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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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." ','',
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