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MEDFORD MAIL THlUNE, MEDFORB, 'Hfc
omething for Everyone' in Scheme
f Northwest Power for California
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
(Second in a Series)
Sacramento, Calif. - (Spe
cial) - There is something for
everyone in the plan now in
final prepara
tion by which
C a 1 i fornia
, hopes to im
j port cheap
' Columbia riv-
4 " "V er kilowatts,
f ""W- ) C a lifornia
Would not be
thine away
!" from Oregon
and Washington or the fed
eral Bonneville sy.it em. It
would be giving aFgood as
It ftkes, California officials
maintain. They say:
Oregon would gainax rev
enues from a .big non-federal
power line running southward
I f
o
from the Columbia river.
Surplus power now being
wasted in the Pacific North
west would be sold.Q)nd the
revenue would help pay off
Northwest projects and hold
down the prevailing low cost
of Bonneville power.
The Northwest could secure
power from California during
seasonal or emergency short
age periods.
Integration of power sourc
es in both regjans would re
sult in a greawr amount of
energy for peak demands in
both areas.
And it would revive the
coal industry in Washington
state, conserve millions of bar
rels of California oil, and
even help alleviate s?nog con
ditions in California.
These are some of the sug
gested benefits which a pri
vate engineering firm, H. Zin
der & Associates, has enumer
ated in a preliminary report
prepared for the state of Cali
fornia in support of the idea
of connecting California to
the Bonneville power system.
Two Major Circuits
The report, written by Sol
E. Schultz, former Bonneville
Power administration engi
neer, is based upon a connifcA
tion consisting of two major
high voltage circuits extend
ing from The Dalles and John
Day dams southward through
Oregon via Redmond and
Klamath Falls and into Cali
fornia via ShrQa and the bay
area and on south to the Los
Angeles area.
"Broadly, we find that the
potential benefits to be de
rived from a common carrier
interconnection between the
Northwest and California just
ify its construction at the
earliest possible date," t h e
Schultz report stated.
"In developing our analysis
and this conclusion, we have
adhered to our instruction
from the state of California
that the Pacific Northwest
has a first priority to all fed
eral hyroelectic power devel
ped here." it added.
Ralph M. Brody, Gov. Ed
m u n d G. Brown's special
counsel on water matters, em
phasized this latter point in
an interview.
"Whatever is done, the pri
orities of the Northwest for
power must be maintained,"
declared Brody. "We atalk
ing about power that is truly
surplus to the needs of the
Northwest."
Californiadocs not want
any extension of the prefer
ence clause on Bonneville
power across OregonV south-
" CHATS WITH MOTHER Vice President
Richard M. Nixon enjoys a chat with nis
mother, Mrs. Hannah Nixon of Whittier,
Calif., as the GOP presidential nominee ar
rived at Whittier College to be greeted by
a cneering crowd of 2u,00u person. Nixon
left early today lOr Hawaii.
(UPI Telcphoto)
Action on Transfer of
Regional Post Office
To Seattle Postponed
Washington D.C. - FuiQier
'. action on the transfer of re
. gional post office operations
" from Portland to Seattle has
been postponed.
Confirmation of this action
came by telegram from Sen.
Olin D. Johnston (D-South
Carolina), chairman of the
post office and civil service
committee, to Sen. ' Wayne
Morse.
In the telegram to Morse,
Johnston said, "I am happy to
inform you that I have re
ceived information that the
postmaster general has agreed
to my request of July 2, 1960,
to withhold further action on
the transfer of the regional
operations office from Port
land, Oregon, to Seattle, Wash
ington. . "As you are aware, this ac
tion on my part was taken at
your request and in accord
ance with my desire to see that
he Post Office department is
operated in an efficient man
ner and on an economical
basis.
. "For your information the
following is the telegram
which I sent to the postmaster
general:
, "It has been broughtfto the
committee's attenljjmgat you
Miss Oregon Gets
Keys To Salem
Salem - IUPI1 - Miss Oregon
of 1960, Rosemary Doolen, ar
rived here Tuesday from Sea
side where she captured the
title as Miss Salem and was
ieted by state and city ofwe
ls at a state capitol recep
tion. '
The 19-year-old blonde waQ
Riven the keys to the city by
Mayor Russell Bonesteele and
was greeted on behalf of the
state by Secretary of State
Howell Appling Jr. .
: The band struck up with
Five Foot Two, Eyes of
Blue"
! Her family lives in Medford
and she attended Willamette
University last year. r
Actor Ordered To
1 Answer Complaints '
; Gkale. Calif . -jg!l- Actor
Tab Hunter must ffppear at
the city attorney's office Aug.
22 to answer complaints of
neighbors that he beat his pet
dog.
i ' The hearing was scheduled
for Tuesday but postponed by
inutual agreement of the city
attorney and Hunter's counsel.
