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HAPPY VICTOR A big smile circles the face of Estes Ke
fauver after he was renominated for another term in the
U.S. Senate in a landslide victory. (UPI Telephoto)
Kefauver Easily
Wins Nomination
Nashville, Tenn. (UPD Estes
Kefauver, the lanky Tennes
see liberal whose 22 years in
Congress earned him the en
mity of many Southern lead
ers, won an overwhelming re
nomination victory for the
U.S. Senate Thursday.
He promptly hailed his
own triumph as a sign that
the South and the nation will
Picking To Start
Late Next Week
A "small amount" of pear
picking will start the end of
next week, County Horticul
tural Agent Clifford B. Cor
dy said today. , '
Picking- will. J increase -by
Aug. 15, but even- then will
be slow, he added.
Crop estimate as of May 30
was 2,400,000 boxes, but if
pears increase mucl) In size
this estimate could be off
10 to 15 per cent, Cordy ex
plained. So far pears are in
creasing In weight 2 per cent
a day, according to an orchard
sampling.
Meanwhile, County Sani
tarian Orie Moore inspected
11 fruit labor camps and
found them in good overall
condition.
He was scheduled to in
spect four more camps today.
Deadline for inspections is
when the pear harvest starts,
he said. The fruit camps vary
from three to 15 cabins.
"This inspection . is more
educational than anything
else,'' Moore said. "Now we
are just pointing out the ob
vious violations, copies of the
farm labor camp health code
are destributed and we get
acquainted with the camp op
erators." Cuba Accused of
Stealing Trophies
Washington - (UPD - The
State Department today ac
cused Cuban authorities of
stealing World War II tro
phies from a U.S. embassy of
ficial in Havana last July and
then using them to brand the
official as a "Nazi."
A State Department spokes
man told a news conference
about the episode.
The case involved two FBI
agents assigned as assistant le
gal attaches at the embassy.
The Castro regime charged
them with "meddling" in Cu
ban affairs and ousted them
from the country last June
15. The two were William G.
Friedemann, Stillwater,
Okla., and Edwin L. Sweet,
Abilene, Texas.
Pennies Rationed To Reserve Banks
As Result of
San Francisco '- (UPD The
lowly penny has become so
scarce in the United States
that it is being rationed, a
Federal Reserve official said
here Thursday.
Almost all the pennies
minted in 1960 have dropped
out of circulation, he. said,
oecause they are being hoard
(d by coin collectors.
Shipments Limi'-d ,
"Anything yc can do to
itop this crazy l. isense will
se appreciated,"-said the of
Hcial, who asked that his
aame not be used.
The situation is so bad that
federal Reserve banks
ihroughout the country are
limiting penny shipment! to
back the national Democratic
ticket and put Sen. John Ken
nedy (D-Mass.) in the White
House in November.
Issue Clear Cut
The issue was clear . cut:
Kefauver's pro-civil rights lib
eralism versus the states'
rights, segregation conserva
tism of his opponent. Circuit
Judge Andrews (Tip) Taylor
of Jackson, Tenn.
Kefauver, a national figure
who stalked votes wearing a
cast-off straw hat that once
belonged to President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, apparently
carried 81 of the state's 95
counties. With only 198 of
2,653 precincts yet uncounted,
Kefauver had a lead of 212,
901 votes over Taylor who
campaigned as a states Tight
er. The vote was Kefauver
448,709 to Taylor's 235,808.
The third candidate, pilot
Jake Armstrong of Knoxville
who did little campaigning,
had 4,ldB votes.
Democratic voters also re
nominated the state's seven
Democratic incumbent U.S.
representatives, and Republi
cans renominated the two
GOP congressmen.
Nikifa Suggests
Summit Conference
Moscow -IUPI1- Premier Nik-
ita Khrushchev today : sug
gested a new summit meeting
to be held to discuss East-West
problems.
Khrushchev did not set a
date for the proposed heads of
state conference when he
made the suggestion in his re
ply made public t -day to a
July 19 letter from British
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan. In a firm but polite reply
to the British leader, Khru
shchev vigorously defended
the Soviet position on virtu
ally all East-West issues.
