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Hears Discussion
On Teacher Pay
State-Wide Minimum
Salary Has Support
Salem (U.R) School boards
r and 'school teachers faced one
another here last night across
the issue of a new state-wide
minimum salary for school
teachers.
The House and Senate Educa
tion Committees, meeting joint
ly, heard 29 persons favoring
Senate bill 7 which would raise
present minimums for a teacher
with no experience and with a
bachelor's degree from $2100 to
$3700. Six persons were op
posed. e '
Bill Gets Support
The Oregon Education Asso
' ciation and the State Association
of Classroom Teachers were
solidly behind Sen. Mark Hat
field's bill to raise the mini
. mums to what they said was a
more realistic level. They said
the increase was essential to
help Oregon attract the hun
dreds of out-of-state teachers it
must hire each year to fill
burgeoning vacancies.
A few teachers, exemplified
by Mrs. Agnes Booth, a Marion
county teacher, said the $3700
0 minimum might be a little too
high but that an increase from
$2100 certainly was necessary.
Mrs.. Booth said a minimum
would serve as a base for the
numerous rural school districts
that do not now have a salary
schedule. Mrs. Antonio Krader,
vice-president of the OR A, said
neighboring states were bypass
ing Oregon in the competition
for competent teachers.
Said Not Important Factor
Opponents of the bill declared
a minimum salary was not an
. important factor in recruitment
of new teachers or in competi
tion with private industry.
J. W. Edwards, superintend
ent of Portland schools, said
Oregon schools need to consider
raising their maximum salaries
and making it possible to reach
those maximums sooner. Teach
ers, he said, should be fighting
for that goal and forgetting
about minimums. High starting
salaries, he asserted, were of in
terest mainly to persons not con
templating . teaching as a life
long career.
Other school board members
who testified opposed the bill
as an encroachment on local con
trol of school affairs. They de
clared the terrific demand for
school teachers would exert ade
quate upward pressure on sal
- aries.
(See story on Page 3)
Accident Victim Still
In Critical Condition -
Donna Nelson, 408 Beatty st.,
seriously injured early Sunday
morning in a car accident at the
corner of Pierce road and Spring
St., was listed as still in critical
condition, at Sacred Heart hos
pital this morning. ' Hospital at
tendants stated that Miss Nelson
has not regained consciousness.
Donita Wright, 1461 East Mc
Andrews rd., : injured in the
same accident, ; was released
from the hospital yesterday aft
ernoon, and the condition , of
Jean Ragsdale, 513 Palm st.,
still in the hospital, was said to
be good.
Timber Marketing Area Act
Under Attack
Salem (U.R) Small loggers,
sawmill employers and em
ployees joined hands with the
"big fellows" today in support
ing a Senate measure to abolish
the timber marketing area act
passed by the 1953 Legislature.
Apprehension Expressed
All those testifying for Senate
bill 63 at a hearing before the
Senate Natural Resources Com
mittee expressed apprehension
that enforcement of the timber
market area act would cause
some mills to shut down and
would lower the price for timber
because of lack, of competitive
bidding.
Under terms of the marketing
area act, the State Board of For
estry is empowered to declare a
marketing area, and sale of state
owned timber in the area would
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEbiwARY 15, 1955
Mi Dsis ;l8i
By PHILIP B. LOWRY
i State Senator
Salem In the Oregon state
budget for the biennium 1955
1957 is a request for an appro-
priation of
$12,278,000 for
an item desig
nated "aid to
dependent
children."
This is a
staggering fig
ure, to provide
for children
who are other-
1
wise properly cared for, and a
shocking disclosure of a serious
situation in Oregon. Although I
have not had an opportunity to
examine all the statistical data, I
believe a substantial part of this
appropriation is aevoted to the
public support of families of fa
thers who refuse to support
them. Nothing said herein is in
tended to apply to those worthy
cases were death, accident or
illness is responsible for depend
ent children.
Not Solely Financial
It is clear that the problem is
not solely financial but many
dutiful mothers ' and innocent
children are dependent upon
public assistance. A real poten
tial for juvenile delinquency
exists, if adequate support is not
provided from some source.
Air of us would agree, I be
lieve, that we are not going to
allow any child to go hungry
and without adequate clothing
or medical care. That is the hu
manitarian aspect. But our will-:
ingness to alleviate hardship is
not the solution to either the
financial or the social problem.
