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TUESDAY. AUGUST 30. I960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Proposed Cal-Oregon Power Intertie Provokes Maneuvers By Senators, Interior Dept. By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington -(Special)-The proposed California-Ore gon power intertie has pro voked a series ol maneuvers the past, two weeks between West Coast senators who are cautious about the intertie and the Interior Department which is anxious to execute an inter tie contract with two private power companies, i Both sides were seeking po llltions of advantage in their running debate over the merits of selling surplus Co lumbia river power to custom- U.S., Russia To Swap Teams for Pole Explorations Washington - (UPD - The United States and Russia will twap scientific observer teams on important South Pole over land explorations under a new $4 million Antarctic research program. The East -' West exchange will carry out the peaceful cooperation in the frozen polar continent pledged by the 12-nation Antarctic Treaty ratified recently by this coun try. The program for the Ant arctic exploration season be ginning in October was an nounced Sunday night by the National Science foundation. It includes extension of scien tific and cartographic studies in the Amundsen sea area, one of the last unexplored parts of the continent. 'Operation Deepfreeze' At the same time, the Navy announced plans for support ing the scientists with nine ships, 30 aircraft, and about 3,000 men in "Operation Deep freeze 1961." Rear Admiral David M. Tyree, commander of Opera tion Deepfreeze, announced that a site will be prepared for a nuclear power plant at McMurdo Sound. He also said the Byrd station will be re built. Will Explore Sea A Navy task force of the Icebreakers Glacier and Sta ten Island will explore the little-known Amundsen Sea, which is south of South Amer ica. The force will be led by Capt. Edwin A. McDonald, veteran of six Arctic and five Antarctic expeditions. Another major feature of Operation Deepfreeze will be an overland trail operation. In December a tractor-train manned by 10 men will leave Byrd Station for the South Pole Station, a distance of about 800 miles. The group will mark the trail every fifth of a mile. California Man Arrested, Sentenced Medford police arrested a 35-year-old Lamont, Calif., man Sunday morning and charged him with vagrancy after the man admitted start ing a bonfire in the city in order to keep himself warm. Arrested was Richard Fran cis Hogan. A policeman on routine patrol about 3:45 a.m. spotted Hogan sleeping next to a bonfire along the rail road tracks near Melrose, st. When questioned Hogan ad mitted to setting the fire to keep himself warm. The policeman was unable to extinguish the fire by him self; and he summoned the fire department which doused the flames in short order. No dam age was done. Hogan was given a 30-day suspended sentence in muni cipal court Monday. Police Cite Local Man After Mishap City police cited a 64-year-old Medford man Monday for faihire to leave information atthe scene of an accident after the vehicle he was oper ating struck a city police of ficer's parked private car and then drove off without stop ping. Cited was Albert William Gandl, 2200 Siskiyou blvd. Gandt was traced to his place of employment through the car's license number and po lice cited him there. The accident occurred about 8:10 a.m. near the intersection of Fourth and Front sis. Dam age to both vehicles was de scribed as minor. 'the parked car is registered to; the city's new and only policewoman, Officer Hilde gard S. Prom, 24, Jacksonville. ers in California. Because of the unwillingness of the Sen ate Interior committee to en dorse it, the Interior Depart ment has deferred completion of a proposed contract Arith Pacific Gas & Electric Co. of California. After hearings on the intri cacies of the contract, the Sen ate committee last June 21 adopted a resolution request ing Secretary Fred A. Seaton to suspend action on the pow er deal pending completion of a survey and report being made by the governors of Washington, Oregon and Cali fornia (due later this fall) and congressional action on "legis lation that will protect the interests of the United States and the power consumers con cerned (notably consumers off Oregon and Washington)." Gives Congress Deadline Interior officials subse quently fired back with a let ter to the committee express ing the view that there was no reason for not concluding the contract with PG&E. The sec ond power company involved is California Oregon Power Co., which would deliver kilo watts over its lines from the end of the Bonneville system in southern Oregon to PG and E in northern California or at the state line. Interior offi cials also In effect gave Con gress a deadline for considera tion of the contract. Five of the six West Coast senators replied with a Joint letter challenging Interior's position and quoting Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield at length about his "deep concern over an inadvertent extension into California of the Bonneville marketing area, or the opera tion of the preference clause." "Oregon feels that legisla tion is necessary to carry out the expressed desires of all concerned to give, or obtain full protection to the Pacific Northwest," Hatfield had told the committee through his public utility commissioner, Jonel Hill. - The senators said, in this Aug. 11 letter to Seaton, that there would not be sufficient time remaining in this year's session to enact protective safeguarding legislation. Those who signed it included four Democrats-Wayne Morse, Warren G. Magnuson, Henry M. Jackson and Clair Engle- and one Republican, Thomas H. Kuchel of California. Lusk Wouldn't Sign Sen, Hall S. Lusk of Oregon declined to sign that letter. Last week Lusk introduced a bill which he said Hatfield had requested