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c mgotj rjEivo Frances Rost Wilson Thli was a special holiday season for Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bently as this was the first time in many years so many of their children were at home. Those visiting included: Carl and Evelyn Russet and fami ly, Electric City, WA, and Mr. and Mrs. George Russet and family, Waldport. Beth Ste phens and daughter Patricia, Hcrmiston spent an evening. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Russel also viclted her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sanders and her sisters family, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Price, Her mis ton, as well as other friends and relatives. Christmas guests at the Don Adams home Included their son Robert, Portland, and a nephew, Jim Rucker, Kent, WA. Friends and relatives were happy to learn that Jim's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rucker were on vacation in Australia. Jim Rucker also visited his grandmother, Mrs. Leon Ben tley. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Endi cott and sons have moved to ' Salem, where he has gone into corporation insurance busi ness. He was formerly a teacher at A.C. Houghton School. The teacher who is taking his place is Gary Olson, Pendleton. Pastor and Mrs. Robert Schmoll and children visited at the home of her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Montgomery, Portland for the Christmas holidays. Visitors at the home of Mr. , and Mrs. Billy Griffin for Christmas and several days following were her sister Kathleen Reed and family. Coy Reed was not with them as he had been called to a family reunion In Arkansas. Karen Richards was home for the holidays from Eastern Oregon College, LaGrande. A New Years watch-night service was held at the Irrigon Assembly of God. The pro gram Included singing, testi mony service, communion service, prayer and refresh ments. Sherry Partlow, Irrigon and Lori Christiansen, Tacoma, WA, a classmate of Sherry's at Seattle Pacific College, traveled to Anaheim, CA, where they spent a week as guests of the Rev. and Mrs. Charlie Gregg. They toured Knotts Berry Farm and other points of interest. C.I.A. ... (Continued from page 2) assistance to the United States through the CIA with no reflection upon their integrity nor their mission, Colby wrote Hatfield. Responding to a letter to President Ford, Buchen wrote Hatfield that "Clergymen throughout the world are often valuable sources of Intelligence and many clergymen, motivated solely by patriotism, voluntarily and willingly aid the government by providing information of intelligence value." Buchen said, "The President does not feel it would be wise at present to prohibit the CIA from having any connection with the clergy." Hatfield's bill prohibits the CIA, the NSA, or the DIA from paying any member of the clergy or any employee or affiliate of a religious organization, association, or society for intelligence gathering or any other participation in agency operations. The legislation further prohibits any member of the intelligence community from soliciting or accepting the services of any member of the clergy or affiliate of a religious organization. Similar constraints on CIA contact and use exist for Peace Corps volunteers and Fulbright scholars. New herbicide A new herbicide which could dramatically Increase winter wheat production in western Oregon is being tested at Oregon State University. "The wheat production in crease should bring in at least 15 million each year in addi tional revenue to Willamette Valley Wheat growers," said Arnold P. Appleby, crop icientist. The herbicide, developed by a German company, is highly toxic to Italian ryegrass and wild oats, two major weed problems in western Oregon wheat. Oel iopr I Gar Aviation - Phone 989-8422 All farm chemicals available We will apply our chemical or yours Operator - Dealer - Applicator Licensed all categories Oreg. Wash. Idaho In experiment station tests conducted over three years by the OSU Agronomic Crop Science Department's weed research group, wheat yields have been increased 20-40 bushels an acre over test plots treated with the standard commercial herbicide. The tests were replicated five times in six locations heavily infested with Italian ryegrass and wild oats. "Growers won't have to take additional precautions in applying the herbicide," Ap pleby said. "It is in the same toxicity range as 2, 4-D, a commonly used wheat herbi cide." The date when the herbicide will be available on the market is still uncertain. There were experimental sales in Europe and Canada in 1975 and full registration is expected in those areas within the next two years. In the U.S., registration procedures are much slower because of strin gent governmental regu lations. Although the firm has applied to the U.S. Environ mental Protection Agency for an experimental label, full registration may not be grant ed until 1979. Preliminary studies have shown that the herbicide can persist in the soil up to 10 months although usually it is gone after four months. It has not presented problems to different crops planted the following year and no herbi cide residue has been found in harvested grain. "The new herbicide will be important for grass control in other crops, including volun teer corn in soybeans," said Appleby. "It also may be useful in growing potatoes, sugar beets, and other broad leaf crops but has little effect on broadleaf weeds." Packwood (Continued from page 2) port of the President. The President's support has been made clear through his early forwarding of revenue sharing renewal legislation, and the strong testimony in favor of revenue sharing by Treasury Secretary Simon before the Revenue Sharing Subcommit te of the Government Opera tions Committee in the House. In the Senate, the renewal legislation has 33 cosponsors (19 GOP, 14 Democrat), including Senators Long, Cha irman of the Finance Com mittee; Hathaway, Chairman of the Revenue Sharing Sub committee; and Muskie, Chairman of the Budget Committee. The Revenue sharing subcommittee, of which he is the ranking Republican, held hearings on April 15-17 and on May 21-22. The next step is to schedule Finance Committee mark-up, in between tax reduction, tax reform, and energy legisla tion. In the House of Representa tives, in contrast, there are only 50-60 cosponsors of reve nue sharing renewal, which is proportionately much less than 33 in the Senate. Rep. Brock Adams, chairman of the Budget Committee, and Rep. Jack Brooks, chairman of the Government Operations Committee, which has juris diction over revenue sharing, both say we cannot afford revenue sharing and that there should be more strings attached. In the house, the Revenue Sharing Subcommit tee of the Government Opera tions Committee began hear ings in October, and the full Committee is not expected to Page 3, THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner, OR. Thursday. Jan. 1. 