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Korean Visitor Praises Chin ju Link 'A Way to Achieve Better Understanding9 By DAN WYANT Of the RecUUpGuird Korea's consul-general from San Francisco praised the Eugene-Cbinju sister city rela tionship Thursday as a "way to achieve bet ter understanding between the two cities and more cordial relations between our two coun tries." . In Han Paik, the Korean official, is in Eu gene to help observe the second anniversary of the sister city program between Eugene and Chinju. At a press conference Thursday morning, Paik observed that after two years the two cities still face the problems of "distance and language barrier" but have built a "good foundation" for a program of mutual friend ship. He said he brought "warm greetings" from the citizens of Chinju and also expressed the appreciation of his government for the hos pitality shown by Eugene residents to the Korean students who attend the University of Oregon. With 36 Koreans enrolled at the univer sity this year, Oregon is considered one of the more important centers for Korean students in this country, Paik declared. Turning to problems facing his country to day, Paik said the first year of a five-year pro gram to build up Korea's economy has shown "very smooth progress." The program, he said, is one of the main goals of the military government which took over Korea in May, 1961. Steps are now under way to return the gov ernment to civil administration, he noted. A presidential election is planned in April, a national assembly will be elected near the end of May and local governmental elections are scheduled for next August, he said. Korea's revolution is different from most military take-overs, he stressed, because the goal has always been to return the country to responsible civil administration. Paik assisted in raising the flag of Korea at the city hall Thursday morning in honor of the sister city anniversary. He planned to at tend a noon luncheon in his honor and will speak briefly tonight at tho Eugene Junior Chamber-of Commerce Distinguished Awards Banquet. LANE COUNTY'S HOME NCW5PAPEA SECTION B EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1963 Planners, Council Agree City's Load To Rise Sharply - By MARVIN TIMS Of Ui Register-Guard Springfield planners and city council members, who must cope with the many problems caused by rapid municipal growth, agreed Wednesday eve ning there will be a greater de mand on city services in the next decade than ever before. Members of the council, plan ning commission, and adminis trative staff met for an infor mal session at the Springfield Library to discuss broad prob lems of zoning, traffic flow, and commercial development. The officials, pointing out that the city is beginning to undergo a construction boom, aid long-range zoning policies must be adopted to prevent a "hodge podge" development. Must Study Changing Patterns Donald Lutes, chairman of the planning commission, said the commission has been "caught by surprise" by the sud den number of requests for re zoning properties for multiple family use. Lutes said he feels it is im portant "to plan for the day when the city is twice its pres ent size." Meeting Notices Tonight EUGENE Advanced elemen tary strings special rehearsal at 7 p.m. at the South Eugene High School band room. McKENZIE RIVER Lodge No. 195. AF and AM, meeting at 7:30 p.m. at McKenzie River Temple, 850 E. 14th Ave., Eu gene, for work in EE degree. Refreshments. Friday UNIT NO. 57, National Assn. of Retired and Veteran Rail road Employes potluck dinner and meeting at 12:30 p.m. at Knights of Pythias Hall, 1230 Lawrence St., Eugene. WAYFARER LODGE No. 213 AF and AM, stated communica tion at 7:30 p.m. at McKenzie River Lodge, 850 E. 14th Ave. Eugene, with stag dinner at 6:30 p.m. McKENZIE RIVER Golden Age Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Motfitt School, Fifth Street, Springfield, with program and dancing. Bring doughnuts. Any one 50 years or older welcome. Vital Statistics Page 2B He said officials must study the changing pattern of com mercial development, the need for more multiple family zones, and methods of improving traf fic circulation. Lutes said the installation of sewers is the trigger that is pushing for multiple-family de; velopment" in the eastern por tions of the city. "We should restudy the total community so wc can determine how much and where multiple-family zon ing should be located. 