. Hunter denied the charges
which were based on com
plaints of neighbors that he
beat the animal when it dug
hoie in his lswn.
plan to move the regional
operations office from Port
land, Oregon, to Seattle, Wash
ington. "I request in strongest
terms that you delay such ac
tion until the committee has
had an opportunity to study
the matter. This proposed
move has been represented to
the committee as contrary to
good business practices and
economy as well as a serious
drop in employee morale . . . "
Sw&etland Raps
Parly Conventions
Portland - IUPD - State Sen",
Monroe Swcetland, D e m o
cratic candidate for Secretary
of Stafe, said here Tuesday
that "national0 conventions
merely ratify the candidates
and do not select them."
Sweetland made his ob
servation at a Downtown Ro
tary club meeting at the Ben
son hotel.
He said that convention
demonstrations were a thing
of the past and cited the ex
amples of the huge demonstra
tions this year for Adlai
StevenstO at the Democratic
National convention and
Barry Goldwater at the Re
publican convention as having
"no real effect."
Sweetland said the presi
dential candidates for each
party are now selected months
before the conventions.
Warrant Issued
For John Carradine
Los Angeles niPD A bench
warrant has been issued for
the arrest of actor John Car
radine for fai'ling to show up
for the third time at a civil
court Rearing on a $537 judg
ment against him.
Superior Court Commis
lintnn RnHHa issued
the warrant Tuesday and s
bail at $105. Mitchell Gertz,
former agent for Carradine,
sought the money for fees he
claims the actor owes him
since 1957.
Carradine was reported per
forming in summer stock in
Washington State.
Queen Elizabeth
Plans India Visit
New Delhi - IUPD - The dates
of Queen Elizabeth's and
Prince Philip's visit to India
and Pakistan were made pub
lic here and in London Tues
day, f
The five-week visit will
begin next Jan. 21 in India.
The royal couple will be in
Pakistan from Feb. 1 to 16
and then return to India for
tha final two wecki.
Trujillo's
Brother Quits
ern border into California, he
said. That is, no public agen
cy in California which might
receive surplus Bonneville
power over this new transmis-
"i l-i i e
ft,. x(i,luI1 wuum nave any piui-
V IhpercfiLe right to continue get-
r ,v& v fffitine it in Dreference to nnn-
''sL!- ppubllc purcljgyers in the
If it takes federal legisla
tion to make this pledge legal
ancPbinding, Brody said, Caiio
fornia is willing to support it.
Northwest senators, notably
Sen. Henry M. Jackson VSD-
Wash.) and Sen. Hall S. Lusk
(D-Ore.), recently expressed
concern that any transmission
of surplus power from (we
Bonneville system into Cali
fornia would posibly obligate
the Northwest to honor pref
erence demands of public
agencies in CaOfoia - unless
special legislation is passed
to clearly prevent this.
The concern of these sen
ators was aroused by a pro
posal by the Interior depart
ment for selling surplus pow
er to Pacific Gas & Electric
company over a small line
which PG&E and California
Oregon Power company would
build.
Gov. MaJ. O. Hatfield '(f)
Oregon joined in favcng leg
islative safeguards. The con
tract is still pending, but the
senate interior committee has
asked that it be deferred.
The Schulz report assumes
that the private interfpnnec-
tion between BPA and PG&E
will be accomplished. It states
that this would not affect the
feasibility of the larger dual
circuit line, an might inv
prove the reliability of the
whole intertie operation.
Schultz assumed, for h i s
study, that the transmissQm
circuits in California would
be built by a non-federal pub
lic agency, such as the state
through its department of wa
ter resources which is build
ing the dams and aqueduct;
and in Oregon "by a non-profit
organization (because we
are not certain that any pub
lic agency exists in the state
that is appropriately consti
tuted to build the transmission
facilitiesO" He estimated the
entire circuit would cost $200
million to build.
ov. Pat Brown's special
counsel, Brody, has been
meeting periodically with Jo-
Oel Hill, Oregon's public utili
ties commissioner, and Earl
Coo, Washington state re
sources chief, in an effort to
develop a power intertie ac
ceptable to the governors of
all those states.
If the states or some public
or private iilities within the
states built the line, no fed
eral legislation would be gje
quired, except the sfieguard
respecting tfife prefer ence
clause. If the federal govern
ment builds the line, Congress
would have to authbrize and
finance it.
Within such a proposal lie
the seeds of a brand new west
ern power fight.
(Next - The Columbia -Powerhouse
for the West)
Jobless Fraud
Probes Soughto
Salem - ll'Pll - Oregon Em
ployment Commissioner Da
vid H. Cameron said Tuesday
that the state will requcifj)
more federal funds for prob
ing of frauds among Oregiw
Unemployment Compensation
claimants.
The action was urged by
the Advisory Council on Un
employment Compensation at
a recent (Meeting in Eugene.
The present program, he
said, has accomplished much
toward slowing down inroads
on the trust :nd due to fraud
"but the council expressed
fear that economy - minded
budget cuts might curtail the
activity in tCt future."
A centOl fraud investiga
tion unit is maintained by the
Oregon Employment Depart
ment with investigators in six
Oregon cities.
SoQe 30.639 cases were
under investigation between
July 1. 1959 id June 30 of
this yeai But most of thesg
turned out to be legitimalf,
g'ameron said.