Khrushchev accused the
United States of aggressive ac
tions against the Soviet Union
in the U2 and RB47 plane in
cidents. He said Britain shar
ed responsibility for the RB47
incident since the U.S. Air
Force plane was based in
Britain.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair through Sat
urday. Little temperature
change.- Low tonight near 50.
High Saturday 92.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ... 9
Lowest this Morning 52
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:26 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:09 a.m.
The Moon rises 6:19 p.m.
today and Is in Perigee.
Full Moon Aug, 6
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, in the west 9:53 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, in the south 8:46 p.m.
Saturn, in the south 10:08 p.m.
Mars, In the east 2:47 a.m.
Hoarding by
member banks. Some only
get a sack a day ($50) and
others two sacks a- week..
The trouble began in 1959,
he said, when coin collectors
learned that the mints in Den
ver and Philadelphia had run
off a few new pennies before
the regular run. , . i
Report . Started Run
"Numismatists learned this
and put out the word that
only a few were going to be
minted," he said. ."This start
ed a run on the new pennies
and everyone began putting
them away." .
"They just got over that
hurdle when somebody dis
covered the "o" in "of in
"U.S. of America" was small
Low Lumber Price
Plagues Economy
Of Jackson County
Patton Reports of
Area Mill Survey
Lowered wholesale lumber
prices continued to plague the
local economy during July,
according to John J. Patton,
manager of the local state
employment office.
In his monthly report, Pat
ton said that orders were run
ning about 6 per cent below
production for the year, ac
cording to a poll of 144 lum
ber mills. A number of lum
ber firms experienced short
shutdowns during the month,
although in most cases, they
took advantage of the shut
down to' do repair work.
The firms having shut
downs are' among those who
own little or no timber, and
are dependent, for their log
supply pn buying at the pres
ent high stumpage prices. The
resulting loss of payroll in
the basic lumber industry has
been felt in other fields in
reduced purchasing power,
Patton said. This in turn has
led to a number of layoffs,
which have been scattered
among business firms.
Slack Demand
A slack demand for cement.
however, did result in the
shutdown'.of the Ideal Cement
company plant at Gold Hill.
Other than this, Patton ob
served, layoffs have not been
heavily concentrated in any
one industry, but appear to
be a case of "pruning" pay
rolls to increase efficiency of
operations. This reduction in
employment has adversely af
fected the number of work
opportunities for young peo
ple seeking summer employ
ment.
The employment office ex
pects a labor demand equal
to last year in harvesting the
valley's fruit crop. Patton
said that last year at the peak
of the season, the area ex
perienced one of the most
severe labor shortages on rec
ord.
Labor supply conditions
throughout the western states
indicate that this season will
be just as difficult, if not
more so, as last year. The
employment service is now
preparing to recruit pickers
in Washington, Idaho and
throughout Oregon. Califor
nia, already short of help,
will have peak demands at
the same time as this area.
and will not be able to fur
nish additional picking labor.
Patton pointed out that
this shortage of harvest help
can exist even with a con
siderable amount of general
unemployment in the county.
Not everyone is physically
able to do the arduous work
required in picking tree fruit,
he explained.
Patton noted that the num
ber of people moving into
this area from other parts of
the country, or' indicating a
desire to come here, appears
to be larger than ever. Most
of those writing to inquire
about employment are now
employed, he said, but are
dissatisfied with the commu
nity in which they live.
. Many new residents arrived
with excellent work experi
ence and skill qualifications.
Those who lack such qualifi
cations often find consider
able difficulty in locating
work of a permanent nature.
Oregon Traffic Toll ,
Behind Last Year .
Salem - (UPD - Oregon is
still behind its traffic death
toll of last year.
The Department of Motor
Vehicles here reports that 227
persons have lost their' lives
in traffic accidents in the
stale in 1960 through Friday.
In this same period in 1959,
Oregon had 259 deaths.
Independence, Ore. - (UPD -
Members of the 1959 On-to-Or-
egon Cavalcade will gather
here Aug. 19-21 for a Cov
ered Wagon Days celebration,
Collectors
and let it be known that this
was an error.
It was not, because the 'o'
has been small in other coins
through the years."
But then somebody discov
ered that a small number of
pennies had a small "six"
and "zero in the date, and
collectors began another run.