'Good Approach Needed The planner also suggested that a charter revision study commission -should explore methods of limiting access to certain artcrials "so we can preserve their traffic flow qual ities." Mayor B. J. Rogers said there is considerable u n d e veloped land in east Springfield that can be developed properly if wc have a good approach through zoning that can prevent mixed land uses." Irving Olson, member of the Springfield Planning Commis sion, suggested it might be feasible to form an east Spring field advisory planning group so residents of the area "can do some of their own planning." Six Members Now Councilman Edward Buckholz then suggested it might be feas ible to increase the present planning commission by two or three members. There are now six members. Buckholz said, too, that some of the zoning load on the plan-j ning commission could be re lieved by transferring certain! responsibilities to the city ap peals board a group that now meets infrequently to consider appeals to building department interpretations of the building code. Buckholz said the appeals board, for example, could han dle requests for variances to setback requirements, Shopping Center Standards Rogers said, too, that use of the appeals board for certain types of variances would give the planning commission "more zoning and study time." Offi cials indicated they will study the feasibility of using the ap peals board for some planning functions. Planners and council members also discussed the need for es tablishing standards for shop ping center developments. Lutes said the present city code does not contain specific require ments for this type of commer cial activity. At the end of the meeting,! Rogers said the discussion "has been most informative" and that another such session should be held soon. j Fire Runs I (Runs from noon Wednes- 1 I day to noon Thursday.) Eugene 1:24 p.m. Wednesday I :a Smoking light fixture, $ Broadway and Olive M Streets. 7:26 p.m. Overheated I furnace motor, 117 May- 1 fair St 1 7:38 p.m. Smoking I light fixture, Broadway j and Olive Streets. I 10:20 a.m. Thursday 1 Rescue truck to cave in 4 in Fall Creek area. - Springfield i 11:34 p.m., Wednesday I Flue fire at 1119 East L St., no damage. Forum to Receive Progress Report Civic improvements planned for 1963 and progress made since "metropolitan" status was gained by Eugene will be out lined by Mayor Edwin C. Cone and others Friday noon at a Chamber of Commerce Forum luncheon. City Manager Hugh McKinley and selected department heads are scheduled to participate in the forum. The public is invited Oil a no-host basis, according to Joe Richards, chairman. mif.li'1'lifl VJ OUR & ANKET-H ATINS t1 T CHUBS'. J.h 6 RAN DMA 15 COMINS.TO VISIT y V ..ShALWAV5TR5T0 6T , L1NJS TO 6IVc UP HIS Bt-ANKcT fBppKip I SHE BELIEYE5 IN 8usvss iNAj.ALf,3. PEOPLES BUSINESS l.'i NEW SHIPMENT! TEHNIES w in wop IN HAN PAIK Korean Consul-General From San Francisco Lane Legislators in Review-No. 8 nM.f; a'tiiiy rmi Veola Wilmot Leaving Classroom for Capitol Drawings Approved For Airport Building The Eugene City Council Thursday authorized the prepa ration of working drawings for a new flight service station at Mahlon Sweet Airport Meeting as a committee-of-the-whole, the council requested Architect Richard Clark to pro ceed with preliminary plans for the structure. Clark has esti mated that the building, which would contain communications equipment, might cost up to $38,000. City Manager Hugh McKinley said the building will be "self liquidating" because the city will rent the facility to the Fed eral Aviation Agency (FAA). Councilman Wallace Swanson suggested Thursday that the city should investigate the feasi bility of using the present United Airlines Bldg. for a flight service station instead of building a new structure. Mc Kinley said he will Investigate this possibility. Before the committee-of-the- whole meeting started, the councilmen wore other hats briefly as members of the Ur ban Renewal Agency. The URA members elected Swanson as chairman of the agency for 1963. Councilwoman Catherine Lauris was elected as vice chairman. URA members also voted to send a letter of commendation to Ervin Molholm, former chair man of the agency who was de feated last November in his bid for re-election to the city coun-cil. The letter praised Molholm