To continue to expand this pro
gram, or even maintain it at
this high level, indefinitely, be
cause of humanitarian impulses
and without facing the problem
squarely, can only result in its
aggravation. Nothing is more
irritating to a taxpayer than to
dig into his own earnings to sup
port the family of a neglectful
parent. .
Problem Mushrooms
To furnish some , idea as to
how this program has mush
roomed, I checked with the. state
budget office last week and
learned that this program of as
sistance, administered by the
Public Welfare , Commission,
entered the state budget in 1937,
with an expenditure of $791,
287. thereafter, it grew by
leaps and bounds as the follow
ing figures show:
1939 - 1940 ... $1,752,740
1941 - 1943.
1943 1945
1945 - 1947
1947 - 1949
2,068,415
2,058,850
3,326,117
6,467,688
1949 - 1951 9,121,777
. 1951 - 1953. .. 9,951,000
Of this expenditure the state
bears 70 per cent and the coun
ties 30 per' cent. -Interest
Shown
This session of the legislature
is showing considerable interest
in '; attacking . Jhis disagreeable
situation. We hope to find ' at
least a partial solution. Bills are
under consideration which
would make it obligatory for
all a i d-to-dependent-children
cases to be referred for possible
legal action. These bills are de
signed to eliminate cases where
it is easier for a mother to make
application for public assistance
than to file a nonsupport com
plaint and prosecute it.
Another 'bill would limit ap
plications for such assistance to
at Hearing
be confined, to sawmills physi
cally located in that area.
However, Sen. Warren Mc
Minimee (R - Tillamook) who
spoke in opposition to Senate bill
63, pointed out that no timber
market area had been declared
by the forestry board, and none
had been asked except in Tilla
mook county, where the request
was not granted. He observed
those advocating Senate bill 63
were "strange bedfellows the
union men and the little fellows
in' with the big fellows."
Would End Competition
Robert Klammer, president of
the North Tillamook County
Logging " and Sawmill Associa
tion, said enforcement of the
timber marketing area could do
away with competition for logs,
with three or four mills naming
their own price.
ZU united etesa Full leased Wir
siiirag; F
ConmipDik
families that had resided .in' Ore
gon for at least two years. It is
hoped to eliminate that part of
the case loadwhere transient
families with children move
into .the state, and the father
subsequently departs "from Ore
gon,' well-knowing that Oregon
taxpayers will assume his bur
den of support. Still other bills
would provide more realistic
penalties "upon " conviction for
nonsupport than are presently
on the books. :
Estimates Vary
Estimates . vary as to how
much this load could be reduced
with effective enforcement of
existing or proposed laws. Re
liably informed persons say that
not less than 25 per cent could
be saved " with a reasonable
effort.
Why are the taxpayers being
forced to assume this tremend
ous load, that is the responsibil
ity of someone else? ' These, I
think, are some of the reasons:
1. A high divorce rate. 2. Fre
quent remarriages even a will
ing father may not have the fi
nancial resources to take care
of two families. 3. Changing ec
onomic conditions . which have
disturbed the usual pattern - of
families providing for their
own kin. 4. Cumbersome legal
procedures, which either have
not been, or cannot be, stream
lined to reach effectively into
Other counties and states to pros
ecute wandering and abscond
ing fathers. 5. The reluctance,
or inability, of many enforce
ment officials to act where com
plaints are sought pn 'the ground
they do not have the time, "staff
or facilities to' cope with the sit
uation. . . ";
Causes Listed ..
. Where a court has ; ordered
support payments . which " have
not been made, a civil' contempt
proceeding may be brought for
disobedience of the court's or
der. In any case of non-support
a criminal complaint may be
filed. The civil remedy has prov
ed of little value in meeting the
problem 1 because the procedure
is complicated, and there is sel
dom any money on hand for
the legal costs to prosecute it
adequately- It is surprising, how
ever, how often money seems to
be available to defend such at
tempted prosecutions.
The "criminal remedy appears
not to be well-enforced because
district attorneys, for one rea
son or another, do not get the
job done in many cases,, and
the mother often refuses to go
through with a criminal prose
cution. It is in many cases a very
frustrating problem to district
attorneys who .know that there
is not too much hope of success
in prosecuting where the delin
quent parent's whereabouts may
not even be known, or he is out
of the state arid a lengthy ex
tradition procedure is required.
