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About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1966)
Meat Labeling Law Unconstitutional 2— Port Orford Newt, Thursday, August 4, 1966 By I D U NONIUS Tax and leg islative D irecto r Poet Office Box 5 97465 Port Orford, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY TH U R SD A Y Second c la n m a il privilege« author»red et Port Orford, Ora. Lpuie L. Felsheim ........................................ Editor and Publisher Paul L. Peterson ................................................ Managing Editor Subacription In Curry County (per yeer in a d v a n c e )................................... 2 Outside Curry C o u n ty ...................................................................... ™ Single C opy............................... Cants Announcements, Notices, News and Advertising Must be in the O ffice by Si00 p. m. Tuesdays N i W S P A P IR P U B L IS H IR S N A T IO N A l lO H O tlA l asso ciatio n y longed to S.L.O. P ., a 27 -m em - ber organization of professional protesters who are against Ev erything and have announced thatthey w ill not join the March to Washington next month. They w ill march to Maine "because it is not so crowded" they said. They w ill also demand equal j o b opportunities for Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Malayans, Marijuana Smokers and Protes tants. "AtNew York University, sev eral pickets clung to a crane which was being used to build an addition to the University. When police asked them to com e down they filed charges of po lice brutality. This angered the police who called one of the dingers a "jerk". In the scuffle eight policem en were injured and two dogs were bitten, one white, the other a brindle ans wering to the name "Daisy". " tw o of these pickets were Negro, four white and eight were teenagers. One of the teenagers was 43 years old. All were folk singers. Seven had beards in cluding three who were girls. One of the girls who had a beard was an Eskimo. Two of the folk singers were named Marvin Kap lan. "All were demanding the right to be obscene in and out of die classroom. None were enrolled at the University. "Meanwhile in Washington, Congress was biuy introducing bills to handle the growing crisis. Two northern liberals introduced a measure calling for 79 Louisi ana State University students to be transferred to a school in .Minnesota, any school in Min nesota, "Two southern Senators have asked for a ro ll-ca ll vote an a bill which would authorize them to shoot a n y northern liberal Senator on sight in "a reason able m anner." "The only note of optimism cam e from the National Law yers Associationjvhlch applaud ed the fantastic upsurge of liti gation. "We're all sitting on Easy Street' said one. "Easy Street, on the East Side of New York, has been an a ll- white neighborhood for years." Good to w elcom e Vic Lanham to the city as our new resident deputy, pi us his wife and family. They are residing on the Heads . . .or Coast Guard h ill.. .orHarp of the W indt, whichever you pre fer. In case you might be a-need- ing his special services his phone number is 332-2391. trip around the state in the car, for an entire family, Sept., 10 through 19. Contest is open to general public and winners w ill be announced at the 1966 Oregon State Fair, Aug,28 through Sept. 5. Grange Opposes Golf Course To The Editors of: Port O rford News C u rry County Reporter, Brooklngs-Harbor Pilot and Our attention has been d irec t ed to the I de a of di verting Coun ty money for the establishment of a public golf course in our County, and according to our understanding, this w ill be on the ballot In November fo r a decision by the people of C u rry County. There Is no question but what some of our people would enjoy having a public golf course, and no doubt some out-of-county visito rs might be enticed to stay a few days longer In our County If we did have a public golf course, but after considering all aspects of this proposed venture, we are not convinced that public money spent on ma king a public golf course, would be the right and proper thing to do. The maintenance of a golf course must also receive consideration, along with build ings, w ater development, etc. It hardly seems that money directed towards the establish ment of a public golf course would benefit the people as a whole enough to warrant such a venture because only a small percentage of our people play golf, while for Instance, public parks and campgrounds are used and enjoyed by nearly all our people. The question also lingers In our minds as to whether or not th e establishment of a golf course should not be a private enterprise, principally because It would not be universally used. Considering this m atter from all angles, we are oftheoplnlon that public money alloted for making a public golf course would not be doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people. Sixes Grange has been asked for an opinion on this propo sition, and after carefully con sidering the m atter, and in keeping with the Idea of that Services Held For C. J. Coffindaffer Volleyball Tourney Set Funeral services were held at Schroeder B ros. Mortuary In Bandon Monday at 1:30 p. m. for Charles I. (Shorty) Coffindaffer, 73, who died Thursday at South ern Coot General Hospital In Bandon. Coffindaffer,a barber, had re sided in Port Orford for the past IS year«. Ha was bom In Mis souri on December 31, 1893, and had b e e n a member of Lion Lodge 29 AF C AM in Indepen dence. He Is survived by three sons, W illiam A.of Portland, Charles of Springfield, Q l., and Glenn of Ann Arbor, M