for "splendid leadership" and for "excellent direction", in handling the preliminary phases of the East Campus Ur ban Renewal Project By DAN SELLARO Of the Reflster-Gturd One needs to be young In mind and spirit to run for a political office at the age of 65 and even more spry in attitude to leave a 32-year teaching career to do it. Veola Wilmot measures up to both with plenty left over. She's looking forward to her first term as a state representative with about the same enthusiasm she must have taken to her first 1 job at University High School in Eugene In 1930. . . When she sat in her rustic finished home at 2601 Fairmount Blvd. last week for the in terview, she had only an hour earlier said a "temporary" goodbye to her students at South Eugene High, where she has taught such subjects as American government and politics since 1945. (Mrs. Wilmot will retire at the end of the current school year. She is now on leave without pay and may teach for a few weeks between the end of the sessions and the end . of school). "I guess I've had between 4,500 and 5,000 students," she said, adding, "and all kinds, too." No sentimentalist, Mrs. Wilmot quickly launched into her hope sand aspirations for the 1963 legislative session, which begins Monday. "I have high hopes that this session will do something about the constitution," she said. Admitting she has found some fault with the proposals of the revision commis sion, she nevertheless said she would vote yes if she were presented the whole package. . The House committee on constitutional revision is one of the assignments she's asked for. Her first choice is for the education com mittee; second, taxation; third, constitutional revision; fourth, local government and fifth, natural resources, "I almost asked for Ways and Means but thought it would be futile to do so," she said. (29 of the 31 Democrats in the House have requested the Ways and Means assign ment at this date. Only seven will be ap pointed and these will be legislators with prior service.) To the Legislature she will bring strong ideas concerning increasing basic school sup port for better education and lower property taxes. Paying more attention to basic re search as a foundation for Industrial develop ment, and better workmen's compensation laws. She'll be one of eight women in the House this session, a figure higher than average. . f Mrs. Wilmot thought she had the distlnc tion of being the oldest person to enter the 1 Legislature for the first time, but she was beat out for that honor by Jake Bennett, 71 1 year-old political figure from Portland. While I Bennett has held many elective and appoin- . i i as t ' ' '-4 v 1i An " REP. VEOLA WILMOT Has High Hopes or Legislature tive offices, this will be his first term as legislator. Mrs. Wilmot has been divorced since 1949. She has two married daughters and one of them lives with her in Eugene. At Salem, she'll live in the home of an other teacher, Mary Eyre, who is also retir ing and will take a three-month tour of the country while the Legislature is in session. Mrs. Wilmot won the Democratic nomina tion for the House in 1960 but lost in the general election that November. She 'ran fifth in the field of ten to win one of the county's -regular five seats in the 1962 elec tion. She and two othe,r Democrats, and two Republicans, make up Lane County's House delegation. She is spending this week packing for the trip and straightening out her affairs, in cluding a bale of mail sent her by groups from around the state since she was elected. , "Oh yes, I'm looking forward to It," she said as she looked out over the dusk settling down on the city. "I've always wanted to do something like this and I think a person .,. ought to do it if he can." ','', temtumxm WOMEN'S BASIC TIES AND CAS WAIS IP SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SAVINGS AT BURCH'S . . . SALE SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN! L PAIRS JC V Red, White, ll I BASIC TIES AND CASUALS REG. 7.95 o 9.95 4P Priced to Clear . . " Soles Final ... No Exchange or Refunds MEN'S SHOES Reg. 10.9S to 24.95 790 (0 390 I J.. CHILDREN'S SHOES ON SALE REG. 4.9S TO 12.95 290 490 5 90 690 ONE GROUP FLATS It CASUALS Reg. 8.95 to 12.9S OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT 'TIL Q P.M. WOMEN'S DRESS SHOES REG. 13.95 TO 19.95 ff CUST0MEI 1 XrcOs. 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