Willful hit s representation
decisions were issued in 401
cases during this acriod and
overpayment was noted in
Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican
Republic (UPI) President Hec
tor Trujillo has presented his
"irrevocable resignation" to
the Dominican Congress, it
was announced officially to
day. President Trujillo, brother
of Dominican strong man Gen
eralissimo Rafael I. Trujillo,
has been in office since 1952.
His present term was to end
in 1962.
First report of TrQillo's
resignation was heard in Cara
cas, Venezuela, on La Voz Do
minicana, the official Domini
can government radio. Ac
cording to the radio an
nouncement, Vice President
Joaquin Vidcla Balagucr also
submitted his resignation.
Trujillo's resignation was
ceived by a special joint ses
sion of Congress.
The Congress immediately
appointed a joint commission
to visit the President and ask
him to withdraw his resigna-
tion.
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Phair Criticizes
Senator Kennedy
Pendleton (UPI)- Ron Phair,
GOP congressional candidate
from Oregoa's second district,
Tuesday criticized Sen. John
Kennedy for a recent speech
attacking Vice PresidenD
Richard Nixori and Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra Benson.
SEJiair said he was "extreme
ly disappointed" in Kennedy
for lambasting Nixon, and
added, "Kennedy is extremely
ill advised."
The Republican from Klam
ath Falls met with Nixon and
with farm leaders in Chicago
last week. Following the
meeting, Phair said he was in
"complete agreement with
Nixon's attitude."
Central Point Boy
InSerious Condition
Jesse O'Neil Smith, 16, of
5316 Table Rock rd., Central
Point, was reported still in
serious condition at Rogue
Valley hospital today follow
ing an accident Monday morn
ing. Smith was operating a bi
cycle south on Table Rock
rd. about 'i mile north of
the jsylion with Vilas rd.
when the bicycle angled into
the path of a log truck, ac
cli"g to slate police.
A passenger on the bicycle,
Roy Don Crawford, 11, of
5168 Table Rock rd., Central
Point, was reported in good
condition at Crater Osteopa
thic hospital suffering from
concussion and fractured pel
vis. Smith was reported to
have head ii.ries.
The log truck, owned by
Bruce L. Blew, was operated
by Grant Roy Clyde, 29, of
Third St., Rogue River. He
told police that he started to
pas the two bovQon the bi
cycle when the accident oc
curred. No citation was issued,
police said.
239 cases amounting to $30,
925. Of this, $17,645 was re
covered within the year.
There were 20 convictions.
Smith Protests
Industry Lack
Milton - Freewater - (I'PH -Former
Gov. Elmo Smith
Tuesday protested the "lack
of attention" given to Oregon
in the placing of defense and
space-age industries.
In a speech at Milton-FO:-watcr,
the Republican candi
date for the U.S. Senate also
called for "development of
better markets'' for Oregon's
farm, factory and forest pre
ucts.
Smith said Oregon is near
the bottom of the list of stales
in federal installatChs. and
charged that Oregon dollars
are subsidizing defense indus
tries in neighboring stales.
The Albany publisher said
because 0gon is a producer
state, it must develop more
favorable markets in order to
compete with other areas.
He called for more "favorite
freight rates, protection
against untor competition
from fi.t'Q-n producers," andQ
luii use oi laim surpluses to
feed the needy in other parts
of the world.
Polaris Warhead Trigger Tested
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-ttiPD-
The Navy revealed Tuesday
night that it has begun test
ing machinery to trigger a
nuclear warhead in Polaris
missiles.
An arming and fusing
mechanism rode in the nose
cone of a Polaris fired 1,150
statute miles from land to a
target in the South Atlantic
southeast of here. The rocket
carried a dummy warhead.
The arming device was trig
gered in the tests as the Po
l.Qs' engines ig)iited a split
second after the missile rode
to a height of about 70 feet
on a column of compressed
air from a "ship motion simu
lator tube.
Telemetry transmitters rid
ing in the nose relayed details
of the test to ground tracking
stations.
Salem Postmaster
Confined in Hospital
Sale in IPD Salem Post
master Albert C. Gragg re
mained in satisfactory condi
tion in a Salem hospital today
following major surgery Mon
day. Authorities said it might
be two months before he
could return to his duties.
Look
AND WATCH FOR
Melbourne, Australia - HIPP
-Capt. Robert Gee, 8(i, former
British parliamentarian, died
today.
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
Lahore, Pakistan - (UPI) - A
cholera epidemic in the Pa
walpindi and Lahore areas
killed 205 persons between
May 21 and Aug. 1, accSding
to government figures. Army
medical teams are fighting
the epidemic. There have
been 1,543 cholera cases since
it started.
$50,000 Damages
Asked After Wreck
Yreka - A damage suit for
0,350 was filed in Siskiyou
County Superior court last
Friday by Minne I. Tosh,
guardian for Garry F. Scott,
17, for injuries sustained in
a collision involving a dump
truck ownea by Louis Sbar
baro and William Perala, both
of Weed.
The accident occurred at
the junction of highway 99
and Abrams ifake rd. near
Mt. Shasta on July 27, 19.
Scott was a passenger in a
car driven by Cleo Tom. At
torney Harry Hammond is
representing Garry Scott.
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