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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. ...
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. Gardner's
Men's Wear lost 3 games to
Coast to Coast and Peterson's
Jeweler's won 3 games from
Fiesta Bowl.
Central Market bowled a
' 2581 to take the high team
series. Coast to Coast took
high team game as they
bowled a 928. Roberta Klaus,
Coast to Coast took the honors
for individual high series with
a 515. Harriet Evans took high
honors for individual high
game as she bowled a 201
which also entitled her to a
Bicentennial patch
Team Won Lost
Central Market 47' 2 20' 2
MCGG 43 25
Coast to Coast 40 28
Petersons 31 37
Gardners 27" 40'
Fiesta Bowl 15 53
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