ich ., and a sister Mrs. Mary Kramer of Salem . Officiating at the service was the Masonic Lodge of Bandon 130 AF C AM. Graveside ser vices were held Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. in Gervais. All women and girls are In vited to enter the summer vol leyball tournament. The tourna ment w ill begin August 9 at 7 p. m. at Battle Rock gym. Call 332-2322 and enter your team by Monday, August 8. which w ill help C u rry County most, this Is our decision. Respectfully submitted, SIXES GRANGE Edna BJerg, Secretary I RENTED IT THROUGH THE WAMT AO S, ‘ ‘ Counties To Get Timber Receipts Eleven counties In western Oregon are receiving «864,000 as th eir share of the quarterly tim ber sale receipts from forest lands administered by the State Forestry Department. Land management expenses amounting to about «288,000 were retained by the ugency. Another «726,758 tn revenues from forest lands otherwise obligated w ill be distributed in part to the State land Board fo r the common school fund; for retirem ent of state reha bilitation bonds, with some held over Into the next quarter by accounting procedures. Coos County’ s share of the revenue Is $129,136.72. Revenues from state managed forest lands during 1965 total ed over four m illion dollar a. 4 SUBSCRIPTION NEW S READER WHEN THEY Which one do you want next? S REALIZE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY CAN BEAT THE PUBLISHER OUT OF WHEN THEY SUBSCRIBE! ( Only $3 per year In Curry County) «ZF POMÏ YOU Be HAPPY ? FKUl SEND VS YOVR MONEY FOUR FO O T OU YCAH! YOU* V A M P AMU A PPK PK , TUO. STEP LAPPER YUK, YUK With Each Purchase Of Four Gallons ■ P A IN T WESTERN BUILDERS SUPPLY, INC. Phone 332-4161 Will it be the lovely, little STARLITE* telephone for the bedroom? Or the smart SPACE-MAKER* phone or Wallphone for the kitchen or family room? All in decorator colors. Call our Business Office for details. MfHr COdSF TELEPHONE C 0 . & ) A Mombor of tho CTiE family of Componi«« T fir* Yfifi* n GOVERNOR Mark O. Hatfield (left) and James Short, director of Cregon agriculture, inspect automobile which w ill be used to promote "Grand Tour of Cte gon," a statewide contest spon sored by the state's 13 agricul tural com m odity commissions. First prize in the contest is a One fourth of the |>ersoiial Income of Oregonians comes fro m manufacturing, 21.5 fro m wholesale and r«st.Ul trade, and 12.HA from services. This Inform ation on i-Turr. a of Income Is (I om the la » ” I edition of the "Oregon Fact S um m ary," anannuulfour-pfcgo folder of statistical fuels about tile state ami Its economy i s sued by the Division of I’ lannl m ami Development, Oregon De partment of Comm erce, ■» The public utlon, most popular In the Division’ s series of fact folders, Includes such Item s as numt>er of furms(42,OOO), niftn- ber of telephones (912,407), an- nual manufacturing payroll*: (»1,012,498,000), number of regt ate red automoMle s (1,027 , - H41, or one for every 1.9 re s i dents,) und many other facts. TTT i i n x i r r r m If you’re one of the unlucky residents of this fair state that has never had the opportunity to tour its highways and biways, to observe its scenic grandeur, you could be able to do so, and take the whole fam ily alon g,. . providing you c an wr ite the w in ning statement in a contest on "Why you would like to win the Grand Tour of Oregon. " The contest is actually open to die general public and die winner w ill get a 10-day tour with transportation provided by the Pontiac Division of GM, and the Union Oil Company. Lodgings w ill be handled by the Ctegon Restaurant and Beverage Associ ation. The contest is sponsored by the state's 13 agricultural commodity commissions. Offi cial entry' blanks w ill be dis tributed on a statewide basis beginning im m ediately, G ov. Mark Hatfield has announced. A n d there's also five second prizes of a deluxe weekend on t h e O r e g o n C oast.. . which should entice everybody from here to enter. Gotta give eagle-eyed Harry Price the "Sharp" medal this w e e k for noticing a boo-boo that, he says, has been going on fer a considerable s p e l l . He pointed out that w e've been publishing the wrong column of figures in the w eekly weather report. The maximum tempera ture column has been o. k. but "temperature at the tim e of reading" has been appearing un der the column for minimum temperature . . . making it ap pear—that there is only a very small variance between the high and low temperature. Harry, a retired naval officer himself, even had the weather column checked out by a fellow officer who knows about things like t h a t . . . and he s a i d it just couldn't be so. And according to Harry and the official weath er record we must stand cor rected. Speaking about the weather . . . got another note from Nel Kirkpatrick down Fresno way t h i s w e e k ...w ith a report of temperatures there for the eight- day period of July 20 thru 2 7 ... a whopping 10CL 103, 107, 108, 105, 103, 104 and 105. She adds that she wishes she had some of the cold north wind she used to complain about when she lived here. Got a report from Gold Beach Friday that it was 106 degrees up at Paradise Bar.. . above Ag- ness. From my sunburn.. .plus the bride's and a couple of the offspring.. , I can vouch that it was plenty hot up Sixes River as w ill. And only about four m iles off the hiway to b oot., . at least 15 degrees difference, tho' it fe lt like 50, We enjoyed a couple days camping at the Edson Creek campground., . which the coun ty expects to develop. At I see it this should make one of the m ost attractive and comfortable camping areas for many