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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Morse Sponsored Bill Aids Oregon Truckers By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington (Special) Ore gon truckers benefited by a change in the new federal high way aid bill passed by the Sen ate last week when Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) successfully put through an amendment to relax somewhat restrictions in the bill on weights and measure ment requirements imposed on the trucking industry. Morse told the Senate he of fered the amendment because the truecking industry had told him otherwise it would suffer financially if some of its equip ment that exceeded the weight and dimension limits was made obsolete by the tighter ban pro posed in the bill. A the bill came from the Sen ate Public Works Committee, where Sen. Richard L. Neuberg er, (D-Ore.) helped draft it, it would have denied federal high way aid (1) to any state which increased its weight and dimen sion limits beyond those it cur rently had in effect, or (2) to states which do not have a com plete set of truck regulations and permit operation of trucks that exceed the recommended restrictions of the American As sociation of State Highway Of ficials (AASHO). The first restriction would have cracked down on states which the committee noted "have con tinued to increase the permis sible size and weight of trucks and buses on the highways." The legislature of New Mexico at its recent session enacted such a bill, as did the Idaho assembly. Pennsylvania's legistlature, now In session, is working on such a proposal. The second restric tion would have hit states that have no bans on certain weights or dimensions, such as Nevada and Michigan which fail to limit the height of trucks and Ver mont which imposes no limit on the axle load of single tandem vehicles. "Use of our highways by ve hicles heavier than those for which the highway is designed Inevitably results in deteriora tion of the highway, excessive accidents and impairment of tax payers' Investment," the com mittee reported. Oregon's weight and dimen sion limitations conform precise ly with those recommended by the AASHO, with the exception of its mora generous limit on the gross maximum weight of truck combinations, 76,000 pounds. AASHO recommended 71,900. Morse pointed out in debate, however, that in Oregon "the legal limit for tractor-trailer combinations is 50 feet (in THE BALER WITH XL rG mftnl New JJ21SJL. 250 PTO HAY BALER The new Ford 250 PTO Hay Baler is profitable to own because it pays for itself on fewer acres. 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Like wise, he said Nevada would have been in trouble for allowing 13Ji foot high trucks to use its interstate routes, inasmuch as the AASHO recommended lim it is 12V4 feet and Nevada has no legal limit on height. Morse's amendment, adopted by the Senate by acclamation, would require only that truckers continue to comply with the laws that are in effect in each state on July 1. If the state increased its limits after that date, it would be ineligible for federal highway aid. 'fTbe representatives of the trucking industry seemed to think," Morse told the Senate, "that the amendment I have of fered and they wrote it; I did not write it will, in their judg ment, make the clariication which they feel is needed be cause there' is no doubt about their sincerity and very great concern that section 2d in its present form will result in ma king obsolete tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, so they have said to, me." Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D Wash.), joining Morse, pointed out that the bill would have con flicted with Washington's toler ance of 10 per cent on logging trucks using specified roads. He agreed truck regulations should be left to the states. - Klamath Indians Set Amendment Studies Klamath Falls (U.R) Amed ments to a federal law provid ing for termination of the Klam ath Indian Reservation will be considered by the tribe's execu tive committee at a business ses sion Monday. The meeting, to be "held in the tribal council house at the Klamath Agency, is also for the purpose of reviewing Indian hunting and fishing rights on the reservation. Attending the meeting, in ad dition to the 19-man council, will be Glen Wilkinson, attorney rep resenting the Washington, D. C. general counsel for the tribe, and Klamath Falls attorney, J. C. O'Neill, local general coun sel. IO BUILT IN! 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Polos of the Portland weather bureau river forecast Dr. Byrne Attacks Infringement Upon Education Boards La Grande (U.R) Dr. Charles Byrne, retiring chancel lor of the Oregon state system of higher education, Friday crit icized what he called the "creep ing infringement upon the au thority of state boards of edu cation in Oregon and over the nation." Dr. Byrne, speaking before the members and guests of the East ern Oregon College Advance ment, said he could speak free ly because he was retiring from the chancellorship. He said some of the lnfringe- Unents In Oregon had come from Qie Legislature, some from other departments of the state govern ment, and some from other or ganizations. Tells Of Restrictions Byrne mentioned specifically restrictions on Board of Higher Education publications and pur chase of equipment. He told his La Grande audience that he thought the state system of higher education should be es tablished as a constitutional en titiy rather than as a statutory body as it is now. He added that the Legislature should appropriate funds for education land the educational system should be free to spend them as it sees fit. "Educators are the experts and they know how the money should be spent," he said. Byrne was commencement speaker at the college Saturday morn Inf. Governor Patterson Lists Appointees Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Patterson has reappointed Sam uel M. Bowe of Grants Pass as a member of the Advisory Com mittee to the Director of Veter ans' Affairs, representing the American Legion. Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson has appointed Cleo H. Jenkins of Corvallis as a mem ber of the State Board of Arch itect Examiners, succeeding Howard R. Perrin of Klamath Falls whose term has expired. Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson has appointed Dr. George W. Redpath of Portland as a member of the Dental School Advisory Council to the State Board of Higher Education. Dr. Redpath succeeds Dr. J. H. Rossman of Portland, whose term has expired. Gov. Patterson reappointed P. D. Quisenberry of Salem as a member of the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy. Most Highway Fatalities Occur on 'Open Roads' Salem (U.R) About 80" per cent of the 420 traffic fatalities in Oregon last year occurred in "open road" smash-ups outside the limits of any city or town, the State Traffic Safety Division said Saturday. This percentage, which holds fairly constant from year to year, is due to the higher speeds on the "open road," traffic safety men said. center, and Marlin W. Nelson of the Soil Conservation Service in Boise, Ida., said precipitation was generally close to normal but temperatures were very low for May. Combined with the re cord low temperatures of April, the two-month period was the coldest in 30 years, the fore casters said. A few key snow courses mea sured in Canada and the United States indicate a heavy snow cover for the first of June, but as the snow has not melted as usual, an increase in the rate of snow melt may result in slightly higher water on the Columbia and Kootenai rivers, according to the forecasters. Rise Expected The Kootenai at Bonners Fer ry, Ida., is expected to rise to near 31 feet in the next few weeks. This is 4Ji feet lower than last year. The lower Columbia flood po tential has also gone up slightly and is forecast at between 500, 000 and 575,000 cubic feet per second at The Dalles. This flow would result in a stage of be tween 18 and 21 feet at Portland and Vancouver, Wash. Milk Price Fight On at Prineville Prineville (U.R) A milk price war has broken out in this central Oregon section. Hostilities began Thursday when Tab Allen, manager of the Sunrise dairy in Prineville, cut prices of raw milk from 90 cents a gallon to 60 cents. Jim Vickers, an independent raw milk distributor, said the slash was an attempt' to drive him out of business. Another large independent, the Bend Dairy, agreed to help Vickers out by furnishing him with both homogenized and pasteurized milk. Vickers, who sold raw milk at 80 cents a gallon, said he would be able to sell homogen ized and pasteurized supplies at the same price. The same qual ity of milk was sold at 88 to 90 cents by Allen. Allen denied the price cut was an attempt to close down his competitor. He said the cut was caused by a surplus of raw milk. NOW ACME HARDWARE MM yet IMPROVE tr REPAIR war M EAST CREDIT TERMS! m cash Down Iff TO 24 MONTHS TO MYI SUAll MONTHIY PAYMENTS -tttt ft YOUR Mart If wrtt a lit tint tf cttft . . . Mi ffontin if tkfi CONVENIENT PAYMENT PUN. Ity ANYTHINR y START NOWI It Costs LESS Than You Think I 3 West Sixth Strt Medford, Oregon Car Dealer Found Guilty in Portland Portland (U.R) A munici pal court jury here Friday found M. Dee Warren guilty of viola ting Portland's city ordinance against offering automobiles or sale on Sunday. He was arrest ed April 17. The jury took only 20 min utes to return the guilty verdict and Warren's associates indica ted it would be appealed to a higher court. Defense Attorney John Rey nolds said there were several similar cases pending and that ihe would demand a jury trial for each. The case was part of the used car dealers' current at tack on the city ordinance. Rey nolds contended in his argument to the jury that the ordinance discriminates against used car dealers. Deputy City Attorney Frank M. Ierulli said the ordinance re irs to ". . . anyone engaged in purchasing or selling or offering for sale a motor vehicle on Sun day." Date for sentencing Warren i on the conviction was not set by. Judge John J. Murrton. Producers Offer Three-Point Plan To End Dispute Portland (U.R) A three point proposal which seeks to end Portland's four-day milk strike and lockout has been of fered by the Oregon Milk Pro ducers Association. Lester Adams, manager of the association, said the proposal calls for immediate removal of pickets, immediate resumption of milk deliveries and resump tion of negotiations by labor and management. Milk deliveries in the metro politan area ceased Wednesday after AFL Teamsters Union pickets appeared at Mayflower Milk Distributors plant. Other distributors shut down in sym pathy. Adams said the milk produc ers association, which represents 1606 of the state's 2040 grade A dairymen, felt they were the victims of the dispute, and re sented the fact that It came in June, which is Dairy Month. A large-scale public relations cam paign had been planned for the month. ' Adams said the dispute was costing dairymen a total of $25, 000 a day, since powdered milk manufacturers bought the prod uct at a lower price. Teamsters Friday night said they would not return to work until management agreed to pav them for time lost because of the lockout. The Mayflower strike was called over union demands for changed work schedules. Destructive Insect Discovered in State Salem U.R) The holly leaf miner, a highly destructive in sect pest of holly plantings, has been found in Oregon for the first time, F. P. Larson, plant pest survey entomologist with the State Department of Agri culture, said Saturday. The pest was found last week near the eastern edge of the Eastmoreland Municipal Golf Links in Portland. Three men have been working on surveys since that time in an effort to de termine the limits of the Leaf Miner's spread. Larson said several Infested trees were found on the Reed college campus and that numer ous backyard ornamental olint ings in this Portland area are infested. The pest has been in the state of Washington for several years and as close to Oregon as Van couver. It is a major pest in the eastern United States. " muni n; iifni.jyMiiMiiin.wfiwiiu. iwm WINS AWARD Daniel Kel lington, above, a Medford High school graduating senior and son of Mr. and Mrs.' G. W. Kelling ton, has been awarded a $180 scholarship by Radio Medford, Inc. The award is based on schol astic ability, character and com petency, according to Ray John son, manager of KMED. (Lan-dis-Shangle photo). JU KSB urn FREE ESTIMATES . . . 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