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o EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, December 23, 1957 j Priest Declines Porter Plans to Recommend Funds ! Marry Novelist For Several Northwest Projects o o O o Washington, D.C. sentative Charles O Ore.) has announced figures which he intends" to recommend to Congress as the "minimum which should be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning next July 1 for civil works proj ects in the 4th district." The total of the recommended amounts for projects and sur veys under the supervision of the Army corps of engineers will exceed $23,000,000. Largest single appropriation which Congressman Porter will recommend in hearings before the House and Senate Appropria tions committees is 511,500,000 to continue construction on Hills Creek dam, on the Middle fork of the Willamette river near Oak ridge. The next largest amount is $7,000,000 for further con struction work on Cougar dam, on the South fork of the Mc Kenzie river about 50 miles east of Eugene. Porter said the first construc tion money is scheduled for the Green Peter dam project on the South Santiam river in Linn county. "The corps of engineers has informed me that it can use 52,000,000 on this project dur ing fiscal year 1959, and I intend to press for the full amount re gardless of what figure the Ad ministration comes up with in the President's budget message," he said. Green Peter Project Of the 52,000,000 to be recom mended for the Green Peter project, $310,000 will be used by the engineers to complete "pre-construction planning" and the remainder will initiate con struction of the $58,400,000 job, which could be completed in six years from nxt July 1 if the full amount recommended is ap propriated. The "construction" money included in Porter's figure would be expended main ly for Federal acquisition of land required for the dam site and reservoir area, plus some ! road-relocation work made neces sary by the project. "There has been a lot of talk O lately," Porter said, "about a O probable 'no-new-starts' policy by the Administration next year. If such a policy is announced by the President or becomes obvious through failure of the Admini stration to request construction funds for previously unstarted projects, it will be a terrible blow for the 4th district. Such a policy would obstuct the order ly development of the Willamette Basin and other major flood con trol programs as well as import ant port development projects in southwestern Oregon." Porter said he "will stand be hind the figures" announced "regardless of any arbitrary policy which may be formulated by the Administration." Confirm Amounts "In each case," he said, "the engineers have confirmed that the amounts I am recommending are the amounts which can actually be used on the projects to-' move them along at an eco nomical rate during the upcom ing fiscal year." However, the assistant chief of engineers for civil works. Brig. Gen. J. L. Person, also told Porter that the figures "may re quire revision when considered in relation to the total budgetary requirements for all projects in our civil works program and to the budgetary requiresments for all other Federal programs." "This is standard Administra tion double-talk," Porter said 'It means that the figures which the President comes up with in his budget next month may be substantially less than the amounts which the Engineers feel they need for these import- 3 ant flood control and navigation projects." New Start Scheduled The only other "new start scheduled in the 4th Congres sional district of Oregon during fiscal year 1959 is the Gold Beach Harbor improvement project at the mouth of the Rogue river. The engineers have confirmed that they will be ready to start construction on this project during the last half of next year and Porter will recommend an apropriation of Repre-! Sl,500,000. The total cost of the j propriated for Willamette River Porter (D-i job is estimated at S3,950,000 i T?an nrotection Droiects. For the and it can be completed during j current year engineers had next year on schedule. Another navigation project which will be recommended for an apropriation next year is the "Coos and Millicoma rivers" job near Coos Bay. This S487,000 project has received no money so far, but Porter said he would recommend that the full amount required for preconstruction planning, $19,000, be appropriat ed next year. The full amount of construction money could be ap propriated in the following year to complete the project. Other flood control projects which will be recommended for appropriations next year: Blue river reservoir in Lane county, S105.000 to continue pre construction planning; . Fall Creek reservoir in Lane county, $150,000 to continue planning; Holley reservoir in Linn county, $110,000 to complete precon struction planning. Construction on the Holley project can begin in fiscal year 1960 and