Five Million Disappear
As a result, so many peo
ple are hoarding pennies in
the hope they eventually will
be more valuable that almost
all five million pennies mint
ed in 1960 have disappeared,
he said.
,"People are hiding pennies
faster than we can mint
them," the official said.
Suggestions of
Advisory Group
Told at Meeting
The aDnointmpnt. rafhpr
than election, of the state su
perintendent of public instruc
tion is recommended by the
eovernor's advisory commit
tee on reorganization, it was
learned mis morning.
The legislative interim com-
Keith D. Adams
Arraigned Today
On Murder Charge
Keith Duane Adams, 32,
who is accused of murdering
his ex-wife in her Medford
residence Thursday morning,
was arraigned in district
court today.
He is formally charged with
first degree murder. He was
bound over to the grand jury.
District Attorney Thomas
Reeder said he wilPcall the
grand jury into session some
time next week.
Adams is accused of fatal
ly beating and strangling Mrs.
Hazel Jean Adams, 28, while
she lay sleeping in bed at
her residence at 1205 Wilh
ington st., about 1 a.m. yes
terday. The couple had been
divorced only since Monday.
Adams has admitted the
killing in a signed statement
to Medford police.
New Development.
Police said the only new
development in the case is
that they learned Adams'
children witnessed the kill
ing instead of being asleep
in bed as was originally
thought.
Ten-year-old Marlin Duane
Adams told police yesterday
afternoon that he was sleep
ing in the same bed as his
mother when she was killed
Marlin said he woke up to
see his father choking his
mother with his hands. Mar
lin said he told his father to
"quit that," but that he an
swered "something about I m
too far along now."
Marlin said his 8-year-old
sister, Linda, also woke up
and was watching the strug
gle. Marlin said his dad then
told him to take Linda and
go back to bed.
Marlin said he went to bea
and waited there until police
arrived.
Adams is confined in the
county jail.
Accidents Claim
Five in Oregon
By United Press International
Accidents claimed the lives
of at least five persons in
Oregon Thursday.
Dead are Susan Holman,
20, Portland, killed in a one
car crash in Portland; Robert
Raymond Cook, 18, Camp
Pendleton, Calif., and Gar
land Chick, 46, no address
available, killed in a two-car
collision in Oregon City; Er
win Brietenbusher, 59, Rose
burg, killed when his vehicle
went over an enbankment
near Ten Miles, and Dorothy
Mertl Malmi, 36, Scottsburg,
found dead after her car left
the highway and plunged into
the Umpqua river near Reeds
port. Smith To Speak
At St. Helens .
St. Helens-fllPD-Senate can
didate Elmo Smith will be the
featured speaker at ColumDia
County's Festival of Progress
in St. Helens Saturday after
noon. The former governor will
ride in the Grand Fiesta pa
rade Saturday morning and
will have lunch as, a special
giest of honor at Antoine's
Creole restaurant operated by
St. Frederic's Altar Society.
During the day Saturday
the senate candidate will trav
el with a "Smith for Senator"
caravan of cars to visit the
towns along the lower Colum
bia River highway.
Canby Youth Found
Dead in Vehicle
Salem - (UPD - A 20-year-old
Canby youth, Jerry Lunn
Walker, was found dead this
morning in his car in a vacant
field jus north of Salem. The
Marion county coroner's of
fice ruled it suicide.
State police said an air
hose had been attached to the
auto's exhaust pipe and poked
through a rear window. A
suicide note was found.
mittee on education, meeting
in Medford, learned this morn
ing that the Oregon Educa
tion association is drafting
legislation that would enable
them to bring charges against
incompetent teachers.
Speaking before the interim
committee, Freeman Homer,
director of the department of
finance and administration,
reported that the governor's
advisory committee recom
mends:
1) That there be no change
in the administration of high
er education in Oregon;
Separate Department
2) That a separate depart
ment of vocational rehabili
tation be set up;
3) That the teacher's tenure
commission be abolished along
with the board of textbook
commissioners;
4) That the deaf and blind
school be transferred from
the board of control to the
board of education;
5) and that the office of
State Superintendent of Edu
cation be an appointive po
sition by the state board of
education.