Until we have extensive pros
ecutions, it is difficult to de
termine how many fathers would
prefer to languish in jail rather
than to provide support.
Uniform Act
Some time ago, Oregon ad
opted ;the uniform reciprocal
nonsupport act, whereby a com
plaint could be filed in Oregon
and forwarded outof state- for
action at the residence of the
nonsupporting parent. For in
stance, a mother in Jackson
county v could file proceedings
here ,to have the father summon
ed into court.in California and
there face charges. -' --
While this procedure has bein
helpful, it has been . greatly
weakened by a legal interpreta
tion that district attorneys are
not required to initiate the pro
ceedings in Oregon. This means
that; the unsupported . mother
must engage a private attorney
to start the action. Private at
torneys do as much as they can,
principally as a public service
and generally without . compen
sation of any; consequence.
Multnomah county has made
more legal effort than any other
to meet the need. Some author
ities there hold the opinion that
present laws .are adequate and
only require effective; admin
istration. It has been well point
ed out that the only successful
way of getting at this condition
is to use collection agency prin
ciples in locating, following and
prosecuting claims.
I am confident that adequate
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No. 283
RECENT ACTS SHOW
CHINA-RUSSIA ARE
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SV K'Ww CT f. J nationalists PREPARE 3
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TBSENmL TO THE 2ZZmi
LrfTr lPfENSE OF FORMOSA i-";;":
ARTILLERY DUELChinese Communists and National
ists exchange heavy artillery bombardments (bomb blasts) ;
at Quemoy and Matsu Islands. Chiang Kai-shek makes it j
clear that these, two outposts are vital to defense of J
Formosa and will be defended at all costs.
Seven Persons Slated
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For Sentencing
Six men and a women were
scheduled to appear in -circuit
court this afternoon for sen
tencing on felony charges rang
ing from larceny to polygamy,
according to court officials.
Four others were fined in dis
trict court yesterday, all of them
on charges involving liquor.
Among those slated to appear
today for sentencing were Mrs.
Odessa Evelyn Campbell Mires
Davis, 35, Phoenix, charged with
polygamy; Fred ; Warden, . 31 , of
rout6--l4'vbox:" 350K, Medford,
charged with manslaughter in
the death of Philip Stephen
Minear, 12-year-old son of Mr.
and: Mrs. Robert Mmear, route
1, box 331, Medford, in a hunt
ing accident last year, and Aaron
Francis Gentry, 25, of 42V
Third St., Ashland, charged with
furnishing liquor to a minor.
Mrs. Davis and Warden plead
ed guilty.
Others To Appear
Others scheduled to appear to
day were George Edison Moore,
23, of route 1. box 671, Central
Point, charged with probation
violation; Donald Neal Ware, 20,
San Dimas, Calif., charged with
forgery; Milton Edward Wallace,
18, Box . 55, Phoenix, charged
with larceny from a building,
and Oscar Freeman Stallsworth
Jr., 20, route 4, Grants Pass,
charged with a burglary at
Rogue River grade school.
" All seven were tor appear be
fore Circuit Judge Orval Mil
lard. .
Those fined yesterday in dis
trict court included Paul Leslie
Seagoe, 18, Rogue River, and
two 17-yearold Rogue River
boys. All three pleaded guilty
to charges. of illegal possession
of intoxicating liquor and each
was fined $10 arid court costs.
. The fourth to appear in dis-
enforcement efforts .would pro
duce results far in excess of
cost. Present conditions certain
lv indicate that some business
like administration would go far
to reduce a portion of this re-
sponsibility thrust upon tne tax
payers. '
No doubt a thorough analysis
of the statistical evidence would
give . a better idea as to how to
proceed. Probably very little, if
any, criticism should be directed
against the State Public Wel
fare commission and the case
workers. To its great credit, the
Jackson County Public Welfare
commission is acutely aware of
conditions and is doing every
thing possible to provide some
action. It is time we gave them
some help.
None of us would wish to turn
our back when small 'children
are in real ! need, whatever the
cause. Whether the present pro
gram is resulting in supplying
higher standards . for publicly
supported children than those
of other families with very mod
est incomes, I am unable to say.
Every attorney in Jackson coun
ty," including myself, could doc
ument this gloomy report with
extremely sordid cases where
the; only deserving feature is an
innocent child needing help.
Something needs to be done.
It will probably be done only
when the public becomes suffic
iently interested to demand action.
