Port Orford news., August 17, 1967, Image 1

TPnrt Orford A’ruis
Benefit Ball
Game Slated
New Traffic, Insurance, Laws
Face Oregon Drivers Soon
Oregon’s more than one mil­
lion drivers soon will be faced
with several new traffic laws
to obey including a stricter pen­
alty for one violation, and some
new and revised obligations
concerning auto Insurance cov­
erage in an accident.
Although many law changes
made by the 1967 Legislature
take effect Sept. 13, others
become effective at varying
times during the next year,
according to the Department of
Motor Vehicles.
One change Is still nearly a
year off. This change will In­
crease the mlmlmum financial
responsibility requirements for
bodily Injury liability and un­
insured motorists coverage
fro m
$5,000/$10,000
to
$10,000/$20,000. The change
will take effect July 1, 1968.
To the average car owner It
may mean a $6 to $8 increase
in private Insurance rates.
Another law relating to fi­
nancial responsibility will take
effect Sept. 13 this year. It will
require a driver without in­
surance, who has a traffic ac­
cident and who must file a
certificate of insurance asproof
of financial responsibility, to
file a statement of ownership
showing that the certificate cov­
ers all vehicles registered in
his name, not Just the one In the
accident.
VEHICLE INSPECTION
Among the new laws which
will affect over-the-road op­
eration of cars is a vehicle in­
spection law which will permit
police to stop vehicles for a
safety inspection on reasonable
grounds.
For example, a car with one
headlight broken, a cracked
windshield, or a generally run­
down appearance, or one which
has trouble stopping, could be
s u f f i c i e n t cause (reasonable
grounds) for an officer to stop
it for a spot inspection of all
required equipment.
Softball fans are in for another
diamond treat at 6:30 p. m./iext
Wednesday when the Lions meet
the Rotary Club in a grudge
game at Rotary field. The Lions
demanded the return game to
get even with Rotarians for a
sound tramping, 19-8,onjuly 28.
The coming game will be a
benefit event, with a donation
taken to help purchase uniforms
for Little League ball players.
Plenty of thrills, spills and (7)
are premised from both teams,
whose lineups, as usual, remain
secret for obvious reasons.
of two days In jail, upon con­
viction.
The revised law also requires
Impounding a vehicle owned by
a person convicted on this
charge. The vehicle can be
Impounded from 30 to 120 days
from the date of judgment and
the person Is liable for all ex­
penses incurred for the removal
and storage. The aim of this
measure is to reduce th e
number of people who drive
while suspended. .
Still another new law will
permit a driver to attempt to
partially regain his driving
privilege when his license has
been suspended after conviction
of driving under the influence
of liquor or attempting to elude
a police officer. The Depart­
ment of Motor Vehicles may
issue an occupational license
only for work to persons con­
victed of these charges, pro­
viding It is the first offense,
the convlctlDg Judge makes the
recommendation, and the De­
partment agrees with th e
Judge’s recommendation.
The Governor has directed
the DMV to use extreme dis­
cretion in Issuing these work
licenses and to prepare a report
on the Impact of the law prior
to the next legislative session.
The law is aimed at reducing
the number of drunk driving
charges which are reduced to
reckless driving because of
court hesitancy to convict on a
first offense when it results in
a mandatory 90-day license
loss. This loss often jeopard­
izes employment.
REGISTRATION LAWS
Changes also were made in
laws concerning registration
and titling of vehicles.
It should now become easier
for the DMV to keep records
current with a new requirement
that registered owners must
provide the Department with
any change of address or name
different than that which ap­
pears on the registration card.
The notice must be filed within
SLOW MOVING VEHICLES
Slow moving vehicles also re­ 30 days.
New owners also will be given
ceived legislative attention this
year. One law will require slow- more time, an increase of from
moving vehicles on two-lane 10 to 30 days, In which to file
roads to pull over and permit a title transfer with the Depart­
faster moving traffic to pass. ment when they purchase a car.
