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EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Wed., Jan. 23, 1963 Nehru Affirms Border Pledge NEW DELHI un Prime Minister Nehru assured Parliament Wednesday that his government remains determined to drive the Chinese Communists from "the sacred soil" of India. His statement came as Parliament considered the proposals of six nonaligned nations trying to mediate the border war. Some Indian legislators have feared Nehru might make concessions. Nehru said that Peking has not acceded in full the nrnnnuU oranea ai a LoiomDo, Ceylon meeting ana India will never agree to talks with Communist China until they are accepted. The prime minister empha sized that Parliament's resolu tion of last November pledging to drive out the Chinese aggres sors remains the basis of govern ment policy. "We are determined to carry It out no matter how long it may take," he said. ' Nehru said any preliminary talks agreed to would not touch on the merits of the border dis pute with the Chinese. Nehru told Parliament he had Just received from the Ceylonese prime minister, Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, a message that the Chinese had accepted the proposals in principle but had said some point should be set tled in direct talks with India. "We are clear there can be no talks between officials of the two governments unless China accepts in total the Colombo Conference proposals with their clarifications," Nehru said. The Colombo proposals, for mulated at a meeting of six non-aligned nations in the Cey lonese capital, calle for a sta bilization of the disputed border territories to be followed by talks between the Chinese and Indians to work out a border settlement. Hardware Assn. Elects Officers PORTLAND Wl The Pacific Northwest Hardware and Imple ment Assn. elected officers Tuesday and called for a Sun day closing law in both Oregon and Washington. Elected president was Dale M. Bergh, Grcsham, Ore. Named vice presidents were John Weber, Odell, Ore., and Harry F. Higgins, Moses Lake, Wash. In other resolutions, the or- ganization favored repeal of the Oregon inventory tax and strengthening of the Washington umair iraae practices act. Mother Waits Decision On Deportation CENTRALIA, Wash. W A former Englishwoman and her American husband took their baby home from a hospital Tues day as prospects brightened for her to avoid threatened deporta tion. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brown have faced an uncertain future since the Immigration Service ruled last year that she didn't get American citizenship auto matically by marrying Brown after she came here as an ex change teacher from England. Mrs. Brown was first ordered to return to England by last Dec. 9. The deadline was lifted when it was learned the baby was on the way but was set again tentatively for Feb. 15. While the Browns were go ing home Tuesday with the new daughter, Alisa Anne, the Immi gration Service director in Seat tle was taking a sympathetic view. John P. Boyd Jr., the serv ice's regional director, said ar rangements are being made so Mrs. Brown can ask for recon sideration. He said this would get "sym pathetic consideration and per haps a waiver of the deporta tion order. Anyway, Mrs. Brown said her doctor wouldn't permit her to travel for at least six weeks. Utilities Assigned Service Areas SALEM (UPD Applications for exclusive utility service areas have been granted to Port land Oneral Electric Co. and to Consumers Power Inc., of Corvallis, Puonc uiimy wm micctnnor .Tnnpl Hill announced, PGE was given areas in north ern Marion and Polk counties, most of Yamhill and Washing ton counties, southern Columbia County, and Multnomah and Clackamas counties, except for cities served either Dy city sys m: nr hv two distributors. pr.E alsn was eiven a remote area territory along the west side of the Cascades. fnnsnmprs a federallv fi ranccd cooperative was given vrliiiv service areas ill Ben ton, Linn, eastern Lincoln, northern Lane, and southern Marion counties, as well as 750 square miles along the Cascades thai presently are unserved. Excavation Team Discovers Scraper Tc vfcas Nev. UPi Sci entists announced Tuesday the nf a man-made stone scraper in earth strata known to 1 1 nnn vest- old. Richard Shutler, curator of anthropology at the Nevada State Museum and leader of the excavation team, said the dis covery was made at Tule Springs in an excavation 10 feet deep. He said the quart! rock scra per