Socialists Favor Withdrawal Of U.S. Support in Viet Nam By M l KN HA'I KV 1-imerald Staff Writer * Toe rt'dcnC for '"ocaiist \e 'on m®i Tuesday night (o discuss olarn fo- a picket demonstration a.'ainst the I'nit^d State-' inter t<" nee in the South \*ict Nam re volt. An official *tatem*n oi the '■oc:altst groups position regnrd ng tlie Viet Nam slnggle wn iso read and discussed at t!;e meeting. Equating U S. inter, en'ion in the affairs of the Far Eastern country with Russian inlerf rrnr ir. the Hungarian revolt of lf)V' end French intervention in the recent Algerian revolt the state ment called for the complete with drawal of l!. S. support of the Saigon government A I’ o r 11 a n :f demomtr; tioe against the Snhver. ive \ctiviti<» Control Board’s request that a I'ctland man register as a com men!st was deserted hy several members of a Portland socialist club who attended the meeting. T if* Board's hearing on the case v ill tv the scene of a picket dem in V.Mion by Portland student i-'O'ips f'-O'u Portland State Col lege and Reed College. The hear •ng will be held under the pro s on1 of the McCarren Act and will be on January 19. Campaigns for the repeal of th» MeCaTen Act. which requires the -epiKtraPon of all communists in •he United States, are lieing con duct'd by groups throughout the coentry, headed by the National Committee for the Repeal of the McCarren Art. These efforts were briefly described at the meeting gimHU'HHii'in ntnnnitniiiiniiiniintimniiiniiniiiiuiu;iii„ ■!!«!'" .= ! Inside Today j • What happened at the In firmary last term? Read about it on page 3 • Browsing Room Lecture to night. See story on page 3 • World News page 7 Several members of the Uni versity socialist group volun teered to participate in the pick eting of the Portland hearing In further discussing the club* position on \'iet Nam. the l\ S was accused of pressuring Ameri can newsmen in Saigon, so that , t rue developments in the revolu ftonary struggle would be kepi from the American public "Nearly all magazines and newspapers daily distort the hap penings in Viet Nam,” according to the statement. Referring to the recent lT. S contention that the Viet Cong ; rebels have been receiving mili tary aid by means of a trail from Red China the socialist’s state rnent said "It’s not the trail, hut the I,BJ pipeline that keeps the war going.” in their official statement, the socialists maintain that American intervention in the war has kept the fighting going, in spite of the fact that the majority of the Viet Namese do not support the U. S. < Continued on jmqc 7) POINTING to the proposed design for decorations of the front of McArthur Court during the In ternational Festival is Allen Wood, YMCA co-chairman for the Festival. Over 4,000 light bulbs will outline a Chinese architecture design on the front of the building. The design was drawn by Dick Mcltae, decorations chairman. Photo by Walt Biddle Administrations mortgage insur ance system. In addition. Johnson said the government should pay part of the interest cost of such loans. Officials indicated the legislation would provide federal payment of about two percent of the interest. The President said "Higher ed ucation is no longer a luxury, but a necessity." City Problems to be Faced A wise Congress enacted the Morrill Act of 1962 and the Hatch \ct ol 1867 which helped the stale universities help the Araen pan people. With the aid of the land grant colleges, American agriculture produced overwhelm ing abundance. . . The time has conic for us to help the university 'o face the problems of the city as it once faced problems of a farm." Johnson said. Returning to grade and high schools, increased funds for < x isting programs would boost the authority for direct federal spend ng on education to $4.1 billion in :hc year starting July 1. This more than doubles last year’s allocation Johnson proposes to pay more than half the cost of educating youngsters from poor families in 36 lo DO percent of the nation’s 26.000 school districts. The aid could be used for con sti net ion of new buildings, pay ing scalaries or additional for spe cial teachers, ar.d for purchasing new teaching equipment. Private and parochial students would be included in the plans. Cultural Center Site Discussed By DAVE JORDAN Emerald Associate Editor Planning on a cultural center to ho built in Eugene at an esti mated cost of at least $2.5 mil lion moved into high gear Tuesday night with the release of a pre liminary concept report by the I.ane County Auditorium Associ ation. The 125-page report recom mends that a complex to be known as the I.ane County Cen ter for the Performing Arts to be built on city property in North Bank Park along the Willamette River. The center would contain three theaters, social room, a kitchen, and an exhibition gal lery. Also, the report advocated that the association “cooperate in the making of a master plan for land use within the North Bank Park.” The park has been under consid eration in recent years as a site for construction of a new Uni versity athletic stadium.” The report was released at a meeting of the association’s Com mittee on Concept at the Eugene City Hall. Following a review of the re port's contents. Association Pres ident I.ee Bishop told the group, "Now the work of all of the com mittees (of the association) can be begun, and they will work around an emerging concept which you people have helped to formulate.” The Auditorium Association was formed in the summer of 1963 by persons from all areas of Lane County. It has a mem bership of some 60 persons and has committees on concept, fi nance, cite and access, and pub licity. Most of the committees have not been functioning actively up to this time. Mrs. Catherine Lau I Continued on page 3)
