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Priest Declines
Porter Plans to Recommend Funds ! Marry Novelist
For Several Northwest Projects
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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.
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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. PTC is continuing, pending a
decision by Howard Morgan,
public utility commissioner, the
trolley service and a bus shut
tle over the Hawthorne bridge.
PRINCE ADDS YEAR .
Tokyo (IP) C r o w n Prince
Akihito celebrated his 24th birth
day quietly here today. The
crown prince lunched with his
father and mother, Emperor
Hirohito and Empress Nagako,
at the Imperial Palace. He spent
most of the day at home, receiv
ing congratulations from rela
tives and friends.
Taipei, Formosa IP) Com
munist artillery pounded the Chi
nese Nationalist outpost ifiand
of Quemoy for nearly an hour
and a half Sunday, causing rftith
er reported casualties nor dam
age, it was announced. A simi
lar bombardment early Saturday
destroyed one civilian home on
the island, the Defense Ministry
said.
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