The recommendations come
as a result of legislation pass
ed at the last session of the
legislature which allows the
governor to study how state
government may be stream
lined. It is expected that the
governor will release his final
report sometime after Sept. 8.
Second Hearing
Second hearing of the morn
ing was on a proposal to
change the teacher's tenure
law.
OEA spokesmen stressed
the need for a strong teacher
tenure law, but were not pre
pared to make a definite
evaluation of the proposal be
fore the committee.
This proposal calls for the
removal of administrative per
sonnel from tenure and would
also ' strengthen the local
school board's authority in
dismissing teachers protected
by tenure. '
Maxine Smith, modern lan
guage Instructor at Medford
High school and past presi'
dent of the OEA, told the
committee that "quality teach
ing demands not only quality
teachers but also conditions
for quality performance. A
good tenure law improves
educational opportunities of
children because it helps to
eliminate from the schools
non-constructive influence of
pressure groups.
Procedure for Elimination
"A good tenure law pro
vides a procedure for the
elimination of incompetent
teachers through the provision
for the probationary period.
Finally, tenure protection
benefits the profession of
teaching. Employment condi
tions under tenure encourage
a sense of security, which in
turn stimulates the teacher to
attain the highest standards
of professional competence,
without fear of unjust dis
missal." Mrs. Smith said that the
OEA believes "that the pro
fession should be able to po
lice itself against malpractice.
In Oregon we educators at
present lack the legal status
which serves for development
of self-government."
Hearings continued this aft
ernoon and local officials will
be given a chance to address
the committee tomorrow
morning.
"And Besides, Those
mitt iienw'iMiniii imm mt
Secretary To
Refer Question
Back To Council
Sunday Meeting To
Discuss Developments
Leopoldville, The Congo
(UPD Secreta r y- general
Dag Hammarskjold aban
doned plans today to send
U.N. troops into Katanga and
said he would refer the ques
tion back to the Security
Council in New York.
Hammarskjold made his de
cision after talks with Under
secretary Dr. Ralph J.
B u n c h e, who unexpectedly
broke off talks earlier in the
day in Elisabethville with Ka
tanga Premier Moise Tshombe
and returned here.
Hammarskjold left immedi
ately by plane for New York.
United Nations Headquar
ters in New York announced
that Hammarskjold had asked
for a meeting of the Security
Council Sunday to consider
the latest developments in the
Congo crisis.
The Security Council had
authorized Hammarskjold to
send U.N. forces into the Con
go to restore order and pre
serve peace. But Tshombe de
clared Katanga's indepen
dence from the Congo Repub
lic July 11, and had demand
ed the U.N. stay out and
ordered all airports closed at
midnight to night to prevent
U.N. troops from landing.
Just before ho 1 e f t, he
averted a potentially serious
incident at the Elisabethville
airport. Leaders of this "in
dependent" province of the
Congo ordered a detachment
of empty trucks out to the
runways to block the landing
of a UN plane from Leopold
ville.
Tshombe and those who
back him have been deter
mined to keep UN forces out
of the Katanga. They feared
the approaching plane was
carrying an advance detach
ment of UN troops.
Bunche dashed to the con
trol tower, grabbed a micro
phone and ascertained that
the plane carried only civil
ian technicians. When he ex
plained this to airport author
ities they allowed the plane
to land.
Says No Decision Mad
But the civilians were not
allowed to leave the plane
They stayed aboard and re
turned to Leopoldville with
Bunche, who was reporting
to UN Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold on the sticky
Katanga negotiations.
Bunche said before he left
that "no decision has yet been
taken on future UN actions"
and that he was returning to
talk to Hammarskjold because
he had not been able to con
tact him during the night.
Bunche came here to con
sult with Tshombe prelimi
nary to the scheduled arrival
of UN troops in this secession
ist province Saturday,
Umatilla, Morrow To
Push Boardnan Use
Pendleton - (UPD - Umatilla
Judge D. R. (Sam) Cook said
today that Umatilla and Mor
row counties plan to set up a
two-county planning commis
sion aimed at eventual space
age industrial development in
connection with use of the
Boardman bombing range
lands.
Judge Cook said he would
represent Umatilla county.
