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P ort tirtb rd s BOX 5 *’* “ • T hursday, D ecem b er 13. 1973 jtort Orford Arius POST OSFORO OREGON h a lt , Ita ta n o a . . . . . . . NaacyJ. I t — . . ............................................... .......................... .. to the ..............N S t a O a ......... ... .^ ... A— — **« « ............ y _ ........ —............................. v-Uott/Wd ABC ciannitMB in Cwr\ ¿ouao (per v<*r in advaac«...... ......... vs a, h s r s z o,m** cwn ip*r *•" » AaivAM.e u . se ........................................... - ......... ............ ...... 15 Coo* « a g a c m a i , \a n c a a . N a ta a w » I t m a n n m i x h i a t t a a f i ia i b* S iO O p .m . T im u u s t r ti Oreui) Newsoaoe _ p.io. bmm B? Assocatw - 3 --------- - Ciar» Count» — dellenback 9?46i t E u £«* m < x 503. jj2 2M S s w t e . ^ . <« tfc. Ca» « Fan O r tm t t n at Fan o t w S* J“ - U a m ail n v r i b t o .u n*«««-- « Fan Moro, C la im aF«*S ‘ «U» 1. Fatatali« .............., - M^MâtR • N tfJ i ---içanao i V)i\VW Peterson Seems a lot longer ago than one year that heavy snows closed the schools and tem peratures dropped to about 13 degrees above the zero mark, doesn’t It? But that was the weather picture at this time last y e a r . Then the week after the big snow came the big rain. And I don’ t have to tell you what it’ s been like this year . . . ’ cause by now you oughta know. Doesn’t appear as if It’ s gonna change much, either. But I can get along without them white flakes, honest. Used to thoroughly enjoy it when I was just a lad . . . now it’ s a different story. How about you” • P . Don t fail to attend the big basketball tournev at P acific F riday and Saturday nights. Them. Pirates should show you some more exciting maneuvers . . . and they’d appreciate your continued support. _ hey play Bandon In the second game Friday, tf you rem em ber last year, the Bucs whipped the Tigers at Bandon . . . then lost to ’ em. here in an overtim e. They plan to change the story this year. The tourney starts at 7 p.m. both night« -P . Nick Reynolds stopped by last Wednesday when I was a printing this here newspaper) to show me a 231/j pound « e e lie he’d managed to lure out of the Elk River. Couldn’ t get his picture ’ cause I was g o n e . . . so I’ll have to take his word for it. Don’t know if m go along with his comment, however, that It lost a half-pound from, evaporation on his wav to town. Talked to Floyd ch ase at McNair Hardware on Monday . . . and he didn’t fa re quite as well. Matter of fact he didn’t come close. He rolled out of the sack early that morning to have tim e to do a little fishing m the Sixes on his way to work, he told me . . . and from then on things got worse. He’ s apparently one of them, type who has jus: a bit of a hard time getting fully awake that time of dav. He did manage to get dressed and round up his gear o .i. He even rem embered to rem ove his eggs from, the refer and take ’em with him.. When he got to the riv er it was still dark sc. he waited until it was just starting to break day . . . and began to n g up. He was still battin’ 1.00C . . . right up until he dipped his hand into that carton of eggs . . . and came up with two fingers of his wife’ s favorite jam. I haven’ t checked back with him, but he made the statement that come evening time Monday . . . the food was gonna be REMOVED from that o l’ r e fe r . -P - in the “ things you learn at chamber of com m erce meetings departm ent/’ Did you know that that dear sweet lady of pioneer stock Syneva Lind, berg once sailed as a cabin boy out of Astoria? You’ll have to get all the exciting details direct I didn’ t get the whole story. -P - Oregon’ s m assive Litter Campaign has won fu r ther national aclaim . Keep Am erica Beautiful, Inc., has awarded the fair State a big f i r « prize in a nation-wide contest in litter-prevention. Texas and Michigan were named runners-up. How about th a t; The Oregon State Highway Division gets the credit. -P - -ounting today, there’ s only tec short shopping days until Christm as, which reminds me, I hear that the form er jolly white—whiskered gift giver has changed his fam iliar cry of Ho! Ho! Ho! . . . to Owe! owe! owe! While we’ re making rem arks about the Yule Season . . . I’d like to remind you of some con fusing schedules coming up. Next week we’ ll be publishing the Annual Greetings Issue. VP to there everything’ s still routine. The next week, however, we have to print on Monday, Christm as Eve day’ the 24th. But . . . the