Weather
FORECAST:' Fair tonight, vari
able nigh cloudiness Wednes
day with patches of morning
fog. Low tonight 28; high
Wednesday 50.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 51
Lowest this Morning 25
trict court was Rexford Cooper
Thompson, 33, Box 271, Central
Point, who was jailed in lieu
of payment of a fine of $250
ancl court costs on a charge of
driving while intoxicated. .He
pleaded guilty. Thompson also
' i . , ' -T
received an aaauionai ; ou-aay
suspended .jail sentence, and his
operator's license was suspended
for 90 days.
For Formosa Stand
Portland (U.R) Howard
Morgan, chairman "of the Ore
gon Democratic Central commit
tee, has : wired Sen. Wayne
Morse (I-Ore.), commending him
for his stand on the Formosan
crisis.
The text of the telegram,
made public last ' night, said;
"we. believe that your state
ments reflect not only courage
but intelligent and responsible
devotion to your country."
"The right of a United States
Senatorf to probe for facts and
to dissent for the purpose of in'
forming the public concerning
the vital decisions of its gov
ernment is a right conferred
by the American constitutional
system and is precious to every
citizen," the telegram went on,
' Morgan also renewed his in
vitation to Morse to join the
ranks of the Democrats. He said
that even those Democrats who
disagreed with Morse's Formo
san speech were "deeply and
personally indebted" to him.
Hospital Site Views
Of Council Expected
The Medford city council is
expected to give its, views. on
the proposed sale of city-owned
property to the Medford Hos
pital association at its meeting
at 7:30 p.m. today.
,The -property, of about 21
acres, is located on Highland
dr., south of the IOOF cemetery.
' Several other matters are set
for discussion, including a pay
ing petition for a portion of East
Jackson st., agreement with the
State Highway commission for
signals on j Highway 99 through
the city, and a right of way ex
tension on Columbus ave. v
Birdwatcher Spies ' K
Spring's Precoursers ". "
According lo the calendar,
spring won't start until the
morning of March 21 this year.
But as for signs of spring
that's different. They're
started.
The first report of swallows,
the traditional precoursers of
spring, was made to The Mail
Tribune this morning by the
Rev. Thomas McCamant, an
experienced birdwatcher, who
.spotted about four of the birds
yesterday near Phoenix. They
are much earlier than usual
this year, he reported, and are
ahead of any he's ever seen
in Oregon. , , ...
And from Jacksonville, it
is reported that pussywillows
have been in the early stage .
ei bloom for tome time, now
WENCHOWEqA NECESSARY STRATEGIC MOVt!
Today
Nanchi Evacuees
Land at Taipeh;
Outposts Alerted
Communist Attack
Seen in Coming Week
Taipeh, Formosa . (U.R)
A National warship brought the
first civilian evacuees to For
mosa today from Nanchi, one
of the Nationalist outposts the
high command has alerted
against the- Communist attack
during the coming week. .
There was no military activ
ity reported along the 300-mile
island front for the second day,
but military quarters described
this as the lull before the storm
and predicted major Red at
tempts against Nationalist bases
soon.
Matsu Strike Expected
A high ranking Nationalist of
ficial said the Communists were
expected to strike first at Matsu
island, 177 miles south of re
cently abandoned Tachen island
and one of the two most heavily
defended islands still in Na
tionalist hands. The other is
Quemoy.
A Communist "invasion, fleet"
of 70 armored junks was spotted
recently near Matsu and Nation
alist authorities have alerted
their forces for an attack.
A total of 2,000 civilians were
to be ; brought oift of Nanchi,
northern-most of the Nationalist
outposts, in expectation of Com
munist attacks. Officials insisted
the island would be defended,
however.
United Nations, N.Y. (U.R)
Diplomatic observers in Moscow
reported today the Spviet gov
ernment ' apparently . was dead
serious in its attempts to findJ
some way of reducing the boil
ing point of the Formosa crisis.
They noted the exrressions of
support given to Red China by
the Soviet leaders were couched
in the most general tones and
that" Spviet Premier Nikolai Bul-
ganin promised aid only when
"the necessity arises. ' ,,
"' They were much milder than
statements by Chinese Commun
ist Chairman Mao Tze-tung and
Preriiier Chou En-lai , warnina
the United States it would " be
"wiped clean from the surface
of the globe" in any World War
III. v : - : --.r-h
Taxes Proposed
Salem U.R) The House Rules
Committee today received drafts
of bills Sen. Warren Gill wants
to introduce to raise the . state
gasoline tax from six to eight
cents a gallon and to authorize
an $11,000,000 highway revenue
bond issue.