can be completed by 1964 if full ap propriations are forthcoming. River Bank Protection Porter said he would again recommend that $800,000 be ap- said they could use the same amount for these local coopera tion projects, but the Administra tion requested only $300,000. Congressman Porter and Sen ators Morse and Neuberger press ed for an increase and managed to get the appropriation boosted to $500,000 for fiscal year 1958. Porter said he would also recommend the appropriation of the full amount required for pre construction planning on two other major Willamette river channel projects, one amounting to S86.000 and the other $25,000. The 4th district representative will also recommend nearly S35, 000 in appropriations for various flood control surveys and pre liminary examinations now be ing conducted by the Army en gineers in southwestern Oregon, including the Rogue, Coquille and Umpqua river investigations. He indicated that additional in vestigations may be recommend ed for Congressional appropria tions later if review by his of fice shows work on other ex aminations or surveys to be feasible in the fiscal year be ginning next July 1. ' 11 AFTER DINNER CHAT President Eisenhower (left) and son, Maj. John Eisenhower, talk with French President Rene Coty (right) at a dinner at the Presidential Elysee Palace in Paris. The President spent a busy day that in cluded visit to his old NATO command headquarters, and the second session of the NATO summit conference. Discount Competition Met By Larger Stores By FRED DANZIG United Press Correspondent New York (IP Leading de partment stores around the na tion have changed their ap proach in battling discount house competition. They've stopped emphasizing greater service and started cut ting their own prices, according to a United Press survey. In the past, department stores sought to steer shoppers away from discount houses by point ing up the department store's traditions, charge accounts, de livery services. But the discoun ters continued to grow because they were selling at lower pric es. It's different now. Price-Cut Started In Los Angeles, retailers have started to cut prices on major appliances, ' watches, cameras and typewriters. The May Co., largest department store chain on the West Coast, recently ad opted a price-cutting policy for its six stores. The larger retailers in Chi cago also select items the dis count houses run as "leaders," lower the prices and advertise a sale. Example: Polk Brothers, a discount house, ran a sale on air conditioners. The next day, Carson, Pirie, Scott and Co., of fered the same items at prices equal to, or at least competitive with, the Polk prices. Chicago's larger stores also are promot ing their own brand name items instead of nationally advertis ed stock, which, in many cases, involves fair trade laws. New York Included Major department stores in New York have begun enforc ing a policy of meeting and, in some cases, beating discount prices on items such as phono graph records, refrigerators, film, large household appli ances, toys, television sets, irons, toasters, watches, books and sil verware. Is this price-cutting policy ef fective? The answer is yes, to a small degree. William Willensky, pres ident of E. J. Korvette, Inc., the largest discount chain in the na tion, estimates that the step-up in price competition cost his company about $600,000 before taxes in the fiscal year ended Sept. 28. COLLECT DIVORCE DATA Washington (IP) The Pub lic Health Service will begin to gather statistics on divorces and annulments Jan. 1 in the same comprehensive way it now col lects information on marriages, births and deaths, it was an nounced Monday. Cajarc, France TO) A Ro man Catholic parish priest said he will refuse to marry novel list Francoise Sagan and pub lisher Guy Schoeller because her books are "immoral." Father Pierre Corbeille said there would be no religious wedding at his church for the 21-year-old authoress and the 45-year-old Paris publisher al though the banns of their mar raige were posted in the Cajarc town hall a week ago. Major Rene Maillebieau said he would be "happy" to offic iate at a civil ceremony. In Catholice France, a conven tional wedding is performed at both civil and religious cere monies. The law recognizes only the civil ceremony, the church accepts only the religious rite. Father Corbeille's stand ap peared to rule out the quaint town as the scene of the wed ding unless the couple decided to forego the church ceremony. Cajarc, a village of 1,250 per sons in southwest France is Miss Sagan's birthplace. Her family has a country residence nearby. Hosier Case Said Under Advisement Vale, Ore. (IP) Judge M. A. Biggs has under advisement arguments on a demurrer filed by attorney Bob Lytle in con nection with the indictment of County Auditor Don Hosier for allegedly receiving compensa tion above his stated salary. Malheur County District At torney E. Otis Smith