Crescent City, Calif.' -OJPD-Roger
J. Hall, 22, was en
route to Gooding county, Ida.,
today to face murder charges
in the slaying of a Portland,
Ore., physician, Dr. John
Hunt.
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CHASE ENDS A high-speed downtown into a church. Pictured above is a car reg-
Medford chase between police and an al- istered to Sheriff's Deputy Carl Wayne Fur-
leged drunk driver ended with the above due, Ashland. When struck by the Jaynes
result about 10:45 p.m. yesterday. A car car from the rear, Purdue's car was knocked
operated by Donald Dane Jaynes, 23, Grants around the corner and into a California
Pass, was chased by police from a down- Oregon Power company power pole. The
town tavern, at speeds up to 60 miles an pole collapsed and fell across Purdue's car.
hour, to the intersection of Main and Laurel Jaynes' vehicle also struck a sheriff's depart-
sts., where it hit two parked cars and ran ment car.
Police Arrest Man
After Fast Chase
Medford police arrested 23-year-old
Donald Dane Jaynes,
Grants Pass, Thursday night
on a drunk driving charge
following a high-speed chase
in downtown Medford during
which Jaynes' car struck two
parked cars and a church.
Police gave these details of
the incident:
Government Pays
Infringement Debt
Washington -(UPD- The gov
ernment ernment has paid $1
million to square Us debt to
the late Dr. Robert H. God
dard, whose early rocket ex
periments opened the door for
man to plunge into space.
uoaaara was ridiculed as
"moony" in his lifetime be
cause of his advanced missile
ideas. Now he generally is
honored as the father of mod
ern rocketry.
The government disclosed
Thursday night it has paid
SI million to the scientist s
widow and the Daniel and
Florence Guggenheim Foun
dation for infringement of
Goddard's rocket patents.
The rocket pioneer died
Aug. 10, 1945. He lived to
see his discoveries and inven
tions used in the German V2
missile and the American ba
zooka. But he did not live to
see man's first steps into space
which had their foundations
in his early work.
onfirmed Nudist
Arrested in Park
A 49-year-old confirmed
nudist was refused admittance
to the local nudist camp so he
picked Hawthorne park
Thursday as the only other
available place at which to
get a "thorough" soaking of
sunshine.
Medord police did not agree
with Guy Holloway Kennedy,
236 South Central ave., that
the park is an appropriate
place for practicing nudist
and they arrested him on a
charge of indecent exposure.
Police said that when Ken
nedy was arraigned in district
court yesterday afternoon he
entered a plea of not guilty.
Kennedy admitted to sunning
himself in the park but didn't
agree with authorities that
there was anything "inde
cent" about it.
A trial date was set for next
Wednesday.
Duncan Meeting With
Campaign Committee
Rep. Robert Duncan (D
Medford) was scheduled to
meet with Robert Kennedy
and other members of t h e
Kennedy-Johnson campaign
committee in San Francisco
today, according to the state
Democratic hcadqulrters.
Along with delegates from
Oregon, Washington, Alaska,
Hawaii and California,. Dun
can is to discuss campaign
strategy and organization.
This is to be just one of a
series of meetings being held
by Demo cratic supporters
throughout the country.
Salem (UPD Willamette
University Vice President
Richard Petrie has been ap
pointed to the Salem Plan
ning commission by Mayor
Russell Bonesteele. He suc
ceeds Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Lloyd Hammel.
OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST
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Jaynes was first seen by a
police officer arguing with
another man m front of a
downtown bar about 10:30
.m. Police broke up the ar
gument, and advised the two
men to take a taxi home since
they both appeared to be in
toxicated. One of the men started back
into the bar and two police
men went after him. Jaynes
got into his car and drove off,
The officer said Jaynes was
driving at a high rate of speed
ana in a recKiess manner, so
he got into a patrol car and
gave chase
Joined by Another
He was joined by another
patrol car and the two chased
Jaynes from about Sixth and
Fir sts. to the First Methodist
church at Laurel and Main
sts. The officer , said Jaynes'
auto attained speeds of up to
60 miles per hour during the
chase. . - . j
At the corner of Laurel and
Main sts., Jaynes car side-
swiped a county-owned park
ed car and then hit another
parked car knocking it into a
California Oregon Power com
pany pole. The pole snapped
and fell across the car.