The two measures will have
to be cleared by the committee
since the deadline for member
filing of new bills-has passed.
Gill's bills would have to be
introduced in the House because
they are revenue measures.
Gov. Paul 'Patterson has op
posed an increase in the gasoline
tax. The , State - Highway Com
mission has asked for the two
cent increase to bolster its fund
for new construction and mainte
nance. It has virtually exhausted
its earlier bond issue, revenue
authorized by the two previous
legislatures make up the war
time lag in new construction. - -
Portland (U.R) Port ; com
missioners here have approved
architects' plans for the pro
jected $3,120,000 air terminal.
Higher
Planning Commission Approves Proposal
To Rename Front Street D'Anjou Street
; A . proposal to change -the
name of Front st. to.D'Anjou st.,
which was - the thoroughfare's
original name, was approved by
the Medford Planning commis-i
sion last night.
Commission Secretary Ed Mc
Kinstry said city Officials can
find no evidence 'that the coun
cil ever officially changed it
from "D'Anjou" to "Front," but
commission members felt that a
change back should be done offi
cially, by city council action, to
avoid confusion. They recom
mended the change to the coun
cil. It was pointed out that
D'Anjou conforms to 'the alpha
betical system of street names,
whereas Front does not.. v.
Letter Written u ;' ;
A letter to the commission
suggested the change to ' "im
prove the character- of - the
street" in line with present and
future developments. It said the
name "Front st." has an "oner
ous connotation." Signing' the
letter were Richard Henselman,
ROMAHIAfJ RELBSE
OF CAPTIVES SOUGHT
Bern,' Switzerland U.R) A daring group of Romanian anti
Communists shot their way into the Romanian -Legation today,
rejected demands of Swiss police that they surrender, and an- '
nounced they would stay until Red Romania release five resistance,
fighters from prison.
The legation chauffeur went down in a burst of tommygun
fire when he tried to halt the pre-dawn invasion of the Legation
Building. He died later in a hospital with gunshot wounds in the
stomach, chest and thigh. (
Police said five to seven men were in the anti-Red group that
attacked jast before midnight, ousted the Legation staff and
achieved complete control of the Legation early today. -
At the request of Bern city officials, police cut off light, gas '
and water in the building in the hope of forcing the barricaded:
refugees to surrender without a fight.
But the refugees held out. They were reported well armed with
submachine guns, hand grenades and other arms and were
equipped with gas masks.
Swiss , Police Avoid
Attempt To Oust Invaders ,
In spite of vigorous Romanian
protests and demands that the
police oust the invaders, the
Swiss police did not attempt to
enter the Legation Building by
force. - . '.
This - enraged Romanian
Charge d' Affaires Emeric Stof
f el, who was ousted from his res
idence and the Legation and who
spent most of the day pacing
angrily in the Legation grounds.
He said he had authorized the
police to ; force entry into the
building . "several times since
qufte early this morning immed
iately after the gun battle.
He said he "also demanded
several-times that the police ar
rest the aggressors."
The action placed neutral
Switzerland in the midst of an
international crisis similar to
one in Copenhagen, where police
and detectives were besieging the
Romanian Legation in belief the
Communists were holding as
hostage the child bride of a Ro
manian who chose freedom.
Police said a band of five to
seven Romanian anti-Reds
stormed into the legation build
ings and ousted , the consular
staff in a - night ? attack that
jumped off just before midnight
and achieved complete control
of the legation early today.- - -Buildings
Ringed by Police .
Swiss police, " wearing ' steel
helmets, against . the I threat ; of
further shooting, ringed' the con
sulate .buildings ,ja a usually
quiet Bern Park this morning
and arrested one of the anti
Communists who tried to slip
out of the legation.
Two others were reported to
have, fled, but a holdout group
remained inside.,,
...The Swiss Cabinet held a
special morning session and the
Foreign Department, Switzer
land's State Department, ; held
urgent consultations with advis
ers on : international law. They
were seeking .' some means by
which Swiss police could clean
out the attackers under diplo
matic protocol that decrees the
legation Romanian territory.
Washington (U.R) Inter
ior Secretary Douglas McKay
disclosed today-the treasury
has issued checks totaling $5.