said that statutory and constitutional problems raised by the demur rer were so technical it might be several weeks before Judge Biggs comes up with a decision. Hosier has been charged with receiving unauthorized payment of county funds in connection with the construction of the Mal heur county nursing home. One of the contentions of Hosier's counsel is that the statute under which Hosier was indicted is unconstitutional. Labor Head Refuses Teamster Expulsion South Bend, Ind. OP) A South Bend labor official said he will "strongly resist" an or der from the AFL-CIO to expel a leamsters union locai Decause we "have had excellent relations with the teamsters in this area in the past." Roy B. Root, president of the South Bend Central Labor un ion and the St. Joseph County Building Trades council, said he can "see no reason now why we should fail to cooperate" with the teamsters. The AFL-CIO recently order ed Root to expel all teamsters locals from city and state cen tral groups. "This is a free country and I believe it is a prerogative of our own as to what we want to de cide about the teamsters," Root said. Letters Of Ouster Await Teamsters Portland (IP) Letters offici ally ousting the Teamsters union from local and state labor groups are expected this week, offici als of the AFL-CIO Oregon La bor council said Friday. The Portland Central council at a special executive board meeting Friday discussed wheth er another election must be held here, since members of the team sters union voted in the election, and the union was expelled from the AFL-CIO on the national level before the election took place. No decision was reached, council officials said, pending receipt of a letter from AFL CIO President George Meany in which he calls for expulsion of the Teamsters en the state and local levels "immediately." Venus Beautiful Reminder Of Christmas Star in East By FAY BENTLEY Calm, in the dark'ning twilight A jewel gleams on high. Earth-dwellers call it Venus This diamond of the sky, That leads a starry, twinkling host Upon a sable field. And to the night lends magic Which day can never yield. To view this celestial pageant, Handiwork of Divinity; Brings a feeling of awe and reverence With thoughts of eternity. And every earth-bound mortal Who must dwell here on the sod: May nightly see the heavens declare The glory of our God. At this Yuletide season when thoughts of many are centered on "The Star of the East" it seems especially fitting for the planet, Venus, to be shining its glorious best on Christmas Eve. A beautiful reminder of the ce lestial body that went before the Wise Men "till it came and stood over where the young child was." Quite naturally it has been suggested that this planet was the brilliant "sign" which guided the Magi in their quest of the Holy Babe. It is entirely possible that Venus may have been shining most brilliantly in the eastern morning sky at the time when the Wise Men were making their journey. At regular intervals of approximately one and one half years Venus presents such an appearance. However, these highly edu cated travelers would in all likelihood be familiar with the apparent movements of the plan ets, and it seems doubtful that they would consider such a regu lar visitor as Venus to be the sign they sought. Rare Occasions On extremely rare occasions two or three bright planets ap pear close together in the sky. Perhaps some people recall hav ing seen Venus and Jupiter in conjunction in the eastern morn ing sky during the month of December, 1946. Though separat ed by millions of miles they seemed to almost touch each other for a few mornings as they blazed in the heavens before sun rise. In December, 1603, Kepler, a great astronomer of that time, re ported a close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, with Mars entering the picture a little later. He was much impressed by what he termed a "triple conjunc tion." Some observers have advanced the theory that ancient people may have called a planetary conjunction a star and that the Star of Bethlehem was really a natural phenomenon of this type. Still others suggest that it may have been a comet which re mained visible for a number of months. The skeptics declare the Christmas Star to be the off spring of a vivid imagination fathered by religious zeal. Miracle, legend, or scientific fact? Be that as it may. That a star mentioned only three times in the second chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, King James version, could hold such undiminishing fascination for so many people over a period of nearly 2,000 years,is in itself a miracle. Hearing Resumes on Rail Abandonment Portland OP) A hearing on Portland Traction company's application to abandon passen ger service on its Bellrose and Oregon City interurban lines re sumed here today. The company claims out-of-pocket losses and insufficient pa tronage. 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