1976 report legislation until early 1976. Sen. Packwood believes Congress will eventually re spond to the strong argument that people should be encour aged to solve their common problems through the govern ments closest to them, rather than through administrators in Washington. Revenue shar ing is preferable to categori cal programs because it increases local discretion, thereby assuring the money will be used for the highest priorities; there is less red tape and bureaucracy; and it is administered more effi ciently, with only about 100 employees. President Ford's proposed budget ceiling would not have an adverse effect on revenue sharing renewal. Ford's spending ceiling allows spen ding to rise from $370 billion to $395 billion from FY 76 to FY 77, an increase of 7 per cent. Since revenue sharing only increases by about 2 per cent, renewal does not conflict with his spending ceiling. The new Congressional Bu- Kl'RAL COMMUNITIES Rural communities now have until Feb. 13, 1976 to file preapplications for communi ty development discretionary grants under Title I of the Housing and Community De velopment Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-383). Preapplications were to be filed with the Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment (HUD) by Jan. 15, 1976. But the date was extended after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that non metro communities need more time to comply with interim revised regula tions announced earlier. Communities needing infor mation on the regulations or on preapplication procedures should contact HUD offices or offices of USDA's Extension Service and Farmers Home Administration. i Hunting and Fishing Licenses expire 5 See the completely ew Artk Csl 'WiO'11 I I "PanUra" speed, comfort and I , , I I aIIUy. The best of both worlds -J, " f 1 being crootrd betweea Elt!re CZ j I I and Panther. gX, j c i (Demonstrations available now) j ( Call Glenn Walker j Conine Olds I Sll Court Penaieton Phono 276-1921; j The Department of Fish and Wildlife reminds sportsmen that it's time to be thinking about new hunting and fishing licenses since 1975 licenses expire with the year at FINANCE COMMITTEE ACCEPTS AMENDMENT The Senate Finance Com mittee accepted a Packwood amendment to a Finance Committee bill that would allow Oregon National Guardsmen and reservists to have individual retirement accounts. Sen. Bob Packwood (R-OR) said under present law all members of reserve and national guard units are automatically prohibited from having individual retirement plans, although all other persons who do not have retirement plans are eligible. "This is unfair because only a small per cent of members of the national guard and re serve units participate for the 20 years required for retire ment payments, and a person with 20 years of service might end up with only $78 per month in retirement," the Senator said. There are 23,596 Oregon guardsmen and reservists. The Packwood amendment would apply only to persons who performed less than 180 days of active military service as member of the National Guard or earned less than 180 points toward retirement (roughly equivalent to one point per day). Individual retirement ac counts were created as a part of the Pension Reform Act of 1974. The individual retire-, ment account provision! per mit an employee who Is not an active participant In a retire ment plan to deduct 15 per cent of earned Income, up to $1,500 for contributions to a retirement savings account, and to defer taxation on the income from the account. i midnight on Dec. 31. Water fowl stamps, however, remain good through the remainder of the hunting season. Hunting and angling licen ses will cost more this year in accordance with new rates set by the 1975 legislature. The new hunting license will cost $7 and the angling license goes up to $9. Those who buy the combination hunting and ang ling license at $15 will save a dollar. The salmon-steel head catch record or "punch card" has gone up from $1 to $2. Both hunting and angling licenses for disabled veterans have gone up from 50 cents to $1. The cost of some big game tags has also been increased. The deer tag has doubled in price and will cost $4 next year. Elk tags have gone up to $15. The bear tag will cost $4. Nonresidents will also pay more for Oregon licenses and tags. The nonresident hunting license has gone up from $50 to $75 and nonresident tags will cost $75 for elk, $35 for deer, and $35 for bear. The nonresi dent angling license took a smaller Jump, increasing from $20 to $23 in 1976. This represents the first major increase in license fees since 1967 and, although the increases seem substantial, the Department of Fish and Wildlife says they only rough ly keep up with the inflation that has taken place since then. In other words, the buying power available to put Into wildlife management programs has not really increased with the license increase. Homeowner Rights For property owners who may far takeover of their land tor rood buikling or other govern ment profrrsms, thert's a new , booklet on owner ri(hUi avail bit for $2 from Reymont Amociotei, 29-N Revmonl Avenuo, Rye, N.Y. I0WW. dget Control Act may affect the timing of revenue sharing renewal. Section 303 of that act provides that the new spending authority, such as revenue sharing renewal, cannot be considered between Jan. 1 and May 15, and the rule may be waived by a simple majority vote in both Houses. The dilemma is that confor mance with Congressional budget procedures requires disruption of budget proce dures of 38,000 recipient gov ernments. This is because during the winter and spring of 1976, recipient governments will be planning their "budgets for periods including time after Dec. 31, 1976, the expira tion date of revenue sharing. Further Congressional delays will require local officials to decide whether to eliminate essential programs or raise taxes. In light of the strong argu ment for revenue sharing and the wide support it enjoys across the nation. Sen. Pack wood believes the apparent Congressional impasse will be broken. Center's uorner Central Market won 3 gam es from the Morrow County Grain Growers. 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