m ile s .. , I mean it already is and im provements w ill only make it more popular. Being hot and out of the breeze it's like being in a different part of the sta te.. . v e r y enj o y a b le.. . despite the sunburns. It's good to see Sixes Grange opposing the county-owned pub lic golf c o u r s e sought by a Brookings group.. . and for which a measure seeking voter's ap- o v a lw illb e on the November Hot. ' Course a golf course would be nice for Brookings.. . so would a bowling alley for Port Orford and a swimming pool for Langlois and Sixes and a drive-in theater for Gold Beach . . . and.. . and.. . and. Had a note from Keith Law, Pacific high coach and summer recreation director, saying he would like to thank ail thoae who helped with the Little Lea gue program this y ea r.. . and a special thanks to the umpires because they received no thanks from the fans while doing their duty. Did you know that the average American eats five more pounds of french fries annually than he did ten years ago? W ell. . . I didn't! A lw a y s enjoying a good chuckle I thought Pd pass along the following bit of journalistic humor by BillMajeski, whoever he i s . .. titled "Integration in New York. " "Four Ekooklyn teenagers were shot to death yesterday by school guards as they tried to flee back to their own schools in flatbush. "The four, all named Marvin Kaplan, had been reassigned to Sharon High School in Manhat tan under a new student redis tricting plan aimed at achiev ing perfect integration through out the city's school system. " The Kaplans, not related to each other, had protested this transfer and had charged the city with discrim mating a gainst whites. All four Kaplans are white. "A splinter protest group, n a m e d t h e Splinter Protest Group, had taken umbrage be cause four Marvin Kaplans were assigned to the same school. They asked that the four Kap lans be broken up and bussed to different schools. The school they were transferred to already has 17 Marvin Kaplans in the student body and four Marvin Kaplans on the f a c u l t y . The nearest school without a Marvin Kaplan is in Lancaster, Pa. „• "Two of the guards who did the shooting at the sentry cage on Manhattan's West Side were white, the other Negro. The guns were gray, as were the bullets. "A spokesman for the NAACP wants the city to hire another Negro guard, preferably James Baldwin, to even things out. Mr. Baldwin speaking t o an a ll mulatto school in Ohio blamed the whites far Everything. Mr. Baldwin said he built the rail roads in this country and where were the white men when he needed them. "Meanwhile, in other areas, pickets continued blocking con struction of Senile City, a home for Blue Cross rejects, chanting: "Down with Frank LloydWrlght." S o m e of them pronounced it "white" addingtothe confusion. "Seven of the pickets were white,four negro and three were f o l k singers. The guitars were rusty beige. Two of the white pickets w e r e m idgets, one of whom represented the National Association for the Betterment of Midgets. This group demands that at least one m idget be hir ed by the Washington Redskins football team. One of the Red skins is actually an Indian who announced that he would march on the White House to force the governm ent to transfer a "rea son able number" of Eskimos to Indian reservations in Oklahoma and New York state. "Cne of the folk singers be- A three-m an federal court, by a two to one decision, has held Oregon’s Meat labeling la w passed by the 1965 legis lature to be unconstitutional. The court held the Oregon law unreasonably discriminated against Imported meat and vio lated the commerce clause of the U. S. Constitution. "W e hold that a slate exceeds the lim its of Its police power when It acts to Insulate Its c lt- Izena from outside compe titio n ,*' the court said. But a third member of the federal panel did not see things that way. Judge Fred M. T aylo r In hla minority opinion stated that Oregon law was enacted under the police power of the State of Oregon with the Intent of protecting the consuming- purchasing putdlc against de ception . . . " It la my opinion that under the police power the State of Oregon not only has the right twjt the duty to protect Its citizens from such deception," Judge T aylo r con cluded. The federal court declaim: was tax wholly unexpected. A Tennessee labeling law h ad pre- vloualy run afuul with the com merce clause. Cases Involving Iowa and Nebraska laws are also pending In the courts. Wlille there are some sim ila ritie s between the labeling laws enacted In aome 17 states It Is our opinion (hat there Is a discernable difference In the Oregon law. Oregon's meat labeling law required no licensing or fees. It applied only Io fresh or frozen meats. No processed meats were Involved. The O re gon labeling law contained only- two basic requirements. One was that a store which sold Imported fresh o r frozen meat prominently display a sign in forming the putdlc of the fact. That each package containing fresh or frozen Imported meats be conspicuously laleled giv ing the country of origin. I t ’ s hard to see how such an In nocuous r e q u i r e m e n t could place a burden on Interstate commerce. Oregon beef producers as well as producers across the nation have done much to In sure the consumer they are receiving a high quality pro duct. The cattlemen of this country spend thousands of dol lars promoting the sale o fth e tr product. It doesn’t seem unreasonable that the housewife should know that she Is purchasing other than domestic meat. She should demand it. New Folder Tells Sources of Income IPnrt (Orford X tuis