Finally, one new law already
Also, when traveling outside
of cities on four-lane high­ has taken effect and was legal
ways, vehicles must keep in the for one and a half months be­
right lane unless traveling fast­ fore It became temporarily
er than or passing other traf­ against the law again.Confused?
fic. This is aimed at putting It’s the law authorizing studded
an end to two vehicles travel­ tires between Oct. 1 and May
ing side-by-side down the free­ 31. Since the law bore an em er­
way, holding back other traf­ gency clause it took effect when
the Governor signed it on April
fic.
As a general rule, you prob­ 19, but use of the tires became
ably will be considered a slow- illegal (and unnecessary) again
moving vehicle any time you June 1.
Hopefully, the studded tires
travel slower than the normal
flow of traffic and cause a string will become legal, but not really
of cars toform behind you. When necessary In most of Oregon,
this happens, it’s time to pull the first day of October.
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over and let faster traffic
around at the first safe spot
to do so.
Bicycles, parades, and pe­
destrians are the subject of
another law that takes effect
next month. This law will make
it possible to restrict them
Cooperative projects by Coos
from f r e e w a y s when ap­
propriate signs are posted giv­ County, Douglas County and the
ing notice to that effect. Pe­ Oregon Game Commission re­
destrians, however, will be per­ sulted In the removal of ac­
mitted when it is necessary for cumulated logs and debris from
them to walk on the shoulder two Important salmon and steel­
to obtain emergency service for head spawning streams on the
south coast.
a disabled vehicle.
Motorcycles, which in recent
In the Tahkenitch Lake area,
years have become a bigger a large amount of accumulated
part of the state’s motorized material from old logging and
population, also received leg­ from natural causes was clear­
islation attention this year.
ed from Leltel Creek, one of the
The 1967 action requires a two principal spawning tribu­
motorcycle to use Its head­ taries of Tahkenitch Lake. Fish
lights at any time it is in mo­ migration was seriously im­
tion. This takes effect Sept. 13. paired by the jams, according
In January, still another law to Jim Hutchison, Game Com­
aimed at motorcycle drivers mission fishery biologist In the
and passengers will take effect. Florence area.
It will require them to wear
In all, about three miles of
a helmet which meets stand­ excellent spawning gravel were
ards established by the De­ made available by the clearing
partment of Motor Vehicles. project. Douglas County car­
Also scheduled to take effect ried slightly more than half of
Jan. 1, 1968, is another law the cost, which was Just over
dealing with slow moving traf­ $2,100.
fic. It will not permit vehicles
To Indicate the Importance of
designed to go 25 mph or less Leltel Creek as a spawning
(tractors, for example) to op­ stream, Hutchison reported that
erate on state highways without since theGameCommlsslonbe-
displaying a slow moving ve­ gah spawning counts in 1960,
hicle emblem which by day is an average of Just over 300
a fluorescent orange and by coho salmon per mile has been
night shows a reflective red tallied each winter. Hutchison
border. The sign has a trian­ expects this figure to increase
gular shape. The requirement because of the stream clear­
for this emblem Is In addition ance work.
to any lighting required by law.
COQUILLE AREA
INCREASES PENALTY
In the Coquille area, Coos
Another law taking effect next County and the Game Commis­
month Increases the penalty sion teamed up to remove and
for a driver who is convicted burn several log Jams from
of driving on a suspended Middle Creek, tributary to the
d river's llcenee. The penalty Coquille North Fork. T h e s e
currently is a nixtaum >500 Jams also created serious bar­
fine, or six months In jail, or riers to salmon and steelhead
both. It will double next moofh— which would be moving iq>-
>1,000 fine, one year In Jail, stream to spawn this fall and
or both. This charge already winter. The County and Com­
carries a minimum stipulation mission shared the costs.
Log Truckers
Slate Meeting
MISS CINDY SILVERSTEN o f Brookings was n a m e d
Queen of the 1967 Curry County Fair at ceremonies in the
Gold Beach high school gym Friday night.
Circus Due In Gold Beach
Two Counties
□ear Streams
Everybody loves a circus, so
all the kids from 8 to 80 can
now get ready to have the time
of their life. The Big John Strong
circus is coming to Cold Beach,
under th e sponsorship of the
Jaycees for the benefit of civic
improvement. T h e billowing
big top will go up on the lot at
the Curry county fairgrounds.
