Seaion Urged io
Slow Plans (or
Fisheries Bureau
Washington iU.B Repre
tentatives of 13 conservation
groups has been urged Interior
Secretary Fred A. Seaton to slow
down plans to establish a new
bureau of fisheries until Con
gress can act.
The conservationists, who met
with Seaton at his request, told
the new interior secretary they
are "unalterably opposed to the
new bureau" which would split
' the Fish and Wild Life Service.
The meeting was closed to the
press. But the conservationists
met with reporters later. They
said they told Seaton to slow
down plans to set up the new
' bureau on July-1 in order to give
Congress a chance to take ap
propriate action.
Assured 'Second Look'
In a statement after the closed
door session, Seaton said he as
sured the conservationists a "sec
ond look" would be given the
pending reorganization of the
fishery function of the depart
ment. Seaton said he was inter
ested "in examining all sides of
this important question."
Seaton also assured his callers
that "the department is continu
ing its vigorous efforts to resist
transfer of Wichita national ref
uge land to the military."
The White House announced
on June 4 that the new bureau
would be established to take
over administration of all fishery
activities now vested in the fish
and wild life service.
C. R. Gutermuth, vice presi
dent of the wild life management
institute and a spokesman for all
the conservation groups, said
Seaton was told that separation
of the service would lead to cost-
ly duplication of effort.
Finding of Body
Ends Two-Week Hunt
Kelso, Wash U.R) A two
week long manhunt ended yes
terday afternoon when Cowlitz
county sheriff's deputies found
the body of Manthus H. Witty,
60, in the Cowlitz river about
two miles north of here.
Witty had been the object of
an intensive search since the
shotgun slaying on June 2 of his
former wife, Gladys, 49, and
Marvin Marcrost, 32, in Mrs.
Witty's apartment in Kelso.
Witty had been wanted for
questioning about the shootings.
His car was found abandoned
near the river.
Friday, June 15. 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Dynamite Blast To Clear Way for Actual Building of Brownlee Dam
Brownlee. Ore. (U.R) A
blast of 2,800 pounds of dyna
mite was touched off at Brown
lee today to clear the way for
the start of actual construction
on a dam that could nearly dou
ble southern Idaho's electrical
power output if it is completed.
BEWARE OF CAT
Wilmington, N.C. (U.R) Miss
Reta Rema, a Swiss employee of
the United Nations, was asked
by police to keep her cat con
fined for two weeks. The ani
mal, a "usually-gentle" Indian
jungle cat, Thursday bit a hotel
housekeeper who came too close
to the bed.
The explosion was to complete
a 2,555-foot long tunnel that will
divert the Snake river from its
normal course and permit con
struction of the S63.000.000
Brownlee dam designed to gen
erate 360,000 kilowatts of power.
Brownlee is one of three high
ly controversial r5ck-fill dams to
be constructed on the deepest
river gorge on the North Amer
ican continent by Idaho Power
company. Construction of the
other two dams in the 7,000-foot
chasm at Oxbow and Hells Can
yon has not yet started.
'Calculated Risk'
However, the three dams may
never be completed and Idaho
Power company is proceeding
with construction on a "calcula
ted risk" basis.
Public power groups, despite
defeats in two years of Federal
Power commission hearings,
have called for replacement of
the three low dams with a single
high dam in Hells canyon. The
House Interior committee is
scheduled to vote on a bill for
a federally-built high dam next
week.
But Idaho Power company of
ficials were confident the bill
would be defeated or that Presi
dent Eisenhower, who advocates
private development of natural
resources, would veto them.
I Some 700 men worked in two
snitts tnrougnout tne winter, de
spite up to 10 inches of snow on
the ground, to complete the
horseshoe-shaped diversion tun
nel that was finished today.
River Too High
Water from the Snake river
will not be diverted through the
tunnel for about 30 days because
the river is now too high to per
mit construction of two small
cofferdams just beyond the tun
nel opening.
The cofferdams will back the
river up to a height where it
will enter the tunnel opening,
which is now slightly above the
level of the water.
Once the river is diverted
through the tunnel, water will
be pumped out of that part of
the river channel which is by
passed by the tunnel, and the
395-foot high dam will be erect
ed in that area.
Brownlee dam will be one of
the 15 highest dams in the world.
It will be double the height of
the Idaho state capitol building
and 107 feet higher than the,
dome of the nation's capitol in
Washington, D.C.
Officials of Idaho Power com
pany, the largest electrical pow
er utility in the state, said the
big Brownlee unit alone would
about double the firm's power
output in southern Idaho and
eastern Oregon. The three dams
together will generate a total of
1,175.000 kilowatts.
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Hollywood
Hollywood (U.R) It Elvis
Presley a "sexy" singer? A psy
chiatrist thinks the new rock
'n roll sensa
tion is so sen
sual that the
bobby soxers
feel the same
Elvis
"v.-' i4 wav hut Elvi
ir3fA insists he'i
Vf 1 "j u s t a wig
wig-
gler."
Presley has
s k y r o c k
eted this year
a combination i
AUnaUosbr
by belting out
of hillbilly and rock 'n roll tunes
such as "Heartbreak Hotel."
While he sings he rotates his j
nips and bounces around the
stage, a behavior that earned
him the nickname of Pelvis
Elvis."
It also causes bobby-soxers to
bounce out of their theater seats
In a screaming frenzy.
One psychiatrist I queried on
the subject decided Presley's
movements "have sexual over
tones and can prompt a group of
listeners to imitate-him."
'Silly Statement'
But when I interviewed Pres
ley during his tour here he
scoffed, "Thafs a silly state
ment." "I don't try to be sexy," said
Presley, a sleepy-looking man
of 21 with a drawl learned in
his native Memphis. Tenn.
'I don't do any .vulgar move
ments. I just do a lot of wigglin,
and quiverin' but I never do
a bump and grind. I can't stand
still when I sing so the kids can't
sit still."
Presley thinks the bobby-soxers'
behavior is "just great." He
does not mind that young fe-:
males with braces on their teeth '
trail him around the streets and
send him neckties and billfolds
tucked into romantic letters. i
Fans' Antics Liked
"I like it," he grinned. "The
time you worry is when they
stop throwin' themselves at
you."
In private life Presley and
his four Cadillics cut quite a ro
matic figure, too. He dates var
ious young women nearly every
night
A year and a half ago Presley
was an unknown Tennessee
truck driver. He paid to have a
song recorded and a record
agent heard it and signed him.
He's conquered TV and personal
appearance tours. Next the pub
lic will see Elvis as a dramatic
actor. He returns to Hollywood
in August for his first picture
under his seven-year contract
with producer Hal Wallis at Par-!
amount studio.
"I 'm not going to sing in the
picture." he said. "Singers come ;
and go they die out. I want to
be a dramatic actor."
3-Day Home Show
Slated Next Week
Heck Harper and his Ranch
Hands, Portland western band,
will be featured at a Do-It-Yourself
fair and home show at Blue
Moon ranch, north of Central
Point. June 22, 23 and 24.
Harper's band will be one of
several acts at the show.
More than 50 exhibits of home
building materials, furnishings,
appliances, and other equipment
will be shown. A model finish-it-yourself
home has been com
pleted and will be open.
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