was used by prehistoric man as a tool, probably to scrape animal hides. Projects Planned SALEM OP Gov. Mark Hat i.lrf c,,A Wednesday that SIX projects representing a total in vestment of some $2,125,000 were started or planned in Ore Republican Wins Race SAN RAFAEL, Calif. UV-Re-publican Don Clausen, who lost to a dead Democratic congress man last November, easily won a special election ir California's 1st Congressional District Tues day over the late congressman's aide. Unofficial returns gave Clau sen 79,340 to 65,817 for Demo crat William F. Grader, field representative for the late Rep. Clem Miller. John C. Stuart, a Democrat the party tried to keep off the ballot, got 1,651. Miller was killed in a cam paign plane crash last fall but his name remained on the Nov. 6 ballot and he was re-elected posthumously by 3,617 votes over Clausen. Clausen carried all six coun ties Tuesday in the district which stretches up California's north coast from the Golden Gate to the Oregon border. By winning the nation's first congressional race since No vember,. Clausen becomes the 14th Republican in California's 38-man delegation in the House. Caluscn's victory makes the House lineup 258 Democrats, 177 Republicans. V- i rr- eggular (AP Wirephoto) A letter carrier discovered this egg inside a deposit box in Louisville, Ky. The egg had been mailed from Louisville to Pvt. Peter H. Wright, Fort Knox, Ky., which is 30 miles from Louisville.' Postal officials said they wouldn't move the egg any closer to the addressee but that they would hold it for Wright who planned to pick it up this weekend, if he can get a pass. Tito Receives Bid BELGRADE, Yugoslavia Ml President Tito has been invited to visit Algeria "as soon as pos sible" by that nation's premier, Ahmed Ben Bella, the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported. OSU Awarded Grant WASHINGTON UV-Rcp. Wal ter N o r b 1 a d , R-Ore., said Wednesday the Atomic Energy Commission has awarded a $48,242 grant to Oregon State University for biological studies. School Board Refuses To Ban 'Filthy' Books EDGERTON, Wis. (Urfr-The school board denied parents' demands Tuesday night to stop high school classes from reading such "filthy" books as "The Ugly American" and "1984." "We are no longer living in the age of Longfellow," a board member said. ' The parents, led by Mrs. Edwin Thalacker, had at tempted to get the school board to ban class readings of "filthy" and "vulgar" books. They named such bonks as J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye;" Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World;" George Orwell's "1984;" John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men;" Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment;" and "The Ugly American" by Wil liam Ledcrer and Eugene Burdick. About 450 persons attended a two-hour meeting which ended with a terse statement by board President Thomas Houfe in support of the con tinued use of the books. "We are 100 per cent be hind the teachers and staff of the high school," Houfe said. "We arc no longer living in the age of Longfellow," said Soviets Visit Robert Frost BOSTON Wl Three touring Soviet writers who visited poet Robert Frost in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital here say they found him bright, lively and re gaining his "full force." The three Russians brought Frost gifts, drank champagne with him and heard Frost remi nisce about his visit to the So viet Union last September. They said Frost. 88, who un derwent surgery Dec. 10 for a urinary tract obstruction and then suffered a heart attack, said of Soviet Premier Khru shev: "We were charmed with each other. I'm very fond of him. He's a lovable man. I could talk out to him and he could talk out to me." The three are Mine. Frida Lu rye, novelist Valentin Katayev, and playwright Viktor Rozov. attorney John Rothe. Wt can't keep a fence around our children." The Rev. Wayne Turner, a Roman Catholic priest, dis agreed. "Parents have the right to n.it a fsnna amlinri thatl- fhll. dren," he said, "and I will back them in this rightl "The parents definitely have a right to object to what their children are being taught," Father Turner said. "I, a priest, must object to three books on moral grounds The Catcher in the Rye,' '1984,' and 'Brave New World'." One woman said the books in question were "demoraliz ing literature inspired by the Communists." She said every one ought to read J. 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