Two shows are scheduled at 4
and 7:30 p.m . on S a tu r d a y ,
Sept. 2.
Bigjohn Strong Circus, now in
its nineteenth year, has head­
lined state and county fairs in
the western states of California,
Oregon,Washington, Arizona and
Nevada, and well deserves the
reputation they have earned—
"The show with more friends
than Santa Claus". Mr. Strong
maintains the policy of a good
clean circus ¿t moderate prices
—with NO reserved seats.
From the International Show­
time television series and the
Eastern Shrine Circus c o m e s
the stars of this year's show—The
Jessicks, one of the great family
names in the spangled world.
For many years they have been
famous f o r their outstanding
trapeze act. This season they
have added acrobatics to tire
program. Johnny Jessick balan­
ces on one finger.
Sharing the spotlight with the
Jessicks this year is Neena, the
baby elephant. This 7 year old,
in her sixth season as a circus
veteran, has won the hearts of
all that have seen her perform.
Also on die bill this year—
Pete, the trained Llama from
Peru; Goldie, the African pyg­
my goat; performing dogs and
ponies; and of course. Clown
Hours—Monday through Friday,
8:30 a.m . to 4 p. m.
Applications and job listings
may be made at the grade school
office or phone 332-2712.
Price Tan Cents
Port Orford, Curry' County, Oregon
Voi. 10 No. 20
Youth Employment Office
Crime Talk Slated
Business men and others in­
terested are invited to attend a
talk by city police chief Curtis
Weir at 7:30 p. m. next Thurs­
day, August 24, in the council
chamber of the city hall.
Chief Weir will speak on
"The Challenge of Crime in a
Free Society. "
Cali Scramble
Is Fair Hi-Lite
One of the most interesting
events of the CurryCounty Fair
each year Is the F FA Calf
Scramble which finds donated
calves put into an arena with
15 boys. In order to win, the
boy must put a rope halter on
a calf and drag it out of the
arena. It is then he and he is
to show it the following year
at the fair. This year there
were nine calves donated.
Billy Wahl, who weighs about
100 pounds, tackled and won a
calf that weighed some 320
pounds, really causing a stir
among the spectators. The calf
was donated by the Georgia-
Pacific Corporation of Coos
Bay.
The other boys who won cal­
ves and those who donated ttiem
follow: Tim Hanna, F i r s t
National Bank of Oregon, Gold
Beach; Brian McLeod, First
National Bank, Port Orford;
Robert McKenzie, Western
Bank, Coos Bay; Mike Wahl,
Agnew Timber, Brookings;
Scott McKenzie, Coos-Curry
E l e c t r i c , Gold Beach; Tom
Brown, U. S. Plywood-Champ.
Papers, Gold Beach; Robert
Biggs, Moore Mill & Lumber
Co., Bandon, and Robert E.
Smith, Robert S. James.
Cÿegon Log Truckers Associ­
ation,whose members represent
27 Oregon counties, will hold its
first annual statewide conven­
tion in Salem at the Marion
Motor Hotel, Aug. 26-27, ac­
cording to Leonard Lively, Wal­
lowa, president.
Theme for the two-day con­
vention is "Cooperative Action
Today—Individual Results To­
morrow".
Keynote speaker will be Ger­
ald W.Frank, Salem, member of
the Governor's Advisory Com­
mittee, Oregon Division of Plan­
ning and Development. Frank's
address w i l l be given to the
convention at its opening session
Saturday noon, Aug. 26.
Highlighting the Saturday af­
ternoon business session will be
a report by the association staff
on log hauling rates followed
by a p a n e l discussion, " Log
Hauling R a te s .. . Negotiated,
State-set or Status Quo?"