that he intro duce. He said it would "ob viate" the possible extension of the Bonneville marketing area to California to the preju dice of the acknowledged prior rights of Northwest con sumers. The next day Seaton sent a report to Congress expressing his support for the Lusk bill and advising that Interior of ficials assisted in its prepara tion. Seaton spoke of the ur jency of action in this session The L u s k-Hatfield-Interior bill does not modify any ex isting law such as the Bonne ville act which governs the question of who shall have preference and priority for Columbia river power. It sim ply would direct the secretary of the Interior to insert into his proposed power contract a provision stating that he must discontinue any power deliveries in California when ever, in his judgment, the power is needed to honor con tracts with customers in the Pacific Northwest. Request Rejected Chairman James E. Murray (D.-Mont.) rejected Seaton's request for urgent action on the new bill. In a letter to Seaton, Sen. Murray chided him for sending up this pro posal on the eve of the ad journment of Congress. "As a former senator fami liar with legislative proce dures, you doubtless on reflec tion appreciate the impractica bility of securing considera tion of newly-proposed legis lation at this late date in the session. Responsibility for this inexplicable delay and the in ability to have the legislation considered at this session must rest on the Department of In terior," Sen. Murray con tended. Whether Sealon will exe cute the contract, as he has the power to do, after Congress adjourns remains to be seen. Russia Reportedly Calls Chinese Red Leaders to Communist Policy Meet London - (UPD - Unconfirm ed reports from behind the Iron Curtain Monday said Russia has summoned Red China's leaders to a top-level Communist meeting in Mos cow this fall to thrash out in creasing policy differences. Diplomatic reports said the meeting was expected to co incide with the November ob servance of the 43rd anniver sary of the Russian revolu tion. There was no immediate indication whether China's Red chiefs have accepted the summons. Communist diplomats have hinted that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's surprise acceptance of an invitation to visit Red North Korea early in October was intended to vi - VACCINE APPROVED The oral live virus polio vaccine developed by Dr. Albert B. Sabin, shown in his laboratory at the Uni versity of Cincinnati, was declared suit able for use in the U. S. last week. U. S. Surcgon General Leroy Burney, in making the announcement, indicated that the gov ernment felt the vaccine would help elimin ate all polio outbreaks throughout the country. (UPI Telephoto) provide an occasion for a pre liminary get-together with China's top Reds. The Russians were said to be seeking to rally support for Khrushchev's brand of Com-munism.-which has been meet ing increasing opposition from the Reds in China. Chinese Red boss Mao Tse Tung and his followers have been challenging Khrush chev's "peaceful coexistence" line, arguing in effect that war with the West-even nu clear war - might well be necessary. China's Reds also have been critical of Khrushchev's policy of economic aid to newly independent nations, whether or not they are clearly inclin ed to Communism. They argue that Russia's aid efforts should BLAST PRESS GAG New York-(UPD-A joint cam paign for the Western hemi sphere to restore freedom of expression in Cuba was an nounced Monday by the Inter American Press association and the Inter American Asso ciation of Broadcasters. In a statement, the IAPA and the IAAB denounced the "use of intimidation, physical v i o lence, confiscation" and other measures adopted by the Cas tro government to coerce the press, radio and television in Cuba. be concentrated in Communist countries - especially Red China. Reimann Lashes Critics Khrushchev tried to patch together a compromise settle ment of his differences with Grange News Phoenix Grange A short business meeting was held at Phoenix Grange Aug. 23 with Master Lloyd Lacy presiding. A memorial service was conducted for two members who recently died. They were A. H. Dudley and George Drake. Participants in the service were Mrs. Sol Cox, Mrs. Raymond Cyr, Mrs. Mel vin Hixon, Fred Meadows and Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Quack enbush. The lecturer's program con sisted of dance numbers by members from the Collen Hope Dance studio. There were also several saxophone numbers by Miss Julie Faught and Miss Carla Borough ac companied at the piano by Mrs. M. D. Borough. Mrs Charles Johnson was acting lecturer. John Whiteside, a new member, was given the first and second degree obligations by the master. On the serving committee were Mr. and Mrs. Cyr and the DeGroot family. Red China at a Communist convention in Bucharest in June, but the temporary truce was broken almost as soon as the meeting was over. Max Reimann, boss of West Germany's outlawed Commu nist party, denounced critics of peaceful coexistence last week in terms usually reserv ed for Russia's deadliest ene mies. Although Red China was not mentioned by name in the published version of Rei mann's speech, his attack clearly was aimed at the Peiping regime. Oregon License Tags May Be Reflectorized Salem (UPD - Oregon drivers will have reflectorized 1963 license plates on their cars if the 1961 legislature adopts the recommendation of its interim committee on highways. Support for the reflector ized license plates was one of the measures endorsed by the committee at its session here Saturday. ENROLLMENT INCREASE Portland - (UPD - If the cur rent trend continues for the next three weeks, Portland State college will have a fall term enrollment of approxi mately 4,275, Dr. Howard Im pecoven, registrar, said Mon day. Last fall's enrollment at PSC was 4,008. 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