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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday Oct. 26, 1978 THREE Ullman gives report during Heppner stop Police Report j Making a whirlwind sweep through his Second Congres sional District following a marathon closing week of lawmaking in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Al Ullman took time for an appearence at a no-host din ner in Heppner last Wednesday. Noting that lawmakers worked round-the-clock to complete legislation prior to last week's Congressional ad journment, Ullman commented that "Congress isn't really fun like it used to be." The chairman of the power ful Ways and Means Committee stated that the recently completed session "was a good Congress for Oregon." He pointed out that nearly every Oregon water project included in the Public Works Bill vetoed by Presi dent Carter was kept alive. "Oregon's water bills were good, solid proposals," he commented, "they were not pork barrel projects." Ullman also expressed plea sure over the Congressional tax relief package, which he stated was "not as compre hensive as the one we worked with with President Ken nedy. ..but it's a good bill." President Carter's previous ly poor relations with Congress are on the upswing. Ullman reported, especially in light of the Camp David summit agreement, which the Eastern Oregon Congressman characterized as "something real that he put together right it was not just propa ganda." Congress, he said, has "had to put him right on some things, but we're now at the point where we can work together. ..Carter is a well meaning man and we're getting squared away better with him." However, Ullman said, "I'm still concerned about some of the people he has around him at the While House. ..But I think we'll see a better working relationship with the President next session." While noting that the Willow Creek dam appears likely to at last become a reality, Ullman said he was aware of, and concerned over, sweeping Army Corps of Engineers' flood plain designations for lone, and possibly for Heppner and Lexington as well. Ullman indicated that he was uncerta in, at this early point, about what he could do towards easing the growth-crippling flood plain designations. He said he and his office would continue to monitor the situa tion and do what they could to help. Ullman said he has not abandoned hope for removing the U.S. Navy from the Boardman Bombing Range, where thousands of acres of potential cropland are cur rently being used for sporadic target practice. But at this juncture, he noted, "I can't be too optimistic. He added that (Washington Gov.) Dixy (Lee Kay) has not been too co operative towards pulling the bombing range back in Wash ington, where it belongs." The dinner featuring Ull man. attended by aboul 50 Morrow County residents, was held Wednesday nighl in the West of Willow. A car owned by a laborer ' working at the Carty coal fired power plant near Boardman was broken into by thieves on Sunday, the Mor row County Sheriff's office reported. Stolen from the car were a 7 mm rifle with scope, a .22 caliber automatic rifle, and a Fuzzbuster radar detector unit, worth a total estimated value of more than $800. Deputies said a prying device was used to open a wing window to unlock the car, owned by Daniel Huffman of Clarkston, Wash. The car was parked at a PGE mobile labor housing camp south of Boardman, where Huffman was staying. ' Debra Petit, 21, of Lexing ton, was treated at Pioneer Memorial Hospital for minor injuries received last week when the car she was driving smashed into a rock wall along Hwy. 74 near the junction of lower Rhea Creek Road near lone, Sheriff's deputies reported. The accident occurred after the Petit woman lost control of her vehicle, alter one of the front tires blew out, according to a report on the accident. Heppner city police are investigating an incident of malicious mischief, in which vandals broke out the rear window of a vehicle owned by Douglas Carey of Skyline Apartments in Heppner. BULOVA "DATELINE" ELECTRONIC WALL CALENDAR 12 ONLY $39.95 Here's a handsome hang-up for home or office. A beautifully tailored clock that tells time, day and date electronically. Operates over a year on a standard flashlight battery. Never needs winding. With three-dimensional numerals, glass covered dial and red sweep second. In today's most popular color combinations: White, beige or brown with color-coordinated dial. A big Wk" square. 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Growers should seek a stand-by grain export subsidy to meet competition from the European Economic Com munity and other exporters, said Rich Pennell of North Pacific Grain Growers, a regional cooperative, and Dick Baum, Portland, president of Western Wheat Associates, a farmer-financed marketing organization. Pennell praised the trade development act now moving toward passage in Congress. "It's a real forward step," and includes a victory for wheat growers who for 15 years have battled a rule that requires exported grain to be shipped in U.S. vessels. Growers must keep an eye on international trade negotia tions, Pennell said. "You're in the big leagues." Each country in Asia where Western Wheat Associates works presents different prob lems, Baum said. He said growers must face the facts that the world has a plentiful supply of wheat and that Asia has produced more rice this year than its people can eat. "We're in a sensitive posi tion. 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