The association is expected
to decide whether or not it will
officially champion an effort to
have the state regulate log haul­
ing rates as it now regulates the
transportation o f other com­
Oregon State University—A
modities. This decision is ex­ total of $13,261,348.39 was
pected to be made on Sunday received in gifts and grants by
afternoon at the final session of Oregon State University this past
the log truckers.
fiscal year, according to Presi­
The convention is open to all dent James H. Jensen.
log truckers and their wives in
Oregon and more than 250 are
Of the total, $11, 748, 705. 15
expected to attend. A complete came from federal agencies and
business and social program has the remaining $1, 512,643.24
been planned including leaders from other sources, mainly in­
in the industry scheduled to par­ dividuals and businesses.
ticipate.
This year's gifts and grants
total $488, 068 more than the
$ 12,773,280received a year ago.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Compared to two years ago,
Birthday wishes go out this gifts and grants are up more than
week to Bill Carpenter, Allan 65 per cent from the $8,038, 507
Cram, Joe Bens, and Lisa Marie received then.
Livermore.
Research accounted for the
Anniversary wishes go to Mr. largest portion of the gifts and
and Mrs. Paul Klutz, Mr. and Mrs. grants with a total of $7, 249, -
Wayland Livermore, Mr. a n d 9S2, 81. Of this $6, 26S, 861. 42
Mrs. Burt Dean and Mr. and Mrs. was from the federal govern­
Mel Mecum.
ment
Amounts received in other
COMING EVENTS
categories were as follows:
Thursday
I n s t i t u t e s , $2, 813, 263. 80,
Luth. ChurchWomen,7:30p.m.
construction, $1,037,245; over­
N. Curry Recreation, 8 p. m.
seas training, $4, 030; college
Monday
work - study type p ro g ra m s ,
Senior Citizens, 6 p. m.
$596, 589; scholarships, $580, -
lob's Daughters, 7:30 p. m.
281.48; loan funds, $612,784.53;
Tuesday
books, supplies and equipment,
Rotary, 12:10 p. m.
$181, 353. 98; advancement of
Tops Club, 1 p. m.
teaching, $115, 099; unrestrict-
Lions Aux., 8 p. m.
e d, $22, 800; miscellaneous,
$12,577.79; and TV instruction,
PHOTO FEATURE—Pages 4-5 $35, 371.
OSU Gills, Grants
Total *13 Million
Thursday, August 17, 1967
Slate Provides
Free Vaccine
Free vaccine to protect Ore­
gon's preschool children against
p o l i o m y e l i t i s , diphtheria,
whooping cough, and tetanus,
will be provided this year by
the State Board of Health's Im­
munization program.
Dr. Edward Press, State Health
Officer.said this week that Ore­
gon has received about 35, 000
doses each of Sabin trivalent
oral polio vaccine and DPT, a
combination vaccine for diph­
theria, pertussis, a n d tetanus.
The vaccines were provided by
the U. S. Public Health service
to assure protection for infants
and other preschoolers regard­
less of their parents' financial
means.
Dr.Press said the vaccine will
be distributed to local health
departments and private physi­
cians who request it. The Im­
munization Program for more
than a year has been distributing
vaccine for red measles result­
ing in more than 70, 000 Oregon
children being immunized a-
gainst the disease.
The Health Officer said the
polio vaccine was included in
this year's program to eradicate
any possible pockets of suscep­
tible children. He warned that
although Oregon did not have a
single case of polio in 1966,
the disease can recur in epi­
demic proportions i n a r e a s
where a large group of children
have not been protected by im­
munization.
Dr. Press pointed to Texas,
which last year had 71 cases of
polio out of a total of 91 in the
entire United States. This was
in areas where the vaccine had
not been widely used and all
cases were young children under
school-age except for one six-
year old.
The Board of Health also said
that all infants and preschoolers
should be given DPT because
diphtheria, whooping cough, and
tetanus were continuing threats.
The polio and DPT vaccines
are usually administered simul­
taneously in a series, starting at
the age of two or three months,
followed by a booster just prior
to starting school.
Dr. Press urged parents to con­
s u l t their physician or local
health department to have their
children protected w ith DPT,
polio, measles, a n d smallpox
vaccines.