171.623.59 10 18 counties in
Oregon to end a land dispute
which has existed for 39
years. .
The payment was the long
awaited disbursement of the
controversial Oregon and
California land fund which
has been in dispute since
1916.- ' h -V.:,yV
Jackson county, as one of the
O&C land grant county, will
receive " a portion of the am
ount disbursed,'' but no word
was received this afternoon
as to the amount the county
will get.
Fred E. Robinson, Elwood Hed-
berg, Frank Van Dyke and Don
Herried. They said the street
eventually will be a eredit to the
cityl ;. i 'l ' V
; The commission, in a regular
monthly meeting, ; also received
proposed plats for four new sub
divisions. They included High
land Knoll, located - between
Pioneer and Dark Hollow rds.;
an unnamed area with 11 riots,
situated adjacent to Modoc ave.
and East JMain st.; Vista heights,
between Verde Hills and the
IOOF cemetery, and the Jeffer
son, tract, adjacent to the new
Jefferson grade school south of
Stewart ave.
Action Deferred, j- ' .
Action on. the Vista Heights
plan, owned by Tom Whittle,
was deferred until ? sewer ar
rangements are completed.- Com
mission, members plan to meet
with . representatives of the
Highland Knoll subdivision be
fore it is accepted. The owner
ii F.i. Nipp, Brea, Calif.
Board of Control
Hears Outline of
Construction Plan
: Salem (U.R) A program -
of construction of the intermed
iate penal institution over a per
iod of eight years and at a total -cost
of $4,800,000 was outlined
to the Board of Control today
by J. D. Annand, Portland arch-'
itect. ;
The first two-year program for
which the 1953 legislature ap
propriated $1,250,000, is recom
mended for contract work in
place of convict labor and in--eludes
installation of -' sewer.
lines, sewage treatment plant.
water well pump and tank and
fencing a 20-acre portion of the
land already purchased.
Shop Building Included
The first unit also would in-'-elude
a shop building to be used
for temporary living quarters, "
part of the kitchen unit, the ad
ministration building , and the .
first unit "of the boiler plant'
i Annand said planning through-' ,
out k called for permanent buil-'
dings, to avoid waste of money
in temporary buildings. The leg-
islature is being asked for. an :
additional appropriation of ..$11'.
200,000 to carry on work at the '
institution' during the .1955-57 ;
biennium. . ;- , .
' This work would include com
pletion of the kitchen and con- :
struction of a laundry building'
and warehouse. A medium hou
sing unit costing $190,000 is in
cluded in the work for this per
iod as are three other housinf -
Units. ' ' . ' ' ' :,;
omic
Test Chance Hot Good
Las Vegas-J(U.R) The Office
of Joint Information for the
Atomic Energy Commission
atomic : tests announced today -that
the prospects for shooting
off the first' A-bomb tomorrow ;
in the winter-spring test series
"are not good.,?
A statement said the forecast
wind . direction "is not accept
able" for a possible shot before
dawn tomorrow.
"However, there is some slight
indication that it might im
prove," the statement said. "We
will reevaluate the situation at
10 o'clock (PST) tonight." --
Adverse wind and cloud con
ditions early this morning caus
ed the first postponement of the
shot scheduled from a 500-foot
steel tower.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES i
- New York (U.R) Dow-Jones r
final stock averages: 30 industri
als 411.95 up 0.56; 20 railroads
146.52 up 0.83; 15 utilities 63.77
up 0.15; and 65 stocks 152.50 up
0.43.
Tentative approval was given
the Modoc-East Main site, and
an alternative plat will be pre
sented at a special commission
meeting Feb. 23. The T. J. Hight ,
agency is handling the subdivi
sion. , . ;
The council approved the Jef
ferson site, subject to inclusion
of sewage facilities in the plans.
Garfield tract, next to Jefferson,
earlier received a similar type
of tentative approvaL Represen
tatives of the tract is seeking
eventual, annexation to the city,:
but it is not now connected to
the city proper.
To Meet March 14
The commission will hold an.
informal hearing March 14 to
consider vacation of a portion
of D'Anjou st. between Cherry
and Spruce sts. (The north end
of D'Anjou st. never came to be .
called Front st, it was ex
plained.) ? ' ,
Other matters before the com
mission included proposals for
minor zoning changes nd
changes of setback lines. '
Wednesday At