Jaynes' car continued across
the street, police said, knock
ing over a church sign and fi
nally coming to rest against
the church.
Jaynes was taken to Rogue
Valley hospital by ambulance
where he was treated for face
cuts and released. Police con
fined Jaynes in the county jail
on a drunk driving charge
with bail set at $500.
Woro Holds
Swindle Suspect
Hillsboro -(UPD-Thomas Tu-
cholsky, 41, wanted in San
Francisco on charges of em
bezzling $53,000, was held to
day by Washington county
authorities in connection with
a forgery here.
San Francisco police want
Tucholsky, who has a half
dozen aliases, on charges of
taking monev from Mrs. Ma
rie Weisel, 77.
Tucholsky, who went under
the alias of Thomas Wilier
when he persuaded Mrs. Wei
sel to invest her securities
with him, was arrested here
last Friday.
The Washington county
sheriff's office said a warrant
has not yet been sent to Ore
gon from San Francisco,
however.
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Council Declines to
Approve Agreement
The Medford city council
last night declined to approve
an agreement between the city
and state for the new Pacific
freeway through Medford.
The council was told by
City Manager Rofcert A. Duff
and City Water Superinten
dent Robert Lee that the wat
er department has some objec
tions to the contract as it is
now written.
Duff requested that further
negotiations over the objec
tions be instituted with the
state prior to approval. The
council agreed and deferred
action on the matter.
Duff said that whether or
not the agreement will come
before the council at its next
meeting depends on "how fast
the highway department
moves." . - .
55th Year Price 10 Cents
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5, 1960 No. 118
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Smoot Scheduled
To Speak About
8 p.m. Saturday
Rogue River - Dan Smoot.
television commentator, is
scheduled to arrive in Grants
Pass tomorrow afternoon pri
or to speaking at the Man of
the Year banquet here Satur
day evening.
Tickets for the banquet
have been sold out. However,
tickets for Smoot'a address
will be available at the door
tomorrow night.
The banquet will begin at
j i j .m i
open lor general admission
I w . 1 1 1 . . auu un uuulb win kin
shortly before Smoot's talk;
about 8 p.m.
5V-
; included on the program
are vocalists Mrs. Esther Fab
ric and Mrs. Bill Ford, accom
panied by Mrs. Carl Christen
sen. Master of Ceremonies for
the occasion will be Howard
Norwood. 1959, "Man of the
Year."
Dignitaries in city, county.
and state government are ex
pected to attend the dinner
and ceremonies. The Man of
the Year trophy will be pre
sented by Smoot..
The speaker is expected to
arrive by car between 1 and
2 p.m. at Grants Pass.
Sunday, a fishing trip has
been planned for Smoot on
the lower Rogue river. Three
boats directed by N a z e r
Knight will be used.
Air Force Man
Defects To Cuba
.Washington - (UPD - A U.S.
Air Force enlisted man went
AWOL from his unit at Shaw,
Air Force base, Sumter, S.C.,
July 18 and returned to his
native' Cuba where he felt
Fidel Castro was making a
"dream come true."
In going home to Castro's
Cuba, Airman 1C Serafin Rai-
mundo Sanchez was bucking
heavy traffic on a one-way
street.
Since June,. 1959, at least
a score of Cuban government
officials have become fed up.
with the bearded revolution
ary's regime and walked out.
In . addition, hundreds of or
dinary Cubani citizens have
been streaming into the Unit- ;
ed States.
Tacoma-(UPD-A $68,714 suit, ;
arising out of the explosion
that ripped Roseburg, Ore., .
last year, has been filed in
U.S. District Court by the
federal government.
Lee said the department
wants to make sure that the
state will pay for the reloca
tion of two water lines that
will have to be moved when
the freeway is constructed.
The two water lines in ques
tion, he said, are those located
on Table Rock rd., where it
crosses Bear creek, and the
one now located on the ap
proximate site of the Barnett
rd. Interchange.
Cost of relocating the Table
Rock water line would be
about $20,000, Lee said, and
the one on Barnett rd. could
cost between $20,000 and
$30,000.
The council also declined to
deed strip of fairgrounds
property to the state pending
an appraisal; ' '