WEATHER
Max Min Rain
Date
. 00
55
72
July 26
54
. 00
72
July 27
55
. 00
75
July 28
55
. 00
73
July 29
54
. 00
July 30 75
. 00
76
60
July 31
55
. 00
76
Aug. 1
. 00
53
74
Aug. 2
54
. 00
72
Aug. 3
. 00
55
72
Aug. 4
59
. 00
74
Aug. 5
. 00
55
76
Aug. 6
No Report
Aug. 7
54
. 00
73
Aug. 8
.00
47
69
Aug. 9
.00
51
Aug. 10 72
54
. 00
Aug. 11 71
. 00
51
Aug. 12 72
. 00
55
Aug. 13 71
.00
52
Aug. 14 69
. 00
49
Aug. 15 71
Gunmen Rob
Bandon Pair
Currycounty a u t h o r i t i e s
joined state police and Coos
county law agencies Monday
night in a search for two armed
men who r o b b e d a Bandon
couple of between $1, 200 and
$1 500.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. O -
cutt, owners of Bandon F ood
Center,were counting the day's
receipts about 9:40 p. m. when
the two gunmen forced their
way into the Orcutt home, ad­
jacent to the Food Center at the
south Bandon city limits o n
Highway 101.
Orcutt told officers that as
he and his wife were counting
the money, the glass in their
front door was suddenly kicked
out and two men started through
the hole.The subjects reported­
ly fired one shot through the
door into the ceiling and con­
tinued on into the house.
As one man held a rifle on
Orcutt as he tried to reach the
telephone,the other grabbed the
money and fled back through
the front door.
in the meantime, Mrs. Orcutt
had escaped out the back door
and stopped two cars in front of
the home, seeking help. As the
robbers left the house, the man
with the rifle fired a shot at the
men who had stopped to help
Mrs. Orcutt. The men then dis­
appeared into the brushy area
east of the highway.
Law enforcement agencies
were notified and road blocks
w e re set up and maintained
until about 1 a. m. Tuesday. The
robbery continues to be invest­
igated.
Last Drag Race
Oi Season
Set For Sunday
The final drag race of the
1967 season will he sponsored
this Sunday by the Southwestern
Oregon Timing Association at
the Western Oregon Dragway,
eight miles north of Port
Orford.
The Association announces
that Sunday’s event will be the
first annual Gas and Stock Car
Championships with trophies
going to all stock brackets and
money to all eliminators.
There will be over 150 com­
petitors from all over the
Northwest, Washington, Ore­
gon and California, with good
competition expected for all
entries. These cars will in­
clude Funny Cars, gas drag­
sters and top stock from the
Pacific Northwest.
Match race action will be
highlighted by a race between
"The Man From D.O.D.G.E.”
(Larry Wade of Ashland) against
’«The Shamrock’’ operated by
Jim Jones of Portland.
The gates will open at 8:30
a.m., time trials will get under­
way at 9, with eliminations
starting at 1 p.m. Newport’s
••Christmas Tree" will be used
instead of a flagman. All races
are sanctioned by the National
Hot Rod Association.
Concessions will again be
handled by the Bandon Jaycees.
Alley is headed by TV's versa­
tile Eddie Spaghetti.
And 10 big name, all new,
circus acts including Miss Joan
on slack wire.
Elk Permit
Deadline Near
Elk hunters are reminded
that they have less th a n s
week to file applications to b<
eligible in the drawings for
either-sex elk permits. Dead­
line for receipt of applications
is 5 p.m., Aug. 23.
Hunters are advised that ap­
plications, to be eligible, must
be received by the Game Com­
mission at Its Portland head­
quarters by the deadline. Up­
state hunters should take note
of this requirement and mall
their applications well in ad­
vance of this deadline so they
will reach the Portland office
in time.
Applications for elk permits
are obtained with the purchase
of the general season elk tag
and must bear the identical
serial number. Hunters inter­
ested should fill out the appli­
cation according to Instructions
and mall the application in an
envelope. Party applications up
to tv.-o in number will be accept­
ed. Party a p p l i c a n t s are
reminded to mark the party box
and fasten the applications to­
gether.
The drawing to determine
successful applicants is sch­
eduled for 10 a.m., Sept. 1,
at the Game Commission's
Portland headquarters.
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