papers will not be mailed until Thursday, which is our regular mailing day. And that issue will carry the New Y e a r s ’ Greet-' ings. Now the deadline for that issue 'D ec. 27) is gonna have to be on F rid ay, December 21, at 5 p.m. And that’ s without fall. We’ re gonna try to contact everybody that’ s in business hereabouts by this coming Saturday, December 15, for their greeting cards. But don’t hesitate to cali us if you’ re in the le a « doubt that you may be missed, it's sure possible . . . what with everthing going again« us at this point. -P - And a final reminder . . . the elementary and upper elementary C hri«m as Concerts will be held at the high school next Wednesday night at 7 ¡30. * e p o r f Editor *»:a» a a *» TO THE EDITOR SEMI RATIONING GASOLINE’ - A WORKABLE PLAN No one among us is pleased ai the thought of our not having W e’d like to take this oppor enough gasoline to permit us to drive our ca rs where and when we wish We re irked at both the oil companies and at tunity to en couag» everyone the government planners for the fact that there waan t some in the community who is con clear indication given us of this possibility even before the cerned about the tim es and e- Arab oil squeeze But the fact is that the nation faces an vents in which we are living, acute oil shortage ano It s estimated that we ll have to cut to make a real effort to attend gasoline consumption by 25% over this winter If we are to the sh, wing at the fairgrounds meet this goal it s clear we re going to have to face more in Gold Beach this Saturday, stringent measures than those that have been announced so far Mandatory allocation is now on the immediate horizon but Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. of the film , even combined with the reduction of speed lim its and the banning “ A Thief in the Night.’ ’ of Sundaj retail sales of gas it isn’t likely to be adequate to It is an exceptionally well achieve the kind of m assive reduction in consumption tha’ we done motion picture with an need important m essage--one we be The two most frequently discussed possibilities for the future lieve no one can afford to m iss. are one increasing the federal gasoline tax to force people There is no admission charge. to cut down on gasoline consumption and two. implementing a rationing system Both have serious disadvantages Perhaps the most obvious disadvantage of an increase in Mr. and Mrs. Walt Schroeder the federal gasoline tax is that it would work a particular Mr. and M rs. Buck Curtis hardship on the poor whose jobs may well depend on gasoline Mr. and M rs. je r r y Hull Pleasure driving could become a pasttime reserved strictlv for the wealthy * Moreover econom i«s have warned that a significant increase in the gasoline tax could have a depressive effect on the economv and lead to higher unemployment A straight gasoline rationing system poses its own problems A Port Orford area merchant It would require a huge adm inistrative bureaucracy that would Is port of a new nationwide gtft- be costly as well as unwieldy And experience from World War D glving system that makes it tells us that rationing is hardly ever fair and leads to black possible to have a gift delivered marketing alm ost anywhere in the country With these very significant problems in mind what is the within hours. Ms Sandra Diedrich of Ban answer? A system of semi rationing’ , now under consideration don Chairperson of the South The system is operated by by the Administration seem s to make a good deal of sense western Oregon Community- Semi rationing would combine aspects of rationing and of G iftAm erica, a subsidiary of the Action Council, and Roger taxation hopefully minimizing the weaknesses of each approach Western Union Corporation.De Gould. representing the Legal on its own liv e rie s are made through the Aid Committee of the Coos Under sem i-rationing a substantial federal tax would be network of 5,500 GiftAm erica County Bar Association an placed on all gasoline At the same time each person would d ealers across the nation, and nounced this week the open be given a ration of gas stamps for a certain weekly allotment ing of a full time Legal Aid purchases cm be charged to of gasoline Those stamps could either be used to pay the tax office funded by a grant from most major credit cards. at the time the basic allotment is purchased or they could be the Community Action Council Gifts, which are on display redeemed or sold for cash Any person purchasing more than The Council has been the basic allotment would