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
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• 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.
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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
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