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Medford Tribune United Presi Full Leased Wire United Presi Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1956 Pages 1-6 Congress Extends Water Pollution Control Act for Five More Years By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Congress has moved to beef up the fight against stream pollution by s t rengthening and extending the water pol lution control act for anoth er five years Under the revised pro gram, which provides feder al grants to a. Robe srnitn me states tor attacks on pollution, a water pol lution control advisory board is to be expanded in size. It advises the head of the U.S. Public Health Service on pollution prob lems across the country. Congress first enacted a water pollution control program in 1948. After holding hearings on proposed extensions of this pro gram, Congress said it is "im pressed with the seriousness of the increasing water - poUution problem and the need to control pollution as a significant mea sure for conserving the nation's water resources." Euential Assistance The new act provides for con tinuing essential assistance to the control program by authoriz ing: 1. Intensified research to de- I : 1 f feft 1 . 1 WED Congressman James Roosevelt and Gladys Irene Owens, a secretary in his Washington office, beam follow ing their marriage at the home of Rev. George Lyon Pratt, pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Los Angeles. termine the effects of new pollu tants on public health and on other water uses and to develop feasible methods of treatment; 2. Technical assistance to states, particularly on new and complex problems. 3. Demonstrations, studies and training. 4. Matching grants to. states for developing their own programs. 5. Interstate cooperation through regional councils and in terstate compacts. 6. Collaboration between fed eral, state and interstate agen cies on pollution control legisla tion. One of the areas covered by the bill is interestate rivers, which are sometimes 'difficult for individual states to control. Under this program, reports of pollution coming te the Public Health Service could result in a federal suit against the offending party to bring about abatement. Grants To States Under' the program, the feder al government could provide $3, 000,000 in grants to the states each year for the five year length of the revised act. Wash ington state would be eligible for $34,066 and Oregon $22,623 in federal grants for pollution con trol. But the big money in the pro gram is for aid in construction of sewage treatment plants. Con gress approved up to $50,000. 000 annually for the next 10 years for grants to states, cities or other local public agencies for planning or building such treatment facilities. The limita tion of the amount of the grant on any single project is $250,000 or 30 per cent of the estimated cost, whichever is smaller. Conservation groups were par ticularly pleased with this sec tion of the bill, because it prom ises a stepped up campaign against sewage pollution which is harmful to fish life in the country's rivers and streams. BLIND PACKER Edinburg, Tex. (U.R) Pack ing tomatoes is a job that re quires speed and deft fingers. That's what makes Howard Cole an unusual tomato packer. He is blind. Cole lost his sight, to an eye infection following serv ice in World War II. 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Only a few hun dreds are Europeans and of Bock Stairs: Caught in Traffic Snarl By PATRICIA WIGGINS United Press Correspondent Gettysburg, Pa U.PJ Back stairs at the Eisenhower farm: Army Secretary Wilber A. Brucker was in the long, almost bumper to bumper line of traffic circling President Eisenhower's farm for the best look-see at the presidential acres on Sunday. Brucker was the featured speaker at the start of Gettys burg's three-day commemora tion of its famous battle. Mr. Eisenhower originally had plan ned to attend. Since his illness ruled out the President's ap pearance, the closest the Army secretary got to the President was the tourist route along his farm. The news briefings held by White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty in a former gym next to Gettysburg's movie theater are far from formal af fairs. Hagerty himself set the mode of dress the firs day of the Pres ident's arrival: Cool as possible sport shirts. 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