pay full price therefor including at GiftAm erica stores, range striving for many years to ob the tax in price from $15 to $45. The tain legal se rv ice s for the poor The hardship on low income persons would be much less local dealer relays all ord ers in Southwestern Oregon ' said than If the tax on gas were increased with no rationing Since to G iftAm erlca’ s computerized Ms Diedrich “ Often the poor peopie could « ill buy gas without stamps there would be very nave been unable to exercise service center in St.Louis.M o., little profit in black marketing Since the additional cost would all of their rights under the which in turn, contacts the deal be to pay a tax the oil companies would not profit Finally law now they will be afford er n e a re« the recipient’ s home. the amount of money taken out of the economv would be less ed effective competent legal than a straight increase In the gasoline tax, reducing the lik e li This dealer signs the special services ” hood of a recession occasion card, wraps the gift Gould stated that in the past One thing is clear The problem is not going to disappear and d elivers it. members of the bar have do The Administration should move firm ly and swiftly, and I have Cumomers who can’t visit a nated their se rv ices on a part urged them to do exactly that time basis but because of the dealer may call a toll-free num grant a full time office has ber — 800-342-577 — to o r been opened in North Bend and der from GiftAm erica d irectly. a part time office will soon The gift line Is displayed at open In Gold Beach According all participating local d ealers. Increased benefits will be to Gould the program has been who died of service-connected The Port o rfo rd -a re a GiftAm reflected in February V eter incorporated as Coos-C urry disabilities The new law in erica dealer is Port o rford ans Administration pension Counties Legal Aid. inc L e creased DIC rates only for Drug. checks for nearly 36.000 d is gal aid is staffed by a fu ll parents M rs Arndt noted abled Oregon veterans and time Attorney- D irector Allen Among other highlights of survivors of deceased Oregon Army as a result of an Inci D rescher a para-legal Mary the new law veterans Portland VA Region dent in Brow nsville Tex Aug Rey: and a parttime recep --Maximum pension payable al Office D irector Donna M tionist - Secretary Debby 13, 1906. or $10.000 to their , to veterans without dependents Arndt said todav Amela unremarried widows increased from $20 to $50 A co«-dp’ llving increase in Additional information on Legal assistance will be monthly, if hosp’talized more these VA benefits is author pension benefits may be ob provided only for non-crim than two montns ized by a law signed by the tained by calling or visiting the inal m atters that are not fee --Pension for veterans with President Dec 6 The law is VA Regional Office. 426 SW generating According to Mr no dependents and incomes of effective Jan 1. 1974 Stark St., Portland Gould fee - generating cases not more than $300 annually M rs Arndt said the increase are those likely to produce increased from $130 to $143 will average 10 percent for enough money to permit the monthly veterans and widows on VA hiring of a private attorney - - Pension for veterans with pension rolls and parents Persons who have anet monthly one dependent and incomes of drawing dependency and in income of not more than $250 not more than $500 annually demnity compensation In for an individual PLUS $50 increased from $140 to$154 creased pension payments for each dependent may quali monthly also will go to children of fy for the legal assistance --Widows with no depend veterans program ents and incomes of not more Pensions are paid by the VA A Legal Aid office has beer, than $300 annually increased on the basis of need to veterans established at the South W est from $87 to $96 monthly permanently and totally d is ern Oregon Community Col - --Death pension rates abled from nonservice causes lege Annex 1481 Airport Wav children increased from $42 and to widows and children of North Bend A second office monthly plus $17 monthly for veterans who died of nonser will open Dec 13 in the Gold each additional child, to $44 vice-connected disabilities Beach City Hall Clients may monthly plus $18 monthly for DIC payments are made to arrange for appointments bv each additional child widows unmarried children calling 756 -3176 in North Bend - - Authorized lump sum pay - under 18 and certain parents or 247-6743 in Gold Beach mere of $25.000 to certain of veterans and servicem en veterans discharged from the Joins G ift Sending Plan Free Legal Aid On Tap Vet Pensions To Increase M c NAIR HARDWARF manager Floyd Chase shows new items in area of store that is being remodeled to display home entertainment items, including RCA television and Panasonic record players, tape decks and recording equipment. Citizen Group Being Formed L B Day. chairman of the committee appointments R e Land Conservation and Devel commendations may be sent to opment Commission announc L B Day Chairman. Land ed that the Commission will Conservation and Development soon form the State Citizen Commission. 