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0 K A T t MedfordMTRIbune SECTION D MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1960 PAGES 1 to 8 t T x;! -,v .'v''.. v - , ki:-:ji I i V FWS,V Krf A 4'- LH '. 1 BRITISH EXERCISE A British Royal Air flights from Britain to Kenya and back at Force Vulcan bomber passes over Mount the relatively low altitudes of 42,000 and Kenya in Kenya during a recent "Lone 44,000 feet. Similar exercises are carried Ranger" exercise, which involves 9,960 mile out regularly. (UPI Telephoto) District of Columbia Voting Rights, Home Rule Discussed Washington (CO) While most Americans are trying to decide how to vote in the forthcoming elections, nearly one million residents of the nation's capital are looking ahead to 1964 when they too might be permitted to cast their ballots for President and Vice President. Washingtonians have been denied this right for ItiO years. Currently pending before Congress are two separate, but related, proposals dealing with the voting rights of the citizens of the District of Co lumbia. The first would pro vide Capital residents with national suffrage, the right to vote for President and Vice 'President.' The second deals with local suffrage, more pop ularly known as "home rule." Of the two, the national suf frage proposal appears to have the better chance of en actment. Constitutional Problem In authorizing the forma tion of a federal seat of gov ernment, the Constitution gave to Congress the power of " . . . exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district . . ." It made 'no provision for voting ma chinery in the district. Many students of constitu tional law feel that the denial of national suffrage to Wash ingtonians was never intend ed by the framers of the Con stitution. They regard it as an oversight that should have been corrected long before the city of Washington had grown to its present size and importance. Pro-suffrage forces feel the only way to give Washington ians a vote in national elec- tions would be to amend the Constitution, a procedure re quiring approval by two thirds of the House and Sen ate and ratification by three- fourths of the states in the Union. Early in 1960 the Senate passed a resolution containing three proposed constitutional amendments; one of which would give the District of Columbia representation the Electoral College and non voting delegates to the House The House judiciary com mittee lifted the hopes of many Washington residents May 17 when it approved an amended version of tne sen ate-passed resolution. The committee streamlined the measure to make it more ac- ceDtable to House conserva tives. It dropped the provi sion for non-voting delegates to the House and limited to three the number of D.O. rep resentatives in the Electoral College, the same number al lotted to the least populoui state in the Union. The resolution now faces the House Rules Committee whose Chairman, Howard W Smith (D-Va.l. has said he was not opposed to a limited voting rights bill. It is ex pected to meet little opposi tion on the House floor. If the House passes the measure by two-thirds majority, it would go back to the Senate which would then vote on agreeing to the amended House version. Following, this, the resolution would be tent to the legislatures of the states for ratification. if ratified bv three-fourths, ot 38, of the states within seven years, it would becomt the 23rd amendment to the Constitution. Home Rule The second of Washington's two suffrage proposals a so called home rule bill faces tougher sledding. Under the current system of government, Congress has complete jurisdiction over District affairs. Each year it must approve the city's bud get, provide appropriations from local tax revenues and pass on changes in municipal law. Advocates of self-govern ment long have maintained that Washingtonians would do better job of handling local affairs than a generally dis interested . Congress. Home rule proposals have attracted wide support in recent years but the Southern-dominated House District Committee has successfully stifled every measure that has come be fore it. Five times within the past decade the Committee has blocked House action on Senate-passed home rule bills. Opponents of home rule ite four major arguments: 1. that the Constitution does not sanction self-government in the District; 2. that home rule would conflict with the con cept of a federal city; 3. that it would impair fiscal relation- Local Man Named Grand Knight for Year by Council Bill Dugan, Medtord, was named grand knight for 1960- 61 at a meeting of the Rogue River Council of the Knights of Columbus June 13. Other officers elected were Bill McKibben, deputy grand knight; Joe Kindell, chancel lor; George Holzgang, record er; Bob Hamelin, warden; Mike Altobcllo, treasurer; Lee Meeker, trustee; Jerry Krueger, advocate; Wally Nel son, inside guardian; and Dave Turner, outside guard. The Grand Knight will Chile Earthquakes Preceded by Nova Cambridge. Mass.- (Science Service) - Just before the se ries of devastating earth quakes hit Chile, astronomers there discovered a new nova of fifth magnitude, visible to the unaided eye but too far south to be seen from the U.S. The nova is red in color and is located near the third mag nitude star Gamma in the con stellation Triangulum A u s- iraie. A nova is a star that sud denly increases in hriphtness and then fades back into ob scurity. It may brighten in a matter of a few davs. then fade to magnitude 15 or 16 during a period of one to two years. Delayed news of the nova's discovery was received at narvara uoiiege observatory, clearing house for astronomi cal information in the West- em hemisphere. ships between the District and the federal government; 4. that the District now enjoys exceptionally clean govern ment as compared with most other large cities. Negro Influence Seen An additional reason for opposition to home rule, strongly felt by Southerners in Congress, is that self-government would mean a gov ernment controlled or power fully influenced by the Dis trict's Negro residents, who now constitute a majority of the population. Immediately following Sen ate approval of a home rule bill in 1959, Rep. Abraham J. Multer (O-N.Y.) filed a dis charge, petition in the House to force a bill to the floor, bypassing the District Com mittee. As of May 26, the petition had about 200 of the 219 signatures required. Time is runnig out for home rule legislation in 1960. The principle of self-government for the District has been en dorsed by President Eisen hower, Vice President Nixon and by many other leading government figures, but with Congress scheduled for ad journment in early July, its prospects are dim. - (Copyright I960, Congressional Quarterly Inc.) Sleepwalker Turns In False Alarm Helena, Mont. An early morning dash was made by firemen to a Helena house. A woman called for help when a neighbor boy ran into her house shouting "fire, fire." It turned out 14-year-old Keith Knight was sleepwalking. name a general program chairman and individual chairmen to head the com mittees of the 6-point pro gram under which every coun cil of the Knights of Colum bus operates. The outline of the program includes religious, fraternal, youth, council and civic ac tivities and a publicity chair man. Presented during the meet ing was the Star Council cer tificate, symbolizing that the local organization during the past year has fulfilled the obligation of the 6-point pro gram and has met and sur passed the required member ship quota. Hamelin received the tro phy awarded for the first time this year for being the outstanding bowler of the council. Announcement was made that the Roseburg council will host a dinner at the Elks hall in Roseburg June 25 to which all Knights are invited. Ex tending the invitation was District Deputy John Hoch statter on behalf of the Rose burg council. To augument voluntary contributions toward the erec tion of a Knighs hall, the Council brothers are sponsor ing a pickup of merchandise to be sold at auction. Persons wishing to dispose of anything that can be resold are asked to telephone Val Albert or Bill Duean before the nirlr un day Saturday, June 18. Police Car Clocker Not on the Beam Waukesha, Wis. - The Wau kesha county district attor ney's office dug back into its records and reviewed all re cent cases in which speeds of motorists were clocked by squad cars. The sheriff's department discovered it had been using a squad car in which the speed ometer was 12 miles an hour off. IN TIME FOR FATHER'S DAY FATHER'S DAY SPECIAL! I J GRAIN CALF LOAFER men's continental loafer with moc toe . . . black or brown. 7toll,B&D widths. reg. 10.99 8.90 repeat of a sellout! 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