240 Cottage St . Involvement Advisory Com S E , Salem Ore 97310 mlttee required by Senate Bill The Commission is also in 100. to assist the Commission terested in any suggestions r e In obtaining widespread c iti garding citizen Involvement zen involvement in all phases program s Day urged that any of the planning process one who has recommendations The Committee will be re for citizen involvement send sponsible for recommending them to the Commission to the Commission a program that promotes and enhances public participation in the de velopment of state wide plan The new art exhibit at zion ning goals and guidelines The Committee must also review Lutheran Church is a mixed the proposed citizen involve show of paintings by Mabel Mol- ment program s of local gov ther, an active member of the ernment submitted by the Cotgnlle Valley Art Association. counties and the Columbia R e Mrs. Molther has been paint gion Association of Govern ing for ten years, studying un ments and recommend to the der Ruth Lennom, pernat Duff, Commission whether or not the proposed program adequately E. John Robinson, Vickie Mc provides for public involve Kean Smith, Maggie Karl and ment in the planning process Fred Gordon. The Commission will ap point a committee of 9-11 members broadly represents tlve of the geographic areas of the state and of in tere« s r e lating to land use and land use decisions The members will serve for a one-year term, and may be reappointed for 315 Hillcrest— Gold Beach subsequent term s The Commiaslon la asking Sunday Service 10 a.m. for suggestions of Individuals who would be willing to serve Sunday School 9 a.m. on this committee Suggestions W ednesday Service 8 p.m. are needed before the Com All Are mission s Dec 13 meeting Lovingly invited when they hope to make the New Paintings Christian Science Society Need Vehicle For License If you nave moved to O re gon this year and your out-of- state license plates will soon be expiring the Oregon Motor Vehicles Division reminds you that you must bring your v e hicle to a field office when you apply for your Oregon title and registration Oregon law requires the di - vision to inspect the vehicle identification number of all vehicles bearing out-of-state license plates before an O re gon title can be issued There is a $5 (ee to inspect the vehicle identification num her The law applies to all types of vehicles except campers and snowmobiles fo r A Cool FREEZERS t J 8 W .A . HAS A M O DEL FOR EVERY NEED CHEST TYPE how «199’5 ¡ 1 5 .0 C u. F t. s2 2 7 ” 1 3 .0 C C u. F t. *2 2 1 ” Free Movie is Saturday A Thief in The Night, a new who are not properly Identifi color film will be shown at the ed as enemies of the sy « e m . Curry County Fairgrounds Bldg, Film ed on location in Iowa, on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. this picture portrays with de A Thief In The Night is a vastating reality the Bible p re mighty motion picture about Bi diction, “ There will be noplace ble prophecy. It shows what can to hide.’ ’ one does not m ere happen when Jesus Chn« re ly view this film he experien turns. This exciting story cen ces it. Every thinking p er ters around Putty, an av. son will seriously consider its erage girl caught up in llvu< Impact. for the present, with little con cern about the future, what hap S e rv ic e s S la te d pens when this thinking finally catches op with her provides Memorial services for Fred an action packed, unforgettable Roe, Port orford, who died drama. Dec. 7 at the Veterans Hos The fast moving pace includes pital in Portland will be held a young man confronted by a at 7-30 p.m. tomorrow, Fri deadly Asian cobra, a young day, Dec. 14, at the Port o r . girl's daring escape from jail, tord Community church. • ■ d a take-over by “ The Im- Rev. Andy Baxter will of perkim” that regards all ficiate. TONES PAINT o/ RECLINERS FR O M s6995 9FF! ! Í WBTCBN ¡W estern A utoj IgaiLPEK SUPPLÌ I »» !
